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| ALAN ROBERTS speaks about WHIT; Interview with kind words of Whit | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 5 2005, 04:59 PM (228 Views) | |
| eternally_rotting | Sep 5 2005, 04:59 PM Post #1 |
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Here's an interview were Alan Roberts from LOA speaks some words of Whit. It seems, as always, that every LOA member except Keith has a good memory of Whit, which I find very cool. MU: Why did Keith Caputo leave the band the first time around? AR: I think it wasn't one single event that made him make that decision. In hindsight, I'm glad that he did. At the time, it felt like my world was falling apart but now I see it differently. I think that it was a lot of things building up in his head over the years. I think he was also changing as a person. We had been a band since he was like 17 years old, so a lot had happened in between 17 and 25 years old when he split. We had toured the world several times, made 3 records together, had multiple managers, drummers and producers. Life on the road was not easy, and life as a musician in general is a big risk with little reward. I think he was at the point that he felt limited creatively because of what we had built as Life of Agony. He was frustrated with the business and with the idea of being in a "heavy" band. At the end of the day, I think that he felt that if he was going to invest all of his time and energy into music, it should be the music that he loved. And that's what he did, he left to write and create his own music on his own terms. MU: In hindsight, was it a mistake to try to go on without him? AR: I have no regrets. Everything that we did was the best solution at the time. We gave it a shot continuing as LOA with a different singer because we were not quitters. We had a lot of heart and passion for what had built with Life of Agony and tried our best for ourselves and for our fans to make it last. We also had enough sense not to make another Life of Agony record without Keith because it wouldn't have worked. MU: How did you end up settling on Whitfield Crane as his replacement? AR: We put an ad in the back of "The Aquarian Weekly" looking for a new singer - which ironically had a picture on the cover of the band with Keith that week! (Soul Searching had just come out.) We received a ton of packages from singers in the area. We auditioned about 10 guys - none of them could hit the notes on 'River Runs Red.' Some of the guys were real cool and big fans, but Whit flew in from L.A. and hit the notes. He was confident and had experience in front of large crowds. We had already confirmed a Megadeth tour when Keith was still in the band so our time was limited to find a replacement. It seemed like it would work at the time. We toured with him for about a year. We did some big stuff like Ozzfest '98 with System of a Down and Incubus, 2 tours with Megadeth, 1 tour with Anthrax and a bunch of stuff in Europe together. When it came down to writing new material we knew it wouldn't work. MU: What do you remember about the tour with Megadeth and the second-stage Ozzfest tour you did with Whitfield Crane as vocalist? How did the fans react? AR: Whit was a good frontman. He always got the crowd going. He didn't know the lyrics that well so he asked me to make him cue cards on big sheets of paper. He laid them all over the stage. It must have been pretty funny if you were watching from the balcony! He had a blast on Ozzfest. He made a lot of friends with the other bands and ended up in a band with Logan from Soulfly/Machine Head when we parted ways. MU: Why did you then decide to call it a day as a band? AR: The new material with Whitfield on vocals sounded more like Ugly Kid Joe than LOA. That's when we knew it was pretty much the end. MU: What is Whitfield Crane up to now? Have you spoken with him about the reunion? AR: We speak every now and then. The last time he called me was when Dime was murdered. We were making our 'Broken Valley' record in L.A. at the time. He heard about the reunion and was sincerely happy for us. We always got along well and it's always good to hear from him. He's a nut. |
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| DMJ | Sep 5 2005, 05:19 PM Post #2 |
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cool story ER, thanks again
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