The rapture: I think Tony Hawk got weirded out by us.The Rapture play the disco-punk-funk (or whatever you want to call it) that makes the sportcoat-wearin' nerds and chicks in leg warmers freak out freak out Substance abuse A verb, popularized in the US in the '60s–to experience nightmarish hallucinations including by LSD or a similar drug. See 'Bad trip.', Flashback. . It's the type of band you wish you could see at a raging party in your friend's basement but instead have to shell out mega-bucks to see on a mega-tour at a baseball stadium. Way up in the nosebleed nosebleed, nasal hemorrhage occurring as the result of local injury or disturbance. Most nosebleeds are not serious and occur when one of the small veins of the septum (the partition between the nostrils) ruptures. section, frontmen Luke and Matt pitch a few words to the mag they grew up on. Does it bother you when people compare you to the Cure? Luke: Not really. We have one song that's pretty obviously Cure influenced. A friend of mine told me he thought it was their new song when he heard it on the radio in England. I like the Cure, so I'm stoked stoked adj. Slang 1. Exhilarated or excited. 2. Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug. to be on tour with them. Aren't you guys originally from California? Matt: Half of the band is. Me and Gabe are from DC. Luke: I grew up in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. reading Thrasher thrasher: see mimic thrush. thrasher Any of 17 species (family Mimidae) of New World songbirds that have a downcurved bill and are noted for noisily foraging on the ground in dense thickets and for loud, varied songs. , so I was pretty psyched when the interview came through. Are you still skating? Luke: Just badly every once in a while. Matt: I was terrible when I was a kid, but one of the ways I got to know Gabe better as a teenager was by going and watching him skate. He's really good. He used to skate Freedom plaza Freedom Plaza, originally known as Western Plaza, is an open plaza in Northwest Washington, D.C. at the corner of 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, adjacent to Pershing Park. with Dave Chappelle David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 17, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian, satirist and actor. In 2003, he became known for his popular sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show. . Luke: There was this guy following us around for a while who was a video director for Tony Hawk, and he kept calling us, saying, "I'm going to put on the soundtrack to the video game, even though you don't fit with any of the other bands." But I think Tony Hawk got weirded out by us, and it never happened. I read that you always wanted to be a rock star. Luke: No, I wanted to be a professional baseball player. Matt: I wanted to be a jazz musician, but then it got boring, and I realized that most people who did it were sucky people to hang out with. Are there any misconceptions about the Rapture that you'd like to clear up? Matt: One misconception about the album and "House of Jealous Lovers" is that we came in with these garage rock songs and then DFA DFA - Deterministic Finite-state Automaton. See Finite State Machine. brought in the electronic element. That wasn't the case. Some of the programming is them, but a lot of it is us. Do you ever hear a remix and say, "No, I don't like it; don't make it"? Luke: If you asked Pushead to draw something for you and it comes out like shit, then it comes out like shit. You're constantly wasting your time if you're like, "Draw something different, draw something different." It's better to just move on. It's a lot healthier that way. Matt: The best thing we can do is choose our collaborators well and hope that it turns out for the best. What's it like being on a major label? Luke: Ultimately, it's kind of insane to come from an indie rock background and have the DIY DIY abbr. do-it-yourself DIY or d.i.y. Brit, Austral & NZ do-it-yourself DIY abbr DIY do it yourself a DIY shop/job. mentality. But it can be pretty fun, actually--we probably got on the Cure tour and met David Bowie recently just because we're on a major label. It's good exposure for people to be aware of us on another level. You have to take it all together as a package. What's the stadium tour like? Luke: It's pretty rad to be on this tour. Most of the time we play for 5,000 people in a 20,000-person venue, and it's kind of rad to just imagine what it would be like if it were full. We're really kind of a party band, so if there's not a party atmosphere, then we get bummed. We're not the kind of band that stands up on a stage and demands to be worshipped. We really enjoy interacting with the crowd. Our best shows are the shows where the crowd is the best, kind of like going back to Black Flag shows or punk shows, where it's more about the audience than it is about the band. That doesn't get to happen too much on this tour. Any really bad crowd experiences? Luke: We generally fare pretty well. One time the Libertines played after us and got hit with a bottle of piss. Matt and Gabe get mad sometimes if there's too much aggro ag·gro n. Chiefly British Slang 1. Aggressive or violent behavior. 2. Irritation or exasperation: going on, but I think that's probably the worst we've encountered. Aggro? Luke: Like a dude with his shirt off, pummeling some fourteen-year-old girl. It's just a bummer bum·mer n. 1. Slang An adverse reaction to a hallucinogenic drug. 2. Slang One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints: Getting stranded at the airport was a real bummer. , you know. Do you remember the last dream you had? Matt: I wrote a love letter in my dream last night. Did you send it? Matt: I think it was delivered, yeah. Good reception, too. Luke: That's a good sign. Check out The Rapture and other "party bands" on DFA #2. |
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