Iguanadon: Of Music, Art and Flesh Eating
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A tale of greatness and unrivaled awesomeness… all minstrels sing their praises most divine!” I stole that from the inside of Iguanadon’s latest CD, We Ryde Tonyte. After spending a couple of hours with Iguanadon and listening to the CD, that quote makes a lot more sense to me.
Iguanadon is made up of three very unique people: Skinner Davis (Warrior) on guitar and vocals, Dan Herrera (Elf) on bass and vocals, and Kristie Harris (Valkyrie) pounding the drums. These musicians love life like no other person I’ve known, and it shows in their personalities and in their music.
I don’t normally like to ask all the usual music interview questions, because I want to get to know the individuals that create it. They told me that they all love comic books and monsters.
Hmmmm, okay, so I asked each of them what their favorite scary movie is. Dan mentioned the original Night of the Living Dead and Freaks. Kristie was next, mentioning the Exorcist, a timelessly scary flick. Skinner brought up Communion. This one freaks him out because it is about something that could actually happen for real. I was also treated to a fun little tale about Skinner and Kristie riding their bikes back home after seeing The Grudge 2. It turns out that it was quite a freaky bicycle ride. We talked about zombies a bit. Skinner instructed me to go out and purchase a comic book called The Walking Dead. If I don’t love it, he won’t be my friend. Now I have to go find a copy of that book!
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Okay, so we did talk a bit about music. Being in a band myself, I like to learn about other musicians’ favorite places to perform, and discuss the scene in general. Iguana likes to perform in places that normally aren’t music venues. They like Java Lounge. I can’t really picture the mighty Iguanadon playing in a coffee shop, but I must say I would love to experience that!
We discussed the fact that bands don’t like playing late in the evening. Iguanadon doesn’t care. They just want to rock the crap out of anybody that happens to be in the club. Skinner’s feeling on headlining - “Tell the kids that fun is coming back!” “And how is that, exactly?” I ask. “Because we rock so hard, and we create magical moments,” he explained, with enormous amounts of enthusiasm. I had to ask a more serious question next. Knowing now that these folks are full of fun, there was something I had to know. I read on Skinner’s MySpace page that he loves his friends, but if it were the end of the world he would eat them all in a heartbeat. “Here’s the scenario,” I start. “You’re at a big party, and somebody offers you a piece of human flesh to eat. Would you be tempted to try it?” Kristie was the first to answer. “Well, being that I’m vegan, I’d have to decline.”
Bummer. I totally wasn’t expecting that one. Dan said, “I’d ask who it was first. If it was somebody less than noble, I’d have a little taste.” Now that’s better! Actually, Dan doesn’t really eat meat either. Skinner added, “If it were Kevin’s bacon…”
And guess what! Yeah, Skinner’s vegan too, which started a whole new conversation. I was lead to the refrigerator, where Skinner showed me things like Tofurkey, Fakin’ Bacon, and veggie hotdogs and hamburgers.
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I told them I just couldn’t live without my pancakes, waffles, and pepperoni pizza. At this moment Skinner reached into the freezer with a grin and produced a box of veggie waffles. As for pizza, he promised he and Kristie could make me a vegan pepperoni pizza and I wouldn’t know the difference. Tempting, but I’m nervous. It’s a feeling kind of like riding your bike home late at night after watching The Grudge 2.
If you haven’t guessed by now, these three unique individuals truly love life, and are living it to the fullest. They’ve got an incredible bond with one another, and they just have fun with everything they do. If you would like some of that to rub off on you, just go catch them live so they can melt your face off with their sheer savagery and mayhem. They’re loud, crazy, and they sometimes wear costumes, and they’re going to rock you into next week.
Yeah, kids, fun is definitely back.
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