The Dayglo Abortions: Up Close & Out of the Womb
A Collective Interview of Vulgar Hilarity
The Distillery Pub: June 30th, 2010
Members:
Murray “The Cretin” Acton– Guitar, Vocals
“Willy Jak”– Bass
“Jesus Bonehead” – Drums
“Holy Shiite!” One of Canada’s most abrasive punk bands, The Dayglo Abortions, had stopped through Calgary on June 30th to reunite fans and bring back a piece of punk rock history with them. Considering that the Dayglo Abortions have always been a little hostile and rough around the edges, Audio Distortion had decided to throw away the traditional cue of interview questions and bring out the vulgar hilarity over a couple of beers.
Audio Distortion: “What drives you guys as a band to still make music after 31 years?”
“Well, we are really lucky that we didn’t write songs together about breaking up with our girlfriends. But I mean It’s still fun, you know? I’m always going to be in a band anyway and people still want to see the Dayglo’s play. We’re not here to change the world; we’re just here to change your night. None of us are really married or have children so it just works out that we are still able to do what we love.”
Audio Distortion: “What is your feedback on the recently released biography entitled “Argh Fuck Kill: The Story of the Dayglo Abortions?”
“Well the biography was written by a guy out in Vancouver called Chris Walter and he did that all on his own. He was going to write the book anyway but he decided to interview us all and we contributed to it. It’s really an interesting book. Chris turned it more into a story than a factual thing in a lot of ways – it’s a bit colorized I guess you could say.
>Audio Distortion: “So why would you tell fans to pick it up and read it?”
“Well it has a lot of interesting stories in it about how we got into music and a lot of the stories go way back to before we were even in a band. It has stuff about me and (Jesus) Bonehead when we met back in private school and we were delinquents - Chris talked to us about our elementary school days and shit like that. He tried to get into our heads a little bit.”
Audio Distortion: “If you had the opportunity to punch anyone in the face right now, who would it be?”
Murray Cretin: “Anyone in the face? Right now? I’m going to have to say that Prime Minister of ours.”
> AD: “You mean Steven Harper?”
Murray Cretin: “Yeah! I mean I don’t really hate anyone, but all that shit about Bill C-20 and trying to enforce American laws on Canadian soil? Fuck that! I like Canada for what is it and I like the freedom that we have here. That guy seems to be selling us out, you know? I would punch that guy right in the fucking nose!”
> AD: (To Willy Jak) “Who would you punch in the face?”
Willy Jak: “I would have to say that goof Dog the Bounty Hunter. That guy is just a fucking rat with a TV show. I think that guy definitely needs a punch to the face.”
Audio Distortion: “Do you guys have any plans to play in Afghanistan?”
“I think we have a lot of plans to not play in Afghanistan, actually. As far as I am concerned, you let people and their cultures be people and their cultures – you don’t want to go start pushing other values onto them. It was fun when punk rock wasn’t accepted all that well and it was hostile, but you don’t want to be pushing your shit down anybody’s throat. I’m not going to tell them how they should be living their lives even if I don’t agree with their lifestyle, because they probably don’t agree with mine either. Our latest album ‘Holy Shiite’ was a spoof on that whole thing; that is all the Dayglos are about though is satire and stuff like that.”
Audio Distortion: “Have you guys ever seen two dogs fucking in Dunwich before?”
Murray Cretin: “Where is that? In Saskatchewan somewhere?”
AD: “I don’t know.....”
Murray Cretin: “Well I do remember when I was a little kid seeing these two dogs stuck together ass-to-ass and the wife was trying to pull the dogs apart. She was screaming, ‘Oh my God! Oh my God!’ and this is where I got the lyrics for the song, because the husband runs in to grab a bucket of cold water and turfs it right onto the dogs. It actually worked though and killed the moment, but I guess that’s what happens, hey?”
Audio Distortion: “So all your fans want to know, what’s next?”
“We just started working on a new album. We are going to record again soon and Mike Jak is going to come do it with us. So we are going to bring some of that dual guitar into it again like Two Dogs Fucking. It’s going to be great. We haven’t really finalized any of the recording yet but the concept is going to be a spoof on 2012 - If that’s going to be the end of everything, that’s going to be the end of punk rock too. I was thinking about also doing a love album a couple years ago so I think I might put a couple of those songs on there.”
>AD: “Didn’t you just say you were lucky you didn’t grow up singing love songs?”
“Yeah but this is going to be the truth, not those shitty teenage love songs. Now that I’m a little older I know the truth about love. The front cover was going to have a picture of a guy with a frying pan in his hand, about to bat his wife in the head with it. She would be down on her knees with her heart coming out and be saying something like ‘Ahh! Why are you doing this to me?” and the guy would be telling her, ‘It’s because I love you, Baby!’ It’s not obtrusive, it’s the truth.”
A Collective Interview of Vulgar Hilarity
The Distillery Pub: June 30th, 2010
Members:
Murray “The Cretin” Acton– Guitar, Vocals
“Willy Jak”– Bass
“Jesus Bonehead” – Drums
“Holy Shiite!” One of Canada’s most abrasive punk bands, The Dayglo Abortions, had stopped through Calgary on June 30th to reunite fans and bring back a piece of punk rock history with them. Considering that the Dayglo Abortions have always been a little hostile and rough around the edges, Audio Distortion had decided to throw away the traditional cue of interview questions and bring out the vulgar hilarity over a couple of beers.
Audio Distortion: “What drives you guys as a band to still make music after 31 years?”
“Well, we are really lucky that we didn’t write songs together about breaking up with our girlfriends. But I mean It’s still fun, you know? I’m always going to be in a band anyway and people still want to see the Dayglo’s play. We’re not here to change the world; we’re just here to change your night. None of us are really married or have children so it just works out that we are still able to do what we love.”
Audio Distortion: “What is your feedback on the recently released biography entitled “Argh Fuck Kill: The Story of the Dayglo Abortions?”
“Well the biography was written by a guy out in Vancouver called Chris Walter and he did that all on his own. He was going to write the book anyway but he decided to interview us all and we contributed to it. It’s really an interesting book. Chris turned it more into a story than a factual thing in a lot of ways – it’s a bit colorized I guess you could say.
>Audio Distortion: “So why would you tell fans to pick it up and read it?”
“Well it has a lot of interesting stories in it about how we got into music and a lot of the stories go way back to before we were even in a band. It has stuff about me and (Jesus) Bonehead when we met back in private school and we were delinquents - Chris talked to us about our elementary school days and shit like that. He tried to get into our heads a little bit.”
Audio Distortion: “If you had the opportunity to punch anyone in the face right now, who would it be?”
Murray Cretin: “Anyone in the face? Right now? I’m going to have to say that Prime Minister of ours.”
> AD: “You mean Steven Harper?”
Murray Cretin: “Yeah! I mean I don’t really hate anyone, but all that shit about Bill C-20 and trying to enforce American laws on Canadian soil? Fuck that! I like Canada for what is it and I like the freedom that we have here. That guy seems to be selling us out, you know? I would punch that guy right in the fucking nose!”
> AD: (To Willy Jak) “Who would you punch in the face?”
Willy Jak: “I would have to say that goof Dog the Bounty Hunter. That guy is just a fucking rat with a TV show. I think that guy definitely needs a punch to the face.”
Audio Distortion: “Do you guys have any plans to play in Afghanistan?”
“I think we have a lot of plans to not play in Afghanistan, actually. As far as I am concerned, you let people and their cultures be people and their cultures – you don’t want to go start pushing other values onto them. It was fun when punk rock wasn’t accepted all that well and it was hostile, but you don’t want to be pushing your shit down anybody’s throat. I’m not going to tell them how they should be living their lives even if I don’t agree with their lifestyle, because they probably don’t agree with mine either. Our latest album ‘Holy Shiite’ was a spoof on that whole thing; that is all the Dayglos are about though is satire and stuff like that.”
Audio Distortion: “Have you guys ever seen two dogs fucking in Dunwich before?”
Murray Cretin: “Where is that? In Saskatchewan somewhere?”
AD: “I don’t know.....”
Murray Cretin: “Well I do remember when I was a little kid seeing these two dogs stuck together ass-to-ass and the wife was trying to pull the dogs apart. She was screaming, ‘Oh my God! Oh my God!’ and this is where I got the lyrics for the song, because the husband runs in to grab a bucket of cold water and turfs it right onto the dogs. It actually worked though and killed the moment, but I guess that’s what happens, hey?”
Audio Distortion: “So all your fans want to know, what’s next?”
“We just started working on a new album. We are going to record again soon and Mike Jak is going to come do it with us. So we are going to bring some of that dual guitar into it again like Two Dogs Fucking. It’s going to be great. We haven’t really finalized any of the recording yet but the concept is going to be a spoof on 2012 - If that’s going to be the end of everything, that’s going to be the end of punk rock too. I was thinking about also doing a love album a couple years ago so I think I might put a couple of those songs on there.”
>AD: “Didn’t you just say you were lucky you didn’t grow up singing love songs?”
“Yeah but this is going to be the truth, not those shitty teenage love songs. Now that I’m a little older I know the truth about love. The front cover was going to have a picture of a guy with a frying pan in his hand, about to bat his wife in the head with it. She would be down on her knees with her heart coming out and be saying something like ‘Ahh! Why are you doing this to me?” and the guy would be telling her, ‘It’s because I love you, Baby!’ It’s not obtrusive, it’s the truth.”
Written by Hayley "Instigator" Sands with interview participation from Adam Buttrey and Greg Cox
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