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Mike Dirnt with Pikachu - Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: Miho Kato
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Muse [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: MIHO KATO
#Matt Bellamy#Dom Howard#Chris Wolstenholme#Muse#Muse band#Showbiz era#my scan#INROCK#INROCK October 2000
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Summer Sonic interview - Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]


GREEN DAY SUMMER SONIC
INTERVIEW: YUKO KATO PHOTOS: MIHO KATO
“Our music is punk rock, honesty, and life!”
I will never forget interviewing Green Day, no matter how many years pass. They always leave me with vivid memories. When they came to Japan two years ago, they were so absorbed in catching cockroaches with disposable chopsticks that they forgot about the interview, and I broke into a cold sweat, wondering what would happen. And now, the three of them are in Japan for Summer Sonic, and they are as energetic as ever. In an interview in the latest issue of an American music magazine, Tre said, "With our new album, Viagra is no longer necessary. I'm feeling it so much," and it seems that they put all their effort into this album.
Tre Cool (ds.): So how did you feel when you listened to this album?
I didn't feel any orgasms. All: (laughs) Oh!
I think I need Viagra. All: Oh God!
What did your girlfriends and wives say when they heard this? Tre: (in a stonking voice) I'm not gonna tell you what kind of tricks I use to make my wife cum! (all laughing) Billie Joe Armstrong (vo, g): We're pretty happy with the record anyway. It's a relief to get it done. We're just now getting to the stage where it's out in the open and people are going to listen to it and have their critiques and opinions, you know? So we're definitely a bit nervous inside. Tre: Not really, hahahaha. Billie: I know people will be pleased with it. So, well…
I hear that the recording process was the most enjoyable you've ever had, why this one time? Billie: A lot of it was because we produced it ourselves, so we had a lot of freedom. And if we weren't sure about something, we'd go to each other… I'd ask Mike, Mike would ask Tre… no one will consult me, though. Tre & Mike Dirnt (b.): Hahahahaha. Mike: We've produced half of the albums we've put out. We didn't have any budgets in the beginning, it wasn't like it was a big project. We had a budget of $700 for a tour or something like that (laughs). Tre: If you make a really good album with a $700 budget, you must be a really good producer (laughs).
You took a year and a half off after the last tour, didn't you? How long did it take you to make this album? Billie: The actual recording period? Two and a half months, I think. The songs were always written long before that, so it was like the album was done before we went into the studio. We were rehearsing five days a week, and when the last two songs were written, we decided it was time to go into the studio. Working this way speeds up the process of making a record.
What did you mean when you said, “We don't want any unnecessary hype for this album”? Billie: It's hard to explain, but we want people to treat this album as it is. We don't want to feel like we're selling something. Mike: We didn't want people to have expectations. We're happy with it, and if people like it, we're happy with it, and if they don't like it, that's their problem (laughs). Tre: But I like to brag and show off. I'd mark every single word of my comment about this album with exclamations. I think it's a great album. These two guys are humble, but I'm not (laughs).
A lot of people consider Green Day to be the longest-running punk band, what is your punk attitude like? Billie: I don't really know, but the essential element of playing in this band is to be honest. Being honest with yourself, that's what punk is all about. That's what punk originally came from. Punk was born because the music was getting more and more fake and covered in shit. Mike: Punk is brutally honest. Billie: Yeah. It's just that we clung to that attitude and didn't leave it, no matter what. If we didn't have that honesty, I don't think we'd be a band anymore. You can call the music we play punk rock, you can call it honesty, you can call it life. Mike: This album is worth as much as hairspray (laughs).
A lot of people think punk is vulgar and dirty, but your music is not. Tre: Well, we do vulgar and dirty things in our private lives too (laughs). Mike: Punk is a broad term, but there's a lot of different backgrounds. There are different kinds of punk, but we're doing Green Day World punk.
During the recording of this album, you said that you felt you were united. Did anything happen before you started recording? Did you need to feel like a gang? Billie: Feeling like a gang? The one thing we've always believed in is ourselves. The purest thing we have in the world for sure is the music we make with our guitars in our hands. Tre: I see Billie and Mike in my dreams too (laughs). Billie: You can't walk into our rehearsal room without feeling the vibe of the three of us. Most people, when they see us rehearsing, either a) they feel very welcome or b) their eyeballs pop out and they want to get the hell out of the room. Mike: There's a British expression, “I got your back”, which means that we think as you think and we care about each other, and I think that's the same in a band or in any group. I think the same can be said for any group in a band.
The reason I asked this question is because a lot of bands take a long time off because of relationship problems. But that's not the case with you guys at all, is it? Billie: We took time off for the opposite reason. We took time off because we love what we do but we don't want to abuse it. We didn't want to take advantage of the fans' feelings towards us and we didn't want to get too cocky about the opportunity. So we thought it was best to stop for a while and just enjoy what comes our way. Let's listen to the music we've made so far and be proud of it. Mike: You know how they say happiness isn't about the destination, it's about the journey to get there? It sounds cliché, but that's what we're going through right now. Tre: It's not cliché at all. That's so deep! I'm impressed.
Did you enjoy your year and a half off? All: Yeah! Tre: It's great to be back on the road again. Billie: Thanks to the break, I've started to enjoy band activities in general a lot more. I'm really looking forward to playing tonight. Tre: I can't wait to get on stage! Mike: I don't want to do interviews, I want to play guitar! (all laugh).
I know how much you guys are looking forward to getting back on stage. You went on the Warped Tour even though you knew how bad it was going to be. You could have been on a lot of other tours, even without the heat and nonstop Warped Tour, couldn't you? You've had a lot of offers from other people, haven't you? Mike: As long as I don't die, I'll be strong, don't worry. Tre: The Warped Tour was so fucking awful. It was just hard, but I didn't mind it at all. Other people were screaming, "It's hot!!" Billie: There were a lot of other bands there, and it was fun hanging out and making friends with everyone. I saw them skateboarding and stuff. I got on really well with the other guys on the tour. We're more friends with the guys on the Warped Tour than we are with Oasis or any of those guys. I don't have anything against Oasis. It's just that Oasis just aren't our friends. Mike: The Warped Tour went by really fast. I was so sad on the last day. I was like, I miss everyone (laughs). We hadn't seen some of them for a long time.
How about this Summer Sonic? Are there any bands you haven't seen in a while? Billie: Weezer!! (same manager) Tre: Yeah, Weezer!
Yes, I know! You went to the Weezer show yesterday, didn't you? Did you (Tre and Billie) both go? Where were you (Mike)? Mike: I had to sleep. I had lost my voice on the last tour and I was so tired yesterday that I had to keep my voice. I had to keep my energy up for the fans. Billie: You missed out on the joys of life. Tre: I was standing with the audience and everyone was jumping so much I thought the floor was going to come loose and we were all going to the floor below. (stomps his feet) It was like this the whole time, it was awesome!
The audience recognised you guys, didn't they? Didn't you cause any trouble? Tre: No, we didn't. We hunched over our backs and hid. Like old people (laughs).
Can you describe each song on the album? The first song on the album, ‘Warning’, which is also the title of the album, is about breaking out of the labels and signs with the word ‘warning’ on them that we see in our daily lives. What does this mean? Billie: I grew up in a place where there were labels and signs with "warning" written all over them. I think America has misunderstood the meaning of "freedom". And also when it comes to "security". You can see it in the label that says "warning".


“I don't want to change the world. I just want to change the small world I live in.”
So you're not preaching or really "warning" people? Billie: It's more about pointing out rules and things like that that I don't agree with. Just recently, the Republicans just ran a campaign, and George W. Bush (US presidential candidate) has no background. He's like an empty suit with nothing in it, and the Republicans have been busy filling it up and making him into some kind of leader to represent their ideas. It's scary to think that our future depends on a guy who doesn't know what he's doing. Mike: There's a phrase in this song "Question everything", which is a pretty bold statement for just a song.
You guys say rules should be broken, but do you really think so? Billie: It depends. Of course I don't want my son drinking a bottle of window cleaner or inhaling gas, but sometimes I give him so much advice that I feel like my intelligence is being mocked. Like, I wouldn't drink detergent, I'm not gonna inhale gas. Tre: Sometimes they're warning you what not to do, but there's also a lot of labels that are ‘warnings’ in the wrong sense of the word. That's how they put the word ‘warning’ all over the place and make up rules and tell you every single time that you shouldn't do this or that. Mike: The other day I was trying to climb over the fence to see the beautiful scenery on the other side of the fence. And it said, ‘Don't climb the fence’. Climbing the fence is not dangerous at all. An old man came and shouted, ‘Don't climb the fence!’ Is he trying to stop me from getting hurt? Or are you telling me not to climb the fence because you don't want me to climb it? That's an example of a ‘warning’ that doesn't make sense.
What's 'Blood, Sex and Booze' about? Mike: It's exactly what it sounds like (laughs). Billie: Yeah, it's about getting pleasure out of pain (laughs). I brought an SM girl into the studio and fucked the engineering staff. We whipped her. And then I put a microphone down and recorded the sound. That's the sound that's in the beginning of the song. Tre: Smack, smack!!
I should have listened to that explanation at the beginning. I've only heard this song once. Billie: It's about dirty sex. Tre: It's sexy. Billie: Dirty is the pleasure of pain. Mike: Dirty punk rock. Billie: Not for some people (laughs)!
Like who? Billie: I don't know, I've never done it myself. Tre: Like people who trust in each other. You have to have a lot of faith in each other to avoid messing around (laughs).
What about ‘Church on Sunday’? That's an interesting song, isn't it? I thought it was a love song. Billie: It's a love song. It's about my wife.
Does she have to go to church on Sunday? Billie: No, she doesn't. When you've been together for a long time, sometimes you have to look at your relationship with each other. That's what this song is about. There are a lot of compromises you have to make for each other.
It's a very romantic song. Billie: Thanks.
What is the song ‘Fashion Victim’ about? Do you think one can live as an independent individual without the influence of fashion and the media? Billie: That's what this song is about. Sometimes people who are looking for individuality dress exactly the same. There's a scene in the film American Pie where there's a naked 17-year-old girl in a boys' room, and the cameras are rolling, and she has perfect breasts. That's what people think a 17-year-old girl should be. If you're a guy, you're supposed to have a big body, lots of muscles, and a big dick. But the truth is, everyone is different and I am who I am, that's what this song is trying to say.
Do you think people should be aware of what they're doing? Billie: I want to be aware of what I'm doing, and I just write songs about what I think I'm doing. Or I'm just writing songs about what I think about what I see, I'm not trying to preach to other people. I'm not trying to change the way people think, I'm just trying to change the little world I live in.
Do you have an opinion on any of this? Tre: Pass! Billie: (smirks) Hey, are you going to make me explain every song? Tre: Too much. Billie: Okay, let's do two more songs.
We'll have to pick something then. How about ‘Misery’? It's my favourite. It's kind of like a French pop song. It's got a bit of an old French feel to it, don't you think? Musically, it's very different from the other songs on the album. Why did you include it? It's quite a different type of song, isn't it? Billie: We just thought we'd try everything. Sometimes I think this is the most punk song on the album.
Is it punk?! I know it's a very dramatic song? Billie: But it's punk. Mike: There are no rules in punk. You challenge yourself and do what you want to do, even if other people don't like it. Punk is about sticking your tongue out at the world. Like in your neighbour's face (laughs). Billie: We just do what we want to do. Tre: People might think we're writing songs for them because we put out an album and a lot of people listen to it, but we're not. We write for ourselves. What we write ends up reaching a lot of people, but our songs are written for us, Billie, Mike, and Tre. We're not preaching to anyone, we're not telling people what to do. Mike: It's not punk to do what everyone expects you to do. Punk is about speaking your mind. Billie: Of course there's a sense of responsibility. You have to be aware of what you're doing as an artist because people are going to listen to you. You have to at least know what you're doing. Otherwise, you're doing it wrong.
Next song… Billie: This is the last one.
I know. I have to ask you about ‘Minority’, which is the first single. Billie: ‘Minority’ is about being yourself. So…
So that's why! You say "I want to be a minority" in the lyrics, right? I was wondering why. Because I wouldn't want to be a minority. In Europe and America we [the journalist] are a minority. Mike: We're a minority here now. We came here to be minorities (laughs). Billie: The problem is that you're taking the word too literally. When I say ‘minority’ I mean standing up for yourself as an individual, as an individual human being. This song is an anthem for being yourself. There's no nationality in it. It's an anthem for those who can't fit in with the people around them. Mike: We're punks. Billie: Yeah, we're punks. Mike: Especially in America these days, it's getting harder and harder to find your individuality as an individual. It doesn't matter if your neighbour is a weird guy with a green head or your mum's best friend has a nose piercing. I don't care about the world around you, you have to find yourself. Tre: (pointing to his tattoos) This is what you need (laughs). Mike: Like wearing your clothes backwards (laughs).
But there are a lot of people who are afraid of being an outcast in society. Billie: We're not afraid. I think everyone wants to belong or be part of something. Especially those who don't have a family. That's why we started the band. Mike: This song is about Billie's life. It was written by one of the three guys from Oakland. It wasn't written for the audience, and some people might relate to it, and others might say, "I don't want to be a minority! I want to wear a suit and tie!" Tre: Because we have each other. So it's fine. No worries.
You've been doing a lot of things during your time off, haven't you? Billie produced a couple of bands, right? The Criminals and One Man Army? Billie: Yeah. They're on a label called Adeline Records. One Man Army is a great band and we did the Warped Tour with them. Criminals are another good hardcore dirty punk band. It was fun, it was like doing it with friends. We didn't try to be so uptight and watchful and producer-ish. It was more like friends helping friends than producers. Tre: It was just one guy getting the other guy to do the wrong thing (laughs). Billie: Bwahahaha!! Tre: But, well, Billie's a great producer, so he did a good job, didn't he? Billie: We're musicians.
What about you? What do you do? Tre: I'm a great producer in my own world too (laughs). Billie: There's a lot of great artists in the ghetto in Oakland, so Tre played with a lot of Latinos, African-American artists, and a lot of other people. Pretty cool, right?
So being in Oakland gives you a lot of opportunities to work with other musicians? Billie: Yeah, there's a lot of different cultures in Oakland. But nowadays most of the internet companies are moving to San Francisco, so there are a lot of people leaving Oakland. Rents are going up, and it's not easy to live there. A lot of our friends have moved away too. So it's getting harder and harder for the artists' community to survive.
You mentioned internet companies, but with the whole Napster thing, your manager said he doesn't want to release this album until October. Billie: Managers don't rule, man. We don't speak for the manager. Mike: Around October is a natural release date. We just wanted to do shows early because we finished writing the album early and prepared for the tour. I don't want to call the Warped Tour a warm-up tour, though. I think it was good to do it as a way to show our appreciation to the fans.
I don't mean to speak ill of the manager, and I think he made the right decision in terms of protecting the band. I mean, you've got the problem with Napster because people can download music for free. Billie: I don't give a shit. I don't have a problem with Napster. I've heard a lot of stories about it, but what the fuck does it matter? Our aim is to release music and get people to listen to it, so I don't give a shit about Napster. I can't even comment on it.
A lot of musicians have said that it's okay to download songs on the internet, but fans still want to have CDs. Do you agree with that? Billie: We… Mike: If you have enough money to go to college and burn the music you downloaded to your computer onto CDs, you're not poor. Billie & Tre: Yeah!! (claps hands and laughs) Mike: I don't give a shit if you get the records for free or not. As long as you're honest, that's all that matters. Stealing records because you want to listen to music? I'm proud of you! If you want to read a book, steal this book (laughs). Tre: It's like some cars on the road are rickety and rattly and some are sleek and smooth, it doesn't matter which one you have. Mike: And people who drive BMWs make mistakes too.
Recorded on August 5th in Osaka
Green Day Visit to Japan
★The first time they came to Japan, they went bowling, the second time they played with air guns, and the third time they played karaoke. On the way back to Tokyo after the show at Fuji-Q, they sang Western summer songs (Queen, Madonna, etc.) that were installed in the salon bus, with dirty parodies, for two hours. The director in charge said that he couldn't look the female interpreter who was riding with him in the face because of the content.
★Mike's essential item is his favourite white pillow. He brings it with him from home, and it is said to be a very important pillow that allows him to sleep peacefully wherever he goes, whether in a hotel or on a bus.
★Tre boasts that he is responsible for all the legends of Green Day. This time, he brought all his fly fishing equipment from America to kill time, and was trying to catch some Nishikigoi carp at the luxury hotel where he was staying… He apparently called Mr. I to verify and was given a stern warning, so he gave up, but only God and Tre know what he actually did.
★Tre has a cute side to him, too. He brought a bat from America, saying it was a gift for the staff at the Japanese record company, to pray for a hit, and some coffee beans to relieve fatigue. Tre came all the way to Mr. I's room at around 7am to give him this gift. He's just a lovable guy.
★He and Rivers Cuomo (Weezer), a student at Harvard, have the same manager and are old friends. The Evil Trio also seem to approve of him, and they got along quite well, going to see his live show and having meals together during his visit to Japan. There are no educational barriers for musicians!
Translator's Note: Tre Cool reminding you once again, that he is a menacing gremlin to society. But the good sort who knows when to back down when told not to.
This interview is quite eye-opening for me in terms of how good of a journalist Yuko Kato actually is, especially after the short Muse interview that I translated previously. She can be respectful and gentle towards artists that are nervous to answer, but at the same time, she's capable of going toe to toe and dish it out just as the same with Green Day during interviews.
Adeline Records was founded in 1997 by Billie Joe Armstrong, lead singer of Green Day, Screw 32's Doug Sangalang, Green Day touring guitarist Jason White, and professional skateboarder Jim Thiebaud. It has since closed down in August 2017.
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Mike Dirnt - Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: Miho Kato
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Green Day on the front cover of INROCK (October 2000)
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Summer Sonic interview - Muse [INROCK (October 2000)]

MUSE
SUMMER SONIC "I've never played in such hot weather before!"
INTERVIEW: YUKO KATO
Muse, caught backstage at Summer Sonic Osaka, were still on a high, probably because they had just finished playing on stage. They were laughing a lot, probably because they were satisfied with the reaction of the Japanese audience.
You crashed your guitar today, did you do it yesterday too? Matthew Bellamy (vo., g.): No, I didn't do it yesterday.
I thought maybe you brought a couple of guitars to break. Matthew: That guitar was my favourite. It was vintage, you know. (says ruefully) The one I'd had for five years. Dominic Howard (ds.): Matthew used to smash his guitar when it went wrong during a show. I think it happens about once a month. Maybe, though (laughs).
Do you have a short temper? Matthew: On stage, yeah. Chris Wolstenholme (b.): (grinning) Sometimes you regret it, don't you? I really regretted the guitar I broke at the Belgium show. Matthew: Yeah. Sometimes I regret it a lot. Sometimes I break my favourite guitars, but it's usually because there's always something wrong with them. When I feel like there's something wrong with the guitar, I want to break it, but then I regret it afterwards because I could have fixed it or I shouldn't have broken it.
Yesterday, Green Day smashed a guitar and even set fire to the drums. All: (laughs) Dominic: I read somewhere that Green Day have been setting fire to their drum set recently. Maybe they do it at every gig.
The audience today is a mix of fans from different bands, isn't it? There were a lot of people who came to see famous Japanese bands, and I think there were a lot of people who weren't familiar with British and European rock bands. Did you know that there might have been a lot of people who didn't know your music? Matthew: I didn't know… I mean, I knew they would. I thought most people didn't know Muse.
But you've had a great response from the audience, haven't you? All: Yeah!! Dominic: I was a bit surprised actually. Matthew: I was surprised at how hot it was (laughs). It was so hot I wanted to lie down on the tiles and sleep. I've done a lot of jumping up and down and going crazy at shows before, but I've never done it in this kind of heat. I think the audience must have been even hotter. They're probably soaked in sweat and exhausted. Dominic: It was packed.
Do you have any interesting stories behind any of the festivals you've played so far? Matthew: Just that all the festivals have been great. We've been to some really big festivals in the UK and some really small ones in France, so we've been able to experience a lot of different festivals.
Matthew, you said that you like festivals because you don't have to do a proper soundcheck? Some festivals are great, but some have problems, right? Matthew: There have been a couple of festivals that have been pretty bad, but we've played pretty well. We've had problems with equipment breaking down and stuff like that. Dominic: You never know what's going to happen at festivals and you have to trust the staff. A lot of things happen that you can't control on stage.
Can you rely on your crew? Matthew: Yeah, they're a reliable crew. There are some gigs where everything breaks down. Something breaks on the first song, then something breaks again on the second song, and so on. We had a piano break down once. But it's only been that bad once. Where was that show? Dominic: Switzerland.
I heard you broke something in Munich and you paid about £3,000 (about 500,000 yen) for it? Matthew: (laughs) Yeah, I smashed up my dressing room. I scratched the walls, the fridge, the sofa and the table.
Did you do it on purpose? Matthew: On purpose, it was an accident, an accident. (he laughs brightly. Was he that angry?)
Again? Matthew: I went psycho for about an hour. I went mental, you know. I don't know why… No, I know exactly why (laughs). We've just finished a big US tour. After touring with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, we did another two weeks in the States, and then we flew to Germany to do the show in question. It had been two months since we had done a show in Europe, so we were happy to be back there and we were ready to go. It was an MTV concert and the show started quite late and the audience was quite angry. It was hours late. Dominic: I think it was about 3 hours late. Matthew: Yeah. They let the audience in, but it was so late that they ended up cancelling the show. We came all the way here. We couldn't get the speakers and stuff ready. So we were pretty pissed off and decided to break everything.
You decided to break it (laughs)! You didn't have to make that decision (laughs). Chris: It was a last minute thing. Matthew: Yeah, one minute before we went on stage they suddenly cancelled on us. Dominic: We flew 12 hours to get here.
Your adrenaline levels were pretty high and you couldn't stop the urge. Matthew: That's right.
“It's simple but important to enjoy making good music.”
Right. You mentioned touring in the US, and you said the other day that you saw a darker side of the rock ‘n’ roll business while touring with the big, major American bands. There are a lot of rockers who are used to drugs and girls chasing after them, right? Matthew: (grins)… Dominic: Who said that? Matthew: It's not about the band. I've been to America a few times… What do you think? Dominic: I didn't say anything. Chris: It's like older guys getting on with younger fans, isn't it? Matthew: I can't really say what it's like, but it's a lot different in America than in other countries… I don't know if that's a bad thing, it's just different.
There are a lot of American musicians who go too far. Matthew: I don't think it's any one musician or band, it's the whole thing…
You mean the industry as a whole? Matthew: Yeah, the industry, the industry! The music industry in America is very different from the rest of the world. Everyone is best friends, but they really hate each other.
Did you learn from touring with the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and learned what it takes to be a good musician, to be a good band, to be a good songwriter? What did you think? Matthew: The Red Hot Chilli Peppers? What do you think of their musicianship? Dominic: They're really great musicians. They get on stage, they play together, and they put the stage together. Matthew: I learned a lot from watching them. We were talking about the American music industry earlier, but the band itself is so focused on playing music, so energetic, and they don't care about what's going on around them, they just care about playing. They know what's important. Sometimes what's important is actually very simple. It's just about making good music, having fun making it, that's all.
You've been playing new songs today. I know you've been writing a lot of songs in the last couple of months, but are the new songs in the same direction as the first album? It's more energetic, isn't it? Matthew: Some of the songs are energetic. About half the songs are energetic, positive, and fast-paced. But we don't really know what direction it's going to go in until we record it. All I know now is that I'm writing better songs than before.
Recorded on Aug 6th in Osaka
Translator's Note: Some of the anecdotes that described of Muse's antics during music festivals are quite hard to find on Musewiki. This is due to a few reasons: 1) Muse toured and returned to the same countries a couple of times during the year 2000, 2) Musewiki doesn't have much in the way of trivial information that can help differentiate what happened in some of the gigs that would make it stand out, and 3) Not even Matt himself remembered just which of the two Swiss music festivals that they were in that he trashed equipment and stuff that cost a hefty fortune to pay for.
That said, I can confirm for sure just which cancelled show in Munich that the trio were talking about. At least we now know that said cancelled show was an MTV show and what were the circumstances that led to it. There was even an official apology message from the band themselves from an old archived website:
Muse's Apology Message: WE WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL OUR FANS WHO CAME OUT TO SEE US IN MUNICH ON APRIL 28. THE SHOW HAD TERRIBLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES FORCING US TO CANCEL OUR PERFORMANCE. SORRY ABOUT THAT - WE'LL BE BACK ON MAY 22 THOUGH AT ELSERHALLE.
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#Matt Bellamy#Dom Howard#Chris Wolstenholme#Muse#Muse band#Showbiz era#my scan#translation#interview#INROCK#INROCK October 2000
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Green Day promotional release of their album "Warning" on the back cover of INROCK (October 2000)
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SUMMER SONIC Aug.6 (Sun) Osaka Cosmo Square [INROCK (October 2000)]

SUMMER SONIC Aug.6 (Sun) Osaka Cosmo Square
MUSE
Despite being a trio, MUSE attracted the audience with the quality of their songs. Matthew, who is a bit of a jerk on stage, got himself into a state of intoxication towards the end, lying on the stage and fuming into the microphone. He was quite narcissistic. PHOTOS BY MIHO KATO
REEF
Gary Stringer, no singer has ever excelled at a summer open festival like this one. He's stoked up in the top half of his body.
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion were the last band to perform after the great James Brown had left the stage and after fans had left for Dragon Ash. I sigh at the coolness of the lone hero.
COLDPLAY
Their melody lines, described as post-Travis, have the power to silence people. The audience closed their eyes and listened to the sheer beauty of the music.
THE FLAMING LIPS
Great video and performance. The Flaming Lips could not have been a better choice to open Stage 2.
#Muse#Muse band#Reef#The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion#Coldplay#The Flaming Lips#Showbiz era#Parachutes era#my scan#translation#INROCK#INROCK October 2000
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Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool - Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: Miho Kato
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Billie Joe Armstrong - Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: Miho Kato
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Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: Miho Kato
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Billie Joe Armstrong and Tre Cool - Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: Miho Kato
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Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt - Green Day [INROCK (October 2000)]
Photographer: Miho Kato
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SUMMER SONIC Aug.5 (Sat) Osaka Cosmo Square [INROCK (October 2000])


SUMMER SONIC Aug.5 (Sat) Osaka Cosmo Square
TAHITI 80
Tahiti 80 is a new band with the biggest single hit of the year. When the song ‘Heartbeat’ was played, the venue was filled with such a cool feeling that even the sun shining on them felt comfortable. Expectations are high for their solo Japan tour in October.
MANSUN
Paul Draper sang with sweat pouring down his face. I was impressed by his passion. But the audience's reaction was not so good. PHOTOS BY MIHO KATO
WEEZER
(top left) At the Osaka Quattro show the day before, dozens of fans who couldn't buy tickets lined up with handmade cards. Many fans said they came here for Weezer. Rivers looked cool in his student look, buttoned up to the neck.
GREEN DAY
(above) Billie Joe came off stage, his body bent in a “ku (く)” shape, so tired that he could only walk with support. “He's always running out of oxygen,” said the man in charge. He's a great guy for doing all that!
#Tahiti 80#Mansun#Weezer#Green Day#The Living End#Ben Folds Five#Warning era#my scan#translation#INROCK#INROCK October 2000
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Coldplay teaser article [INROCK (October 2000)]

Coldplay "I'm not ashamed of it!"
Just before their first visit to Japan for Summer Sonic, Coldplay had won a stunning number one album in the UK album charts. The band played a number of excellent tracks from their album "Parachutes" at their Japan show, creating a cool atmosphere that contrasted with the scorching heat of the outdoors. The band were highly praised by critics even before their record debut and had been featured in various music magazines, but they were still not used to being in the press. In an interview with the British Melody Maker newspaper, Chris was persuaded by an eloquent journalist and accidentally blurted out, "I was a virgin until I was 22". After realising his mistake, he begged them, "Please, keep that off the record! Please don't put it in print!", but the British press, which loves sex stories, would never listen to such a request from a new band, and the story was firmly published. During an interview in Japan, INROCK casually asked Chris, "Was it embarrassing?" to which he replied, "No, not at all" with a bashful look on his face (laughs). (That interview will appear in next month's issue).
Translator's Note: I saw this short article and decided to translate it because it's only a few sentences. But now with that tidbit, it's tempting me to buy the November 2000 issue of INROCK... Which, somebody on Mercari did offered one on sale for a cheaper price compared to another seller... 👀
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#Chris Martin#Jonny Buckland#Guy Berryman#Will Champion#Coldplay#Parachutes era#my scan#translation#article#INROCK#INROCK October 2000
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