Skinny with The MIC

The Mic: What got this band together and started in
this business?
Skinny: Skinny was a solo venture for Leroy. I asked weasel to get on board. We were both originally Dose and after awhile it was reformed with a new bass player(Harley) & music direction.



The Mic:Who writes and produces all the material for
the band?
Skinny: Leroy & Weasel(also known as the Shaved Monkeys)


The Mic:The band played in front of or with any acts
our readers would
know from the Mainstream?
Skinny: As Skinny we haved opened for The Pennyroyals, Opus Die, Violence to Vegas. In Dose we opened for Stephen Percy, Shootyz Groove, etc..



The Mic:Where can people access your music on the web?
Skinny: www.myspace.com/skinny1music, soon reverbnation, ourstage.com,
crybaby, & itunes is coming soon.


The Mic:Any embarrassing moments on stage?
Skinny: Weasel lost his pants in St. Paul. oh yeah he also had a cock cake shoved in his face. Leroy has fallen on stage a few times.


The Mic:Any good stories you want to tell us?
Skinny: Stephen Percy kept coming up to us asking for some pot every 10 minutes. Leroy likes to throw his food at fast food establishments when they screw up his order. Seen lots of tats in interesting areas.

The Mic:Who is the bands musical influence?
Skinny: Cold, Deftones, Machine Head...countless others.



The Mic:How did the band get together?
Skinny: Just asked everybody if they want to start playing again.


The Mic:What is your musical background like?
Skinny: Weasel is into 80's rock & alternative music. He plays drums, guitar, sings, etc. Leroy listens to heavy music, new alternative really a wide variety of different music. He started playing drums & singing. Lisa is into all music rock, hip-hop, country, etc. She started playing clarinet, then the bass soon followed.


The Mic:Any other members in your family that are
musicians?
Skinny: Leroy's distant cousin is John Baldwin a.k.a. John Paul Jones of Led Zepplin fame. Weasel's related way down the line to Elvis Presley.


The Mic:What is the TOP reason why you want to play
music?
Skinny: Very simple the LOVE of music. It flows through all of us. Anyone wanting to get famous, get a record deal, etc. should not be playing. They would have a better chance playing the lottery. Do it because you enjoy doing it. If the rest follows that's cool.

The Mic:what's your stance on file swapping?
Skinny: It's ok within reason. It spreads your name quicker, but also can take money out of your pocket.

The Mic:what is the process of making a cd?
Skinny: writing songs, recording songs, all done. There are lots of hours envolved, it kinda sucks. Then you hear the end result, you love it or hate it. The great thing is playing all of your songs live & saying we have a cd for sale.

The Mic:how do you get the word out about your music?
Skinny: Playing live, the internet, & word of mouth.

The Mic:how is your local responce to your music?
Skinny: The response is growing since we've been playing more and having our cd released.

The Mic:what is the farthers you have traveled for a gig?
Skinny: up to 300 miles.

The Mic:What tune on the cd are you most proud of?
Skinny: We each like different songs on Silence Breaking Vol. 1, because each song is different.

link- www.myspace.com/skinny1music