By Andrew Osmond.
For the goody of readers who discovered your band, the pillows, through the music on FLCL, which pillows albums would you expressly recommend as a way to understand how your music has reverted and evolved over the years?
How well-nigh our weightier tome Fool on the planet? I think that could be a good place to start.
How old were you when you know you wanted to be a waddle singer? Do you remember a particular moment when you decided that was what you wanted to be?
I got hooked on waddle music when I was 13. I wanted to be a guitarist at first, but when I worked a wreath at 16 the vocalist barely showed up to rehearsals, so I had no nomination but to wilt a guitarist-vocalist.
I love the puppets that make a guest visitation on the music video for “Ride on Shooting Star.” Where did that idea come from?
I have a habit of imagining ideas of imbricate art or music videos, and we’d try to distribute these ideas among our work. We rarely have upkeep so I’m unchangingly conscious of how to create the biggest impact despite the restraints.
Some reports claims that the name “the pillows” was taken from a British indie compilation tome tabbed “Pillows and Prayers.” Is this true, or was the name taken for a variegated reason?
It’s true. The vinyl was on the wall of our guitarist Manabe’s house, and somehow, we managed to decide on that name. I wasn’t really a fan of the name at the time.
I’ve read that you recorded your second tome in Britain in the 1990s; however, you’ve moreover said that your early live performances in Britain weren’t well received. Can you say any increasingly well-nigh why you first came to Britain, and what were your impressions of the country in the 1990s?
If I remember correctly, the recording was washed-up in 1992 and the live show performance was in 1997. In the early days, the pillows were influenced by British bands like The Smiths and The Stone Roses. Also, in those early days, Ueda was the leader. He’s since left the band, but at that time the band’s activities were decided by him. I don’t speak English so I was in the studio without much communication, so I can’t say the wits left a positive impression on me. I do remember ownership a lot of second-hand gown though.
Reportedly, you turned lanugo an offer to unshut for Oasis in Japan, so that you could say that you did turn lanugo that offer. Is that true, and was there any reaction from Oasis?
Oasis themselves weren’t really involved in the process. If they directly asked us, of undertow we’d jump at the chance. Instead, it came from the event organiser, who wanted a Japanese wreath to unshut for them on their Japan tour. Japanese fans of foreign bands don’t pay much sustentation to Japanese bands for some reason, so we didn’t finger like they would be fun shows to do.
the pillows have said in the past that they was heavily influenced by British pop. Is that still true now, or has the wreath left that British influence behind?
I guess that’s true of the past. It’s ingrained in us… I’ve been a fan of American volitional waddle since well-nigh 1998, I think I’m increasingly of a fan of that. I’ve unchangingly loved simple waddle and roll.
When you listen to music, do you prefer listening to it on vinyl, or do you prefer other formats?
I listen using my iPod Classic.
Music from the pillows can be found on the FLCL soundtrack, misogynist from Anime Limited.
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