I don’t want LA to become expensive like other cities. It’s a lot more chill than in Echo Park, where I used to live, and where it’s too expensive. Basically, whatever pays.ĪRROW DE WILDE - East. OLIVIER ZAHM - Your mother is a photographer.ĪRROW DE WILDE - She started off photographing bands… She’s done some fashion and commercial stuff. I like real instruments played by real people. OLIVIER ZAHM - Do you like psychedelic music?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Psychedelic? Not really.ĪRROW DE WILDE - No. OLIVIER ZAHM - So, can we call your music punk rock? It feels more real than on Spotify, you know? Choosing an album is like a work of art - the concept of an album, and not simply going from one song to another on a playlist. That was one of the first vinyl records I bought. I got into them I think when I was, like, 12. OLIVIER ZAHM - Did you like the Ramones when you were a kid?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Mm, yeah. OLIVIER ZAHM - Any time before the death of Kurt Cobain? Any time before “Teen Spirit.” OLIVIER ZAHM - So, any time before, what, 1993? I just feel like it ruined a lot of good music, all for business and money… OLIVIER ZAHM - Are you nostalgic for the ’70s.ĪRROW DE WILDE - I mean, I’d rather live in any time before the Internet. Then I got kind of sick of red and went back to blonde, then back to a sort of pink. I’d rather they were angry than to have forgotten why they’re there.ĪRROW DE WILDE - I don’t know. Do you like to upset them and splatter their clothes?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Not everyone’s upset. OLIVIER ZAHM - I’ve seen you spit blood or liquid on people from the stage sometimes. I like horror movies and… I don’t know, I like to get reactions out of people. OLIVIER ZAHM - Do you like horror movies?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Yeah. OLIVIER ZAHM - You like to impress people onstage.ĪRROW DE WILDE - I like to scare people, and to surprise them. Live, you add visual elements into it all. It’s all about the music, and making it has to sound as good as it can. OLIVIER ZAHM - Would you say you’re more of a stage band than a studio band?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Yeah, but to me stage and studio are the same. Some songs we write together, and some are just by me and Henri. OLIVIER ZAHM - How does it work? Do they compose the music? Do you write the lyrics?ĪRROW DE WILDE - It’s different for every song. I’ve known the bass player for a couple of years now. OLIVIER ZAHM - Did you find your musicians, or did they find you?ĪRROW DE WILDE - The guitar player went to my school.ĪRROW DE WILDE - Yeah. OLIVIER ZAHM - Is there anything you dislike about living here?ĪRROW DE WILDE - The success of LA today, how it becomes expensive, and the traffic. A lot of people just want to be themselves, you know what I mean? And don’t want to be bothered. OLIVIER ZAHM - Is there some kind of anti-celebrity attitude?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Celebrity culture is the worst. In LA, you don’t give a shit, and you don’t need to be successful. You could get into whatever you want here and flourish, which is a perk about living in LA.ĪRROW DE WILDE - For sure. OLIVIER ZAHM - Has LA always been an interesting place for punk rock?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Totally. ![]() ![]() You have to admit, there’s nowhere like it. I’ve been to places that remind me of New York or Seattle, but LA is, like, so unique - even if you don’t like it. No other place has reminded me of LA because there’s nowhere like it. But this is my hometown, and it’s not like any other place in the world. I’m a bit ironic about LA’s attraction for people coming here. ![]() OLIVIER ZAHM - “I Love LA” is pretty ironic. ![]() I mean, there are so many different music scenes all around LA. OLIVIER ZAHM - You have a song called “I Love LA.” Is LA a good place for music and musicians?ĪRROW DE WILDE - Yeah, I think so.
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