Count Drunkula: (speaks in cheesy, spooky voice) Hello, this is Count Drunkula, and we’d like to welcome the Sinister Plan house band for our Halloween Special, Eerie Ln. who are going to tell us a little about themselves and the art of Horror. Please introduce the band.
Boo Gruesome: Gruesome, vocals.
Crypt Perish: Crypt, bass.
Von Creepy: Von Creepy, guitars.
Hell Hound: Hell Hound, drums.
C.D.: Ok, a little band history now please. How did you start out and how did you get to where you are at now?
BG: Uh, I think we started sometime in ‘96. Four piece. Me on vocals, Creepy on guitars, Hell Hound on drums, a bass player named Pumpkin Head. Cycled through a bunch of people trying to find the right match, for everybody to be able to get along, works well together, and write good music. And we settled with Crypt on bass, Creepy, Hell Hound, and me. Everything’s great, we’re putting out another CD soon. And I don’t know what else to say on that subject.
CD: How do you go about writing the songs and deciding on the imagery?
VC: Usually starts out with everybody jamming around together, something cool comes out of it, we work with it and, uh, put what needs to be there, there and Boo comes in and tells us where to put chorus’ and things like that and it just kind of comes together like that.
BG: What was the last half of the question?
CD: Deciding on the imagery.
BG: Image wise we’ve all been into horror movies, comics, collecting horror toys, stuff like that, so the image has always been there. All our favorite bands are like White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Misfits, Samhain, so it’s just kind of natural. It’s the horror thing.
CD: Artwork is a very large part of your presentation, in an attempt to give the potential listener an impression before he or she ever opens a package or sees a show. Who does the artwork and what goes into the creation of the art?
BG: Me and Creepy both do the artwork 50/50. You know, if I got an idea, cool, if I don’t then he does it. We just trade back and forth. Crypt can draw good too, he just hasn’t had the opportunity to put anything down on paper for us. As far as the drawings go, same thing as with the other question, we’re all horror fans, so that kind of decides it itself.
CD: Now you guys like to focus on kind of old style campy horror. What is your opinion of the focus of other genres-the Satanism of black metal, the gore of grind core, and the dark atmospheres of ambient?
BG: Uh, well, we don’t advocate any kind of organized religion, Satanism, Buddhism, anything. So as far as that goes, that’s kind of out of the question. But the rest of it, I mean, I listen to some Black Metal, Cradle of Filth, Old Man’s Child, stuff like that. That’s more or less for the silliness of it all as anything else.
CD: None of the rest of ya’ll like the dark atmospheres of the ambient?
CP: No.
CV: Nah.
HH: No.
CD: I’ve read in several places that Eerie Von of Samhain/ Danzig fame is a friend and mentor. Give us an impression of what the man is like.
BG: Well, me and Hell Hound met Eerie on Danzig 4 a couple of times. Real nice guy. I wouldn’t have named the band after someone who sucks! (laughs) He’s been my pen pal for about 5 or 6 years, I don’t really know, I can’t remember. Cool guy!
HH: It was the first time I ever got drunk with a celebrity.
(everyone laughs)
CD: There is a new CD in the works. Tell us about it. Any changes in direction?
BG: Well, uh, direction wise, not really. We’re still doing the same shit we always did. But, uh, a little bit heavier, bass lines are better; we’re a tighter band now. Um, you’ll just have to check it out. A little bit more focused. That’s all I have to say about it.
HH: Our bassist is changing direction on trying to fuck goats instead of women.
(everyone laughs)
CD: Such is how life goes. We are all pleased to know you have changed in that direction. You all fit ridiculous mainstream image of the kids who were involved in the Columbine murders. Do you or did you get any grief from people based on the way you look? How angered or afraid were people towards you immediately after the killings?
CP: I really don’t think the Columbine killings have to do with anything considering that was, what? 3 years ago? I think everybody should just shut up and not worry about that.
VC: And if anyone wanted to say something to me, I would just put on my trench coat and kill them.
(everyone laughs)
BG: I guess we kind of missed all that cause we weren't...we’ve been out of high school a while now. Except for the bass player mind you. He just graduated. The rest of us have been out for a while. Seeing how nobody in the band is under like 200 lbs, I don’t think there’s much they’re gonna’ say anyways!
(everyone laughs)
CD: Ok, let’s have some fun. What does Halloween mean to you?
BG: It’s Halloween! You know! Jack-o-lanterns, candy! All the free candy you can handle! You know, what’s more necessary than that in life?
CP: I don’t think there’s anything I can answer that question with other than just the holiday itself is a good way to express your evil side. I suppose I like the fun side of it too.
HH: I like eating all the candy apples and razor blades!
(Gruesome laughs)
VC: It’s time for all of the hypocrites who make fun of us all year long to come out and try to look like we do all year long. You should go up to them and ask them why they chose today to look like that.
BG: On a more philosophical note, Halloween has been around since day one. It’s a pagan holiday. Every single organized religion on the face of the planet has been trying to exterminate it since day one. Can’t get rid of it. Comes back stronger. Reminds me of us.
CD: Name the top 5 horror movies of all time.
BG: Von Creepy likes Leatherface.
CP: I like Mike Myers movies.
BG: Halloween.
VC: The Shinning.
BG: Zombie movies are always great!
HH: I like the Friday the 13th movies.
BG: Um, I guess that’s about 5?
VC: Did he say Mike Myers? Like So I Married An Axe Murderer?
CP: Yeah, like So I Married an Axe Murderer.
VC: You said you like Mike Myers movies.
BG: Mike Myers movies. Yeah, he likes Wayne’s World. It’s a real scary one. Garth gives him nightmares.
(everyone laughs)
CD: Are there any plans for an Eerie Ln. video and if there would ever be one, what do you conceptualize it being like?
BG: Well, I always thought about doing Monsterama. Doing the video like instead of the Soul Train, doing the Lost Soul Train. Having a bunch of zombies in platform boots and big afro wigs. I don’t know. No we have no plans.
VC: We’re just a bunch of poor people. We don’t have the means to make a video. So if anybody wants to make us a video, come do it.
CP: I only make 6 bucks an hour.
BG: We’re not Papa Roach or something. We don’t have money and stuff.
(everyone laughs)
CD: So send your checks to EerieLn. so they can make their video. Wait, are you folks going trick or treating this year?
BG: Uh, I don’t know. We’ll be in the studio the next day, so I have no clue. Are you guys gonna’ trick or treat?
CP: I don’t know.
VC: I don’t know.
BG: (to Hell Hound) Are you gonna’ trick or treat?
HH: I don’t know.
BG: We’re undecided. We’ll be doing something.
CD: But the hard gum you get when you’re trick or treating, I love it!
BG: The crunchy gum.
VC: Pow gum.
CD: We’ve got a big website up at www.eerieln.com Other then that, Happy Halloween! Happy Hauntings! Watch out for razor blades! Arsenic and other such unpleasantries!
VC: Watch out for Faygo!
BG: No Faygo! No Faygo! Don’t come to our shows with clown make-up on!
VC: And buy our bass player some cooler looking clothes! Happy Halloween!
HH: And please send him a good looking girl so he’ll stay away from the goats!
(everyone laughs)
CD: Yes, a virgin to sacrifice. Well thank you, and we remind you don’t drink and drive and don’t go to raves.
(everyone laughs)
Originally aired on: Sinister Plan Radio.
Saturday October 28th 2000
Interview Conducted by: Count Drunkula