Angelystor Posted July 5, 2006 Report post Posted July 5, 2006 Niko Kaartinen of Finland's Imperiumi webzine recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mastermind Devin Townsend. A few excerpts from the chat follow (translated from Finnish by Mike Portnoy forum member "tommidt"): Imperiumi: "The New Black" is STRAPPING YOUNG LAD's fifth and final record for Century Media. Is this the last record of SYL's career? Devin: "I hope so. I believe so. I signed a five-album deal with Century Media and this is now the fifth. There you have five records; they are very happy with that and I've done my job. Next! (laughs)" Imperiumi: What did the Century Media people think when you told them that you were going to take rest of the year off be with your family? Wouldn't this be the best time to promote SYL [seeing as you have a new record coming out]? Devin: "Well, this might get me in trouble, but I couldn't care less. Should I be on tour while I have a newborn baby at home? My wife is pregnant, so should I be far from home drinking booze and pretending that I care about heavy metal? In how many different ways I can say that I don't care? In how many ways I can say that I'm through with this thing? I said I'd make five records, [and] I did them. We are now doing a European tour, playing some big shows. Fine. We'll do Ozzfest; those are big shows too. We don't need anything else, in my opinion. . . You can keep 'The New Black', I don't care anymore. Keep the rights to the band, do what you want. I don't care anymore, and I think it is just stupid. The manager, the band and record company look at me now just like I am the enemy, because I feel this way. But what can you do? You can't just keep going like this anymore. I have done this for a several years now." Imperiumi: But still, it is about your life. You want to be able to control it. Devin: "Exactly, if you are not able to control it, you are wasted. You'll end up being a junkie or an alcoholic who ends up cheating your wife. Or you'll end up a fake rock star, thinking you actually are one." Imperiumi: Is the the gap between SYL and your solo material becoming closer? Devin: "It feels like I'm less and less angry all the time. Even THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND will put out softer stuff in the future, so the SYL material feels even harder now compared to my solo material. My next recordings will probably be something like this (points out the beautiful nature of Finland's Provinssirock festival), something [representing] beautiful scenery. Beautiful things. I don't have to be hard/tough (heavy) anymore. I'm 34 years old, I'm already old." Imperiumi: How do you want SYL to be remembered? Devin: "As a big middle finger! How else?" Imperiumi: Does Gene (Hoglan, SYL drummer) know yet that this is the last record? Devin: "Umm... I don't know. I don't think anyone knows that. I just HOPE this is the last one, because I don't have anything to say with this band anymore. Who knows what the future will bring? Now I just hope that I can do other things." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grobodan Posted July 5, 2006 Report post Posted July 5, 2006 a pazi ovo... Responding to Devin's comments from the Imperiumi interview, Hoglan has issued the following statement: "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I read the Finnish interview. True, Dev is burnt out, and of course he can change his mind quicker than bolt of lightning, but, just two days ago, he and I were talking about the next SYL record, what we're gonna do on it, and how absolutely mind-blowing it will be. We ARE taking some time off for Devin to have some much-needed family time, but, we ARE hitting the road again in March 2007, headlining tours of both America and Europe, as well as Australia and the Far East. And I am shooting the straight shit with you, as I always do. We are too good to just dissolve, and those are Dev's words. I will never apologize for one of my bandmates speaking his mind, and if that was what was on Devin's mind at that exact time and date, then that's what was on his mind. Give the man some space. Don't worry kiddies, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD is not disappearing anytime soon. We are a fuckin' fungus. No cream or lotion is gonna do us in that easily. Unless, of course, it's Vagisil." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azal Posted July 5, 2006 Report post Posted July 5, 2006 debeli car. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelystor Posted July 7, 2006 Report post Posted July 7, 2006 In Gene we trust! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azal Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 gledao sam spot za Wrong Side, genijalan je. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRANG Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 i ja sam gledao. nije genijalan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azal Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 glup si. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azizam Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) Koji trip, Far beyond metal, posle Peeping toma, pomislila sam da je zemljotres time to get out of this little world zašto pesmu fucker zovem stalno fuck you recite bar da je spot bolji od spota za zen (dno dna) Edited July 9, 2006 by Azizam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azal Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 (edited) keva je spot...sviraju u tuxedoima dok neke balerine djuskaju oko njih...pa kad dodje onaj clean batman deo devy ima neku djusku u maniru tom waits-a dok peva. i ima brdo nekih asocijacija na poltergeist kao sto je love ima na evil dead. a i zen je vrh. strapping je jedini bend koji se ne tripuje da ispadnu kul sa malim budzetom nego se namerno drkaju da ispadne sto jeftini. terminator oci, magla i ta sranja. Edited July 9, 2006 by azal Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin K Experience Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 Ne kapiraju to svi... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azal Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 tesko ces da skapiras moc hjevi metal jeftinoce kad skidas 15 abitnih post rock albuma na dan. takva je situacija. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitamin K Experience Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 Meni su iz tih low fi ispada omiljeni produkcijski trenuci kada imaš osećaj kao da su spot snimili kućnom VHS kamerom (nekima budi i osećaj talk show-ova iz 80-ih). Spot dobija na neposrednosti i vulgarno izražava neostatak kinte. To se može sresti u gomili SYL spotova od prvog albuma na ovamo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azizam Posted July 9, 2006 Report post Posted July 9, 2006 Ma ristepka za SYL, ali mi takvi spotovi ne drže pažnju, kad ne poželim da ga odgledam dva puta onda ono... Love sam opet jedno 500 hiljada puta odgledala, i još bih toliko mogla. Mislim zbog tog spota sam i poželela da ih slušam, zapravo puštala sam ga za prošli rođendan... Za ovaj ću ovaj novi ako bude valjao... Jebiga, te jeftinoće mogu sama da odradim i da ih se grozim bez mukotrpnog skidanja spota na 56k. Zapravo, kad ja krenem moje house-made filmove da puštam ljudi beže hehehehehe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruban Posted July 21, 2006 Report post Posted July 21, 2006 nego kakvi su ono dungeons & dragons vokalni momenti?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelystor Posted July 21, 2006 Report post Posted July 21, 2006 Justin Donnelly of The Metal Forge recently conducted an interview with STRAPPING YOUNG LAD mainman Devin Townsend. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow: On writing the new STRAPPING YOUNG LAD album, "The New Black": "When it comes to making STRAPPING YOUNG LAD albums, it's just a matter of me picking up the guitar and starting to write something. Whatever feels like coming out at that given time dictates the direction STRAPPING YOUNG LAD takes. There's no real conscious decision to make things sound the way they do. I simply start writing and go for it. This time around there a little more groove, a little more melody and a lot humour. It's simply what we came up with at the time. Every album we've done has been unique unto itself, and 'The New Black' is no different in that regard. It's never preconceived. It's not like we sit down and determine whether it's going to sound like this or sound like that. We had the opportunity to make this album, and with that in mind, the most honest thing we could do is just let it all come out and let it be what it wants to be. I think maybe this album wanted to be a little more melodic, a little less chaotic and a little easier to relate to. I think the humour plays a big part of that equation. Overall, I'm pretty happy with this album. I'm not hoping for this album to do anything more than what our other albums have done in the past. I don't care about that. As soon as you put hopes on something, it kind of breaks it down. 'The New Black' is just another album in a long line of albums. I'm just happy that we did a good job on it, and that it came out sounding good. The only hope I have is that people enjoy it for what it is, and that we can move on from this." On decision to add horns to a song on the new album: "They're actual horns too! I was never cool, so I always decided to do uncool things when most people wouldn't. So it shouldn't come to any surprise to find me putting horns and flutes in a heavy metal song. Some people might find that it dubious decision, but for me, it sounds like 'West Side Story'. I think it sounds good. I kind of had it in my head from the beginning to have brass on there, even though it's a song for STRAPPING YOUNG LAD. As for what you call the blurred line, in terms of sonically and the melodic elements, I would say that be a fair statement. But overall, this album definitely comes from a STRAPPING YOUNG LAD headspace no matter how melodic it may be." http://www.themetalforge.com/modules.php?n...article&sid=529 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apeiron Posted July 25, 2006 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 Wrong Side, Almost Again, The New Black, Far Beyond Metal, Antiproduct. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azal Posted July 25, 2006 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 sta s'tim deda? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted July 25, 2006 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 te obrade svira interfector na svom koncertu iznenadjenja pocetkom septembra... uuuupppssss... otkrih previse... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apeiron Posted July 25, 2006 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 sta s'tim deda? Pa najbolje mi pesme sa novog albuma Kent novinar, samo glasine siri, a osnova novinarstva je proverena informacija... Hocu reci, te obrade su planirane za pocetak oktobra, a ne septembra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlaja Buraz Posted July 25, 2006 Report post Posted July 25, 2006 te obrade svira interfector na svom koncertu iznenadjenja pocetkom septembra... uuuupppssss... otkrih previse... Dobro je da nisi rekao da se Oliver vratio, ali na bas a da je Karkas prešao na gusle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrosaurus Posted October 5, 2006 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 Pa da, opetH ... Posto je obrisan predhodni post. Samo da nahvalim "The New Black" i kazem da ga stavljam rame uz rame sa "City" i da mislim da je ovim albumom Devin prevazisao sebe. Odusevljen sam, slusam ga bar jednom dnevno. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grobodan Posted October 5, 2006 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 Ja sam se tako navukao pre 7 dana,slusao sam ga 3 x dnevno,tako to kod mene ide u talasima. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Жвакић Posted October 5, 2006 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 Ja sam slusao Alien i New black. Ima dobrih pesama. Nabavicu i taj City posto sam cuo da je najbolji. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavrosaurus Posted October 5, 2006 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu - City! Jebe keve! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nesquik Posted October 5, 2006 Report post Posted October 5, 2006 YOU SUCK Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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