Be ween a rock and a dark place
They don’t make ‘happy pop shit’ but ‘real rook’n’roll’. What else would you expect from a band called BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB?
David Pollock
‘ hate\er happened to in_\ roek'n‘roll'." \\e lieai' )iiti er}. \\'el|. _\ou ean xtop looking no“. beeauxe l‘lttk‘k-Cltttl t'll'l' ltltlL‘lllllL‘ Blaek Rebel
.\lotoi'e} ele ('lub are baek \\ ith their xeeond album Iii/w Hie/ii on. (NI )imr ()iiii. ax \xell ax a xex} little long—xold-out elub night in lidinburgh. Hut \\lltt e\aetl) are the San liraneixeo trio read} to dtixt it up \xith in that title'.’ Drumming pouerliouxe Niek .lago tellx tix more.
'lt'x not about an} one thing or perxon in partieular although I'm xure Robert t'ltirnei't and Peter tlla_\ exi \\ottld tell )ou tlie'i'e“x plent) ot xhit in the “odd that liax inl'ormed their uritingf xa}x .lago. ‘You ean hear that in xongx like 'Si\ Barrel Shotgun’. iuxt the pure anger in their \oieex. But then the album doex ha\e xoine ol‘ our iiioxt upbeat xongx on it eompared to the l‘ii‘xt one. it'x like a photograph “fill the eonti'axt turned \\a_\ tip. xo the blaekx are darker and the \\ liitex are lighter?
Alter 3001 ‘x debut album URI/(1 \xe aren't in an} doubt that the band \xalk the \\alk like the} talk the talk. The onl) trouble ix. exei‘}one elxe xeemx to be juxt ax big in the metaphorieal trouxer department thexe da}x. So what doex roek'n'roll mean to BR.\l(' in 2003‘? ‘l reekon roek'n'roll'x dixxipating. to be honextf .lago xa_\x. ‘.\luxie'x beeoming. like. a mieroehip that _\ou juxt plug into a eomputer. But thei‘e'x delinitel) plent} ol‘ noneonl'ormixt xtult~ otit there. it‘x not all about happ) pop xhit. I dunno. \\ e uxuall} If} to talk tip ne\\ baiidx like the \\'ar|oekx and the Stratl'ord l5oui‘ \xhen \xe're
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axked quextionx like tliix. I mean. the Strokex and the \Vhite Stripex are great. but e\er_\one kttim x about tlteiii already
In a xiinilar \ta} to their tranxatlantie buddiex. though. Bl{.\l(‘ had to eonie to Britain betore the} reall} got lamoux. \\'liieh eounti‘}. l axk the langlixh lNHltltlltkl‘l'L‘tl .lago. do the band leel inoxt at home in'.’ '\\‘e|l. I like the laet \xe‘t‘e \ttitiled b} the l'K piexx and publie.‘ he atix\\el'x. '.x\nd l alxo enio} the aiion_\init} _\ou get \xalking doxxn the xtreet in .\meriea. You°\e juxt got to li\e lor the moment. but liopelull} thix album'll do good tliingx l'or ux in the Sttitex.'
'l'ltat ix. ol' eotit'xe. il~ .lago aetttall} tnakex it baek met the pond \xithout getting turned a\\a_\ at euxtomx. (‘are to tell nx about it. \iek'.’ ‘teali. tlauglixi \\ ell. I got a one _\eai \ ixa and wit ol~ ended tip o\erxta_\ing b_\ li\ e '\eai'xl lt'x Iiilai'ioiix nou it'x xorted. but prett} xttipid ol' me at the time. I admit it. I didn't e\en lime to niari‘_\ aii_\one. though? I iuxt married the band inxtead.‘
.-\t tltix _\L‘;it"x .\‘.l//; .'\\\;tl‘tl\ .lago ga\ e an aeeeptanee xpeeeh eonxixting ol' man} ininutex ol' xilenee \xhat \xax be thinking. tnan'.’ 'lla? (iod knouxl'. he xln‘ugx. '.'\H l ean xa} ix I thought the Nil/Ii .-\\\aidx \xei'e dill'eient li'oin the text. but the} turned out to be juxt ax xtaid and boring. .>\nd I do tend to be impulxne like that. It \\ax juxt meant to be l’unn_\. but it all ended on rather a dark t\\ ixt . .‘
\\'liat elxe'd _\ou e\peet lt'oin the dai'kext baiid in ioek .’
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