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‘It was triggered by a Fellini-esque woman who pulled a knife on someone’: how the Only Ones made Another Girl, Another Planet

‘It wasn’t a hit at the time, but when it was later used in an advert, I got paid 100 grand. I was still using drugs and the money was gone in a year’

It’s a privilege that a song I wrote 47 years ago has transcended the decades in between The label thought it was going to be a hit, but it wasn’t – people have many theories why, such as it having a 32-bar instrumental intro with no vocals. It feels like a lot of modern life has got built-in obsolescence, whether it’s technology, music or other forms of art, and you wonder if any of it will be remembered in the future. So that advert, along with Warren Ellis from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds inviting us to play the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival, is the reason we got back together.

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