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feel like a year old I’m a dad and I get to do
that right this time around Last time around
you’re making your career and you’re a kid
yourself”
For several weeks now he has been rehearing
at an independent studios in Manchester’s
Northern Quarter preparing for the planned
tour to mark the st anniversary of Black
Grape’s debut album It’s Great When You’re
Straight Yeah In the months ahead Shaun
reckons Black Grape will play festivals and
announce a full international tour for
There’ll also be new material although that
part is still very much a work in progress
There were too many egos says Shaun: “When
Kermit and Carl (McCarthy the group’s second
rapper) had their first taste of success Top Of
The Pops and TV shows they ended up
thinking they was Biggie and Tupac It was
‘Get rid of the white kid’ So they were going
off doing their own thing and it crumbled I’d
had enough then anyway Then I had a two
minute part in a film The Avengers Eddie
Izzard’s first movie Eddie went to Hollywood
and I went nowhere ”
Shaun says he is reaping the rewards of having
faith in his own ideas “I like being busy now ”
he says “It’s a mixture of enjoying life and also
I have testosterone injections that make me
Celebrating Years
r
gg
since
1995
Black Grapewere a band that burned brightly - a chart topping
debut album, top 10 singles with Reverend Black Grape and
In The Name Of The Father, worldwide success that left the
Mondays in the shade - and all too briefly, putting out music
from 1995 to 1998.
JUNE
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