As painfully thin as a stereotypical 1970s British rock guitarist and sporting a roosterish haircut to boot, Barrie Cadogan drops into a chair in the lounge of the ANA Hotel in Tokyo and confesses to having drunk a little too much the night before.

That said, his quiet way of speaking seems to be a function of his personality rather than his physical condition.

The late-20s Cadogan is on tour as a guitarist with Primal Scream, a group that some will associate with the '70s image of skinny rock musicians with roosterish haircuts. Sounding as if he'd like nothing better than to crawl back into bed, he says he loves playing with the band.