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ing a white swan etc, rather than these big 80s even more stuck into than I previously have.” gether. Like Queen and the Stones and the
hair metal bands which people would still call We take the opportunity to tell him we’d Beatles and AC/DC and bands like that, I’ve
glam. What we do is far more British and there- love some velvet clothing, hint hint. “Velvet’s definitely pressed onto the other members for
fore automatically has a mysterious quality to cool,” he agrees. “Without a sewing machine sure.”
it.” it’s quite a hard material to work with. I do more
To add to the stage presence, Luke has sequined stuff at the moment myself just be- he Struts try to make their shows fun
been known to wear quite flamboyant clothing, cause of the way it catches the light on stage. Twith Luke getting off the stage and
and actually makes some himself. “I’ve collab- It brings a great visual aspect to the perform- going into the audience for a ‘which side is the
orated with Dame Zandra Rhodes on about ance.” loudest’ contest. He says of their shows, “If
four different outfits,” he says. “I’m touring He says he originally introduced his fellow you’re up for it then you’re going to have a
around with two of them at the moment.” He bandmates to 70s glam rock. “I’m a little bit good time. It’s like anything; if you go to a
doesn’t just collaborate with others though. older than the rest of the guys and like I said, dance or go out on a night out and you’re not
“I’ve done many just myself,” he says. “A lot of I’ve been pursuing this kind of genre for quite feeling it, then your night’s going to be not as
the jackets… If you look on the video of ‘Could a long while. I was never taken in by what was fun or not at its full potential so to speak, but if
Have Been Me’, I hand-painted and designed going on in the charts, in the contemporary, so you’ve got your fun cap on and you’re ready to
all four jackets for each individual member. I’ve when it came down to it, meeting Adam and let loose then come down to a Struts gig and
done a lot of hand-painted jackets and T-shirts the rest of the band, yeah, there’s no shame in you’ll have a wonderful time.”
and whatnot but that’s something I want to re- saying it, I did introduce a lot of music that they With it being less than a week after the
ally dive into once we really get this off the in another world may not have sat down and Paris attacks which included gunmen entering
ground. That’s an area where I’m excited to get listened to if we hadn’t started this group to- the Eagles Of Death Metal show and shooting

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