{"id":5273,"date":"2012-03-11T22:36:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-12T05:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/?p=5273"},"modified":"2012-03-12T16:51:41","modified_gmt":"2012-03-12T23:51:41","slug":"kasabian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/2012\/03\/kasabian\/","title":{"rendered":"KASABIAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"KASABIAN<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Hitting a new groove after 15 years of \u00a0 boundary-breaking music\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s 10 a.m. in Australia, and Kasabian guitarist Sergio Pizzorno can\u2019t quite stifle a yawn\u2014it\u2019s early by rock-star standards, yet late by new-parent requirements. \u201cI\u2019m pretty good on just a few hours\u2019 sleep,\u201d says Pizzorno, who fits both descriptions. He is energized by the positive reaction thus far to Kasabian\u2019s latest album, Velociraptor! <\/em>\u201cIt\u2019s great,\u201d he says. \u201cPeople seem to have gotten into this far quicker than our previous records. It\u2019s like we\u2019ve hit a new groove.\u201d That was also true of the album\u2019s creation, which took only six months. \u201cThat included writing, recording and mixing,\u201d says Pizzorno proudly. \u201cIt was insane, so I just went with it. The tunes just kept coming in this\u00a0creative burst. It was wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

Formed in 1997 in Leicestershire, England, the band took its name from former Charles Manson disciple Linda Kasabian. Pizzorno, vocalist Tom Meighan, bassist Chris Edwards and drummer Ian Matthews have established a reputation for bending musical boundaries. The band\u2019s swagger is arena-ready, but Kasabian\u2019s incorporation of electronics, psychedelia and druggy dance rhythms has imbued each of its four full-length albums with a distinctive style. \u201cThey all move in a different way, and that\u2019s the legacy we want to leave behind,\u201d Pizzorno says. \u201cYou try something out, but on the next record you do something else. That\u2019s beautiful. It means the next album won\u2019t be anything like the last one.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Pizzorno, it\u2019s all about spontaneity. \u201cI\u2019d hate to be only known for one certain thing,\u201d he says. \u201cSo I do whatever turns me on at a certain time. I don\u2019t feel like I need to write a certain way because of what people may expect. I have no rules. I do whatever I want to do.\u201d That approach has struck a chord with fans and critics\u00a0alike. Kasabian\u2019s upward trajectory survived a 2007 split from founding member Christopher Karloff. The band has become one of Britain\u2019s most successful ensembles, garnering numerous awards while selling\u00a0out stadiums and festival stages at\u00a0home and abroad.<\/p>\n

Pizzorno remains unfazed through it all. \u201cI never think about that,\u201d he says. \u201cDon\u2019t get me wrong, it\u2019s nice to win an award. It\u2019s fantastic. But it\u2019s not important. I\u2019ve got no time for reviews or other people\u2019s opinions. And if the awards stop coming, what are you left with? To be honest, I don\u2019t even know where all those trophies are stored.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2013Lee Zimmerman<\/p>\n


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KASABIAN\u00a0 Hitting a new groove after 15 years of \u00a0 boundary-breaking music\u00a0 It\u2019s 10 a.m. in Australia, and Kasabian guitarist Sergio Pizzorno can\u2019t quite stifle a yawn\u2014it\u2019s early by rock-star standards, yet late by new-parent requirements. \u201cI\u2019m pretty good on just a few hours\u2019 sleep,\u201d says Pizzorno, who fits both descriptions. He is energized by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[3185,3216,10156],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5360,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5273\/revisions\/5360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmusicmag.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}