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An Interview
STUFF: What kind of mood do you guys set in the studio? Do you just get a bunch of chicks in there?
DAVEY: [Laughs] No, no girls, that would be terribly distracting, I would imagine, though I think some bands have worked well in those circum-stances. I believe the story goes with Guns N’ Roses’ “Rocket Queen” that there was actual sex going on during the recording of the song, and hey, that’s one of the best rock songs ever, as far as I’m concerned. In the vocal booth I use, I put posters of my favorite singers around me, so I’m always surrounded by Ian Curtis, Moz, Freddie Mercury, Bowie and Perry Farrell.
Any crazy shit happen when you were recording the album?
There was some nudity, none of which was female, so I guess the readers have very little interest in that.
Don’t count on it!
There was some violence, too. Our engineer, Joe McGrath—who’s a very nonviolent person—punched me while I was singing because there was this part that I was trying to hit over and over and over again. He and Jerry, our producer, were bored out of their minds. They were like, “Davey, what are you doing?” and I was like, “I don’t know, ha ha ha.” Then they said, “You can hit this note!” and I said, “I know, ha!”…Take 110. Finally, I can see them from the vocal booth, sitting there. And then Joe disappears, and he’s on a mission. All of a sudden he beelines into the room, lays into me and says, “Do it right!” He walked out and I immediately hit the part. It worked. He’s a very strong gentleman.
So how did you guys end up on the same label as Gwen Stefani and 50 Cent?
Well, we’re very close with Gwen and Fiddy [laughs]. We were on Dreamworks Records, but the owner sold it to Interscope. If we had to join another label, I definitely would have wanted to come to Interscope, so we’re lucky.
How about a little personal tattoo history?
Are you talking about the Russian pop band? Because we can talk about them if you want. [Laughs]
Oh, no, just your ink. You’re well-known for all your tattoos. Any new additions?
I recently got my foot tattooed, which was spur-of-the-moment. Our drummer, Adam Carson, and I were doing an interview and showing a bunch of journalists around the East Bay. The last stop was our friend Freddy’s tattoo shop, Temple, in Oakland. When we walked in, my tattooist had a cancellation, and I said, “Hey, you wanna tattoo my foot?” So, during the interview, I got a tattoo of a rabbit head with an angel wing behind it.
Sounds deep. Was that the last place on your body with any space?
Yeah, my feet were bare. Now I look terribly lopsided with my shoes and socks off.
Any ideas for the other foot?
Yeah, but I’d rather not say because when I do, someone always steals my idea.
Curtesy of Stuff Magazine.
