I kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ua ʻimi au i ka mele hoʻoweliweli. ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole nā ​​helu mai nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli a mele paha āu e pāʻani ai ma Halloween, akā makemake wau i mele maikaʻi me nā ʻano hoʻoweliweli ʻokoʻa. ʻO ia ka manawa aʻu i ʻike ai iā Harley Poe.

I ka wā e pili ana i nā mele hoʻoweliweli, he mau hao me nā pōhaku, nā rockabilly, psychobilly, a me nā mea like ʻole. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa me Harley Poe, ʻo ia nā huaʻōlelo weliweli, lapuwale a hoʻoweliweli paha i hui pū ʻia me ka hope a me ka pīhoihoi.

ʻAʻohe mea e like me ka paʻi ʻana i kou manamana lima i kahi banjo kicky me nā mele e pili ana i ka make, pepehi kanaka, werewolves, vampires, zombies a me nā daimonio.

Ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa e kamaʻilio ai me ke kāne mua ʻo Joseph Whiteford a ʻohi i kona lolo e pili ana i ka bana.

Aloha a mahalo no ke kamaʻilio pū ʻana me aʻu! Nui koʻu hoihoi e ʻike ma hea kahi o ka inoa Harley Poe?

ʻO Harley Poe kēia shithead ʻinoʻino i noho ma mua i ʻelua mau hale mai ka home o koʻu mau mākua. Ua inaina wau i kēlā hoa, a ua hoʻowahāwahā ʻo ia i nā mea āpau. E kamaʻilio wau a me nā poʻe hoanoho e pili ana i ka wāwahi ʻana i kona home a hahau iā ia a pepehi paha iā ia. ʻAʻole ia e like me kā mākou e manaʻo ai. He dickhead wale nō ia, ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi o mākou ke kū iā ia. Makemake ʻo Kinda i ka wahine ʻuhane mai ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Hale Hoʻokipa, mālama ʻo ia i kā mākou mea pāʻani inā pae lākou i kona pā. Kehi ʻo ia i ka ʻīlio a kuʻu hoaaloha i hoʻokahi manawa. He mau kumu maikaʻi maoli kā mākou e inaina iā ia. He waiwai nui nō hoʻi ʻo ia, a i ka nui ʻana o koʻu mau hoaaloha ua hoʻomaka lākou i ka pilikia a ua hoʻolālā lākou e ʻaihue a hoʻokau iā ia. Hoʻomaopopo wau iā lākou e haʻi ana iaʻu e pili ana i kā lākou mau manaʻo e komo i loko o kona hale, akā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo e hana maoli lākou. Pau lākou i ka haki ʻana i kona home a pepehi kanaka iā ia, me ka ʻino. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu ke kumu o koʻu hoʻohana ʻana i kona inoa ma ke ʻano he alias.

ʻO wai, ʻo ia nā lima i lalo i ka moʻolelo kumu kumu ikaika loa aʻu i lohe ai. No ke aha e kikowaena ai nā mele a puni nā poʻomanaʻo weliweli?

Makemake au i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli. Ua ulu aʻe wau me nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni weliweli. Ua hopohopo wau iā lākou no kekahi manawa. ʻAʻole nui i kēia manawa, akā hoʻāʻo nō wau e hoʻomau i ka mea e puka mai ana. Manaʻo wau hoʻomanaʻo wale lākou iaʻu i koʻu wā kamaliʻi. Aloha au i kēlā mau lā. Leʻaleʻa ke kākau ʻana i nā mele folkk punk e pili ana i ka shit weird. Hāʻawi iaʻu i kahi ʻano o ke kumu.

E ukali i kāu pane, no ke aha e koho ai i nā mele leʻaleʻa, upbeat lāhui no nā poʻomanaʻo pouli?

Makemake au i nā mele hauʻoli, hopu. Makemake au i ka hoʻohālikelike i nā mele ʻeleʻele e lawe i kahi ala hou, kani leʻaleʻa. ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu e noʻonoʻo ka poʻe hoʻolohe i nā mele me he mea hoʻomākeʻaka a leʻaleʻa paha inā ʻeleʻele ke mele e like me ka ʻike mele. Hōʻike ia i ka poʻe ʻike he make-kēia kēia. O kēia Hoi o ka Make Make or ʻO ka pepehi kanaka ʻo Chainsaw ma Texas ʻĀpana 2. He mea leʻaleʻa. He fiction me kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo i pīpī ʻia i loko. He mea leʻaleʻa ia. A ʻo ia nō hoʻi, no ka mea, ʻo ia ke ʻano mele aʻu e makemake ai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā pā e pili ana i ka weliweli e hāʻule i ka mahele o nā mele punk, metala, psychobilly, a me nā mele eleʻele. ʻAʻole maikaʻi wau i ka pāʻani ʻana i kekahi o kēlā. Pāʻani wau i ke kika kani, a makemake au i ka wā e hiki ai i ka poʻe hoʻolohe ke hoʻomaopopo i kaʻu mea e mele nei. He aha ke kuhi o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mele inā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hōʻike i kāu leka?

He aha nā mea pena mele e hoʻokele iā ʻoe?

Ua ʻike wau i ka wahine kolohe i koʻu wā ʻōpio. Ua aloha au. Ma hope ua ʻike e pili ana i The Cramps, Dead Kennedys, Dead Milkmen, The Dickies, Green Day, Weezer, Cake, Pixies, The Demonics, Slim Cessna's Auto Club… ke hele nei ka papa inoa. ʻO ka mea aʻu e hoʻolohe nei a aloha hoʻi e lohe ʻia paha ma o kaʻu kākau ponoʻī ʻana. Nui wale nā ​​pēke nui i waho. I kēia mau lā, ua hele maoli wau i loko o Jeff Rosenstock, Frank Turner, Ke Kahu Horton Heat, Pōhaku Mai ka Crypt, Ratatat, Man Man, Nā Luna ʻauhau, nā Pelekikena, nā Pale ʻōpio Pale, Pokukala. a me nā kaila, nā kao kuahiwi, nā pēpē, Ezra Furman, Fugazi, Millencolin, kahi ʻīlio nunui… i kēia manawa he hui maikaʻi lākou!

Ua lohe wau i kekahi o kēlā mau mea, akā e nānā pono wau i ke koena. Ua hoʻohuli paha kekahi mau mea kākau weliweli i kāu kākau mele?

ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo pēlā, akā malia paha ʻo Edward Gorey.

Koho maikaʻi loa! ʻO ka Ghastlycrumb Tinies ʻo ia kekahi o kaʻu puke punahele punahele. I kēia mau lā he ʻelua mau hōʻike hoʻohuihui. Hoʻolālā hou ʻia i kēia mua aku?

Na ka manawa wale nō e haʻi. ʻO kaʻu mea nui i kēia mau lā ma kaʻu mau keikikāne ʻelua. Lawe ka pāna i koʻu ola, akā ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo ua pau mau ʻo Harley Poe i ke pāʻani ʻana i nā hōʻike. ʻO wau, ma ka liʻiliʻi, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo e hoʻōki i ke kākau ʻana i nā mele. E ʻike wale kāua.

ʻO ka album hou "Lost and Losing It" i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. He mea ʻokoʻa loa ia i nā mele ma mua o nā mele Harley Poe i hala. He aha kou mana no kēia mea?

ʻO kaʻu male male.

Minamina loa wau i ka lohe ʻana e pili ana i ka hemo male. No kahi nīnau māmā, hana ʻoe i kāu Harley Poe ponoʻī a me nā hana ʻē aʻe i weliweli ʻia. he aha kāu i koho ai i ke kaila a he aha ka mea i hoʻonāukiuki iā ʻoe?

ʻO ke kaila ka mea aʻu e hauʻoli ai. Manaʻo wau ʻaʻole wau e kope i kekahi, akā aloha mau wau i nā mea kākau kiʻi puke a nā keiki. Ke ʻeli nei au iā Tim Burton, Charles Addams, Edward Gorey, a me nā kini o nā mea pena kiʻi nui a nā haku i hoʻouluulu ai. Piha ʻo Instagram i nā mea pena kiʻi kamahaʻo. Hoʻoikaika ʻia wau i kēlā me kēia manawa aʻu e mākaʻikaʻi ai.

He aha kā mākou e kakali ai i mua no Harley Poe a me kāu hana akamai?

Hoʻokomo pinepine wau i kaʻu mea kiʻi Instagram. Hoʻolālā wau e hoʻokuʻu i kaʻu mau helu i nā manawa hiki, a i kēia manawa ke hōʻike nei wau i kahi puke keiki i kākau ʻia e ka luna ʻo Joshua Hull. E hoʻomaka wau e hoʻopaʻa i ka puke Harley Poe e hiki mai ana me ka lana o ka manaʻo i kēia hoʻoilo. Manaʻo wau he mele leʻaleʻa maikaʻi ʻole ia. A e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai, ʻaʻole wau ua pau ʻo Harley Poe i ke pāʻani ʻana i nā hōʻike. Noho mālie, kuhi wau.

Hoʻomaikaʻi i ka kiʻi kiʻi! Lana wau i mua i ka ʻike ʻana i ka huahana i pau. A lana koʻu manaʻo he nui aʻe nā hōʻike i ka wā e hiki mai ana. He aha kāu kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hoʻoweliweli?

ʻO ia mau nō Ka hoʻi ʻana o ka poʻe make e ola nei, akā ʻaʻole wau maopopo hou.

He aha kāu mele Harley Poe punahele āu i hoʻopaʻa ai?

ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo.

Hiki iā wau ke kuhi no ka mea he nui nā ala weliweli e koho ai. Inā paha ʻoe e hoʻolohe ana iā "Olivia," "Corpse Grinding Man," "He Killer wau," "Mai Hele i ka Lāʻau" a i ʻole kekahi o nā ala hou e like me "Persevere," hōʻoiaʻiʻo ʻia ʻoe i kahi maikaʻi ka manawa, kekahi mau mele nui a kōkua nui i ka weliweli.

Inā pili ʻoe me nā mea pena kiʻi e like me Marilyn Manson, e nānā pono i kāna weliweli me he mea lā ʻAoʻao Instagram ke holo nei ʻo ia.

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