Blistering.com & Twiztid
Blistering.com: For all the people out there who may not know who Twiztid is, can you give us a brief rundown on what Twiztid is about.
Monoxide: Hell yeah. We're out of Detroit, of course. We got put on by ICP, that's our homies. We're on the same record label as them which is Psychopathic Records and we used to be in another band, but that didn't work out so we started Twiztid and here we are. We are the dark. We are the wicked shit!
Blistering.com: Now you guys are classified as Horrorcore?
Monoxide: Well, thats actually pretty funny because everytime we go into a store its somewhere different. Its either in Rap or Rock, you know, everything but Classical or Country. But us, we're like a horror movie on a cd.
Blistering.com: You guys are currently on tour with Bone Thugs N Harmony, how did that come about and what kind of reaction or feedback are you guys getting?
Monoxide: Well, we were talking to a booking agent and we were thinking of someone to go out with and Bone Thugs were like "fuck yeah, we'll go out". But the promoters everywhere were kinda skeptic because you know our fans are crazy enough and you mix in their fans and we might have riots on our hands, but after the first show sold out they were like, you guys could stay out for 6 months on this shit, so its been huge! Its been really really good for both bands! The draw is pretty even there, Bone is good for a thousand and we're good for a thousand, ya know we're talking between 2 thousand and 3 thousand people a night. Half of them really don't know Bone and other half really don't know us, but when the show is over its just like Wow, everyone got their wigs pealed back, so to speak and its cool.
Blistering.com: Has there been anything crazy or unusual happen on this tour?
Monoxide: Yeah, radio DJs suckin our dicks! Its crazy! They never play our music. They never heard of us, but after we leave the stage, they're like, "Holy Fuck! Who is that?", ya know. A lot of wierdness. Instead of Violent J peepin his head in the dressing room, its Crazy Bone sayin "What up?" Its different, there has been all kinds of crazy shit.
Blistering.com: Can you describe a typical day on tour with Twiztid?
Monoxide: Wake up in a different city than you were when you went to sleep, smoke a shitload of weed, hit the stage and then go to sleep and wake up in another city, smoke a shitload of weed and do the same thing everyday. We do the same thing 7 shows a week, so its like damn, there are no days off, it just keeps going.
Blistering.com: When you look back at the past year of 2002, what are the positives for Twiztid and Psychopathic Records?
Monoxide: I could talk about the positives for Psychopathic Records for hours, just for Twiztid.... we finally went out on our own headlining tour, ya know what I'm saying, full fledge. We made our first stay into the real bands, to literally say, ya know what I'm sayin? ICP might have put us on, but we're here to do our own thing and thats what we do. We went out and did fuckin 92 dates in 4 months. We went everywhere, ya know, just to prove to the world that we're a real band. This just ain't some fuckin' bullshit. We're here to stay! But that was probably the biggest mark in 2002 for us. Is the "Freek Show" 2002 headline tour and then we went out on the "Mirror Mirror" Tour . Thats all we do is tour, we love touring. They can't keep us at home. Our moms are like, "oh my god the last time I saw you, you were like 17 years old".
We're trying to come to Canada, damn it! Those son of a bitches, they don't want us to come over there. We're like we gotta bring the wicked shit everywhere! There's are Juggalos everywhere, there are Juggalos all over Canada. They won't let us over there because of our records and felons, ya know.
Blistering.com: Do you think one day they will give in?
Monoxide: Yeah, hell yeah! I mean, I'm straight up, we're working on that! Because we won't go to Europe, we're afraid of Europe, we're afraid of playin there. Until they make a freeway that we could just drive the Navigator up to London or somethin , we ain't goin. So we'll go to Canada man, they're right there, RIGHT THERE DUDE!!!
Blistering.com: What can we expect from Twiztid in 2003?
Monoxide: The biggest album of our life called The Green Book. It comes out in May, slated for a May release, a headlining tour in May/June, shooting 'Big Money Rustlers' in July & August and back out on a summer tour in September/October and a video game called Backyard Wrestling featuring the stars of JCW and that features us on the game and ICP is on it, Madman Pondo and Sickass Tom Dove. So I mean, Its goin! Its really goin! We're busier than we have ever been.
Blistering.com: Can you tell me anything about The Green Book?
Monoxide: It's Our Album! Its a reflection of us! 100% Its a vision of the world in us through our eyes. How the world preceives us and we believe we're seen. Ya know what I'm sayin? Its like this is what we're feelin like, ususally our albums are recorded for our mass of Juggalos, not sayin that we're not Juggalos but we're just gonna bring some points to their eyes that maybe they're not thinkin about or not lookin at. Maybe we can shed some light on things, and its the deepest, darkest album to ever come out. I've never heard anything like this. Devastating!
Blistering.com: Any special appearances that we on this album?
Monoxide: Ahhhhh..... Nope... Not really.....Maybe. Thats a secret! I can't give that info out yet. A lot of slated stuff, ya know what I'm sayin. I don't want to sit here and be like, they said they would do it or they said they would do it, and then it come out and people are like woooooo bro, this kats not on it, ya know. So we'll just wait and see. But yes, it's crazy, people are actually calling us sayin, can we get on your album? Were not talkin some local people, we're talkin' about some serious fuckin' acts, like we're starting to get some recognition. Which is cool, ya know, its like, Fuck Ya, the industry does realize what we're doing because for no radio and no MTV, none of that, NONE! No mainstream nothin! Our album has never been reviewed in a magazine, I can count on my hand how many full fledge interviews we've done in a magazine. Its like we are truely the epitome of underground. People come out and don't know who the fuck we are, but there is 2000 kids all painted up, singing every lyric to our songs. Thats gotta strike some interest ya know, their like WOW! Its growing! Its growing at such a rapid pace, its beyond me. Thats because we bust our ass. We got the Purple Show on our website. So ya know that stuff takes time, we try to do all of that. We do all of our own merchandise, design every piece of merchandise that you can find. We do all of our own production, ya know what I sayin. We do all of our own writing. We do all that stuff. We're not just some rappers. We're not just not a couple of guys that go into a studio and blah, blah, blah...... blah, blah, blah, there it is. We take care of everything!
Blistering.com: Now for a couple of general questions for you. Do you have any musical influences?
Monoxide: Usually influenced by the West Coast rap scene. I love that shit! I love Ice Cude, I love Dr Dre. The Chronic album was one the greatest albums ever recorded! I love E40. I like a lot of South stuff, like Outkast. For any one person that made me sit down an wanna write something is 2Pac, thats it! Like I listen to other people because I like their music but this mother fucker literally aspired me to sit down and write. We might rap about completely different things but he can put me in a mind state that nobody else can. It's dope!
Blistering.com: Have you had a chance to listen to the new 2Pac album?
Monoxide: Come On! Hell yeah!!! I got that shit a week early because we know people in stores. But I love it, ya know what I'm sayin...Fuck.... I love 2Pac, thats my shit right there. Thats my heart!
Blistering.com: What artists are you currently listening to besides 2Pac?
Monoxide: Right now I can't stop bumpin that Bone Thugs N Harmony... the new one. There shit is dope as shit! I was also playin my old one so much, my East 1999, it was all scratched up, I had to go out and get new one. Thats it, thats what I'm pumpin right now. I bought all kinds of crazy shit. I got all kinds of shit that I bought for the road because I want to listen to it, its just sittin in selophane . Because I listen to everything, doesn't mean I like it , but I listen to everything. Everything from Jay-Z to Shania Twain, I listen to everything!
Blistering.com: If you guys could remake any song, what would it be?
Monoxide: Ahhh, we're actually talkin about that for this album, ya know, believe it or not. I wanted to do a 2Pac song and Madrox is. like, I'm down, but he's like maybe we'll do a 2Pac & a Biggie song. I don't know. Because his love is Biggie. Thats his favorite rapper. But I don't know man, we're stuck, we were thinkin about maybe doin a couple different ones. I wanted to do fuckin "Cusswords" by Too Short, I love that shit, just some old shit that we grew up on. But I don't know man.
Blistering.com: Now we're about to wrap this up so in closing do have anything that you'd like to say to your fans, the Juggalos out there?
Monoxide: We Love You!! Thats family... live forever and ever! I'll be 85 years old and still rockin the hatchet with the rest of the Juggalos. And all you Juggalos in Canada, I promise you. We'll sneak in, we'll dig an underground tunnel. We'll figure out a way. We'll be there! We gotta come! Its almost legal there.... marijuana. When they legalize it, I'm gonna move there. It will be devastating!
Blistering.com: Monoxide, we'd like to thank you for your time and good luck with the album.
Monoxide: Thanks for talkin. Later.
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