The following was gotten from Ear Candy: the eclectic, internet-only, music magazine
Intro:
Illuminati are the nearest to an anti-rock and roll band as you can find. They
stand against everything that mainstream rock and roll stands for. For instance,
when the band first advertised for a guitarist, the ad read, "guitarist
wanted to destroy alternative music". Mysterious and distant, I was only
able to interview the band through a cryptic myriad of e-mails over the last
month. And it was tough to peg the band to certain questions. The identity of
the band members is still unknown.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the next generation of rock and roll
stars…the Illuminati!
E.C.: What is the Illuminati and what does it mean?
The Minister of Propaganda: The Illuminati are
the covert ruling elite who stage manage the day to day affairs of the
brainwashed masses. Illuminati is the covert use and worship of absolute power
for its own sake. To sum up the illuminati philosophy: 1) The most cherished
illusion a slave has is the illusion of freedom and 2) To paraphrase Sun Tzu:
"attack when appearing to retreat"
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: It's our band.
It's a joke among the members. We wanted to see how flagrantly we could present
ourselves to the masses.
E.C.: When the band first advertised for a guitarist, the ad read,
"guitarist wanted to destroy alternative music"…does this seem to
sum up the approach/philosophy of the Illuminati?
The Minister of Propaganda: Absolutely!
Manchurian candidates as guitarists serve to avoid the usual pitfalls of rock
guitarists: substance abuse Ego/"guitar hero" syndrome.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: The ad was a
ruse. Our "guitarist" is a long standing member of the Illuminati. You
don't get into the Illuminati by responding to an ad.
E.C.: Does rock and roll have a future?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: We are not in
the business of predicting the future. We make it.
The Minister of Propaganda: Irrelevant question.
Rock and roll "have a future" in the same sense that IBM or the
Federal Reserve Board "have a future". Rock and roll will exist as
long as the profit return on it remains high and it sufficiently
distracts/alienates enough young people away from their slavery. When it fails,
new variations can easily be invented.
E.C.: How about a few word associations: Politics?
The Minister of Propaganda: Window dressing for
controlling the herd.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: Another method
of control. One of many.
E.C.: Missing people?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: Milk.
The Minister of Propaganda: Foolish people who
were given ample opportunity to acclimate themselves to the reality of their
situation.
E.C.: Bigfoot?
The Minister of Propaganda: Foot long turds
under Mt. St. Helens.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: Large chunks of
fecal matter found in subterranianmagma tubes.
E.C.: UFO's?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: Ultra Fast
Objects.
The Minister of Propaganda: Pretty lights
designed to keep stoned "x-files" fans placated and to distract
"conspiracy theorists". "If the truth is out there" rest
assured that the masses will never be informed.
E.C.: WACO?
The Minister of Propaganda: From time to time,
our redneck guard-dogs smell blood and get a bit out of hand. Being merciful
masters we threw them a few religious fanatics.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: Baylor.
Southern Baptists.
E.C.: Bill Clinton?
The Minister of Propaganda: Current over-sexed
rubber stamp puppet president. Occasionally annoying and unreliable but
extremely amusing.
E.C.: Vince Foster?
The Minister of Propaganda: Where the search for
the "truth" will get you.
E.C.: Elvis?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: One of the most
overrated people of the twentieth century.
The Minister of Propaganda: Elvis is a metaphor
southern white trash achievement. This metaphor gives hope to inbred, stupid,
redneck, backwards, simpletons that with hard work and a bit of luck, they too
can become a "king" (king in this instance defined by an unlimited
supply of prescription pills and pre-adolescent women ). Colonel Tom Parker on
the other hand, truly understood the principles of the Illuminati.
E.C.: Devo?
The Minister of Propaganda: A band a bit too
clever for their own good. Like the few clever bands that occasionally,
temporarily slip through our fingers, they ultimately shot themselves in the
foot After all, who wants to listen to a bunch of guys wearing flower pot hats
telling you how badly your life sucks.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: We'd have to
have them killed if anybody ever took them seriously.
E.C.: What does rock and roll represent?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: The illusion of
freedom. Eternal Failure.
The Minister of Propaganda: Rock and roll
represents a harmless, cathartic, ritual in which potentially harmful rebellious
tendencies of the masses are channeled into a harmless and profitable medium.
"Rock-n-roll" is especially useful in redirecting youthful angst into
nihilism, sexual depravity, and self destruction rituals. As one of our favorite
trained hands said "Its only rock and roll but I like it...."
E.C.: Who IS Perry Walker?
The Minister of Propaganda: That is classified
information. It is imperative to your "freedom" and
"security" that a "democratically" elected government have
the power to arbitraility withhold information from those it rules over.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: The genetically
reproduced Christ child. A twenty-first century Everyman. The physical
manifestation of Clyde Dugosh's digital will.
E.C.: Who is Vladymir?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: A man who is
feared by all who believe what he has to say. Other than that, he's totally
irrelevant.
The Minister of Propaganda: Vladimir is a
leading advocate of Nazi UFO/free energy conspiracy theories. He also owns the
most famous couch in the Western Hemisphere. A dangerous who we easily
discredited through our song "Vladimir" (remember" attack when
appearing to retreat") and a conspiracy video he made called "Nazi
UFO's and the illuminati". Highly recommended viewing of the same caliber
as "Waco: rules of engagement" or "Toxic Avenger".
E.C.: What is the social relevance of America's TV culture, glorified in
such Illuminati songs as, "Tiki"?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: There's nothing
"relevant" in anything we do. We're making fun of those we control. We
are laughing at the superior intellect.
The Minister of Propaganda: TV culture has no
social relevance other than its ability to keep large number of people off the
street for evenings on end. Race horses are kept running by placing blinders on
their eyes, humans are kept running by giving them endless hours of television
as a reward for being docile sheep. It has done wonders for keeping our thralls
in check. Classic example: How can a "TV show" that openly states it
is "a show about nothing" win awards and be called cutting edge?
E.C.: Does the band reveal their individual identities?
The Minister of Propaganda: We pose as
"every day" people with jobs and hobbies to assure the masses that
Illuminati is simply harmless satire.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: Depends on who
we're dealing with. Do we even know each other? Maybe....
E.C.: Did man walk on the moon? Or was it a plot?
The Minister of Propaganda: Using free energy,
our operatives were on the moon shortly after the second world war. The moon
shots shown around the world were faked in a TV studio. Or I could simply be
lying to you in order to further confuse the issue.
E.C.: What is the ultimate goal of the Illuminati?
The Minister of Propaganda: World domination
(already achieved) and brainwashing our thralls to give up the remaining
"freedom" they possess on paper.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: There is no
ultimate goal. The ultimate goal is to keep society stable through the illusion
of progress.
E.C.: When Janet Reno is at the privacy of her own home, having a
beer…what music does she listen to?
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: She listens to
whatever we tell her to listen to.
The Minister of Propaganda: I've been told that
she is quite a Stretford fan. After consuming several martini's she listens to
Vanilla Ice and Poison.
E.C.: Is Britney Spears a CIA plant to infiltrate the teen idol scene?
And, were her "breast implants" a clever ruse for high tech, implanted
detection devices?
The Minister of Propaganda: Britney's breast
implants are a beacon for carnivorous space aliens who like their meat young,
fresh, and rare. Sometimes the illuminati has to cut deals like that...its all
business. Neither the CIA or NSA are claiming responsibility for Britney...wise
move on their part.
E.C.: What does the Illuminati consider rap?
The Minister of Propaganda: Whatever distracts
the greatest number of ghetto youth, probably more to come!!
The Minister of Foreign Affairs: Rap is whatever
we decide it is.
E.C.: Finally, when will the Illuminati CD be unleashed upon the
unsuspecting public and what is the name, or is that classified at the moment?
The Minister of Propaganda: The Illuminati CD
named, "Small Towns/Black Helicopters" is to be released on BLACK
COPTER RECORDS in the first half of 2000. We have been at this for thousands of
years but the musical manifestation of the Illuminati was formed in1997.