Tim Rogers: ‘Maybe It’s Time To Get Another Singer?’
News posted Monday, September 3 2012 at 12:00 PM.
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Tim Rogers has reiterated claims he’s getting in another singer to front You Am I.
Rogers caused a stir on the youami.com.au forums a couple years ago following an interview with The Herald Sun, in which he intimated that the band was “getting a singer in” for 2010’s You Am I. But while that never materialised, the 42-year-old musician says he may need to draft someone in to help fulfil his dreams of making a “hardcore” record.
“I can’t sing,” he told M+N in a soon-to-be-published interview. “I’ve destroyed my throat. Maybe it’s time to get another singer? I really want that to happen, and 98 per cent of the listening public does as well.”
Rogers said the band will start thinking about a new record once they stop socialising. “There’s a lot written for it,” he said. “There’s songs there, and there’s intent there, but there’s part of me that doesn’t want to mess up the fun we’re having.”
Rogers said he wanted to make a record that was more representative of the band’s live sound. “I’d like to think that it’s all extremely direct, which we haven’t done for a while. That’s what we do when we play live. It’s time to start thinking less. The last record, [You Am I], which I love, we really thought about it. We talked about it so much. We need to talk less – we do that when we go out.”
Rogers’ new solo album Rogers Sings Rogerstein is out now through ABC imprint Four Four. It’s a collaboration between Rogers and a US native called Shel Rogerstein, who may or may not exist. Details here.
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Never heard it... any good?
If he's worried about his voice, maybe he shouldn't be impersonating Shane fucking Crawford for AFL moneyzzz.
a you am i hardcore record is a most excellent idea, something Sound As Ever II without the occasional pussy-footing would be awesome, but fuck this idea of getting another singer in. if Tim's too much of a pussy to sing, get Andy to do the job, his cover of Forgotten Son at the Annandale secret show last year was amazing, guy can fuckin tear
Sound As Ever II would be the coolest gimmick ever
Maybe Tim should rap instead.
Future spoken word artist. Heard he does a shit tonne of coke.
I hear Missy Higgins is available.
There was a good feature on him published in SMH on the weekend
Sweet.
Mikey Young needs to produce the next You Am I album.
edgy
laughed first, then nodded in agreement
Tim Rogers is more than just a vocalist, he's a front man. Singer would need a LOT of charisma to match Rogers.
Yeah, I think this one of those pieces of YAI folklore that they like to give an airing every now and then...
It's fucking brilliant... reeeally
one of those records that doesn't hit you immediately but then grows on you n' sticks! best thing they've done in yonks.... and Tim's vocals on it are great.
JD Fortune is available.
I think their last album was their best in decades partly because this time they seemed to write and adapt the songs to suit Tim's now raspy soft-spoken whisper. Convicts tried to rock hard but Tim no longer had the voice for it. I don't know whether a new singer would work though.
They should get Zanzibar Chanel as vocalist.
he should try building a pizza oven
Fixed.
Is this the guy from those annoying AFL ads?
He should do a rap album in Cockney rhyming slang ''I'm a geezer!''
Meat Loaf
That particular episode is over, isn't it?
(Rogerston? Tegan? Needed a celeb couple nickname.)
Rogerington?
you am i to record a hardcore album
lol
not-ian - a few older punk and hardcore blokes i know back Timmy, said he came to a lot of shows and supported the punk rock and hardcore scene back in the day
also, i fkn love Rogers voice, it's imperfections make it perfect
Rogers's fave contemporary band is The Bronx, btw.
I remember someone telling me that You Am I spend half of their time at rehearsal jamming on Poison Idea and Discharge covers.
Maybe Neil from Draft Dodger should have a crack.
j k j k j k j k
fixed
im very interested in these old punk claims
comeback album of the century new singer new style etc
Nineteen to twenty two
Just Nik, Jaimme, red wine and you
Into the Datsun and go
To another Massappeal show
I'm not sure if Tim is angling for compliments with these comments about his voice, but I'll bite...
I think it is a great, distinctive voice. Sort of a warts 'n' all falsetto, and great to hear him actually singing the lyrics he wrote himself.
The distinctiveness of his voice actually struck me when I saw his 'Rogers Sings Rogerstein' performance in Brissie 2 weeks ago. Something I'd taken for granted after 15 years of hearing it, though it probably does take some getting used to for new fans.
Rogers' voice has been shot for the last 10 years. Having first seen YAI in 92' and countless times after that i swore i'd never bother seeing them again after a Hi-Fi gig in 07'.....his voice was a croak and ruined the gig.
i dont necessarily think rogers' voice is gone, its just gone when it comes to that early YAI stuff. i still think he has a great voice when it comes to his solo stuff, the bennetts lane shows etc etc. even the last YAI record I thought he sounded pretty great on. he just cant get to those early highs anymore. I saw them try to do Purple Sneakers at the Tote last year (which musically sounded pretty damn awesome btw) but the vocals were pretty disastrous.