COUP DE MAIN:这次将是在新西兰举办的最后一届 Big Day Out 音乐节了。(貌似是今后停办了)你们迄今一共在这里参加了两次,如果把BDO和其他音乐节比较一下,你们有什么想法? Frank: 太伤心了。 Ray:嗯。有一点是。。。 Frank:空闲期更多!在这里,演出间的间隔期更多一些,因为旅途更长一些。不幸的是,这次其实才是我第一次来,乐队上一次来参加BDO时我病了,但我真的很喜欢这。这里很热很热,但也真的很美很美,我们目睹了许多不可思议的风景。我想这大概类似于每一站都是‘Warped Tour上最美的一站’ 那种感觉。*笑* 就是这样~ Ray:而且这里的人非常棒。我记得上一次在这里演出,台下的观众简直是。。。不管天气变得多热,每个人都沉浸在享受中,四处都释放着积极的气氛和能量,并不是在所有的音乐节上都是如此。 CDM:你们感受到经济变化对跨国巡演产生的效应了吗?或者在这十年来的乐队生涯中,音乐节在操作上有哪些不同? Ray:据我所知,就是一切的开销都在越变越大。所以,我知道对一些乐队来说非常棘手,尤其是国际巡演,因为并不是每个人。。。油价一涨,机票也跟着涨,旅行开支,乐器设备运输,一切的一切都在跟着涨。所以很不幸,现在一支乐队想上路巡演要花的钱,比过去要多很多-这真的很遗憾。但是大家,努力一下将就一下,办法总还是会有的~哪有舞台,你就要驶向哪里。 Frank:至少现在已经不是二十年前了!我们现在有电话有网络,这已经很不错了。 CDM:Better Living Industries(Killjoys的敌对势力)自称是“首屈一指的信息与贸易输出口” - 对你们来说,当信息和贸易被联系到一起时,是不是意味着危险与不负责任? Frank:嗯。。。 Gerard:我想说交易出来的东西,压根就不太可能算是真正意义上的信息。那些只是交易,所以你得到的也仅仅是商品。实际上我一直都对被给予的信息抱持一定的质疑态度,因为它们的来源总会和交易有关。所以我想对这个问题的回答是 ‘是的’,信息捆绑交易 = 非常危险。 Frank:没错。 CDM:如果让 Dr.Death Defying 给MCR歌迷们传达一些建议,你们觉得他应该说些什么?为什么? Gerard:我觉得就是他在这张专辑里已经公开给出的这些建议,不清楚除此之外还能有什么。就这点来说,我是尽量从简处理的,该说的都已经说了。而 Steve [Montano] (Dr.D的扮演者)自己也想出了不少有趣的点子,加入到专辑中。 CDM:Gerard,你在为 Kids From Yesterday 这首歌写词的时候,出于什么原因促使你写出了"you only hear the music when your heart begins to break" 这一句? Gerard:这大概是我的最爱之一。。。这张专辑里我最喜欢的歌词就是这首歌里的,大概还有 Destroya 里的词。原因。。其实我也不太清楚,这似乎是一句从来没有被说出的话,稍微有点天真,但还是很真切,所以我想要把它说出来。 CDM:Killjoys的漫画到底什么时候能发行呢?! Gerard:哦 对了!我们现在就正在跟 Dark Horse 的编辑 Sierra Hahn 忙着这段事呢,这次还有 Scott Allie 的参与。我们刚刚得到了编辑们给出的第一轮指导点评。目前我们份内的工作已经完成不少了,现在轮到他们了。我人在这边,写台词的工作也已经开始了,所以我想今年应该能出吧。 Frank:最好你说到做到。*笑*
COUP DE MAIN: This will be the last Big Day Out ever in New Zealand. Having played on this tour here twice now, how do you think BDO compares to other music festivals that you've played? FRANK IERO: That's so sad. RAY TORO: Well, one thing is... FRANK: More days off! We get more days off because we travel so much. Unfortunately this is my first one, because I was sick the first time, but I really like it. It's really hot and really beautiful, we get to see a lot of amazing sights. I think probably, it's sort of like every stop is 'the most beautiful stop on the Warped Tour' kinda thing. <laughs> That's the way it feels. RAY: Also, the people are really great. I remember last time we played, the crowds are just... no matter how hot it gets, everybody's just there for a good time, the vibe and energy out there is really positive, which is not always the case with festivals. CDM: Have you witnessed any changes in the economics of touring internationally and/or how music festivals operate during the last ten years of your career? RAY: As far as I know, I think everything just seems to cost more. So, I know that some bands are having a lot of trouble especially internationally, because not everyone... once gas goes up, the flights go up, travel, shipping equipment, everything. Unfortunately, it costs a lot more money nowadays for bands to tour now than it used to - that's a shame. But everyone, you still make do with what you can, you've always got to go where the show is. FRANK: At least it's not twenty years ago! We can actually have phones and the Internet exists, it's nice. CDM: Better Living Industries describes itself as "the Zone's #1 outlet for information and commerce" - do you think it's dangerous or irresponsible when information and commerce are consolidated together? FRANK: Hmmm... GERARD WAY: I don't know if commerce can every truly be information. I think that's just commerce, that's just selling you something. I always question the information given to us, that's attached to commerce. So I guess, the answer would be yes, it is dangerous. FRANK: Absolutely. CDM: If Dr. Death Defying were to give My Chemical Romance fans a piece of advice, what do you think it would be and why? GERARD: I think all the advice he freely gives on the album, I don't know that he has any more advice. I tried to make a lot of things that he had said as simple as possible in that regard, like there's almost nothing more to say for him. AndSteve [Montano], had come up with some really interesting things too, to put on the album. CDM: Gerard, what was running through your mind when you wrote the lyrics "you only hear the music when your heart begins to break" from 'The Kids From Yesterday'? GERARD: That's probably one of my favourites... my favourite lyrics are probably in that song and in 'DESTROYA' maybe, on the album. I don't know... I felt like it was something that had never been said, slightly obtuse but absolutely true, so it needed to be said. CDM: Also, when will the Killjoys comic finally be released?!