Interviewer: Oh there we are. Thursday morning just walked in to the NME, immediately big buzz going 'round, Andrew Collins sitting here saying "ooh something's happened!" and what is it?
Andrew Collins: The thing that's happened, right, is that last night Steve Lamacq went up ...where did you go?
Steve Lamacq: Norwich
Andrew: He went to Norwich to do a planned live review/feature on the Manic Street Preachers, right?
Steve: It certainly wasn't what I was expecting was gonna to happen.
Andrew: And anyway, Steve's a bit suspicious of them so it was going to be this sort of, not a backlash, but he was going to suggest that maybe they're not *all* they're cracked up to be and anyway, he went up there, saw the gig...
Steve: You won't get much coherent sense out of me I'm afraid...
Andrew: ...and, um, you know what they're like - these sort of young punks, basically, sort of the return of punk - and a lot people are very suspicious of them, think they're all sort of just faking it, and slogans, and trying to get rich and famous, and they're not really being serious. So Steve did half an hour of chat with... which one was it? Richey?
Steve: Yeah
Andrew: Richey.
Steve: You know, we were supposed to sort of hate each other and everything, I was a bit nervous I s'pose..
Andrew: And after this half hour of chat, afterwards they agreed to disagree, you know, Steve says "I am not convinced by you but, you know, fair enough, we'll leave it at that" em he said (speaking to Steve)...do you want to tell 'em or shall I tell 'em...
Steve: No, um, Richey said "You got a minute, come back stage, there's one last thing I'd like to say" and, em, so we went backstage and, em, I said "You know I just don't think a lot of people will think you're for real" and he got a - I don't know where he got it from - he got a razor blade and wrote "4 REAL" on his arm, down the side of his arm, while I was standing there watching him, and that's about it really.
Andrew Collins: The thing that's happened, right, is that last night Steve Lamacq went up ...where did you go?
Steve Lamacq: Norwich
Andrew: He went to Norwich to do a planned live review/feature on the Manic Street Preachers, right?
Steve: It certainly wasn't what I was expecting was gonna to happen.
Andrew: And anyway, Steve's a bit suspicious of them so it was going to be this sort of, not a backlash, but he was going to suggest that maybe they're not *all* they're cracked up to be and anyway, he went up there, saw the gig...
Steve: You won't get much coherent sense out of me I'm afraid...
Andrew: ...and, um, you know what they're like - these sort of young punks, basically, sort of the return of punk - and a lot people are very suspicious of them, think they're all sort of just faking it, and slogans, and trying to get rich and famous, and they're not really being serious. So Steve did half an hour of chat with... which one was it? Richey?
Steve: Yeah
Andrew: Richey.
Steve: You know, we were supposed to sort of hate each other and everything, I was a bit nervous I s'pose..
Andrew: And after this half hour of chat, afterwards they agreed to disagree, you know, Steve says "I am not convinced by you but, you know, fair enough, we'll leave it at that" em he said (speaking to Steve)...do you want to tell 'em or shall I tell 'em...
Steve: No, um, Richey said "You got a minute, come back stage, there's one last thing I'd like to say" and, em, so we went backstage and, em, I said "You know I just don't think a lot of people will think you're for real" and he got a - I don't know where he got it from - he got a razor blade and wrote "4 REAL" on his arm, down the side of his arm, while I was standing there watching him, and that's about it really.
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