<\/em>Vini Reilly [guitars, vocals, keyboards]:<\/strong> Gangs then had a different meaning. It was just \u201ctheir lot\u201d and \u201cour lot\u201d. We\u2019d sling insults at each other. Then you\u2019d play football in the park and realise you were playing with the local thugs. They were actually very funny, and I could have fun with them because I was so little. At the time I\u2019d been going through a recurring depressive illness and felt I didn\u2019t fit in at home, so I left without any clean clothing. I wanted to end my life so I decided to go to Moss Side, where the gangsters would shoot me. Of course they didn\u2019t. I\u2019d had a very happy childhood until my father died when I was doing my O-levels, but I\u2019ve come to the conclusion that the really bad things gave me more than they could ever take. How can you know happiness until you\u2019ve known deep sadness?<\/p>\n
Bruce Mitchell [drums]:<\/strong> Vini does kick off, though, properly battles. We had to section him once, and six people had to hold him down.<\/p>\n
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