It seems that the word “sexy” has evolved through the history of mankind and for the better!

A few hundred years ago the “sexy” word would only been thought of if you first downed a dozen warm fly ales and then looked at the person to the right of you… Of course, everyone would wake up the next day and pray to every God that they didn’t pick up a “lady of the night“. It looks like Angelspit has changed all of this!

The Electro-Industrial duo know as DestroyX and ZooG have been Thumping the ear drums of their eager fans since 2004.

The first impression from the press shots is that they are over dressed to the eyeballs but completely in the right way, from the sexcellent fitted pvc harajuku style ring leader suits, to the industrial blades used as a mohawk. This style would even make Prince (formally know as/symbol/squiggle) blush.

With their deep bass beats, stylish “riot” lyrics and techno rhythm, this is not for the Robbie Williams fans, but perfect anyone who is into the Gothic industrial scene!

With their debut album ‘Krankhaus‘ released in 2006 and a tour heading around the world (including England in October ) they are not going to be stopped.. Keep it fast spoke to ZooG about sexual ecstasy and Star Trek shit:

When you walk onto the stage to an audience who doesn’t know who you are, how do you try and make a impression to the crowd?

Firstly, I’m always nervous…VERY nervous! I usually can’t eat for about 6 hours leading up to a gig. We’ve done about 30 gigs…I should be over my nerves by now, but I’m still always very nervous.

Weather the audience know us or not, we give each show everything we have. We’ve had gigs where people have travelled for 4 hours to see us – so we try to give them the best show we can. We try to be sincere and try to deliver as much energy as we can.
We are always completely exhausted after a gig. Giving our energy to the audience is crucial to our show.

We never intended Angelspit to be a live project…but the more gigs we play, the more we enjoy it. Our songs are becoming increasing orientated to live performance. We toured Australia with our latest CD Krankhaus six months before it was released so we could test it on the audience. Many tracks were re-written after the tour to make them more punchy.

You have a fantastic sense of style around the band but when you are on stage what is more important: The look or the energy of the performance?

ENERGY!

We seem to have a sick pleasure in walking onto the stage looking as good as we can, then destroying ourselves and making our “prettiness” smudge.

Maybe it’s a statement about uncovering the myth of glamour…maybe it’s just us having fun.

Is there any classic bizarre stories of anything that has happened on stage or backstage?

At Wave Gotik Treffen it was so hot that DestroyX got sun tan marks on her legs from her stockings during our 40min set…it was so hot!

Has there been accidents when you have performed?

Only gear blowing up or suddenly not working. Nothing major though.

We use a electronic instrument called a Theremin. It’s like a synthesizer that makes notes when you wave your hands in front of it (without touching it).

Often our theremin makes unexpected sounds that are VERY psycho. We played a gig once where the theremin made this really freaky deep sound and the sound guy obviously liked it because he had this look of sexually ecstasy on his face.

I found his facial reaction so funny that I started laugh during a “really serious intense moment”.

What is the best thing someone has told you at the end of a show?

“You have inspired us to start a band”

It is the greatest honour for someone to let us inspire them. This modern world is devoid of inspiration, and we are increasingly devoid of the power needed to act on our dreams.

There is nothing greater than the ability to inspire and motivate. Our society does not need another drone in a suit dedicated to making money. We need more artists and dreamers to inspire us to “do” and “think” for ourselves…and for the common good and all that Star Trek shit…

Below is a sample of the track ‘A la Mode, A la Mort’ taken from the album ‘Krankhaus‘

Of course keep it fast will be there for the show in London, shame it is not this weekend!

Note: If you click on the pictures it will let you know who took them, thanks!

San Diego’s Some Girls have been kicking around the music scene since 2003, ruining ears with their vicious take on punk rock. Formed by Three One G boss Justin Pearson, some regard the band as a “super group’ due to various members (past and present) belonging to many now-defunct popular hardcore bands, (notably vocalist Wes Eisold from Give Up The Ghost)

Some Girls are well known for their “blink-and-you’ll-miss-it’ grind/hardcore style (as well as their refusal to fit into a “scene’) meaning that they are well suited for those with attention deficit disorder, with very few songs reaching past the minute mark. Listening to their sophomore effort, “Heaven’s Pregnant Teens‘ is a bit like being in a fight you have no chance of winning – brutal, blunt and about as subtle as a brick to the face, they do not mess around.

Keep It Fast managed to contact Justin to discuss name confusion, pissing off Australians and unexpected praise from film directors. Read on!

1) If you were going to perform in a club knowing they have no idea who Some Girls are, what would you do to make an impression?

It’s interesting that you ask, see Some Girls has some confusing times with that of “Juliana Hatfield’s Some Girls“. There were times when we would be billed to play and all these sorta college bound women would turn up. So right off the bat, we bummed people out, but there were times when we were billed on festivals like this one in Australia.

It was one turd after another on the bill. The only good band was the Hard On’s from way back in the day. Anyhow, one thing lead to another. First, people yelling shit at us, then throwing stuff, then violence broke out when we were throwing stuff back, and then we “Deathfaced” the audience for 20 minutes.

To top it off, throwing everything back into the audience that was thrown at us resulting in a broken nose by some guy in the crowd, my ass being exposed and then us being detained and threatened until the police showed up. At that point, the cops just didn’t understand things and told us to split. If I believed in luck, I’d have to say that we were pretty lucky.

2) When you playing such tracks such as ‘hot piss’, burning up the chords faster then a granny on fire, do you pose for camera or is it all ‘el natural’?

Well first off, I’m not sure that song is all that fast. Better yet, a granny on fire does not sound fast either. I don’t pose when playing live unless I’m bored and that pose would be a joke of some sort.

3) Have the audience ever been more frantic than your performances?

I don’t know.

4) Have any of the band members had any injuries during your performances? If so do they play on?

Yes, and yes.

5) What is the best thing someone has said to you after you have played?

John Waters came to see Some Girls on our last tour and said that we were good actors and that we were a smart band. Never heard those kind of compliments but coming from him, I was stoked.

6) Does the band have any plans to come to England?

Not at the moment. I’m doing stuff for the locust’s “new erections” still. But Some Girls is working on new material. Not sure if its an ep or an lp, but once the new year starts I’m assuming that Some Girls will start touring again.

Thanks a lot for your time, I will of course be at the Front for the London Locust gig in September and I hope Holy Molar come back one day

Cool, thanks a lot. Take care. jp

Fantastic! above is one of the highlights from the ‘Heaven’s Pregnant Teens‘ album titled ‘Dead in a web’. If you haven’t already buy the album now!

Thanks to it pissing it down for what seems like forever, the festival I was supposed to attend at the weekend was cancelled. (Yeah, yeah old news, I know. DO ONE!) Yes, the wondrous Truck Festival had to be postponed to the 22nd-23rd of September due to the campsite being completely flooded and incredibly dangerous. Have a gander at the picture below to see what I mean.

So after rainfall of biblical proportions (obviously God is getting back at us for not praying hard enough and not drinking enough communion wine) I felt compelled to put together a mix of songs for those readers of Keep It Fast to download and enjoy/look miserably out the window and sing/nod their head along to.

Not much else to say really, link below…click to commence download. This will be up for 7 days then it will be no more….

I bought a new tent as well. (Not that there was any chance of me ever pitching it!)

*puts head in hands* (Roll on September 22nd!)

Link to Summer & Rain Mix

Its sad to say but it seems that if anything grand in your life happens, however big or small, there is terror that awaits around the corners..

For example:

1) If you just brought a new skateboard you are guaranteed to perform a “face plant” within 20 seconds of skating on it.

2) Someone I know many years ago managed to get into the school rugby team, but then had his testicles twisted “beyond repair” in his first game.

3) If you won a brand new car, it would probably implode with your family in it just for being so lucky!

Wonder where this is going? Well after years of moving around rainy England I made the decision to move in with my girlfriend and finally move 95% of my stuff from my parents.

But while I have been moving everything out thinking how grand this will be, terror was waiting… That terror was in the form of… Old CDs!!!

Oh yes everybody holds some strange dark secrets but here are my top 3 that I found:

3) Offspring: Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) single:
Now this is a true gem, this really sums up when I was 13 and The Offspring where thought of as “punk Gods”. This CD has a strange shitter version of the same song with a smug business man type voice spitting the words, ‘uh-huh’ over your angry face.

This song strangely wants me to go back in time and destroy the smug man’s father (who is possibly smug as well,) so he doesn’t father the smug offspring sponge!

2) Hip Hop and rocking the house:
Here is prime evidence that 18 years ago I was shaking my backside to some sweet 90’s hip hop! I do remember that this is not a CD to laughed at or to be used as a dogs humping toy.

With such artists as Salt-N-Pepa and Will Smith, this is a must buy for anyone! Especially if you find it for 25p at the boot sale or on the middle of a road in a sad puddle.

The highlight has to be the Thunderbirds remix, this really is a face melter and I would not be surprised if it won endless awards with its Tribal mixed puppet quotes. MC Hammer eat your trousers off!

1) Mr Blobby: The Blobby song:
Now this really is a shit. I remember getting this when I was very young and yes I did love it more then my pet hamsters. This CD however has dated to a point of gangsters now using this tune as a torture device. A real ear bleeder as the CD grinds along in your player like its a carriage to the grim afterlife.

But if you are one of those very few that are obsessed with Mr Blobby there are some dark pleasures with this single. Not only is the famous blobby floating around on the top of the CD with lyrics in the back, but the last track is dark and dangerous!

The track is about 10 seconds long and really sounds like Mr Blobby taking a hit of crack from all those pennies he was making at the time:

*aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLoooooooooooby!!!!!*

For those who don’t know who this devil in disguised was, here is the video to the hit single:

So now I have blessed these CDs anybody want to buy one so I can afford my next meal?

In celebration of this book being released on the 21st (It’s about a wizard or something; can’t see it ever being popular) I feel duty bound to write a short feature on a band inspired by the “boy who lived.’ Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you, Harry and the Potters.

Brothers Joe DeGeorge and Paul DeGeorge of Norwood, Massachusetts formed Harry and the Potters in 2002 after problems involving a concert in their backyard. (All the bands cancelled, that’s got to hurt!) To make up for this travesty, the brothers frantically wrote 7 songs about Harry Potter and performed them to a sell out crowd of….um….6.

Scarily, both band members dress like and claim to be the main man himself (Joe is Harry from year 4, and Paul is Harry from year 7). Their music is unashamedly twee to the max. It’s essentially extremely catchy pop music (or ‘wizard rock’) that in some respects sounds very simple; but is quite intricate due to the various instruments both band members use to create their ramshackle sound.

The lyrics of course, deal with the turbulent life of the Mr Potter and various references to items and incidents within the books; such as saving Ginny from the basilisk, playing wizard chess, Rita Skeeter, invisibility cloaks and of course, kissing Cho Chang, aww.

The band have toured all over America, and appear quite popular with the indie and book loving kids out there. They’ve also played on our fair shores (most notably last May, but I forgot about the gig, d’oh!) Whilst they mainly prefer to play in libraries (and I’m guessing, book stores) they will play practically anyway (travel permitting)

With over four albums of Potter-related shenanigans released plus a U.S. summer tour, it doesn’t look like anyone will be stopping the rock, you hear that Voldermort?

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FAST FACTS

Personnel

Paul DeGeorge – vocals, guitar, baritone saxo-ma-phone, melodica
Joe DeGeorge – vocals, keyboard, tenor saxo-ma-phone, melodica, glockenspiel, tubular bells, theremin

Disc

Harry and the Potters – CD (2003)
Voldermort Can’t Stop The Rock! – CD (2004)
A Magical Christmas of Magic – CD (2005)
Power of Love – CD (2006)
Scarred For Life – CD (2006)
Harry and the Potters’ split 7″ with the Zambonis (2006)

Online
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Official H and the P site

Myspace is Magical!

Harry Potter at Warner Bros

Free songs from Daytrotter!

Status

The band plan to tour the U.S. in August 2007, and read the 7th book.

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Sounds

Listen to “The Human Hosepipe‘ taken from the album “Voldermort Can’t Stop The Rock!‘ (Also, try not to cry, you big Nancy!)

Contemporaries
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Draco and the Malfoys

Ed in the Refridgerators

The Whomping Willows

The Parselmouths

The Remus Lupins

Band – Cutting Pink With Knives
Album – Populuxxe
Label – HolyRoar Records
Out -very soon!
Sounds Like – A fight in a keyboard shop

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How does a band like Cutting Pink With Knives follow up their 2006 machine-gun-stuck-on-auto-fire, debut ‘Oh Wow‘? Quite simply really. Those expecting a similar sounding racket will be surprised at the direction Alex, Chris and Eddy have taken. Instead of the relentless pummelling that ‘Oh Wow‘ offered; ‘Populuxxe‘ takes the Cutting Pink sound to new and exciting levels of dance, unhinged chaos and tracks that border on the verge of being actual pop music (just about).

With “Populuxxe‘ the 3 piece have become a more focussed and challenging band, with ideas spilling from them like Captain Rhodes’ intestines from that scene in Day of the Dead. ‘Airz’ is beautiful in its harmonious keyboard/glitch-driven build up, until Eddy’s rampant vocals kick in, forming the track into something that can only be described as ‘groovy‘ (am I allowed to say that?) This isn’t denying the band’s predominately synth-grind sound.

The use of keyboard effects, synthesiser noises, atmospheric interludes and experimentation in both the guitar and bass sound is notable. Gone is the blast-beat rampant noise that dominated their earlier work; it has been replaced by something far more wholesome and superior.

‘Populuxxe‘ is essentially a concept record of sorts. An underlying theme that seems to revolve around most of the tracks is the nature of shapes/sizes/buildings. Songs such as ‘Pyramids‘ with the lyrics “we will rebuild the pyramids, against glass skies and fill empty hearts“; ‘Montreal, Renegade’ with “Redwood, they’ll see though our eyes, but I’ve built skyscrapers which electrify.” As well as the talk of “distant spheres” on ‘You’re Late’ and the geometrical elegance of “remember the shape of our bodies, if it’s the ocean, or if it’s the sea…”

Other notable highlights include the 80’s sounding ‘Laser Hannon‘ which is like Duran Duran meets early-90’s punk/hardcore and is possibly the finest song they’ve ever written (well, apart from ‘Airz‘.) ‘No Falcons‘ mixes lush piano notes with delicate drumbeats and progressive guitar noise.

At a running time of just over 24 minutes, it’s impressive as to how much CPWK have crammed into this album. Don’t see the short running time as a turn off; this is an album so layered, that repeated listening is practically essential if you desire to get the most out of it. Lyrically; it’s a mathematician’s wet dream. Musically, it’s pop-meets-hardcore at its very finest. A worthy second album from a band that sound like they are having too much fun.

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Links

Cutting Pink With Myspace!
Label

Greetings to those of you with attention spans that can only be measured in nano seconds. (No, stop looking out the window……) This new feature will look at the noble art of very short songs and mixtapes.

There’s nothing like receiving a mixtape in the post. It’s a wonderful feeling to know that someone has taken the time and consideration to burn any old iTunes playlist on to a shiny disc. (I’m being sarcastic.) Or has slaved away on the artwork (and tracks from their extensive obscure vinyl collection) for the 90 minute cassette they’ve created; complete with a small picture of themselves in the ‘hilarious’ fictional linear notes.

But seriously, mixtapes are fun; I myself have made many in my time and received dozens in the post, many of very high quality, a couple though have had more filler than a head full of rotten teeth. So, to get down to the nitty-gritty details, below is a mix packed tighter than this guy’s jeans and shorter than the video of Tim Henman’s best Wimbledon moments.

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(Editors note: If you are unhappy about having your music displayed on this site, please read our copyright terms on the front page and e-mail us at the usual address and it will be removed. Thank you!)

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1.) Charles Bronson – ‘Marriage Can Suck It.’ (0.41)
(top tune this, starts with one of the best spoken word openings to any song, ever.)

2.) Minutemen - ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love’ (0.40)
(Chorus-free cover of that Van Halen track by the legendary Sano Pedro punks, Minutemen. Great stuff.)

3.) Cutting Pink With Knives – ‘Hey, Cowboy’ (0.44)
(UK version of Agoraphobic Nosebleed; but listenable grind-pop fun!)

4.) NoFX – ‘Murder The Government’ (0.45)
(Fat Mike’s crew once again, angry at the American Political system.)

5.) Some Girls – ‘A Sick Cult’ (0.56)
(Girls are awesome. Well, Some Girls are at any rate. I’d love to hear a lounge jazz cover of this song.)

6.) Liam Lynch – ‘Happy’ (0.59)
(This guy’s song isn’t on here just because he looks like me, oh no. Light relief for the listener. WHATEVER!)

7.) Take A Worm For A Walk Week – ‘Lumber Puncture’ (0.52)
(Like being trapped in some horrific nightmare; tech-grind-noise. Sickening.)

8.) The Living End – ‘Ready’ (0.34)
(Stand-up bass rock ‘n’ roll in 34 sweet seconds, crikey Sheila!)

9.) Tenacious D – ‘Lee’ (1.02)
(Longest song, just squeezes over the minute barrier, but for comedy purposes. I once worked with a guy called Lee. FACT.)

10.) XOC – ‘Switch Palace/End Game’ (0.59)
(Flashback to the 80s, with some Super Mario World tuneage, a fitting end to this chaos.)

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I think you’ll agree; a fine collection of songs. Click on the playlist below to hear this short, but sweet musical attack. Perfect!

(Coming soon to mixtapes: songs dedicated to the crazy woman who lives next door to my friend marc. For some reason she likes to climb into dustbins, wade through rubbish, get into cars with strangers and has a pet cat: on a leash!)

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Links/Buy!

Charles Bronson
Minutemen
Cutting Pink With Knives
NoFX
Some Girls
Liam Lynch
Take A Worm For A Walk Week
The Living End
Tenacious D
XOC

Only a few days ago the keep it fast team interviewed the mighty Mouseatoungue , bassist/screaming Mouse from Providence Noise band White Mice.

But we have just received another email! This time from Euronymouse, the drummer who has made us cry with laughter and joy from his live stage antics!

If you haven’t read the first interview please do as not only is Mouseatoungues questions bizarre but we also talk about who the group is if you don’t already know.

So kick back, have a tea, scone, or slab of meat and enjoy the interview:

Keep it fast: When you walk onto the stage to an audience who doesn’t know who you are, how do you try and make an impression to the crowd?

Euronymouse from White Mice: I do my Stevie Wonder, then My Micheal Bolton Impression, I need a Wig for that one.

When people describe White Mice, the first thing they mention is the awesome mice faces. But when you are on stage what is more important: The look or the energy of the performance?

More Importantly, its how the energy itself looks during performance, Like when You see Orgy Auras and shit.

Is there any classic bizarre stories of anything that has happened on stage or backstage?

Shit dude, ever try and Light your farts on fire, that always leads to some good adventure, especially if you actually try to light something on fire with your flatulence.

Yes we have Bled and feathered the audience (Cocheese squirts blood out of his eyes) Got us banned of course!

Yes we’ve had a PinkRabbit Pinata of doom the size of a volvo the audience destroyed once filled with Passover Matza and Intestines and t-shirts and shit(literal), last year there was the Fancy Fest in Providence, we threw Fancy Feast at the audience, 12ft long Blowup Kiddie pools with slides filled with blood and toys,Competitively snorting lines of red ants, (cause we heard Elvin Bishop did it once).

Just mainly lots of destruction through means of Fire and disgust, in whoreshipping our Lord, Cheesus Miced the slavior,with our other Bladder-Day Taints.

Has there been accidents when you have performed?

I play with Saw blades so yeah, “OOOOoops, sorry, did I cut all your new chords?” and”Whats all this hot liquid shooting on me, oh yeah its my own blood, haha silly me.”

What is the best thing someone has told you at the end of a show?

“You Give me Nightmares” or “I came during your set” or “I’m wanna Rape your Brain”, “I Love to hate Your band” “Are you fucking My dad” ,”You Mice are just wrong” (and If they see my Impressions) That Barbra Striesand Impression was great, Can you do Al Jolsen…., no, what about Al Jorgensen?

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Fantastic stuff! To prove everything Euronymouse from White Mice is true below is another live clip taken from Massart 12.09.06 (special thanks to urbanmonsters, but sorry for the first few seconds of blackness, its worth the wait!)

There is also talks of White Mice touring England in October/early November. Lets just keep our little paws crossed!

Band – The Blood Brothers
Support – White Circle Crime Club
Location – London, ULU
Damage – �11
Drinks – Lager, bleeeeeehhhhhhh!!!!!

Dear the guy who was windmilling in the moshpit the other night:

I just want you to know that people like you, are worse than Hitler. You’re not being big, or clever, just a prize tosser. It is unnecessary, pointless and you give no thought, care or consideration to the people around you. Grow up; dancing like this is for morons.

As you can see, one person acted like a complete gimp last night, but it didn’t spoil the fun for me and the many other Blood Brothers fans that turned out at the ULU.

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First up, White Circle Crime Club (the only support of the night) stepped forward to prove their worth. First impressions? Sketchy to say the least.

There was certainly talent here; if talent was to make supposed exciting music sound incredibly bland. Throughout their 30 minute set, the redeeming features were few and far between.

Three quarters of the way through, they broke into an impressive instrumental number; utilizing a drum machine and some bizarre guitar playing, before slipping back into a plodding familiarity that encompassed most of their music.

I think if I’d have heard them on CD before witnessing them live, I’d have a better understanding and liking for their music, but unfortunately this performance (and the muddy sound) did them no favours.

As someone said to be as the band finished playing ‘all the talent money can’t buy.’ He may well be right.

After being ravaged by illness and still managing to put on a good show back in January, The Blood Brothers emerge from the wings looking like a completely different band from the one that trooped on to the Islington stage all those months ago.

Kicking off with the finest track from 2003’s opus, “Burn, Piano Island, Burn‘ is the way to start a fantastic set. “Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon‘ vomits from the speakers like a medical student in his first week; the synthesised intro is a squashy, pulsating blast of sheer terror, before co-vocalists Jordan and Johnny let rip with the inevitable “MURDER= WHITE OUT!” They turn the ULU on its head, utter bedlam.

Is it possible to beat that opening salvo? Indeed it is. Drawing material predominantly from their last 2 albums (2004’s “Crimes‘ and their latest release, “Young Machetes‘) Seattle’s finest plow through a tidal wave of their finest recordings to date.

“Trash Flavored Trash‘ is art-punk rock at it’s finest; whilst the familiar keyboard intro of “Laser Life’ has everyone shaking their asses as if their lives depend on it

Jordan & Johnny tease and tantalize the crowd; edging ever closer to the point of no return. Their decision to not leap into the crowd is perhaps a wise one, as I feel Johnny’s skin tight trousers wouldn’t last long.

Sound problems play their part, which is a shame as “Beautiful Horses‘ is mangled horribly into un-listenable noise; as is the beginning of “Rats, Rats, Rats and Candy;’ meaning I only work out what the song is halfway through.

However, when you have tracks as good as the raucous “We Ride Skeletal Lightning‘ & the angry dance-punk of “Vital Beach‘ the wavering sound quality is soon forgotten.

Those chanting for “Ambulance Vs. Ambulance‘ are frustrated and suitably ignored; the same with those wanting “USA Nails‘ but with songs of such quality as the sombre-creeping death of “1,2,3,4 Guitars‘ and the indie-guitar-meets-hardcore onslaught of “Huge Gold AK-47‘ you don’t fucking need them.

“Love Rhymes With A Hideous Car Wreck‘ is greeted like an old friend, and provides the biggest sing-a-long of the evening; as does the conversational “Camouflage, Camouflage‘ as Johnny and Jordan trade off lines like insults in a playground.

The inevitable encore features guitarist Cody doing his best Bez impression during “Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers‘ and the surprise set closer in the shape of “The Shame‘ is an unprecedented but welcomed surprise and even the expected discontinue of the song near the end is a sudden shock back to reality. There is no “Giant Swan‘ but with songs like the one that closed the frenzied “Burn, Piano Island, Burn‘ that magnificent bird is made redundant.

Moronic hardcore dancers, idiotic crowd surfers and varied quality in sound don’t stop this from being one of the best shows I’ve been to all year.

Punk rock has never sounded so good.

Links

The Blood Brothers
White Circle Crime Club

White Mice, (not to be confused with these) are a three piece noise rock band from Providence, Rhode Island; home of everyone’s favourite drum “n’ bass ear bleeders, Lighting Bolt. The band is quite clearly, insane.

Their live shows involve them dressing up in lab outfits smeared in blood and wearing mouse masks to hide their faces, whilst making terrific amounts of noise with a bass, a synthesiser and a drum kit.

They seem utterly obsessed with these cute, furry rodents and notable references are strewn throughout their existence (see their “micespace” website, and various song titles such as “Mousetrap‘ and “Mousestassh Ride‘).

Having had the opportunity to listen to their mice-sic, it’s a bit like being sent through hell, riding on the back of a Raticate, something that not even Slayer could manage. Good work! Keep It Fast writer Jason managed to blag an interview with Mouseatoungue, the bassist.

This is how it went:

Keep it fast: When you walk onto the stage to an audience who doesn’t know who you are, how do you try and make an impression to the crowd?

Mouseatoungue from White Mice: we turn on the amps

When people describe White Mice, the first thing they mention is the awesome mice faces. But when you are on stage what is more important: The look or the energy of the performance?

stab mostly at the performance, the masks are blindfolds

Is there any classic bizarre stories of anything that has happened on stage or backstage?

fire, lightning bolts, orgasms, blood squirting eyes, zombie audiences, 9 ft pink rabbits, amps falling down, burning wires, 18in speakers catching on fire, kool-aide parties, unholy mass, clownpools filled with blood and toys, dead amplifiers, mice on fire, exploding drummers, slippery fingers, featherbombs…you name it.

Has there been accidents when you have performed?

we wear helmets for protection, and have not knocked anyone up while playing…uh..yet.

What is the best thing someone has told you at the end of a show?

I Came!

Excellent stuff, and for your listening pleasure here is White Mice playing at massart 12/09.06:

Special thanks to kbonami

The team at keep it fast hope that White Mice come to England one day and if so we will be ready!…. With industrial ear plugs, camera and moshing boots!

In the meantime check out the White Mice micespace or their Load Records band page and have a listen to their tracks NOW!