Mark's "Meet the Band" Interview...
Top 10 Bands (or artists) of ALL TIME
- U2
- Bruce Springsteen
- Guns N Roses
- Collective Soul
- Tom Waits
- Manowar
- Steve Earl
- Great Big Sea
- Iron Maiden
- Bon Jovi
Q: If you could be/or could’ve been any other musician in the world, who would it be and why?
A: "Hugh Hefner when he’s singing in the shower. For obvious reasons. Nah… Bruce Springsteen! Because it’s Bruce. ‘Nuff said."
Q: What’s the best and worst thing about being in Minnesota Sex Junkies?
A: "The best – Pouring out all my heartache and frustrations into song form helps keep me from appearing on the local news accompanying the headline “local man mutilates shopper in Wal-Mart for holding up 10 items or less line with 12 items.” The worst – This type of work takes a LOT of time and energy. I’m wayyyy behind on my books, games, and movies."
Q: If you weren’t in Minnesota Sex Junkies, what would you be doing now?
A: "I dunno… Flying around Metropolis in a red cape, saving the world, and being jealous of musicians? Or mutilating some poor shmuck at Wal-Mart who had the audacity to step into the “10 items or less” line with 12 items!"
Q: What is your least favorite Minnesota Sex Junkies song?
A: "Anything at All"
Q: What is you most favorite Minnesota Sex Junkies song?
A: "Mizerable Bastard. No wait!! Down. No… no… Like This!!! Damn! Arrrghhhh!!!"
Q: What magazines do you read?
A: "Nintendo Power. Guitar Player. Esquire. Game Informer."
Q: What TV shows do you watch?
A: "No shows. Just Hockey, Moto GP, and a bit of Soccer. I do watch a lot of TV shows on DVD though… Robot Chicken, Little House on the Prairie, Andy Griffith, Sanford and Son, Venture Bros, Smallville, Oz"
Q: What are your favorite movies of all time?
A: "Godfathers. Citizen Kane. Rocky. Seventh Seal. Monty Python’s Holy Grail. Anything with mutated snakes."
Q: Who is your favorite actress?
A: "Milla Jovovich."
Q: Who is your favorite actor?
A: "Robert DeNiro. Gary Oldman and Clive Owen are right up there though."
Q: Who are your all-time or current favorite athletes?
A: "Mike Modano, Wayne Gretzky, Wanderlei Silva, Antonio Rodrigo Nogueria, Valentino Rossi, Francisco Totti."
Q: What is your favorite U.S. city?
A: "Washington D.C."
Q: What is your least favorite U.S. city?
A: "Why so negative man??????"
Q: What is your favorite country outside the U.S.?
A: "Only been to Canada. Loved it!"
Q: What country would you like to visit that you’ve never visited before?
A: "Ireland. But I gotta a feeling I won’t come back."
Q: What are you favorite video games of all time?
A: "Dragon Quest VIII. Ratchet and Clank series. Toca 3. The Mario and Zelda stuff. A million more (I go way back)"
Q: What’s something about yourself we would have never guessed?
A: "I was Bono in a previous life. He’s still alive? Oh… I read children’s books with the same interest and passion as I do classic, heavier literature."
Q: Britney Spears or Christina Agulera?
A: "Britney. I’m drawn to crazy the ones."
Q: Backstreet Boys or N’Sync?
A: "Backstreet Boys."
Q: Limp Bizkit or Korn?
A: "Aren’t they the same?"
Q: Slayer or Metallica?
A: "Manowar"
Q: Johnny Cash or Garth Brooks?
A: "Johnny Cash"
Q: Shania Twain or Faith Hill?
A: "Shania if I must"
Q: Devo or Duran Duran?
A: "Duran Duran"
Q: Destiny’s Child or TLC?
A: "TLC"
Q: Rolling Stones or Kiss?
A: "Rolling Stones"
Q: Eminem or Dr. Dre?
A: "Dr. Dre"
Q: Sly Stone or Rick James?
A: "Sly Stone"
Q: Earth Wind & Fire or Ohio Players?
A: "Earth Wind & Fire"
Q: The Mentors or the Plasmatics?
A: "Ignorance is bliss"
Q: Beach Boys or Elvis?
A: "Elvis!"
Q: Judas Priest or Iron Maiden?
A: "Iron Maiden"
Q: Dolly Parton or Tammy Wynette?
A: "Dolly"
Q: Ted Nugent or Lynard Skynard?
A: "Skynard"
Q: Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn?
A: "Stevie Ray"
Q: Twisted Sister or Poison?
A: "Poison"
Q: Beatles or Michael Jackson?
A: "Michael Jackson"
Q: Alice in Chains or Pearl Jam?
A: "Pearl Jam"
Q: Boy George or George Michael?
A: "George Michael"
Q: Roy Orbison or Hank Williams?
A: "Hank"
List your favorite 3 styles of music:
- Rock
- Folk
- Classical
Your very own personal message:
"If you guys enjoy the new album half as much as I’ve enjoyed making it, you’ll probably blow your brains out. But if you enjoy it half as much as I like listening to it, then you’re gonna be head over hills in love with it too! It’s been a few years since Popwhore, and the sound has changed a lot. It had to because we’ve changed too. We’re still dicks. We’ve just hit a new stride in our evolution of dickishness…. Er... Something like that. Seriously, anyone reading this…. Thank you! You reading this means you cared enough to visit our site and take a bit of interest in our music and us and me and… k… I’m gonna cry now. All this emotional crap just does me in. I need a hug."
Hitting sour notes and missing cues in a stinking ol’ recording booth somewhere for your listening pleasure
– Mark