(Quotes from 1982 Masterbag article) Dik: “Our motivation is to express ourselves in whatever way we feel we must.” Gavin: “We want our audience to do as they wish. IfContinue readingMasterbag interview – 1982
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Vinyl Magazine, 1981
In Rough Trade’s London HQ the Virgin Prunes are seated on old chairs and stacks of telex books, gathered around the tape-recorder. Guggi is busy grooming his nails, Mary studiesContinue readingVinyl Magazine, 1981
Guggi Knights
Sunday Times, May 21, 2000 As he unveils his first exhibition for five years the artist formerly known as Derek Rowen looks back on a disciplinarian childhood and his escapeContinue readingGuggi Knights
Guggi: “They make me feel like a wealthy man”
Irish Independent, June 18, 2000 Father’s Day, Guggi, pop-star-turned-artist, talks to Aine O’Connor about his children. WHEN Guggi left the Virgin Prunes in 1986 he decided to concentrate full-time onContinue readingGuggi: “They make me feel like a wealthy man”
Guggi’s Art Attack
Irish Times – May 2000 by John Kelly THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE: Guggi used to live in Lypton Village – an imaginary universe populated by people with strange names. He gotContinue readingGuggi’s Art Attack
Guggi: “I was very sad to walk away from that band”
Enter.ie – 2000 What were your interests as a teenager? I think that what other kids were interested in didn’t do it for me. I guess that that’s the bestContinue readingGuggi: “I was very sad to walk away from that band”
The world according to Guggi
Sunday Independent – July 13 2003 The world according to Guggi THE Eden-like splendour of Guggi’s garden in the Dublin suburb of Dundrum is broken by Paddy, a hulking greatContinue readingThe world according to Guggi
Virgin Prunes – Réminiscence
from: Premonition n°22, January 1996 À l’aube des années 80, la vague punk avait nettoyé la plage, et les jeunes groupes n’avaient que l’embarras du choix quant à la musiqueContinue readingVirgin Prunes – Réminiscence