This is an interview I did recently for the band Deep Shit.
For the past few years, Deep Shit-vocalists Lauden Obnoxious, Anthony Blew It, Devin Insane, Andrew Dice, and matt Batt-have made great strides in expanding music's rigid parameters. There's a flurry of excitement, musical and otherwise, surrounding the release of Deep Shits' fourth album, a 7" split with Have Fun. It's the follow-up to their devastating last split with Have Fun that was limited to a run of 50 The first album, a sold out self titled tape, is a collection of tracks writen by Lauden and seemingly held together by pure energy and force alone. Soon Deep shit will be heading out on their next U.S., after just completing one only a few days prior to doing this interview. With all this, I do not see how they have time to have a normal life, let alone have the energy to put out a new 7" solo record called Americas Most Haunted. I had a chance to sit down the vocalist, Lauden, in January 2009 to ask him how they make it happen and to try to dig into the mind of him and his band. Here's the interview:
Philthy Rich- SO WHERE EXACTLY DOES THE NAME 'DEEP SHIT' COME FROM? WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT MEAN?
Deep Shit- YOU KNOW, WE ALL WERE AROUND THINKING OF SHIT THAT REALLY MEANS SOMETHING TO ALL OF US, SO IN DEEP THOUGHT, WE ALL PLAYED OUJIA AND IT SPELLED IT OUT, WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE TOO INTENSE, AFTER THAT WEIRD SHIT STARTED HAPPENING TO US, TWO OF US LOST ALL OF OUR HAIR ON OUR LEGS, AND ANOTHER ONE OF US GOT HIT BY A BIKE, AND AT THAT POINT WE KNEW, THIS IS IT, THIS IS THE NAME THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE OUR LIVES FOREVER
PR- IT SEEMS LIKE DESTINY ALMOST. LIKE IT WAS WRITEN BEFORE YOU EVEN KNEW. FROM A MUSICAL POINT OF VIEW, YOUR MUSIC SEEMS TO BE POWERVIOLENCE/HARDCORE, BUT THE LYRICS SOUND MORE LIKE SOME KIND OF SICK, TWISTED HIP HOP. WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM WHEN YOU ARE WRITING YOUR LYRICS?
DS- WELL A LOT OF US ARE REALLY HEAVY INTO ICP, TWIZTED, WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO GET THE JUGGALO MOVEMENT GOING, AND BRING IT INTO HARDCORE, WE WANT TO SHOW ALL OUR NINJAS, THAT BEING A JUGGALO ISNT JUST FOR RAPPERS ANYMORE, YOU CAN MAKE ANY KIND OF MUSIC AND STILL BE A NINJA, AS LONG AS THE GREAT MELINKO IS ON YOUR SIDE, YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING, FROM FOLK, ELECTRO, METAL, HARDCORE, SPOKEN WORD, ITS ALL POETRY, AND ITS ALL MYSTIC, SO AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW THE RULES OF BEING A JUGGALO, AND YOU REALLY LIVE THAT SHIT, YOUR LYRICS ARE GOING TO COME OUT PRETTY DARK, AND SCARY.
PR- TRUE STORY. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER INFLUENCES? ANY KIND OF EXTREME METAL OR GRIND OR HARDCORE? THRASH METAL OR DEATH METAL? OR JUST ICP AND TWIZTED
DS- SOME OF OUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES ARE, KID ROCK...KID ROCK HAS REALLY BEEN LAYING IT DOWN THESE LAST FEW YEARS, R KELLY OF COURSE, HIS LYRICS ARE ABOUT AS GROUNDBREAKING AS ANYTHING CAN GET. PARAMORE IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE METAL BANDS, LOTS OF SPOKEN WORD FEMALE POETRY TOO, SOMETIMES WE LIKE TO JUST SIT IN THE ROOM, AND TALK FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, THEN PLAY THAT TAPE BACK FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, YOU WOULD BE REALLY SHOCKED ON WHAT YOU GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WORDS, ITS REALLY SHOCKING.
PR- SPEAKING OF R. KELLY, TODAY IS HIS BIRTHDAY. DOES DEEP SHIT DO ANYTHING TO CELEBRATE THE PIED PIPERS BIRTHDAY?
DS- YEAH, WE MADE HIM A CAKE IN THE SHAPE OF HIS ENTIRE BODY, AND SENT IT OVER NIGHT TO CHICAGO, WE JUST RECENTLY SENT HIM A LETTER ASKING IF HE WOULD DO SOME TRACKS FOR OUR NEXT RECORD
PR- I AM SURE ALL OF YOUR FANS LOOK FORWARD TO THAT COLLABORATION. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, I KNOW MOST BANDS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME REHEARSE REALLY SERIOUSLY AND USE 8 TRACK AND 16 TRACK RECORDERS WHEN RECORDING. WHAT ARE YOU GUYS' SECRETS TO MAKING GOOD MUSIC?
DS- TO BE HONEST, I'M NOT SURE WHERE ANY OF OUR RECORDINGS HAVE CAME FROM, TO DO THE VOCALS, IVE BEEN TRYING TO PRACTICE USING A TALK BOX, I THINK IT SOUNDS REALLY COOL, LIKE THAT GUY ON CALIFORNIA LOVE, BUT INSTEAD OF "CITY OF WATTS" I CAN REPLACE "WATTS" WITH MY OWN CITY, OR YOUR CITY! I USUALLY DO THAT FOR LADIES, THEY REALLY LIKE THE TALK BOX. ITS LIKE WOMEN WEED
PR- LADIES LOVE COOL DEEP SHIT.
DS- YEAH, THAT WAS THE NAME OF ONE OF OUR RECORDS, THE LABEL MADE US CHANGE IT, BUT IT WENT GOLD ANYWAY, SHOWS WHAT THEY KNOW, NAZI LABEL CORPORATIONS
PR- BESIDES YOU, WHO ARE ALL THE PEOPLE IN YOUR BAND?
DS- ITS HARD TO SAY THESE DAYS, ITS ME, ANTHONY BLEW IT, MATT RATT, DEVIN INSANE, AND ANDY CANDY, GIRLS LIKE THE ROCK N' ROLL NAMES. THATS WHY WE HAVE THEM, FOR THE KIDS.
PR- AT THE LEVEL OF THE COMPOSITIONS, IS THERE A MAIN COMPOSER, OR DO YOU ALL CONTRIBUTE? DO YOU WRITE THE MUSIC THE SAME WAY EVERY TIME?
DS- WELL WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GHOST WRITERS, WE ALL HAVE A FAMILY AND CAREERS ALREADY, SO ITS HARD TO GET THE TIME TO SIT DOWN AND REALLY WRITE ALL THIS SHIT, SO WE HAVE A FEW GHOST WRITERS, WHO SHALL BE UN NAMED. WE WRITE A COUPLE OF THE SONGS, BUT THEY NEVER SEEM TO MAKE IT ONTO THE ALBUM FOR SOME REASON
PR- CAN YOU AT LEAST CONFIRM THAT THE SHOREWOOD BALLERS HAVE GHOST WRITTEN AT LEAST A FEW SONGS?
DS- I CANT QUITE SAY, I'LL JUST SAY SHOUT OUT TO TND, DJ DAVE, AND ICEBURG G, OH CANT FORGET BURT BLINGER EITHER, BUT I CANT SAY MORE THAN THAT
PR- IS REHEARSING A REGULAR MANNER OR DOES IT WORK AS PERIODS? (NO HEHERSALS DURING WINTER? DO YOU HIBERNATE? NO REHEARSALS IN THE SUMMER AND ONLY TOURS? ETC...)
DS- WE JUST LIKE TO LOOK AT TOUR AS THE SAME THING AS PRACTICE, LIKE I SAID...WE REALLY DONT HAVE TIME TO DO THINGS LIKE PRACTICE OR WRITE SONGS. I HAD TO START SELLING ALL TYPES OF CRAZY THINGS JUST TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY. YOU COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE
PR- EVEN THOUGH YOUR BANDS QUITE FAMOUS IN FRANCE AND JAPAN, YOU SEEM TO REMAIN QUITE DISCRETE AT THE LEVEL OF THE UNDERGROUND PRESS. I HAVE NEVER SEEN AN INTERVIEW AND, WHILE SOME LESS FAMOUS BANDS COMING FROM THE MUSIC-HEAVY CITY OF MADISON, WI, I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY INTERVIEWS FROM DEEP SHIT. DO YOU WANT TO REMAIN A BIT OUT OF THE THING OR IS IT SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU LACK TIME?
DS- WELL, WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP IT PRETTY UNDERGROUND. WE REALLY DONT WANT TO EXPLOIT THE IDEAS OF THE GREAT ONE (MELINKO) THIS WILL MORE THAN LIKLEY BE THE ONLY INTERVIEW WE EVER DO. WE JUST REALLY DONT HAVE ANY TIME EITHER. WE ALL HAVE FAMILY AND CAREERS TO WORRY ABOUT
PR- DO YOU THINK ABOUT DEVELOPING A BIT THE SEXUAL TOUCH PRESENT ON YOUR FIRST TAPE? IT COULD BE INTERESTING TO MIX SOME NEW EROTIC INFLUENCE IN TO YOUR NEWER WORKS...
DS- YEAH I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SOME EROTIC THINGS, WE ARE ALL WORKING OUT AND TRYING TO TAN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I HAVE BEEN ORDERING LOTS OF NEW MESH ITEMS. MOSTLY SHIRTS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION?
PR- I THINK SO. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY FUTURE PROJECTS YOU'RE WORKING ON?
DS- YEAH. WE HAVE A NEW COMPACT DISK OR A RECORD COMING OUT CALLED SEXUAL 6.9, ITS AIMED TO BE RELEASED IN THE FALL OF 2011
PR- DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING COMING ANY SOONER THAN THE 2011 RELEASE? WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING FROM YOU SINCE THE GROUNDBREAKING SPLIT ALBUM WITH 'HAVE FUN'.
DS- OH YEAH, I ALMOST FORGOT. WE JUST RECORDED FOR OUR NEXT 7" CALLED AMERICAS MOST HAUNTED. IT WILL HAVE SOME REALLY PROMISING THINGS ON IT. WE DID THE RECORDINGS IN THE AMAZON RAIN FORREST IN THE NUDE.
PR- WOW, I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR IT. AND I AM SURE YOUR HARDCORE FANS WILL BE LINED UP AND READY TO STEAL IT DAYS BEFORE ITS RELEASE DATE. WELL, THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY FAMILY LIFE TO DO THE INTERVIEW WITH ME. ANY LAST WORDS OR ANYTHING TO SAY TO YOUR FANS?
DS- YEAH I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MY NINJAS. ABRADE, SFN, COPEATER, MORBID O, RAMMING SPEED, GUCCI MANE, ERIC, STEVE O, MAX, DJ PAIN, NINTENDO, JENKIM, ANYBODY OUT THERE MOVING PIES LIKE SARA LEE, THE CAMBODIANS, HAVE FUN, BABY D, WHEELS, SHAGGY 2 DOPE, OCB, 2 LIVE CREW, SWEAT PANTS, SWEAT BANDS, SWEAT BEADS, HIT A LIQ RECORDS, GIVE PRAISE RECORDS, THE VIET CONG, AFRICA, R KELLY, COLUMBUS, POSITIVE NOISE, LOADED FOR BEAR. I WANNA GIVE A FUCK YOU TO: NICK CANNON, RAVE LIPS IN CHICAGO, HIPPYS, 3RD DEGREE BURNS, FEDS, AIDS, 50 CENT, MOST OF G UNIT, MASTER P STOPPING GANGSTER RAP, FAKE ASS JUGGALOS, FAKE ASS RAVERS, REAL ASS RAVERS, NOT SELLING DOPE, NOT SMOKING DOPE, T DOWN. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE ALL MY KIDS TOO, THANK GOD, ALWAYS THANK GOD. ALL MY NINJAS THAT HAVE FALLEN, SLAIN BY THE SWORD. RIP THREE DEE! YOU WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US
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