If you're a big successful band and things go wrong, you're going to get
it in the neck. We were in denial about a lot of things too and there was a huge implosion going on within the band. I remember during that period when we were making one of our records back then and I was sitting watching telly, seeing bands like the
Happy Mondays and
The Stone Roses coming over the hill. All I could think was 'Fuck, this is going to be difficult', but you have to remain strong. There were glimpses of light during that period and we continued to play live and enjoy it and also make money; but we were totally out of the picture. When you think about it, very few of our contemporaries have stayed constantly relevant;
U2 and
Depeche Mode, maybe, but they are definitely the exception.
