#Crossbeat

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Fiona Apple in her hotel room photo: Katsumi Omori for Crossbeat magazine, Japan, 2000

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arctic monkeys for crossbeat, july 2011

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Beastie Boys in July 1998 issue of Crossbeat magazine

(Unsure of photographer, scans from Pop Catastrophe on Instagram)

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crossbeat july 1998 | beastie boys

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Thom in Crossbeat #179, August 1999

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2016年に『Hardwired...To Self-Destruct』をリリースした時期に出版されたメタリカを一冊丸ごと特集したクロスビートのスペシャル・エディション本

メタリカのディスコグラフィーのみならずメンバーが影響を受けたお気��入りのアルバムまで掲載された充実の内容！

世の中にヘヴィ・メタル・バンドは数あれど、やはりメタリカがNo.1！！！！…だと思ってはる人は僕だけじゃないはず⁉︎

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crossbeat magazine, aug 2007. photographer: tetsuro sato

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meowers

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Beck for Crossbeat Magazine, November 1994

Photos by Takeshi Maehara

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october's got those orange eyes, but somehow i still lost sight.

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Google Translation of the June 2000 interview for Crossbeat Japan. n.b. This may contain translation errors.

if your success is based on your honesty?

Thats right, because if I write songs or make an album for no good reason, obviously there's no sincerity there, right? If I feel something so intensely or I'm so overwhelmed by something that I just can't help but write songs and I start making an album, then that's when the path opens up. That's the truth.

And it's successful. …so that's why no-one understands.

If I have 10 songs in my head right now and I'm writing them out and polishing them…I don't care. I might want to put out an album tomorrow. But at the same time, I'm okay with five years from now. So I don't know (laughs)."

-Is it possible that you play the piano just for fun?

"Not at all. Sometimes I play for fun. But it's no fun if I don't need to. I only feel happy when it feels great or when I'm inspired to do something. If I started forcing myself to make music, I would destroy my method of making music. And… "

...You will also lose the way to confirm your progress. But you've used music as a way to overcome pain, and now you're more confident than ever. How do you plan to stay motivated to continue making music in the future? Do you think there will come a day when you no longer need music?

"No. The day when I no longer need music will never come.

But there's a chance that I won't need to expose myself to the outside world, but I'll definitely continue making music. I have no choice."

-Looking back on the five years since your debut, what are you most proud of?

"What I'm proud of… are the relationships I've made. I'm proud of meeting my bandmates and my tour manager Steve. I'm proud of our friendships. And I'm proud of being a real musician, not just a girl who likes to play piano. I had no idea if I had the talent or the skills. … I'm proud of the progress I've made to be able to play with Pando (Piano?). I'm proud of being able to share my love of music with other people, not just staying alone in my room. … I'm proud of the inner growth that music has fostered and the way it has heated up my life. … And I'm proud of my second album (laughs). I'm really proud."

-Compared to when you first started playing the piano at age 8, has the meaning of music changed for you over time? Do you find new roles and new values ​​in music?

"Yes, I have discovered that music can exist only from joy. I have learned that music does not always have to come from pain. And I have realized that even if music comes from pain, it can still be enjoyed (laughs)."

Ultimately, your musical endeavors seem to be driven by a desperate desire to be understood. To what extent have you been rewarded in this regard? Any progress? "No! No progress at all! (laughs). It's really no good, I'm going in the opposite direction. If I started to seek understanding through my musical expression, I feel like the exact opposite has happened. But on the other hand, maybe I don't need to be understood as much as I used to. It's been a learning experience, and things will be as they are. There's not much justification for doing music because you want to be understood. The reason I continue with music is… to give joy to other people. By doing that, joy comes back to me. And I just want to go forward as my instincts dictate. I should never have thought from the beginning that I was doing music to get recognition. In the end, it was because people didn't accept me that I learned that I don't need the approval of others to continue with music."

-You have a tendency to admit your defeat from the beginning. You seem to have the strength to accept that you will always be misunderstood and that you will always make mistakes, and to use defeat as a starting point to face life and pave your way. Where does this strength come from?

"Well, first of all, I have never given up. I don't think that Eimichi/Eido will continue to misunderstand me. Of course, there will always be people who misunderstand me in the future. But that's the real fun of touring. It's only by touring that I realize that there are people in the world who accept me, who understand me. It's just that they're not the ones who write the headlines in magazines. ••Um, I'm lost. What was the question?"

- I wanted you to tell me the source of your strength that allows you to fight even in such adversity….

"Well, it just comes from that place. I get it from the people I meet on tour. There's a whole world out there that I don't know, but I get strength from seeing with my own eyes that there are people who feel the same way as me. And I guess… no, I'm sure I'll feel that in Japan. That's what musical expression does. I mean, it's like a conversation topic. Something that people can agree on and get excited about together. So that's where the power comes from."

Finally, you're only 22 years old and you've already made two great albums. How do you want to develop yourself as an artist in the future?

"I don't know (laughs)."

- Sorry, I know that's an abstract question.

"No, don't worry about it! But I… I don't think I should have the answer to that question. I'll just have to wait and see.

When we were talking about the next album, I said I had no idea when I'd be able to write new songs. It's the same thing…. I just… I think that to develop myself as an artist, I'll have to become a harder worker and develop the drive to do so. I want to be able to work for the pleasure that comes from the work itself, not just to complain, cry, or get some kind of cathartic feeling, but to actually move my muscles. That must be the best feeling, I'm sure."

2000-May-08 Crossbeat June 2000 edition [Video]

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miles kane for crossbeat, july 2011

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crossbeat july 1998 | graham coxon

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Crossbeat (December, 1997)

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Happy Thanksgiving (幸せな感謝祭)