#antiseen

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7:45 PM EDT July 22, 2024:

Antiseen - "Two-Headed Dog" From the Compilation album Best Of (2008)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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18JUL23 Watchin movies with Jeff Clayton

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"3 BANDS WHO DON'T GIVE A FUCK!"

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a gig/show flyer for ANTISEEN, ASHLEY VON HURTER AND THE HATERS, & GRIEF, performing live at The Met Cafe in Providence, RI, on September 19, 1998? Flyer courtesy of @pconnors.

Source: www.picuki.com/media/2993754105827700016.

[basementdoll]

CAN THE EARTH WITHSTAND THE ATTACK OF,,, THE FRANKENSTEIN DRAG QUEENS FROM PLANET 13

Interview by Monkey Motherfucker

This is a talk with Wednesday, guitar player - vocalist from the Frankestein Drag Queens from Planet 13, the last band to have been endorsed into the COS…

GD-  Please tell us a brief history about the beginning of this sordid mess called Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13…

WD- We started the band in March 1996. The image was drawn from Alice Cooper, and horror films. Our primary goal was to attack, offend, and destroy anything in our path.

GD- I’d be a mongoloid if I didn’t ask you how much horror movies and imagery have been a strong influence for the band… what are your faves? What do you think about modern film industry?

WD- Horror films are as much as an influence to us as music, probably even more. Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1 & 2, Dr. Phibes, Phantasm, Dawn Of The Dead, The Shining, are some of my personal favorites. I just always wanted to see a rock band that looked like a horror movie. All the twisted ideas we get are from all of our favorite movies. The transvestite thing comes from Leatherface, I just found it so God damn funny that Leatherface thought he was attractive when he dressed up as a woman. We try to look as unattractive as possible.

GD- I think you remind more of some artists such as Kiss, Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister than the usual punk ones… what can you tell me about your influences?

WD- We never claimed to be a punk rock band. Our influences are so out there you get a little bit of everything. I love everything from Alice Cooper, Twisted Sister, The Sex Pistols, Jayne County, and Motley Crue to James Brown and Creedence Clearwater Revival. We are just a horror rock and roll band.

GD- Now you have been officially endorsed by the Confederacy of Scum… what does it mean for you? I know you were good friends with the guys in the COS, since you have opened the 1998 Supershow…

WD- I have known Jeff from Antiseen since 1995 and he helped us a lot from the very beginning of the band. We opened the COS show in 1998 and was inducted into the COS in 1999. I think it is great to be in the COS, it’s a group of bands that have said Fuck You to everyone and done things on their own terms. It’s all about attitude, a lot of the bands are different musically, and I think adding us into it added even more of a variety to it.

GD- By the time people will be reading this interview, your new LP will be finally out… can you tell me more about this?

WD- The new record is called “Songs From The Recently Deceased.” It is the darkest thing that we have done so far. It differs a lot from the “Night of…” musically. It has more of a variety of songs on this and all of the songs are horror related this time. It still is very much FDQ13, but it shows we have more than one trick up our skirts.

GD- One of your songs is called “Rambo”; is it true that you were a teenage Rambo-wannabe?

WD- No, I never was a teenage Rambo wannabe. When I was a kid 8 or 9 years old I wanted to be like Rambo. I love the movies and still watch them on a regular basis. I could not possibly at any point in my life look like Rambo, as a kid I was a blonde hair skinny weirdo and now I’m a 6ft tall skinny weirdo.

GD- Your lyrics seem to be taken out from b-movies’ dialogues… what would you tell to people?

WD- Our lyrics come from movies 99% of the time. My life is boring and I choose not to write about it to bore the audience; I have wrote songs from personal experiences in the past, for example “Let’s Go To War” was about a couple people from our past. So from time to time a song will come about from a personal experience.

GD- I know you’re married and you’ve got a daughter; what does your wife think about the band and your drag-dressing? Is it difficult to keep a band and a family going on?

WD- It is tough to do anything and keep a band going strong. My wife helps with a lot of the band stuff so without her help it would be even more difficult. She doesn’t mind the dress and make-up thing at all. My daughter is the greatest thing I have, she keeps me human and sane.

GD- What do you think about drugs?

WD- I don’t do drugs and believe it or not, I never have. I drink occasionally and that’s about it. Some people can handle drugs and some cannot, I just choose to avoid them all together because I am fucked up enough as it is.

GD- You come from North Carolina, where the great band ANTISEEN moved his first steps in punk rock history… how’s the actual musical scene? Have you been influenced from that great band?

WD- There is no scene, unless you are a rap metal trend band. As far as Antiseen being an influence to us musically, no not really. I just admire them for what they are and what they have done. Don’t get me wrong, I love their music and they are a great live band, it’s just Jeff is like a big brother to me, and he helps me out with a lot of things, he is the person I ask for advice. So I would say they are an influence to me as what you can achieve by doing your own thing and not following trends.

GD- What’s the coolest thing about being a Frankenstein Drag Queen?

WD- The coolest thing is that no one recognizes us off stage. We can walk around all night after a show out of costume and hear everyone talk about us and hear what they really think. It’s a whole Jekyll/Hyde thing for us, we become these creatures when we hit the stage and we become human when we’re done.

GD- You released a 7” in Germany and recently a German label re-released your second album… are you interested in European music business and scene? Do you know some band comin’ outta the Old Continent? 

WD- I would love to tour Europe, and it is looking possible later next year with Antiseen. I don’t know much of the scene in Europe.

GD- You recorded with Jamie Hoover a lot of stuff… is it a case or you wanted to have him on the mixer? I know he made a hell of a great work with the latest ANTISEEN albums…

WD- Jamie Hoover is a great guy. He has done all of our recordings so far and he has a great studio and is a lot of fun to work with. Jeff Clayton turned us on to him.

GD- How’s people reaction at your show? Do they like three glammy-punk “chicks” on the stage?

WD- The reaction is different all the time. Some places that we play just don’t get it at all, they leave in disgust. Other places we play they love it and don’t want us to stop. I think we are providing people with a little bit of the best bands ever. You can see a little Alice, Kiss, Twisted Sister and the Plasmatics in our show, but it’s not so much that it’s a ripoff. It is definitely on its own and when we are compared to those bands it is a huge compliment. We are just carrying on the tradition.

GD- What’s your fave position doin’ sex?

WD- On my head.

GD- Tell me something about the Planet 13 and the number 13 in general…

WD- Well, Planet 13 is a world that we created with our own standards and rules. The number 13 has been used throughout history as a bad luck number, that’s why we chose Planet 13 instead of Planet 14 or 15. I guess the main reason we use the number 13 is because the Munsters lived at 1313 Mockingbird Lane. The coolest family ever, you can’t go wrong with that.

GD- Are you big in the USA? Can you tour with the band or is it difficult?

WD- We are known in parts of the USA, but definitely not big by any means. We can tour, but it is very difficult and not profitable. 

GD- Are there some weird gig stories about the Drag Queens? Tell me almost one…

WD- One time we had a chicken on stage and we had it in a bird cage suspended by a rope. Seaweed and I would kick it back and forth at each other while we played through the set. Feathers and shit were flying about the stage and it caught the eye of an animal rights activist. The person later threatened us after the show with all kind of legal shit. We just told him to go cry to the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant down the street. We were well on our way to more trouble.

GD- Future plans?

WD- To keep playing live and making records, conquer the earth and fight Godzilla in our first motion picture.

GD- Ok, that’s all by now, tell what do you want to our readers…

WD- I want to tell your readers, go to school, read the Bible, brush your teeth and comb your hair. Because we are coming and you will wish you had listened to what I said.

The Drag Queens (704) 932-3280

www.geocities.com/queenthing13

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[This is a rare Italian underground magazine from 2000 transcribed lovingly by BasementDoll, who fought tooth and nail through what turned out to be one of the most grammatically confusing interviews he'd ever seen. Little was edited in the process.]

[toxicmetalzine]

Eat The Turnbuckle

EAT THE TURNBUCKLE set to perform final concert in Philadelphia April 4th with RINGWORM, ANTISEEN, FANG and GROUND; The FINAL Battle Royal Bloodbath! Get the details here: https://www.toxicmetalzine.com/post/eat-the-turnbuckle-set-to-perform-final-concert-in-philadelphia-april-4th-with-ringworm-antiseen-f

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Anhören:: 99 Stab Wounds von GG Allin & Antiseen

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Antikörper Moderator Mark Kowarsch spielt heute Abend in der 81. Sendung eure Lieblingslieder. ↯ Von 23 Uhr bis Mitternacht gibt es Musik von The Leather Nun, Bob Vylan, Flipper, Rancid, Hüsker Dü, Viagra Boys, Protomartyr, Melvins, Monks, ANTiSEEN, Snõõper, duesenjaeger, The Brakes, Bad Optix, Split System, Familie Hesselbach, Doe St und Nikki Sudden. ↯ Vielen Dank für eure zahlreichen Musikwünsche, schickt uns bitte weiter eure Pretty Little Songs ↯

Antikörper ↯ Pretty Little Songs ↯ Samstag 29. April 2023 ↯ 23-0:00 ↯ ByteFM ↯ https://www.byte.fm/sendungen/antikoerper/2023-04-29/23/pretty-little-songs/

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10:34 AM EDT April 29, 2024:

Antiseen - "My God Can Beat Up Your God" From the Compilation album Best Of (2008)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Cover of SFHC band Broken Talent

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20MAR22 Enjoying ANTiSEEN's album "The Boys from Brutalsville".

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