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Paul: We were sandwiched between The Pale Fountains and headliners Orange Juice on the bill and I was pissed off with the Paleys’ manager for printing their names above ours on the gig poster making it appear as if we were supporting them. Edwyn Collins was sitting around sulking because for the first time ever he was upstaged before he'd even stepped up to the mic. After the Revolutionary Spirit recording session we played a residency at Club Zoo, Bill Drummond's club on 3 floors in Liverpool and then the Bunnymen's UK tour that the live tracks on Incandescent are culled from so it was very early days.
W&H Obviously you would have known Pete from your days with Teardrop, but I gather he approached you to say he wanted to make the first Wild Swans single. Is that right?
Paul: Pete and I lived in the same house in L8 along with the long-suffering Zoo Records secretary Pam Young. Evenings we would hang in Pam's flat discussing what madness Drummond and Balfe were planning next. Pete loved The Wild Swans rehearsal tapes and when I told him that Bill wasn't sure whether he wanted to risk the studio costs on us he couldn't believe it and immediately booked the studio for the following Saturday. Pete was so cool, nothing ever phased him.
W&H. He was certainly a man of vision and he'll always be one of my favourite drummers ever. You must miss him a great deal these days. Did you see much of Pete later on in his life?
