💢𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 with 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 - THE SUN HERALD (1999)💢

Today I have an old 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 with Brian from the late 90ies for you, it was printed in The Sun Herald in 1999. Brian talks about David Bowie, the weirdest gifts he has received from fans, the last time he cried, modeling for Calvin Klein, drinking with Marilyn Manson and leaving dirty messages on Madonna's answering machine. Enjoy reading!

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💢𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 & 𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎💢

𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗢 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗔 𝗙𝗘𝗪 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗦. 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗘𝗡𝗝𝗢𝗬 𝗜𝗧?
 📢“Yes. We realised we had a lot of fans in Australia. But we played clubs. We met so many kids at (CD) signings who couldn't see us. They begged us to play all ages shows. The invitation to support silverchair was quite fortuitous. We've done a lot of festival gigs with them and they rock.“

𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗟𝗬 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗜𝗟𝗬𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗢𝗡. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧?
 📢 “It was good to catch up and insult each other again. We drank a lot of absinthe together, the g(reen stuff [Vincent] Van Gough used to drink. Its an extremely strong liqueur that sends you sideways.“

𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗘-𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚 “𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗜'𝗠 𝗡𝗢𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚“ 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗕𝗢𝗪𝗜𝗘. 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗘𝗡?
📢 “David fell completely in love with the song when we played it together at the Brit awards. We were in New York at the same time, and he came in the studio to record it. It was quite surreal telling him 'David I think you can sing it a little better'.“

𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗. 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗜𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗚𝗜𝗙𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨'𝗩𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗗?
📢“I get a lot of nail polish, lipstick and pornographic photos. People give me their antidepressants. I don't particularly need them right now. They probably need them more than i do. People send me notes begging me not to kill myself. I've no intention of going away.“

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𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗧 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗩𝗜𝗡 𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗟?
📢 “Yes, along with Shirley Manson (Garbage), Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), and Melissa from Hole. Were part of the new Calvin Klein line campaign. Being in a successful band opens up so many new doors, from modeling to movies to musical collaborations. Once you get to a level where that happens its great.“

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗨𝗠 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛𝗧?
📢 “'The Soft Bulletin' by The Flaming Lips. I recommend everyone to buy it.“

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗖𝗥𝗬?
📢 “At a festival. Its good to know music still moves me to tears. During a particularly pumping set by Faithless i felt the old waterworks coming on.“

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗙𝗔𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗔𝗕𝗕𝗔 𝗦𝗢𝗡𝗚?
📢“'Dancing Queen', the ultimate perfect pop moment of all time.“

𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗢 𝗕𝗜𝗚?
📢“Because she's had a hard life, like jewel. In America if your a cute girl and your past is tragic you sell millions of records. That song don't impress me much, it sends me into fits of violence when i hear it.“

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧'𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗦 𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗕𝗘𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘?
📢 “Is anyone more famous than David Bowie?“

𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗔?
📢“Well, if I had her phone number I'd be calling up and leaving lots of dirty messages on her answering machine.“
(The Sun Herald, Q&A with Brian Molko, July 22nd 1999)

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🔶✨𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐋𝐊𝐎 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐘𝐍 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐎𝐍✨🔶

Today I picked up two quotes for you where Brian shares his opinion on a scandalously famous American musician 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏.
The first one is taken from Placebo’s 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖 on 𝐌𝐓𝐕 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 and especially interesting for Brian’s thoughts on gun rights in the United States.

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𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒚𝒏 𝑴𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕… 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏?
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I never ever insulted Marilyn Manson! It’s impossible to insult Marilyn Manson… We’re friends and we like to hang out together. We both have a great ‘dirty’ sense of humour and we can mock each other just for fun.

𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒆’𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖?
📢𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧: I think that he’s an exceptional personality and a very professional musician. He put a fist up the butt of American conservatism, and that’s very very good. He used to speak about the religious dogmas, human rights, freedom, government, church, as well as the National Rifle Association that advocates legalization and proliferation of guns in America. He throws light on some very important subjects in his music. Just let me give you an example. Let’s remember the gun shooting at the American school where some teens shot a bunch of students. And they immediately blamed Marilyn Manson and his music for that! I can remember the guys in suits saying on TV ‘Marilyn Manson’s music is the only reason of what’s happened!’. And the next day I could hear ‘We have to fight for the right to keep and bear guns!’ So who should take a responsibility for what’s happened at that school: Marilyn Manson or those who don’t want to restrict free gun sales in America?! It’s just a hypocrisy.
(𝐹𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑠, 𝑀𝑇𝑉 𝑅𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑎, 2001)

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Another 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 that mentions Brian’s memories of the time they’ve been hanging out with Marilyn Manson, was published in 𝐍𝐌𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟕.
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Placebo frontman Brian Molko has revealed that his past days of debauchery with Marilyn Manson saw them ‘very badly behaved’, and that he could ‘drink him under the table’.
Molko and the ‘God Of Fuck’ became friends in the ’90s when they both enjoyed a rapid rise to fame. While being ‘clean and happy’ these days and practising meditation, Molko’s past was a little more rowdy.
“I remember reading ‘The Long Road Out Of Hell’ [Marilyn Manson’s autobiography], and thinking ‘this book makes you feel like you want to go out and do very rock n’ roll things’, but that wasn’t a particular inspiration for my lifestyle,” Molko told Kerrang. “Marilyn Manson and I started hanging out at that time, and we were very badly behaved anyway.”
He continued: “I never saw him engaged in any depraved behaviour. Nothing I would consider depraved. And the thing about Manson is that he’s fiercely intelligent and a fantastic provocateur. I think that’s why we got on so well. And I have to say this – and he won’t like it – but I could always drink him under the table.”
(𝑁𝑀𝐸, 18𝑡ℎ 𝑂𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑏𝑒𝑟 2017)

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