Signing their Sony Contract, 21 May 1991

Sean: All I remember about the photo is the smell of a lot of aftershave.

On James and Sean's bunk beds at James parents house, June 1991

James: The top bed was mine and the bottom bed was Sean's. It was our band headquarters.

Nicky: It's one of my favourite pictures of us. There's a real harmony there between the four of us. And I don't think Sean's hair ever looked any better than that ever.

Sean: It's my Keith Moon/surfer boy look.

James: I like the fact that there's a half drunk bottle of whiskey and the fully drunk bottle of whiskey next to it too. Both lies, both tipped down the toilet. And the Public Enemy and Guns N Roses records casually strewn across the floor.

Sean: Normally it would be the Sunday dinner gone green and a half-drunk cup of tea. But we thought we'd better make an effort for the photos.

Nicky: I've got great memories of that room. It's where we made all our plans, played music, formed a lot of ideas. I was always a bit envious that Sean had a girlfriend, though, and could just leave when he got bored of us blathering on and on and on.

The Brit Awards, Earls Court, London, 24 February 1997

Sean: I remember thinking, "What is Zoe Ball doing here, giving us an award?" Then I thought, "What am I doing here?"

Nicky: I was wearing my Welsh flag, pretty glam I think.

Sean: That was only cos Geri was wearing the bloody Union Jack with her tits spilling out all over the shop.

NME cover shoot, Thailand, April 1994

James: It felt like we'd really all found our place within the band just then. I remember thinking we all looked like cartoon characters. Nicky was at the height of his can't-control-arbitrary-health-forces-paranoia. I was whiskeyed out of my mind. Richey was trying to be the ultimate voyeur in every sense and Sean wasn't speaking to any of us.

Sean: I was just going through my combat phase. I'd reached my zenith there. I was quite comfortable with those clothes, as opposed to the blouses. I always had Action Man as a kid as opposed to Barbie.

Nicky: It was the weirdest trip. I never got over it. I'm still not over it even now. All I ate out there were apples and they were the size of footballs. I ate even less than Richey did. Everything freaked me out. I barely left my room.

Sean: We went to the Golden Temple and you were wearing Chairman Mao badges. I thought they were going to arrest you. I'm glad we can't go back. It was like 'Nam. Once you've seen combat there, you never want to go back.