NEUROTRASH is:
Prince Albert (Chris)
- LEAD
Frank Dialog (Sean)
- PULSE
Mr Normal (Mark)
- BEAT
LittleBook: Why did you start a band??
NEUROTRASH: manifest destiny-- The three of us rip so much that it was only a matter of time...
LB: How did you find each other??
N: The stars just line up on rare occasions; like strangers on a train or clowns on a bus
LB: What's your most memorable moment as a band??
N: Let's see, just last night. The Music should transcend itself continually, or you need to find some other band mates. You hit a level where everything clicks, and that's what you keep striving for every time you pick up an instrument, whether someone is watching you or not.
One of us might call it an epiphany and consider it a Mozart/Chi moment, the other will point to the “God Blanket” of the later and call it a Nietzsche moment. It usually ends in a draw, but all that energy goes into the music - that's where it comes together.
LB: Where do you practice? What do you drink at practice? What do you do at practice when you’re not practicing?
N: We have a space near the dog patch I (Chris) share with another band I'm in, Lucabrazzi, and the drummer's house. We split time because Mr. Normal fills in for Lucabrazzi and Roxy (bass from Lucabrazzi) fills in for Neurotrash. It's a big incestuous pool. When we’re not practicing, we go home. We don’t waste ANY time. That’s for shitty bands, except when we drink beer.
LB: What's the hardest thing about being a band in 2009?
N: Marketing and promotion. Other than that, there is never anything hard about being a Musician... Music makes all the pain subside.
LB: What's the best thing about being a band in San Francisco?
N: Everybody wants a piece! Any band that wants to whine about it should just leave!
LB: What's up with your CD where can I get it, where did you record it??
N: We have a cd available on CD BABY, LALA, and on ITUNES, AMAZON, V-CAST, ECT.... We have merch at the shows , too.
LB: Favorite local Band or a memorable show??
N: The Bay has a great local music scene and favorites vary from show to show. Lucabrazzi, Yes Go's, Inferno of Joy and United Defiance. They’re all great people and we book with them.
LB: Favorite venue to Play??
N: Any place that has a good crowd that is there to see real live music in the raw. We have fun wherever we end up, because it's not where we play. We feed off of what we do together as a band. We rip- you will dig us.
LB: Favorite pre / post show; food, indulgence or ritual??
N: Ask each other for directions. dollar Mc cheese burgers
LB: How do you feel about people downloading your songs for free , do you offer free downloads??
N: I'm sorry, but if you're really my friend, don't you want to help me eat tonight!
One reason to offer free downloads is to spread the sound with the hope that it translates into future possibilities to play music for your career. I (Chris) love what I do by day as a teacher, but I pick up my guitar for five minutes and any negative mood washes away.
LB: What do you want people to know about your band, what are you doing next?
N: We're NEUROTRASH: We Rip, you'll dig us. We are polite and friendly, we pass out free earplugs at our shows, and we get our shit off the stage faster than any band on record - alive (or dead). Come out and see us even if you have to rearrange your life plans to make it happen. We are the best band live, even though we suck at promoting. People are always saying, "Wow, who the hell is this?" and then we do everything in our power to make ourselves invisible. Not on purpose. We just have a really hard time kissing ass, and we do think we're special (but in a cool way; approachable - not assholish). Most creative marketing ploy? Bass player combed the Haight for homeless, gave them a CD, and told them he would give them $10 every time he came across them playing it in the hood...
LB: Favorite venue to Play??
N: That's too hard - too many. We have fun wherever we end up, because it's not where we play. We feed off of what we do together as a band. We rip wherever, whenever...
LB: Have you played at the Red Devil Lounge or the DNA Lounge before? Do you have a thing about lounges?
N: We have played the Red Devil a few times acoustically and full on. SFTV Unplugged has been very receptive to our music, so we’ve done a lot of shows under that guise. This question sounds like public radio... they ask watered-down questions that would cause the interviewee to answer like the reporter just asked something truly insightful. The fact that Red was a jazz club 10 years ago is as irrelevant as the question. We kill wherever we are asked to play.
LB: Do any of the members ever take their shirts off at a show or at practice??
N: There is no necessity to disrobe, because the music speaks for itself.
LB: Who's the smelliest member after a sweaty gig??
N: (Prince Albert) I have no sense of smell, so I could really give a fuck.
LB: Where do you think live music is heading??
N: As long as there are human beings there will be a need for those human beings to be entertained. Before recordings and people who thought they were so cool for hitting a couple notes and wearing the right clothes was this mode of expression that was easy to recall because it had a hook, a rhyme.
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