J-What do you think of all those 80's bands
reuniting and you have never stopped,the band never broke up or stopped
playing…do you think they did it for money..or the love of the music?
K-Ya..know, what could I say?…I don't know…I hate when people make judgements on
bands..they don't know..there is so much that goes on inside a band, between 5-6
people..you don't know what motivates them. Everyone pretends to know..and I
wish some of them hadn't..
J-Whats the biggest crowd you've ever played
for..
K-Hmm..lets see..I have no idea. When we first came out..we toured with, of all
people, Warrant, we played some pretty big shows..but I have no idea numbers
wise.
J-Whats the craziest thing a fan has ever done
to meet you..?
K-Well..Im telling you..that band, that lineup ("Things You've Never Done
Before") was sick.. and the thing about it was..I wanted to have my fun too ya
know..and I never in a million years, growing up..fantasizing about being in a
band,from town to town…and we would go do it..and I spent most my time making
sure they wernt killing each other,or killing themselves.there would be fist
fights between us..
I've had roadies call up in the middle of the night… "Wades going home, hes
going to the airport" ..in rehearsals my brothers been called, "You better get
down here right away. Dave's throwing his cymbols" ….he was wippin cymbals at
Jeff..I mean man..I can't tell you how relaxed everything is now..even though
the shows were a good time.it was really a bad time for me.
J-So whats the craziest thing a fan has
done…hahaha..
K-Hahaha..well I don't know..they have done some pretty crazy stuff after they
have met us.hahaha… we have always been so accessible, it really wasn't hard
to meet us.
J-What other projects have you done besides
Roxx Gang, in the last few years.
K-Well through Tom Mathers..that runs Perris Records,I've done some stuff..but
its wierd..I've never met the people I've worked with,I wrote a song for Marq
Torain from Bullet Boys…see Tom had a band and for a while didn't have a
singer..he may now, but he released a cd with a lot of guest appearances..like
I sang a track, Marq sang a track..or two..and Marq sang one of my songs.
J-Ya wasn't the band called Monroe?
K-Ya..that's it
J- And what about the Mojo Gurus?
K-Well the Mojo Gurus are like this…the whole thing started…we were playing a
birthday party..for a girlfriend in the band..and we played this place called
the Voodoo Lounge,and we thought it would be cool to do this..but I'm not
stupid..I wouldn't go into the Voodoo Lounge and do a full Roxx Rang show.
Anyway..and I like the blues..but it's funny when you're a kid you don't
realize its just…blues..and how much of the bands I loved from the 70's were
really just playing blues songs.just white boys..speeding it up a
little,cleaning it up a little and fuckin it all up.. haha…anyways..Roxx Gang
had already been moving in the bluesy direction..we had a few site down
acoustic shows..bluesy stuff….but back to my story..we did the party, and
decided to call ourselves the Mojo Gurus. So we did the show..and had a
blast..we had so much fun, we played a few other shows..and had a great time.
So we started expanding.. I started realizing..the guys in my band..they are
young, they didn't come up the right way..like through the blues..they didn't
come up with the right progression.. that's why guys from the 70's had so much
soul,they listened to the blues..and early rock records..and took it to the
next level. These guys, these days are into the 2nd or 3rd generation guitar
players., don't even know their idols, idols..were blues guys.and so I
thought..this is going to be really good for the band…good for the guys. They
are learning more..they are playing with dynamics, soul..and feeling.so we
decided ok..thets put out a record..and I had wrote this song.."The Mojo
Gurus" and we were playing under the name Mojo Gurus..and decided to start
playing smaller bars as the Mojo Gurus..so were doing that on the side.. plus
all the big rock places are closing..so half the time..we don't have anywhere
to play. So we realease this cd..and all this shit came out of me..finally I
had reached a point where I had control of things..finally the songs came out
like I heard them in my head. I had all of these styles on it..ya know..im
just a huge music fan..I like almost any music, as long as its done well.. and
I had a little country..blues..I wanted to put some glam tunes..from like
where glam really came from..instead of the Roxx Gang, metal sound. So Mojo
Gurus happened..and I said we are shopping this thing to all the majors, even
though we are on Perris ,any demo or cd release we are always trying to better
our situation, and I said lets shop it as Mojo Gurus…cause with Roxx
Gang..there is so much baggage, record labels look at it as 80's hair
band..and throw it in the garbage. Anyway we got a ton of response…like
unbelievable.. so right now we have record labels interested in us..as the
Mojo Gurus.. resentley we went to New York to do some showcases.. as the Mojo
Gurus. Now the new Roxx Gang release "Smoking TNT and Drinking Dynamite" will
be out on Perris as the new Roxx Gang release, but well also be shopping it as
Mojo Gurus…that's why we have a Mojo Gurus website.
J-Boy you got it all going on…
K- And ill be totally open about it…if I gotta be in Mojo Gurus to get back on
a major label ..so be it.
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