Right before they departed for Wacken, we caught up with Italian goth metal outfit Lacuna Coil's leading lady Cristina Scabbia to find out what she listens to when she's not controlling crowds or giving advice in her Revolver magazine column. Says Scabbia, "It's definitely a question I'm sure every musician hates -- if you love music, just 10 songs are nothing!" But she happily obliged us nonetheless, and goes on to express her love of Faith No More, Muse, Alter Bridge and more. Check it out right here.
Disturbed, "The Night"
Not only is it a little homage to a band we love because we toured together a few months ago, but they're friends of ours and we love this song.
Alter Bridge, "Watch Over You"
It's a band I absolutely love because not only are they great musicians, but Myles [Kennedy] is a friend of ours. I sung a song with them for a special duet that was "Watch Over You," and I think he has one of the best voices I ever heard in my whole life.
Faith No More, "Evidence"
One of my favorite bands. Any song would be good, but I picked "Evidence" just 'cause it's relaxing; you know, if you're driving on the road and you can sing along with it. [Faith No More are] one of the bands that got me into this kind of music and one of the bands I absolutely love. I've seen a couple of their [reunion] shows and we played one with them, and it's been a great experience. I had a chance to talk with Mike Patton and Mike Bordin, and they're great people.
Rob Zombie, "Superbeast"
We toured with them a couple years ago. Rob is a great guy, a great director, a great musician, and I love his style.
Type O Negative, "Black No. 1"
This is one of the bands that inspired Lacuna Coil at the beginning of our career. Now on the road we have Johnny [Kelly] and Kenny [Hickey] of Type O with Seventh Void, and we're really happy to have them onboard. "Black No. 1" is one of our favorite songs -- I'm sure everyone in the band would agree with that.
Stone Sour, "30/30-150"
I love the guys, and I love their songs. I've heard that now they're working on a new album, and I can't wait to hear it. [Corey Taylor is] another good singer; he can do whatever he wants [with his] voice.
Muse, "Supermassive Black Hole"
I just love it, I just love the changes in the song. I find his voice a little bit annoying sometimes because you pick up every little breath he takes, which I understand is his distinctive sound, but I love Muse so it doesn't really matter! I think they're really modern, which is cool.
The Police, "Synchronicity II"
It's probably an unusual song to pick up because most people will pick "Roxanne" or the big classics, but I just love "Synchronicity" because I think it would be perfect for the soundtrack of a weird movie, so I always liked this song.
Queens of the Stone Age, "3's and 7's"
Another band that I like that I think is unfortunately underrated; they're not really popular in Europe the way they are popular here. I love the way he sings and I love their music -- whatever song -- they're all fine with me.
Three Days Grace, "Never Too Late"
I don't usually warm up, but I like to sing along with quiet songs so I don't stress my voice. So sometimes before the show I'll warm up, and there is a song I put on most of the time because it starts in a low key and then goes high, and it's called "Never Too Late."
Not only is it a little homage to a band we love because we toured together a few months ago, but they're friends of ours and we love this song.
Alter Bridge, "Watch Over You"
It's a band I absolutely love because not only are they great musicians, but Myles [Kennedy] is a friend of ours. I sung a song with them for a special duet that was "Watch Over You," and I think he has one of the best voices I ever heard in my whole life.
Faith No More, "Evidence"
One of my favorite bands. Any song would be good, but I picked "Evidence" just 'cause it's relaxing; you know, if you're driving on the road and you can sing along with it. [Faith No More are] one of the bands that got me into this kind of music and one of the bands I absolutely love. I've seen a couple of their [reunion] shows and we played one with them, and it's been a great experience. I had a chance to talk with Mike Patton and Mike Bordin, and they're great people.
Rob Zombie, "Superbeast"
We toured with them a couple years ago. Rob is a great guy, a great director, a great musician, and I love his style.
Type O Negative, "Black No. 1"
This is one of the bands that inspired Lacuna Coil at the beginning of our career. Now on the road we have Johnny [Kelly] and Kenny [Hickey] of Type O with Seventh Void, and we're really happy to have them onboard. "Black No. 1" is one of our favorite songs -- I'm sure everyone in the band would agree with that.
Stone Sour, "30/30-150"
I love the guys, and I love their songs. I've heard that now they're working on a new album, and I can't wait to hear it. [Corey Taylor is] another good singer; he can do whatever he wants [with his] voice.
Muse, "Supermassive Black Hole"
I just love it, I just love the changes in the song. I find his voice a little bit annoying sometimes because you pick up every little breath he takes, which I understand is his distinctive sound, but I love Muse so it doesn't really matter! I think they're really modern, which is cool.
The Police, "Synchronicity II"
It's probably an unusual song to pick up because most people will pick "Roxanne" or the big classics, but I just love "Synchronicity" because I think it would be perfect for the soundtrack of a weird movie, so I always liked this song.
Queens of the Stone Age, "3's and 7's"
Another band that I like that I think is unfortunately underrated; they're not really popular in Europe the way they are popular here. I love the way he sings and I love their music -- whatever song -- they're all fine with me.
Three Days Grace, "Never Too Late"
I don't usually warm up, but I like to sing along with quiet songs so I don't stress my voice. So sometimes before the show I'll warm up, and there is a song I put on most of the time because it starts in a low key and then goes high, and it's called "Never Too Late."
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