| Interview with Rich and Bubba from 100 DEMONS at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, 2002, Worcester MA. By Oswald Knox Knox: Uh, yeah, I'm here with... Rich: Who are you? Knox: Uh, name's Oswald Knox. Rich: And, and where are you from? Knox: Connecticut. Rich: Good. Knox: And I'm here with - Rich: Rich from 100 Demons. Knox: Rich from 100 Demons. Did you guys play in Hong Kong? Rich: Yeah we did. In 1998 - actually, we played there in 2000. Knox: How, how'd that go? Rich: It was excellent. Knox: Is, is there a good hardcore scene in Hong Kong? Rich: It was kinda, uh, mixed with metal. But it was pretty crazy. Over 700 kids showed up at the show, and it went really well. Knox: Awesome. Uh, aright. I just got a couple quick questions for you here. Uh, question number 18: Who's gonna win, Vitor Belfort or Tito Ortiz? Rich: ... Uh... Tough question. Ah, I don't know. Tito. Knox: Why do you say - Rich: Cuz he's younger. Knox: Because he's younger? Rich: Yeah. Knox: Actually, I think, uh, I think Vitor's younger. Rich: I don't know. Vito is... is a lucky punch. Tito has got some skills. Knox: Do you, do you think Sakuraba could take em both? Rich: Uh... I don't know. Knox: It'd, it'd be a good fight. Rich: Yeah, it would be. Knox: Uh - Rich: It'd be bloody. Knox: Question number 22. Uh, name one celebrity that you'd like to fight. Rich: (Without pause) Me? Mike Tyson. Knox: You'd like to fight Mike Tyson? Rich: Yeah. Knox: Good lord. For the love of the children. You'd like to fight Mike Tyson. Rich: Sure. Knox: You think you'd have a shot? Rich: Maybe. (Laughs) Maybe. Knox: Can I offer - Rich: I'd give it a shot. Knox: Can I offer you a baseball bat? Wouldn't need it? Rich: No. Knox: Good god. What have I gotten myself into. (Ian from Deadeyesunder walks by) Ian, hold up. Ian: Ok. Knox: Um... what's, uh... what's, what's the date of David Hasselhoff's birthday? Rich: Don't know, don't care. Knox: Uh... that'd be July 17th. Uh, what does Passion Fruit Snapple taste like? Rich: Ass. Knox: The real thing. Um, Jean-Paul Sartre claimed Kafka was an existentialist, but many classify him in the absurdist category. What do you think? Rich: I don't give a shit. Ask Bubba a few questions, too. He wants to answer some questions. Knox: I'm here with, uh - Bubba: Bubba. Knox: From, uh... 100 Demons? Bubba: What's up? Knox: Aright, I got a couple questions for you here, I'm asking your friend. Uh, let me ask you a couple other ones. Um, Jean-Paul Sarte claimed that Kafka was an existentialist, uh, but many classify him in the absurdist category. What do you think? Bubba: Of the, about the what? The comp? Knox: Ka - uh, uh, Franz Kafka. Bubba: Who the hell is that? Knox: He was, he was a writer in the - uh... Rich: Don't ask Bubba. He don't give a fuck. Knox: Ok, um... in the, in the "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka - Rich: What do you got over there about band questions? You're asking us a bunch a shit we don't give a fuck about. Knox: Um, actually, I got some band - Bubba: What the fuck are you asking us? Knox: What are, what are, what are you, what do you play in the band? Bubba: I play guitar. Rich: This guy has a fucking DEA hat on, and he's fucking asking us shit out of a fucking little book. Bubba: What the - who the - what was that you just s- asked me? Knox: I asked you - Bubba: Say it again. Knox: What, what do you play in the band? Bubba: I play guitar. No, you asked me about some guy. Knox: Oh, Franz Kafka, uh... Bubba: What'd he write about us? Knox: The Metamorphosis? Bubba: What the hell is that? Knox: He was, uh... well, they classify him, alot of them classify him as an existentialist, but some people say he was an absurdist. Bubba: Never heard of the guy, don't know nuttin' about him, can't answer the question. Knox: Were you in, were you in Hong Kong with the band? Bubba: Yeah. Knox: How did that go? Bubba: Excellent. Excellent. It was 6, 700 people. It was great. Knox: Was that one of your better shows, you would say? Bubba: It was one of the good ones, yeah. Knox: Do you guys, uh... you guys playing alot in Connecticut? Are you touring, uh, the country, or what are you doing? Bubba: Uh, we're writing a album now. We'll be touring this summer. Probably mostly - Rich: We'll be going to Europe all of August. Knox: Say it, say it again? Rich: We're going to Europe, uh, all of August. We're going to Poland, Finland, Spain, Belgium, Germany, France. Knox: Who you going with? Rich: Uh, actually, we're just going by ourselves. But, we'll be playing shows wit, uh, A Death Every Sin, and Born For Pain, Agnostic Front. All kindsa bands, so it's gonna be good. Knox: Is the label sending you? Rich: No. We, we're, we're taking care of ourselves. Knox: How, how does that work? Cuz you, you gotta save up alot of money? Rich: We gotta buy our own plane tickets, and we have a booking agent. Knox: And you gotta send all your equipment over and stuff? Rich: No. We just take our backline shit, like certain things. Nuttin' major. We rent our equipment. Knox: I see. Ok, um... what's your favorite, uh, 80's glam album? Rich: Oh my god - Twisted Sister Bubba: Shout At the Devil. Knox: Shout At the Devil by, uh - Bubba: Fuck yeah. Motley Crue. Knox: Motley Crue. Rich: Er, yeah. Knox: Do, are you guys gonna see Poison when they come around in the summer time? Rich: No. Bubba: Probably not. Knox: Not interested in Poison? Bubba: If I get in for free, I'll probably go check it out. But if I gotta pay, fuck that. (Laughs) Knox: Do you guys have a favorite Def Leppard album? Rich: Uh, Pyromania. Bubba: Yeah, I'd have to say Pyromania. Knox: Do you like Hysteria? Rich: No. Bubba: Hysteria? Eh.. I liked a couple songs off it back in like the 5th grade or something, you know? Rich: (Laughs hysterically) Bubba: I never, like, rocked it, you know, all the time. Knox: Aright. Rich: What's this for, DEA? Knox: It's for a, uh uh, website. Seedsofevil.com. Rich. Alright, cool. Knox: Uh, any last, uh, any last, uh, comments? Rich: Seeds of Evil, huh? Demon spawn injected. Knox: Damn right. Bubba: I wanna see kids at shows, and beat people down. I want blood. I want fuckin' shut down shows, that's it. I just want kids at there, beating people down. Come see us live. Knox: You heard it here first from 100 Demons. Thank you gentlemen. |