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WEDNESDAY
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is an interview of Kid Kid, bassist
of Wednesday 13. Interview & photos by Jean-Pierre Vacher, 11.15.2005. |
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Hi, first
of all, Kid Kid, thanx for answering my questions
Thank you for asking me questions! How did you meet Wednesday 13 and how did you have the opportunity to join this band? Wednesday and I have been friends for a very long time, we knew each other when we were kids, we played in a band together for a couple of months. We always knew each other, from the local scene, and we lost contact for a while. I moved and he did his thing. We ran into each other again a couple of years ago at a studio and we just kinda picked up communication, kinda talked. Then Murderdolls took a break, after they were done, and we talked about just doing a project, doing a band, and we just talked about it. He had a bunch of songs written, think about recording them. We found the other two guys, and here we are! It's pretty simple! Did you take a part in the writing of the songs? No. It's his vision of the songwriting for this record. Next record there will be a little bit of contribution, but this record was all his, he already had the songs written. What are the influences for this album? What are the themes? Scary, fun rock n roll
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Do
you have a favorite movie?
70's and 80's horror movies. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, Nightmare On Elm Street, Friday 13th, all that stuff I love it! What were the bands you were listening to while growing up? Kiss. Mötley Crüe. Twisted Sister. Alice Cooper. All 80's and glam rock. Did you like smaller bands from LA, like Faster Pussycat? One of my favorite bands! We are all big fan of kinda obscure glam music Would you say that you were also influenced by punk bands like the Ramones, or Misfits? Yeah, Ramones more so than Misfits. We all like those bands. Wednesday is a big Ramones fan, and so is our guitar player. I like 'em, but they are really big fans. So you prefer hard rock instead of punk? No, I like a little bit of everything. But for me personally it's more Kiss, Mötley Crüe and Twisted Sister. Do you listen to any current bands? I got the new Fiona Apple record, it was really cool. The Supersuckers, they're one of my favorite new bands. Do you know some bands from the Scandinavian scene? 69 Eyes? Turbonegro? I really like those guys a lot. Do you know bands like the Backyard Babies? Yeah, I know of these guys, they're awesome as well. Hardcore Superstar! We like to find bands that aren't so big and listen to them. More obscure stuff. Is it the first time that you're in France? Me ? Yes. Did you have the time to visit a little? Yesterday I went walking around, went sightseeing. It was really cool. Did you see the movie 'National Lampoon's European Vacations' with Chevy Chase? I saw a bunch of the sights that are in the movie. Did you play in other bands before? Yeah, I had a band called Lunatic Candycreep, a band called Silly Scream, and just couple of local bands that you would have never heard of! Did you release any CD's before? Yes, both of those bands had a CD. It's glam shock-rock! What is it like to tour around the world? We've been everywhere, it's amazing. Everyday's a new adventure. It's like being on tour with a circus. It's like crazy! Last night I went out drink way too much, and just running around in Paris, being crazy, that would have never happen normally, so it's cool, we get to live out all our dreams. What is you favorite place you've been to until now? Japan. It's so different. Here, and in England, and Australia, there are elements of America. Japan, it's like a different planet, like our spaceship landed! And it was really cool, the fans are really good, and I didn't expect to be so known there. We showed up, and I thought it would be OK people will know us, but we were really really well received, we have a lot of fans there. It was a lot of fun. But I love everywhere we go. We haven't been anywhere that we didn't like. I think I liked Japan so much because I just felt like an alien. Do you plan on releasing a second album? Yeah. Next year. We are working on ideas. But now we want to promote this one. We have another single coming out, 'Bad Things'. We have a video coming out for that song. When will this single be released? In a couple of weeks. The Video is kinda like a live footage all put together, so it's like a gift to our fans, like a backstage pass. You get to be inside of our world for a few minutes and see what life is like behind the scene. Are you also planning on releasing a DVD? Yes. Next year. We want to release a DVD like an old school rock DVD, like Skid Row. Remember those DVD's when they would show tons of footage, you got to hang out with the band, and see what they were like. That's the type of DVD we wanna put out. So we film everything. Do you have one last word for the French fans: Thank you very much for all the support! If you don't have our record, go buy it, or I'll come to your house and kill you!
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