We were talking about getting your life on track and not giving up. It seemed like a pretty good metaphor for what we were talking about. That’s what you need to do.” Because Pennywise is this evil thing that preys on your fear and blah blah blah… Ultimately it was about conquering your fears, and a group of kids banding together and conquering this fear that had been scaring them their whole lives. He kept saying “Name your band Pennywise, man. PB: How did you chose the name Pennywise?įD: A friend of ours named Steve Martin, who actually did the new record cover, read the book, ‘It’ by Stephen King. And he was in Bad Religion, one of my favourite bands. Brett was the president, producer and engineer. It was like a small family when we came down. We never thought it would be two or three hundred thousand that we’d sell. He asked “What are the rest like?”īack in those days we were talking about selling two or three thousand records. He said, “Let me hear it!” and he liked it. Then he called back a couple of days later and said “Do you have any other songs?” We had about fifteen other songs. But then we didn’t expect to get signed by them so it wasn’t really that big a let down. We really like the sound they were getting when they did recordings. But I think we’re going to pass on signing you.” At first it was a bummer because we wanted to be on Epitaph. PB: Did you find it hard to get onto Epitaph?įD: We gave Brett the single and he called me up saying, “Well, you know, this is pretty good. Then recorded our first single and gave copies to our friends at Epitaph. When Jimmy got into the band we knew we had it. But he wanted to write love songs and we weren’t really into that. We had a different lead singer for a little while. I got hold of Jason, then we had Byron and eventually we ran into Jimmy. I carpeted the garage, put my amplifier in the corner and just started calling people. I’d been playing in punk bands since 1981. Fletcher Dragge spoke to Pennyblackmusic about his ever-present problems with authority, the death of punk rock, and what it’s really like to "live the dream."įD: I think it was about 17 years ago. In June Jim Lindberg (vocals), Fletcher Dragge (guitar), Byron McMackin (drums), and Randy Bradbury (bass) came to the London Astoria to play to the UK branch of this following. Their adrenaline-fuelled catchiness quickly became the soundtrack to many a snowboarding, surfing, and skateboarding trick, and earned the band a dedicated following. Whilst the two names might have gone hand in hand, sharing political ideals and motivations, Pennywise, whose members had all attended the same High School in Hermosa Beach in California, stood out for an optimism in their lyrics, which had failed to show as much prominence in the voices of their peers. Not least because Bad Religion’s guitarist Brett Gurewitz signed Pennywise to his own label, Epitaph. So, Pennywise was born, directly influenced by Bad Religion, citing them as a favourite band, and owing it’s popularity partly to the If-you-like-Bad-Religion-you’ll-love-Pennywise talk that was doing the rounds in the 90's. I was back home and jet-lagged and back in Europe and I would have these very, very strange dreams.Fans often claim they once made a choice between Bad Religion and Pennywise, and Pennywise won. I thought that I didn’t have to think about Pennywise anymore, but I dreamt about him. We wrapped, and I flew home the next morning. The last scene that we shot was the storm drain scene, which is sort of the most pivotal scene of the first movie in terms of the character. the shoot was three months, but it was probably a good four or five months of just living with this character. Every project I've ever done, it is a weird kind of thing of waking up the next morning and being like, 'I guess I don't have to think about that person anymore.' And then all of a sudden, the last day of shooting, it wraps and then you don't have to think about that character anymore at all. Every day, you're so intimate with this character in your own head. "You get the part, and you prepare for the part, and you live with this character for so long, and then you shoot the. "Filming is always, it's a very strange thing to do as an actor," he explained. Skarsgård revealed he had a similar experience shortly after filming with Pennywise. For example, Joaquin Phoenix has recently spoken about the impact of playing the Joker. RELATED: IT: Chapter Two IMAX Trailer Reveals Horrifying New FootageĬertain characters can stick with actors.
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