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| Picture taken during the Project Revolution tour, credit unknown |
ððĒðŠ ðððĐð ðŽðĒðĻ ððððĄ ððĄððĒðŽððĄð ð§ðð ð§ðĒðĻðĨ ðĶðĒ ðððĨ?
ðĒ “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.“
ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ððĻðŽðĶ ððĒ ð ððĒð§ ðĒð ð§ðððĶð ðĒðĻð§ððĒðĒðĨ ðĐððĄðĻð ðĶð§ðŽðð ð§ðĒðĻðĨðĶ?
ðĒ “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].“
ððĒðŠ ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ðððð ððð ð§ðð ð§ðĨððĐðððððĄð ððĄðĐðĒððĐðð ððĄ ð§ðððĶð ðððĄð ðĒð ð§ðĒðĻðĨðĶ?
ðĒ “I like arriving. (laughs) We have an 18 hour drive to Denver tonight, for example.“
ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ððð§ ð ððððĄðð, ðŠðððĄ ðŽðĒðĻ'ðĨð ðĒðð ðĶð§ððð, ð§ðĒ ðŠððð ððĨðĒðĻðĄð ððĄ ð§ðð ððĨðĒðŠððĶ ððĄð ðĶðð ððĄð ððððĨ ð§ðð ðĒð§ðððĨ ðððĄððĶ?
ðĒ “Yeah, um, bits and pieces. Mindless Self Indulgence [MIS] just started and I was hoping to go see them.“
ðŽððð, ð ð ð§ðĒðĒ.
ðĒ “Oh you too? Great.“
ðĶðĒ ð§ðððŽ ðððĐð ððððĄ ð ððððððððð§ ððĒðĨ ðŽðĒðĻ. ððĄðŽðĒðĄð ðððĶð ðŽðĒðĻ'ðĐð ððĄððĒðŽðð ðŠðð§ððððĄð ðĒðĨ ððĻðĶð§ ðððĄðððĄð ðĒðĻð§ ðððððĶð§ððð ðŠðð§ð?
ðĒ “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.“
ð§ðððĨð'ðĶ ð ððĒð§ ðĒð ððððððĨððĄð§ ð ðĻðĶðð ðĒðĄ ð§ðððĶ ð§ðĒðĻðĨ, ðĶðĒð ð ðĢðĒðĶð§ ðððĨðððĒðĨð, ðð ðĒ, ðĨðĒðð, ððððð§ðĨðĒðĄðð, ððĐððĄ ðĶðĒð ð ðððĢ ððĒðĢ ððĻð ðĢððĄð ððĨðĒðĻðĄð ð§ðððĨð. ððĒðŠ ððĒ ðŽðĢð ðððð ðĢððððððĒ ððð§ðĶ ððĄð§ðĒ ð§ðð ð ððŦ ðððĨð?
ðĒ “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.“
ðĒ “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.“
ðððĐð ðŽðĒðĻ ððð ð ððððĄðð ð§ðĒ ðĶðð ððĻððððĄ ð? ð ððĄðĒðŠ ð§ðððŽ'ðĨð ð ððð§ ð ðĒðĨð ððððð§ðĨðĒðĄðð.
ðĒ “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.“
ðŠðð§ð ð§ððð§ ððĄ ð ððĄð, ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ðððð ð§ððð§ ðŽðĒðĻ ððĻðŽðĶ ðððĐð ððððĄ ððð§ð§ððĄð ð ðĢðĨðð§ð§ðŽ ððĒðĒð ðĨððĨðĶðĢðĒðĄðĶð ððĨðĒð ð§ðð ððĨðĒðŠððĶ?
ðĒ “It's been pretty good considering, you know.“
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| Picture taken during the Project Revolution tour, credit unknown |
ðŠðð§ð ð§ððð§ ððĄ ð ððĄð, ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ðððð ð§ððð§ ðŽðĒðĻ ððĻðŽðĶ ðððĐð ððððĄ ððð§ð§ððĄð ð ðĢðĨðð§ð§ðŽ ððĒðĒð ðĨððĨðĶðĢðĒðĄðĶð ððĨðĒð ð§ðð ððĨðĒðŠððĶ?
ðĒ “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.“
ðŽððð, ðð§'ðĶ ð ððð§ ð ðĒðĨð 'ðððĨð-ððĒðĨð' ðĒðĻð§ ðððĨð. ðð§ ððĒððĶðĄ'ð§ ðĶððð ðððð ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ððĻðĨðĒðĢðððĄ ðððĄðĶ ððĨð ðĪðĻðð§ð ððĶ ððððĨððĶðĶððĐð.
ðĒ “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.“
ðŠððð, ðð§'ðĶ ððĒðĒð ð§ðĒ ðĶð§ððð ðĢðĻðĶð ðŽðĒðĻðĨ ððĒðĻðĄðððĨðððĶ ð ððð§ ððĄð ðĶðð ðŠððð§ ðŽðĒðĻ ðððĄ ððĒ.
ðĒ “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.“
ðĒð, ðŽððð. ððĄð ðŽðĒðĻ ððĻðŽðĶ ðððĐð ððððĄ ððĨðĒðĻðĄð ððĒðĄðððĨ ð§ðððĄ ð ðĒðĶð§ ðĒð ð§ðððĶð ðððĄððĶ, ðĒðĐððĨ ð§ððĄ ðŽðððĨðĶ ðĄðĒðŠ, ððĒ ðŽðĒðĻ ðððĄð ð§ððð§ ð§ððð§ ðððĶ ððĄ ðð ðĢððð§ ðĒðĄ ðŽðĒðĻ ððĶ ðððĨ ððĶ ð§ðĒðĻðĨððĄð?
ðĒ “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.“
ðĶðĒ ðĒðĄ ð§ðð ðŠððĒðð, ðŽðĒðĻ ðŠðĒðĻðð ðĶððŽ ð§ððð§ ðð§'ðĶ ððððĄ ð ðĢðĨðð§ð§ðŽ ððĒðĒð ð§ðð ð ðĒðĄ ð§ðð ðĨðĒðð, ðĢðððŽððĄð ððĄð ðððĄððððĄ ðĒðĻð§ ðŠðð§ð ððð ð§ðððĶð ððððððĨððĄð§ ðððĄððĶ?
ðĒ Yeah, yeah, it's been fun.“
ð§ðððŽ [ð§ðð ðððĄððĶ] ððĨð ðððĄð ðĒð ð ððððððĨð§ððĄð§ ððĨðĒðŠð.
ðĒ “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.“
ðŠððð, ð§ðððĄð ðŽðĒðĻ ððĨðððĄ. ð ððĄðĒðŠ ðŽðĒðĻ ðŠððĄðĄð ððĒ ðĒðĻð§ ð§ðððĨð ððĄð ðĶðð ð ððĶ.
ðĒ “Yeah, and so do you. Let's catch that show.“
(Chicago Music Guide, September 2007)
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