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This was a defining moment for me as to whether the band would continue. It felt like the party was over and I didn’t really know where to take the band next. This is where the “I Idolize You” track changed everything. I’d written it four years ago with original member Andy JT. I released the original version through my own label Public Disordar both digitally and on CD. It was a determined effort to move away from my cover's history. The track was certainly dark and the video very gothic in black & white. It was a reflection of how I was feeling then. I put all that energy into the lyrics. It was a great song and I hoped re-defining for the band. I lost a lot of my following because it was to left field to what we’d done previously.

The release didn’t exactly set the world on fire, mainly because I didn’t have a publicity machine attached to my label. It was a step in the right direction as I got back into writing and collaborating with different producers and bands then started putting out material I was truly pleased with. “I Idolize You” is featured on the brand new EP “Noise In The Machine” which is about to be released on the really cool German industrial/ebm label Out Of Line Records which we’ve just signed to. It’s a previously un-released edit mix of the track that was done by a guy named Lloyd Price who was working with my then friend Martin Degville from Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Bang up to date and Lloyd has joined the band’s new line-up full time and has produced all the tracks on the new EP. The direction of the new tracks is very much concentrating on the darker more gothic side of things, and the sound suits the label perfectly.

I think we’ve finally found our true home though it’s taken nearly 20 years to do. It’s funny, for the last 18 months I’ve had a documentary film maker following me and the band around just prior to us signing with the label. I think in my mind the documentary was going to be about a band that’s been around for 20 years possibly coming to an end, a kind of epitaph on film. The last 6 months have very much seen a new lease of life and creativity and I’m pleased that the documentary has been able to capture that. It’s now about a band taking 20 years to finally get where they want to be. We’ve now got the most solid line-up the bands ever had with Lloyd joining full time. I met another synth guy named Scot Collins through a website for bands looking for musicians. He’s proved to be perfect in the mix, bringing a much harder industrial sound to the table. And Oliver Frost, my partner who has been in the band for the last 10 years very much enabled me to keep it going through the leaner years. We now have a band that is writing and making brilliant music together, an album on the way, a label supporting us and big plans for live dates early next year. It’s all looking good.