Questions such as 'How did you guys meet?' or 'Who are your biggest influences?' are prevalent throughout these interviews, fair enough it's important to establish the background of the people in question yet for the interviewee, it can become dull and annoying.
Another common feature is the obsequious nature of many of the interviewers, and commonly either not truly liking the person's music or not really knowing anything about it.
Essentially, I feel interviews are lacking spontaneity and originality.
This is where this man comes in to the picture. His name is Nardwuar the Human Serviette, believe or not, a Canadian celebrity interviewer known for his eccentric approach and his esoteric appearance.
He has interviewed everyone from Snoop Dogg, Alice Cooper, Nirvana and even James Brown. His method is fairly surreal, often surprising guests with in-depth knowledge of them, and posing bizarre questions, much to the bemusement of many of his interviewees. However, his methods are fairly divisive and he has sometimes been the subject of verbal and physical abuse.
Whether you like him or not, his interviews are never boring and you get much more information out of the guests then you would expect. Much like the Gonzo Journalism of Hunter S.Thompson, it may seem strange and ineffective in its contemporary yet will hopefully will endorsed, maybe emulated in the future.
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