Scala, London"You're too respectful," says Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox, who talks like a neurotic comedian and dresses like a down-at-heel Florida card shark. "I'm used to people saying, 'Shut up you idiot! Get a drummer! My Sharona!' Stuff like that." He's referring to an instantly notorious incident in March when Cox responded to a sarcastic request for the Knack's 1979 hit by playing an hour-long, free-associating "death trance" version. Hence it's disconcerting when Cox breaks a guitar string...
Guardian Music — Scala, London"You're too respectful," says Atlas Sound's Bradford Cox, who talks like a neurotic comedian and dresses like a down-at-heel Florida card shark. "I'm used to... more info