8:30 PM AEDT Monday 9th October 2000
Question from Lane_deepgreensea : (To Perry)
In 1990 when you were asked to join The Cure, how did you learn
to play keyboards so quickly having not played
in your life?
roger_odonnell He didn't he was rubbish!
Question From BigBloodster : What are your favorite city's in the U.S.A. to play in
roger_odonnell LA and Chicago and Toronto in Canada
roger_odonnell They have the best clubs!
roger_odonnell Chicago has the best nightlife
Question From JOOJOO : Are there any Aussie bands that you like and listen to ?
roger_odonnell not really.
Question From Adonais : Who would win a pie eating contest, Roger or Perry?
roger_odonnell pie????
roger_odonnell never entered one but i do like a pie tho.
roger_odonnell I like the pie and mash tho
Question from sarafina: have you ever had any embarrassing moments on stage?
roger_odonnell no I'm a consumate professional
roger_odonnell oh i did have one
roger_odonnell one song called all cats grey and they repeated 4
rounds and one the last one, I played the wrong
note and Robert came around and played the right one
roger_odonnell on my keyboard!
roger_odonnell it was only about 10000 ppl
Question From nep48 : Roger ..is Robert a hard task master and do
you find your own creativity has to take second
place
roger_odonnell Yes and YES
roger_odonnell he is very demanding but rewarding to work with
roger_odonnell and everybody's individual creativity takes second place for the benefit of the group.
roger_odonnell it was left to me, the cure would be a jazz fusion group
Question From ReikoSometimes : I've always wanted to know this: If
Robert and Simon arm wrestled, who would
win??
roger_odonnell I don't know
roger_odonnell I would put my money on Robert.
Question From LuAnneNEngland : Hello Roger, what is your view on the decriminalisation of Cannabis n the UK?
roger_odonnell I'm too stoned to answer that one
Question From ML68 : does robert decided what tours u do or dont?
roger_odonnell He decides what colour socks I wear
Question From BigBloodster : Roger,back in june when The Cure played
in Dallas,there was this great music that
was playing about 30 min before you all came on stage. you playing
the keyboard. Whatever it was I really enjoyed
it and it set the mood for the whole show perfectly.
roger_odonnell I wasn't
roger_odonnell There were 3 different albums that we played b4 the show
roger_odonnell One of the album could be mine which was jazz instrumental
roger_odonnell the other one was a tango CD
roger_odonnell can't remember the other one
roger_odonnell just before we played, we Samuel Barber Adigio for Strings
roger_odonnell So it could be one of those.
Question from alan3001: do all the individual members of the Cure do any side projects?
roger_odonnell No
Question From ML68 : do u find the adulation of fans disturbing or normal?
roger_odonnell part of the job. I personally talk to the fans. Fans
is a demeaning word. There should be a better
word. I like meeting ppl and hearing what they like.
roger_odonnell one of the best things about travelling
Question From nep48 : Roger ..what are you ambitions artistly and
have each band members made separate plans
for the future
roger_odonnell i'd like to do production and management and GOD help them
roger_odonnell if I was their manager
roger_odonnell I've done one solo album - i might do another one
roger_odonnell 90% of the music I do is unsuitable for the cure
Question From DinoKiller : Hey Roger..how much fanmail do u get a day?
roger_odonnell NONE
roger_odonnell I cry everytime I open the Mailbox
Question From MaryHalo : What bands/musicians do both of you think
are most important to you right now and
why?
roger_odonnell The cure and simon, robert, perry and jason. My fav band in the world is Smashing Pumpkins.
Question From LuAnneNEngland : Is it possible for you all to play
more smaller shows in the UK...we love you
here...
roger_odonnell it is difficult to get the limosine and helicopter pad on the roof.
roger_odonnell we would have to play 5 nights instead
roger_odonnell the sound can be awful.
roger_odonnell You can come round to my place and I'll give you a private concert
Question from shano: Do you ever play secret unnanounced shows (if so, when)???
roger_odonnell if we tell you it won't be secret
roger_odonnell we did do one in NOV 98.
roger_odonnell in the US. The comp get winners from America and they didn't know who was going to come onstage
Question From bob: are you very invlolved in the cure website?
roger_odonnell Yeah
roger_odonnell I do the day to day maintenance of it and Robert and I do the site between us
roger_odonnell Completely done by us
Question From brent : are the sets you are playing in australia much
different to what you've played this year in
Europe and America? it's ok in here
roger_odonnell certainly.
roger_odonnell you'll have to wait and find out.
roger_odonnell certainly.
Question From LuAnneNEngland : Who would you say has the nicest feet in the band?
roger_odonnell Me
roger_odonnell I can tell you the smelliest
Question From OUTOFTHISWORLD : Do u think rock music is dead? it's britney spears' fault!?!
roger_odonnell No
roger_odonnell Big credit to her for singlehandedly wipe out what was built over the past 50 yearsv
roger_odonnell if it was anyone to blame the demise of alternative is rap.
roger_odonnell Billy corgan would be upset that he didn't sell more albums
Question From butterfly24 : how do you relax?
roger_odonnell Flying
roger_odonnell or i sit in my tipi by the river
Question From ML68 : how much sequenced stuff do u use in the current dream tour?
roger_odonnell there are none
Question from hazlo : who is the first rock band you can remember loving as a child?
roger_odonnell can't remember being a child
roger_odonnell Frank Zappa
Question From ReikoSometimes : Roger there's a recent quote from
you expressing what big morons you think
Limp Bizkit are...why is that? (I wholeheartedly agree, btw)
Question From saint-just : what non-Cure song would you like to play live?
roger_odonnell I'll come back to that
Question From OUTOFTHISWORLD : Is it true that Robert realized a
cover of SWEET SWEET (Smashing
Pumpkins)?
roger_odonnell No
roger_odonnell not as far as I know
Question From MaryHalo : would you consider helping other musicians
out through your personal website? maybe
give little sound clips of unknown bands
roger_odonnell Definately
roger_odonnell Send them in
roger_odonnell better to post them up on their own site and post
in the url otherwise I will have to download heaps
of stuff
roger_odonnell I'm all about encouraging new bands
Question From baby_pingu : Whats your favourite Cure song of all time?
roger_odonnell I think it's the Kiss from kiss me kiss kiss me
Question From oldtrumpetlady : i still collect cure stuff on vinyl...are you a vinyl or cd person
roger_odonnell Cd person
roger_odonnell It's sad as I have a huge collection of vinyl up to 1984
roger_odonnell The album covers are so much better but the sound quality is so much better
Question From MaryHalo : did you ever see jimi hendrix live?
roger_odonnell no sadly I missed it
roger_odonnell but I have a little story
roger_odonnell I grew up in Forest Gate and there was a pub there
which was half a mile from my home and he
wrote Purple Haze in the dressing room of that pub
roger_odonnell Robert and my brother has seen him
roger_odonnell I've seen frank zappa
Question From fagan23 : who is the band you would most like to have been in?
roger_odonnell most recently with smashing pumpkins
Question From Adonais : If the band was on Survivor, who would be the last one left and why?
roger_odonnell It would be Robert
roger_odonnell or Perry cos he can catch fish
roger_odonnell I would go home
roger_odonnell I would build a mean tipi
Question From lane_deepgreensea : Can you explain in depth about
what happened the night you played Extended
Lullaby in 1989 in Caens France.
roger_odonnell I think we were all on acid
Question From JOOJOO : what is your favourite food
roger_odonnell mashed potatoes
roger_odonnell no gravy
Question From OUTOFTHISWORLD : I live in rome (italy). What do u
think about italian fans?Do like play in my
country?
roger_odonnell I love italians fans and congrats to ferrari for becoming world champions
roger_odonnell love the food and the ambience
roger_odonnell and the italians are best in the world apart from the australians
Question From ReikoSometimes : When you played in MuchMusic in Toronto
in '97 you all appeared to be
incredibly irritated with the VJ...why??
roger_odonnell In 1996. It was probably before midday when we played but I'm sure he was a very nice chap
Question From miss_2_u : where is the worst place you have every played?
roger_odonnell the worst time was rastitekil (sp?) in Denmark and 8 ppl were killed. It was before we went on.
roger_odonnell It was terrible
Question From Hollowboy : are you going to be doing much of the tourist
thing while in australia? what are you
looking forward to?
roger_odonnell one..um two i'd love to see the outback
roger_odonnell the schedule is so tight
roger_odonnell there really isn't any time.
Question From Cimmerian : Roger - Do you still like New York City
- What album are you on with the Psychodelic
Furs - and is your life in Engaldn for the most part "normal?
roger_odonnell Love/hate relationship with NYC
roger_odonnell Toured with PF - it was around the time that Midnight to Midnight came out
roger_odonnell It's crushingly normal
roger_odonnell back in England. Fish and Chips fri night. At the pub.
roger_odonnell That's it
Question From MaryHalo : i heard some of your jazzy-solo-stuff and
it made me think "hey, he should collaborate
with bjork". wouldn't that be cool?
roger_odonnell wouldn't it?? i'd marry her in a flash.
roger_odonnell I spent alot of time in Iceland for the last 3 years
and I love her music. She's a genious and is
gorgeous
Question From lane_deepgreensea : Your birthday is coming up in a few weeks...how do ya plan to celebrate?
roger_odonnell opening all the presents that you lot are going to send me
Question From ML68 : do your wives/partners travel with you these
days, being a more family oriented band and
all...
roger_odonnell no they don't cc1
Question From wazit : What happens backstage prior to a concert -
do you all have quiet time or get pumped up
together?
roger_odonnell we pretty much keep to ourselves- do our own thing
roger_odonnell we spend hours doing our hair and makeup.
roger_odonnell we dress and do what we like
roger_odonnell it's a band of individuals but it's nice to see a part on cohesiveness
roger_odonnell the ritual of putting on makeup is fun
Question From BIRDMADGURL : Why do bands such as The Cure, always
tend to produce such amazing b-sides
but never play them?
roger_odonnell We have too many A sides. We also have so many albums.
We play for 3 hours on stage and we still
only cover a small percentage of them
Question From JOOJOO : Do you have any pets Ro or do you hate small furry things?
roger_odonnell I would love to have a dog and a cat
roger_odonnell on the whole I am fond of small furry things
Question From vexveto : someone has backstage passes, what can they
expect? do they get to meet the band
personally???
roger_odonnell 50/50 chance to meet me or perry, 10% chance to meet Simon, 5% chance to meet Robert
roger_odonnell we'll forget about Jason hehe
roger_odonnell You need a laminate but there is a no chance of getting those.
roger_odonnell Best thing to do is to see them at a club after
Question From Adonais : What sites other than the offical one and Craig's do you recommend?
roger_odonnell chat city
roger_odonnell Chain of flowers is the most informative
roger_odonnell We find out most of what we do in chainofflowers.com
Question From BigBloodster : Where can your solo CD be purchased
- any deatils you can give would be great
thanks
roger_odonnell Saw one on ebay the other day
Question From Adonais : At what address can you send you gifts & records?
roger_odonnell Fiction records
roger_odonnell 4 Tottenham Mews London W1
Question From MaryHalo : what was the last dream you had and remembered?
roger_odonnell It was a funny dream. me and 2 drummers on a subway train. Corky Lane and Ginger Baker
roger_odonnell It was bizarre!
Question From ML68 : do you read much of the fan's concert reviews on COF?
roger_odonnell I read quite alot of them.
roger_odonnell some of them are really good and interesting
roger_odonnell i enjoyed them
roger_odonnell There was a bunch of rumours about how we couldn't
get on etc - that was annoying. it wasn't true
but we ha a good laugh over that one
Question From LuAnneNEngland : Does it ever irritate you that you
usually are seen as being in The Cure rather
than being a musician?
roger_odonnell Are they mutually exclusive?
roger_odonnell I'm very flattered to be part of the Cure
roger_odonnell Very excellent band to be part of. I am proud of all the bands I have been part of.
Question From JALAK : would you have liked to have been in the cure pornography era?
roger_odonnell no - way too miserable
Question From Peking Duck : What do you do after a show?
roger_odonnell open a bottle of champagne
roger_odonnell it's tradition
roger_odonnell I personally like to go out to the club
roger_odonnell It's difficult to unwind going straight to the hotel
roger_odonnell playing for 3 hours is pretty exhausting Ok last questions everyone!!!
Question From ML68 : do you have much of a studio setup at home?
roger_odonnell yes I have an excellent digital studio setup
roger_odonnell digital former on a mac
roger_odonnell all of my vintage keyboards in there
roger_odonnell and it's called the blue room cos it's blue
roger_odonnell it's got pictures of frank zappa, jimmy hendrix pictures all over
roger_odonnell and my gold and silver albums..very inspring.
Question From lovecat228 : If you only had to choose one Cure album to play live, which one would you choose?
roger_odonnell Kiss me kiss me kiss me
roger_odonnell great album cos it's so diverse
roger_odonnell it would keep everyone happy.
roger_odonnell i love that album.
Ok, Roger has to go to a soundcheck now. Thanks for your time Roger!
Thanks so much everyone, for coming
tonight, it's been a top chat...don't forget to check out the official
Cure site, by clicking on the link under the pic....
AND check out the tour dates too - there's a link for them uder
the pic too!
(Thanks Adonais)