‘I just developed my own individual voice. It’s no better than anybody else. It’s just me and you can hear when I’m playing it. The conceptual stuff I got from John Cage was enormous. That really was the thing that allowed me to ask something like, “What’s wrong with hitting the guitar with a bottle?” All noise can be created into music if it’s arranged in whatever way you feel possible.’
Gareth Sager interviewed in Premier Guitar as part of a ‘Post-Punk Guitar Antiheroes’ feature, alongside Andy Gill (Gang Of Four) & Keith Levene (The Clash / Public Image Ltd)