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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📢 “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.“
𝗜𝗡 𝗢𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘. 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗟𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧?
📢 “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.“
𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗨𝗦-𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘 𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗖𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧. 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬?
📢 “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!“
𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗟𝗬 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦𝗡'𝗧 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞.
📢 “No. – Is it the most civilised country?“
𝗔𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗠𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗦. 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔?
📢 “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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📢 “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)
𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗢?
📢 “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.“
𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗕𝗘𝗟?
📢 “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.“
𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗡?
📢 “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.“
𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗧 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘, 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚?
📢 “A grinch, at least the most time.“
𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗔𝗗𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟮𝟬 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗞𝗢?
📢 “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.“
𝗜𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗦 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞.
📢 “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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📢 “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.“
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗞 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗣 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗?
📢 “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.“
𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗔 𝗩𝗜𝗣-𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗢𝗡 𝗔 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗠. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗦𝗠𝗢𝗞𝗘𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗙 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗬 𝗖𝗜𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗦...
📢 “Oh yeah, you had those strange fags. they were from Austria, weren't they? And I nearly went into a fight with someone there.“
𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗨𝗬 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗕𝗬 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗥. 𝗕𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗗𝗡'𝗧 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗢𝗨𝗦.
📢 “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.“
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗢𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗗?
📢 “Not so often, but if it happen, than it madden me inside, even when you can't see it from the outside.“
𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗘𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗 – 𝗗𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗙𝗔𝗡, 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗘𝗔𝗖𝗛 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥?
📢 “Barely. We became a family quite naturally - a family, that function rarely well, but still a family.“
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📢 “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.“
𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗔𝗦 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧?
📢 “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!“
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦?
📢 “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.“
𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗥?
📢 “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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