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AN INTERVIEW WITH...
ANTIPRODUCT.

SO FOR THOSE WHO DON'T ALREADY KNOW, WHO IS IN ANTIPRODUCT AND WHAT DOES EACH MEMBER DO?
Simon Gonk: Alex - Tunes, day to day management, Clare - Guitar and Hight, Milena - Keys, guitar vox and random English,
Marina - bass and Grump, Me (simon) - Drums and Moodswings, Problems and injuries.
A. Product: Save the world with our super powers.
Clare pproduct: We are a group of merrie musicians on our journey to play our music all over the world and make people smile and like each other and get on and >form a community of people who look after each other (APRA) and protect us all from the bullshit by playing music.
IT'S BEEN WELL OVER A YEAR SINCE WE LAST SPOKE TO YOU, ARE YOU ANY NEARER TO TAKING OVER THE WORLD? Yeah I spose. just need the other 3 billion now, then we're there.
Yes, but we can't divulge how much as it would upset your entire perception of reality.
A year closer
DO YOU THINK YOU WILL WIN THE FORTHCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE STATES?
I think alex will ose on Florida, doesnt everyone?
Not only do I but so do 10 of 100s of English citizens.
A. Product is as big of a fool as any of the rest of them.
IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT, HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE WORLD?
Give all americans another vote for the last election where Bush "won".
One leg at a time...
Look at the most recent rant of the website (www.antiproduct.com), it will tell you all...it makes alot of sense though
YOU'VE HAD YOUR OWN SHOW ON TOTAL ROCK RADIO RECENTLY. EVER CONSIDERED BECOMING A FULL TIME DJ TYPE PERSON?
Yes, right after I have blindlingly real visions of what hell looks like. So, yes...
I considered it in the past, my Dad was a DJ so it runs in the family, but I would much rather be playing my own music to a crowd then spinning other peoples tunes so there lies my choice.
WHAT OTHER JOBS HAVE YOU HAD IN THE PAST?
Part time dreamer
Toilet cleaner, model, male prostitue to the bored and affluent, phone psychic
Nothing worth talking about.
WHAT WERE YOUR FAVOURITE SUBJECTS AT SCHOOL?
Sport, music and dance.
Lunch
Biology.
2004 HAS BEEN A BUSY YEAR FOR ANTIPRODUCT. WHAT HAVE BEEN THE HIGHS AND LOWS?
Highs have been playing. Lows have been the constant pain from my still not healed ankle. This one'll kill me!
It all kinda turns into a saga that keeps on rolling for us. We never imagined we'd be on Ozzfest, that we'd be selling albums, touring almost all over the world all by our own abilities and efforts. It ain't always easy, but what the fuck in life is? We're amazed that people would not only like us but become kinda like weird stalker-fans alot. It's nice but weird. It's like early Christianity, I guess
We just keep going through it all. Touring is always a high for me because I love it.
ROUGHLY HOW MANY GIGS HAVE THE BAND PLAYED THIS YEAR?
In the region of 100 i spose, i dont keep count!
Around 100 so far.
Too many for me to be bothered to work it out.
WHICH PLACES HAVE YOU MOST ENJOYED PLAYING?
astoria, London with Twisted Sister. Most other gigs, i enjoy them all.
All the festivals we managed to blag ourselves on this year were awesome. Manchester and Scarborough with Electric Eel Shock were highlights as was Cleethorpes with Acey and the Trash Light guys.
Japan rules, I love playing the Astoria as well. I really though just love playing.
DO YOU GET NERVOUS BEFORE GOING ON STAGE?
No never. Not even in front of 45,000 at Donington. i love it too much.
No, only during interviews. I'm shitting bricks before we come on. I have no idea what's about to happen and I'm supposed to be the one organising this shebang.
Never, excited.
HOW DO YOU STRUCTURE YOUR SET?
How we think it works!
Relentless practice and on going arguments.
We spend quite alot of time deciding what to play then spend 2 weeks running it at least 3 times a day to build up the stamina again.
WHICH TRACK DO YOU MOST ENJOY PERFORMING?
arms, Big news, all the ones with loads of drums...
I like some of the new ones like "Fuck You Don't Mean Shit Anymore" and "You Want It" I like alot too. "Bungee" is always awesome. That's where the bond with the audience starts for real. It can make a night very special.
I love it all from start to finish. It is my job to enjoy it all equally and give my all from start to finish.
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO AFTER A GIG?
Leave the stage.
Puke
Vomit
IS IT DISHEARTENING ON THE NIGHTS FEW PEOPLE TURN UP TO SEE YOU?
kinda yes, kinda no, cos at least someone came.
Not really. As long as you're playing, you're making a statement. If only 10 people are there, it's not those 10 people's fault everyone else in their town is retarded or lazy. All the more reason to destroy the place. We play as hard in front of 6 people as we will in front of 60,000.
I dont care how many people show up, I will always play every show like it might be my last...what if you get killed on the way to the next show, you always want youre last to be known as your best.
WHAT IS THE MOST SPINAL TAP MOMENT ANTPRODUCT HAVE EVER HAD ON TOUR?
me getting kidnapped and getting taken to Middlesborough when i should have been meeting the band in Scarborough! Long story...
This questionnaire
There have been too many to know where to start! Quite alot of Hello Clevelands though
HOW DO YOUR ACOUSTI-MOSH GIGS DIFFER FROM A NORMAL ANTIPRODUCT SHOW?
Yes, less structured, but more music and less make up.
These are all about the music without all the gags and stuff. We think the music is actually great on it's own and this is when you get to really HEAR what we're about. The electric gig is so way over board that we have a tendency to make people listen with their eyes. This is our way of saying, "Damn your eyes, man. Damn them to hell."
We sit down so we sound really awesome and the harmonies could be sung by angels and we use combos rather than stacks and A. has an accoustic guitar in some of the songs but it still rocks!
IS IT TRUE YOU WILL BE RELEASING AN ACOUSTI-MOSH LIVE ALBUM?
I dont know, i'm the drummer. Ask the singer.
Yes, it is true that we will be releasing an AcoustiMosh Live album that will be avaialble on the merch stand at shows only. It's really good. I love it.
yes
TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEW DVD.
No. Look at the website.
Well. Chuck, we have two new DVDs. One is a compilation of the 4 promo vids we've made, including some never before seen live footage of us from Northumbria Uni, in Newcastle, our adoptive home, doing Blitzkrieg Bop. The other one, Bob, is called Melee In Milan, and is of the riot we started in Milan on the God's of Metal show. Oh dear, we tanked so hard we turned into Slim Pickens at the end of Dr. Strangelove and LOVED it! We slow down the video as the gang of 30 irate Italians metal lovers start spitting and
punching me so you can actually count how many punches land. Great stuff and just in time for Xmas.
We've got 2 and they are great. One of our videos for Bungee and Better Than This and Psychdellic and something else too I think and the other one is of the Gods Of Metal festival in Italy where we started a riot...better than watching the news!!!!
HAS WORK BEGUN ON STUDIO ALBUM NUMBER 3?
Yes, we're shifting through oceans of stuff now tryiing to find the God tracks. We got a pretty good idea but we're trying some new stuff out on this next tour. I think we start recording in Dec and something should be out Feb/March.
Hopefully soon, we have so many songs now that we could probably record the next 5 albums if we could have enough time in the studio!
ANY IDEA WHEN IT WILL BE OUT OR WHAT TRACKS ARE LIKELY TO APPEAR ON IT?
Yea, damn you, didn't you read my last answer?
Watch www.antiproduct.com for up to the minute news.
YOU ASKED FANS TO VOTE FOR THE TRACK THEY WANTED TO BE RELEASED AS YOUR NEXT SINGLE. WHICH TRACK WON SAID VOTE?
Party's all over the world and something else tied. I cant remember! ha hah ah a
Tie. Party's All Over the World and Tell Me What You Want but I think it was rigged. We're gonna then do A double a side and let someone else decide.
I have not yet been informed but I would imagine it would be Tell Me What You Want because it is a brilliant song, but so are all the rest of them too. I think that Alex is one of the best songwriters in the world today and it is an honour to get the chance to work with him.
WHAT BANDS HAVE YOU BEEN LISTENING TO LATELY?
Dogs D'Amour (dont tell marina), Ramones, PWEI.
Man Inc, Mindless Self-Indulgence, Puffy and newly Zilch.
Ramones
DO YOU GO TO MANY GIGS APART FROM THE ONES YOU PLAYING AT?
Not really. went to see Bloodhound Gang with Alex recently. They sucked
Alot. Gotta check out the competition.
When I have time which is not as often as I'd like. I like to see what other people are up to.
WHAT SONG WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO HAVE PLAYED AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Sworn and broken by Screaming trees.
Happy Days are Here Again
It depends how I died....if I had died in a bungee jumping accident then I would have Bungee Jumping Die played at my funeral by AntiProduct.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS?
No.
No
Yes, just the one obvious one.
WHAT IS THE BEST BIT OF GRAFFITI YOU HAVE EVER SEEN ABOUT YOURSELVES?
for gay sex call Gonk on 07957 5**7** ha ha.
I read one backstage in Portsmouth that said I enjoyed eating out girls on the rag. It's true but I can't figure out who told 'em.
It was a toilet in Holland, I think theres a picture of it on the website.
DO YOU WEAR SOCKS IN BED?
only if i'm pissed.
No, swim fins
no
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE WHOLE X-FACTOR THING?
The Iron Maiden album? Shit.
What do you mean?
I dont watch tv, dont know nothing about it, sorry.
IF YOU WERE ALL CONTESTANTS ON THE SAME EDITION OF THE WEAKEST LINK, WHICH OF YOU WOULD LAST LONGEST?
Me. I'm surprisingly clever you know. And Middle class.
Me, because I know everything, according to me
That would be a fun competition, I dont honestly know, we'd have to try it. Anne Robinson would have to have the smile on though.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR POCKETS RIGHT NOW?
my phone, �2.62 and my house keys.
I'm in my underwear so I guess I have balls in my pockets.
I'm naked
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE CALLED FRED?
yeah, my mate fred.
No, do you?
I used to know a horse called Fred.
IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A LIFETIME OF FREE AND AVAILABLE SEX OR A LIFETIME OF FREE AND AVAILABLE BOOZE AND FAGS, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
sex.
Sex
Sex, I've just given up smoking and an still suffering from a hangover from Friday (its Sunday right now) so right now I would take the sex!
DOES EATING CHEESE GIVE YOU NIGHTMARES?
No, it makes me have happy dreams.
No but seeing daylight does
No, I try to induce nightmares sometimes by easing a tonne of cheese just before I go to bed, but its never worked yet.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR AND BEYOND?
Gig, rest, xmas, hold my broken ankle, drink in the new year. sleep.
That's a bit vague.
Continuing World Domination and becoming a girl guitar hero and inspiring other people to follow their dreams as well...someone has to do it so why cant it be you.

ALL QUESTIONS BY SCREAMING TARTS.

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