Movatterモバイル変換

JT - First off, could you tell us all about how the glorious PFFR came to be? Who is in the band? Sadly, the only…and that is theONLY review for your disc that I saw online was atSplendid and they gaveRock Rocker Rocketh a good review, and said that it kind of sounded something likeSesame Street kids on heroin, or something to that effect. Indeed, some of these tracks sound like they're filled with 14 or 15 year olds, while others sound like they were handled by someone a bit older. So give us the official background to kick things off, if you will.

PFFR - How did our band get together? It's actually an interesting story. You can actually hear it on our actual album (itself). If you listen closely to song #2, you can hear Jim getting hungry. In song #3 you can hear Jim dialing and then shortly after tipping his chicken man. Shortly thereafter, you can hear what we witnessed…"Our band-mate Jim choked on a chicken bone and coughed up an inverted four-sided omni-spinning pyramidic Gem." If you listen on headphones you can hear it gleaming.

It is from this Gem that our powers derive and it is within this gem that our power resides. Who is in the band? All the band members remain in the band until such a time as Andre Duboise deems it necessary to oust them. And they will remain out of the band until Andre Duboise deems it necessary to reinstate them or 24 hours, plus/minus a State mandated "Cooling off" period. There is also a $24 reinstatement fee. We love you Andre, our thoughts are your prayers.

JT - The first time I heard your album, I laughed my ass off, and said "Thank God for the contingency out there who just seems to say 'fuck it' to what is popular, what supposedly makes a 'good album', and everything else that most everyone seems to follow to the T." I couldn't stop playing it! There's just so much to hear in it, and the damn thing never ceases being funny, which is certainly a plus.

Who are some of your influences? I don't wanna just say, "You guys probably dig Ween", because I think you're even beyond what they were doing in the early part of their career. How would you describe the PFFR work ethic that goes into your songwriting and recording process?

PFFR - We approach the band like we do all things, we try to make the best of it with our desperate yowling for freedom. Our influences have yet to reveal themselves.

JT - You're called PFFR, but on all the songs that mention the band's name, the second F is often dropped. Was the extra F thrown in because there was another band known as PFR, and even some sort of religious group, I believe?

Actually, come to think of it, a huge portion of the album is like a huge celebration of everything PFFR. Damn, but more people should just loosen up and groove like you guys. Can you imagine Radiohead on a trip like that? I think it would help them. Stop the pretentiousness and all. And Belle and Sebastian. They need to take a big powder, too.

PFFR - We wield our pretensions like a mighty power sword that we (one) weld(s). It's like Baader Meinhof (Nicole Kidman) said, "Power = Meat + Opportunity. And because Meat = Cannibalism, Cannibalism is illegal. Who's in jail now?" What Radiohead really needs to do it daintfully attend to their genital warts.

JT - "Explosion Robinson" is a fucking excellent title, not to mention a great track. Should I go ahead and ask if you somehow got the title fromLost in Space, or was it just a supercool brainstorm of an idea?

And as far as that goes, there used to be an old Atari game calledBrick Attack by Activision, that was a lousy ripoff ofBreakout, but I suppose that's really far-fetched for a tie-in for that song. Pardon my pop culture junk-addled mind!

PFFR - Here's the way we come up with song ideas: The way we come up with song ideas as follows (clears throat). We lay some parchment on the floor and let our truth drip onto it. These "truth drippings" often form a pattern, and as we've learned a pattern can be a message. We feed it into our computer (refrigerator) and the four of us stand idly by as more and more truths seep out in a slurry and flow, like blood sluices down the streets of Nicaragua. "Explosion Robinson" is a boarded up store on our block in Brooklyn, NY.

JT - How about equipment? What went into the recording ofRock Rocker Rocketh as far as a recorder, and synths and cool samples, and…I dunno, there's so much stuff packed in there that at times it's mind boggling. I mean, hell, some people might listen to the album and think it's just a lot of nonsense, but I hear a really nice put together experience going on.

PFFR - Equipment you say? Each night before we go to sleep we place cookie in our mouths. If we wake up and cookie still there we play guitar, if only the crumbs remain we play synth, if cookie has raped my mouth he play drums. In over two years of playing drums, and three shows, we have discovered every cookie has a ghost, and every ghost has a dream, and last night the ghost of my cookie bit me in the neck.

Now, we want our detractors' names, numbers, addresses, what time they sleep, how tender their throats are, and an unmarked vehicle. Then we'll wipe that opinion from the planet. Much like one wipes jelly (cookie) from their neck (own).

JT - If you would like to discuss the fabulous sleeve art at this moment, this might be a good juncture to do that. The first time I saw the disc, I thought, "Oh shit, this is gonna be some kinda hard wannabe punkass shit railing against everything possible." But then, of course I heard the stuff and it was quite the opposite. Although you might be railing against some thing…who am I to say by only making conjecture?

And how about that inside picture? Weird for weird's sake. PFFR pulls it off! So many others try and fail because they often feel that they have to point out that they're cool before you even hear a note.

PFFR - Regretfully, our biographer has exclusive rights to the story behind said cover art. "Look at him sitting there so smugly, smoke curling off his cigarette like a minding road snaking its way up a mountain to a secluded cabin co-leased by our biographer." He can be reached at 1 (800) THE-LADY.

JT - What are your thoughts on subliminal messages, or backward messages in rock? Not enough people doing that anymore, I say! Not that the shit was even real to begin with, for the most part.

I am threatening to personally record the catchiest pop song ever known to man with lyrics comprised of all the famous backwards and evil messages in rock music. You know, just string classics like "Here's to my sweet Satan", "Turn me on, dead man", "Wanna smoke marijuana", and all those other greats. Aside from that, what makes PFFR's music sexy? I have yet to write a sexy song myself.

PFFR - We believe in meat, potatoes, poster board, Piper 4, Pans B, paint, biorhythms, diodes, toast, increments, all nano-times, syphilis, burns, limping home, wrong think, Discoteca Flaming Star, Skeeny-Dhaana Huna-Haana, the mind's eye, nose throat and anus, and the delicious. We don't believe in mixing any of these, as it can create a powder keg of un-sexxxyness (ours).

JT - Who do you hate most that gets played on the radio? What would PFFR do to take over mission control down at WSUX and MTV? Who's more of a genius - Chuck Berry, Chuck Barris, or Chuck Wagon?

PFFR - In San Jose (California) there is a Hamburger Store called "Elegant Buns". And I put it to you Jeffrey that there can be nothing more genius than that. Interesting side note, we've designed our own method of C.P.R. It's known as C.PFFR. It only works if you're choking on a banana, grape, and a precious Gem. Happy breathing!

JT - What is the proudest PFFR moment thusfar? Are there any shameful moments in PFFR's past? Any plans to do a county fair rock show circuit with bands like Foghat, Badfinger, or Steve Miller? Some people call him Maurice, you know!

PFFR - We're out to rip Shame a new shame-hole, out of which our pride will emerge, bloody, wet and pre-breaded. We have a 7" coming out onInvasion Planete.

JT - Speaking of such matters, does PFFR in fact do live shows? If so, could you tell us what a typical PFFR show is like. And if not, could you make one up that sounds most fantastic?

PFFR - Our show consists of the sonic washing of one another, and then the ritual inspections for cleanliness begin. I tell you by the time the inspections are over, the audience has worn well through their second set of pants. To book PFFR (Alyson Levy, John Lee, Jim Tozzi, and Vernon Chatman), please contactpepejr49@earthlink.net.

JT - I love those "shoop shoop" samples in "Party Ice". Hell, I like all those samples in that song. Where are those from? And have any factions become angered over "Japoney Appoe"? And damned if "2 Nite" isn't a hot make out song! I've scored with many a fine lady so far just from putting that song on. A real sex magnet of a tune!

PFFR - Anyone who has the colossal gall to not find our "music" arousing to the point of completion (ours) should be strung up like an animal, and then cut up and cooked like an animal, and then served to an animal, and then expelled as feces from an animal, and that feces should be hurled by an animal at another unsuspecting animal.

JT - What is next for PFFR? Any more great albums in the works, or was this just a one shot? Like I said before, and in all seriousness, there needs to be more musical visionaries out there such as you.Rock Rocker Rocketh is as grand as Nurse With Wound'sSylvie and Babs Hi-Fi Companion, Frank Zappa'sLumpy Gravy, or even "My Love Is Alive" by Gary Wright!

PFFR - Our sophomore effort was recorded and mastered in Montego Bay, Jamaica, then carefully loaded on to three helicopters. Finally, all 1000 CDs were dumped into the Chesapeake Bay. The CDs are free but the cost to the shrimping/mollusk industry is nearly calculable. We plan to finish our junior release within the next 6-8 months. Then on to our MBA in Funkonomics. The most annoying of all post-graduate rock studies.

JT - Lastly…I'm stoppin' this ride on question 13. Do you have any words for the kids out there? Any Take a Bite Out of Crime thoughts? What ever happened to McGruff, anyway? Do you have anything to say about other peoples' sacred bands, like The Beatles, or Big Star, or Brian Wilson, or The Sex Pistols? And on top of that…what was the worst meal served at your school's cafeteria?

PFFR - Me no speakee english. Terribly sorry old chap.