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Haines: 'Auteurs, BBR will never reform'

Published Thursday, Jun 10 2010, 10:43 BST | By Mayer Nissim

Luke Haines has confirmed that he will never reform The Auteurs or Black Box Recorder.

The singer-songwriter released four studio albums with The Auteurs between 1993 and 1999 and a further three records with Black Box Recorder between 1998 and 2003.

Haines told CultureDeluxe of Black Box Recorder: "We decided that we should make a fourth album, but, we couldn't quite make it happen, we were all juggling stuff - solo albums, books, writing. So what better thing to do than to 'officially' split up.

"We'd done everything that a band needs to do, three albums, a hit single, TOTP, John [Moore] and Sarah [Nixey] had even got married and divorced again. Conceptually, BBR splitting up is perfect. We will never reform."

He added: "After [memoir] Bad Vibes came out I actually got offered a lot of money to put The Auteurs back together for a few shows. Can you imagine? Did they read the book?

"The Auteurs - and I'm sure any ex-members who chance upon this will be relieved to hear - will never reform. Iggy, Lou, Johanssan, et al, you have all p*ssed upon your considerable legacies. Shame."

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