Gene Hoglan-interview online
Artist news 06-04-2005 12:34
Gene Hoglan heeft een interview gegeven aan TheMegalith.com. De drummer sprak onder meer over het nieuwe Strapping Young Lad album "Alien", zijn geairbrushte Dr. Marten's boots en Hurt, een locale band uit Vancouver waarvoor hij in 2004 enkele drumtracks inspeelde.
"Well, it was just Dev [Townsend, vocalist] and myself, trying to write a really really crazy song. Like, let's just go nuts. I know there's that one part like after we're hauling through the double-bass stuff, right around when he starts saying, 'Now you listen to me... the motherfuckin life,' and all that stuff, we've already just hauled the double-bass part, and you think, 'Alright, they're gonna break it down or something, fuck they just go nuttier!' Then there's another crazy double-bass part right after that in the same section where it's just fuckin unrelenting, you know, it just will not stop. Are they gonna explode or fall apart or all that? So it was just Dev and I just trying to freak out and write a really crazy song, you know?"
Sinds jaar en dag loopt Gene op Dr. Marten's boots, vooral omdat hij geen zin heeft om veel tijd te besteden aan het uitzoeken van hippe sneakers. Bovendien draagt hij dankzij zijn zus customized kistjes:
"I think it's really neat, I wear Docs and I got a new pair recently, and I got my sister to do some painting to 'em, next time I see you I'll show you my boots. She did some airbrushing, she airbrushed Strapping logos on the boots, and she was weighing them — she had to weigh the boots cause she says 'Look, these things are too heavy for me to just hold.' So she put 'em on the scale and she weighed them and they're two and a half pounds apiece."
Het voledige interview, inclusief het verhaal over de band uit Vancouver waarvoor hij de drumtracks inspeelde, kun je op TheMegalith.com in MP3-formaat luisteren of als artikel lezen.
