THE OUTLAW
Code Orange’s Jami Morgan ditched all of his fucks
DID YOU REALISE HOW MUCH YOUR THIRD ALBUM, Forever, WOULD BLOW UP?
“Well, I was definitely super-confident in the material. It’s difficult to predict how people will react to shit, but I don’t care as long as I put it on the headphones and it’s what I want it to be. So far, so good.”
WHAT WAS IT LIKE SUPPORTING GOJIRA AND PLAYING THOSE BIGGER VENUES?
“The tour was amazing. It helped us start cracking the UK and Europe. Then we came back for the festivals – that really shot it through. Gojira’s fans are cultural and are in it for the long term – those are the kind of fans we want to be playing in front of.”
YOU’VE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM THE MAINSTREAM, ESPECIALLY FROM THE LIKES OF COREY TAYLOR AND NXT. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO GET THAT RECOGNITION?
“It’s fucking great. We’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of whack shit if we wanted to, that’d make this whole thing a lot easier and probably get us paid a lot more and make us more fans quicker, but I don’t necessarily believe that those are the kind of fans that are going to stick with you for life. Instead, we’ve taken a slower route – a more cultural route. And now, instead of running the mid-circuit for being able to start in the hardcore world – our world – we’re getting to do this other world which is so much harder to get into, because we took our time and we’ve earned the respect.”
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR 2018?
“Bands have a lot of ‘on’ years and then they have a lot of ‘off’ years. My prediction is that it’s going to stay on. And then the next thing you know, the new shit is going to be right there in front of you. We’ve got a lot of plans about that.”