"It’s not like in the Little Angels days where we used to rehearse eight hours a day, seven days a week. We’ve always had to speak to each other on Zoom, to find dates to rehearse to do a show. Lockdown for us was kind of odd because making the record online didn’t feel different, because we’ve always worked like that. With Toby based in Bath, Phil in Portugal, Nic in Leicester and Sam in Leeds, they had to. As I’m getting older I’m definitely getting gnarlier and more angry about things, because I ain’t got a lot of time left!”Įven before Covid, Wayward Sons were working remotely. If only because, as a musician, I was enjoying the fact that I could tour in Europe, meet my friends and continue the relationships with people I’ve had for many years, and now that has been removed. "Brexit is an absolute disaster as far as I’m concerned. It seems we’re actually taking steps backwards instead of forwards. “The Trump era for me was a huge influence in terms of my need to talk about what is happening to the human race. “We’ve gone through a tumultuous period, not just with Covid, but with the last five years,” he explains. They have strong opinions (and they aren’t afraid to share them). Now I’m more worldly-wise and the whole thing with this band is, ‘Look, this is our thing, like it or hate it, it is what it is.’” “I feel that Wayward Sons is the opportunity to say the things perhaps I’ve felt a little reticent about saying in Little Angels, or wasn’t smart enough to say at the time. “There’s definitely more of a ‘don’t give a fuck‘ attitude to this band than others I’ve been in,” says Jepson. They all sounded like great songs to me." I definitely had a love of more poppy stuff – bands like Blondie, Elvis Costello, British and American new-wave pop. "I’ve never had this barrier thing of ‘that’s that type of music and I can’t like that’. I’d be putting on Rainbow and Sabbath and I’d go downstairs and my dad would be listening to the latest Ian Dury record To me it all felt the same. My sister was really into The Clash and the Pistols. But then, as a songwriter, Jepson has always been an open-minded soul. If you're going to write an opinion piece, state it as such, instead of wrapping it up in "fact" wrapping paper.On tracks like Bloody Typical and Big Day, the new album careers into foot-on-the-monitor new wave territory. I believe his intent wasn't to hurt anyone, but still not acceptable. The microphone stand should never have been thrown out into crowd, no excuses, that was not properly thought through. Any woman can be bitter and say a man abused her when he didn't and the police has to do there job, not saying that was what happened, but the charges were dropped so I guess decide for yourself after doing the proper research. Not involved in a killing as such phrasing is slanderous to put negative connotations as if planned with malicious intent. They started fighting and then the other guys had a gun and so Ronnie's friend shot them in SELF-DEFENSE and the only reason Ronnie was charged was for the fist fighting. The facts are that a few guys and himself planned to meet up with a few other guys for a fight. Although the man is not perfect, no one is, you have painted him in a very biased light. You are clearly part of the zombified that has been brainwashed into thinking they are raging against the machine when they are actually just raging for it. The picture is far larger than you can apparently comprehend. AnonymousWhat does his past have to do with this song? He topped the charts just last month, obviously he was not canceled.AnonymousNah Ronnie’s whole personality is being an a-hole lol.sounds to me like both parties brought a gun to the dance. What's interesting in your comment is you claim "the other guys" had a gun. you state "They started fighting and then the other guys had a gun and so Ronnie's friend shot them in SELF-DEFENSE " Tim from ScRegarding the anonymous comment about being bias.
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