Interview with Sammy in Stuttgart, 16/09/2008
This following interview was supposed to happen in a completely different way and with all the guys, but due to illness and time matters we ended up with Sammy alone and since we had something else prepared before, the interview was just a short one but still we hope you enjoy. ;)
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So, could you give us a summary of the gigs so far? How's it been to tour
It's been so many gigs, it's not easy to put it in one word, but we've been enjoying every gig I think, yeah. It's been really nice to see different kinds of clubs, different kind of audiences, different things, you know. And I think it's been great, I think we're really happy so far. Only one gig left, so… And it was really nice also to see
And was there much time for sightseeing or no time at all?
Actually in Vienna we had a little time, yeah, because we had a day off and we travelled through the night afterwards so we saw a bit of the town but basically the days are like sitting in the van and going to the club and doing sound-check, doing gigs and then go to the hotel, sleep a couple of hours and then go back to the van. And that's how it goes.
Yeah, it must be stressful; we had the stress too because we were travelling as well so now we can imagine what it's like to be on the road.
Yeah, yeah, the only thing is like… it's because you always have to choose if you have a nightliner or the hotel and a van or something like that and in this case it was like somehow easier to go for the hotel and the van but with that thing it's always like less sleep because after the gig it's really hard to go straight to the hotel and go to sleep because you maybe need more time and want to talk to the fans and you don't want to disappoint them, so… it's always like those little hours you go to the hotel and you can sleep maybe for three hours and then jump back to the van and go to the next city and the same thing again, so… But we really love doing this so all the gigs are worth the stress.
And do you have the problem that you wake up in a city thinking "Oh, where are we now?" or something like that, or do you know right away?
Erm, well, not really, I don't know… Many times I really don't know… but maybe the gigs are like bookmarks, so you know where you are, after that, yeah…
Okay. And what was it like to tour with Sister?
Tour… Fun! [smiles] They are like young and energetic and it reminds me back of the days when I, erm, you know…
…when you were "young and energetic"? [grins]
When I was young and innocent, yes! [laughs] But erm, yes, they are funny guys and it's nice to be with them. And they've always been really helpful and stuff like that. It's good.
Right. How do you deal with homesickness? Does it occur at all?
Home, sick home… hmm, well yeah, of course I miss home or something but it's almost like… when you're on tour, you go for that mood and it's so different… because it's quite easy actually on tour to hang around because it's like, somebody always says what you have to do and what time you have to be somewhere, you know… It's maybe… you don't have to think too much. It's like going there, you know, just the clown with the circus. It's like… of course I miss home but it's almost… always… after the tour it's almost scary, you know… After a couple of days home, you like… feel fucking useless.
Oh God… Erm, maybe we should change the subject… So we know that over the summer you've been working on a new album… How's that gone so far and can we expect you back here with the new stuff?
Yes, definitely! That's our priority number one right now, to finish the album and the songs. We have really good stuff on tape so far and we have done a lot of demos and stuff but we're still writing some new material for it because we want like the full package and we don't want a bunch of shit, we want every song to be fucking brilliant, so it still takes a little time to finish it but that's the priority number one and I think the tour has been great also because we have been in the studio a lot right now and this gives us a little bit of a feedback and being with the guys like 24 hours and it's always great to go back working after that. And yeah, I'm the kind of guy who is not very good with deadlines or something so I can't give you the exact date when it's done but it will be done as soon as it's done [grins] and it's gonna be some part of the next year and hopefully early and definitely we'll come back with the new album!
Great! Thanks a lot!
Thank you!
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