TETREZENE
WAVELENGTH #27
AUGUST 13 - 11PM

A couple of solar cycles back, an odd name would pop up in the local listings: n'door-fin. Then it stopped popping up. And then in 1999, the name reappeared as the title of the debut CD by a band named Tetrezene. The same band, playing the same songs. One of the few Toronto bands that explores the interzone between the electro/DJ realm and the electric guitar domain, Tetrezene makes music aimed straight for your pleasure centres. P.M.
Toronto, here we come! No really, here's some questions posed by Jonny Dovercourt and answered by Shannon du Hasky:

What is the chemical formula for bliss?
Sugar & Salt
Tartrazine Lake #5
Heapin' Spoonfuls of Sugar
Little Fluffy Clouds

Where is Tartrazine Lake?
It's in your mouth. Tartrazine is a yellow-orange food additive - it gives Kraft Dinner it's unappatizing colour. It's what our name is derived from, a bastardized spelling. I was eating some Misty Mints and discovered I was eating Tartazine Lake number something or other. I was horrified that this ingredient had the word Lake tagged on to it - to make people think it was natural and OK to eat. I've never eaten Misty mints again.

Tell us about the funniest/nastiest Tetrezene band fight. Come on, we want the dirt.
We've never had a band fight until this question started one! (Way to go, Dovercourt - foot-munching ed.)

If memory serves, you guys used to have a DJ in your midst. What happened to him/her?
Quick, look behind you - he's in the soundbooth! Yes, Greg Bolton, a.k.a. DJ Shrimp Tibs, was in our band for about a year and plays on two tracks on the album. When he left Ben came into our midst. Ryder was our soundguy until quite recently. We really like Ryder on stage and we really miss having a sound person. Greg has offered to come out and deal with sound for our next show. We really think that's grand.

Have any of you tried those new Arizona - Energy/Health/Memory drinks?
No, we're all tripped out on REV - a crazy new boozy drink that tastes and looks like lighter fluid. A lot of alcohol and a lot of "gutu nut". (I'm spelling this wrong - it's a health thing. I'll look at the bottle again.) Apparently it's going to be taken off the market. It makes you drunk and speedy and aggressive. Coke in a bottle? My roommate had some. Tasted like hell.

Songs are like children. You give birth to them, feed them, nurture them, teach 'em how to conduct themselves in the world. Does it hurt when they grow up and start coming home late, staying up all hours and sassing back at you?
No, we enjoy giving them free rein for all.

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