Part Two of Five with Rich Mullins from the Year Long Disaster
Welcome to Part Two of Five with Rich Mullins from the Year Long Disaster. In this segment we discuss Lemmy Kilmeister from Motorhead, wearing underwear, what is on Rich's iPod, and who he would rather fight. Part One can be found here and it is a great starting point for this debauchery. Without further ado, part two of our interview with Rich.
BnR: Back to touring for a little bit. You're touring with Motorhead in the states in the fall. Are you psyched or fearful?
Rich: Psyched. If nothing else...fuck, 20 Motorhead shows that I get to watch. I mean, come on.
BnR: Exactly, we are completely envious of you.
Rich: Yeah, I had an old band that did a lot of shows with Motorhead so I know what to expect.
BnR: So lots of Jack Daniels?
Rich: Lemmy only drinks Jim Beam.
BnR: Oh, Jim and Doritos?
Rich: It's Jim Beam...and I'm sure there will be strippers.
BnR: I wouldn't think of anything else with Lemmy.
Rich: It's weird, because, you know, I remember my grandfather being 64.
BnR: Was he as cool as Lemmy?
Rich: My grandfather could barely operate a remote control. Lemmy apparently can still operate a vagina.
BnR: And well I hear.
Rich: Yeah, that's what I hear.
BnR: So at what point in your career did you get groupies?
Rich: About 30 seconds into it.
BnR: It's the whole holding the guitar thing, isn't it?
Rich: That's what you've gotta do. It's the whole being on an elevated stage. That's all it takes.
BnR: I think that's more it. I used to walk around holding a guitar at Target and Wal-Mart, and it doesn't seem to have the same effect.
Rich: Elevated stage is right when the whole phallus thing comes in. You are up higher, you have an extended penis, then suddenly, "Ooooh" it all kicks in.
BnR: Do you wear underwear on stage and do your groupies wear underwear?
Rich: I don't wear underwear and I think the groupies do. You're talking about a broad spectrum of people.
BnR: I'm assuming you don't wear underwear because it cuts down on the laundry bills on the tour.
Rich: Absolutely. It's a weird concept to me anyway. I understand it in cold climates, but (in warm climates) why someone needs to cover something that already covers you up....it's weird. You don't put a cover over your engine, and then put the hood down.
BnR: Plus if you were to put a cover on your engine, it would just be more to get to.
Rich: Yeah, it's just an extra layer. I don't see any pluses.
BnR: Okay, we only have two more questions (little did Craig know that we had we would wind up speaking with Rich for another 40 minutes about some of the most vile stuff imaginable). What is the most embarassing thing on your iPod?
Rich: Haddaway, but that isn't really all that embarrassing. [Ed note: for those readers uncertain of Haddaway, click here.] Everyone likes them because of A Night At the Roxbury. Widespread Panic is on here. I can totally explain how it got on here. Clutch played Bonnaroo and came back with these free Bonnaroo iPod cards. I thought I was gonna get 20 bucks of free iTunes music, which you do, but it all pre-picked music from Bonnaroo. I think the worst is Jack Johnson.
BnR: Oh, that is going on the site. That is terrible.
Rich: It's not on my iPod. I'm just saying that would be worse. I have 8,000 songs on here. I don't even know how, but I think someone's little sister put Good Charlotte on my iPod.
BnR: Sure, someone's little sister put that on there? Our final question, have you seen the movie Roadhouse?
Rich: I have.
BnR: Would you rather fight Swayze, or take a deuce at the Double-Deuce?
Rich: Ooh. I would kick Swayze's cancer ridden ass down the street. He's small. I stood next to him.
BnR: He is small.
Rich: He may be wirey, but I'm like a python in the bushes just waiting for that guy to make a mistake.
BnR: He is very graceful, like Dirty Dancing.
Rich: He's graceful, but come on.
BnR: It's his perfectly quaffed hair that will mess you up I think.
Rich: It is. I said, god that guy's hair is perfect. What do you do if it is windy out?
BnR: It's the C.C. Deville hairspray tonic.
Rich: I got thrown out of C.C. Deville's dressing room by C.C. Deville.
BnR: Really?
Rich: Talk about getting pushed around by a very little man.
BnR: He is tiny.
Rich: He could seriously be under the rainbow. It was like getting pushed around by one of the lollipop kids.
BnR: How did you get in his dressing room?
Rich: This is a funny story, because I got me and all the members of The Reverend Horton Heat kicked out at once. I was hanging out with Scott Churilla (drummer for Reverend Horton Heat) and he introduced me to his friends, from Faster Pussycat. They were playing in Dallas. So we go in Faster Pussycat's bus. Their rider...this was some big arena tour in 2003 that was Winger, Faster Pussycat, Poison, and Cinderella. So, anyway, it's a giant ampitheatre. Winger is on stage and no one is there. Maybe 150 security guards and 4 old chicks.
BnR: And Winger's mom.
Rich: We were on Faster Pussycat's bus and they got a six pack of beer. That's all they had. So we decided we needed to find alcohol. So, we were like, "Let's go check out Poison's dressing room and see what they've got:". There was no one there, so I just fucking walked in and took a bottle of wine. So we chug it, and we run out, so we're like, "let's go get another one."
So I walk back over and when I'm on my way out C.C. Deville is standing there. He's got security guards pointing at me. They kicked us all out. The Reverend Horton Heat guys had nothing to do with it.
BnR: Like he couldn't get other alcohol from somewhere else. Did you get to see the hairspray bottles?
Rich: You know what? It crossed my mind. You know bands have their wardrobe tables. By the way, greatest wardrobe case I've ever seen.
BnR: Poison's?
Rich: Hands down. Not one, but ten of the greatest leather coats you've ever seen.
We will cover more about Poison's wardrobe in part three of our time with Rich, which will air Monday. It starts to go downhill fast and topics like Creed, Danzig, killing dogs, and Michael Jackson are all yet to be discussed. Stay tuned. Audio below, it takes a few minutes to load.
BnR: Back to touring for a little bit. You're touring with Motorhead in the states in the fall. Are you psyched or fearful?
Rich: Psyched. If nothing else...fuck, 20 Motorhead shows that I get to watch. I mean, come on.
BnR: Exactly, we are completely envious of you.
Rich: Yeah, I had an old band that did a lot of shows with Motorhead so I know what to expect.
BnR: So lots of Jack Daniels?
Rich: Lemmy only drinks Jim Beam.
BnR: Oh, Jim and Doritos?
Rich: It's Jim Beam...and I'm sure there will be strippers.
BnR: I wouldn't think of anything else with Lemmy.
Rich: It's weird, because, you know, I remember my grandfather being 64.
BnR: Was he as cool as Lemmy?
Rich: My grandfather could barely operate a remote control. Lemmy apparently can still operate a vagina.
BnR: And well I hear.
Rich: Yeah, that's what I hear.
BnR: So at what point in your career did you get groupies?
Rich: About 30 seconds into it.
BnR: It's the whole holding the guitar thing, isn't it?
Rich: That's what you've gotta do. It's the whole being on an elevated stage. That's all it takes.
BnR: I think that's more it. I used to walk around holding a guitar at Target and Wal-Mart, and it doesn't seem to have the same effect.
Rich: Elevated stage is right when the whole phallus thing comes in. You are up higher, you have an extended penis, then suddenly, "Ooooh" it all kicks in.
BnR: Do you wear underwear on stage and do your groupies wear underwear?
Rich: I don't wear underwear and I think the groupies do. You're talking about a broad spectrum of people.
BnR: I'm assuming you don't wear underwear because it cuts down on the laundry bills on the tour.
Rich: Absolutely. It's a weird concept to me anyway. I understand it in cold climates, but (in warm climates) why someone needs to cover something that already covers you up....it's weird. You don't put a cover over your engine, and then put the hood down.
BnR: Plus if you were to put a cover on your engine, it would just be more to get to.
Rich: Yeah, it's just an extra layer. I don't see any pluses.
BnR: Okay, we only have two more questions (little did Craig know that we had we would wind up speaking with Rich for another 40 minutes about some of the most vile stuff imaginable). What is the most embarassing thing on your iPod?
Rich: Haddaway, but that isn't really all that embarrassing. [Ed note: for those readers uncertain of Haddaway, click here.] Everyone likes them because of A Night At the Roxbury. Widespread Panic is on here. I can totally explain how it got on here. Clutch played Bonnaroo and came back with these free Bonnaroo iPod cards. I thought I was gonna get 20 bucks of free iTunes music, which you do, but it all pre-picked music from Bonnaroo. I think the worst is Jack Johnson.
BnR: Oh, that is going on the site. That is terrible.
Rich: It's not on my iPod. I'm just saying that would be worse. I have 8,000 songs on here. I don't even know how, but I think someone's little sister put Good Charlotte on my iPod.
BnR: Sure, someone's little sister put that on there? Our final question, have you seen the movie Roadhouse?
Rich: I have.
BnR: Would you rather fight Swayze, or take a deuce at the Double-Deuce?
Rich: Ooh. I would kick Swayze's cancer ridden ass down the street. He's small. I stood next to him.
BnR: He is small.
Rich: He may be wirey, but I'm like a python in the bushes just waiting for that guy to make a mistake.
BnR: He is very graceful, like Dirty Dancing.
Rich: He's graceful, but come on.
BnR: It's his perfectly quaffed hair that will mess you up I think.
Rich: It is. I said, god that guy's hair is perfect. What do you do if it is windy out?
BnR: It's the C.C. Deville hairspray tonic.
Rich: I got thrown out of C.C. Deville's dressing room by C.C. Deville.
BnR: Really?
Rich: Talk about getting pushed around by a very little man.
BnR: He is tiny.
Rich: He could seriously be under the rainbow. It was like getting pushed around by one of the lollipop kids.
BnR: How did you get in his dressing room?
Rich: This is a funny story, because I got me and all the members of The Reverend Horton Heat kicked out at once. I was hanging out with Scott Churilla (drummer for Reverend Horton Heat) and he introduced me to his friends, from Faster Pussycat. They were playing in Dallas. So we go in Faster Pussycat's bus. Their rider...this was some big arena tour in 2003 that was Winger, Faster Pussycat, Poison, and Cinderella. So, anyway, it's a giant ampitheatre. Winger is on stage and no one is there. Maybe 150 security guards and 4 old chicks.
BnR: And Winger's mom.
Rich: We were on Faster Pussycat's bus and they got a six pack of beer. That's all they had. So we decided we needed to find alcohol. So, we were like, "Let's go check out Poison's dressing room and see what they've got:". There was no one there, so I just fucking walked in and took a bottle of wine. So we chug it, and we run out, so we're like, "let's go get another one."
So I walk back over and when I'm on my way out C.C. Deville is standing there. He's got security guards pointing at me. They kicked us all out. The Reverend Horton Heat guys had nothing to do with it.
BnR: Like he couldn't get other alcohol from somewhere else. Did you get to see the hairspray bottles?
Rich: You know what? It crossed my mind. You know bands have their wardrobe tables. By the way, greatest wardrobe case I've ever seen.
BnR: Poison's?
Rich: Hands down. Not one, but ten of the greatest leather coats you've ever seen.
We will cover more about Poison's wardrobe in part three of our time with Rich, which will air Monday. It starts to go downhill fast and topics like Creed, Danzig, killing dogs, and Michael Jackson are all yet to be discussed. Stay tuned. Audio below, it takes a few minutes to load.
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