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Mark Lanegan: Bubblegum - I like Mark Lanagan’s
album the best
but it might be from last year, but fuck it, it’s still
better than anything else. What
was the highlight of 2005 for either you personally or for the
band? Working
with Chris Goss, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Noel Gallagher
(Oasis), Dave Catching in Joshua Tree, CA. Richard File’s
vocal performances. Meeting Robert Plant and Billy Gibbons in
the same day, having spent a night with Queens of the Stone Age,
Twiggy Ramirez and Autolux. Performing with James Holden. And
watching my daughter grow. What
was the low point of 2005 for you? Love
loss, misunderstandings and responsibility. What
are your hopes and plans for 2006? Moving
on, art and love. If
you could drop a copy of one album in the mailbox of every American
citizen, what album would it be? N.W.A.:
Straight Out of Compton It
will help the idea of an album evolve. Welcome to the next chapter
of music evolution. THANK GOD! Axel
Rose of course, and Portishead. With
the mainstream success of artists like Modest Mouse, Death Cab
for Cutie, Bright Eyes, The White Stripes, and Franz Ferdinand,
has the meaning of "indie rock" shifted? Has the term
lost all meaning? Sounds
like Seattle all over again. Silly question. If
you couldn’t be a musician, what other profession do you
think that you’d enjoy and why? I
want to be a musician! Do
you feel more or less optimistic (about music, about your personal
life, about the world in general) than you did a year ago? Better.
Harder. Stronger. UNKLE
of course. If
you had/got to switch careers with another artist or band, who
would it be and why? Ahmet
Ertegun, Atlantic Records - what taste. Or Andy Warhol –
WOW! We
are now over halfway through the '00 decade. What five albums
stand out from the last five years as the best? Queens
of the Stone Age: Songs for the Deaf Do
you have any other thoughts about the current state of the world
or the state of the music industry? Mother
Earth will show her hand. Protect and learn from our children.
Music rules. 1/2006 |
