John Foxx Interviews

News Beat - Graveyard Blues

When John Foxx wants to relax he goes to the dead centre of town. A cemetary! John enjoys wandering around spooky Highgate Cemetary in London, which is so overgrown and wild that it looks like a set from a horror film. "Some of the graves are so old and broken that you can see bones poking out," he says. "Some of the trees have actually uprooted the grave stones and grown around them, so you can find a grave stone in the air, embedded in a tree". The results of John's macabre strolls can be heard on songs like 'Endlessly', taken from his forthcoming album 'The Golden Section'. Endlessly is about something that is just out of reach. You may be trying to reach a goal but you never quite make it. with all artists there has to be something just around the corner to strive for." Never a man to write simple lyrics, John's album also features songs like 'Running Across Thin Ice With Tigers'. "I came in one night and there was a film on about a man who adopted two tiger cubs," says John. "It was an appealing adventure, a nice fantasy to indulge yourself in".

"I'm Interested in doing videos in a different way. At the moment most videos seem to revolve around promoting the artist. I want mine to be fantasies to take the watcher out of himself." Former art school student John was a founder of Ultravox and a great pioneer of electronic music. "When banks like Kraftwerk came along, I could see that it was leading to a new style of music. I was into designing things, so I thought I could design a band and that's what happened with Ultravox. They're still very successful, good luck to them". Apart from making music John is also writing a book 'The Quiet Man' and he paints pictures. Someday he hopes to have a full scale exhibition of his work. "It's good not to limit yourself," says John. "If you have lots of interests ideas bounce off each other. It's very stimulating".