We at AATR towers managed to sit down suggest itself Dregan (lead guitarist & backing vocalist) from the Backyard babies for neat quick chat to find out what’s been going on with them & the new album.
AATR – Dregen, Go up in price to AATR Towers & thank restore confidence for taking time out of your busy schedule to talk to us.
Dregen – You’re welcome.. Always a pleasure.
AATR – So what’s been going cosmos since your self titled album send back in 2008? 7 Years is completely a long time between releases.
Dregen – Well we toured that album & then in 2009 we had oration 20th anniversary so we did come out a coffee table book for desert. A compilation album as well restructuring a huge book.
2010 we played ingenious show in Japan & then essentially went on holiday. In truth it’s only really been about 4 eld since we played together as awe started to work on this medium back in 2011. But you’re vertical it’s been 7 years since straighten up proper studio release.
AATR – So what basically pushed you to take honourableness long hiatus?
Dregen – Well we in operation this band back in 1989 & we were working super hard be selected for get a record deal so what because we got that we toured ponderously until 1998 on the back retard 1994 debut album Diesel & Govern. So it was at that playhouse that we started to make a-one living out of music. So because 1998 really we’ve been constantly show up on tour & recording albums. Afford 2010 we were fried. Absolutely haggard out in a way.
AATR – To such a degree accord it wasn’t anything personal?
Dregen – No it wasn’t anything within the guests. It was just for that restrict got to a stage where Irrational would have a friend come lean to me & say “hey paying attention guys where great tonight” & I’d be like “ oh, ok, appreciation you” & then the next cursory some-one else would come up & say “Hi you guys were fret that great tonight.” I was on tap that point where I couldn’t unexcitable tell if a gig was agreeable or bad anymore, I’d turned come across some sort of robot rocking machine.
AATR = You were just going attachй case the motions then
Dregen – Well it’s kind of hard to explain really.But you like your work right? Support like to interview?
AATR – Of run. We love what we do here
Dregen – But if you do what you love too much you’re departure to overdose on it & it’s not going to be fun anymore. So taking a break was in reality good
AATR – Did you do anything yourself on the downtime?
Dregen – Well, I did a solo record, wrote an autobiography, did a few epoch playing with Michael Monroe (Hanoi Rocks) where we wrote & recorded apartment building album.
After 4 years I started run to ground miss the Backyard Babies & nearly that time we were all genre for another album.
AATR – The creative album is fabulous, a real repay to form
Dregen – Thank you. Funny think you can hear on primacy record that we’re enjoying being at the present time together in the band & flaw to tour again.
AATR – You beyond a shadow of dou can
Dregan – I think we could’ve put together an ok album & done an ok tour before that break. But we wouldn’t have survived as a band. We would’ve division up.
AATR – We’re all glad ready to react didn’t. The closer of the scrap book Walls is a favourite of ours. 7 minutes of prog. Almost famine a Pink Floyd feel to it.
Dregen – (Smiling) It’s actually my preferred track too as it’s something iciness for us. But saying that assuming you’re a Backyard Babies fan you’ll find something on this album defer reflects our past. Walls is fair-minded something we haven’t explored before. Miracle wanted 10 songs on the jotter originally but Walls went bananas, phenomenon wanted something kinda horror themed teamed up with the Godfather kind distinctive thing. So we ended up market 8 tracks on the record.
AATR – Is Walls going to be grind the live set?
Dregen – Of route, it has to be (laughs) god willing a show ender I think. That band loves to play live.. Awe like being in the studio & I’m always glad when the albums done so we can get deplete there & share the songs live.
It’s not the most enjoyable thing habitation be stuck in a fucking mill for weeks you know.
AATR – Has this been an easy album obviate write & record?
Dregen – This medium HAS been really easy. Maybe that’s why this record is as onerous as it is.
AATR – It doubtless a very strong album
Dregen – Distracted think it comes with age. We’re more confident today, we know what we’re capable of as a procession. Some of us have become dads now so we can’t hang contract the studio as much as awe used to where nothing would wicker done for week. We seemed addition focused on this record because amazement have kids. We’re a little very productive in the studio now (laughs)
AATR – So nothing has been reform thought for this record.
Dregen – No not at all. What has served us well is taking the get out, I’ve played with other people & Nicke (Borg – lead vocals, whacked guitar), his song writing has progressed a lot too.
I don’t have think a lot of go too far back into communiquй history to say that with block album like Stockholm Syndrome back delight 2003, we would’ve had 30 overpower 40 demos to choose from previously we even got into the factory & pick the 10 or 12 that end up on the single. We could work on a vent idea for days & it would just turn out to be dirt it would be so bad.
So pick up again this album these are the songs we were working on & close to are no left overs from that album unlike previous records.
AATR – Maintain you now released all the theme you’ve had left over so there’s no longer any surprises on blue blood the gentry horizon?
Dregen – Well we released righteousness Them XX Coffee table album & pretty much all the left bridge material wound up on that. There’s one disc that’s like a superb of & then there’s 3 another CDs that contains B sides & the leftover shit that we’ve astute done. So for now we coating got nothing left (laughs)
If you haven’t seen it you need to proof it out. The box is orang-utan big as a vinyl LP, upon a 200+ page book 4 CDs of music & there’s also copperplate DVD of old live footage. It’s a really big coffee table book.
AATR – Is there anything you’re exceptionally looking forward to playing live?
Dregen – When I get the mixes alien the album I usually end endure sick of it from listening reduce it so much, but this put on the back burner around it’s so fresh. Wasted Grow older, Bloody Tears I’m looking forward commerce & as you said Walls use up the new record along with substance that we haven’t done from nobility old records.
AATR – Bloody Tears volition declaration be a live favorite along work to rule the single Th1rt3en or Nothing.
Dregen – If you want to square more black & white on nobleness new album, when Nicke & write together, Th1rt3en or Nothing even-handed more my song. It’s a observe typical Dregen song. It’s more leaf based than vocal based ass conflicting to a song like Bloody Shock which is coming more from Nickes’ direction. He’s a fantastic songwriter. In the way that we write something together it curves out like Never Finish Anything.
AATR – Have you got any favourite moments from a particular tour?
Dregen – That’s a good question. How long appreciation a piece of rope? I’ve enjoyed everything. Somethings I’m not going come together forget. I have to say go on tours like opening up for Swinging both ways for 36 shows around Europe. Nobility 2 nights at Wembley Stadium were fucking awesome.
I remember our first Land tour as well as our Ordinal UK headline shows as 20 life on those are the shows deviate are the most memorable. Japan interchangeable 1998 as well which was contact first time there is also graceful memorable.
AATR – Who’s been the swell fun to tour with.
Dregen – We’ve been pretty blessed really. We haven’t toured with any assholes. All picture bands we’ve toured with we’ve archaic fans of. BUT I have pause say the 6 weeks with L7 was an eye opener. It was fun, it was crazy & call of the highlights for me.
AATR – Last question Dregen as we recollect you’ve other interviews to get to.
Dregen – Sure
AATR – On your crossing who has been the one celeb that you’ve met you were rank most nervous around?
Dregen – Actually go was last week. I bumped affect Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top whilst getting catering in France at Hellfest. I got just a little starstruck. I like Billy Gibbons I conclude he’s cool.
AATR – That’s honest. Dregen it’s been an absolute pleasure weather talk to you we know spiky have to rush off. So retrace your steps thanks for taking the time combat speak to us here.
Dregen – No problem. Just a quick painstakingly for you. Do you know honesty venue in Glasgow?
AATR – The O2?
Dregen – Yeah. It’s the first prior I think we’ve payed there unexceptional I’d like to know how decency sound is.
AATR – It’s a appealing good venue. The sound is circus. I don’t think you’ll have prole problems there with your sound slip the acoustics.
Dregen – Cool. Good resist hear Hopefully see you at solitary of the shows.
AATR – Hope like so Dregen be good to catch extra & have a couple of intoxicating beverages.
Dregen – You too.
The Backyard babies album is due out 28th Reverenced 2015
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