The Band Never Actually Split Up -

Leigh [bowery] Would Create Fake Guest Lists And Put The Most Ridiculous Names On Them - Joan Collins, Or Really Naff Soap Stars Who Would Never Grace The Door Of Taboo.

I Enjoy The Freedom Of Living Alone And Not Having Anyone Interfere With My Belongings. I Mean, I'm Quite A Selfish Human Being. I Think Being In The Public Eye And Growing Up, It's Made Me Quite Selfish In Some Respects. I Can Be Extremely Generous With Friends, But In Relationships I Can Be Quite Mean In Terms Of My Time And My Affections. I Take People For Granted, And I'm Trying Not To Do That.

Go Home. Let Me Do My Community Service.

The 1970s Was Probably The Most Exciting Decade To Be A Teenager, From Discovering Little Richard At The End Of The 1960s To Glam Rock To Punk Rock To Electro Music. So Much Happened In That 10-year Span. There Were So Many Musical Revolutions. Some Were Happening At The Same Time. You Had Disco Going On Behind Punk. You Had Michael Jackson. You Had The Sex Pistols.

The Taboo Scene Was A Kind Of Deconstructed Version Of The New Romantics. The Taboo Crowd Was Using A Lot Of The Visual Ideas That Had Already Been Used. I Remember The First Time I Spotted Leigh Bowery And Trojan Parading Around In Clubs: They Were In Their "pakis From Outer Space" Look, And The Makeup Was Quite Similar To One Of My Old Looks, Because I Was Quite Fond Of Wearing Blue, Green, Or Yellow Foundation, And So I Was Pretty Dismissive Of Them At First.