Luke Haines
Luke Haines
Luke Michael Haines is an English musician, songwriter and author. He has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder. He is married to British journalist, author, illustrator and artist Siân Pattenden.
"I saw the Popstars programme and to me it looked more like Opportunity Knocks than the kind of cutting-edge postmoderism that The Guardian would like to have us believe it was. I think what its more about is the public and the music industrys bloodlust. Its just like someone itching to say Oh, confound it all, lets bring back hanging, that was good entertainment."
Luke Haines"The Great British Public; a nation of Blue Peter presenters."
Luke Haines"All British artists 1988--? Just signing your name is not enough, you withered fucking idiots."
Luke Haines"The Auteurs have become Luke Haines. I ate their bodies, spat out the pips, and sucked up their souls."
Luke Haines"The point is theres a boring homogenisation of popular culture, so really the problem is theres nothing wrong, the machine works too smoothly. I think the pop music machine is much more fun when its broken. Things are always more fun when theyre broken. No one was ever consulted about this. There was never a Senate committee to say we must produce pop music every day since 1953 or whatever. Its time to lay down the gauntlet."
Luke Haines
