Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance might be chilled to the core and tour-ragged with winter travel, but he’s still willing to dust it up with the best of ’em. Here’s the rest of our interview; read the first part in this week’s Sonic Reducer.
SFBG: Where are you now?
Ben Chasny: We’re going from Milwaukee to Minnesota – it’s super-brutal outside. It’s 20 below – kinda fucked up. A few days ago it was fucking crazy, sheet of ice two inches thick.
SFBG: How did Shelter from the Ash come to pass?
BC: I thought I’d write some songs this time around.
[Pause]
Are you going to run a picture of me in a tiger outfit again?! [Chasny refers to a photo of his elementary school-age self in a tiger costume, with a kitten batting his tail, run alongside a Sonic Reducer.] It was like, what the fuck!? It’s hard to walk down the street after that! [Jokingly]