Supergrass believe their music got “more psychedelic” the more weed they consumed.
Supergrass have revealed the effects smoking a big pile of weed had on their sound
The Britpop band have reflected on their career as they celebrate 30 years of their chart-topping debut album, 1995’s ‘I Should Coco’, and referring to their psychedelic rock offerings, such as ‘Time’ and ‘Sofa (of My Lethargy)’, frontman Gaz Coombes confessed a lot of cannabis was involved in the recording sessions.
He told The Independent: “The further we got into the studio stash of weed, the more psychedelic we went.”
The ‘Alright’ band knew they’d made it when “about 10 bare-chested blokes” threw beer over their equipment when they opened for Shed Seven in Dundee.
Drummer Danny Goffey recalled: “About 10 bare-chested blokes threw all their beer all over Rob’s keyboard and piled in, and things got smashed.
“That was the point where we realised, f****** hell, people are really into this.”
Supergrass still can’t believe the enduring legacy of the hit single ‘Alright’ from ‘I Should Coco’.
Gaz said: “The chorus is a bit odd. It’s not a big chorus for such a hit… It’s like having your cake and eating it a little bit.
“You get these songs through any decade that people are still playing 30, 40 years later, and every summer it comes out, or it just ends up on some advert here or there. We gave in to it a long time ago.”
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