Most of the people that have been in the band over the years that's here tonight. The Mekons Story gives that impression of having a lot of people but they weren't really a lot of people there. People have had a nice time counting it up and it gives people something to do. But it is actually all the same people. Bloodymindedness, an unwillingness to get a day job, scant regard for the material pleasures this world has to offer, stupidity, unbending political, purism, lack of a clue what else to do.
Most bands use their P.A. and their instruments as a weapon.
The Mekons has always been a band without a wish to kill anyone. You see a lot of times where the music gets mixed up with sport. A lot of bands might as well be football players. That whole sporting or jock mentality of music. The Mekons never had anything to do with that.