依舊風情萬種的Baz.... XD
7月22日在Baz的Facebook上看到他發了一篇網誌,說是要找新的樂團夥伴,吉他手和貝斯手,
英文的又落落長一大篇,用Google翻譯說實在不是十分準確,
只是納悶著他跟他的團不是還挺不錯的嗎?怎麼突然要找新人了呢...?
7月31日就看到了這篇新聞:
樂手頻頻要價 Sebastian邀請John 5加盟新專輯
以下轉載自北京新浪網:
2009年07月30日 03:21 北京新浪網
新浪娛樂訊 北京時間7月30日消息,據國外媒體報道,加拿大重金屬歌手塞巴斯蒂安-巴哈(Sebastian Bach)近日透露,他正與Rob Zombie的吉他手John 5討論共同製作新專輯的事宜。他説,原來的樂隊成員總是動不動就要錢,這讓他不堪重負,不得不尋找新的合作伙伴。
塞巴斯蒂安-巴哈1987年加入了重金屬樂隊Skid Row(貧民窟),那時他才18歲。1996年,他被樂隊開除,便開始了豐富多彩的個人經歷。他組建過樂隊The Last Hard Men(最後的硬漢),現在擁有以自己名字命名的樂隊——塞巴斯蒂安-巴哈和朋友們(Sebastian Bach & Friends)。他經常與其他樂隊合作,例如絲絨左輪和槍花。他還在老朋友埃克賽爾-羅斯為槍花發行的最新專輯《中國民主》(Chinese Democracy)中獻唱,其中有一首歌《Sorry》的背景和聲就是他唱的。
上周,塞巴斯蒂安透露正在為自己的樂隊尋找新的吉他手和貝斯手,他説:“我正在尋找一個喜歡演奏和創作新音樂的人。”他這麼説是因為,之前當他跟原來的吉他手和貝斯手聯繫時,他們只是通過經理人答覆:“有演出的時候再叫我們。”塞巴斯蒂安説:“他們不知道,我現在不想演奏舊的音樂,我一心渴望創作新的音樂,推出另一張CD。然後才是大量的演唱會。”他抱怨,那些樂隊成員總是伸手跟他要錢,排練要錢,參與創作要錢,就連讓他們做得更好也要錢。他説自己現在已經負擔不起,打算尋找新的合作伙伴。這名新樂手必須熱愛音樂,“他需要演奏音樂。他活著就是為了演奏音樂。”塞巴斯蒂安説:“在我看來,一名優秀的音樂人,一名真正的音樂人,必須熱愛練習。他永遠在演奏,因為他想做得更好。不是作為一個個體,而是作為一支樂隊。”不過,塞巴斯蒂安也指出,自己並非不打算和原來的隊友一起演奏,只是他們都太忙了,甚至跟他們連話都説不上。
John 5也許正是塞巴斯蒂安心目中真正優秀的音樂人。他近日在Twitter的博客上宣佈,自己正與John 5討論,邀請他為即將發行的新專輯創作和錄製一些歌曲。他説:“(John 5)要來幫我錄新專輯!我現在能量大增了!”此外,據報道,塞巴斯蒂安之前曾與吉他手Johnny Chromatic進行過“真誠的交談”。他參加了塞巴斯蒂安的上一張CD《Angel Down》(天使墜落)。塞巴斯蒂安當時説:“(約翰尼)説他有一大堆比《Stuck Inside》(刺入內部,出自《Angel Down》)更好的曲調。讓我們等著瞧吧。”Linden/文
原來,是舊有的成員一直找他要錢噢?
不知道這份新聞可信度如何,跟Baz的網誌翻譯出來有相同的地方,所以姑且聽之。
以下節錄一部分Baz的網誌:
Since then, the guys I have had in my band have seemed to have gone on their own separate ways. I was forced to turn down 5 shows this summer: Gods Of Metal , Sweden Rock, MetalWay in Spain, & 2 shows in Quebec Canada with my heroes KISS. The unbeleivable reason I had to turn down these killer shows was simple: I could not get ahold of all my band members, or I could not afford financially to pay my band to rehearse & do the shows. This situation can never happen again. I love the band on 'Angel Down', but now that album is 3 years old. Despite my repeated emails, phone calls etc...we have not come up with a single new song in 3 years now. This situation can not go on.
I am looking for musicians who love to play & create new music . Who need to play music. Who live to play music. I cannot make a good album when I have to pay all the band members to rehearse. I simply cannot
afford to pay a musician to sit down & write a song with me. I myself have never once been paid to rehearse, or write a song. I do it because I love it. I do not understand the mentality of some of the
musicians I have worked with, who demand payment to rehearse, to get better, to sharpen their craft in order to destroy the whole world on big stages & in the studio. In my mind, a good musician , a
true musician, LOVES to rehearse, plays all the time, because they want to get better. Not individually. As a BAND.
I am not saying I dont want to ever play with the 'Angel Down' guys again. On the contrary, they all know I would love to get crackin' on some new sounds with them right now. But they are all busy, or
worse, I can't get ahold of them. The official word from the guitar & bass player in my current band, through management, is "call us when there's some gigs". What they don't get is, my heart is not just
into playing the old music right now, my heart is always in creating new music, & putting out another CD. Then there will be tons of gigs.
唉~可憐的Baz,
其實可以想像的到,現在錢難賺,樂手總是也要吃飯養老婆孩子的啊...
常常在一些訪談中看到Baz似乎一直想擺脫掉Skid Row這個過去,
不想只是演出以前那些Skid Row的老歌,想要創作新的歌曲、新的風格。
以下這段話也是節錄自Baz的網誌:
Don't try to impress me with playing old Skid Row songs. That is the easy part. It just ain't about 'what happened in 1991' anymore. My intention is always to create new music that is better than anything I have ever put out. That will take every ounce of time, passion, commitment, heart, balls , & fury we got. If you think you can write a better song than '18 & life', 'I Remember You', 'Youth Gone Wild', 'American Metalhead', 'Monkey Business' , or 'Stuck Inside', I wanna meet you. I'm sure the writers of all of those songs can write even better songs than those. But, they do not ever show any new music to me, or write any new music with me. Truth is , I am bored as f**k right now. Does anyone want to rock?
但是我覺得他的夥伴常常都是些不怎麼樣的角色....
這是我個人想法啦~因為看一些現場片段覺得真的是不怎麼樣...似乎也沒有什麼名氣....
那個長髮的吉他手似乎還有點料,不過老實說我真的不了解Baz的團那些成員究竟程度如何~
純粹個人感覺,如果說錯別罵我嘿...
感覺上Baz似乎一直懷才不遇... (我知道一定有人想吐槽說Baz沒有才)
年輕時成名的太早,成功來的太快,加上他自身的個性還有永遠「Youth Gone Wild」的調調,
能找到志同道和的夥伴似乎不是那麼簡單,能夠突破以往成就的機率感覺上也是微小,
似乎悲情的就是只能每況愈下。
他現有的團給我的感覺是,其他人的存在都是為了襯托Sebastian Bach,
這不像個樂團,樂團應該是一體的,(雖然很多樂團都是主唱最引人注目.. 就連以前的Skid Row也是如此)
對於其他人而言,願意當個襯托的角色多久?
由他們「排練要錢、演出要錢、創作寫歌也要錢,有演出再Call我.. 」這樣的行為就可以大概看得出來...
對他們來說,Baz是台ATM提款機?
找到好夥伴不容易,創作出好音樂更不容易,
如果Baz在演出的時候完全不唱以前Skid Row的老歌,會有多少樂迷買帳?
唉~人生起落是正常的,
我還是很希望Baz可以找到好的創作夥伴,做他真正想做的音樂,唱他真正想唱的歌,
那天看他的Facbook裡po出了找新樂手的消息,我馬上就留言給他,
安慰他一定可以找到更棒更合適的樂手!
當然啦我知道我講這種話真是無關痛癢一點用都沒有,只是站在歌迷的角度上給他一些鼓勵,
希望Baz繼續加油囉~
希望他能跟那位John 5 做出好歌來唷.... 希望....
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