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I thought that I had somehow taped over this interview that took place with vocalist (one of two) Jamie Hooper of 3 Inches of Blood on July 26, 2006 at The Living Room in Providence, RI. My voice recorder was in my bag, and the record button was somehow pressed. I couldn't find the interview, so I was bummed thinking that I lost it. I somehow found it and here you go. There's no need to talk about 3 Inches of Blood in this intro because everyone should already know how awesome they are.
PL: State something interesting about yourself.
JH: Wow. Thats a really good question off the bat. Something interesting about myself...I'm at a total loss for words. I guess there's nothing very interesting about me. A cat peed in my shoes a couple weeks ago. Thats pretty interesting.
PL: Why do you think popular musical genres go in cycles, where they're popular for a little while and then die down.
JH: Everything gets sort of boring after awhile. I guess everybody realizes that the older bands were doing it right before whatever the style was. Say it was heavy metal; it morphs over time and becomes a different sound. People are always doing their research and finding out who influenced them. They'll buy an album and look through the bands that influenced them and then that person will check out that band. I guess people are just looking to see-fuck, man; I forgot what I was gonna say. (Laughter all around) I guess, for me, its just listening to stuff like my dad's old records, stuff like that. I listened to classic rock and stuff like that, and I developed a better music appreciation.
PL: Is it tough writin songs with two vocalists?
JH: Its not bad, actually. Usually one of us will come up with a theme of what the song's gonna be about. We hash through some ideas. Then, one of us will usually start writing and then the other guy will continue the story. Usually, we just take a few bong rips and the song just writes itself. Its not difficult, because, when we write a song, we map it out. We decide who's gonna have what part. Then we actually map it out pretty precisely. It comes out pretty easily...hopefully.
PL: Can we expect a new album soon?
JH: Yes. (yes!!!) We're recording in November. Its been pushed back a few times, which sucks because its been two years since the last one, so its past due. We're recording in November, and hopefully it will come out early next year.
PL: How come recordings get pushed back?
JH: With us, its Joey from Slipknot who's gonna be producing it, and he's on tour with Ministry, and they are having a real damn good time, I suppose, so they keep extending the tour. Its just because of the scheduling of the person who's producing it. But, I guess other bands are just lazy. They don't have their stuff written on time.
PL: Do you guys write songs in the studio or have them all written beforehand?
JH: We always have them done before we go into the studio. I'm not really sure how bands operate like that, where they go into a studio with limited riffs and stuff. It seems like it'd be a little forced and not organic.
PL: Whats worse: ball sweat or swamp ass?
JH: Swamp ass, definitely.
PL: Whats one movie everyone should see?
JH: One movie everyone should see? "Commando." (laughs) Actually, "Willow" is a movie everyone should see.
PL: Whats a little known fact about Vancouver?
JH: You can go snowboarding and swimming in the ocean in the same day, and thats pretty awesome, if you can afford to do that sort of thing.
PL: Whats one album, besides your own, you think all kids should have in their collection?
JH: I'm gonna say Iron Maiden Powerslave.
PL: Do you have any final comments?
JH: Parting words of wisdom. Someone help me out here. Extol the necro wizard.
SOMEONE IN ROOM: You should have said: "Eat pussy and smoke weed until your neck fucking breaks."
JH: That would be better.
