LB on new fans and next album (American Way)
 

Lindsey Buckingham on Fleetwood Mac's new fans and next album - June 2015 issue of American Way -

Looking good, Lindsey Buckingham! pic.twitter.com/iTXsh3vOKn

— Dave Lozo (@DaveLozo) June 2, 2015

article here http://magazines.aa.com/content/qa-lindsey-buckingham -

(huh? slightly varied outfit?? what's going on?!? :p)

Q&A: Lindsey Buckingham
The Fleetwood Mac guitarist on why the band’s relationships are always a work in progress

STORY TITLE HERE
John Russo

I’ve noticed that the band seems to be connecting with a new, younger audience. True?
“We’ve gotten a multigenerational response. You’ve got people who were young adults when we first hit the market way back when, and then you’ve got young people who’ve just been introduced to our work. You can hear our approach in a lot of younger groups who are coming along now and have obviously listened to our music. Everyone seems to be appreciating the body of work.”

Fleetwood Mac is famous for how the relationships of the band members influenced the music. What is the dynamic now?
“When Stevie [Nicks] and I joined *Fleetwood Mac, it didn’t look like we would all fit well together. But it ended up being this synergy created from the divergent sensibilities and different tastes and outlooks on how to approach creativity — how to approach life in general. It was greater than the sum of its parts. Now, you’d think all these years later that somehow we would have figured out our drill. That we know how to be on the same page or deal with a certain amount of chaos within the ranks. But on some strange level — and it’s kind of refreshing — the interaction between the members is still a work in progress.”

What does that stem from?
“A lot of it stems from the fact that there were these two couples that broke up. Things have settled down pretty well. But it is somehow reflective of the fact that we don’t all want the same things at the same time for the same reasons. So you’ve got elements of that, and it makes it that much more special when we do come together. And people do seem to buy into the subtext behind the scenes as much as they buy into the music.”

I’ve heard a new album may be on the horizon after this tour. Any truth to that?
“I think so. Christine [McVie] gave me some very rough stuff, of her just playing the piano and singing into a microphone. I took it home and, as I’ve always done, took some liberties with it. At some point, I sent it over to her before she came over to L.A. [before the tour]. Then we all spent about two months at *Village Studios, which is where we cut Tusk, and we cut all these great new songs. It was really a transcendent experience.”

Fleetwood Mac’s worldwide tour includes a trip through the U.K. this month, with four nights in London.

June 16
SSE Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland
June 20, July 10-11
3 Arena, Dublin
June 22, 24, 26, 27
O2 Arena, London

That vest reminds me of days past.

Thank you for posting.

Michele

I love it when Lindsey spins silk out of a sow's ear! :p

drill? chaos within the ranks? what's with all the military metaphors?

but then there's that serenity and positive outlook coming through at the end - chaos in the ranks is refreshing. :p :cool:

Military metaphors are so old hat, lol.

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right. after all being in FM is like being in the Army, dear Sheryl. :rolleyes:

Stevie should stop creating chaos within the FM ranks. she might get dismissed. it may even lead to dishonorable discharge.

She should join Christine in boot camp and get in shape.

Does anyone know if this was before or after the Sunday Times article?

just speculating, but judging by that picture which looks like it was probably taken in his backyard, maybe during the break between the US and UK legs. so few days or weeks after? why?

So, well, nothing new....

Just curious. Especially after Stevie flat out said she doesn't know if she will contribute new material at all. I wondered if he still replied with "I think so" when asked about the album even after Stevie said that publicly or if it was beforehand.

oh, you mean whether he would consider releasing FM album without Stevie? from what i've heard, he would.

Mick seems to be more adamant about the 5.

that fits perfectly with what one would expect.

Lindsey said "Then we all spent about two months at *Village Studios, which is where we cut Tusk, and we cut all these great new songs. It was really a transcendent experience.”

So I'm confused... Does "we all" include Stevie? Because if so it sounds like she is certainly involved, yes?!

There is no evidence SN was ever there, we do know the other four where off and on.

No. 99.9% sure she wasn't involved.
Unless she really was involved and all this fuss has really been one big ruse all along.

Lindsey unambiguously said in the other interview that Stevie has not involved herself nor has she agreed to involve herself in their studio engagements. She wasn't there.

She herself said that she hadn't even heard what they'd written. If she'd been there, I think she might have heard a song or two or at least a few snippets.

Michele

and that's what is so effed about this whole thing. Your band has started working on songs, your long lost sister bandmate returns and has new music, and you've heard NONE of it????:eek:

been here in Nashville since Easter Sunday rocking out with @stevienicks ! http://t.co/cIJJq70laX

— Dave Stewart (@DaveStewart) April 29, 2014

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As far as we know from this point on she was working on "24K"
And on 4/26/2014 Mick was attending a Jenny Boyd book signing where he told a "Ledgie" that...

"(Mick) "Uh she's making, uh Stevie's making an album... I think it's gonna be a first for her where she's doing that Nashville thing where they go in and all the musicians just play the songs and get it all done really quickly... were hoping."

(Me) "Well I heard that she's there with Dave and that Christine was there too. Are they doing something together?"

(Mick) "Dave's producing it, uh and she's using the wrecking crew down there, to my knowledge where they all just come in and jam out the songs in two weeks"...

So I don't think Stevie was ever there...

No, she wasn't, but for the record they were in the studio about a month prior to her going in with Dave.

Who says Stevie needs to write new songs anyway? She could always record some of those demos that are on youtube. Still hoping this album comes out with all 5 of them, otherwise I will not buy it. I will still stream it though. Just saying.

I'm not sure what you're "just saying". It doesn't make much sense unless it's some sort of protest against the band for continuing on with Stevie, obviously not the band's fault if it happens. You obviously enjoy what the other members do or you wouldn't be interested at all.

Yepppppppppppp.

Right. I'm sure that Mick (and maybe Lindsey) are afraid that if they play this the wrong way, it will be the end of Fleetwood Mac.

But I think they're wrong. Stevie will be mad for sure. And I am sure she will throw it in their faces for the rest of their lives. But I just don't see her being so mad that she'll never tour with them again. She'll stop talking to them for two years and the third year they can all kiss and make up, which would put them right on the time line for the Fleetwood Mac goodbye tour. And three years is probably when she would have worked with them again, if they hadn't gotten on her bad side anyway.

Stevie loves the drama of a reunion and she'll have had time to miss feeling like Robert Plant, the superstar aura that she says FM brings with it. Even if she says, "I'll never work with any of them again. Instead, I'll focus on my painting," I don't think she'll hold to it, especially if the others start begging her in a couple of years.

I think Mick should roll the dice or set the bird free and let it return ... I don't know what the metaphor is. This is Hadrian's Wall. Walk it. Pulling the trigger on an album without Stevie won't be the end, Mick. Even if she says it is.

Michele

Hard to follow? I'm saying I won't purchase another album without the entire group on board. Have you not heard of streaming? I rarely buy music anymore since Spotify. I do continue to buy new albums from the veteran acts I love. I want it to be a real FM album. These 5 people. Period.

What if you love what you hear from the other 4? You're still going to put your foot down? Shouldn't it be about the music? Seems like an arbitrary restriction.

^I would still stream it! I would still give it a chance.

Artists get some money from streaming, even if it's not a lot. I never purchased 1995's "Time", and after playing that recently on Spotify, I wasn't missing much. Even the Christine lead vocal songs were sub par. For those who may not recall, this album had no Lindsey and no Stevie.

It's like INXS without Michael Hutchence and Journey without Steve Perry. Those bands went on, I basically checked out after.

You gave an example of an album you didn't like, my point is what if you streamed it and loved it? You still would not buy it on principle? Not that there's anything wrong with that. Also the two other examples you mentioned are band's with one singer. Not applicable to Fleetwood Mac. Stevie sings much fewer than half the songs. In this hypothetical situation she wouldn't even be replaced,l like those other bands did.

And I don't know your motivation here so did you stand the same ground when they released an album without Christine or is it only Stevie whose absence you take a hard stand on?

I own every FM album with Stevie/Lindsey (on physical CD). I even purchased the 4 song EP on itunes a few years ago.

I just feel this reunion tour got everyone's hopes up and even the general public or casual fans would be most interested in a new studio album with all of the current lineup. I'm still mad that they extended this tour.