Masters of Reality’s Chris Goss interviewed by Subba-Cultcha

Now, the legend that is Masters of Reality is back with a new album, entitled Pine/Cross Dover and a European tour, scheduled for October. (The band will play the 013 venue, Tilburg, Holland on Friday, Oct 2nd).
Eddie Thomas of Subba-Cultcha recently quizzed Masters of Reality’s mainman Chris Goss, the legendary artist and producer for Kyuss, Queens of The Stone and Mark Lanegan among others. An excerpt from the chat follows below.

Talk about Pine/Cross Dover, the new record – how was it to make?

Chris Goss: “It was made with a similar technique to the way we usually do. John and I communicate briefly for a month or two before about possible directions. He’ll go “What are you thinking this time Goss?” And this time it was “somewhere between Presence-era Zeppelin and Mahavishnu John McLaughlin’s Shakti” – one’s a bunch of whacked-out junkies and the other’s a bunch of Indian jazz geniuses using 13:9 tempos, but strangely enough, we have the kind of relationship where I think he knows what that meant.
It probably menat swing and rhythm, in general a lot of rhythm, because that’s what those two examples mean to me, crazy rhythms. So I told him to be prepared to play his drums and to have no rules, except I don’t want any typical rock drums – think outside that. It’s a different record, and I’m proud of that.”

You’ve been going for 20 years with Masters of Reality, is there a line-up you’ve put together in that time that stands out as being a particular favourite?

Chris Goss: “Yeah, there’s been a couple, most recently was the last long tour which was with Josh and Nick from Queens. They are amazing players – obviously they are – but we rehearsed about four hours for that tour – they knew the material because we know each others music. They were in the middle of making “Songs For The Deaf” at the time. That was great because we wung it – wung? winged? – and I really like doing that, keeping it loose, learning under fire. I shouldn’t say it because I’ll probably fuck up the next show I play!”

Check Subba-Cultcha’s Pine/Cross Dover review here.

Please click here for the audio streams of Masters of Reality (featuring Josh Homme & Nick Oliveri) – Roadburn 2001: Pt.I & Pt II.

Tags: 013 venue, Chris Goss, Desert Sessions, Eddie Thomas, kyuss, masters of reality, pine/cross dover, Queens of the Stone Age, Subba-Cultcha

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