Ep389: FREE LSD w Dimitri Coats of OFF!
The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds
Nate Goyer
4.7 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2023
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
With nearly 10 years working on the FREE LSD album and movie, Dimitri Coats of OFF! discusses the project, the story of OFF!, working with Raymond Pettibon, the hidden details in album art, the brotherhood of the band, the potential end of OFF! & more. PLUS the FLSD EP available on Record Store Day 2023.
Topics include:
- Interview intro
- Which came first, movie or the music?
- FREE LSD helped band create in all new ways
- How different was "Watermelon" from "FREE LSD"
- Starting the new line-up w the Metallica cover
- Keith and Dimitri help each other stay focus
- Making FREE LSD movie with non-actors
- Moving the OFF! Catalogue to Fat Possum Records
- Fat Possum can press their own vinyl
- Hidden details in the FREE LSD gatefold cover
- Being inspired by "Rogue Astronaut" by "The Bastard Noise"
- The colour cover of FREE LSD was part of the long-term plan
- Working with Raymond Pettibone
- When Raymond agreed to collaborate with OFF!
- The Farrah Fawcett cover of "Live at the 9:30 Club"
- Coming up with the band name OFF!
- Dimitri's vision for the future of OFF!
- The brotherhood of Dimitri and Keith
- What are OFF!'s international touring plans
- The 3rd act of Keith's music career
- Keith's acting in FREE LSD is quite natural
- The FLSD EP out on Record Store Day
- Interview wrap-up
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Dimitri from Off, and you are listening to the Almighty Vinyl Guide, |
| 0:07.9 | which we love, and we're very happy to be here on the show talking about not only Free LSD, |
| 0:18.9 | our new album, but its's companion piece, FLSD EP, which comes out on record store day, April 22nd. |
| 0:29.4 | And the only place you can get it is at your local store, so go do it. |
| 0:33.8 | This episode is brought to you by Groove Washer, the best record cleaners and protective |
| 0:37.8 | sleeves for your vinyl collection. Ask for the groove washer from your local shop or go to |
| 0:42.1 | Groovewasher.com. Discount code, Vinyl Guide 10. And now, on with the show. Ah, well, Buenos |
| 0:51.2 | Dias, me, amigos. It's Nate. Welcome to episode 389 of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast for record collectors and music nerds. |
| 0:59.1 | And with this week being the lead-up to record store day, I thought I'd reach out to a few friends of the show to talk about some releases that are going to be in the independent record stores this Saturday morning, April 22nd. |
| 1:12.2 | Now, today we're going to talk to Dimitri Coates of the band Off, who has a new EP available |
| 1:17.6 | on April 22nd Record Store Day. It's called the F-LSD EP. So grab an off EP while you can. |
| 1:26.6 | Now, it features new music not available elsewhere, pretty |
| 1:29.8 | amazing package, and again, limited numbers. So when you see it on record store day, grab the |
| 1:34.7 | FLSD EP. Today, Dimitri and I talk all about that EP, as well as an update on many things |
| 1:42.1 | in the off universe, including the movie Free LSD. |
| 1:45.8 | What's happening with that? |
| 1:47.0 | We talked to Dimitri about the making of the album and the movie, moving the band's music |
| 1:52.1 | catalog to Fat Possum Records, some of the hidden details in the free LSD gatefold |
| 1:57.6 | packaging, working with Raymond Petibone, Dmitri's partnership with Keith Morris, |
| 2:02.7 | and what's next for off? And the answer to that question may surprise or even sadden you, |
| 2:08.5 | so keep a tissue handy. We go deep on this one. Oh, and by the way, there is an extended version |
| 2:14.8 | of this interview available only to show supporters at patryon.com |
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