LONG before THE ENEMY’s TOM CLARKE was battling BOB DYLAN in the charts, he showed the same drive selling tellies and working on the tools as a gardener.Now the rocker has urged Britain’s youth to get off their games consoles and knuckle down to achieve their dreams.
Tom & Co will be supporting OASIS this summer, but hope to take over as our No1 band before long.
They visited Bizarre HQ for an exclusive Sun Session playing a three-song set of We’ll Live And Die In These Towns, Sing When You’re In Love and No Time For Tears.
Listen to Enemy's exclusive Bizarre session: HERE
Tom, drummer LIAM WATTS and bassist ANDY HOPKINS then popped into the studio next door for a chat with me and Gaunty on SunTalk.
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Tom told us: “I’ve always wanted to work hard at everything in every job I’ve had.
“I used to do gardening in the summer and sell washing machines and tellies in the Co-op.
“And I wanted to be the best at selling washing machines and tellies.
“If you’re going to do a job, you’ve got to give it your best. You get out what you put into life.
“When you’re given an opportunity and you want it, then work your a*** off for it.”
Even though The Enemy are set to play with the GALLAGHERS in front of 90,000 people at Wembley, their determination means they won’t be truly happy until they are headlining there themselves.
Tom said: “I don’t think NOEL needs to do it any more. He’s doing it for the love of it. That’s the dream.
“That’s when you can say you’ve made it.”
The first time I saw The Enemy, they’d headed down from Coventry to London on the Megabus for a quid.
This time they had just jetted back from LA where they were driving a Jag in the Gumball Rally.
But despite their rise and a No1 debut album Tom says the band’s feet are firmly on the ground.
He added: “Our biggest achievement isn’t in platinum discs, awards or album sales — it’s that we can sit down at the end of the day and have a drink as mates.”
They even took the news that Bob Dylan had pipped them to No1 spot in the album chart early this month with good humour.
Tom said: “I was disappointed for about two minutes then it occurred to me it was Bob.
“You have worse days than coming second to him.”
*Source: The Sun
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