DEA: HEY BEN! GIVE US
THE PRESENT LINE-UP FOR REGURGITATION.
Ben: What's up Double Dea!!! The present line-up for Regurgitation is
"Brutal" Ben Deskins on guitar & vokills, Brian
"Bastard" Baxter on bass & vokills, "Graveyard" Dan
Baker on drums, & Tony "The Total Package" Tipton on guitar. Our
sickest line-up yet, by far!
YOU JUST SENT ME A COPY OF THE NEW REGURGITATION SONG, "MENSTRUAL CYKILL"
& IT FUCKING RULES! YOU AND BRIAN ARE SHARING THE VOCAL DUTIES NOW? HOW'S
THAT GOING?
Thanx! We appreciate the compliment!! Things are going great with me &
Brian sharing the vokills! We have everything from ultra low gutteral vokills,
to mid range, to fucking sick high screams. I personally couldn't be happier
with the vokills.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO HAVE DUEL VOCALISTS?
Well, we made a very brutal progression in the songwriting process with our
new material, so the vokills had to make an equally brutal progression as well
to compliment the music. The more sick vokills you have, the more brutal &
sicker the music will be. Sickness breeds sickness!
WHEN WAS YOUR CD, "TALES OF NECROPHILIA" ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO COME
OUT? WHY HAS IT BEEN DELAYED FOR SO LONG?
Sometime in the summer of '97 was the first tentative release date, I
believe. There's a lot of reasons for it being delayed so much, but I think
line-up changes slowed us down the most. We've also been busy playing shows to
promote ourselves. There were a couple songs that we had completely written that
we just ended up scrapping because they weren't up to par with the rest of the
material, so obviously that slowed us down quite a bit, too. We've taken a lot
of time & care in the writing of the new album, & I guarantee it to be
worth the wait when it's out.
WHEN WILL IT FINALLY BE OUT?
As of now, all of the material for the CD is completely written & it
looks like we'll be in the studio in late February or early March at the latest.
Expect "Tales of Necrophilia" to be out in April or May.
DESCRIBE THE FORTHCOMING CD IN 7 WORDS.
Severe, sick, extreme, crushing, brutal Death Metal!!!!!
THE CD WILL BE OUT ON BRIAN'S LABEL, ABLATED, RIGHT? DO YOU THINK IT'LL HELP
THINGS GO MORE SMOOTHLY WITH HIM BEING IN THE BAND?
Yes, it will be out on Ablated Records. Things are definitely better with
Brian in the band! All decisions regarding the CD, shows, merchandise, &
everything else are all talked over & decided on as a band along with the
label, so everything's out in the open more. We all want the same thing: total
extreme sickness. So everything is pretty much agreed on from the start.
BRIAN'S ALSO SETTING UP THE 2nd OHIO DEATH FEST. WHEN WILL IT BE & WHAT
BANDS ARE PLAYING?
He don't have an exact date yet, but it will most likely be in April again
at the same place it was held at last year, the Phantasy Theatre. At least,
that's what we're hoping for. There's gonna be so many fucking killer brutal
bands that will be playing this year! No gay shit!!! Some of the bands that will
be playing this year are Deeds of Flesh, Gorgasm, Fleshgrind, Erotic Incisions,
Nile, Mortal Decay, Dying Fetus, Cryptopsy, Internal Bleeding, Dehumanized,
Devourment, Vomit Remnants, Arius, Lividity and of course, Regurgitation &
more. I'm sure the line-up will probably change somewhat, but there will be
absolutely no gay bands playing, only the sickest!
ARE YOU GOING TO PLAY STAGE MANAGER AGAIN?
I might! It really just depends on what Brian needs me to do to help out,
and make things run as smoothly as possible.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE?
The worst thing that has happened to us is sound problems. A sound man can
really fuck a band up! I guess the funniest thing that happened was when we
played in Piqua, OH one time, & during our set there were like 4 or 5
injuries. As soon as we were done playing, the meat wagon showed up with sirens,
etc. It was really great timing!
WHY DO YOU CALL YOURSELF THE "MEAT MAN"? WHAT KIND OF MEAT DO YOU HAVE
IN STOCK AND DO YOU DELIVER?
Ha Ha! I think you should ask your co-editor Jill about that one, since
she's the one that came up with that! Let's just say I live up to my name well!!
The only kind of meat I have in stock is tube steak, & yes, I definitely do
deliver!!!!
MUCH THANKS TO YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS INTERVIEW! FEEL FREE TO SPEW
HERE....
Thanks tons for the interview Double Dea!!! We totally appreciate the
support! Everyone watch out for "Tales of Necrophilia" in April or May
'99. It will tear your head off! Also write for info. on merchandise, to be put
on our mailing list, or just to shoot the shit! Support brutal underground Death
Metal! Keep it sick!!!
REGURGITATION
c/o BEN DESKINS
P.O. BOX 366
WASH. C.H., OH 43160
USA