Anton Newcombe Interview- Birmingham

I interviewed Anton Newcombe before the Birmingham gig. Apologies for some sound technical issues and the shaky cam.

[@professormacdeezy]

This dude is a legend. 30 years and going strong.

[@lux9956]

I respect his independence

[@christopherfox7539]

Anton is def an individual. I love some of his thoughts and insights on life in general which can be so f-ing bang on right! Yet he still has that edge that makes Anton ANTON. I saw him play live once in DC and he did a great show. No drama, no on-stage fights, he just played music which he does so well. He is a true Artist without even trying to be one ..... He could do nothing else. I also love that he remains so untouched by fame and success. He really is a musical genius.....

[@sitonka303]

Anton impersonating David Attenborough... Amazing. I enjoyed this interview. Any day with Anton Newcombe pointing a light on what's good and bad in the world is an interesting day!? Fuck yeah. Living legend.

[@highpoweredsupernova]

“I just make music, ya know”

[@misterpopeofficial.]

It's really the only answer

[@katherine8020]

Haha ah love it!! I spoke to you after you did this interview with Anton. You did a great job! Never plain sailing with Anton...you never know what you are gonna get. Complicated character. So right about Marvel, Netflix etc...tuning our brains out from what is REALLY important.

[@antonlestevo8273]

I've met Anton...he doesn't suffer fools at all....I was really drunk and he was still cool to give me time and sign something for me.... although he did sorta give me a bit of a hard time, but hey that's Anton.

[@santtu9000]

Anton's music for films - will be discovered in a big away maybe 20 years from now? Hopefully xxx That stuff is just so exquisite, worthwhile

[@coffee5736]

Is that a lego ninjago thing in the background? lol, great interview by the way, I love BJM.

[@vacuumboots69]

Band sound great, saw them in Sheffield, proper gig, proper band!

[@stephenkane2464]

great job James thanks

[@junemoonchild69]

A Danish philosopher once wrote that one of the hardest things for people to do is just speak about themselves without using others to compare themselves with in order to prove their point, work, life, whatever. TRY ONLY TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOUR STORY WITHOUT BRINGING ANY OTHER PERSON INTO IT! I've tried it and it is extremely difficult. (Although, I just did it!)

[@dangerouskitchen4819]

Apart from mentioning the philosopher?

[@junemoonchild69]

@@dangerouskitchen4819 Soren Aabye Kierkegaard, The Danish Father of Existentialism.

[@junemoonchild69]

@@dangerouskitchen4819 P. S. Thank you for asking so I could properly credit Kierkegaard. If you are interested, just my personal recommendation, one of his books I particularly enjoyed reading was "Works Of Love".

[@matthewevans3718]

Brigitte Eve Andrea Lowther noted

[@junemoonchild69]

@Joe Nicholson You're correct sir. Some people, like yourself, do well on this point. I suspect it is used mostly by people who need to justify themselves or their statements with examples of other people who either do or don't do the same thing in order to justify, compare, contrast, or to prove their point further. . . If someone else does it, then it validates me.

[@flynnjaman]

Hot chiptune beat drops at 6:35

[@chromedroner]

never heard sound carriers before. Brilliant!

[@465marko]

I can't understand *why* they make so many marvel comic franchise movies, either. But even more than that, I can't understand *how* people seem to enjoy it.... That's what blows me away.

[@stephenkane2464]

Right!!

[@lux9956]

good to see Anton

[@Bjarku]

Anton Newcombe was in Birmingham??? Why wasn’t I told? :(

[@gonebymidnight2881]

Very interesting interview!

[@BrotherLovenz]

I really like the way this guy thinks

[@madamefeast4824]

He's brilliant

[@madamefeast4824]

@kyle Dyson well. Good for him haha

[@defoperator7993]

@kyle Dyson meanwhile ur the one being negative in the comments ironic

[@Martin-zr2tb]

Yea, he’s very interesting And he writes very good poetry and I like all the instruments and sounds he and they use , shoe gaze and tambourine 👍, and the rest I hate how his fans are all kiss-asses though 😂 for some idea of how cool he is or whatever the fuck , they go to his concerts and they try to rebel in a way like him instead of themselves

[@Martin-zr2tb]

People are always obsessed with people who don’t look like Arnold Schwarzenegger , but who you know wouldn’t back down from a fight and aren’t afraid to die and similar stuff. They go a little coo-coo He’s actually a gigantic kind of pretentious asshole 😂 but with a bit of some sort of humility But that doesn’t make his art any less good or him any less interesting. I mean I’ve yet to google an ariane grande interview or listen to her full album. But I still don’t ever wanna hang out with this dude lol. I’ve been around enough idiots in my life who feel the need to control their whole environment It’s kinda of like a Kurt cobain type of following he he’s, but also without the aspect of young suicidal death being some sort of cliche mentality or cop-out/in towards the following And without the “hole-awful” music video type of energy leading the pop culture vibing optimistically away from conforming, it’s kinda pessimistic rebellion most of his fans seem to have, but I do like reading them commenting kiss ass stuff on his videos , at least they kiss the ass of someone with a smarter type of individuality , and it’s a break from seeing everyone try long to emulate arianna grandes high ponytail and do a lip sync duck-face video

[@raduvalentin8648]

I always thought of shoegaze as underground slow indie alternative kinda stuff, kinda trippy feeling that you usually find in smaller venues ,and grunge is loud noisy guitar with kindaa punky alternative influence but can be placed in big arena rock environment aswell as smaller venues, musicians dress everyday person style,

[@Chickenbone263]

Shoegaze is just indie music played backwards

[@kevindube7096]

Wow that’s deep. But like “everyday person style”

[@dereknagel840]

Genius!

[@paulquinn10]

I love Anton, funny dude.

[@thereelsound]

Shame the interviewer did not seem to take any baton passed and run with things, like the work ethic being a good thing, support your venue or doesn't wait for you, projects ever evolving due to the endless energy and vision of this guy....big respect to Anton and i guess the interviewer was feeling alittle stuck...there are far worse crimes ...this years tour looked amazing and fresh

[@jamesbagley3516]

This was my first interview, so I was feeling a bit nervous at the time. Thanks for the constructive criticism!

[@thereelsound]

Hey man i am sorry, you did good, its easy to critisize from the armchair ...peace to ya bro

[@sillyworm]

So true Anton sooo true

[@NEVERagainEVER423]

Indeed, it IS pure fuckery and Nothingness...Anton is and has been so friggin ahead of us all, dig it man.

[@NEVERagainEVER423]

its called NOT SLEEPING!

[@tempirobo]

Anton is in a weird mood so give a little slack to the interviewer. Sound carriers ++++++

[@agaton8605]

Here's a soul who knows what's up!

[@junemoonchild69]

you know??

[@agaton8605]

@@junemoonchild69 of course I know👍

[@junemoonchild69]

@@agaton8605 oh, I didn't know .... he kept asking, ya know?

[@agaton8605]

@@junemoonchild69 oh yeah i get it lol but seriously he's pretty badass eh!

[@kevindube7096]

I don’t think you know

[@junemoonchild69]

The Future Is Unwritten-great Joe Strummer doc!

[@natcord7]

It is so true Anton. The 'illusion'.

[@natcord7]

Wah, I hate supermarkets....the marvel movies also has freaked me out. I feel like I'm on a ride that I want off in a way. Though I have a young daughter. Thanks for your music Anton, and keeping thinks darkly humorous.

[@tarrasque419]

Sounds like you got a little starstruck.. I can forgive that.. Anton was trying to keep it bouncy and calm you down which is actually pretty cool, he's about as mercurial as they come.

[@Sm-ne8ff]

Comic Book Movies ! Fucking Exactly !!!!!

[@frederickrigialdi134]

thats some good ginger beer

[@Satan6666ful]

I dont know how to contact you other than this I hope you are well old friend & i,m proud of what you have done . If possible try to contact me Curtis Smith Skinhead Kronic Disorder

[@tempirobo]

Fuck it , [e-mail]

[@escapedvivesectionist7011]

Right the fuck on.

[@johnparke5880]

God speed your way back to scotland sir.

[@luckyswine]

Man. Getting interviewed by children must get annoying as.

[@junemoonchild69]

You know, right? Why would you even...

[@jonprude2557]

Funny... uh, I see a hit show co-hosted by Sammy Hagar. "Anton, are you cool today?"

[@_ufoctave_]

Yeeeeeeessssssss

[@MrGenedancingmachine]

Has he grown up yet?

[@tastemaker_87]

Lmao 22:25 i love him

[@lottspaterson7157]

this guys so woke he lives in 5d

[@jean-mariepiaget5243]

vid shaking made me sick... couldn't watch ... pitty... the guy is genius.. please buy tripod

[@jasonsenator6144]

He looks bigger than Jesus

[@stevencruickshank1846]

Get that man a toilet on his bus.......right?

[@tarrasque419]

It's not that easy.. Even higher end busses are riddled with the same issues as far as ventilation.. You can take a shit but you're gonna be faintly smelling a lingering shit for 2 days. Just prevalent in the air enough to drive you fucking nuts.

[@stevencruickshank1846]

@@tarrasque419 Perhaps a piss only policy....shit in bushes?

[@tarrasque419]

@@stevencruickshank1846 yeah, that's the standard move. guys that drive tour buses and what not for a living call it "hot bagging".. They stash away all of the plastic bags from grocery shopping or gas station purchases and shit into those.. the next time they stop for food/gas they throw the shitty, used hot bags in the trash and replenish the plastic bag stash for the upcoming shit already in transit.. it's a very sophisticated system, too complex for us laymen to fully understand. I guess that's why they pay those guys the big bucks.

[@stevencruickshank1846]

@@tarrasque419 Nice, yeah you lost me at "stop for gas"....do you mean stop for flatulence? How do those guys get anywhere if they are stopping for flatulence...blows my mind

[@456012]

Worst questions ever

[@junemoonchild69]

Best answers ever: "ya know?"; "I think..."; "but, whatever"; "so, like, right...", ad infinitum

[@sarahhaney3732]

Not a genius because he uses big words. His conceptions are that of a prophetic from the 90s. I remember the attraction of his idealism. He needs to get over his narcissistic self be accountable and stop blaming others. #growthefuckup #youarenotabeatle