How did you feel when Pere Ubu started writing songs together – did it feel like you were doing something original?
The intention was always to write songs. This had been a big bone of contention in Rocket From The Tombs. Peter was always wanting to do cover versions and I really hated doing them. I didn’t see the point… and I was no good at it. The first Ubu song was Heart of Darkness which we jammed while learning Tokyo & Solution to do as the first Ubu single. We didn’t sit there and say to ourselves, Gee, we’re doing something original. As I said, it was all pretty obvious to us that this was what you were supposed to do. Not to be disingenuous: we did realize that we might just be the best band in the world. But every kid thinks his band was the best thing that’s ever happened and we were, at the same time, aware of that. And besides it didn’t matter – no one would ever hear us.
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