Interviews

Interview with Blothar and Pustulus of GWAR

Published

5 years ago

November 15, 2018

Ron

OUR LORDS AND MASTERS OF GWAR SPLATTERED THE CROWDS OF BALTIMORE

Before Gwar invaded the stage, Empire Extreme got to sit down and talk to Blothar and Pustulus hoping not to be the next on the meat grinders list of victims.

EE: Do you guys want to say hello?

Pustulus: Umm…No

Blothar: Yes this is the berserker Blothar, how are you doing?

EE: How was you’re trip to Baltimore?

P: it was great, we tried not to get murdered

B: Pretty good, I’ve got a little cookie jar with packets of mayo

P: I requested that.

B: it’s great to be here, Hampden one of the last great working class neighborhoods. I walk around there now and it looks like it’s full of fucking yuppie scum. So that’s depressing. It is as the bus stops say the greatest city in America. I told my über driver that he laughed out loud.

P: A friend of mine told me that the new district attorney lady was the first to give him a rim job, but I heard she’s a great lady though.

EE: I know the last time beefcake was excited to get his Old Bay, did he get any this time?

B: I don’t know what that fat fuck is doing. He sprinkles on his little shrimp wiener. He can buy that anywhere.

P: I think in 2019 we need to make Beefcake Mighty again.

B: Yes

EE: is he the unmighty right now?

B: No comment.

EE: is there a chance for another GwarBQ in 2019?

B: I fucking hope not. (Laughs)

P: I’ve ran out of money to put into the fire.

B: it’s a money pit, if we can do it and not lose money it be great. Unfortunately the guy who owned it we killed so, now we don’t know where to put it. It was a money losing adventure.

P: Yeah we hired people to tell us how to lose money. And by we I mean someone other than myself. GwarBQ was great when we did more local bands when it had a smaller feel to it. I think of it does come back that’s how I would like to see it, unless Live Nation buys it and GooGoo Dolls will be headlining it. I think we should do a cross platform and mix it in with the swinger lifestyle. With orgies and Fetlife and wife swapping.

EE: What about furies?

P: No furies, that’s just weird.

EE: Call it WhoreBQ, “ Come get your fuck on”

P: that’s actually the slogan.

EE: How did you guy like the pop up Gwar Bar that was in DC?

P: I think it was great. It was a great idea. It was successful. Shows that we can possibly do one permanent in this area. The one in Richmond does very well. I think if we can find more people we can trust, You’ll see more of them popping up.

B: That’s going to be harder than it sounds finding people we can trust. The Ghoul Bar is doing well. Ghoul the band has one but it’s a smoothie bar.

EE: How’s the response been for the new album?

P: it’s been forgotten

B: it would probably do better if we had a sexy lead singer but we don’t. So what you got is a fat mother fucker who knows how to sing up there and nobody wants to see that. I think we set out to make a gwar record that sounds like a Gwar record and we succeeded and without Oderus which we went into it knowing that we can do something. I’m very happy about the record. A music journalist told me that Gwar had quietly been putting out good records.

EE: Any plans on a new album?

P: I think that’s what we are going to do right after this tour. Otherwise we have nothing to do but beat our dicks.

EE: I’ve read that people have been offended by the remarks made at Warped Tour about Linkin Park but I love always said that’s a Gwar remark if I’ve ever heard one.

P: It was a very Gwar Remark. I don’t know who said it though.

B: Apparently I said it (laughs)

P: That’s how it works for us with the media we shift blame, I said it then he said.

B: it’s all true though. Stinkin Park is a bad band. It’s weird though people and the world have changed a lot though and Gwar has remained the same. That’s always been true. When Gwar started it was mostly art kids that loved us, the world now on the left and the right have loss their sense of humor. Both sides are guilty of that. Gwar pushes that envelope. Oderus said awful shit about bands and people dying and you never had the gasping about it as you do now.

EE: Anything else you like to say to the fans before I let you go? What can the fans expect for the gwar show?

P: Well you’re not going to make it to the Gwar show because of that Faygo Candy Apple, I have a feeling that you’re going to drop dead of type 2 diabetes right away. Fucking come see Gwar we will knock your dick in the dirt.

P: We are playing a show in America on New Years Eve. It’s in America in Norfolk VA.

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Ron has keen eye for new talent, a love for the underground, and a tremendous passion for music of any genera. You’ll probably bump into him at a horror convention or some seedy club checking out the next need-to-know band.

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INTERVIEW WITH MERCURY OF PRIEST

Published

1 week ago

April 23, 2024

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Empire Extreme got to sit down and talk to Mercury of Priest when the band came into PA at LoveDrafts.

The show was amazing all the bands that we seen put on a great show for the fans. Vampires Everywhere killed it once again. Last time we seen Priest we only got to see them open for Powerman5000 and got like 6 songs, this time Priest was headlining and we got to see much more which I was excited to see.

Priest played a good mix of old and new and even a few songs off the album “Dark Pulse” which is out in May. We got to see 13 songs played and even Mercury come out into the crowd a few times and when they played “Obey” even blessed some of the crowd. It was great hearing songs like “BlackListed”, “Signal in the Noise”, “History in Black” and “Vaudeville”. It was such a great night of music and a great conversation with Mercury. If you get a chance to see this band play in ur town, it’s a must

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INTERVIEW WITH OF VIRTUE

Published

2 months ago

March 4, 2024

Ron

Where does the band name come from? Wanting to be the best version of yourself at all times. The name is a reminder to hold ourselves accountable.

How is the music scene in Michigan? The Michigan music scene has always been vibrant and in my opinion, important. Do we get the credit we deserve? Absolutely not. But for the state that brought you Motown, Eminem, Lizzo, The White Stripes, I Prevail and so many other incredible artists – it’s kind of hard to believe that Michigan remains a hidden gem.

How’s the reception from the fans of the latest album “Omen”? It’s been incredible. From seeing people singing along at shows to us seeing new supporters of all different ages, colors, and creeds joining the journey. Omen has been a pivotal album in our career and we’re proud of it!

If you could tour with 2 bands, which bands would you want to tour with? Spiritbox and Bad Omens. They’re both making waves, changing who the metal audience is, and surely they’d be fun to hang around with.

Where do you draw inspiration for the lyrics? Honestly, the lyrics are our stories. The stories of our struggles, our trials and our tribulations.

What’s been your favorite tour or show? We just got off of a tour with our labelmates, Any Given Day. They treated us to a handful of sold out shows over in Europe, which at this point we call our second home. Those were great shows, but any show we’ve done in Europe is typically one for the books!

If you could bring back a dead musician, who would it be? Prince for sure. An incredible musician I would love an opportunity to chat or make music with!

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INTERVIEW WITH TWIN TEMPLE

Published

3 months ago

February 16, 2024

Ron

Being Married and being in a band together. Do you feel that makes it easier or harder?

We love to do the Devil’s work together so for us its a match made in hell.

What’s your favorite horror movie?

That’s hard to narrow down but the first few that come to mind are Rosemary’s Baby, The Devil Rides Out, Wickerman, The Devils Reign featuring Anton Lavey, Mario Bava’s Black Sunday, anything starring Vincent Price. We also got to see an advance screen of “Late Night with the Devil” featuring a very evil performance from our friend Dave Dastmalchian. We’re also looking forward to Bryan Fuller’s “Dust Bunny” and are positive it will be a new favorite. The list goes on…..we are huge horror fans.

Favorite Non Horror Movie?

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (which is horror/noir adjacent) and The Burbs (also horror adjacent…haha.)

All of Quentin Tarantino’s films- our latest favorite is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, because 1960’s LA…

What misconception of Satanists would you like to educate people on?

We’re not here to proselytize, force our beliefs on people, or educate people on them Selves, Satanism or anything else. If people are interested in exploring Satanism, we encourage them to do their research and question everything.

If you could bring back any dead musician, who would you pick and why?

We would have loved to do a song with Ronnie Spector who recently passed. Also would have been amazing to collaborate with Jack Nitzsche who arranged so many amazing songs.

If you could tour with any 2 bands, who would you want to tour with?

The Ronnettes & The Shangri-Las.

What has been your Favorite Tour so far?

The God is Dead Tour that we’re currently on is definitely the most evil and blasphemous tour yet. We find it very pleasurable to be able to continue expanding the rituals and seeing our nightmares come true on stage.

You were on “Dragula” with the Boulet Brothers, how was that experience?

It was a fiendish delight to collaborate with some of our fav monsters.

What was it like Touring with Danzig?

Another nightmare come true! We’ve both been fans for a long time and we’re obviously inspired by the wicked world Glenn has conjured. So to get to spend time with him and watch him live every night and to now call him a friend is completely surreal. He’s a legend— but was also one of the coolest, kindest, most unholy people we’ve had the carnal pleasure of touring with.

How’s the reception of the last album “God is Dead”?

Personally, we love the record and are very proud of what we’ve accomplished. As far as other peoples’ reactions…. we don’t know and don’t care! We pleasured ourselves and that’s what matters most.

What got you interested in the style of music you play? And how would describe your music?

We’ve always loved classic American music from jazz to blues to country to rock and roll and so on. We also love the pageantry of heavy metal and theatre. So for us it was a very organic culmination of our obsessions. Rock and roll has always been the devils music.

Have you visited the Satanic Temple in Massachusetts?

No we have not but Lucien did attend one of our rituals so we had a chance to share where we get our babies blood and all things Satan.

Have you had any bad encounters at shows because of the misconception of satanism?

No! We purposefully foster a live show environment where all are welcome, all should come being the most important person in the world which is themselves, whatever that may be. Even Christians! We believe music is meant to bring joy, transcendence… We just want to share the things we love; pink, rhinestones, big hair, great rock ’n’ roll, Satanic ritual, you know… but we have had churches assemble outside our shows, screaming through distorted PA speakers that God is not dead & wishing us all a “terrible time”. Why would their God not want us to have fun? This kind of behavior is only makes us more proud to be who we are and do what we love.