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Picture
the scene …….. it’s 10.45pm and we are sat outside the
Bristol Academy on the old steps that used to lead up to the Ice Skating
Rink, they are cold, wet metal, and covered in bird droppings ! below
us we can see fans of the bands and we are just chatting away, here’s
how it went |
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How
do you think your show went tonight ? |
| Lars |
Tonight I thought I had more
energy, I think it’s a fun tour, a good mixture of bands. This tour
has been great, I think people should check out all of the bands and buy
their CD’s . I really like The Army Of Freshmen , I like this music,
it’s happy music, all this tour is happy music, people think it’s
just kiddy music but that’s not true . Bowling for Soup have swearing
in their lyrics, so it’s not just for little kids it’s cool.
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What
brought you into doing what you do ? |
| Lars |
I
was in like punk bands in high school but at the same time I was playing
with my computer doing kinda like beat stuff and techno stuff on the side
and performing by myself with costumes and stuff, doing this really theatrical
stage show in high school. Then I went to College and got more into hip-hop
and did a late night hip-hop show on my college station, then I went to
University and realized that I wanted to take it more in the rap direction
rather than the techno direction. So then sophomore year I was over here
to study at Oxford for like an overseas thing and basically I was performing
just local pubs in Oxford and I met the label that put out my first album,
it kinda just happened, it was really cool. |
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Where
do the Ninja Turtles come into it ? |
| Lars |
I
have loved them forever, I used to collect the toys and they really inspired
my imagination , just playing with all the figures. I hear they call it
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles over here because the name was too violent
because of world was 2 and Japan, like they were kamikaze turtles . It’s
so random that they were so popular ‘cos they are just a weird marketing
thing, those guys made so much money. |
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We
were told that you were born in Essex UK, is this true ? |
| Lars |
No
I was born in America in Berkeley and I live in California, but I lived
here in 2003 in Oxford. Where’s Essex ? is it near Oxford ? |
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What
do Supergrass think of you using their sample ? |
| Lars |
IWell
they heard it and really like it so now we are waiting for their publishing
company to clear it so we can use it. |
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What
are you doing after this tour ? |
| Lars |
I’m
doing a tour with this band ‘Fightstar’ and then I do a tour
with this band ‘Test Icicles’ they are really hip. I leave
the UK in early November, then I am going to finish mixing my album that
comes out in March. Then I’m off to Japan in January which is really
cool, I’ve never been to Japan but I hear the fans are very enthusiastic. |
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So
how did you get Bowling For Soup to come out and join you on stage during
‘Signing Emo’ ? |
| Lars |
We
did this tour in America from January to May of the whole United States
and we were doing it then , what happened is that they found out about
me from this guy who signed them who used to work at a different label,
so they heard ‘Signing Emo’ first and they thought it would
be really fun to play that part. They thought it would be really good
to come on stage, what’s cool is that I really think it makes that
song so much better live, what’s nice is that I think it really
legitimises the song for e and shows that they are supportive of what
I am doing and it’s really an honour. |
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What
do you want for Christmas ? |
| Lars |
Oh
Christmas, I really want a new acoustic guitar , that was my first instrument
and I figured everything out on the computer from the guitar, I learnt
the music theory from the guitar. I play on my EP a little bit and on
my new album, but live I don’t usually play, because there is just
too much going on and it’s hard to rap and play guitar. |
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