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Minus One.
(Cord Magazine's questions are in blue. Artist responses are in grey.)
All questions answered by vocalist James Mercer.
So you have a bit of downtime now, what do you guys do in your time between touring and recording?
I usually play around in the garden. Marty [Crandall, keyboards] plays videogames, he's a bit of a video game freak. Jessie [Sandoval, drums] goes to bars. I dunno what Dave [Hernandez, bass] does. I'm a bit of a homebody.
What would you say is your vice of choice?
Probably laziness (laughing). Well, no, let me see, a vice? Probably whiskey.
So you've been on tour quite a bit. What's been your favorite cities?
We really love San Francisco. We love New York, Montreal, and Vancouver. Those are the top four favorites.
During interviews, is there one question that you're sick of by now, that you couldn't care less to hear again?
It would be "So, Marty's girlfriend was in America's Top Model, tell us about that." It's funny, because we went through a whole year of it in the States, and now it's just finished airing in Europe, so now it's the same thing all over again.
When you were growing up, what was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon, assuming you watched cartoons.
Yeah I did - I loved Hercules. Quite a few that I liked, actually. Underdogs… and there was a show called Deputy Dog.
When you were growing up, did you want to be a musician, or did you want to be anything else?
I remember being a little kid after seeing Raiders of the Lost Ark, and I really wanted to be an archeologist. So that I could have a whip and stuff, you know, like most archeologists. After that I kind of lost track, I never wanted to have regular job. That's how it's always been until now.
If you could trade places with anyone right now for one day, who would it be?
Christina Aguilera.
We have a scenario here. There's a shark and a bear fighting, and here's the rules: there's just enough water for the shark, and there's a small rock for the bear, and neither one has been fed for days. Think of a big bear, and the baddest great white shark. Who wins?
I definitely think the shark would win… chomp the shit out of his ass. I don't think a bear's claws could get a hold of the shark.
Elsewhere
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By Ryan Ince
Photos : SubPop/Brian Tamborello
Published : May 23, 2004.
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