Dean Wareham and Sean Eden of Luna are interviewed by Cynthia Garrett on late night TV in 2000. Dean recollects:
In 2000, my band, LUNA , was booked for our very first network-television appearance after eight years and five albums together. We played a kind of spacey twin-guitar rock 'n' roll-with the "roll" being just as important as the "rock"-that was probably best suited for late-night listening. We had sold out clubs all over the country, but we'd never had a bona fide radio hit.
Our biggest album, Bewitched, sold about 100,000 copies in the U.S.-good numbers for a book, but not for a massive record company. We'd just lost our major-label deal with Elektra, been dropped by our publisher, and been let go by our accountant. As if this wasn't enough, our bass player quit rock 'n' roll for good and flew home to New Zealand.
We flew out to Los Angeles to tape the show, Later with Cynthia Garrett, in the studio next door to The Tonight Show. Our audience consisted of people who couldn't get tickets for Leno. We played two songs and did an awkward interview.
"How do you guys keep going?" Cynthia asked.
It sounded like an insult. Wasn't she really saying, "You've never had a gold record-why don't you just throw in the towel?" I wanted to ask her how a former VH1 host gets her own late-night network-TV show.
"What advice would you give to young people about having career longevity?" she asked.
"Go to law school," I said.
Part 2: • Luna Interview - Later...
5 фев 2020
