about 80% of interviews with bands or people in bands are completely the same.
"yeah, we're trying to go in a new direction with this album"
"Ha, yeah, funny story about the album title: like, we recorded it at "crunk studios" so we called the album "crunk" "
"yeah we've been listening to a lot of hip hop recently"
"Let me talk to you about my new synthesizer:... "
et cetera, et cetera.
Get interesting, bands.
They aren't any more dull than people not in bands
We should presume they'll be super exciting and it turns out that, shit, they are just people too
People shouldn't be in bands.
Artists should be in bands.
Sigh
They are one and the same thing
obviously both people and artists are human beings
but when you are being interviewed or doing anything to do with your music, you should be the artist. when making dinner for friends and buying things from HMV and being polite, then you can be a person.
This line of thinking further substansiates my point
there is no seperation between artist and person. There is no 'artist' no matter how much we fantasise there is.
^This x 100
Most people are dull, musicians are people, it makes perfect sense.
Is this just interviews or everyday life as well?
I'm pretty sure most of them aren't robots/scared of saying something stupid in everyday life.
this is the worst thread you;'ve ever made josh.
bands are so dull though.
admit it. ADMIT IT.
IT'S TRUE THOUGH
They all like their musical equipment and like drinking pints of things and think that the barfly is an ok place
AND THEY LIKE BIG SOUND DESKS
AND GET ANGRY WHEN THEY CAN'T SOUNDCHECK AND THEY LIKE ROADIES AND KNOW ABOUT WHAT MICS SOUND BEST AND TALK ABOUT "MIDRANGE" AND HAVE TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES AND INVENT A REALLY DULL MOTIF AND THINK THAT PUTTING ON A STAGE SHOW IS "GIMMICKY" AND CAN'T PULL OFF THEIR HAIRCUT 90% OF THE TIME AND HAVE NO SENSE OF DRAMA AND NRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Elton John can pull off his haircut
I SEE WHAT YOU DO THERE
Incidentally, elton john is cooler than animal collective.
I'M IN A BAND
I HAVE A HAIRCUT
I AM OPEN TO ALL INFLUENCES
I AM OFF CAFFIENE RECENTLY
I DONT LIKE HENDRIX BECAUSE GUITAR MUSIC IS DEAD
are you still riding off your easter eggs?
you're fucking insane.
Maybe because journalists are also mostly dull.
And get criticised to fuck when they go off-topic.
maybe what you mean is
why are people in 'famous' (though what one judges as fame is pretty subjective) bands so dull?
probably because they're being interviewed about the same thing- their band/music, over and over again. and how many people can say that they like being interviewed?
very few (unless they are tres fame hungry i.e. from big brother)
or
they just LOVE music and their life so much they want to chatchatchatchatchat about it. in all its mundane glory
least the guy from the enemy
is talkative - least he inspires some sort of emotion
bring back heroes like freddy d is what i say
or people who'll call themselves grandmaster, or axl rose.
some fuckign rockstars
yeah man
at least he's got something to say and not afraid to say it. He's obviously a complete fuck and wrong about pretty much everything, but at least he FEELS something towards it.
Even that brian jonestown massacre interview that was posted the other day: I've never listened to them, that interview made me NOT want to, the guy annoyed the fuck out of me, but he was obviously pretty fucking cool.
for cool
read mentally unhinged.
Cool*
i'm in a band
and i'm fucking fascinating
but post on DiS?
:)
yeah, i'm so interesting that no-one will give me a job
because I would distract all the other employees with my hilarious and enthralling anecdotes.
/lies
because the questions
are really shitty and unoriginal? Their genius is too intangible to out into words? They've used all their creativity on their music? Or yes, they are just a bit boring. Take your pick.
I doubt that the guy in The Enemy feels a fucking thing.
He's just following the Oasis route of getting publicity for his own band by slagging off another with a higher profile.
often i find you make silly points like this
but manage to justify yourself quite well.
this one has been a total fail though. awful thread.
Why should a band be interesting?
a seven year old could play guitar, it's not hard, so why do you expect these people to be interesting?
Add that to the fact that they have probably answered all the questions a million times before.
If they voice an opinion it is likely that half those that hear it will disagree.
and so on
why does this surprise you
this is why I gave up on reading interviews with bands because they never have anything to offer. Apart from a few notable exceptions.
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this is my favourite band interview
CMG: Well, we're here with the Unicorns, one of the best bands of 2003…
Unicorns: Whoa whoa whoa!
Nick: We must be done for, because it's 2004!
CMG: No no no! Come back! I mean one of the best albums of 2003, that was a great album. Anyway, some dumb interview shit - Where are you guys from?
Nick: Jamaica!
Jamie: We're all born in a small fishing village on the Gaspee [sic] but we didn't actually know it. Not the same small fishing village actually. Nick and I were born in one town called Chategate and Alden was from another one called Shacootame.
Alden: Shabootame.
Nick: Yeah, Shacootame is where the fourth guy was from before we … uhm … killed him.
Jamie: It wasn't until we were all in high school, both our hockey teams made it to the world finals for hockey which were held in Jamaica. We all met there and some guy gave us this pot, which is apparently something they smoke there. And there was this guitar player and bongo whatever and we were all high and were like, "This music stuff is crazy!" We were all hockey players…
Nick: We hadn't even seen a guitar before.
Jamie: But I think the combination of the warm weather and the pot and the music …
Nick: We later learned that we could get pot in Canada.
CMG: So you guys basically got together under some really random circumstances, picked up some instruments, and said "This rock shit is pretty sweet, lets do it!"?
Nick: Yea, well once we got back from Jamaica we started up.
CMG: So how's the coverage been since your album took off? Has that gotten you any benefits or is it the same old touring around with the band?
Jamie: We get to go shopping.
Alden: Before, we were too poor to even get to the next show.
Jamie: It's stepping from the bottom rung to the second to the bottom rung, which is actually a huge step.
Nick: Two months ago, it was like making ten bucks a night playing to like three people who are just there to drink in a bar.
Alden: And who are there to beat you up.
Jamie: Luckily, 'cause we're all hockey players, we know what to do in scraps. Alden's the craziest fighter in the band. He could seriously beat up the two of you and the two of us.
Alden: Except that these guys have knives, here in America.
Jamie (to the camera): America, you're wrong! Allowing free knife dispersement is wrong.
Nick: If I had a knife, I'd just stab Jamie. How could you resist?
Jamie: You've got a sharp knife with some tender flesh in front of you. The sweet blood!
CMG: So, a question about your influences… as music critics, we're always looking for names to associate and compare with new bands. Have you heard of Phil Elvrum or the Microphones?
Jamie: Yeah, Phil Elvrum, he's the famous producer who did all the Beatles albums, Wall of Sound, Beach Boys. We're very into that.
CMG: Any other influences?
Jamie: Have you heard the album called "Coming Out of Our Shells," the Ninja Turtles album?
Nick: Seriously, our influences range from "Coming Out of Our Shells" to "Going Back into Our Shells" to "Shell Shocked" … that's their third album that didn't do so well.
Alden: And then Donatello's solo album, "Coming Out the Closet."
CMG: So can I safely say that you made a concept album about unicorns dying out?
Unicorns: NO!
CMG: So what is the album about?
Nick: Nothing.
Jamie: It's about a collection of songs written over a period of time by a group of people and put out on a specific label.
CMG: And it all just happened to coincide with unicorns?
Jamie: It's the name of the band! I don't think any of the songs touch on unicorns. One song uses the word unicorns… well yeah, it's all about unicorns.
Nick: (points to Jamie) You're a douche bag! (points to Amir) You're our hero! (points to the band currently on stage) These guys are awesome.
Alden: What are they called again?
Nick: Hope Spring? Glass?
Jamie: Shit? Fuck?
Nick: Glass fuck.
CMG: So you have a quirky sound? How did that come about?
Jamie: I don't think we decided to be quirky. We just went with what sounds good.
Alden: I don't even acknowledge that term.
Jamie: (points to Amir's shirt) That's a nice shirt, man. Stylin'!
CMG: Well, we heard you liked pink, so…
CMG: So how many instruments do you guys play? On stage you kept switching stuff up and trading instruments.
Nick: We don't usually do that. I'm usually just on bass.
Jamie: I'm usually on saxophone. I never played drums before; I played saxophone for like 15 years.
CMG: Did you have musical background before your hockey days?
Jamie: No. The thing is, hockey's a lot like music. The stick, the puck, the net, the goalie, the whistles. And the dum dum dum DUM DUM DUM DUM DA DA DEE DA DA DA! The whole world is music, man.
CMG: So you guys were originally a duo (Nick and Alden). How did you (Jamie) come into the picture?
Jamie: Hockey. Nick and I roomed together at hockey school and played on the same hockey team, the Lone Rangers, for a couple exhibition games. And then we were both looking for an apartment, so we lived together for a while. We lost track a bit…
Nick: He fucked me.
Jamie: And then I fucked him. Hard. Lots of blood. And then I found out Alden was moving to Montreal, I heard some of the Unicorns' stuff. I was like, "This stuff is pretty good." Started playing drums for their shows. After awhile, I decided that I was either going to join the band or go off and do some other band, so that was that…
CMG: Where did you end up recording?
Jamie: Do you see that there? (points to a tiny trailer). We recorded in a room that size, with 300 dollars worth of equipment.
Nick: It cost 300 dollars to make our record.
CMG: So the benefits are pretty good, all things considered?
Nick: We've made almost one million dollars. Sold 100,000 records.
Jamie: We could buy and sell you guys, many times over.
CMG: Are you writing new material on the road?
Alden: No, its hard on the road. You get to bed at like 3'oclock.
Jamie: We're gonna take some time, but we'll have some new songs pretty soon.
CMG: How long will you be touring to support this album?
Jamie: A year? I don't know, it depends on how many places we can go. We haven't been to Europe, Africa, Antarctica.
CMG: What are your favorite bands?
Nick: Hope Falls.
Jamie: Honestly, we don't have time to listen to music. We listen to bands that we play with that give us CDs or bands that come to our shows and give us CDs. Almost exclusively. Some good bands we've heard recently: 90 Day Men, Pitter Pat, Toy Band. Spargo…
Nick: Hey man, they might see this!
Jamie: Hey, I just said I liked their band!
Nick: Oh, I thought you were being sarcastic.
Alden: Engine Down. They played here, right?
Jamie: I like RJD2, who's playing tonight. That I'm pretty psyched about.
CMG: Alright, thanks a lot guys.
<3sosomuch
That's because they are a good band.
they aren't
when I used to like teh pop bands as a kid, they would always say EXACTLY the same thing in every interview, at least teh almost pop bands say slightly different things. Most of them are quite amusing and interesting
Yeah that's why we don't bother with real interviews
on my radio show. Instead, we just gove them phrases like "There was so much hair I didn't know what to do" or "A pregnant Jodi Foster" and get them to provide questions that may have resulted in those answers.
We'll maybe have a chat about the music too when they are playing or something but there is more potential for comedy there, plus we don't have much time.