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to her in those 10 minutes at it’s such a slow song. Instead
all. Why did you feel they weren’t of trying to have somebody
going to be that well received? play the keyboard, just maybe
We all have an inkling on It turned out like the “Bottle of the orchestra stuff and stuff like
AN INTERVIEW WITH ANDY LAPLEGUA what was going on. So are we Pain” and “Lobotomy” have that and rather make it truly a
become like two of the new
live song. Just do it differently.
playing any songs from One
by Alice Roques Fire while on tour? crowd favorites and those were
Yeah definitely. That’s one of two songs we didn’t actually Like totally unplugged out
nnovator of the industrial scene for over two decades, Combichrist shows absolutely no signs of slowing down. the reasons we’re leaving on consider playing live on this there?
In fact, Andy just keeps going, pushing the genre to its furthest limits. One Fire charting stupendously high on Tuesday already. Our first show one. But now everybody, Yeah. And it’s to play when the
intermational charts demonstrates the raw power that only Combichrist can exude, album after album. RockRevolt is Friday, but we’re heading when we go online and ask power goes down.
Icaught up with Andy prior to his heading off for his European tour. We spoke a little about One Fire the legacy of out Tuesday to Europe. We still their favorite, the two always
Combichrist, and a little into the past of this industrial metal icon. got the rehearsals to do for the come up. So, now we’re like, Oh there you go. Good to have
new material that we haven’t “Oh shit, we have to rehearse one in the back pocket and
played yet. We’re going to those two now.” be like oh you know what,
Awesome. So One Fire just There’s really no more history really have great sound in the play as much as we we got this. I read in
released here a few months to it. He just really nailed it. U.S., well not the only place, can from the new another interview that
ago with the on Out of Line there’s a lot of them, but it’s album, but we still sometimes you just like
music. Tell me about your So you’re not on tour right the country western venues have to honor old to walk out and get on
feelings on that. now but I think you will and you know more of the material and crowd your motorcycle and
Well it’s the perfect day to ask be going on to the UK and traditional Americana stuff. favorites. It will be ride in the mountains
that, because just an hour ago Europe. When it comes to a rock n roll a little give and for a couple of days.
or so, we entered the album I’m actually heading out club, its like, “Oh it’s just rock take on the album. Tell me about your
charts in Germany with our Tuesday already. Not too n roll, just play.” You know? Like we will pick motorcycle and how
album on 13th so that’s really much time to breathe, but just You don’t have any lights, you out old favorites you got into riding?
exciting news. I’m definitely enough to get a taste of home don’t have any PA. Alright, and the crowds Exactly. Well I got a
excited about the album right and pack back up and head who cares it’s just rock n roll. favorites from the few bikes. I build -- I’m
now. It’s kind of hard to not be out. That’s kind of the attitude new album and actually in my shop right
when you get that news. It’s that’s in the U.S. then try to make it now. I build hotrods,
kind of a big deal. We always Is there a big difference a good mix with old classic cars and choppers.
get in the electronic charts and between touring an album like Just as long as it’s loud. material and make Kind of classic like 60’s,
we get in the alternative charts this one here in the States than Yeah. While the attitude in everybody happy, 70’s choppers. That’s
and stuff like that but this is abroad? Europe is that it’s a part of ourselves included. what I ride too. Mostly
the first time that we got this I always like to say that it’s their culture. Like alternative highway stuff but I’m
big album that the album sales not about the country. It’s music is in everybody’s Absolutely. So which actually building a
charts, I can’t complain right more the city. Like country culture. It’s been around for -- songs from One Yamaha for my fiancée
now. I’m having a pretty good to country in Germany or in been bigger for longer. There’s Fire do you think right now. I never actually
day so far. Europe is kind of like state more festivals and people take are going to hit live worked with anything but
to state a little bit. It’s kind of it more serious. In that way it audiences better Harleys before so this is a
You’re living the dream, hard to compare Europe to the is very different. The crowds than others? new adventure. I started
you’re in paradise and U.S. It’s kind of like city to city. are similar. Fans are fans and It’s hard to say. I riding really young. Like
you’ve got a charting album. It’s a little difficult to compare people love it or hate it, and think “Hate Like Me” is already I was riding Motocross when
That’s a lot. Tell me about the it. But there’s a different feel that’s kind of how it is all over doing really well. We played Did you have to make any I was a kid and I got in a
album art. I mean there’s this on the touring itself because the world. that one before. “Guns at Last changes to them to make them really bad wreck, and I just
wonderful Kaiju on it. you know, the tour buses are Dawn” as well. “Understand” sound the way they should? couldn’t continue or pursue
Yeah right? Well I have an very different. The hospitality, Have you had a fan do is going to go over really well. I like to do a little different my Motocross career. That’s
illustrator. He’s absolutely the venues, the equipment anything crazy while It’s been received so well so version live anyway because kind of where I started getting
amazing. He’s a genius. Yeah, standard and stuff like that you’re performing? Like, far. And then there’s a couple it’s such a different beast live into more of a cruising kind of
he did something for me. He is different. And Europe is set themselves on fire or of songs that I kind of didn’t than it is in the studio. It’s easier vehicles. And actually where
did a couple of the signs for me. definitely ahead when it comes something? expect to go over that well, to sit down and make things all I changed my career plans to
I just gave him a call and I just to all overall standard when it Nobody sets themselves on but everybody is saying they perfect and clean and this and doing music as well.
gave him this wild description comes to sound and venues. fire. We have people get butt like them right now so it was that. I’m not in the studio. It’s a
of what I wanted and how that naked on stage and stage not supposed to play that we different thing when you play Really? Would you mind
would represent the whole They just appreciate live music dive. Like, especially one time now have to turn around and live. You want to have a live telling me about your
album. He just nailed it. It more than they do so here you in Paris, there was a girl who reconsider playing from the vibe on it. You don’t want it accident?
took him just an hour to come think? did it and it was so packed. It new album. But that’s kind to sound sterile and stuff. Like I don’t want to say nothing
up with a good sketch. Sent it I think that they have a little was a sold out show and she of how it is. You never know “Bottle of Pain”. It’s very likely crucial because I fractured
back to him like, “Yeah! That’s bit more of a tradition and was just crowd surfing naked what songs are going to hit the that we just end up doing an disks in my back from it. But
exactly what I wanted.” That culture of alternative music. for like 10 minutes. I just don’t fan base. acoustic version of it, because it was just one of those things
was kind of the history of it. Like, the only places that want to know what happened
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