Curious Creatures

My 1st is in Punk but Never in Junk

My 2nd is in Museum but never in Mausoleum 

My 3rd is a Shop of Tartan punk Underwear 

My 4TH is Shock of Electric Blue Head Hair

Who am I?

Lol has the stuff the Hall of Fame Loves 

Stan Laurel jokes follow Budgie like Doves

Lol sounds Australian? Mike’s a Bostonian! 

We love San Francisco and the fog on The Bay

We love the old iBeam and we love Lol’s son Gray

The Cure and The Banshees played there in its Hey day

Mike saw The Sweet there but we’d all gone away!

Bob and Lol stayed at the Red Victorian 

Meeting the legends and Pleasant Germanian

The Punk scene came from Bowie’s Roots

The Ramones and The Runaways and Doc Martins Boots

Lol was 15 when he saw Suzi Quatro 

Then Killing Joke told him to go to America 

Fat Mike’s parents didn’t listen to Music 

Mike became a Germ Free Adolescent for Poly Styrene 

My 1st is in X-Ray Spex and also in Ozzy 

My 2nd is in Pat Smear who lent them a Cozzy 

My 3rd is in Alice Bag and also in Darby Crash

My 4th is in NoFX and also in Graveyard Smash

What am I?

Budgie is all about the Drums

It’s always all about the drums 

Adam and the Ants - The Glitter band had amazing drums 

Adam asked Lol and Lol said, “I’m in the Cure so it’s okay.” 

Lol wears white Sox!

So he didn’t get beat up at the Missing Persons gig. (who wrote this?)

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Respect: Marianne Joan Elliott-Said (3 July 1957 – 25 April 2011) Poly Styrene

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Sad story for our friend in Turkey but we remain positive for a good end.

Lol and Budgie hopped with Joy to see the Kodo drummers in concert

Budgie met Kodo Principal Leonard Eto via prog rock legend Hoppy Kamiyama

Leo and Budgie drummed and Hoppy vibed with Chaos tapes and the Hai! album was born

In 1977 The Clash drummer Nicky ‘Topper’ Headon was Budgie’s inspiration! 

Lol’s mentor Andy McBride taught him the beats of The Clash

Kraftwerk introduced us to new sounds and the beating heart of German Industry

Stephen Perkins was the ‘Zen Beat Master’ of Jane’s Addiction!

And Perry Farrell was Lol’s psychedelic neighbour

Lol liked XTC’s Terry Chambers and Stranglers sticksman Jet Black 

Budgie dug and digs, Robert ‘Gotobed’ Grey and could have been his namesake

Robert is older than Budgie by 6 years, 4 Months; to the day – Is it time for a party?

And Lol ‘Stopthatnoise’ Tolhurst Agrees - Kindergarden Made Drum Monsters of us All!

It doesn’t take much for drummer’s questions, does it?

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Respect: Ronald Lee Wilson – (June 26 1944 – May 12 1989) The Surfaris - Wipe Out

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Heavy Rotation for The Siouxsie Bus Party

Linton Kwesi-Johnson - Forces of Victory 

Psychedelic Furs - India

NIN - Pretty Hate Machine

London’s Satellite Towns

Swingin’ - Dodgy 

Policing the Numbskulls

Mr Murphy with his baseball bat

“Oi, cut it out son or your brown bread.”

“Sorry Guv I’ll be leaving then.”

Robert’s Red Vinyl Box

Simon and Kate Bush’s ‘Hounds of Love’

Club Tolhurst and Club Smith 

Evelyn ‘Champagne’ king 

Shits and Giggles with Iron Maiden’s 

‘Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter’

Keeping the Crew Filth Happy

AC/DC - Back in Black 

Mötörhead - ‘Ace of Spades’

SATB - ‘Nicotine Stain’

The Language of the Drums.

Budgie’s famous vocal percussion - Fireball

Gypsy Eyes morphs into Mad Eyed Screamer

Lol and Budgie wish upon a ‘Highway Star’

Say Hi, to ‘Young Americans’ 

‘Get it On’ with T.Rex’s ‘Jeepster’!

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Respect: Dale ‘Buffin’ Griffin - (1948 - 2016)

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Machine Gunners’ Ear 

No Elvis, Beatles, or The Rolling Stones in 1977 

Bad brains, Minor Threat and Fugazi - at 14! 

Washington DC’s 9:30 Club, The Black Cat and Washington Plaza 

The Walkmen cometh in 2000

Eric’s Club matinee, it’s a drive-in Saturday, lots of creativity from NYC

In A Forest or In Dust, the Walkmen place their trust, in the Siouxsie-Bob sound, merci! 

Bob and Lol’s brothers played music to be loud, discovering the rebel inside

From Liverpool to Boston, no charm in the venues, guys in plaid shirts had to hide!

More difficult today, is that fair to say? Walkmen wipe-out in London and Bath

Salt Lake City rodeo, everyone’s a weirdo, remember roach motels and laugh!

Young Budgie loved Winifred Atwell and the Poor people of Paris 

The English they love you one time 

In the biggest bed Lol gets it to rhyme!

Reggae Chart Busters Volume 1 2 & 3

A piano too heavy for the Barfly 

Went through a Hole in The Wall

Club Manchester was a bit unfriendly 

Slim Jim and the Stray Cats, lived in squats

Lol’s books into Manhattan 

His son on tour Back in the van y’all 

Tough for bands in roach motels 

No bed and shower? then Lol’s a no show!

Budgie loves Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds – True!

Harlem Analog in the sweet spot of a terrible idea 

Forget to mute and blow out someone’s ear. 

Hearing has deteriorated Machine Gunners fear.

John McGeoch’s Melodic feedback

The soundman was stone deaf - Lol don’t miss floor monitor days 

Walkmen are back after a decade no tour 

The Black flag soundman was the best first for sure!

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Respect: Ruth Polsky (December 5, 1954 – September 7, 1986)

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Curious Creatures is a partner of the Double Elvis podcast network. For more of the best music storytelling follow @DoubleElvis on Instagram or search Double Elvis in your podcast app. 

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‘The people I remember…’
Mutual respect, the Bloc Party had
Kele and collaborators, what’s good and what’s bad
Together on tour, but then things change
Russell ‘n Kele retain musical respect 
Musical Respect is a necessary thing 
Banshees Guitarists, All the Young Johns
Spizz oil and the Banshees, It’s a Family Affair 
Kele and James Murphy and their traveling bands 
Having kids and Touring Keep us Peter Pan style.

Chilli Pepper pals, Prodigal Sons 
‘In the desert you can remember your name’
‘Life’s What You Make It’  
The Cure take MTV - Budgie signs autographs ‘Down the Pub.

‘The Great Covid Reset’
A Non-Touring fantasy - A new way of life?
Touring and sleeping go hand in hand!
Kele, wants the father-child relationship 
Lol had none with his father 
So, he turned it around for his own son
Budgie’s dad was always present 
Kele’s dad was proud and healing  
Budgie’s dad said, “Do whatever makes you happy.” 
Lol’s mum gave him a love of art and literature 

Lol’s mum said - “I like the new single by The Clash”
Fun times meeting US Campus kids – smelled like team spirit 
ABC - The Look of Love - Money Makes the World go Round 
Art for Art’s sake – Money for God’s sake
British Art space receding - young artists and crew get no Support
Feeling the Fallout of the covid years 
Love to Kele’s family and toi-toi for the tour! 
Life’s always a giggle with Budgie and Lol! 

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Respect: John Prine (October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020)
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Concentric Circles of Life and the Nightmare of Brexit
Kele from London via Edinburgh and Liverpool 
Budgie in France, London and Berlin
Lol in the USA for 25 years
Old UK market towns when the pubs are closed 
Would anyone want a return to 70’s England?

Out of Brussels - Nefarious reasons?
Strawberries full of chemicals? 
Capitalism - Free labour?
Big Agri eats labour 

Children pick berries - Human nature stagnates 
Automation stealing jobs - packing our bags
Armed response in Beverly Hills 
Belfast’s most bombed hotel - we’re all in the Bar
Hands up! 

Berlin still an island with lots of space 
Kele, Lol and Budgie went to Catholic school 
Altar boys all, singing magi and Latin
Teenagers rebelling against Catholic guilt 
40 years later we have hopefully matured 

Not normal to sublimate the ego in your 20’s
That’s what it takes for a band to work 
A Catch 22 – Few bands remain as first formed 
If only The Cure had taken a break from the 4th album …
A recipe for disaster - everyone loves a rock star, 
staring into the abyss.

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Respect: Joseph Heller (May 1st 1923 – December 12 1999)
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Invisible Darlings - Fast piano  
Harpsichord music - Gregorian chant  
Pioneer days - with the Avant Garde 
We needed friends - Americans are friendly! 

Sleep? luxury - no sleep ‘til Hammersmith! 
Steak and Shake lady - Rambling about Lions 
Daniel’s den - Puts him in a better mood 

Lol and Budgie - protected from the banter  
Years of drumming makes hearing sparse! 
Four sevens Clash! - We’re all numerologists  
Playing each other’s instruments - in search of a tune  

Hawkwind’s Silver Machine and 7 by 7  
Lol & Budgie loved “In Search of Space” 
Dik-Mik & Lemmy - hippies and punks 
Damn Skippy – A Darker psychedelia

Being open to change - Animal Collective’s philosophy  
Grow and move on - Nothing lasts  
David curious about creative Psychedelics - was Pornography Psychedelic? 
Challenging times - But Lol’s favourite Cure album

Budgie in a Camden Dreamhouse - Dinner in a Greek restaurant 
The Cure as a psychedelic punk band. 
Trout Mask Replica - Strange Days from The Doors
Robert sings backwards at 4 am  

Music’s a trip!

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Respect: Lemmy Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015)
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Circuit Bending- Can you Feel it?
Krautrock’s influence – Faust, Neu! and Amon Düül II 
Budgie mimics the white noise intro of Hawkwind’s ‘Silver Machine’
Lol moves from drums to keys and an early Apple Mac 
The Cure still Luddites for Pornography Live  

OMD and Echo and The Bunnymen
Budgie gave The Bunnymen a cymbal
Lol and Budgie and the Punk revolution
Loose electronics, unique sounds, and improvisation
Avey & Animal Collective bend the Yamaha DX27 like Brian Eno!

What’s the patch Today Kids? 
Animal Collective and Broken Flangers -The future of Music 
Axis Bold as Love Orgasmic tape flanging!
Is the Solina Dutch or Italian? 
The Mirage worked with beer - The Synare Synth drum broke 

Love and Hate In the 80’s
AC early days in NYC - Distance and Creation 
You could play a good tour as your profession.
Competition’s not real. Right on!
The Internet Ruins Everything it Touches

Iowa City Flashback!  
“The Devil’s loins’, says Budgie - “Half and half”, says Avey  
Flyers in Ashville Oasis – Oklahoma, the city of Flaming Lips 
Huge airport - No people - Deja Vu or What!?

Mr Moog and Mr Buchla 
“The Buchla is Goth!”, says Lol
No Manual - Anything could happen!
Avey took his music easel on Tour!
Never again RTFM!

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Respect: Robert Arthur Moog (May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005)
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Wild is the Wind & Vulnerability
Budgie is Shirley’s all-time favourite Drummer of her all-time favourite Band!
Budgie Blushes in glorious Surround-Sound
When Garbage played their first London show in 1995
Budgie was moshing in the pit with Banshees’ Billy Chainsaw
Shirley felt as overwhelmed as Budgie did by Bowie 

Golden Years
30 Big ones and Shirley couldn’t have dreamed it
25 Big ones for Lol in his old LA chair
Shirley loves Lol saying ‘Butch’ in his best Scottish accent 
A Hard time in LA during lockdown had Shirley return to Scotland asap

Little Red Corvette
Lol and Budgie dreamed of driving - Shirley drives electric dreams
Now all is Zen behind the wheel - Saving the Rage for the Stage
Shirley was bullied as a kid - SATB helped her become Empowered!
Lol and Shirley like Being Stupid sometimes 

Break-Up to Make-Up 
On Tour with The Creatures, came Budgie’s wake-up call 
Like an old British sitcom, Lol and Budgie share similar experiences 
Garbage had to break-up to stay together – to ignore what was being said  
The Cure & Banshees were too young to know - a year out might have saved them. 

Don’t Talk to Me About Love
We talk about the C-word - Shirley wants the T-shirt!
Leaving The Cure was like Lol leaving his family or Excommunication! 
To understand change is not easy - such a huge part of our identity. 
Budgie has come to know love’s changes
Being in a band is like being married - the Pot calling the Kettle Black!

Changes
Shirley succinctly explains being in a band
Relieved that the band has adjusted to her changes  
Shirley humbled by hip surgery - a triumphant story!
Shirley says, forget your ego - enjoy life and seize the day.
Ringo Starr says… Up yer bum!

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Respect: John Lennon (October 9th 1940 – December 8th 1980) ‘Instant Karma’
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Manifesting - Liberation for Your Soul!
Changing is Challenging - Crazy and Uncomfortable 
Letting go of everything - Accelerate the Spiritual 
Meg finds less companionship – and a big shift in people’s attitudes
Finding a better way – with People that heal
Budgie experiences healing - Negating Negativity 
As we get better, better things happen 

Lol is Awake - Right Now!
Meg stops to smell the flowers
Discovers the new in familiar places to find inspiration 
Don’t force it - Don’t plan it
‘Hell is other people.’ said Sartre 
The Volcanoes of Hawaii tempted The Creatures to Feast!

Dogs are Wizards - Cats are Bosses!
Preparing to tour - Sad to leave the cats
Safe and comfortable on stage  
Things get Manifested when you’re Connected 
In Sound and Vision Meg feels Fully Realised.

Lol and Budgie - Keeping it Together! 
Time to Explore - Madeira Cake - Port - Bananas - Biblical 
Creativity comes when it wants to be Created 
Hair as Prayer – Lol’s dream of a Mohawk on the Astral plane 
Meditating - Downloads and Alignment 
Meg’s Dreams are her Guides!

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Respect: Simone de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) "The Second Sex - 1949"

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Check out Meg On Tour - April 17th thru’ May 24th 

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Budgie: 
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Curious Creatures is a partner of the Double Elvis podcast network. For more of the best music storytelling follow @DoubleElvis on Instagram or search Double Elvis in your podcast app.

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