MUEN) How long have you all been together as a band?

LEE: It has been 9 years since that seems like a fraction of that time as we have done so much... Time waits for no one, its like a race against the clock to get to where you want to be! You turn around and wonder where the years went, and I will tell you! Loss of loved ones, tours, shitty record deals to name a few! If theres one thing we have its an energy derived from the band featuring 4 very distinct personalities that have been there since day one! The same for original lost souls! Funny, that Nicodemous and Gory were not even legal drinking age when we first started playing out! Now they will drink you under the table... Maybe we should change the band name to Dead Boys To Men!? HA HA!

Janos: It has been the same 4 members since day one. I always hated bands who had rotating members "who's the drummer this week"? How do you expect the public to take you seriously when you don't take what you do seriously enough?

MUEN) What type of venues do you play?

LEE: Everywhere from the stages of the UK touring as the backing band of Wednesday 13 on his first solo tour in March 04', to premier venues across the US on previous outings playing places like FL's Hard Rock Live to LA's Bar Sinister in 04' and The Whisky in May 08'! As for Florida, we have toured our little shop of horrors everywhere from major clubs to hole in the wall dives while putting on a big show! Through the years we have played with everyone from Marky Ramone (3x) to Godhead to Danzig!

Janos: As far as playing venues, it has always been a bit of a "roller coaster" so to speak. We have played everything from "sports bars" (after all, we are in FLORI-DUH!) to venues such as "The Hard Rock live" in Orlando, opening for national acts. We have played our share of dives obviously as well. But is really has been a bit of everything so far, you just suck it up and do what needs to be done. Anyone with a brain realizes its going to be that way for a while. The band was the backing band for Wednesday 13 on his "Graveyard a go go" tour playing 'theater sized" mid venues, only to come home and play bars. being a band influenced by "THE RAMONES" and knowing their history you tend to have an idea of whats waiting for you.

MUEN) What's it like having to work with your brothers? Are you like the Jonas Brothers?

LEE: I wouldn't change a thing even those few times familial issues have caused knock 'em down drag 'em outs between us... Thats what makes us a gang, you fuck with one you get all 4! Theres a safety in playing with blood that you wont get from playing with strangers, I know their every move, I can put my faith in them to do their job and not fuck it up by letting life get in the way! Fighting for the same thing all these years, we are that much more respectful of each other seeing the depth of each others character, dedication, and conviction!

Janos: NO!! we are the JANOS BROTHERS! When I started this band, I wanted an army, a GANG. you want the band to be "a bond of sorts", who better to enlist than FAMILY? I noticed that whole trend of "motley crue wanna-be gang bullshit" had come back. Honestly, if you have to tell the public that you are a gang you fucking aren't! This should all be a part of you, the public can see thru bullshit (usually)..This goes back to what I said about "line up changes' as well. Myself, Nicodemous and Christopher Lee are all brothers. Gory, our guitar player is not related to us. To be honest, he wasn't the choice. He was the ONLY CHOICE! We wanted someone who was "well versed". AT 17, he was running a local club. He was booking band's and running sound as well. He was doing everything. He was booking a lot of what has become known I guess now as "retro tours" booking bands like "Quiet Riot" and "Survivor". He wasn't booking the local "red neck Heavy Metal bands" (after all we are in FLORI-DUH!) He is the most "mechanically inclined" guy I have ever met. He built our original stage lights and our back line of amp's FROM SCRATCH! As far as the "JONAS BROTHERS", what can I say? This is what is considered "rock" in the eyes of the mainstream today? Thank you to MTV (MUSIC TO VOMIT BY, OR MOSTLY TELEVISION?) for perpetuating this!

Nicodemous: Well i wouldn't exactly call it work, our band is something that we take very seriously! Its our outlet and release its nothing but positive and therapeutic energy that leaves us exhausted when we give it our all! I wouldn't change it for anything, I could never imagine being in a band without the 2 of them it just wouldn't be the same, I wouldn't be the same. I wouldn't get as much of a thrill out of it either, being in a band...I get blown away at times playing a show and looking around on stage watching my brothers in their purest form being the fucking maniacs they are, I guess because im also a fan of the band and that is why it blows me away , I dont listen to anyones bullshit as far as im concerned "Chris Lee" is definitely one of the best drummers I have ever seen and i wont say that because hes blood i could never find anyone better than him to play with!! Then we have John Janos "FUGGIN FA GET A BOUT IT" I warn anyone to stay 5 feet away at least or further from this guy when hes onstage, hes like a pack of dogs with a heavy clamped bite and loud bark that will verbally take your face off and put you in your place with amazing sarcasim to polish it off !! But yes its awesome to be "IN A BAND" with the 2 of them!

MUEN) What were your musical influences growing up?

LEE: Well I had always had an ear for music from the time I was like 3, and remember Janos has some KISS records as a kid, the look and the imagery caught my attention first! Especially, Mr. Simmons covered in blood on the cover of KISS Alive 2! Then being a dedicated viewer of The Muppets, my fate was sealed when I saw Alice Cooper performing "Schools Out"! I was sold, and my soul was too! Thats when all the rumors about The Coop were rampant, and once our parents showed concern that we had a curiosity about Alice, WE KNEW we had to learn more! LOL! From there on I personally always loved bands that had an image that was cohesive with their music!

Janos: I was influenced by KISS, THE ALICE COOPER BAND, THE RAMONES, THE MISFITS..I have always been a fan of band's who have a great "continuity" about them. Having the band name, lyrics, music, look and live show mesh together well.

Nicodemous: I COULD SIT HERE ALL DAY ANSWERING THIS !!! WELL, to be honest I would have to say my 2 older brothers Chris Lee and John Janos to start because they were the doorway to my real influences, John and Chris had me listening to Motley, W.A.S.P, Alice Cooper, Quiet Riot basically anything from VENOM to KISS I would say by the time I was 4 when I really got into music, my first record I had on vinyl was "KISS DOUBLE PLATNIUM" basically I would have to say Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Nikki Sixx, Blackie Lawless, were some of my musical influences growing up, you couldn't fuck with any of those guys in their prime!

MUEN) What kind of movies do you like?

LEE: I prefer allot of the classic horror films that John forced our late father to drag us to see when we were kids, everything from Food Of The Gods to The Boogens, 70's horror films had a certain charm to them that is lost today! Why rework a classic movie when you will never outdo the original, aka Dawn Of The Dead, The Fog, etc, classics! But the Universal horror films of the 30's and 40's still hold up, and look great for the time and they are still brilliant pieces of work, how can you not identify with those characters since as humans we are all monsters! Other than that I love all gangster films, or anything by Scorces. it has to do with our New Yawk upbringing, that honor among thieves and the virtues of loyalty and honor, things most so-called friends don't subscribe to! To quote GoodFellas "your murderers come with smiles"! And we have always been ahead of our time and some of our early songs were inspired by films that years later have been reworked for a new audience which shows us that we are onto something artistically... The classic track "Scratch The World" was inspired by the the Charlton Heston film "The Omega Man" based on the Richard Matheson book "I AM LEGEND", which was recently reworked into a Wil Smith turd!

Janos: I am and always will be a fan of the "golden age" of universal studios horror films of the 1930's and 40's..These are timeless films and very well made visually for their time as well, great sets, etc.. Karloff, Lugosi and Chaney were absolutely the rock stars of that era. Larger than life and leading kinda sordid personal lives. They were all great at what they did because they were passionate about it. Totally fucking genuine. I don't see to much genuine out there anymore. I am a big fan of horror and sci films from the 70's and 80's as well..The more "iconic" films you could say. I'm not gonna list them all. Most films today are SHITE! and I fucking abhor "reality television" what a waste! Thanks again to MTV for releasing more trash worthlessness upon the masses!! We have a song called "PLANET GRAVEYARD" that talks all about the lack of good pop culture out there, and how lame reality tv is.

MUEN) When you first started playing out were you just another punk/ glam band?

LEE: No because we are not average people in any way...when we brought the band to life everyone locally was playing "rap rock", it was like a plague, and no one was doing anything visual or dangerous, and we declared war on those bands and now they are all dead! Our website had a slogan "Rock N' Roll has become a ghetto...we will now turn it into a graveyard"! Everything we did was by trial and error... We pushed allot of buttons and used any avenue to promote our band, lots of local egos were shattered by sheer intimidation, calling us things like "boisterous" when it was us just being confident! There was no one like us end of story, and we didn't fit into any "scene" or clique and we didn't fucking care, we made our own!

Janos: NO, we put this band together,as I mentioned before in 1999! The biggest band in the country at that point was...LIMP BIZKIT!! We went out there and just did what WE wanted to do, playing the live show that we always wanted to see.."How come a band never did it like this"? kind of a vibe..Its YOUR BAND it should be YOUR VISION!! Locally all the "rednecks" (After all we are in FLORI-DUH) jumped on that whole "trend". Ghetto metal, rap metal, bounce metal whatever you choose to call it. We were having no part of that shit!it was hilarious. They all thought it was going to happen for them. What most geniuses fail to realize, is that it is a TREND. By the time you "get signed" (god forbid) and begin to ride it out, it will most likely be done. There is a limited shelf life. We were really the "outlaw band" here. This is pretty well documented actually in locally press, etc..The locals were very intimidated by the band. Within 6 months of us being together the bands locally were dropping like flies. We will keep doing this, CUZ WE DONT CARE WHAT YOU THINK!! Thats very important for a band..My advice to anyone new would be "just don't give a fuck"!

MUEN) How and when did the whole horror glam band concept come about?

LEE: Horror Glam!? We intended to have a look from day one as along with the music and stage show, it all forms a complete package, our liveshow was like walking into a horror film where you become a willing participant much like Rocky Horror Picture Show! Glam is a strong word, as I never saw it as "feminine", the idea was to titillate some and disgust others, much like New York Dolls... Strangely our fan base was predominantly female, cause as Jim Morrison once said "the little girls understand"! The look at one point was really extreme, we naturally toned it down because we learned people tend to listen with their eyes not ears!

Janos: This has always and will always be a part of what we do. It all came from our influences; music, film and comic books to a certain extent. The band should be as "larger than life" as it's influences. This is all we know, and being related it all "manifested" itself way before DBY existed!

MUEN) Do you have a cult following?

LEE: To quote Adam Ant "cult is a polite way of saying loser", we have lots of fans around the world, some who have been there since the very beginning! But I will always be my own biggest fan as I put my life into this and only had my faith in myself to motivate me to keep pushing forward through the dark times!No support system... I can proudly say had I walked into a club and saw my band playing, I would definitely be excited, if that sounds biased so be it! Death Becomes You has all the things I look for in a band... And we have great songs!

Janos: Yes we do, and they wear cool black robes!

MUEN) What are your fans like?

LEE: Much like Ramones we always appealed to the outcasts and social misfits, from the hardcore metal kids to the punks, we appeal to the people who dont have a voice...we speak in tongues for them! We carry on the punk aesthetics of attacking your audience, acting out your rage, and exorcising your demons! We have always been a working class band! We are like a release for these people who are fed up with life in general... As are we! Thats why people always used to ask us "why is your band so angry"!? Why!? Cause people like you are ALIVE!

Janos: We get all the cretins, the misfits, people who maybe don't like this music but dig us. We get a lot of girls who dig the look as well..

MUEN) What's your favorite holiday?

Janos: HALLOWEEN of course. We are all "October kid's" anyway..Gory and myself actually share a birthday, October 17th..That really is the best time of year, everything starts to die, the burning leaves etc..I call it "leather weather". But we are in "Flori-duh"..In the northeast you have the burning of leaves, but down here in FLORI-DUH they burn down the sugar cane in the swamps..It smells like something died, that would be the closest to burning leaves here..

LEE: Halloween has always been my favorite...my birthday runs real close to it!

MUEN) Are you into any kind of art other than music? What kind?

LEE: Love to read EVERYTHING, even the back of the cereal box and the milk cartoon to see whose missing now, lol, but music is life and a form of communication, never understood people have no passion for music yet worship sports figures, its hero worship at its lowest... Sports do nothing to feed the minds eye! Never understood how you could be a casual music fan but passionate about sports, and confuse Romantics for Ramones per example but know all about some sports figure! LAME! I like things that feed the psyche..."give me visual, give me audio overload" to quote THE BRONX! HA HA!!

MUEN) Do you have any merchandise or cds available? Where?

LEE: Our first 2 self-financed releases, 1999's "UNEARTHED" CD EP and 2001's "The Tarnished Tapes Of Transylvania" CD are out of print, but since people ask about them all the time, we have plans to re-release them through a proper label!? 2004's masterwork DBY's MAKE IT BLEED CD is still available from our former label whose name we wont mention and on I-Tunes as well! A classic record that received great reviews in magazines the world over, and the label fucked up everything from the track listing to the packaging to forgetting to put a barcode on it! Time they should have spent working on our band was wasted by 34 yr old guys picking up 15 yr old girls online because their younger brother is in a famous pop punk band! Their initials are NFG! lol... Drop dead pricks! T-shirts are available through our Myspace page!

MUEN) What are your goals for the band?

LEE: To make Death Becomes You a household name, even with moderate success, to have a nice little career like The Damned or Ramones that lasts in excess of 25 years would be great! We have so many plans for this band, we know where we wanna go! We want a full on media assault!

Janos: To find a proper label that believes in DBY and realize our potential... MUEN) Any tours coming up?

LEE: Nothing planned for right now but that can change at any moment, hopefully some dates with the legendary Christian Death and our return to the West Coast for some shows before the end of the year! LA is the place to bleed!!!

MUEN) Anything you would like to add or say to your fans?

LEE: Stay tuned for some big news, and look for Death Becomes You to have a song in the direct-to-DVD horror film Resurrection Mary along with Matt Zanes most recent porn flick "Tattooed N' Tight"! Also we will be featured in UK rock journalist Mick Mercers new book on the history of Goth Rock! Plus a new compilation on Stalk N' Slash Records! Thank you for reading this and for more info be sure to join us at Death Becomes You Myspace and our Official YouTube channel at the following URL's:

www. myspace. com/dbydeathbecomesyou
www. youtube. com/dbykillstheradiostar

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