When Therapy? released their debut single in 1990 the world was a very different place: Green Day, Nine Inch Nails and Nirvana were still ropey local bands, YouTube, Twitter and Spotify didn't exist, and the UK had five weekly music magazines that covered rock music: Sounds, Kerrang!, NME, Melody Maker and Record Mirror. Now there are none.
All these years later, Therapy?'s commitment to the cause remains steadfast, and frontman Andy Cairns can look back over almost three-and-a-half decades in rock 'n' roll without a trace of bitterness, and with few regrets, a rare achievement in his line of work. Here's what he's learned from a life in the game.
