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luckyPRICK Interview w/Rae DiLeo

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By Robert Ferent
Transcribed by Robert Ferent

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luckyPRICK was fortunate enough to e-mail with Rae DiLeo, who managed to answer some questions about Fear Of Blue despite his busy schedule. We sincerely thank him for this opportunity, and we hope to get with him again in the future.

Personal :

Q. How did you get into the music business?

A. I went to Berkelee Music School and after that I was working in a studio and recorded my band at the time's record. From there I started working with other local bands in Boston, where I was living.

Q. Who was your biggest musical influence growing up?

A. When I was a kid it was Led Zeppelin, after that I was introduced to Bauhaus when I was 21 and that was a great musical awakening from that point on.

Q. Who's your favorite Artist? Album? Song?

A. I guess my favorite artist would have to be Daniel Lanois. I love the sonic tapestries he creates.

Q. Who have you worked with during your career?

A. Early on I did a lot of the Boston hardcore scene in the mid 80s. From there I went on to NY and did a lot of hip Hop (Grandmaster Flash, La Rock, Kurtis Blow, etc). Of recently in the past 10 years, Filter, Henry Rollins, Radford, PJ Olsson, Army of Anyone, Veruca Salt, Nimbus, Escape from Earth, Shes Your Sister...

Q. What are you up to these days?

A. I just finished a new Veruca Salt record and have been working with indy bands- Nimbus and Shes Your Sister.

Fear Of Blue:

Q. How did you and Kevin meet?

A. I used to have a small studio in Hollywood. At one point he came in to do some acoustic guitar/vocal demos and we hit it off.

Q. Who came up with the name "Fear Of Blue"? Is there a secret meaning behind it?

A. I was at a performance art piece back years ago when I lived in Boston. The performance had everyone dressed in blue and blue body paint, sort of like blue man group, and I said to a friend that they definitely don't have a fear of blue, and the name stuck until 6 years later when I met Kevin and we decided to use the name.

Q. Who was involved with the project? Who are/were the members and what are/were their roles?

A. It was me and Kev. Everything else was programmed. I would come up with a track and hand it off to Kevin to come up with the vocal riffs

Q. When was the material recorded?

A. 1989-1990

Q. Where was the material recorded?

A. At my personal studio.

Q. What kind of equipment (Musical, Recording, etc.) was used?

A. I had a MacII, with digital performer running the midi sequences. I had a rack of some keyboards. Mostly Korg and Roland, a Roland drum machine, don't remember which one. We tracked all the vocals to a Fostex analog 8 track machine using a Senheiser 441 microphone.

Q. Can you remember any working album titles or song titles? How many songs were written for the project?

A. I believe there were about 12 tracks we originally did.

Q. Describe what Fear Of Blue sounds like.

A. Sort of a sound track tapestry of ambient vibe with Kevin's voice dancing on top through a maze of story telling.

Q. What was the connection to C'est La Mort records (the label that put out the compilation featuring "Fool's Gold")? Did they approach you for the compilation, or did you approach them?

A. They approached us when they heard our original demo.

Q. Besides "Fool's Gold", were any other songs officially released? If so, where?

A. Not as of yet.

Q. Why was the project shelved?

A. Kevin started putting together his live act, which turned into his band Prick, and I was continuing down the path of record engineering and producing.

Q. Any plans to release the material in the future?

A. At some point I would like to do a new round of Fear of Blue with Kev.

FEAR OF BLUE

luckyPRICK Interview w/Rae DiLeo