| Chrispick,
No problem, its fun to try and remember all this stuff so thanks for asking!
On Brutal Youth I was responsible for "Kinder Murder" and "20% Amnesia".
Elvis and I had just finshed The Juliet Letters a few months earlier but it was unreleased when EC called me over to London to try ideas for a new band record. We went into this eight track studio called Pathway and recorded in very tight quarters and the two best tracks from that session were the one's mentioned above. We relocated to "The Church" studios where JL was recorded and experimented some more. EC wanted to make a really abrasive sounding record and I questioned whether I was the right person to execute it. I sensed he was a tad insecure about the release of The Juliet Letters (which is a stunning piece of work by this remarkable talent), akin to Blood and Chocolate after King of America.
We both agreed that Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake were the right combo but the irony is that I have read many reviews that has cited "Murder and Amnesia" as the two most raucous tracks on the album.
I guess somehow I talked myself out of a gig..... !
KK |