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Originally Posted by mr dave
That's very cool. Is 'making sure they understand' a typical issue when interviewing bigger musicians? What would you say is the ratio of legit personal answers and canned PR lines for a typical pop act?
I remember reading about Pantera back in the day and how they used to videotape ALL of their interviews to protect themselves against slanderous journalism. Ever deal with something of that nature?
Last question for now, you said you interviewed Soundgarden. Is Chris Cornell REALLY that perma-baked?  |
Most of the people I interviewed, even the bigger names, gave what I’d call honest answers pretty much the whole time. Some of these interviews took place 20-25 years ago and I think the record industry had much less control over their artists than they seem to have now. Plus, I was mainly interviewing rockers and rappers and technoheads, as opposed to mainstream pop acts.
The only one who insisted on making a tape of the interview was Professor Griff. I interviewed him in 1990, just after he’d been kicked out of Public Enemy for making racist comments about Jewish people to a Washington Times journalist (comments which he says were taken out of context).
I interviewed Cornell twice and he didn’t seem especially boxed either time. There were certainly several others who were a lot worse!! Lee “Scratch” Perry for one. Meeting him was an experience I’ll never forget.