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Forse se pensi che Steve sia cosi rancido, hai sbagliato topic però
Cioè è un topic sui LAR e ci stai gettando benzina sopra da 600 post ;D


Scusa non penso che sia rancido, era solo una battuta in reazione all'ultima intervista che ho letto di Steve. E' lui che parlato dei soldi.!
Forse non lo pensa davvero ma certo non mi ha fatto piacere leggere certe cose.
Poi ognuno la pensa come vuole

Edited by hypnotic gaze - 19/10/2010, 23:32

Premetto che ne so poco e sto solo ragionando per iscritto su questa faccenda senza voler giudicare il comportamento di nessuno... daltronde si sa anche nei matrimoni più lunghi e tra le persone che si sono amate tantissimo le separazioni rischiano di finire con scambi di brutte frasi e tanta m...a
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Quoto in pieno, è troppo incazzato... se fosse stato solo per soldi o per giramenti personali se ne sarebbe sbattuto... sicuramente non ne poteva più di averlo intorno... però... boh...
mi spiace per Steve, perchè probabilmente non riesce a capire cosa possa essere successo e forse proprio questo è parte del problema, il fatto che con Brian non comunicassero più già da un pò...


Però un pò li capisco, cioè hanno messo su una casa discografica per produrre l'album, dovranno rientrare di un bel pò e sicuramente hanno messo in gioco anche parte del loro 'patrimonio' e non solo la faccia...

^ quello si
Io quello che non capisco ad esempio del managament è arrivate a far svenire sul palco Brian.. Ok una volta perchè non hai pensato potesse cedere, ma se l'anno dopo fai un tour asiatico peggiore di quello che l'ha fatto collassare.. Sei scemo! Davvero, ci perdono piu soldi a mettere miriadi di date e poi doverne annullare a palate perchè li fanno arrivare all'estremo, che metterne una quantità ragionevole e non doverne cancellare nessuna! In questo secondo me la riverman sta toppando proprio:)
E anche sul TROPPO prendere i fan come gente da spennare, cioè ti faccio un esempio. Secondo me per vendere tutta la seconda data della Brixton hanno fatto incazzare molta gente, che è tutta quella che si fa piu concerti tra l'altro. E molte di queste persone (non parlo di me ) il prossimo tour stanno letteralmente pensando di mollare i placebo, e non farsi date.. Tutto per questa conduzione della faccenda, e di altre faccende.. Se vuoi venderla, non ci prendi per scemi annunciando giochi a premi. Anche dei clown era una iniziativa divertente.. ma se ci offri l'universo per farlo, tipo giochetto a premi.. Ci fai sembrare alla pesca annuale.. Cioè bastava dire "dai vestiamoci tutti da clown per il dvd sarà bellissimo bla bla bla".. non metterla sempre sul "sono scemi, offriamogli la peggior minchiata e questi abboccano!"
Insomma non so se mi son spiegata.. è anche abbastanza OT ma vabbe xD


Beh ma anche si, però cioè bisogna anche ammettere con obiettività quando uno dice cose 1000 vlte piu inoffensive della controparte.. Cioè ok è stato sbattuto fuori e "pensa" dicendo lui per prima senza ragioni che sia per fare piu soldi.. Non mi pare questa cosa nè assurda pensarlo, nè tanto cattiva! Siccome altre ragioni sembra che non ne trovi, punta su quello!
E data la gestione di alcune faccende, e l'opinione di molti fan di vecchia data che si sentono sul suo forum, è anche opinione largamente diffusa senza il suo aiuto ;D Quindi probabilmente ha preso l'idea dai fan ;D
(fan che tra l'altro Molko si tira contro con Bu e robe varie ;D Cioè gia se uno ha scritto o ha la felpa dei LAR è ovvio da che parte sta.. Se poi tu gli tiri un bù davanti a tutti, o fai andare a prelevare la felpa dalla transenna per portarla via.. Diciamo che non gli fai alzare l'opinione che hanno di te ;D)

No perchè davvero, io con Steve c'ho parlato e posso dire che è davvero ma davvero buono come il pane! E piu che rabbia ha davvero tanta delusione per questa faccenda, e non credo si meriti pure di sentirsi rimproverare cose!

Love amongst ruin interview



Ric: hello, how are you?
Steve: I’m fine thank you, but tired! Tonight is the last show of the tour and we went from show to show in the last weeks!
Ric: Did the tour go well?
Steve: yes, it’s great!
Ric: If tonight is the last, will there be any surprises during the show?
Steve: ahhhh if I tell you, it will not be a surprise! You have to come and see tonight!
Ric: My first question is : why “Love Amongst Ruin," where does this band name come from?
Steve: originally, it was the name of a song I had written and wich well-defined the state I was in after my departure from placebo. The idea was to say we can always rebuild something positive from the ruins, from negative things. It's like the phoenix reborn from its ashes.
When we did the album, my manager told me I had to choose a band name and I had no ideas, he suggested that name, and yes, I liked it, so we kept it!
Ric: In the media you are always presented as "the new band of Placebo’s former drummer does it bother you?
Steve: Not at all, it’s what it is, and it's part of my life, I assume it altogether.
Ric: Are you proud of this album?
Steve: Yes, absolutely! I find it good, for my taste! In any case, much better than Placebo’s last record! (Laughs)
Ric: How did you make this album?
Steve: it came quite naturally, I had some songs, I recorded them at home, I recorded almost everything alone, and with my sound engineer. We then found the other musicians who joined the band, it was done naturally over meetings, without any audition. I found myself surrounded by great musicians including a bassist who also plays double bass. She had the choice between joining tricky’s tour or mine, she chose to come with us, I was very flattered, because she is brilliant.
Ric : Is it special to have a girl in the band ?
Steve : I played with 2 girls in my band for more than ten years... (Laughs!)
Ric: You were a drummer, so rather behind, discreet, now you're at the front of the stage, because you are not just a singer, but a frontman.
How do you live this? Have you always wanted to do this?
Steve: it came naturally, I didn’t ask myself any question. I've always written my songs, I like to sing them.
Ric: Do you have a special focus on your drummer’s work since you are yourself a drummer?
Steve: No, I have the same look on the others, they're all very good musicians, they know what they have to do. I am sometimes difficult to get along with surely, but not a dictator.
Ric: Tonight is the last show of the tour, what were your best moments on the tour?
Steve: we really enjoyed the whole tour, there were lots of people, not just placebo’s fans, a lot of new people who are discovering our music, it’s very nice. The best memories were certainly in Hamburg and Zurich, the really big festivals.
Ric: Isn’t it too hard to find yourself in small clubs while you were used to large halls with placebo?
Steve: No, I like that too. I've been there before Placebo with my previous bands, and then at the beginnings of placebo too, so, I know what it is and it doesn’t scare me, I love being close to the crowd too.
Ric: What are you planning to do now that the tour is ending?
Steve: In the coming weeks we will shoot the video for "Alone" which is the next single, then a lot of promotion will follow, then we’ll go on with the tour in England and Ireland. . Then I’ll go into the studio with another band in wich I play the drums, then I would like to move back quickly into the studio with the band this time to consider the next album.
Ric: Do you have ideas for the next album already or is it too early?
Steve: I have six full songs! And I can’t wait to record with the whole band to truly work together, not alone as on the previous album.
Ric: Now that you've had success, recorded albums and toured, do you still have dreams?
Steve: Dreams? Yes I get these strange ones last night. (Laughs)
Ric: Musicians’ dreams, goals, ambitions.
Steve: My absolute dream is to be Cure’s drummer! I'm a die hard fan, and I regularly have Robert Smith on the phone, every time I tell him "are you sure you don’t need a drummer?" Eheh
Ric: If he said yes, would you give up your own project?
Steve: Yes (laughs), I would give up everything to play with the Cure!
Ric: is there any featuring you would like? Would you like to have Robert Smith on your album?
Steve: why not, but I’ve already made a featuring with him at Wembley with Placebo. So no, what I want, it's not singing with him, it’s to be in the band!
Otherwise I also like Mickaël Stipe from REM, Bowie, Dave Grohl and others ... but for most of them I mix with them and know them already.
Ric: Do you like any contemporary bands?
Steve: I don’t listen to much of them because I want to avoid being influenced in my own music by what is done. I like some bands I discovered on the tour. I really like an Italian band, spiral69. They are great.
Ric: Do you like and do you know French artists?
I know Air, we are friends. I appreciate the band who is opening for us tonight too, Lys, there is still work to be done, but they have good ideas, they invited me to see them in London.
Ric: Will there be any covers tonight?
Steve: you must come to the show if you want to know that
Rick: Last question: are you a fan of superstar (Adidas), I see you have a pair that we don’t know of?!
Steve: Not a fan, but I like them, I bought them near my home. Do you know why they were designed originally?
Ric: no?
Steve: The plastic tip was designed to allow the mentally ill to not get their shoes damaged while kicking the walls!
(Laughs)
Ric: Steve thank you for this interview, have a good show tonight!
Steve: thank you, see you later at the show!

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Fonte: http://www.rock-in-chair.com/index.php?opt...views&Itemid=60
Per la traduzione grazie a: Pam

questo è un colpo basso, da lui non me lo sarei aspettato



qui condivido. sono bravissimi, e anche molto disponibili, mi hanno regalato il loro cd ed è proprio bello, ascoltateli sul myspace che meritano^^

Interview with Steve Hewitt of Love Amongst Ruin



Words by Brendan Monteiro

The poet Kathleen Norris once said “None of us knows what the next change is going to be, what unexpected opportunity is just around the corner, waiting a few months or a few years to change all the tenor of our lives”. Three years ago Steve Hewitt’s life lay in ruins so to speak. Having been fired from Placebo everything was pulled from under his feet. With no explanation as to why, you can only imagine the anger and disappointment. Fast forward back to present time and Norris’ words ring true, Steve is back and better than ever. Now fronting his new project Love Amongst Ruin Steve took the time to give us a little insight into LAR.

Why did you leave Placebo and was that the start of Love Amongst Ruin?

I didn’t “leave” Placebo, I was fired, and I still don’t know why. I suppose it was the start of Love Amongst Ruin, that is actually a description of the place that I found myself in then. On the one hand my life, as it had been, was ruined. On the other hand I was getting a lot of love from friends, fans and family. The actual idea to put a band together came from my realisation that I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life at the bottom of a brandy bottle. I had to get back to music. I booked some studio time, called some friends and started working.

Was there fear that your Placebo image would over shadow anything you did after your departure?

Not a fear really. Obviously you know that people will come to us with some already formed ideas about what LAR would sound like, that’s unavoidable. But, really as long as they come and listen, that’s the first step, after that it’s up to us to show them something they can believe in. Anyway, shadows, even over shadows, just disappear in the dark-side.

Love Amongst Ruin sees you moving away from the drums, instead your fronting the band and playing guitar, how hard was the change?

The change was only hard in so much as I’m now using new tools to present my creativity. In the world of drumming I can hold my own with the best of them, as a singer and guitarist I don’t yet have all those hours and hours of practice. But, I still started from a good place and it’s only going to get better.

Which do you prefer, playing drums or fronting a band?

Playing drums and fronting a band are two different animals really. I love them both, I supose, right now, I’m loving the front man role more, especially live. But whenever a chance comes up for me to get behind the kit, like I did recently with Polaroid Kiss, I’m in.

Drummers are not normally renowned for song writing and lyric writing, was it hard making that adjustment or have you always been in to writing?

I’ve always had a lot of music in my head, music that was not really suitable for Placebo, but in my previous existance there was never time to do anything with it. With Placebo and the other bands before then it was basically writing, recording, touring, repeat. Suddenly I found myself with enough time to transfer those ideas in my head, into actual songs.

Your previous band’s singer has a marmite voice, you either like it or despise it. Comparing that to your new project your vocals are a lot more palatable. Do you think that the vocals in Love Amongst Ruin are a strong point of the band?

Thanks, glad you like it. If I’m honest, which I am, I have to say that I sometimes worry that my voice is not on a par with the playing and skills of the other members of the band. I’m surrounded by five incredibly talented musicians who have all been working on their skils for years. I’m new to this singing lark but it seems to be going ok, the album sells, people are coming to shows, you guys in the media have been very receptive to us and the whole band is behind me.

Your sound is very ballsy, it oozes swagger and groove, is that something you set out to create or did it just come out that way?

I guess it’s just me, being from the North and all. You can look at Ian Brown and see that we have a bit of a swagger from around those parts, I suppose my natural personalty just transferred through into the album.

Your myspace bio compares LAR to some really big names, do you feel that your music and live show can live up to those comparisons?

Yeah, we did drop a few names there but I’m not interested in hype, if I didn’t feel we could live up to the expectations that they create then we wouldn’t have mentioned them. This is a great band. Come and see us, I’m sure you will agree.

You recently released your debut self titled and it’s been received really well, prior to releasing did you have any fears that people would not like it?

When I completed the album everyone involved thought it was great, but I know that we probably weren’t the most impartial judges. So I gave copies to friends around the world and asked for some feedback. It was all very positive and I figured then that we had done something right. But, you never know how the media will take to a new project like this, you might get crucified just because they didn’t like your last band. The response has been overwhelmingly positive though. It seems that most people agree that there’s a lot of great stuff on this album.

You have your first single and a video that accompanies it, the video is very artistic and strange, maybe borderline deranged in a sense. Can you explain the video?

Well the song is about relationship issues, as a result of betrayal, dishonesty, hate, greed or some other form of human weakness. The video provides a visual representation of relationship issues and personal fears, while providing tantalising glimpses of the best new rock band for years. Much like the album and the song we got a lot of support for that video too.

The single ‘So Sad’ is, like you mentioned before, relationship issues, what was the inspiration about that?

Basically the same inspiration as 80% of the album. My unplanned, unexpected and unfair departure from Placebo.

During your 12 or 13 year career in Placebo and now your time in Love Amongst Ruin, you must have been interviewed a trillion times, what is the worst/hardest language to be interviewed in?

A trillion and five actually, but sho’s counting? Probably Eskimo. The interviewer always comes back to how many words they have for snow and usually forgets to talk about your band.

Posted on Wednesday, 20 October 2010.

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Fonte: http://clinkmusicmagazine.com/2010/10/20/l...ruin-interview/

Interview de Love amongst ruin



Why did you choose to take a band name and not yours?

Because this is not a solo project. This is a band. It started as a project where the songs came first, and the band later. A bit like the story of the chicken and the egg. My departure from Placebo was sudden and very strange, so I went into a studio to write songs about what I was feeling. And as I was going along, I realized there was a possibility to bring it to a higher level. So I finished the album, but it became clear to me that it had to be brought on stage, to be played live, so the band was formed. Here's how it started.

And why did you choose this name? Is there a connection with Robert Browning’s same named poem?

No. I thought it would be a unique name, and those three words perfectly suited to describe the emotional state I was in. I always had in mind this image of the phoenix rising from his ashes, I thought it suited me well because I played in one of the biggest bands in the world. It sounded like the perfect sentence to explain where I was and where I am.

It's kind of a new birth for you?

Yes, yes, absolutely.

Did you start writing these songs while you were still in Placebo, or only after?

I’ve always been a co-composer in Placebo, the three of us were composing, although Brian (Molko, lead singer of Placebo, ndr) would definitely tell you the contrary, we really worked as a band, each one was invested. So when I found myself alone, I started to write, it seemed natural. The biggest challenge, really, was that I would have to sing! I used to sing in the studio with Placebo, but I'd never done it live. That was my biggest fear. But it was really time to move forward, after 25 years playing drums. It was time to stay in the music, but to try something really different.

The first of these songs you've written is "Love Song," wich you made your wife listen to, who wept. If she hadn’t reacted like that, would it have affected your writting and your musical direction for this album?

Probably. It would have made me doubt. It was mostly to see what she thought of my singing (laughs). The night I finished the song in my studio, which is upstairs, I told her to come, press "play" and tell me what she thought. I was waiting downstairs, and she came back crying, I took it as a good sign. She found it beautiful, so I was comforted and given confidence in this project to start a band and sing songs. So yes, you need approval before you say "I'm fantastic." You need the opinion of other people to confirm to you that you go in the right direction and not a bad one. She’s not at all in the music world, but she likes it, she is not a musician, and having her opinion was the most important thing for me.

It was the first song, but it’s the last on the album ...

Yes, this is the first song I wrote. I did it on piano, and it is made of three parts, which I thought was ambitious for a first song. It was somehow a kind of catalyst to push things further. With this song I realized that I could develop my emotions, push them, after finding myself feeling so down, it was a way of saying "thank you for helping, supporting me" through these words. And because the first 10 songs I've written are all on the album, it’s why it’s there too. I didn’t have much material from which to choose, but all the songs on the album seem to be good, they all have this common resentment. I feel that this is a very honest album.

You’ve been behind the drums for 15 years, are you afraid to be on stage as a band leader?

Yes, definitely. Making this album was fun, and writing lyrics and singing were good challenges, but the more I did the more it became natural. I started to like it. When we finished recording the album and the mix too, I took a step back and came back to the mix, to be sure it had a good commercial potential. And I started to freak out during this remix, because I knew I would have to go on stage, with fear in the stomach. But I overcame all that. I gave myself enough time, and now I'm happy in my head, I'm done with all these fears. It was a big challenge, but it's very exciting to do something completely different. Change is good, and today it’s only a pleasure.

How did you set up your band?

There was Donald Ross, he’s not in the band. He works with Julian Cope, and he works a lot. He worked on the album during a break. This is a good arranger and a good producer, but so am I. So he came by my side to record the album. It was obvious to have him in the band in all cases because he is a natural. My drummer is named Keith York, someone I've known for 20 years. We play similar styles, so I told him he had to incorporate this project, to which he replied that there was no problem. The other guitarist, Steve Hove, was suggested to me by my engineer. He came to listen to the project, he loved it, and he’s the youngest among us. This is a good guitarist. He plays very well. There is also Laurie Ross on keyboards, who worked in the studio on several instruments, and it was enough to give me a reason to make him join the adventure. Magnus Lunden is the bassist, what seemed like the most natural choice after seeing him play. He’s a music teacher and he has never been in a band. So there was no audition or that sort of thing, it just happened like that, it worked well.

Your brother Nick also found himself involved ...

Yes, for recording sessions. I wrote all the music, and I was obviously going to do the singing and the lyrics. I can play the guitar, but I'm not the best guitarist in the world. So I caught my brother Nick to redo everything I had done, but to redo it properly. It was a good opportunity for him, and it was great to work with him. But we have this kind of sibling rivalry, a bit like the Gallagher brothers of Oasis. That's why Nick is not in the band, because there is no way to be touring together, it would go badly because of that. And there was Jon Thorn on bass at the same time. We also had to redo the bass parts, and he was available, so he came during the recording to do this. So there really was a studio band, and they helped me to do this album, to transpose my ideas. Then they went on with other things, and I formed my own band.

There is also your daughter singing on the record...

Yes, she sings on "Love Song". It was mainly a way for me to put pressure on her as she excels in everything she does, to make her enter into the music world. She was petrified in the studio, but I'm very proud. I forced her a bit to do it, but it was a good experience to do. It was nice to do that, it was an emotional day.

We really feel that this album is a way to say 'here I am, Steve Hewitt, and this is who I am today "...

Yes. My point exactly. But it is also a therapeutic experience, to bring out all these things buried in me, everything that happened with Placebo. And also a way to remind people what was my role in Placebo, to what extent I took part in it. People think that it’s only Brian, but no, it was him, me and Stefan, and that's what made Placebo sound so well in my opinion. But people were only focused on one person, and it was important for me to show that I am a songwriter too.

We can feel a lot of influences like New Order, The Cure or Queens Of The Stone Age. Was it your goal to mix all these influences and to make them yours?

I think it's important to try to create his own sound. But clearly, even as music’s worshiper, other bands’lover, you have to go further into what you do. I always put the music away, I don’t listen to albums when I record or when I write because I don’t like to be contaminated by other people’s ideas. This way when you work on the record, you're invaded by your unique sense of creativity. From a sonic standpoint, it’s still under development. For a first album, I think it works very well. It's very varied. That's how I like albums. When I listen to a rock album, I don’t want to hear the same song over and over again, I love being taken to a kind of journey, an escape. It doesn’t scare me to end up with different songs like "So Sad" or "Truth", so that it works perfectly for listeners. Freedom, more space, and treat them with intelligence, not taking them for fools.

There is much sadness in this album, but always with a background of optimism. Was it always with a goal of “contrasts”?

Absolutely. Many songs on this album have a similar message. It's about the break-up, not only in terms of love but also friendship, your close friends, like what I lived with the guys from Placebo for years before being laid aside, and living aside many questions that remain unanswered. What makes you angry, what makes it hard for you to look at yourself in the mirror. But there are ways to make it a positive or negative thing, to control what you want to make of your future, and not keeping pitying yourself. It's very dangerous to stay too long in this state of self-pity, you're never going forward, and you stay stuck in anger, which I think can only bring you problems. You have to be positive and believe in yourself again, and things will become brighter.

The best pop-rock groups are always English ...

It's a French saying that ... and you're right! (Laughs) There was always something special for good music. I don’t know if it comes from the language ...

The rain maybe?

(Laughs) Yes, it allows people to have time to make music, of course! It’s true that we are lucky to have good music for years, so are the U.S. actually. But I think it also flows in Europe now, as in Germany, and France too. I don’t think it’s specific to the United Kingdom. From one point of view, I would even say there's too much music in the United Kingdom. So much that good things can be lost, and that's a downside. But in the positive side, now we have internet, everything is easily available, and thanks to it all barriers can be crossed. People have more choices.

Would you say it is easier for an artist to create when he is sad or angry?

I would not necessarily say sad or angry, but I think a crisis is always a perfect vehicle to motivate someone to write, and speak out. Whether a good or a bad crisis. But yes, we need something to happen so that things can happen.

How do you compose in the band now, is it only you, or do you jam together?

For the album in England, it was just me, but now it’s the band together. We write differently. I allow everyone to bring their ideas, and we can really begin to be a band. Even if this album is under the auspices of Love Amongst Ruin and can be considered as a solo project, it’s not, because other people were involved and it's not just me . If it were only me, I'd be alone with an acoustic guitar. I think the future will be bright, the band's sound will change and grow, it promises to be a very exciting trip. Let's see how it works. But anyway in the end it is I who will make the decisions (laughs).

The song "Blood & Earth" is the most powerful of the album. How was she made?

Yes, it was created from the guitar riff. This is probably the most straightforward song, the rockest of the album. It's a great big rock'n'roll guitar riff, which goes straight, with a good bass direct line and vocals with effects on it. The song "Heaven & Hell" and "Away From Me" came from the drums and the bass. They had a nice groove. The songs came like that. I write in many ways actually. I find interesting that you can begin from different things, guitar, lyrics, that can bring an idea.

What is the idea behind the guy a bit crazy dancing in the video for "So Sad?

Again, "So Sad" speaks about how the relationship can go wrong, it's what's in the lyrics. This is a song of love-hate. You held a grudge again the person because of what happened. You feel the melancholy, the sadness, you're hurt, that's how it is. This guy dancing is an expression of how you feel when you want something, but you know it's going to be taken from you. In the middle of the dance, you can feel that I think.

Finally, why were you fired from Placebo?

I don’t know why! We had just finished the album Meds, and we had toured for 18 months. We came back from America, we said goodbye, and 2 weeks later I had an email from our manager telling me I was fired. And that's all. I’ve not seen them since the 02nd of September 2007 at the Heartrow airport. I haven’t heard of them, I didn’t speak to them, we didn’t see each other, they gave me no reason ... It's very strange. But hey, I'm here now, and I'm fine.

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Fonte: www.waxx-music.com/artistes/intervi...t-ruin_399.html
Per la traduzione dal francese, grazie a Pam

Interview with Steve for 'Lights Go Out'.



Love Amongst Ruin is the brain child of Steve Hewitt, drummer and songwriter in the multi million selling Placebo. As Love Amongst Ruin’s frontman he takes the lead for the first time in what has already been described as “one of the most explosive live bands to come in 2010″. This multi-faceted rock band promises the crunch of a stone age queen, the crossover appeal of a parkful of linkins and the melodicism of the hardiest fighter of foos. Drop in twists of New Order/Depeche Mode electro-twangle, Can/Kasabian motorika, Cure atmospherics and hardcore Metallica riffage. Steve Hewitt also served time at the stool of such diverse acts as The Boo Radleys, grit-rockers Breed, baggy chart stars K-Klass with whom he tasted huge global success, sharing the journey from post-Britpop indie hype band to multi-million selling international superstars with Placebo. The self titled debut album is released on 6th September 2010, preceded by the single So Sad (Fade). The band will be performing a series of UK and International shows before embarking on their debut tour in October 2010. Mr. T asked Steve some questions just before they headed out on tour…

Hi there, thanks for chatting to us at Lights Go Out.

It’s my pleasure.

First up, what’s the current mood within Love Amongst Ruin?

The mood is VERY good, we have so many positive things happening now it’s hard to keep up. The album’s out, the second video is done, the tour is about to kick off and we are getting lots of interesting offers for the future.

The album has just come out, how has the reaction been to it so far?

It’s been great, better than we had dared to hope for and that’s from both music fans and the media.

You’re about to head out on a tour of Europe and then back over to tour in the UK, are you looking forward to the tour?

Tremendously, recording is only ½ the process. I don’t think a song is really ever complete until you get it out and let it evolve on stage. Also, the fact that ½ this band have never been on a tour this size means that this will be a lot of fun for all of us.

In the UK, you seem to be playing some quite intimate venues, what was the thought logic behind this?

We had such a good time at the Camden Barfly in May and it’s a very intimate venue. Then we turned round a month later and played Scala to three times as many people. It seemed like everyone that was at Barfly came right back and brought friends. So, we decided to do the same thing for a lot of these dates. Play somewhere intimate and exciting this time, blow people away and then see them all come back with their mates next time round.

How was that first show at the Camden Barfly and have you learned much as a band since then?

It was brilliant. Hot, sweaty, everyone singing along, jumping up and down, the crowd right on the edge of the stage, we had a great time. Since then we’ve played Scala and Sonisphere and, for sure, we learn something every time we play. It just gets better and better.

What aspects of touring do you enjoy the most?

Playing live, getting that immediate feedback from the audience, it’s just great. There’s no feeling like it in the world. There’s a reason Ian Dury sang ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, is all my brain and body needs…..’ it is that powerful.

Which bands would you say have inspired your sound?

QOTSA, The Cure, Radiohead, NIN, AC/DC and Led Zep, to name a few.

How about the music, what is the new album about and is there any central theme running through it?

Despair, betrayal, hatred and greed are pretty much the common themes. Things that will probably speak to a lot of people during these troubled times we live in. That’s about 90% of the album. The rest is all about true-love.

Steve, how has it been moving into becoming a frontman? Did you find it an easy transition at all?

It has been easier than I once imagined it would be. I wasn’t very confident in my voice at the start of the recording process but I’m well past that now.

We know Steve has been in many well known bands like Placebo and The Boo Radleys, were any of the other members in bands before Love Amongst Ruin?

Donald Ross Skinner wrote and played with Julian Cope for many years and many other bands along the way. Keith York has been in more bands than we have time to talk about but most recently he’s been on the road with Ladytron and The Orb. The other three have all played in a bunch of bands between them, but maybe not any that you would have heard of. They are my secret weapons, amazing unknown musicians that everyone will soon be talking about.

I am sure you get asked about Placebo all the time, I’ll try not to ask too much about those days, but just wondered what the rest of Placebo thought about Love Amongst Ruin?

You’ll have to ask them, they don’t talk to me.

If it’s OK though I would love to ask about The Boo Radleys. As a long time fan of the band, I’d love to know what your fondest memories from those days were please.

My fondest memory was jumping over the drum-kit at the end of every show and showing my arse to the audience.

Obviously the rest of 2010 holds many shows for you, what else have you got lined up? Will there be any more singles lifted from the album?

The next single will be Home, it’s the anti-establishment ‘goth-disco’ anthem from the album. It’s the last song in our live set at the moment and it really is a fan favourite, and there will be one more single from this album. In December we been asked to play with Feeder at the Kerrang! Xmas Party in Birmingham, which was a big honour.

How about next year, what does it hold for Love Amongst Ruin?

Lots of exciting stuff, recording, re-mixing, filming and lots and lots of live shows.

And finally, what final words can you leave the readers of Lights Go Out with?

Thank you so much for caring enough to read this, I hope you like the music and we are really looking forward to seeing as many people as possible on the tour. Be there, you won’t be disappointed.

Now go check Love Amongst Ruin out online: www.loveamongstruin.com/

Thanks to Steve for chatting with us and Warren @ Chuff Media.

by Mr. T Oct 2010

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Fonte: www.lightsgoout.co.uk/?page_id=1866&page=44

grazie per tutti questi articoli
è interessante leggere le parole di steve, io spero sempre di trovare la soluzione dell'enigma, ma mi sa che non sapremo mai la verità - quello che mi pare chiaro è che non la sa neanche lui

non mi piace troppo la piega che ha preso ultimamente di smerdare gli altri due (brian soprattutto) ogni volta che può, ma umanamente lo capisco. quello che vorrei capisse lui è che non deve entrare in competizione con i placebo, non ce la farebbe neanche in un milione di anni. ha dimostrato di essere un vincente risollevandosi da una situazione pessima e creandosi un qualcosa di suo con le sue sole forze, secondo me deve continuare per la sua strada evitando paragoni e trabocchetti della stampa...

Interviews - Five Minutes With...



Written by Dom Smith
Saturday, 06 November 2010 02:34

Love Amongst Ruin is the brainchild of former Placebo drummer Steve Hewitt. The melodic rock sound will appeal to a range of fans as it dips in and out of alternative genres. The real clincher for listeners though, will be the raw honesty in the lyrics. We caught up with Steve in Leeds to talk about his recent inspirations and aims for the future.

S] Can you talk to us about some of the biggest challenges you have faced over the last few years when developing the Love Amongst Ruin project?

SH] I think that the biggest challenge has really been the vocal aspect. After the Placebo thing it was cool to carry on recording and to have a project. Once I had the music it became a cathartic experience to start using what I had recorded as a form of release for all these demons and feelings that I have inside. When it came down to doing vocals, I did wonder about getting a singer in, but once I started to attempt it, it made more sense to try it out for myself and I thought that it might work Lyrically, everything came very naturally, it was just getting my head around the actual singing and getting the confidence really, so that's been the biggest challenge.

S] What has been the best thing about getting this material out live?

SH] Well, I did the album first and then getting the band together came after that. I finished the record and I was very happy with it, it became obvious that I had to take it out on the road really and let the world hear it. Once I picked the band, we spent the year rehearsing it and doing showcases so that we could get the business-end of things sorted out. It's only recently where we have been out on our first tour. We've been doing sporadic gigs and to now have this proper tour where we are doing show after show, it has brought the band together and we've become really tight. The songs really work live, and it's a great relief really.

S] Were there any great moments from the studio that you remember from during the recording process?

SH] Actually, the album is made up of the first ten songs that I wrote and recorded and that was it. It's a very honest record. The tracks all have the same thread going through them. I didn't have loads of material to choose from, and it wasn't like many other bands where there is a backlog of material to go through - this was very immediate.

S] It's been said before that the album is based around broken relationships and that it offers and element of catharsis - can you explain this further?

SH] Well, there's nothing like a crisis to inspire creativity! It was the way that things ended after 12 years of being with Placebo and how they went about it. It was really disappointing and a confusing time because it was very faceless. I went back home and I had to think, 'well, that's it' and I kept asking myself all of these questions because nobody would give me the answers. I had to come up with my own conclusions, and I needed to express how I felt inside. Even though it might be incorrect according to those two, that's how I feel about the situation because I wasn't given any reasons. So, the album and tracks like 'So Sad (Fade)' are tearing shreds off of someone in-particular. To me, it's dog-eat-dog. But then, there are songs like 'Truth' that express the hurt and anger that I feel, but at the same time everyone can identify with that idea - life forces friendships apart and you have to try and find hope and move on.


S] How is the inspiration and creative process different for you now in contrast to your work in Placebo?


SH] I don't have to answer to anyone! The fights are less! On this first record it was purely my thing and my baby. We won't be able to tell until the next record when the other members of the band can contribute to the final decision what it is like as a team. For the second one, I want to give the band freedom to interpret the songs how they want to. It's definitely going to be a longer process though, because there will be another five mouths to answer to! It takes the pressure off of me a little bit, though!

S] How is the band dynamic, and how much do you enjoy working with this unit?

SH] I am enjoying music again. The other guys are very eager to be in this band and want to play live. It's different to how it was in Placebo because it was 12 years and lots of money - of course, all that gets in the way and it becomes complicated. The last thing on the agenda towards the end was music - it was always about something else like personal triumph or ego and it's not about that with us and we are very much a unit. We've all gotten on together very well, because you never can tell in the beginning what's going to happen when you start a new band. We're becoming a family and we all want to get out and play music and gain a reputation for being one of the best live bands around. Of course, we've got to be at the top of our game because I want to achieve the level that I have before doing world-class performances. The general dynamic is fantastic.

S] Is there a song from the debut album that you feel defines the band right now?

SH] There's one which was a recent addition on the album originally but I used the music from a band called Can and I put my own lyrics to it and rearranged it, but unfortunately the band wouldn't let us have the music so I found a new song in the form of 'Come On Say It' which is on the record. That was the first track that we recorded together. I think for me, 'So Sad' and 'Truth' represent what Love Amongst Ruin is about.

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Fonte: http://www.soundspheremag.com/interviews/5...ve-amongst-ruin

The Placebo Effect: Love Amongst Ruin



from Nottingham Post
Friday, October 22, 2010, 09:00


HE had been with them for more than a decade. Then, three years ago, Steve Hewitt was sacked as the drummer with Placebo. "I still don't know what happened," he says.

"We finished the world tour, went our own ways at the airport, then two weeks later I'm called to a meeting with management: That's it. You're out of the band."

Hewitt, who now fronts Love Amongst Ruin as singer and guitarist, says he's not seen or spoken to any of his former bandmates since.

"I haven't seen them since the airport. They weren't even at the meeting. I wasn't given any reason."

Despite being involved in songwriting with Placebo, Hewitt has taken the time out to develop as a songwriter in his own right, but his first effort took some time to see the light of day.

"The first song I wrote was Love Song. I dabble on the piano and it started there.

"Soon I had guitar and three-part harmonies. But then I sat with it for three days before I let my wife hear it.

"When she did, she cried. Which I took as approval," he laughs.

Hewitt then got together with former Lamb bassist John Thorne.

"After the Placebo situation, with immediate effect I was out of this massive band and it was a huge shock.

"I spent two weeks at the bottom of a brandy bottle but when I got myself together I realised I didn't want to stagnate.

"I could either let life pass me by or I could get back into a studio.

"I gave John Thorne a call, as we grew up in the same town.

"Lamb had just disbanded so he was at a loose end and we started jamming. It was just bass and drums at the time but we managed to write Running.

"Pretty soon I was playing guitar and bass and trying vocals. Before we knew it there were 10 songs, the 10 songs on the album."

He adds: "There is a rawness on there as it has been my outlet."

With the Placebo link, Hewitt is trying to ensure that it's not just former fans of the band taking an interest in his new project.

"While some Placebo fans seem to be taking an interest, I'd like to think that we can also draw new fans in.

"And in terms of feedback, some fans seem to prefer the new material to some Placebo stuff."

He admits Love Amongst Ruin are still developing as a live act and that he is prepared to start from scratch.

"I'm happy to start small. I actually had the smallest ego in Placebo – which wasn't hard," he laughs.

"It's new for people to see me singing and not playing drums. I want people to get used to that before I even consider making it bigger.

"It's about building a fan base. Like with Placebo, it's just about hitting it and hitting it and building it up. This is grass roots rock, not the X Factor."

While the band is still in its embryonic stages, Hewitt promises a good night out.

"There will be lots of interaction with the audience – certainly more than Placebo. And we're heavier than Placebo."

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Fonte: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/entertai...il/article.html

The measure of a man
Words: Cherie Millns / Photos: Barbara Graf Horka



It’s a cliché, that old adage about getting the measure of a man or woman by their handshake, but all the same I can’t help but notice how Steve Hewitt’s massive hands engulf my own in a firm warm handshake when we meet him shortly before Love Amongst Ruin’s Zurich gig in early October (read my review of that gig here).

Sitting in the green room (literally – the walls are a lurid forest green) of the Abart, the atmosphere is one of an exhaustion borne of the previous 3 weeks’ hard touring and travelling. Tins of biscuits and large bottles of Coke sit on the coffee table, as well as (oddly) an open loaf of sliced white bread. Bodies in various states of repose are draped around the room, sleeping, propped up on cushions, yawning, weary chins in hands, before Steve shoos them from the room for a little privacy (except the sofa sleeper – whoever it is stays blissfully asleep with a jacket thrown over their head). Steve himself looks tired but focused, cradling an Abart-brand beer and fielding text messages on his phone.

Firstly, congratulations on the new album.

Thank you. It’s always nerve-wracking when you put something like this together and release it to the world. You just have to wait and see how it’s received. That’s the worst thing about being an artist really. It’s great when you are in the studio and you think ‘That’s really great!’ but the real test is seeing what people think of it later.

You make it in a personal space and then you have to present it to the public.

Yeah, you’ve got to give the baby away.

How do you feel the album has been received?

It’s been fantastic. We haven’t had a bad review yet, which is unexpected.

Were you expecting bad reviews?

Well, always. When you put something out like that you expect it. It’s been a nerve-wracking time, but the way the album has been received and reviewed has been a huge confidence boost, especially seeing as it is my first time out on my own. Writing and doing it on my own, that was a great freedom. You have less things to check against. But you know, I trust myself, I trust my judgement, and I’ve obviously got it right, so I’m really chuffed with it.

The lyrics of this album are very personal, quite raw and emotional – has this been a cathartic experience for you?

Well, of course. It takes a crisis to come up with great art. The whole thing with Placebo was very unexpected and very weird. After 12 years together…it was shocking, your world falls apart. I’m lucky to have the kind of talent to be able to express myself through music. It was either the pub or the studio, and the studio seemed the obvious choice.

Do you feel any animosity towards Placebo now?

I don’t know. It’s a faceless thing for me at the moment. The way it happened was faceless, and disappointing, and angry. When you’ve been friends with someone for 17 years and you’re just cut out like that you tend to ask yourself lots of questions, because no one is giving you reasons or answers. It’s been very difficult. But that’s why the record is written the way it’s written. I’m from the North of England, Manchester, so I say what I think; it is very honest in that respect. Three years ago the future seemed really really daunting, now it just feels really exciting.

You’ve made a lot of progress.

Of course, yeah. Just jumping in at the deep end, and seeing what happens. It could have failed miserably, but at least I gave it a go.

I think everyone really admires you for having the courage to pick yourself up and carry on.

I could have just retired. We sold 20 million records with Placebo, everyone is all right, we made what we needed to make. But it’s not about that for me. Maybe that’s part of what it was with Placebo, it turned into just a fucking business; it was all about bread, making money. I can’t walk on stage every night if it’s just about the cash, you know. It doesn’t make any fucking sense to me. And I’m very disappointed in them now [Placebo], because we did 12 years of our dark rock thing, and then they just suddenly switched and said, ‘No! It’s all about sunlight and pop now’. Well, you’ve just fucking led everyone up the garden path! You fucking hypocrites!

Dare I ask you what you think of their latest album? Have you listened to it?

I didn’t listen to the radio or watch TV for two years just so I wouldn’t be confronted with it. But obviously I’ve got all this shit out of my system now. Of course I come across it every so often on the radio and stuff, but I can deal with it now. And I think it’s shit. There’s something missing. There are a lot of Placebo fans that have been following Love Amongst Ruin and the main thing I’ve been hearing from them is that this should have been the next Placebo album. But Love Amongst Ruin is very different to Placebo; at least I think it is. It is much more rocky, but it’s still the dark side. I believe in reinvention, but I think when you completely flip it [Placebo’s new approach] like that, I don’t actually believe them. I think it’s just a big scam. It’s very disappointing. I just think they want to be gay icons and that’s it, really.

If you had a chance to say something to them, would you? Or would you just walk away?

[Long pause]. I don’t know. I would probably…umm…I don’t know. I’m not one to hold grudges but the way it was done was disgusting and wrong, and very weak of them. But I really just don’t have the time anymore. For me, Placebo is ancient history, and I just keep walking away from it. I’m very proud of what I did in that band, though, very proud. We had some fucking great times, we toured the world nine times, we sold a lot of records, we met a lot of people, I worked with all my heroes – I played with Robert Smith, David Bowie, Michael Stipe, Frank Black. I had some amazing experiences, and beautiful moments playing music around the world. It’s just a shame how it all came to an end. I suppose it’s like Dave Grohl said in a recent interview – I think it’s right that bands split up, because they just run their course in the end.

Like any relationship, there’s a time for it, and then that time is over.

Exactly. So I’d just walk away, really, I’d just turn my head and walk away. Get on with my shit.

So what will you do differently with Love Amongst Ruin?

Well, obviously I was in bands before Placebo, I’ve been doing this for 20-odd years. I used everything I learnt during my music career to get this album together, to write this album, took on new challenges – 20 years behind the drum kit, and now I’m fronting the band!

Yeah, that’s amazing. How do you feel?

You know, I never thought in a million years…it was never on the agenda for me. It was the last thing on my mind, to ever front a band. Not interested at all. But hey, here I am [laughs], fronting a band.

Touring Europe and at the mike every night.

Yeah, it’s funny how life throws these things at you. It’s life’s rich tapestry. But it’s exciting, and I’m always up for a challenge. [We are interrupted by Steve’s phone ringing, with a screaming Ronnie James Dio as the ring tone – such a rocker, is Steve!]. A change is as good as a rest, I think, and when I started doing this it was purely to go into the studio to start writing music and keep recording, and keep experimenting to see what was going on in my head. And then the songs kept coming. I thought the lyric writing was going to be a challenge, but once I started it felt like the most natural thing in the world. The biggest thing was getting behind the mike in the studio to actually sing and express all this. But it just came together really easily, you know?

I’ve seen some You Tube videos of your live shows and you seem really confident, so it doesn’t seem to be a problem for you anymore, to say the least.

No, I’ve gotten used to it very quickly. Because I know I can do it. It’s just a matter of confidence-building – the more we go on, the more confident I get, it’s a natural progression. It’s very exciting to be doing this. But I still sometimes think to myself, ‘What the fuck are you doing?! How did this happen?!’

How does it feel to be on the road again after three or so years, leaving your family behind and touring again?

Quite tough, because I’ve just had a new son, who is nine months old now. I’ve got a 16-year old daughter, and now I’ve got a nine-month old.

So sleepless nights?

Yeah! He was a beautiful surprise, and he’s a wonderful kid. But as all this started [Love Amongst Ruin] I thought to myself, I’ve done all this before, I did this with my daughter, and now it’s starting all over again. And also, it’s not all the glitz and glamour that we had with Placebo; it isn’t private jets and all that kind of stuff. I’m back to where I was in 1988 with Breed and The Boo Radleys – hauling ass and helping lift the gear. I’m cool with it, though. Fortunately I don’t have a massive ego, so I can take it; it’s not a problem. It’s hard work, but it’s enjoyable.

And you are doing it for yourself; it’s your own project.

Well, it’s for the band, it isn’t and it never was going to be a solo record, I always wanted it to be about a band. Even though I did the record first and the band came later, I very much wanted it to be a band. And it’s becoming that. This first tour has been great to get everything tight, to get it all together. I handpicked everyone in the band, and there’s some great talent there. I think everyone plays drums in the band, too, so we’ve got like six drummers.

Has it been ok for you to hand over the reigns, or in this case, drumsticks?

Yeah, I do get the odd pang. It’s my first love, isn’t it? But we’ve got Keith playing drums, and I’ve known him for 20 years. We used to teach together. So it’s all good. He’s great. And very reliable.

Speaking of your daughter – she does backing vocals on one of your songs, doesn’t she?

Yeah, she does, on ‘Love Song’.

How do you feel about that? Is that a career that she wants to pursue?

She does. She’s been pitch perfect since she was three years old. And now she’s 16 she’s got the attitude of ‘Oh well, now I might drop out of school, I’m destined for greater things’. And I’m like, riiiight. Not till you do your exams and get your results, young lady! That’s it. I’ve been quite strict on that front.

You know what the industry is like.

Yeah. She is free to do what she wants but she has to be prepared for the peaks and the troughs. Because it isn’t all as nice as it’s made out to be on fucking X Factor, you know. Which she is not going in for. She’s not doing it.

Don’t let her do it!

No, if you are going to do it, do it properly and go out and gig, for fuck’s sake.

I have some questions now from your official Heaven & Hell fan forum. Which of your songs do you think are particularly suited to acoustic performances?

Well, we are doing an unplugged show in November. We are finding that ‘Truth’ is a good one – we’ve just done a recorded version of that, and it really works, it’s really special. But otherwise, I think most of them. I think if it’s a good song you can strip it back to nothing and it will still work. We haven’t tried ‘So Sad’ yet, but at the same time I don’t see why it wouldn’t work. Or ‘Blood and Earth’. I suppose it’s the way you approach it. It’s something that we have to look into more, but at the moment ‘Truth’ is really the special one for us.

Are there any other covers that you would like to do?

Yeah! We are doing ‘Got To Give It Up’ by Thin Lizzy, which is…you know how I said I would never say anything to Placebo? Well, this is my way of saying you know what. It’s me being an arrogant tosser. It’s a song about trying to give up alcohol, which is one of Brian’s biggest problems. So I do that as bit of a middle finger. And it rocks. It’s a good one to point that out. There were two songs which struck me after the Placebo break-up, which I loved anyway, but they seemed so fitting – ‘Got to give it up’, which is obviously alcohol-related, a problem for some people. And the other one is ‘Rise’ by PiL, which is a just a really hopeful song. We’ve been doing that in sound checks and rehearsals, but we haven’t had the chance to sort it out enough to put it in the show yet. Hopefully we’ll do that for Paris. Those are the two at the moment. We will eventually record those, I think.

There’s a dub remix of ‘Home’ out there – any plans for more dub remixes?

Well, I’m getting some remixes done by a friend of mine, Darren Emerson, who used to be in Underworld. He’s working on a mix for ‘Alone’. But the dub stuff for me…it’s not a personal taste of mine. It’s trendy at the moment, that dub-step stuff. It’s interesting music, with that ska-thing going on. It’s ok. I prefer deep house. I’m a big fan of that. I listen to Darren Emerson all day, DJ-ing. That’s my thing. It’s a little bit bitty, that dub stuff. I heard the Baxta track, I put it on a few times and it’s really good, very different, very raw. I just look for a bit more melody, really.

What will you be doing for Christmas this year?

Well, my son was born on the 22nd December, so unfortunately for him [laughs]…

Poor kid! He’ll be the one getting just the one present all year, then.

…He doesn’t know that yet, but it will be like that – ‘here you go, this is for your birthday and for Christmas’ – for him. So obviously Christmas will be with family. But also I’m working on another project with a guy called Brandun Reed, who is an ex-session keyboard player and used to play with Queens of the Stone Age, and he’s got a band/project called Polaroid Kiss. We’ve been working on that and we’ve got about 15 tracks so far. I’ve done the drums already, and I’m just working on some celebrity vocalists at the moment.

Have you got anyone in mind?

Oh yeah! But I’m not going to tell you.

Not even one little hint?

I can’t, I can’t. Because I don’t want to put it in jeopardy.

You could tell me but you’d have to kill me?

Yes, yes I would. But I will tell you that we’re going for the big ones. So I finish this tour on Thursday, then we go off and do the UK tour, finish mid-November and then I’ll be in the studio all December with Brandun, and hopefully celeb vocalists to finish off the Polaroid Kiss album, which will also be out on Ancient B records. That will be out next year. So hopefully I’ll be back behind the kit as well. We’ve got one of the keyboard players from a Swedish band called Kent, Perry Bamonte from The Cure playing guitar, we’ve got me on drums, and we’ve got the singer from Dubstar, Sarah Blackwood. We’re just building up the line-up at the moment, but it’s going to be bit of a supergroup. And the music is fucking excellent, otherwise I wouldn’t have touched it. I’ve had so many offers to play drums on projects, but I’m really selective. This is like when Depeche Mode were good, but a bit more dancey. But melodically it’s fantastic. And again it’s dark. So that’s what I’m going to be doing right up till Christmas. And by Christmas I’ll be dead. I’ll be dead by Christmas!

You’ll deserve some family time at home by then.

Yeah. And hopefully I’ll be back out on tour with Love Amongst Ruin in February.

Great to hear. I get all my best ideas in the shower – where do you get your best ideas?

Ooh. In the pub! [laughs uproariously]. I don’t know…lately, since I’ve been writing more and more, I’ve been doing the Keith Richards thing of getting up at 3 am in the morning, going straight to record them, getting the ideas down and then going back to bed. The ideas are coming to me at night at the moment.

That must be a productive time, when your mind is working.

My mind is trying to sleep but instead it’s coming up with stuff. Yeah. I’m making efforts to get up and record them, because once they are gone they gone. He [Keith] did that with ‘Satisfaction’ and look what came out of that. So I’ve been taking that on board. If anything comes to my mind I try to get it down instantly. I’m not going to bypass anything.

So, what are your plans for the future? What are your ambitions for Love Amongst Ruin? World domination?

Well, yeah [laughs. Ronnie James Dio screams again], world domination, obviously! Hopefully we’ll take this album through till next September, so festivals and things like that. Then I’ll be looking to do the next record with Love Amongst Ruin, but this time with the band, not just me doing everything. We’ll be seeing how that goes, how Love Amongst Ruin works as a unit and matures. Just keep on going, really.

It’s seems like you have a very big and busy future ahead of you.

I hope so. The band are coming across really well live, they are world class. I’ve been quite strict with them on that, because obviously I’ve scaled the lofty heights, and I know how it has to be. I tell them that it has to be this good, all the time. They are very tight, they are very together, and they’ve really pulled their socks up. We’re at a level after only three weeks that is really special.

Ok, well, that was my last question. Is there anything you would like to add?

I could talk all night!

Oh, well in that case, where are all the other questions I wanted to ask you? [I rifle frantically around for more questions]. You have a show that you need to prepare for, I don’t want to keep you.

[laughs] Yeah. We’re going on 9.15pm tonight. We’ve been going on at 11.30pm, so you do the sound check at 4pm and then have to hang around for 5 or 6 hours.

That’s hard.

Not getting to bed till 3 or 4 am and then up again…ugh, it’s just stupid. But I’m a glutton for punishment.

Well, all the best things come to those who try.

Exactly. You’ve got to go out and find it and look for it. I’m definitely one who believes in trying, because even if you fail you won’t have any regrets, because you tried to do it. I can’t live with regrets.

We stand up and stretch, and Steve comes over to give us all a big warm sincere Mancunian hug, and for the first time ever I fervently thank (on the inside, of course) the archaic Swiss custom of kissing cheeks three times to say goodbye. I’m surprised at how genuine, humorous and candid he is, entirely without artifice, and when I wish him well I really mean it. He deserves it.

As we head out of the room I see that the sleeping sofa person has not moved an inch, and Ronnie James Dio is screaming yet again. Only another two hours to wait till show time, and till Steve Hewitt takes one more step in his new life with Love Amongst Ruin.

Love Amongst Ruin’s self-titled debut album is out now on Ancient B Records. Watch the rather awesome video for the second single ‘Home’ here.

Love Amongst Ruin are currently touring the UK.

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Fonte: http://highrotation.ch/2010/11/02/intervie...abart-10-10-10/

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