Vicious, September 1999 (partial)
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interview by: Mami Akagi
You guys have been professional for about 2 months. Your lives must have changed a lot, haven't they?
Kamijo: Yeah, how time flies.*
Machi: Actually we had been so busy before too, cause we had to do everything on our own, you know. But now we do other things like having photos taken, interviews, and other stuff. So I think that's the difference.
So, how does your usual day go?
Kamijo: Our manager calls at 11:00 A.M. and we go to the office around 12:00. And we go into the studio, take voice lessons, record, and when we're not doing that, we do interviews or have meetings and stuff. We finish around 2:00 - 3:00 in the morning and go home, then go to bed around 6:00.
What about your days off?
Kamijo: We never get days off except our first 2 days after the debut. But we usually write songs and stuff even on our days off. So if we finish everything on our schedule by noon and we don't have other meetings or anything until noon of the next day, that's like our "off" day. And then we go, "Oh, we can't waste our time!" (laughs) and write songs, write lyrics, and think about the band.
Machi: Yeah. I usually plan what I do, and read or listen to music, or look at a drum-teaching book or something. But once I see those books, I start to play it (laughs). Since I just moved into a new place with a good rooftop, I go up there and do rhythms while looking at the sky. I'm always scared tho, cause I'll get complaints from the neighbors someday! (laughs)
Wow, you sound busy. You even spend your valuable spare time thinking about your band or practicing drums!
Kamijo: Well, we started doing this job cause we like it. Actually, we don't get enough time to think about it. I mean, of course we have time for recording and making the sounds and stuff, but we don't have enough time to think individually. I think that those individual works are important in the shaping of our music. That's something I hadn't thought of before
I see. What about the people around you has changed? Did they change? You know, we often hear stories like, "I got a phone call from my uncle's wife's cousin whom I've never met!"
Machi: Ah ... well, I know we haven't had anything like that happen so far. But, yeah ... I have a story kinda related to it. Well, I went to a music store near the high school that I graduated from when I was a kid, and there was this CD of somebody labeled like "He is from (X)(X) high", my high school! (laughs) And I was like "Oh well, it's not cool." So I hope that no one will do the same thing for my CD ...
TRANSLATOR'S NOTES:
* When my Japanese friend helped me with this it said "I feel how time flies." So I just thought it would be easier to understand as "how time flies."