| Bedders Bio |
| Name: Mark William Bedford Nickname: Bedders Role in band: Bass guitar, co-songwriter Height: 5'10" Weight: 11st 4lbs Date of birth: 24/08/61 Place of birth: London Now lives: Camden Starsign: Virgo Hair colour: Black Eye colour: Blue Children: Alice Other projects: Butterfield 8 (his other band) Quotes: �Suddenly I was in the middle of all these blokes who were older than me and acting like complete maniacs! It was really unnerving!� Bedders on joining Madness �When you play somewhere like the Portland, Oregon, it�s all pointless. During our set everyone was playing pool and songs get lost against sinking eight balls.� Bedders on gigs in America. �If it makes a few people think about it, it�s worth it.� �We�re not called Butterfield 8 anymore. We�re called The Butterfield 8 now.� Bedders reaction to The Madness; Butterfield 8 are his other band. �If we do reform it would have to be really really good. I wouldn�t do it any other way. I�d even record some stuff and if it was bad, I wouldn�t put it out. I think that�s how everyone feels.� Bedders on discussions about Madness reforming. �Keep Moving is the album that is overlooked when people talk about us. Maybe, and what with Mike�s departure, we were a bit jaded when we made it. We were very young when the band started. By that time we were getting into our mid-twenties and were looking for lives outside the band.� Bedders on the making of Keep Moving. �There were two distinct periods of Madness and Mad Not Mad is very much from the second one. When we started out, there was very little sampling or studio technology. By the time of Mad Not Mad, there was lots. I think we overindulged.� Bedders on the making of Mad Not Mad. |
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