interview on sex magazine
Morceaux choisis :
-How did you get into pottery?
I succeeded to my father’s kiln. It is my living.
-What kind of pottery do you make?
I just extract clay from a stratum, then make a vessel.
-What other bands have you played in?
They can not be enumerated because I have joined too many bands.
-Have you ever been politically active?
I was supporting some members of a terrorist group who were under the sentence of death in prison.
-Are you still religious?
Only God knows.I have a place that is between so-called religion and so-called world.
-Do you like religous music?
I think Alan Vega has piety.
-How did you meet your wife, Reiko?
We met at Les Rallizes Dénudés gig in Fussa, a town with U.S base.
-Where did the name “Maher Shalal Hash Baz” come from?
It is the name of a tank.
-How was Maher different from your previous musical projects?
Maher was my first band in various meanings.
-Was there something you wanted Maher to sound like?
The sound of underground water.
-How did you find and assemble the musicians in Maher Shalal Hash Baz?
I am always passive but the band is like open house.
-What kind of work do you have to do with the players to get them to play you want?
I show them a proper posture before playing. It is like a dance company.
-Is Maher Shalal Hash Baz Rock & Roll?
As much as it is going to go away from rock, it becomes the rock.
-What inspires you to write a song?
An interest to a truth.
Sex Magazine, 2013