Suede 1993 International Video Profile EPK VHS

Interview with Brett Anderson, Bernard Butler, Matt Osman and Simon Gilbert. From a VHS tape which I hung onto from February 1993 to promote Suede internationally before the first album.
The interview looks like it was shot in Matt's mum's living room (though more likely the winner of 'Chintzy Hotel of the year 1982') and the outdoor bits are on Oxford Street and Park Lane. It was probably shot in January 1993 as there are lots of 'SALE' signs up in the shops.
Features clips of the songs Metal Mickey, To The Birds and The Drowners. So at this point Animal Nitrate, So Young and the album had yet to be released.
Brett Anderson is wearing a vintage Lewis Leathers motorcycle jacket. Bernard Butler has what looks like a mop on his head - anyone know what this is all about?

[@hexyko4850]

I don't listen to Suede but I clicked on this because of Brett Anderson... he was/is very hot.

[@andyisdead]

off you go then

[@OrangeFuzz123]

That is weird.

[@sinnerboy6009]

Go and listen to them LMAOOO

[@kid-ava]

agreed. their music is pretty good tho

[@soleada29]

They were never as cool as here, I mean, they made more great music over the years but you know... 'til 94 their look and attitude were unique, pure icons.

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Coolness is an affectation. They perform here, as well as on stage.

[@faerienightingale9100]

I can still remember reading the NMEs album critique (back when it was printed on NEWSPAPER!) that caused me to go out and buy Suede's first album ~ thankyou so much for this footage, it was like spending a few moments back in time!

[@NattyTrugs]

Brett looks like a Tim Burton creation here.

[@crontiz]

Brett looks like Jack

[@Mairitafarias]

Brett anderson, mi amor platonico por siempre 😍😍😍

[@silverdrizzle]

i miss bernard's old hairstyle

[@EdGreenTelle]

didn't know you were a suede fan drizzle!!

[@sinnerboy6009]

Hehe

[@rajnirvan3336]

To me these guys will always be Suede not the London Suede. Musical legends that made the 90s music. Thank you Mat and Brett you guys made music what it was a sound awesome. Mat is Richard Osman's older brother

[@deluxedjsireland224]

is he? I never knew that, I can see it straight off now but never knew it

[@rajnirvan3336]

@@deluxedjsireland224 both tall blokes as well

[@deluxedjsireland224]

@@rajnirvan3336 I can vouch for Matt anyway I was up the front for Suede's first concert in Dublin, which was in the Tivoli in 1993. That dude is tall! Brett on the other hand is short and at the time kind of stocky, he certainly wasn't this elegant, skinny bloke he seemed to be in photos. But all night I had girls literally climbing over me and over each other to get at him, it was Brettmania. The only thing I've ever seen to rival it was Morrissey, at his first solo concert in Dublin two years earlier.

[@rajnirvan3336]

@@deluxedjsireland224 here's the strange thing. On Pointless there was a question about famous bassist and then Richard said my older brother is a bass player so he practically gave it away. I then read it somewhere they were related

[@deluxedjsireland224]

@@rajnirvan3336 That's mad, just a 'btw' and moved on? Funny how it just caught your ear and you made the connection as a Suede fan. Good spot!

[@jcastillo496]

just love suede since the 90s

[@harryweaver9498]

+AvaBelle Brett Anderson is really a schmuck. He abused my family member named Virgo Rouge. He went out of his way to tell her she is talentless and she is a consummate artist. He kept putting her looks down and saying that she is not a pretty as Justine Frischmann and his wife etc...and that she is not good looking enough to open up for Suede since the Drop Out Venus is a band with better looking vocalists and that she is talentless compared to them. He is a liar. I want the world to know that he abuses really talented and creative people. He is above average, but not that much and she would never date Brett even if he were single. She does not think he is sexy , though he thinks he is God's gift to women. He is a loser! He is an abusive loser who thinks that he is God's gift to music and women. It is not a joke.

[@lennylipshes531]

Oh you so stupid kid)))

[@deluxedjsireland224]

@@harryweaver9498 mate, whatever your sister looks like she's guaranteed to be better looking than Justine Frischmann

[@misscadoixo]

great interview.lovely to hear matt and simon's thoughs. matt is really cute on this

[@readtherightbooks]

amazing! interesting they're being interviewed separately already.. x

[@lilyrose943]

Wow just WOWWWWWE BRETTT ANDERSONNNNN🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵

[@nicococou]

que precioso MI BEBE LO AMO MUCHO AYYYY

[@franciscovacagodoy6910]

Tenes razón Bernard es el mejor jajaja

[@rrrrrr5831]

how many times did brett say sexuality?

[@therespectedlex9794]

Did he once refer to his own?

[@xfoolsgoldx]

I can now see how The Smith's inspired this band so much.

[@thomasdonnelly3263]

yeah The Smiths must have had an impact on their lives and their outlook. I think Brett even acts a little bit like Morrissey in these early interviews!

[@mjuk_pepparkaka]

Phew, I can't hear and see it, hate The Smiths.

[@xfoolsgoldx]

@@mjuk_pepparkaka Suedehead by Morrissey was a massive hit in 88. Suede got together in 89😉

[@mjuk_pepparkaka]

@@xfoolsgoldx I mean: I can't hear or see that they're inspired by Smiths, got it? Which is great cause I hate Smiths.

[@anngordon2918]

Lovely interview.

[@brendonla]

LOL! What is up with Bernard Butler's Owl Head Gear?! He must have had a few before the taping!

[@N-nannah]

I remember the 90s were full of weird stuff like that :)

[@DragonsTooth]

Very spinal tap. It's understandable that Bernard Butler mover on.

[@franciscovacagodoy6910]

Bernard Genius!!!

[@FlorenciaE]

amazing thanks for uploading

[@kurtpablo2562]

1:28

[@ianhowlett4682]

1:25 Holy moly, what is that hair?!?! 😂

[@uncleescobar2971]

Mark Renton on drums

[@whitehair8824]

pete doherty must have been a fan

[@dylanmilton3073]

i think he was, apparently he introduced carl barat to suede

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Love their music but they were such dour, humourless people.

[@olika8]

Brett is pretty self-aware about that in his memoirs.

[@taeniasolium5970]

Seems to me that this was mostly their persona back then, after all they were still young and if you look at their lyrics they have some of that cynicism, dry humor as well. And yes, Brett is pretty self-aware about it now.

[@Greggorious123]

Ever heard a Radiohead interview? These guys seem fun loving in comparison.

[@miinfl7143]

Typical of bands in the 90s.

[@therespectedlex9794]

Sometimes the friendliest thing is not to say hello, I'd say.

[@jessemullen9083]

Brett's had a lot of coke before this interview, I see xD

[@hexyko4850]

Doesn't look like it IMO. He is quiet even, if he did coke he'd be more giddy.

[@gabbyc816]

Looks like heroin. He did do crack and heroin often, right?

[@deluxedjsireland224]

@@gabbyc816 He did but not at this point in the band, it was later on. Simon, the drummer at the time, confirmed that cocaine was the main drug consumed by some of the band (himself and Brett for definite) during this period. One of their videos had to be re-edited at the last minute when their manager spotted Brett touching and wiping his nose in some of the footage. For Brett, heroin came next. Justine F introduced him to it. Then after that, crack (around the time of the Head Music album).

[@gabbyc816]

@@deluxedjsireland224 thank you!

[@deluxedjsireland224]

​@@gabbyc816 you're welcome. All info from this book, which is well worth a read. Bernard Butler declined to be involved in it though. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Poison_(book) (sold in UK as Suede: The Authorised Biography)

[@Brian-jj2kk]

Vs Killers sum41 simplam

[@Catluvur23]

I really like suede but jeez as a northerner I find their personalities so abrasive and cold. Even morrissey was a lot more charismatic 🥲

[@therespectedlex9794]

I think they're some of the most passionate performers. But they're a bit of an Anne Summers Marmite band.

[@hugomrtnzz__2971]

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[@speakertreatz]

Brett is far too David Brent here for his own good, some of his expressions could easily be Brent talking on camera in The Office

[@sratus]

Gavin Paisley Interesting that Ricky Gervais was the band's manager for a time. Perhaps Anderson was a direct inspiration for Brent. That's hilarious.

[@plasticseance]

Surely it is Brent that is far too Anderson; I like to think Anderson can make it work, however.

[@drexlspivey5828]

This makes me think Bernard Butler was on the correct side in their fallout, Brett Anderson was a hugely pretentious arsehole around that time, absolutely love listening to his 2019/2020 interviews, it's like a different person altogether so he's definitely matured and wised up

[@Greggorious123]

Ricky Gervais actually helped out Suede, so maybe he subconsciously based part of his persona on Brett

[@deluxedjsireland224]

@@Greggorious123 I never thought of that! Good spot.

[@leedummett6054]

brett has aged like fuck.

[@davekent6023]

+InfamousCrimes brad pitt's doing alright

[@leedummett6054]

brad pitt has aged well.

[@Brian-jj2kk]

v1

[@sarkyization]

Fkn horrible settee. Hehe

[@Brian-jj2kk]

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[@LeScandal]

A little pretentious. Good music though.

[@therespectedlex9794]

No Q bomb needed here neither.