VIOLENT APATHY
from the Zero #2
The ZERO was fortunate enough to have a chat with Kenny, VA's singer, about this & that.
ZERO: So tell us all about the "new" Violent Apathy.
KENNY: This week's lineup is... Tommy's playing guitar now with Dick. We added Tommy because Dick's guitar playing is so terrible... (laughter)
Z: What about those great leads he used to play?
K: Oh, no, that wasn't lead, that was just feedback. Then of course Todd's still playing bass and we've got Andy on drums because Elliot left to form the Virelles and he was gonna go on a world tour with them but they broke up before they got to do that. But we were thinking about adding a couple more guitar players, maybe another drummer and another bass player... so then we could be like Meat Loaf.
Z: How come you're all growing your hair long now?
K: I just got tired of cutting it... and Andy, he's got straight edge on the back of his neck, where he cut it wrong, and Todd's growing his hair long so he can look like somebody from G.B.H.
Z: What new songs have you put into the lineup?
K: Tommy's been writing some new songs... he wrote the new one that's going to be on the next Master Tapes album, "Society Rules," and he wrote another song called "Advice," and another one we recently added called "Possession." And we wanted to do "Search & Destroy" because we played in Detroit this weekend and it was like a special for John from Negative Approach becase Iggy Pop rules in Detoirt. And we got tired of doing "Paranoid" so much because everybody does it, so we decided it was time for a change. TIME marches on...
Z: Do you expect to make a lot of money from the new Master Tapes compilation that you're gonna be included on?
K: Yeah, hopefully from the Master Tapes we'll be able to do a triple live disco L.P. and then prepare for our coast-to-coast tour...
Z: That's right... who were you gonna tour with?
K: Well, Judas Pries called us and asked us, let's see, who else asked us... Queen... Oh yeah, somebody in Detroit said we sounded like Styx, so, you know that's the way we sound now if anybody wants to know.
Z: Why don't you say something about the new place in Kalamazoo you're looking into for shows.
K: Well, it started when I wanted to get another band going with Steve Fix and so we started practicing a few songs and it sounded pretty good, with me playing bass, him singing, Scott and Elliot from the Virelles on guitar and drums. And we wanted a place where we could practice all the time, and we couldn't do it at Dick's house because they like to have their privacy, and so we found this place out on Douglass that used to be a bike shop and we're thinking about turning it into a little club or something if we can fix things up on the inside and convince the guy that it would be alright... He already told us that we could have parties there, it should be a primo spot. Pretty soon I think we'll be giving Big Daddy's some competition. And you know, maybe Wednesday and Thursday nites we'll have mixed male and female strippers. But hopefully this summer we'll be able to do a show almost every weekend.
Z: What about the shows coming up in Kalamazoo in the near future... Do you think we're gonna get more interesting people?
K: Well, M.D.C. wanted to play but we pretty much nixed them because we wanted to start out on the right foot here and not get the cops mad at us or the university. It'll be interesting to see what happens at the end of this semester when most of the college students will be leaving. If we can get people to come out to the shows, we should be able to get something good going by this fall.
Z: Do you think there's any chance that any of the Detroit bands would come out to Kalamazoo? There was no mention of Detroit at the S.P.A. [Students for Progressive Action] meeting last week.
K: The Allied are putting out a 45 and I guess they aren't going to play until it ocmes out... Fate Unknown will play here any time we want them to come up. Negative Approach hasn't been too interested in play up here, I don't know what the reason is, I guess maybe if I offered them $500 they'd come. (laff it up) No, they just got back from Ohio, and got preached about corporate deathburgers for a while.
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