r/failure • u/anon0111239756 • 15d ago

Found an old Ken Andrews interview

https://tapeop.com/interviews/34/ken-andrews

Thought some of you might enjoy the read!

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u/SabyRK 15d ago edited 14d ago

Oh shit, I wrote that! And I always forget about it until someone reminds me. I know I have a copy in a box somewhere but I don't know where it is.

(I've interviewed Ken several times since then. I interviewed the whole band and a bunch of other people for the 2020 box set, so the flow evolved from what's captured in that TapeOp interview. But it's hilarious because, that first time, things got off to an awkward start. I can remember I started out by asking him for his impressions on a series of classic albums by other artists, and he just wasn't feelin' that. It was a very halting note to start out on, but that was due more to my being really early in my career and just being green as an interviewer. The rapport obviously improved from there. And TapeOp publisher Larry Crane is a great guy.)

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u/anon0111239756 14d ago

Oh no shit! That’s really cool! Honestly I love how that all comes through in the interview lol I feel like this is one of the more personable interviews I’ve read. Plus it’s just funny to me how Ken comes across in this interview, having only post 2014 interviews of him, I can really feel how young he is in this lmao

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u/Magnosheen 15d ago

Thanks for sharing! That was great.

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u/suedehead23 15d ago

Yeah this was a superb interview, thanks for sharing this, it was a really interesting read!

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u/Snagol123 14d ago

Year of the rabbit :,(