9/10/07 - Misc. Times Interview with Sam Bone
Originally posted September 10 2007 and appearing on Misc. Times.
© 2007 TRSB (Sam Bone)
Misc. Times Interview with Sam Bone, September 10th, 2007
After the gradual breakdown of the Distillers, at the height of their fame, Brody and the boys went away for a while. The fan boy and fan girls have been eating up any information the band will let out, which isn't much. But a couple months ago we reported about an official break up. Our source, the forums and a mysterious quote about a ‘spider eating the Distillers.’ Since then, the spider has been as identified as Brody Dalle-Homme and Tony Bradley's new band. Four years since their last album, 2 new members, a baby, and one new surname and the band is now ready to get in the studio under a new moniker, Spinnerette. In compliance with Distiller-fan-tradition, there is bound to be some great fan sites up. We talk with Sam from the first of them and what looks to be a very promising one, the Spinnerette Chronicles Hey, so why don't you tell us what the Spinnerette Chronicles is. The Spinnerette Chronicles is a fan site that I am doing for Brody's new band, Spinnerette. I have been doing promotion for Brody (Distillers to now) since about 2002. It all started with word of mouth and then it became flyer artwork. I really do like to believe that I was one of the first people to really whore the Distillers, along with Heather (the infamous brody.tk), and Claire (distillers.clairebear.com). I remember back when Distillers had a slot on the International Coverup as well. We were all members there, weren't we? There was a guy named Scooby who I also caught the attention of... Back when Coral Fang was released, a proper "Street Team" was garnered up as well. One that didn't last... but he called me more than once to hear what I had to say about that. I also caught the attention of Machete Mfg. I received a very odd phone call from someone who worked at the merchandise company, who asked very odd questions like "Why are you buying ALL Distillers merchandise? Why are you buying in bulk? Why are you spending near $400? Where did you get this money?" Later on I started to think it was one of Tim's "homies" who made that call. After all, it was the Distillers I was spending hard-earned cash on, and not Rancid. Haha. Why do you think the band has changed the name? I think Brody pretty much answered that question-- With the Distillers, she was a lot younger. Now that she's matured a lot more, is a mother and has a family, I think the transition just came naturally... plus I guess after time, I'd just get boring to see and hear the same things.... Well, what is up with the new band? Well like I have said publicly a few times; as much as I sometimes feel like an insider; I am not one! Brody and I don't talk as much now that she is a) busier with the new record, b) a momma now, and c) on tour with QOTSA. As she has stated, she is on tour with the Queens until sometime in August, when she will resume the record-making process. She's a one-woman army, taking on enough tasks to surely break the average person! What kind of features will this site have? Forums? (we all know those Distillers fans love forums) I am not sure. As funny as this might sound, I am not a pioneer at website making. The two main things I have going for me are 1) image design and graphic art, and 2) talking to Brody. Hopefully the main focus will be "hear-it-first" type news. You may or may not remember that I was talking about Spinnerette long before thedistillers.com was transformed into the Spinnerette site. I also knew she was pregnant before the world did, and I am still amazed that she (Brody) trusted me like that. I am a person of honesty. I did tell her that it was between her and I. I knew about the pregnancy since May 2005. So back to the point, news will be the main focus. I will be having a team of webmasters and webmistresses helping me out... so it will be nothing like what's out there now, I will tell you that. So Brody joked around saying that her fans from her Distillers days have finally grown up and are now around 20. How would you describe the average Distillers/Spinnerette fan? The average fan? Hmm. What I love about fans of Brody's work (Distillers and anything else) is that they come from all different walks of life-- No matter who you are (male, female, gay, straight, confused, black or white) you can easily find a common ground. Even with age-- you see high school kids and you see people in their 20's, 40’s, and even 50’s. I think you could point out the fans that have been there since the beginning. As Brody said... they are all in their 20s by now and older. Some people are just now discovering albums like "Coral Fang." The fans are really cool, too. I've met some really awesome people at Distillers shows. Any additional comments on your site or the band? Yes. There are many, many, many fans on Spinnerette's Official MySpace, and not so many have added TSC. Add me! The site is set for a Halloween launch and can currently be found at their myspace. -Flashii
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