LIAM GALLAGHER
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ing shit. The only bands that were making
decent albums were us and The Verve, and
that’s the end of it. People will go on and
on about Blur, but that’s not for me.
Nobody else even came close to The Verve,
in my opinion.
IE: What advice have you given your son
Gene, now that he’s started joining your
recording sessions?
LG: No advice, man — I’m not into advice.
And when you’re young, you don’t take it
in, do you? I’m only starting to take things
in now. And when you’re in a bubble,
you’re in a bubble, and you’re sort of just
racing around, not taking it in. So any
advice I give him now will fall flat on deaf
ears. So he’s just enjoying himself at this
point.
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IE: Have you ever thought about drop-
ping out of social media altogether? You
often express regret over what you’ve
posted.
LH: No, I like being online. I like chatting
people up, and I like speaking my mind.
And if people can’t handle that? Fuck ‘em.
I’m just a person in a band.
IE: You have a new line of parkas coming
out, right?
LG: Yeah, soon. And Pretty Green is still
around, but I don’t have so much input on
it at the moment. I’m trying to strike a deal,
and if it works, it works. If not, I’ll just start
another company.
IE: But you collect parkas, too?
LG: Yeah, I do. I’ve got a lot, like millions.
And I’m not kidding. And sunglasses,
desert boots, all that stuff. I've got some in
my house, some in storage. You know how
rockers like leather jackets? I don’t. I like
parkas.
IE: On an average day, what entertains
you?
LG: We’re watching Peaky Blinders at the
moment. And we’re addicted to that. But I
like to watch the news, man. Whether it’s
depressing or not, I like to keep my eye on
it. So I like to have one TV in the house
tuned to the news, just in case.
IE: What have you learned since the
Britpop era?
LG: I think I’m the same, man. I wear the
same clothes; I’m definitely as confident as
I was back then. I dunno. I’m standing out
like a sore thumb here in 2019, and I like
that because I’m still not playing the game.
IE: Final offbeat question: Why do you
always sing with your arms behind your
back?
LG: Because I like it — I get a bit more
power that way. It’s projection. I’ve held
the microphone a couple of times, and it
feels fucking odd. It just doesn’t feel right.
Whereas putting my hands down behind
my back so I can just spit into the mike
with distaste? Now that feels perfect.
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turnaround) was going to be the case. We did
Piece Of Time in one week, and we had two and
a half weeks to do Elements. In terms of record-
ing it and mixing it, we were still kind of writ-
ing. I was still writing lyrics and stuff like that
while the band was recording the music
because of the short amount of time. I already
had in my mind for the first time lyrically; I
knew I was going to write sort of this concep-
tual thing. I had all the song titles ahead of
time, which was never the case prior to that. I
usually write the lyrics and then come up with
the song title based on the lyrics. So at this
time, I had “Air,” “Fire,” “Earth,” and “Water.”
I was like, ‘How am I gonna write about water,
the earth, air, without it being stupid?’ I feel
like it's some of the best material I ever wrote,
and I feel like there are some amazing
moments on the album in terms of playing.
And when I listen to it, I just can't believe it
was done in 40 days.
Mosh: What was it like in the early ’90s as
the Floridian death metal scene began to take
off?
K.S. There was a lot of camaraderie. There
was a lot of competitiveness, as well. We did-
n't really know how history was gonna play
out. There were a lot of different bands, and
everybody would really try to out-brutal each
other. We were kind of outcasts in a way. You
had Obituary; you had Morbid Angel, bands
like Massacre, Death, and Malevolent
Creation. Deicide came on in the latter part. In
the beginning, it was Morbid Angel and Nasty
Savage. Nasty Savage played a really key role
in pulling everybody in champion together.
They don't get enough praise for what they
did for the Tampa (scene), which went on to
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become this monumental [metal] scene that’s
now looked back on in history as being very
important.
Mosh: You’ll be making a stop at Metro on
Dec. 5. What do you like most about playing
in Chicago?
K.S.: The first thing I want to do is to eat when
I get to Chicago! All the restaurants and pizza,
everything is just so good. The fans in Chicago
are a lot like European fans. They’re really die-
hard. They're people who collect vinyl and col-
lect shirts; they're very enthusiastic in terms of
their level of interest in extreme metal. I love,
love, love that. They're not just trendy people -
Chicago people are just real, and they have a
lot of history, and we have a lot of history with
that town. We've had some really great shows
there. And aside from it being fucking cold as
hell, I can't wait to be there. The Florida boy in
me doesn’t look forward to that wind in
Chicago! It’s really one of the greatest cities in
America, and Chicago is a peak for sure. I'm
looking forward to it.
Mosh: How long will your set be, and have
you put together the setlist?
K.S.: We’ll have something from every album
on it. But primarily, this is the 30th anniversary
for Piece Of Time, so there's a lot from it on
there. We're dabbling with about 14-15 songs.
Time to dig into everything.
Appearing 12/5 at Metro Chicago
MOSH-WORTHY RELEASES: Runemagick Into
Desolate Realms (High Roller Records),
Skyblood Skyblood (Napalm Records), Urn
Iron Will of Power (Season of Mist).