Laid back Punk Icon and music innovator Glen Matlock talked to Liberation Frequency at the INDY Awards about music, the Awards and avoiding getting f*cked in the music business. We also heard exclusively about his exciting new project with legendary Blondie and Eurythmicss drummer Clem Burke. All served with Glen's understated delivery and dessert dry humour.

Liberation Frequency: What attracted you to the INDY Music Awards?

Glen Matlock: I was made to come. No I'm mates with Chris Duffy who's involved in setting this up and he said would I come on down and I said yeah alright I'll give it a shot I didn't really understand that much about it. Since I've been here I found out what it's all about and I think that it's a jolly good Idea.

LF: Were there any acts this evening that you enjoyed particularly?

GM: I think the act I enjoyed the most was the girl who won the first award, something and something.....

LF: I can't remember her name

GM: She had black hair and she was a bit Kate Bushy. Hang on we'll find out we'll do a bit of research here

LF: Ok thanks you're helping me out

GM: It was Joanna and the Wolf

LF: That was it long dark hair and a fringe

GM: Yeah I thought she had something. You know everybody had something.

LF: I thought Marcella gave an absolutely storming set.

GM: Yeah I've never seen her play live before and I met for the first time tonight and she's a lovely lady and she's got a great voice

LF: Fantastic absolutely fantastic voice. You obviously have got a very long-term position in the music business

GM: Are you saying I'm really old aint ya?

LF: No! No you're only a couple of years older than me (laughter) No I'm not saying that but the real heritage and experience that comes with you. I mean you've been in the business along time.

GM: Right

LF: I mean from the point of view that you know you're....

GM: I've been in bands along time I don't know if I've been in the business along time

LF: I mean to be quite honest with you, you are a legend. You're part of a legend. My editor was pig sick he wasn't here tonight. What I'm saying is you've got a lot of experience of the industry what advice would you give to some of the bands tonight? To the winners about how to do things and avoid the pitfalls?

GM: Mmm? That's a tall question. I think you've just got to stick to you guns really you've got to decide what you're going to do, get it really clearwhat you're gonna do and just go for it and let nobody tell you your wrong and be quite single minded about it. Direct, and don't get a day job. Once you start having other concerns you're buggered. You know if you haven't got any money and you haven't got a guitar go and nick one.

LF: (laughter) Excellent advice

GM: It sounds kind of wrong but that's how it works I think you'll put the thing to better use than the person.... re appropriating something.

LF: The bass player with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave is a guy called Tim Commerford

GM: Yeah?

LF: He was interviewed in 2006 and he was talking about his influences and he said 'I learned to play every Sex Pistols song'. That's what got him started. How does it feel to know that thirty years after starting as a musician that you've had that kind of impact on rock music?

GM: It's kind of all right I suppose you know I learned to play to every New Faces record and every Tamala Motown record and Alex Harvey Band records so what goes around comes around. It's an ongoing thing you know

LF: You're currently playing with Glen Matlock and the Philistines and you're last album was called 'On Something'.

GM: That's been out a little while know we're beginning to work on the new one now

LF: What can you tell us about the new album?

GM: It's not done yet.

LF: Ok

GM: It'll be good, I write songs all the time and by the time you've done that for a little bit you've got enough for an album and you pick out the best ones and you put a record down. It's a simple as that really

LF: When do you think it will be out?

GM: Being realistic it'll be out the beginning of next year now

LF: Right

GM: You know these things take time. You finish writing all the songs then we gonna start recording them. Yeah I've got a couple of projects on the go aswell I tend to mix it up a little bit I'm off to the states on Friday I'm doing a thing with Clem Burke from Blondie and Carlos Alamor from David Bowies band and this singer guy called Keanan Dufty. You know I like to doing different things, different shows....

LF: Is there any particular name for that project you're doing?

GM: Swanky Vagabond. I didn't think it up. It's good it's good it's fun.

LF: Excellent. As a musician what do you feel the future holds for you?

GM: I've never really looked past the end of the week, which is maybe my problem, just take each day as it comes see what happens really you know people ask you to do things or you have an idea to do something half the battle is then trying to put it into practice. Dunno just keep doing what I'm doing.

LF: Ok Glen that's fantastic thank you very much indeed.

For more information about Glen Matlock's upcoming work and the Sex Pistols reunion visit here

Read Jeremy Glover's CEO of the INDY Music Awards feature/interview here