137: Greg Saunier (Deerhoof)

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

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

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Over the past twenty years, Deerhoof's Greg Saunier has distinguished himself as one of the most fiercely adventurous, iconoclastic, and unique drummers of his generation. He and Joe talk about what it means to be a "good" artist; atomizing music; the cowardice behind the notion of "serving the song"; Laurie Anderson's Creation Stations; and Wittgenstein's Ladder. Then, Greg Answers YOUR questions about his life and art.

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0:00.0	Hey, folks, I have some exciting news to share. Do you have a question for me, producer Chris,
0:05.9	or one of our past or future guests? Well, now you can call the Trapset Hotline at 833, Trapp set,
0:15.9	and ask away. Maybe you want to ask Bernard Purdy what he eats for breakfast. Maybe you want to ask Sheila E about her new
0:23.7	single. Perhaps you have a burning question for Dave Lombardo about his new band Dead Cross. Or maybe
0:30.0	you have a guest suggestion or general comment about the show. Starting next week,
0:35.3	we'll play some of your calls and answer your questions at the end of the
0:38.5	show. That's 833 trap set. Also, if you're in Los Angeles tonight, Wednesday, I'll be performing
0:46.3	an improvised percussion duet with my good friend and guest of the show, Ryan Sawyer. That's happening
0:52.4	tonight, Wednesday at 9.30. Now let's talk to Greg
0:56.7	Sonier. This is Joe Wong. Welcome to the Trapset, for each week we explore the lives of drummers.
1:16.8	I want to play something for you.
1:45.0	I'm going to play something for you. You're hearing my Purple Past by Deerhoof, featuring my guest Greg Sonier on drums. Formed in San Francisco in 1994, Deerhoff began as an improvisational duo,
1:51.0	and over the course of several lineup changes, 14 albums, and countless shape shifts,
1:57.0	the band has proven one of its generation's most compelling and adventurous rock outfits.
2:02.6	Greg propels Deerhoof with a bombastic, compositional, hook-laden style.
2:19.3	Steeped in tradition, yet iconoclastic to the bone, he exists at the apex of the modern
2:25.7	percussive landscape.
2:27.7	Greg's keen aesthetic sense and gift for sonic manipulation have spawned a secondary career as a producer and mixer.
2:35.2	His many collaborators include Mark Rebo, Shushu, People Get Ready, and Reiner Maria.
2:41.6	I spoke to Greg at his home in Brooklyn. And now my conversation with Greg Sonny.
2:57.7	I've been vegetarian since, let's see, since about 88, I became vegetarian.
3:17.5	And, you know, there was a friend of mine, and I was in college at the time.
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