![]() It really looks like you want to know the cities where you play better. Other bands most often just wait or relax before the show. That’s the whole point of being in a band: to see the cities of the world. It looks like you really like to travel and visit the places where you play. I took pictures of the Eiffel Tower and walked to the Louvre. We spent the day walking around Paris and ate lots of good food – crêpes, éclairs. There’s a lot of people waiting outside to get in. Radio Metal: Are you ready for the interview?īarrett Martin (drums): Yes, I am. It’s just a great band, that’s what it is. » People can say it’s a supergroup, but I don’t really like that word. « It’s just because we’re friends that we decided to form the band, not because Duff was in Guns N’ Roses, or I was in Mad Season. For Barret, who’s particularly severe towards those bands signed on big labels, that’s the only way to remain a rock band. He doesn’t deny that, because the bandmembers are so famous, things are more comfortable from a financial point of view, but the band doesn’t want to jump important steps and wishes to rediscover the path most artists have to take: build a fanbase, win over small venues before selling-out bigger ones, create a bond between the members by playing intimist shows.Īlso, Walking Papers want to remain independent. There’s a word to describe this kind of initiative, a word that particularly annoys Barret, since this project is a new beginning for him. Because Walking Papers is a project that brings together renowned artists, from Barret Martin (Screaming Trees, Mad Season) to Duff McKagan (Velvet Revolver, former Guns N’ Roses). The fact that these musicians still hunger for novelty can be surprising, given that all of them have had ample time to get used to, and possibly to get weary of, touring. It’s also extremely diverse, which the calm and minimalist opening song, “Already Dead”, shows in a very smart way. The result is a record with grunge foundations, which features sounds not often heard in the genre. The idea behind the project was to musically transcribe the diversity and beauty of American landscapes, which Martin seems to be madly in love with. Drummer Barret Martin’s thirst for travels is still strong, since the man spends all his time on tour, when he’s not on stage, visiting the cities in which the band stops. ![]() In this case, if Walking Papers’ album makes you travel, it’s because its mains theme is… travel. The most widely used metaphor to describe music that has an impact on us revolves around travel: “it carries me away”, “it makes me travel”.
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