You obviously draw a huge deal of inspiration from the works of Glenn Danzig, can you tell me a little about what attracts you to this style of music, and how you first got exposed to that unique horror-core sound?

I couldn't tell you! I don't really know! My brother and I woke up one day and we were in a band!

I understand like the Misfits you run a "Fang Club" for the fans - this must be a massive undertaking for you in terms of cost of stickers and shit like that? Do you guys do all the work for that yourself?

I run the entire Fang Club personally! It's all out of my wallet! I love our fans! If it wasn't for them there would be no need for EERiE Ln.

What kind of developments do you foresee for the club in the future - i.e. will the fang members be able to get unique merchandising or recordings?

I promise to do whatever I can for the Fang Club! Whatever it ends up being!

Musically, although there are the obvious connections to Danzig projects, who else do you cite as influences? You have a very unique sound, and at times I can see a bit of an Entombed influence in the vocals as well as Rob Zombie.

Rob Zombie definitely! The only Entombed CD I own is Wolverine Blues and I don't listen to it! Lyrically I'm into Glenn Danzig, Rob Zombie, and the writings of Clive Barker and H.P. Lovecraft but I don't really try to immulate any one in my vocal style! It just comes out like it comes out! Musically we like Samhain and Danzig of course along with the Misfits, Type O Negative, Cradle of Filth, the Immortal, and Old Man's Child!

The thing that always fascinated me about the Misfits was they often sang about horror films I knew well, as horror fans yourself - do you base any of your lyrics on well-known films?

The BITE off our old CD tenthirtyone is about “Nightbreed” but nothing else is straight up about a movie...Raccoon City Rock is about the Resident Evil video game!

Keeping with the lyrics, when I saw one of the songs on "VMB" was called "we glow in the dark", I have to admit I thought that was the coolest title for a song! Can you tell me a bit about the origins of that one - it sounds like a lot of fun!

I always think of glow sticks as being associated with Halloween and the concept of that song was originally about being a glow stick! But it became whatever it is it became! Things work out like they work out for us! It's not an exact science!

What's the writing process been like for Eerie Lane - is it a case of music built around a particular vibe or title, or do you tend do write music first and then get the lyrics in, with a lot of fighting about the titles?

We jam musically...you know like just bust out some riffs and whatever sticks, sticks! I write all the lyrics and titles and then I just compose their riffs around however I want to sing the lyrics! It's actually pretty simple and very organic!

"Voodoo music box" is a very slick sounding album - did it take long to record?

24 hours! All completely live!

Since you all have aliases, I'm presuming a stage identity is pretty central to Eerie's performance. I know the Misfits used to do the whole coffin and skeleton make up thing - pretty important to their whole persona and creating the creepy theme. Do you guys have any similar antics or props in your live shows?

We like skulls and dead things too of course! But all in all we like to let our music speak entirely for itself! It's creepy enough on it's own!

What kind of audience are you seeing at shows? Eerie Lane, like the Misfits is too hard to pigeonhole into either metal, hardcore or whatever.

It's a lot of different types of people! That's kind of a hard one to answer!

Do you feel that being a band which is so hard to class under traditional metal segregations, has helped you to achieve a wider degree of success, or do you feel that people are initially attracted to the more universal appeal of the horror content?

People initially don't even recognize the horror aspect! I'm not sure why? And not being easily categorized is our biggest set back! People love titles and bullshit segregations and the fact they can't do that with us makes them hate us more then like us! Oh well! That's their problem!

I know that you are all big fans of Eerie Von, and I've heard you named the band out of respect to him, is that correct?

Yes! Eerie is the man! I have met a lot of people in my life famous and otherwise but Mr.Von left a very lasting impression on me and my brother! He's a very honest man and he has always been good to us!

Was there ever any other interesting or embarrassing names considered for the band before Eerie Lane was chosen?

Our first band was called Hellshock and our second band was called the Unholy! You decide if they were embarrassing!

Being one of the few acts who seem to be creating a new wave of horror influenced music without simply regurgitating old 'Fits covers, do you find the comparisons to the misfits frustrating, or do you feel it is flattering?

I love the old Misfits! And I love the old new Misfits! You know the line up with Dr. Chud and Graves! But now it has all become a little too silly! Over all I do hope that our legacy lasts at least half as long as the Misfits! Samhain is more my speed!

OK, I have to ask you this - as big Danzig fans, how disappointed with "Blackacidevil" were you (album in question annoys the hell out of me!)? Most people have strong opinions about the new Misfits too; do you guys enjoy the new stuff? The reason I ask is to me, the guitar sound on "Voodoo Music Box" is pretty similar to "Famous Monsters", is Creepy a fan of that sound?

Danzig 5 was alright! It's not Danzig in my opinion without Eerie and Biscuits and Christ! Danzig 6 was a step in the right direction! We'll see what happens with Danzig 7! I like a lot of Misfits new and old! As does Creepy! But I think any similarities in guitar tone were totally coincidental! He's more of a John Christ and J. Yuenger fan!

What's your touring schedule going to be like for this album?

We play out of town as much as possible! But we do all have day jobs at the moment and we fund all our trips ourselves so we keep it pretty limited to what we can afford! Like a show out of town every month! We just played New Orleans and we're heading back to San Antonio and then to Oklahoma! It's just whatever we can handle!

Take me through some of your favorite horror movies.

Nightbreed! Anything with werewolves! Like the original Howling! The Company of Wolves! Wolfen! Hellraiser 1 and 2! All the Evil Dead Series! Too many to mention!

"Season of the Witch" is an absolute stormer of a song, is there any tunes on "VMB" that you are really looking forward to playing live, or do you have any personal favorites on the album?

I love to play the “Hymn of Unlight!”, “Needle and Thread” and “Mr. Phantasm!” But my favorites are the new stuff we've written for our next disc! And I'm pretty sure the rest of the guys would agree!

There is also a hidden cover track on the album "great balls of fire" - will this be worked into any live performances?

Yes! We play it live pretty often! It's a lot of fun!

Where do you get all the illustrations you use from?

I draw! Our guitarist Creepy draws too! He's a tattoo artist! So it's all mostly our stuff!

You contributed to a Misfits tribute album ("Here Come The Dead"), can you tell me what song you selected to cover, and how you came to a decision on it?

We did Ratt Fink but we called it Matt Drinks after our drinking buddy Matt! He's cool! He's my best friend! We are also on the new Misfits Tribute CD on Blacklite Records doing Last Caress and London Dungeon!

Going way back to the early days of EL, was the original idea always to do a band with a horror theme, or did this just kind of develop on its own?

It's always been this way!

The music is pretty energetic stuff and I get visions of tons of mad kids flipping all over the place at your live shows. Have you got any interesting live tales you can recount here?

Too many to mention! Kids tend to beat the shit out of each other at our shows! I'm not advocating violence in any way that's just what they seem to like to do?

I get the impression that while you are serious about your music, Eerie Lane have a pretty tongue in cheek and fun outlook on things. Do you guys do much joking around on the road?

We like to drink and joke definitely! You can't take yourself to seriously!

Boo, your lyrics are very dark and mysterious ("Infinity's Kiss", "The Hymn of Unlight") like much of Danzig's solo material - what kind of situations do you draw inspiration from for subject material? (this may have been answered earlier?)

I just write what comes to mind...I don't really know how to answer this! I'm a full on freak of fucking nature and I write whatever I'm thinking about at the moment!

"Raccoon City Rock" is a great track and demonstrates the kind of 50's influence that you seem to hold in high regard, however I can't help drawing parallels between it and "Spook City USA" both lyrically and in the 50's vibe. Is "spook city USA" a stalwart favorite of Eerie Lanes?

I'm actually one of the only Misfits fans in the band! Me and Creepy! Hell Hound likes all old music! He likes Elvis and Janis Joplin and shit like that! Kayden likes a lot of Black and Death Metal!

And finally, Eerie Lane seem absolutely intent on making sure that the world doesn't forget Halloween - you guys got any big plans for Halloween this year?

We hope to play a big out of town show this year! Maybe New Orleans or something! And of course bring about the end of the world as you know it!