2013.01.DD - MzHollywood - Interview with Richard at NAMM

Transcript:

MzHollywood: Hey, this is MzHollywood and I'm here with Richard Forthus.

Richard: Hi, how are you?

MZH: So how's your NAMMing going?

R: My NAMMing is going very well, thank you, how's yours?

MZH: It's crazy, I've been trying to, like, get people's autographs, like all this stuff, get my interviews. Trying to get you has been like so hard. "Stand over here," "Go over here," and "Do this."

R: I'm easy.

MZH: So what was it like to have a residency tour in Vegas with Guns N' Roses?

R: It was a lot of fun. I was sort of dreading it, I was afraid of how I was gonna survive a month in Vegas, but that was great.

MZH: What is something you do before you go out on stage?

R: Drink.

MZH: Do you drink? What are you drinking?

R: Whisky.

MZH: Before the show?

R: Yeah. That's my before show ritual. Tommy and I have a big shot of whiskey.

MZH: And then what else you have coming up? Anything?

R: We're... well, I'm here doing a record with a girl named Karen Deberg, I finished that on Tuesday and then I go to Prague for a week to start a movie score and then come back here to do a show with Guns and then GN'R goes to Australia for a month.

MZH: Wow! Are you going to go pet a kangaroo or koala bear?

R: I've pet loads of kangaroos already, so-

MZH: Oh, you have? [?]

R: Koalas.

MZH: I want a koala!

R: Yeah. Koalas are much cooler.

MZH: What did you do for New Years? Did you do anything?

R: That was long time ago. No, I was with friends, we didn't play this year so-

MZH: We didn't blow up so what did you do on 12.12.12? You didn't die, so.

R: You didn't blow up.

MZH: Yeah, well, who did?

R: Tom Mayhue! [talking to Mayhue coming]

MZH: Well I rock, you rock, together we rock. Thank you.