Latest / HEAVY Music Interviews / Double Trouble Down Under With DANI FILTH From CRADLE OF FILTH

Transcript

Double Trouble Down Under With DANI FILTH From CRADLE OF FILTH · HEAVY Music Interviews

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Greetings is Danny Filth and Cradle of Filth and we're
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: coming to Australia in July. Henceforth I'm here talking about it.
• 0:11
  Speaker 2: Fantastic Danny, thanks for joining us this evening, No, thank
• 0:15
  Speaker 2: you right pleasure. As you mentioned, Cradle Filth have recently
• 0:19
  Speaker 2: announced a co headlining tour of Australia with Devil Driver
• 0:23
  Speaker 2: for a run of five shows, kicking off in Brisbool
• 0:25
  Speaker 2: on July the night, then hitting Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
• 0:28
  Speaker 2: and finishing in perth und rather sixteenth, mate, like, what
• 0:31
  Speaker 2: the lights have you got in store for us of
• 0:33
  Speaker 2: this time around, brother.
• 0:36
  Speaker 1: Well, hopefully we'll be playing some stuff from our latest sound,
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: the Screaming of the Veil Crease. Obviously we're bringing Devil
• 0:43
  Speaker 1: Driver with us, which is a good thing. We've taught
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: of them twice now in the state, both and very successful.
• 0:52
  Speaker 1: Obviously Des is my manager as well and one of
• 0:54
  Speaker 1: my best friends, so it'd be good to come and
• 0:58
  Speaker 1: see that part of the world of him.
• 1:02
  Speaker 3: Very much looking forward to it.
• 1:03
  Speaker 1: I think we actually get a day off this time,
• 1:06
  Speaker 1: so the trip will be more than worthwhile because obviously
• 1:11
  Speaker 1: tour in the world do you want to want to
• 1:13
  Speaker 1: get out. You don't want just see the inside of
• 1:15
  Speaker 1: airports and hotel lobbies and venues. We're doing this obviously
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: for a long time now, so that's a progative of mine,
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: is getting out and seeing the local wildlife or you know,
• 1:28
  Speaker 1: something of interest.
• 1:30
  Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure.
• 1:32
  Speaker 2: The two men's, as you say, initially joined forces in
• 1:35
  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three for the Double Trouble North American Tour.
• 1:38
  Speaker 4: So did it live up to its name of Double Trouble?
• 1:41
  Speaker 4: Did just get up much mischief?
• 1:45
  Speaker 3: I wouldn't say that much. Well, I don't know.
• 1:48
  Speaker 1: We're not as young as we used to be so
• 1:51
  Speaker 1: and I don't drink anymore, so the mischief is kind
• 1:54
  Speaker 1: of depleted. It's more like stuff and the like a
• 2:05
  Speaker 1: theme parks, and we did spoof them. We always spoof
• 2:08
  Speaker 1: them at the end of the tour. They they just
• 2:11
  Speaker 1: cover called sailing, and we all piled on dresses, sea creatures,
• 2:18
  Speaker 1: these elaborate costumes. We had a Yeah, we had balloons
• 2:22
  Speaker 1: and you know, confetti and choreography planned for that. It's
• 2:28
  Speaker 1: pretty funny. I think we put a video of it
• 2:31
  Speaker 1: up online. But yeah, the tours, I think we saved
• 2:34
  Speaker 1: ourselves for the shows.
• 2:36
  Speaker 3: They were very very full on.
• 2:39
  Speaker 2: Ye, when do you think about it, Like, it's actually
• 2:42
  Speaker 2: a bit of a strange music of combination with Devil
• 2:45
  Speaker 2: Driving more at a straight out wrecking machine and Train
• 2:48
  Speaker 2: of Field sort of bring more of a theatrical and
• 2:50
  Speaker 2: cinematical amateur music.
• 2:51
  Speaker 4: So how did it first come about?
• 2:53
  Speaker 2: We used to join them up on tour and we
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: confident from the outset that it would go all together.
• 3:00
  Speaker 1: Well, it came about because Days is my manager, and
• 3:04
  Speaker 1: we suggested it and I said, yeah, hell yeah, why not.
• 3:07
  Speaker 1: I think it's a great combination. Uh, it works very well,
• 3:11
  Speaker 1: tried and tested formula in the States. The fans are
• 3:18
  Speaker 1: not as different as you think, if they're different at all.
• 3:20
  Speaker 1: Usually the fans are you know, fans are both both bands.
• 3:27
  Speaker 4: Now.
• 3:27
  Speaker 1: I think it's a perfect combination. I think sometimes you
• 3:30
  Speaker 1: can go out with bands that are way too similar. Yeah,
• 3:34
  Speaker 1: we've done tours so it's been like four or five
• 3:36
  Speaker 1: bands or you know, very very of the.
• 3:38
  Speaker 3: Same milk, and.
• 3:41
  Speaker 1: I just don't think it works quite as well as
• 3:43
  Speaker 1: ones that are a little bit more liberal.
• 3:48
  Speaker 3: And a bit more diverse. And this, really, to be honest,
• 3:50
  Speaker 3: isn't that diverse?
• 3:51
  Speaker 1: Is a Devil Driver and Cradle of Film Film million
• 3:54
  Speaker 1: miles apart. They're more meat, meat and potatoes and we're
• 3:58
  Speaker 1: more like sort of the exotic dessert.
• 4:04
  Speaker 2: I think it's more in the actual stage show that
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: the difference is there. So do you have to sort
• 4:09
  Speaker 2: of work together with your sets to make it a cohesive,
• 4:13
  Speaker 2: flowing thing into each other.
• 4:15
  Speaker 3: Well, yeah, I mean, yeah, the thing has come to Australia.
• 4:18
  Speaker 1: You're not able to bring our full stage show, so
• 4:21
  Speaker 1: we do our best and obviously it's a some there's
• 4:27
  Speaker 1: a there's a set up on the stage that has
• 4:29
  Speaker 1: to be navigated by the two crews, so it's you know,
• 4:34
  Speaker 1: the shifting over from Devil Driver to Us isn't like
• 4:38
  Speaker 1: I'm going to set people to sleep, because it's very
• 4:42
  Speaker 1: swift and yeah, we just want to make the show
• 4:45
  Speaker 1: as cool as possible really as well as great come
• 4:49
  Speaker 1: to Australia, very diverse audience. You you know, I believe
• 4:53
  Speaker 1: the audience feels safe there in a metal crowd despite
• 4:56
  Speaker 1: the fact that people are going you know, bananas, a
• 5:00
  Speaker 1: lot of diversity. Yeah, it's a good crowd. We came
• 5:05
  Speaker 1: last in twenty twenty four. I think of us sell
• 5:08
  Speaker 1: out and just had a fantastic time, hoping, you know,
• 5:13
  Speaker 1: to replicate that tenthold this.
• 5:15
  Speaker 4: Time, run that twenty twenty four to or from memory.
• 5:18
  Speaker 2: I think you're pretty much sold out every show, So
• 5:21
  Speaker 2: if you don't sell out every show this time, we
• 5:23
  Speaker 2: know whose far it is.
• 5:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah Devil, Yeah, Desis.
• 5:33
  Speaker 2: I love the chow poster as well as bro just
• 5:35
  Speaker 2: got two schoolboys sitting there duking it outside and soe.
• 5:39
  Speaker 2: But that haven't been too kind of you because I'm
• 5:41
  Speaker 2: guessing you're the character with the face paint on and
• 5:43
  Speaker 2: you're a come from a massive uppercut spake of the daw.
• 5:47
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 5:48
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's because I'm immortal, you know. I just like
• 5:50
  Speaker 1: letting him, letting him throw the punchries until he just
• 5:53
  Speaker 1: falls over.
• 5:56
  Speaker 3: Very true.
• 5:57
  Speaker 4: She builds a co headlining tour made so I know
• 5:59
  Speaker 4: that doesn't mean too much these days.
• 6:01
  Speaker 2: But what it does mean, as far as I know,
• 6:03
  Speaker 2: is that both bands are going to be getting full
• 6:05
  Speaker 2: sets every night.
• 6:06
  Speaker 4: Is that right?
• 6:09
  Speaker 1: Yeah, well as full as can be. It doesn't mean
• 6:13
  Speaker 1: that both bands will be playing at the same time.
• 6:15
  Speaker 1: That'd be awful, would be a bit much you try
• 6:20
  Speaker 1: and decipher what's going on. Yeah, I think we're closing
• 6:25
  Speaker 1: the show, but yeah, both bands get a very big
• 6:30
  Speaker 1: set each and I say, this is a tried and
• 6:33
  Speaker 1: tested formula We've done in the States.
• 6:35
  Speaker 3: People loved it.
• 6:36
  Speaker 1: They're begging us to do it in Europe at the moment,
• 6:38
  Speaker 1: and we're just like Jesus the logistics of it. We're
• 6:42
  Speaker 1: just so busy at the moment. And next year is
• 6:46
  Speaker 1: another huge year for us because we're gonna have a
• 6:49
  Speaker 1: new album and amongst other things coming out, and so
• 6:55
  Speaker 1: I don't know really when we can fit that in,
• 6:58
  Speaker 1: but it's on the cards, and it's great that it's
• 7:01
  Speaker 1: coming down to Australia. Very pleased with that, and it's
• 7:07
  Speaker 1: going to be a good opportunity to explore the place
• 7:10
  Speaker 1: with a good friend, you know, and good friends because
• 7:13
  Speaker 1: we know the Devil Drivers guys you know, off by heart.
• 7:17
  Speaker 1: In fact, we're sharing a bit of crew with them
• 7:19
  Speaker 1: because yeah, because we spent a lot of time on
• 7:24
  Speaker 1: the road together.
• 7:25
  Speaker 2: Now yeah, God, as you can imagine, bro like through Heavy,
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: We're part of so many chores that come out here,
• 7:32
  Speaker 2: But I honestly cannot remember the last time there is
• 7:34
  Speaker 2: excitement about a chore as much as there is about
• 7:37
  Speaker 2: you and Devil Driver coming over mad like people just
• 7:40
  Speaker 2: losing their ship and they're still only six months out.
• 7:43
  Speaker 3: That's good. Hopefully it will sell out and hopefully'll be
• 7:45
  Speaker 3: able to.
• 7:46
  Speaker 1: Extend the tour with any life, spend it across our days.
• 7:51
  Speaker 4: Off though You've still got to keep your days off, brother, Yeah.
• 7:54
  Speaker 2: Absolutely, for the benefit of people then, my some people
• 8:00
  Speaker 2: haven't been to a Cradle or Fiel show before that
• 8:02
  Speaker 2: are gone along for the Devil Driver, so people are added,
• 8:05
  Speaker 2: maybe people who haven't seen it before. I run through
• 8:07
  Speaker 2: a typical Cradle of Field live show and what people
• 8:10
  Speaker 2: can expect when they come along.
• 8:12
  Speaker 1: Well, it's bombastic, it's loud, it's energetic, it's very visual.
• 8:21
  Speaker 1: We played a very eclectic set that.
• 8:25
  Speaker 3: Isn't just from.
• 8:25
  Speaker 1: One album that we try and diversify across the board,
• 8:30
  Speaker 1: across you know, much of our backcannon. So everybody's kind
• 8:33
  Speaker 1: of satisfied with having a very eclectic range of of
• 8:40
  Speaker 1: tracks and different you know, eras of our existence.
• 8:46
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 8:47
  Speaker 1: It's just very colorful and visual, very gothic atmosphere. Ah yeah, fast, energetic,
• 8:55
  Speaker 1: you know, and.
• 8:58
  Speaker 2: As we said before, by like theatrics and atmosphere play
• 9:01
  Speaker 2: a large part of your music.
• 9:03
  Speaker 4: It's one thing creating.
• 9:04
  Speaker 2: That in the studio when you do an album, but
• 9:06
  Speaker 2: when it comes to recreating.
• 9:08
  Speaker 4: That live, like, is that difficult to sort of portray?
• 9:13
  Speaker 3: I think not.
• 9:14
  Speaker 1: I think we managed to move out plenty of experience
• 9:17
  Speaker 1: at it over the years. Obviously we bring that to life.
• 9:21
  Speaker 1: I mean, we can't bring a full stage show to Australia,
• 9:23
  Speaker 1: but you know we bring it to life with theatrics and.
• 9:28
  Speaker 3: Whether we have.
• 9:30
  Speaker 1: Images going on screens and we've had performers and it's
• 9:36
  Speaker 1: just we are two different creatures. Obviously, a live creature
• 9:41
  Speaker 1: is much different from a studio one. Yeah, you know
• 9:43
  Speaker 1: we're predetting in costume, spikes and makeup and dry ice
• 9:50
  Speaker 1: and you know, lights to go in ten to a
• 9:53
  Speaker 1: dozen and it really works that camaraderie that that those
• 10:02
  Speaker 1: theatrics really lend weight to to what we what we're
• 10:07
  Speaker 1: writing and what we're expressing on stage. So yeah, it
• 10:12
  Speaker 1: feels ritualistic. It's it's cool as.
• 10:14
  Speaker 4: Fuck, messed before that you're going to be true.
• 10:18
  Speaker 2: And on the back of your most recent album, The
• 10:20
  Speaker 2: Scream Again of alcar Is that came out in March five,
• 10:23
  Speaker 2: So how was the reception for the album was it?
• 10:26
  Speaker 4: Was it? What you were hoping for.
• 10:28
  Speaker 1: Yeah, above and beyond screaming the val Cruz is it's
• 10:33
  Speaker 1: really chied high. The fans love it. It's in the
• 10:37
  Speaker 1: next step up in our evolutionary step. The next record,
• 10:42
  Speaker 1: which obviously we're we're writing at the moment, almost finished writing,
• 10:45
  Speaker 1: going to be in a studio in about three weeks again,
• 10:49
  Speaker 1: takes that to the next level. Yeah, we've had a
• 10:54
  Speaker 1: fantastic few years post Lockdown. Obviously there's been a lot
• 10:59
  Speaker 1: of catching up to.
• 11:00
  Speaker 4: Do this one.
• 11:02
  Speaker 1: We've been touring a lot one, We've been very creative. Yeah,
• 11:08
  Speaker 1: I think we were definitely walking into the right direction.
• 11:12
  Speaker 1: The fans seem to like it, and you know that
• 11:14
  Speaker 1: sort of matters.
• 11:15
  Speaker 2: Yeah, at the time, he said there was a lot
• 11:18
  Speaker 2: of our old school sounds and vibes that went into
• 11:20
  Speaker 2: the album.
• 11:21
  Speaker 4: Is that something you're going to continue with on this
• 11:23
  Speaker 4: next album? You're right, and you know you're going to sort.
• 11:25
  Speaker 2: Of expand again on your sonic palid I guess, well, yeah, we're.
• 11:30
  Speaker 3: Moving the goalposts in all kinds of directions.
• 11:33
  Speaker 1: It's very hard to stipulate exactly what we're doing, and really,
• 11:38
  Speaker 1: to be honest, it's too early to be talking about
• 11:40
  Speaker 1: our new album.
• 11:41
  Speaker 3: We haven't even decided.
• 11:42
  Speaker 1: We've got a huge amount of tracks and we haven't
• 11:45
  Speaker 1: even decided which ones are going on the recorders yet.
• 11:47
  Speaker 3: That's up to me and a producer.
• 11:48
  Speaker 1: Next week it's going to come and visit my house
• 11:51
  Speaker 1: and we're going to cifle through everything, ciphon through everything
• 11:56
  Speaker 1: and decide what's keeper and what isn't. What my need development.
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: So yeah, again, very early to talk about it.
• 12:05
  Speaker 4: Sweet as mane roll. Thanks very much for your time, Bro.
• 12:08
  Speaker 4: It's being a pleasure speaking with you.
• 12:09
  Speaker 2: A tour kicks off in July, and it's one of
• 12:13
  Speaker 2: those rare occasions when you say it's going to sell out,
• 12:15
  Speaker 2: and it probably will, so go have long get your
• 12:17
  Speaker 2: tickets asap.
• 12:20
  Speaker 3: Brilliant, Thank you very much, looking forward to it.