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LA Music Blog: Interview with Scott Kelly of Neurosis

Posted on Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Some 25 years since the band’s inception, Neurosis have rightfully transformed the realm of experimental, heavy music through the course of nine powerful studio albums. Noticeably progressing through each release, it was 1993’s Enemy of the Sun that propelled the band into an entirely new entity, shedding their crusty, hardcore roots for a more vigorous and cogent sound.

Celebrating the record and its eminent pith on the evolution of Neurosis, the band has released a reissued rendition today, along with the third installment of their Official Bootleg series, Live At Roadburn 2007. Speaking on the albums, as well as forthcoming plans for the Oakland-based band, vocalist/guitar Scott Kelly checked in with LA Music Blog on the eve of their coupled release.

LA Music Blog: Live At Roadburn 2007 is finally being released today. Out of all of your shows and festival appearances, why was this specific performance chosen for a live recording?

Scott Kelly: We listened to everything—we just kind of went through everything we had, and this just seemed like the best one, the best overall. You just have to take into account the performance, the recording itself, and then the content, and just make a decision.

And the fact that it was at Roadburn probably played into our decision at some point too, just because we have some loyalty to those guys; they’re good people that run that festival. It’s a really great event, and doing something to kind of honor them and their work, it kind of came into play as well. Had it been a crappy performance with a bad recording, we probably wouldn’t have put it out, but we just felt like it was a good representation of a live show. Oftentimes, we’re pretty sloppy, but that was a pretty good performance.

LA Music Blog: So do you guys have a live recording rig that you use all the time then?

Scott Kelly: No, but we oftentimes are playing places that offer that option. A lot of clubs have those built in now, and you can pay them like $100 or $150 and they’ll record it on 24-track ProTools for you, and you can listen back to it. If it seems like the right thing to do, we’ll do it. It’s always nice to document where we’re at. And at a show like Roadburn, they record everything; they record everybody that plays there.

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Please click HERE for the additional on demand audio stream of Neurosis – Live at Roadburn 2007 (alternate mix by Marcel van der Vondervoort)

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