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| WAY BACK IN MARCH, THE ROCK 'N' ROLL JUGGERNAUT MET UP WITH THE MURDER CITY DEVILS BEFORE THEIR AMAZING SHOW AT THE PYRAMID CABARET. WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON RECORD THAT WE ARE THE FINEST INTERVIEWERS THAT EVER WALKED THE EARTH. |
| THE MURDER CITY DEVILS ARE SPENCER MOODY (VOCALS), NATE MANNY (GUITAR), DANN GALLUCCI (GUITAR), DEREK FUDESCO (BASS), COADY WILLIS (DRUMS), AND LESLIE HARDY (FARFISA ORGAN). AND OF COURSE, WHO COULD FORGET GABE (ROADIE, TOUR MANAGER, DRIVER). | |
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RNRJ:
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SO WHAT KIND OF BEER DO YOU GUYS DRINK ON THE ROAD? |
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NATE:
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FREE BEER...BUT WE USUALLY END UP WITH BUDWEISER. |
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COADY:
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IT'S KINDA THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR. |
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DANN:
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EVERYONE WILL DRINK JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. IT'S JUST THAT BUDWEISER IS THE ONE THAT'S EASY. BASICALLY WE DRINK WHATEVER WE GET FOR FREE. |
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RNRJ:
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DO YOU LIKE CANADIAN BEER? |
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DANN:
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SURE. IT'S NOT THAT DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT. |
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COADY:
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I LIKE MOLSON DRY. |
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DANN:
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I DON'T MIND MOLSON CANADIAN. I LIKE THE KONAKEE. |
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NATE:
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KONAKEE IS GOOD. |
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RNRJ:
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IT'S KOKANEE. |
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DANN:
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YEAH, THAT'S IT. |
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RNRJ:
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HAVE YOU TRIED CLUB? |
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SPENCER:
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IS THAT LIKE TNT? |
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NATE:
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YEAH, TNT IS GOOD. I ALSO LIKE WILDCAT...AND MOLSON XXX...THAT'S A VERY FINE BREW (LAUGHTER). |
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RNRJ:
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CLUB IS THE WHITE TRASH BREW OF CANADA. NEXT TIME YOU PLAY A CANADIAN SHOW DEMAND CLUB. |
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NATE:
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IS CLUB THE CANADIAN ALTERNATIVE TO BREW 66? |
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COADY:
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OR LUCKY LAGER? |
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NATE:
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BREW
66 IS LIKE THE DREDGES OF THE BARRELS OF THE BREWERIES. ANY
BREWERY THAT HAS LEFT OVER SHIT THEY THROW IT INTO ONE BIG KEG AND THEY CALL IT BREW 66. |
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SPENCER:
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THERE'S A PIPELINE FROM EVERY BREWERY (LAUGHTER). |
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NATE:
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THE DRAINS ON THE FLOORS OF THE BREWERIES GO INTO A BREW 66 KEGGERY. |
| RNRJ: | WHAT'S YOUR BEST CELEBRITY STORY? |
| DANN: | WE'VE GOT A COUPLE ACTUALLY. |
| NATE: | LAST TIME WE WERE IN L.A. WE MET RICK JAMES IN THE LOBBY OF OUR HOTEL...WHICH WAS PHENOMENAL! I WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS AND EVERYONE HAD GONE TO THE ROOM, AND I WAS WAITING FOR GABE TO COME BACK FROM THE VAN SO THAT WE COULD GO UP TO THE ROOM. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEAR THIS SINGING AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS. VERY SOULFUL AND ANGELIC, AND IT SOUNDED REALLY GOOD, BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WAS SAYING "WHAT KIND OF ASSHOLE SINGS AT THE TOP OF A STAIRWELL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?" AND THERE'S ALL THESE PEOPLE AROUND...HE'S SURROUNDED AND THEY'RE ALL CLAPPING, BUT I CAN ONLY SEE TO ABOUT THE KNEES OF THE PEOPLE CLAPPING AND THEY'RE SAYING "OH RICK, YOU'RE THE BEST...YOU'RE THE BEST...THAT WAS GREAT!" AND HE'S SINGING "INCENSE, WINE, AND CANDLES,". HE'S GETTING ALL WEIRD ABOUT IT. SO THEY ALL COME DOWN THE STAIRS...AND IT'S RICK JAMES, AND I WAS LIKE "OH MY GOD!" BECAUSE AT FIRST I WAS REALLY PUT OFF BY THE WHOLE SITUATION THAT THERE'S THIS GUY WHO WAS SINGING AND I WAS REALLY UPSET. BUT THEN IT WAS RICK JAMES AND I FORGAVE HIM IMMEDIATELY. AND THEN I WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE WHOLE THING...AND THE THING IS THAT IN THE VAN EARLIER WE WERE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF PLAYING THE UPCOMING WARPED TOUR. AND WE HEARD THAT PUBLIC ENEMY WAS GOING TO BE ON THE TOUR, AND WE DECIDED THAT THE COOLEST PERSON IN THE WORLD THAT YOU COULD EVER SMOKE CRACK WITH WOULD BE FLAVOR FLAV. NO ONE COULD THINK OF ANYONE BETTER...IT WAS A CONSENSUS. THEN GABE WALKS IN AND WE RUN TO THE HOTEL ROOM, AND I BUST IN AND I'M LIKE "OKAY, OKAY! I KNOW THAT WE DECIDED THAT THE BEST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO SMOKE CRACK WITH WAS FLAVOR FLAV, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE IT! THE ONLY PERSON BETTER IS RICK JAMES, AND HE'S IN THE LOBBY RIGHT NOW!!" AND EVERYONE SCREAMS AND WE TAKE OFF AFTER HIM. |
| COADY: | WE JUST WENT BOOKING DOWN THE HALL. |
| DANN: | WE RAN OUR ASSES OFF...WE MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN BEING CHASED. |
| COADY: | WE RAN DOWN THERE
AND THERE'S THIS LIMO PULLED UP OUTSIDE, AND WE
OPEN THE DOOR JUST AS RICK JAMES IS SLIDING IN WITH ALL OF HIS LADIES. SO I RUN UP AND I'M LIKE "MR. JAMES CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH?" AND HE'S LIKE "GOT A PEN?" I SAY "YES!" "GOT PAPER?" "YES!" HE'S LIKE "WHO DO I MAKE IT OUT TO?" I SAID "TO THE MURDER CITY DEVILS" AND HE DIDN'T BLINK AN EYE. HE WROTE "TO THE MURDER CITY DEVILS. PEACE AND SEX. LOVE RICK JAMES". THEN HE SHOOK OUR HANDS AND TOOK OFF. |
| DANN: | HE WAS AMAZING. |
| NATE: | RICK JAMES IS LIKE A SUPERHERO OF FILTH. |
| RNRJ: | DOES HE STILL HAVE THE BRAIDS GOING? |
| COADY: | HE HAD SHORT DREADS COMING DOWN. |
| NATE: | HE LOOKED KINDA LIKE A BOWLING BALL...IN A WHITE SHIRT WITH FANCY BUTTONS. |
| COADY: | HE HAD A TOTALLY WHITE SUIT ON. EVERYTHING WAS BEIGE AND WHITE. |
| RNRJ: | ANY SEQUINS? |
| NATE: | NO, BUT THERE WAS SOME FANCY EMBROIDERY STUFF, BUT NOT TOO FANCY. IT WASN'T LIKE IT WAS SATURDAY NIGHT. IT WAS LIKE THURSDAY. |
| COADY: | HE WAS WORKING UP TO IT. |
| SPENCER: | HE'S GOTTA LEAVE SOMETHING FOR SATURDAY. |
| COADY: | BUT ON THE CANADIAN TRIP, DANN AND I MET GEDDY LEE IN TORONTO AT THE FOUR SEASONS HOTEL. WE WERE WALKING BY THEIR OUTDOOR PATIO AND WE WERE BOTH REALLY DIRTY, SWEATY AND GROSS WITH OUR BACKPACKS AND I SEE HIM OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE, AND WE BOTH KINDA STOP AND I GO "DANN!" AND HE GOES "I KNOW." WE WENT OVER AND GOT GEDDY LEE'S AUTOGRAPH. |
| DANN: | HE WAS FUCKING SO NICE. |
| NATE: | WE ALSO RAN INTO JOHN LAROQUETTE AT A COSTCO. |
| RNRJ: | NIGHT COURT IS BACK ON TV. |
| NATE: | DID IT EVER LEAVE? |
| DANN: | IT WAS WEIRD TOO, BECAUSE IT WAS A REALLY SMALL TOWN...UHHH TWIN FALLS, IDAHO. ESLIE WAS THE ONE WHO SPOTTED HIM. WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM I THOUGHT HE LOOKED LIKE A FRIEND OF OUR'S, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS JOHN LARROQUETTE BECAUSE HE HAD BLEACH BLONDE HAIR...IT WAS REALLY WEIRD. BUT SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO OVER. THE WAY SHIT GOT DONE ABOUT GETTING HIS AUTOGRAPH WAS THAT SHE HAD TO BET DEREK--OUR BASS PLAYER--THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY JOHN LARROQUETTE, AND DEREK WON'T REFUSE A BET. AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE HIM. |
| RNRJ: | WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE TV SHOW? |
| COADY: | MINE IS JACK OF ALL TRADES. IT HAS BRUCE CAMPBELL IN IT, FROM EVIL DEAD II. |
| NATE: | ...AND ARMY OF DARKNESS. |
| COADY: | IT'S SET IN REVOLUTIONARY TIMES, AND HE'S KIND OF LIKE THE AMERICAN ZORRO. HE WEARS THE TRI-CORNERED HAT WITH A MASK. ANOTHER GOOD SHOW IS CLEOPATRA 2525, WHICH IS ABOUT A STRIPPER WHO GETS FROZEN IN TIME. |
| SPENCER: | SHE GETS BREAST ENLARGEMENT
SURGERY IN LIKE THE YEAR 1990 AND
SOMETHING GOES WRONG WHERE SHE BECOMES FROZEN UNTIL 2525. AND SHE GETS THAWED OUT BY THESE OTHER TWO REALLY HOT CRIME-FIGHTING WONDER- WOMAN-TYPE GIRLS. |
| COADY: | THEY GO TO OTHER DIMENSIONS AND HAVE WRIST LASERS. |
| SPENCER: | IT'S REALLY GOOD.
IT'S SOME SERIOUS FEMINIST SHIT...I MEAN THESE
ARE SOME REALLY POWERFUL WOMEN. |
| NATE: | THE ONLY THING BETTER THAN THAT TV SHOW IS THE MOVIE SLAVE GIRLS FROM BEYOND INFINITY. |
| RNRJ: | WHO OF YOU WAS IN THE HOOKERS? |
| NATE: | DON'T GET CONFUSED. IT WASN'T THE HOOKERS THAT EXIST TODAY. |
| SPENCER: | WE HAD A BAND--ME, DANN AND DEREK--CALLED THE HOOKERS...BRIEFLY. |
| DANN: | THEY WERE PROBABLY A BAND AT THE SAME TIME AS US. |
| SPENCER: | ...BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY RECORDS, I DON'T THINK. |
| DANN: | IT WAS JUST A HAPPY COINCIDENCE...DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT BAND. A FEW OF THE SONGS THAT WE PLAY IN THIS BAND WERE HOOKERS SONGS. |
| NATE: | HOW COME EVERYTHING IN CANADA STARTS WITH "MR"? |
| SPENCER: | MR SUB, MR LUBE, MR TUBE STEAK. |
| DANN: | DID YOU KNOW THAT MIKE RENO, THE SINGER FROM LOVERBOY, OWNS MR TUBE STEAK? |
| RNRJ: | HE STARTED IT UP? NO WAY, WE DEFINITELY DIDN'T KNOW THAT. |
| DANN: | C'MON, COULD YOU GUYS TRY TO BE CANADIAN JUST FOR A SECOND? |
| RNRJ: | WE JUST THOUGHT THAT HE JUST RUNS A MR TUBE STEAK CART NOW. |
| GABE: | HIS BROTHER RUNS A CART, HE OWNS THE FRANCHISE. |
| RNRJ: | WE SAW LOVERBOY AT CLASSIC ROCK WEEKEND LAST YEAR. |
| NATE: | ARE THEY STILL WORKING FOR THE WEEKEND? |
| RNRJ: | ALWAYS. |
| DANN: | THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE WEEKEND. |
| NATE: | IN ORANGE COUNTY, DOWN IN CALIFORNIA, WE WERE CALLED THE PUNK ROCK LOVERBOY. |
| RNRJ: | NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. |
| NATE: | THAT MEANS THAT I HAVE ABOUT TWENTY YEARS TO INVEST IN MY OWN HOT DOG SHOP. |
| RNRJ: | HOW
LONG HAS YOUR ROADIE GABE BEEN WITH YOU GUYS? RIGHT FROM THE
START? |
| NATE: | HE MISSED ABOUT FOUR TO SIX MONTHS. |
| SPENCER: | HE MISSED OUR FIRST WESTERN TOUR, AND THAT'S IT. NATE'S PARENTS AND HIS PARENTS WERE FRIENDS AND WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE THEY USED TO TAKE BATHS TOGETHER. |
| NATE: | GABE AND I GO BACK A LONG WAYS. WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER TOO. |
| RNRJ: | DID YOU ALL GROW UP IN SEATTLE? |
| NATE: | MORE OR LESS. A STONES
THROW AWAY. EXCEPT DEREK WHO GREW UP IN
CALIFORNIA...THE BAY AREA. |
| DANN: | LESLIE GREW UP IN DETROIT, THEN MOVED TO L.A. |
| RNRJ: | ARE THERE ANY COOL SEATTLE BANDS THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FOR? |
| NATE: | YEAH, ALOT. THE CATHETERS,
764 HEROES, BOTCH, ZEKE, CHRIS IS
WEIRD...IT'S ALL REALLY DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S ALL CONSISTENTLY GOOD. |
| RNRJ: | WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CONCERT YOU EVER SAW? |
| DANN: | QUARTERFLASH, AT THE NEIGHBOR FAIR IN PORTLAND WHEN I WAS FIVE. |
| NATE: | KOKO TAYLOR. |
| SPENCER: | HUEY LEWIS AND THE
NEWS, IN THE FIFTH GRADE. BUT I ALSO SAW THE
BEACH BOYS THREE YEARS IN A ROW AS A KID. |
| ANDY: | THE BEACH BOYS WAS MY FIRST. |
| SPENCER: | I GOTTA SAY...THEY SUCKED. |
| RNRJ: | THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT CLASSIC ROCK WEEKEND THIS SUMMER IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT. |
| SPENCER: | IS IT THE BEACH BOYS, OR THE BEACH BOYS AND FAMILY? |
| RNRJ: | EITHER WAY, I'M SURE JOHN STAMOS IS GONNA BE IN THERE SOMEWHERE. |
| SPENCER: | JOHN STAMOS (LAUGHTER)! |
| DANN: | YEAH, HE PLAYS WITH THEM. |
| SPENCER: | WHAT? |
| DANN: | HE REALLY, REALLY DOES...THE BONGOS OR SOMETHING. |
| SPENCER: | OH MY GOD..."THE BEACH BOYS FEATURING JOHN STAMOS!" |
| DANN: | HE WENT FROM FUCKING GENERAL HOSPITAL, TO FULL HOUSE, TO THE BEACH BOYS. |
| NATE: | YOU KNOW THAT BRIAN WILSON IS A BIG GENERAL HOSPITAL FAN...(IN HIS BEST BRIAN WILSON SLUR...) "I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN A HOSPITAL". |
| SPENCER: | NO, HE HAD BEEN OUT
OF THE BEACH BOYS FOR A LONG TIME. THAT'S WHY
HE'S CRAZY. THE OTHER GUYS ARE LIKE "DON'T TELL BRIAN ABOUT JOHN STAMOS BEING IN THE BEACH BOYS! HE'S GONNA FREAK OUT!" |
| RNRJ: | JUST IMAGINE, TWENTY YEARS AGO HE WROTE THIS MASTERPIECE, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS SITCOM HACK IS UP ON STAGE PLAYING IT. |
| SPENCER: | I LIKE THE IDEA OF
BRIAN WILSON GOING TO THE BEACH BOYS SAYING, "I'M TOTALLY COOL NOW, I'VE
GOT MY SHIT TOGETHER. I WANT TO REJOIN THE BAND," AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE,
"YEAH BRIAN THAT'S A GREAT IDEA... I WANT YOU TO MEET JOHN STAMOS...UHH...HE'S
IN THE BAND NOW,". "WAAAHHHHHH!!!!"...HE JUST FLIPS OUT!
MISSING CONVERSATIONS INCLUDE L.A. GUNS, MIDGETS, AND GENE SIMMONS. |
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