Q: Ugly were formed from the break-up of other bands. What’s the story?
We were the red headed step children of the bands Outspoken (lava Atlantic) and bridge from Detroit….we met on the road of all places Cleveland…..actually myself and Frank (outspoken bass player) drank waaaaaaay to much whiskey that evening! I think frank and I fought …..all I remember was waking up to our manager (at the time) yelling at me on the cell phone, something about trashing the venue, dressing room and showing my wiener to everyone on stage!……bridge and outspoken broke up…Kevin joined Tantric (Warner-maverick) for a few years and him and I met in mt Clemens at a tantric show. I handed him a pro tools session of some tunes I was working on and we decided to go from there………it just clicked! We laugh when we hear band bitch about rehearsing and having to drive from one end of town to the other…we drive 6 hours 1 way to rehearse every other weekend!!! so fuck you and your little bullshit excuses…you want this right? ///that’s our story…we are 4 men!!! Yes men who understand that this IS the fucking Music BUSINESS!…..people are going to fuck you big time…boo hoo…get over it and write!
Q: Who the fuck is Ugly? Why should I care?
Who the fuck are ugly? Well I AM!…you are too I bet…. We are the people that no one gave a shit aboutWe don’t care about no emo , nu metal bullshit….too much stress in this world for peoples to go spend their hard earned cash watching some asshole complain on stage about George Bush screwing them and mean while they go home to their little palace on cribs and tell Mtv why they have it so bad! BLOW FUCKIN ME pal!!!!!! And WHY should you care???? I’ll tell you why…cuz if don’t, someone will for you!!!!!! Rock and roll is something that lives inside of you and you either get it or you don’t! None of this force fed rehashed over done bullshit!!! Kurt Cobain said it best, “people CAN tell when you ARE FULL OF SHIT”…too many pretty bands…boy bands with fuckin instruments!!!!!I aint believing it!!!! White stripes saving rock and roll????? Jesus John Paul Jones and Paul McCartney and DYING over this (hint hint, they’re bass players)….So care…or rock and roll will turn into another FUBU outfit on the real world on Mtv 9!
Q: When a new fan sees your live show, what should they expect to experience?
EVERYTHING!!!!! Rock and roll…..leave it out on stage ……we WILL blow you away…if we don’t…come and tell us..We WANT to hear what people have to say…shit we can even tune and set up our own gear….seems to be lacking these days in this primadonna world of rock and roll we are in! ask your local sound company guy? He’ll tell you!!!!
Q: Usually I ask bands what their single is about. In your case, I think I know what’s up… “sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll” eh? Why did you decide to write a song about those things?
Because I have had enough of people giving rappers the pass card for writing ” I want to shit down your neck and pisss”!!!!!! I mean lighten up people….I wrote this song because people SHOULD be talking about sex drugs and rock and roll…if more people did, this world WOULD be a better place…im not saying to go out and fuck, smoke crack and listen to Ozzy!!!! I am saying take part in one another’s life!!!! Take a moral inventory and go from there!
Q: I enjoyed your record a lot. Very raw guitar sounds, great vocals. How was working with Parashar?
A trip…Rick IS hands down the greatest producer that people barley talk about!!! When I walked into do my first vocal track….He took out of this amazing rose wood box a nueman mic and said ‘no pressure, this mic has only recorded 100 million records sold!”……I shit my pants!!!!!! We had to go have a drink and loosen up!..But seriously…Rick is the man……he got “it” before anyone else did..and hes heard the cream of the crap!….He doesn’t push you…he asks you what you can do and stops you 10 minutes before you thinks you are thinking about stopping…PLUS rick IS extremely competitive!!!!! Pool and ping pong……we watched him SWEAT his ass off playing this guy in Cleveland in ping pong……he is the man!
Q: Any comments in closing?
Not really…it’s all been said 100 times over and again…. We aint nothing but 4 guys trying to change peoples minds…….and there definitely is NOT enough room here to write about that… Thank you for the love…..thanks for the props…People, if you dig it, tell a friend, if you don’t, tell us….the ONLY way we can make YOU happy is by listening, something a lot more people in this business should do!
Take care
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Posted By: diedonthevine | Sep 29th