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PRIMORDIAL
UPDATE – SAMHAIN 2010
It’s been a
while since my last confession.
Joking aside
it really has been a long time since our last transmission and the
reasons are manifold and really pretty simple. This has been one of
the most tumultuous years in the band since the mid nineties. The
wheels very nearly came clean off, so where do I start.
We can’t go
any further without clearing up the drummer situation. Truth is, we
had an incident in Greece that if you follow or know anything about
the band has been well documented so we won’t go into again. Simon
had some real problems that night, firstly we thank the Greek fans
for their understanding and we will be back in 2011. Yes it’s true
in the aftermath of that we auditioned some drummers and I must also
thank everyone who applied from abroad, the Irish drummers we did
play with and everyone who sent us emails and messages wishing us
strength and asking after Simon.
Suffice is to
say Simon is the drummer of Primordial and I have no doubt this will
never change, he is fit and well and we rehearsed yesterday. For our
own piece of mind we had to audition people and in hindsight maybe
something positive came out of it in that we had to put the album
recording back and I feel we will be better prepared. We all of
course have a long history together of over two decades in various
personal combinations and to put it mundanely you go through ups and
downs and this year has had more than it’s fair share of downs. For
the first time in years we played a few very average shows and by
our own admission became unfocused. Yet as always we regroup, our
own biggest critics and in one month we enter the studio to record
album number seven.
We would like
to extend massive thanks to Gareth Averill for filling in at short
notice for a fistful of gigs over the summer. In case you didn’t
know he’s the guy who shot and edited our dvd and as you may
recognize, my cousin. He stood up to the plate and in a couple of
days learned our set, having been a session drummer in the Irish
indie/rock scene for a decade. The whole experience and auditioning
drummers at the very least gave us a greater insight into the
dynamic that makes Primordial Primordial and that dynamic belongs to
all five of us. We may have stand ins for shows now and again
because we are not a professional band nor make a living from it and
life gets in the way of us all doing every show but we realized that
replace one of the five of us creatively and Primordial is not
Primordial.
For the
foreseeable future Cathal Murphy is going to be behind the kit live,
making his debut with us at the end of the month in Spain and
Portugal. Simon is just taking a break for a short while, nothing
more and nothing less. This will be our first time in Madrid and
Barcelona since 2000 when we played with Immortal. Been way too
long.
Touring and
festival plans are being thrown about now for 2011, hopefully some
more news very soon…
The new songs
are coming thick and fast at this stage as studio time is
approaching. Sometimes I really wish we made a living from the band
so could take more time than the snatches of rehearsal we get but
that said we also thrive on some pressure and it seems to give the
songs some extra edge. Foel Studios in Wales is booked for two
sessions in November and December. Looking forward to a Welsh Indian
Winter.
Bring on the
monsoon season.
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AAN/PRIMORDIAL Samhain 2010-10-15
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Playlist
Bad Company –
Bad Company
Hank Williams III – Lovesick, broke and driftin’
Tyrant –
Legions of the Dead
King Kobra –
Ready to strike
Pink Floyd –
Wish you were here
Sister –
Sister demo
Type O
Negative – World coming down
Urfaust – Der
Einseidler
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