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𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗢𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗢 𝗙𝗔𝗥?
📢 “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.“
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗨𝗬𝗦 𝗗𝗢 𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗨𝗘 𝗦𝗧𝗬𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦?
📢 “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].“
𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗩𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦?
📢 “I like arriving. (laughs) We have an 18 hour drive to Denver tonight, for example.“
𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘, 𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙𝗙 𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘, 𝗧𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦?
📢 “Yeah, um, bits and pieces. Mindless Self Indulgence [MIS] just started and I was hoping to go see them.“
𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗛, 𝗠𝗘 𝗧𝗢𝗢.
📢 “Oh you too? Great.“
𝗦𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨. 𝗔𝗡𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗩𝗘 𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗢𝗬𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗥 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛?
📢 “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.“
𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘'𝗦 𝗔 𝗟𝗢𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥, 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘, 𝗘𝗠𝗢, 𝗥𝗢𝗖𝗞, 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗝𝗨𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗣𝗜 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘𝗕𝗢 𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗫 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘?
📢 “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.“
📢 “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.“
𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗝𝗨𝗟𝗜𝗘𝗡 𝗞? 𝗜 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬'𝗥𝗘 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗖.
📢 “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.“
𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗, 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗨𝗬𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗗𝗦?
📢 “It's been pretty good considering, you know.“
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𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗗, 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗘𝗘𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗨𝗬𝗦 𝗛𝗘𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗥𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗘 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗗𝗦?
📢 “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.“
𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗛, 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 '𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗-𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗘' 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘. 𝗜𝗧 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦𝗡'𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗘𝗠 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗘𝗨𝗥𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗚𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘.
📢 “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.“
𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟, 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟 𝗣𝗨𝗦𝗛 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗔 𝗕𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗗𝗢.
📢 “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.“
𝗢𝗛, 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗛. 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗚𝗨𝗬𝗦 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦, 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗘𝗡 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗡𝗢𝗪, 𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗦 𝗔𝗡 𝗜𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗡 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗦 𝗙𝗔𝗥 𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚?
📢 “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.“
𝗦𝗢 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗘, 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗔 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗬 𝗚𝗢𝗢𝗗 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗, 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗚𝗡 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗘 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦?
📢 Yeah, yeah, it's been fun.“
𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 [𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦] 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗗.
📢 “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.“
𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟, 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡. 𝗜 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗔 𝗚𝗢 𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝗜𝗦.
📢 “Yeah, and so do you. Let's catch that show.“
(Chicago Music Guide, September 2007)
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