Eric Lavansch - The Black Page Online Drum Magazine

did set in, for sure. Always have to expect theunexpected here!!!Actually this happens quite a lot – expectinga small show or some kind and it turnsout to be huge! Bangkok Music Festival was agood one too. Sek said we weren’t going toplay it but the very next day (the day of theshow) called me to say we were! 100,000 inthe stadium and live on TV – real buzz. Playingthe clubs in the USA was a great time too.CBGB’s in particular as well as SXSW in Texas.Another very good memory was the Sundaywe played at Glastonbury in 2005, walkedoff stage, went to the station and travelledto Paddington to play at the Songs of ExperienceFestival at the Royal Festival Hall, organisedby Patti Smith with Jeff Beck, Fleaand others playing. That was quite a day!You get to work with a number of other artistsin Thailand and have recorded on several topchart hits. Care to tell us about them?I did an album for the Thai group Slot Machinesigned to Sony. Their drummer was havingtrouble keeping to the click, and they wereon a really short time frame for the recording.So, they asked the studio owner if he knewanyone who could do it. I had also recordedfor the studio owners band Knock the Knock,who are signed to Spicy Disc, he mentionedmy name, and I got the call. I was in the studioa week later and cut all 11 tracks in 2 days. Itwas a good session and the band were reallyhappening. Most of the stuff I have playedon has topped the charts here, so I am reallylucky to have been part of such great recordingsand songs.It’s all go, Eric. What’s next for you?Well, I just finished recording the next album,