Videos : Passion Pit : Carried Away : Tiësto Remix
Videos : Passion Pit : Carried Away : Tiësto Remix
The Pit Of Passion
A few hours before his band makes their main stage debut at Lollapalooza, Passion Pit singer Michael Angelakos is having serious reservations about the impending gig. "It's hard to be doing this at all," the singer tells Rolling Stone of the touring lifestyle, over lunch at his hotel on Chicago's Gold Coast. "I make it work because I have to." Angelakos suffers from bipolar disorder. Only recently, however, thanks to a well-publicized article, did this battle he's been waging since he was 17 become public knowledge. "It's not just debilitating," he adds of his illness, picking sparingly at his tuna tartar. "It's all-encompassing. It's something you have to work on your entire life."
Aside from an intimate club show in Chicago the previous night and upcoming performances at Osheaga and Outside Lands, Lollapalooza is a rare live performance from Passion Pit; the group was forced to cancel a string of upcoming shows in order to give the singer additional time for treatment. But with the recent release of Gossamer, the band's second album, Angelakos realizes it's only a matter of time before he'll be back on the road full-time. "I need to make a living," he admits. "This is what I do."
Rolling Stone sat down with the Passion Pit frontman before his band's Lollapalooza performance on Friday to discuss his medical battle, the band’s new album and why he no longer cares what you think about his music. (Read More)
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