Chords for Dave Gregory on leaving XTC
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Eventually, we signed with Cooking Vinyl, who were able to get an advance from a Japanese
company called Pony Canyon, who funded, who sent us enough money to make a pretty good album.
Now, there's an awful lot of things that happened between getting that money, booking the studios,
and actually finishing the record.
And it was that basic six-month period.
Everything went wrong from the time the money arrived until the day I left.
Just everything went wrong.
It would take an hour to tell you everything that went wrong.
Anyway, the pressure again started to mount, and he was getting very, very frustrated.
And he started lashing out, or at least what I considered him to be lashing out at us,
for kind of putting obstacles in the way of the progress of this record, not working hard enough, [Eb] not
Any problem, it was, you know, it was our fault for not working hard enough.
And he came down.
We were in Chipping Norton Studios, I remember, in the early months of 98.
And he sat down and gave us this stern lecture, [Gb] which actually poisoned the atmosphere for
everybody, because it wasn't just Colin and me.
Prairie was there, Hayden Bendle, the producer, Barry, [A] the engineer.
We were all in, you know, being criticized and lambasted, perfectly unfairly, in my view.
And I still say he was wrong to have done that.
And that kind of created a smell that never went away.
[Eb]
Then Andy decided he was going to
We sort of
The sessions kind of limped on.
He kept, you know, criticizing Prairie's drum work.
He says, you know, this isn't
These drums aren't working for me, blah, blah.
I couldn't hear anything wrong with them, they sounded fine.
But again, you know, the drums are the first thing, so until they're right, he couldn't,
you know, he wouldn't really do much else until the problems were corrected.
And time was eating away, and it was, you know, studio costs are just eating away at the budget.
And the money was just running out.
Then Andy decided
Yes, we'd finished at Chipping Norton, we were going to go back
to Hayden Bendle's workshop to do some overdubs and vocals.
At which point Andy decided he was going to take a holiday, he was going to take a couple of weeks off.
Go and spend some time in New York with his girlfriend.
[E] And I thought, no, no, no, no, this is
All right, we'll carry on while you're gone.
But just remember, you know, time's a-ticking, and the money's trickling away.
So we finished basically Colin Moulding's songs, got them done in a few days.
Vocals, everything finished.
And so eventually Andy came back.
Oh, he'd lost his voice, he had a throat infection, so he couldn't sing.
But he didn't
But then, you know, it was kind of
The criticism's all starting.
He started criticising the work that we'd done on Colin's songs.
He didn't like this, he didn't [N] like that, and it was
And I just
And then he announced that he'd been having discussions with an American record company
who had agreed to release some money so we could mix the album for release in the States.
And I thought, well, who's this company then?
I won't tell you who they were, but I made some inquiries.
I just phoned around, what do you reckon to this company?
I phoned some American friends, a couple of artists and a producer
who'd been in
Who'd had involvement with this company,
and it was just, like, the worst possible reaction from people, you know.
It was just
The words had barely raised my
Left my lips.
One guy I spoke to, he went,
"'You will not be paid.'
Those were the four words I remember.
[Bb] And I thought, oh, this is just
To have such
You know, from a couple of artists as well who'd been signed.
I said to Andy, look, this is just madness.
You know, you might get the money to mix the album,
but you're [Eb] not getting anything out.
But he was determined to do it.
I said, well, I'm not signing that document.
I'm sure there's other companies we could approach,
but this one is bad, bad news.
But he wouldn't listen.
So I said, well, I think I'm just in the way here, you know.
My opinion really isn't important anymore.
You have no
Obviously, no intention of listening to anything
I've got to say anymore.
So I think it's best for all of us if I go.
He thought I was calling his bluff, but really, you know,
the resentment had been building over the
You know, several months.
And, you know, the fact that we'd all waited seven [F] years
to make this record, and suddenly we were [Gb] being forced
into doing what amounted to me to be Andy's solo record.
And he'll probably tell you that they're all his solo records.
[Eb] You know, that was kind of where his ego was at the time.
But this was something else, and I wasn't comfortable.
I thought I'd be doing everybody a favour by going.
Apart from anything else, I could see bankruptcy looming,
because he'd spent all the money, this really generous advance,
and we hadn't even got to the mixing stage.
Admittedly
..a
lot of money had been fritted away needlessly.
All [E] spent in the cause of the record.
There was no recreational expenditure
on the band members' part.
It was all just irresponsible spending on the record.
So that was basically
It was a combination of money,
but more about attitudes, lack of respect,
and just, well, you know, asking,
what the hell I was doing here, you know?
So that was really how it all ended.
company called Pony Canyon, who funded, who sent us enough money to make a pretty good album.
Now, there's an awful lot of things that happened between getting that money, booking the studios,
and actually finishing the record.
And it was that basic six-month period.
Everything went wrong from the time the money arrived until the day I left.
Just everything went wrong.
It would take an hour to tell you everything that went wrong.
Anyway, the pressure again started to mount, and he was getting very, very frustrated.
And he started lashing out, or at least what I considered him to be lashing out at us,
for kind of putting obstacles in the way of the progress of this record, not working hard enough, [Eb] not
Any problem, it was, you know, it was our fault for not working hard enough.
And he came down.
We were in Chipping Norton Studios, I remember, in the early months of 98.
And he sat down and gave us this stern lecture, [Gb] which actually poisoned the atmosphere for
everybody, because it wasn't just Colin and me.
Prairie was there, Hayden Bendle, the producer, Barry, [A] the engineer.
We were all in, you know, being criticized and lambasted, perfectly unfairly, in my view.
And I still say he was wrong to have done that.
And that kind of created a smell that never went away.
[Eb]
Then Andy decided he was going to
We sort of
The sessions kind of limped on.
He kept, you know, criticizing Prairie's drum work.
He says, you know, this isn't
These drums aren't working for me, blah, blah.
I couldn't hear anything wrong with them, they sounded fine.
But again, you know, the drums are the first thing, so until they're right, he couldn't,
you know, he wouldn't really do much else until the problems were corrected.
And time was eating away, and it was, you know, studio costs are just eating away at the budget.
And the money was just running out.
Then Andy decided
Yes, we'd finished at Chipping Norton, we were going to go back
to Hayden Bendle's workshop to do some overdubs and vocals.
At which point Andy decided he was going to take a holiday, he was going to take a couple of weeks off.
Go and spend some time in New York with his girlfriend.
[E] And I thought, no, no, no, no, this is
All right, we'll carry on while you're gone.
But just remember, you know, time's a-ticking, and the money's trickling away.
So we finished basically Colin Moulding's songs, got them done in a few days.
Vocals, everything finished.
And so eventually Andy came back.
Oh, he'd lost his voice, he had a throat infection, so he couldn't sing.
But he didn't
But then, you know, it was kind of
The criticism's all starting.
He started criticising the work that we'd done on Colin's songs.
He didn't like this, he didn't [N] like that, and it was
And I just
And then he announced that he'd been having discussions with an American record company
who had agreed to release some money so we could mix the album for release in the States.
And I thought, well, who's this company then?
I won't tell you who they were, but I made some inquiries.
I just phoned around, what do you reckon to this company?
I phoned some American friends, a couple of artists and a producer
who'd been in
Who'd had involvement with this company,
and it was just, like, the worst possible reaction from people, you know.
It was just
The words had barely raised my
Left my lips.
One guy I spoke to, he went,
"'You will not be paid.'
Those were the four words I remember.
[Bb] And I thought, oh, this is just
To have such
You know, from a couple of artists as well who'd been signed.
I said to Andy, look, this is just madness.
You know, you might get the money to mix the album,
but you're [Eb] not getting anything out.
But he was determined to do it.
I said, well, I'm not signing that document.
I'm sure there's other companies we could approach,
but this one is bad, bad news.
But he wouldn't listen.
So I said, well, I think I'm just in the way here, you know.
My opinion really isn't important anymore.
You have no
Obviously, no intention of listening to anything
I've got to say anymore.
So I think it's best for all of us if I go.
He thought I was calling his bluff, but really, you know,
the resentment had been building over the
You know, several months.
And, you know, the fact that we'd all waited seven [F] years
to make this record, and suddenly we were [Gb] being forced
into doing what amounted to me to be Andy's solo record.
And he'll probably tell you that they're all his solo records.
[Eb] You know, that was kind of where his ego was at the time.
But this was something else, and I wasn't comfortable.
I thought I'd be doing everybody a favour by going.
Apart from anything else, I could see bankruptcy looming,
because he'd spent all the money, this really generous advance,
and we hadn't even got to the mixing stage.
Admittedly
..a
lot of money had been fritted away needlessly.
All [E] spent in the cause of the record.
There was no recreational expenditure
on the band members' part.
It was all just irresponsible spending on the record.
So that was basically
It was a combination of money,
but more about attitudes, lack of respect,
and just, well, you know, asking,
what the hell I was doing here, you know?
So that was really how it all ended.
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_ _ Eventually, _ we signed with Cooking Vinyl, who were able to get an advance from a Japanese
company called Pony Canyon, who funded, who sent us enough money to _ make a pretty good album.
Now, there's an awful lot of things that happened between _ getting that money, booking the studios,
_ _ and actually _ finishing the record.
And it was that basic six-month period. _
Everything went wrong from the time the money arrived until the day I left.
Just everything went wrong.
_ It would take an hour to tell you everything that went wrong. _
Anyway, the pressure again started to mount, and he was getting very, very frustrated.
And he started lashing out, or at least what I considered him to be lashing out at us,
for kind of putting obstacles in the way of the progress of this record, not working hard enough, [Eb] not_
Any problem, it was, you know, it was our fault for not working hard enough.
_ And he came down.
We were in Chipping Norton Studios, I remember, in _ the early months of 98. _
_ And he sat down and gave us this stern lecture, [Gb] which actually poisoned the atmosphere for
everybody, because it wasn't just Colin and me.
_ Prairie was there, Hayden Bendle, the producer, Barry, [A] _ the engineer.
We were all in, you know, being _ criticized and lambasted, _ _ perfectly unfairly, in my view.
And I still say he was wrong to have done that. _ _ _ _ _
And that kind of created a smell that never went away.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ Then Andy decided he was going to_
We sort of_
The sessions kind of limped on.
He kept, you know, criticizing Prairie's drum work.
He says, you know, this isn't_
These drums aren't working for me, blah, blah.
I couldn't hear anything wrong with them, they sounded fine.
But again, you know, the drums are the first thing, so until they're right, he couldn't,
you know, he wouldn't really _ _ do much else until the problems were corrected. _ _ _
And time was eating away, and it was, you know, studio costs are just eating away at the budget. _
And the money was just running out. _ _ _
Then Andy _ decided_
Yes, we'd finished at Chipping Norton, we were going to go back
to Hayden Bendle's workshop to do some overdubs and vocals.
At which point Andy decided he was going to take a holiday, he was going to take a couple of weeks off.
Go and spend some time in New York with his girlfriend.
[E] _ _ And I thought, no, no, no, no, this is_
All right, we'll carry on while you're gone.
_ _ But just remember, you know, time's a-ticking, and the _ money's trickling away.
_ _ _ So we finished basically Colin Moulding's songs, got them done in a few days.
Vocals, everything finished.
_ _ _ And so eventually Andy came back.
_ Oh, he'd lost his voice, he had a throat infection, so he couldn't sing.
But he didn't_
But then, you know, it was kind of_
The criticism's all starting.
He started criticising the work that we'd done on Colin's songs.
He didn't like this, he didn't [N] like that, and it was_
And I _ just_
And then he announced that he'd _ been having discussions with an American record company
who had agreed to _ _ release some money so we could mix the album for release in the States. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And I thought, well, who's this company then?
I won't tell you who they were, but I made some inquiries.
I just phoned around, what do you reckon to this company?
I phoned some American friends, _ a couple of artists and a producer
who'd been in_
Who'd had involvement with this company,
and it was just, like, the worst possible reaction _ from people, you know.
It was just_
The words had barely raised my_
Left my lips.
One guy I spoke to, he went,
"'You will not be paid.'
Those were the four words I remember.
[Bb] And I thought, oh, this is just_
To have such_
You know, from a couple of artists as well who'd been signed.
_ _ I said to Andy, look, this is just madness.
You know, you might get the money to mix the album,
but you're [Eb] not getting anything out.
But he was determined to do it.
I said, well, I'm not signing that document. _
_ _ _ _ I'm sure there's other companies we could approach,
but this one is bad, bad news.
_ But he wouldn't listen.
_ So I said, well, I think I'm just in the way here, you know.
My opinion really isn't important anymore.
You have no_
Obviously, no intention of listening to anything
I've got to say anymore.
So I think it's best for all of us if I go.
_ He thought I was calling his bluff, but really, you know,
the resentment had been building _ over the_
_ _ You know, several months.
And, you know, the fact that we'd all waited seven [F] years
to make this record, and suddenly we were [Gb] being forced
into doing what _ amounted to me to be Andy's solo record.
_ _ And he'll probably tell you that they're all his solo records.
[Eb] You know, that was kind of where his ego was at the time.
But this was something else, and I wasn't comfortable.
_ I thought I'd be doing everybody a favour by going. _
Apart from anything else, I could see bankruptcy looming,
because he'd spent all the money, this really generous advance,
and we hadn't even got to the mixing stage. _ _ _
_ _ Admittedly_
..a
lot of money had been fritted away needlessly.
_ All [E] spent in the cause of the record.
There was no _ recreational _ _ expenditure
on the band members' part.
It was all just irresponsible spending on the record. _ _ _
So that was basically_
It was a combination of money,
but more about _ _ attitudes, lack of respect,
and just, well, you know, asking,
what the hell I was doing here, you know?
So that was really how it all ended. _
company called Pony Canyon, who funded, who sent us enough money to _ make a pretty good album.
Now, there's an awful lot of things that happened between _ getting that money, booking the studios,
_ _ and actually _ finishing the record.
And it was that basic six-month period. _
Everything went wrong from the time the money arrived until the day I left.
Just everything went wrong.
_ It would take an hour to tell you everything that went wrong. _
Anyway, the pressure again started to mount, and he was getting very, very frustrated.
And he started lashing out, or at least what I considered him to be lashing out at us,
for kind of putting obstacles in the way of the progress of this record, not working hard enough, [Eb] not_
Any problem, it was, you know, it was our fault for not working hard enough.
_ And he came down.
We were in Chipping Norton Studios, I remember, in _ the early months of 98. _
_ And he sat down and gave us this stern lecture, [Gb] which actually poisoned the atmosphere for
everybody, because it wasn't just Colin and me.
_ Prairie was there, Hayden Bendle, the producer, Barry, [A] _ the engineer.
We were all in, you know, being _ criticized and lambasted, _ _ perfectly unfairly, in my view.
And I still say he was wrong to have done that. _ _ _ _ _
And that kind of created a smell that never went away.
[Eb] _ _
_ _ Then Andy decided he was going to_
We sort of_
The sessions kind of limped on.
He kept, you know, criticizing Prairie's drum work.
He says, you know, this isn't_
These drums aren't working for me, blah, blah.
I couldn't hear anything wrong with them, they sounded fine.
But again, you know, the drums are the first thing, so until they're right, he couldn't,
you know, he wouldn't really _ _ do much else until the problems were corrected. _ _ _
And time was eating away, and it was, you know, studio costs are just eating away at the budget. _
And the money was just running out. _ _ _
Then Andy _ decided_
Yes, we'd finished at Chipping Norton, we were going to go back
to Hayden Bendle's workshop to do some overdubs and vocals.
At which point Andy decided he was going to take a holiday, he was going to take a couple of weeks off.
Go and spend some time in New York with his girlfriend.
[E] _ _ And I thought, no, no, no, no, this is_
All right, we'll carry on while you're gone.
_ _ But just remember, you know, time's a-ticking, and the _ money's trickling away.
_ _ _ So we finished basically Colin Moulding's songs, got them done in a few days.
Vocals, everything finished.
_ _ _ And so eventually Andy came back.
_ Oh, he'd lost his voice, he had a throat infection, so he couldn't sing.
But he didn't_
But then, you know, it was kind of_
The criticism's all starting.
He started criticising the work that we'd done on Colin's songs.
He didn't like this, he didn't [N] like that, and it was_
And I _ just_
And then he announced that he'd _ been having discussions with an American record company
who had agreed to _ _ release some money so we could mix the album for release in the States. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ And I thought, well, who's this company then?
I won't tell you who they were, but I made some inquiries.
I just phoned around, what do you reckon to this company?
I phoned some American friends, _ a couple of artists and a producer
who'd been in_
Who'd had involvement with this company,
and it was just, like, the worst possible reaction _ from people, you know.
It was just_
The words had barely raised my_
Left my lips.
One guy I spoke to, he went,
"'You will not be paid.'
Those were the four words I remember.
[Bb] And I thought, oh, this is just_
To have such_
You know, from a couple of artists as well who'd been signed.
_ _ I said to Andy, look, this is just madness.
You know, you might get the money to mix the album,
but you're [Eb] not getting anything out.
But he was determined to do it.
I said, well, I'm not signing that document. _
_ _ _ _ I'm sure there's other companies we could approach,
but this one is bad, bad news.
_ But he wouldn't listen.
_ So I said, well, I think I'm just in the way here, you know.
My opinion really isn't important anymore.
You have no_
Obviously, no intention of listening to anything
I've got to say anymore.
So I think it's best for all of us if I go.
_ He thought I was calling his bluff, but really, you know,
the resentment had been building _ over the_
_ _ You know, several months.
And, you know, the fact that we'd all waited seven [F] years
to make this record, and suddenly we were [Gb] being forced
into doing what _ amounted to me to be Andy's solo record.
_ _ And he'll probably tell you that they're all his solo records.
[Eb] You know, that was kind of where his ego was at the time.
But this was something else, and I wasn't comfortable.
_ I thought I'd be doing everybody a favour by going. _
Apart from anything else, I could see bankruptcy looming,
because he'd spent all the money, this really generous advance,
and we hadn't even got to the mixing stage. _ _ _
_ _ Admittedly_
..a
lot of money had been fritted away needlessly.
_ All [E] spent in the cause of the record.
There was no _ recreational _ _ expenditure
on the band members' part.
It was all just irresponsible spending on the record. _ _ _
So that was basically_
It was a combination of money,
but more about _ _ attitudes, lack of respect,
and just, well, you know, asking,
what the hell I was doing here, you know?
So that was really how it all ended. _