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Rip It Up, Issue 134, 1 September 1988, Page 8

Aitken Waterman are doing, and if they wanna call what they 're doing “pop", then that’s fine, but it's got fuck-all to do with what we doing. I can’t think of anything else to call what we do, so settle for “rock'n'roll.”” '.an you use Stock Aitken Waterman as something to react against? Trying to get things like Ikirbed Wire Kisses onto the charts seems deliberate, subversive.

what we’re doing. I just think it’s extremely unfair that if we have a record in the Top 20, you would expect to hear that record on radio and expect to see the group on television — we just find it so difficult and it’s so easy for us to be ignored by the BBC or whoever’s in control of the music business. “When we started we had a kind of naive idea that we

would replace what we hated about the Top 40 and pop

“Everything we’ve ever made has been done simply ’cos we wanted to do it regardless of how successful it was gonna be. That should be applauded in the music < business but it doesn’t seem to be.” ?

“Yeah, you’ve got to do that. Stock Aitken Waterman seem to sum up everything that’s wrong in music today. It’s obvious to say that, maybe a bit too predictable, but so what? They deserve it. They’re

exactly what I’m trying to get away from. I think everything they do is considered, but no matter what you say about it (and we’re not perfect). everything we’ve ever made has been done simply ’cos we wanted to do it, regardless of how successful it was gonna be. That should be applauded more in the music business but it doesn't seem to be. “Obviously, what we’re doing doesn’t fit in with what’s going on now. We have a record out and you don’t hear it ’cos it has no radio exposure. We’ve got a fairly large

following in Britain, and when we bring out a record it does get into the charts, which is what we intended to do in the, very beginning. We wanted to be in the charts — if you don’t like the charts, you wanna do something about it, which is

music, but you soon get that kicked outta ya. I think that’s a fairly ridiculous thing to say now because we just didn’t realise how big the thing really was. But as you get more involved you see exactly how big the whole thing is, you feel like you wanna get get away

from it, like “fuck that”, y’know, it’s good enough to make good records.”

Did you think you could take them on with something as

abrasive as the early Jesus & Mary chain records? “I thought we could introduce something new that would at least get some consideration by people who should consider.” And in the end, do you want the Jesus & Mary Chain to be an inspiration others? “Yeah, well, we can speak on behalf of others cos that’s the whole thing about not being played on Radio One. I was . inspired — I didn't start making music for fun; I did it ’cos it was inspirational and that’s the way I want people to feel about the Jesus & Mary Chain.” ’ ©