Brody Dalle Talks Music, Drugs And Shirley Manson
[related]She’s more forthcoming on the topic of Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson, who guests on Meet The Foetus and whose upbeat vibe permeates the rest of the album. Dalle recently returned the favour on Manson’s Record Store Day single, Girls Talk. Is there any chance of a joint tour? “A tour with Shirley? That sounds awesome. I know they’re making another record, so I hope so - I would love that!”
Less likely, however, is a Distillers tour. The band split in 2006 before Dalle went on to form a new band, Spinnerette, but fans are still holding out for a Distillers reunion. “Reunions are generally terrible, aren’t they, don’t you think?” she says. “Most reunions they’re just awful, embarrassing. The one reunion I really liked was the Pixies, when Kim[Deal] was in the band. I saw that and it was just incredible to hear those songs, so I understand, y’know. I don’t want to say never, ‘cause in a couple of months I might be like, ‘Yes, let’s do this!’ Right now I’m putting my record out and we’ll see what happens.”
The last time she put a record out, of course, the music scene was an entirely different place and, particularly in the last few years, guitar-based pop and rock has been edged out by EDM. Dalle is relaxed about whether or not rock can make a comeback. “There’s always time to make a comeback,” she says. “There’s always time for rock and roll. I like dance too so I just feel like it can all exist, right? But it’s definitely awesome when rock and roll is dominating the charts.”
Did she catch Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner's opinion-dividing speech at the BRIT Awards, in which he declared “Rock n roll will never die!”? She flashes a rare smile, saying: “I don’t get it, I don’t understand what the big deal was. I heard there was a kerfuffle about what he said and then I read what he said and - is it just me? - There’s nothing wrong with what he said!"
"More people need to say what he said, I reckon," the typically outspoken Dalle adds emphatically, as the interview draws to a close. "I’m proud of you Alex Turner, wherever you are.”
