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Interview by Chris Beyond!
Conducted at Wally's Records,
August, 1998
I first saw THE BOMBORAS last year at Spaceland. All I need to say to describe this band is that they set their keyboard on fire...literally! This band is racecar-surf at it's best. Ok, now that their butts are all wet and properly kissed... (Phew!) This interview took place at Wally¼s Records on Melrose right after their free in-store to support their new album "Head Shrinking Fun" out on Zombie A Go-Go records.
JC = Jake Cavaliero (Organ)
G = Gregg Hunt (Lead Guitar)
JD = Johnny De Villa (Rhythm Guitar)
S = Shane Van Dyke (Bass)
D = Dave Klein (Drums)
C = Chris Beyond ("Mr. Silly")
(By the way, I recorded this on an old dieing 1985 Panasonic microcassette recorder so forgive me if some quotes were attributed to the wrong person as it's hard to differentiate the voices when I play it back. Anyway, as we began the interview, we talked about their new album and how it was recorded. So here's where THIS interview begins...)
C: Is the new album edible?
JC: Definitely.
D: I haven¼t tried it yet.
S: The vinyl is definitely edible.
C: With a little tabasco it'd be good.
S: It comes seasoned completely. I don't think it needs anything.
JC: The album has kinda' gone through phases, you know, the first one was all instrumental...pushing the exotica thing...the earlier moody sixties kind of stuff. The second album had a mid sixties kind of influence. We weren't there...so we can only guess about it. Like sixties soundtracks...
C: Like Russ Meyer?
JC: Yeah, like Russ Meyer, Roger Corman, all that stuff. We like that. We like where we are with that right now.
G: There's way more originals too. There's only like two covers on the new album. One cover you probably wouldn't recognize because we do it so different.
(We talk about the use of the "Haunted Mansion" riff and the original Disney albums about the Haunted Mansion; „The Haunted Mansion¾ and "The Chilling Thrilling Sounds Of The Hunted Mansion")
JC: The song you were talking about with the riff was called Fist Full Of Terror and it's not out yet...it's on the Halloween Hootenanny album coming out on Zombie A Go-Go records. A bunch of bands are on it like THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT, THE GHASTLY ONES, I think even THE CRAMPS, everybody! All the cool bands are on it.
C: You guys should get on Conan O' Brian. He¼d be all over you guys.
JC: Well we're hoping. He knows Rob Zombie really well. He worships Rob Zombie, so we¼re hoping he'll get us on.
C: Get the dancing girls in there and he'll have no choice.
S: The dancing girls? Oh yeah, he'll get all excited and go, "ooOOaagooagooh!"
C: Ok, related question...If you guys were talk show hosts...what animal would you like to pee on you?
JC: Oh, man,...a turtle!
C: What kind of turtle?
JC: A peeking turtle.
S: Which what? Oh, pee on me. Oh, I think a chipmunk.
C: Any particular reason?
S: Maybe cuz I like chipmunks.
C: They sing good too
S: and I'm sure the urine doesn't smell as bad as say a Gorilla or a cat. But you never know cuz I haven't yet experienced urination by a squirrel.
C: Well usually Gorillas have that morning pee.
S: They might beat me too.
C: Oh yeah.
D: I'd say a red tailed boa.
G: They don't really pee though. Doesn't everything come out at once?
D: Well that¼s the fun thing about it.
JD: I'd pick that or a sloth...a tree sloth.
JD: Fuck that question...an ant.
C: See, that's the best one. He picked the best one Have you guys ever held a monkey?
S: I'd be cool to hold a monkey.
G: Shane IS a monkey!
S: We all spank the monkey.
JC: I've never held a monkey...but I'd like to add that if anyone has has an organ grinder monkey they'd like to get rid of, I'd gladly take it.
D: I had a cat barf on me once.
C: Was it during a blowjob? That's always embarrassing when that happens.
JC: A cat gave you a blowjob?!?
D: No!
JD: Fuck that question...an ant.
C: If you could take a trip anywhere, where would you go?
S: I would really like to go to Europe...or Japan...Amsterdam.
JC: Japan Japan Japan.
C: Three times to Japan makes three times the fun.
G: Hollywood. I really want to go to Hollywood bad.
C: You ever see those commercials that say, like, "Win a trip to Hollywood and visit the set of 90210!"
G: We've just always wanted to go to Hollywood. We hear movie stars walk around there all the time.
D: Anywhere? Honestly? Well I know I'm going to hell...um...
C: You missed the bus actually.
D: Yeah, I keep forgetting I'm here. I guess South Central...The Watts Towers or something. I don't get the chance to go there as much as I like to. Take a trip down Grave Street or somethin'.
C: Jack alley?
D: You kind of threw me off, cuz I wazn't prepared for a question like that. What happened to "What's your favorite color?" Well, I can't answer that either.
JC: I'd like to go to the Death Star from Star Wars.
C: Here's an important question...Defender or Asteroids?
JC: Defender.
G: Oh, yes, definitely Defender.
S: Asteroids...it's cooler.
JC: I like Galaga.
(Some girl in the background shouts "Galaga!!!")
D: Space Dual!
S: Actually I like the game Hemmoroids better than Asteroids!
C: If you were wrestlers...what would your character be? Oh, and say your name for the recorder again in case I have trouble figuring out whose talking when I'm typing this.
(They don't. Hope I got it right.)
JC: Um, let me get back to you on that.
S: King Crusher!
D: The Flying Dutchman
G: Dennis Rodman...
JC: Can I be El Sancho?
G: El Sancho the back door man?
JC: The Gasser!
C: I would not want to fight The Gasser...I'll tell you that. Tell us about your new movie.
JC: I guess if no one opts to buy it, it'll be an HBO special or something.
G: I know that THE BLUE HAWAIIANS are in it and we're in it. We're in it at the end. There's some kind of bikini contest and we end up playing the party or something and uh...
S: It was cool.
C: Did you make up cool back stories for yourselves like you were a traveling band, but you were also spies.
G: (pause) They just said, "Here's THE BOMBORAS."
S: They tried to give me a part, but I got stage fright and cussed and walked away...
JC: We're not actors at all. Balki (Bronson Pinchot) was there...and "Hot Lips" from M*A*S*H.
C: That sounds like a winner movie already. What's your favorite bug?
JC: I actually like ants.
S: Hmmmm. Grasshopper, yeah. I'll go with grasshopper.
D: The Praying mantis.
G: I like Dragonflies.
JD: No roaches, man, I hate them.
C: What do you think of the whole SONIC YOUTH versus OASIS debate?
JD: Who cares.
G: Yeah, what is it?
S: I've debated with both bands and I hate `em both.
(Everyone asks me what the debate was about.)
C: I don't know. I made it up. Do you guys like Prince?
G: Is this Revolution Prince or... I like PRINCESS better.
JC: Next you're gonna ask us a question about THE MAKERS, huh.
C: THE MAKERS? Nah.
JC: Of course not.
G: I wanna cover When Doves Cry.
C: Prince, right now, is turning in his grave.
S: He's dead?
C: Yeah, he just died.
JC: You're spreading propaganda!
C: Do you have any words of wisdom for the NO-FI readers?
G: Don't eat bad fortune cookie.
JD: I'll get back to you on that one.
D: Enjoy the cream of some young guy.
S: Piss with the toilet seat up.
C: It'll make your girlfriend happy.
D: It's true.
JC: Put the toilet seat back down when you're done.
C: Thanks a lot guyz. I appreciate it.
-The End of The End!
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