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Kevin Parker says he “outright lied” to his first record label that Tame Impala was a band

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In a wide-ranging interview on Rick Rubin's podcast Tame Impala‘s Kevin Parker has given an extensive interview to producer Rick Rubin, in which he revealed he “outright lied” to his first record label that Tame Impala was a band, instead of a solo project.

When asked by Rubin on the April 29 episode of his Broken Record podcast why he chose the moniker Tame Impala (as opposed to his own name), Parker said he wanted to give the impression the musical project was a band. “In fact, the record label when they signed us didn’t even know it was me that was playing drums and guitars and bass and multi-tracking,” said Parker. “I outright lied to them when we met up.

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