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8DAYS: You've been performing for a toal of 13 years. What about the old days do you miss the most? JOHN MOLINA: WHAT I miss most is the responsiveness from the crowd. People really used to dig 'live' music before. You know, before this pill-popping, f**king techno shit came in. But I also belive it;s a cycle - 'live' music is coming back in a big way. This is beginning of the next three-to-five year cycle. The audience is coming back in a big way.
Part of the audience now includes 18-year-olds that weren't part of the previous cycle in the mid' 90s. Does that mean you can't perform the good old stuff? Actually, what I really want to do is to have a good repertoire - start from the '80s - of classic stuff like Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran and Tears For Fears.
No Bros? Matt Bianco? Sinita? (laughs) No cheesy stuff.
Will the kids get it though? I mean the '80s stuff they know was written by Stock, Aitken and Waterman. You have to educate them over the mic to bring them to a better dimension. The band shouldn't be playing stuff we hear when we're dancing, we should be playing what we think the audience should be dancing to - quality stuff.
Do you get pissed off when you have to play new pseudo-rock like stuff from Good Charlotte and Simple Plan? Actually, no. But I get very pissed off when I get requests for boyband stuff. People actually do that! It's an insult to my integrity.
How many times a night do you get a request to play Hoobastank's 'The Reason'? (signs) About 20 times a night.
Do you miss the hair? (smiles) I miss the feel of the hair.
How many girls still come on to you per night? Per night? Hmmm... I've stopped counting already. Sometimes there isn't anyone, but usually there is. Girls will come up and talk to you - it's part of the job. I think it's the lights. You know, you're thrust in the limelight and you become bigger than usual. Most of the time when I get off the stage, The girls are like, "Oh, actually you're quite short". (chuckles)
You're 35-years-old this year. Have the number of girls coming on to you decreased with age? Hopefully not, man. In fact the girls are getting younger now!
Okay then... It might be a good idea to start checking IDs, buddy. |