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You’ve got a great album out—Do You Wanna Start A War.
Did you approach making this record any differently than I understand that he is a great performer
your previous albums? and he is very gifted at what he does, but I
Well I think that there’s been an evolution within our band, don’t give a shit.
as there should be with every band. We really just focused
on making a diverse record that’s filled with good songs— And I tell you what, if I ever won a Grammy and Kanye did
not worrying about whether this song is too heavy, is it too that, he’d be leaving the stage on his back down the stairs. I’d
pop-y, is it too dance-y, whatever, let’s just make sure it’s knock him the fuck out in a second. Because, it’s not cool.
good. I think that once we got that attitude in our heads,
that’s why we were able to make such a great record. I think It’s not cool to be that way and think you have the right to
do that. Disrespecting your peers is to me the cardinal sin.
as a band you constantly have to evolve; you constantly have If Mick Jagger did it, I’d say the same thing, but Mick Jagger
to update and grow, or else you become stagnant. I think would never do that. I saw a meme that Paul Stanley put up
that’s the biggest thing on this record, we really took some on Instagram where it’s a picture of Kanye next to a picture of
chances that paid off huge because Do You Wanna Start
A War is the biggest record that we’ve done; the highest Hendrix, and Kanye’s quote was “I’m a genius. It’s obvious,
there’s no other way to say it, I’m a genius” and Hendrix’s
charting record that we’ve done. The reason for that that is was “I don’t like it when people say I’m a genius, I don’t like
because it’s very diverse. It is different from what we’ve done it when people say I’m talented because it distracts me from
before, and that’s how we are able to grow and gain so many my playing.” And there you go. The two yins and yangs of
new fans because of it. show business. I just find it very disrespectful to the entire
Congratulations on that! Music as an industry has changed industry what he did not just once, but twice. I wish it was
one of those things where you could get fined for doing it. I
quite a bit lately. I’d like to get your thoughts on Round Two mean, how cool would that be? The Academy fines Kanye
for Kanye West at the Grammys. West for rushing the stage, and if he doesn’t pay the fines he’s
Thanks man. I try not to think about it too much, because
I’m sure a lot of it is giving publicity to him. I have a real banned from the building. That would be something that
would be a nice slap to the face for him.
issue with that sort of thing, because I understand that he
is a great performer and he is very gifted at what he does, Exactly. I was shooting for Rock Revolt from the photo pit at
but I don’t give a shit. I don’t understand the mentality of Rock on The Range 2014, and one of the other photographers
disrespecting your peers that way. Whether it’s a publicity was laying across the stage. It’s clear you’ve been out in
stunt or whatever, the bottom line is he basically disrespected front, walking in front of the amps, out there doing your
Beck and disrespected the music industry. No one gives a show, high energy, and the guy just kept laying there. I don’t
fuck what you have to say when someone else is winning an know if you remember, but you actually shoved him off the
award. I don’t think it’s funny, I don’t think it’s rebellious, I stage with your foot.
don’t think it’s shocking, I just think it’s very disrespectful. Yeah, I remember years ago I went and saw Twisted Sister,
probably in about 1984--I think they were opening for Iron
Maiden--and he stepped on somebody’s hand and he said
“Get your hands off my fucking stage!” I’ll never forget that!
We played a festival a couple of months ago, and there was
some guy in the front row, I think it was a radio station
festival, and this guy was one of the radio station guys.
There was a stage that was just a little bit lower than the
actual stage, and he kept standing up there, and bringing his
kid, and taking selifes—and he’s basically standing on stage.
That’s not cool. I don’t care who you work for or if you’re
putting on the show, don’t stand on the stage. I’ll take
pictures with you all day long if you want to, or if we’ve
invited you do that. But when I’m trying to do my gig and
I’ve got people like that trying to be the stars of the show—
so I pushed him in his back and he fell down in the pit. It’s
like, don’t do it man. Once again, it’s disrespectful. This is
our stage, I would never do it to you, and I don’t expect you
to do the same thing to us. Nobody likes to be disrespected,
especially when you’re putting on a show, working your ass
off to entertain—and at Rock On The Range it was thousands
Did you approach making this record any differently than I understand that he is a great performer
your previous albums? and he is very gifted at what he does, but I
Well I think that there’s been an evolution within our band, don’t give a shit.
as there should be with every band. We really just focused
on making a diverse record that’s filled with good songs— And I tell you what, if I ever won a Grammy and Kanye did
not worrying about whether this song is too heavy, is it too that, he’d be leaving the stage on his back down the stairs. I’d
pop-y, is it too dance-y, whatever, let’s just make sure it’s knock him the fuck out in a second. Because, it’s not cool.
good. I think that once we got that attitude in our heads,
that’s why we were able to make such a great record. I think It’s not cool to be that way and think you have the right to
do that. Disrespecting your peers is to me the cardinal sin.
as a band you constantly have to evolve; you constantly have If Mick Jagger did it, I’d say the same thing, but Mick Jagger
to update and grow, or else you become stagnant. I think would never do that. I saw a meme that Paul Stanley put up
that’s the biggest thing on this record, we really took some on Instagram where it’s a picture of Kanye next to a picture of
chances that paid off huge because Do You Wanna Start
A War is the biggest record that we’ve done; the highest Hendrix, and Kanye’s quote was “I’m a genius. It’s obvious,
there’s no other way to say it, I’m a genius” and Hendrix’s
charting record that we’ve done. The reason for that that is was “I don’t like it when people say I’m a genius, I don’t like
because it’s very diverse. It is different from what we’ve done it when people say I’m talented because it distracts me from
before, and that’s how we are able to grow and gain so many my playing.” And there you go. The two yins and yangs of
new fans because of it. show business. I just find it very disrespectful to the entire
Congratulations on that! Music as an industry has changed industry what he did not just once, but twice. I wish it was
one of those things where you could get fined for doing it. I
quite a bit lately. I’d like to get your thoughts on Round Two mean, how cool would that be? The Academy fines Kanye
for Kanye West at the Grammys. West for rushing the stage, and if he doesn’t pay the fines he’s
Thanks man. I try not to think about it too much, because
I’m sure a lot of it is giving publicity to him. I have a real banned from the building. That would be something that
would be a nice slap to the face for him.
issue with that sort of thing, because I understand that he
is a great performer and he is very gifted at what he does, Exactly. I was shooting for Rock Revolt from the photo pit at
but I don’t give a shit. I don’t understand the mentality of Rock on The Range 2014, and one of the other photographers
disrespecting your peers that way. Whether it’s a publicity was laying across the stage. It’s clear you’ve been out in
stunt or whatever, the bottom line is he basically disrespected front, walking in front of the amps, out there doing your
Beck and disrespected the music industry. No one gives a show, high energy, and the guy just kept laying there. I don’t
fuck what you have to say when someone else is winning an know if you remember, but you actually shoved him off the
award. I don’t think it’s funny, I don’t think it’s rebellious, I stage with your foot.
don’t think it’s shocking, I just think it’s very disrespectful. Yeah, I remember years ago I went and saw Twisted Sister,
probably in about 1984--I think they were opening for Iron
Maiden--and he stepped on somebody’s hand and he said
“Get your hands off my fucking stage!” I’ll never forget that!
We played a festival a couple of months ago, and there was
some guy in the front row, I think it was a radio station
festival, and this guy was one of the radio station guys.
There was a stage that was just a little bit lower than the
actual stage, and he kept standing up there, and bringing his
kid, and taking selifes—and he’s basically standing on stage.
That’s not cool. I don’t care who you work for or if you’re
putting on the show, don’t stand on the stage. I’ll take
pictures with you all day long if you want to, or if we’ve
invited you do that. But when I’m trying to do my gig and
I’ve got people like that trying to be the stars of the show—
so I pushed him in his back and he fell down in the pit. It’s
like, don’t do it man. Once again, it’s disrespectful. This is
our stage, I would never do it to you, and I don’t expect you
to do the same thing to us. Nobody likes to be disrespected,
especially when you’re putting on a show, working your ass
off to entertain—and at Rock On The Range it was thousands
