mattgoodinterview3

Yeah.

Fucking genius!

The first time l listened to it I was like, 'Ugh.' And then I heard "Rock Machine" in a car stereo and I understood.

Y'know what, I've contended for a long time and I still will, that that band [Copyright] is the best band that this country has ever produced. I think the fact that they've been overlooked for so long is a terrible injustice. I mean Tom Anselmi's history alone, him and Christian [Thorvaldson], that's enough shit to write a mini-series about, dude.
You know what about that record? If you put out Transfiguration right now, it would be huge. Cause it falls into that Radiohead, blah, blah, blah, blah, Coldplay universe. That record came out what three years ago? And Tom wrote that four years before that. Which just only goes to prove it.
That's why I'm taking them on tour dude. Everyone always asks that. I'm not going to lie to people. It's not because I want to give them the opportunity to play in front of people. It's because I want to stand on the side of the stage and watch 'em.

That's always the best reason to get an opening act.

I fucking love watching them. We sit fucking side stage with our fucking jaws on the floor watching Christian. That guy is one of the best guitar players I've seen in my life. It just blows my mind.

So what else is going to happen on this tour?

It's gonna be a fucking fun tour. I'm pulling off some crazy shit. There'll be no cheerleaders this time but I've got some fun stuff lined up. Just yesterday I had to put to bed this idea, I was going to bring a catherine wheel on the road and I was gonna pull people from the audience and strap them to the fucking thing and spin 'em. But the liabilities of the thing! If someone fell off I'd be financially ruined for three lifetimes. So it can't happen. But I've come up with some shit that's just as good.

Fun police are always out.

I know. We're gonna have a good time. Summer shows are so much not about playing well as they are about putting on a carnival. I just can't abide bands that stand around doing nothing with moody lights behind them. It's so boring.

Once you reach a certain size you are as much a performer as musician.

Whenever we play big festival shows I'm not so concentrated on how well I sang. Put it this way, this is the third time I've gone out on Beautiful Midnight, 'cause it's summer and we can have some fun. My budget is restricted. Half the shows are outside so some of the stuff I wanted to do can't work because we can't incorporate lights and it could still be light out. Trust me though, I got some fucking funny shit going on!

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We've got a rule in the band. We come up with something three hours before the show every show to add to the performance. Let's just say that I'm probably going to have people in Laz-E-Boys watching television onstage while we play.
The Laz-E-Boys are on the whole thing. And I'm also gonna have the typical cheesy three mic back-up thing going on and I'm gonna pull lucky people out of the audience and they're gonna sing some fucking songs.
Everyday, Ian could go to our tour manager, 'I want some dude that breathes fire.' 'Get me a contortionist.' Or 'Get me a clown with a frown that's upside down who makes balloon animals.' We'll just throw this shit out and see if people can pull it off.
I think on my birthday in Calgary I'm trying to get this huge ceramic bull. And I'm going to hire a professional photographer with a polaroid and I'm gonna pull people out of the audience and let them have their picture taken on this giant bull while we're playing.

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