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Komodo Rock's Mike Elliott talks to Cult UK Rock band SPit LiKE THiS at Hard Rock Hell.
To quote thier own web site; (spitlikethis.com )
"No-one does it like this anymore. I
mean, NO-ONE." Their stage show is electric and energetic, their music;fantastic no holds barred-Horror
Glam Punk Rock but their attitude to their fans is second to none, showing a genuine care and gratitude for the people that put them where they are.
Mike Elliott: So can you tell me anything about the new
album? ItÂ’s all done now?
Cyndi Rott: Yeah the album has been done. It was a weird
project. We kept our schedule clear for it and it was all very well organized
in our heads. We were due to go in in June. Due to get out Mid July. Then due a
bit of time for rehearsal then get out touring again in August. We set aside
something silly, like £2,000 or something you know, plus mastering. We found a
great producer, Paul Tipler. HeÂ’s great for peopleÂ’s first albums. I mean, he
does a lot of great stuff. Lots of albums. He really helps you work to a budget
and he has great experience in making things sound great. Basically he captured
the sound that we had really well but being a meticulous sort of a bunch 20
days turned into 25, turned into 30, turned into 35 and then we find ourselves
at the beginning of October after starting in June. Still in the studio,
thinking about when we are going to go mastering. All the time the clock is
ticking there is money and time going. So since then it has been none stop. We
recorded the album then mastered it at the beginning of October. We hit the
road straight away. We did a shitload of gigs through October which leads us up
to Hard Rock Hell. So we have a few interesting people, cool people to talk to.
ItÂ’s interesting dealing with the record labels and all of this, agents and
managers and stuff. ItÂ’s amazing cos there are a lot of them around and you
talk to a lot of them. ItÂ’s great when you find some that you really click
with. There are some that we are clicking with. There are a couple of particular
parties where I havenÂ’t come across a single person there that isnÂ’t fucking
awesome! So we havenÂ’t really had much of a chance since we left the studio and
did all the touring that had taken us up to Hard Rock Hell to look into all
this stuff but after Hard Rock Hell our schedule is a lot more clear so we will
have a lot more to report on the progress of the business to do with the album.
So watch this space. We are also discussing a couple of tours with some named
acts which should be exciting.
ME: ThatÂ’s superb. ThereÂ’s a lot going on at the moment.
CR: Yeah exactly. Loads going on. ItÂ’s difficult because
thereÂ’s sort of a plethora of different paths and options. Each will take you
somewhere.
ME: Depends on where you want to go?
CR: Yeah. There are advantages and disadvantages to every
decision that you make. Be it touring or the licensing or anything. So itÂ’s
just a matter of seeing what the options are and trying to decide what
represents the way we feel the most. Other peopleÂ’s expectations seem to be an
interesting factor that comes into this as well.
ME: Yeah cos as a band you have a very BIG image. A very big
reputation that you are a BIG band and people expect more of you because of
that I think?
CR: No, thatÂ’s not a problem. I like the idea of giving
people, whether itÂ’s booking the band or itÂ’s a member of the audience that
comes to see the band. I like the idea and I feel like we deliver and we
continue to strive to deliver and we will do everything we can to deliver the
big band experience because thatÂ’s the scale that we believe we should be
operating on. But the difficulty with the regard to peopleÂ’s expectations is
more to do with the social convolutions of music, the way that itÂ’s going. I
mean you know. We love punks, we love glamsters and we love Goths. We love all
these things but I think people, a lot of people anyway like to know what to
expect with some level of solidarity and we canÂ’t really do that and the last
thing we want to do is get pigeon-holed. So at this level we have to tread
carefully with regard to the pigeon-holing.
ME: Well, the closest that you have become to pigeon-holing
so far isÂ…..cult.
CR: Yeah cult. CultÂ’s good.
ME: You are a cult band.
CR: Yeah the one that bothers me. I donÂ’t think that we are
a Goth band. I donÂ’t view us as Goths. We are pretty happy folk really. I would
say it was horror, glam. We donÂ’t have a lot to do with the rock scene either
thatÂ’s around. We are slightly alienated from that as well. So I donÂ’t know.
WeÂ’ll see.
ME: Yeah, the scene will find you? Whichever scene that is.
They will latch on to you and you will go oh they like us, but these guys like
us too. So weÂ’ll do that too.
CR: Or weÂ’ll just dig our heels in. Stand somewhere looking
stern and stubborn while everyone gets on with their business all around us.
ME: Yeah we are Spit Like This!
CR: And no one will come to see us. TheyÂ’ll be ignoring us.
ME: Completely. You are lead guitarist in the band and when
people usually talk about a lead guitarist heÂ’s normally right out there. But
with Spit Like This youÂ’re likeÂ…third down the pecking order.
CR: IÂ’m not sure. IÂ’m not sure that there is a pecking
order.
ME: No I mean how people look at the band. Not actually in
the band.
CR: Well youÂ’d have to tell me cos I canÂ’t look at it. With
regards to the business of the band thatÂ’s not the case. With regard to the
audience perception of the band that might be the case but IÂ’m not really place
to say whether it is or it isnÂ’t. If it is the case then to be honest I donÂ’t
really mind because we are all up there doing our job and only an idiot, if
Vicky commands attention as a bassist because she is an attraction, only an
idiot would say that I am disappointed that my band mate is an attraction. IÂ’m
there to do my job and if people like what I do then thatÂ’s cool.
ME: Completely. Cos bass players normally fade into the
background. ItÂ’s kinda unique in a way that you have a bass player, regardless
of her being a girl, cos that is unique in itself but that she manages to hold
the limelight on her own. ThatÂ’s cool.
CR: ItÂ’s good. IÂ’m really proud to be on stage with all of
those guys.
ME: Gilez?
CR: Gilez is a sweet guy. No IÂ’m proud to be on the stage.
IÂ’ve been involved with a lot of bits and pieces in the past. I wasnÂ’t aware of
Spit Like This before I spoke to Zion and then subsequently joined the band but
there is no one that I would rather be on stage with. IÂ’m proud to be with them
when IÂ’m with them and I donÂ’t have to worry about going on stage. In all the
bands that IÂ’ve been involved with in whatever level in the past if you are
opening for a good band or itÂ’s a big gig or something you have to kinda check
that they know what they are doing and everythingÂ’s cool but there is none of
that with Spit Like This. Everyone knows what they are doing so thatÂ’s good
stuff.
ME: Awesome. Right forget that cos we are running out of
time. So who are you here to see this weekend? Twisted Sister?
CR: Spit Like This!
ME: You canÂ’t see yourself. (Laughing)
CR: IÂ’m here to see our audience. IÂ’m here to see the
collective expression of the whole thing. Of everyone, rockers, thousands of
rockers all in one place. You know, thatÂ’s what IÂ’m here to see. IÂ’m here to
just see that beautiful thing. So first IÂ’m here to see that lead by Spit Like
This of course cos I want to know that we can do a fucking good job of it. I
hope that we can. I want to make sure that we can. And then IÂ’m here to see
Twisted Sister do a good job of it cos nobody can do it like Twisted Sister.
Check out some offstage comment from the band at our backstage blog!
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