Jeb Wright from Classic Rock Revisited gives us a nice long interview with Paul Gilbert discussing various aspects from Fuzz Universe to Mr Big, Racer X, Freddie Nelson and so on. One of the best interviews I’ve read recently, here’s an excerpt:
Jeb: I love the names of the [Fuzz Universe] tunes. Usually people name instrumentals after people, places or things that mean something to them or they name them after what the music reminds them of. How do you do it?
Paul: Since I do my demos in ProTools, I have to think of a new title every time I make a new session. I just go with whatever pops into my head, and that title will stick about 50% of the time. “Fuzz Universe” was that way. It just came into my head immediately. “Batter Up”, “Olympic,” “Propeller,” and “Mantra the Lawn” were all titles that came to me quickly. It took me much longer to think of “Plastic Dracula.” I had been playing with the name “Juan Chutrifo” for a while. It’s an approximation of how it sounds if you count, “1-2-3-4,” so I put “Count” at the beginning of the title. It makes it sound like the name of some ancient Spanish aristocrat but it’s actually just what you say when you want to start a rock and roll song.
Head over to Classic Rock Revisited for the whole interview 😀