Here is an interview with Ryan done by Jenn.

BioQueen66- I have some questions this time, I'm not winging it!!!!

diefie12- NICE!!!!!!!!!!

BioQueen66– How is the new CD doing? Are you happy with it, sound wise, etc? Selling well?

diefie12- We are extremely happy with the new CD. We really killed ourselves getting that God Forsaken thing together and it’s finally out and people really seem to enjoy it. As far as the sound, I think Brian Griffen is the best producer as far as death metal goes. He knows what sounds good, he's completely professional and he's pretty fuckin' gay. As far as selling, the last sound scan I checked we sold 557 million copies worldwide, who wouldn’t be happy with that?

BioQueen66– Ha ha ha ha, 557 million copies? You guys are doing quite well then!!!

diefie12- Well actually, our publicist told us that as of this morning we outsold the Beatles, Elvis, and Slim Whitman. Quite an accomplishment.

BioQueen66- How was playing Milwaukee this year?

diefie12- Milwaukee was totally awesome. The only thing that sucked is that we had to play at the same time as the Misfits, and we are all really into the Misfits. The show itself went really well though. I love Milwaukee because you get to see all of the people you talk to over the years and their all there AHHHHHHHHHH!!! I love it. The party after the show was probably the most legendary part of the whole trip though.

BioQueen66- Did you get to see any cool bands?

diefie12- Yeah, I saw Candiria, who as always kicked fucking ass, I got to see Gorguts who totally blew my mind as far as technicality, Dying Fetus, as always was amazing, but in all honesty, I thought the band that put on the best show was Internal Bleeding. That was the best show I’ve seen those guys play in a long time. Totally amazing!

BioQueen66- Where is the Hulkster? I think you guys had someone new right?

diefie12- Well the Hulkster was relieved of his duties in October of 1998. He is a great guy and we still talk to him once in a while, but he missed a few shows and no matter how happy and foolish we try to present ourselves, we are really serious and we just couldn't tolerate it. The one really huge thing we fucked up was the fact that we didn’t list him as playing on the album when he did. It got fucked up somehow. I felt totally horrible about that because he is a really nice guy and definitely deserves credit for playing on the CD. We haven’t found a replacement yet but the whole one guitar player deal has been working pretty well. If any one wants to try out, let me know.

BioQueen66- What made you pick to do Dirty Deeds as the cover on the CD?

diefie12- Well actually, we just decided to throw that song on because we recorded it years ago and we always thought it sounded ridiculous and there are some cool guest spots on it. Frank Rini sang backing vocals and Chris Matiuk (420) played the solo that no one here can play. We were all like 16/17 when we recorded that version. Keep your ears open though. We are doing some pretty crazy covers on future releases. We just got asked to do "Punk Rock Girl" on a Dead Milkmen tribute album that the Dead Milkmen are putting out.

BioQueen66- You also do November Rain right?

diefie12- No, we do My Michelle. That is going on the next album we do. I'm gonna kill the secret, but we’re doing a whole bunch of covers as secret songs on our next release.

BioQueen66- Any big shows coming up, any more festivals or anything?

diefie12- We are playing the St. Louis Slaughterfest in two weeks. but after that we are taking some time off from shows for a while to write some new tunes.

BioQueen66– Favorite show you played this year and why?

diefie12- That would have to be either the last time we played in Maryland with Dying Fetus. The atmosphere was great. There weren’t a whole lot of people there but we had such a good time .John Gallager came up and sang My Michelle with us, Frank Rini came up and sang a song with us. It was nuts. And them after the show we went back to Dying Fetus's house and got completely ridiculous. We played in Quebec a few months ago and that was an incredible experience as well.

BioQueen66- Tell us about the movie you are going to be staring in?

diefie12- I don’t know about starring, but John Luyster (our Guitar player) and myself are going to be in The Toxic Avenger 4. We don’t know of we are going to be extra's or have speaking parts, but we will be in it.

BioQueen66- You are still playing golf, right? How often do you get to play?

diefie12- Actually I haven’t even had a chance to plat this summer , but I m going to try to get a few games in before the end of the season.

BioQueen66- I have been told you wear a Hawaiian shirt every now and again. Can you explain this?

diefie12- Yeah, they're fucking awesome, I don’t know I really think that Hawaiian shirts are the most foolish looking vestments on earth, but for some reason I love the way they look.

BioQueen66– Ha ha ha ha! What CDs are you listening to currently?

diefie12- Well I’ve been listening to this Arthur Lyman CD, its like weird beach jazz from the 50's. I think the one thing that I am obsessed with now is MR. BUNGLE. I got to see them live last week and it was like a religious experience. I recommend that everyone see them. GODLIKE. As far as death metal, the new Regurgitation is phenomenal. Those guys are sick. The new Internal Bleeding, still does it for me too. The new Mortician kicks some serious ass as well. And everyone should check out the new Malinancy. SICK.

BioQueen66- Besides the band, what else have you been keeping you busy? Work, School?

diefie12- Yes. That’s all I can say to that. Work is nuts, school is nuts and it starts again soon and I can’t take it.

BioQueen66- What is next for the band? When are you planning on releasing another CD?

diefie12- We are hoping to have a new CD out in the Fall of 2000. We are doing some other little trinkets though to keep people happy. We will have a new song on an upcoming 7" in a few months.

BioQueen66- Okay Ryan, this is the end, anything final you would like to add in?

diefie12- God bless the United states Marine Corps. and I guess that will do for now. everyone write us or email us or check out our web page. Thanks for the interview Jenn.

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