Glam Chops Interview: ‘We want to release a Christmas album!”

Photo: Glam Chops @ the Buffalo Bar
by Beki Cowey

It's Artrocker.TV, it's live, it's Glam Chops. And today we're joined by Eddie and by, er... by...

Paul: It's Paul. I'm a founder member you cheeky bastard!

Right! There was some exciting glam rock make-up going on with the show tonight. What thought process do you go through when deciding what make-up to put on?

Paul: Somebody told me that the best kind of sex is make-up sex, so I just try and make it as sexy as possible.

Eddie: I normally have two bars across my face but as you can see, I went for a star today... oh hang on, this is on the radio or something isn't it? You probably can't see my star then.

David Devant had a stormy weather cloud on his forehead, didn't he?

Paul: You know who I feel sorry for? That fella in Kiss who gets made up like a cat.

Eddie: It's a gerbil. It's a gerbil.

Paul: Is it a gerbil? I feel sorry for him. The rest of them look really cool and he's made up like a gerbil.

Eddie: The reason for the storm cloud was we were trying to learn his new song, and he was in a bad mood. So he drew a stormy weather cloud on his forehead (laughs) it was the most passive aggressive complaint ever!

Let's fire some glam rock orientated comparisons at you. The Sweet Vs Slade - who wins?

Paul: The Sweet for me.

Eddie: Yeah The Sweet, but I like Slade's film, 'In Flame'.

Paul: The Sweet are like hod carriers in cat suits. That's the appeal for me. That's my kind of man.

Eddie: Hurr, tough guy!

Ziggy Stardust Vs Marc Bolan?

Paul: Stardust... (Eddie nods) why do you always let me answer first?!

Eddie: Yeah Stardust. I love the way Bowie now talks about Ziggy Stardust as if he's a seperate person. "Yeah, me and Ziggy used to share a few hotel rooms..."

You had all the dancing girls out in force tonight - do they have names?

Eddie: The Panther Girls.

Paul: Yeah they did really well. Only two of them rehearsed... the other one was having a nap. They were fantastic!

Will you be releasing a Christmas single again this year?

Eddie: I want to release a Christmas album. A whole twelve tracks, we should get on it now.

Paul: I'm a fan of the phrase 'never say never'. [But] when it comes to the Glam Chops it's more like 'never say ever'! So whilst I'd like to... can't really see it, like.

It would be great to have a Glam Chops album. There's so many hits!

Eddie: A Christmas album. And a Christmas Annual.

Paul: And a calendar.

Glam Chops, thankyou!

Eddie: Don't be glum, be glam.