I think that cover was the reason why that fellow from the Black Keys kept having a pop at me. Nothing for me! It was me taking a photo of my beloved, pregnant with my child … but I think it looks a bit narcissistic. Actually, I think it was the cover that rubbed people up the wrong way. Although I stand by my last, erm, “cathartic” effort. Was the plan always to make it more raucous than your previous records? The record was produced by the Bronx’s Joby J Ford. I had to do that effectively … 997 times. The thing about Cowell is that he doesn’t mind being a bastard. At that point anyone blatantly out of the picture was told that it wasn’t going to work.ĭid you feel like Simon Cowell crushing people’s dreams? Anyway, we went to the Amersham Arms in south London and we got people down there to play a bit with my mates.
CARL CRACK FREE
Some of them were from all over the world, thinking I would pay their flights back and forth to California! They thought the music industry was this club with free money – I used to think that as well, though. There were 1,000 initial replies, some of which were just lovely kids who couldn’t play anything but wanted to write a letter. How many people applied to be in the Jackals? The drummer has only left England once - he was playing in a wedding band in Swindon! They’re proper young bloods, they’re so into it, the passion and the lifestyle.
CARL CRACK HOW TO
Literally rocking and a rolling, just living that life without a fucking clue how to get a leg up anywhere.
What were the band doing before you hired them? Actually, keeping hold of them is a sort of Sword of Damocles veiled threat, isn’t it? I’ve still got all the other applications here in my office, look! (3) In fact I’ve still got all the shortlisters applications, too. I’d got most of this record done so I wanted people to come on board who weren’t jaded by touring and the rest of it.
Basically, I wanted a band but not made up of people I know because they come with baggage and egos. “Creator of the indie X Factor” would be the most unjust epitaph.
CARL CRACK SERIES
You chose the band through a series of auditions, a process that has been described in the press as an indie X Factor. Just the thought of apologetically plopping another solo album on the production line, like: “Hey guys, if anyone’s interested I’m doing another solo album – I know nobody liked the last one …” I also wanted a gang, people who felt as much of an investment in it as I did. Your new record (2) was originally going to be a solo one but then you formed a new band, the Jackals. I think we all need a kick in the arse sometimes, a reminder to put down the magazines covering what’s going on at the moment and connect with what you really feel. Whether that’s because of my musical output or my bacchanalian input, I don’t know! Much as I love the idea of any kind of fusion in music … well, I had a great time, but I’ve not been asked back, put it like that. Hi Carl! The last time we met you were jamming with Congolese funk musicians on a train leaving Middlesbrough (1)!
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