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Michèl: I became passionate by espacially tree Pythons at the
end of the 90's and bevor that I had a penchant for the genus
Lampropeltis.The near-natural idyll in my snake room is
like a refuge for me . My job as supervisor in a workshop for
the handicapped is mentally demanding. After work I often
withdraw in my
breeding rooms
and enjoy the
silence and stillness
of my pythons. I
appreciate the sight
of their colours and
the grace of their
bodies. No designer
could create such
a perfect interplay
of colours like it
does the nature.
My targeted breed
has the objective
to counteract the
overexploitation
and when as a
result just one of
them could stay at
the rainforest then
I would come one
step closer to my
goal.
Dave: What I love
about snakes is that
they always seem
to be peacefull and
convinced of their
strengh. To observe
them makes me feel
relaxed. Tarantulas
are terrifiying
creatures with
wonderfull colours
and they don't need
much space so it
is an easy interior
decoration. For me
the human race
still is insignificant
and small to mother nature. Yes we discovered fire but we are lost
when the weather is stormy. Reptiles have adapted themeselfs
to their environement so they envolved themselfs and what we
always use to do is changing the nature so we can survive.
Herpetology is the branch of zoology concerned with the study of
amphibians and reptiles and a domain that has been a long time
male-dominated. As that is also the case for metal I asked Dave if
he thinks that the strenght he talked about could be in someway
similar to represent the rude and masculin side of metal. I think
both scenes are espacially respecting women.
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Dave: There is in way a commonness by contemplating the
strengh of the nature yes. Some poeple also think it would be
some way of life in it but I disagree with it. More and more
women join the metal scene as well as the terraristic. You cannot
speak about rock without speaking about women. Everybody
knows the phrase „sex, drugs and rock'n roll“. I think behind
most songs there
is a women. For
example „ Angie“,
„Satisfaction“, „The
Jack“,“ Suspicious
Mind“, „Still Loving
You“. I think
women have always
been a source of
inspiration even if
they could be really
annoying to.
Both artists
agreed with the
fact that metal
and herpetology
represent a
subculture
far away from
mainstream and
this could probably
be something
fascinating for
those poeple who
don't know that
much about these
things. So I asked
them to describe in
which way metal is
fascinating to them.
Dave: The energie,
and to share it with
the audience! To
give everything in a
riff and to see how
your music let the
poeple go crazy
when you play it. I
love every music as
long as it contains
guitare, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, Saxon even The
Beatles, les Stones, Elvis, Chuck Berry, Hendrix and many more.
Michèl: My way of metal is the oppositional tension between
ecstasy and absolute tranquillity and idyll. Fast playfull parts
followed by calm passages. I grew up with metal. I cannot help
playing metal when I get a bass in my hands.
This description reminded me of the adrenaline you sometimes
get taking care of exotic animals so I wanted him to tell me more
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