00:00Get your tissues ready. You're going to be angry, you're going to be sad, and there's
00:05going to be times when you fall off your seat laughing.
00:07Well, Ronan, we're at this event tonight. Why is now the time to do this?
00:13I think after 30 years, there's enough of a story. Our ups and our downs, it's been
00:22quite a bloody rollercoaster. To document it, to be able to have something archived
00:28for our kids and our kids' kids. Because we didn't have social media in the 90s, so
00:33nobody really shared it and got to see really what we witnessed. So it's nice for other
00:39people to see it.
00:40I love the fact that you put rollercoaster in there.
00:43I just noticed that. I didn't mean that.
00:45Thank you. That's made my life.
00:47In regards to social media, what are you thinking about it? Are you glad it wasn't around?
00:52Yeah, I think so. I think so. I think it's wonderful at times and it's a dangerous thing
00:59at times. I'm lucky that I don't pay much attention to the negative that's on there.
01:06But I do worry about kids that are on social media. There's a new law that's just passed
01:10in Australia, 16 years of age, for social media, which is wonderful. Their brains aren't
01:14developed enough below that. They shouldn't be using it before 16. Because they can't
01:19deal with it. We've seen so much suicide in young kids and so on, and I do think a
01:25lot of it comes down to that. I would blame social media for that.
01:29That's fascinating, isn't it?
01:30Yeah.
01:31How's your anxiety today? How are you feeling about the world seeing this?
01:33Very, very high. Very high. I'm struggling. It took us two years to make this film. Very
01:40proud of it. But it brings a lot of stuff and a lot of emotions back to the surface
01:45and stuff that I've put away. And that's kind of hard. It's all back tonight.
01:50Are you hoping it helps people?
01:52I hope so. I really do. I think there's going to be a lot of kids from the 90s, same age
01:56as me, 16, 17, 18, that went through the same emotions that we all went through, that we'll
02:04share in this story.
02:06And we see headlines now, other bands coming through. Do you see similarities of what you
02:11all went through?
02:12I think it's a very similar landscape. I don't compare ourselves to anyone. I wouldn't compare
02:17myself with their success or anything like that. But there's similar emotions that go
02:23through, and I do think that. I do. I do.
02:25And what are you most worried about people seeing?
02:28Nothing. I've watched this about 100 times. I'm not worried about anybody seeing anything
02:32now. I think it's going to get your tissues ready. You're going to be angry. You're going
02:38to be sad. And there's going to be times when you fall off your seat laughing.
02:41And just finally, what would Stephen think right now?
02:43I think he'd be very proud. And I think this is, if nothing else, it's a legacy for him.
02:47Yeah, it's going to be an amazing night.
02:49Thank you. Thanks for being here.
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