Today, Suede announce Antidepressants: Expanded, a deluxe edition of their critically acclaimed tenth album. This arrives alongside the release of the brand-new song ‘Emotionally Unavailable’ and the forthcoming book As One: Remaking Suede by Rodge Glass.
Robbie Williams once roasted with Suede on press - mostly about Brett, but claimed that Simon had been “consistently lovely” to him
Simon chatted with Vivienne Westwood at Seditionaries once
Simon was once knocked unconscious by a gang of 12 queer bashers. He said to his fans later, “… the disease of bigotry is still ripe in our society. The only way to fight it is to rise above it… only a small minority of people are bigots. Let's do our best to cure them.”
Simon was a fighter for gay rights. He bravely addressed MP’s in the House of Commons to support the lowering of the age of consent for gay men, invited by Stone Walls.
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Simon has been living in Thailand since 2003.
He spent around a decade living in Bangkok before moving to a remote ricefield village in rural Thailand. There, he built a house, sharing his home with buffaloes and cobras in his pool
Simon learnt to play drums by himself
Simon had a lucky pig in his bass drum. The band once did a track in the studio without the pig, and they had to do it again. “No pig no show!”