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Realising the need to keep the ball rolling, they set about recording their third album, a record which coincided with a dark period for the band.

Feeling overworked from excessive touring and certainly not at their most inspired, the third record was never going to be plain sailing. Especially when your bass player is addicted to heroin.

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Believing the travelling lifestyle he was part of was becoming less and less of a freedom, Jeremy began taking the drug as an alternative to his excessive alcohol consumption, and to “blank everything out”, but soon became dependent on it.

He has since described it as “a strange, intense time”. The five friends were beginning to drift apart, and creativity was at a low, since the band were suffering from writer’s block. The result was the inconsistent but powerfully dark self-titled album, which reflected the gloomy atmosphere that surrounded them.

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