This is the english version of the interview with The Deadthings that can be found on the SLAM Rocks! website.
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They've been born from ashes of the Voodoo Lovecats, Australians the Deadthings get themselves ready to conquer the world with their horror glam. For us to know some more we have caught up with vocalist Julian Mephisto, a true connoisseur of the los angeles glam scene...

- Can you introduce the band to the Slam! readers and tell us about the story of DeadThings?

The Deadthings were founded by original Voodoo Lovecats co-founder and songwriter Leigh Van Hell, he had tried a few attempts at putting together a horror sleaze/glam style band, but not much eventuated until he met up with myself. We both had a clear vision of what we thought this band could be. The Deadthings first hit the Australian live scene in October 2002, playing a steady line up of shows for the next 18 months. During that period we went through a few line up changes, settling on the current line up that appears on our new debut CD.

- Why did Voodoo Lovecats split?

I’m sure there are a lot of reasons, but as far as I know it mostly came down to the fact that they were facing another line up change to continue and a lot of their motivation to keep going as that band had diminished.

- "When hell sleazes over" has just been released. What can you tell us about that?

“When Hell Sleazes Over” is our debut EP that features 6 tracks , including five originals and a cover of the 80’s hit “I Ran” by Flock Of Seagulls. The single “Welcome To The Horror Show” can be downloaded from our website for people to hear. The CD is available from www.cdsmash.com and www.perrisrecords.com or directly from our website.

- The Misfits, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper and Twisted Sister can be numbered among the artists who have influenced you more. What are your top albums ever?

My top albums ever... hard question!!! But here goes
Vain – No Respect
Black N Blue – Nasty Nasty
Ratt – Out Of The Cellar
Motley Crue – Too Fast For Love
Swingin’ Thing – self titled

- Thanks to Frankenstein Drag Queens, Murderdolls, etc...glam metal has re-born from horror B-movies. What do you think of those two bands?

I think that both of those bands are great, I prefer what Wednesday did with the Murderdolls and how the songs are a little more glam based and a little less thrashy. They did pave the way for people to start to accept bands like ourselves.

- We could say your look is kind of horror-glam. How did you create your own image?

It started out a bit more horror based but I am too much of a Glam fan and wanted to dress a bit like all my heroes, and slowly the image became what it is today. Which as you say is horror-glam.

- What's your favourite horror movie?

Nightbreed would be my favourite, closely followed by the Hellraiser series 1-4, I am a Clive Barker fan.

- Do you know Dario Argento?

I know that he is a Italian writer/director of Horror movies, I have only seen his work on Dawn of The Dead, Demons and Demons 2. I love the Demons films.

- Julian, the dye in your hair reminds me of Keri Kelli's (Big Bang Babies era). Is that a coincidence?

That is NO coincidence, I had seen the two tone black and white style hair on a dude in The Metal Years movie, then on the guys in the glam band Pharoah and then when Big Bang Babies came out I thought Kerri Kelli’s hair was killer and I love the band ,so they all influenced me to do it. Kerri if you are reading this you Rock!!! Wanna produce the next Deadthings CD????

- I really like your Lip Service suit. Are there any clothes you couldn't do without and what is the band with the best look in your opinion?

Thanx, I dig that suit very much and it’s now probably the only outfit that I couldn’t do without, that and my Keel - The Right To Rock T-Shirt.
I think that there were/are a few bands that look awesome, KISS in their hey day era of 79/80 looked amazing, also the Crue in the Shout At the Devil era. But also I loved the look of AnA Black, Tryx and
Pretty Boy Floyd.

- I know Boy Dot Com and Shine from Australia. Any other good bands?

The Shine are good friends of ours, we must have played about ten shows together in the last 12 months, Boy Dot Com has two ex members of The Deadthings in it, They tried to be in both bands and it was just to hard. Otherwise there are a couple; The Sebasrockets and The Hell City Glamours are kind of
Dirty Rock N Roll style, there are also a couple of good melodic rock bands such as Red Circle and
Square One.

- How is the music scene in Melbourne? Are there good clubs to play in, drink good beer and listen to good music?

There are some cool places, The Green Room is always good, we play there a lot, it has a good vibe and usually has a good array of bands play. Also there is a good fun to be had at a night called “Back In The Day” , they play all the 80’s hits of the past from Kiss to Crue and beyond, members of the Deadthings can often be found there very drunk and having a good time.

- Future plans?

Our plan is to try and secure distribution for our EP, we a currently searching out distribution for Europe and Japan, So if anybody wishes to contact us or help us in these areas please get in contact with us. If we can arrange good distribution for this EP and our forthcoming Full length CD (due 2005) then we will be sure to tour both Europe and Japan, we don’t care if we play for only beer, If our CD is available over there we want to play there to support it and to have a good time of course. We also have a DVD coming out at the end of the year that will have video clips, a live show and interviews etc.

- Last stupid question: have you ever knocked a kangaroo down?

Haha !!! No way man, they can rip your balls off if you upset them.
I have killed one with my car though , after I hit it with the car it was a ……deadthing!!

Interview conducted by Moreno.

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