A couple of questions with Nik Kershaw
04/16/2007
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ALSO: Nik Kershaw was featured in our The Best Albums You've (Probably) Never Heard feature.
Bullz-Eye: For those learning about 15 Minutes now, can you give a nutshell summary of your career prior to its release?
Nik Kershaw: In a nutshell, little fella, big hair, string of hits in the mid-Eighties, got screamed at rather a lot, played at Live Aid, stopped recording in 1990 to concentrate on writing and producing, got bored and recorded 15 Minutes during 1997.
BE: Do you have any stories about the recording of the album?
NK: It was just something to keep me amused between arguing with A & R men. I started coming up with ideas that were totally inappropriate for the artists I was writing for, so I saved them all up, nailed them together, and made 15 Minutes. The finished tracks sat around for ages until my ex-manager demanded to hear them. He suggested that there might be members of the general public who'd be interested in hearing it, so I signed a two-album deal with Eagle Records.
BE: Did you expect the record to have a better commercial reception than it did?
NK: I didn't expect anyone other than my mother to buy it. (I gave her a discount!)
BE: Are you please to find that it still maintains enough of a following to make its way into this piece?
NK: Pleased and astonished! There are parts of the album I'm very proud of, and it's gratifying to know it's appreciated.
BE: What are you doing now?
NK: Still doing bits and pieces of promo for the last album (2006’s You've Got To Laugh) and about to start work on the next one.
Check out Nik Kershaw's official site for more info.