Informative Quotes
1. "I seduce a woman there, take her home and do naughty things to her. And
naughtier things after I've done that." (explaining his role in Cradle Of Fear)
2. “The day before he was off again with Anthrax we made him take the
Special Brew challenge," Davey hoots. "He bragged that he could drink eight
cans, but managed less than five - most of which were left half full. We videoed
him being put into a taxi the next morning, and when he arrived to meet them not
only had we written, 'Bring back [Original 'Thrax vocalist] Joey Belladonna' on
his forehead, but he'd somehow lost his guitar, wallet, passport and money along
the way, and all his clothes were covered in sick."
3. "The purpose of that shirt was designated to cause a reaction." (about the
Jesus is a Cunt t-shirt)
4. "We'd been having these competitions where we'd ask girls to throw bras, so
we had a whole bus full or brassieres," Filth recalls. "And when we ran out of
loo roll, we were so desperate that we started wiping our asses on these girls'
expensive brassieres. It was so decadent, like we were in ancient Rome-'I will
only wipe my ass on a female's silken underthings!'"
5. "It turned into one of those binge drinking days," he says. "I bumped into
someone on the train home that I haven't seen for ages and he bought a bottle of
wine. I must have had about five bottles of wine yesterday. I'd already lost my
phone by the time I got home and I'd forgotten that my girlfriend wasn't going
to be at home that evening. so i went to get my car keys and house keys and I'd
lost them all as well. so I had to break into my own house. I broke the window
with a big wooden mushroom and the police were called. now I feel bit sheepish
and a complete cunt. It was ridiculous."
6. "I think that Carole Borland, who acted in 'Dracula's Daughter' with Bela
Lugosi actually stated that the best thing about vampirism is it represents a
dark enigma, so women can be fascinated by men, and be totally dominated by that
man, but it's got nothing to do with sex. It isn't actually a man, it's the
epitome of evil. This is some kind of dark sensuality that they can get into,
they can be spiritually raped without risk. She was so attracted to the dark
sensuality of this one guy, it was just such a powerful metaphor."
7. "Certainly, but we don't adhere to their practices as we believe what they do
is too normal. Most of the societies are faint replicants of satanic societies.
If we name any of these societies we will bring them in to disrepute. Some of
them are totally fake and just ponce about with a bit of make-up on. They just
believe in re-enacting stories by authors like Bram Stoker rather than believing
in the actual myth." (when asked if he had any experiences with vampiric groups)
8. "Yes, I have. It wasn't part of a vampiric society but part of a satanic
society. That was part of the ceremony which qualified me as a believer. Most
people would say that drinking blood would lead to something like HIV, but we
took it as being a stand against society. It was my own blood, which was
produced by slashing my arm with a sabre. It was a sacrificial thing pertaining
to pagan gods." (when asked if he ever drank blood)
9. "I take whatever drugs are necessary (LSD) to transcend into an altered state
in the comfort of my home. Which is exactly how you would perceive Castle
Dracula to be. We live in a 16th century house with beams, cobwebs, blood-red
curtains and cats everywhere."
10. “Litter, concrete urbanization, lack of vision,
religious strangleholds and TV stereotyping …. Hate them all.”
11. ”I fucking hate arrogance, no correct that…. i fucking hate people, vast
mindless herds of people, usually around Christmas time or rush hour.”
12. (when asked:Are you aware
that an Anti- Cradle Of Filth organisation has been set up? What do you have to
say to those people who remain vehemently against you, claiming that you are
"destroying" black metal?)
"I was recently in America on a press trip when (via the internet) I learned
of this fabulous organisation. Undoubtedly it extends into thousands if it
comprises the wealth of idiots our music and imagery is intended against by
remaining individual. Good luck to them. Cradle of Filth could benefit from
the attention that their shallow threats will garner. We didn't destroy black
metal. Inbreds like these murdered it by attempting to keep it a members-only
exclusive club and then saturating it with bands that eventually all sounded the
same (i.e The Bathory/Frost/Sodom school of thought), just the way Death Metal
as a scene wilted.... Undoubtedly most of these people grew into B.M. from
this scene-any younger would imply that extreme music is new to them and bands
like those they attempted to emulate are without meaning to them (i.e. they
never grew up with them). Black Metal is/was an attitude not a concept. Grow up
as individuals and learn something instead of feeding your meager jealousies."
13. "The first thing the doctor told me
was that I was going to die if I carried on with my lifestyle," Davey said.
"Then he found that I have this weird disease called candida, which sits down
low in your system so it's hard to detect, then acts as a springboard for other
illnesses."
14. "rubish. we were fucken useless " - about feast on excrement.
15. "Ooh, I don't know. It's a hard question. I don't know if you trundle on at your own pace in your own person. That sort of thing never crosses your mind. I've never looked at it that way. I mean, yes, the majority of the days involve myself and my girlfriend taking it in turns to do the early shift of getting up like half-past five, and mine was today. So I was up early and I was looking after her for most of the morning and keeping her entertained. She's six months almost, so she's getting to that stage where she's throwing things around. But she's great. And then in the afternoons we're rehearsing, so the days are sort of split between black and white anyway. It's not that difficult, if you're motivated enough to do it. I mean, the trouble is, bands you don't have to be motivated, but with a baby, there's no decision there, you have to look after them. Before, I thought fatherhood was quite a daunting prospect; I think it does to anybody. Most males I know, if they know they're going to have a baby, they're like "Shit!" I suppose I was of that school of thought as well until you actually have one. And then, perhaps this is very romantic of me, but your heart melts away. She's a little bitch at times, anyway. (laughs)" (when asked whats it like becoming a father.)
16. "What gives me nightmares? I’d say probably normality. Just waking up to find I’m doing a nine-to-five job, something I absolutely detest, something so skullcrushing like that. At least we work hard at what we do and so we get to call the shots in our band really, and of course we like working hard, henceforth you find Nymphetamine so swiftly on the heels of Damnation. But yeah, normality, normality’s a big scare. And hairy women! That always makes for a good scare. "
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