COG [14:05:08] DANCING WITH WEEDS Two albums deep and getting ready to launch their sounds into Europe, Cog continue to storm the insurmountable ‘Industry Hill’. Enjoying the fresh fruits of their latest record, ‘Sharing Space’, drummer Lucius Borich shares how the new record cost them an embittered producer. “Our relationship ended up falling apart through this album. We didn't think we were going to get much hassle at all, but the relationship completely broke down,” he explains, referring to Sylvia Massy (Tool/System of Down). “For the last three months of recording the album she was probably in the studio twenty minutes total. We ended up producing it ourselves as always, pretty much. We just stayed true to the vision and the focus and walked out of there with something we were really happy with.” The Sydney boys recorded stateside in the small logging town of Weed (smirk) in California, but while they were there they also took the time to head south. “We went to South by Southwest (Austin, Texas). We drove from where we were recording in a big RV, there were about eight of us, and it took us about three days to get there. We did a few shows in LA first; we played the Whisky A Go Go, a famous venue on Sunset Strip, the night before The Police were playing there.” Lucius remembers playing at South by Southwest as a welcome break from the troubles of their studio angst. “The whole event was an experience ... there is just this big musical salad of bands and music and sounds and people just looking crazy and just completely going off their nut. It's not what we initially thought we'd be doing ... so we just thought let’s just have a great time and spend three days out of the studio, just partying and having fun.” Relentless touring at home means their name and their sound are well known around the country. Taking their show to north Queensland presented a very different experience than playing in Sydney. “I found that the crowds (in north Queensland) just wanted to have fun and let go, they didn't want to … y’know in Sydney and other places like that people can be a bit reserved, a bit cool for school y’know. Like you don't want to express yourself coz you feel like the person next to you is gonna go, ‘oh look he or she is being an idiot - dancing’.” Dan Cole Cog play the Tivoli May 17 and Great Northern May 22. ‘Sharing Space’ is out now Difrnt Music/MGM Distribution. back to top ^

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