Journey Take Note
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 7:55 amIf Motley Crue can do it, so can you! (Maybe)
From the front page: "Sixx said. "We did some pretty diverse records throughout our career. We've gone from Dr. Feelgood to the [1994 self-titled] John Corabi record to Generation Swine, and it was all based on us just being creative. Some of it was more accepted, some of it was less accepted, but if you look at the history of the band, from the first record on, we've always done something fresh."
More than anything else, though, Sixx said he wants to avoid falling into the pattern that's ruined so many other veteran bands: rock and roll flaccidity.
"I don't want to be part of that trend where bands that have been around for more than 20 years become mellow," he said. "Even with U2, a band I respect, everything has this older, mellower feel to it. You hear that in a lot of rock bands. I don't mind having ballads and medium tempo songs — I just hope we never become a bunch of pu----s."
"It's just amazing to see a younger audience out there," he continued. "When we made a decision to be a band again, a lot of people were saying, 'You guys are like Def Leppard — your audience is going to be, like, 40-year-olds.' And we were like, 'What the f---?!' The most exciting part of this has been seeing new faces as well as the original faces — our original fans are wonderful. But as a band, you want to reinvent yourself and you hope you get rediscovered. Black Sabbath is a great example; U2's evolved. They have a new audience and kept the original audience. That's our dream."
From the front page: "Sixx said. "We did some pretty diverse records throughout our career. We've gone from Dr. Feelgood to the [1994 self-titled] John Corabi record to Generation Swine, and it was all based on us just being creative. Some of it was more accepted, some of it was less accepted, but if you look at the history of the band, from the first record on, we've always done something fresh."
More than anything else, though, Sixx said he wants to avoid falling into the pattern that's ruined so many other veteran bands: rock and roll flaccidity.
"I don't want to be part of that trend where bands that have been around for more than 20 years become mellow," he said. "Even with U2, a band I respect, everything has this older, mellower feel to it. You hear that in a lot of rock bands. I don't mind having ballads and medium tempo songs — I just hope we never become a bunch of pu----s."
"It's just amazing to see a younger audience out there," he continued. "When we made a decision to be a band again, a lot of people were saying, 'You guys are like Def Leppard — your audience is going to be, like, 40-year-olds.' And we were like, 'What the f---?!' The most exciting part of this has been seeing new faces as well as the original faces — our original fans are wonderful. But as a band, you want to reinvent yourself and you hope you get rediscovered. Black Sabbath is a great example; U2's evolved. They have a new audience and kept the original audience. That's our dream."
