mattgoodinterview4

That is great stuff.

When you come to the point in your life when you realize you never should have written "Rico," you just regret a whole lot of shit that you never should have penned in the first place. You gotta kinda try to numb yourself to the fact it's going on by distracting yourself side stage. Which I try to do as much as possible, especially with the old stuff.

What's wrong with "Rico?

The problem with our catalogue is it's a lot of cool, trippy-weird mid-tempo shit. I could play an entire show of that fuckin' stuff and be happy but it's a fucking rock show and if you're playing in front of 5,000-6,000 people you gotta figure "Rico" is a great song because people go balistic.

Any new songs?

We're going to probably play three new songs off the record coming up in September. I'm not going to give it away because all the internet kids check your site all the time. Let's just say it's the three we've already performed live. I'm not going to play any more new stuff besides that from the record because I don't really want everyone's first interaction with it to be on some bullshit MP3 that's being passed around the internet. Kids are going to record shows and it's been happening since the '60s but I'd rather not have the first time you hear the first single from the next album be on a shitty live recording.

It's clear what side you're on concerning internet music.

I don't really give a shit about what kids think is fair. As an artist I think I reserve the right to control what I do to you in a certain fashion. Because once I lose that right, why the hell would I do it? That's the problem with a lot of internet music.
We're in a bad business. Actors get paid up front and if they get huge they get points. Athletes get paid ridiculous money for God knows what. And I am at the bottom of the totem poll. In this country you don't make the kind of royalties that you can afford the villas in Tuscany.
It's kinda hard to justify to kids because you're stumbling in and out of limosines and they're going "Why are ticket prices $35 or $45 for this show?" Well, do you want a *show*? It costs me money to bring this stage here and the guys and the fucking lights and the mirrorball and if you want me to show up on a flatbed with a bad P.A. system I'll charge you $5. No problem. There was a day and age when bands outweighed that.