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Circa Survive на Masquerade (Atlanta) -- July 5, 2005
Ну и почитать на досуге:) Interview with Anthony Green of Circa Survive May 5, 2005
Phone Interview
Leah Weinberg: How did Bamboozle go over the weekend?
Anthony Green: It was cool. It was really fun to go see some of our friends’ bands play the day that we played. It was a little crazy for us at the very beginning, because we had been there for a couple of hours and we were supposed to go on at 6:45 outside. All of a sudden something happened with the fire marshal and they moved the band inside and moved one of the inside bands outside. And they put us on the main stage at 5:00. Everybody was some place else when we found out that they did it. We had to rile everybody up at the last second and just load on real quick and have a quick line check. And it was the biggest room, just huge. It was really weird for us to do it because we’re not used to playing in big ass places like that to that many kids. It’s not as intimate as what we’re used to. But it was fun. It was a really cool time. But that experience was a little crazy.
L.W.: So you guys would rather play a more intimate show?
A.G.: It’s fun to play a big show sometimes. We did a couple of shows with Taking Back Sunday that ended up being huge, like bigger than anything we’ve ever done. We’re really, really new, so it’s really like a shell-shock kind of a deal. You’re totally out of your element and you’re not prepared for it at all. We’re just getting used to the dynamics of having a really intimate, small audience. So it’s like a head fuck to go out in front of 4000 kids and be like, ‘Oh, hey, let’s rock. I can’t even touch you because there’s a nine-foot barrier here.’
L.W.: How do you deal with the nervousness or freaking out like that right before a show?
A.G.: I don’t know. I think the more nervous that I feel and the weirder it is, I think it probably makes the performance ten times cooler. If you just kind of let that shit happen and let it take its course, it usually ends up being okay. It was always cooler just to get really scared and walk into it and just do it, like surrender, than it is to let it freak you out or let it alter the way you’re going to be naturally. I just think it’s part of it. If I’m not nervous or freaking out, then I’m probably not going to have as good a show.
L.W.: What does Circa Survive offer you that Saosin didn’t?
A.G.: More creative freedom, definitely. It offers me the opportunity to be closer to my family and closer to my friends. Creativity is probably one of the biggest things.
L.W.: Are you happier now?
A.G.: Yeah. So much. And I’m really happy with everything that happened with them, too. It’s like a relationship that you’ve had. You don’t hate the person afterwards. You’re happy, you look back on it fondly, and what had to happen happened.
L.W.: Do you find it easier being in a band with someone you have known for so long?
A.G.: Yeah totally. It’s the same thing dude. It’s like meeting somebody and just starting to have an immediate physical, emotional relationship with them as opposed to meeting somebody and becoming friends with them first, getting to know all their little quirks, and then getting into a more physical, intimate relationship.
L.W.: Interesting analogy.
A.G.: It works with the whole band thing with music. It works a lot. If you’re in a group, it’s a lot like a relationship. All relationships are sort of the same. It’s cool. You can use that metaphor for everything.
L.W.: Was there anything you learned in Saosin that you’ve carried over to make this run smoother?
A.G.: I think actually Beau was the first person that I ever heard use the analogy of sex or like a regular relationship in comparison to the kind of relationship you have with a band. I think I kind of stole that from him. But he thought of it more like fucking, I think, and I thought of it more like love. So that’s definitely something I brought over. Plus, I got a lot of confidence being in that band. I always considered what I did cool, but that band provided me with so much confidence in myself, it was ridiculous. So, it would be like confidence and that analogy, and basically that’s it.
L.W.: Are you happy to have the new album out now finally?
A.G.: Yeah, I’m pretty excited. I just wanted to get it out right after we recorded it and we had to wait so long to give it to people. Right when it went out to pressing, I started to burn it for people in my family, just because I knew it was probably going to get leaked anyway. As soon as people started to get it, I was like, yes, I can finally give this to people. And now it’s cool just because it’s been out and I like going to stores and seeing it in there. It makes me feel good.
L.W.: Did you feel a lot of pressure when writing it knowing that it was your debut?
A.G.: No, not really. I mean, sort of. I think a lot of us did. I definitely didn’t. I know some people felt some pressure for different things but I think it was more or less an internal pressure to do their absolute best, regardless of all the bullshit or hype or expectations. So that’s what kind of pressure there was.
L.W.: And speaking of the hype, there’s been a lot of buzz around the band...how do you handle that?
A.G.: It’s a little scary because nothing lasts and you want to be able to do what you love for a long time. When there’s hype about something, it can be really good for it and it can be really bad for it. It’s weird. I don’t really handle it ever. I don’t really think about it. I just try and do whatever I can do the best I can. And if that’s what caused the hype to begin with, then hopefully it’s not all smoke and mirrors. I know I’ve heard so much shit about bands and then have gone and checked them out, and I’m like, ‘This band sucks.’ If people do that with us, that sucks. But it’s like, that’s just the way it is. They don’t like it. But I feel like anybody that likes a cool live show and likes to really get into shit is gonna like it. But part of me just doesn’t care. I’m just having a lot of fun.
L.W.: 3 words that describe Circa Survive
A.G.: I don’t know. There you go. I have no idea how you describe us. I probably sound like the biggest idiot this entire time anyway.
L.W.: Actually you’ve given some really good answers.
A.G.: Oh wow, that’s awesome.
L.W.: Yes. So you should be very proud of yourself.
A.G.: I am kind of, but I don’t know if I should be because you’re just telling me that. I seriously, if I read interviews of myself, I usually am like, ‘Damn, I should have thought about this shit more rather than just saying it because I sound like a moron.’ So I’ve stopped reading interviews.
L.W.: Well, I don’t think you sounded like an idiot this time around, if that’s any consolation.
A.G.: Well maybe it was because the questions were just so good.
L.W.: Yeah right.
A.G.: Except for that three words question shit. I feel like a total idiot. I can’t even think of three words at all. And now it’s gonna say, where you asked me for those three words, a big I Don’t Know. That’s gonna be the big bold print of the whole interview: “I Don’t Know?” Somebody asked us to describe our sound once and I said it was “balls deep” because it was a joke between me and my bass player. So maybe you should put “balls fucking deep.” But that would sound so stupid reading that. Me and you talking about it would be funny. But if someone just read “balls fucking deep,” [they’d think] “That kid’s a total dickhead.” Wow. Well that was fun.
L.W.: That was fun.
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