Lacuna Coil interviewed by sock puppets

Lacuna Coil’s Cristina Scabbia and Marco “Maki” Coti-Zelati have been interviewed by sock puppets in a recent video shared online.

The singer, along with bassist and main songwriter Zelati, answered questions about their laundry habits, their lineup change and their upcoming album Delirium, due out on May 27. The video can be viewed below.

Scabbia recently admitted Lacuna Coil were not taken seriously when they first started out in Italy.

She said: “At the beginning it wasn’t easy, because when you say you’re a musician, people immediately say, ‘Ok but what’s your job?’ ‘I’m a musician,’ ‘Yeah, but what’s your real job?’ ‘No, really, I’m touring the world, this is how I pay my bills.’

“People still don’t look at musicians as people who really work. At the beginning my parents were worried for me, like, ‘Where do you think you’re going?’ – especially coming from Italy. There aren’t a lot of rock or metal bands from Italy.”

Lacuna Coil are currently touring the US.

Lacuna Coil Delirium tracklist

Delirium
Blood, Tears, Dust
Downfall
Take Me Home
You Love Me ‘Cause I Hate You
Ghost in the Mist
My Demons
Claustrophobia
Ultima Ratio

Lacuna Coil tour 2016

May 25: Brooklyn Saint Vitus, NY
May 26: Uncasville Mohegan Sun Wolf Den, CT
May 27: Poughkeepsie Chance Theater, NY
May 28: Lancaster Chameleon Club, PA
May 31: Chicago Bottom Lounge, IL
Jun 01: Minneapolis Mill City Nights, MN
Jun 03: Lawrence Granada, KS
Jun 04: Denver Cervantes Masterpiece, CO
Jun 06: Columbia Blue Note, MO
Jun 07: Nashville Exit/In, TN
Jun 09: New York Gramercy Theatre, NY
Jun 10: Norfolk Norva, VA
Jun 11: Raleigh Lincoln Theater, NC
Jun 12: Atlanta Masquerade, GA
Jun 24: Parabiago Rugby Sound Festival, Italy
Jul 01: Piazzola Sul Brenta Postpay Sound, Italy
Jul 09: Les Remparts De Longwy Rock’n’Roll Train Festival, France
Jul 22: Vinci Festa Dell’Unicorno, Italy
Aug 13: Graz Metal On The Hill Festival, Austria
Oct 08: Tokyo TBA, Japan
Oct 12: Perth Amplifier, Australia
Oct 13: Melbourne Max Watts, Australia
Oct 14: Sydney Metro Theater, Australia
Oct 15: Queensland West End Max Watts House Of Music, Australia

Former TeamRock news desk member Christina joined our team in late 2015, and although her time working on online rock news was fairly brief, she made a huge impact by contributing close to 1500 stories. Christina also interviewed artists including Deftones frontman Chino Moreno and worked at the Download festival. In late 2016, Christina left rock journalism to pursue a career in current affairs. In 2021, she was named Local Weekly Feature Writer of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards.