| Chad: These girls think we�re a "skater band". [Laughter.] You better watch us, because we�re going to roll by quickly. [Once inside the venue, I find Chad chopping off Vern�s STLB with a tiny pair of scissors.] Chad: This is sick--you�ve got like - uuuhhhhh. This doesn�t feel good does it? Dutch Boy cut--you already had it. TWS: How long have you had t-shirts for sale? Deron: Since the WARP tour in July. We had these t-shirts for sale, but that was a couple years ago. Now they are collector�s items. We just designed a line of CKY clothes for Volcom that�s coming out in December. TWS: Do you have any other sponsors? Deron: Adio, Electric sunglasses, and Fender. TWS: Is there an official CKY Web site? Deron: No, not an official one yet. But I think it�s going to be campkillyourself.tv. Jess: You know, I don�t even think were going to mess with that--it might be ckytheband.com. Deron: There are two really good fan sites: cky.8k.com and cky2k.net, and there are two other ones that are OK. TWS: Where will the fans be able to get that new line of Volcom CKY clothing? Jess: From Volcom.com and through skate shops. All Volcom dealers will have it. TWS: What are your plans for 2001? Chad: Survive the next holocaust. Deron: We�re putting out a new record in April, unless our old record gets a broader distribution, �cause if we put out a new album and people are just picking up on the old album, that�s confusing. We�re doing the WARP tour again. TWS: Jess, is Bam getting tons of videos from kids doing crazy pranks? Jess: Well, most of them went to Tumyeto, but they suck, so we don�t talk to them anymore. Volcom is getting a lot now. There are a couple good ones. One kid took his bike and just ran it full speed into some huge water fountain. He soaked this old man just sitting in a park. Chad: I got one where a kid from Ashbury, NJ was asking for directions with his mouth full of water. When he�d ask for directions he�d spit the water into people�s faces. One guy punched the kid through the car window. TWS: What�s Bam�s involvement in Jackass? Jess: He�s just in it. He licensed footage from the videos, and we filmed a whole bunch of new stuff. TWS: Has the band been featured on Jackass? Jess: Yeah, yeah--they�ve played three or four songs. We�re not that involved with it. TWS: What are the perks of being on the Volcom label versus being on some regular record label? Chad: We get to do what we want: we get free clothes, and we have a new family. Jess: Volcom is way better than any other label because we don�t have some fat f..k that signed Milli Vanilli telling us what to do. Those guys would be like, "Dude, take this chorus out and put this in there." They don�t know what�s up. They�re old as f..k. TWS: Any thanks? Jess: Yeah. Thanks to you, skateboarding.com, Volcom. Jeff, Mark, Adio, Electric, and shrimp chips. Yeah, I said Jeff. This is our man here--he gets everything done. Jeff, Mark, and Ryan Immegart get everything done. |