Interview: Stereomud

Nuclear Rabbit Questions Answered By Jean (Bassist), Jason (Guitarist), Stymie (Drummer), Jon (Vocalist) date unknown Interviewed by wookubus

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PRP: Let's start with the basic's how and when was Nuclear Rabbit formed?
Jean: Nuclear Rabbit was an idea I had for a band... I guess the true origin was in 1989... I was bored with playing metal so I wanted to combine tons of styles of music together, kinda like Fishbone or Bad Brains (that was during their "I against I" era) so I thought up the name, the concept, and started writing songs... I was the ENTIRE band for awhile I would go to shows and pass out stickers and shit even though nobody else was in it besides me....
Stymie: Nuclear Rabbit was formed when Jean Baudin created it in his mind and pitched the idea to me at a bus stop and I thought he was a goober. Then he got Chicken our old guitar player and they needed a drummer and I was tired of the same old thing and asked if I could be their drummer. I made it into the band based on looks alone because I could barely play the drums. Next, we needed a singer and I had never played in a band that Greg didn't sing in so I pitched the idea to the council and they agreed to try him out. Greg made it in the band and we played for 3 years like that.
Jean: then Stymie took off for college for 3 years....and came back and we were having problems with everybody looking at everything from the same page.
Stymie: Things and people changed and new personnel was needed. We tried Thom on guitar and he lasted a frustrating year. Then we happened upon Jason and he was the magical fit. Things and people changed again in this ever changing world and we happened upon Jon on vocals and he was the missing link. Now we are at Oct 5, 1999 and you have the present line up which is magical in its own right.
PRP: Very cool.

PRP: The band has experienced a few line-up changes over the years, do you feel this is the most solid line-up yet?
Stymie: Yes, for the simple reason that we are all starting on the same level. Communication is open so problems and arguments are solved instead of hanging around and turning into huge problems. The drive and energy lost is back and helping to spur on more emotionally driven music that can not be written off as, "funny yet technical". Finally, I think the music speaks for itself here, once you hear the new stuff, compare it to the older stuff and see the difference. I love the old stuff but I don't think it has as much emotion as the new stuff and I think emotion is what makes a song good 10 years from now.

PRP: The band is one of the most technically proficient I have heard in recent memory, how did you all get so good?
Jason: Practice.
Jean: Well, when it began I looked for the best musicians because I wanted to be able to do any style of music. So, everybody went through a little training period. However, when we got Jason we didn't have to do that because that guy is fucking bad ass.
PRP: Heheh.
Stymie: I think we practiced our instruments before we met, especially Jason and Jean. I need much more practice on the drums but I play a mean triangle. Really I think practice makes things more technical.

PRP: What music influences you?
Jean: Hmmmm.... influences is kind of silly question. I listen to everything from Bach/Mozart to Carcass/Slayer to Miles Davis to Madonna... so I think just having a wide variety of listening tastes, but I don't listen to any particular music style more than any other...
Jason: The kind that sounds.
Stymie: I like a little bit of everything except Country & Western. Obituary, Art Blakey, Beastie Boys, Carcass, Sepultura, Ice Cube, Leaders Of The New School, Dead Can Dance, Slayer ("Reign in Blood") and many many more.
Jon: All kinds, but especially really bad pop music. That stuff just makes me want to try harder.

PRP: What music do you listen to for your own enjoyment then?
Stymie: same as above except I even listen to Nuclear Rabbit too! I think I am our own biggest fan, sometimes I ask Jean for his autograph and I have a shirt that Jason borrowed and I never washed after that.
Jason: I haven't had much time to music for enjoyment lately.
Jon: Again, All kinds. Sade to Slipknot, Miles Davis to M.I.R.V., Tom Jones to.....
Jean: Specifically?
PRP: Sure just a few bands for an idea.
PRP: Something that gets ya going or grooving.
Jean: Neurosis, Deftones, The Sundays, The Smiths, Al Dimeola, Depeche Mode, Cab Calloway, Weather Report, N.W.A., Dr. Dre, Nile....
PRP: Hehe a wide array indeed

PRP: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
Jean: 1
Stymie: Don't you watch TV? The owl said it takes three!!!
Jean: 2
PRP: Haha.
Jason: The owl says three.
Jean: 3!
Jon: 3...

PRP: The band has been very eclectic with their song structure in the past, was this a conscious notion or something that just happened?
Stymie: We have a very short attention span as a band and in our music writing. This is good and bad. For people who want changes and different styles, they love it but if you like 5 minute songs with 2 riffs, well usually those people think that we are crazy insane, nutty, etc. A lot of times we write based off of stories we create and the music follows the story or whatever, but no we do not plan anything, things just form their own way.
Jason: If the shoe fits.
Jean: Most of the songs are based off of stories, so usually the story would take some weird twist and that would be illustrated in the music.
PRP: Ahhh.
Jean: So, it was unconsciously conscious decision.
PRP: Heheh works for me

PRP: The new material is very focused and a slight bit darker than past Nuclear Rabbit material, was this what you guys set out to do or just the addition of the new singer bringing new influences?
Stymie: I would say a little of both. I personally set out with the addition of Jon to create music that would have more emotional attachment as well as out pour. I want to play a live set and feel exhausted and it just wasn't happening before, almost like I had no attachment to the whole songs but more to my drum part or the music but not the lyrics or what was being sung. I feel that Jon accentuates the mood that the music is trying to create. Jon has definitely brought new influences to this band but I would say all 4 of us have pushed ourselves to express more emotion through our parts and the music as a whole.
Jean: A little bit of both... we've been getting heavier over the last 8 months and some of those parts were written with the old singer.... we just write what comes out. But we never sit down and go, "Hey Guys! Let's get Darker."
PRP: Haha, aww so that means no contrived death metal album?
Jean: Nope. Although, we can make fun of most anything.
Jason: We wanted music that was more human.
PRP: Heheh

PRP: Was Fat Albert really fat? Or just big-boned?
Jason: He wasn't called big boned Albert.
Jon: Who's Fat Albert?
Stymie: Fat Albert was really fat compared to Russell.
Jean: Dude, that fucker ate too much.
PRP: Hahaha.
PRP: I'm shocked he didn't eat Mushmouth accidentally or something.

PRP: The new material features alot of middle eastern influences, has the band been listening to anything from that nationality to make these overtones so prevalent?
Stymie: I think we have a great respect for different cultures and the music they create. I would love to be able to represent any countries "style" at any given time. You break so many boundaries that way. Jason studies classical music at the California Conservatory of Music and has a large cultural and musical background. Jean listens to all different types of music and recently ate in a middle eastern restaurant where he purchased a CD of Arabic bellydancing type stuff but I think he has always had Egyptian influences and has since expanded on them with other cultures. I have always loved percussion and drums from all over the world and have recently tried to incorporate more of the different styles that I hear into our music. Again I think this gives us much more to work with. Jon is into many different styles of music and I think just by playing with us has acquired a taste for even more diverse and cultural music.
Jean: True. We've always had those influences... I love the tonality of middle eastern/Egyptian scales. As for listening, I could only speak from my perspective and I have a few CDs with that kind of sound... like Ravi Shankar,Shakti, Hossam Razby, etc.
Jason: Klezmer, Bulgarian themes.
PRP: Interesting can't say I know of any of those artists but that's not to astonishing.

PRP: The band has been around since the early 90's do you find it discouraging still being somewhat unsigned?
Jon: In this business, it has never been about what you know, it's who you know. Look at the Backstreet Boys.
Jean: Well, we were getting pretty big locally and then we stopped playing in '93 when Stymie went to college.... and it was a whole different scene back then... When he came back in '97 we didn't end up releasing anything new until late '98 ("Intestinal Fortitude") and right now we are feeling like we are starting over again with Jon. I think our time will definitely come. So, yeah it's discouraging... but it'll be for the better. I think the mindset the band has nowadays is what we need to really go to the next level. We didn't have that before and all these roadblocks just make us work harder.
Stymie: No, when we first started we broke up right around the time that we would have people start looking at us to get signed. But it would have failed anyways because the band chemistry was fucked. Next time we came back it was all screwed up in that the recording was a year old before it was even released and then band drama and all that added to it, so that we were not ready to be signed. I think right now is the first time that we will have new material released after it is recorded and we will be playing everywhere to garner a much larger following and then if we don't hear from record companies, well it will be disappointing but at this point it would not deter my musical creativity or drive to make music my way of living.

PRP: Sounds like the band feels generally healthier and more clear headed about the direction to go in.
Jean: Yep.

PRP: Any favorite acts to play with around the local scene?
Jean: Yeah, we've made friends with lots of local bands. Salmon, Papa Roach (which we won't be seeing much of these days ;-), Juice and Shortie.
PRP: All some of the finest the local scene has to offer that's for sure.
Stymie: I liked to play with Papa Roach because I have known them for awhile and always have fun telling jokes with the guys in the band. Salmon was always cool to us and easy to get along with. Shortie is another cool band. I like bands that are at the show to play music, not to throw around attitude.
Jon: Natt!
Jason: :)

PRP: Who would be a person you would love to jam with?
Jason: I can't honestly think of one person.
Stymie: Max Cavalera of Soulfly. I really like his voice and what he is trying to accomplish with Soulfly. I would also like to create some drum beats for Busta Rhymes and Charlie Brown of the Leaders Of The New School to flow over.
Jon: Madonna, because everyone she meets in some way, shape or form see her naked.
Jean: I'm horrible at jamming... everything I write is constructed and very linear. Sounds stupid, but I just like playing with Jason and Stymie. Although, one time when we were playing with Juice - Anthony (Juice's drummer) and I had this wild idea of us playing a song against each other - they play for 30 seconds we play for 30 seconds... and kind of switch off between the 2 bands. We kinda laughed about the idea of doing a show that way... we both play on the same stage at the same time and just switch off, then we joked about recording a song that way... probably wouldn't happen, but hypothetically, that would be a cool thing.
PRP: Hehehe, that would be very cool.

PRP: Do you think Hamburglar from Mcdonaldland had a negative influence on the youth of today with all his breaking and entering and constant thievery?
Jason: Sure.
Stymie: No he represents the oppressed and plays the role of Zorro and Robin Hood because he steals hamburgers from the Clowns (Ronald) and gives them to the kids. Good Goddamn role model!!!!!
Jon: It's just a commercial. Chill out, man.
Jean: Most likely. Funny that you mention thievery and McDonalds. I swear just yesterday I stole about 20 of those... I don't know what you call them... those plastic balls that you jump around on in the McDonald playground. I snaked a bunch of them. Don't know what I'll do with them... probably throw them at some asshole when they cut me off on the highway.
PRP: Hahaha
PRP: Maybe he influenced you...

PRP: The older material from "Vicuna" was rarely played live in recent times, why?
Jason: I don't know a lot of it.
Jean: We'll the hold attitude of the band was different then and to us, it seems kinda lame to play songs from so long ago when you'd rather play something new and more in line with how you feel. That's it really.
PRP: Makes sense
Stymie: Those songs were written when I was 15 - 18 years old. The mood I was in at the time was outlandish off the wall to the point of being almost annoying. I think we accomplished that quite well but now I want more substance. I just do not have an interest in them anymore other than to listen to every once in awhile.

PRP: With the band focusing on mainly new songs and not re-working the old ones with Jon really, do you see this as a new stage in the life of Nuclear Rabbit?
Jason: Yep..
Stymie: YES, basically we decided to start a new band but Jean created the name Nuclear Rabbit and I think the idea of the name and the music we still create go hand in hand. But yeah we are starting all over. If people do not like the new stuff then they like the old Nuclear Rabbit and that is why those CDs are still available. If you like the old stuff but want to hear where we are progressing, you will probably like the new stuff even more. I will let the music do the talking. This is a new band based off of the original idea of Nuclear Rabbit, we are just more advanced now.
Jean: Totally. We even considered changing the name... but we threw out that idea because it's been my band since the start and the basic ideal of the band is still there. Even though we don't sing about hamsters right now.
PRP: Hahaha, indeed and the name does hold a bit of recognition as well.

PRP: Just how deadly is the Phantom Moose?
Jason: It was a night just like this...
Jean: You saw the movie, "The Blair Moose Project", right? Need I say more?!
PRP: Hahaha.
Stymie: The Phantom Moose can kill in less than 3 seconds.
PRP: I believe it.

PRP: The band has mp3's of songs up on mp3.com what's your guys take on mp3's, good or bad?
Jean: I think it's cool because it gives people the chance to hear shit. The only thing I think is bad is if they really like the shit, they don't go out and buy the album... they just copy it onto CD. That's lame.. because if people don't put their money, where their mouth is the band's will end up suffering. I don't care if people copy our shit, but if they like it they should support us and pick up the album!
PRP: Yeah I have to agree with ya there, besides personally I like to own the original CD.
Stymie: Absolutely great!!!! anything that can spread the word about a band that easily is heaven sent. The world is changing and putting more power in the hands of individuals through the ease of transferring data around the world.

PRP: Was Jughead from Archie Comics an anorexic?
Stymie: Didn't read Archie Comics but I like Bazooka Joe!!!
Jon: I don't care.
Jason: ?
Jean: I hate Archie.
PRP: Hahah
Jean: Ask me about the Smurfs.
PRP: Was Smurfette a slut?
Jean: Oh, how I wish she was.
Jean: Could you imagine fucking a Smurf?
PRP: Hahaha, I've always wondered if you just pull down the lil white pants..
PRP: If those are pants...
PRP: Maybe they just rub those lil knobby tails together.
PRP: The Smurfs must have been somewhat of an influence with the song "Subliminal Smurf" from "Vicuna".
Jean: Of course... Read it backwards and it may make sense to you.
PRP: Haha.

PRP: What would your favorite song be from each album, tentative tracks from the new EP included?
Jean: That's a tough one. I don't see "Vicuna" as one album but a combination of 4 (it's all our old demos)... probably "Spork", "Cross-Dress Crusade" or "Supermarket"... "Intestinal Fortitude" = My Girl's Got Guts", "Where's The Puppet Show?" = "Disgruntled Temp Of The Apocalypse".
Jason: "Cross Dress Crusade", "Sweet Nothings", ?
Jon: "San Francisco Treat" & "Supermarket" / "My Girls Got Guts" & "It's My Birthday!".
Stymie: "Vicuna" --- "Spork" and "Gazelle" (sorry can't just pick one) "Intestinal Fortitude" --- "My Girls Got Guts" "Where's The Puppet Show?" --- Hate to do this to you but right now I like each new song better than any previous songs we have written so no choice here.
PRP: Ahhh, good choices anyways.

PRP: What song would you say sums up Nuclear Rabbit, if any?
Jon: "My Heart Will Go On" / Celine Dion
Jean: "Bark At The Moon" - Ozzy Osbourne
Jason: ?
Stymie: I would say "Disgruntled Temp Of The Apocalypse" because it has a little bit of everything and that sums up Nuclear Rabbit to me. No style = new style.

PRP: Jon, How do you feel about being in this band?
Jon: I feel good. I can't wait to start touring & recording.

PRP: Greg left some large shoes to fill vocally are you worried about the fans reception?
Jon: If they like it, they like it. If they don't I hope they throw stuff.

PRP: Is it intimidating being with a band known for very wild song structure?
Jon: It's slightly different from my other band Natt, but my musical tastes have helped me adapt.

PRP: Jason, being in this band and having an instrument with the tonal capacities of a guitar do you ever find it frustrating to find the right part to play?
Jason: Writing music with other people is never easy.

PRP: With such complex song structure and parts in the song, you usually keep a very guitar oriented groove not resorting to background noise like squawks or screeches, do you think this has to do with how you were trained?
Jason: I think it has to do with what I want to play.

PRP: Does Jean's 9-String bass Intimidate you?
Jason: Yes.
Jean: It intimidates me too.

PRP: Jean, do you find playing a 9 string bass something you wanted to do to differentiate yourself from other bass players or just a natural evolution as a musician for you?
Jean: I just like the idea of having more of a palette to work from. Having the extra notes allows me to look at things in a different way and perhaps write something I wouldn't think of on a 4, 5, or 6 String bass.
PRP: Indeed.

PRP: Stymie, your drum work is very talented and suggest a bit of jazz influence were you jazz trained?
Stymie: Ok this is the sad part. I started playing drums to be in 6th grade. Basically, if you said you played drums at my school then everyone went, "Wow you play drums, cool man!" I took drum lessons for about a year but needless to say I never practiced. Then in summer of Eighth grade my buddy got a bass and we made noise in my room and it made me want to play drums good. So I started to learn Metallica songs, "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and other lovelies. When I joined Nuclear Rabbit I didn't even know how to use my hi-hats, I used to just leave them closed and keep my foot on the double bass pedal. So I guess I am saying, no training just influence and perseverance.

PRP: You have a fairly modest kit compared to the wide array of sounds you make, do you find more is less?
Stymie: I find that because I lack the Neil Peart, Tim Alexander, Terry Bozzio skills that I concentrate more on just straight beats because in my mind the soloing is neato but doesn't make a song. So I think I play to my strengths which is beats not soloing. In my opinion I could have tons more drums but how many would play into the creation of beats? Don't know so I stick with what challenges me to create beats that I have never heard before. I do not rule out getting more drums in the future but for right now I think I need to get better before I do that.

PRP: Does Stymie really get all the groupies?
Jon: Only the drunk one in Merced.
Jean: He doesn't get any groupies!
PRP: Haha.
PRP: So who does?
Jean: The other bands!
PRP: Hehehe.
Stymie: No that is a wives' tale. I am happily married to my soulmate and I appreciate all fans of our band but this isn't really a groupie band. I think Jason gets a lot of groupies but he is asexual so they tend to be frustrated by this fact.
Jason: He's married.

PRP: The whole band is really involved playing different instruments and singing on different parts in the new material, should we expect this to become a mainstay in the band?
Jason: If the shoe fits.
Jean: Sounds cliche, but we are always going through changes... it's part of the nature of the band, so it's hard to say if anything will be a mainstay... but Jason's percussion is probably going to stick around for awhile. Who know maybe on a future CD I will be playing a 2 string bass? We take it day by day.
PRP: Hahah "Presidents Of The Nuclear Rabbit".
Jean: Did they do that?
PRP: Hehe yup.
Jean: Okay, make that half a string.
PRP: Haha.
Stymie: I think the different instrument thing is great as long as a song calls for it. So far we have utilized that aspect in a good way but you have to be careful not to add a bunch of instruments and forget about the main ones. As far as singing goes, we like for anyone to sing (except me, cause I sound like Peter in the Brady Bunch episode where he was going through puberty and Froggy from the little rascals making out, eyeewww!) but on the new EP we are going to try to have all the vocal parts done by Jon if possible so that people know his range and skills. Whether that happens we won't know until after we record. But live yes there will be Jon, Jean, and Jason singing all over the place.

PRP: Does everyone get their own say in song writing or is it more or less one member sculpting the basic rhythm?
Jason: We try.
Jean: Usually, someone (either Jason or I) will come up with a basic idea like a riff or a few riffs that work together. Then, the four of us will hash it out, come up with a concept for the song (usually Stymie) then we all work together to find the best arrangement. Getting the parts to move from one to another gets tricky sometimes due to the complexity of the music... but then some are really easy.
PRP: Ahhh, complexity is for sure.
Stymie: Everyone must agree on all parts and notes and rhythms and that makes it hard but very satisfying in the end. Also, this adds to our overall sound, if one person made all the choices then we would have a totally different sound. Basically, Jean or Jason may have a riff that I will put drums to and I may create a drum beat that is totally different from what that person pictured but they like it and then the other guy writes a riff based off of that and you have a totally different feel than when you started. It gets complicated but it turns out phat in the end.
Jon: If someone feels uncomfortable playing a riff or a song, there is no real point in playing that song at all.

PRP: In the cover of "Intestinal Fortitude" it credits artists at "Blizzard Entertainment" for art, is this the same company that manufactures computer games such as StarCraft and WarCraft?
Stymie: Yup yup. My bro works for Blizzard and he asked a couple artists to draw us some pictures based on the ideas in the songs, they did and the rest is history.
Jean: Those dudes totally helped us out with the art! And our name appears in the credits of StarCraft when you beat the game.
PRP: Sweet.

PRP: Is anyone in the band heavily into videogames?
Jason: Some claim to be.
Stymie: Yes, all of us are way into video games. Jean collects old ones and has a gazillion play station games. I love Football John Madden of course and Final Fantasy VII and soon I will have VIII. Jason is the Resident Evil mad man. Jon loves porno's but I think he squeezes in a couple video games between lesbian scenes.
Jean: Yeah... I would say Jon and I are heavily into them... I would say Stymie and Jason are moderately into them. ;-). I actually collect old arcade games (like Asteroids, Dig Dug, Defender) I have 34 of them.
PRP: Hahaha whoa, you mean the cabinet style?
Jean: Yeah, those 300lb motherfuckers.
PRP: Kickass!
PRP: Do you have Narc?
Jean: No.... all my games are from 1978-1983... I'm not into newer ones.
PRP: Ahhh, alright classic style.

PRP: Is nut stink really the only motivation for males to shower?
Jason: If the shoe fits.
Jon: For some of us that reason alone is not even enuff.
Stymie: No also mung in between the toes and dingleberries have been cited as reasons for males to shower. Also, if you want to get some, then you will wash the appropriate areas so as not to offend the partner in heat.
Jean: Hahahaha.
PRP: Heheh.
Jean: You got me on that one, I will have to ask around.
PRP: C'mon no avoiding, our female readers want to know!
PRP: Haha fine fine.

PRP: Crunchy or smooth Peanut butter?
Jean: Crunchy.
Stymie: Used to be smooth but my wife showed me the benefits of Crunchy.
Jon: Crunchy.
Jason: I like crunchy.
PRP: Oh yeah!
PRP: We crunchy lovers are a rare breed.
PRP: You all are the first I've found actually.

PRP: Does Spam really deserve the bad rep it's gotten?
Stymie: Yeah that shit is fuckin' nasty as all hell!
Jon: I truthfully have never eaten Spam in my life. I sure would like to try it someday though.
Jason: They love it in Hawaii.
Jean: Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Bacon, Eggs and Spam.
PRP: Spamburgers, pure genius.

PRP: Ever bought underwear at a second hand clothing place or thrift store?
Jean: Nope.
Jon: Nope.
Stymie: No I prefer boxers and they are cheap at Costco.
PRP: Ever consider it?
Jean: I don't want the tender skin of my ass to be where somebody else's has.
PRP: Hahah.

PRP: What do you do you like more Fast Times At Ridgemont High or The Breakfast Club?
Jason: Breakfast Club.
Jon: The Breakfast Club. Anthony Michael Hall is the god of the 80's.
Stymie: Oh boy this is sad but I like the Breakfast Club for the simple fact that I have never seen Fast Times at Ridgemont High in its entirety. I know I know, "Dude, you gotta see that shit it is so funny!" One day I will get Spicoliosis.
Jean: FAST TIMES! That movie rules. No Shoes, No shirts, No DICE!
PRP: Spiccoli!
Jean: MY BROTHER IS GONNA SHIT!!!! MY BROTHER IS GONNA KILL US? Make up your mind... is he gonna shit or is he gonna kill us? First he's gonna shit, then he's gonna kill us! Dude, my brother is a TV-repairman.... I Can fix it.
PRP: Hahah, "seen the new Playboy? Bo Derek's tits!"
Jean: That's my head!
Jean: Okay, enough of the fast times quotes.

PRP: Where do you see Nuclear Rabbit heading musically in the future?
Jason: East.
Jon: Forward, that's all I know.
PRP: Hehe.
Stymie: I see us creating music that is more and more diverse more and more depth to it. Much more emotional and demanding of attention. I always see us pushing the boundaries set up by radio and companies that limit creativity.
Jean: Hmmm.... the future of Nuclear Rabbit.... those future questions are hard.... we always surprise ourselves with what we come up with so it's kinda hard to say.... what would you like to hear from us that you haven't heard?
PRP: Paul Anka covers, no question.
PRP: That or a collaboration with the original N.W.A. line-up, resurrect Eazy-E and rock it.
Jean: Straight Outta Compton, Crazy Motherfucker called Nuclear Rabbit from the gang called... hmmm, don't think it will work, my friend.
PRP: Haha true that.

PRP: Am I the only one who thinks the name Metal Hammer sounds like Mr. Bungle?
Jon: Yes.
Jason: How many have you asked?
PRP: Hehe.
Jean: Yeah, that review was pretty bogus. I think they just gave it to the wrong guy. I have a secret plan for the next CD we'll send them.
PRP: Will it spray festering yak semen upon the unsuspecting reviewer?
Jean: No, nothing like that.... although, that ain't a bad idea.
PRP: Mmmm.
Stymie: I think Metal Hammer absolutely wishes that Manowar would hit it big so that Leather and Long Hair and big boots could once again rule the land. Yaaaarr!
PRP: Haha

PRP: What should we expect from the upcoming EP "Where's The Puppet Show?" ?
Jason: Music.
Jon: 5 Songs - 4 Guys - 3 Albums - 2 Words - 1 Band
Stymie: Music that definitely creates moods and tries to pull out emotions. If you like the old Nuclear Rabbit than you have the same people creating the music but the addition of Jon has really allowed us to have singing parts which are strong melodies themselves which is something we have never had and something that I think we have been sorely lacking. come see a show or get the EP when it is out because I can't do it justice with words.
Jean: I'd rather let the listener decide.... you're one of the few outside of Northern California that's heard the new stuff... what's your impression?
PRP: Awestruck, I could have worn out the cassette already.
PRP: Although my love for the new material has already been well documented on the 411 section.
Jean: Well, let's go with that then... We expect people to be awestruck....that was pretty easy. Thanks wook.
PRP: Hehehe.
PRP: No thank you!

PRP: Well that's about it, any shoutouts you'd like to give?
Jason: Larry Branyan.
Jon: My brothers Natt & Drop & my friend's in Estradasphere.
Stymie: Yeah, props to Papa Roach for doing it the right way!!!!! Also, anyone who has supported us or is still supporting us, We appreciate it and know that we couldn't do it without you. Pimp Rock Palace for taking the time to interview us and finally my band and their families for sticking through the hard times and putting up with the mood monsters.
Jean: Thanks Wook for doing the interview and supporting Nuclear Rabbit (and all the other up and coming bands).... And shouts out to all the peeps who've been downloading our tunes and checking out our site and coming to shows. And all the bands we've been playing with. That's it!.

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