MY YEAR, TAIRRIE B, TURA SATANA.


Words-Paul Travers. Photos-Paul Harries
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WHERE ARE YOU SPENDIND CHRISTMAS?
 "THE PART WHERE ISN'T REALLY IMPORTANT. THE IMPORTANT THING IS IT'LL HOPEFULLY BE WITH SOMEONE I LOVE."
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?
 "TO BE SURPRISED."
WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE A KERRANG READER FOR CHRISTMAS?
 "A VIDEO TAPED COPY OF A CARTOON CALLED 'SOUTH PARK', AND SPECIFICALLY AN EPISODE CALLED 'JESUS VERSES SANTA'. YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT 'SOUTH PARK' IS YET, BUT IT IS THE FUNNIEST FUCKING THNG IN THE WORLD. I'D MAKE THEM THAT, AND THEN THEY COULD MAKE MILLIONS OF COPIES AND SHOW ALL THEIR FRIENDS."
WHO WILL YOU BE KISSING UNDER THE MISTLETOE?
 "HOPEFULLY SOMEONE. I DON'T REALLY HAVE TO ANSWER THAT."
WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON NEW YEARS EVE?
 "PROBABLY FEEDING MY BASS PLAYER, RICO. NO, I'LL PROBABLY BE CELEBRATING WITH THE ENTIRE BAND."

WHAT DID 1997 MEAN TO YOU?
 "1997 MEANT A BRAND NEW FRESH START WITH A FRESH NEW FACE, AND ALSO IT MEANT A LOTOF LOVE WITHIN OUR BAND."
ALBUM OF THE YEAR?
 "IT MAY SOUND CHEESY TO SAY IT , BUT I WOULD SAY OUR ALBUM,'RELIEF THOUGH RELEASE'. BECAUSE A LOT OF WORK WENT, A LOT OF PAIN AND OTHER EMOTIONS WENT INTO MAKING IT. THIS BAND IS MY BABY AND I SORT OF HAD A SECOND BABY WHEN WE MADE OUR SECOND RECORD. OTHER THAN OURS, I LOVE MACHINE HEAD'S 'THE MORE THINGS CHANGE...'- I THINK THATS A GREAT RECORD."
FILM OF THE YEAR?
 "'GUMMO'. IT'S A WIERD B-MOVIE THATS ONLY OUT IN THE STATES RIGHT NOW."
PERSON OF THE YEAR?
 "MY DRUMMER, MARCELLO."
WANKER OF THE YEAR?
 "I COULD GIVE A REALLY OBNOXIUS ANSWER, BUT I WON'T. IT COMES ACROSS SOMETIMES LIKE I HATE EVERYBODY AND I'M ALWAYS BITCHING ABOUT SOMEBODY, BUT I'M NOT LIKE THAT. IF YOU ASK ME SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT SOMEBODY I WON'T HOLD BACK BECAUSE I JUST SPEAK THE TRUTH AS I SEE IT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M A COMPLETE BITCH ALL THE TIME."
WHAT WERE YOU DRINKING THIS YEAR>
 "VODKA AND CRANBERRY WITH A LOT OF CHERRIES. AND COKE CLASSIC WITH EXTRA ICE."
BEST JOKE YOU HEARD THIS YEAR?
 "THAT SCOTT(UEDA, THE BANDS EX GUITARIST) IS STILL IN TURA SATANA."
BOOK OF THE YEAR?
 "THERE ARE SO MANY - I READ A LOT OF BOOKS WHEN WERE OUT ON TOUR. PROBABLY 'COME AS YOU ARE', THE NIRVANA BOOK."
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN PRINCESS DIANA DIED?
 "I WAS IN A HOTEL ROOM WITH BURTON C BELL, GETTING READY TO LEAVE ON A PRESS TOUR TO EUROPE. WE TURNED THE TV ON AND WE BOTH FLIPPED OUT, WE COULDN'T BELIEVE IT."
WHERE WERE YOU FOR THE KERRANG AWARDS? "I WAS THERE. I WAS THERE GETTING CALLED 'THE SCARIEST WOMAN IN ROCK' BY (K EDITOR) PHIL ALEXANDER, AND I'M NOT.
WHO WAS THE SEXIEST PERSON YOU MET THIS YEAR?
 "GODDAM, THESE ARE HARD QUESTIONS. THE DRUMMER FROM SKUNK ANANSIE,MARK RICHARDSON, IS REALLY CUTE."
WHERE DID YOU GO ON HOLIDAY THIS YEAR?
 "I DIDN'T GO ON HOLIDAY THIS YEAR - IT'S A DAMN SHAME."
PERSONAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR?
 "GETTING A NEW GUITAR PLAYER. HAVING BRIAN(HARRAH) IN OUR BAND HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED THINGS FOR THE BETTER. BEFORE WE COULDN'T EVEN SIT IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER,BUT NOW WE EVEN ENJOY LITTLE THINGS LIKE GOING N FOR REHEARSAL."
PERSONAL LOW POINT OF THE YEAR?
 "HAVING TO GET RID OF OUR OLD GUITAR PLAYER."
BEST BAND YOU'VE SEEN THIS YEAR?
 "JACK OFF JILL. THERE'S A LOT OF BANDS OUT NOW THAT I LIKE - SNOT ARE A GREAT BAND - BUT JACK OFF JILL YOU'VE GOTTA SEE."
BEST SONG YOU WROTE THIS YEAR?
 "'OMNIA VINAT AMOR'."
WIERDEST FAN EXPERIENCE OF 1997?
 "THAT WAS AT THE SIGNING SESSION WE DID AT A STORE IN WOLVERHAMPTON. A GIRL ASKED ME TO SIGN HER ARM AND SHE'D CARVED THE WORDS 'I AIN'T YOUR VICTIM' INTO HER HER FLESH - SHE'D CARVED HER ARM RIGHT UP. THAT WAS FRIGHTENING RIGHT THERE, AND IT TOOK ME BACK A LITTLE BIT. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M NOT THERE TO TELL PEOPLE TO HURT OR MUTILATE THEMSELVES - I'M NOT DOWN WITH THAT SHIT. I'D ALSO GET A LOT OF PRESENTS DELIVERED TO OUR TOUR BUS. IT WAS MAINLY JEWELERY AND LETTERS FROMPEOPLE TELLING ME THEY WANTED TO HAVE SEX WITH ME. AND MOST OF THOSE WERE FROM WOMEN, WHICH WAS TRIPPY."
DID YOU KEEP YOUR NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS?
 "NO I JUST KEEP GETTING UGLIER AND UGLIER EVERY DAY. I DID MAKE A FEW NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS, BUT I DON'T THINK I KEPT ANY. WHAT WERE THEY? THAT WOULD BE TELLING. BUT AS FOR WETHER I KEPT THEM OR NOT, YOU'D HAVE TO ASK BURT(Burton C Bell of Fear Factory) THAT QUESTION."
WHAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING YOU BOUGHT THIS YEAR?
 "I DON'T BUY A LOT OF EXPENSIVE THINGS - I'M NOT REALLY INTO EXPENSIVE BELONGINGS. THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING I BOUGHT WAS PROBABLY A DRESS WHICH COST A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS."
MARILYN MANSON - GOOD OR SHITE?
 "PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING ME ABOUT MARILYN MANSON, GWEN STEFANI AND THE FUCKING SPICE GIRLS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THERE HAS TO BE A SPICE GIRLS FOR THERE TO BE A TURA SATANA. THERE HAS TO BE A GWEN STEFANI FOR THERE TO BE A TAIRRIE B - THAT'S THE MELTING POT, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND. AS FOR MARILYN MANSON, HE'S CERTAINLY NOT STUPID, HE'S A VERY CLEVER GUY. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT , IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER WHAT I THINK OF HIM OR HIS MUSIC. HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY MATTERS."
SUM UP 1997 IN FIVE WORDS...
 "A FRESH NEW START. AGAIN."


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