{"id":7535,"date":"2015-09-10T11:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T11:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-frank-carter-the-rattlesnakes\/"},"modified":"2018-03-14T19:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T19:30:09","slug":"interview-frank-carter-the-rattlesnakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/interview-frank-carter-the-rattlesnakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Frank Carter<\/b> has long been one of the most outspoken figures in any genre of British music. He brought his new outfit Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes<\/b> to last week\u2019s Leeds Festival<\/b> where Already Heard<\/b> caught up with him, and found out that time and repeated reinventions of his musical vision has done nothing to dull his ire or his passion for the industry. We\u2019d give you an idea of what he had to say, but frankly it\u2019s probably best to let him do the talking\u2026.\n<\/p>\n

AH: You\u2019re here at Leeds Festival with your new project Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes for the first time, are these Reading and Leeds shows the biggest events you\u2019ve brought the new band to so far?<\/b>
Frank: Unfortunately it\u2019s not the biggest stage we\u2019ve played already. We played a few big festivals last weekend. This is one of the smaller stages I\u2019ve played at Reading and Leeds in my lifetime, but I think it\u2019s the perfect place for us to be playing right now. I love this festival but I like specifically playing the smaller parts of the festival. That\u2019s where I excel.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: How crucial are festivals like this one in getting exposure for new projects like yours?<\/b>
Frank: Festivals are important for all sorts of reasons, but for us as a band they\u2019re integral. You\u2019re going to get a lot of people here that wouldn\u2019t necessarily go and see your band, so a festival stage is your chance to show those people why you\u2019re important. That\u2019s what we try and do all the time put ourselves out there, play as hard as we can and try and convince some people.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Your new record \u2018Blossom\u2019<\/i> comes across as much more intense and angry then your last record with Pure Love. How different a place did it come from mentally and creatively?<\/b>
Frank: Obviously you grow as you get older and learn new things along the way. This record was inspired by some fairly tragic circumstances that were quite difficult to compartmentalise as I was getting older. So it definitely came from a very different place then anywhere I was used to, but nevertheless a good place really. Basically I\u2019m happy now that I have this as an outlet.<\/i><\/p>\n

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AH: Another thing that stands out from the record is how you use it to speak out on issues which matter to you. How important is it to you that musicians use their writing to do that?<\/b>
Frank: I\u2019ve got nothing wrong with bands that don\u2019t\u2026 actually I do. I think if you\u2019ve got a platform you need to be speaking about something important otherwise what the fuck are you doing? You\u2019re just getting in the fucking way. I think it\u2019s very important to always be trying to push yourself forward to do something positive. Our record is from a lot of negative experiences but we\u2019ve tried to take positives from that. But yeah I think if you\u2019ve got the platform you better fucking use it. Otherwise shit will get off the pot to put it in a nicer sentence. (laughs)<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: How would you asses the state of Punk Rock in the UK at present?<\/b>
Frank: I think it\u2019s in dire need of a band like Rattlesnakes, which is why we\u2019re here. There are a lot of bands that are playing it very safe. There are a lot of bands out there that are playing rock music that, as far as I\u2019m concerned, I just wouldn\u2019t class them as rock bands. They\u2019re more like boy bands. They don\u2019t really belong in what I\u2019m trying to do anyway. Music should be dangerous, it should make you think and it should make you feel something. That\u2019s what rock music should do. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re trying to do, we\u2019re trying to be dangerous.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: How much of a natural progression is The Rattlesnakes from previous bands you\u2019ve been involved in?<\/b>
Frank: I think it\u2019s a natural progression of me. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s trying to fit anywhere between those two projects. Naturally I\u2019m just a different person and I\u2019m taking everything that I\u2019ve learned throughout my career and I\u2019m applying it to something new. I\u2019m a better singer now because of Pure Love and maybe because of the break, I\u2019m eager to just get out there and smash people up. Just naturally it\u2019s where I am at as an artist right now.<\/i><\/p>\n

AH: Do you see moving between different musical projects as a way of freeing yourself up creatively?<\/b>
Frank: I think the minute you start stagnating as an artist you begin to lose your relevance and you become redundant. I\u2019m hoping that this band now, as it\u2019s my thing, my solo project, I\u2019m hoping that it has legs for me to do many, many years of this project and many records. That\u2019s what we\u2019re intending. We\u2019ve started writing album two already. So I would hope that I won\u2019t need to continually reinvent myself in this project, but I\u2019m also hoping that it gives me room to grow as an artist.<\/i><\/p>\n

‘Blossom’<\/em> by Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes<\/strong> is out now on International Death Cult<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes<\/strong> links:
\nWebsite<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n

View more of Already Heard\u2019s coverage from Leeds Festival<\/b> 2015 here<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n

Words by Dane Wright (@MrDaneWright<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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