#7 Suggs, Madness

Hello Suggs! What are you up to?
I’m currently sitting outside a club in Soho preparing myself for the onslaught!

OK. What’s the most immoral thing you’ve ever done?
Stealing a VHS cassette player from an electrical shop last night but forgetting the remote control.

You know they’ve got DVDs and stuff now.
I know, I know so how stupid am I?  The disbelief on the faces of my family when I came home with a VHS.

What are you gonna watch on it then, do you still have VHS?
No, they’ve all gone down the Oxfam.  I’m gonna go down there tomorrow. Cassettes and VHS are the way forward, no one wants to steal those.

What’s the most rock‘n’roll thing you’ve ever done?
I broke Rod Stewart’s mantelpiece by sitting on it. There was a few of the band there and we were so embarrassed that we threw it out the window. But we were eight floors up and it was made out of marble. It was quite high up, you had to get on a chair or a stool to sit on it. It was one of those huge baronial fireplaces and the whole thing came off the wall.

Where was this?
It was in Geneva or somewhere like that.  There was a headline in the Daily Mail that said ‘Madness Destroy Rod Stewart’s Suit’, they forgot to put the ‘e’ on the end!

How would you describe your music to our mum?
Pleasant.

What are you currently reading?
I’m trying to write a book so I’m reading my own words over and over again and it’s getting really dreary.

What’s your favourite venue to play?
The Dublin Castle in Camden Town.

How much is a pint of milk?
£72.50

That must be something like yak’s milk. Is it super organic?
My family are divided down the middle. We’ve got two organic members and two who aren’t.

When did you last have a haircut and do you tip your hair dresser?
Three days ago and yes.  The haircut was £9 and I gave them £10. I think that’s clever from people who want a tip, just make it one or two less than a round number, you’re more likely just to go ‘keep it.’

Were they grateful?
Not really because they’ve been doing it for years. So they’re more unfriendly if you don’t just give them the tenner because that’s the whole set up.

Can you tell us a funny rhyme with your name in it?
Suggs, jugs and bugs… and slugs. All the best things in life for free.

In order, what are the three most expensive things you’ve ever bought?
A house I suppose, obviously, a car, and [long pause] …my children’s wellbeing.

Surely that’s the most expensive?
Yeah.

Thanks Suggs.
Cheers!