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Article: Hot Hot Heat wants to produce albums
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- September 26, 2003
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Hot Hot Heat drummer Paul Hawley cut his teeth on his father's
classic rock. "When you're a kid, you don't have any money, and you
don't have any opinion," Hawley said.
"I fell into that category and learned how to play drums to the
Doors, (Jimi) Hendrix and Credence Clearwater Revival," he added
during a telephone interview from Las Vegas. "Then, when I was in
high school, I heard Nirvana. That separated me from my father's
generation."
Nirvana blew the whole punk scene open to Hawley, and he
immediately switched his listening habits to small-label rock. "It's
always a chore trying to find new music that's cool. And I think it's
important as a member of a band to expand your musical tastes. ...