Sleaford Mods interview: I thought drugs gave me an edge, I would've been alright without them
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Jason Williamson, the vocalist and one half of Sleaford Mods, discusses drug addiction, English identity and their upcoming gig at Crystal Palace Bowl.
Thanks to The Chameleon in Nottingham for opening up and letting us shoot there. Support your local venues!
Presenter: Oli Dugmore
Videographer: Ed Campbell
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Good to see you Oli mate.
You are fantastic
Where’s that coat from mate
My respect and admiration for Jason and Andrew grows with every song, every gig, every interview. I’m about a fortnight older than J, so way too old for hero worship. Just hugely appreciate such an intelligent, perceptive, and witty take on the world, combined with Andrew’s weapons-grade musical bedrock. So fucking blessed that I stumbled across them about 6 or 7 years ago. Instant connection. This was a terrific & highly skilled interview, Oli.
BBC…Great..For Cough. Jason sitting on the fence.
@@lextalonis839 Are you a left winger who hates the BBC or a right winger who hates the BBC?
The BBC "alright"????? Can't loose your cutting edge slot on "later with Jools" toe the company line,dance monkey dance.
I have a lot of respect for these guys. They make music they love, not bothered if they offend anyone. They are just being themselves. 👏
I'm learning the hard way, fell off the wagon after 2 years, I'm in hospital at the moment detoxing and getting better, your a massive inspiration to me Jason, thank you so much, we are the Mods.
Good luck bruv
Yer fine mate, pick up, get up, keep going, no shame, yer doing it, and that's all there is.
Big up.
Must be nice to be able to pay to detox in a hospital..
all the best . its possible. 7 yr sober x
Clean from heroin after 23yrs , four years now and what Jason said about giving you an edge... I got addicted thanks to my boss at the time and it felt so nice and I thought how on earth can people say it's addictive and for a while I felt on top of the world and then one day... I see that now I wasted the most important years of my life and I regret that so much but I'm doing really well again but I see the world in a whole different better way and I'm trying to do the best with the rest of my time here.
Bit of an honest, heart warming interview. Welcome change. There is hope, top and humble men. Cheers
I agree with him about the drugs...some people go down the road of drugs and going on a huge journey, across years.. only to come back to yourself...and then that's enough...you don't need the drugs because you are enough...more than enough and reality is the drug...for the want of a better word...you have found yourself....and that's OK...then you begin to regret the time lost on drugs but maybe the journey was something you needed...to knock the scrap yard train into shape or like banging on an old TV that doesn't work properly...and after a few bangs..for some incomprehensible reason starts to work...like some peice through the vibration and violence..falls into place.
oddly specific lol
The change in what they write about in relation to their success reminds me of The Streets, they did the same. I think it’s inevitable really, if they are gonna write with integrity, rather than pretend to just be living the same life they had before. It’s possible that this means they can’t make albums as good as their first albums, but for me, I think they’re still great, their edgy sense of humour shines through.
One of the best British bands of the last thirty years.
Touch on every aspect of normal existence with substance,wit,creativity and intelligence!
British music at its best is raw attitude and wordplay, Sleaford Mods have captured that really well
Complete and utter shite. Brit music has been bollocks for the last 15 years.
@@playboxcasual8319 Yes. It popped up on my FYP. That's how Tiktok works. You dribbling uneducated mess.
Nailed it bruv
I'd totally lost interest in contemporary music until Sleaford Mods came along .Good luck now you're back to work doing what you love .
With you on that. Hoping the guys come near Southampton at some stage.
Same.
There is still great new music happening, it is just harder to find. Viagra boys is worth checking out if you haven’t heard of them yet. They are much more popular now but their music hasn’t suffered due to the new found fame.
As a punk back in the day ,this bank ticks all the boxes honestly, raw,non conformist and that beat makes a 60 plus year old very happy ❤
Conformist ticking all the boxes.
Too judgemental mate
Such a joy to listen to JW as always, always come away with plenty to think about. Looking forward to Printworks in Dec. 🙂
pure legend . love this band, real,unique ...refreshing
Wish he would do a regular podcast … about anything
Labour party just a smug middle class bourgeoisie hobby,
Was working at lattitude and came to see you. Awesome gig. Saw you walk past me just before gig and shouted 'Oi Jason' like the wanker I am. Sorry bout that. Crackin gig 👍
Got put onto The Sleaford Mods by a good friend and I can’t stop listening. Love it and keep up the good work Jason & Andy.
bbc all rite have you sold something
Soul and essence, by looks of
He dropped the old fookin 'ell within a minute of the interview, brilliant
He's been 'thinking' again. Stick to singing and dancing.
Great revelation about his sobriety and drug use. Incredible band.
20+ yrs off everything....perverse as it is, and 100% not condoning/recommending, but doing it so you can stop and realise you don't need it/you're better off without is almost more valuable than never having done it. Look at Iggy too
Perfectly placed plant pot in the background!
Be interested to hear if Jason has changed his tune on the issues surrounding vaccination…
pff anti-vax contheo xdd I'll stop bein a conspiracy theorist when the global dictatorship of the bourgeoisie stop conspiring...
love u guys anyways
Luxuriant Bush over Oli's right shoulder.
Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed
I liked the strategically placed pot plant in the background. It reminds me of a girl I went out with in the 80s.
The bbc, yeah alright...
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So edgy but you know what side your bread is buttered.
I really dig his willingness not to just say 'no regrets'. That's the way we're taught to think, and in a way that's healthy-not too much shame and all that. But also, sometimes we do stuff that maybe wasn't so good long term.
Prosperity Blogs-money tames every beast.
"..cov!d nervousness?" Bin your TV! Sorted.
bbc all rite , have you sold something
One of my favorite songs ever is TRIXIE....It basically describes my life ...prison drink drug addiction....Trixie What ya gonna do....wobble wobble.....
That double ender will be the death of you a relentless f--k machine ha ha
Saw them at latitude, they were insane. Went from an irregular listener to a big fan over night.
This is very good. Can’t wait to get to a gig
Such a down to earth and interesting guy Jason is and humble to boot ……Sleaford Mods the voice of the people and base too 🥰
I couldn't agree more. Jason should consider getting into politics.
Sleaford Mods are one of the best and most important Brit bands in years. 👍🏻
Smart, humble guy. And some very, as expected, thoughtful takes on current Britain.
Not sure I agree on the drug thing... It opens you up and shuts you down, for better and for worse. The main thing is you grow from it, and move on. And if you can create amazing art - even better.
Maybe, but it's a double edged sword & if you have the Talent then it's better to let that develop side by side with the individual's growth patterns. As he said in the interview, they can become a habit. Drugs CAN give you an edge, no argument there but in the long haul not a good move (in my opinion at least. I think Musical development grows alongside individual development. The casualty list speaks volumes...
Damn Right 🤣
Yeah. My point is once you do them you can't really talk about the world without them affecting it - they've made their difference on you and things have shifted, for better or worse.
Covid? Don't be a mug!
I was at the Roses Wembley gig. The Mods were easily the best of the supports. I was in a section of the front row, behind which there was no shoving. It felt idilic, it's intriguing the stuff you miss by not being in the midst of the melle of the crowd. It's sad how some behave at these gigs. When at Etihad stadium the year before, was in the middle of the crowd and it was very different and quite crazy.
every Wembley gig I've been to , people behave like dicks ,
It's always the one gig a year mob who can't behave!
That cactus BUSH at the start is perfectly placed!
Where is Slesford, and do they have a Mod subculture? This band certainly doesn't sound anything like The Who, The Jam, or The Small Faces.
You havin' a laugh?
What's the difference between conspiracy theory and fact? About 6 months.
I don't think he really knows what he's talking about, and why the hell did the interviewer have to bring people who don't want the vaccine into it!? I don't want the vaccine but I'm not necessarily an 'an anti vax conspiracy theorist'. Essentially he's suggesting that anyone who doesn't want to be vaccinated is a conspiracy theorist crackpot! What a crap interview. I quite like the Sleaford Mods but I'm not so sure now, Jason Williamson has gone down in my estimations.
Same here
@@danielcolley7230 Yeah, not a lot of cake on that floor.
Totally agree, he’s not that clever if he doesn’t know the vax is causing a disproportionate amount of damage to a lot of people. He might as well of done an advert for the Global Cabal rather than an interview. Disappointing.
No hes not hes just saying he doesnt want it cause he doesnt. Where everyone labelw you conspiracy theorist cauee you dont want it ans im guessing you got angry about it cause you wear a tin foil hat😊
Watched the England games from the semi final. 2 games then? Hardcore
The Guardian's favourite proles
"Choose Life.."
Just pleasure listening to him over the pond. I look forward to coming back , whenever that may be.
The anti vaccine conspiracies.....Interesting!
Climate change !!!!! lol .... this guy is really badly informed, self educated
wonderfully articulate guy, refreshing pair of musicians as well.
I wonder if they have a big PIL influence
which drugs though? Cant just say something like that about all drugs and about all ways of approaching them.
didnt exactly elaborate did he,considering the title,skimmed over it,jason top bloke though,good interview
JUST SAY NO : if someone wants your drugs.
I'm a 58 year old bloke in Switzerland who's been through some shit in my time and I reckon I'd love to buy a car boot full of booze and spend an evening with Jason and Andrew and Billy Nomates getting plastered and just talking about what the fuck ever. The path to enlightenment I reckon.
i like how ambiguous his answers were, especially on the anti vaccine question he never really gave in to the coerced answer and gave a vague response alluding to either side being manipulated by the masses, he obviously knows his audience comes from a wide range of people with different thoughts and doesnt want to alienate anyone with overly strong opinions
I know what you mean. If he thinks the BBC "are alright" though, my hopes aren't high for his honest opinions!
He thinks lockdowns are cool.
These guys are going to be playing the soundtrack during the UK revolution......
BBC - alright . That’s me out of here I’m afraid
Why?
see yer
Me too m8. Bit of a red flag if ever there was one!
@@neilsun2521 I'm no fan of the BBC but yous sound like you're scared he's gonna sneakily manipulate you into thinking they're alright in his lyrics or summat
I’m not convinced that people need to be around each other
I’d like to think he doesn’t hate me because I went to a private school. Truth is I love his music even though I can’t relate to a lot of the early stuff.
To paraphrase Frankie Boyle “ if you retain the right to be offended I will retain the right to offend “ 😂
Sleaford Mods = Hard Motherfuckers .
Maximum Levels of cool .
Jason how can you not like cricket 🏏?
Because it's shit.
SOOOOOOOO sad.
who bought you out Sleafords?
Cool interview. So Jason is not cockney after all. I knew that accent he sings is fake :) "Eou Nou? Eou Nou? Eou Nou, they got the experts in?".
I'm only joking. Sleaford Mods are great.
So true -people need people all creeds and colours are irrelevant we are all “jock tamsons bairns” I love this band ❤
This is my first time hearing his voice, and I’m shocked Haha really sounds quite different from his music 😂
Such a down to earth guy speaks sense too
BBC OK .. are you on drugs Jason ? 🏴
We are all “Sleaford mods” even us old punks/goths
What a lovely down to earth man. Great band. The real deal.
Jason doesn't seem as angry now as I hoped. It's his rage that makes the music IMO.
He stood about making conversation with me and an annoyingly drunk friend of mine for an hour after a gig once so both lads are deceptively patient!
06:16 is by far the coolest thing I’ve seen on here for a while 😂😂😂
I'd be interested to know if Jason still has the same viewpoint on the Vax two years on...?
The government couldn’t pick a better spokesperson
Fake punk. Chumbawumba-lite.
That bird was feeling it
Who cares just listen to Ashcroft
Such a brilliant lad, cant wait to see them live again in New york this coming april. Long live the Sleaford Mods !
Brilliant interview - this guy is a genius - very thoughtful - impressive.
That bush behind the interviewers rights shoulder needs trimming.
I got into Sleaford Mods hearing this guy on a damn comedy podcast. Had no idea about the music. Guy was just so funny, I checked them out!
While the able bodied vultures monitor and pick at us
I turned it off when he said the bbc were alright
Yep. It got worse...
telling people to get vaccinated- patronisingly- all sean penn like...
( oh no not these dudes too )...
This fella knows which side his bread is butter - so tragically woke ... shame
Football is an Etonian thing. He needs to check his history
6:10
wow he believes in climate change? wtf is going on
how does this dude believe covids real?
Listening to music personalities being interviewed can be boring but this one I enjoyed, I found Jason sincere,his sense of caring is genuine not just being a bit lefty and ticking all the right boxes he feels real and is cool with it 🙏🏻👍
Rare to see him without a coffee in his hand. Moe must follow him around with his coffee cart.
His coffee is in front of him lol
And on the 7th day, god made iggy pops teeth.
But iggy only got them after 60+ years, or are you talking about the ones he lost before he was 25?
Just anuvver day at the orifice innit.
Bro is super cogent.
Hold on hold on…white collar bo locks sing along
I see a bush
Well done J. Sending love from Cecil Street.x
Never heard them, but will give them a listen 🎧
'UNDER THE PLASTIC' ~ GREAT TRACK
'IN QUIET STREETS' - GREAT TRACK
Chop Chop Chop!!! My fave track
Iggy pops bird is fucking epic.
Love Sleaford Mods !!!! Proper band
Do you know what he means?
You poor buggers. Your polis are as awesome as ours Scromo and Boris turdson. Keep it up you make me smile. ☺️