J-What was the craziest thing a fan has ever done to meet you?
J.M.-Driven over a thousand miles, actually had quite a few fans drive from
Wisconsin, and Minnesota to meet us in Texas. As well as tattoos of our clown
that dorns our cd jackets is tattooed all over fans bodies in all parts of the
world as well. That's crazy, but I love that. There are photos of these tattoos
on our website (www.dangeroustoys.net)
J-What's the biggest crowd you have ever played for?
and where?
J.M.-20,000 in Chicago, the World Music Theater. (oh, what a feeling, like
Toyota commercials!)
J-How important was the look back in the
"80's hair days"?
J.M.-The look, we say never is important, but it may not have been important to
some of us, myself included,
I had a personal revelation early on, that you end up "dressing up" more for the
fans and the show and the photographer, than for yourself,
and that's not fair to yourself. I can remember when I stopped wearing jewelry,
and whatever else, that was
uncomfortable, just to look like I was "somebody" who needed to be onstage, and
meanwhile,
I was doing laundry. too funny! I had long hair, spiked hair, colored hair, all
thru the 80s, by the time Dtoys came around,
I was done with all that. Shaved my head in 96, and its now long again, so, go
figure, its all just for fun anyway.
J-Do you ever look back and say "what the hell was I thinking"
J.M.-..Ha ha, all the time, some of the spandex I wore back in my
Watchtower days is way more silly
than the stuff I had in Dtoys days. I was definitely into the bullet belt,
combat boot, Slayer meets Hanoi Rocks,
sorta punk, then I was the Poison look.
Lookie what I found...LOL
J-Out of all the songs you recorded.. What were some of
your favorites?
J.M.-"Bones in the Gutter", "Scared", "Here Comes Trouble", "Illustrated Man",
Line em' Up", "Screamin' for
More", "Words on the Wall", "Cure the Sane" to name a few.
J-And least favorites..?
J.M.-About half of the Hellacious Acres release.
J-At one point you took over on bass.. why?
J.M.-Mike Watson, original Dtoys bassist, took a leave of absence after the
recording of the PISSED cd in 94,
So, we had a friend fill in for a 200 date tour of the states, in 94-95,upon our
tours end, we took a small break, Paul and I started writing songs together,
with me on bass, etc.. .we didn't have a bassist and we didn't want
to hire one. Auditions are such a drag, like pulling teeth. Plus I was already
writing on bass and guitar for the cd, "The rtist 4 merly known as Dtoys", so,
it was already a thing we had. we didn't skip a beat.