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Mike
Monster was interviewed in his living room (next to his coffin) On
Saturday, June 17, 2000. Dead-
How long has the Spooky been together?
Monster- About six years. We got the
idea of it in ‘94- Started jamming it
in ‘95 .The second wave generation of a true horror band... Looks
like we’re doing it-I’m happy.
Dead- Describe your sound.
Monster- I would say most of it is
early-style rock and roll and punk rock. The Ramones, The Clash or old
50’s rock and roll speeded up more. We got a lot of thrashy ,hard
‘80’s style songs-real violent. Major influences would be Cryptic
Slaughter, early Misfits, Suicidal Tendencies-all that stuff.
Dead-
Give a brief discography.
Monster- We put a cassette out on our
own in ‘95 called All Hallow’s Eve which is real hard to find. Then we
put out the Ribcage 7” on Disaster Records. We also did a Compilation
with Duane Peters (Disaster) called Old Skars and Upstarts with bands like
Rancid, U.S Bombs and F-Minus . Then we did Dawn of the Dead with Hostage
(Rick Bain) which sold pretty well and now we just put out a C.D. on our
own called The Kindred Collector (All Hallow’s Eve Records) and that’s
doing pretty good. I just went to a bar last night and they had it in
their jukebox. Other than that we’re trying to get another full-length
out on our own or Hostage can do it or whatever label grabs it. we want
another label that helps out , otherwise we’ll do it on our own.
Dead-
Tell me about the Kindred Collector.
Monster- The Kindred Collector
consists of (as you know) we’ve been having a lot of band change ups in
the past. We’re basically all
still close and friends. That would be kindred- and I put a collage of old
and new songs with different members that were on old stuff and we just
put it together and called it The Kindred Collector from ‘96- ‘99.
It’s basically a family-type thing that we wanted to put
out.
Dead- How did The Sacred Grounds
record release party go last week? That’s usually a hot spot for you
guys.
Monster- San Pedro’s kids are
probably our most dedicated fans. We get mail from them all the time. I was
hospitalized for two weeks with pneumonia and we had to cancel
the original show (record release) and they were really bummed about it.
So we did a make-up show (which was the other night) and
we went and I guess it was too early to play -they didn’t get enough
notice so we’ve been getting mail telling us that they’re bummed for
missing us-so we’re gonna make up the show again on August 4th.
Dead- You got a new line-up correct ?
Monster- We got a new drummer who’s
just fabulous! his name is Stain and we have a new bass player by the name
of Jack Lantern. They’re filling the parts pretty good. We thought that
we were going to have to call it there for a while until we could get new
members, but I like playing too much and that’s what gets me off. Even
though things get shaky sometimes, we still gotta do it. It’s punk-rock-
who cares!
Dead- Yeah, those other two guys were
dicks anyway! (joking)
Monster- (laughs) Those
other guys were dicks?
Dead- Any side projects going ?
Monster- I’m trying to do something
with these two girls. More along the lines of a heavier -type trip.
Samhain meets Dr. Know and more serious lyrics.
Dead- Favorite club to play and
why.
Monster- It’s kinda hard to say
because we’ve been banned from so many clubs because we’re such dicks,
but I like the K. B. Club, that place is fun and has a good P.A. system.
Like I said, it’s hard to say because we don’t really get along
with any of the booking agents because they cheat us. We want to get
around to doing more all ages clubs to get to the kids. Actually, I want
to start an all ages club myself . I wish I could. It’s really hard to
do bars ‘cuz you get the older crowd and they’re really judgmental on
things. I don’t know-I don’t have a top club.
Dead- Any particular bands you like to
play with?
Monster- We’re not really liked too
much amongst people because of our attitudes and we’ve had our
confrontations with other bands. Actually the show we just did with
Smogtown and The Smut Peddlers went really well and we kinda buried the
hatchet with things. But I would say those bands from the other night are
bands I like to play with...
Dead - What’s next for the Spooky?
Monster- Rick Bain from Hostage is
doing a Compilation- a beach comp-we’re going into the studio next
weekend to do
two songs for that called Frankenstein Conquers the World and Highway 39.
It should be out in August.
Dead- Any last statement?
Monster- If you want to come see a
real horror band, come check out the Spooky. |
