“I stood there thinking: ‘He’s not going to drive the tractor into the swimming pool, surely?’ And he did”: The insane story of The Wildhearts’ Earth Vs The Wildhearts, the cult ’90s classic that should have been huge

The Wildhearts posing for a photograph on a sofa in 1992.

Beloved in their UK homeland but virtually unknown in the US, The Wildhearts are one of rock’s greatest – and most combustible - bands. In 2018, singer/guitarist Ginger and former guitarist CJ looked back on their 1993 debut album Earth Vs The Wildhearts – a cult classic that could have been huge, were it not for a combination of drugs, bad luck and epic self-sabotage.