I ka mahina i hala, ua hoʻolauleʻa mākou i ka 20 makahiki o ka White Zombie's album album Astro-Creep 2000 me ka nānā hohonu iā ia. Ua hiki iā mākou ke nānā i ka hapalua o ka bana - hoʻokani pila ʻo J. Yuenger a me Bassist / co-hoʻokumu Sean Yseult. Ua hopu mākou iā Yuenger nāna haʻi iā mākou e pili ana i kāna mea i manaʻo ai (ʻo ia hoʻi ka haku ʻana no Waxwork Records), a ʻoliʻoli mākou i kēia manawa e kaʻana like i kā mākou kamaʻilio me ka mea kaulana ʻo Yseult, ka mea i pili mau me nā mele ʻoiai ke hāʻawi nei iā ia i nā makana noʻeau ʻē aʻe i ka honua.

iHorror: E hāʻawi mai iā mākou i kahi manawa pōkole o kāu ʻoihana ma waena o White Zombie a i kēia manawa. He aha kāu i hauʻoli ai i ka hana nui i kēlā manawa?

Sean Yseult: New Orleans, ma ka laulā! Ua neʻe wau maʻaneʻi i ka wā i haki ai ʻo White Zombie, a hoʻolilo wau i hoʻokahi makahiki i ka hale e ʻimi holoholona a e hoʻopulu wale i ka moʻomeheu, ka mōʻaukala a me ka hoʻolālā. ʻO kahi holo pōkole o kaʻu mau ʻoihana like ʻole, nā pēke a me nā hana mai ia manawa: hoʻomaka ʻo Famous Monsters, kau i ʻelua mau moʻolelo a mākaʻikaʻi iā ʻEnelani a me Iapana a me ka US; hoʻomaka ʻo Rock City Morgue me nā hoaaloha, kau i kekahi mau moʻolelo a mākaʻikaʻi i ka US a me ʻEulopa; wehe i ka pā The Saint me kaʻu (a laila) kāne e hiki mai ana i ka makahiki 2002; ua hoʻomaka pū kekahi e hōʻike i kaʻu paʻi kiʻi ʻana ma nā hale hōʻikeʻike i ka makahiki 2002; ua hoʻomaka i kaʻu ʻoihana hoʻolālā Yseult Designs ma 2006; ua hoʻomaka ka pā hōkū ʻo Star & Dagger me nā hoaaloha ma 2009; ua paʻi ʻia kahi puke me kaʻu mau kiʻi a me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i White Zombie i kapa ʻia ʻo "Aia wau i ka pā" ma 2010; ua hoʻomaka wau e hana i nā hōʻike kiʻi paʻi solo i ka makahiki 2012. Nui koʻu hauʻoli i ka paʻi kiʻi ʻana i kēia manawa ʻoiai ʻo ia ka mea aʻu i neʻe mua ai i NYC, e hele mai ana i ka pōʻaiapuni piha.

iH: E haʻi mai iā mākou e pili ana i kāu hōʻike kiʻi a me ka "pepehi kanaka a me ka make paha" i pili.

SY: ʻO kaʻu hōʻike hou e hōʻike ʻia nei ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Scott Edwards i kapa ʻia ʻo "Soiree DʻEvolution: Tableaux Vivants et Nature Mortes." Hōʻike ia i kahi moʻolelo i loko o ʻehiku panela o kahi pāʻina debaucherous ma New Orleans 1870's; i hōʻike ʻia ma nā kiʻi 40 "x60" e hoʻohālike i ke kiʻi maoli o nā Masters Dutch, kahi mea hao. ʻO ka moʻolelo he fictitious akā hoʻokumu ʻia i ka noiʻi nui: aia kēia mau hui huna ma New Orleans, a aia ka politika a me ka decadence ma o ka hale. ʻAʻole au i manaʻo i kekahi kiʻi aʻu i hana ai, e pili ana i nā wahine ʻōlohelohe a i ʻole nā ​​diabolō liʻiliʻi a i ʻole taxidermy ma ka papa ʻaina ʻaha i kiʻi ʻia mai kahi mea maoli i hana.

iH: Ua haʻi ʻo J. i kahi vinike Zombie Keʻokeʻo i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻolua. He aha kāu e haʻi ai iā mākou e pili ana i kēlā?

SY: ʻAe - kahi hui i kapa ʻia ʻo Numero Group ke hoʻokuʻu hou nei i kā mākou vinyl mua i ka 12 "vinyl - ʻo ia hoʻi nā 7" s! Ke hana nei lākou i kahi hana ākea loa, mai nā tona o nā kiʻi a me nā kiʻi mai ke au (ʻike wau no ka mea ua hala lākou i kahi lā e ʻeli ana i loko o kaʻu mau waihona) i nā kikoʻī laina kikoʻī - ʻaʻohe o nā mea a kā mākou mea pā i ʻike ai. Eia kekahi, ua loaʻa iā lākou nā ala hou aʻe mai ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā kau i kēlā lā ma hope, ʻaʻole lākou i kamaʻāina iaʻu. Ua hana hou ʻo Jay i nā mea āpau āpau ma New Orleans, a he hōʻike kēia lohe ʻana i kēia mau ala. Ua hala wau i kēlā mau makahiki he 24/7 me Rob, a ke hana koke mākou i kekahi mea, inaina ʻo ia iā ia, a mālama ia. Ua like wau i ke ʻano like, akā i kēia manawa ke lohe nei wau iā lākou, weliweli maoli lākou a no laila ke ʻano o ka wā! He mea maikaʻi e wehe i kēia mau ala.

iH: He aha nā papahana ʻē aʻe āu e hana nei i kēia manawa?

SY: Ma waho aʻe o kaʻu paʻi kiʻi ʻana, loaʻa i kaʻu pāʻina ʻo Star & Dagger kahi album piha a mākou e pono ai e hoʻopaʻa leo; ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e ʻimi i ka manawa a me kahi kūpono.

iH: ʻO Astro-Creep he 20 mau makahiki. Ke hauʻoli mau nei paha ʻoe me ia? Kekahi mea āu e hoʻololi ai a makemake paha ʻoe e hana ʻokoʻa?

SY: ʻAʻole hauʻoli au i kēia manawa.

iH: He aha kāu punahele White Zombie punahele a no ke aha? 

SY: ʻO La Sexorcisto, no ka mea he bande maoli mākou i ko mākou piko i kēlā manawa a me 100% āpau i pili i kēlā me kēia ʻano. Me Astro-Creep, ua paʻakikī ʻo Rob iaʻu e noho i ke keʻena, no laila ma hope o ka pau ʻana o kā mākou kākau ʻana i ka moʻolelo, ua komo au i ka lumi hoʻopaʻa leo, ua hana i kaʻu mau ala a hele i waho. ʻO kēlā, manaʻo wau ua hana ʻo ia i kahi hana kupaianaha i ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā laʻana a pau a me nā ʻikena uila. Ua ulu aʻe wau makemake ʻole i kēia ʻano hou o ke kāʻei, akā ʻo ia ka hui maikaʻi loa ma Astro-Creep.

iH: He aha kou mea e nalo nui ai e pili ana i kou mau lā i White Zombie?

SY: ʻAʻole au e haʻo i kekahi mea, ʻoiai he manawa maikaʻi ia ke lōʻihi: akā pono wau e ʻōlelo he uila kā mākou hōʻike ola a ʻo kā mākou poʻe pā ka mea ʻoi loa.

iH: He aha kāu huakaʻi hoʻomanaʻo nui loa?

SY: Iāpana. ʻAʻole like ka poʻe pā ma laila, ka moʻomeheu, nā meaʻai, ke kūlanakauhale futuristic pupule o Tokyo - like me ma Mars. Aloha au iā ia!

iH: He aha kekahi o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hoʻoweliweli punahele iā ʻoe?

SY: Makemake au i nā papa mele - Frankenstein, Dracula, ʻoiaʻiʻo Zombie Keʻokeʻo, Mad Love - a laila aloha wau i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻĀtalia - Bava lāua ʻo Argento, ʻo Suspiria kekahi mea kiʻekiʻe. . . Nui loa nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Hammer, aloha au iā Vampire Circus a me nā mea me Christopher Lee; nā mea a Jodorowsky (ʻaʻole weliweli ʻenehana akā ʻoi aku ka weliweli ma mua o ka nui o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni aʻu i ʻike ai.); ʻO Herschell Gordon Lewis - Nā Freaks hānai koko! No laila ʻōpala a huki i luna. Inā he gore ia, pono ia e cheesy - ʻaʻole wau makemake i ke koko maoli a me nā ʻōpū!

Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i ka hana a Yseult ma kāna pūnaewele maanei.