Ian McCulloch: Quotes about thinking

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“I mean, even Joy Division are a bit over-rated, I think. They're very good live, but on record…”

Ian McCulloch

NME (1980)

Thinking , Joy

“I wasn't into glam-rock. I was just into him. I never really saw him as glam-rock. Actually, I liked T-Rex too. Electric Warrior was great. But Bowie made me think. I just got lost in it—Man Who Sold the World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust—that era. I thought it was just magical, although I was dead impressionable then. But I though he looked brilliant—I still do. I hated the following he had though, especially around the Aladdin Sane era—it just destroyed his mystique. He doesn't hold that mystique for me now—he's just a normal bloke, I suppose. But I remember in 1972 when he was on the telly doing "Starman"—I couldn't believe it! It was like nothing I'd ever seen before. It's meant to be a bit of an embarrassing admission now to have liked that kind of thing, but I really did. And I remember when I grew out of it and I couldn't get into Ziggy Stardust the way I used to. I felt really sad about it. I played it and nothing happened.”

Ian McCulloch

Describing how he feels about David Bowie
NME (1980)

Hate , World , Sadness , Way

“It feels like there's hundreds of bands in Liverpool. There's some okay ones… But really we're the only one I can think of as being a potentially great band…”

Ian McCulloch

NME (1980)

Feeling , Thinking

“It did cause problems at one point. Part of it was down to the name of the group—people tended to think I was Echo. That's why we named the drum-machine Echo because I definitely wasn't.”

Ian McCulloch

When asked if the media attention focussing on him caused problems.
NME (1980)

People , Problem , Thinking , Parting

“I was always really dubious about them actually. I'd heard some of Morrison's rambling poetic stuff, and I thought it was really pretentious… But now I think they're a great group, I must admit.”

Ian McCulloch

Referring to The Doors
NME (1980)

Thinking