ANVIL Frontman On This Is Thirteen - "By Far The Best Thing We've Done In Years, But It's The First Time We've Used A Producer In Years"
November 22, 2009, 14 years ago
ANVIL frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow is featured in a new interview with LiveDaily.com. An excerpt can be found below.
Q: Did you think This is Thirteen was going to be the breakthrough album?
Lips: "Hmm. I always hoped that every album I do would [be]. To me, it's been one long album, really, in a certain sense, because, as soon as you finish one album, you're writing another one. It's one long stream. The job never really ends. You're never really done. So it's not ... to me, it's one long stream. I really don't worry about whether I'm going to be big or small, whether it's going to sell a lot or a little. I don't really bog myself down with those thoughts. It's pretty much a waste of time. You can't predict it. It's impossible to predict, totally. To me, the newest record is by far the best thing we've done in years, but it's the first time we've used a producer in years. That makes a huge difference. It really, really does. Anybody thinking differently, they can go try it and they can go find out on their own. I went on a really long journey and found myself sort of the hard way. You can try all you want to produce yourself. You won't get what you would get if you really had a producer. There's just no way. You can't be yourself and outside yourself at the same time. You can't do it."
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