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Gavin there and make music, and if they weren’t with me for a weekend, I’d go into the stu- make sense of everything that’s happened, it seems. GR: Yeah. That’s what it is. With a much larger nod to the future. Much larger. I felt that it would have been disingenuous to not have some degree of reference to the messy situation and its details. It’s like the elephant in the room, so the elephant was addressed on the record. I felt that was enough, and so I moved on. I mean, the world is so big, and we’re like pieces of dust. And the idea that there should be an autopsy about some failed relationship? 06•2017 dio later on a Friday night and then work through Saturday and Sunday. So I feel really rejuvenated, artistically. So that’s been fantastic, and I’ve also been writing for other people and working on a new cooking show called Iamfeeder, all one word, where I invite people to my house and I cook for them. I did one with Tom Jones, actually. I love to cook, and I love to talk to people. And I’ll shoot more episodes in August, I guess, if it gets picked up. IE: And at least you didn’t compose a sad, cloying baby-come-back album like Robin Thicke’s pathetic “Paula.” GR: Ha! No, that wasn’t in the cards. IE: The record is retrospective, and tries to Bush,  1995 That’s just not in my wheelhouse. So that was never going to happen. But there were songs I did write that I just needed to write, these certain things that I just need- ed to say. But the only person that ever heard them was my engineer and my ex- manager, who I terrified away with my depressing songs. IE: There are many lyrical mentions of color and nature on the album. Were they visual comforts? GR: Yeah, they have been. Because that’s the whole thing that they teach you if you do enough therapy – don’t navel-gaze, look up, look at the sky, look at the trees, look at things outside of yourself. Because depression can get very restrictive, because it builds that wall around you where all you can see, everywhere you turn, is your own perspective. And that’s boring. There’s way more to life than your own view of it. So that’s why I moved on to songs about the world, songs about cli- mate change. And I don’t know how much of a center stage that takes with everybody – not enough, I would think. But it’s a very confusing time right now, and now seeing this new president and how he works? The world is really getting shaken up right now. IE: Any optimistic conclusions you’ve come to? GR: I think that through great troubles, you grow. And when you’re challenged like this, well, there’s a line in a song that says, “We are how we reply.” So for me, I could have gone many different ways – I could have moved to Korea and lived a selfish, solitary existence. But I maintained a focus on my kids, as is every parent’s responsibility. And then I got back to doing what I love the most, and thereby had my kids’ continued respect. So the les- son really is that every ending is a begin- ning, and life is a series of chapters. And however sad tat might seem, it’s not all doom and gloom. Appearing July 20, Festival Of The Lakes, Hammond, IN. Tom Lanham 545 Penny Road • South Barrington IL • (847) 428-0562 • corner of Old Sutton & Penny Rd • www.pennyroadpub.com • Open until 4AM JUNE 3 Coming Soon: Everybody Panic, Keychain, Orion 9, The Aforementioned, Sudden Deth, On The 1 Band, Tequila Mockingbird, ONSET, Rat Salad, Escape Is Not Free- dom, Sunken Summer, 12 Stones, Vicious Circle, Aver- age Joe Band, Judas Beast. SPECIALS SUNDAY THRU WED $2 Domestic Drafts TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS $2 Domestic Bottles SLAMMIN' SATURDAYS $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon 16 oz cans $4 Beck Cans Main Level Bookings Contact Kelly Boldt 847-754-6003 [email protected] CEMETERY GATEZ JUNE 9-10-11 A.M.B. FESTIVAL JUNE 17 RUSH TRIBUTE PROJECT FRI JUN 2 SAT JUN 3 FRI JUN 9 SAT JUN 10 FRI JUN 16 SAT JUNE 17 Hard Rock Pantera Tribute Summer kickoff Festival Summer kickoff Festival Rock Rush Tribute A.M.B. Fest A.M.B. Fest visit PennyRoadPub.com or facebook.com/ ambfestoriginal for band lineup and details. visit PennyRoadPub.com or facebook.com/ ambfestoriginal for band lineup and details. October Rage also Cemetery Filthy Sweet plus Gatez Gravel Switch plus with Praise the Fallen Avenged 7X and Torn Between Hard Wire with Mob Rules and Fabulous Memories Rush Tribute Project THUR JUN 22 FRI JUN 23 SAT JUN 24 SUN JUN 25 FRI JUN 30 SAT JULY 1 Hard Rock Rock Rock Charity Benefit Rock, Alt Country, Pop Hard Rock Kickin Valentina Elisium with with OUTdrejas American plus Bombshell Static Signal and and Tattooed Millionaires Sound of Fire Unconstitutional Grain of Sand with Bikini with Dragonfly The Drysdales Bike Wash Red and After Forever King of Mars with Flounder plus Captain Coopersmith and Sir Mango ALL AGES & 21+ SHOWS available every Friday & Saturday on our Underground Stage - Please contact [email protected] for booking info. 12 illinoisentertainer.com june 2017