Reluctant rock star Lloyd Cole on Irish audiences, being in a cult pop band and his love of golf.
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions always receive a warm reception when they play to Irish audiences. Singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole admits the band only sell records in Britain, Ireland and Australia,
In the rest of the world were like a cult band.
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions have just released their third album 'Mainstream'. This album sees the band taking a simpler approach to song writing as it is lyrically less dense.
The band’s second album ‘Easy Pieces’ was released in November 1985 so there has been a long hiatus between it and the release of ‘Mainstream’. This is due to numerous factors but ultimately,
These things take time.
Lloyd Cole disagrees he is a rock star, preferring the term pop star. He considers Lloyd Cole and the Commotions to be a pop band like The Beatles. Their songs are pop songs,
Maybe we do it in a rock and roll soul way.
Lloyd Cole has been spotted playing golf at the Cork Golf Club located at Little Island. As his parents ran the club house on the golf course at Chapel-en-le-Frith he played a lot of golf between the ages of 12 and 18. He still plays golf when he can but less frequently than he would like.
Lloyd Cole and the Commotions play two nights in Dublin, at the SFX on 3 November and the National Stadium on 4 November before travelling to Belfast to play Whitla Hall on 5 November.
This episode of ‘Evening Extra’ was broadcast on 3 November 1987. The reporter is Shay Healy.
