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Interview with Garbage on ‘Not Your Kind of People’


welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re

welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re speaking to garbage about their latest

speaking to garbage about their latest

speaking to garbage about their latest album

that’s

that’s not your kind of people is your first

not your kind of people is your first

not your kind of people is your first album of new material in seven years how

album of new material in seven years how

album of new material in seven years how would you say it represents you guys as

would you say it represents you guys as

would you say it represents you guys as musicians now we didn’t really worry

musicians now we didn’t really worry

musicians now we didn’t really worry about what anybody else was gonna think

about what anybody else was gonna think

about what anybody else was gonna think about when we made the record there was

about when we made the record there was

about when we made the record there was no record company involvement or any

no record company involvement or any

no record company involvement or any involvement other than the four of us so

involvement other than the four of us so

involvement other than the four of us so it’s it’s kind of pure in that way

what would you say are some of the

what would you say are some of the advantages and some of the challenges

advantages and some of the challenges

advantages and some of the challenges you’ve had to face when releasing this

you’ve had to face when releasing this

you’ve had to face when releasing this record on your own label we had to do a

record on your own label we had to do a

record on your own label we had to do a lot of work and it was quite

lot of work and it was quite

lot of work and it was quite intimidating and it we were a little

intimidating and it we were a little

intimidating and it we were a little scared at first because we didn’t know

scared at first because we didn’t know

scared at first because we didn’t know exactly what we had to deal with but

exactly what we had to deal with but

exactly what we had to deal with but looking at it now when we when our first

looking at it now when we when our first

looking at it now when we when our first record came out we’re an independent

record came out we’re an independent

record came out we’re an independent label some mushroom and Elmo and they

label some mushroom and Elmo and they

label some mushroom and Elmo and they were very small and we are very hands-on

were very small and we are very hands-on

were very small and we are very hands-on with all the decision making process and

with all the decision making process and

with all the decision making process and so in a way it’s kind of gone back to

so in a way it’s kind of gone back to

so in a way it’s kind of gone back to how it was then and actually we like it

how it was then and actually we like it

how it was then and actually we like it because we’re sort of in charge now we

because we’re sort of in charge now we

because we’re sort of in charge now we are in charge of our own destiny you

are in charge of our own destiny you

are in charge of our own destiny you know if we want to do something we say

know if we want to do something we say

know if we want to do something we say yes if we don’t we just say no and

yes if we don’t we just say no and

yes if we don’t we just say no and there’s no one to argue except the four

there’s no one to argue except the four

there’s no one to argue except the four of us at once ourselves

Shirley is said that the title not your

Shirley is said that the title not your kind of people is about being Outsiders

kind of people is about being Outsiders

kind of people is about being Outsiders and that garbage never really belonged

and that garbage never really belonged

and that garbage never really belonged to anyone music scene so how would you

to anyone music scene so how would you

to anyone music scene so how would you guys explain your success we’ve never

guys explain your success we’ve never

guys explain your success we’ve never really fit into you know we weren’t runs

really fit into you know we weren’t runs

really fit into you know we weren’t runs we weren’t you know electronica you know

we weren’t you know electronica you know

we weren’t you know electronica you know there’s sort of a combination of

there’s sort of a combination of

there’s sort of a combination of everything that we love that’s kind of

everything that we love that’s kind of

everything that we love that’s kind of how we’ve approached life in the band

we didn’t know if there was an audience

we didn’t know if there was an audience out there anymore when we made this last

out there anymore when we made this last

out there anymore when we made this last record and I just kind of had it at

record and I just kind of had it at

record and I just kind of had it at least for me I had it in my head that we

least for me I had it in my head that we

least for me I had it in my head that we knew that there was some really hardcore

knew that there was some really hardcore

knew that there was some really hardcore fans and that our music still meant a

fans and that our music still meant a

fans and that our music still meant a lot to them and they were still out

lot to them and they were still out

lot to them and they were still out there waiting for us to do something you

there waiting for us to do something you

there waiting for us to do something you know they’re kind of outsiders and I

know they’re kind of outsiders and I

know they’re kind of outsiders and I guess that’s the way we feel too and

guess that’s the way we feel too and

guess that’s the way we feel too and that’s kind of who we made the record

that’s kind of who we made the record

that’s kind of who we made the record for

there’s men people who have been

there’s men people who have been comparing the album to your previous

comparing the album to your previous

comparing the album to your previous records why would you say that so I

records why would you say that so I

records why would you say that so I think there’s a vibe on not your kind of

think there’s a vibe on not your kind of

think there’s a vibe on not your kind of people which is very reminiscent of the

people which is very reminiscent of the

people which is very reminiscent of the first album what do you really know

first album what do you really know

first album what do you really know where you’re doing when we made our

where you’re doing when we made our

where you’re doing when we made our debut album it was kind of experimental

debut album it was kind of experimental

debut album it was kind of experimental we basically holed up at Steve in my

we basically holed up at Steve in my

we basically holed up at Steve in my studio smart and Madison it was like a

studio smart and Madison it was like a

studio smart and Madison it was like a little Clubhouse we just want to make

little Clubhouse we just want to make

little Clubhouse we just want to make something different than that serve the

something different than that serve the

something different than that serve the records that we have been producing and

records that we have been producing and

records that we have been producing and we really start incorporating samplers

we really start incorporating samplers

we really start incorporating samplers and experimenting with different genres

and experimenting with different genres

and experimenting with different genres of music and blending it but really

of music and blending it but really

of music and blending it but really there was a lot of playfulness and

there was a lot of playfulness and

there was a lot of playfulness and experimenting going on and we did that a

experimenting going on and we did that a

experimenting going on and we did that a lot in neither kind of people part of us

lot in neither kind of people part of us

lot in neither kind of people part of us because we weren’t signed to a label

because we weren’t signed to a label

because we weren’t signed to a label there was no pressure or time limit no

there was no pressure or time limit no

there was no pressure or time limit no one even knew we really making a record

one even knew we really making a record

one even knew we really making a record when we started except for a few close

when we started except for a few close

when we started except for a few close family members and I mean obviously the

family members and I mean obviously the

family members and I mean obviously the technology has changed and the and the

technology has changed and the and the

technology has changed and the and the sounds of the record maybe from an

sounds of the record maybe from an

sounds of the record maybe from an engineering standpoint are different but

engineering standpoint are different but

engineering standpoint are different but there’s a vibe on that you’re kind of

there’s a vibe on that you’re kind of

there’s a vibe on that you’re kind of people which i think is very reminiscent

people which i think is very reminiscent

people which i think is very reminiscent of our debut album

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