For 50 years, Martin Barre and Ian Anderson have been the two constant presences in Jethro Tull. Barre, who has pursued a solo career for years along with his Tull duties spoke with PKM’s Anthony Petkovich about his career, his technique, his relationship with Anderson and everything else under the sun.
Curiously, Doyle says he prefers books to photography or cinema. “Reading gives you an imaginary space, whereas film basically tells you what to see,” he says. “Sydney in the Sixties was a period of anarchy. And that rebellious spirit is still with me all that rejection of mediocrity and what was supposed to be normal about stereotypical boys. It was so boring. I hated it. I wanted to get away. I read a lot of crazy stuff that was a bit on the edge.” His yearning for escape from a provincial environment provided the motivation for the 19-year-old Doyle to become a sailor on cargo ships, an endeavour that would quickly bring him to Asia and ultimately be his first connection to filmmaking.