English Fire

Band Quotes:

'That's so bitter, that one. It's just a good-riddance song; that empowered moment of detachment. And craziness. And thinking, 'Thank God you just said that to me, because you made me sick.' 'We'll hang ourselves by the English fire'; which means, we'll ruin ourselves by the fact of our repression. And, at the same time, that there's no comfort in hanging ourselves. We'll die by who we are. 'All my love', No it's just bitter, bitter and aggressive. you can say 'all my love' and really mean- nothing.'- Gavin Rossdale

"English Fire is pure experimental with the emphasis on mental. i was pissed in love and i felt angry and betrayed-a fatal meal for anyone to live on forty miles is pure dream"- Gavin Rossdale

"I only did like four tracks on the last record (TSOT) that were a bit more electronic based. There was fucking 'English Fire' and 'Prizefighter' and all these tracks that were really pure rock songs. I remember playing 'English Fire' to Tom Morello and he's like, 'Man, this should be the fucking single. If I had anything to do with it, this would be a single.' It's really hardcore, strange rock; I was really proud of that song. But it just whatever, that's the way it goes. People hear the singles and assume that's the whole flavor of the record."- Gavin Rossdale

Best song you wrote this year? "'English Fire'. I just like the fact that it's so confrontational- and so physical. I probably couldn't have written that song a year ago. It's really hard and simple."- Gavin Rossdale

talking about inspiration for english fire ..."I'm trying to push it. I just wanted to push. So much music has been made that it's hard to...I don't know...to push."- Gavin Rossdale

talking about favorite song to perform live..."I don't know. "English Fire." Most of them. All of them."- Gavin Rossdale