We've always been observant of things, and I think Crackdown was very much like that and the film interpretation was that journalistic view of that situation.

I think you have a certain level of confidence in what you do. "Arrogance" is the wrong word. I think when you go into it, you're aware that you're doing it for the right reasons - and you have your own moral and ethical code. And we weren't driven by money, but by a a desire to make music and make a statement.

Going there [Japan] in the early 80s was quite a culture shock. I think the bombardment of Shinjuku and all that would have filtered through, which certainly informed things we later filmed.

We've always been observant of things, and I think Crackdown was very much like that and the film interpretation was that journalistic view of that situation.

It was an important period for us, because even though we weren't a "punk band", and what became a model for a punk band, we were able to be dragged along by the spirit of that time.

We also worked with Marshall Jefferson for Groovy, Laidback and Nasty. So we were lucky to work with some really great people.

We were responding to a period in the 70s when we started that it was very much you cannot be involved in music unless you studied to do music.