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Heh, that's pretty funny. "We wanted to break all the rules of how 'traditional' recordings are made. So we put all the mikes in the control room and had James do all his vocals out in the parking lot. Then we replaced Lars' drumsticks with strands of overcooked spaghetti noodles, which gave the snare that 'wet slap' sound. For the bass, I just spanked my hand across the strings. It didn't matter, because I ended up turning the track all the way down in the mix anyhow. We recorded a lot of guitar solos, but we decided to leave them off because Lars and James are trying to get Kirk to quit, too. Also, guitar solos just stink of 'musicianship' and 'skill' and we were really trying to avoid that this time around. I thought briefly that to get a 'garage rock' sound I might actually have the band, you know, JAM in a real GARAGE, but then I wouldn't get to use all this fancy editing equipment I just bought. All in all, I think we've delivered an album that sounds like complete and utter ass, which is of course exactly what we were trying to do. Really." sk
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"If I could have one wish, as in the fairy tales, I would unmake my past, and rise like Lazarus and stand in sunlight and banish all the dark."
D. Tibet
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