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| Picture taken during the Project Revolution tour, credit unknown |
๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข ๐๐๐ฅ?
๐ข “Look, we've been on the road for 18 months (lighting a Marlboro Lite). We've got two shows left of our world tour. So, We're eager to go home and take six months off.“
๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ข ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ?
๐ข “We do a lot of festivals in Europe. This was our first, you know, this style of tour in the U.S. Coachella was our first [U.S. outdoor festival].“
๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ?
๐ข “I like arriving. (laughs) We have an 18 hour drive to Denver tonight, for example.“
๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐, ๐ช๐๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ'๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐, ๐ง๐ข ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ?
๐ข “Yeah, um, bits and pieces. Mindless Self Indulgence [MIS] just started and I was hoping to go see them.“
๐ฌ๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ ๐ง๐ข๐ข.
๐ข “Oh you too? Great.“
๐ฆ๐ข ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ. ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ'๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ง๐?
๐ข “Yeah, you know there's been a real sense of camaraderie back stage with this whole thing. You know, bands just cruising and mingling. It's been really good.“
๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐'๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐, ๐๐ ๐ข, ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐, ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฃ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ข๐ช ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐?
๐ข “I'm not sure really. I know when we first started the tour the set was completely differentAnd we were quite, had a lot of bravado and you know, thought we could just waltz on in our French designer shirts and kind of play our particular brand of European melancholia, and we realized pretty damn quickly that Linkin Park and My Chem. fans, at 5 o'clock in the after noon, don't wish to be wooed. They want to be slapped across the face. So we had to change things around and find a bunch of songs that did exactly that. So we are show casing the more sort of punk side of our repertoire.“
๐ข “We've had to go back and play 'Pure Morning' and 'Nancy Boy'. We haven't even rehearsed it or played it in three years. And then there's 'Pure Morning' which was like our biggest hit about ten years ago in the U.S. Then there's stuff from the new album, 'Taste in Men' which we kind of feel is our most Linkin Park-esque song. 'Every Me' which is well known in the U.S., it was on the Cruel Intentions thing. 'Running Up That Hill' which was a big hit digitally thanks to The O.C., went down like a lead balloon. So, it went down pretty damn quickly and as a single here. So we're not even playing the single here. That's fine. We're here to raise awareness about the band and not market a particular single. This is the end of the world tour for us. It's become about exposure in the U.S. Fair enough.“
๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ก ๐? ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐ง๐๐๐ฌ'๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐๐.
๐ข “Yeah. In fact today, you know, Brian, the singer was asked to be best man in his brother's wedding. So Chester from Linkin Park is doing the whole Julien K set. Yeah, he's been doing like the last song [of the set] and that's been good for us 'cause it pulls more people in.“
๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐ก๐, ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฆ?
๐ข “It's been pretty good considering, you know.“
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| Picture taken during the Project Revolution tour, credit unknown |
๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก ๐ ๐๐ก๐, ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข๐ก๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐๐ฆ?
๐ข “Absolutely, yeah. When we turned the set around there was a really big difference. It took about three or four gigs to find the right songs.“
๐ฌ๐๐๐, ๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ '๐๐๐ฅ๐-๐๐ข๐ฅ๐' ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฆ๐ก'๐ง ๐ฆ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ค๐จ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐.
๐ข “You know what, I think you have to be flexible. If you're not flexible then, you know, people will just shut off after a while. It's good for a band as old as us and as successful as us, in different parts of the world, to still be faced with the challenge of being flexible and being faced with the challenge of playing songs that we wouldn't normally chose to play, because we feel we've moved on. So it's certainly challenging, is the best way to describe this whole experience for us.“
๐ช๐๐๐, ๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ก ๐๐ข.
๐ข “Absolutely because when you've been in a band for ten years and when you achieve success and notoriety around the globe, you know, it's very easy to get sort of complacent. And this kind of situation pulls you out of your bravado and your complacency. You have to walk the line in a way. So for us, we've had to kind of simplify everything and make it as punk rock as possible. It's kind of refreshing as well.“
๐ข๐, ๐ฌ๐๐๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ง ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ก๐ข๐ช, ๐๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ก ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ก๐?
๐ข “There are certain aspects of it that you can't get as easily excited about. There are certain aspects that, since you've been faced with them so often, they become instantly more frustrating. But I think the magic of it is discovering new things the whole time through so, I think this has been a really, really, good way to end an 18 month world tour. It makes you reevaluate a great deal of things.“
๐ฆ๐ข ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ข๐๐, ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง'๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ก ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ช๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ?
๐ข Yeah, yeah, it's been fun.“
๐ง๐๐๐ฌ [๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ] ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐.
๐ข “Yeah and they're all good people and Linkin Park are very approachable and they even approach you. There's been no big egos or anything like that floating around. It's been like a summer camp kind of vibe, really. We have our little 'chill out' area set up outside [Placebo Gazebo] and it's become very important for us as well. It's been like our little hang out back stage where the bands and crews can come hang out. It's been a really good come together environment for people.“
๐ช๐๐๐, ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ก. ๐ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ช ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐ ๐๐ข ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ.
๐ข “Yeah, and so do you. Let's catch that show.“
(Chicago Music Guide, September 2007)
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