“If I could start again, I’d pick up a saucepan rather than a guitar.” CJ Wildheart on his new album, career choices, and his relationship with Ginger
Chris "CJ" Jaghdar, a founding member of The Wildhearts who had two spells in the band before an acrimonious split in 2022, has spoken about his eighth solo album, Devil, and the possibility of a reunion with the band. The interview touches on his career choices, his musical direction, and his relationship with former bandmate Ginger, whose recent terminal illness diagnosis has raised the prospect of a third and final chapter for The Wildhearts.
In the interview, CJ discusses how his music has grown angrier and more intentionally punky as he has got older, while still retaining the melodic "catchiness" he is known for. He describes balancing hard-riffing fury with strong melody as coming naturally rather than being a struggle, likening it to combining "the honey and the crack".
- CJ Wildheart discusses new solo album Devil in a new interview.
- He left The Wildhearts acrimoniously in 2022 after two spells in the band.
- Ginger's terminal diagnosis raises chance of a Wildhearts reunion.