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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๐ข “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.“
๐๐ก ๐ข๐๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ช ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ง?
๐ข “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.“
๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ-๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ต๐ต๐ด ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ช๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ง. ๐๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐ง๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฌ?
๐ข “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!“
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐๐ฆ๐ก'๐ง ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐.
๐ข “No. – Is it the most civilised country?“
๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐?
๐ข “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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๐ข “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)
๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ฃ๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ข?
๐ข “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.“
๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐?
๐ข “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.“
๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐ก?
๐ข “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.“
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐, ๐ช๐๐ข ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ก๐?
๐ข “A grinch, at least the most time.“
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ข?
๐ข “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.“
๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ข “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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๐ข “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.“
๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐?
๐ข “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.“
๐๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ช ๐ช๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐๐ก ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ-๐ง๐๐ก๐ง ๐ข๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ . ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ฆ...
๐ข “Oh yeah, you had those strange fags. they were from Austria, weren't they? And I nearly went into a fight with someone there.“
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ฅ. ๐๐จ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก'๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ.
๐ข “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.“
๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐?
๐ข “Not so often, but if it happen, than it madden me inside, even when you can't see it from the outside.“
๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐ – ๐๐ข ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐๐ก, ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ?
๐ข “Barely. We became a family quite naturally - a family, that function rarely well, but still a family.“
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๐ข “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.“
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ข๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง?
๐ข “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!“
๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ?
๐ข “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.“
๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ฅ?
๐ข “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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