KROQ has posted on its site Adrian’s chat wtih deejay Ted Styker,which,as we mentioned on facebook,took place yesterday;Adrian discusses the roots of recording the title track.
Relaxing over a drink in his private in-home bar with Stryker, No Doubt drummer Adrian Young explained the story behind the ska-inspired title track from their highly anticipated new album, Push and Shove.
“Singing with Gwen (Stefani) is Jamaican dancehall rapper, Busy Signal. We worked on the track with Major Lazer, kind of a collaboration,” Young explained. “They kind of brought us back to our own roots on that song. They said, ‘When you were young, you were playing so much ska. We’d like to hear what that’s like in 2012. No Doubt playing ska.’”
“So we gave it a go, and we all get super excited every time we hear that song. Ska music in general is just exciting music. It feels natural to us. Anything you were doing as a teenager into your 20s or 30s… it’s a part of us, it’s a part of No Doubt.”
Stryker dug deeper into the roots, asking the drummer how the song was born. “The roots of the song started with Tony talking to the guys from Major Lazer (led by superstar DJ/producer Diplo), and they came up with the initial groove. It sounded awesome so we jumped in and put our tweaks on it. We said, let’s make it more ‘No Doubt.’ We wrote the chorus, which is super different than the verses.” Young reflects on the early days of the band. “It’s like what we used to do a long time ago. We’d do ska verses, then go into some weird half-time chorus. But a long time ago when we were playing music like that, radio wasn’t playing us. First the first eight years of our band, we weren’t on the radio. So, I’m really excited to hear that kind of song, from us, on the radio.”
No Doubt’s Push And Shove hits stores September 25th.
– Jay Tilles, CBS Local
UPDATE: KROQ has posted another article and a video of Adrian’s chat with Ted Stryker!!
During a casual afternoon on the links hitting some golf balls, No Doubt drummer Adrian Young chatted with Stryker about his band’s long-awaited return to the rock spotlight with their first new album in a decade, Push and Shove, due to drop on September 25.
“I really can’t wait to play a real No Doubt show,” Young told Stryker when asked how it felt to play recent single “Settle Down” live on TV shows like Good Morning America and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. “Mixing the new songs with the old songs — that’s the ultimate.”
Quizzed about the band’s process in the studio, Young had a most interesting and unexpected metaphor about where the place where the musical magic happens.
“Once in you’re in the studio, it’s like the rest of the world shuts off. You don’t know whether it’s day or night outside. It’s kind of like being in a strip club,” he explained. “You could go in during the day, and all of a sudden it’s night.
“We’ve given up on predicting what the future will hold,” Young mused when questioned about how many more No Doubt albums he thinks the band will produce. “We’ve been wrong so many times. We’re just going to take it one record at a time. It would be awesome to do this as we become old people. As long as we don’t suck. I’ve seen old people suck at rock music.”
An avid golfer (which he’s played longer than music), Young was quick to answer when Stryker asked him who was the most fun celebrity he’s ever played with.
“Probably Jim McMahon,” Young said, referencing the famed NFL quarterback who helped the 1985 Chicago Bears win Super Bowl XX. “We were playing in a tournament, and he hit it short of the ladies’ tee (marker). There’s this unspoken rule that we’ll speak about now that if you don’t hit it past the ladies’ tee, you have to play the rest of the hole with your d*** out… He played an entire par 5 with his (genitals) out.”
Speaking of football, Young and No Doubt can next be seen performing at this year’s NFL Kickoff game on September 5 when the Dallas Cowboys visit MetLife Stadium in New Jersey to take on the Super Bowl champion New York Giants.
KROQ has posted on its site Adrian’s chat wirh deejay Ted Stykerr,which,as we mentioned