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Originally Posted by bombaysaffires
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around the 30:00 minute mark on this part one, they finally get into FM (prior is Hernan's background) and the making of Tusk.
around 38:00 he discusses why/how Lindsey became the most powerful member of the band then.
Around 42:00 or so he talks about LB playing most of the drums and bass on his own songs, and the tension on this with John
Around 51:00 or so he mentions he started working more with LB because Lindseydidn't want to work with Ken, so it became LB, Hernan and Richard who worked on Lindsey's songs especially.
This leads around 52:00 to him discussing how he got into a relationship with Stevie and Stevie's relationship with the rest of the band at that time. He started helping her do demos for her solo career, which she was being pushed to do, and he goes into Sara which he says was originally 22 mins, and he cut it to 14 and played for Mick and got him to play on. And then same with John. Then he took it to Lindsey and began working it with LB. He said Stevie was very sad during this time, and not speaking up for herself in the studio or fighting for her songs.
About 56:00 he says to thank him for all his work on it Stevie gave him 50% of the songwriting royalties for Sara. And then they became romantically involved. And eventually she broke his heart. Unfortunately the interviewer is terrible, and he starts babbling and doesn't let Hernan tell more about the relationship that he seemed perfectly willing to go into...but the guy cut him off.
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvrwgIaJ3o&t=49s
around 19:00 he discusses Brown Eyes. He says it was "dedicated to Christine's dog". it was one of the few songs on the album where the band all played together on.He talks a bit about Peter showing up, LB being a little jealous, but Peter ended up playing and the only bit left on the version that went out is at the end.
Around 22:20 they discuss Beautiful Child. He says there's a story behind it he can't tell. Then Storms is about her relationship with Mick.
24:20 they go back to talking about Sara. Stevie was down during that time; he encouraged her to fight for her songs more, she was not doing that then because she was so depressed. He repeats that he took her 20 mins. version, cut it down, got Mick to play brushes on it, then got John to play on it, then took it to LB and he worked on it with LB and then Richard and Ken. All the guitar layers LB did on it, and then all the layered voices.
around 28:15 he repeats how she gave him 50% of the song; and then he helped her with more demos, and it became romantic. He was seeing someone else but... started a secret romance with Stevie. They kept it secret for a month, trying to not have Lindsey find out, but Christine knew. Then LB found out, and took Hernan aside and said he was glad if Stevie was going with someone that it would be Hernan. Hernan was relieved, as he and LB had become close working with LB on his songs because Lindsey didn't want to work with Ken.
Around 32:00 he mentions that Ken was advocating for Chris and her songs the way Hernan was for Stevie.
around 35:00 he discusses having the documentary crew in the studio. He mentions someone in the band may have pushed back on using all the footage in the studio so a lot of it got left out and he thinks someone should find it and release it.
around 39:00 the interviewer talks about Chris has passed, and then Lindsey was out of the band but that he had read that they had made peace or something and Hernan is very "No. No." and shaking his head. Interviewer says we don't know if they will ever get back together and again Hernan is very "No." He says, the band won't tour but Stevie is always touring, and she will until she can't anymore. Doesn't know how much longer she can go.
Around 40:00 he talks about Save Me a Place... that it represents "the other side to Lindsey" on that album, as in not as hard, or punk, or even about Stevie, as many of his other songs. It was about Lindsey wanting to be remembered. SMAP is his softer side. They all cried the night he recorded it, it was so moving. He recorded it about 5 times that night. They discuss how LB can come off as very arrogant, but Hernan thought he was a really nice, he was a nice guy to Hernan, if not to the other members of the band. Musical genius. Maybe his solo albums haven't done as well, but he is an unrecognized musical genius.
Around 44:00 they get around to him going to Chile with Stevie, which the interviewer gets wrong. Hernan says they went together to Chile after the album was finished. It was risky, because political situation was bad in Chile then and they had some bad experiences. There were curfews, and he and Stevie were out when they shouldn't have been. Got surrounded by cops with machine guns, and Stevie put their car window down and the cops put an Uzi in her face. Hernan had to talk to the cops to get away. Afterwards Stevie called her manager, and the manager called a US Senator, and then someone called the US embassy, and embassy called her and said you have to get out. And so he and she flew to Brazil.
47:20 discuss Stevie and his mom, the mom told Stevie about some lost love relationships that she had had etc. Stevie kept a notebook during that time, and she gave it to Hernan after they split up. How it all turned into Bella Donna.
49:20 he says the song Destiny Rules is the story of his relationship with Stevie, and is like a "postcard to our time in Chile"
50:00 the Tusk tour had to start and he knew their relationship was over.
Around 51:00 they discuss how they knew mixing the Tusk album was done, and who decided, and he says mainly it was up to LB.
Around 55:00 he talks about he's writing some stuff. Earlier he had said he was already going thru his stuff and starting a book about working with FM when Ken had contacted him about collaborating on the Tusk book. But he still has ideas that he wants to write about and has multiple book ideas in mind, all about the world of music and the types of people who get into music. He worked with companies on building team work, creativity, collaboration etc based on his experience working with bands etc. Eventually he decided to shift his focus to schools and education and music.