| Interview with the undead |
| C: "As this is my first interview with you,I'd like to start off with a few background questions, for those out there still unfamiliar with your work. Out of your many horror related fields, which one do you feel you are the most well known for?" J.N: "My work with FROZEN DEAD, without a doubt. It had a loyal readership of over 50,000 a day, back when I was still doing it as a comic strip for "the Daily Texan" newspaper. Although I really hope that NINE-THIRTEEN will one day have that level of exposure, and the following that F.D. has had since its creation in 1999, Frozen Dead still wins hands down." C: "That brings me to my next question, how did you and your partner Ce'Dre Coe meet, and how was NINE-THIRTEEN created?" J.N: "I met Dre, AND current NINE-THIRTEEN co-manager, Keith Royer, through a mutual friend,in Cleveland Oh. September of 2001. It was at a private screening of the film "Joy Ride". We ended up sitting next to each other and heckeling the entire film together. Afterwards I was invited back to their place, and almost immediatly Dre and I were working on a song together. Coincidentally, it ended up becoming our first radio release, and debut song "PLAN 9 (THE THIRTEENTH HOUR). At first we just called it "PLAN 9", but after we came up with the band name, we added the "13th HOUR" part, as kind of a way to affiliate our band name with the song, and it kind of worked with the songs whole nihilistic message. Coincidentally, that particular song's debut AND our first live interview was one year ago today on WCSB Cleveland. C: "Wow, well, I guess this is an important anniversary for you. I'm glad I could continue the tradition. Speaking of which, Sept. Friday the 13th 2002,maked the band's one year anniversary as well! So happy anniversary on both counts. J.N: "Thanks. We just ended ""The Great Crystal Lakes Tour", in celebration, at our "re-birth" day show, on Friday the 13th, I was attacked by "Jason Vorhees" of the "Friday The 13th" films. I'm lucky that I'm a zombie, and already dead or I'd have been killed. After the battle, I made the croud sing "happy Birthday" to his blood drenched, hockey mask, wearing, severed head. It was alot of fun. C: On that note, how did you guys come up with the band name? There seems to be alot of rumors as to what it means." J.N: It's name comes from the day my beloved New York City, and our nation began to move on and rebuild itself , being as the band was my ribirth to industrial music too, it just fit. Want to know an extra secret? Why is NINE-THIRTEEN is always in capital letters, and not numerical? Back when I was doing Frozen Dead's 2nd line up, i wrote a song called 9-13,(recentally changed to "X-13", and will continue to change appropriatlly), about the "Jason" films. Being that there were still only nine "Friday the 13th's" out at the time it was written, the song was named 9-13. The two names,(band/song), in truth have nothing to do with each other, except a funny coincidence. However, once they make the last film of the series, it's a pretty safe assumption that I'll re-make and release the song as "13-13", or something." C: "Is the original Frozen Dead version available?" J.N: "Sadly no. At the moment, only two F.D. songs have ever been released, "Here Comes The Bride", and "Love From Beyond", two songs that I did with the second line up. But, plans are in the works for a special edition C.D. release of Frozen Dead, and it wouldn't surprise me, if at least the "X-13" version winds up on it." C: "Well, thank you for your time, I hope we can do this again sometime. Any parting words?" J.N: "Thank you, and support your local scene!" |
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