Joe Duplantier
Gojira
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March 19, 2017
It's been great, the tour actually started in Scandinavia but my vocals were pretty rough, as I didn't warm up properly, as I had my wife & kids around. So the tour started with my vocals blown but I'm back on track now so the UK shows have the full show.
Sometimes. I have two kids but when I just had one, my wife would take her out on tour with us for about a week or two but it's harder now, as the oldest has begun school so it's starting to be more of a normal life for the family, apart from me touring a lot.
I'm gonna say the London show, as it was unexpected how good it was. We have two huge shows at the L'Olympia in Paris, which was one of the first venues in France at the end of the tour so we're very excited about those but we didn't realise how big The Forum in London was and so many people! It was an important gig but we didn't feel the pressure, which we normally do.
I'd like to think so yes, every step is a little bigger than the one before and for 20 years it's been this way.
It's hard to say, as it's come from a very important chapter in my life, but I'd say the opening track, "The Shooting Star".
It's been different. Some people were disappointed because they like the death metal thing we had going on and we have less of that now, but they have more of something else now. Different but interesting.
It's softer but deeper, like when you give a massage. If you go hard, they wont like it; you gotta go soft then deeper and that is what "Magma" is like.
The world. All the shit and all the good stuff too.
It's less obvious, not as mainstream with bands and it's very underground. It's got a rich and intelligent scene but it has some issues with elitism at times. I'm not like that though, as I do enjoy Katy Perry.
Yeah, ever since I started music I have been recording myself with an old beat up cassette recorder. We built our own studio in France to record "The Link", we took a loan at the bank and did everything ourselves and we didn't know how to use some of it! We did the same for "From Mars to Sirius". And it got to a point where I just wanted my own studio, so I opened Silver Cord Studio, as it's always been in my blood.
It was great, they're dear friends of mine. It was fun and intense, very well prepared and the guitar player, Greg, is a genius. All I had to do was trim the fat and change very little.
Of course! All of them! I'd love to work with KVELERTAK and I may be working with THE ATLAS MOTH, who we have toured with. Some bigger bands have contacted me but I can't say anything at the moment. I'd love to work with MESHUGGAH on an album.
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