thelegendoflauren

Do you think that Drugs and Rock'n'Roll mix?
Well, drugs apparently can mix with just about everything; how well and should they? I don't know, I would guess not very well. For the most part being in a band is a lot of work behind the scenes and being smashed, to me, would hinder some of the work that needs to be done. In the past, drugs were more about experimenting new boundaries and pushing the limits of modern music, but now... not sure, they've probably overstayed their welcome. The world has lost a lot of good rocknrollers to drugs... right?

Should people look up to rock bands?
In a perfect world, people shouldn't look up to rockstars but society and culture being the way it is people do look up to them. Should they imitate their behavior? For the most part, I would say no. Rocknrollers can be immature, egocentric, and irresponsible but then again so is the average joe walking down the street. It's hard to find anyone to look up to nowadays...

Do you think rock bands are sterotyped?
Well, I think bands are more stereotyped by image than behavior. As in if you dress even somewhat remotely like The Strokes people will compare you to The Strokes, if you dress like Marilyn Manson then no matter what you're really worth people will drop you into a mental category with him. So in that way, it's hard for new bands to break out of current molds and find their own voice, look. Unfortunately, there are some bands that will gladly fit into a stereotype making it even harder for true original bands to break thru.

Why do you think that bands get themsleves into sex and drugs?
Well, this is a tough question. There might be a million answers to this one. I could give you a couple I think make sense. First, most bands are young when they start becoming popular, and I would say most of them are still developing as people and are easily influenced. So finding yourself in tough situations when you're young, alot of the time you conform and do what's deemed 'cool' or whatever, hence the drug usage or if there's a lot of pressure on the band to perform then drugs offer people an escape from their reality. That could answer the drug thing, Ii think. The sex thing is alot tougher to answer. There are a lot of people who have casual sex and it's no big deal to them, it's a different philosophy of life, it's one that I'm not used to because I didn't grow up around it. But to those people, there is nothing wrong with it. However, on the flip side of the coin, i would say 99% of the population is insecure and most people just want acceptance. So people giving it up is a way to get acceptance and the band is the same way just trying to get as much 'acceptance' with girls as they can whenever they can. We're all messed up people and deal with it in different ways, some less responsible than others. What was the question again? *laughs*

Do you think there's is/was alot more pressure on famous bands?
Yes, indeed there is. We aren't popular in any sense and there is pressure for us to perform and to write and to just be our best all the time. It can be tough but it's part of the job, it comes with the territory.


Mark gave a honest and decent insight to his thoughts on rock'n'roll.
Cheers Mark.

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