Ex-Interpol bassist Carlos D gives interview, says he hasn’t spoken to some members in five years

Carlos Dengler aka Carlos D left Interpol back in 2010, and he’s since spent time completely out of public view, forging a new career as an actor.

In an interview with Bedford + Bowery, he revealed that he hasn’t spoken at all to some members since leaving the group.

“I haven’t spoke to Sam [Fogarino] or Paul [Banks] since I left the band, since I actually left our group counseling session together, which is where I announced that I was leaving. That was the last time that I saw them in the flesh,” he said. “I saw Daniel [Kessler] a couple times after that— we actually met up— and then as things got more serious with my training, I just wasn’t ready to continue the friendship.”

“I don’t like phrase “we don’t talk.” That’s sort of like someone hammering a plaque into a rock and engraving it: “Thus they do not speak, in perpetuity.” And it’s a much more fluid situation than that. The fact of the matter is that I have not spoken to them in quite some time.”

Asked about his decision to leave the band, he answered: “I was not really mentally all that well while I was in Interpol. I had many substance and process addictions that I was coping with. And I was, you know, the classic VH1 Behind the Music story of upward rise and downward fall. The only difference was that— because I didn’t have such a good relationship with my bandmates— I wasn’t willing to be in the band with them while I experienced my crash.”

Dengler left the band following the release of the group’s self-titled LP. Since then, they’ve released ‘El Pintor’.