When we asked The Datsuns if they could spare us five minutes, we assumed they’d kick our Zimmer frames and run away laughing. After all, the British music press hailed them as “the future of rock”, and we’re just sad old Boomers who deserve to die. They were signed to the record label V2 largely on the strength of their reputation as a great live act, and we just ruined everything. In 2004, while we were collecting our bus passes, they were playing on the main stage of The Big Day Out and opening for Metallica. During this Australian tour, we’re unreliably informed by Wikipedia, The Datsuns were mooned at by one of Metallica’s fans, but metal mag Kerrang! calls the band “butt-clenchingly fantastic”. We’re investigating a possible link. Meanwhile, the band chose Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones to produce its second album ‘Outta Sight, Outta Mind’. And they were invited to take part in the recording of a single honouring John Peel following the sudden death of the legendary BBC DJ: a cover of his favourite song, the Buzzcocks’ Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t Have)? This month, The Datsuns return to New Zealand to play a handful of gigs, and Christian Datsun visited the sad old fossils at the NZBC Rest Home for Redundant Hacks to partake in a virtual Mexican coffee (coffee ‘n’ tequila) before our afternoon nap. More...