Kākau ʻia na Brian Linsky

Welina i Killville, ka home o Angry Johnny a me nā Killbillies.

ʻO Angry Johnny kahi piʻo i gehena, manaʻo hoʻopaʻi, Whiskey swiggin, 'haku mele, mea pena kiʻi, a me nā mea mele alakaʻi no ka hui ʻo Killbillies. ʻO ke koena o ka bana e komo pū ana me Goatis T. Ovenrude, Slabs Theilman, a me Dwight Trash.

Hāʻawi ʻo Angry Johnny a me The Killbillies i kā lākou hui like ʻole o nā mele leʻaleʻa a me nā mea pepehi kanaka e infectious iā ʻoe me nā mele e pili ana i ka make, ka huhū, nā pana pū me nā mākaʻi, nā ʻona i nā mea pepehi kanaka serial, hoʻopaʻi, a me ka pepehi kanaka ʻana iā Santa Claus.

ʻO Angry a me kāna hui kahi kiʻi Grindhouse i ola, a ʻo Killville ka honua pepehi kanaka kahi e iho ai nā mea āpau.

No ka ʻōlelo ʻana i kekahi mau huaʻōlelo mai kā Killbillies 'band ponoʻī, "Angry Johnny a me The Killbillies ʻo Norman Rockwell kahi moeʻuhane maikaʻi ʻole i ola. E huakaʻi i kahi kaona i kapa ʻia ʻo Killville kahi e puka ʻole ai kekahi mea e ola nei a ʻo kahi mea maikaʻi loa āu e manaʻo ai he wikiwiki a me ka maʻi ʻole.

ʻAʻole kēia mau mele pepehi kanaka a me nā kaʻao o ka auwe e heluhelu ʻia i loko o kahi makasina, makemake ʻia lākou e hoʻolohe piha i ka stereo crappy i loko o kahi kaʻa wikiwiki, e hele ana i ke ala pōʻeleʻele a mehameha e hele ana i kahi ʻole. No laila e inu iā lākou, puhi iā lākou inā loaʻa iā lākou, ʻakaʻaka a kuʻi i kēlā hāmare, e pule iki, kau a leʻaleʻa i ka holo.

ʻO ke mele e ke mele ke piʻi mau nei ke kino, a ʻo nā puʻuwai haʻihaʻi a me nā moeʻuhane paʻa e hoʻomau i ka pilin i ka honua ke kaomi ʻoe i ka mea wikiwiki i lalo iki. Kuhi aku kēlā cracklin 'Delco i kahi kahe o ka hoʻopaʻi, ka hoʻopaʻi, ka pāpālua a me ka pana pana ʻana i kekahi manawa. ”

ʻIke nō ʻaʻole kāu bio band band average. Makemake wau e aʻo hou aʻe e pili ana i ke kāne a lākou i kapa ai ʻo Angry Johnny, no laila ua hopu wau iā ia a me Goatis T. Ovenrude e kūkākūkā i ke ʻano ma hope o ka pupule o nā Killbillies.

iH: Hoʻopili ka hapanui o kāu mau mele i ka hana ʻino a me ka haunaele, he mea paʻakikī paha ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā ala hou e hoʻolālā i ka pepehi kanaka & hoʻopaʻi?

AJ: ʻAʻole mamao loa. ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī e noʻonoʻo pehea e pakele ai me ia.

IH: Ma waho aʻe o kāu mele, huhū ka hapa nui o kāu hana kiʻi me nā kiʻi e hōʻike ana i ka pepehi kanaka a me ka pepehi kanaka. Ma ke ʻano he mea kaha kiʻi, loaʻa mai kāu mea hoʻouluulu no kāu mau pena kiʻi mai kahi like me kāu mele?

AJ: ʻAno wale lākou āpau i loko o koʻu poʻo. Maliʻa paha ua hewa kekahi mea i koʻu lolo.

iH: He ʻoiaʻiʻo ua loaʻa kekahi o kāu mau hana kiʻi kiʻi ma kahi hōʻike hewa. Ua pilikia ʻoe i ke kānāwai i kāu mau mele?

AJ: Ua hoʻomake ʻino kekahi kanaka i kahi mea maʻi ma mua i ka wā o ka "moekolohe" a kanu iā ia i ka ulu lāʻau. Ua loaʻa iā ia kekahi o kaʻu mau pena kiʻi ma kona paia, no laila ua manaʻo ka mea ʻimi naʻaupō mai ka mākaʻi moku ʻo Connecticut State he pono kaʻu e hana pū me ia. Ua hoʻopau ʻia ke kino e hoʻoholo i ke kumu o ka make a no laila ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ʻo ia no ka hoʻolilo ʻia ʻana o kahi kupapaʻu.

iH: Ke hoʻolohe nei i kāu mele, me he mea lā ua hala ʻoe i loko o kekahi mau pilina ʻino. Ehia mau moʻolelo āu a me nā moʻolelo e pili ana i nā ʻike maoli a me nā poʻe?

AJ: Maliʻa paha ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou āpau i kekahi ala a i ʻole kekahi. Hoʻololi ʻia nā inoa e pale aku ai i ka poʻe naʻaupō.

iH: Ma waho aʻe o kāu mau pena kiʻi ponoʻī, ua hana pū ʻoe i kahi hana kiʻi album no Shadows Fall & Dinosaur Jr… ʻO kekahi poʻe ʻē aʻe āu i hana ai?

AJ: Ua hana wau i kahi mānoanoa no Slash Records a me A&M i ka wā ma mua akā ʻaʻole naʻe i makemake nui ʻia kaʻu mea. ʻO nā mea paʻi kiʻi wale nō ia ma ka wahie.

iH: ʻO Goatis, i ka 2007 ua lanakila ʻoe i kahi makana ma ka Fright Night Fest Film Festival no ke mele maikaʻi loa ma hope o ke kiʻi ʻana i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kūweliweli ʻo Gimme Skelter. Pehea ʻoe i hoʻomaka mua ai e hana i nā mele no nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni?

GTO: He hoa ko mākou ʻo Don Adams ka mea hoʻoponopono kiʻi a me ka mea kākau o ka pale, ua hele huakaʻi ʻo ia me mākou i hoʻokahi manawa a ua noi wau iā ia inā makemake ʻo ia i kahi mele makemake wau e hoʻāʻo. Ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i koʻu inoa i kekahi mau mea hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a ua laki au i lilo i ʻāpana o kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hōkū ʻia e Gunnar Hansen. Ua hālāwai au me ia a he kāne ʻoluʻolu hoʻi ia. Ua loaʻa iā Don Adams kekahi o kaʻu mau mea a me nā Killbillies i Wrong Turn 6, no laila he nui kaʻu ʻaiʻē iā ia.

iH: Aia kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a kīwī paha e makemake ai nā Killbillies e noi ʻia lākou e hoʻolako i nā ala?

AJ: Kuhi wau i kēlā me kēia hōʻike kīwī a i ʻole he kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e uku nui ana iā mākou.

iH: E kao, ʻike wau ua kīleʻa hou ʻoe i ka kiʻi Horror / Comedy Night o Kekahi Mea Kupanaha, a ua hoʻokomo ʻoe i kekahi mau mele mai nā Killbillies, pehea e hoʻomaka ai kēia gig?

GTO: ʻO kekahi o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma mua, ʻo Billy Garberina, i hāʻawi i koʻu inoa iā Jonathan Straiton, ka luna hoʻokele. Ua noi wau iā ia inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻouna mai iaʻu i kahi hiʻona e helu ai i nā mele a hiki iā mākou ke lawe iā ia mai laila e ʻike inā he pāʻani maikaʻi mākou ʻaʻole paha. Ua makemake ʻo ia i kaʻu mea i hana ai a ua pīhoihoi wau i nā kiʻi maoli, no laila ua hoʻoholo mākou e hele no ia. Pupule loa kēlā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. He weliweli loa ia. Pono ʻo Jonathan e ʻimi i kahi mele pani no nā hōʻaiʻē hopena a ʻōlelo wau iā Angry Johnny. ʻAʻohe ona manaʻo ʻo wai mākou akā makemake ʻo ia i nā mele aʻu i hoʻouna aku ai iā ia. He pā ʻo ia i kēia manawa.

iH: Pololei ma. Ua hana ʻolua kekahi mau hana me Jim Stramel (Degenerates Ink, Reviled), pehea ʻoe e hoʻopili ai me ia?

AJ: Ua loaʻa wau iā Stramel ma kahi pā e pāʻani ana mākou ma Richmond. Ua pae au i koʻu alo i ka papahele o ka sima a loaʻa i kahi concussion. He mau hoaaloha mākou mai ia manawa.

GTO: Kupaianaha ʻo Jim me kāna wahine ʻo Renee! Makemake mau wau e hoʻokokoke loa lākou e kipa. He weliweli nō hoʻi ʻo REVILED, makemake au i ka haʻihaʻi ʻana i ka moʻolelo i loko o nā kaʻina. ʻO ia kekahi mea hana kiʻi ʻoniʻoni maoli. He nui ka poʻe e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka hana ʻana i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni akā ʻo ia kekahi nāna e hana maoli.

iH: He aha kāu e haʻi ai iaʻu e pili ana i kāu Hale Hōʻikeʻike o nā malihini? He mau hōʻiliʻili maoli kāu?

AJ: E like me kāu i ʻike ai he ʻohiʻohi maoli nō lākou.

iH: He mea nui wau i kāu album X-mas, ʻo Bang Bang Baby, Merry X-Mas, akā manaʻo wau ʻo ka luku ʻana iā Santa ʻaʻole paha e noho maikaʻi me nā mea āpau. ʻO nā manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole ma luna o kekahi o kēlā mau mele, a i ʻole ua ʻike paha kāu kumu fan i ka mea e kali ai mai kēia manawa aku?

AJ: Maopopo iaʻu aia kekahi poʻe i waho e hiki ʻole ke lawe i kahi hoʻomākeʻaka e hōʻeha paha inā lohe lākou iā ia akā pono ʻoe e hele i waho o kou ala e launa me kā mākou mea. Hoʻohui, ʻaʻole mākou no nā mea āpau. Eia naʻe makemake koʻu makuahine ia, no laila ua lawa kēlā naʻu.

iH: I loko o nā makahiki he nui āu i luku aku ai i nā poʻe he nui i kāu mau mele. Mālama paha ʻoe i ka helu o ke kino i ka helu?

AJ: ʻAʻole akā e noʻonoʻo wau e hana i kahi pāʻani inu e pili ana i ka helu o ke kino, akā palaualelo wau, no laila ʻaʻole paha wau.

iH: He aha ka mea aʻe no Angry Johnny & The Killbillies? ʻO kekahi mau album hou i nā hana?

AJ: ʻO ka "Dance Dead Man Dance", ka hopena o "Dance Of The Shufflers" e pili wale ana i ka huikau. A "ʻAʻohe e hele i lalo i ke kaona ʻo Voodoo" ua kokoke mākaukau hoʻi. Pākuʻi ʻia ʻo "Down At Your Grave" a me "Creepier Than Me" e hele koke mai nei, me kahi mau mea ʻē aʻe.

GTO: Kākau wau i nā mele no ke kīwī ma ka hapanui. Pono nā hōʻike he nui mau i nā mele kāʻei kua. Hana wau iā ia ma kahi o 10 mau makahiki i kēia manawa a ke uku nei i ka uku. No laila, laki loa wau i ka hana ʻana i ka mea aʻu e makemake ai e hana.

iH; Mahalo e nā kāne, lana wau i mua i ka lohe ʻana i nā mele hou mai iā ʻolua a manaʻolana mākou e hoʻouna aku i kekahi mau mea pā hou i ko ʻolua ala. E nānā hou aʻe mai Angry Johnny a me The Killbillies ma ke kipa ʻana i kā lākou kahua pūnaewele. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolohe i kekahi o kā lākou mele ma lalo, a hiki iā ʻoe kūʻai iā lākou ma aneʻi.