“Did I down a pint made up of every drink they had in the pub? I remember that Aphex Twin had to be carried home. I should have that as my Twitter bio: ‘I drank Aphex Twin under the table!’ [Laughs]”
CORRECT. You downed a pint made up of every spirt behind the bar in Camden’s The Good Mixer, before snogging Rick McMurray from Ash.
“I’m sure Rick will be really happy to be reminded of that! [Laughs] To be honest, serving me that was probably attempted murder! I’m still barred from that pub as well because I’m fairly certain I was sick everywhere after that – unsurprisingly! I’ll definitely not be drinking that again. I can’t believe I forgot about that. That should have been in my book! [Laughs]”
There are some snapshots of feral amounts of hedonism in your raucous new memoir, Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth, including snorting booze on Mogwai’s first foreign tour to Norway in 1997, to the extent that you’re unsure whether one of you has fallen overboard…
“We snorted it because we didn’t have much money and thought it was going to be cheaper. And it was cheaper, but don’t try it at home, kids!”
And in a darker anecdote after a post break-up psychedelic binge, you’re convinced your right-hand is demonically possessed…
“I was under a lot of stress, probably not helped by my unhealthy lifestyle. Thankfully, I’m now aware that my hand is just attached to my arm and helpful for writing texts and turning on kettles and suchlike – and not demonically-possessed. [Laughs] It was just a manifestation of a feeling of peril and dread around that time.”
At another point, your bankcard is so encrusted with cocaine that it won’t fit in the cash machine so you have to snort off the excess gak there and then. Writing your autobiography, did you ever think: ‘How am I still alive?’”
“There was a bit of that, but all of this stuff happened when I was pretty young and human bodies are sturdy when you’re young. I think if I tried it now, it would not go so well. Problems of the past – thankfully!”
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