



Curt Wild, founder of the influential garage band The Rats, came from the aluminium trailer parks of Michigan—where rock folklore claims far more primitive origins. According to legend, when Curt was 13, he was discovered by his mother in the family loo at the “service” of his older brother, and promptly shipped off for 18 months of electric shock treatment. The doctors guaranteed the treatment would fry the fairy clean out of him… but all it did was make him bonkers every time he heard electric guitar.
Ewan McGregor in Velvet Goldmine (1998)
“The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.”
Velvet Goldmine (1998)