Former Interpol bass player Carlos Dengler has said watching Coldplay on Saturday Night Live was enough to make him seriously consider quitting music.
Since walking away from the band in 2010, Dengler has been conspicuous by his absence from the music world, only now emerging as a fully trained actor and with his first interview post-Interpol.
“I think the moment for me, and it’s funny to think that this is the occasion for it, but when Coldplay – our old manager was Coldplay’s manager – played Saturday Night Live, he offered us tickets,” Dengler’s told BedfordandBowery.com.
“And when I felt so much titillation and excitement over all the skits – Jon Hamm was the host – and looking at how they were being performed. And then when Coldplay came on, I felt bored, quite frankly.”
“I knew then that there was something going on with me, some kind of identity shift, really. It really troubled me.”
During the interview, Dengler also spoke of problems with addiction during his final period with Interpol, and that he now enjoying a healthier, more ‘outdoorsy’ lifestyle.