Andy Spearpoint interview - New Fast Automatic Daffodils 18.1.19
Andy Spearpoint was the lead vocalist of Manchester’s purveyors of alternate pop New Fast Automatic Daffodils (New Fads). Having had considerable success in the UK and USA between 1988-1995 with triumphant singles, albums and live gigs. Andy has rarely been heard of since the band split in 1995 but Matt Mead has managed to track down Andy this exclusive extensive interview LTW: Hi Andy, can you please let me know some memories of your upbringing? Andy: I was lucky enough to grow up on a small, very green estate in Blackheath in Southeast London with loads of other kids my age. It was a great place to play so a lot of my early memories are of long days playing out and just inventing stuff to do. Loads of racing around on bikes, building dens, endless variations on kick the can, our own outdoor version of Escape from Colditz and mass crab apple fights. Later on as an adolescent it was a place where a whole gang of us could find space to hang out with th...