Richard Archer
Richard Archer
Richard Archeris an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, principal songwriter and main composer of indie rock band Hard-Fi. Hard-Fi have produced several top 10 hits and two #1 albums. The influence of Archer's hometown of Staines is often evident in his lyrics. He used to front a band called Contempo from 1997 until 2001...
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We made it on a cheap PC that couldn't get enough power and kept crashing. We'd borrow microphones, cords and pieces, and we made our own kind of soundproofing. That's what I mean about trying to be great with what you've got. ... It gives you a sound that no one else has got because no one else is doing it in that room. It's like the great Stones records where you hear Charlie Watts miss a beat or you hear Mick in the background encouraging the backing singers. It's amazing.
outsiders rank suits
We feel like outsiders so if they want to rank us as outsiders then that suits us fine,
conscious life
I was very conscious that you don't get many opportunities in life and we had an opportunity,
came ricky
Ricky came up to me and he was really sweet,
influence living
No, it's this decade, the one we're living in. It's the only thing that can influence you.
city close goes
It's just close enough to the city but no-one ever goes there,
album alien given money totally
It's totally alien for us to be at something like the Mercury's. Wed have frittered the money away and given some to our producer. He made our album for love; it was never about anything else.
certain ordinary people songs
We write songs about ordinary people, not people that have a certain haircut.
june plan
We'll be back in June and plan to make up for it.
happiness happy quite
We're quite happy to come and gatecrash things.
department good help products trade
Anything that can help has got to be a good thing. Other products get help (in being marketed overseas) by the Department of Trade and Industry, so why not music?
america ours quite towns
There's towns just like ours in America. I think what we say is quite universal.
eyes
The look in his eyes said it all.