BERDOO - Interview with JC Bad Boy Berdoo by Dave Wolff - Music

How long has your website been in existence? What was the inspiration for starting it?
The new Berdoo websites have been up for about a year and a half... and moving pretty fast to...about 100 to 150 hits a day. I wanted to expose my band to every avenue possible that we could.. ha ha..it worked..

Since first starting the site how well known has it become worldwide? How has it been coming along lately?
I have over 75,000 email addresses world wide and they all know of Berdoo and we also have their links in the Berdoo site... I send stuff to everyone on this planet and beyond... We could do a show on Mars and the place would know about it,... I'm real hungry to play so I advertise like nobody ever I have met... Some of the Shouters at Motley.com have said that I advertised the New Tattoo release better than the record company... that's kinda funny since we are still an unsigned band for 15 years now... so I figured I'll wait till Projectunes (my prod. co) gets big enoughand I'll sign myself... LOL

From what parts of the world are the bands you're most in contact with?
Yugoslavia, Germany, Brazil, Asia, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, Peru, Poland, Isreal, and a bizillion more from every town, city, state, country, and hopfully other planets as well...I was trying to put together the New Millennium Rockfest 2000 for Yugoslavia with every hard rock band that has every been and the goverment stopped me because of the politics involved and the cost of war...Thats sad because music heals all and it would have been the biggest concert event in the history of mankind...could you imagine 1000's of rock bands in a country that has never ever seen or heard of these bands and the power that it would generate with the young fans that would be there to witness it...Those bands would be the heros of all who would see it and have so much fun for a 6 day one of a kind major world wide concert event like this...Man a full blown carnval, watersliding, sports, hot rod, skateboarding, jet sking, hot air baloon, drag car racing, ass-kicking concert...wow...maybe we can try again next year...And on the 7th day we all thank the man upstairs for watching over all the rockers of the world for making it happen...Rock and Roll is gonna save the world,...again...

How wide a range is there of extreme or underground style metal bands who you feature on the site?
From A to Z and 1 to 100...I like to give everyone a chance toget their material out into the public eye since it is so hard to get noticed these days,...If a band has a dream of making it big and has the drive and passion to play then let them do it...it's only music but it can make you cry or laugh with the feeling that the artist is trying to get the listener to feel. If a band tries for years as I have (15) and never ever is seen by the right person or has many people that try to crush you and they never had the chance to be heard from anyone that could help them then whats the point in even being in a band...We all look up to the professionals in this business as our heros and if they are never noticed then what chance in hell does a band have,...we are here to break that pattern once and for all!

How are the punk, metal and hardcore scenes doing where you're from?
That's funny,..I knew you were going to ask that question,...It's is almost come to a stand still because of the people out here in San Bernardino that are running things, the clubs, the radio stations the other promoters...They see me as a major threat for the fact that I have been here so long and still kicking ass...I know how the business works better than all of them because not only do I produce big shows with great ideas that
they try to steal from me but I am also a guitarist that plays in my own band so I see both sides of the fence very clear. I have some ideas of some shows, inventions, advertising schemes, and to many other great things to list here but I have to tell you that they would put Rock and Roll back on the map where it belongs...100%...

What bands do you listen to personally? Do you read many fanzines devoted to underground metal? If so, which ones would you recommend?
Here are just a couple of the bands i like,..ha ha... Motley Crue, Van Halen, Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Metallica, Axl Rose, Zombie, Foo-Fighters, Aerosmith, George Thorogood, ACDC, Motorhead, DLR, Def Leppard, Korn, Hole, Methods of Mayhem, Flotsam & Jetsam, Quiet Riot, Bullet Boys, Y&T, L.A. Guns, Kiss, Bruce Kulick, Union, Rhinobucket, Prong, Steppenwolf, Filter, Goo Goo Dolls, ZZ Top, Dio, Ted Nugent, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Ozzy, Lita Ford, Joan Jett, Loudmouth, Monster Magnet, Cheap Trick, Poison, Skid Row, Great White, Love/Hate, ELP, Pantera, Crobsy, Stills, Nash and Young, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Vinnie Moore, Yngwie Malmsteen, Pat Benatar, Missing Persons, Lynryrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin, Peral Jam, Poison, Ratt, Warrant, Living Color, Loudness, Alice in Chains, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Budgie, Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, Saxon, Foghat, Accept, Krokus, Keel, Slaughter, Sammy Hager, Twisted Sister, Buckcherry, Bon Jovi, American Shame, Cult, Offspring, Zakk Wild, Creed, Santana, Helix, Scorpions, Cinderella, Flashbastered, Dokken, Anthrax, Kenny wayne Shepard, Pink Floyd, Queensryche, Tornado, Guttersluts, Muddfoot, Louder, Tru Smoke Diezel, Rossomahaar, Sixxthdisciple, Special Ed, Atom Proton, 13A, Munity, Cyber Jack, and Berdoo and a bazillion more...... My Favorite zine is http://www.maxpages.com/aeazine and thats that...Oh-ya..Dave Wolff is pretty freaking cool too..ha ha

What effect has the Internet had on the metal scene in your opinion?
It has opened the door wider for all who want to get a piece of the rock and roll pie,...Stay hungry and never ever surrender tonone...Ever! Write another song and book another show.

What is your opinion of the infighting between fans of different tyles ofmetal? What effect is this having on the scene as a whole?
Their ages...plain and simple. It seemed that all the "REAL" rockers of planet earth
were on their way out and then something in the air made us all wake up and take
control of the situation again and now we are all back for therock and rollattack and this time we all win once and for all...It's like evil vs. good and the good guys are winning again...Hell Yea! On the 7th day God created Real Rock & Roll....Now deal with it!

What are your future aspirations?
For once in my life get some of these Killer ideas for major concert events off the ground that would help all on this sad little planet from the poor to the rich we all bleed red... I really want to tour for 9 months again every year for the rest of my life with someone like Ozzy, Motley Crue, Van Halen, White Zombie, Metallica, Megadeth, Joe
Satriani, or even Bozos big top it doesn't matter,...and help those that need help
breaking into the Monster Musical Machine...

Anything you wish to close with?
Yea,...This is just one of the major concert events i'm interested in doing, I started working on this three years ago and would like all of you to please check it out, this would smoke all the way to home base and back....Hell Yea!

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