Rick the Temp: BACK WITH MuchMusic. MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME ONE MORE TIME -- IT'S BEEN A FEW TIMES -- TWO-FOURTHS, ONE-HALF OF THE WATCHMEN WITH JOEY SERLIN OVER HERE AND DANNY GREAVES OVER HERE. WELCOME BACK, GUYS, TO Much.
THANK YOU.
HELLO, HELLO, HELLO.
Rick the Temp: THIS IS A NEW ONE.
BRAND-SPANKIN'!
Rick the Temp: A VERY NICE ONE. I LIKE THIS ONE A LOT. IT'S CALLED "SILENT RADAR." YOU SHOWCASED THIS OFF TO THE WORLD LAST NIGHT.
UH-HMM, YEP.
Rick the Temp: DO WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED THERE? YOU WERE IN TORONTO PERFORMING, BUT THE WHOLE WORLD GOT A CHANCE TO HEAR IT. IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH, WE PLAYED AT THE 'SHOE LAST NIGHT, AND SO THERE WAS THIS SATELLITE FEED GOING OUT SO EVERY -- THERE'S A MAJOR STATION IN EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTRY PICKED IT UP, BUT ON TOP OF THAT, IT WENT OUT OVER THE 'NET. AND JUST BEFORE IT WENT ON, WE WERE CHECKING OUT WHO WAS LOGGING ON, AND WE HAD PEOPLE FROM BELGIUM, GERMANY, JAPAN, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Rick the Temp: WOW!
IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT IT TOO MUCH BEFORE YOU WENT ON, IT COULD HAVE WORN YOU DOWN, BUT WE JUST WENT OUT AND PLAYED FOR THE PEOPLE AT THE 'SHOE, WHO WERE EXCELLENT.
Rick the Temp: WHO WERE THERE.
A GREAT CROWD.
IT WAS A GOOD NIGHT.
Rick the Temp: NOW, ARE THERE FANS OF THE WATCHMEN ALL OVER THE WORLD? OBVIOUSLY, I'M SURE THERE ARE, BUT LIKE IN BELGIUM AND ALL THAT?
WE LIKE TO THINK SO. WE'RE A WORLDWIDE --
Rick the Temp: LIKE HAVE YOU TOURED THERE BEFORE?
YEAH, WE WERE OVER THERE IN '95. WE'RE HEADING BACK THERE, I THINK, MID- TO LATE-MAY. SO LIKE A MONTH WE'RE HEADING OVER THERE.
Rick the Temp: SO THE WORLD KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU GUYS.
WE'RE STARTING, YOU KNOW, LITTLE STEPS, BABY STEPS.
Rick the Temp: STARTING? IT'S ONLY BEEN WHAT, SEVEN YEARS?
TEN ACTUALLY. WE'RE IN OUR TENTH YEAR.
Rick the Temp: THIS ONE YOU GUYS RECORDED DOWN IN SEATTLE AT LITHO. THAT'S STONE GOSSARD'S STUDIO THERE? I HEAR IT'S REALLY COMFORTABLE DOWN THERE.
IT'S UNREAL. IT WAS GREAT. SEATTLE AS A CITY WAS JUST A REAL BREATH OF FRESH AIR, NEW PLACE, NEW FACES, NEW PLACES TO GO, NEW EXPERIENCES TO HAVE. WE'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER IT, ALWAYS REMEMBER SORT OF THAT PLACE AS THE HOME OF THE FOURTH RECORD. (Inaudible question)
AND JUST BY HAVING THOSE GUYS DO THEIR ALBUMS THERE ALL THE TIME, IT'S JUST SET UP FOR A CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT. THEY HAVE ALL KINDS OF RELAXATIONAL TOYS AROUND: PING-PONG, A BASKETBALL COURT. IT JUST MAKES FOR A GREAT ENVIRONMENT. THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING!
I KICKED ASS IN PING-PONG! I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TO CANADA, THAT I -- YES, HE DID.
Rick the Temp: ARE YOU A BETTER PING-PONG PLAYER THAN YOU ARE AT TABLE HOCKEY?
OH, INFINITELY!
Rick the Temp: LAST TIME YOU CAME IN HERE, WE WERE PLAYING SOME TABLE HOCKEY.
JOE SCORED A GOAL IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES AND I WASN'T LOOKING, WAS TALKING TO YOU...
Rick the Temp: NOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN KNOWN IN THE PAST TO PERFECT EVERYTHING, ON EVERY ALBUM. "McLAREN FURNACE ROOM," "IN THE TREES," "BRAND NEW DAY," EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT. NOW, THIS ONE -- THAT WASN'T THE STORY ON THIS ONE?
WELL, YEAH. I THINK WHAT WE DID IS THERE WAS JUST A REAL EMPHASIS ON THE PERFORMANCES. YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT -- IT REALLY IS MISSING THE POINT -- FOR US, ANYWAY; I WON'T SAY THAT FOR EVERYBODY. BUT IT IS MISSING THE POINT TO JUST SORT OF METRONOMICALLY AND FLAWLESSLY GO INTO A RECORDING THAT WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING LIVE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS. IT REALLY IS ABOUT -- IT'S ABOUT JUST GETTING A VIBE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE PERFORMANCE, SHARP OR FLAT, FAST OR SLOW... WHATEVER. IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT JUST HAS TO FEEL GOOD AT THE END. WE DID LIKE A COUPLE OF TAKES OF EVERYTHING AND WE PRETTY MUCH HAD IT, YOU KNOW? YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW WHEN TO STOP, STOP PAINTING.
Rick the Temp: ONE-TAKE WONDERS, YOU GUYS!
NOT QUITE THAT.
Rick the Temp: WISH I COULD BE. THREE TAKES... OR TWENTY TIMES. ANYWAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FIRST SINGLE, THE FIRST VIDEO YOU GUYS HAVE SHIPPED US, TO MuchMusic. "STEREO" IS THE NAME OF IT. NOW, IT'S A SONG ABOUT FEAR OF TECHNOLOGY, ISN'T IT?
YEP.
Rick the Temp: EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE LIKE RIGHT INTO THE NEW TECHNOLOGY, LIKE YOU GUYS ARE WALKING INTO IT WITH OPEN ARMS.
THE IRONY IS THICK, YEAH.
Rick the Temp: SO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE?
IT'S A SONG ABOUT URGENCY. IT'S A SONG JUST ABOUT URGENCY AND HEART-THUMPING, POUNDING URGENCY, THAT SORT OF THING.
Rick the Temp: YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO? WE'RE GOING TO CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AND COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT THIS BRAND-NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE INCORPORATED ON "SILENT RADAR" AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO CHAT AS WELL, RIGHT? BRAND-NEW STUFF FROM THE WATCHMEN, "STEREO," OFF OF "SILENT RADAR" RIGHT HERE ON MuchMusic. (Playing video)
Rick the Temp: "STEREO" RIGHT THERE FROM THE WATCHMEN, BRAND-NEW STUFF FROM THEM. WE SHIFTED OVER AND WE'RE IN THE KITCHEN AREA OF MuchMusic NOW. NO, IT'S ACTUALLY THE "GO WITH THE FLOW" AREA, RIGHT BY THE COMPUTERS. NOW, GUYS, THAT WAS THE NEW VIDEO THERE.
THAT WAS THE ONE.
Rick the Temp: ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ELABORATE? IT'S A VERY NICE VIDEO.
THANK YOU. IT WAS... IT WAS FUN. THE HOURS WERE KIND OF WEIRD. WE DID IT AT METRO HALL.
Rick the Temp: METRO HALL?
YEP, TORONTO.
THE NEW ONE AT WELLINGTON AND WHATEVER. AND IT WAS KIND OF NEAT BECAUSE THE DAY GIGS HAD TO LEAVE. WE WERE THERE FROM LIKE 6 'TIL 6 PRETTY MUCH FOR TWO DAYS.
THE VAMPIRE SHOOT.
KICKED THE CRAP OUT OF US.
Rick the Temp: I WAS GOING TO MENTION THE STANDARD JANITOR SHOT AT THE END. YOU'VE GOTTA HAVE THAT.
THAT GUY IS PRETTY AUTHENTIC. NOT THAT HE'S AUTHENTIC IN THE SENSE THAT HE'S A REAL JANITOR, BUT HE SHOWED UP -- WE DIDN'T NEED HIM UNTIL THE LAST DAY OF SHOOTING, AND HE SHOWED UP ON THE FIRST DAY. AND THEY SAID, "WE DON'T NEED YOU," SO HE SLEPT IN HIS TRUCK FOR TWO DAYS. HE DROVE IN FROM --
FROM A FIELD SOMEWHERE!
AND HE SLEPT IN THE TRUCK.
Rick the Temp: IS THAT RIGHT?
YEAH. I NEVER MET HIM, BUT I HEARD HE WAS QUITE THE CHARACTER.
Rick the Temp: VERY ENTHUSIASTIC! HE NEEDED SOMETHING. HIS LAST GIG WAS IN NIRVANA.
WAS THAT THE ONE?
YOU'RE RIGHT. COULD BE. THEY LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR.
Rick the Temp: ANYHOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS BRAND-NEW TECHNOLOGY HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY DEVELOPED BY DIGITAL RENAISSANCE, RIGHT?
YEP.
Rick the Temp: IT'S MORE THAN JUST AN ENHANCED C.D.
YEP. IT'S THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. IT'S CALLED A TAG INTERACTIVE SITE. WHEREAS AN ENHANCED C.D., YOU PUT IT IN, CHECK IT OUT AND IT'S THE SAME FOREVER, THIS IS --
Rick the Temp: CHECK THIS OUT. IF I TOUCH RIGHT THERE...
THERE WE GO.
Rick the Temp: OKAY. THERE. I PRESSED PLAY, EVERYBODY. THAT'S HOW ADVANCED...
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WHEN YOU JUST HAVE AN ENHANCED C.D., YOU GO TO IT AND IT'S STAGNANT, NEVER CHANGES. THIS C.D. BASICALLY ACTS AS A KEY TO A WEB SITE WHICH IS GOING TO BE CONSTANTLY UPDATED AND CHANGED, CONSTANTLY DIFFERENT GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING. ALL THE INFORMATION, ALWAYS CHANGING.
I THINK IF YOU WERE GOING TO SEE VIDEOS OR HEAR SOUND BITES, YOU CAN CLICK ON DIFFERENT THINGS. IT'S PRETTY MUCH DIFFERENT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY GOES TO IT OR HAS THAT POTENTIAL ANYWAY.
Rick the Temp: COOL. SO ARE ALL THE SONGS ON THERE? CAN YOU LISTEN TO ALL THE SONGS?
WE'LL TAKE YOU TO A COUPLE OF SONGS AT A TIME.
THAT'S ME IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT'S THE BEST-LOOKING GUY IN THE BAND THERE! IT'S EXCITING. PEOPLE ARE GETTING OFF ON IT. WE'RE ACTUALLY -- WE'RE GETTING PRESS FROM IT IN MAGAZINES LIKE TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINES, "WIRED" AND STUFF, WHICH WE'LL PROBABLY NEVER BE A PART OF. IT'S COOL BEING THE FIRST.
Rick the Temp: YOU GUYS ARE INTO IT.
KEN, OUR BASS PLAYER, IS KIND OF THE GUY IN THE BAND THAT'S THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS STUFF. YOU KNOW, I'M STILL STUCK ON ATARI COMBAT MYSELF, BUT...
FROGGER.
Rick the Temp: IT'S COOL.
IT'S VERY COOL. YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST SCREENS I HAVE SEEN FOR IT. MY SCREEN IS BLACK AND WHITE.
Rick the Temp: WE SPARE NO EXPENSE ON "GO WITH THE FLOW."
GOOD, AS YOU SHOULDN'T.
Rick the Temp: ANOTHER THING I READ ABOUT IS YOU BROUGHT A CAMERA INTO THE RECORDING STUDIO WITH YOU IN SEATTLE AND WERE TAKING PICTURES SO FANS CAN SEE HOW THE RECORDING PROCESS WENT? ARE THEY STILL PICTURES?
WELL, WE TOOK PICTURES, AND WE HAD SORT OF A COMPUTER JUST SORT OF ON ALL THE TIME, AND WHENEVER WE FELT LIKE SORT OF WRITING SOMETHING, HOW THE DAY WENT, WHAT WE'RE EATING, IF WE'RE PISSED OFF, IF WE'RE HAPPY, IF WE'RE SAD... WE WOULD WRITE ABOUT IT AND IT WOULD GO RIGHT TO OUR WEB SITE.
REALLY LET THE FANS IN AND FEEL LIKE A PART OF THE RECORDING PROCESS.
Rick the Temp: VERY NICE. VERY NICE OF YOU GUYS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
Rick the Temp: FANS SHOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. I'M SURE THEY FEEL VERY SPECIAL.
I HOPE SO.
Rick the Temp: THE MAJORITY OF THE DAYS, WERE YOU PISSED OFF OR WERE YOU HAPPY?
I HAD A BALL OUT THERE. NO LINES, JUST HAD A GREAT TIME.
Rick the Temp: YOU ENJOYED IT?
NO, IT WAS GREAT.
I'M GOING TO LIVE THERE ONE DAY, I THINK.
Rick the Temp: YOU REALLY THINK SO?
YEAH. IT'S A BIG CITY WITH A SMALL-TOWN FEEL. NICE PEOPLE.
Rick the Temp: LOTS OF COFFEE.
I DIDN'T EVEN DRINK COFFEE BEFORE I LEFT, AND NOW I HAVE LIKE QUADRUPLE LATTE...
HE'S JITTERING DOWN THE STREET. IT'S AWFUL!
Rick the Temp: VERY GOOD, GUYS. THANKS FOR COMING IN. I ALWAYS APPRECIATE TALKING TO YOU GUYS.
THANKS.
Rick the Temp: NICE TO SEE YOU GUYS. ONE MORE THING, ACTUALLY: TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE HORSESHOE, RIGHT? TWO MORE NIGHTS?
THAT'S RIGHT.
Rick the Temp: AND HOW DO THEY GET TICKETS FOR THAT ONE? JUST SHOW UP AT THE DOOR?
RIGHT.
Rick the Temp: THERE YOU GO. THE WATCHMEN, EVERYBODY. WE'LL LEAVE YOU NOW WITH "INCARNATE," OFF "BRAND NEW DAY." CHECK IT OUT AND CHECK THEM OUT IF YOU'RE IN TOWN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT. THAT'S SATURDAY, APRIL 4th, TOMORROW.
RIGHT.
Rick the Temp: ALL RIGHT. THE WATCHMEN. THANKS, GUYS. COOL!