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A vintage interview originally published in June,1995
Is Trouble really a local band? Technically, yes. All the members of Trouble live in the Chicagoland area, but the band has never received the respect and support in Chicago that they have everywhere else, especially in Europe.
Trouble's first three albums, released on Metal Blade Records, showed the band as one of the heaviest in the land, but the lack label power kept the band an underground delicacy. In 1990 their self-titled fourth album was released by Rick Rubin's American Recordings Label. More press exposure, radio and MTV airplay pointed to Trouble finally becomiing the huge juggernaut they should always have been.
Manic Frustration, the band's 1992 release, had the material to put them over the top, but something happened and American Recordings didn't push Trouble the way they should have. Trouble left the major label.
"We asked them (American Recordings) to let us go. He (Rick Rubin) could've wasted three more records and made enough for a good tax write-off. He was cool enough to say, "Go ahead. You're free. You don't owe me shit," which is cool in this cut-throat business," said Ron Holzner, Trouble's bassist
"And that's why we went to Europe and got a European record label, " Holzner said. "Hey, we got a second chance, man. A lot of bands don't. A lot of bands either shoot themselves or just break-up and start working at Burger King. I'd go to a White Castle myself."
"I think it's just another chance to keep writing and staying alive, working," said drummer Jeff Olson. "It's not really a fresh start at all. "It's really kind of a restart, stretching, getting rust out, and playing again."
In the 80's, Trouble sounded nothing like the more popular metal bands that played either speed metal or bubble gum rock. But in the past few years, popular music has become both heavier and slower. Has the hard music scene caught up to Trouble? Good question.
Source: Subculture (Chicago)
Volume 3 / Issue 8 / June 1995
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Trouble's first three albums, released on Metal Blade Records, showed the band as one of the heaviest in the land, but the lack label power kept the band an underground delicacy. In 1990 their self-titled fourth album was released by Rick Rubin's American Recordings Label. More press exposure, radio and MTV airplay pointed to Trouble finally becomiing the huge juggernaut they should always have been.
Manic Frustration, the band's 1992 release, had the material to put them over the top, but something happened and American Recordings didn't push Trouble the way they should have. Trouble left the major label.
"We asked them (American Recordings) to let us go. He (Rick Rubin) could've wasted three more records and made enough for a good tax write-off. He was cool enough to say, "Go ahead. You're free. You don't owe me shit," which is cool in this cut-throat business," said Ron Holzner, Trouble's bassist
"And that's why we went to Europe and got a European record label, " Holzner said. "Hey, we got a second chance, man. A lot of bands don't. A lot of bands either shoot themselves or just break-up and start working at Burger King. I'd go to a White Castle myself."
"I think it's just another chance to keep writing and staying alive, working," said drummer Jeff Olson. "It's not really a fresh start at all. "It's really kind of a restart, stretching, getting rust out, and playing again."
In the 80's, Trouble sounded nothing like the more popular metal bands that played either speed metal or bubble gum rock. But in the past few years, popular music has become both heavier and slower. Has the hard music scene caught up to Trouble? Good question.
Source: Subculture (Chicago)
Volume 3 / Issue 8 / June 1995
Copyright iAdvice, Inc.1995-2009 All Rights Reserved
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