196: Budgie (The Slits, Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees, The Creatures, John Grant, etc.)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Budgie has the rare ability to metabolize influences ranging from taiko to dub, from gamelan to punk to Indian classical, all into a singular, uniquely fiery artistic identity. His poetic sense of rhythm has graced recordings by a range of iconic artists, but he is perhaps known for his partnership with Siouxsie Sioux. Budgie tells Joe about: a strange sense of freedom after losing his mother at a young age; his youthful attempts at abstract expressionism; why he thinks of music in visual terms; making a secret wax effigy of Siouxsie Sioux; working with The Banshees, The Creatures, The Slits, The Indigo Girls, and John Grant; hiding from his feelings and eventually—through sobriety—coming to terms with himself; and falling in and out of love.

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0:00.0	Happy New Year, everyone.
0:01.5	2019 is going to bring us to our 200th episode and potentially our 250th episode.
0:07.8	And I just want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for welcoming the trap set into your ears every week.
0:14.8	I truly consider it a privilege and an honor to be part of your lives.
0:19.8	And if you have five seconds to spare,
0:22.0	we'd appreciate it if you would give us a rating on iTunes,
0:25.6	as that helps other folks find the show.
0:28.3	And now without further ado,
0:30.3	our eagerly anticipated episode featuring the great budgie.
0:35.9	I thought, it doesn't matter what I do because she'll never know.
0:39.3	And it was just kind of a weird double-edged thing because it meant I could do anything
0:43.8	and get away with it.
0:44.8	And yet there was a strange thing that she was watching. This is Joe Wong.
1:02.3	Where each week we explore the lives of drummers.
1:06.5	I want to play something for you.
1:28.3	It's the same thing with the key. It's not. It's completely different. I want to play something for you. curious Don't take it serious So oh don't you can't take anymore now you're getting weak
1:32.3	Don't stop playing hide and see
1:35.3	So oh oh
1:37.3	Why you think you're not lying you drop
1:40.3	Don't think about much cause you don't
1:42.3	Just don't come about it much, because just don't cut.
1:52.6	You have fun, non-experience, nothing does about me. He does a success.
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