{"id":20832,"date":"2020-06-06T16:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T14:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=20832"},"modified":"2020-06-08T21:05:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T19:05:12","slug":"interview-de-sean-yseult-fra-eng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artnroll.net\/home\/?p=20832","title":{"rendered":"Interview avec Sean Yseult (FRA \/ ENG)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shauna Reynolds alias Sean Yseult, ex-bassiste de White Zombie, est une figure incontestable du metal des ann\u00e9es 1990. D\u00e9sormais rang\u00e9e des voitures, et exer\u00e7ant d’autres m\u00e9tiers artistiques au sein de la francophile Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans, Sean a accept\u00e9 de r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 nos questions et de nous en dire plus sur elle. Interview autobiographique exclusif !<\/em><\/p>\n

English version below<\/strong><\/p>\n

Art\u2019N\u2019Roll :<\/strong> En pr\u00e9lude \u00e0 cette interview autobiographique… Nous sommes fin mars 2020 :<\/strong> es-tu en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 ? Tout va bien pour<\/strong> toi ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Yseult :<\/strong> Oui merci. Tout se passe tr\u00e8s bien, je travaille dans le studio que j\u2019ai am\u00e9nag\u00e9 \u00e0 domicile, et cela ne change pas grand-chose \u00e0 mon quotidien, essentiellement consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 mes projets de conception et de photographie. Le confinement m\u2019emp\u00eache de voir mes amis, et de sortir voir des groupes, en d\u00e9pit de cela je vais bien, merci !<\/p>\n

ANR : Alors\u2026 Tu as grandi dans les ann\u00e9es 1970, \u00e0 Raleigh en Caroline du Nord\u2026 Ma premi\u00e8re question sera : peux-tu, s\u2019il te plait, nous d\u00e9crire la ville, le quartier dans lequel tu as grandi ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Mec, le Sud des Etats-Unis d\u00e9gage une telle sensation de temps perdu\u2026 Nous vivions dans une vieille maison en briques, au sein d\u2019un quartier qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9difi\u00e9 au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1900. Celles du voisinage \u00e9taient assez similaires, mais la n\u00f4tre faisait encore plus vieillotte, car mon p\u00e8re n\u2019\u00e9tait jamais motiv\u00e9 pour tondre la pelouse ou d\u00e9placer sa coccinelle boursoufl\u00e9e qui stationnait devant ! Nous \u00e9tions les gens bizarres du quartier, c\u2019est s\u00fbr. A un p\u00e2t\u00e9 de maisons se trouvait une zone tr\u00e8s pittoresque appel\u00e9 \u00ab FivePoints \u00bb, et nous nous rendions l\u00e0-haut afin de nous fournir en bonbons, pour acheter un hamburger, ou nous ravitailler \u00e0 la pharmacie Hayes-Barton. C\u2019est devenu branch\u00e9 de ce que je sais, mais \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque o\u00f9 nous \u00e9tions gamins, le coin ressemblait \u00e0 un d\u00e9cor des \u00ab Archies \u00bb (NDA\u00a0: un dessin-anim\u00e9 US sur un groupe garage \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1960)<\/strong>, qu\u2019on ne trouvait pas sp\u00e9cialement cool, juste un endroit pour aller grappiller une bouch\u00e9e avec la permission de nos parents. Tout \u00e9tait tellement vieille \u00e9cole que mes parents d\u00e9tenaient encore un compte ouvert l\u00e0-bas, nous avions juste \u00e0 signer sur un cahier pour acheter un burger, ou retirer un carton de cigarettes pour notre m\u00e8re. Il y avait une petite \u00e9picerie \u00ab Piggly Wiggly \u00bb, une banque, un coiffeur : c\u2019\u00e9tait n\u00e9anmoins une super petite ville, \u00ab Mayberry \u00bb (NDA\u00a0: r\u00e9f\u00e9rence \u00e0 la s\u00e9rie t\u00e9l\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0The Andy Griffith Show\u00a0\u00bb, qui se d\u00e9roule \u00e0 Mayberry dans les ann\u00e9es 1960, un bourg imaginaire de Caroline du Nord)<\/strong> ce genre de vibe. Je parcourais un mile et demi quotidien afin de me rendre \u00e0 pied \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cole. Sur le chemin du retour, tous les enfants cool tra\u00eenaient devant la Johnson\u2019s Pharmacy, et y d\u00e9gustaient des hamburgers. Mais mon meilleur ami et moi \u00e9tions consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme des \u00ab nerds \u00bb, et nous n\u2019avions pas d\u2019argent, en cons\u00e9quence de quoi nous ne nous y arr\u00eations jamais.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : <\/strong>Ton P\u00e8re,<\/strong> Michael S. Reynolds<\/strong>, est un sp\u00e9cialiste reconnu d\u2019Ernest Hemingway\u2026 Est-ce que son activit\u00e9, cette inhabituelle passion, a impact\u00e9 ton quotidien de petite fille, au moins en termes d\u2019environnement domestique ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> C\u2019est s\u00fbr. La porte de son bureau \u00e9tait g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement ferm\u00e9e, ce qui signifiait NE PAS D\u00c9RANGER. Ma s\u0153ur et moi avions appris \u00e0 faire silence, et j\u2019ai pass\u00e9 la majeure partie de mon enfance \u00e0 l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, entre autres \u00e0 y faire du v\u00e9lo. Mais c\u2019\u00e9tait un p\u00e8re g\u00e9nial, il a davantage pris soin de nous que notre m\u00e8re, une enseignante en anglais, laquelle a toujours souffert de diverses maladies. L\u2019ann\u00e9e de mes dix ans, son arthrite \u00e9tait devenue si invalidante qu\u2019elle fut contrainte de rester, durant une douzaine de mois, clou\u00e9e sur une vieille chaise roulante datant de la Premi\u00e8re Guerre mondiale. Ceci dit, nos parents nous ont occup\u00e9s avec des tonnes d\u2019art, de th\u00e9\u00e2tre, de ballet, de projets ainsi qu\u2019avec nos cours de musique. Mon p\u00e8re avait enseign\u00e9 \u00e0 la NCSU (NDA : Universit\u00e9 d’\u00c9tat de Caroline du Nord)<\/strong> et on lui donnait fr\u00e9quemment des billets gratuits d\u2019un tr\u00e8s bon th\u00e9\u00e2tre l\u00e0-bas. Je me souviens avoir assist\u00e9 \u00e0 des spectacles comme \u00ab\u00a0Equus\u00a0\u00bb (NDA\u00a0: une pi\u00e8ce de th\u00e9\u00e2tre anglaise de Peter Shaffer cr\u00e9\u00e9e en 1973)<\/strong> vers l\u2019\u00e2ge de sept ans, ce qui \u00e9tait un peu d\u00e9routant ! Le peu de temps que je passais entre quatre murs, \u00e9tait consacr\u00e9 \u00e0 la pratique non-stop du piano, voire \u00e0 remplir mes cahiers de dessins psych\u00e9d\u00e9liques.<\/p>\n

ANR : Tu sembles \u00eatre fan d\u2019AC\/DC, tu as \u00e9crit que la gestuelle d\u2019Angus Young t\u2019aurait inspir\u00e9e sur sc\u00e8ne\u2026 Est-ce qu\u2019AC\/DC a \u00e9t\u00e9 ton premier groupe favori ? Si oui, peux-tu nous en dire plus \u00e0 ce propos ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Je n\u2019ai pas \u00e9t\u00e9 sp\u00e9cialement influenc\u00e9e par Angus Young, m\u00eame si son groupe est un de mes favoris ! J\u2019adore AC\/DC, je les ai d\u00e9couverts \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de quinze ans, gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ma colocataire de la North Carolina School of the Arts, o\u00f9 j\u2019\u00e9tais inscrite afin de pratiquer le ballet. Elle revient un jour du centre commercial, met \u00ab\u00a0Back in Black\u00a0\u00bb sur sa cha\u00eene, et nous sommes instantan\u00e9ment devenues folles ! Nous n\u2019avions jamais trop d\u2019AC\/DC\u00a0dans nos oreilles ! Avant AC\/DC, j\u2019avais achet\u00e9 toutes les cassettes de Bowie au possible, ainsi que toutes les cassettes de Devo (je ne poss\u00e9dais alors qu\u2019un radiocassette). Bowie \u00e9tait, et reste toujours, mon topissime, mais mon premier groupe pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9 fut les Cramps, d\u00e9couverts au cours de ma derni\u00e8re ann\u00e9e de lyc\u00e9e.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : <\/strong>A ce propos, et question plus traditionnelle : quel est le premier disque que tu as achet\u00e9, Rock ou pas ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Le premier disque que j\u2019ai achet\u00e9 fut un album d\u2019Iggy et des Stooges, le Live \u00ab\u00a0Metallic K.O.\u00a0\u00bb. D\u2019abord parce qu\u2019il avait l\u2019air int\u00e9ressant, et aussi parce qu\u2019il se trouvait dans le bac \u00e0 soldes \u00e0 un dollar chez Sam Goodies, un d\u00e9taillant habituellement situ\u00e9 dans les centres commerciaux. Quelle r\u00e9ussite ! Un bruit total, de la d\u00e9mence, et Iggy qui braillait \u00ab\u00a0Cock in my Pocket\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0! J\u2019avais probablement dans les douze ans, et j\u2019\u00e9tais encore super na\u00efve, donc je ne te raconte pas le choc ! Mais bien entendu, j\u2019\u00e9tais curieuse d\u2019en savoir plus !<\/p>\n

ANR : Tu as suivi des \u00e9tudes jusqu\u2019\u00e0 quel \u00e2ge ? As-tu abandonn\u00e9 le circuit scolaire en raison de tes premi\u00e8res activit\u00e9s dans un groupe ? <\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> En fait, j\u2019ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 l\u2019int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 du parcours universitaire\u00a0: J\u2019ai obtenu mon BFA (NDA\u00a0: Bachelor of Fine Arts,<\/strong> baccalaur\u00e9at en beaux-arts<\/strong>) \u00e0 Parsons NYC (NDA\u00a0: Parsons School of Design, un institut priv\u00e9 de Greenwich Village, \u00e0 New York) <\/strong>en design graphique, alors que nous nous produisions d\u00e9j\u00e0 sur sc\u00e8ne avec White Zombie, ce qui n\u2019\u00e9tait pas si facile\u2026 Avant cela, j\u2019avais suivi des cours de ballet aupr\u00e8s de la North Carolina School of the Arts, \u00e0 compter de l\u2019\u00e2ge de douze ans, et je fus boursi\u00e8re jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin de mon cursus. Mes centres d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eats ayant entretemps \u00e9volu\u00e9, j\u2019avais effectu\u00e9 un virage \u00e0 quatre-vingt-dix degr\u00e9s afin d\u2019int\u00e9grer un d\u00e9partement d\u2019art, ce qui explique pourquoi j\u2019ai atterri \u00e0 Parsons.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR\u00a0: White Zombie a-t-il \u00e9t\u00e9 ton premier groupe ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY\u00a0:<\/strong> White Zombie n\u2019a pas \u00e9t\u00e9 pas le premier groupe dans lequel j\u2019ai jou\u00e9, mais c\u2019est le premier groupe que j\u2019ai cr\u00e9\u00e9. J\u2019avais auparavant jou\u00e9 dans un groupe de rock local \u00e0 Raleigh, \u00e0 douze ans, alors que le reste du groupe \u00e9tait compos\u00e9 de gars qui avaient entre seize et dix-sept ans, mais qui avaient absolument besoin d\u2019une pianiste. C\u2019\u00e9tait encore \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque o\u00f9, contre toute attente, les clubs ne v\u00e9rifiaient pas s\u2019il y avait des enfants au bar ! Pour cette raison \u00e9galement, et lorsque j\u2019avais dans les huit ans, mon professeur de piano m\u2019avait entra\u00een\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs reprises dans un bar de blues underground pour le moins enfum\u00e9 appel\u00e9 \u00ab The Frog and Nightgown \u00bb, et j\u2019y tapais le b\u0153uf avec tout un tas de vieux bluesmen ! V\u00e9ridique, ma s\u0153ur a r\u00e9cemment trouv\u00e9 une coupure de journal \u00e0 ce sujet. En outre, et l\u2019espace d\u2019un court laps de temps, j\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 membre du groupe le plus cool qui n\u2019ai jamais exist\u00e9, j\u2019avais d\u2019ailleurs achet\u00e9 sp\u00e9cialement pour l\u2019occasion un clavier Farfisa : il \u00e9tait compos\u00e9 de moi, le chanteur original de Corrosion of Conformity (NDA\u00a0: Eric Eycke)<\/strong>, Dexter Romweber de Flat Duo Jets (NDA\u00a0: un groupe de rockabilly de Caroline du Nord)<\/strong>, ainsi que Sara Romweber qui \u00e9tait alors dans Let\u2019s Active (NDA\u00a0: un groupe de rock alternatif des ann\u00e9es 1980, \u00e9galement de Caroline du Nord)<\/strong>, et qui ressemblait \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque au \u00ab\u00a0Cousin machin\u00a0\u00bb (NDA\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0It Cousin\u00a0\u00bb, le monstre poilu de la Famille Adams)<\/strong>, super cool et effrayant. Nous avions \u00e9t\u00e9 surnomm\u00e9s les \u00ab\u00a0Ghoulies Groovy\u00a0\u00bb (NDA\u00a0: dessin-anim\u00e9 US, mieux connu en France sous le titre \u00ab\u00a0Le Croque-monstres Show\u00a0\u00bb, et diffus\u00e9 sur R\u00e9cr\u00e9 A2 en 1983)<\/strong> et avions rod\u00e9 tout un ensemble de reprises et d\u2019originaux en l\u2019espace d\u2019une semaine seulement, y compris \u00ab\u00a0I wanna be your dog\u00a0\u00bb des Stooges. Nous \u00e9tions au Top du Top, mais Dexter a subitement d\u00e9cr\u00e9t\u00e9 que ce n\u2019\u00e9tait pas ce qu\u2019il voulait faire (et a form\u00e9 plus tard Flat Duo Jets, Dieu merci !). J\u2019ajoute que j\u2019avais compl\u00e8tement oubli\u00e9 que, lorsque je suis arriv\u00e9e \u00e0 New York, j\u2019avais int\u00e9gr\u00e9 un groupe \u00ab\u00a0Peace Punk\u00a0\u00bb de l\u2019East Village appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Life\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0: comment un tel \u00e9pisode a-t-il pu sortir de ma m\u00e9moire ! J\u2019y jouais de mon Farfisa, une fois encore. Nous nous sommes produits dans les \u00ab\u00a0dives bars\u00a0\u00bb du Lower East Side, \u00e0 l\u2019image du \u00ab\u00a0No Se No\u00a0\u00bb ou du \u00ab\u00a08BC\u00a0\u00bb, c\u2019\u00e9tait au mitan des ann\u00e9es 1980, juste avant que nous ne formions White Zombie.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>ANR : <\/strong>Apr\u00e8s des ann\u00e9es consacr\u00e9es \u00e0 maturer votre musique, au cours de la seconde moiti\u00e9 des ann\u00e9es 1980 (deux 45 tours, deux EP et deux albums), le style de White Zombie va s\u2019affirmer au d\u00e9but des ann\u00e9es 1990. En 1992, l\u2019album <\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0<\/strong>La Sexorcisto : Devil Music Vol. 1<\/strong> \u00bb, <\/strong>sorti fin mars, vous r\u00e9v\u00e8le au public Nord-Am\u00e9ricain (et plus confidentiellement ici en France), et devient double disque de Platine\u00a0: \u00e0 quel moment pr\u00e9cis, en fonction de quel d\u00e9tail peut-\u00eatre, t\u2019es-tu dit que votre statut avait d\u00e9finitivement chang\u00e9\u00a0?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Rien ne s\u2019est fait du jour au lendemain, et ce, y compris apr\u00e8s la commercialisation du disque \u00ab\u00a0La Sexorcisto\u00a0\u00bb. Nous avions tourn\u00e9 pendant deux ans et demi d\u2019affil\u00e9e afin de le d\u00e9fendre, tout est arriv\u00e9 petit bout par petit bout. Nous jouions au d\u00e9but dans de petits clubs pas bond\u00e9s, puis bond\u00e9s, puis dans de plus grands clubs, puis des th\u00e9\u00e2tres\u2026 Mais, c\u2019est v\u00e9ritablement au moment o\u00f9 Mike Judge, le dessinateur de Beavis et Butthead, a commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 diffuser nos clips dans son dessin-anim\u00e9, que nous avons commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 obtenir plus de rotation sur MTV. Nous \u00e9tions d\u2019ailleurs sur le point d\u2019achever la tourn\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0La Sexorcisto\u00a0\u00bb apr\u00e8s cette ann\u00e9e et demie itin\u00e9rante, et dispos\u00e9s \u00e0 passer \u00e0 autre chose, pile au moment o\u00f9 le disque \u00e0 commencer \u00e0 bien se vendre\u00a0: nous avons donc repris la route afin de nous produire devant nos nouveaux fans, et ce pour une ann\u00e9e suppl\u00e9mentaire de tourn\u00e9e !<\/p>\n

ANR : L\u2019histoire a retenu que la diffusion de \u00ab Thunder Kiss 65 \u00bb, de \u00ab Welcome to Planet Motherf***er\u2026 \u00bb et du tr\u00e9pidant \u00ab Black Sunshine \u00bb (avec la participation d\u2019Iggy Pop) au cours de l\u2019ann\u00e9e 1993 chez Beavis et Butthead, a provoqu\u00e9 l\u2019engouement des foules aux Etats-Unis\u2026 Les ventes de l\u2019album sont pass\u00e9es de 75 000 \u00e0 plus de deux millions\u2026 <\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Pour te donner plus de d\u00e9tails, nous \u00e9tions ravis de passer chez Beavis et Butthead, d\u00e9j\u00e0 parce que les artistes qu\u2019ils aimaient \u00e9taient syst\u00e9matiquement ceux que nous aimions aussi ! Je veux dire, qui ne voudrait pas figurer dans un dessin-anim\u00e9 en compagnie de personnages qui aiment les Butthole Surfers, Iggy et Metallica ? Leurs go\u00fbts musicaux \u00e9taient, \u00e0 peu de chose pr\u00e8s, notre gamme de pr\u00e9dilection\u00a0! Mike Judge est d\u00e9finitivement un \u00ab\u00a0badass\u00a0\u00bb, et l\u2019int\u00e9gralit\u00e9 de son \u0153uvre est formidable. Son dernier dessin-anim\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Tales of the Tourbus\u00a0\u00bb est tout simplement incroyable !<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : Le 11 avril 1995, vous sortez le classique \u00ab Astro-Creep : 2000 \u2013 Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head \u00bb, port\u00e9 par ses deux simples \u00ab Electric Head, Part 2 (The Ecstasy) \u00bb et \u00ab More Human than Human \u00bb\u2026 Cet album, qui n\u2019a pas pris une ride vingt-cinq ans apr\u00e8s, est \u00e0 la base du metal d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui\u2026 Il est saisissant de constater que les disques sortis en ces ann\u00e9es 1994-1996 ont pos\u00e9 les fondements de la musique metal contemporaine, tous genres confondus : Pantera, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Deftones, Sepultura, Down, Fear Factory\u2026 Et White Zombie ! As-tu un mot \u00e0 dire quant \u00e0 l\u2019esprit qui baignait alors votre quotidien cr\u00e9atif ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Mec, c\u2019\u00e9tait une p\u00e9riode foldingue. Et tous les groupes que tu viens de citer \u00e9taient d\u00e9finitivement influents, et nous nous influencions tous les uns les autres. Je me souviens de s\u00e9ances d\u2019\u00e9criture \u00e9puisantes o\u00f9 nous \u00e9tions r\u00e9unis, tous les jours, dans l\u2019unique but de trouver de nouveaux riffs et de composer une musique que personne n\u2019avait entendu avant. C\u2019\u00e9tait une t\u00e2che tr\u00e8s difficile et, nous nous imposions \u00e9norm\u00e9ment de pression afin de b\u00e2tir quelque chose de plus grand et de mieux que \u00ab La Sexorcisto \u00bb. Beaucoup de tensions ont vu le jour, auxquelles succ\u00e9daient des moments de \u00ab aha! \u00bb, lors de l\u2019ach\u00e8vement de telle ou telle chanson. En tout \u00e9tat de cause, la mani\u00e8re dont White Zombie travaillait n\u2019a jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 une partie de plaisir : c\u2019\u00e9tait avant tout du travail. Nous carburions au caf\u00e9, c\u2019\u00e9tait d\u2019ailleurs notre seul vice en tant que groupe. Je suis aujourd\u2019hui encore, envieuse \u00e0 la vue d\u2019images des Stones ou autres, en train de se d\u00e9tendre affal\u00e9s sur des canap\u00e9s de velours, \u00e0 d\u00e9guster du vin et \u00e0 fumer choses et autres, le tout dans un cadre clair et luxueux. Nos s\u00e9ances de travail ressemblaient plut\u00f4t \u00e0 un camp d\u2019entra\u00eenement !<\/p>\n

ANR : Une question plus primesauti\u00e8re : pourquoi joues-tu en sautant \u00e0 pieds joints sur le canap\u00e9 dans le clip de \u00ab More Human than Human \u00bb ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Pourquoi ? Ou comment ? Qui sait, par la puissance de Satan peut-\u00eatre (Rires)<\/strong>\u00a0!?!<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : <\/strong>S\u2019ensuit la tourn\u00e9e commune avec Pantera et Eyehategod en 1996\u2026 Je sais que tu t\u2019es largement exprim\u00e9e \u00e0 propos de ce moment historique dans la presse, lequel est rest\u00e9 pour l\u2019\u00e9ternit\u00e9 sous le nom \u00ab\u00a0La guerre des Gargantuas \u00bb. Pourrais-tu n\u00e9anmoins s\u2019il te plait nous en dire un mot, voire une anecdote ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Oh mon dieu\u00a0! Ce fut une gigantesque f\u00eate permanente \u00e0 la seconde o\u00f9 \u00e7a a commenc\u00e9\u00a0; TROP de plaisir. Je tra\u00eenais tout le temps avec Phil et Darrell (NDA\u00a0: Anselmo et Dimebag, de Pantera\u2026)<\/strong> ainsi qu\u2019avec les gars d\u2019Eyehategod : les trois-quarts du temps nous \u00e9tions saouls \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9meute, et chaque jour quelqu\u2019un vous faisait avaler un Space Cake, avant m\u00eame que vous n\u2019ayez r\u00e9alis\u00e9 ce que c\u2019est\u2026 Des farces \u00e0 gogo, faire la f\u00eate jusqu\u2019\u00e0 ce que les bus de tourn\u00e9e se d\u00e9m\u00e2tent. Toute cette folie est restitu\u00e9e dans mon livre \u00ab I\u2019m in the band \u00bb (NDA\u00a0: recueil de photos publi\u00e9 en 2010)<\/strong>, j\u2019y ai m\u00eame scann\u00e9 mon journal de bord ! Ce fut surtout l\u2019unique moyen afin de me souvenir de ce qui s\u2019\u00e9tait r\u00e9ellement pass\u00e9 !<\/p>\n

ANR : Apr\u00e8s ces six millions d\u2019albums vendus, et ces moments inoubliables (ou presque\u2026), et apr\u00e8s la fin de White Zombie en 1998, tu es partie vivre \u00e0 la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans\u2026 Tu as d\u2019ailleurs \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9sign\u00e9e \u00ab 2015 New Orleans Top Female Achiever \u00bb par le New Orleans Magazine, soit une des femmes les plus performantes et originales de la ville ! Dis-nous pourquoi tu as choisi cet endroit ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> La toute premi\u00e8re fois que je suis all\u00e9e \u00e0 la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans, c\u2019\u00e9tait aux d\u00e9buts de White Zombie, une tourn\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0de van\u00a0\u00bb. Je n\u2019en connaissais rien, et je suis instantan\u00e9ment tomb\u00e9e amoureuse de la ville ! Rien l\u00e0-bas n\u2019est comme ailleurs en Am\u00e9rique\u00a0: ses anciens b\u00e2timents en d\u00e9composition et ses cimeti\u00e8res, les accents invraisemblables de ses habitants, sa nourriture d\u00e9cadente, ses bars ouverts 24 heures sur 24\u2026 Aujourd\u2019hui encore, je ne comprends pas pourquoi je n\u2019avais jamais entendu parler de cette ville plus t\u00f4t ! En tourn\u00e9e, lorsque j\u2019ai fait connaissance de Phil et des gars d\u2019Eyehategod, j\u2019ai r\u00e9alis\u00e9 qu\u2019ils \u00e9taient de l\u00e0-bas. Je suis me suis ensuite rendue sur place \u00e0 plusieurs reprises, des s\u00e9jours de plus en plus longs au fur et \u00e0 mesure, le plus souvent \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de mes vacances. J\u2019en apprenais davantage \u00e0 chaque fois, et une chose devenait claire\u00a0: je devais vivre \u00e0 la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans. J\u2019ai commenc\u00e9 par en \u00e9tudier l\u2019histoire, la cuisine, l\u2019architecture\u2026 Ensuite j\u2019ai organis\u00e9 mon d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement. Je ne regrette pas un seul jour pass\u00e9 depuis\u00a0: le degr\u00e9 de beaut\u00e9, d\u2019histoire, de cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 et d\u2019inspiration n\u2019est \u00e9gal\u00e9 (ou d\u00e9pass\u00e9) que par la plus belle ville\u00a0: Paris !<\/p>\n

ANR : Nous avons \u00e9voqu\u00e9 Eyehategod \u00e0 l\u2019instant\u2026 Mais il se trouve que d\u2019autres groupes et artistes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres sont \u00e9galement de la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans\u2026 Je pense bien s\u00fbr \u00e0 Phil Anselmo (dont le P\u00e8re tenait le restaurant \u00ab Anselme \u00bb aux abords de la ville, dans la bourgade de Metairie) ou \u00e0 Kirk Windstein\u2026 Es-tu en lien avec ces voisins ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Oui ! Phil, sa fille Kate et moi sommes de bons amis, et je suis aussi amie avec Pepper Keenan de Down et Corrosion of Conformity, ainsi qu\u2019avec les mecs d\u2019Eyehategod. C\u2019est une petite ville, vraiment. Et comme les musiques de la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans ont toujours \u00e9t\u00e9 le jazz, le blues et le funk, la sc\u00e8ne rocknroll \/ metal est plus ramass\u00e9e et resserr\u00e9e qu\u2019ailleurs… En fait, je connaissais Pepper depuis l\u2019\u00e9poque o\u00f9 il a rejoint COC, parce qu\u2019il venait lui-aussi de Raleigh. J\u2019\u00e9tais, pour tout te dire, pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 leur tout premier concert, et je suis m\u00eame cr\u00e9dit\u00e9e photo sur leur premier album.<\/p>\n

ANR : Il y a une influence fran\u00e7aise dans cette ville, et tu es francophile\u2026 Tu te dis d\u2019ailleurs \u00eatre \u00e0 Paris comme chez toi\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Oui, j\u2019adore la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans et j\u2019adore Paris ! Nous savons que la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans a \u00e9t\u00e9 fond\u00e9e par des fran\u00e7ais, et demeurent aujourd\u2019hui encore tant de choses h\u00e9rit\u00e9es de la pr\u00e9sence fran\u00e7aise, de la cuisine fine comme Galatoires (NDA\u00a0: restaurant de luxe fond\u00e9 en 1905 par Jean Galatoire, \u00e0 Bourbon St.)<\/strong> aux beaux cimeti\u00e8res. Les habitants d\u2019ici continuent \u00e0 prononcer leurs noms en Fran\u00e7ais, ce que tu n\u2019entends nulle part ailleurs en Am\u00e9rique, je pense \u00e0 mes amis Robert (\u00ab Ro-BEAR \u00bb) LeBlanc et L\u00e9on (\u00ab LAY-on \u00bb) Touzet (\u00ab Tou-ZAY \u00bb). J\u2019ai \u00e9tudi\u00e9 le Fran\u00e7ais durant quatre ans au lyc\u00e9e, puis au coll\u00e8ge, je me suis inscrite \u00e0 l\u2019Alliance Fran\u00e7aise de la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans lors de mon installation, en vue de rafra\u00eechir mes connaissances en la mati\u00e8re. Je ne sais m\u00eame plus combien de voyages j\u2019ai fait \u00e0 Paris et en France, j\u2019y ai f\u00eat\u00e9 au moins trois de mes anniversaires ! J\u2019appr\u00e9cie rester une semaine minimum \u00e0 Paris, en alternant les quartiers afin de mieux les conna\u00eetre. J\u2019ai pour habitude d\u2019atterrir dans le Marais ou vers Bastille ; il y a quelques ann\u00e9es, j\u2019ai \u00e9galement s\u00e9journ\u00e9 \u00e0 Saint-Germain-des-Pr\u00e9s, et plus r\u00e9cemment une semaine \u00e0 Montmartre. C\u2019\u00e9tait super d\u2019y trouver des bars cool, des boulangeries \u00e9tonnantes, et de se perdre dans des rues pav\u00e9es vides, sans apercevoir \u00e2me qui vive, alors que je pensais me retrouver en compagnie d\u2019une foule de touristes ! J\u2019adore. Deux autres trucs, en passant : je ne me suis jamais perdue \u00e0 Paris, ce qui est quand-m\u00eame \u00e9trange me connaissant. Tout le monde sait que lorsque je commence \u00e0 marcher ou \u00e0 conduire, j\u2019emprunte \u00e0 180 degr\u00e9s la direction oppos\u00e9e de l\u2019endroit o\u00f9 je suis cens\u00e9e aller. C\u2019est idiot mais vrai. De fa\u00e7on \u00e9tonnante, et \u00e0 chaque fois depuis la premi\u00e8re, je sais instinctivement et exactement o\u00f9 je vais dans Paris. C\u2019est un sentiment assez profond, comme si j\u2019y avais v\u00e9cu avant… Deuxi\u00e8me chose : comme tu l\u2019as mentionn\u00e9 au d\u00e9but, mon p\u00e8re \u00e9tait un sp\u00e9cialiste d\u2019Hemingway ; il a \u00e9crit cinq livres de r\u00e9f\u00e9rence sur lui. \u00ab Les ann\u00e9es paris \u00bb est le meilleur de ses ouvrages, et je consid\u00e8re que j\u2019ai grandi fascin\u00e9e par cette ville gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l\u2019\u0153uvre de mon p\u00e8re.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>ANR : <\/strong>Cet amour pour ta ville d\u2019adoption, le Mississippi et la langue fran\u00e7aise transpara\u00eet \u00e0 travers les photos publi\u00e9es sur ton site Internet, car tu es dor\u00e9navant photographe\u2026 Ou plut\u00f4t, tu l\u2019\u00e9tais d\u00e9j\u00e0 du temps de White Zombie : puisque tu as publi\u00e9 en 2010 le livre \u00ab I\u2019m in the band : Backstage Notes from the Chick in White Zombie \u00bb, un recueil de photographies de cette p\u00e9riode\u2026 Depuis 2002, tu exposes tes travaux un peu partout \u00e0 travers les USA, la derni\u00e8re exposition ayant \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9e en 2018 \u00e0 la Boyd Satellite Gallery de la Nouvelle-Orl\u00e9ans\u2026 Est-ce que Sean Yseult est maintenant plus photographe que musicienne ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Oui d\u00e9finitivement ! J\u2019ai d\u2019ailleurs remis la main sur un de mes vieux carnets \/ journaux intimes datant des d\u00e9buts de White Zombie, dans les ann\u00e9es 1980. J\u2019avais dix-neuf ans et je m\u2019\u00e9crivais des conseils \u00e0 moi-m\u00eame, j\u2019essayais alors de concilier le d\u00e9marrage d\u2019un groupe avec l\u2019\u00e9tude du design et la photographie \u00e0 Parsons. Et je cumulais trois emplois ! C\u2019\u00e9tait un peu dingo, mais c\u2019est vrai : je me suis \u00e9crit \u00e0 moi-m\u00eame, comparant les avantages et les inconv\u00e9nients d\u2019avoir \u00e0 \u00e9tudier en jouant dans un groupe en m\u00eame-temps. Je concluais : \u00ab Eh bien, tu pourras de toutes fa\u00e7ons devenir designer ou photographe plus tard, tu ne peux pas te contenter de ce groupe dans l\u2019imm\u00e9diat !\u00a0\u00bb. Et mec, avais-je raison\u00a0: partir en tourn\u00e9e est bon pour la jeunesse, je suis incontestablement heureuse d\u2019avoir pris cette d\u00e9cision, celle de commencer un groupe \u00e0 ce moment-l\u00e0 de mon existence ! Aujourd\u2019hui, je souhaite avant tout cr\u00e9er des belles photos ainsi que des dessins int\u00e9ressants. J\u2019y travaille tous les jours, passant de l\u2019un \u00e0 l\u2019autre, ou les deux en m\u00eame temps. Je consacre mon temps libre \u00e0 pratiquer le piano, la guitare, le banjo, et le th\u00e9r\u00e9mine.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : Tu es \u00e9galement tapissi\u00e8re ! Ou plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment cr\u00e9atrice de papiers peints, d\u2019oreillers, d\u2019\u00e9charpes et d\u2019impressions de motifs color\u00e9s et psych\u00e9d\u00e9liques !!! Tu commercialises tout cela sur ton autre site Internet. Peux-tu, s\u2019il te plait, nous en dire un peu plus sur ce que tu confectionnes ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Comme dit tout \u00e0 l\u2019heure, je suis dipl\u00f4m\u00e9e de Parsons en design, et j\u2019ai \u00e9tudi\u00e9 sous la houlette des meilleurs\u00a0: j\u2019avais m\u00eame \u00e9t\u00e9 admise dans la classe d\u2019Henry Wolf, un des l\u00e9gendaires ma\u00eetres en la mati\u00e8re. M\u00eame si la photographie \u00e9tait toute aussi importante \u00e0 mes yeux, mes \u00e9tudes ont \u00e9t\u00e9 concentr\u00e9es sur le design graphique. Les dessins que tu vois sont tr\u00e8s similaires \u00e0 ceux que j\u2019ai pu concevoir plus ou moins inconsciemment enfant, mais en plus sophistiqu\u00e9. J\u2019ai grandi obs\u00e9d\u00e9e par Maurits Cornelis Escher et Peter Max. De plus, mes parents avaient clou\u00e9 aux murs de la maison des affiches de rock psych\u00e9d\u00e9lique, une autre de mes influences principales. J\u2019ai commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 confectionner des \u00e9charpes, en raison du fait que ma m\u00e8re poss\u00e9dait des \u00e9charpes incroyables de Peter Max (NDA : <\/strong>une des figures majeures du pop art et de l’art psych\u00e9d\u00e9lique US)<\/strong>, et je voulais cr\u00e9er les miennes. Puis je me suis aventur\u00e9e dans la fabrication d\u2019oreillers, puis enfin de papier peint\u2026 J\u2019aime vraiment cela. Il n\u2019y a rien d\u2019autre que je pr\u00e9f\u00e8re au monde que de dessiner ou de colorier, \u00e0 n\u2019importe quel jour de la semaine.<\/p>\n

ANR : Ma derni\u00e8re question sera : quelle est l\u2019id\u00e9e, la phrase ou le mot, qui te vient \u00e0 l\u2019esprit, si je te dis qu\u2019il y a vingt-cinq ans, j\u2019avais punais\u00e9 un poster de toi dans ma chambre, adolescent ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> J\u2019adore \u00e7a !<\/p>\n

ANR : Merci beaucoup, ch\u00e8re Sean…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Art\u2019N\u2019Roll\u00a0: Before starting this autobiographical interview\u2026 We are at the end of march 2020 : are you safe here ? Everything\u2019s OK for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sean Yseult :<\/strong> Yes thank you. Everything here is fine, I mostly work out of a studio in my house so not too much has changed for me, working on design and photography projects. It\u2019s a drag to not be able to see friends, and go out to see bands, but otherwise I\u2019m good thanks!<\/p>\n

ANR :<\/strong> So\u2026 You grew up in the ’70s in Raleigh, North Carolina\u2026 My First question will be: could you please describe us the city, the block in were you grown up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Man, the South has just got such an old, lost in time feel. We lived in an old brick house in a neighborhood that was built in the early 1900\u2019s. The other houses were pretty similar, but our house stood out due to the fact that my father was not about to mow the lawn or move his unsightly blistered VW Bug from out front of the house! We were the freaks on the block for sure. Just one block away was a very quaint area called Five Points, and we could walk up there to get candy at the candy store or a burger and shake at the Hayes-Barton Pharmacy. Now it\u2019s a hip \u201cthing\u201d apparently, but back when we were kids it just looked like something out of the Archies, which wasn\u2019t cool to us, just somewhere to get a bite when we could get our parents permission. It was so old school my parents had an account there, so we could just sign for a burger, or a carton of cigarettes for our mom. There was a tiny Piggly Wiggly grocery store, a bank, a hairdresser: it was a super small town Mayberry kind of vibe. I would walk a mile and a half to and from school each day. On the way home was Johnson\u2019s Pharmacy, where all the cool kids hung out for burgers and shakes. Me and my best friend were nerds and had no money, so that was not an option.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR\u00a0: Your Father, Michael S. Reynolds, is known as an Ernest Hemingway specialist\u2026 Did his activity, this unusual passion, have an impact on your everyday life as a little girl, at least in terms of home environment?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> For sure. His office door was usually closed, which meant DO NOT DISTURB. My sister and I learned to be quiet and I spent a lot of time on bike rides and outside. But he was an awesome dad, he really did more taking care of us than our mom, who also was teaching college English classes and was usually suffering from various ailments. When I was 10, her arthritis was so crippling she was in an old WW1 wheel chair for a year. But they did keep us busy with tons of art, theater, ballet, and music projects and classes. Because my dad taught at NCSU they had free tickets to a very good theater there. I remember seeing shows like Equus at about age 7, which was a bit confusing to say the least! At home I was constantly practicing piano, or filling up pages with psychedelic drawings.<\/p>\n

ANR : You seem to be a fan of AC\/DC, you wrote that Angus Young\u2019s gestures inspired you when you perform on stage\u2026 Was AC\/DC your first favorite band ? If so, can you tell us more about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> No, but they are one of my favorites! I love AC\/DC but I didn\u2019t find out about them until I was 15 and living with a roommate at the North Carolina School of the Arts, for ballet. She (also in ballet) came back from the mall one day and put \u201cBack in Black\u201d on her stereo, and we both freaked out! We couldn\u2019t get enough of them. Before that I had bought every Bowie cassette I could find, and also every Devo cassette (I only had a \u201cjambox\u201d back in high school.) Bowie was, and still is, my top fave, but my first favorite band was The Cramps, which I found out about during my last year of high school.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : By the way,<\/strong> and for a more traditional question : what was the first record you ever bought, Rock or not ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> The first record I ever bought was an Iggy Pop live record, Metallic K.O. I bought it because it looked interesting and it was in the $1 cut out bin at Sam Goodies, a chain store in the malls. What a score! Total noise, insanity, and Iggy singing \u201cRocket in my Pocket\u201d – I am probably about 12 years old and super naive so this was a shock to the system! But of course I was very curious what the hell this was all about!<\/p>\n

ANR : How old did you go to school ? Did you drop out of school because of your first band activities? <\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> I actually made it all the way through college; I got my BFA at Parsons NYC in graphic design. The last few years were while we were gigging with White Zombie so it was tough. Before that I attended the North Carolina School of the Arts starting at the age of 12 for ballet, and was there on scholarship until I graduated. I made a huge switch my last year of high school and went in to the Art department, which is how I ended up at Parsons.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : And was White Zombie your first band ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> White Zombie was not the first band I played in, but it was the first band I created with another person. I have to mention here that I actually played in a local rock band in Raleigh when I was 12, the rest of the band were guys who were 16-18 but they needed a piano player. This was back in the day when clubs didn\u2019t seem to care if there were children in bars, I guess! Also when I was around 8 years old my piano teacher would take me to a smokey underground blues bar called the Frog and Nightgown and I would play blues improv with a bunch of old blues guys! This is all true, my sister recently found a newspaper clipping about it. In addition, ANR for one hot second I played in the coolest band ever and even bought a farfisa to be in it: the band was me, the original singer of COC, Dexter Romweber of Flat Duo Jets, and Sara Romweber who was then in Let\u2019s Active but looked like Cousin It at the time, super cool and creepy. We were named the Groovy Ghoulies and had a whole set down of covers and originals in a week, including \u201cNow I Wanna Be Your Dog.\u201d We sounded great, but Dexter decided one day it wasn\u2019t what he wanted to do (and later formed Flat Duo Jets, thank goodness!) And I totally forgot that when I got to NYC I joined an East Village peace punk band called Life – I can\u2019t believe that just came back to me! Again, I played farfisa. We played little Lower East Side dives like No Se No and the 8BC, this was mid 80s right before we started White Zombie.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>ANR : After years of working together on your music, during the second half of the 1980s (two 45 laps, two Eps and two albums), the style of White Zombie will be confirmed in the early 1990s\u2026 In 1992, the album \u00ab La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 \u00bb, released at the end of March, reveals you to the North American public (and more confidentially here in France), and becomes double Platinum : at what precise moment, depending on what detail perhaps, did you tell yourself that your status had definitively changed ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Nothing happened for us overnight, even with the release of La Sexorcisto. We toured that record for two and half years straight, and it just happened so gradually. At first we played to small clubs not packed, then packed, then bigger clubs, then theaters . . . but the moment you mention was when Mike Judge had us on Beavis and Butthead and we began getting a lot of play on MTV. We were about to come off tour after a year and a half straight, but the record suddenly picked up and we needed to go back on the road for the new fans, which ended up being an entire year longer of touring!<\/p>\n

ANR : It\u2019s a fact that the early 1990s were pretty rich in cartoons close to the counter-culture (the Simpsons of course, but more\u2026). The story holds that this would be the passage of \u00ab Thunder Kiss 65 \u00bb, the most famous single of \u00ab La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 \u00bb, and also of \u00ab Welcome to Planet Motherf***er\u2026\u00bb and the speedy \u00ab Black Sunshine \u00bb (Featuring Iggy Pop), in 1993 in the cartoon Beavis and Butthead, which would have sparked the excitement in the United States\u2026 Sales then went from 75,000 to over two million\u2026 Do you perhaps have a word to say about this historical link between White Zombie and the Beavis and Butthead Show ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Well I guess I just told that story a bit – but to elaborate, we were thrilled to be on Beavis and Butthead because the bands they liked were always the bands we liked! I mean, who wouldn\u2019t want to be in the company of cartoons that like the Butthole Surfers, Iggy, AND Metallica? That pretty much summed up our range of music that we liked also! That said, Mike Judge is a badass and every show he has created is amazing. His latest show Tales of the Tourbus is just incredible!<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : On April 11, 1995, you released the classic \u00ab Astro-Creep: 2000 \u2013 Songs of Love, Destruction and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head <\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong> with its two singles <\/strong>\u00ab<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Electric Head, Part 2 (The Ecstasy)<\/strong> \u00bb <\/strong>and <\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0<\/strong>More Human than Human<\/strong>\u00a0\u00bb<\/strong>\u2026 This album, which hasn\u2019t aged a day, is the basis of today\u2019s Metal\u2026 It is striking to note that the records released in those years 1994-1996 laid the foundations of contemporary Metal music of all genres: Pantera, Nine Inch Nails, Korn, Deftones, Sepultura, Down, Fear Factory\u2026 And White Zombie! Do you have a word to say about the special spirit that bathed your creative daily life during those years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Man, it was a crazy time. And a lot of those bands were definitely influential, and we were all influencing each other. I can remember grueling writing sessions where we were all together, every day, just trying to come up with some riffs and music that no-one had heard before. It was challenging and a lot of pressure on us to come up with something bigger and better than La Sexorcisto. A lot of tension, but then those moments of \u201caha!\u201d Where the song would finally fall together. But the way our band worked was never a pleasure or fun – it was work! We would get some coffee – that was our only vice as a band. I am always envious of seeing footage of the Stones or other bands relaxing about on velvet couches, drinking wine and smoking something or another, with candles lit and luxuriating in the moment. Our sessions were more like boot camp for some reason!<\/p>\n

ANR : A more simple and impulsive question : why are you playing by jumping on the couch, in the video of <\/strong>\u00ab\u00a0<\/strong>More Human than Human <\/strong>\u00bb <\/strong>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Why? Or how? Who knows, by the power of Satan perhaps haha!<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : Then comes the tour with Pantera and Eyehategod in 1996\u2026 I know that you have expressed yourself widely in the press about this unique moment, remained for eternity in the annals of the history of our music (also known as \u00ab\u00a0The<\/strong> War of the Gargantuas <\/strong>\u00bb<\/strong>)<\/strong>\u2026 Could you nevertheless, and please, give us a word or a fun fact about this tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Oh my god. It was one huge long non-stop party from the second it started; WAY too much fun. I was hanging with Phil and Darrell and the eyehategod guys the whole time and we were just getting riotously drunk, and on a daily basis someone would pop a pot brownie in your mouth before you knew what it was\u2026 pranking galore, partying until the tour buses parted ways, just utter madness. It\u2019s too much insanity to go in to but very well documented in my book \u201cI\u2019m In The Band\u201d where I even have scanned in pages of my tour diary from that time! That is truly the only way I can remember what happened!<\/p>\n

ANR : After six million albums sold, and unforgettable moments, and after the end of White Zombie in 1998, you moved to New Orleans\u2026 You have been named \u00ab 2015 New Orleans Top Female Achiever \u00bb by the New Orleans Magazine, one of the most successful and original women in the city! Tell us why you chose this place?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> I have to tell you, the very first time I passed through New Orleans was an early White Zombie van tour. I knew absolutely nothing about it and was completely freaked out and in love with the city! Nothing exists in America like it – ancient decaying buildings and graveyards, insane accents, decadent food, 24 hour bars – I could not believe that I had never heard about it! Later on tours I met Phil and of course the band eyehategod and found out they were from there. I went to visit a few times and we passed through on bigger tours later, with a few days off. Each time I knew more and more that I had to live in New Orleans. I began studying the history, the cuisine, the architecture – and made a plan to make the move. I do not regret a single a day since I have been here – the level of beauty, history, creativity and inspiration is only matched (or surpassed) by the most beautiful city, Paris!<\/p>\n

ANR : We have mentioned Eyehategod\u2026 But other groups and well-known artists are also from New Orleans\u2026 I am thinking of course about Phil Anselmo (whose Father had ruled the restaurant <\/strong>\u00ab<\/strong> Anselme \u00bb on the outskirts of the city, in the CDP of Metairie) or about Kirk Windstein\u2026 Are you connected with those neighbors?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Yes! I\u2019m good friends with Phil and his gal Kate, and I\u2019m also friends with Pepper Keenan from Down and COC and with the eyehategod guys. It\u2019s a small town, really. And because New Orleans was always more about jazz, blues and funk, the rocknroll\/metal scene is pretty small and tight. I\u2019ve actually known Pepper the longest since he joined COC, because they were from my hometown (Raleigh, NC.) I was a actually at the very first COC show, and I have a photo credit on their first record.<\/p>\n

ANR : There is a French influence in this city, and I guess that you are Francophile\u2026 You call yourself at home in Paris\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Yes, I love New Orleans and I love Paris! Of course New Orleans was founded by the French and there are so many lasting French influences here, from the fine cuisine like Galatoires to the beautiful graveyards. Locals still pronounce their names in French ways you would never hear anywhere else in America, like our friends Robert (Ro- BEAR) LeBlanc and Leon (LAY-on) Touzet (Tou-ZAY). I studied French for four years in high school and college, and joined the Alliance Francais in New Orleans when I moved here to brush up on my French. I\u2019ve lost track of how many trips I\u2019ve made to Paris and traveled in France since, and have spent at least three birthdays there! I love so much about it and stay at least a week each time, often in a different neighborhood to just hang out and get to know it. Usually I am in the Marais or the Bastille but a couple of years ago I stayed in St. Germain, and recently I stayed a week in Montmartre. It was great to find cool local bars, amazing bakeries, and get lost on empty cobblestone streets and not see a soul in sight, when I thought it would be full of tourists! I loved it. Two more things on this: I am never lost in Paris, which is odd for me. Anyone who knows me knows that I will start walking or driving exactly 180 degrees in the wrong direction of where I am supposed to be going. It\u2019s silly but true. But ever since the first time I landed in Paris, I instinctively know exactly where I was going. It\u2019s a great feeling, like I have lived there before. Second thing: as you mentioned my father was a Hemingway scholar; he wrote five definitive books on Hemingway. \u201cThe Paris Years\u201d is of course the best one, and I think I grew up somewhat fascinated with Paris due to this connection.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/strong>ANR : This love for your city as well as Mississippi and the French language can be seen through the photos published on your website, since you are now a photographer\u2026 Or rather, you were already in the days of White Zombie, because you published in 2010 the book \u00ab I\u2019m in the band: Backstage Notes from the Chick in White Zombie \u00bb, a collection of pictures from that era\u2026 Since 2002, you exhibit your works all over the United States, the last exhibition was done in 2018 at the Boyd Satellite Gallery in New Orleans\u2026 Is Sean Yseult now more a photographer than a musician?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Yes definitely! I found one of my old notebook\/diaries from the days when we first started the band, back in the 80s. I\u2019m 19 years old and writing advice to myself, trying to come to terms with starting a band while also going to Parsons NYC for design and photography. And working three jobs! This is a little crazy but true: I wrote to myself, arguing the pros and cons of doing the band. I finally write: \u201cWell, you can always become a designer or photographer later in life, but you can only do a band now!\u201d And boy was I right – touring is a young person\u2019s game, and I am so glad I made that decision to start a band there and then! Now all I want to do is create beautiful photos and interesting designs. I work daily on one or the other, or both. If I have any free time I like to practice on my piano, guitar, banjo, and theremin.<\/p>\n

\"\"ANR : You are also a tapestry maker ! Or more precisely creator of wallpaper, pillows, scarves and prints of colorful and psychedelic patterns!!! You sell all this on your second website (www.yseultdesigns.com). Can you, please, tell us a little more about that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> Well my degree from Parsons is in design, and I studied under the best – I even got chosen to be in the legendary Henry Wolf\u2019s master class. My photography was equally important but my major was graphic design. The designs you see are very similar to designs I drew as a child, but more sophisticated. I grew up obsessed with MC Escher and Peter Max, and my parents had psychedelic rock posters on the walls of our house, so that is still a main influence. I started with scarves because my mom had some amazing Peter Max scarves and I wanted to make my own. Then I ventured into making pillows, and finally wallpaper. I am truly loving it. Any day of the week, there is nothing I rather be doing than drawing my designs, or coloring them in.<\/p>\n

ANR : My last question will be : what is the idea, the sentence or the word, that comes to your mind, if I tell you that twenty five years ago, I had a poster of you in my room, when I was a teenager?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SY :<\/strong> I love it!<\/p>\n

ANR : Thanks a lot, Dear Sean\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.seanyseult.com\/<\/p>\n

https:\/\/yseultdesigns.com\/<\/p>\n

seanyseult.com (photography)<\/p>\n

@SeanYseult<\/p>\n

SeanYseultWZ<\/p>\n

PICTURES COURTESY OF SEAN YSEULT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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