spidersquasher

First off, huge fan. A huge portion of my favorite albums have been recorded by you, there’s something about hearing a band and feeling like you’re in the room with them that’s just amazing. I have a few questions.

• First off, what do you feel your biggest contribution to music has been thus far? Big Black, Rapemen, and Shellac have been listed as influences by a variety of bands and your style of organic hands off production has been incredibly important to some of the best albums ever created.
• Second, I’ve got a laptop and an acoustic guitar but no recording equipment at all. What are some cheap tools I should acquire to start hammering out some demos?
• Third, any bands I should be looking out for?
• And lastly, I made the mistake of listening to Atomizer for the first time while very high at the age of sixteen. My response to it was very visceral….I threw up from the sheer abrasiveness. To this day, drum machines haunt my nightmares. Was this the point of Atomizer? I mean, it’s amazing that you created something that could make such a big impact. I’m sure even if I was sober, it would have thrown me off.

Thanks for doing this and a big thanks for the production of the Blackened Air, I'm completely entranced every time I hear it.

I met Tommy and Greg at a showing of the Room a while back, Tommy seemed to really enjoy the fact that his fans loved making fun of his movie. He was also wearing two belts. How do you feel about the fact that your call to fame is so spectacularly hilarious because it's (in the nicest way possible) absolutely terrible? I also have to add "you're tearing me apart, Lisa!" Honestly, the Room is one of my favorite films.