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Interview: Matt Sorum and Max Noce (Pt. 2)
Interview: Matt Sorum and Max Noce (Pt. 2)
- Genre : More Music
- Type: News
- Author : Super Admin
- Date : Mon, 11 Aug 2008
So each piece is different?
Max: Yup, everything is. When you visit different eras, you absorb something from each one of them. Then you transform it, re-visit it and make it your own. It's the same thing with music and with art. It's a part of it. You try and do what works best for you.
Was there an instant creative chemistry between you two when you first met? How'd you know that this would work as well as it has?
Matt: Max made good spaghetti [Laughs]. I was between groups, and I was hungry.
Max: Well, we went on a couple of double dates, and I cooked pasta [Laughs]. I was stuck in the kitchen.
Matt: I used to go to a place that Max worked and did clothes. He was always the cool one. We used to see each other at The Whiskey Bar at night too. Everyone loves Max. They'd get excited when I mentioned that I'd partnered up with him. I always looked at Max like he was the guy behind all of it, and I found out that he was. There are a lot of people that will put their name on something, but do they really do the work? Not sometimes. There's a name, but it's an umbrella. Here, it's hands-on.
Max: It's very organic, and it's very human. It encourages interactions.
Matt: Like Max said before, everything's based on what we like. That's how I treat music and clothing.
Max: It's very important in life to have that and do what you like.
If you're passionate about it, it will resonate with others.
Matt: I read an article that Brad Pitt's really into architecture, and he loves doing it more than making movies. For instance, Juliette Lewis is a really good friend of mine, and she loves making music, she really isn't into acting anymore. She'd prefer to be in a band. People want to put their heroes in a little hole because they have this vision for them. It's sad because it's like that with everything.
Max: If you're an artist, you do different things. I was talking to Jerry Cantrell the other day. He started painting, and he's really good. Why not?
Fans need what their icons gave them initially, and they don't want to see them change.
Matt: Exactly, so people will say, "It's another musician doing a clothing line." I think that's bullshit.
Max: It's not like that here. A lot of people that are in the spotlight don't even do anything. Their names are just tagged on. It's not the same with Matt and I; we do work together on all of the clothing. We designed the store, and we do everything like that. It's hands-on.
Matt: I love making things happen and watching them come to fruition. A guy named Sonny Barger was the president of The Hell's Angels. He said, "There are three kinds of people in the world. One, there are those that make things happen. Two, there are those that watch things happen. Then the third kind of person says, 'What happened?'" [Laughs] Max and I fit in the first category. We like to make things happen. Right, Max?
Max: Indeed, yes. You've got to. If you want to change things around and live life the way you want to live it, you make things that you love and live by them, whether it be clothing or music. Some people need a push. I think it goes back to being confident about yourself and secure in a way.
People don't realize that the possibilities are endless if you're willing to work hard. A lot of people are just lazy too. You've got a lot going on, but you've both put so much into this.
Matt: Anthony Robbins, man, the guy knows what he's talking about [Laughs].
Max: It's true. You have to work hard towards what you want to do. It doesn't come immediately. It's not an overnight thing. It takes 20 years to be an overnight success. You have to take risks sometimes.
Matt: For me, being a drummer, I've always been more of a foundational guy, but never an integral part. I've always felt that, and I know that. It's not like I felt it, and I felt bad about it. I just know it. So to step out and do something on my own with Max as my partner, I think it's something that people couldn't really grasp unless they tried to
Max: Yup, everything is. When you visit different eras, you absorb something from each one of them. Then you transform it, re-visit it and make it your own. It's the same thing with music and with art. It's a part of it. You try and do what works best for you.
Was there an instant creative chemistry between you two when you first met? How'd you know that this would work as well as it has?
Matt: Max made good spaghetti [Laughs]. I was between groups, and I was hungry.
Max: Well, we went on a couple of double dates, and I cooked pasta [Laughs]. I was stuck in the kitchen.
Matt: I used to go to a place that Max worked and did clothes. He was always the cool one. We used to see each other at The Whiskey Bar at night too. Everyone loves Max. They'd get excited when I mentioned that I'd partnered up with him. I always looked at Max like he was the guy behind all of it, and I found out that he was. There are a lot of people that will put their name on something, but do they really do the work? Not sometimes. There's a name, but it's an umbrella. Here, it's hands-on.
Max: It's very organic, and it's very human. It encourages interactions.
Matt: Like Max said before, everything's based on what we like. That's how I treat music and clothing.
Max: It's very important in life to have that and do what you like.
If you're passionate about it, it will resonate with others.
Matt: I read an article that Brad Pitt's really into architecture, and he loves doing it more than making movies. For instance, Juliette Lewis is a really good friend of mine, and she loves making music, she really isn't into acting anymore. She'd prefer to be in a band. People want to put their heroes in a little hole because they have this vision for them. It's sad because it's like that with everything.
Max: If you're an artist, you do different things. I was talking to Jerry Cantrell the other day. He started painting, and he's really good. Why not?
Fans need what their icons gave them initially, and they don't want to see them change.
Matt: Exactly, so people will say, "It's another musician doing a clothing line." I think that's bullshit.
Max: It's not like that here. A lot of people that are in the spotlight don't even do anything. Their names are just tagged on. It's not the same with Matt and I; we do work together on all of the clothing. We designed the store, and we do everything like that. It's hands-on.
Matt: I love making things happen and watching them come to fruition. A guy named Sonny Barger was the president of The Hell's Angels. He said, "There are three kinds of people in the world. One, there are those that make things happen. Two, there are those that watch things happen. Then the third kind of person says, 'What happened?'" [Laughs] Max and I fit in the first category. We like to make things happen. Right, Max?
Max: Indeed, yes. You've got to. If you want to change things around and live life the way you want to live it, you make things that you love and live by them, whether it be clothing or music. Some people need a push. I think it goes back to being confident about yourself and secure in a way.
People don't realize that the possibilities are endless if you're willing to work hard. A lot of people are just lazy too. You've got a lot going on, but you've both put so much into this.
Matt: Anthony Robbins, man, the guy knows what he's talking about [Laughs].
Max: It's true. You have to work hard towards what you want to do. It doesn't come immediately. It's not an overnight thing. It takes 20 years to be an overnight success. You have to take risks sometimes.
Matt: For me, being a drummer, I've always been more of a foundational guy, but never an integral part. I've always felt that, and I know that. It's not like I felt it, and I felt bad about it. I just know it. So to step out and do something on my own with Max as my partner, I think it's something that people couldn't really grasp unless they tried to
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