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DESCR|BE THE WGRST DAY OF YO1.'R CHILI}HOOD'6EE5U5,

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I can think of trvo' When I was tr' I cameir"*" ft"- t.t-tool and was confronted witha man sitting next to mY mom' whoexplained thit this man was my fath-er-' Up""'rif *"o, I'd thought that my stepfaiher'who'd died when I was 9, was my biologicalfather. Tums out my father had left uswhen I was very Your:g' God bless mY*o-, ,tt" *". doing the best she could' butI was broughtup i-n thatvery English waythat if therl's something that might hutuour kid, vou don't tell them' After that' Iwas tike, frick offto everythilg and i goti.to " toi oftrouble, for stealing cars and-rot tinn and thieving, which led to my otherworst day. When I was about 15 I was,senjaway to a d"tention center for six weeks' Itwas a kid's prison-you march down theU"U, g"t yo* Ulankei and new clothes' get;;;"4 at and beat uP' Joining DePecheMode saved mY life'AT THE HEIGHT OF YOUR lNFATUATION WITHdngNcr, DtD You RocK A FLANNEL sHIRT?HICCUP^OOO,SANTA MONIC,- UI don,t think I "rocked" a llennel shirt, but Idefinitely had my fair share of flanneJ.shirts. TLere are some pictures of me beingarrested in one. I *'ore *5em more so that Iwouliln't get noticed so I could blend in'DO VOU STILLWEAR A sCROTUI'{ RING?SHOVAK, JENKINTOWN' PAIt wasn't a scotum ring' i'r qas a geish-that's a piercing in the part between your,.roto- "ttd yo* ass' It s *pposedly the. .-ort "roti. pi"ce to be pierced' but I wouldbeg io diffe;with &ar I don't lcrow if anypie"rcing is that erotic, rea-lb-' For me' it wasprobabiy about the p"in- I knew it was timeio set rid of it when rne of my kids noticedit Jnd *as like, "Why do sou have an ear-ri:rg irr Yoi-r ass?"

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DID YOUR LIFE FLASH IN FRONT OF YOUR' EYESwilEN iou iilo iouR ltEl'R-oE'uH =xPERIENdEtN 1995?FASHIONCHIK1, CAF.SON CIT{' NVoh veah. I saw Jennifer, who is my wife""*, -"a she was calling me back' I had thisieellne that she was a light, a good thing in-" itfZ. t aiso heard a voice rea-lIy loud thatwas saying'This is wrong! You don't get toJ;il"i' I lould see myself surrounded bythe oaramedics and i was screaming down:i;#n.t", t'm here!' I felt like, oh my God' tmade a bis mistakel This is not what I want-ed! And a[ of a sudden I felt that surge com-irg back to 1ife. I found out later thati.it if"t, who was in NewYork' felt atthe

I'M THINKING OF BUYING A PAIR OF LEATHERTROUsERs, ANY AOVICE?UNICORNLYR, ANflOCH, CAYes. First, find someone to make them for;;;, il;;t" you'li never find a pair.*rat fityo"'ptop.Ay oth"t*it"' Make sure they areblack, too.IS IT TRUE T}IAT YOU HAD A WEIRF RABBIT DOLIWI4EN YSI! WERF A JU}!KIE?BLCKCELEBMf ION, LIVINGSTON, NJOh ves. The iast couPle ofYears inCalifornia, I was iiving in a ljttle apartme-nitii""o rtr""i.a and ihad-welf it's reallrlal.*Aiy_-,ttis huge Bugs Bunny.clnll'iviliJ *"ia rrecome-quite animated whet *", ont of my mind' I also had a Tin Ma"nJ" uott. The Tin Man used to speak tome. It was basicaliy psychotic behavior'*hiJ of.o"t*. ,,o* I't"tt see' But at thei*. r ttto"gttt, "Doesn't everyone havethese things?"

"I STILL WAKE UP IN THE MORNING"" i'dir- oT iancrrmnrtmt'fime" r'. A.v., an overwhelming feeling thatsomething terrible had happened to me'HO1V LONG ATTER YOU FLATLINED &IT} YGU GIVEUP BRU65?EYEMD4W' A-"lflAND HEIGH|S, OHIt still took me about two years after that toask for help. At that point I was finallyleut--rtdated to stay sober' It was eitherthat or go to jail' So I went to live at a soberlivins h-ouse and they wouid pull us in ran-lootiu to be urine-tested' It was really hum-bling, but at the same time I felt the best Ihad ever felt in mY 1ife.WHAT SONG DID YCU SING I${ YOUR AUDITIONFOR THE AAND?KSWAGGER. NEI{ YORK"Heroes" by David Bowie-it was an acci-dent though. One night I was messing"-""a at"rehearsals with this oiher band":eJt*"orl" started playing that song andt started to sing' Martin and Andy andVilce were t "*t doot and tlrey heard me' Acouole of weeks later, Vince calied me and"rked f f wanted to rehearse with lhem'

HBW OUT OF IT WERE YOU WFIEN YOU BRCUGIi-sijiiriuai ao'it50R oN rouR wlrl'l rHE BANSTRNGLVE sAN FRANCISCOIonathan Kessler actually handled accounine stufffor us, but we reflerred to him a""? t"lti*A advisor as a ioke' What he d*", *J as a mediator between us since w*"r. ^tt l" u"ty different places' We didtake a psychiakst on the road' to help uscommunicate, but we never ever

sat dow;;;;rh"r. The idea though was sort of likthZ uetallica film, Some Kind of Monsterbut before that came out, ofcourse' I newent to see the psychiatrist and I'm pret,lrr" to one else in the band did either'So*. .t"* *"mbers did though' and a" p.tiod of time, the doctot left' saying'"i. "Lt irrt"tt. and need to be committed,TCIDE FROM OVING, WT{AT I5 THE DUMBESTrnir,lE o.ou'vs EvER DoNE oN DRUGs?K ARMAKID, TALLAHASSEE' FLHa! Take them in the first Place'Moderation was never mY M'O'

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SO YOU I.iAVE ANY NiEKNAMg3?PE6GY5UF99, FORT COLLINS' COA oaramedic who. well, I wouldn't say Ib"i"rr," lriendly with him, but he treatedme a few times for overdoses, was like' thisquv is a cal. He's got nine lives So someieopl" h"ue called me 'Cat "*$? 0r Yilun. :.1. ar{OHss, WHICH FNE {5 YOURL=A=T a3.Y0Rltg?PR]NCEODARKNEsS, FORT LEE' NJAtros,asm,v least favorite to make' That$as a bit of a mess' But n1'least favoriterecord ir terms oi sound q'as Broiet Frame'our second one. That rl'as s'hen \fa-run rvasthrown into the deep end to rr rire all -lesonss lafter Vince Clarke Ieft rhe bar: \\ :sttu"ggled for a few albums to tr-v to Arcisomething, our sound'W*E EOSS TF{E BFsT CO"IER &F "PSRSCNALr=et iqil?DUFFBEER, MEMPHIs,TN|ohnny Cash, by far. He pared it down to itstarest for:rn. Martin originally got the ideafrom reading Priscilla Presley's biographyon Elvis. She sard that Elvis n'as herpersonal iesus.

\riell I dnn't oo there anvmore witl'r Lhebooze and the drugs, and I haven't forabout eight years. That might be part,of it' Istl1l wak"e up ln the morning fu11 of gloomand doom. i do not jump out of bed goingi'Wooo hooo! Let's gol" To get myself out ofthai funk, I get moltng. I run three' fourtimes a weei-oniy for 3o minutes-but Irun prettY fast.

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IIOW 15 IT THAT YOU LOOK50 GOOD AFTER ALL THESEVEADC?IPEBBLE, BAYONNE, NJ

WHAT DO YOU R.EMEMSER AAOUT GETTI}'IGMAR.RtED tN t-,AE \rEGAg?REALEIVIS, RENO, NV

Not a lot.W}IAT WA5 T[.{E WORST "!Og YOU EVER F{AS?CRUMBSBE, NEW YORKI've worked so many jobs at constructionsites and in factories, paperboy, washing upin hoteis and stuff, but I would never lastlnns. Sometimes I would go to lunch and.r"u""r.o*. back. one iob I really liked'though, was landscaping' We'd all get in

the back of the truck and the boss woulddroo us offat a bare field and we'd rotovatethe ia nd, then come back tire next week',hro- rorn. seeds around and plant sma11trees. Months later, it would be grass withtrees and we'd dance on it and then mow'tN ALL, HOw tu1uf H 'l\40NE'/ D0 Ysu ?!.{tNt{ Ye uSTUCI( !}i YOUR ARM?KHARR|', VIRG]NIA BEACH' VAOne of the {irst things you have to do when\ ou so to a rehab is try to work that out' toiake"an invenlory, so that you see the valueof what you've wasted. The answer, espe-cia11y ifyou include all the rehabs, is aridiculous amount of money, a shamefrrlamount. For a few years, I was spending-$z,ooo to $3,ooo a week' I'm sure it's a lotmore than ti.at, if you figure in all the dam-age it caused. It's insane'wFiA?:0hlG iN Tl4E L,qsT sui MONTI4S n0 Y0t-lWtSH Y0U i-i,\D WR.ITTENFBI GD ] P PERS, AMHERSI , NY'Hidine All Awav," fiom the new Nick Cavealbum."Abanoir Blues.Theltne "t was hiddendear, hiding all away" particularly rings in myears. I *rinkhe's an absolute genius, a poet'W!{AT ARE VOURVifgs NOW?PAP ERPUSHEROO, W ILMINGTON, DEDark c-hocolate' I prefer it to be fiomBelgium. I don'i think there is a day that-goeslrv,li r don't eat some. It's my teward' ["o'o'o

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WAS NEVER MY M.0,"ARE YSU s'trILI. T}iE WORLD'S FOREMOST NEV'I-RGivi;\F{TlC 6STH FI5}lgRMAN?FUNKYDANCER, GERMANTOWN, PAYesl I just went actually with my brother Pete'k rvas coo1, iust sitting next to each other'\.ter al1 the strffthat's happened, I still haver::i' lshmg po1es. I think the biggest flsh thatt ca'-d' tias probably a ro-pound carp' Thatmrgi-:'re araggerating a bit.wi" )lD \,'OU :TAR? V/AXlllG Y0UR Cl"lEsTPJtir:;1.-= :',i--= I't'-AI've go: cre oiihose chests like the guy{roi 4-1-,ar-old' Vtrgtn-hairy and kind ofne16l1-;--a l :n rery vain' I don't reallyY'----1iike boot i a- ro be honest. I like to bestrean'rlir:ed. ure a dolphin' I don't rea11y doit anlmore -,,lough.+IAVE YCU ;::-I(:D TO YOUR KIDS ASOUTBRUG5 YEl:JESIJSISIAYP-: tt a)=t I A. 'aAOh veah. q e -ail about iL. iF there is one goodthing thar has come out of all of this' it's that*" "i. op.t-t ro ialk about those things' Drugsaren't thilgs ',hat oru kids are going to beable to hide ftom us. We know all about it'It's not goiag to be 1ike, "Oh, hmm, I wonderif he's smoking pot." But if they chooseto godown that path, I'- *"y -ot" ecluipped tobe supportive arrd to give advice'

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