We talk to living legend Derek Smalls of Spinal Tap about his upcoming show in L.A., the British Fund for Ageing Rockers, and the scam that is the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Derek Smalls, the legendary bassist for Spinal Tap, is bringing his Lukewarm Water Live! tour to the Wiltern in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Sept. 6., and how rock ‘n’ roll has changed in the decades sincePaste: Why was this the right time to do a solo tour and album?: Well, because I’m going to be dead soon. Hurry on up, then. Y’know.
Paste: So if you’ve got a west coast tour lined up in November, with a star-studded band. How did you put this group together?: Well, I started making phone calls, and just persisted. As with the record, as you noticed—well, perhaps not—is similarly star-studded—actually even more star-studded, because there are a lot of drummers on it as well… but it’s hard to carry extra drummers [live]. We went through that with Tap and it’s not advisable.
Paste: Are there any current rock ‘n’ roll bands, younger bands on the scene, that you’re really into today?: Oh yeah, I mean, that’s the great thing, young people are still making rock ‘n’ roll music. I don’t want to mention them by name because, you know, they haven’t promoted me, but yeah, rock ‘n’ roll is not dead. It’s perhaps in advanced stages of something. But it’s definitely not dead yet. There are kids coming up who still sling a guitar with great ease and great dexterity and all that.
Paste: It has to be a double-edge sword. Here we are talking to you in 2019, and the bass player from, I don’t know, Status Quo isn’t putting out a new album and getting interviewed. There’s a certain level of fame you’re going to have for the rest of your career.: There is. And it’s fame I’ll have to live down, but it’s fame nonetheless. Living down fame is one of the things you can do with lame.
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