THE ANSWER Vocalist Discusses Everyday Demons
April 2, 2009, 15 years ago
THE ANSWER vocalist Cormac Neeson is featured in a new interview with Robert Gray as part of a series at Ultimate-Guitar.com entitled Hit The Lights. An excerpt appears below:
What can you reveal regarding Everyday Demons''s lyrical content?
"Everyday Demons''s lyrical content deals with everyday obstacles that we have to confront, and we discuss issues which many people can relate to. Obviously, different tracks touch upon different topics. For example, 'Demon Eyes' touches upon two-faced, narrow minded, shallow people who pretend to be your friend, yet subsequently move into the corner and criticise you. 'Evil Man' concerns a girl who ventures into a bar, and has her drink spiked. 'Why'd You Change Your Mind', meanwhile, delves into a suicide. Throughout Everyday Demons, a wide range of subjects are approached. Having said that, I don't try to discuss subjects in a somewhat high brow, airy fairy way, but actually everyday terms."A music video has been filmed in support of 'On and On'.
"Yeah, it has. Actually, I play strip poker with a hot redhead from New York. The music video was filmed in New Jersey, and was filmed during a day off as part of the Black Ice tour (with AC/DC). We just placed all our gear into a massive studio, and set up three or four different sets. I actually play a card game called memory, where you try to match pairs. As I flip the cards, you can see different shots of the group performing upon these cards. The camera zooms in through the card, and comes out through the other side. We rock out in a number of different settings. It's quite an interesting music video, and the way the music video was shot definitely looks pretty good."The Answer is currently supporting AC/DC upon the Black Ice world tour. How did this come to fruition?
"AC/DC are just fans of The Answer. At the end of the day, it centred upon their decision. AC/DC wanted us as their supporting group, although we weren't sure how long they wanted us to tour alongside them. Initially, we were just asked to support AC/DC for the American leg of the Black Ice world tour. It went so well though, and so much so that we were asked to support the group for the tour's European trek, and the tour's stadium trek, which is great."Are any of The Answer's supporting performances to AC/DC being recorded for future releases, such as live tracks or a DVD?
"Yeah, we have plans to do such things. AC/DC have roughly ten cameras or so filming their show each night, so we plan to film several of our shows as well. I don't know what the footage will be used for, though it'll be good to have."Read the whole interview here.