"Our Situation was different to the one the American Riot Grrrls were responding to. The Underground in London had deteriorated totally, there wasn't really much of an alternative... 'indie' just became an abstract term for a style of music, not ideas or values, 'cause they were all signing to major labels. The notion of selling out wasn't important. Punk rock wasn't important. Fanzines were seen as a sad joke so we had to explain stuff that might have been obvious to American kids but was alien to young British kids. The reasons for being independent were snorted at."

"I think the spite for our band within the supposed 'alternative' UK scene centres around the fact that we didn't want to go to their parties. - We never went to the right pubs much anyway, just to get out of the rain or use the loo. It seemed like we were too good for it. And I think we were-... it just wasn't part of our act. We can be snooty, but just for those idiots.