What happened to Wil?

Wil's magnificient bass lines were the driving force behind many adorable songs. Wil is reportedly teaching English in Valencia (Spain) and married in 1998. In 1997 he posted a message to Ajay's guestbook. Excerpt below:

"Adorable did not leave Creation, they were dropped rather unceremoniously because they would not agree to their second album 'Fake' being remixed by some idiot who did the early Oasis stuff, See, Creation thought Adorable were the new Sex Pistols and Adorable thought different. End of contract. Alan McGee, the only Creation person who ever liked Adorable was busy having a nervous breakdown in Glasgow so he never stopped Sony from perpetrating their evil crimes against music..."

What happened to Robert?

Although Wil's bass often left the lasting impression, Robert Dilliam's guitar work was also vital to adorable's sound. Along with Pete (who also played guitar) Robert left a series of memorable riffs and distortion soaked chords behind. Post adorable he formed a band with his girlfriend called Jesus in a Duffelcoat and released material via singles and compilation CDs and worked as a computer network consultant.

What happened to Kevin?

Last but not least drummer Kevin Gritton who provided the necessary backbone for the other players. Who could forget the thundering rhythm of "homeboy", the power of "sistine chapel ceiling" or the marching drive of "this house is rotten"? Kevin was a damn fine drummer who has now taken up teaching in Bath (England).

We were dropped by Creation for the simple financial reason that our second LP (Fake) didn't sell enough copies, and following the Sony takeover there was an added pressure on Creation to get their acts making money. The statement [lef] is from Wil and he is entitled to his opinion, but the remixing fiasco was just part of the breakdown in our releationship the Creation.

How long after the Creation deal ended did you decide to split up? Was it a unanimous decision? Did you ever consider continuing on?

We had been planning to leave Creation after the release of Fake, but following its rather apathetic response from press and public alike we decided that enough was enough. We made the decision very quickly and unanimously (maybe too quickly). In another parallel universe I would like to see what would have happened had we continued, but hey, what's gone is gone.

You played your last gig in Brussell's at the VK (November 11 1994), only a couple of months after Fake's release. How difficult was that show?

The Brussels gig was quite emotional, I was absolutely gutted every time we started up a song, in the knowledge that it would be the last time we would ever play it. The last song we ever did was our favourite "Homeboy". The evening following the concert was brilliant though, we went out for a massive drink session and chatted about all the highs and lows. It was one of my fondest memories of adorable. We didn't get back to the hotel till 6.30am in the morning.

Do you keep in contact much with the other members of adorable?

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I have been writing stuff ever since I left adorable, so music has always been part of me in the intervening time between adorable and now. It was just a case of finding the right outlet for it, and Polak is that.

What was Casino all about? Was it the "...very different from adorable" [Select 96] electronic based project?

This was a Pet Shop Boys style band that I did with a girl I know doing the vocals (Sian Patterndan, music journalist - Ed). It was very pop, very electronicy, very un-adorable. However whilst certain tracks worked the project as a whole never really clicked and after 18 months I decided to call it a day. We never played live. I would be interested in working with Sian again as a writer/producer type bod.

How would you compare Polak's music to adorable's. One song released so far ("Not Listening" found on the Nothing in Common compilation) seems older, wiser and mellower than adorable (The same character from Radio days?). While the first single "2minutes45" is quite poppy. How accurate a potrayal of Polak are they?

There are similarites to adorable in Polak's music, and it's very hard for me to analyse since I'm so involved with the music. However, there is a concerted effort to experiment more in Polak with the use of electronicy stuff, in song arrangement, and to give the songs more space than in adorable, hence I have hung up my guitar for now when we play live - though I do play guitar in the studio. "Not listening" is one side of Polak, but a lot of our songs are more up front. I know "2.45" is an upbeat number but other stuff is quite brooding. "2minutes45" is a single about singles. The darker stuff will come later.

Why the name change to Pete?

Everyone calls me Pete, though I sign myself Piotr. It's just a set of syllables (well one actually).

There seems to be a general lack of information about your history. Where were you born?

I was born in England, as was my brother, but both of our parents are Polish and came to England shortly after the second world war, and both speak with heavy accents. To our shame neither Krzys nor I speak Polish save for "Hello", "Goodbye" & "Elbows off the table".

What's it like being in a band with your brother? Any fisty-cuffs a la the Gallaghers?

I have always got on well with my brother, though the intensity of band life often brings out extremes in people, so it will be interesting to see how our relationship changes with each other. In a perverse way I'm quite intrigued to imagine what a screaming argument with my brother would be like, since we have never had a fight in our life (save for a few minor disputes over scalextric [electric slot car racing game - Ed] when we were a little younger).

Will you be playing any adorable songs in your Polak guise live?

We will not be playing any adorable tracks. Different band.

You've started recording. What can we expect the results of these sessions to be?

We've been doing some recording for the past few months and have demoed some dozen songs, of which we like about 7 or so. We have more songs written but undemoed, but recently our efforts have been more concentrated on rehearsing with the band. Please note that Polak, though formed by the brothers Fijalkowski are are band in their own right - this is a band not two guys with session musicians. At the moment we are probably closer to each other than adorable ever were.

[note: In 1998 Polak released the singles "2minutes45" and "I'm sick". A third single "Impossible Dream" is due March '99 with an album to follow. -Ed]