Interview: Stephen O'Malley

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 February 26 2010 at 11:56:14 AM

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  meatstupid

  2:38 PM on Feb 26, 2010 // reply »
  
  great, great interview. thoughts on the process and experience of playing the instrument... it's a pleasure to read such insights from musicians like Stephen O'Malley.
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  TJ

  4:41 PM on Feb 26, 2010 // reply »
  
  Thanks to the both of you. Never really thought I'd see this give and take, but now I need to go and research about 10 names I've never heard before...
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  Invisible Oranges

  3:55 PM on Feb 27, 2010 // reply »
  
  I'm curious how Stew goes from giving Black One an A to generally assailing Sunn O))) and Southern Lord with unmitigated ferocity to suddenly giving O'Malley the time of the day again. I'm glad the latter happened, because this was a good read. I find that the "explain your connection" codas to LHP interviews show more about the interviewer than the interviewee.
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  magoose

  2:59 AM on Feb 28, 2010 // reply »
  
  making SOMA ponder newman after he puts serra on his record's sleeve is a mighty foil. perhaps, one step away from asking him how "dope" is the guitarist from yes? oh wait...
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  VOEGTLIN

  4:32 PM on Feb 28, 2010 // reply »
  
  Meatstupid: Yes, you get it, and you always get it.
  
  TJ: The first rule of fight club is...
  
  Cosmo: I've given Steve the "time of day" quite a bit. Burning Witch and KHAN8 endure as two of my favorite bands - along with Nazareth and BOC, of course. There are some links below the interview if you'd like to explore further.
  
  The "explain yr connection" is a crap shoot. Sometimes it "works" and when it does, it's like the clicking of ten million commentors leaving witty somethings or others to blog posts about pressing matters such as: Does Heavy Metal Artwork Matter Anymore?
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  Julius

  5:45 PM on Mar 01, 2010 // reply »
  
  What's with bassists and pigtails?
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  David

  8:19 PM on Mar 01, 2010 // reply »
  
  I got a bit wary for a second, thinking you were about to call him out on Alice, what with all those jazz inflected questions (it's OK to like CTI and Flying Dutchman, really). But his ambiguity/multiple meanings was refreshing. And he offered up some touch points on his own: Cooper, Xenakis, Kim Fowley, the self discovery of art. Some fine stuff, even if he didn't explicitly tell you how one goes from teenage guitar-world rat to Black one.
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  Miskatonic

  12:42 PM on Mar 03, 2010 // reply »
  
  Unsurprisingly, you and Steven have a spectacular conversation. I must say your "explain your connection" question involving Malcom proved to be quite revealing. Kudos to Stephen for bearing the internal strife. I wonder if the strife sprung somewhat from O'Malley's role as the artist in the band being overshadowed by such an enormous showman. Who would pay attention to SOMA's art when Attila is a walking chunck of art? This is not an accusation... I just wonder. Anyway, I'm glad that they've overcome this problem and recognized how important each member is to the band. I would've seen Attila as Bon, SOMA as Angus and Greg as Malcom. What do you guys think?
  
  Also, I'd hoped that your response to Cosmo's anti-incendiary question would have revealed more about the path from lover to hater to whateverthefuckyouarenow. Dislike for an adored artist's later works can somewhat amplify said dislike due to feelings of betrayal/disappointment. Did you find it difficult to avoid expressing those feelings during the interview? How did you keep yourself from tearing into your interview subject with patented Stewclaws? Or, do you reserve that for dissenting commenters?
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  VOEGTLIN

  2:29 PM on Mar 03, 2010 // reply »
  
  The M. Young bit worked b/c of Steve. His response was really generous and unguarded so it didn't fall flat like it should have. FWIW, I've always thought AC/DC was the greatest of the Minimalists, and that's what Angus and Malcom are doing here in this conversation.
  
  As far as my beef w/ Sunn, etc: Quod scripsi, scripsi. Res ipsa loquitur. There's so much more of Steve's music that I love and so little that I hate. This interview is about Stephen O'Malley and his guitar. That's it. If you're interested in pinpointing where the "switch" happened, where and why I stopped following the herd re: Sunn, well, you'll have to wait in the green room with Mr. Cosmo Lee for that answer.
  
  Thanks for reading and thanks for the genuine questions.

 

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