Long live rock and roll: Blues Motel turns 35 and celebrates it with a new show in Niceto

Long live rock and roll: Blues Motel turns 35 and celebrates it with a new show in Niceto

Blues Motel It is one of the most recognized bands on the national rock and roll scene. His 35 years, without interruptions, account for this. Also its more than 140 songs distributed on 13 albums that went through the different stages that the genre experienced from 1989 to this point. Classics like “Hojas vacancies”, “Rock and roll on the road” and “Ángel” were (and are) inspiration for many groups that today have already consolidated their path within the local musical universe.

After filling Niceto last May, the band broke commercial logic to once again celebrate, together with their followers, the 35 years of history in the Palermo redoubt this Saturday. “We had such a good time that we decided to do it again. We know that nothing can be repeated as is. But we managed to meet that expectation and allowed ourselves to celebrate again.“, he tells Scope, Gaba Diaz (voice), who leads together to Adrian Herrera (guitar) the band that is also made up of Ariel Herrera (low), Sebastian Voyajtides (keyboards), Nacho Piedrabuena (guitar) and Pucho Ledesma (battery).

Journalist: After 35 years, how attentive are you to what steps to take?

Gaba Diaz: For us it would have been a great goal to include a celebration of 35 years in Obras in a show, put it. Or a larger room. But when the time came, we evaluated the general situation of the country and chose to do it in Niceto, a room that allows us the right balance to achieve a certain intimacy with many people. But now the next step will surely be to see how far we can go next year. It is something complicated because there is also a certain shell that you put on because frustration is always there close to everything good that you can achieve.

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Q: The distance between success and frustration is very small.

GB: Yes of course. If we were with a record company, that supports you and that takes the risk…that invests. It would be something else. We are not just dedicated to an artistic career. We would love to, but no.

Q: And what does that represent in 35 years of career? Did you ever hesitate to continue?

GD: We never had doubts. Obviously you are on a see-saw and we will continue to be. But we also learned to live in that. It’s something you get used to. That you keep it in mind for having your feet on the ground. For us it was always like this. Today we can have a show for a thousand people and maybe next week another for 30. We are seasoned and we know how to find the pleasure of that. It’s the news of rock. But we are always thinking about variables. One can find a lot of nice things at a show for ten friends. It happens to you that you test your ability to see how you can lead those people.

Q: In this game with the public there is also the preparation of a list. Especially for a show whose main theme is a journey through the 35 years of the band’s life. How do you satisfy everyone and yourselves with a selection of more than 140 themes?

GD: We would love to make a completely different list than the previous Niceto. But you always have to find a balance. There are people who come to listen to the songs that marked their adolescence and you cannot fail them. But we still varied the list by 65 percent. Because we also need people to sing, to move. That energy pushes you. But we are clear that there are 10 songs that always have to be there.

Q: And how do you feel about those songs after so many years?

GD: The classics are that. Are. And they will continue to be. Because it is so good that it allows each show to be a party. But we also always like to risk a little more. And show certain oddities.

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Q.: They are a band with 35 years of history and 13 albums, but none live. Is it an outstanding debt or something that doesn’t appeal to you?

GD: I think the living is good, we owe each other a good living. But it’s like we always get very self-demanding. There are two things that mean that the live one has not yet been released. One is self-demand. Coexistence with the pifie. Let it be something natural because there are many bands that release live albums and have the guitars overdubbed. I’m not interested in lying with the living. What sense does it have? And the other reason is economic. It happened to us that we didn’t make the decision not to record it and then regretted it.

P.: Perseverance, perseverance, love for what they do. What do you think defines these 35 years as a band?

GD: Don’t think too much. We do it because we like it and we keep going. There are not enough reasons to stop doing it. Furthermore, we have no concerns about other projects other than this one. We like what we do. What motivates us is to improve what we do and thus move forward.

Source: Ambito

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