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Music has long been associated with a heady lifestyle full of drink, drugs, fights, sex, and throwing television sets out of hotel windows. The British music scene is littered with such displays, from The Who to Oasis to Amy Winehouse. But it seems new retro dance group La Roux cannot be added to that list.
La Roux are one of the groups up for the Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize next week but win or lose the group are unlikely to kick up much of a rock ‘n’ roll fuss. Singer Elly Jackson told The Daily Star:
“We aren’t party animals, more tech animals. We are always on our laptops in the dressing room or on the bus after gigs. I prefer to unwind and take things easy, although we will have the odd late night. Mikey, my keyboard player, is usually responsible for the bad behavior.”
Am I right to be a little disappointed by this mild and entirely well-behaved display of excess? Spending the night on the laptop is activity I’d more associate with geeks such as myself, not musicians who have the world at their feet.
Having said that, The Who ended up losing drummer Keith Moon to the lifestyle, Oasis have now split up because of it, and Amy Winehouse is about as big a mess as you could hope to see this side of the equator. So maybe there’s something to be said for the quiet life.
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