Intervista 2

Bury the Hatchet Promotion in Singapore
(February, 1999)

1. Why "Bury The Hatchet"?
< Dol: "Well, actually we had 2 choices, one was more mellow and y'noe,
kinda boring, "Promises" didn't mean too much, I mean, we wrote a song
called "Promises" yah, but why do we have to name it y'noe...so "Bury
The Hatchet", it's more agressive but a, peaceful offering, let bygones
be bygones, move on. The band has been through many ups and downs and
we almost broke up, we stopped making music after the tour, didn't know
where to start, took a big break and suddenly found happiness again,
y'noe, so,smile."

2. Adding-on (I can't tell who this is? My guess is Mike.)
"..In Ireland, "Bury The Hatchet"..very fogettable things, starta
fresh."

3. What are your favortie songs on the album?
Dol: " Oh I love songs with a lot of (I heard 'flatter', but it sounds
?), y'noe, like 'Desperate Andy", oh I love that song, "Loud and
Clear", I like the humour and light-heartedness. Also, teh more
emotional ones like "Animal Instinct", "You And Me" , which is
obviously about my new kinda found love, and er, 'Promises" y'noe, that
kinda rockish theme, yah, don't really have a favourite."

4. Adding-on (I think this is Fergal)
"Same tracks for me..."Shattered", really open...I dunno, it's
amazing."

5. Dying In The Sun (I think it's Fergal again.)
"Dolores...it's beautiful...just 2 takes, and that's it. Which is great
becos' you can really hear the emotions."

6. Copycat (I think it's Fergal again, since he's talking about Noel
and Mike is usually solemn.)
"Well, we put some fast acoustic thing, same 4 chords fast over and
over, Noel had the rhythm to it, Dolores added in the keyboards, with a
kinda 70s sound, groundwork that way. Then it seems like some 70s
detective programme! It was fun for us to do that, cos we've never done
that type of thing before."

7. The Nobel Peace Prize performance in Oslo was your first since 3
years! How do you feel about it?
Dol: "Oh, it was cool going on stage. Miss this, fun. Although the
audience could have been more...but at this kinda event...it was
bizarre when I saw these people with those suits... (missing part) and
makes you wanna, it's cool. I kinda 'WANT' to go back, perform again.

8. You've travelled to so many parts of the world, and you still call
Ireland home.
Dol: "With our first and second albums, after our band took off, and we
became really famous, I thought it'll be really difficult to stay
around. To be honest, it was! Over the years, we try to creep back,
we've spend time here and there, South, West Coast..no place like home.
Your family members, and when you have a kid, you see that you need the
kinda security, offered to you, by your family, y'noe."

9. I hear lotsa of humour in this album. Is humour very important?
Dol: "Yah! It's important, very important! Everyone should have humour
in your life. If you forget to laugh...something's missing. It's
brilliant to laugh, make a clown of yourself, brilliant so be
ridiculous...y'noe! When you stop doing that, taking life seriously,
what's the point, really?"