David Byrne has stated he regrets the way in which Speaking Heads break up up, explaining that he was a “little tyrant” on the time.
The group lately introduced that they’d be reuniting for a Q&A on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Fest in celebration of the fortieth anniversary of their legendary live performance movie, Cease Making Sense. The occasion will mark the band’s first public look collectively in over 20 years.
In an interview with Individuals, former Speaking Heads frontman Byrne defined: “As a youthful particular person, I used to be not as nice to be round. After I was engaged on some Speaking Heads reveals, I used to be extra of slightly tyrant.”
He continued: “After which I realized to loosen up, and I additionally realized that collaborating with individuals, each side get extra if there’s a very good relationship as an alternative of me telling all people what to do. I believe [the end] wasn’t dealt with effectively. It was sort of ugly.”
The Speaking Heads bandmates have had an advanced relationship since their breakup in 1991. That they had beforehand reunited in 1999 to advertise the Fifteenth-anniversary reissue of their movie. In 2002, they got here collectively to carry out 4 songs on the Rock and Roll Corridor Of Fame induction ceremony which marked their solely stay efficiency since 1984.
Bassist Tina Weymouth described Byrne as “insecure” in a sequence of essays within the Sunday Occasions earlier this yr.
“He at all times appeared very insecure about himself and would usually attempt to blame different individuals if issues went incorrect. Chris and I beloved him dearly and we did our greatest to miss these disastrous character flaws, but it surely appeared apparent that Speaking Heads wasn’t going to final,” she stated.
Speaking Heads drummer, Chris Frantz, additionally described Byrne as “insecure” in addition to “transactional” in his 2020 memoir. Talking to The Guardian, he stated Byrne’s “mind is wired in such a means that he doesn’t know the place he ends and different individuals start. He can’t think about that anybody else can be essential.”
In gentle of Byrne’s current feedback and the information of the reunion for the Q&A, followers at the moment are speculating as as to if a full reunion tour or additional exercise might comply with.
Talking to NME final yr a few potential reunion, Frantz stated: “I did attempt it a few occasions and the final time was about 20 years in the past, and after that, David simply stated: ‘I by no means need you to ask me that query once more. I’m not going to deal with that matter.’ It’s a disgrace and it’s what it’s.”
Byrne mentioned the concept of a band reunion with WIRED final yr, saying: “I believe, in a nutshell, I may say that we got here collectively extra as buddies than as, , unimaginable musicians. It was actually a sort of shared musical style. After which progressively, as you age and also you develop and also you discover, your musical tastes begin to change. It turned extra work that we did, we didn’t hang around on a regular basis anymore, so ultimately you simply sort of drift aside that means.”
Earlier this yr, Speaking Heads honoured Sire Information co-founder Seymour Stein after his passing on the age of 80.
