Thursday, February 18, 2010
Now, the operation begins, "S"
No later than the appearance of "Without You" Covers by Glassjaw in 2001 asked the fans: What do the guys really blessed!? Now, ten years after their separation, they are back! Selig said head with stubble Scout X-Lesley-Ann Linden.
How did you zueinandergefunden after so long again? Stubble: The Reunion was a surprise for everyone! Our singer Jan phoned one day with me and "Operation S" proclaimed. He visited me and said, "Just imagine, we would meet with Selig again ... I could not imagine me at first. We all had barely anything to do with each other. Jan has all of us gathered in a restaurant. After this meeting, we still needed a full nine months to work up everything that was wrong at that time.
From 1998 to 2009: How would you describe your musical development? Musically, one could almost accuse us, we were not very developed. We still make what we have done at that time. We have not brought us to invent Selig 2.0. When the album was finished, we thought, this is almost the most blessed of all panel te become even more after Selig's may not sound at all.
One or the other of you has indeed become a family. How can this be reconciled with the band's life on family life? "Yes, we all have families of their own, and added together twelve children. The bond life is designed in consideration for the family. In addition, we now have a manager who handles great. Who knows, maybe if we had parted with at the time of such support before.
The new album is a delight for any fan heart. What does the album for you personally? "It should not just another album Blessed be. For us, this album is our peace pipe, we were able to complete with all the old stuff.
Do you feel tempted as a band to process current explosive issues in the songs? Rather not, because we have always dealt with personal issues in the songs and never were the Zeigefingerband.
What is the future of Selig, what did you think so? Our tour starts on 14 August in Cologne. With an extra concert because the concert on 30 already sold out. In addition, special projects will follow, is not spoken about. In general, we will give more time for side projects, in contrast to earlier. It remains exciting!