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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Interviews by Henry Yates

‘Using his Terminator voice, Arnie said: “Your song. Give it to me. Now”’: George Thorogood on Bad to the Bone

George Thorogood plays a guitar on stage, with a drummer behind.
‘None of us in the band are tough guys’ … George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images

George Thorogood, songwriter/vocals/guitar

Before Bad to the Bone, we just played obscure blues songs from the archives. But when we toured with the Rolling Stones, I noticed the reaction to their Start Me Up. I said: “Man, we’d better hurry up and write an original song with a catchy intro or, five years from now, people will go, ‘Oh yeah, George Thorogood – wasn’t he good at playing Chuck Berry or something?’”

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