Today (6/11/02) we bug Gian Chung, clarinet player for Drive-Thru Pharmacy, the world's only clarinet toting ska/rock band from Voorhees, NJ.
Fluffy: For purposes of me not wanting to write and intro, who are you?
Gian: I'm your worst nightmare or your dream come true... depends on which way your toilet flushes
Fluffy: Thank you Gian, clarinet player of Drive-Thru Pharmacy. Tell us a bit about your band...
Gian: Well, it's got too many Mikes. It used to have too many Asians... let's just tell everyone that it's a rock band with an odd sense of what's fun.
Fluffy: Anything else?
Gian: Yes, I am an original DTPer. I'm not much into punching people. I prefer glaring at them.
Fluffy: You play clarinet in a rock band, what is that like?
Gian: It's like drinking a straw when everyone else is drinking straight from those little milk cartons I used to get at lunch in public school.
Fluffy: Ha! Besides being the only clarinet player in a rock band around, you're well known for your crazy stage antics. What are some of your crazier ones?
Gian: The one that suprised me the most was stage diving into an air guitar solo during Heroes in Hawaiian Shirts in Pennsauken...
Fluffy: That one lives on in South Jersey lore.
Gian: ...and then there was that time Billus picked me up and played air Gian during the same song a couple of years later. Bloody Irish git.
Fluffy: What's your favorite band to play with?
Gian: I'm tempted to say Epestice... probably the Cherry Tarts, although I thought Orpheus was pretty cool too
Fluffy: How'd you crack into the local scene?
Gian: Um...being dragged in by a certain Mike. It was unintentional, trust me, and I don't think I've really cracked into the local scene, most people don't pay attention to the weird looking Asian kid with the long black straw.
Fluffy: Most people have trouble pinning DTP's sound down, what do you think the band sounds like? Who are it's influences?
Gian: Oy, I think it depends on the song. Ah screw it, who am I kidding? I'm DTP's biggest influence! =P. Although I think we've been more influenced by rock rather than Jamaican ska, but then again, I'm just the clarinet player.
Fluffy: In that case, who are some of your favorite bands?
Gian: Buck-O-Nine, The Toasters, Cherry Tarts, The Banana Factor... Chromelodeon is pretty cool too. I'm also a big fan of cows banging on barn doors
Fluffy: Me too! Now for some quick, hard hitting questions... Who is the greatest Flyer of all time?
Gian: Ron Hextall. He's the only one I know by name. Oh, there is that Lindross guy, but goalies are cooler.
Fluffy: Who's the worst Flyer, Alexandre Daigle or Alexandre Daigle?
Gian: Alexandre Daigle is by far, the... worst... Flyer... ever...
Fluffy: Good choice, what are some of your favorite movies?
Gian: Blues Brothers (the original one), the Monty Python ones, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and stuff by Hayao Miyazaki (yes, it's a bit out of place, deal)
Fluffy: Okay, because I am unorginal, some preference questions to wind down the interview... Letterman or Leno?
Gian: Neither, I prefer Red Green
Fluffy: Bruce or Bon Jovi?
Gian: they're both from NJ...who can say?
Fluffy: Salamanders or squirrels?
Gian: Squirrels
Fluffy: And a final hardhitting question, what's up with you and Godzilla?
Gian: I take his lunch money everyday. That's why he's so full angst. He likes to take it out on Tokyo every so often.
Fluffy: Any final comments?
Gian: Yeah... BLARG! Check out how we we're doing at garageband.com, we got some nice reviews. We also got a couple of Stupidest Song Awards, we rock!
Fluffy: Thank you Gian, everyone go check out Gian and his band, Drive-Thru Pharmacy at http://www11.brinkster.com/dtp. He'll also be appearing in a new ABC sitcom entitled "Where Your Pond Now?" starring Alec Baldwin.
Gian: haha
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