Gojira made some severe waves the world over after they ripped through “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)” on the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics earlier this 12 months. And with that degree of publicity comes a reasonably main enhance in fame, proper? Probably not.
In an interview with Heavy Consequence, Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier mentioned his recognition by folks in public has ticked up a bit, however in any other case it is all enterprise as traditional for the French quarter.
“It is actually refined. As a result of we have been a band for 30 years and we already had a profession and we had been touring worldwide,” mentioned Duplantier. “However, yeah, it is a plus, it is a bonus. You go to a retailer and a few persons are, like, ‘I noticed you on the Olympics.’ Nevertheless it’s not like a loopy change.
“Additionally, it is a band that performed; it isn’t like one particular person. We’re a band and an entity, so it isn’t like considered one of us was the primary man with a reputation. It is actually Gojira performing over there, however many individuals do not understand I am enjoying in Gojira, as a band additionally. However, no, what we will inform it is the general respect for the band now, since we did that. And, as I mentioned, we, we had been very fortunate to have the ability to do it and having this fucking bonus.”
Duplantier additionally touched on the truth that Gojira needed to preserve the efficiency a secret for the higher a part of a 12 months. Duplantier mentioned he was initially bummed Gojira could not play considered one of their very own songs (my vote is for “Esoteric Surgical procedure”), however they ended up having a blast.
“We acquired the decision again in November 2023, and the ceremony was in July 2024. So, an excellent couple of months. We needed to preserve it secret. We labored with the author of the music of the ceremony, as a result of we weren’t allowed to play our music. So at first we had been, like, ‘That is bizarre,’ as a result of we actually thought if we might play a track, that will be superb. However the truth is, we actually needed to create one thing that match with the theme of the revolution.
“So it was an enormous problem, however a really enjoyable problem as effectively. And we labored along with Victor Le Manse, with the man who writes your complete music of your complete ceremony. And, yeah, the relation was excellent — very chill. No drama, no pressure, nothing. And Joe and I, as a result of primarily we labored — Joe and I — on this venture, we had plenty of issues to say and we had been very free to do virtually no matter we needed, as [long] because it match with the theme and all that. So yeah, superb.”
Gojira at present has a 2025 tour of France lined up as they work on a new album.
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