From his shortly lived but still ongoing band The Evaporators (who At The Drive In did support once upon a time), Nardwuar is and continues to be a cult phenomenom amongst music fans alike, not so much for his love for his purposeful mis-matched dress sense, but for his inane, baffling, insightful, confusing interviews which eludes to the interviewee admiring his work or reach for the nearest exit, whatever the result, Youtube is rife with interviews he has done over the last 20 years and it has become a frequented pass time of mine.
Known for his signature catchphrases 'check, check, check', who are you?, where are you from? (to start with) and ending always with a 'doot dooda doot doot' to which the normal reply is either fuck off or a 'i'll go along with this' attitude from the interviewee. What you will notice with Nardwuar is that his research is second to none, in the modern era of not adopting a relationship with musicians and just looking at a piece of paper and firing mondane questions about production style differences, influences and all that wafty stuff, Nardwuar usually produces gifts, old samples they have used, influences that are relevant and questions that somehow connect with Canada (his home is Vancouver, British Columbia to be more accurate).
Such instances that spring to mind include, regularly baffling Snoop Dogg, pissing off Slipknot, having plenty of laughs with the Mars Volta (seemingly respecting him for not insisting on Omar's pedal levels), again baffling Pharrell with ultra rare vinyl records, having photo's of Josh Homme at primary school and superior knowledge of garage rock which The Horrors can only respect. That's just a short list of the interviews he's done, there are so many and each one just as entertaining as the next, if you're bored then look up NardwuarServiette on Youtube, sit back and enjoy because this transcendental form of interview which sure to amaze.
Now hosting his own radio show in Canada, it seems he's got into the current affairs game and regularly frequents parliament with odd ball questions for the suits in power, who 9 times out of 10 find him rather annoying, but sticking to his first love of music badgering, here are some memorable ones, including Dave Rowntree almost assaulting the geeky tartan wearing maple flower.
Check out more that include interviews with The Strokes, Florence and the Machine, La roux, Lady GaGa, Nirvana, Franz Ferdinand, Jay-Z, The Libertines, Marylin Manson, Slipknot, Common, Nas, Flava Flav, Blowfly, Killers, Little Boots....Basically the list is endless.
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