PUBLICATION - 'NME' or New Musical Express
ORIGIN - UK
DATE OF PUBLICATION - 24 November, 1990
SUBJECT - 20 Questions
TITLE - MATERIAL WORLD
AUTHOR - Stephen Dalton
Thought of anything nice to say about your
album yet?
Lee- No
What does 'La' actually mean?
Lee- Abbreviation for 'Lad'
Name another Liverpudlian who uses the expression
Lee- Saddam Hussein
Is Merseybeat coming back for the 90's?
Lee- Where to?
What will the second La's album sound like?
Lee- Like us
Do you model yourselves on The Rutles?
Lee- Yes
Heroes and inspirations
Lee- Laurel & Hardy
Starsky and Hutch
Why don't you do dance mixes?
Lee- Not allowed to do our own yet
Favourite TV show
Lee- Paint along with Nancy
What's the point of being in a pop band?
Lee- ...if you can't make your own record
What do you want for Christmas?
Lee- Money and stockists
Favourite drinks
Lee- Brandy, tea, Guinness, lager, amyl nitrate
How do you spot a La in the crowd?
Lee- Smoke rising
That single by Frank Rogers of
Brookside(1*)
chart smasheroo or what?
Lee- Or what
1* For the benefit of non UK web browsers 'Brookside'
is a very lively
soap, set in Liverpool, broadcast on one of
the terrestial channels in the UK,
bodies buried beneath the garden patio, lesbian
trysts and Jimmy Corkhill
looking for his friend 'Charlie'..
Ten bands who are better than you
Lee- The Smurfs
Chas & Dave and eight of their mates
Ken Dodd
Are you looking forward to the Single European
market in 1992?
Lee- We'll wait for the album
Best thing about being on GO! DISCS
Lee- when we eventually get paid
Band motto
Lee- " Skin Up "
Best gig ever played?
Lee- Frank Rogers of Brookside
Ideal epitaph?
Lee- Funny
If the history of pop is a great banquet, what
role would The La's play?
Lee- Hosts
Why the superfluous apostrophe in your name?
Lee- So people like you say it right
Still not got anything nice to say about your
album?
Lee- Jimmy Savile
Stephen Dalton.