Q: Hey, can you tell us a bit about where you come from, and what made you want to start a career in music?
A: I’m an entity from the mind of Spoon-Fed Jack. And I don’t have a career in music. I’m just a servant and vessel of rock ’n’ roll.
Q: Did you have any formal training, or are you self-taught?
A: Self-taught under duress.
Q: Who were your first and strongest musical influences?
A: W. Axl Rose, which I believe is his full legal name, and Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy. Pretty much any music Spoon-Fed Jack consumed influenced me—see, the problem wasn’t him getting through to me, it was me getting through to him.
Q: You have just released your new single/album Misters. Is there a story behind it?
A: I didn’t release it—that was my keeper, John Zdrojeski. But Spoon-Fed Jack had to confront the Misters head-on and find himself again. I guided him through it.
Q: What is the message of your music?
A: That radical joy is the only thing that can save you from what trips you up. My joy is Rock ’N’ Roll.
Q: What do you feel are the key elements in your music that should resonate with listeners, and how would you personally describe your sound?
A: Part exaltation, part exorcism. I don’t know how to answer the first part.
Q: Do you feel that your music is giving you back just as much fulfillment as the amount of work you are putting into it, or are you expecting something more?
A: I think Rock ’N’ Roll saved my life, and I can never, in a million lifetimes, repay them.
Q: Could you describe your creative processes? How do you usually start, and go about shaping ideas into a completed song?
A: My creative process was just about finding a way to sing out in the face of things that wanted to shout me down. The Misters tell me who they are—in one way or another, whether I like it or not, whether I agree to it or not— and I sing it back to them in a language they understand. And as long I don’t lie—and I never lie, I assure you—they tend to get real quiet after that. They just need a sonic mirror with a little bit of overdrive to get the picture.
Q: What has been the most difficult thing you’ve had to endure in your life or music career so far?
A: Probably Spoon-Fed Jack locking me away with the Misters.
Q: On the contrary, what would you consider a successful, proud or significant point in your life or music career so far?
A: I went full Springsteen at one point. That was cool.
