{
  "id": 16150567,
  "title": "Paul Banks, of Interpol: “Quitting drugs and alcohol wasn't that hard. It was the time and I was ready”",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/paul-banks-de-interpol-dejar-las-drogas-y-el-alcohol-no-fue-tan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "El Pais",
    "slug": "el-pais",
    "url": "https://elpais.com/icon/2026-10-24/paul-banks-de-interpol-dejar-las-drogas-y-el-alcohol-no-fue-tan-dificil-era-el-momento-y-estaba-listo.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}