'Danger is great joy, dark is bright as fire Happy is our family, lonely is our ward' Witches' Song Broken English is one of my favourite albums of all time.

I’d bought ‘Feline.’ I didn’t own ‘Rattus Norvegicus.’

[top albums] Changes daily. Yesterday it was White Light, White Heat by the Velvet Underground. Today it’s Hozier by Hozier

[top albums] Changes daily. Yesterday it was White Light, White Heat by the Velvet Underground. Today it’s Hozier by Hozier

The Violent Femmes, I read, were ‘one of the most successful alternative rock bands of the 1980s, selling over 9 million albums by 2005.’ Yes, the Violent Femmes ended up in that whorehouse called success, and you know what? It only makes me love them more.

A few real Gods could be forgiven commercial success, obviously: people like Bowie or the Stones.

A few real Gods could be forgiven commercial success, obviously: people like Bowie or the Stones.

Of contemporary bands I really loved, the standouts were the Smiths and the Psychedelic Furs. I loved any band with a great guitarist. I played guitar myself, mostly alone in my bedroom.

Of contemporary bands I really loved, the standouts were the Smiths and the Psychedelic Furs.

I was obsessed with The Beatles at the time.