now. It’s the new vibe! I'd like to do a video in Tailand or Malaysia - that would be cool. Or maybe the Arctic!
I can only think of Rammstein who've done a rock video in the snow! 30 Seconds To Mars have bloody done one!
I don't count them as a rock band so we won't count them... Well done, me neither!
buildings while I’m playing the drums!
yourself too. It’s about encouragement really and self-discovery. We've been a band for a long time and people have taken cheap shots at us in the press for years about being old, etc. but then we'll win an award from that same magazine. It gets confusing! It’s the story of the underdog, which is what we've always felt. [Laughs] Wow, I can talk, can't I?
Tat's fine! Te last time I interviewed a drummer he responded in three-word sentences and the interview was over in minutes, so please keep talking! Te video for the single was filmed in India - why did you decide to film it there? We had a show booked in India at the end of our Japanese run and it was actually me who suggested we shoot a video there. So I rang my manager up and suggested it to him and he said he was already trying to sort it out for us! We get on a plane and are told we're shooting the video in the next two days. Y'know that Blink 182 video where they've got all the money from the record company and are just handing it out? It was a bit like that. We had to give all the money to the director, because he had to pay off all the police. You need permits over there to film, and if you get caught filming, the penalty is massive, so we were really worried about it. We'd pay people to stand out and watch on walkie talkies. When you watch the video you'll see Benji walking
I don't like bats and I don't like the idea of falling off high
down a street, looking over his shoulder, because he's actually thinking, ‘I've gotta go!' Tere was a bit where they had to bundle him in the back of a car and cover him up with blankets. Tere was another bit where we were up on a roof and a load of people broke on to it. It was like guerrilla filming, we've never done anything like it. Tere was one point where we were on top of a roof - that all got cut from the video. We're carrying all our drums and gear through people’s houses to get on top of this block of flats. We set up, and I look over the edge and there's these huge fruit bats flying around our heads - absolutely nuts! If I'd read that in a treatment I wouldn't have done it!
You don't like bats? I don't like bats and I don't like the idea of falling off high buildings while I’m playing the drums!
Is there anywhere else you would like to film a music video? Will you film one in Australia? I think we'll film one everywhere we go
Te previous single 'Ninja' has got an 8- bit break in it, which is not something you guys have really used before. Is that something you're planning to use again? ‘Ninja’ was really a reintroduction to people who liked Skindred - classic Skindred. Te lyrics were tongue-in- cheek and the 8-bit thing was fun. It was like a sledgehammer, “we're back!” It’s a good, fun live song. Benji said he wanted it to be like a movie trailer. It was autobiographical with a hip-hop sensibility, like a Public Enemy sort of thing. Lyrically it's a bit of a red herring on the album as there's other stuff there that stands out. 'Kill Te Power' stepped it up and showed off our new tricks.
A few years ago you stepped in to play for Korn at Download when they had to cancel. Have you ever thought of playing other metal bands’ songs in the style of Skindred? Tat’s a cool idea. We have recorded a load of covers on the ‘Kill Te Power’ session, but they're not necessarily metal covers. We've done a couple of ‘80s pop tunes and we did an old punk song. We did ‘Te Safety Dance’, but that's just between you and me! We were fucking around in the studio and everyone picked a song. I think we did a Rocket From Te Crypt tune, we did ‘Hotstepper’, erm… we did Devo’s 'Whip It' and Max Romeo’s 'I Chase Te Devil'. None of them have come out yet, so don’t print that until January or I'll get in trouble!
You have my word! Tank you for being a drummer that talks.... I get made fun of; they say I'm like Lars [Ulrich - Metallica], which I take as a compliment… sometimes! Other times I think the guy's a bit of a knob-head!
Lenore MORE INFORMATION
Skindred come to the Nick Rayns LCR at the UEA on January 22nd. For tickets, go to
www.ueaticketbookings.co.uk. Read the full interview on
Outlineonline.co.uk
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