MONSTER MAGNET Planning 'Unplugged' Tour
July 8, 2009Spiritech of Australia's PyroMusic.net recently conducted an interview with MONSTER MAGNET mainman Dave Wyndorf. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
PyroMusic.net: I understand you also have another musical project in the works. Can you shed some light on this, perhaps?
Dave Wyndorf: I'm writing stuff now, in between tours. I'd like to get a new MONSTER MAGNET album out in 2010. I also seem to be writing lots of little, weird songs lately as well and I'm thinking of releasing them as a separate project rather than calling it a MONSTER MAGNET album. Also, MONSTER MAGNET is planning a, well, for lack of a better word, unplugged tour featuring songs from the MONSTER MAGNET catalogue that have never before played live. Very psychedelic and very bluesy. Cool instrumentation too -sitar, mellotron, percussion, slide guitars, it sounds fuckin' awesome!
PyroMusic.net: On another topic, your personal issues have been discussed a great deal in the media in recent years. How close did you come to ending MONSTER MAGNET after recovering or was the band a vital part of your recovery?
Dave Wyndorf: Yeesh... It's a long, detailed story, but okay, let's try this. After years of non-stop touring I became addicted to a powerful sedative. Thanks, doc! Well, the pills caught up with me and I had a massive, near-death meltdown. I was physically and emotionally blown out. I swore up and down that I would NEVER want to play again. One day I went up to my room to read a book. Two years and hundreds of books later I got up, walked downstairs and called the band. "Uh, I kinda changed my mind," I said. I guess I got bored with reading.
PyroMusic.net: Did you object to your issues being aired in such a public manner and are you glad that the focus seems to be back on your music again?
Dave Wyndorf: No objections; the Internet was made for gossip. Of course, music is what's most important.
Read the entire interview from PyroMusic.net.
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