THE APERS

(February 2003)

1. Kevin, on the cover of the "Teenage Drama That Ever Kid Will Understand" EP you are sporting a San Francisco Giants baseball cap, what the fuck were you thinking? Everybody knows that the Oakland Althletics are a much better team. And everybody knows SF breeds shitty washed up sports teams, and has a large homosexual population, whereas Oakland has shitty sports teams that always choke during the play offs (although, the Oakland Raiders who will be in this year's Super Bowl for the first time in 19 years [and if there is a god, will win]) and a large gangsta population. Is this cap a symbol of which team you bat for?

Marien: I thought you knew about Kevin's old side project: It was like an Eazy E kind of thing, only difference is that he was dressed like the black guy of The Village People. The first single was called "Nuts on My Chin".

2. Jerry what the fuck is up with your hair? How much would we have to make you drink before we could cut it?

Marien: There is nothing 'up' with jerry's hair, actually it's all 'down'.

Jerry: Well, it looks a lot better than, for instance, Bobby Manic's. Can you believe that dude's walking around like that? I mean, what he's got on his head looks a lot like what I got growing out of my ass. And for the drinking, first try to keep up with me without mutulating yourself with the scissors, than we'll talk bussiness.

3. Why does one of your guitar players look like a girl, and the other one have a girl's name?

Marien: Because most girls are pretty, at least prettier than most of the guys I know. And Marien is not a girls name, it's an abbreviation of a couple of words: M(asculin) A(ttractive) R(ough) I(ntelligent) E(xcellent) N(ockout).

4. Ivo, don't you ever get tired of these guys with their long hair and baseball caps?

Marien: Ivo doens't get tired! Ivo = Machine.

Ivo: Yes I do, but you know, we all live in a free World with our own ideas and thougts and our own sickening ways of showing off, peace out.

5. What exactly is an "Aper"?

Ivo: Ask your mom!

6. How did you meet Stefan? Through his ties with the Dutch Gay Porn industries?

Ivo: Ha Ha no man, through the ties we have with the Dutch hiphop scene from back in the days when he was still called Slush One.

Marien: We met Stefan on the hiphop party to help Kevin promote his new single “Nuts on my Chin”. Stefan was more than interested to work with us. So... That's about it.

7. Do you own klogs?

Marien: Yes we do, and lots of them.

8. When you come to America what do you expect to see?

Marien: Nothing.

Ivo: Big fucking cokes, fat people, some great countrysides and of course crowded cities and nice
clubs and people. But also a lot of restrictions about smoking and drinking, something we're not used to at all. And hopefully a lot of recordstores with great stuff.

9. When you say "Haven't read the book, but I've seen the movie" what book and movie are you talking about?

Marien: Kevin is singing about The Book, the holy bible. Haven't you seen the movie? It's with Ben Affleck as Jesus and Sean Connery as Judas. It's pretty good.

Ivo: I always thought it was about Anal Affection Part 2?!

10. Is it true that your new album will be more rock, less pop?

Ivo: Well, more rock than our first one I think, but maybe it's just a different record whith a different feeling. But there's gonna be plenty of pop on it to for all you popsters.

Marien: The new album is gonna be more rock, better pop. Better be on the lookout for that one! The Buzz Electric, putting the rock back in punkrock... I hope.