Interview with David Kilgour and Robert Scott

Robert Scott, David Kilgour, and Hamish Kilgour of The Clean. Photo by Craig McNabb taken sometime in the early '90s.

Clinton Krute Robert, any music or art or books or films that you've found particularly inspiring or engaging, either now or over the years?

Robert Scott Loaded questions those ones are.

David Kilgour I keep coming back, in terms of books and writings, to the things that first inspired me. Like in terms of bands, the obvious ones like the Velvets and New York punk bands, and early youngish punk bands. For some reason those have made a strong lesion in my musical brain, I suppose. Just reading the Alex Chilton book at the moment, and that's a really interesting read. We actually got to play with him in ’96 in Germany, so I sort of feel like I’ve got a good insight into him. He taught us how to smoke hash off the end of a guitar string under a glass.

DK Genius. (laughter)

RS And I actually got a recording of him telling us how to do it. (laughter)

DK Man, bootleggers around the world just shuddered. And the Chilton family just shuddered as well, I’m sure.