When asked: “Is it tough to be the first French metal band in terms of celebrity?”, Joe Duplantier, Gojira’s vocalist, humble yet teasing, answers with a laugh: “No, that’s fine, it’s cool!”
It should have been expected: seeing Gojira join Roadrunner bothered quite a few people. A handful of French fans see it at the beginning of the end, and fear that this change will have consequences on the sacrosanct and slightly fuzzy notion that is “musical integrity”. Gojira’s members have obviously heard about the debate, and unsurprisingly, this non-musical criticism doesn’t even touch them. In this respect, Joe Duplantier highlights something important: “We care about art, not about integrity or sales”. Besides, the band’s latest album, L’Enfant Sauvage, was written before they even joined the label.
However, the vocalist took the time to address some of those fears.
Confronted as he is by a demanding audience, that can be very critical towards employers and the realities of running a business, Joe talks about the work involved in maintaining Gojira afloat. The band never wanted to stick to the already difficult task of making a living in France as contract workers in show business and decided to take over the world. Joe also describes Roadrunner from the inside, and talks about his team as being particularly motivated and passionate.
From a more artistic point on view, he describes L’Enfant Sauvage as the work of a more mature band, which no longer tries to prove anything and simply wants to express themselves. Speaking of which, a new album should see the light of day sooner than what we’ve been used to in the past.
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