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Interviews : Taste the Waste – An interview with Municipal Waste

By on July 5, 2013

Municipal Waste

(excluding drummer, Dave Witte)

Municipal Waste need no introduction. They earned the crown as the undisputed kings of crossover/party thrash a long time ago, and they’re still wearing it. Thanks to Heathen Skulls, they just finished a massive tour across Australia and New Zealand, caused chaos at every show, and (hopefully) didn’t get cut off by any bartenders.

On the night of their special Melbourne show at The Bendigo Hotel, Metal Obsession caught up with Tony, Ryan and Landphil to discuss touring, GWAR and other ridiculous things.

 

Metal Obsession: How has your second time in Australia been so far?

Tony Foresta: Good, it’s been real good. The flights and stuff are pretty tiring; getting up really early, loading out late at night and waking up early. But other than that, it’s great to be here. It’s one of my favourite places to tour.
Ryan Waste: We’ve been in Melbourne for three days, so that’s kind of cool. We’ve just been hanging out here, going to bars and stuff.

Metal Obsession: Where are you going next?

Ryan: Adelaide. We went to Sydney last, and they were pretty wild.

Metal Obsession: Awesome. Have you enjoyed any of the local bands that have opened your shows so far?

Tony: We like Extortion. We played with them last time we were in Perth, so we asked them to play this time.
Ryan: A couple of New Zealand bands; we hit New Zealand before this so, Shitripper came out with us.
Tony: We’ve only done a couple of shows so far.
Ryan: Yeah, and we’re pretty hungover, so it’s hard to remember the bands [laughs]. I read the logos for the bands playing tonight though. It looks pretty interesting across the board.
Tony: Our friend is playing in one of the bands tonight, MetalStorm.
Ryan: Yeah, our friend Mick is doing double duty, doing sound for us and slapping the bass for MetalStorm. I hear he does a really mean slap-bass!

Metal Obsession: Who are your all-time favourite Australian bands?

Ryan: This old rock band called Buffalo, I really like them.
Tony: I love Rose Tattoo, AC/DC.
Ryan: Hobbs’ Angel of Death are a cool thrash band, as well as Mortal Sin. Slaughter Lord too.
Landphil: I like Psycroptic, from Tasmania. I like Blood Duster as well.
Tony: I think Agents of Abhorrence are tight. Mindsnare as well.
Landphil: You guys are just naming random bands that are from Australia now!
Ryan: Well, that’s what the question was!

Metal Obsession: Landphil, your band Cannabis Corpse were meant to be touring right after the Municipal Waste tour, but it got cancelled. Do you plan on getting it rescheduled soon?

Landphil: Yeah, we’ll come back. I don’t think Australia is going anywhere. No plans of rescheduling it as of right now, but I’m sure that one day in the future, we’ll come back and rock for you dudes!

Metal Obsession: How do you guys manage being in other bands while touring as Municipal Waste a lot? Would you ever consider doing double-duty for a tour?

Tony: That’s too stressful, man.
Ryan: Sounds like a lot of work! We’ve done it before though; we’ve all done double-duty for certain shows, because all of us have side projects.
Tony: Yeah, we’re doing a Richmond show with Vulture, Cannabis Corpse and the Waste. That’ll be the GWAR-B-Q in August, hosted by our friends GWAR.
Ryan: Double-duty is doable though. Not to say it’ll ever happen, there’s a lot of sweat.

Metal Obsession: Speaking of GWAR, have you ever had any interesting experiences with Oderus Urungus and his cuttlefish?

Tony: I remember this one time, someone’s mum was backstage at the show, and he was like, putting it on her shoulder [laughs].
Ryan: This kid at one of our shows in Oklahoma or somewhere, he came on acid to the interview. He eventually got raped by Oderus! I mean, the kid was kind of being annoying, and Oderus just let him have it. He grabbed the kids head and put it on the cuttlefish. So, it could be dangerous, y’know. Don’t do acid while you’re around others.

Metal Obsession: Other than boogie boards or skateboards, what’s the craziest thing you’ve seen someone take into a Municipal Waste pit?

Ryan: A windsurfer. It almost didn’t fit in, but it got in.
Tony: It was hitting the lights and shit in the venue. It was huge! Couldn’t believe they did that.
Ryan: I’ve seen people bring skim boards, wake boards; someone even brought a canoe once.
Tony: Somebody had like, a dead calf in a jar, and they were carrying it around. It didn’t break though. If it broke, it would have been really fuckin’ nasty! Everybody was like “OH!” when they were tossing it around.

Metal Obsession: I know that your music, and the rest of the crossover thrash/hardcore genre appeals to a lot of skaters. Do any of you guys skate, or have much interest in it? Who’s your favourite skater?

Tony: I used to. I surfed more as a kid, but I tried to skate and I sucked really bad at it.
Ryan: My favourite skaters would be Christian Slater and Steve Cavalera, they’re pretty cool.
Tony: My favourite surfer is Christian Fletcher, if you know who that is!

Metal Obsession: In your opinion, who has the most magnificent facial hair and why?

Ryan: I think that Lemmy has got the most iconic facial hair going on. The moles on his cheek are pretty cool too.
Tony: Hitler had some pretty cool shit goin’ on too [laughs].
Ryan: [laughs]. This interview is turning for the worst now!
Tony: What? What’s going on? Oh, shit!
Ryan: Let’s just go out on that one. Well, Hitler…
Tony: What? Where’s everybody going?! [laughs]

Metal Obsession: Also in your opinion, what’s the biggest party foul?

Tony: Telling people in an interview that you think Hitler’s facial hair is cool! [laughs]
Ryan: [laughs]. Yeah, that’s a big foul. I think that just talking too much can be a big party foul. Some people have just gotta shut up.
Tony: Yeah, there’s always the knocking someone’s beer over too. Shitting your pants is a big party foul. You don’t want to do that!
Landphil: Oh, and also… ah, never mind.
Tony: Oh, getting someone pregnant at a party, that sucks!
Ryan: That’s a long standing party foul, an 18 year length.
Tony: That’s the party foul that doesn’t go away. Don’t cum in anyone at a party! That’s some Ryan Waste advice right there.

Metal Obsession: If you had a cooking show on TV, what would you call it, and what would you show how to cook in the first episode?

Ryan: Probably meth, I guess [laughs].
Tony: That’s a good one!
Ryan: What else can you cook though? I mean, you can cook breakfast. Breakfast is pretty easy. Then that brings me to lunch [laughs]. Following that would be dinner.
Tony: And if you’re gonna have dinner…
Ryan: You’ve gotta have second dinner, then a late night snack; Taco Bell. Plug!

Metal Obsession: But what would you call the show?

Tony: Taste the Waste!

Metal Obsession: That’s a good one.
That’s all I have to ask in this interview. Is there anything else you’d like to say?

Tony: Yeah; hi Australia, we’re here! What have you got Phil?
Landphil: Uh, wham bam thankyou man.
Ryan: Ding dong dang.
Tony: Rip it!

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