Stereo Warning

Does anyone in the band ever post there? (question from Ben, chimaera and Justin)
I don't know about the rest, but I can tell you that I haven't.

What are you listening to nowadays?
Wolf & Cub, who we were just touring with. The Presets from Australia, they’re great. Vangelis, the Blade Runner soundtrack. It's pretty cool. Jean Michel Jarre, the Oxygene album, with the spacey synths and stuff. Your taste really changes. Sometimes I feel like throwing on some Slayer or Godflesh, something really heavy, and then the next day I'm gonna listen to some tripped out Vangelis.

You live in Australia now. Do you have any thoughts of moving to the U.S.? (question from Jess)
Not to the States, no, maybe to Berlin. I really like Berlin. I really like Amsterdam too. I like a lot of Europe, I'd be more inclined to move there than in the U.S. I'm not a big fan of the States. I like New York, that's pretty cool, it's more culturally diverse than the rest of America.

So far you guys are more popular in the States than in Europe...
Yeah, I guess it would make more sense business-wise to move to the States, huh? I don't make a lot of life decisions based on sensible business practice anyway, so... I really like Japan too actually. I'd really like to try to live in Japan some day, that would be really weird. That's where we started our tour. I loved it, it's so culturally different from Australia. You just totally feel lost in translation, like the movie.

Are you tired of being compared with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath? (question from Matt)
No, obviously they're definitely an influence in our sound. There are other influences. I grew up listening to stoner rock stuff and that was my starting point to my style of music. Black Sabbath, that's where stoner rock started. I've never had a problem with it. You obviously start there and then you take your own direction.

What about Mike Patton?
He's totally entitled to his opinion. I think it's kind of cool that we generate a response in people. And I love the conditions in which he said that as well. Being at that festival, the way it was set up was every time you did an interview you were directly in the line of fire of the stage. You're trying to do this interview and all you hear is this band banging and playing really loud. Apart from his taste in music, I could tell that that was a factor too. I was there doing interviews that day too. I think it's cool that he has an opinion like that and he voices it, it's great. I love Faith No More. I went to their shows. I think Myles (the drummer) was a bit hurt cuz he's a big Mike Patton fan. He was like, "oh, he didn't like us!" But it's just people being individuals and having different opinions. Not everything appeals to everyone, I think that's healthy.

How has success changed your life? (question from jordan311)
I don't know that it's changed me that much. It made me a bit more confident in what I've been doing musically. I was always doing stuff for myself, mucking around and someone would say that sounds like shit. But now we're writing stuff and people dig it, and it's cool. Things that are important to me are the same. I love playing music and having a good time, hanging with my friends and family and I don't know that any of that has changed. It's changed the fact that we're working so hard and we're not really at home so much anymore. I ended up with two worlds, the band and the rest of my life at home, but this time I brought my family on tour, so it's felling like I have one life again, it's really cool.

What's the most rock 'n roll thing you've done today? (question from Jess)
What's a rock 'n roll thing, throwing your TV out of the window or driving you car into a pool? I haven't done that... I guess playing shows and jumping around and rolling on the ground and kicking ass is pretty rock 'n roll. Quite a lot of times when we play at home with friends we storm each others' stage and muck around.

What's your relationship with Pearl Jam? (question from Matt)
We played half a dozen shows with them and got along really well and had a good time. They're really approachable, down to earth guys.

Will you stay in touch?
Sure, if the opportunity came to play with them I'd definitely do it again. Playing with a really cool band in a really cool venue makes it easier to have a good show.

What's your favourite beer?
Corona. Because you can put a lime in it.

What would you like to be remembered for? (question from Jess... again!)
Being a good musician, I guess. Just really being me and creating stuff that's not contrived and doing something I believed in and wanted to do.

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