(he has since left the group, but, before his departure, COF Bassist Dave Pybus answered questions submitted by fans at the record label website)
Ask your questions to Dave Pybus!
Past ask the artists from Cradle of Filth >>
Question:
Explain how a severed pig's head ended up in your producer's bed? The Guru (Mike Gitter)
Answer:
The truth. Our studio engineer Dan Turner has a great sense of humor and was involved in a little war with Producer Rob Caggiano. So, as to retaliate to something Rob had done earlier, Dan went out and bought a real pigs head just to get him back. Kinda stank the whole place out for a day.
Question:
Dave, I saw you live in Camden, London and you blew the fucking roof off, amazing! I was wondering what the white writing said on one of your basses? (James)
Answer:
It was a small sticker I acquired from Ozzfest that said 'Eat More Dick'. Not really intended to be a hint for guys in the band though haha.
Question:
Growing up, who were your main influences in music? (Luke)
Answer:
My Father was resposible for my introduction to music in the mid '70's. He liked all the classic stuff, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Led Zepplin, T-Rex, Free and Black Sabbath. He also played Jeff Waynes 'War of the Worlds' a lot which scared the hell out of me. He later took me to a few shows and got me into AC/DC, who we saw in 1982 (not my first show). I then got into Metallica around 1985, saw them live with Cliff Burton in 1986, just 2 weeks before Cliff was killed. That was a great honour and had a profound effect on me. There wasn't many people at the show I remember. Iron Maiden and Venom were also fave bands of mine. When I was 18 I started getting into more underground bands and branching out into things like movie soundtracks.
Question:
Hey Dave, I saw you guys at Donington this year and it was amazing, I was just wondering how many of the new tracks you will play live, have the band decided yet? (Cozzy)
Answer:
When the full touring starts for NYMPHETAMINE we will probably get to play 4-5 songs off the record. Obviously 'Gilded Cunt' and 'Nemesis' will open the set. As for the other songs, I'm not sure of yet as we can play just about all of them live. Pretty good situation to be in for once.
Question:
My boyfriend and I are huge COF fans. We desperately want see you. When do you think your next UK gigs will be? (Clare)
Answer:
The European tour for this new record is looking like February/March 2005 and there will be dates for the UK included in that. I'm not sure of the cities we will play exactly but I'd hope to think it's not just going to be London. Our UK fans deserve a bit more than just one show.
Question:
How do you feel about replacing Robin Graves? (David)
Answer:
Well, at first I was just session bass guitarist for Cradle, which lasted near 10 months and two major tours, so I wasn't sure what was gonna happen with my future with the band. When Robin decided to leave he helped me out to learn all the parts and that was quite interesting 'cos he played the bass differently to me. We found it funny. Where he played high on the fret board I played low, and when he played low I learned the parts high. We thought that was funny. His style is totally different to mine. I'm a purist when it comes to line-ups and Robin was like an original member. But there was nothing I could do to make him stay so... I just stuck around and ended up joining the band full time.
Question:
How sick are you of being asked questions like is their a rivalry between you guys and Dimmu Borgir? (Aaron)
Answer:
It does get a little annoying to say there isn't much of a rivalry anyways. When people make remarks in the press it gets blown out of preportion so we don't really take whats printed as 'truth'. We know the Dimmu guys and wish them good luck with everything they do.
Question:
Is Cradle going to release a new DVD like 'Heavy Left-Handed & Candid'? Did you shoot any footage of the Nymphetamine studio sessions? (Sami)
Answer:
Well, yeah, we got tons of footage from the last 3 years and hopefully we will all get chance to sit and watch through most of the good parts and edit it down to something worth putting out. There's always a lot of stupid behind the scenes footage and things you'd like to forget but for some reason thats what people want to see when they buy a DVD so... god knows what will come out of it. The DVD should maybe be released next year and will include a live show too.
Question:
What was it like playing `Download` the biggest rock festival in the UK? (Jack)
Answer:
Download was brilliant this year for us. We thought someone didn't really like us by putting us on the saturdays bill with all the softer bands. It actually worked to our advantage mainly because it made us stand out a lot more. When we walked out onstage there was like 10,000 fans chaning 'Cradle, Cradle!' which was pretty moving. I mean, we get a lot of negativity in the U.K. and that just made it all not matter. The real thing is between us and the fans, the rest is bollox I guess.
Question:
How did you get into Cradle? Did someone contact you, or did you contact them? (Stephen)
Answer:
I was working with Orange Goblin on tour with Alice Cooper as their guitar tech when, one night we were in Manchester, I got a text message from Martin Powell (Keyboards) saying 'Do you want a job?' I called him a few days after and came down for a try out, like and audition, but with no one else there. I mean, no other bass players. The CoF guys just said 'hey, you need to do this for us 'cos we don't know anyone else who can do it at such short notice'. I had three weeks to learn 14 songs and then my first show was in Seattle, USA, on the Bitter suites tour, 2001. It's been crazy ever since.
Question:
Hi! Why did you leave Anathema after such a good album (Judgement)? What was the reason? (Sosna)
Answer:
I left after the record that followed 'Judgement', called 'A fine day to Exit', in June 2001. I'd had enough of the situation I was in and decided to just stop taking about it and actually do something about it. It was a perfectly simple selfish move on my part. No one else really cared what I wanted at the time so I just moved on.
Question:
Hey before I ask you my question, I'd just like to say that the 4th June is my birthday too!!! Good to have celebrity birthday in my opinion!! I just wanted to know what is your favourite Cradle album that you didn't play on? (Jonathan)
Answer:
I'd have to say 'MIDIAN'. I just like the overall sound and songs on that record. Cool we got the same birthday too.
Question:
What are your 3 favourite horror movies? Simple question, but I'm interested in. Thanx! (Norman)
Answer:
'The Thing', 'Jaws', and I guess 'Halloween'. All pretty dated now I guess. Not really into the modern style horror movies.
Question:
Do you appreciate the work all the street teamers do? Or don't you really care about it? (Amy)
Answer:
Of course I appreciate their work. I actually want Roadrunner to organize a day where I can get to meet our street team and personally thank them. I always loved the idea of enthusiastic people wanting to help bands out. I think that is very important to get passionate people involved.
Question:
I've only just got into Gothic Metal and I fucking love COF...what is your favourite song you have made and why? (Skinzi)
Answer:
We kind have made a lot of songs I like so it's difficult to pin point an actual track I'd favour over any other. We work pretty hard at all of them and so they are all a labour of hate haha.
Question:
Do you think your music influences other bands to write songs and albums? (Beth)
Answer:
Erm... I guess we do seeing as there are a few cover bands of Cradle. One we met up with in Chile recently. It was strange meeting someone who was supposed to be me in this cover band. None of them looked like us, as you can imagine, that was quite funny!
Ask your questions to Dave Pybus!
Past ask the artists from Cradle of Filth >>
Question:
Explain how a severed pig's head ended up in your producer's bed? The Guru (Mike Gitter)
Answer:
The truth. Our studio engineer Dan Turner has a great sense of humor and was involved in a little war with Producer Rob Caggiano. So, as to retaliate to something Rob had done earlier, Dan went out and bought a real pigs head just to get him back. Kinda stank the whole place out for a day.
Question:
Dave, I saw you live in Camden, London and you blew the fucking roof off, amazing! I was wondering what the white writing said on one of your basses? (James)
Answer:
It was a small sticker I acquired from Ozzfest that said 'Eat More Dick'. Not really intended to be a hint for guys in the band though haha.
Question:
Growing up, who were your main influences in music? (Luke)
Answer:
My Father was resposible for my introduction to music in the mid '70's. He liked all the classic stuff, Rolling Stones, David Bowie, The Who, Led Zepplin, T-Rex, Free and Black Sabbath. He also played Jeff Waynes 'War of the Worlds' a lot which scared the hell out of me. He later took me to a few shows and got me into AC/DC, who we saw in 1982 (not my first show). I then got into Metallica around 1985, saw them live with Cliff Burton in 1986, just 2 weeks before Cliff was killed. That was a great honour and had a profound effect on me. There wasn't many people at the show I remember. Iron Maiden and Venom were also fave bands of mine. When I was 18 I started getting into more underground bands and branching out into things like movie soundtracks.
Question:
Hey Dave, I saw you guys at Donington this year and it was amazing, I was just wondering how many of the new tracks you will play live, have the band decided yet? (Cozzy)
Answer:
When the full touring starts for NYMPHETAMINE we will probably get to play 4-5 songs off the record. Obviously 'Gilded Cunt' and 'Nemesis' will open the set. As for the other songs, I'm not sure of yet as we can play just about all of them live. Pretty good situation to be in for once.
Question:
My boyfriend and I are huge COF fans. We desperately want see you. When do you think your next UK gigs will be? (Clare)
Answer:
The European tour for this new record is looking like February/March 2005 and there will be dates for the UK included in that. I'm not sure of the cities we will play exactly but I'd hope to think it's not just going to be London. Our UK fans deserve a bit more than just one show.
Question:
How do you feel about replacing Robin Graves? (David)
Answer:
Well, at first I was just session bass guitarist for Cradle, which lasted near 10 months and two major tours, so I wasn't sure what was gonna happen with my future with the band. When Robin decided to leave he helped me out to learn all the parts and that was quite interesting 'cos he played the bass differently to me. We found it funny. Where he played high on the fret board I played low, and when he played low I learned the parts high. We thought that was funny. His style is totally different to mine. I'm a purist when it comes to line-ups and Robin was like an original member. But there was nothing I could do to make him stay so... I just stuck around and ended up joining the band full time.
Question:
How sick are you of being asked questions like is their a rivalry between you guys and Dimmu Borgir? (Aaron)
Answer:
It does get a little annoying to say there isn't much of a rivalry anyways. When people make remarks in the press it gets blown out of preportion so we don't really take whats printed as 'truth'. We know the Dimmu guys and wish them good luck with everything they do.
Question:
Is Cradle going to release a new DVD like 'Heavy Left-Handed & Candid'? Did you shoot any footage of the Nymphetamine studio sessions? (Sami)
Answer:
Well, yeah, we got tons of footage from the last 3 years and hopefully we will all get chance to sit and watch through most of the good parts and edit it down to something worth putting out. There's always a lot of stupid behind the scenes footage and things you'd like to forget but for some reason thats what people want to see when they buy a DVD so... god knows what will come out of it. The DVD should maybe be released next year and will include a live show too.
Question:
What was it like playing `Download` the biggest rock festival in the UK? (Jack)
Answer:
Download was brilliant this year for us. We thought someone didn't really like us by putting us on the saturdays bill with all the softer bands. It actually worked to our advantage mainly because it made us stand out a lot more. When we walked out onstage there was like 10,000 fans chaning 'Cradle, Cradle!' which was pretty moving. I mean, we get a lot of negativity in the U.K. and that just made it all not matter. The real thing is between us and the fans, the rest is bollox I guess.
Question:
How did you get into Cradle? Did someone contact you, or did you contact them? (Stephen)
Answer:
I was working with Orange Goblin on tour with Alice Cooper as their guitar tech when, one night we were in Manchester, I got a text message from Martin Powell (Keyboards) saying 'Do you want a job?' I called him a few days after and came down for a try out, like and audition, but with no one else there. I mean, no other bass players. The CoF guys just said 'hey, you need to do this for us 'cos we don't know anyone else who can do it at such short notice'. I had three weeks to learn 14 songs and then my first show was in Seattle, USA, on the Bitter suites tour, 2001. It's been crazy ever since.
Question:
Hi! Why did you leave Anathema after such a good album (Judgement)? What was the reason? (Sosna)
Answer:
I left after the record that followed 'Judgement', called 'A fine day to Exit', in June 2001. I'd had enough of the situation I was in and decided to just stop taking about it and actually do something about it. It was a perfectly simple selfish move on my part. No one else really cared what I wanted at the time so I just moved on.
Question:
Hey before I ask you my question, I'd just like to say that the 4th June is my birthday too!!! Good to have celebrity birthday in my opinion!! I just wanted to know what is your favourite Cradle album that you didn't play on? (Jonathan)
Answer:
I'd have to say 'MIDIAN'. I just like the overall sound and songs on that record. Cool we got the same birthday too.
Question:
What are your 3 favourite horror movies? Simple question, but I'm interested in. Thanx! (Norman)
Answer:
'The Thing', 'Jaws', and I guess 'Halloween'. All pretty dated now I guess. Not really into the modern style horror movies.
Question:
Do you appreciate the work all the street teamers do? Or don't you really care about it? (Amy)
Answer:
Of course I appreciate their work. I actually want Roadrunner to organize a day where I can get to meet our street team and personally thank them. I always loved the idea of enthusiastic people wanting to help bands out. I think that is very important to get passionate people involved.
Question:
I've only just got into Gothic Metal and I fucking love COF...what is your favourite song you have made and why? (Skinzi)
Answer:
We kind have made a lot of songs I like so it's difficult to pin point an actual track I'd favour over any other. We work pretty hard at all of them and so they are all a labour of hate haha.
Question:
Do you think your music influences other bands to write songs and albums? (Beth)
Answer:
Erm... I guess we do seeing as there are a few cover bands of Cradle. One we met up with in Chile recently. It was strange meeting someone who was supposed to be me in this cover band. None of them looked like us, as you can imagine, that was quite funny!
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