Interview with Chris Kuroda, Lighting Designer for Phish - Part One

[JohnnyLIGHTSnFire]

Thanks for doing this guys ... john 'Lance' Harrison IATSE Local One @Madison Square Garden; we have them her three nights; last one being tonight New Years Eve of 2011 into 2012.

[LightingShowroom]

Appreciated your efforts

[LightingShowroom]

Nice work

[dobbs004]

have no idea what chris is talking about... but the guy is a badass!

[zachly350]

this man seriously amazes me. he is a genius and how he can master such an art is beyond me

[NedSneed]

aaargh! I have been asking people about the "fading" gobo thing for years and they just look at me like I'm crazy. When I ran Icons on their proprietary console, I got very used to being able to put time on a gobo (or color wheel) change and loved the effect, but could never get any other light to do it. Thanks for sorting that one out, Chris! Now I wonder if I can do that on an Avo....

[Mapleneckguitar]

Wow this is great. Its cool that he did these interviews. All aspects that surrounds the gigs is interesting to me at least. Thanks for the interviews, I really enjoyed them and learned a lot from them. Thanks to Chris as well, it cool that he did this.

[Euphoriaman]

Very cool stuff, dont know much about lighting but addicted to it. cool ringtone too :)

[codybanks07]

whewt! He's a Hog guy :]

[captainsmasho]

fleshlight man!!

[SleazyE08]

Ck5 Makes me want to fuck a flashlight!

[stevaughan]

fuck yea kuroda is a G MEN fan

[Youenjoymyself88]

I'm in a band and we just got 2 Q rolls.... makes us feel so bad ass lol...I couldn't imagine having as many as phish

[75starsuck]

def the 5th band member!

[TheEccentricHippie]

He's awesome! "I'm a lighting dork too!"

[marypascale]

CK5

[bucknut46]

I was just listenin to the Mad. Sq. Garden show from 97 where he had a Phillies jersey on for some reason, and Trey announced it to the crowd...lol. They all booed him, but he had taken it off by then, and they said he lost a bet or something. Just thought it was funny...

[jcurran01]

BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!! BRING BACK THE ACL Spike lights!!!!!

[jedigarcia]

Best in the biz. Thanks for the great work, Topher.

[wilms525]

great interview! keep up the good work, chris. we're all looking forward to the summer

[Phishboy26]

Kuroda is the man. Better then the light shows at Stone Mt GA

[rcarey]

This jargon is absolute mumblings to me but I love it because it equates to the facemelting of the masses we all come back for. Long live CK5.

[bphawks24]

"equates to the facemelting of the masses"

I don't know if i could have said it better myself

[jbworkman]

great job at hampton chris, we had a great time. ty for your hard work

[UpstatePhix]

CK5! yeah! sorry Black Crowes and others, he's our lighting guru first. Phish Nation is so thankful for his synchronized illness of illumination. via _goff.

[thehurricaine23]

CK = the greatest LD ever...the lights looked great at Hampton, but really bright...i had to shut my eyes at times! I know CK will have the timing and new tricks of the rig down by summer!! Noticed the gobos weren't as prevalent...ripple effect gone?

[djflood]

Thanks for the interview with CK5 himself. Such a mellow guy compared to how intense his light shows are. Brilliant.

[jimonlight]

I'm glad you like it! It was fantastic to interview the man- he's talented AND humble!

[Chitty2000]

Cool. Sounds like things will be smoother by June with some software updates.

[sharkat74]

awesome. loved the new.... futuristic feel of the led's. neat to hear about the curves on the faders. curious to see if the hampton design(trusses beyond the stage/over the crowd) will be incorporated to work for the shed's this summer.

thanks for the vid!

[jimonlight]

Pardon the slightly shaky footage!