Interviews

Interview with Pyn of BarbWire Dolls

Published

7 years ago

July 29, 2017

Ron

Empire Extreme had the opportunity to sit down and talk to guitarist Pyn of Barb Wire Dolls after there set on the Warped Tour. I was blown awayby how bad ass this band was. I knew that they were signed to Lemmy’s from MotorHead label, so I knew that had to be something special. However I wanted to see for myself and I was not disappointed one bit. The raw energy of the band just put a huge smile on my face and was such a breath of fresh air on what can be a sometimes stale genre. I was mostly blown away by singer Isis Queen on how awesome of a front-woman she was. She showed such a passion for the music and a love for fans that is nearly unmatched.

Empire: How’s the Warped Tour been going?
Pyn: It’s going pretty good. The first 10 days, on the first day drive up to Seattle, our bus broke down and stranded us on the highway. We had to rent a car, we lost a shit ton of money and were thinking about having to cancel. We called out to our fans and got a vehicle. Now we’re comfortable and kicking some ass.

Empire: How was recording “Rub My Mind”?
Pyn: It was really surreal. We met Eagles of Death Metal on riot fest. And we’re asked to go to Rancho De La Luna where all the desert rock movement started. We said “We’ll talk and arrange a time”. The day they texted me and asked “Are you’re still coming down next week”, he got off the phone and 10 minutes later the incident in France at the Bataclan happened. We didn’t communicate for him for 5 days. When he wrote us back, he asked if we are still coming in, and said “The music must go on they can’t take that away.”

Empire: Do you have any good stories about Lemmy that you would like to share?
Pyn: The first night we met him, we talked about the Sex Pistols and how he knows Greek punk bands that started in the 80s. So we had a really good connection. We kept running into him here and there. In 2015 he happened to stumble into us at the Whiskey. He told Isis that she reminded him of Wendy O from the Plasmatics, she was a good friend of his. He asked if we had a label, and then asked us if we wanted be on MotorHead Music and be his “musical child”. He said don’t change for anyone even me. We were going to tour with them and then he passed away, God rest his soul. We think about him everyday and do a little prayer for him to thank him.

Empire: If you can bring back any musician from the dead other than Lemmy, who would it be?
Pyn: I want Darby Crash back from the Germs. He literally was one of the greatest singers and bands. He had a shot and got fucked up with heroin and took his life way to early. He had a lot of potential to motivate people. He was a very smart guy. He stood for something, but never achieved what he wanted because of his addiction. He was extreme and I know you like Extreme (as he points to my Empire Extreme shirt)

Such an amazing band Barb Wire Dolls are, a very humble and friendly band within a world of bands that tend not to be as much. I can’t wait to see Barb Wire Dolls again and continue our conversations that we had.

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Ron has keen eye for new talent, a love for the underground, and a tremendous passion for music of any genera. You’ll probably bump into him at a horror convention or some seedy club checking out the next need-to-know band.

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INTERVIEW WITH OF VIRTUE

Published

2 months ago

March 4, 2024

Ron

Where does the band name come from? Wanting to be the best version of yourself at all times. The name is a reminder to hold ourselves accountable.

How is the music scene in Michigan? The Michigan music scene has always been vibrant and in my opinion, important. Do we get the credit we deserve? Absolutely not. But for the state that brought you Motown, Eminem, Lizzo, The White Stripes, I Prevail and so many other incredible artists – it’s kind of hard to believe that Michigan remains a hidden gem.

How’s the reception from the fans of the latest album “Omen”? It’s been incredible. From seeing people singing along at shows to us seeing new supporters of all different ages, colors, and creeds joining the journey. Omen has been a pivotal album in our career and we’re proud of it!

If you could tour with 2 bands, which bands would you want to tour with? Spiritbox and Bad Omens. They’re both making waves, changing who the metal audience is, and surely they’d be fun to hang around with.

Where do you draw inspiration for the lyrics? Honestly, the lyrics are our stories. The stories of our struggles, our trials and our tribulations.

What’s been your favorite tour or show? We just got off of a tour with our labelmates, Any Given Day. They treated us to a handful of sold out shows over in Europe, which at this point we call our second home. Those were great shows, but any show we’ve done in Europe is typically one for the books!

If you could bring back a dead musician, who would it be? Prince for sure. An incredible musician I would love an opportunity to chat or make music with!

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INTERVIEW WITH TWIN TEMPLE

Published

2 months ago

February 16, 2024

Ron

Being Married and being in a band together. Do you feel that makes it easier or harder?

We love to do the Devil’s work together so for us its a match made in hell.

What’s your favorite horror movie?

That’s hard to narrow down but the first few that come to mind are Rosemary’s Baby, The Devil Rides Out, Wickerman, The Devils Reign featuring Anton Lavey, Mario Bava’s Black Sunday, anything starring Vincent Price. We also got to see an advance screen of “Late Night with the Devil” featuring a very evil performance from our friend Dave Dastmalchian. We’re also looking forward to Bryan Fuller’s “Dust Bunny” and are positive it will be a new favorite. The list goes on…..we are huge horror fans.

Favorite Non Horror Movie?

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (which is horror/noir adjacent) and The Burbs (also horror adjacent…haha.)

All of Quentin Tarantino’s films- our latest favorite is Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, because 1960’s LA…

What misconception of Satanists would you like to educate people on?

We’re not here to proselytize, force our beliefs on people, or educate people on them Selves, Satanism or anything else. If people are interested in exploring Satanism, we encourage them to do their research and question everything.

If you could bring back any dead musician, who would you pick and why?

We would have loved to do a song with Ronnie Spector who recently passed. Also would have been amazing to collaborate with Jack Nitzsche who arranged so many amazing songs.

If you could tour with any 2 bands, who would you want to tour with?

The Ronnettes & The Shangri-Las.

What has been your Favorite Tour so far?

The God is Dead Tour that we’re currently on is definitely the most evil and blasphemous tour yet. We find it very pleasurable to be able to continue expanding the rituals and seeing our nightmares come true on stage.

You were on “Dragula” with the Boulet Brothers, how was that experience?

It was a fiendish delight to collaborate with some of our fav monsters.

What was it like Touring with Danzig?

Another nightmare come true! We’ve both been fans for a long time and we’re obviously inspired by the wicked world Glenn has conjured. So to get to spend time with him and watch him live every night and to now call him a friend is completely surreal. He’s a legend— but was also one of the coolest, kindest, most unholy people we’ve had the carnal pleasure of touring with.

How’s the reception of the last album “God is Dead”?

Personally, we love the record and are very proud of what we’ve accomplished. As far as other peoples’ reactions…. we don’t know and don’t care! We pleasured ourselves and that’s what matters most.

What got you interested in the style of music you play? And how would describe your music?

We’ve always loved classic American music from jazz to blues to country to rock and roll and so on. We also love the pageantry of heavy metal and theatre. So for us it was a very organic culmination of our obsessions. Rock and roll has always been the devils music.

Have you visited the Satanic Temple in Massachusetts?

No we have not but Lucien did attend one of our rituals so we had a chance to share where we get our babies blood and all things Satan.

Have you had any bad encounters at shows because of the misconception of satanism?

No! We purposefully foster a live show environment where all are welcome, all should come being the most important person in the world which is themselves, whatever that may be. Even Christians! We believe music is meant to bring joy, transcendence… We just want to share the things we love; pink, rhinestones, big hair, great rock ’n’ roll, Satanic ritual, you know… but we have had churches assemble outside our shows, screaming through distorted PA speakers that God is not dead & wishing us all a “terrible time”. Why would their God not want us to have fun? This kind of behavior is only makes us more proud to be who we are and do what we love.