Interview:

2004-02-01 Raunchy

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Attention, attention: "Confusion Bay", the new album of the innovative Danish five-piece RAUNCHY explodes in your stereo. Even Ross Robinson, producer legend of KORNish fame, wanted to collaborate with the band. Vocal prodigy and squaller in one, singer Lars Vognstrup answered several questions concerning name dropping, leaders and followers and after it all some astonishing news came to light.InterviewIn German we say "Was lange währt, wird endlich gut." (Something
like "If something is taking a very long time it is evolving good in the
end".) "Crack of Dawn" is now eight years old and still seemed to be at
the height of time when you released it in 2002. You now had nearly
three years time to write stuff for "Confusion Bay". Everything good in
the end?


Lars: Alright... I definitely think the German saying
contains some amount of truth, though maybe it´s more appropriate to use
it in terms of developing something physical like buildings or a good
wine. I think it takes about a day to make a really really good song if
you´re inspired! "Velvet Noise" our first record from 2002 had about
four very old tunes on it but the rest of them were put together about
two weeks before and during the recording, based on a few musical ideas
here and there. It´s a fact that RAUNCHY´s background of basically
growing up together being a band since 8th grade, has brought us close
together as a team in terms of song writing. If for example a guitar
player comes up with a good riff or some chords, the others are
instantly inspired and know what to do, most of the time. All of the
music out on "Confusion Bay" was made in two months or so, simply
because our drummer lived in an other part of the country up until two
months before we entered the studio. But even then, I didn´t have time
to show up in the rehearsal room for different reasons. As result I had
to write lyrics and melodies for 11 songs while recording the album
within the two weeks of studio time. Luckily I received enough
inspiration from the tunes alone to get it all down in time! And yeah.
We´re all insanely proud of the turn out.


You´ve been in studio once again with your first producer who
even produced your demos. Why did you choose him in the end and not Ross
Robinson?


Lars: Ross actually wanted to sign us to his I AM label
but didn´t really know about our deal with NB. That was the only
problem. We´re still in contact and who knows? Maybe a future
co-operation!! Jacob Hansen is a great fucking producer though and good
company as well. We had loads of fun recording with him again.


All of you six in RAUNCHY (starring the two guitar players Lars
Christensen and Jesper Andreas Tilstedt, bass player Jesper Kvist,
keyboarder Jeppe Christensen and drummer Morten Toft Hansen besides Lars
Vognstrup) are listening to a wide bunch of music ranging from grindcore
to the swing of the famous Rat Pack. And you don´t really hide your
various influences in your own music. What pushed you most in the last
few years?


Lars: Yeah that is a bit funny actually. Now I didn´t
really contribute to very much of the music making but took all the
vocal work on my shoulders instead. I have my own smaller or bigger
influences that the other guys don´t even know about. Like a sweedish
indie band called YVONNE or some old 60´iesish garage bands, NICK CAVE
AND THE BAD SEEDS, THE FALL and even some new and old electronic stuff.
While they may listen to music that´s more in the brutal end of the
scale, stuff that I´ve never heard of. Which is cool though cause they
mostly like what I´m putting down on a new track and vice versa. If
there would be any all together references that we´d all agree with it
probably would be FAITH NO MORE and METALLICA!


What band should never be played when all of you six are
together, for example in the tour bus?


Lars: BLACK EYED PEAS or MANOWAR


Let´s pretend so called NuMetal is dead. At least, since KORN´s
"Untouchables" flopped. Who cares?


Lars: Ross Robinson probably, and I guess Mike Patton
will be happy if the kids stop mentioning him as
their influence... Most Americans.


Did you kick it off? Right after you came out with "Velvet
Noise" MNEMIC were signed to Nuclear Blast as well. Is there a kind of
Danish scene?


Lars: I think we brought some attention and spotlight
on Denmark when nobody knew that there actually was a metal scene
because there kind of is. MNEMIC is a fucking tight band and they will
probably go far. What do I know?


You played last year´s legendary Wacken Open Air. Did you meet a
legend/idol from your childhood times?


Lars: We saw SLAYER back stage. Didn´t meet them
though.


What was it like? Or did you feel like killing your idols right
on the spot?


Lars: I got so drunk at that festival that I´m lucky I
didn´t kill myself... We are pretty non violent towards people


Finally your planning to go on tour outside of Denmark. What
tour would you realisticly like to jump on? Re-united FEAR
FACTORY?


Lars: I imagine a tour with another NB band like IN
FLAMES or SOILWORK wouldn´t be too unrealistic. But there´s nothing
confirmed yet.


But suddenly...

a little note on the news-board of ICS (the booking company of RAUNCHY)
popped up, telling that a planned tour had to be cancelled because the
band is searching for a new singer. No need to say that this needed
further inquisition: It´s a hoax, isn´t it?


Lars: Wow... It´s been a fact for a long time, even
pre-"Confusion Bay", but we wanted to hold back the news. I´m just too
busy with my other band that is somewhat different style wise and in the
expression. I love RAUNCHY but I think they´ll be better off without
someone who can´t do it a 100%. I need to have the other thing going on
the side and I´ve known that there would be a time to choose. Well I´ve
chosen but it´s strange!! They are pretty sad about it but they already
found someone who can pull it off live. I feel evil and sad but it´s
cool. Maybe Ill do a couple of songs on the next record anyway and
appear as a guest on some concerts.

Nobody is mad at each other. I´m glad.