I feel really guilty about this..... about 6 years ago I interviewed Charlie Keigher the for a book I was writing on all the bands in Manchester during the 88-92 Madchester period (even if they weren't Madchester type bands).
I interviewed a number of band members, from The Railway Chidren, Northside, The High and King Of The Slums. Charlie was then in New York and the interview was done by email. He said he had rejected similar offers but felt I was genuine... which I was.
I did quite a bit of groundwork on the book... and then my computer went haywire and I lost the bloody lot......
Learnt that lesson well... on each subsequent book I have emailed to myself at the end of each day all the work done!
But each time KOTS come up I have a guilty conscience as he probably thinks I messed him about :(