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Bushnet Online IRC Chat with Nigel Pulsford, 7 May, 1997.
ken nigel: later in the year, perhaps fall Love_Hate Do you know when your home video is coming out? nigel: as soon as its ready Love_Hate Do you like to talk to your fans through these chats?? nigel: i live for it. Kir: why did you guys choose to do a cover of "Wild Horses"? nigel: its one of my favorite songs JulsRiss: Is anyone from the band a QPR fan (ironic their nickname being "the boys from the Bush")? nigel: certianly not. razorston Question for Nigel: what is the craziest most funny thing that has happened to you on tour this year so far? marci: Why did Bush choose to drop the string duet on the 97 tour? nigel: we only used them for special shows Love_Hate: Nigel does your wife like to tour with you guys? nigel: she has a good time, enjoys it, always has fun. ken: Does the band ever get tierd of most of the publicity focused on Gavin rather than the rest of the band, or what is most important, the music? nigeL: no! From: Starry Eyes Subject: Question for Bush: How do you all feel about moshing and crowd surfing at the concerts? Do you think it distracts from the show, or adds to it?? nigeL: i don't mind it, but i don't like it when people get hurt when stupid jocks beat up little kids ken: people should learn to pogo, its much more fun From: littlethings@juno.com : Could you please post this as a question for Bush? On a normal day off what do you guys do? nigeL: get up eat, do a sound check, do interviews, do a gig, go out, get drunk, go to sleep or get on the bus, then do the same thing all over again. *Aimee* do you guys do anything out of the normal at concerts ever? nigel: yes but it wouldnt be a surpise From: "Jenniffer Downing" ken: Here are some questions that I have....for the band: People seem to think that you sound a lot like Nirvana, and of course they were an influence on you. What other bands influenced you, and helped you to create your unique sound? ken: nigel: picies, big black, the clash, fugazi, neil young ken: pixies Glycerine: Nigel- out of the web pages you have surfed devoted to bush, which ones had the most impact on you? nigel: apart from bushnet of course, littlethings and all the ones i've seen are really good. Limbothis: How do you feel about Tony Blair?! nigel: very pleased althoue he's a little like josephy stalin but i think he's good for the country Vicadin: what kinda guitar picks do you guys use? nigel: picboys Marci: Nigel, do you have any outside projects planned after the tour ends? nigel: non, i'm going to sit somewhere for w a few weeks and see what springs to mind BUSHGirl: Which Bush song can you connect with the most and why? nigel: all of them! cause i'm involved with them. Gumdrop_G: To Nigel: What's your favorite soccer team? nigel: liverppol ken:pool Aimee: Nigel, is Bush making any new songs? nigel: not a t the verymomemny cause we're on tour. Glycerine: Which veruca salt song is your favorite, since you have been touring so long with them? nigel: seether *HaM* How are the fans in Europe compared to the fans in the states?? nigel: there's just less of them. ken: have you heard the new souls song? nigel: yeah pretty good. ken: from email I heard that gavin and gwen are to wed, is that true? nigel: nooo. ken: fro email : Have you, yourself ever played a bowed instrument? nigel: yeah i took violin lessons for about 3 months when i was 10 ken: from email When did you guys first pick up guitars and what was the first kind that you owned? nigel: i got one for my 12th b-day, an old acoustic, with strings about an inch of the fret board *bUshChic* does all the rumors spread around really bug you? nigel: only when they're really destructive, stupid and mindless *Aimee* what do you think about the so called "teenyboppers" who like bush cuz of gavin? nigel: i don't mind them. i love all our fans equally. ken: from email: What do you think you guys would be doing if you weren't in BUSH right now? nigel: guss i'd b e playing in another band Gantless: Question for nigel: There is a dispute on the 23 seconds mailing list. Can you explain what the lyrics to "Glycerine" really mean? nigel: it's a love song Screaming: NIgel-what kinda cereal do you like? nigel: frosties Vicadin: what's with all the bad vibes between the Smashing Pumpkins and Bush? nigel: just alittle bit of fun really. ZENgirl: did you enjoy your birthday? nigel: i did. Aimee: Nigel, how come none of the other guys are chatting? nigel: cause they're not in the room Gumdrop_G: What other bands are tentatively being signed to Mad Dog Winston? nigel: i have no idea Gumdrop_G: What's your favorite venue? nigel: riverport st. louis |Seth| How do you wrap tinfoil in your guitar? nigel: just thread it in the 5th fret in between the strings ken: Nigel is trying to get online now *** nigel (~nigel@bushonline.com) has joined #bush BrokenTV:Where`s the venue where you get the best reaction of the crowd?? Wherever we're playing that night - it really does vary marci: what song changed the most from what Gavin originally presented? nigel: Hi Kate nigel: Monkey changed so many times - we've had about three versions before it finally got recorded right |Seth| has Allen Ginsberg influenced you? if so, what, in your opinion is his best poem? nigel: Ginsberg was an amazing poet -pushing things to extremes I guess with his poetry and his influence on people like William Burroughs and the whole beat generation crowd - my favourite poem would be howl about his mother's insanity but there are many more great poems. BUSHGirl: how do you keep your wits about you while on tour? nigel: beer, wine and tequila and then more wine, m9ore beer and much more tequila nigel: Hi Seth BodineDG: Are you working on any new albums or soundtrack songs? nigel: Not at the moment - we're just starting to think about a new album Linduh: what's your favorite pixies song? mine are "debaser" and "dead" - did you hear about their new collaborative effort coming out this year? nigel: fave is wave of Seth: in Guitar World, you said that there was no slide on Razorblade Suitcase, but isn't that slide in A Tendency to Start Fires? nigel: m' or rock song nigel: there's slide in the b/ground and there's RACH: which song do you think is bush's best, or represents your music best? nigel: slide at the end of distant voices - I must have been mistaken JulsRiss: how involved with the technical design of your shows do you like to be? nigel: Mouth may be the one - it has a lot of passion and dynamic and miserable lyrics(sic) X-GiRL: nigel by the way everyone here loves you and bush....you have definatly had an increase in fame...has it changed you and the guys at all? nigel: We are involved in approving and working with experts - we are as involved as we can be but bow down to people who know what they're talking about *Cristina* Nigel, do you ever check your mail at bushonline? nigel: We're still the same sweet guys we always were nigel: When I can which is infrequently but I'm improving all the time AimeeBush: how long did it take to film Cold Contagious (by the way, I loved it!) nigel: 2 days at the beginning of the tour and thank you jesta: question here Nigel, why is it that Bush's videos aren't closed-captioned? I like to read some of Bush's lyrics (I am deaf) but I've noted that your videos aren't closed-captioned. nigel: I never thought about that but I will now and I'll look into having that changed SexySadie: What is your favorite Charles Mingus record? ken: jesta - that might be a good questions for the record label. nigel: Goodbye Pork Pie Hat from Ah-hum althought there are so many fabulous ones - Open Letter to Duke I really like also LuvUNigeL: which video did you enjoy making the most?? nigel Zen,Comedown and Cold C' Caro do you have a fav. quote from a song. nigel Clint is a very cool man marci do you eat the tequila worms? :o) ZimZum What is your fave brand of tequilla? do you like lime and salt? nigel From a Bush Song? nigel 1800 ken (lota tequilla questions i've noticed) nigel mmmm - certainly not AimeeBush how much free time do you guys get? nigel We do 5 shows a week and 2 days off on which we either travel or sleep or travel and sleep Aphrodite Do you ever take a moment and remember life as it "was", before all this 'fame and fortune' came about? nigel Practice hard - maybe Spain in October SexySadie Who can hold their liquor better, you or Gavin? nigel I think about life as it was all the time and think how fortunate I am now nigel I guess me Caro What's your fav. quote from a BUSH song?:) nigel You should see the sunset over New Orleans tonight - it's amazing nigel War on all sides snaZZ *angela* what was the name of your old band and did you release any cd's? nigel KIng Blank which became the Ian Lowery Group - we had a couple of CD's out Tristina Will you be touring after your break in August in the US? The southeast? nigel We're considering touring in November/December - hitting places we've missed on this tour and maybe going back to a few places again Cristina will you stop in Spain during this tour? nigel We may go to Spain in October - it's one of my favourite places - my wife lived in Madrid for a year LuvUNigeL what did Gav think of being one of peoples "50 most beautiful people"? nigel That I should have been 51 HaM When are you coming *HOME* to Europe??? nigel In 5 days - we're playing in Germany on 17 and 18 May and Pink Pop in Holland on the 19th and then I have a few days off in Amsterdam and then we start touring again in Denver JustAGirl nigel, instead of being on irc shouldn't u be busy ken ... stupid question :) Gantless Do each of the bush members have their own cars? If so, what kind do you have? If not, do you get chauffered everywhere? nigel Busy doing what - reaxing - enjoying my day off! This is being busy nigel I have an old BMW - there's no point in having a nice car in London - the roads are narrow, overcrowded and people can't drive for sh*t MissY do you consider us bush addicts pathetic or cool? ken yes! nigel How disingenuous I would be if I thought you were pathetic - I think you're all really cool Esmeralda Do you prefer playing outside or inside? nigel I enjoy both - we just played a couple of sheds (the first time we've ever played them as our own show) and I loved them - but I love the clubs, theatres, bars arena's etc It's a kick wherever we play when people want to see us Chris_LeM What Jesus Lizard Album is your favorite? nigel>Down - how you doing Chris? swalowed Are you coming to New Zealand this year? nigel We're coming in January or Feb next year when it's warm - I'm just going to grab a beer - one sec BUSHGirl What kind of guitar do you use? nigel I use 2 guitars mainly - a strat plus deluxe(the blue one) and a 1958 Les Paul Junior TV but I have a few others but then again too few to mention Love_Hate whats the strangest thing that someone has ever thrown on stage? nigel hi ken i'm getting a lot of shampoo quesitons nigel field them offf janiejonz what kind of beer are you drinking? nigel Heineken ken the good stuff Gantless Would you ever consider doing an unoffical concert such as stopping the tourbus in a town nigel Everything is possible nigel bye kir somebody What all pedals and other effects do you use ? nigel too many - lots of old stuff - Mutron, Fulltone, Expandora's etc HaM Did you like Daves old band, Transvision Vamp??? ken ... to field another question - the personal holloway is next to be released... Overt Have any plans of kids in the near future? access ... enough questions.... nigel Soory the phone rang - plans for kids or secret plans and pers H may be the next single marci Robin talked about the shoes in a local radio interview - said you never get a pair. Has that changed? nigel Shoes?????? ken ???? Aphrodite Do you guys ever try to go out into the general public and do 'normal' things? in disguise? :) nigel I go out in public - no disguises jules It seems strange that you had to come to the US to make a name for yourself ... do you now resent the UK audience , or have you forgiven and forgotten ? nigel There is nothing to resent - we were given an chance - the record came out here first and things went well - at home they took a little longer to catch on but things are good everywhere for us now - there's no room for bitterness Vicadin do you like Winnie the Pooh? nigel No he annoys me ken everyone loves winnie the pooh Grania question here (332) How much did the band practice before going on tour? nigel We do as little as we can get away with unless we're working on new material BrokenTV Do Bush have new songs that we never heard yet???? nigel There are a few floating around which you may or may not hear JustAGirl nigel, what's your fave movie nigel There are lots but Casino is amazing, most Woodyt Allen Films, Orson Welles movies etc BUSHGirl What was it like filming Greedy Fly with all the special effects and stuff (btw I love that vid=) nigel Really horrible HiNigel are you guys like uncles to RubyRose? nigel Spiritually Chris_LeM How long does it take for the crew to set up your normal stage? nigel From 8 in the morning until about 4:30 when they're ready for us to sound check Chris_LeM How long does it take for the crew to set up your normal stage? janiejonz i understand you arranged the strings at the end of glycerine-how much input have/do you have on other tracks-as far as writing goes? ken sorry, got 1 twice in there. nigel Tricky question - varies from song to song - some are fully formed creatures when they pop ou - others need a little plastic surgery somebody Do you intend on releasing A Tendancy to Start Fires as a single/video nigel Don't think so BUSHGirl Do you have any "lucky object" such a sock, guitar pick, necklace, etc? nigel I have a few things but nothing extra special apart from a photo of my wife AimeeBush do you guys hang out on your days off or are you independant? nigel We often hang out Linduh are there any pleasant things in life that you get sick of sometimes? nigel Not sure what pleasant thigs you mean\ Gumdrop_G What's your favorite song to cover? nigel Don't mess around now Seth nigel Wild Horses at present ken Seth how come you dont talk to the crowds that much? you have a mic =) nigel I'm just a shy boy Chris_LeM How many hours of sleep do you typically get a night? (Insomniac?) nigel 5 sometimes 10 ken how did you and judith meet ken (lost that sender) nigel none of your business MissY do you4 have any input in the things that like .. are sold on tour, nigel hah nigel Yes although this tour Gavin has really been getting into the merch ide of things - he enjoys working with others on the designs/ideas Gumdrop_G Apparently Gavin doesn't believe that Elvis is dead, do you believe that Elvis is dead? nigel Elvis Costello will live forever AimeeBush do you watch MTV ever? JulsRiss lol ken whats mtv? HaM How long do you intend to stay online? nigel I watch MTV when I get the chance - Ienjoy it nigel Another 15 minutes Esmeralda Do you watch tv? what shows do you enjoy? nigel I enjoy the X files, Frasier,SNL ken do you think scully will beat her cancer? nigel I hope so Linduh What do you think of Gillian Anderson from X-Files? nigel She's a fine actor Gantless does Bush normally allow the audience to hear the sound checks? nigel No not normally - do you let people watch you wash and brush your teeth in the mornings ken all the time Seth whats the worst hotel-experience you've ever had? nigel I'm not sure Kate nigel Cold water, cockroaches and maids trying to get in the room at 7:00 am jesta who's your fave SNL character...how about the Catholic schoolgirl Mary Katherine nigel I like the Ross Perot skits best ken 5 more questions nigel cool MissY do you ever think of where you are and say *holy shit* or say iv definately earned this (which u have)? nigel All the time - just keep pinching myself to make sure it's real Bethanie - Do you wish to influence the musicians of the future as you have been influenced by past musicians? nigel Hi girls nigel That would be nice Kate questionwhen do you consider a fan more than a fan? ken ... i think that goes back to the watching you brush your teeth question nigel When you get to know them a little I suppose nigel Thanks Trisitina jesta Did you attend university? nigel For 10 days Overt Do they ever let you drive the bus? (just for kicks) nigel I wish ken Thank you all for coming ken we'll wrap things up now. nigel Thanks from me to ken we'll try and have a log up on bushnet.com asap nigel Gotta go now - TAKE CARE Nigel xx JulsRiss This was the most excellent chat ever nigel Bye Ken JulsRiss Thank you Nigel :) ken I'll give you a call. nigel Laters *** nigel has quit IRC (Leaving) |