During Deftones’ May 13 show at Spark Arena in Auckland, NZ, frontman Chino Moreno ended up falling onstage. You can see fan-filmed footage of that at the 58:19 mark in the below video. The fall occurred during “Hole In The Earth.”
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Korn’s Munky On New Material: “We’ve Written Probably Almost 40 Songs”
It looks like Korn have a wealth of material for their next album. During an interview with Rolling Stone Brasil, guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer revealed that the band have “written probably almost 40 songs.”
Munky said the following:
“It’s taking a f*cking long time. We’ve gone through… I swear to God, we’ve written probably almost 40 songs, and gone through ’em, and rewrote ’em, and got rid of ’em, and tore ’em apart, and rebuilt ’em. And it’s been quite a long process, because we’re very critical about what we do now. We’re very particular, in… because we wanna keep our original sound. You can’t really get away from that — when we start playing, it sounds like Korn, especially with all five of us.
And Ra [Diaz, Korn bassist] has actually been such a, such a great addition to bringing a lot of energy in the rhythm section. And Ray [Luzier, Korn drummer] and him play really well together. And it’s fun to watch those guys work out parts, because they do some stuff that I wouldn’t think of.
That’s been a big part of this writing process, is those two working together. Because they’ve never worked together on a record. Obviously, they’ve, you know, worked together on the older songs and stuff. But I think that working on the older songs, those two, learning the rhythm parts, has really given some insight to what is on the back catalog. And they’ve brought a similar vibe into the newer stuff that we’ve written, and that is exciting.
But, yeah, we’re trying to… As an artist — and any artist — you don’t wanna paint the same picture over and over again. You wanna add some flavor, add some color, add something new so it feels fresh, so the listeners still get a classic sound, but with fresh takes on things. So, it still sounds like Korn, for sure. There’s not… there’s no heavy electronics, you’re not gonna get anything too far out of left field. It’s still in the… very guitar driven and bass heavy.”
He also explained the lengthy wait for new music:
“I think it’s just been a lot of touring, and us taking our time, to release something that…We didn’t want to release something mediocre. That’s why I think we keep on writing and rewriting, because honestly, it’s like we want to release new music. We could just keep touring, you know, on our old records, but we we like to keep something fresh, you know?
I think we took a page out of out of the book of Metallica on that. You can always play some new music and write something and record and it’s fun. We love the process of writing and recording as just as much as we do touring.”
Munky also opened up about working on the material without bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu:
“There’s been moments where it’s difficult in imagining what it could be right here, you know, if he was in the band. [A] what would he do kind of thing. But on the last couple of records, he kind of checked out. And trying to get him engaged was a little bit difficult, just to stay in the room while we’re writing. He would always just kind of leave… and he’d be in there for a few minutes and then kind of just not focused, and he just kind of lost his ambition, I guess.
But it’s okay. It happens. People, everything, goes in cycles. We’re definitely not mad at him or anything, we want him to be happy. And it didn’t really feel like he was happy being a working musician at the time. So it was kind of like it was a mutual sort of — I wouldn’t say split — because I still use the word hiatus.
You know, I think he just he needed a break from… we work our asses off, you know, even like when we’re not touring, we’re writing music, or we’re working on on things, and when we go home, we take a couple of weeks off from tour and then we’re back at it.
And I think that sort of schedule just became too daunting for him after 30 years to continue. It takes a lot of stamina. I just don’t feel like he had it at the time, or [he] just had a lot of other personal stuff happening too. He wasn’t happy. It was obvious that he wasn’t happy. And at the end of the day he’s our brother and we want him to be happy. So it’s like do what you want to do. Just stay healthy, keep your mental health on the track to pursue whatever it is that makes you happy.”
He also added the following when asked how Fieldy has been doing:
“I’ve heard he’s doing well. I haven’t spoke to him personally in probably a few months, but yeah. I see his kids. His son [Israel Arvizu], is like playing bass and he’s doing a band, and I think Fieldy‘s been helping with that and with his son. And it looks like they’re having a good time and, yeah, he looks like he’s doing better, honestly, which makes makes us all feel great. You know, we definitely want to see him at his best and enjoying being home with his family and staying healthy.”
[via The PRP]
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Good Teal And NOIR BENNY Announce New Split Release “Good Benny”
Good Teal and NOIR BENNY have announced a new split release titled “Good Benny.” The effort will be available on June 5 and a video for its first single, “Company!,” can be found below:
“Good Benny” Track Listing:
01. Good Teal – “Make No Mistakes“
02. Good Teal & NOIR BENNY – “Company!“
03. NOIR BENNY – “Backhand“
04. NOIR BENNY & Good Teal – “BleusGood Teal’s Reg Mason commented:
“Lots of people my age are failing at being something they never wanted nor asked to be in the first place. Some go on to project that cognitive dissonance onto people living their truth and some stay true to themselves. It’s difficult to block out the noise so writing a song to celebrate the ones who do felt like a correct first step.”
NOIR BENNY added:
“It’s about celebrating your independence. I wrote it about escaping the hivemind, being your own man, and living your own truth away from whatever truth people try to create for you.”
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Greg Puciato Explains How Danny Lohner And Chris Pennie Got Involved In The Black Queen’s Upcoming Tour
As previously reported, The Black Queen, the synthwave project featuring Greg Puciato (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan), recently recruited Danny Lohner (ex-Nine Inch Nails) and Chris Pennie (ex-The Dillinger Escape Plan) for their upcoming “Fever Daydream” 10th anniversary tour. Now, during an interview with Loudwire Nights, Puciato explained how the two musicians got involved in the trek.
Puciato said the following about Lohner:
“The first song with Dillinger that [I] recorded, the first original song was ‘Baby’s First Coffin,’ which was originally not written for ‘Miss Machine‘. It was written as a commissioned track for the ‘Underworld‘ soundtrack and Danny Lohner was the director of that soundtrack…that was the first time we had sort of an interaction.
And then I was asked to do some Nine Inch Nails [stuff] at their, at the time, final shows in Los Angeles. And one of the songs we did was ‘Mr. Self-Destruct‘ from ‘The Downward Spiral‘ and Danny came onstage, too, and guested on guitar. We kind of became cooler then. But then really, one of my best friends is Billy Howerdel from A Perfect Circle, one of my dearest, dearest friends. And he and Danny are extremely close.
And because of hanging out with Billy a lot, I’ve by proxy hung out with Danny a lot. And Danny and I have a very similar energy personality-wise and just get each other. When we were taking about doing this tour a few months ago, I don’t know why it jumped out.
We were talking about getting another member that could kind of play a lot of roles, to play synth, play guitar, play bass, musical direct if need be. I think it was Billy Howerdel who was like, ‘Dude, just talk to Danny Lohner.’”
He also added the following about Pennie:
“Danny‘s pretty responsible for this, honestly, because Danny was like, ‘Dude, we’ve got to get a fucking drummer.’ I’m like, I don’t want to get a drummer. I don’t like Depeche Mode when they have a drummer, I liked them before they had a drummer. We’re an electronic band. I’m not putting a fucking drummer onstage.
And he’s like, ‘No dude, fuck that. I was in Nine Inch Nails. You’ve got to listen to me’ … So I called Chris and we were talking about nothing, I wasn’t even thinking about this. We were talking about the Knicks [and] he was like, ‘Man, I can’t wait to see you in New York,’ and then I was just like, ‘Dude, I’m going to ask you something that you’re going to say no. I don’t know why I’m asking you this.’
I was like, ‘Do you ever want to come on tour again?’ And he’s like, ‘Are you serious? And do what?’ And I was like, oh dude, play drums? And he’s like, ‘Dude, yes.’”
He also discussed how Pennie impacted his career:
“We ended up meeting Gil Sharone [after Pennie left The Dillinger Escape Plan,] who kind of saved the day and sat in. It’s the weirdest fucking thing now. It’s like, you just keep going and shit starts getting weird. Because if Chris Pennie never quit Dillinger, which was so devastating at the time, I never meet Gil Sharone. Gil Sharone is who introduced me to Tyler Bates, who played with [Marilyn] Manson.
Tyler Bates is who asked me to do the Jerry Cantrell thing. So, Chris Pennie never quits the band, I never know Jerry Cantrell, that never even happens. And now he’s back in a different context. It’s just crazy … I always tell people, don’t think too much. Don’t decide ahead of time what something’s going to be to the degree that you get like fixed to it. Because the things that happen, they happen.
You’ve got to just start doing something. Like, okay, I’m going to do this Black Queen tour, even though I don’t really want to do anniversary tour shit, I’m going to do it.”
[via The PRP]
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Motionless In White’s Chris Motionless On Cover Of Corey Hart’s “Sunglasses At Night”: “I’ve Always Wanted To Do It”
During an appearance on The Downbeat Podcast, Motionless In White’s Chris Motionless explained the band’s decision to cover Corey Hart’s “Sunglasses At Night” on their new album “Decades” (out July 17). He says it’s something he “always wanted to do.”
Motionless initially joked about wearing sunglasses indoors during the interview:
“We did a cover on our new album coming out of the ‘Sunglasses At Night‘ song. So this is realiastically just my press tour for the cover, like who cares about the album? ‘Sunglasses At Night‘ cover; I gotta play the part.”
He also added:
“[It’s a] full-on cover… With covers, I know that it’s very divided and polarizing whether you stick to the original or do your whole new thing, and this is straight up for me. This is actually the first time I get to talk about it. I’ve been talking about a cover that I wanna do more than anything in the world for, like, 12, 13 years now. I’ve said it, but I’ve never said what the song was, so this is finally the song.
I’ve always wanted to do it. I thought, ‘This song is like… I feel like Motionless should do ‘Sunglasses At Night‘.’ And it started out as just a fun thing to try out doing, and then it just eventually made its way on the album. And it’s very much for me. And if you don’t like it, I don’t give a fuck.”
He continued when asked if it’s heavy:
“We brought the guitars and stuff in, like a little heavier. I mean, it’s heavier than the original, but it’s not like… there’s no breakdown or anything, you know?”
He went on discuss his love of the song:
“I think it’s the ’80s icon song. It’s got all the synths. It’s got the huge hook, the slick ’80s swagger.”
He also confirmed it has synths:
“Everything. All of it, yeah.”
[via The PRP]
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Watch Foo Fighters Take Part In NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert Series”
Foo Fighters recently performed at NPR‘s headquarters in Washington, DC as part of the organization’s “Tiny Desk Concert Series.” You can watch that set below:
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