Sean in Q mag
"Hate these things" says Sean, hefting a triffid-like pot plant off the table in his hotel room.
Q: pot plants or interviews?
"Both" he smiles, with a sly, rather unnerving twist of the mouth (me: specially reserved for journalists...)
Nicky: "I couldn't say what goes on in Sean's mind sometimes. He'll come out with something incredibly deep and the next minute he'll be talking about the porsche turbo".
The first time Q lays eyes on Sean he is standing in the corridor outside Nicky's hotel room, clutching four stuffed selfridges bags that, combined, are bigger than he is. He explains that the band have nominated him to buy a christmas present for their manager. But what about the other three bags? "They're presents for myself".
According to James, Sean has always been like this. Before the Manics he was the youngest ever cornet player in the south wales jazz orchestra but got bored and sold his trumpet to buy records. Asked for his most satisfying purchase: "I'm never satisfied. It's an endless search for perfection".
He compulsively buys gadgets but loses interest and stuffs them in the attic of his house in Bristol (so that's what it's for...) Since passing his driving test in November 1999, he's bought and traded in six cars, before settling on a relatively unostentatious porsche carrera. He says it's not the kind of car people will see and think "flash bastard". me: he thinks having a porsche isn't flash??
Q: Is it the Sean Moore of cars, then? Gets the job done but doesn't make a fuss? "Yeah" he smiles "Very much me".
Sean married his girlfriend, a psychiatric nurse, last summer and recalls being embarrassed about being the centre of attention. His discomfort with both acclaim and company - "if I can avoid peple I will" - is almost a longing for invisibility.
"I write songs within the band because it's *the band*, not because of anything else. I don't feel the need to express myself so the whole world knows how I'm feeling. I'm just one of the faceless millions like everyone else". me: oh no he's not...
Then on the picture quote they've misquoted what he said, maybe to make it fit on the picture. I didn't think Sean enjoyed this interview much.