Stuart Braithwaite > Quotes

“I love music writing and have a lot of time for journalists, but I’m often bemused when criticism is levelled against music for what it is not, rather than how successfully it has managed to be what it actually is. With music you are trying to achieve what you want, whether you successfully manage it is the issue. To say something is at fault because it is not what you (the writer) want it to be is ludicrous.”
― Stuart Braithwaite, Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth

“The Stereophonics were nice guys and we got along fine, though the differences between us were marked. Before they played they would practise their harmonies by playing the Extreme song ‘More Than Words’, with the whole band singing along with Kelly, the singer, and his acoustic guitar. For our pre-gig ritual we would sniff as many poppers as we could and listen to ‘Raw Power’ by The Stooges at ear-splitting volume.”
― Stuart Braithwaite, Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai, Mayhem and Misspent Youth