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The Auteurs have become Luke Haines. I ate their bodies, spat out the pips, and sucked up their souls.

Luke Haines

The point is there's a boring homogenization of popular culture, so really the problem is there's nothing wrong, the machine works too smoothly. I think the pop music machine is much more fun when it's broken. Things are always more fun when they're broken. No one was ever consulted about this. There was never a Senate committee to say we must produce pop music every day since 1953 or whatever. It's time to lay down the gauntlet.

Luke Haines

The Great British Public; a nation of Blue Peter presenters.

Luke Haines

I saw the 'Popstars' programme and to me it looked more like 'Opportunity Knocks' than the kind of cutting-edge postmoderism that The Guardian would like to have us believe it was. I think what it's more about is the public and the music industry's bloodlust. It's just like someone itching to say 'Oh, confound it all, let's bring back hanging, that was good entertainment'.

Luke Haines

Luke Haines

Luke Haines

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Born: October 7, 1967 (age 58)

Bio: Luke Michael Haines is an English musician, songwriter and author, who has recorded music under various names and with various bands, including The Auteurs, Baader Meinhof and Black Box Recorder.

Known for:

Baader Meinhof (1996)
New Wave (1993)
New York in the '70s (2014)
Rock and Roll Animals (2013)
Das Capital (2003)

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