Crossbeat: You made first appearance at Fuji Rock Festival in 2002, what left a deep impression on you?
Dom: The festival itself was amazing but personally I was struck with fear. (laughter) The cause of it was not the gig, the band, or the audience but insects! We played at Fuji several times but the last time (2007) was terrible. The worst gig I’ve ever had. The venue of the festival is an ski resort in forests in the mountains, so when all the lights on stage came on after nightfall, billions of insects got together all at once as if they had regarded them as the Moon. We were completely covered with insects on stage. Even though I hate insects so much, a beetle like 5 cm long was suddenly crawling in my shirt and trousers during the performance. I tried to concentrate on playing drums but I got distracted and couldn’t enjoy anything at all. I destroyed my drum kit so badly at the end of the gig. It was such a horrible experience. I saw a beetle crawling on Matt’s trousers and I remember I thought ‘shit!’ at that time. I never want to experience something like that. However, we knew we were going to play at Fuji Rock again (laughter), so I’ve had a special costume made for Fuji. It is a piece of silver jump suit like a leotard, it covers my whole body and doesn’t allow any kinds of insects to get in, it just lets my face out so that I can breathe. (laughter) I won’t be able to play unless I wear it, even if it looks so ugly. (laughter)
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