Rock band in media punch up.
Noizyland had a few problems getting an interview out of the Mint Chicks.
"Far too busy and important for a face-to-face or even phone interview, their record company FMR contacted this website to offer an email interview with 'the boys', who had just returned from an excursion to Britain and the United States. We at Noizyland dutifully fired them off a list of questions. How did your meetings go with Geffen, we asked? How large and receptive were the crowds you played to overseas? According to the Americans you met, where can NZ be found on the map? Were you able to communicate clearly and easily?
FMR thought our questions were very good. This pleased us, as we have been working as music journalists now for a very long time and according to a myriad bands, both famous and in this case, not so, we have so far had nothing but praise when it comes to our question-asking skills.
Sadly for us, however, The Mint Chicks' manager John Baker disliked them and said he would not pass them on to the band. When pressed, he added that he was 'unhappy with the tone' of the questions. When pressed still further by FMR, he replied, rather sulkily if we may say so, that he no longer wanted to proceed with the interview."
It's like how no journalist bothered to ask the Beastie Boys (during their round of interviews for their latest album) hey, why does Mike D look half dead? No one asked what the hell have you done for 6 years while hiphop passed you by?
4 comments:
oh, but it makes the Mint Chicks seem all mysterious tho. So arty!
pretty crap questions tho, they arent about music, they are about business. Why should you know about the business side of a band?
yes, music exists in a void, its not a business - wake the hell up! One q was about geography, one about dialect, one about audiences and one about business. How often does a kiwi artist come back from an overseas trip trumpeting on about their inroads into the business? all the freakin' time.
why should a band have to take an interview anyway, i really dont see the crime.
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