Latest Interview with OLP

jrwca · Post by **jrwca** » 8/29/2005, 4:34 pm

Check out the new OLP interview at Circle Six Magazine - www.circlesixmagazine.com

There's even a video of the interview with Duncan and Jeremy

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 8/29/2005, 4:40 pm

thank. this was my favorite part. Next to them being called the BLACK LAB..

better yet OLP has chicks in their video.. Hey nothing can be more hilarious then this cover

C6M: It seems like there’s a connection - U2 with Achtung Baby went through a lot of troubles during that, almost broke up several times. Do you see this as sort of a new evolution for your career in the same way that was for them?

JT: Yeah, well, in terms of a band having their problems...yeah. I think the bottom line is for us when we knew in the beginning that there were certain songs that were really good and exactly what we wanted and that kind of carried us through all the problems ya know? The problem wasn’t necessarily that we didn’t like what we had - it was more we liked what we had but how long is it gonna take before we had a whole album we really loved, like these songs. And we’d do it one by one. It seemed that after about six or seven it was just very, like you couldn’t see the light at the end of the tunnel so you’d start freaking out like, "Is this gonna happen?", or, "Is this it?" And by the end of the day our cooler heads would prevail and we would always get through it.

DC: If you’re talking about it as a rebirth in comparison to how Achtung Baby was a rebirth then yeah, I would say it was similar for us.

JT: Nobody’s dressing up like chicks though, for the video (laughing). I’ll tell ya that much!

C6M: No, that ain’t gonna happen huh?

DC: And I’m not gonna be naked on the cover.

JT: Yeah - exactly.

C6M: (laughing) Who’s the Adam in the band then?

DC: (shrugs and laughs)

JT: We don’t need to see the berries, the bass player berries.

I was hoping to see whoe would be the ADAM of the band. ? We use to say Adam was the most useless member in U2..

the whole thing with having to pay for Stones tickets. that sounds like Madonna't tour.. But Canada still has cheaper seats 200 CA.. tickets are 4-5 hundred..[/color]

Post by **xjsb125** » 8/29/2005, 4:44 pm

DC: And I’m not gonna be naked on the cover.

Nam's dreams have just been shattered.

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 8/29/2005, 4:46 pm

no Naked Top Hat Duncan?
ever?

:crying:

Sonya · Post by **Sonya** » 8/29/2005, 4:46 pm

xjsb125 wrote:
DC: And I’m not gonna be naked on the cover.

Nam's dreams have just been shattered.

i was just thinking that. :lol:

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 8/29/2005, 4:48 pm

C6M: Bob Rock. Some criticized you for using him on Gravity and making the change like that.

JT: People are gonna criticize anything, ya know? People are gonna criticize any change that you make because people think that because they’re in love with the band then they can make decisions for the band for some reason.

C6M: Just read the message boards?

JT: Yeah. And our fans, they realize...and I hope to God they realize...that we’re one of those bands that’s gonna happen where we’re gonna make decisions that are gonna be a 180 from the last record. And we hope they’ll stick around, but the whole point is for us to make music together and not care about that kind of stuff.

DC: And we needed to grow as a band. And in order to grow as a band we needed to work with someone different then Arnold, the producer of our first four records. And that wasn’t...well, yeah, I guess in a way it was a selfish thing, but it’s just a natural course of life.

gee who in the band reads these boards anyway.

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 8/29/2005, 5:09 pm

here is his review of HIPT

August 29, 2005

Review: Our Lady Peace - Healthy in Paranoid Times
Written by Erick Bieger

Our Lady Peace is the best band that you may have only kind of heard of. What? Exactly. Chances are good that you would recognize at least one song in their expansive catalogue, but you’d lose the bet if you had to name it. All of this adds up to one damn big shame because you have missed out on ten years of engaging, original, modern rock. But fret not, Healthy in Paranoid Times, the new album from Our Lady Peace, drops tomorrow. Now’s your chance to see what you’ve been missing.

One would think that, after five studio releases and over four million albums sold worldwide, a band would lose some of the urgency that powers most groups on their freshman and sophomore discs. For Our Lady Peace, many considered Gravity - their 2002 CD that spawned the hit single "Somewhere Out There" - to be the "safe" album that usually signifies the start of Greatest Hit Tours and an extra ten pounds popping out of the leather pants. Well, Healthy in Paranoid Times is a swift kick to the nuts of naysayers everywhere and OLP knows it.

"Where Are You?," the first single of HIPT, would make The Clash proud with its anthemic chorus and downstroked verses. Raine Maida, singer, in an ode to an uncertain world makes us believe that even in perilous times, "This could be the best day" of our lives. Weaved throughout the album, is the idea that hope and peace can be found in a world that’s gone to hell standing out as a mantra against apathy and inaction. Definitely not an encouragement for blissful ignorance, the band calls the listener to rise above and make the world a different place through social action and a loud clear voice over the din of global malaise.

Musically, HIPT is Our Lady Peace’s most sonically mature album. The growing pains experienced on Gravity, their first collaboration with producer Bob Rock, have given way to a far more cohesive and organic band. This kind of ascension to the next level come at price though, as the band almost broke up several time during the 1165 days it took to record HIPT. But, as Achtung Baby, an album birthed in similar trials, gave us a renewed and more focused U2, so HIPT presents a more seasoned and collaborative OLP that comes away scarred but smarter.

Songs like "Angels/Losing/Sleep" and "Will the Future Blame Us" are tracks that the band never could have pulled off in the past. Only a band that has been broken and reforged can opine, "I’ll wait until you fall from grace," and come across as sincere rather than pretentious. Throughout twelve musical experiences we come to know Our Lady Peace far better than most bands ever let themselves be known.

The only critique of the album is that some may dismiss the overall effort as being too politically charged and heavy-handed. The album wasn’t made for those people though, and the band is unapologetic in regards to such complaints. Duncan Coutts, bassist told Circle Six Magazine, "I guess in a way it was a selfish thing, but it’s just a natural course of life."

Healthy in Paranoid Times may not only be Our Lady Peace’s strongest outing since 1997’s Clumsy, but it is also arguably one of the strongest releases of the year by any band. Repeated listenings of the album will challenge as well as inspire. This is a powerful work that is to be experienced as well as enjoyed. If you haven’t been introduced yet to Our Lady Peace, it’s time to "come home"

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 8/29/2005, 5:19 pm

Sonya wrote:
xjsb125 wrote:
DC: And I’m not gonna be naked on the cover.

Nam's dreams have just been shattered.

i was just thinking that.

I'm sure most of us were. :lol:

Poor Nam.

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 8/29/2005, 5:53 pm

if anyone listen to this. It is very loud and too damn funny

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 8/29/2005, 5:58 pm

I'm gonna later. :nod:

Tattooed Angels · Post by **Tattooed Angels** » 8/29/2005, 6:16 pm

nikki4982 wrote:I'm gonna later.

took awhile tpo download. it runs about 1/2 hour. Jsut finished listening to it. I loved how the guy mentioned the 3rd Dishwalla cd. My friend gave me a copy of that. It is pretty good actually..

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 8/29/2005, 6:22 pm

I,m watching now.

Ive never heard duncan talk so much!

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 8/29/2005, 6:24 pm

duncan talks a lot? i can't wait to watch this!

don't ask why · Post by **don't ask why** » 8/29/2005, 6:36 pm

64% done

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 8/29/2005, 7:18 pm

Just watched it, its great!

They talk about SM too haha.

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 8/29/2005, 7:23 pm

woo! mine is finished, i must listen soon

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 8/29/2005, 7:52 pm

I downloaded this like half an hour ago and completely forgot to watch it! :O

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 8/29/2005, 9:09 pm

It seemed incredibly awkward... that dude kept asking them questions about lyrics and Raine's life... I would've thought a fan would've been able to come up with better stuff to ask Duncan and Jer.

Anyway, my favorite part...

C6M: Well, kind of going off that - "Wipe That Smile Off Your Face," who’s it directed to?

DC: Uh, I didn’t write those lyrics so...

Duncan's so awesome.

naveed99 · Post by **naveed99** » 8/29/2005, 9:10 pm

haha, when he does talk, he's hilarious!

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 8/29/2005, 9:33 pm

And smrt.