Paul Banks, of Interpol: “Quitting drugs and alcohol wasn't that hard. It was the time and I was ready”
After an adolescence in Madrid, he triumphed in New York in the 2000s and almost died from success and excess. Now the band is releasing a new album.
Paul Banks, the 48-year-old lead singer of Interpol, appears to have put his past excesses behind him. Sitting in a hotel suite with an iced latte, he looks happy and mature. Interpol rose to fame in New York at the start of the 2000s as part of the post-punk revival. The band is now enjoying a second wave of popularity, appealing to a new generation that admires the archetype of the troubled indie artist, similar to Ian Curtis.
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