THE GHETTO WAYS "interviews"

 

This done by Moutty for Ox Magazine #55 in April 2004
(it has been only partly printed, it was more an article but hilarious.. ready why!)

 

Shane: Favorite drink?

Harry: Marguerita, fucking frozen no salt.

Shane: Favorite drug?

Harry: I'd have to go with the big C on that one, babe. The backward C. You
know what that means? This is the cut coke. Cocaine spelled backwards. My
favorite drug is cut cocaine.

Shane: (reads question #3) Give us a little band history.

Harry: Well I started a band and that went a little while in Texas. And
then we stopped playing and I joined another band, and that went a little
bit longer... Why don't you go first, Shane? This is too on the spot.

Shane: I'm not going to be able to do this shit.

Harry: Fuck off. I should go watch the Spurs. No seriously, you gonna go
first, Shane?

Shane: I'm not fucking doing this shit right now. There's no fucking way.
I'll ask the questions but I'm not going to try and answer them. (reads
question #1) Please introduce yourself--names, age, hobbies.

Harry: Hello, my name is Harry E. Warwick III. I am currently 31, soon to be
32. My hobbies are racketball, pumping iron, um... Hold on, let me start
over. Harry E. Warwick III. I am 31 years old and I'll be 32 real soon. My
hobbies are... I don't have any fucking hobbies, that's the problem.

Jenna: (reads question #11) What ghetto are you living and making luv in and
where's your way?

Harry: Where's the way? What does that mean? I'm currently residing in Bed
Sty. I live in a one room pad and I'm way off. Let me start again. I'm gonna
be blunt and fucking the way I am. My name's Harry. I'm 31. My hobbies are
rockin' as hard as I possibly can for a crowd that's never there. Next
question.

Jenna: (reads question #9) Your drum sound is great.

Harry: My drums sound great because they are great. I've got a badass
formula that I use that's really easy and I think a lot of people should
recognize that it's not about drum fills and knowing how to play. It's about
getting by and making people move their fucking heels, making them aware.
Just throw it down, man. They sound good because it's all about your punch,
not about the wrists, it's about the arm. It doesn't matter if you know how
to play the bass drum or you don't have a hi-hat. To any little buddies out
there that want to fucking learn the easiest way to play drums, come watch
me and I'll teach you. My drums do sound good. I make them sound good. Next
question. Come on, babe, be blunt.

Jenna: (reads question #4) Where do you play with the Ghetto Ways? Have you
done a bigger tour already?

Harry: We play pretty much anywhere anyone will have us that'll pay a $5
cover to check it out. We would play in all five boroughs but currently we
play in two, Brooklyn and Manhattan, pretty much. We'd like to tap into
Queens and you know, maybe even go to the Bronx. I think there's a lot to be
said. We've got a lot of soul, a lot of fucking heart, and I think there's a
lot of people of all colors and creeds that would love to hear what we have
to say and what we're trying to provide to the people that will come and
rock to the shit. We play anywhere anyone will have us. That's what I have
to say.

Jenna: (reads question #6) How come you're on a German label?

Harry: Because the Americans would not fucking have us. These people do not
understand. This fucking place is so garage rock and we're not even garage
rock, but it's garage rock fucking overdone. It's tapped out. It's our first
record... Because the German label that we're on right now is the only
fucking label that would have it, would listen to it, would love it, pet it,
kiss it, hug it. The Americans haven't gotten it yet. Hopefully they will.
That's why, that's why.

Jenna: (reads question #10) Name some influences on your sound and music.

Harry: Uncle Dodie Growser, for sure. I would have to say Pamela May Bissane
has had a ton of influence on my chops. I would have to say that William
Luther Ivy has had a little influence on the way I think and the way I try
to play.

Shane: The Needle Benders and Partners for Apartments.

Harry: The drummer from the Live Ones has just recently really fucking
jammed me. Go ahead, give me something. We should all be answering these at
the same time, man.

Shane: (reads question #12) What are you doing all day?

Harry: During the work week? Monday through Friday? Well, I work at a job
that I don't want to be at. I come home, I usually throw a little weed in
the dugout, maybe drink a beer, pop on some fucking good old fashioned
lovely stuff. I take a nap. I try and wake up in time for King of Queens
double time, do a little double episode. And then shower, put my comfy
clothes on. Then I usually take a pill to enhance my sleep. I turn on
usually a Rolling Stones CD and I roll myself to sleep. I don't know if
there's any rollers out there, but I've rolled my whole fucking life... I
turn off the radio, go to sleep, and usually wake up with my hand in my
pants with urine all over it. That's my day.