Do you want to know when Brian pulpified his first guitar, if he enjoys having contact with his fans and what his biggest fear is? If your curious for the answers to these questions you will definitely enjoy reading the interview.
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ðĒ “No, not at all. I hardly get enough sleep. I'm quite horrible waking up. In the first hours I'm completely grumpy. After three cups of coffee it works out somehow.“
ððĄ ðĒðð§ðĒðððĨ ðŽðĒðĻ ðĢððĨððĒðĨð ðð ððĄ ððððððĨ ðĐððĄðĻððĶ ð§ðððĄ ððĐððĨ ððððĒðĨð. ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ððð§ ðĢððĒðĢðð ðððŠððŽðĶ ððĒðĻðĄð§ ððĒðŠ ð ððĄðŽ ðððĄðĶ ððĨð ððĒð ððĄð ð§ðĒ ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ððĒðĄðððĨð§?
ðĒ “Yes! You need to have the feeling, that you make a progress. And at the moment, it looks like, that all the work of eight years is finally paying out.“
ðð§ ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ðĻðĶ-ð§ðĒðĻðĨ ððĩðĩðī ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ðŠððĒðð ððĪðĻððĢð ððĄð§ ðððĄððð ððĄ ð§ðð ðŠðĨðĒðĄð ððð§ðŽ ððĄð ðŽðĒðĻ ððð ð§ðĒ ðððĄððð ð§ðð ððĒðĄðððĨð§. ððĒððĶ ðĶðĒð ðð§ðððĄð ðððð ð§ððð§ ðĶð§ððð ðððĢðĢððĄ ð§ðĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ð§ðĒðððŽ?
ðĒ “These days our stuff is even arriving in Mexico and South-America and East-Europe in time. And do you know why? Cause you can work so good with Baksheesh there!“
ððĄð ððĄ ð§ðð ð ðĒðĶð§ ðððĐððððĶðð ððĒðĻðĄð§ðĨðŽ ððĄ ð§ðð ðŠðĒðĨðð ð§ððð§ ðððĨð§ðððĄððŽ ððĒððĶðĄ'ð§ ðŠðĒðĨð.
ðĒ “No. – Is it the most civilised country?“
ðð§ ððððĶð§ ðð ððĨððððĄðĶ ð§ðððĄð ð§ððð§ ðĒð ð§ððð ðĶðððĐððĶ. ððĨð ðŽðĒðĻ ðððĨððð ðĒð ðð ððĨððð?
ðĒ “Oh yes! They decided, they are the new empire, just because there wasn't a real empire for the last years. I believe, they want to impress their McDonald's-Lifestyle on the rest of the world. In those moments an united and strong Europe is more important.“
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ðĒ “I don't know. For me it still looks like Mr. Blair is going onto his knees in front of Mr. Bush and ...“ (grinning wide)
ðŠððĨð ðŽðĒðĻ ððĄð§ððĨððĶð§ðð ððĄ ðĢðĒððð§ðððĶ ððĶ ð ð§ðððĄððððĨ ð§ðĒðĒ?
ðĒ “I grew up in an extreme on Money oriented country, in Luxembourg.
It's like a Mini-Switzerland, where the living expenses ar quite OK, but the people have an endless amount of money. So I became fast left, a natural reaction against the whole conservatism and the mass of money around me.“
ðŽðĒðĻ ðŠððĨð ð ð§ðĨðĻð ðĨðððð?
ðĒ “Just when I turned 17. In the 80ies it was so boring for Teenager, and I just vegetated. When I moved to London, I had in just three years a whole second youth, and quite a lot happened in front of the public.“
ððĨð ðŽðĒðĻ ð ðĒðĨð ðððĢðĢðŽ ðĄðĒðŠ ð§ðððĄ ð§ðððĄ?
ðĒ “Absolutely! When I was 20, I had a really chaotic phase. it was truly a roller-coaster ride. But you can't ride it forever.“
ðð ðŽðĒðĻ ððĒðĒð ðð§ ðĢððĒð§ðĒðĶ ðĒð ðŽðĒðĻ ððĨðĒð ð§ððð§ ð§ðð ð, ðŠððĒ ððĨð ðŽðĒðĻ ðĶððððĄð?
ðĒ “A grinch, at least the most time.“
ðŠðððð ðððĐððð ðŠðĒðĻðð ðŽðĒðĻ ðððĐð ð§ðð ðŪðŽ ðŽðððĨðĶ ðĒðð ððĨðððĄ ð ðĒðððĒ?
ðĒ “Drink more water...instead of all the other stuff. And stick to it, I guarantee you, it becomes better. This time was really chaotic and self destroying, but I learned a lot.“
ðð§ ððĒðĒððĶ ðððð ðŽðĒðĻ ðððð ð§ðð ððĒððĒðĻðĨ ððððð.
ðĒ “Black is easy. you can easily transport it, it doesn't become dirty so fast and you can't see sweat patches right away. It is nice neutral as well. In gaudy colours I don't feel really comfortable. And black makes you look thinner! Black is the colour of Rock 'n' Roll. that goes back to Velvet Underground and Johnny Cash. Dark blue works out for me too. and a bit white.“
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ðĒ “Absolutely! And I think, there are not enough mysteries on the world any more and first of all in the pop music. When I was young, there were just the vinyl records, and for the most of them the booklet inside was plain white. There was a picture on the front and in the back a photo of the band - and that was it! Today you can get the information about the colour of the pubic hair of the drummer in the internet, you can find out every fucking detail! There are Groupie website. the secrets burst, and I try to keep a small piece for myself.“
ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ð§ðððĄð ð§ðð ðððĶðððĒðĄ ðŠðĒðĨðð ððĒðððĶ ð ðĒðĨð ðĶðððĨðð§ðĶ ð§ðððĄ ð§ðð ðĢðĒðĢ ðŠðĒðĨðð?
ðĒ “Designers are taking at least risks! I don't know, if fashion is really full of secrets. The most fashion designer I've met were pretty open.“
ðð§ ðĒðĻðĨ ðððĶð§ ððĄð§ððĨðĐðððŠ ðŠð ðĶðð§ ððĄ ð ðĐððĢ-ð§ððĄð§ ðĒðĄ ð ðððĶð§ððĐðð ððĄ ðĶð§ðĒððððĒðð . ððĄð ðŽðĒðĻ ðĶð ðĒððð ðððð ðĒð ð ðŽ ðððððĨðð§ð§ððĶ...
ðĒ “Oh yeah, you had those strange fags. they were from Austria, weren't they? And I nearly went into a fight with someone there.“
ððĄð ðŽðĒðĻ ððð§ ð§ðð ððĻðŽ ððððĄð ðĨðð ðĒðĐðð ððŽ ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ð§ðĒðĻðĨ ð ððĄððððĨ. ððĻð§ ðŽðĒðĻ ððððĄ'ð§ ð ððð ð§ðð ðð ðĢðĨððĶðĶððĒðĄ ðĒð ððððĄð ðĶððððð§ððŽ ðĄððĨðĐðĒðĻðĶ.
ðĒ “If people are impolite or are crazy, than I have the right to tell them that - polite and with reason.
The guy was annoying me and my girlfriend, on one hand he was impolite, on the other hand he made me non-stop compliments. I believe, cause I'm short, I get through, if I tell them my opinion.“
ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ðĒðð§ððĄ ððð§ ð ðĒðððĶð§ðð?
ðĒ “Not so often, but if it happen, than it madden me inside, even when you can't see it from the outside.“
ððð§ððĨ ððððð§ ðŽðððĨðĶ ððĄ ð§ðððĶ ðððĄð – ððĒ ðĶð§ððððĄ, ðĶð§ððĐð ððĄð ðŽðĒðĻ ðððĐð ððĄðŽ ðĶðððĨðð§ðĶ ððĨðĒð ðððð ðĒð§ðððĨ?
ðĒ “Barely. We became a family quite naturally - a family, that function rarely well, but still a family.“
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ðĒ “Just a short while ago one was destroyed in Paris, cause our lovely Bassist Stefan hit my guitar with his bass - it simply broke into pieces, it was quite funny. Stefan is on stage at the moment a bit brutal towards me. All the time he is knocking me over or bump into me. I guess, he has an unconscious antipathy against me - NO, that were just accidents. We are simply a bit more wild than in the past.“
ðŠðððð ðĢððĨðĶðĒðĄ ððð ðŽðĒðĻ ðĒððððĄð ððĶ ðððĶð§?
ðĒ “In the band we insult us all the time. That is some kind of sign of affection, that i still don't really understand. It is probably all the testosteron, that you carry around especially during a tour. In Paris I offended an autograph hunter. She was 45. She told me, I'm impolite, just when I started to sign an autograph for her.
So I told her, that for a woman her age there are for sure more meaningful things to do, than standing around with 20something years old girls in front of a TV station and fight for an autograph!“
ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ðððð ððĒðĄð§ððð§ ðŠðð§ð ðððĄðĶ?
ðĒ “It's dangerous. It can be really cool, but it can become strange too. Fans can demand a lot. If you spend two minutes with them, than it appear not a lot for them, but if there are hundred other people, who want to have two minutes as well, than it's really a lot for me!
I get afraid, when they are screaming and treat me like I would be a divine being. I'm just a small Asshole, like the rest.“
ðŠððð§ ððĶ ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ððððððĶð§ ððððĨ?
ðĒ “Being in prison the whipping boy for someone. And to be alone. I enjoy being alone with myself, if I want to be. But it is really hard, to break free from this circle of loneliness. I had that. I don't want it anymore.“
(Brian Molko, IQ Magazine, November 2003)
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