![]() ![]() It doesn't feel like that long of a song and it shouldn't. "When you have 'The Last Baron' or 'The Czar' or something like that, you move all the way through it. The four of us just have that feeling of 'OK, this is finished.' Or we get the feeling that we've added too much to this song and we need to strip it back a bit because it doesn't make sense or it doesn't feel right. "When we're in the room together and we're playing through something, we all sort of get the feeling that it needs to change to the next part. And when it comes to lengthier songs, the group just know when songs need to be reigned in. The band's writing process, Dailor told me, weeds out the material or riffs that travel too closely to roads they've been down before. On their latest album, 2017's "Emperor of Sand," the band's evolution has led them toward the use of even more textures, layers, and different instrumentation to fulfill those musical visions. The group's songs routinely vascillate between four-minute hesher singles like "Show Yourself," "Curl of the Burl" and "Sultan's Curse" (which won them the 2018 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance) and long, winding conceptual journeys like "Hearts Alive," "The Last Baron," "The Czar" and "Jaguar God" that can take them anywhere from eight- to 15-minute territory. It's even more of a feat when you realize that Mastodon has been pumping out album after album (beginning with their 2002 full-length debut masterpiece "Remission") of prog-influenced metal thunder. There's a real deep, deep work ethic that happens in that town, so there's this feeling like I cheated if I don't play the song all the way through and I'm not happy with a take from start to finish, you know what I mean?" "That's a real roll-up-your-sleeves kind of city. "I'm from Rochester, New York, you know what I mean?" he continued. So why wouldn't I be able to go start-to-finish on a song that I worked so hard to master? And just know deep down that I'm able to play a full take of a song because I do it every night live. Like, trying to keep it real for lack of a better term. ![]() "But I think there's some sort of strange moral compass that's guiding that decision. Maybe I'm a fool, you know?" Dailor said laughing when asked about foregoing the fixing or editing of notes/tracks with recording software. ![]() I just wanna leave the room, you know?" ĭeputies Searching for Hit-and-Run Driver Who Hit 3-Year-Old With Autism It's embarrassing to get any kind of accolade, you know? Any time someone starts saying how great you are, I just kind of shrink in terror. People will tell me that and I'm happy if I can influence someone to pick up an instrument and express themselves and have fun playing music - but I don't feel that way about myself. Still, if you asked Dailor about his status as an influential modern drummer, he'll quickly let you know he's altogether unimpressed by it. With Claypool long considered one of rock's all-time great bassists, and every member of Mastodon - which, in addition to Dailor and Sanders, includes guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds and guitarist Bill Kelliher - all frequently hailed as gods of metal on their respective instruments, don't be surprised to see a fair amount of air guitar/drums on display at the show. When Mastodon, Primus and JJUUJJUU tear through Cal Coast Credit Union Open Air Theatre on Friday, July 6, it'll be a sight to behold, not only for fans of the bands' music but for musician-hero fanboys (like myself) as well. Some nights, they do a Peter Gabriel cover and I come out and play some drums on that and a couple nights ago, Troy came out and played some bass on it so it sounded doubly epic. "I usually go out in the crowd and get myself a cold beer and a red solo cup and I go out there to the lawn or wherever, and talk with the fans and do pictures and stuff and just hang out and watch Primus. ![]() "I go out and watch them every night," Mastodon drummer Brann Dailor told me over the phone recently. When you're on tour with Primus and have the opportunity to see musical titans Les Claypool, Larry LaLonde and Tim Alexander day in and day out, you take advantage of it. ![]()
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