We at MK were completely unaware of the existence of one of our most popular ViXXXens, Miss Corina Taylor. It was in the early quarter of 2004 that she submitted her photos to us and almost a year later we discovered her porn past. Since then she embarked on a hasty hiatus from the industry, made a handful of appearances on the Howard Stern show, appeared in a Monster Magnet video, made the pages of the gossip tabloid The Star in which she is unromantically linked to actor Jared Leto, become a mother and is making her return to the adult industry with a lil help from none other than MK's founder Alex Zander.

In fact Corina may have very well enjoyed more media exposure since her departure, including HBO, than she ever did when she was shooting fuck flicks.

When it was announced that Corina would be joining AZ at Glamour Con 36 in Chicago, the adult press picked up on it, and there was a new fire starting in Chicago. This time it was Zander's cell phone. Photographers form Porn valley and smut studios were burning up his phone, and it was Cherry Boxxx's Dominic, a publicist that AZ has noted many times has gone more out of his way to accommodate our krew at the big AVN show in Vegas, that had the golden ticket. This very interview was actually conducted for Dominic to accompany the photos he had his photographer take while Corina embarked on her maiden voyage to the Windy City.

While at Glamour Con Corina did numerous photo shoots, met loads of fans, and was spotted in the company of the legendary Seka and the new girl on the block Justine Jolie, the lovely British lass Taylor Wayne, and of course a massive MK Magazine posse at the annual After Dark Party.

Perhaps the most notable event of Corina's visit was the bond that was built between her and MK. We were intoxicated by her southern charm and her almost shy manner. MK is no stranger to developing friendships with adult talent, but this Arkansas beauties etiquette won us over like nobody else. So, it was only fair that we let her tell it like it is in this no holds barred, and uncensored interview, in which among all the press, positive and negative once and for all, you can read her version, here and now, in her first post porn expose' .

So here she is in all of her slendor, a lady who is more desirable and fuckable and more fun than Hefners girl next door. Corina "the hot chick" Taylor. Bad enough for Stern and Jared Leto but too good for you.

In April of 2004 you submitted your photos to become one of MK's ViXXXens. How did you first hear of MK and why did you find it an appropriate outlet for your images?

I am not sure I remember exactly just how I ended on mk-magazine.com, I do know that I was just sitting around and surfing the net and sort of stumbled onto it. After browsing the site for a bit and seeing what a cool site it was and finding a section that is called the Vixxens section on the site that allows girls to send in photos and be a part of MK, I thought to myself I have got be on here. Mk is a fuckin killer site for a rock a fiend like myself and it housed not only rock but porn as well, and coming out of the adult industry, and seeing the opportunity to be on the site, I had to send in some pics. Alex then contacted me and the rest is history! Actually, Alex did not know until recently that I even did any adult films, LOL.

The music that moves you and the music you listen to and indulge in seems to reflect the same as that which we expose. How did a nice southern girl become exposed to such an anti establishment/ counter culture art-form?

Around 12 I fell madly in love with Alice In Chains. I wanted to marry Layne Stayley. Not the junkie, I wanted to marry his eerily beautiful voice and his angst and persona that radiated thru his lyrics. I still think he is one of the greatest rock icons of my time. He was easy on the eyes, though LOL. Now the way I was turned onto my favorite band ever which is Marilyn Manson is a different story. A pretty crazy one actually; when I was 14 or so I was living in an apartment outside of Little Rock. This guy from San Francisco moves into the complex. He was pierced and tattooed and just really different from everyone else in the building. This guy actually goes around with a roll of fuckin duct tape and cassette tapes he sat around and made of Manson's earlier music and was sticking them on doors. I get this cassette tape duct taped to my door along with a note that said something to the effect of listen and you will love it. He was going around like a Jehovah Witness spreading the word only he did not have a bible and a bicycle. He had nipple rings, a roll of tape, and some great fuckin taste in music. I took my cassette and I did just what he said I to do. I still love Manson to this day! I also love 80's music, too like Depeche Mode and Duran 2, and the glam stuff like Skid Row, Billy Idol, and even Winger, they covered Purple Haze and it fuckin rocked.

Who in the music industry that you admire have you met, and whom do you really want to hang out with?

I admire so many people in the music biz, not just the people onstage or writing the music I listen to, but people who are behind the scenes as well. I have the chance to meet some cool people though like Rob/White Zombie. I was 15 years old! I did get to meet Manson when I was around 18. I loved the band so much I ended up fucking the touring guitar player at the time on the back of Manson s tour bus, while my friends waited outside in a car in front of the venue for like 3 or so hours. He was only my 2nd sexual partner, so it was wild. I had not even learned that shaving your pussy was the thing to do. We are slow here in Arkansas. So he got hairy high school girl pussy, well I did shave the sides down a bit, oh yeah and he ate it ,too. LOL. I did start shaving it right after that, though. I have also met 3 Doors Down, Jimmy Chamberlain, Peter Di Stefano from Jane's Addiction, Chad Smith and Adrian Young, the drummer of No Doubt. Damn, I have met a lot of drummers, hehe. Puddle of Mudd, do not get me started on this band of assholes. Umm, who else? I know I am leaving people out for sure. Well Monster Magnet was one too, hehe. I am moving on to the next question for now…

Corina by Karlton

When and how did you get involved in the biz and how long was your tenor within porn?

I entered the Beaverhunt in Hustler magazine. Actually, I entered it two times. The first time they printed my entry photo in Barely Legal, the second time I entered it they not only printed my entry photo in Hustler, but they called me up and told me I was a finalist for the contest. That was my "in" into adult. My mom took the photo that got me the phone call from Hustler. Some people mistook that as my mom ultimately wanting me to do porn. That was not the case at all. It was my idea to enter the contest and she just took the snapshot.

Who was your favorite director/studio to work with?

I really liked working for the guys from Kickass because it just seemed like we always got a good laugh at all my shoots for them, and there was no bullshit. I also enjoyed playing dress up for Suze and Holly Randall. I enjoyed shooting for Clive McClean, for Hustler, he was a funny guy. I also liked the lovey-dovey shoots that I did for Cherry Boxxx and Babydolls as well as for Adam and Eve. My favorite scene though has got to be the one I did with Ben Bratt in Love 'Em Natural for Acid Rain. He is just really sexy and I thought we worked really well together onscreen.

Everyone knows and it's well documented that Alex i a HUGE Suze Randall fan. How would you sum up working with a woman in the industry of exceptional taste and an eye for beauty that she is renowned for?

I thought that Suze did an amazing job for what she had to work with at the time, speaking of myself at that point in time of my life, of course. I knew she was HUGE before I ever went out to L.A. with the contest. I was happy to be able to work her. She is incredibly talented and so easy to work with. I wanted to shoot with Kurt Lockwood on that shoot and she even made that happen. Holly Randall is great too. You know Suze looks like a woman who would never say the word pussy and she said it a lot, LOL. I also learned something new on her set that day. I had never seen or heard of a bidet in my life. You know the French toilet that squirts water up into your pussy and ass. I sat on hers as long as I could before the shoot! I would love for her to shoot me with my new figure. I know they would be some amazingly beautiful shots. Suze is great.

Why did you decide to take a "hiatus" from the industry?

I was just wearing out. I was worn out physically and mentally. I just really needed to come home. I had a shoot booked the very day I got on the plane to come home. It was for Joey Silvera. I hope he forgave me for that LOL. I got up at like 4 in the morning and I packed up my shit. I called LAX and there was a plane leaving for Little Rock at like 6:30-7ish. I took all my things and I was on the plane back home to Arkansas just like that. I did not think twice about my decision to leave.

When did you move to LA, why, how long, and what are the ups and downs of Porn Valley?

I moved to L.A. in Aug. of 2003. I was like a nomad or a gypsy or something. I moved around so much in the 9 or 10 months I was out there, it was ridiculous. Well for me there were a lot more downs than ups. I really got taken advantage of in a lot of situations. I did not make too many friends while out in Cali. I did make friends with a taxi driver from Simi Valley though, he would make sure I was alright no matter what. Especially after I ran out on a former agent over the whole “anal” thing. The very first time he picked me up to take me somewhere he started telling me dirty stories. Hehe, I did not know what to think of him, but he turned out to be a sweet little old man. He was like the perverted grandfather I never had. I also ended up spending some time on my own living in and out of hotels around the valley. There are very few who I stayed in contact with and even fewer who are performers that I have talked to since leaving Cali. Kami Andrews is one of the few girls in porn that has heart and soul. I have kept in contact with her through e-mail.

Motherhood? How has it changed Corina?

Becoming a mother for me is a blessing in itself. I mean under all the shitty circumstances surrounding my pregnancy, I decided to keep her and just be a single mom until I meet the right guy who is gonna love me for who I am and I can have, you know the simple kind of life. Of course, they have to love Savannah too, hehe. I would like to sit here and say that becoming a mom has made me somewhat of a tamer person, but I think it has done just the opposite. Now I am defending two human beings and not just myself anymore in a world of shit. She is such a light to have around. She is growing so fast and has her own little personality already. She is a complete mess and I love every bit of it. So that I don't sound cliché here, I will just say that there are some very pretty baby girls in the world and mine is most definitely one of them.

Elaborate on the labor that you described to me after giving birth to your daughter.

Let me just say it was the absolute most indescribable amount of pain I have ever felt in my entire life and I have been hit in the head with an axe! First, my doctor let me spend almost two full weeks in hell waiting on me to dilate past 2. It was not happening at all, so I ended up having to be induced. It was like a circus at the hospital when I went in to have her. I won't go into that LOL. My epidural ended up not working properly and Savannah started to head out. Not only did I feel the WHOLE fucking thing, the doc stitched me up twice because he suddenly notices that he had stitched me up with the wrong fucking size shit. I felt it all. Of course, at that point you don't care. I am lying there holding my baby and feeling every stick of the needle between my legs the entire time. Now I am like if I can go through that ,I can go through anything. Throw a brick at my head, I can handle it LOL. But it was all worth it in the end. :-)

How does your relationship with your family figure into your work?

Well, outside of my mom and the whole Hustler thing, my step-dad kinda got drug in when I mentioned on Stern that he and my mom had seen some of my work. I also admitted to having walked around the house naked in front of him. Stern, then wanted to talk to my step-dad. That whole ordeal just opened a can of worms that ended up having my step-dad failing a lie detector test given to him by Ed Torrien on national television.

So you've been getting loads of press as of late. Lets start w/ Howard Stern. Tell me about that?

The way I initially got on the Stern show was when I did this show for pay per view and it was some rigged up bullshit. They needed a girl to go on Howard Stern that was part of the show. For some reason they called me up to represent them. I went on the show not wanting to. I literally fought going on the show. I had watched Stern for years. I mean he is one of my favorite people in entertainment, but I have seen him totally decimate girls on his show. I was so scared of that. Howard ended up not doing that to me. He was way more interested in me than the shit I was there to plug. I ended up being on his show like two or three more times and I also did a couple of call-ins as well. Howard was great to me. Of course, he has the talent of tearing people to shreds without them really picking up on it at the time, so for all I know he could have been doing that to me, but I honestly don't think so.

And Star Magazine and Jared Leto. What's your version of that scenario? What's the truth according to Corina?

I mean the whole thing was about how Jared was still dating Cameron Diaz at the time all this took place. He like, was playing with his dick while watching me lap dance his own brother after I got through lap dancing Jared himself. Jared had this MONSTER size cock, too. I was like WOW, he needs someone tall like Cameron to take that thing. When Jared hooked up with Ashley Olsen, it was on, the story had to be printed. I was so excited...Not only did I get to see Jared Leto's BIG dick firsthand Star magazine writes about it years later LOL. I loved watching him in "My So Called Life" on MTV back in the day. So my run in with Jared was definitely one of the up's (literally) that came out of being in the biz.

Has Jared responded? If so, how?

The very next week Jared dumped Ashley because he felt she was too like “cookie-cutter” for his newly found image. He must have loved it. Guess he felt like more of a rock-star because of it.

Do you feel misquoted?

I do not really think of it as me being misquoted, but how people are interpreting what I am saying. I would say that I do feel more persecuted rather than misquoted or mistook. I have seen some shit and fought battles that I have not seen any and I mean any of the other girls in adult put up with and go through. People were jealous of me in high school and shit though, and some of those people years later blast nasty shit about me along the net. I am like HOLY SHIT, you people still haven't grown the fuck up? Then again, I was born and raised in a state full of ignorance and close-minded closet freaks. Why should I expect anything any different?

Okay, when we met and we were having lunch at the hotel, we asked you about anal. I don't think we got to the virtual "bottom" of the subject. Lets clear this up, once and for all. On Stern he asked and you and claimed to have done several anal scenes on film. Yet, in another interview you had claimed that the director nearly forced you to do anal, and you mentioned that you didn't even practice the fine art in your personal life.

Okay, once and for all, lets clear up all of the misinterpretations and misrepresentations. This is a very touchy subject for me. I mean I was there, I was the one who got fucked up the ass, and I was the one who got fucked over in so many different ways that day. Not the asshole posting their stupid fucking opinions on ADT. Vince knows both he and Eric fucked me over. Everhard has been offering up footage of the incident as of a couple of weeks ago. Funny because he is trying to make himself look innocent, so why when Vince chopped up the whole fucking scene would Everhard not chop shit up to make himself look like a hero, too. Give me a fucking break. It is also funny to me that the agent I ran away from over anal was buddies probably buttbuddies with Vince Voyuer and this whole fucking incident happens on Vince's set. “The cocks already in your ass” was repeated several times at the beginning and did that make it to the final cut? Well fuck no!!! I read the other fucking day where some jackass on ADT writes on there and says that I told on Vince and Eric becaise they put some bitch on the box cover instead of me, with it being my first anal (forced or not), that I was whining over that. I am like, “what a dumb fuck!!” That box did not even come out for like two months or so after the fact, and I talked to Sharon Mitchell the very night this took place. I did not know that night that I would still be getting fucked months, and now over a year almost 2 years later!! Fuck! Not only that, when things get quiet that is one of the subjects that just keeps getting reopened. I want it to die already. I got fucked over. It's history HELLO! Sometimes, I can make a statement and people try to find ways to connect it to the whole Vince thing, I am like, man, I am trying to fucking close this chapter in my life. Whatever comes out of my mouth has nothing to do with that shit. I am trying to fucking forget it, if people would just let me. I mean if you got thrown into being fucked up the ass and you had never been fucked up the ass before and you were not ready, would you wanna sit around and discuss it for years. I don't think so! You would be doing your best to accept it, forget about it, and move on!

So after over 1 year off, are you willing to and are you ready to go back to work?

Only under the right circumstances and only for the milder stuff. It also has to be for the right people. There are some good people in the jizz biz if you are lucky enough to find them.

What are your stipulations, and standards?

Well, I need to be careful now. More so now, than ever. I don't need to be in any dangerous situations. I have a daughter that needs me. I honestly wish I could only do girls. If I had known the biz at all when I jumped in, I would have gone that route. A guy is more apt to respect a girl who is adult that only works with other women than one who does gangbangs, LOL. I mean I have not had sexual intercourse since October 2004.That is my choice, of course. I am not this super slutty girl that goes out and sport fucks. Sex is not like a hamburger for me, I don't need it to survive LOL. It's nice with the right person, but it is not at the top of my everyday agenda. On a lighter note, I do love giving head and I like to swallow, hehe.

What did you make of Glamour Con?

I really enjoyed Glamour Con. I mean Alex Zander and the guys from MK made it all possible for me. I was just glad to be able to finally meet Alex. I was supposed to meet him in Vegas this past Jan. and I was unable to to make the AVNs .I was happy to sit down with Alex and have a conversation in the flesh.

And meeting AZ in person, was it as bad as you expected?

Bad… LOL...In a good or bad way, hehe. Alex is not only very personable...he shares a lot of my same interests in music and movies. He was so open and so friendly. I am so glad I was able to make the trip up to Chicago. He’s just this amazing guy that totally rocks and he loves what he does and he’s so likeable... He is the nicest person I have met that is associated with the adult biz. I mean he accepted me and he did not listen or believe the b.s. He met me, and we conversed with each other on a level of openness and acceptance that I have found to be so fucking rare in the industry and outside of the industry.

Corina and girlfriends with MK's Zander and Karlton

Do you see your relationship w/ MK and AZ as friends and associates as helping you get back into the industry?

I ultimately do not wanna be in the industry. I mean I may do one more dip in the biz if and only if things are done the right way and I am safe and taken care of. I wanna do more music videos and modeling and have extra roles in “B” movies, that sort of thing. I would love to be in a horror flick someday. I am a HUGE fan of scary movies and gore. I have been ever since I was a little girl. I am in school full-time working on a science degree and I am enrolled in a surgical tech program. I wanna do that too. I have a lot of things I would like to do. I would also like to do them in a way that better represents who I am as a person, a real person, than anything else I have ever done.

You came to Chicago with a rock-n-roll photographer who seemed to be a pretty good friend. How long have you known Joe and how is he involved in your return to the spotlight?

I have known Joe for quite some time. He was a dj at one of our local rock stations that houses a rock calendar, which I have appeared on. I was around 19 when I met Joe. Joe normally shoots musicians and live acts, but he does shoot local models on the side. I needed someone who knew what I wanted and was compatible for me and willing to help me in the photography/managing dept. He also owns 2 other businesses of his own. I am just his side gig.

Where can people see more of his work?

People who would like to see more of his work experience, if they are interested in rock-n-roll artists can check out jlphoto.net. He also just got through shooting me for a cover in my home state of Arkansas. It was for one of our local magazines.

You shot with Karlton. What did you make of that and did what MK had to tell you beforehand make sense?

Karlton was very nice and very easy to work with. His shoot was long, but he took some really sexy stuff for Alex and MK. He is a talented photographer. He is funny, too. He has sent me some of the photos that he took over the net and he was apologizing. I was like, “what?” These things are fuckin hot. He is such a perfectionist that perfection is not perfect enough for Karlton.

Martin was sent to us from Dominick at Cherry Boxx in LA. How'd you like working with him?

Martin, was a breath of fresh air. Here is this guy from L.A. shooting content of me in Chicago that walks up and did not know who I was. He had not heard or read the b.s. He was just a super nice guy that was a quick photographer and he wanted what I wanted. He was not like, “you have to do this or you have to do that.” He was so nice to me. I appreciate Dominick sending Martin to Chicago and setting me up with him to shoot. I have worked for Cherry Boxx before and they were all so nice. Martin was so laid back, I did not expect anything any different coming from Cherry Boxx.

Rock and porn. Is the combo still significant? If so, more or less?

I think it is much less. I mean it used to be the rockstars loved the pornstars and the pornstars loved the rockstars, and some people used to say that rockstars ultimately wish they were pornstars and vice versa. Nowadays, you see rockstars with more of the model-type women. I am not talking about the nude ones either, Tera Patrick aside.

Okay, Monster Magnet and music videos. How did that happen and do you want to do more?

I answered an ad in Craig's list for dancers for a music video. I did not know until I auditioned that it was for Monster Magnet. Which was cool, because I was a fan of theirs mainly due to their association with Manson. Manson's old bass player was featured in one of their vids. I had a great time. Some girls did not even know who these guys were and I was like “Hello” and “What rock do you live under?” They were just kinda there. I missed the opportunity to be in a video for Manson soon after coming home and that really hurt. That was a HUGE ouch for me! I most definitely wanna do more videos.

Whose music video would you like to be in?

Gosh, there are so many bands I would love to be in. I mean from Nine Inch Nails to System of a Down to Type O (if they ever do another vid) to Fuel, A Perfect Circle, Rob Zombie, now that would rock! Of course, Marilyn Manson. What would really be cool would for me to be an Evanescence vid being as they are from hometown and all, hehe. I could even see myself shakin' my ass in a Lil' Jon Vid. Well, if I had a bit more ass to shake. I love to dance... it would be fun to just rock out in a video .Monster Magnet's vid had some in it.

We’ve met and befriended many girls in the Adult Industry and we do have our personal favorites as those who we can now consider friends. You my lady are certainly the biggest contradiction and exception to the rule. We are stunned at what a true lady and a southern belle in every sense of the term that we've ever come across. How and where do you draw the line and who do you attribute you charm and etiquette to?

This is a very short answer… My mom.

Britney Skyy just signed a 6 pix deal with Cherry Boxx. Does it wet your appetite a bit to jump back in and work with her?

I would love to work with her. I knew who she was before going out to L.A.I had seen her in magazines and I thought she was very hot and sexy. I never saw any of her films work until I was in L.A. I was basing this on her sex appeal in her photos spreads. After seeing some of her work and seeing her in person. My opinion has most definitely not changed. In fact, I think she is somewhat underrated. She is drop dead gorgeous and she is not boring to watch on film. I would eat her pussy. Who wouldn't LOL:)

You live fairly close to Gauge. When are you two going to make friends?

I have only met once and it was on KSEX. I thought she was so cute and just like this little ball of fire. I was excited about meeting her. I kept getting asked if I knew Gauge, I was like “I gotta meet this chick.” It finally happened several months after being in the biz. She now lives like literally 45 minutes away from me.

So when are you an Gauge going to come to my city together and tear the motherfucker up with ol AZ?

Hopefully in Oct. at the Pimp's and Ho's party. My fingers are crossed. I know I am gonna be there.

Corina's very first photo submission to MK

So on your next trip to Chicago, what are your hopes and aspirations?

To just strengthen my friendship with Alex and everyone in his… um hmmm, posse, and to have a blast being surrounded by quality people.

Corina, it's a true pleasure to work with and become a friend of yours. You are a real token to what an MK ViXXXen should represent. What do you imagine doing as far as association with this 10 yr old organization?

I hope to just keep building my gallery on your site and to keep being a part of such a killer website as well as letting everyone know just how great you guys are...Hopefully, I will grace the pages of your magazine someday...so instead of just saying I was in porn and I was in a nudie mag, I can say I was in porn and I love Rock N Fuckin Roll and I am in a magazine that stands for something that is a huge part of my life and coincides with the biz I am in, (was or is). LOL…

By Sara Josephine

The Machinehead/Devil Driver show at House of Blues in Chicago began with many twists and turns and my interview with Dez was looking more and more difficult to come by. My tickets for the show never made it to will call so I had roadies and managers telling me I could only do the interview then I would be “escorted out”. But my night in shining armor, wearing a Motorhead shirt, sporting long black hair and a tribal tattoo on his chin came to my rescue. Dez is what every interviewer hopes for when trying to get truthful information about a band or music in general. Dez turned my whole night around by being open and honest about himself, his band, and the tour. He- and only he- pulled strings allowing me to sit and enjoy the sold out rock show after the interview. Dez proved himself as a real person in a world where ego precedes human compassion, and I’m proud to call him my friend.

DEZ: I’m having a GREAT time. I’m getting ready to dive into a bottle of wine right now! I can’t believe your boy didn’t show up!! I’m gonna fuckin’ strangle him! (He means the illusive Alex Zander, an old friend of Dez) Sold out and he’s not even here!!

- by JAMES BOEHLER

In the late spring, early summer of 1991, I walked into one of my favourite record stores, Atomic Records, in Milwaukee. From the moment I walked in the door, a song later known to me as "Vanadium-I-Ching", struck me in a way that no other music had at that time. It was also a very heavy psycho-delicate time, in the aftermath of Gulf War Part One. What's different now from then? A lot and nothing. Many of bands the bands that I had been into at the time had been together for maybe 10 years, or were broken up or dead. The German and truly orchestrated noise group, EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN, had just released a "greatest hits vol. 2" package entitled, "Strategies Against Architecture 2". It contained material from 1984-90 and disc/side 2 was playing. For the duration of my weekly visit, I had transcended into a different consciousness. I couldn't translate the language of my heritage, but oddly enough it felt very familiar to me. I was hooked, so I approached the music pusher who was going to get me straight on my latest fix. The Cooler-than-thou Record Store Clerk had to tell me at least 10 times how to pronounce their name. "EIN-STUR-ZENDE...NEU-BAU-TEN!" I had never heard anything on that level which had surpassed anything considered "industrial" at the time. If there was a true term for that word, E.N. would apply if not on the basis of the own instruments that they create or incorporate into their performances, then on the translation of their name alone: "Collapsing New Buildings!" On the 30th of April, 2004, I arrived a the Metro for what I would later learn was going to be their last show in Chicago, or the last tour of America for that matter. I still wasn't sure who I would be interviewing, though I requested to interview Blixa Bargeld, since the he was the mainline towards the group's existence. Whatever he says goes. I was bit nervous of the possibility of ever meeting him. He's a very educated and well traveled man that has no time for bullshit of any kind. He also is responsible for 2 of the more influential groups of the last 20 years. The Bad Seeds and, of course, Einsturzende Neubauten. Once lead into the bus, I the first face I saw was that of Professor Bargeld. I properly introduced myself and thank him for the opportunity to speak, or more or less, listen to him. He seemed more interested in talking any way. He reminisced about the last time they played the Metro (July 2000), but doesn't remember much because they toured so consistently. He remembers a lot of obnoxiousness in the audience during his monologues and how he feels about it.

By Sara Josephine

Lamb of God has proven themselves once again on the fierce metal tour with Fear Factory, playing to packed venues in every city. Lamb of God’s release of Ashes of the Wake provides listeners with some of the most brutal metal combining, speed, death, and hardcore into one delectable mix. My interview with Randy Blythe was interrupted several times due to the bands recent popularity and soaring album sales. My in person interview was shifted to 3 different time slots, and then I finally got bumped down to a phone interview. Nevertheless, Randy delivered and answered questions about the recent tour, and Ashes of the Wake.

RB- I Hate God, Napalm Death, and Lynyrd Skynyrd

Interview by Sara Josephine

“Power Ballads are far from dead, my friends” was one of the final statements Brian Fair, lead singer of Shadows Fall, made to the crowd at the Bottom Lounge. Shadows Fall is a refreshing mix of old school squeals and solos combined with new varieties of riffs and vocals. The band’s heaviness can hang with the best of ‘em, especially when it comes to their live shows. The live force of the band is incredible complete with Brian doing the windmill at every opportunity he can! They remind me a lot of pre-black Metallica meets Testament. And their new album, The War Within is no exception delivering raw power of metal fused with rock n’ roll.

BF Oh, just an interview.

By Cindi Loftus photos by SuZn Murawaski

These words describe the man and the music that is Danzig. Glenn Danzig is the man and his newest CD, Circle of Snakes, is the music. You are all familiar with Glenn’s colorful twenty-five plus year history in the music business. We take it from here into the future with this exclusive interview.

The best thing about touring with G.D. and the band is we are ALL friends. We always have a crazy time. The fans screaming their guts out and losing they’re fucking minds is the shit too. STAY DEAD.

Be it the Old Testament, the Live Testament or the New Testament. Tairrie B remains a True Testament of one thing about the entertainment industry in the United States. We're no longer trendsetters, the masses buying the music that is being promoted by the labels here are sheep being spoon-fed bullshit. That's right Middle America is eating shit, when what they should be eating are her words. Bitter as they can be, Miss B speaks the truth. She's an amazing singer, messenger, poet, a fun interview and excuse me for saying, is pretty easy on the eyes. (Photos are a testament to that.)

Alex Zander - I just got done looking at your site.

Tairrie B - Oh, really? We haven't updated the My Ruin one We've got all our old stuff we haven't updated it with the new. We have a new record coming out in September and like a whole new band and all this new shit.

AZ Something different than what I have? I just got the "Speak and Destroy".

TB -Oh, you did? Yeahhh!

A.Z. So, there's something different coming out?

T.B. Yeah, I'm not supposed to talk about it I was told but we have another record coming out in Europe! (laughs) on the 4th of September.

A.Z. Okay, I'll go find some way to get that out of somebody.

T.B. Oh we got to get it to you cause it's like the fucking bomb, it's the real deal.

A.Z. Well, I was thrilled when I got this in the mail on Monday, "Speak and Destroy.", I saw Manhole open for Type O.

T.B. You saw Manhole open for Type O!

A.Z. Yeah, and I got one of your band members to give me a CD single (Victim) and I tried to track you down through the label after that and wanted full length and couldn't find it.

T.B. Ucchh, Let me tell you, Noise Records the fucking pit of my stomach!

A.Z. Really? Are they still around or something?

T.B. The worst fucking label in the world! We were on tour with Type O Negative and the label couldn't get the record into stores to save our lives and we could have sold so many records.

A.Z. Yeah, that tour was high profile.

T.B. It was a joke, we have to order our own records and sell them at shows. We would pull into a town and I'd see an ad in the paper for our record at Tower Records and I'd go in there and say " Hi, I just want to invite you guys to the show tonight and thanks for working the record". They'd be like "We don't even have any of your records." There's this ad in the paper and people are coming in and I'm like "WHAT?!?" Oh, it wasjust so fucked up.

A.Z. Well, that explains it because I couldn't find it anywhere either.

T.B. No one could, we couldn't find our own record. We were so irate, it was such a nightmare.

A.Z. I bet, so what happened with Manhole?

T.B. The story was, Manhole went to record our second record "Relief to Release" and we ended up getting sued for the name. There was a band in Texas called Manhole, that we met actually for a brief drama filled second when I was on stage with Type O Negative, too and they sent some people down to, like, give us shit and of course it turned into a horrible girl fight and we were slapped with a lawsuit and they owned the name. We thought we owned the name and we had a record coming out and no name we thought oh fuck what are we going to do? I was watching Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill one night and I thought Tura Satana that's a pretty rad name, Let's use that! So, we just ended up using that and we got it copyrighted she never copy wrote the name and we did it and we put the record out and then after we recorded it, which was like pulling teeth with our ex-guitar player. We had just had a lot of problems with our guitar player Scott it was just not cool at all, especially touring and we finally got to the point where either I'm leaving or he's leaving, one of us is going. We had our first headlining tour booked in Europe, it was a really huge deal for us, we were gonna headline for our first ever time and he pulled some bullshit and I was just like, "I can't deal with this anymore, you all wonder why we're not making it like we should because no one cares."

I said he's gotta' go or me and we let him go and within two weeks we had this new guy in, Brian, from this band called Spitkiss that were up in San Jose. He came down, met us, knew the shit we brought him in and he went on the road, toured with us everything was great. We did a couple of tours, we did the states, it was really fun it wasn't like some big tour, but it was really fun. Then we did Europe twice and we played all the festivals and everything. Toward the end of it things were just really weird in our band, I mean not cool, some things happened and I just one day had enough and I quit. I said I'm over it and I felt really bad for Brian because he had changed his whole life and moved down here and came in. But you know, it's like having three husbands. It's hard, and it's really hard when certain people don't respect you at all.

A.Z. So you just reformed with My Ruin as an all-new band?

T.B. No, I didn't reform what I did was I quit the band and I just kinda' was like, well, I'm not sure what I want to do at this point. I know I don't want to be in another band right now, you know, I don't want to get into that. People were calling me saying why don't you sing for our band? I was like "Awww, it's not what I want to do.". The funny thing is, right after that I got invited to the Kerrang! Awards, as a presenter, and we actually won an award for best independent band. I'm like, standing there going "Great, I just quit the band." No one knew it yet, and I didn't want the press to know, we didn't want anyone to know, we kept it really quiet. I came home and after that a big scene went down at the awards because my label Noise Records were there, but they wouldn't even fly me out to accept this award and they knew about it. It was unbelievable shit, a big huge scene from the stage to Noise Records to Green Day starting the standing ovation because I dissed my record company and I guess they thought that was very punk. It was kind of funny and somebody happened to be there from a label out in Europe called Snapper and called my manager and said, "Let's do a deal, let's give her a record, let's let her do whatever she wants." I couldn't believe it, because I was speaking to different people like at Roadrunner who were saying "well why don't you demo us this?" and I thought you know, I just don't feel like going and finding a band. I'm just not in that head frame right now, I just got out of a band, it's like breaking up with someone. So, I basically met with a lot of people, the guys in Downset, I used three of the songs we had written towards the end of Tura Satana with Brian that were hit songs and I had met these guys in England, this crew called Bushak (the do remixes)? We had a lot of fun and did some weird kind of different, I don't know, industrial kind of weird spoken word stuff. I met this girl Melanie who was a guitar player through a friend and I thought her stuff was really cool so I ended up doing a little collage record that I thought was really killer. I thought, this represents who I am right now, I'm feeling a lot of things, it's all my influences packed into one. My band would never see doing something like "Close Your Eyes". They would never even want to even touch something like that, I just thought this is my experimental project right now and it's hard you know and I talk about it in the past tense because of the fact that I just did a new record and so it's kind of hard to do all of the U.S. interviews because it's a year later.

A.Z. Right, I just noticed that, this thing was recorded in March of 1999.

T.B. Yeah, and we changed it, we took two songs off and put two songs on, "Fever of Mass Christ?" we re-mixed "Tainted Love" and we did a live version of "Preacher" so we put a couple extra things on there. It is really difficult for me because it is a year later and my head is in the new record and I've got a new band that wrote an entire record with me as a band. Now I am actually in a band.

A.Z. So, is it going to have a different name?

T.B. No, it's My Ruin, it's actually now a band. I don't know if you got press photos, but...did you get photos?

A.Z. I got two, one of you and one with three.

T.B. The one with three, the guy next to me is my guitar player, he wrote the new record and the girl, Megan, is our bass player and she toured with me on My Ruin last year off that record and we kept her and we use Chris from Downset - he actually drummed on the new record because Marcela, my old drummer, had come on the road with me for My Ruin last year in Europe and played. It's very difficult to explain to people, I'm having a lot of trouble with it just getting around my headspace of where I'm at, you know?

A.Z. Will it be as emotional as this one, as personal?

T.B. The other record is completely amazing, it sounds like a Southern..it sounds heavy very Pantera-ish. It's all really heavy. Definitely got to get you a copy of it, check it out.

A.Z. I was happy to get this in the mail, I had no idea what you were doing I guess I tried to get the Manhole record from Noise and I couldn't get anything from their publicity and I couldn't find it the stores. Then I read about the name change to Tura Satana, which was cool, then I just didn't know where you went, I didn't know you were touring and had another record out.

T.B. Yeah, it's been pretty crazy, we've done all the festivals in Europe, the band is pretty big, My Ruin is pretty fucking big in Europe and Tura Satana got really big over there too. That was the problem, we stayed we could support ourselves touring over there, we had big, huge crowds and it was like a completely different world for us, you know they got the record in the stores over there and no one ever did shit for us in The States. This record even, I mean I went back with this and our first show as My Ruin and we played the Reading and Leeds festival and it was just amazing and completely different. I'm hoping it's going to get a good reception in The States, but it's really hard for me because there's some electronic stuff on there and I don't do any of that at all right now. We brought out a keyboard player and we had a lot of crazy things go on when we toured that record in Europe but we didn't have a deal in The States until just recently. I was like, I wasn't even sure I wanted this record to come out here just because I'm onto the new one and I was like, it's a year later, how am I gonna do interviews without talking about the new record? I mean, you know, that's where my head's at. So, it's kinda' weird, I've gotta' have my band that just did this one come and tour in The States with me now and do songs off this one. It's such a confusing little thing, but it probably be all good, so…

A.Z. So that comes out you said in September and that's in Europe?

T.B. Yeah, It's called "Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish". If you look at the Snapper site, you can hear some of it and download some of it, it's www.snappermusic.com and go to the My Ruin part and you can see some of the stuff and download some of it on there.

A.Z. Do you feel like talking about any of the lyrics on there?

T.B. Absolutely.

A.Z. I've only had it for two days, but I've been playing it and playing it to friends and I actually sat down today and read some of it. "June 10th" what's that about, who is that about?

T.B. "June 10th", why did you pick that song?

A.Z. That's the kind of stuff I like, I like Type O Negative kind of stuff where stuff is really personal. That's the first one I wanted to ask you about.

T.B. What do you think it's about?

A.Z. It kinda' sound like somebody led you on and fucked you over.

T.B. (Clears throat) Yeah, he sings for a very prominent rock band, (laughs) it's the same thing that "Blasphemous Girl" and "Absolution" are about.

A.Z. Same situation, and same person?

T.B. Yeah, it's definitely done, I think that "Speak and Destroy" has a lot of different... everybody that kind of knows me knows that I'm not quite the hidden agenda girl, I kinda' just say it. In "Blasphemous Girl" I say dry lung vocal martyr" and anyone who knows the metal scene will know exactly who that is.

June 10th is sort of the tribute to the person in a good way, "Blasphemous Girl" is kinda' my…. I use a lot of religious imagery in my writing you know I like to, sort of, people will take it the way they want, but I like to kind of talk about God as someone I know, maybe and even the Devil at times. I sort of use myself in many aspects as The Mary Magdalene/Virgin Whore thing, I like to use certain connotations in certain ways and "Blasphemous Girl" is more of my attack against this person, I'm being blasphemous against this person who taught me about this or that and saying God wants a piece of my ass, meaning I know what you want from me and I'm coming out against you and against this in this relationship. Then June 10th is sort of the okay now I 'm going to look at it and I'm going to be loving toward it and I'm gonna be a little more.... the end part that I'm saying is actually letters that were written to me, excerpts from letters that were written to me, people think that it's something I'm saying to someone. All the artwork on the record sort of goes around the song "June 10th".

A.Z. Yeah, I saw the one line from it twice in there, so.

T.B. The hotel on the back, the girl on the cover ˜Miss June 10th and There's a note in the record from the person from that day and it's kind of the most strongest emotional song on there but yet in a different way. I guess "Absolution" is dealing with the purgatory aspect of it the love/hate with it and I don't know, it's kind of weird, my lyrics are always very personal.

A.Z. The two songs I was going to ask you about you answered in the same question so that's great. I didn't realize they were tied together, but to me it seems like the whole album just ties together. What about "Cosmetic?".

T.B. "Cosmetic" is kind of a way I was feeling one night looking at a fashion magazine. I don't know, I mean people make so many comments about the whole issue, back where I started from, ˜why aren't you doing anything like you were doing when you were in Manhole? Speaking out for women's rights or talking about how the media portrays women or abortion or all the issues I had touched on in Manhole, and I think if you don't grow, you become stale. Now I still support everything I've ever written about and ever talked about, you know what I mean, that's how I feel and I always will. "Cosmetic" I think was me growing up a little bit and looking in the mirror and talking about how I felt blessed are we among women, and it's kinda' like hey you know what, I'm not some model, I'm not some beauty queen, I am who I am and every girl should feel that way when she looks in the mirror, you know and be happy for what you have and be proud of who you are, no matter if you're 10 pounds overweight or 100 pounds overweight. Be beautiful to yourself first and everyone will think you're beautiful. It's just everything is so cosmetic and fake, there are bands that think that you need to put a fucking mask on to get up there and be whatever, I'm, like I don't really need to have anything on to do it. "Sycophant" is definitely about those bands, I'm not dissing Korn in any way, I'm dissing the bands that have come up trying to be Korn, trying to be all those things like children of the Korn-fed styles. Throw on a pair of Adidas and all that crap and jump on the bandwagon. I just find it repulsive and I find it kind of sad. I've grown up with most of these bands out of L.A. and one minute I see them playing one way and the next minute they're in a magazine wearing tons of makeup and fucking body makeup, talking about they're crazy and posing like they're lunatics, and I'm like gimme' a fucking break.

A.Z. (Laughs)

T.B. That's some weak shit and kids shouldn't buy into that, they should see through that, they need to see that those people don't give a damn they're just writing bullshit lyrics that aren't....you know I wanna' say something. I don't care if I sell a million records or make a million dollars, but I do care about when a girl comes up to me at a show and says ˜Wow, when I heard a song you sang it made me feel like this because I can relate to this or whatever, that makes me feel good. That's how I feel when I hear Nick Cave or P.J. Harvey, they're not fucking superstars, but they're superstars to me because they've inspired me.

A.Z. Great! Why did you pick "Tainted Love" of all songs to cover?

T.B. The truth is, I wanted to cover a Nick Cave song, which we do on the new album by ironic chance, but I wanted to and I just couldn't figure out what I wanted to do at the time, I wasn't with the right people I needed to be with to cover it . I was in England and I wasn't feeling right, we were driving to the studio somebody had this 80's tape and "Tainted Love" came on and I go God, I love this song! I love that line "sorry I don't pray that way" and I was thinking, that is so me. It just hit me, and I thought this fucking song sums up saying to someone exactly how I feel " It's time you leave, it's time I leave, it's fucking...your love has been tainted, you've tainted me." I know what it's about but you interpret lyrics to your own interpretation.

A.Z. Exactly.

T.B. That's what I think is so cool and a lot of people have given me shit for covering that song , believe me.

A.Z. I've played that on the radio already. It was the first song last week on our syndicated radio show MK ULTRASOUND. That will be playing actually on Loud Radio out there around 9:00 next
Sunday, they syndicate it out West. I talked a little bit about your history With Manhole and Turf Satan, it was a kicking song to play something New, for us anyway.

TB Cool thank you for playing it!

A.Z. Oh, my pleasure.

T.B. It's a weird thing, because I was like everyone's going ˜okay she's jumping on the bandwagon-"Cars ","Blue Monday"' the vibe, whatever, I'm not doing a duet with the singer from Soft Cell, and I don't think I'm trying to completely recreate "Tainted Love" the way it was, you know?"

A.Z. I don't think you did at all, I liked your take on it.

T.B. I wanted it to be a little different, a lot of people are like well you fucking ruined the song. That's the whole purpose of doing a cover, you cover it the way you would cover it, people don't realize that. I'm not trying to dog them but like when I hear "Cars" by Fear Factory , I'm like Gary Numan's on there.

A.Z. It sounds just like it.

T.B. What's the point, I don't really get it, you know what I mean, it's like okay great, I want to hear you do a cover of how you would do it.

A.Z. At least you didn't do "Spin Me Round" like everyone else is.

T.B. Oh, Jesus are you kidding?

A.Z. I can't believe how many versions of that came out this year.

T.B. Oh, yuck. On the new record we have a hidden track, we covered Black Flag- "My War" and "Do You Love Me" by Nick Cave. That song is so beautiful.

A.Z. I can't wait to hear that. I love Nick Cave.

T.B. So do I.

A.Z. That's good stuff. I didn't know anything about the Easy E stuff and one day I was sitting with- do you know Thomas Thorn from The Electric Hellfire Club?

T.B. Yeah.

A.Z. We were talking about Manhole, and he had mentioned that you were- he's like that's one of Easy E's girls...

T.B. Whaaaat?

A.Z. referring that you did something on that label, not the other way.

T.B. I was like, wait a minute.

A.Z. This is when they were opening for Godflesh and I actually didn't get to read any press on it until now until this thing that you wrote, your own bio/ press kit, which is good it's more personal.

T.B. There's a thing on the website all about it with pictures of him it's under Stigmata and there's all that rap stuff under there.

A.Z. I'll look for it. I didn't ever hear any of the rap stuff that you did.

T.B. Well, the album was called "Power of a Woman" and it was released on his label and Easy is on it Everlast is on it, Dr. Dre is on it, the D.O.C there are a lot of people that are on it. Then I ended up writing a second record and I worked with Salt N Pepa I did a lot of great shit, and at the end of it and I had a band come in called Sugartooth who were on Geffen and I did a song called "Running with the Devil" we covered the Van Halen thing and did a crazy rock version of it and I sort of decided, you know what, I need to be with a band. This world, a lot of shit went down with me in that world that was pretty heavy duty and I just didn't feel right anymore there and so I stole all my tapes from my label and locked them up and I wouldn't let them release the second record. They wouldn't let me out of the contract, and about a month before Easy died he called me for a meeting and gave me the money he owed me. He told me he was very sorry for keeping me under contract, he said a lot of things to me and I didn't know in his mind what was going on. I didn't realize he had AIDS and he was gonna die, I didn't realize anything, I thought it was just really strange how I hadn't had anything to do with anybody at the label for a really long time. I formed Manhole, but couldn't really do anything, it was in the early stages. He handed me my contract and he said, "You're free to go, here's the money I owe you and I hope you have a great life." He told me he thought I was kickass, I always stood up to everybody, I never took any shit and I wasn't some ho on the label and he respected for that. A month later, I'm driving down the street and I hear a letter being read on the radio station rapper Easy E has issued saying he has AIDS and a week later he was dead. I was like oh my God, It just all blew me away. That guy definitely gave me my start, he signed me and he taught me how to stand up for myself, I mean, Jesus Christ, the N.W.A. camp that's not the easiest group of people. Being a little white girl on that label you better stand up for your shit or your gonna get fucked over big time, a lot of crazy shit happened on that label.

A.Z. What year was that?

T.B. It was 89 and the record came out in 90. It was funny because it had two videos on MTV I hosted Yo MTV Raps with Dre and Ed Lover .I did all that, I'm wearing like a track suit, It was really funny I was blonde, platinum blond, I looked like what Korn looks like when they do this thing now.

A.Z (Laughs)

T.B. That's totally my past and it's hard to even relate to that now. I'm putting together a book right now, I've been working on for about a year and it's a book from 1990-2000 a girl's sort of journal through music. It's journal entries, collages, art, letters from people, stories, I'm having a writer, from Metal Hammer, actually do a thing with me through the whole book and it's going to be called "God Wants a Piece of My Ass". A photo journal of a blasphemous girl and it's got very religious overtones through it and sacrilegious overtones it's very crazy but it's very truthful and it tells a lot of stories in it too.

A.Z. Do you ever get any shit over some of the imagery and some of the lyrics that you use on the religion front?

T.B. I get more shit over, like, pictures I've taken if I've posed in a magazine and I'm wearing something I get more shit like "why is Tairrie B…." I'm like oh please, it's not like I'm in Playboy gimme' a fucking break.The clothes don't make the woman; the woman makes the clothes.

A.Z. Right.

T.B. I think people are a little bit confused about my religious "thing". I think they don't know if I'm a Jesus freak or a Devil worshiper from one minute to the next, and if you walk in my house you wouldn't know either because there's tons of both and I 'm just very drawn to the spiritual side and the dark side sort of somewhere in between. I find both fascinating. I find the Bible fascinating and I find the Satanic Bible fascinating. There's something you can get in each, to say that you can't get something from every religion is crazy, there are so many religions out there. If people have a problem with it, that's their problem, I think Jesus is way more scary than the Devil, all this Satan shit is funny.

A.Z .( Laughs)

T.B. Tura Satana is not... oh is that what that's about you're Satan worshipers now? That wasn't what we were about, look, I can use that imagery and not be a Cradle of Filth chick, okay? I think Marilyn Manson did the whole Devil thing there are so many bands out there that are all neato. If I do a shirt that says Jesus is a rock star, I'm gonna get more shit from that than something about Satan because it's scarier to people. An Evangelist is scarier to people. That terrifies people way more for some reason.

A.Z. More threatening, yeah. You talked a little bit about bands like Korn and that, do you think there's too much of that rap/metal thing flooding...

T.B. Honey, when I was doing rap/metal years ago, I was being told "this will never work". I mean, Cypress Hill guys even told me "this thing will never Work" I look at them now doing that song they have going oh, really? Its funny I just see all these bands popping up out of nowhere jumping on that same thing and I don't want to be a part of it; I don't feel a kinship with it at all. I felt a kinship with certain bands in my town like Snot and Human Waste Project and certain people were around when we were around and Downset .I really love Downset and I think they do the rap/rock thing the best and they've gotten the least amount of publicity, respect, or acknowledgement and I think they definitely do it the best. When I look at someone in a red baseball cap flipped backwards talking about "I'm gonna break, gimme' something to break" Give me a break, I think it's complete crap.

A.Z. There's too much of it, it was good at first, but when that's all you hear and it's all you get to see on MTV.....

T.B. Every band, there is just so much more music out there! I mean gimme' a fucking break, the new "Bomb Pop" record is amazing and why isn't that on MTV? Why isn't there a video for them on MTV? There are so many bands out there that are so incredible and there is just no vehicle for them, they have to remain underground. I can't turn on MTV and watch Papa Roach and Static X, I can't do it; I just can't stomach it. I'm not dissing the people, I'm just saying I can't watch it.

A.Z. Oh yeah, they're nice guys, I think that Static X is funny actually.

T.B. I think it's very hysterical because I grew up with all these people- well I grew up a little bit before them in the scene and then they all kinda' came along and it was like okay, ya' know everyone sounds exactly the same to me, it's like one big long record, I don't understand does no one else see this, that they're buying into the one long record concept? The people that are different they just don't seem to fit into that anywhere.

A.Z. Did you ever get a chance to do any video stuff?

T.B. Mmm hmm...Manhole had a video, Tura Satana had a video, and My Ruin had a video that came out last year.

A.Z. Are these available at all?

T.B. I'm not sure, Manhole had a video for "Kiss or Kill", Tura Satana had one for "Luna" and Tura has a video coming out it's really weird, it's spoken word kinda' tripped out little thing.

A.Z. When we played "Tainted Love" on the radio it was the the only radio friendly song on Speak. We'd love a video we could play on our cable show. But, we'll dig a few more out of here as long as there's not too many fuck words on it.

T.B. I say the "f" word here and there, Ya'know.

A.Z. My engineer was sitting there trying to lay on the dump button, we have no delay. (Laughs)

T.B. Oh, man, sorry about that.

A.Z. That's okay. (Laughs) Personally I dig that vibe.

T.B. A girl's gotta' be a girl. (Laughs)

A.Z. Is there anything else you can talk about the new album then?

T.B. I'm really happy that I did get a chance to do this and it was a nice refreshing break out of doing what I was doing before and kind of come clean in a lot of ways do a lot of different sides of myself, everyone has different sides and just like my new record is really, really heavy, I don't know what the next one will be, ya' know what I mean? You can never tell, I think that represents a big part of me, I guess I wish the one thing that would have happened is that I would have stayed in one place with one producer so it would all sounded more cohesive, but in the other sense it's more like a collage and it's a collage of a lot of feelings and emotions. I hope that people can dig it and have an open mind and not be like what the fuck is this and when they hear "Tainted Love" she's like electronica queen now, what's going on? Get to "Blasphemous Girl".

A.Z. The album that's coming out in September, if we can't get it here do people go to your website or the label's site and order it?

T.B. No, we're going to be able to get it out, it's definitely coming out in September and I definitely have faith they're going to have it out here and Spitfire will definitely get it in stores, I am not afraid of that. The Noise thing was the whole problem with that.

What do you listen to?

A.Z. I like all over the place, I mentioned Type O to you, and I like Switchblade Symphony a lot, Nick Cave, I love, Leonard Cohen .....

T.B. Right on!

A.Z. I like anything personal and emotional. I love Danzig stuff, I like his old stuff not his new stuff.

T.B. Yeah, his old stuff was really great.

A.Z. The Doors are my favorite band of all time so I'm like everywhere, I don't like the rap/metal thing anymore it was fun at first but there's just too much of it for me. It's played out.

T.B. Played out definitely.

A.Z. I like emotional, honest music that's why I like your album a lot because you're talking about how you feel or how you felt at the time and I think that's awesome.

T.B. I think a lot of people find offense at that sometimes because they're like ˜she's too personal and she spills it all out; but isn't that what music is supposed to be, instead of candy-coated and pop I don't just sit down and go okay I have to write a catchy hook, oh my God! I have to write something that can be played on the radio. I write something from my heart and I think that's a little more important.

A.Z. I like how you speak your mind and that's why I like Lydia Lunch.

T.B. She's awesome.

A.Z. I love Lydia Lunch and I see her and I'm in awe and I'm one of like five guys in the whole place and a bunch of women want to kick our asses but I really like where she's coming from.

T.B. I don't know if you're familiar with Jessica from Jack Off Jill?

A.Z. Yeah, oh, yeah.

T.B. She did a duet with us on the new record that is coming out in Europe, she is fucking just awesome. I really believe, Jessica is, like my as corny
as this could sound, my sort of attached, detached sister. Her new album is very similar to our new album and we write from like the same place there's just like we the same sort of mindset and I really dig her, man and I really respect her. I think she's a huge star and that nobody's figured this out yet. Well, they broke up. She's doing another project now, it's sad because her record just came out and her record is brilliant.

At this point the tape cuts off and we just continue talking. But rest assured brave reader there will be more conversation to follow as we follow up on "A PRAYER UNDER PRESSURE OF VIOLENT ANGUISH" and our love affair w/ the Divine Miss B.