"Yeah, that or showing up at every single gig until they signed. That worked with Ride. I just showed up every night until they signed. But usually we'd get them off their nut. They'd have such a good time they'd think: 'Do we really want to sign to some boring fucker at a major or some lunatic who will put us in the charts?' Then when you end up taking whatever refreshments are available at 4am in a Jacuzzi you think: 'I made the right decision.'"
Tim Jonze in The Guardian interviews Alan McGee in anticipation of the new documentary Upside Down: The Creation Records Story.
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