-Is it true the Leg Hounds recorded three complete albums in one recording session. What was the inspiration behind that?
DREW: Yes it is true. Norb (Boris, Bulge) said he wanted to do all of our stuff and record it all so people wouldn't say "I like the way the 1st album was recorded but the second isn't as________ and so on." So to avoid that we recorded all 3 in one session. This way you can have one sound.It was pretty crazy, I think I played guitar for like 13 hours one day....And I'd do it again. All the albums are done, ready for release.The second one is called "The Leg Hounds...date your daughters" and should be ready. They are supposed to all be released within this year on Bulge records.
-I picked up the first album a couple of days ago. There's both a stereo and mono version on the disc. The stereo versions cool but the mono one rocks out a lot more! Would you agree?
D: I do agree, the mono mixes are a bit edgier make the guitar stick out more, I like guitar. I think we will do more mono type recording in the future.
-Is it just the mix that gives the mono version it's supreme kick...It isn't a different recording is it? The performances are as water tight as a duck ass anyway so I wanna just make sure you just didn't do the album twice thinking "Okay, This one we'll record in stereo" then bang you have the mics postioned differently and say "MONO VERSION!"
D: ..........I'll never tell!
-How long has your girl ever made you wait while she got ready for a night on the town.
D: It's always too long, I wanna just go-go-go but sometimes all the primpin', curlin', paintin' and hair twirlin' takes a bit. Lets just say I've written a bunch of songs during my waiting time over the years.
-Do you hum your own tune "Come On Already" to yourself when you're in a situation like that?
D: Oh yeah,that song is exactly what that situation is about. Waiting and waiting. I mean girls......we are gonna love you anyway so let's go. It's just gonna get messed up anyway.
-Have you every wrote a song that about some total sleeze action or doesn't put a certain lady in a flattering light and had to explain to your girlfriend that "Hey Darling, I'm not singing about you" and make up some outrageous excuse about who/what the song is about?
D: No, they're just songs if somebody gets offended... Oh well, It's Rock n Roll, get used to it. I mean if you DO what the same things the song is talking about than maybe the song IS about you.
-Yeah! That's telling 'em...
D:... I'm more about the music. 'Cause if people don't dig the music they aren't gonna listen for the lyrics the next time arround cause there won't be one. I guess I don't hear a song and say, boy that song sucked, but the lyrics were great, a good song has a good combination of both.
-Is it true that when the Leg Hounds annouce they are coming to a town all the foxy girls take the day off from work or school the day of the show to make themselves look totally smokin' for the gig?
D: Yes and Detroit should be no different.
-Pfft! DETROIT? I'm talkin' Port Huron!! Does the stage get littered with girls panties when you're up there playing? Do you have boxes of 'em at home now?
D: Truthfully an undergarment or 2 has been flung or way, but I always dug what Frank Zappa did. He'd stop the show and all these girls would bring up panties for his "Panty Quilt. " That's pretty boss. He may have been weird but he had some pretty good ideas.
-This might be a good deal. Y'know like in Cinderella where they had to find the chick how fit the glass slippers...You could go to partys after the show and find the babe who fits the panties.
D: .....Hahaha that's an idea......I think that might result in a bunch of slaps in the face.
-Yeah, it may result in a slap to a face to just some regular guy but you're the Leg Hounds. THE LEG HOUNDS!!! Don't the girls understand it's part of your life's purpose, It's what you HAVE to do? "YEAH! WE'RE LEG HOUNDS BABY!" Let's say that when you come to Michigan and a panty throwing thing happens while you're playing. Afterwards everybody goes to a party and I suggest "Hey! Let's do that Cinderella thing I talked about with the panties." Which Leghound is gonna help me get it organized. "
D: You sound like you really want this to go down. Well, first it can't be a "sausage party"*
(*term coined by us for when you're playing a show and there are pretty much all guys there, witch was accidentally coined by Chris from the heartdrops because when they were playing in Milwaukee with Bleed he keept on saying "I can't wait until the Sausage party" but what what he was talking about was how they (Bleed) were gonna make this killer sausage after the show and they were all gonna eat it. But we couldn't help thinking he was talkin' about a bunch of guys all hanging out with their dicks out. So, that's what we call a virtual girl-less show.)
-Have you ever hung a pair of girls panties over your rearview mirror?
D: No not me personally, just her top half over the front seat. (wink,snap)
-Do you keep a pair in your guitar case for good luck? Do you keep ANYTHING in your guitar case for good luck?
D: I keep a set of strings in there (because if you break one and you don't have any than you're outta luck) and an old busted cigar...I don't know why.
-Have you ever in your entire life ever referred to a restroom/bathroom as your "Office."
D: No, it's more like "the work space". actually I play guitar on the can. ya know that's valueable time just being wasted.
-I know what you mean. That's were I came up with some of these questions. Back to the "office" question. When you were a kid did you think the Fonz was cool?
D: The Fonz was/is cool. I mean with a girl on each arm with the snap of the fingers, that's pretty cool. (and he didn't even have to sell drugs) That stuff wouldn't fly nowadays. That's just timeless cool.
-Do you know Nickg (Strong Come Ons/Catholic Boys)? Have you ever seen him loaded and trying to hit on girls?
D: I like Nickg, his name is cool to say. I've never really seen him hit on girls, but he smiles a lot.
-Do any Leghounds have St. Christopher statue on their dashboard?
D: No, we have a hula girl on the Leg Hounds van dash.
-There was a girl I was seeing from time to time and one time she told me she didn't like the Rolling Stones...That night I took her home and nevercalled her again. Would you do the same thing if your lady told you she didn't like, let's say... the Devil Dogs "Saturday Night Fever."
D: Hard to say....some girls excell at OTHER things besides listening to rock n roll.
-Do you really get girls to make you dinner?
D: I didn't really mean dinner.
-You get the Devil Dogs comparison thing something fierce but hey, you're good at it.
D: I think the Devil Dogs were one of the best rock n roll bands ever, so if people want to put us in that category that's great.
-But what about those HIVES pretty much ripping off your look?
D: I don't keep up with the MTV so when somebody told me there was this band that looked like us I was like, "oh". Throughout history I'm sure there was some other band that was doing the same thing as someone who got big before them and they were like "oh shit, they stole our thing" but it isn't that hard to do that kind of stuff and Rock N Roll bands tend to copy each other in some ways so fuck it. It kind of adds a touch, dressing in uniform, but it really boils down to the songs. I'd rather be remembered for what we are playing rather than what we we were wearing.
-C'mon! The looks gotta be part of the package though! It's not like you would come out on stage looking like a bunch of jocks or wearing satin jumpsuits like Journey would you?
D: It's all kinda is one big package,but I don't think I would NOT listen to somebody because how they look, but I've seen bands LOOK like they can't rock but they smoke and vice versa. But we do it cause I like the classy traditional matching outfits that bands used to do.
-Short sleeves with ties?!?! Is that a nod to Detective Sipowitz or Homer Simpson by any chance?
D: See everybody steals each other's stuff.
-Sheyboygan is where they make all the bratwurst isn't it? Where you raised on the stuff?
D: Yes, Sheboygan is the Bratwurst capital of the world. Most of the restaraunts have them. We even have a little shin dig called "Brat days" celebrating it. It's pretty much it's just an excuse for people to get hammered all day and watch bands for free(not get hammered for free) But if you really wanna know...the way to eat a brat here in Sheboygan is on a Sheboygan hard roll with an insane ammount of butter. That's where it's at.
-Have you ever had a nosy neighbor walk up to you when you're grilling some bratwurst and he yells as loud as he can so people over in the next county know what you're doing? Every summer they run that 30 year old Johnsonville commercial during Tigers games.
D: No, never happened to me. I thought those comercials we local. I didn't know they played them elsewhere. Yeah! They're cheesy! There are a couple of different ones I've seen in my life. Same premise...
-What if they decided to get all hip and updated them AND THE LEGHOUNDS were the stars! What would the commercials look like then?
D: Probably all these girls around suckin' on some Brats (like total hot knob action) and this Barry White voice would come on and say "Wrap your lips around a Johnson................ville Brat, dig" I don't think the Leg Hounds could sell brats, maybe just be in the background hanging out.
-Do the locals view Johnsonville Brat's like how the Austrialians view "Foster's Beer?" I've asked a few Aussies' bout Fosters and they always say "Ahh! That's the piss we give the rest of the world! Nobody in my homeland drinks Fosters"
D: That's not true here, it's all pretty much the same but it's just Johnsonville is the "Big Company"
-Will you be bringing some real meat shop Sheboygan bratwurst over to Michigan so we can stop being betrayed by the Johnsonville corporation?!
D: If you want some we can, there are some non-Johnsonville bratwurst manufacturers around here. If you got a grill we'll bring the rest.
Oh! I GOT A GRILL!! You better be ready!!!
Well, it's settled...........it's a Sausage Party
Actually, The party is at the house on Johnstone Street. They always have girls there...There will be beer there but it always runs out....Are there any Sheboygan brands you could bring?
D:No, there are no local (Sheboygan) breweries.
One last thing...You are from Wisconsin...HAVE YOU EVER TIPPED A COW?
The Leg Hounds have played for crowds including angry old bikers, grumpy old war vets, numskull rockabilly cats, dumb jocks. whiny emo kids and surly little punk shits...By the end of their set they have the crowd eating out of their hands...Drew, Leg Hounds guitar player, sheds some light on why they're SO DAMN SUAVE!!!
