Fucked Up's 10,000 Marbles Explains "Year Of The Pig"

05/05/09 12:52pm

by 10,000 Marbles (CHARTattack)

We wrote "Year Of The Pig" according to the spacial and spiritual rules laid out in the Chinese Zodiac. We do this once a year.

Last year was "Year Of The God." Next year is "Year Of The Rat." It's a special process we only bring out for these yearly rousing recording sessions. It's a
60-year cycle, so accordingly there will be 60 of these 12-inches, by us or by the bands we pass it down to.

The combination element for this year was gold, so (as usual) we tried to surround ourselves with as much gold as possible in the studio. A bunch of dudes came up who had fronts. We all had to borrow our parents' jewelry, etc. It was crazy. The lights from the studio were cascading off all the pieces in the room.

The heaven element for this year was fire, so we also managed to put up a huge fire in the middle of the floor. We did the drum tracks only with the fire because we had to move the set-up onto the roof of the building.

For us recording is all about balance basically. We usually try now to have certain people come in to lay down the area in a way we don't really understand. We just sit there and eat handfuls of salvia while these dowsers come in and point to what instruments are ready. You've got these geosophists pointing us in certain directions, sigils are going up all over the place.

It can get pretty real in the year of the fourth trine.

The following feature is from the July 2007 issue of Chart Magazine. To purchase the issue, go to the CHARTattack Shop.