"…I never wanted to read a magazine where dudes wear makeup!"

Buffalo's based quartet, Every Time I Die has been known to show their wild side during interviews; however straightedge Andy Williams, guitarist, offered the opportunity for me to interview him with great candor as he shares his views on life, downloading, and from the title what he wishes not to see on the cover of a metal magazine. Andy displayed a side rarely seen by musicians these days… humanity and vulnerability.  Just goes to show that no matter how big your name is, you can still be a fan of another artist, awestruck even. We also have a couple of unexpected answers thrown in by Unearth's guitarist, Ken Susi to boot!

Karma: Tell our wonderful viewers what you do for the band

Andy: I play guitar and, come up with a lot of dumb ideas that has to go with the band.  It's like all of the dumb ideas that you see, like visually and in thought…usually they're me or either Keith [Buckley, vocalist for the band] that come out with the lame brained ideas. [Laughing, as he barely completes the sentence] [The room erupts with laughter]

Karma: [Laughing] Well, they come out wonderful I might add!

Andy: [Nods in thanks]

Karma: You guys seem like a very tight unit, how long have you been playing together?

Andy:  6 years

Karma:  How did the band get started?

Andy: Uh, I had a band named Sirhawn (? sp) and then Jordan [Buckley], our other guitar player, had a band named Pride and Rat, our drummer, was in the band with me.  And this is really funny…a week later his band broke up.  We were at a show watching…Overcast, this band from Boston, and I broke my knee.  I was getting carted out…

Karma:  You broke you knee at the show?

Andy: Yeah, at the show.

Karma:  WOW!!

Andy: A kid rolled into my knee and it snapped the other way.  [Air is filled with sounds of phewws…and ewws in unison]   And, I was getting like carted out, and Ratboy was with me, and [laughter] Jordan looked at him and was like [as excitement fills his eyes while becoming more animated regaling the story] "Yo dude, your knee…ohhh man that SUCKS! Yo, you wanna start a band?" [Laughter erupts from all present] "We wanna sound like Dead Guy” And I was going, "I LOVE Dead Guy!"  "Alright"! Then we were just like alright, then we just started the band.  And then that was pretty much it and the rest was history.  [Laughter breaks out]  I think we practiced like a week later.  We didn't have a singer, we didn't have a bass player…it was just me, Jordan and Rat jamming in a basement and then Jordan threw out the idea "Oh my brother is coming [home] from college you know…" Virginia Tech at the time "He's coming back from college and wants to be in the band".  And the rest is history!

Karma:  I guess that was a lucky break!  [Laughter ensues from all]  No puns intended!!

Andy:  Yeah!! [Laughing]

Karma:  How 'bout that picture that's on your website?  Explain that, the one that was done for the "Law of Inertia" website?

Andy: The best thing ever is that it was the most SPONTANEOUS thing ever!  We were [at] that Crazyfest thing in Louisville.

Karma: [As I shake my head and hunched shoulders]

Andy:  Well, it was like a thousand people there, and there's NO SPACE anywhere where there's NOT people!  I mean there were just people EVERYWHERE!

Karma:  Indoor or outdoor?

Andy:  It's an outdoor thing but it's such a small area and there was this little hill that goes over and we, I remember, I took a walk in the morning and there was a fountain.  So we walked over to it and there was this lady with like, I don't know if she was babying sitting the kids or whatever.  But there were about 20 kids down there, and there were two ladies there, the one lady was watching them at the time and the other lady was off talking on her phone.  We walked down there and the guy from Inertia was like, "Let's take a picture with the kids".  We were like, "Alright, that's awesome!" So we went down there and took a picture with the kids!

The best part is, I don't know if you noticed the picture, is its SUPER creepy because me and Keith are at our shittiest moments I think like ever.  I had REALLY long hair and at the time I grew this HORRIBLE disgusting mustache. [Laughter arises from all] [Smiles] And you can't even see it on [there]; it was SO bad and Keith grew a beard.  He tried to look like, umm Bjorn Borg [Swedish Tennis Player] [Extended laughter].  He had the beard and the headband that you see.  [Laughter continues] 

Law of Inertia caught us at our WORST and I think we had a SUPER long drive too!  We drove 10 or 12 hours, got to the thing, got out, did the photo shoot.  And I think it was raining too earlier on in the day.  The day just SUCKED!!  And as soon as we came over that hill, it was just perfect.  And the guy was like, "Let's just take a picture of the kids!" I was like, "Alright". The creepiest part is…

Karma:  Asides from the hair, the beard and all the rest of the stuff…

Andy:  [Snickering] Yeah, if I was that lady, and some dude that looked like THAT [laughter erupts] who looked like ME and said, "Uh, could I hold your baby?" [All Hell breaks lose, everyone looses it…laughter fills the air for quite awhile]  I'd fucking flip out and say 'NO!'  'It's NOT gonna happen' But, it went down and it was perfect, it was just SO perfect!  And still to this day, people are like 'Oh my God, that is SO classic!' I don't know if it's just our personality but we are just easy to interact with, you know what I mean?!?  [Bobbing my head, I acquiesce]  But when it comes to people we are just really, really easy to interact with.

Karma: So how has Ozzfest been treating you so far?

Andy:  Good, good…other than the uh, boredom.  Uh, I don't drink.

Karma: Are you straightedge?

Andy:  Yeah, I am.  But that like the thing to do on the tour…it's hard.  But I throw parties every night and I rent a PA every night.  I throw different theme parties…

Karma:  Okay!! [Look of sheer incredulousness crosses my countenance as my jaw dropped]  WOW!

Andy:  And it goes over well!  We had a Metallica party where it was just the first four records of Metallica.

Group:  [In unison, for the most part] The best ones, the ONLY ones!

Andy:  [Nodding] Yeah.  Aww, SO many people show up…and it was just AWESOME!!  [He smiles an angelically, acknowledging his accomplishment] It was seriously like, one of the BEST days of my life!  And tonight I think I am going to do the first five Van Halen records.  David Lee Roth…

[Then unexpectedly, the most unprofessional thing happens…my recorder runs out of tape!  I was caught up in the conversation, but Andy was kind enough to hold his though until I could switch recorders with Sharita.  But then again, I was only scheduled for 1 interviews and that's what I was prepared for.]

Andy:  I'll wait to finish my thought until you're ready.

Karma: Thanks for waiting!

Andy: [Smiles, waves hand in the vein of nothing to it] 

Karma: Is everyone in attendance at your parties?

Andy:  No, but listen.  On Ozzfest, there is SO much dissention, it's really weird because like…  I mean, I'm not, I'm not talking shit at all, BUT bands like [** & * - names of the two bands have been deleted out of respect to Andy] like…I'm not saying anything but they just kind of have egos over everyone else!  They think that they're like better than everyone else.  Hell, I don't like that!  I mean like, just whatever, * was in * * [names deleted]…whatever!  They went gold or whatever and * [band name deleted], they think they're huge…

Karma:  You didn't know, they co-hosted a spot on MTV [Headbangers Ball]

Andy: [Rolling eyes] Yeah, yeah!  [Laughter from all] But, uh, there's so much like shittiness that way and people are like [he stops himself] you know, if someone's gonna give you that vibe…there is NO reason to go up to them!  You know what I mean?

Karma: [Agreeing 100%, I nod] True!  Very true!

Andy: And you know, that lady has NOT been accessible at all [okay folks, he's not talking about Cristina from Lacuna Coil].  Corey, from Slipknot, is the easiest, MOST approachable person on the tour!  And he is the one guy you'd think be like [as he stares smugly at the ceiling mimicking the action] Ugh, with his nose up in the air.  HE'S AWESOME!!  And then you got * [impersonating the arrogant, haughty "deed" while growling] 'You remember my last band?'…  Blah, blah, blah.   So I throw these parties to try to get people together to like have a good time.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  Sometimes you get some attitude…you know what I mean!

Karma: [As I nod incessantly]

Andy:  So you're just like whatever and just blow those people off and have a good time.  We just playing air guitar, that's ALL we did is just play air guitar.  We drink, we BBQ and like it's SUCH a good time!!

Karma: [A huge smile creeps across my face in utter admiration after hearing his efforts of goodwill] Well that's GREAT!  Wow!!

Andy:  [Smiles back] I try, I try…well it's my whole role on this tour!

Karma:  PARTY PLANNER extraordinaire!  [Everyone laughs]

Andy:  EXACTLY!  Party planner! [Snickers]

Karma:  Okay…oops, lost my train of thought for a moment…  As far as the underground scene is concerned… I mean I know the whole goal is to get out there!

Andy: Yeah, yeah, yeah!

Karma:  But then again there is the issue of the fans wanting to keep you there.  Would you say the fans are being selfish because they want to keep you to themselves…or what?  What's you thought on this?

Andy: My whole thought is this, if any of those kids go on message boards and say, 'Oh, they sold out…Uhhh, I can't believe it!' Try doing what WE do!  You know what I mean, try to go out in a van for a year!  And pretty much lose touch with your friends and your family. The money situation [is] not the best unless you are doing your headlining tours, you're on good tours…there's NO way to eat!  You know what I mean!  Any kid that says that, there IS no such thing as "Underground"!  There IS no such thing as "Selling Out" any more because you've got it, you've GOTTA do it!!  People like your band, I mean what are you supposed to do about it?  I mean NO, NO!  Stop!  You're not allowed!   There's no way to control that anymore.

People who say that, I try to give them my perspective… Try to do it, go out there and see.  You're not in a band, don't say anything until you're in one. You know what I mean!

Karma: Totally!

Andy:  Yeah, yeah! [Satisfied with the answer he supplied]

Karma: So has Hot Damn been doing well since being on the [Ozzfest] tour?

Andy:  Yeah!

Karma:  Has there been a dramatic rise in sales?

Andy:  Yeah, for sure, for sure!  [Clears throat] It didn't die; I mean we were still doing good [before the start of the tour].  Of course, not to give numbers, but we we're up like at least 150 more units than where we were which is a pretty good amount, at least.

Karma:  …So what's your thought on downloading?

Andy:  On downloading?  Uh, for bands like us…it's a good thing, I mean, just for the fact that your name is out there no matter what.  But then is it taking money from you and is gonna kill you later?  I mean, it's SO weird now, if you would have asked me this question when Hot Damn first came out… I would have had a totally different [answer].  But I think its okay but right now people are buying records, you know what I mean!  Where when Hot Damn came out, downloading hadn't been regulated and people were downloading like CRAZY.  And then I would have been like it's hurting us…but now people are buying records so now it really doesn't make a difference!

Karma:  Switching gears a bit, do you prefer touring to the studio?

Andy: [With passion welling in his expressive eyes] I HATE THE STUDIO!

Karma:  Really?  Why?

Andy:  I absolutely hate the studio, I hate it!  Because it’s pressure!  On touring, when we play live, you're doing your thing, and you're going nuts, you're playing to a crowd.  Where if you're playing in the studio, there's just some old creepy dude starring at you and you're playing your guitar. And you can hear EVERYTHING!  One pin drops and no matter what happens you can hear it. 

On the last record, I am NOT ashamed to admit it…On that record, I wrote a BIG portion of that record but I probably played, maybe, four riffs on that record.  I had Jordan do it because I was having such a hard time; there was something going on between our picking.  There was something different.  So I said, "You know what, just to make the record sound better, you just do it and I'll do the parts I have to do!"  And I had to suck a LOT up to do that.  But the pride thing IS still there because I wrote most of the record!!  [Andy's expression is PRICELESS at this point!  He looked like a boy as he smiled as he looked down at the floor]

Karma:  [Laughter] Well there you go, you get some else to play it for you!!  Delegating…planning…goes along with your Party Planning!  Oh, you're good!!

Andy: [Laughing] Exactly!!  Yeah, yeah!!  It takes a lot though because a lot of guys probably wouldn't do that, they would be like 'Yo!  I'm gonna do MY tracks!' Blah, blah, blah.  Whatever man!  As long as it sounds better, that’s all that matters!  That’s the mind frame that I’m in, I have to be in.  Because our picking is so different that…so but right now, just talking to you, I’m sitting here and trying to suck it up to just be that dude!

Karma: [Laughter] Oh, sorry…

Andy: [Looking around and smiling] Oh, that’s okay!

Karma: [Laughter trails] So where do you see the band 5 years from now?

Andy: Ohhh, 5 years from now?  Probably at a BBQ [laughter erupts] hanging out with all of our families. [Laughter from all]  I don’t know honestly, I never thought that we would be on Ozzfest. 

Black Sabbath is my all time favorite band.  And I never thought that I’d ever, EVER be on tour with Black Sabbath. [Mile wide smile is on his face now] And I remember when we got the call in Europe. [Sighing] Our manager called and was like, “Yo, you gotta call Carl, you know at Ferret, because he’s got something to tell you!” And I was like, “Well, what is it?” He was like, “It’s an emergency, you need to call” And I was like, “Oh SHIT!”, you know because we were in Europe.  So I called Carl and Carl was like, “Dude, you got this girl pregnant!”  [Uproarious laughter] “She can’t get a hold of you and she keeps calling here and all of that!” [Covering mouth] And I was flipping out, you know what I mean and was like “OH MY GOD”! [Laughter continues] And then he was like “No, no…don’t worry about that!  You guys got Ozzfest!" Boom!  And like right there I remember there was a…

Karma: Well that’s kinda like a baby!

Andy:  Yeah! [Eyes widen with excitement] There was a whole dumpster full of bottles.  We were just smashing bottles!  We were on the phone, and you know from Europe to the United States is like $4.00 a call a minute and we were on the phone for about two hours [laughter].  We were smashing bottles like, “AHHH” Just so they could hear the reaction.  We were flipping out!  And I remember when we went back on the bus, we were on tour with Chimaira, and they were on Ozzfest last year and ‘cause they had ALL the answers that we had questions to…

Karma: Wow, that’s great!

Andy: Yeah!  It was AWESOME to have those guys kinda like…

Karma:  Well, that is awesome of them to let you know, to answer your questions and to not withhold information.

Andy: Exactly!  It couldn’t have been more perfect! Dude, it was awesome.  The first night [of the Ozzfest tour], I think every second stage band watched Black Sabbath [play].  They’re like my favorite band so I was sitting there crying because my band was on tour with them.  It was just one of those…it was like a good cry, you know what I mean.  It just that I never, ever thought that…the biggest I thought we were going to do is a weekend with the band Converge.  No kidding [Laughter] And I thought that was the biggest thing we would ever do.  Right now, we are on tour with Slipknot, Slayer!  [His voice drops] I mean it’s ridiculous!  [Voice softens as he utters his humbling sentiments] And our names are in the same paragraph, and I’m just like… “OH SHIT!”

Karma: So tell me, why you started speaking Pig Latin?

Andy:  Doing what?

Karma: Pig Latin!

Andy: Pig Latin?

Karma: Yeah!

Andy: Me?

Karma: Yeah! [Laughter], you don’t speak Pig Latin?

Andy: No…I don’t speak Pig Latin!

Karma:  I read it on your website!

Andy:  No, that’s a joke…that might be Keith, I’m sure he does!  He’s like the smartest dude I know.  You guys know he’s an English teacher? 

Karma: [As I can't wait to see the mark I'd get from Keith with thisi interview!!] Yeah, I read that somewhere

Andy:  He probably knows Pig Latin!  Where did you read that I was into Pig Latin again?

Karma: Now you've made me second-guess myself…it was in an article I was reading on you. [See this goes to show one show never second guess their self, I was correct the first time!  The info is contained in a blurb on the band's Official Website]

Andy:  [Laughter] I was probably stoked…and everything else.  I think half the things we tell people are untrue [thanks Andy!!] We’re probably not even from Buffalo, New York [laughing] We probably just fool ourselves into thinking that!

Karma:  [Laughter] Maybe you fell out of a time warp?

Andy:  Yeah, I think that’s what happened.  When I went back home, I was just at someone’s house who was out of town, feeding their dog, eating their food…[laughter continues]

Karma:  Here’s a speed round of quickie questions…

Andy:  Okay!

Karma:  If you could be a cartoon character, who would you be?

Andy:  [Smiling] Ahh, that’s awesome!  My first reaction, which is definitely, probably, the gayest reaction…I’d probably want to be the dude version of a Power Puff Girl.  [Laughter fills the room]

Karma:  WOW!!  Which one?

Andy:  Probably the Green One!  That’s Buttercup!!

Karma: [Laughing hysterically] That is Awesome!  That is SO awesome!!

Andy: That’s the gayest thing…it’s the first thing that came out my mouth…'OHH, I WANNA BE A POWER PUFF GIRL!!' But only the dude version that would be me!  Oh my God, people are going to read this and think, 'That was the gayest thing I ever read'! [Hysterical laughter continues from everyone]

Karma: [Shaking head in disbelief still laughing] What’s your guilty pleasure song?

Andy:  My guilty pleasure song?  You mean that WE play?

Karma:  No, it’s a song (s) that no one would ever believe that you’d listen to.

Andy:  Oh, I love Otis Redding

Karma:  Okay!

Andy:  I like, listen to him all of the time!  It’s really weird...but

Erika:  You said what?

Mike Justian (Unearth):  I don’t think that’s a guilty pleasure song!

Andy:  Dude, we’re in a METAL BAND!

[Laughter]

Andy:  [Imitating question on how others should ideally see him answering the question] 'What’s your guilty pleasure song?'  'I’m into Borknagar!!' [Hysterical laughter from all]  It's gotta be Viking Metal!

Karma:  Oh, so that’s how you pronounce it!

Andy:  Yeah, but if I had to pick someone, it would be Otis Redding!

Karma:  What's your favorite movie?

Andy:  My favorite movie?  [Placing head in hand assuming the universal thinking pose] Probably Big Fish, Yeah!  Either that or Gangs of New York Are my two favorite movies. I like BIG production movies, like the blowouts.  But I like smaller movies, I mean it's always better when you get a Braveheart or a Gangs of New York.  Big Fish was just…

Okay, just to throw in a little story, I cried for about two hours after seeing that movie [ohhh's fill the room from everyone] And this is the better part, when I was on vacation in  California I told Rat, the drummer, "Dude, you've gotta get it!" He's like, "Look Dude!"…Because it had come out on DVD, it was twenty bucks, and usually I just wait until they're like six bucks. And I'm like "Dude, pay the twenty bucks!" …I'm like, "Dude, just pay the twenty bucks and watch it now".  He called me while I was in California BALLING, crying his eyes out!  Like [mimicking inaudible noises made whilst crying] "Oh my God it was so good!" [Everyone's cracking up now]

Ken Susi (Unearth):  Yeah, it's not as bad, I cried at Short Circuit

Andy: [Laughing hysterically along with everyone else now] No, listen to this, this is awesome

Ken:  Dude, I lost my mind!

Andy:  Remember Rocky III with Mr. T?

Ken:  Dude, I cried at Short Circuit I!

Andy:  When Mr. T lost in Rocky III…

Ken:  Yeah, Rocky III!

Andy:  I couldn't stop crying, I was like 7 and Mr. T is losing!  And I was like 'AHHH' [Mimicking himself crying as a little boy] [Laughter erupts] He was the biggest thing in my life, I had a Mr. T doll and everything!  I was balling my eyes out.  [Laughter from all]

Ken:  Short Circuit was like my number one sensitive movie.  But I have two movies, I cried at the end of A League Of Their Own" and at the end of Juwanna Mann  [Everyone eyes become huge not believing what had been disclosed and hysterical laughter ensues]

Andy:  [Laughing] No way man!!  That one's awesome!!  WOW!

Ken:  [Laughing] Yeah, they just caught me on the right day!

Andy:  Don't come out!  [Reference to him staying on the back of the bus]

Ken: [Laughing and then goes to the back of the bus]

Karma: So would you say your glass is half empty or full?

Andy:  Mine would have to be half empty!

Karma: Okay

Andy:  Yeah, right?  [He shakes his head up down and looks discombobulated…laughter erupts from all]

Karma:  Why is that?

Andy:  Why?  Just 'cos when you look at it, it's half empty it wouldn't be half full. I don't know, [pointing to a water bottle next to the sink] like right now, that water bottle is half empty.  It's just that's what I would say!  Right? Right? Yeah!!

Karma:  I don't think there's a right or wrong answer!

Andy:  Neither do I!

Karma: [Laughter]

Andy:  So I'm cool on that one!

Karma:  Okay!!  What color are your kitchen plates?

Andy:  Black!  I have black kitchen plates.

Karma:  Wow!  [Laughter]

Andy:  That's a crazy ass question right there!

Karma:  But you knew the name of them too!

Andy:  I never would have thought that anyone would have asked me that question in my life!  But I don't think that's the name of them…their Onyx!  I knew they had a weird name to them. Am I right there?  Ummm, yeah, it's black…black bowls, plates.  And onyx is the color/name of jewel, right?

Karma: You know the name, your dishes match…that's impressive!  And yes, Onyx is the name of the jewel!

Andy:  [Impressed with his ability of instant recall]  I just bought them, so that's why I remember the name of the plates!!  And I wanna be the Green Power Puff Girl! [Making fun of himself]

[Laughter from all]

Andy:  People are going to be emailing me like, [as he replays the scenario] 'Dude, that was one gay interview!' [Smiling] 'So, uhhh…you have matching dinette wear, ehh?' 'So you wanna be a Power Puff Girl too. I wanna to be a Transformer!' [Every one cracks up]

Karma: What's your favorite color?

Andy:  Green!  I LOVE green.

Karma: Which shade?  Dark or light?

Andy:  Which shade?  Like a Kelly Green.  Oh my God, I am just crucifying myself!  [Laughter erupts from all] I think it's a fabric. Yeah, it's actually a fabric and I probably made sheets out of it or something!

Karma: Do you sew?

Andy:  No, I don't sew.

Karma: Well then you can't make sheets if you can't sew! 

Andy:  But I used to make friendship bracelets…  Remember those? [Smiling]

Karma:  Yeah I do!  Erika used to make them too back in high school!

Andy:  Really?

Erika: [Nods yes, then smiles]

Andy:  Kelly Green!  That was the thing!  I remember!

Karma & Erika:  [In unison] WOW!!!

Erika:  You are REALLY reaching back!

Karma: I know!

Sharita:  I am really trying my best not to feel that old!

Karma:  What's your favorite comfort food?

Andy:  Ummm, comfort food!  Oh my God, I'm a pig!  I'll tell you one, it's like a late night pleasure to like calm me down and it's probably the grossest thing to eat at night.  It's called Colossal Taco and it's near my house.  But it's like some of my favorite food EVER!  And I'd eat it all the time, and it's called a Stinger Taco and it consists of chicken fingers, steak, mozzarella cheese and that’s it!  And it's the greasiest thing ever!

Karma:  Well isn't that enough?  And it's all on the same…? [Giving look of disgust]

Andy: Yeah, all on the same taco. And I eat them all the time!  At times I'm like, "Uhh, I need a Colossal Taco!" [Laughter from all]  So that's probably my comfort food right there!

Karma:  Okay!

Andy:  Yeah, it's so wild!!

Karma:  If not music, then what?

Andy:  If not music then what…[thinking] I would probably be a drafter because that's what I did before…

Karma: WOW!

Andy:  $19 an hour! Yeah, $19 I was making before I did the band and next thing I know I was eating bologna. I would eat it all of the time.  I would buy, like a pound of bologna and eat that.

Karma:  But don't you feel free now?

Andy:  Ah, yeah…it's AWESOME!!  I mean I totally hated wearing a suit and having an office with my name on it and stuff like that.  Now I can tour in a band with smelly dudes!  [Hysterical laughter]  No, my guitar comes first, and that's that!  When I had the opportunity I took it.  So I would rather be here than obviously there then you're obviously working for "the man", you know! 

Karma:  Exactly!

Andy:  And obviously if you're a musician the whole thing is to stick it to "the man".  I don't know if you were paying attention to people's sets today, like Otep and Lamb of God, Well Lamb of God is like one of our best friends, but Randy gets caught up on this whole fuck Bush thing.  And he's like 'Screw the Man!'

Karma:  There's a LOT of that going on right now!

Andy:  Yeah!

Karma:  What's in your CD player right now?

Andy:  Oh wow!! Can I lie on this one?

Karma:  Sure!  Why not!

Erika:  But why do you want to lie?

Andy:  Dude, because this not metal and this is a metal website!  Okay, there's this band called Acid Bath, that I found out about a couple of years ago. And that they were a really heavy band and everything like that and the singer, Dex, has a new band called Dead Boy and the Elephant Man!

Karma:  Okay!

Andy:  It's like a Southern Rock version of Radiohead, and that's what I'm listening to right now. 

Karma: So is that what's really in your CD player?

Andy:  Yeah, but it's something like maybe one dude will be reading this will go,  'Dude, I love Dead Boy'.  So I won't lie, that's exactly what's in there right now!

Karma:  What's your ringtone on your cellphone?

Andy:  My ringtone is "Breaking the Law" by Judas Priest!

Karma:  How apropos!

Andy:  Yeah! [Smiling]

Karma:  Who's your favorite visual artist?

Andy:  My favorite visual artist is David Boldt, he's like a graphic design artist.  He's kinda like H.R. Geiger.  He works with a lot of colors and in black & white.  He did tattoos too!  He's in the same vein of Paul Booth.  I mean I could get lost in Geiger's work!

Karma:  Have you seen his tarot cards?

Andy:  Yeah, they're ridiculous!  They're on the website!!  Speaking of which it reminds me of Aliens vs. Predator.

Karma: How was it?

Andy:  Terrible!  But the visuals were good they were still using all the H.R. Geiger stuff.

Karma:  Two more to go!  As a little boy, what did you want to be when you grew up?

Andy:  This is pretty funny when I was about four years old, I told my mom I wanted to be a clown.  And I wanted to be a clown all the way up until I was sixteen.  I really wanted to be a clown, it was the best thing that ever happened.  I was going to high school, my mom and dad told me that the only way they would ever pay for school, like college is if I went to rodeo clown school.  [Delayed laughter fills the air]

This was my mom's whole argument, the guy broke his neck like six times and he makes like $100,000 a year!  And I was like, "He broke his neck six times?"  "What are you trying to say?" And she wanted me to be a rodeo clown?  That was like the weirdest thing ever…but that was that!  When I was growing up I wanted to be a clown, no joke!  And still to this day I can say I am a clown, I just don't have to wear the makeup

Karma:  Finally, who would you ask these questions of?  Who would you like to see answer these questions?

Andy:  Who answers would I like to see to these questions?

Karma:  Yeah!

Andy:  Oh man, that's a hard one…you got me…maybe Frank Zappa?!?!

Karma:  Okay!

Andy:  Is that a good answer?

Karma: It's an awesome answer!  Well thank you!

Andy:  Thank you [then he gives me "the handshake"] You know I have to give the handshake, the one that follows every interview!


I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Andy for speaking to FourteenG and for being open, honest and candid!  Honesty may be the best policy in certain cases; however the executive decision was made to delete certain commentary...regardless if the tape was running or not.

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