Getting To Know ... ERICH HESS!!!
Recording or Performing Live?live.recording is too much like a real job.if i wanted that,i wouldn't have become a musician.plus,a live show is great.the crowd feeds off you,you feed off the crowd.it's like a 69 of biblical proportions.
Morning or Evening?morning.evening is so cliche.i like bacon,but hate the whole "breakfast for dinner" bullshit.so i need to be up and at 'em early.i likes my bacon.and let's face it,morning sex is the best sex...along with midday,afternoon,evening,night,midnight and wee hours of the morning sex.
What is your worst habit?whew,where to start? just one......i'd have to say:hitting on every woman that crosses my path.it's completely innocent and i mean nothing by it.but some people get REALLY offended....say,you doing anything after this interview?
What is your favourite song of the moment?that new realm tune.realm is possibly the heaviest band around right now.i feel i have a lot more in common with them,than a bunch of pretty,make up wearing guys...yes,i know the irony of saying that considering the amount of time i spend on my hair. but i dont use "product"...i use pomade.that shit is manly.
What is your favourite song of all time?"i dont wanna grow up" by tom waits.the older i get,the more this song means to me.tom waits is rad.you deserve to have a snapping turtle placed in your ass,if you think otherwise.
What is your favourite musician/band?operation ivy.i heard "energy" when i was like .....15,16 or so.and it changed my life.it sounds cheesy and all to say that,but it changed my whole outlook right then and there.op ivy got me into punk rock and playing guitar.so....yeah,i wouldnt be here without op ivy.
What is your favourite movie?"manos,the hands of fate".it is soooooo terrible.yet brilliant.not brilliant in cast,script,effects.or anything like that.but brilliant in the way it was made.it was made on a bet by a Texas fertilizer salesman..fitting,right? anyways,he made with a camera that only shot 30 seconds of film at a time...without sound! everything was dubbed afterwards by like....4 people.who else would do such a thing?! im a real fan of "terrible" films.you know,your ed woods,ray dennis stecklers,roger cormans....
What would be your perfect day?cruising around 1950's las vegas with karoliena and erica.we'd hit the casinos and lose our shirts since none of us are competent gamblers.later we'd visit the nevada test range.hell,we could do the last one right now.but vegas now? lame and tame.
What is your best memory of your childhood?my grandfather always used to give me money in creative ways.once he gave me a twenty dollar bill inside a cigarette with the the tobacco removed.i don't know how he did it without crinkling the paper of the cigarette.another time he took me off roading in a vw beetle and scared the shit out of me....literally. thats two memories,but what the hell?
Tell us something nobody else knows about you?i refuse to drink coffee.i find it a horrid habit and will not partake of it.
If you could date anyone in the music industry, who would it be?anyone who would hold still long enough.*laughs* seriously,though? i'd say Stephanie fierce.she's bald and she sang a tune about anal sex,so you know she is a freak.also,since she is way more famous than I'll ever be,i'd be like,her groupie or something.
What would be your 3 wishes?i am a man of simple pleasures.immortality coupled with staying as old as i am now.hitler's old staff car...you know,the six wheeled Mercedes.it'd make a killer rat rod. And a penis the size of milton berle's.he was said to be at least 12".some say 14". not too shabby for a guy who wore a dress.
Would you rather have worldwide success or true love?i'd say love.i hope never to have the sort of success some people have.i dont want to be the sort of famous where you have to have "the help" do your grocery shopping.... or having "help" period.
What do you think happens when we die?an orange hued elf named "Humberto" takes your soul.he puts it in a little plastic bag,and stuffs it in his tights.outside the underwear if you were good,inside the underwear if you were bad.he then hops in a '79 trans am and spins doughnuts in the parking lot of the nearest wal-mart.one doughnut for each year you lived.humberto then meets up with other elves and they knock back a few beers and tell crude jokes.you know,as elves do.after a few hours of getting completely shit faced with his other elf buds,Humberto goes home to Valhalla and plows his wife...using your soul as a condom.call me crazy,but that's my theory.
What are your 5 life goals?1.finally nail the solo of "rock around the clock". 2.be the boozing,womanizing,and better looking version of bono.3.die and have people still believe i'm alive.ala elvis.4.have a kick ass voice like vincent price.it would add so much....credibility to my bullshit.5.record an album at sun studios.how cool would that be?
