"After years of alcohol abuse, I was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver," McCarthy said in a statement via Instagram last Friday, March 22nd.Mar 25, 2024 . Sending my preyers , best wishes , recovery and love .
Damn, that is so sad to hear. I wish him the best and hope he is out of pain. Unfortunately, I don't think you can reverse cirrhosis damage of the liver as I think that's stage 3 of the liver disease ladder.
What an awesome chat with a couple of great guys. Nitzer Ebb was such an influential band in my teens. Still love to listen to their music to this day. Much love and respect.
These were great questions! Congratulations of getting Nitzer Ebb on your show!! I love these guys and their music was wonderful and such a huge part of my coming of age in the 90's (I also love Siouxsi and the Banshees and Bauhaus, as they mentioned). These kinds of artistic business musical partnerships are truly a gift to all involved and it's so fascinating to hear them discuss their music and career. I'm always in such admiration of these kinds of band relationships. Thank you for much for this interview!
As an old German Electro-goth, i would have loved to see that black community at NitzerEbb concerts back then. Our scene back home was whiter than white and it would have been so interesting to learn how that other sub-culture was celebrating this music.
It really appears as he‘s physically declining in a very rapid way over the last few months. It is, unfortunately, very noticeable. On the other hand, they‘re still active and booking shows. Worrisome, still.
Not trying to be too negative or morbid, but he looks almost skeletal here. I really, really, hope he's okay and recovers. I grew up with these guys in the 90s, and I know 57 isn't a kid anymore but it's not old either. He needs to stick around for quite awhile more.
I can confirm... the album ''That Total Age'' is pure gold; I still listen to it regularly as well as the 2 following albums... but ''Total Age'' is my favorite album of all time. Thx N-Ebb
Literally one of the best music interviews I have ever seen. Love the passion for their music that comes through in your questions. Thanks so much for getting these legends on the couch!
My first introduction to Nitzer Ebb was two of my rebellious 80's church friends(teens) were able to get the church DJ to play "Alarm" from That Total Age for almost 1/2 of the song. Of course, the song ended early, but, I will always have fond memories of that disruption. Not only did that open my eyes to different music styles, it also makes me laugh every time I think about that event.
I first heard their music at tye alternative clubs in Vancouver. Oh man .. Murderous hits so hard on the floor! I bought all their albums and 12" singles . Did not get a chance to watch them live . Though . Thanks for this great interview!
I'm going to see front 242 and nitzer ebb in November in houston on back to back nights. I saw douglass on another interview and he looks much better now he looked fairly ill here anyway can't wait for November
Damn...I love their song "Join in the Chant". It's so sad to see them old now. The Onion knight on Game of Thrones was so right. NOTHING f**cks you harder than time.
Yeah!!!, we URGENTLY need more songs from these MASTERS of electronic music that fill us with renewed ENERGY, MOTIVATION and INNOVATION to keep coping with our lives. Maybe what I just wrote sounds stupid but I have come to this world to listen to NITZER EBB and that's it. THANK YOU VERY MUCH Douglas, Bon and MelaninMonarchy
Just been blasting my head (*after a terrible day) with all my fave 80s and 90s NE classics as loud as flippin possible. I just sought out any live footage of the band and here we are bizarrely. Amazing honest interview. WONDERFUL! ! ! !
These two are just consummate professionals and so absolutely real in person. I was on my last US Navy deployment and found out Fixmer McCarthy were playing at The Bunker in L.A. and I got tickets for 2 and went with my highschool buddy who had been living and working in Anaheim for years. By the time Fixmer McCarthy hit the stage we were so straight up obliterated on Heineken it was almost comical. As soon as the show was over I basically just dragged my friend right over the stage and past any sort of security and spoke with Terrance Fixmer and went backstage and ended up meeting and 😅surprising Douglas and Bon was there also. These two gentlemen were just so unbelievably cool and beyond gracious and even offered us each a beer from their cooler backstage. I first had seen NE on the Depeche Mode Violator tour at the Salt Palace in SLC and it has had such an amazing influence in my life. Just walking into that space with insulated doors limiting the sound outside the actual space and feeling Lightning Man just pounding into your chest... Just to then open the doors to get into the actual venue and just be absolutely blown away by their own stage presence. Absolutely life-changing for me. I caught the Ebbhead tour at the Horticulture Center at the Utah State Fairgrounds and was again completely blown away by the opening act Ethyl Meatplow and I actually brushed elbows with one of the drummers for NE on that tour without even knowing it and he was so cool. Then to have seen the same guy on stage blasting percussion for one of my favorite bands it was something else. Eventually I saw NE live one more time in SLC in a venue I thought was far too small for them on their Industrial Complex tour and my brother's highschool buddies ' band Tragic Black was originally to open for them but they had to leave so Nitzer Ebb played first and I know for a fact that was a boost to those guys as they felt they were then the "headlining act." I began doing concert promotions in SLC shortly afterwards and just about had a DJMREX show lined up at Club X and the owner declined😢. Maybe again someday I will meet up with these awesome gents!
I love your stories. I too think they are the coolest of Gents. Meeting Bon and Douglas has changed my life forever, I Love them Dearly. Thank you for watching and subscribing.
Saw them in Orlando where I am from, love industrial music! Nitzer Ebb, Front 242, Frontline Assembly, and Skinny Puppy! JOIN IN THE CHANT!!! Clan of Xymox! Pop Will Eat Itself!
They wrecked the music scene. Saw them live the first time, when they were start up for Depeche Mode - Black Celebration Tour. I love Dpeche Mode (since 1983) but I think we were half a number or more into Depeche set before we woke up from the TOTAL chok of Nitzer Ebb. FAN since.... Sincere Regards to these "boys"...;-)
Very good interview! I still have my CD of "That Total Age" with the gear, and I listen to it as if it were the first time I bought it! Greetings from Argentina!
I loved and still love the old analogue synths, I had a Roland SH09 and a Korg Poly 800 back in the day. I have two Behringer Pro 1s, a Korg ARP Odyssey and a Roland Alpha Juno 2 these days ..as well as a few others and soft synths in Ableton ...love the huge power and variety of the sounds.
Saw them in Houston at Number in 2011 (maybe 10). It was awesome! My friends and I used to listen to That Total Age while playing Nintendo (OG nintendo, this was late 80's, early 90's) Good memories Maybe you can convince them to come play in Flagstaff...or the Grand Canyon. Hey, the reminiscent kid inside me can dream can't he?!?
I remember seeing them a couple of times around the time of Join In The Chant. Murderous was the first single I'd bought. Honestly that pent up energy - you'd spend the time wondering when the world would explode around you. It was so powerful like nothing else. Fanastic to see them in '23/'24. I wish them well.
@@robertfisher4689 Very cool! Mine was in Dallas, same tour. The power went out halfway through the Nitzer Ebb set, and Douglas sat on the edge of the stage and chatted with us until it came back.
Love this interview and love your interview style. I had no idea they had an African American following. I love hearing that. Also is Doug ok? Anyway I’m subscribed now and look forward to more content.
Love NEP! These mofo’s need to release a remaster of their earlier material (especially That Total Age). Their current digital older material is almost unlistenable due to the poor sound quality.
I don’t know Nitzer Ebb’s music at all, but I think Doug McCarthy’s best time was working with Alan Wilder on the Recoil project in 1997, on the Unsound Methods album. He looked fantastic then and was by far the best vocalist that Alan used on that album. He also sang absolutely spell-bindingly on the Recoil cover of Faith Healer. I could tell from the modern era photos of him that he had aged, probably due to alcohol. Such a sad thing for such a great singer. You breathed fire, Douglas, on Faith Healer, Incubus and Stalker, an incredible singer. Alan should have got him to be the lead singer of Recoil, they were the perfect combination together, great musician and great singer. Such a shame his health has declined. I read he left the music industry - again, such a shame for such a gifted singer. Get back with Alan and do some more Recoil, Douglas, - your talents in your own band not withstanding, although as I say, I don’t know Nitzer Ebb’s music at all, but Douglas’s talent is absolutely evident.
Front 242 is definitely a phenomenal band in their own right, No Question. I Love Front 242. I believe and stand by that there weren't (are not) any other bands that sound like NE. Thank you for watching 👀 🙏 ❤️
A lot of fans in common, and I think people that like 242 tend to like NE too, but still different enough. Damn,though. Richard 23 with bagpipes would be damn scary.
Even though Melanin was just playing around, I thought the "too young and stupid" comment went too far. Let Bon and Doug make the self-deprecating comments about themselves, don't make comments like that to them.
I don't think her comment was taken by them the way you took it. I didn't take it that way. It's just a phrase folks from our generation used to joke around about our youth. Maybe there is a generational difference in your understanding. I'm 55 and that's how we spoke to each other sometimes. It was playful and said with endearing emotions and it appears they took it that way as well.
In the time it took for you to deliver your disclaimer on why you are choosing to mispronounce the band's name, you could have simply pronounced their name correctly. Is this a melanin thing?
No, it's not a "black" thing. While I did twist up my face when she first introduced them, it made me question if she was a true fan?! I won't be at her up too much because I've traveled the world and heard many different pronunciations on their names and other band names.... No point in making a back handed racist tone to it...
