What is the story behind the name of your new album, Folie A Deux?
Pete: It means the shared madness of two. The French had these awesome psychiatric terms. It’s the scientific definition of what happened between Romeo and Juliet. When one person’s psychosis becomes the other person’s psychosis and they revolve around each other until it’s independent of anyone else’s neurosis. Say someone like Amy Winehouse and the guy in jail – Joe: Blake Civil-Fielder. I read magazines. Pete: It could be anything. It could be a reference to an artist; the way his or her fans drive them to be crazier and because of that the artist becomes crazier and more unrelatable. Any relationship like that. I think anyone who’s been around awhile has experienced something like that. Maybe not quite as crazy where you’re smoking crack and whatnot. Joe: Why not… The album also comes out on Election Day. Is there some meaning or correlation behind that? Patrick: One of the things is that you do have a two-party system. But there’s also the dynamic between the electorate and the el
