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📢 ”I suppose so, I mean it's difficult to say when the band was born. Me and Stef we started to write songs back in '94, were signed in '95, we released our first album in '96. It's difficult to say, we don't feel we were a band until '97 when Steve joined the band, you know. But it's not really that important.”
𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚? 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧...
📢 ”Is it? Woooo! well I don't know, I don't think so...”
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠? 𝗜'𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟰 𝗢𝗥 𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗬 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟱.
📢 ”Probably late 2005 for our album No 5. In October it will be a singles collection which will start with «36 degrees» and it will end with one or two new singles which we are gonna record soon, so it will be new material in this singles-album and also a dvd with all the videos to accompany that. So that's coming in October. Probably the first edition it will have an extra CD with it, which it will have all the extra stuff on it. And then we'll start working on the new album, late 2004 or early 2005.”
𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧?
📢 ”Unfortunatelly bands no longer have the luxury of playing a whole bunch new songs, of testing new songs on an audience like we used to do in '97. Fans are so inpatient that they bootleg them and put them on the internet. I wish they would be more patient about it 'cause those songs aren't meant to be listened to yet, they are not finished. There is a reason why you are trying them out on an audience. In a live show you are playing them once and they hear them and that's cool. You want to see the responce and that's the way this situation was designed for. But to put them on the internet, put a demo of them on the internet two years before the album comes out, it's not right. People must be more patient and wait for the proper thing to come out, otherwise it ruins the surprise for everybody. It has to be understood that people who do that... it's their own fault that bands don't do that anymore. If they wouldn't do that, we would try new material out on an audience.”
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗜𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗜𝗙 𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗕𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗘𝗧?
📢 ”No, no absolutely not. It's a question of principle, it's a question of quality. That's what is all about. We believe that we must release the highest quality possible of music. That takes time and alot of work. Obviously you want to deliver to your fans the best possible mix of your new song and have the best quality song and the best quality of music for their own personal enjoyment.
And that's what is all about. Of course is not gonna harm you in anyway, financialy or whatever, this is not the issue.”
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𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗣𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗬 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗬 𝗣𝗨𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧.
📢 ”Absolutely. Because we believe that's the way that it was intented to be listened to. In the old days when Pink Floyd wrote «Dark side of the moon» they took it on tour for a year before they redorded it. And that allowed them to develop songs on the road. Bands today don't have that luxury anymore and that's a shame cause you make an album and you go on tour for a year and after a year you realise that the songs have evolved in to something even better and if you have the luxury to be able to do that without having the songs ending up on the internet, then... the public will get a better album at the end of it. So, the public actually shoots it's self in the foot!”
𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗟𝗬 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬 𝗕-𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗚𝗜𝗚𝗦. 𝗪𝗛𝗬'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧?
📢 ”With b-sides we do a lot of experimental music, alot of covers, instrumental and stuff like that and it is fun for us, but the stuff that we play live it's kinda our favorites. There is a certain instruction of what works better live and especially in a festival situation and usually it is a powerful rock song with lyrics. You are not gonna play like a ten minute instrumental.”
𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗘𝗢𝗨𝗦. 𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗠𝗦 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗢𝗡'𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗧𝗨𝗙𝗙 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘.
📢 ”We just do what we want. We DO all care alot but we are not pre-occupied.”
𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗘?
📢 ”Is anybody shy? Well yeah! (smiles) Myself and Stefan we are quite shy people. Steve isn't shy! But we are shy people. So, that's probably why we are on stage where we are allowed to be larger than life. With that body and personality which is bigger than us in everyday life.”
𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗠𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗙𝗜𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗧 𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘...
📢 ”I think we proved our selves to a great degree but that doesn't mean we can start being lazy now. The challenges get bigger now because you have a strong body of work behind you. So everytime you make a new album you have to make it better than the last one. And I think particullary the last one was a very good record so now we have a bigger challenge in our hands for album No 5. I supposed we've achieved a great deal now and we are confident because we have a good fan base and that shows that what we do, is made of good quality, because otherwise we wouldn't be around for 10 years. We would be a flash and a pan. We would be fashionable for 2 years and then dissapear. That kinda thing. We have a tendency to operate outside of musical trance, the fashion in music or what's in the cover of NME and stuff like that.”
𝗦𝗢 𝗜𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗡𝗠𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪?
📢 ”I don't know! I don't read comics!” (big smile)
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗢𝗣𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗡-𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚?
📢 ”You have to realise that you are very blessed to be in your position, you know. And certainly it is difficult some times but in the same time it's so much better than having a real job. You are in a very very enviable position. You have a really beautiful life because you get to see so many different places, enjoy different cultures, meet different people which enrich your life. You are very blessed when you are able to do that. Obviously you miss your loved ones, you miss being at home and the comfort of that, but in the same time not many people realisticly have the oportunity that you have so you shouldn't complain about it and you must enjoy it to the full cause you never now when it's going to end.”
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗦 𝗢𝗥 𝗠𝗘𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘?
📢 ”Places!” (laughs)
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗩𝗘 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘?
📢 ”We used to do a lot of stage diving, alot of crowd surfing, jump in to the audience with our instruments, flirt around and stuff like that but our clothes are too expensive now (laughs) and they are just ripped to shreds, torn to pieces if you do that (laughs again) and the guitars are too expensive for that aswell.”
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𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗫 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗞𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗬? 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗘?
📢 ”Absolutely (smiles). Yeah yeahhh... it's only because of mutual trust when you can achieve proper kinkiness.”
𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗 𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢𝗢 𝗡𝗔𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧?
📢 ”I'm not getting married but when I commit, I commit.”
𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗚𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗬 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗥 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗡 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠?
📢 ”The second one, you learn how to live with them. They are always gonna be there you know. It's a form of catharsis, a form of exorcism. You have a much more objective discourse with these ghosts and demons cause you externalise them and you can learn to live with them more realisticly and more objectivly.”
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗛𝗨𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗥 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗧 𝗕𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚?
📢 ”It hurts sometimes. Nothing is ever simple when it comes to human relationships, yeah. No one is perfect, everybody makes mistakes and struggles with their own selfishness and their own ego. It's very difficult sometimes to live with someone, to share your life with someone, but it's also an amazing thing that gives you so much more, fills your life up with so much joy. But there is a balance to everything that you have to keep. And there is a double side to everything cause you know, the closer you are to someone, the more you have the capacity to hurt them.”
𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗝𝗜𝗡𝗚? 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗗𝗝𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗞𝗢𝗞.
📢 ”Yes I was a DJ for a month in Bangkok and yes I will DJ more. I don't have any certain plans right now but yes I will do it again. I have some good offers on the table so we will see....”
(Interview at Rockwave festival, June 22nd 2004)
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