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===Interviewhttps://web.archive.org/web/20110821174341/http://megapeng.net/features/feature_02.11_grimes.html===
name of the band:
Grimes
members:
Claire Boucher
age:
22
band started:
about a year and a half ago
where are you from:
Vancouver, Canada
instruments you use:
SP-404 Sampler, Roland Juno-G Synthesizer, Violin, vocal pedals, other things occasionally.
style of music:
post-liturgical-goth-pop
band history:
I heard Person Pitch, then I made Grimes
what’s your message?
Fall in love with life, don't forget about the forest, horoscopes are true
do you play shows and how do they look like?
I dance a lot, sing a lot. It's best if either the crowd is really good and into dancing, or if the sound is good and the show itself is very clear. 
what was the craziest show you’ve ever played ?
One time I got so drunk I don't remember playing but everyone tells me it was my best show ever. I vaguely recall yelling at the audience through tons of delay…
what was the worst and why?
I played a show on New Years eve in Vancouver and the monitors cut out right at the beginning but there were so many people in the room I had noooo fucking clue what was going on and i saw a video of it and it sounded like shit and I looked stressed as hell. and i was. 
what are your future plans?
Be an international pop star, go to Japan, visit stonehenge, visit the vatican library. Eventually move to the west coast and get a degree
are you going for the big deal or are you more the d.i.y. type?
Big Deal!!!
your 3 favorite bands:
Rihanna,
Gang gang dance,
Prince ??? (hard question...)
your 3 favorite colors:
Red, black, white and all combinations of the three (including all shades of pink).
 
your 3 favorite dishes:
10% yoghurt and banana, borscht, sushi
your 3 favorite movies:
Little Deiter Needs to Fly,
The Sacrifice,
Dune or Princess Mononoke…. (another hard question)
your 3 favorite books:
Dune, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter
your 3 favorite records:
Animal Collective: Sung Tongs,
Tonstartsbandht: An When,
Vivaldi: Four Seasons
your 3 favorite venues:
Silent Barn (NY)
Sala Rosa (Montreal),
ER (Vancouver)
your 3 favorite hobbies:
studying
dancing
talking
your 3 favorite animals:
beluga
dolphins
dogs ahhh.....
3 things you totally need on stage:
a good voice (sometimes it gets scratchy),
a good mic (shure),
garageband
3 wishes:
world peace
pizza
animal liberation
what do you fight?
sexism yes, but definitely not oily food… mmmm...
what’s your best song eva and why?:
it has not been made yet
mp3: 'Caladan'
This is the first good song I ever wrote! In the second part of the song I fucked up and the vocals are totallly off but I figured it sounds better this way haha.
final words, wishes:
I hope I don't die for at least another decade
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