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(Nurse
Hatchet): a note, before we begin this interview, I would like to thank William
for putting this together for us, and I would like to express if it were not
for good folks like you who promote & help spread the word on all the new
independent artists, the fans would never get this kind of insight into the
creative process & insight into all the aspects of productions, the music,
the art & artists & so much more. we truly appreciate what you do for
the independent & horror universe. & on that note, its time
to Administer this Devilicious dose!!& to all our loyal She Devils &
Demons out there, enjoy the interview & indulge thoroughly ` Nurse's
Orders!!!!
now with
out any further ado..
(William
Pattison/ Eric Morse): You are most welcome. It is my pleasure to do this for
the both of you.
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This first
question is for both of you. Where did the concept for Faust Haiku come from?
(Bill Johnson): the theme of Faust was not consciously
on my mind when writing this piece.
another
thematic element:"The Tale of Everyman",
(a
Medieval morality play/cautionary tale) was basically an ordinary guy who at
the customary time was visited by Death and Everyman came to Know on his way to
the grave that nothing of his life stayed with him Except his Good Deeds. This
knowledge is thee 'Cosmic Fact' in the conventional thinking of the typical
Medieval life. Everyman
learns that when you are brought to death and placed before God all you are
left with is your own good deeds. Hopefully a person would have some “good
deeds” to work with. the Faustian title came from the
Nurse, who breathed life and fire into this vision quest.
(Nurse Hatchet): I
would like to include, you all know Bill "the actor" but I know Bill
"the artist, the poet, the writer" & when I read
Bills writing I was moved, his words are deep powerful &
prolific, he is a truly amazing & wonderful writer. after reading Bills
lyrics i was going over song title concepts with him &
it occurred to me that the lyrics have a kind of Faustian quality to
them, the lyrical content suggests a journey of a person
who achieved success & then loses his soul to the euphoric high
of it all, riding all the way to the top & falling all the way back
down. much like making the deal with the devil in all the classic
Faustian stories, you achieve success & see your wishes come true
& then see it all fall apart & fade away because every deal you make
with the devil falls apart & comes back to bite you in the arse lol.
the lyrics deal with a much
darker reality of choices & paths taken that can &
will inevitably lead to ones own downfall & destruction.
directly & metaphorically, I feel that all of this
is reflected with in the lyrical subject matter & can all
be translated to a Faustian kind of tale. & that's pretty much exactly
what we have done collaboratively.
though Bill did
not originally write the lyrics with a Faust theme in mind, this
is the effect his lyrics had on me, & the project evolved from there.
everything about the Faust Haiku comes strait from Bills writing
& the inspiration it has had on me. that is the beauty & magic of
collaboration, it is not simply coming from one perspective, yes it
all originates from Bill's wild mind & then translates through me by
its effect on me, like most artwork & music, people will find numerous
meanings in it, sometimes a different meaning to each persons perspective &
the impression it has made on us. this project began as one song, one idea, one
concept, then in collaboration it grew into a monster of epic proportion's as
we set out to compliment Bills lyrics with an atmosphere that would
help assist in telling the story, musically & visually, which now
rather then one song, or one idea it has now grown from Bills
lyrical origins to my creative interpretations & offers both of
our creative perspectives. personally I feel that Bills lyrics & my
own creative interpretations on this collaboration are abundantly symmetrical in
its journey & come around full circle by song #3. so stay looney
tuned, its coming soon ;)
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is
for both of you. Haiku is traditionally a very short form of poetry that
doesn’t rhyme at all. It is traditionally a five seven five count. How
difficult was this form to work with?
(Nurse
Hatchet): that's a very interesting question with an interesting
story to it, the answer above pretty much explains how we came up with the
Faust element of the project title title, the Haiku element actually comes from
Bills Lyrics as well, reading the lyrics i noticed there was enough material to
cover atleast 3 songs, it could all be fit into one song but it would have to
be a very long song lol, so we came up with the concept of splitting the lyrics
into 3 parts thus creating an opportunity to have 3 separate song titles, &
while Bill & I were talking one evening he made mention of these cool
artworks he puts together called vizual haiku, & we were talking about
other interesting Japanese folk lore & art, just having a wild
conversation & it occurs to me we need 3 song titles, & at the same
time im thinking about Bills Vizual Haiku art, & like you
mention in your question, the dynamics of Haiku writing can often contain
3 lines in the poem, and at the same time we needed 3 song titles, aka 3
lines.. it all came together that we will use each song title as the 3 lines of
our Haiku. so you see once we release the 3rd Faust Haiku song, you will all
see the complete Haiku via the 3 song titles. the titles literally became the 3
lines of the Haiku. as for the lyrics they are not written in Haiku form, the
Haiku element is totally based on the 3 song titles not the actual lyrics. so
far we have unleashed the 2 songs, the first song titled "Faust at the Crossroadz"
which contains a 5 syllable count & song #2 titled "Tap Dancing
with the Reaper" a 7 syllable count. so of course the song #3 title will
contain a 5 syllable count. for example when you get the Faust Haiku cd,
the 3 songs will be listed in a row as a Haiku. the closer we get to
releasing song 3 the more excited we are about finally revealing the
complete Haiku. The official Faust Haiku CD will be unleashed
soon after the release of song #3 & video #3, the CD will feature all three
of the original Faust Haiku trax, along with a number of Killer remixes &
alternate mixes & Instru-Mental mixes"!
(Bill
Johnson): Challenging and fascinating is the haiku form. I'm still exploring
the form so I'll have to report that a little later on regarding difficulty but
until then:
Artists
stride on stage
Risking
all to love out loud
Yah,
we'll call ya, next ...
Once upon
a time
Insert
your life story here
Dead as a
doornail.
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is
for both of you. In the story of Faust, Faust gives up his soul to a being
called a Crossroads Demon, though in the opera it is made out as The Devil.
Faust signs a contract with The Crossroads Demon in order to get riches and
social status because he is in love with a woman and feels inadequate as a man.
I see a lot of this presented in both songs & visually in the two videos.
Is Bill trying to compare Faust with the
status and money hungry people we see in modern times, people who give away
moral integrity for the cheap emptiness of power?
(Nurse
Hatchet): wow i love this question, i cant speak for Bill so ill
let him take the rest of this one, but i do want to express that visually with
in the musick videos my character as Nurse Hatchet is meant to be seen as the
Crossroadz Demon, the Reaper, & the Devil which makes the deal with
him. the bloody concrete room you see me in with all the body
parts is metaphorically "Hells Seventh Circle" the body parts
& severed faces behind me that im dancing around are all the previous souls
ive collected & destroyed. so visually Bill is the lead character making
his deal with me, in the video. & again his lyrics directly
inspired that imagery.
Faust and the adjective Faustian imply a situation in which an ambitious person surrenders moral integrity in order to achieve power and success for a limited term.
In the German genius Goethe's reworking of the story Faust becomes a dissatisfied intellectual who yearns for "more than earthly meat and drink" in his life. Faust a scholar (socially held in highest esteem next to priests) who already knew Everyman's Cosmic Fact and Yet Faust Danced with the Devil for short term rewards in exchange for life in eternal Hell.
(William
Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is for both of you. Do you think that the story of
Faust is significant in modern times, especially in the horror community?
(Nurse
Hatchet): oh yes absolutely, the metaphoric comparison's to the elements
of modern money hungry power mongers & dirty industry politics
are referenced all through the lyrics & also depicted in the
videos, for example the blood money imagery you see in both videos, & some
of the classic "Metropolis" film imagery really helps express so much
of this visually, & looking at it from the horror perspective even the
TCM2 imagery continues to help tell this story, there is also some tasty
(Darkside) imagery of a man fallen to his knees chasing after his riches as a
supernatural force blows all his money to the floor, the man is groveling
for his money to collect every bit greedily, as he looks up he suddenly
realizes he is crawling across burning ground on his knees groveling infront of
the Devil, just another minion slave to his bad choices, & that his path
has lead him to the darkest of consequences, in Hells seventh circle, so to speak.
I think its definitely a classic tale of horror which stands the test of time
as its story can absolutely still be applied to our modern situations.
(Bill
Johnson): NOT just in modern times does trading one's 'soul' for pelf but all
through human history is the "thousand natural shocks flesh is heir
to" a constant human factor participating within the struggle of Life's
colorful pageant that Cautionary tales such as the Tragedy of Faust warn us
human flesh bearers, advise us to avoid the behavior of forbidden,
fleshly/sadistic impulses or be destroyed by these same forces. This info is not new, but must be
renewed, reaffirmed as proven knowledge lest
it, i.e. the sorrowful behavior repeated and horrible consequences experienced.
(William Pattison/
Eric Morse): This is for you Nurse Hatchet. Am I correct that the visual images
and music in the videos was your attempt to give visual and emotional
significance to Bill’s words? What more can you say about these videos that we
haven’t gone into?
(Nurse
Hatchet): yes definitely, i was aiming to capture the sound of the
musick i heard in my head as i read Bills lyrics, as I mentioned above,
the sound of the music is a direct result of Bills writing. just like the
musick videos, the imagery all comes from his words & from our
conversations.
ok now something we
haven't gone into.. i don't think a lot of folks know that originally
Bill gave me the lyrics & wanted me to perform the vocals on the
songs, & i was going to switch it up to a female perspective, but
while talking to Bill a thought occurred to me, Bill has such an eloquent way
of expressing himself which i really love & even more so when you actually
hear his voice he has a very strong delivery & that lead me to this idea,
what if Bill actually performed the vocals for the songs instead & i would
join him on back up vox or chorus parts ect. i told Bill what i was thinking
& honestly he loved it & jumped at it immediately. so i got Bill on the
vocals & im so glad it happened this way because i think it has turned out
perfect with the special ingredient of his vocals. the songs simply would
not sound right with out his voice in my opinion. it had to be done this way, i
feel like it was meant to be.
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is for both of you. I could see that this was very experimental. How do you think the experiment has gone so far?
(Nurse
Hatchet): oh yes it is extremely experimental, personally i don't do
music that isn't experimental, haha i love pushing the boundaries of new &
different sound, i don't want my music to sound like anybody elses out there.
if you buy one of my cd's you get a wild variety of styles, not just one genre
with 8 songs that all sound the same lol..
i want every single
song on my albums to be different from the last. the music has been labeled
industrial metal but truthfully it is experimental music, it is not a bunch of
industrial style genre songs in a row lol.. & i would never put my sound
into one single category like that. & i think Bills writing is also very
experimental on many levels, i have noticed Bill is greatly inspired by
numerous poets & he is very much into mind altering eye opening writing, so
i think everything he writes is very experimental & with intense focus on
the subject matter, his writing is amazing!
how do i think the
experiment has gone so far? well i must admit we have seen a very positive
response to the musick & the videos.
in fact we unleashed
Faust at the Crossroadz on Halloween night 2012 at 6pm in the evening ok, literally 6 hours
later our song hit number #1 on the music charts, & stayed at the number
one spot for 9 strait months non-stop! from Halloween 2012 to july 30th 2013, i
don't know about you but personally ive never heard of anybody else topping the
charts for 9 months nonstop.. so i would have to say the experiment is going
very well haha.
(Bill
Johnson): The Nurse knows her audience very well and the resulting
collaborative synthesis from Marilyn's reagent alchemical touch, taste and talent is a marvel.
(Nurse
Hatchet): (((blushing)))
thank you kindly Bill.
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): What has been the response to the videos?
(Nurse &
Bill): honestly we haven't seen any kind of negative response at
all, it has all been very positive & passionately so via the awesome fan
responses showing so much love. we have received some very kind fan comments
& reviews expressing their love for the videos & the songs, we couldn't
have landed at the number #1 spot on the industrial music charts for 9 strait
months with out such a powerful passionate fanbase, so we are very
pleased with the responses & feedback. & I would like to take a moment
to address that point, & say thank you truly to our fans, the She
Devils & Demons out there watching & listening, this is all for you,
thank you for all your support & love for the music & artwork &
productions, from our hearts to yours, it means the world to us..
(William
Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is for both of you. What are some of your own
personal musical influences, inspirations, recording artists, bands &
soundtracks, lyric artists, writers ect.
(Bill
Johnson): Mary is the musical
driving force. The composer. The designer. The instrumentalist. The female
vocalist. The producer, engineer, and more.
I’m an
actor who sings not a singer who acts, so my performance and writing influences
are from a little different POV than a legit musician so to speak...
That
being said, so as far as what I hear during my living in the World at large
that influences me, in part are:
Writing
artists: DC and Marvel comic books, Twain, Shakespeare, Milton, Bacon,
Coleridge, Ginsburg, William Gibson, Borges, Heinlein, Larry Niven, Asimov, Bob
Dylan.
Genres:
classical music,telemann beethoven Folk music, Argentine Tango, derivatives of rock jazz and blues.
Vocal
shamans: Beatles, Hendrix,
Motowners, the anonymous 4, Richard Burton, Burgess Meredith, John Gielgud,
Anthony Hopkins, John Lennon, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff, Bishop Fulton J.
Sheen, The Firesign Theatre, Alan Ginsburg, Ken Nordine, Daniel Johnston, Roy
Rogers and Dale Evans... you see the wild
deviations here. I told you Everybody influences me.
Def
number one fave is Nature and natural aural in the World. Birds, winds of the
planet, language of dolphins and whales, ocean surf, thunderstorms.
And lest
I forget thee Cosmological major influence is, The Universal Sound Current.
Yes. Seriously. 'Nuff said.
I have
RAM
Therefore
I, Am.
(Nurse Hatchet):
(((((blushing again))))) thank you Bill....
that's always
one of my personal favorite questions William, because it gives us the
opportunity to give props to those who have greatly inspired us & I am one
who tends to enjoy giving credit where credit is due...that being said, lets
see... there are so many..i have a pretty serious variety of music influences..
fav bands,
recording artists & soundtrack composers:
Wendy O Williams
& the Plasmatics, Wendy Carlos, Ministry, Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Fantomas,
Mike Patton, Nine Inch Nails & Trent Reznor, Gary Numan,
Flogging Molly,
Dario Argento's - GOBLIN, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Phil Collins, Genesis,
David Lynch music, Skinny Puppy, The Cramps, Chimaira, Heaven Shall Burn,
Testament, Iggy Pop, the Stooges, The Cure, Janes Addiction, Alice in Chains,
the Stranglers, Sneaker Pimps, Massive Attack, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Duran
Duran, "My Life" with the Thrill Kill Kult, Revolting Cocks, Lords of
Acid, Praga Khan, Rammstein, Circle Jerks, the Plugz, Rob Zombie, White Zombie,
Mindless Self Indulgence, Buck Satan & the 666 Shooters, The Beat or aka
English Beat, Tina Turner, Solar Twins, KMFDM, Lead Into Gold, Pailhead,
Portishead, Buckethead, (Bill Mosely & Buckethead - Cornbugs), Primus,
Infectious Grooves, Oingo Boingo, the Police, Sting, Stewart Copeland, David
Bowie, Jimmy Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Billy Squier, Pink Floyd, Arch Enemy,
Anthrax, Slayer, Dethklok, Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Dead Kennedys,
Sepultura, Soulfly, Nailbomb, Metallica, Iron Maiden, KISS, Ozzy Osborn, Black
Sabbath, Pantera, Damage Plan, Alice Cooper, Suicidal Tendencies, Crosby Stills
Nash & Young, the Beatles, John Lennon, Simon & Garfunkel, Cream, Joe
Satriani, Steve Via, Van Halen, Robin Trowers, Eric Clapton, Beastie Boys,
Tribe Called Red, Prodigy, Static X, Fear Factory, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, Johann Sebastian
Bach, Frederic Chopin, Angelo
Badalamenti, Ennio Morricone, Basil Poledouris. there is definitely more but we
don't have all night, on to the soundtrax...
fav inspirational
movie soundtracks, before I begin be warned this is a large list lol...
- Texas Chainsaw
Massacre 2: (featuring a wide variety of styles, genres & bands across the
board)
- Repo Man: (featuring a wide variety of hardcore punk rock & thrash metal skate music from a number of awesome bands)
- Return of the Living Dead: (featuring a wide variety of punk rock music from a number of awesome bands, including The CRAMPS, enough said)
- Rumble Fish (i'm a fan of all the Stewart Copeland original score music)
- Beetlejuice (i'm a fan of all the Danny Elfman original score music)
- Faust - love of the Damned: (featuring a wide variety of hardcore metal, black metal & thrash metal, industrial metal & skate music from a number of awesome bands, including, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Soulfly, Nailbomb)
- Wicked Lake (soundtrack by Al Jourgensen of MINISTRY, enough said..it kicks total complete ass!!)
- From Dusk till Dawn: (featuring a wide variety of styles, genres & bands)
- Lost Boys (all 3 films): (featuring a wide variety of styles, genres & bands)
- Easy Rider: (featuring a wide variety of styles, genres & bands of the 60s)
- Repo Man: (featuring a wide variety of hardcore punk rock & thrash metal skate music from a number of awesome bands)
- Return of the Living Dead: (featuring a wide variety of punk rock music from a number of awesome bands, including The CRAMPS, enough said)
- Rumble Fish (i'm a fan of all the Stewart Copeland original score music)
- Beetlejuice (i'm a fan of all the Danny Elfman original score music)
- Faust - love of the Damned: (featuring a wide variety of hardcore metal, black metal & thrash metal, industrial metal & skate music from a number of awesome bands, including, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Soulfly, Nailbomb)
- Wicked Lake (soundtrack by Al Jourgensen of MINISTRY, enough said..it kicks total complete ass!!)
- From Dusk till Dawn: (featuring a wide variety of styles, genres & bands)
- Lost Boys (all 3 films): (featuring a wide variety of styles, genres & bands)
- Easy Rider: (featuring a wide variety of styles, genres & bands of the 60s)
- The Trip
(1967) (featuring Electric Flag 7 a wild variety of psychedelic music)
- Dario Argentos Phenomena: (featuring truly excellent music by Goblin!! & a tasty Dose of Heavy Metal musik, including IRON MAIDEN & MOTORHEAD, enough said)
- John Carpenters Escape from L.A.: (featuring a wide variety of hardcore metal, thrash metal, Industrial, rock & skate music from a number of awesome bands, including WHITE ZOMBIE & MINISTRY)
- John Carpenters Halloween: (i'm a fan of all the John Carpenter original score music)
- Hardware: (featuring a wide variety of Industrial, rock & 80s club music from a number of awesome bands)
- A Clockwork Orange: (score music by Wendy Carlos, i am a huge fan of all score music by Wendy, & featuring a wide variety of styles from classical to 70's electronica, genres & contributing musicians)
- Stanley Kubricks - the Shining: (featuring score music by Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind)
- Dario Argentos Phenomena: (featuring truly excellent music by Goblin!! & a tasty Dose of Heavy Metal musik, including IRON MAIDEN & MOTORHEAD, enough said)
- John Carpenters Escape from L.A.: (featuring a wide variety of hardcore metal, thrash metal, Industrial, rock & skate music from a number of awesome bands, including WHITE ZOMBIE & MINISTRY)
- John Carpenters Halloween: (i'm a fan of all the John Carpenter original score music)
- Hardware: (featuring a wide variety of Industrial, rock & 80s club music from a number of awesome bands)
- A Clockwork Orange: (score music by Wendy Carlos, i am a huge fan of all score music by Wendy, & featuring a wide variety of styles from classical to 70's electronica, genres & contributing musicians)
- Stanley Kubricks - the Shining: (featuring score music by Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind)
- Twin Peaks - Firewalk with me (featuring score music by
Angelo Badalamenti, & a tasty variety of experimental styles, including
some of my favorite music by (the Pink Room)
featured during the
Bang Bang Bar scene.
- Blue Velvet
- (featuring score music by Angelo Badalamenti, & songs by Roy Orbison)
- David
Lynch's, Wild at Heart - (featuring score music by Angelo Badalamenti, and
featuring a blend of romantic music with Chris Isaak's song Wicked
Game & a touch of heavy metal by (Powermad)!
- Lost
Highway - (with score music by Angelo Badalamenti, & featuring a wide
variety of hardcore metal, thrash metal, Industrial, from a number of awesome
bands)
- The CROW ^V^ (featuring a wide variety of hardcore metal, thrash metal, Industrial, Goth, & alternative music from a number of awesome bands)
- Cool World - (starting with David Bowie you know its gonna be a killer Dance album! & goes on to feature a wide variety of Electronica, & Industrial artists, bands & musicians, with a touch of Rock & Metal in the mix!
- The CROW ^V^ (featuring a wide variety of hardcore metal, thrash metal, Industrial, Goth, & alternative music from a number of awesome bands)
- Cool World - (starting with David Bowie you know its gonna be a killer Dance album! & goes on to feature a wide variety of Electronica, & Industrial artists, bands & musicians, with a touch of Rock & Metal in the mix!
- Mr.STITCH
(1996) yep, heres a hard to find soundtrack for a movie which was originally
intended to be a tv series, i love this movie & the soundtrack!!
(featuring a very
industrial electronica rock metal atmosphere with original music by TomandAndy)
- Tetsuo - the
Iron Man (i think this soundtrack has been incredibly influential &
inspirational not only to me & my own musik, but especially to the entire
industrial & electronica musik genres,
featuring a complete
score composed purely of industrial sounds & electronica beats, eay ahead
of its time)
- Rivers Edge
(featuring a deviliciously tasty selection of Hardcore Metal, Doom Metal, &
Skate Thrash musik - including SLAYER! Enough said)
- Fear
& Loathing in Las Vegas (featuring a wide variety of styles & genres,
from 60's classics like Jefferson Airplane & the Yardbirds jefferson
airplane
to 80's
punk, including Dead Kennedys)
- SLIVER
soundtrack (featuring an awesome variety of atmospheric styles from Enigma,
Lords of Acid & more!)
- SNATCH
(featuring a tasty variety of music styles & genres from a number of
awesome bands, artists & musicians)
- Ferris
Buellers Day Off (featuring an awesome variety os styles from all kinds of
bands, artists & musicians)
- Bill 'n'
Teds Excellent Adventure & Bogus Journey (featuring a very cool
variety of rock & metal)
- Breakfast
Club (featuring a sweet collection of 80's music)
- Batman
(soundtrack by Danny Elfman, with music by "Prince")
- Batman
Returns (Soundtrack by Danny Elfman, with music by Siouxsie & the
Banshees)
- Bride of
Frankenstien (the most beautifully powerful score ever composed for a monster
movie)
- Rush
(soundtrack by Eric Clapton, & including a personal fav of mine, Robin
Trowers - Bridge
of Sighs)
- Mad Max
Beyond Thunderdome (songs by Tina Turner! enough said)
- Mars Attacks
(soundtrack by Danny Elfman)
- Friday the 13th part 6 - Jason Lives
(featuring songs by Alice Cooper!! song - the Man behind the Mask) ..enough
said ;) \m/
- Attic
Expeditions - this soundtrack is hard or impossible to find as
it maybe unreleased, never the less (a deviliciously tasty Dose
of hardcore intense industrial metal atmosphere & featuring a
song I love titled: Spookius Mortem, from the band 'Nocturne)
- Tales from
the Crypt - Bordello of Blood (featuring a tasty Dose of Rock & Metal,
including Anthrax & Kerbdog)
- Dee Snider's
Strangeland (featuring a killer collection of Hardcore Rock, Metal, Death
Metal, & Industrial Metal, including Pantera, Crisis, Marilyn
Manson, Bile, & of course Twisted Sister & much more)
- the Beatles
- Help!! & also, a Hard Days Night (featuring...the
Beatles...enough said)
- Valley Girl
soundtrack - (featuring a fun variety of 80s rock & hilarious
Valley Girl pop music lol)
- Judgment
Night (featuring a killer crossover of Metal / Rap with a wide variety of
band collaborations,
including trax from
Slayer & Ice-T, Sonic Youth & Cypris Hill, Boo-Yaa Tribe & Fath No
More, Living Colour & Run D.M.C. & many more)
- Pink Floyd -
the WALL (one of the most truly excellent albums & soundtrax ever recorded)
- Friday the 13th (soundtrack scores by Harry
Manfredini)
- Tales from
the Darkside tv series (Intro Theme)
* Blues
Brothers (original) performed by: James & Elwood Blues with the
Blues Brothers Band, home address, 1060 w.Addison, Shi Town,
Windy City Chicago Ill.
* The Crow -
"My Life" with the Thrill Kill Kult - performing the song (After the
Flesh)
* Steven
Spielberg's - A.I. (Ministry performs the song: What about
us)
* Brian De
Palma's - Body Double: (Frankie Goes to Hollywood
performs the song: Relax)
i have each of these
soundtrax, in my fav playlists, music library & my cd players, in the
car & pretty much ready to play everywhere i go. these are some of the
major music influences in my life. and make no mistake, we are only scratching
the surface here, there is just too many more too list...
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is for you Nurse Hatchet. So, another minor project you’ve been working on is a little film titled Psychotic State. Would you like to talk about your participation in this film?
(Nurse
Hatchet): yes that's correct, i have some tasty cameo spots in the film
which are pretty naughty & fun! along with composing score music
& offering up some of the Mixtress Demonatrix musick for the
soundtrack. ive had a lot of fun being involved with Psychotic State &
Director Derek Young rocks!
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is for Nurse Hatchet. The film Psychotic State has a central theme of anti-bullying. What are your opinions on the subject? And what might be a solution you might suggest for the situation?
(Nurse
Hatchet): now that's a serious question & yes in fact the
anti bully theme is one of the major elements which attracted me to the story
because of what I have been through, correction, what I have survived
through... it is a story that touches on Bullying & the kind of negative
effects it can have on us & in this case the deadly horrifying effect it
can have.
i wish i could offer
up a better solution then this to the bully problem, but honestly i
was bullied when i was young & obviously also survived worse &
what i learned from it is that a lot of people have very little tolerance for
others, lack of understanding or acceptance, i really don't understand why it
is so hard for people to simply accept others as they are. & personally i
think the only true remedy to the problem is people have to learn acceptance
other others differences. & i think the state of our country & the
problems of the world will never change until people can start working
together, but the way things are set up, everybody is taught to point out &
make fun of each others differences, & of course most often bullying is the
result of low self esteem & especially personal prejudice's taught to the
children by the parents, i think that's a major root to the problem, it falls
upon irresponsible parents who do not teach their children what is right
especially because of their own personal prejudices. so until people can
actually get past their differences the problems of our world will not change,
because the only way we will ever change the way things are going is when we
all stand up together & make it change & stop letting the powers that
be make the decision's & changes for us with out our approval.
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is also for Nurse Hatchet. So, tell us about some of the other projects you have under your nurse’s hat?
(Nurse
Hatchet): with pleasure William sweetheart ;)
ok, as you mentioned
just recently wrapped is Psychotic
State from Director Derek
Young, so keep your eyelids peeled!
after I first had
the pleasure of watching the directors cut, I told Derek, this is exactly what
I expect from independent horror, it has that raw almost documentary kind of feel
to it similar to that of the original TCM, gritty, & raw & brutal.
im featured in an
intro cameo, which was awesome because its right next to Lloyd Kaufman's intro
cameo on the dvd, so im excited about that, & i have some eXXXtra naughty
cameos featured on the Directors cut dvd as well! plus the movie features
horror icon cameos galore, each offering their own perspective thoughts on
bullying. the complete list of cameos include: yours truly Nurse Hatchet,
Linnea Quigley, P.J. Soles, Lloyd Kaufman, Conrad Brooks, Mark Torgl, Josh
Stewart, Marc Sheffler, Jake The Snake Roberts, Aleister Price, Eric Morse,
David Naughton, R.A. Mihailoff, Sal Lizard, J.J. Dillon, JIm Krut, Kizarney,
George Kosana, Mike Christopher, Vic Armstrong
and im so excited
to let you know, coming to dvd as we speak: "Night of the
Dolls" from Director Daniel Murphy & writer Tom Komisar of HM&M
Films. Starring the Lolita Dolls, they rock my socks off!
You fans are going to love this film, it is brutaliciously
intense, featuring everything you are looking for in a great horror movie,
& introducing a most disturbingly insane character to the horror universe
"Ingrid" with out giving away the storyline, I will just tell you,
this movie will make you pee your pants lol, get ready to be scared, & be
sure to empty your bladder before watching hahaha, im not joking, this is
relentless and will have you on the egde of your seat, screaming
& biting your nails. also I want to mention, something very special to
me, I was originally approached by Tom Komasar about getting involved on NOTD
before production started , because my character as Nurse Hatchet was actually
the motivating force & inspiration for Night of the Dolls character
"Ingrid" as you can imagine I am truly flattered & honored by
this, & as if that wasn't cool enough Tom & Daniel posted a public
post expressing to the entire world that Nurse Hatchet was the inspiration for
Ingrid, I mean what a tremendous gesture, it is literally one of the
coolest things anybody in this industry has ever done in honor of yours
truly on any production ive ever been involved with. when I read that
post, the tears of joy started flowing, it means so much to me that they would
do that & on that note you can understand why I am loyally involved with
upcoming HM&M Films.
so to Tom &
Daniel I just want to tell you I love you guys, of course you both already know
that but thank you again, you are the best!
plus we are
very pleased to mention the FAUST HAIKU is featured on this killer soundtrack,
next to rock/metal icons such as WASP & more!!!!
& i have
some devilicious cameo spots in this as well as composing some of the musick
& Mixtress Demonatrix musick on the sountrack. ive been having a
blast being involved on this & coming up on the Horrorizon with yours truly
& HM&M, im working on composing score musick for their upcoming
production "SkullButcher" where i will have more cameo spots as well.
Daniel & Tom
are visionaries & totally open to all creative ideas brought to the
table & I love that about working with them, it makes for an
excellent creative atmosphere & a true pleasure to work with.
i am also very proud
to announce my involvement with the upcoming "Slashers Gone Wild part 2 -
Wrath of the Zombie Lord" from Director Rob Avery,
featuring some of my
extra bloody cameo spots as the "Slashers Inc. recruiter Nurse" &
you will also see more of yours truly in the 3rd sequel installment of Slashers
Gone Wild, with more cameos & more Demonatrix musick! Rob is ultra awesome,
fun to work with & always open to creative concepts, which is a wonderful
quality in any truly Great Director! Rob & I, together with
Lyndal KONG Ferguson, have a special comic collaboration in the worx, as the
sequel to my comicbook
"Origin of
Nurse Hatchet" it will feature the back story of how Nurse Hatchet
teamed up with Slashers Inc. titled "Origin of Nurse Hatchet - issue#2 the
Slashers Inc/ Connection" stay looney tuned for that, which will be
unleashed soon after the Slashers Gone Wild part 2 movie release.
& be sure to
check out the original "Slashers Gone Wild" trust me when I tell you,
if you love horror & want an action packed deviliciously goregasmic horror
experience, your going to find everything your looking for in this movie, Robs
directing doesn't flintch, with bloody chainsaws cutting through heads & a
full blown battle of psychopathic killers, & demons to find out who is
the most brutal murderous Slasher! just imagine pitting all of your favorite
horror movie monsters & killers against each other, that's an
epic concept, & that's the basic concept
behind Robs vision in this movie, with a set of his own cast of
creepy characters, his own all Original Slashers in this battle to the death.
Plus im pleased to
tell you, Our Faust Haiku Musick will be featured on each of these soundtrax
listed above, & more..
including the
upcoming "Lake
Eerie" official
soundtrack from Savage Beast Fims. Directed by Chris Majors.
& we are lining
up many more as we speak!!! stay looneytuned!!!
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): Oh, and, Nurse, how are your comics doing? I know you would like to tell the readers about your comic book artist, Lyndal Kong Ferguson….
(Nurse Hatchet): yes
indeed i would, the comics are going very well, my character has been featured
in a number of awesome comicbook cameos, including Jason Crawleys
"Blokes Tomb of Horror 666" a comic collection of killer short horror
stories featuring the story "Dr.Bang vs. Nurse Hatchet", which is
actually where Lyndal & I began collaborating on story ideas & that
lead right into creating the "Origin" comic. also been featured
in Ju Gomez & Fernando Ignatius Martins "Viral Issue the Horror vs.
Chainsaw Sally" where i make a tasty surprise appearance! also going to be
featured in Ju Gomez's upcoming "Son of 6" & "Screams from
the Ward". & right now Lyndal & I are about to unleash the
official "Origin of Nurse Hatchet" comicbook, which is in printing
right now & due to be released in a few weeks.
Lyndal KONG Ferguson
is the official Mixtress Demonatrix comicbook & visual artist, he not only
created all the artwork for the Origin of Nurse Hatchet, he also creates the
comic art for the musick videos. for those who are un-aware, Lyndal has done
all kinds of awesome artworks for so many bands, including KISS, Werevilsdare
& many many more! he also did artwork for the original classic
"Rock'N'Roll Comics (METALLICA issue), which by the way that comic made a
special appearance on an episode of Married with Children, Bud Bundy is reading
it in this video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQzIBxq5YiE
The Origin story has
actually been in the worx for over 2 years & it is very personal to me. by
telling this story it is like a kind of therapy helping me face my demons,
because it is loosely based on real events I have survived through, & it
expresses a lot of the emotions I suffer through still to this
day, due to the effects it has had on me in my life.
so rather then going psycho on a killing spree & going to prison
for exacting some kind of murderous revenge lmfao I focused these painful
brutal experiences from my personal life & translate it all into a story
that helps me face my demons, it helps me fight back, this is why & how I
became Nurse Hatchet, what I survived through changed my life forever, in some
dark negative painful ways but at first, but then I turned it around
& turned it into a positive by creating this therapeutic story. a
friend once said to me, my own success is the best revenge of all by
telling this story & I really dig that concept. with out giving
away too much of the storyline & going into painful personal
details, ill just say this & give you a little insight into
my character in the story. It is a story of justifiable righteous
vengeance. my character in the comic is brutally sexually assaulted &
murdered, then by command of a darker power, Death (The Reaper) brings her back
to exact vengeance on her attackers to collect each of their evil souls, she is
no longer human, she returns as a supernatural demonic like being with a dark
lust for this revenge & a kind of built in homing beckon that guides her to
each of the attackers, & like a vampire needs blood- my character needs
revenge. it is mostly based on brutal realities & only
partially a fictitious story due to the amplified embellishment's of
supernatural power added to the creative ingredient's. if you happen to be
moved or have strongly emotional feelings or a personal connection to
films such as: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, The Crow, I spit on your Grave,
or Sudden Impact, each of these stories were major inspirations to me as I
wrote my story, truth is each of these films has had such a serious powerful
impact on me, & I immediately related & connected to these stories, for
me movies like that help empower us because we get to see the victims get even
with their attackers! if you have been bullied, or assaulted or worse, it is
likely you tend to relate to these stories & connect with them like I do,
especially because it empowers us. & I feel that those films though very
twisted & disturbing because of the realistic subject matter also offer an
awesome positive effect for those of us who need it.
& that's exactly
what im aiming for by telling my story, it is for those like
myself, for those who might need it. through telling the story it offers
that same positive effect as those films. I have told Bill many times about how
inspirational TCM2 was on me, Stretch is my hero, she fights back &
survives, I also love the character that Dennis Hopper portrays, he is a
relative of Jerry, one of the unfortunate victims from the original TCM
film, & Dennis aka(Lefty) has tracked the Killers down to get
revenge for what they did to Jerry & he does gets his
revenge... in a sort of kamikaze fashion lol. & that is why I
tend to love & appreciate TCM2 more then the original, it just happens to
be that part 2 speaks to me on a much more personal level because of those
particular elements. plus to be honest, Tom Savini's special fx, & the
awesome soundtrack on part 2 have been greatly influential & inspirational
in my life & career, because of TCM2 I became a special fx artist
& also have become a music soundtrack composer. and honestly it scared that
hell outta me more then any other horror movie ever has & that's due to the
performances delivered, Bill Johnsons amazing intense performance was
absolutely terrifying, yet naughty, kinky & even romantic, plus
in my professional fx artist opinion Savini's Leatherface mask is still the
most realistic out of all the sequels or the original, and introducing a
different look & style to the character of Leatherface as he is wearing the
suit & tie, black leather gloves, cowboy boots, this gave a much more
creepy professional killer, mafia style assassin look & feel to the
character which just makes him that much scarier & realistic, with the
added element of the Grill'n'go go Chili food business again bringing the story
to a realistic level, that this can really happen & does happen in real
life... & of course Bill Mosely as Choptop cuts it up literally
with such fully charged insanity & some of the most memorable crazy quotes
& Jim Siedow returning in his role as the Cook lets not forget Jim delivers
one of the most iconic killer quotes in horror history with "The Saw is
Family" (of course Directing props to the one & only Tobe Hooper for
all of these wonderfully psychotic elements), & Caroline Williams who is so
realistic in her terror through the film & especially in her revenge, yes
Caroline truly delivers the most insane powerful performance, she became a personal
hero of mine because of that film.
ok im getting off
the original topic but its important to me to express all of this.
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is
for Bill. And what have you got on the chopping block, so to speak, sir? what
new projects & productions are you involved with or planning to work
on?
(Bill
Johnson):
Convention
appearances:
Flashback
Weekend
http://www.flashbackweekend.com/
Website
to be updated regarding my appearance with Caroline
AUGUST 8-10, 2014
CROWNE PLAZA CHICAGO O'HARE HOTEL
ROSEMONT, IL
Infect
Scranton
http://www.infectscranton.com/guests.html
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Saturday, September 6, 2014
ScareAcon-
http://scareacon.com/celebrities-2/
September 12-14, 2014
Turning
Stone Resort & Casino
Verona, NY
Housecore
Horror Film Festival
Oct 23-26 2014
Austin TX
http://housecorehorrorfilmfestival.com/
Recent FILMS:
Red on Yella Kill a Fella: https://www.facebook.com/RedOnYellaKillAFella
Butcher Boys: https://www.facebook.com/butcherboysmovie
With me and
Joe Estevez, "The Caretakers" https://www.facebook.com/TheCaretakersMovie
also
catch me in BBPs film, "LUCID" https://www.facebook.com/LucidMovie
My Indie
Filmmaker 'peeps' at Big Biting Pigs Prod's https://www.facebook.com/bigbitingpigproductions
WRITING:
A yet
untitled Performance Textbook"…for cofee table or training table and
several Screenplays simmering
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): And Bill,
now you knew this was coming…Tell the readers a bit about your work in Tobe
Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre
What was it like working with Caroline
Williams?
(Bill
Johnson): Caroline was just the
best kind of positively hard working Talented actress that anyone would want to
work with and has more energy and verve than the Warner Bros, Tasmanian Devil,
no wonder she looked so Amazonian Action/Adventure Babe Awesome, swinging that
howling Chainsaw in victory over her head atop Chainsaw Heaven in the last
scene of the movie.
How about Bill Mosely?
(Bill Johnson): Best time ever being the good kind of crazy with Bill M.
Bill
Moseley was like TCM2's version of Col. Wm Killgore (Robert Duval)from
APOCALYPSE NOW, full of charismatic gusto, guts and glory who was untouchable
by disease or injury and master of mayhem in his bailiwick divine on the insane
set of, TCM2.
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): How would you compare Tobe
Hooper to other directors you’ve worked with? I heard there was some fun had on
that production & some issues. Anything you can tell us about that?
(Bill
Johnson): Fun and issues on Every
set I've been on, nature of the beast.
Due to
many factors, Cannon had put the balls of the Production in a vise and squeezed
with a wicked will so that Everybody was feeling it especially Tobe who btw was
immovable in his stance and awesome in his wrath; and That particular type of
pressure on everyone from a massive, relentless, faceless, inescapable crushing
force from the "outside" was an apropos metaphor for our movie. Thus
as in the forming of a superb Katana sword, we the cast, were fired, folded and
hammered over and over into a pointy edge that still cuts deep today.
Tobe has
the ability to hold open and imbue us with the spirit/zeitgeist unique to the
Special World of Tobe Hooper's, TCM,TCM2 so that we actors were anchored and
stabilized as the Characters and for me, when hooking up to Tobe's energy was
akin to a psychedelic episode. Perfecto!
Tobe was
a rock. Cannon Films was
constantly on top of Tobe to work faster than he deemed necessary and
sufficient but Tobe held his ground fending off the Studio muscle trying to
roust and oust him which by extension gave me and I believe all the Cast a
strong sense of safety and solidarity and a clear line through the entire
process of completing the TCM2 project, his way.
Tobe got
insane pneumonia at the very end (I had the same thing earlier in the schedule
and was in bed for a week taking meds Every 2 hrs around the clock) so, when
Tobe was laid up in hospital the final few days, the final 24 hrs of the
shooting schedule was a non stop film-a-thon organized and led by Dick Kooris
the Cinematographer that 24 hours was prettily and fiercely
executed.
On July 4th 10:00 am Cannon pulled the plug on TCM2 But, we had bagged what was
needed, footage was "in the can";we had beat the Reaper.
The Cannon
Films Studio in all fairness had been facing severe perhaps catastrophic
penalties if they didn't have the finished film on screen by an all too rapidly
approaching deadline after we wrapped principle photography.
(William
Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is for Nurse Hatchet, You are the official She Wolf
of The Wolf Pack Podcast. Tell the listeners about this. What you think of The
Wolf Pack crew?
(Nurse Hatchet):
absolutely my pleasure, im proud to be She Wolf of the Wolf Pack, for
those who aren't familiar with this, let me elaborate, the WolfPack is a horror
podcast crew, and a couple years ago William of the crew helped me through a
pretty embarrassing situation concerning my interview & i was literally in
tears at the time so we talked on the phone & he really helped me through
it & helped cheer me up, which i really needed at the moment, ever since
then we have been friends & i was invited to be part of the pack, so i have
offered up music for their shows as well as audio intro cameos & for my She
Devils & Demons out there you will love this part, i am the official Horror
Pin-up Ghoul for the website, in fact at this moment William is putting
together the new pin-up page which will feature a ton of my photos, including
some eXXXtra naughty pix you wont be able to find anywhere else! "kinky
winks" ;)
(William
Pattison/ Eric Morse): This is for both of you. Any websites you would like to plug?
(Nurse Hatchet):
yes indeed
William...
The Faust Haiku part
#1 (Faust at the Crossroadz) audio
The Faust Haiku part
#2 (Tap Dancing with the Reaper) audio
Faust Haiku
ReMiXxXeZ:
Faust Haiku part #2
(Blood Dance the Reaper (With Fire) RMX audio
Faust at the
Crossroadz (Instru-Mental RMX) audio
Lick the Kink below,
Come visit the Nurse's Office & Take your Medicine! ~ Nurse's
Orders!! @
Nurse @ twitter: https://twitter.com/NurseHatchet_69
Nurse's Office /
Mixtress Demonatrix H.Q. : http://www.soundclick.com/mixtressdemonatrix
Mixtress
DemonatriX @ youtube: http://www.youtube.com/mixtressdemonatrix
Mixtress DemonatriX
@ LastFM: http://www.last.fm/music/MIXTRESS+DEMONATRIX
Mixtress DemonatriX
@ Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/mixtressdemonatrix
Mixtress DemonatriX
@ TuneCore: http://www.tunecore.com/music/mixtressdemonatrix
Nurse @ IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3264238/
Bill @ IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0424601/
(Bill
Johnson):
Mary
Madcox aka Nurse's office @ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMixtressDemonatrix?fref=ts
My
colleague and pal, Joe Estevez: https://www.facebook.com/actorjoeestevez
My Indie
Filmmaker 'peeps' at Big Biting Pigs Prod's check out their latest film, The Caretakers with me and Joe
Estevez : https://www.facebook.com/bigbitingpigproductions
Director
of "JON", Filmmaker Billy Instone: https://www.facebook.com/william.instone?fref=ts
Director of "Naked Horror" Carlo Rodriguez: https://www.facebook.com/carlorodriguezpage?fref=ts
Me: https://www.facebook.com/BillLeatherface2Johnson
Caroline
Williams: https://www.facebook.com/caroline.williams.58152?fref=ts
Bill
Moseley: https://www.facebook.com/bill.moseley.374?fref=ts
(William Pattison/ Eric Morse): Finally,
this is for both of you. Is there any last things you want to say to the
readers?
(Nurse Hatchet): yes there
is... Im proud to let you all know, Bill & I will be continuing music
collaborations even after we wrap the 3rd installment of the Faust Haiku, we
have already started collaborating creative & instru-mental concepts, &
Bills vocals will be featured on some upcoming Mixtress Demonatrix trax &
on a couple update remixes, including the "I Like it On Top" update
remix & more!
(Bill Johnson): I thank all you Far-Out-Fans for your continuing interest and supportiveness.
It's a
great time to meet and greet you all at appearances and conventions and via
social media.
I'm
looking forward to horror convention good times with everybody!
stay looneytuned my She
Devils & Demons for all the upcoming Psychodelik Insanity!!!
Keep on Creepin' Horror Bob's Blog!!!!
