“I don't think it had a name when we started. If punk has any roots, Dada is part of it. And we saw ourselves as part of a kind of Dada tradition.” IfsThinkingKindNamesSawsTraditionRootsPunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think we saw our reaction coming from Dada, but at the same time, it formed into punk, which was very much a reaction to the social conditions. That was part of it for us as well, and that's why we were kind of swept along with punk.” ThinkingWellsKindSocialSawsConditionsReactionsPunkSocial Conditions Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think what we tried to do lyrically, vocally and musically was to capture a sound.” ThinkingSoundCapture Author:Stephen Mallinder
“In that period, we had the Cold War mentality imbued through us - the Post-war [environment] and the Cold War. I think we were reflecting some of that. This was before the Wall collapsed, etc.” ThinkingWarEnvironmentWallColdPeriodsPostsEtcMentalityCold WarReflectingPost War Author:Stephen Mallinder
“We've always been observant of things, and I think Crackdown was very much like that and the film interpretation was that journalistic view of that situation.” ThinkingFilmViewsSituationInterpretationObservantJournalistic Author:Stephen Mallinder
“Some of it was shot in Berlin, but a lot of it was filmed in Hamburg, along the Reeperbahn in Hamburg in the famous red light district. Kino is obviously German and "film" and "cinema" and we were always cinematic in our thinking.” ThinkingLightFilmShotsRedCinemaBerlinCinematicRed Lights Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think probably underneath it all, film [Kino] has its own rhythm and its own dynamic, and we were trying to capture the movement of film and cross-reference it with music.” ThinkingTryingFilmMovementCrossesRhythmCapture Author:Stephen Mallinder
“Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would have filtered through, which certainly informed things we later filmed.” ThinkingCultureShockJapan80sCulture Shock Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think in everything we did, there's a sense of tension and a sense of things pulling in a different way. It's interesting calling it "beat music". That's quite true, the rhythm is up to the fore, it's got a slap bass, and it's got "funk" in the title. But I think there's always a level of irony when we did those kind of things.” ThinkingWayKindDifferentInterestingLevelsCallingBeatsRhythmTitlesIronyDifferent WaysTensionPullingBassSlapFunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think underneath it all [in the Big Funk] was a little bit of a Europeanness in it.” ThinkingLittlesBigsBitsLittle BitFunk Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think you have a certain level of confidence in what you do. "Arrogance" is the wrong word. I think when you go into it, you're aware that you're doing it for the right reasons - and you have your own moral and ethical code. And we weren't driven by money, but by a a desire to make music and make a statement.” ThinkingReasonDesireCertainLevelsMoralDrivenStatementsCodeArroganceEthicalWrong Words Author:Stephen Mallinder
“Looking back, I think we were very much a part of democratizing music, and we wanted to demystify the process of making music - to show it's a myth.” ThinkingShowsWantedProcessMythLooking Back Author:Stephen Mallinder
“I think that's the fascinating thing that exists now. This contrasts with a celebrity art and celebrity music culture.” ThinkingArtCultureFascinatingContrastMusic Culture Author:Stephen Mallinder
