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Smash Music man Lee Puddefoot talks to
Chris McCormack for the last time about the bands split. This is 3 Colours Red,
the last ever interview...
Lee: I understand that it’s been announced that this is your last tour?
Chris: Yeah, this is our last ever gig today.
Lee: How did you decide to call it a day?
Chris: It’s been a little bit subdued and no ones seemed to be interested in it
for a while.
Lee: Is that from the fans or industry?
Chris: No, it’s us as a band. I guess a bit of that as well, I guess there’s a
little bit of apathy, once you’ve been around the block once nobody wants to
give you another shot. You know, we split up when we were doing quite well, but
3 years is a long time in this business. We had our time, but even though I
think we’re a better band now, definitely in a live situation we’re a better
band. We’ve got a good back catalogue so our live shows are pretty strong but
once you go around and around there’s no support for a band like us. We haven’t
got a label with a lot of money so it’s kinda like banging your head against a
fucking brick wall.
Lee: What happened with Mighty Atom? Did you approach them or did they come to
you?
Chris: Well apparently one of their favourite bands in the world is 3 Colours
Red. They wanted to release a single at first and we were with Sanctuary
management, so they got in touch and asked what’s happening with 3 Colours Red,
so we said we’d do a single. Then we split with Sanctuary and thought lets stop
fucking about and get into the studio. So we went with them because they had a
studio and were big fans of the band and we thought cool. At the end of the day
they haven’t got the backing that a band like us probably need.
Lee: You had quite a burden to be the next big thing when you were signed to
Creation. After starting again with Mighty Atom, how did that feel?
Chris: There’s not as much pressure now. We felt really pressured when we came
out with our first album like, we had to do well and it was really built up far
too much, which wasn’t really a good thing I don’t think.
Lee: You’re calling it a day as you aren’t feeling it as much now, would there
be a time in the future when you’d get back together?
Chris: I doubt it. We split up before. You can’t keep fucking splitting up a
band and getting back together and doing it a few years later. This for me is
definitely it.
Lee: So, what’s the next step then?
Chris: I’m just writing at the moment. Pete’s probably doing the same thing or
getting new bands together possibly, eventually, whenever. Get some energy back
and see what happens and who we meet along the way.
Lee: When it as announced you were coming back there were a lot of people that
were yeah, this is fantastic.
Chris: To be honest there wasn’t any machine behind it and there wasn’t any push
behind it. It was literally we wanted to do an album and record it and nobody
really heard much about it. It wasn’t like the first time with Creation, they
put a lot of money into press, adverts, touring and all that.
Paul: There were people that heard when we were getting back together that
didn’t realise we split up in the first place.
Lee: I don’t remember there being a big announcement first time around. I just
thought you’d taken time out to fine tune and record a new album.
Chris: Well at the time it was a big thing I think. We played Reading & Leeds
and it was all in the press and that.
Paul: There was a big page spread thing in Kerrang.
Lee: How are you looking forward to tonight? Are you going all out as it’s your
last gig?
Chris: I haven’t really given it much thought to be honest. It’s been a quite
confusing time, well the last 10 years has been. But yeah, it should be cool, I
just want to enjoy myself.
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