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Sam Fogarino
(September 2005 Issue)
Rock 'N' Roll Antics Drums are the heart
of rock 'n' roll - even
Huey Lewis will cop to that. So why were the
first forty seconds of Interpol's 2002 debut, Turn On The Bright
Lights,
missing drums? Why was it nothing but dawdling melodic guitar and
synth? It's as if the band doesn't
even know how to kick off a proper
rock 'n' roll record.
"It's not ambiguous. The basis of this
band
definitely comes from a melodic standpoint," says drummer Sam
Fogarino. "It kind of took a while for me to figure out how I
could
interact with melody without taking away or stepping on what sucks the
listener into Interpol."
Still, Fogarino
is a rock drummer and, like his forefathers, wants to
bloody a few skins on occasion. So when it came time to record Bright
Lights' follow-up, Antics,
he reminded his bandmates what drives rock. The difference between the
two
albums is clearly audible. While retaining much of the debut's
moodiness, Antics is driven by the drummer's energetic
sensibilities.
"When I joined the band, half the songs from Bright Lights
were written already," says
Fogarino. "I could change the drum parts
around a little bit, but the songs were fully realized. But it was
different with
Antics.
With Fogarino helping to write and arrange the new material, Antics
has more force, more
crush. This doesn't mean that the drummer's
turning Interpol into a Zeppelin tribute band. But new tunes like
"Not
Even Jail" and "Slow Hands" have added more power to the band's live
show.
Jed Gottlieb
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