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Interviews
Hellride Music: Please introduce yourself... What's it all about? Kung Pao: Chovie D: guitars, vocals, Plain Pockets; T.B.: bass, Wranglers; Davey D: drums, Tuffskins. For us it's all about grillin' and chillin'. Tubing down the Apple River. We're putting the sex back into rock n' roll. Doing it for the kids worldwide. Giving them hope in a Hootie World.
KP: Denim is the fabric of the people. It's tuff, durable and ass-kicking in general. We like the way Denim breathes when we are rocking. We like it crisp and starchy like the Russian denim from the eighties, back when you could trade a pair of Levis on the black market for a lot of rubbles. We have seen far too many bands in baggy shorts, black band tees and baseball caps. Unless you are Angus Young you shouldn't be wearing shorts on stage. Ever see David Yow wear shorts?, or Sid Vicious in a pair of Jams?
KP: Its all sunshine, lollipops and rainbows here in the Big Snapple. Many of the finer clubs in town have closed under the somewhat repressive regime of the current mayor. The Cooler and Coney Island High are sadly no more. I'm noticing fewer loft parties, squats, less mingling between music and the other arts. It seems that the "quality of life" campaign has been waged at the expense of culture and free thinking in general. There are less junkies, homeless, and crime on the streets. There are also less artists, clubs, galleries, musicians on the streets. Having said all that, the scene continues to evolve as it always has and there are many great new bands, and new clubs opening in Brooklyn like N6, and Luxx and I wish them much success.
KP: I was watching MTV's How to live like a rock Star, and they had Motley Crue's Tommy Lee on. He was showing off his studio and how they have beer on tap. I looked at his taps and he had like Red Dog, Bud Lite and Miller High Life. I thought to myself here's this millionaire rock star bragging about all his shit, and we have much better beer on tap in our studio. We are living phatter than Tommy Lee! We have a full bar in our studio/rehearsal space and get chronic, or anything else we might desire, delivered by BMX bike messenger. We grill on the street and feed the neighborhood kids hot dogs. Our love is deeper than Mariah's and more endless than Whitney's
KP: Well, we, or I should say Davey D, used to love the food there, and there are so many of them so conveniently located along our tour routes. We were especially fond of the rocking chairs, checker boards, and The Uncle Herschel's breakfast platter. Plus all that wacky shit they hang on the walls. TGIF should sue them for that, didn't they think of that gimmick first? Anyway, we started to notice that every time we ate at a Cracker Barrel our van would break down a few miles down the road. After our third van we concluded that Cracker Barrels are indeed cursed and satanic institutions and have since ended any association with their restaurants. I still kinda miss The Uncle Herschel though. I'm hungry now ya know... Hellride Music: If you could tour with any band, alive or dead, who would it be and why? KP: Probably the seventies Rolling Stones. I once saw some footage of the Stones on their private jet and it looked like they were traveling in a stylish manner befitting of Kung Pao. Can you imagine the size of their "deli tray"? There's a good book called Up and Down With the Rolling Stones, written by one of "Keef's" bodyguards at the time. I heard they had flip up mirrors attached to their amps for their on-stage enjoyment.
KP: Who makes the best "Juicy Loosey" in Minneapolis, and what is it like to spend all your hard earned cash releasing albums you know will never make you a profit, while slaving day after day in your corporate cubicle?
Hellride Music: Let's play Match Game, Vitamin J=________. KP: The secret ingredient in an extra spicy platter of Kung Pao Beef. Also he's the guy who stole my umbrella one day when it was raining really hard.
KP: Does Chovie D shit in the woods in New Paltz, NY?
KP: To all the foot soldiers in the Denim Nation, rejoice for the time has come! The revolution is now, and all the single stitchers and acid washers must unite as one, for Kung Pao is coming to your towns and hamlets. We will leave no stone or hollow log unturned across this great, but sadly misguided nation of ours. Prepare to Rock!!
Listen to a Real Audio sample of Nakoma Read the Hellride Music review of Bogota Check out the Kung Pao Website: www.kungpao.net Get more info at the Maduro Records Website: home.earthlink.net/~jkup
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Kung
Pao is your new favorite band. They combine humor, great songs and a riff
heavy sound that will lower your sperm count, but not your intelligence.
I had the pleasure of interviewing the band. Please take a gander and
enter the Denim world of Kung Pao...