GOJIRA’S JOE DUPLANTIER ORDERS YOU TO SUPPORT SEA SHEPHERD IN THE ANTARCTIC
Tuesday, December 9th, 2008 at 12:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
I feel bad for anyone who hasn’t seen Gojira live. This band is inhuman. I seriously have no fucking idea how they do what they do. Fuck, we watched them blow In Flames off the stage on Sunday night, and we fucking love In Flames. That’s how fucking good Gojira are live.
ANYWAY, a few hours before said destruction of In Flames, Vince and I got to interview Gojira guitarist/vocalist Joe Duplantier, who is such a nice fucking guy that he actually made me hate myself a little for being such a prick. Duplantier had a lot of really interesting things to say, and we’ll publish the interview as soon as the MetalSucks Mansion Monkeys finish transcribing it (Yes, we’ve trained monkeys to understand English and to type.). But after the interview, Duplantier – who, as you probably no, is an avid environmentalist – asked us if we could mention something about an environmental group called Sea Shepherd, who are devoted to the protection of the world’s whale population.
Here’s what Duplantier wrote about the group on Gojira’s MySpace blog:
“It was great to meet Amy Baird from Sea Shepherd in Seattle on our US tour and get to know more about their current activities and needs. We talked about a way Gojira could collaborate with Sea Shepherd and help turn more people onto the cause. They are a non-violent organization, and yet they efficiently and directly take action to defend and protect the oceans wildlife worldwide. The best way to help them is to make a donation on their website : www.seashepherd.org.You will also get all the information about them and the details of their campaigns from the website listed.
“Thank you Sea Shepherd and thank you to all those who decide to give their support.”
Duplantier told us that next year the band would be recording a new, exclusive song which will be sold on iTunes, with the proceeds going to Sea Shepherd. For once, you will want to avoid your instinct to illegally download something and fork over the whopping ninety-nine cents.
You can find more info on Sea Shepherd here.
-AR
Non violent organization huh? Ask that to the whalers they through acid on. They might have a different opinion.
The butyric acid Sea Shepherd uses is merely irritating enough to restrict the activities of the whalers. Neither the acid itself nor its use are irresponsible, deadly, or illegal–something the Japanese whalers cannot say for their own activities.
Nevermind. I see that Gabriel quite capably handled that below.
shinaain:
not true, it is concidered illegal (piracy actually) and the japanese actually have the right to use deadly foce agains sea shepard. this worthless group does nothing to help whales. I watch their show on the discovery channel only to see the japanese lay down some serious hurt on these wastes of life.
damn my rustic English! I mean “threw” not “through”.
Heavy and environmental friendly what more could a conscious metalhead ask for. And they did BLOW all those bands away on the In Flames Tour. They need to do headline their own tour soon. Cheers to Metal For The Soul!
If I donate money can I get a certificate that says I adopted a Narwhale? I want to name it Narley the Brutal Narwhale.
do any of you watch whale wars?
That chick in the middle is cute. Like the girl you’d want to meet in college.
Gojira absolutely tore the place up in NYC. My mind? Blown. The metal cockles of my heart? Warmed.
“do any of you watch whale wars?”
I actually watch an episode of that show and that guy that runs the Sea Shepard should be jailed. Not for the whale protecting, but the endangerment of his crew. Virtually everyone on that ship had no experience working on a ship. The captain is a lunatic.
I had to turn it off after I watched them dump a boat full of the crew into the artic waters on a botched boat drop off the side. It was ridiculous.
YO I WAS AT THAT FUCKING SHOW!!
Too bad I didn’t see you Axl… (too bad I don’t know what you look like… nor does any one else)
And yes they cleaned house– I was kinda on the fence about them until that night. They slayed so hard it heavy and hell and totally awesome.
Only bad thing was that the opener, 36 Crazyfists, drew in some hardcore kids who were doing the stupid kung-fu dancing the whole show.
Agreed, a devout In Flames fan for years, that was Gojira’s fucking show.Just heard last night they are trying to line up a headliner for the States either in Spring or the Fall, either way, I’ll be there the day before.
Isn’t it funny how Gojira are so into animal rights, and yet every night on stage, they kill it?….yeah it was bad, but it had to be said.
Is it just me or does that girl in themiddle have a lazy eye?
Probably the lighting, Sam.
These whale hunters want to do full scale hunting and I saw in a magazine awhile back that there is also this narrow alcove somewhere in one of those Asian countries (Might be Japan) that they slaughter all sorts of dolphins to the point where it literally turns the ocean waters blood red in the cove. I think they only keep a minuscule piece of the dolphin and the rest goes to waste. There is a difference between game fishing and and relentless slaughtering.
I was planning on skipping my evening class tonight to go see Gojira in St. Louis with In Flames… turns out the final is tonight… fucking school always getting in the way of what’s really important in life.
@ Iron Mayden –
I watched one of those episodes the other day (a differenet one than the one you described) and got the exact same impression. They may be doing good work, but the “Captain” guy looks like an ass to me. They ended up chasing and bothering a ship that was doing absolutley nothing wrong. The whole thing seemed incredibly unorganized and mismanaged. I have read things about the leader that support the display of ineptitude that I saw.
And by the way, I saw the show in my town. Ended up hanging with the IF, 36, and Gojira guys at a bar after the show. Talked to the Gojira guys quite a bit. Nice guys…and yes they killed everyone that night. I have to say, though I have not been a fan of In Flames for a long time, they were very good and played a great set. They even played a couple Jester Race tunes.
I never miss an episode of whale wars, that show is fucking awesome. They people on show don’t even act like regular hippies, they actually have balls. I only get pissed off at the jag-offs that never go out on the boat raids, they just sit in the comfort of the command room and bitch and complain.
iolanach: Way to get your facts mixed up. They threw butyric acid, which they used for its absolutely disgusting smell. It’s about as acidic as acetic acid, which is found in foods under the code E260 and is used as an acidity regulator.
i love gojira, but FUCK the sea sheperd and their crew, them being terrorists and all.
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=whales_suck
Fuck anybody that wears a Beatles shirt. That shit is fucking pretentious as hell. Fuck that shit and fuck the Beatles. Wore out fucking over rated crap. Again, fuck that guy.
If Gojira really cared about the environment, they would all be vegan (vegetarian at least). They should just keep writing awesome music.
The fact that Gojira are tight with a gang of acid-throwing militant hippies makes me love ‘em even more. I can’t wait for them to play the UK again.