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Miss Black America|
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| Miss Black America interview |
| an interview with Britiains best politcal band since Crass |
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1 If you being in miss black america could change somebodys mind on something or show them something new what would that thing be? When we started the band, the one thing we all had in common was a feeling of total uselessness, a feeling that we didn't have a future, that we were as worthless as we'd been made to feel at school and in our shit jobs. We wanted to prove that that wasn't the case, for us or for anyone else who's been made to feel the same. Right now, though, the main concern is working with the Anti Nazi League to try and help combat the rise of the racist British National Party - three BNP councillors have won seats in Burnley, and last week an Asylum Seeker was murdered by a racist mob in Sunderland. I don't think people are fully aware what a threat the BNP - who are basically just Nazis - really are. It's well worth looking at the Anti Nazi League's website, if you're interested - www.anl.org 2 Would you rather be underground but with a ever increasing cult following like you are now or be on the front cover of the nme every other week and be hyped to the extreme There's no glory or joy in being an underground band. We despise the oh-so-cool indie-schmindie crowd, with their notions of "selling out" - it's just bollocks. We want to retain as much control over what we do as possible - hence remaining indie - but we want to be gigantic, otherwise, what's the point? We're proud of what we do so we want everyone to hear it. It's a dangerous thing to be hyped, in this country anyway - the NME generally either ignore bands or hype them so much that it's impossible to form an objective viewpoint. I'd hate to be as hyped as The Vines, because for every one person who actually listens to their records, you know there's 5 who'll deliberately not listen just to prove that they're cooler than the NME. 3 Do you regard yourself as a political band? If not being ashamed of your opinion makes you political, then yes. If by "political" you mean "a bunch of preachy old useless cunts like Chumbawamba", then, no. 4 What are Miss Black America's top 5 favourite bands or artists of all time? Hmmm... My personal hero is Tori Amos, and Gishy's is Aphex Twin, but for the group, in no particular order, U2, The Stone Roses, Nirvana, Blur and The Sex Pistols. But that leaves out Radiohead, The Clash, Idlewild, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, At The Drive-In, Atari Teenage Riot... 5 The Libertines invited you as special guests to one of their gigs a while back; what other bands have you met and do you get on with them all? We generally seem to get on really well with bands we meet - usually, any rudeness comes from the professional cunts that seem to surround every "proper" band. The Dandy Warhols were rude all by themselves, though, even though we were big fans and tried to be nice to them. Which was... disappointing. 6 Does it annoy you that the current crop of popular metal bands (such as Slipknot, Marilyn Manson, Tool, Slayer) often incorporates nazi imagery (swastikas, gestapo, uniforms) into their live acts and in the case of Slipknot and Slayer make racist and homophobic comments to try to gain media attention? With Nazi imagery, it depends how it's used. In the case of that twat out of Tool, wearing a swastika for some kind of smug, terminally-pubescent "shock" value, they're just idiots, and it makes me want to kick their faces in when I'm fully-trained as a ninja. With Marilyn Manson and Eminem, it's different, because they're turning it round and using it as a means to point out the hypocrisy and general rot at the heart of White America; it's aiming to shock, but to shock with a purpose. As for homophobia, there's no excuse, and that supposedly enlightened publications like NME regularly allow the likes of POD and Cypress Hill to get away with publically expressing and encouraging these views is hideous in the extreme. ANY form of prejudice needs to be stamped out; and as anyone who's ever been beaten up for "looking a bit queer" will tell you, to view homophobia as a lesser prejudice is bad comedy indeed. 7 What exactly is the song I Am Not A Virgin about? My first time, anyone's first time. I think, looking back, that if I'd been warned about what first-time sex would actually be like, rather than just getting an outline of the mechanics, it would have been, at very least, a bit less of a shock. Unfortunately, until we grow out of these ridiculous Victorian notions of morality that we still drag around, we'll never be able to properly teach things like that in class for fear of the Daily Mail crashing a plane into the Houses of Parliament. From speaking to people in countries like Denmark, their attitudes to sex and the human body are so much more relaxed, because they've grown out of this fear of discussing "nasty, icky" things; they know how to do it safely, and how to enjoy themselves. It's the reason we're here in the first place, anyway, so... get over it. 8 How did Miss Black America get signed to their record label? We let them chase us. And then we let them beg. 9 There has been a reduction of democratic insuitations at parliament (only one question time a week in which all question have to be submitted in advance, the abolition of the press lobby) what is yours? It'd take more than one question to get anything of value done in Parliament, but... What are your views about 10 The education system Education is probably my biggest bugbear, 'cause that's where it all starts; if you leave school hating life already, you'll probably hate everything for the rest of your life and die having never changed a thing. If you want more people to leave school able to read, write and add-up, feeling confident and able to fulfill their ambitions, to be a useful member of society and all that shit, then you have to make education enjoyable. How can you enjoy something that's designed to treat children, from the age of 5, as raw meat on a production line? They say Society eats it's young, and they're fucking right: you spend 12-14 years being processed and tenderised, and then you're thrown out into the World and torn to pieces. I am not a product, I'm a person; and not being able to add up doesn't make me any less of one. 11 the MMR vaccine I'd let my kids have it. If you want proof of how evil The Sun and The Mail are, it's surely that they're willing to see toddlers get a potentially fatal disease if they think they'll sell a few papers by pouring kerosene on potential mass hysteria and grinning while they fan the flames. 12 the beheadment of Magret Thatcher's statue Shame it was only the statue. 13 pariotism I'm with Billy Bragg on this one - we need to reclaim the flag of St George from the football hooligans and the BNP. It pays to have a bit of national pride; part of our whole downtroddeness comes from having our national identity stolen by thugs, and then pissed on by the Right Wing press. We're all citizens of the World, maaaan; but where you are is part of where you're at, so it helps if you like it. 14 Big Brother Bothered, frankly. I think it's boring, millions disagree. I like my drama nice and escapist. Give me Buffy or give me death. 15 Drug leglalisation: I remember Bobby Gillespie saying it was at attempt by the goverment to get people so drugged up they didn't care what the goverment did. What is your view on the matter? I think that's a bit rich coming from Bobby Gillespie! And total crap. People take drugs whatever; for some people it becomes a problem, for most people it doesn't. Reactionary clampdowns and hippy-dippy conspiracy theories will get us nowhere. Anyway, fuck drugs - what about alcohol abuse? I know one person who's hooked on crack; I know at least 10 people who are without doubt alcoholic. It's the same as with sex, and racism, and the environment: if we're really going to progress, we've got a hell of a lot of growing up to do. |
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