![]() ![]() But we were just kids – I was 19 – so we did some stupid shit, too. But we took it very seriously and we trusted George Drakoulias. Rich: “We didn’t have hundreds of shows under our belts and we hated rehearsals, so we had to play these songs over and over again. ![]() We played Twice As Hard 30 times to get it right.” You were making records in the old way, too, man. We didn’t do any drugs then – we didn’t have any money. What was the atmosphere like in the studio?Ĭhris: “We were still pretty punk-rock and street-oriented at that point. It’s an exciting record and there’s a lot of youthful exuberance on there.” It was interesting to hear, y’know? I think it really holds up. I just didn’t do it, until we started getting it remastered. ![]() Rich: “I hadn’t listened to SYMM in decades. I don’t think it’s the best record ever made or anything, but there’s a timeless quality to it.” “I like a lot of 90s music, but some of it you’re like, ‘Wow, that sounds really 90s.’ And you can say whatever you want, but I think our record is more timeless, without sounding too. But when I look back, there were a lot of throwaway, dumb, cheesy rock ballads at the time. We were like Neil on The Young Ones… In the 90s, the 70s weren’t cool, y’know? And we took a lot of shit for it. Y’know, a lot of older journalists and the fuckin’ NME said we were not cool. Thirty-one years later, how do you think the album has aged?Ĭhris: “A lot of people bagged us. (Image credit: Acey Harper/The LIFE Images Collection via Getty Images/Getty Images) ![]()
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