THIS INTERVIEW ALSO APPEARED IN #1 PRINTED VERSION, AND IS A TALK WITH ALAN KING, SINGER FROM HELLSTOMPER, A BUNCH OF HILLBILLY MOTHERFUCKERS PROVIDING SOME HEAVY, DISTORTED SOUTHERN ROCK'N'ROLL LIKE I HAVE NEVER HEARD IN MY LIFE. I SAW 'EM LIVE IN TEXAS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, THEY'RE ONE OF THE BEST LIVE BAND I'VE EVER SEEN: FUNNY, DRUNK, VIOLENT AND ESPECIALLY ROCKIN' AS HELL!!!! BUT NOW I LEAVE YOU TO MY QUESTIONS AND ALAN'S ANSWERS....

GD-First of alI, Alan, talk me about the beginning... why did you start writing the 'zine "Kill the scene"?
Boredom. Bored with music, bored with the "punk rock scene", just fucking bored. Then when GG went to the pokey I started writing to him and mentioned doing a 'zine and he sent this big fucking tirade he wanted me to put in there and that pretty much became the centerpiece for that first issue. Then I got hooked up with the likes of ANTiSEEN and Cocknoose, etc...and so it went. I do have to say if it hadn't been for ol' GG there never would have been a Kill The Scene...

GD- Hellstomper started playing in 1995...what were your influences, and why did you start a band?
Actually it was 1994. Our influences were David Allan Coe, ANTiSEEN, and straight bourbon whiskey. We started a band to piss people off. I'd say we succeeded.

GD-I heard you have been called as racist, homophobic rednecks, sexist... How's your actual reputation?
You know I don't give a tin shit what a person does or what skin colour they are or what have you. There's two kinds of people in this world: them that's alright and them that's assholes. The assholes are definitely in the majority. I believe in equality. That means that you don't get a special handout because you're black, or because you're a woman, or because you're an American Indian, or because you like to take it up the ass, or because you can whine louder and longer than anyone else. Seems like 90% of the folks out there can't compete on a level playing field so they have to sequester themselves into the confines of a "minority". I refuse to shrink away from calling an asshole an asshole just because of their ethnicity or gender or sexual preference. To some people that makes me a bigot. I've got two word for them…'FUCK YOU!"

GD-Tell me about the time you joined the Confederacy of Scum, and maybe something about it...
Ummmmm it wasn.t really like we "Joined up" or anything. I was a member before we put the band together and it just kind of carried over from there.

GD-Besides of CoS, how do you consider the actual music scene?
I don't. I don't keep up with, don't try to keep up with, don't care to keep up with it. I will have to say there's more bands out there right now that I like than at anytime I can think of in the past. Outside of the CoS, I really dig Hammerlock. The Hookers, Alabama Thunder Pussy, Born Bavarian and the Bulemics. Other than that I listen to lots of old country music and shit I grew up listening to like Blackfoot and Black Oak Arkansas and Skynyrd.

GD-What's Hellstomper's view of the world?
I can only speak for myself on that one but in alI honesty it's a little more than I care to expound on right now….. I don't walk around with some prefabricated world view like a lot of folks if that's what you're asking for. There are no ready made answers. I guess it just depends on what day you catch me on and what kind of mood I'm in. I just concentrate on what I do and to hell with everybody else.

GD-You are on the ANTiSEEN tribute CD... what are your relationships with this great band?
They are great friends of ours. We've played with them often over the years. Jeff Clayton produced our first masterpiece as a matter of fact. I've loved the hairy motherfuckers for years.. No doubt in my mind they're the greatest band on the planet.

GD-Can you tell me something memorable occurred on your shows?
Ummmm we made some hippie asshole cry one night. That was pretty memorable. There's been lots of great fights over the years. I think actually making someone so upset that they'd cry is pretty much just goddam up there with the best of 'em. When you see some guy who's in his early twenties just bawlin' away and getting' so upset over something you've done it's rewarding. Keep in mind this was some asshole hippie vegetarian piece of trash. He got upset 'cause we had this huge ass and very dead rooster with us that night I was making the freebird fly again and whacking a few folks around with the mighty bird. Fuck him -I eat meat. It's nothing to get upset over. If he found out I eat pussy he'd probably got upset about that as well.

GD-When I decided to interview you. I thought you'd be a thug with a shitty attitude and you have never answered me back... this is the general opinion people have about CoS members. But what's the reality? I found you very friendly!
That's 'cause most people approach me with a shitty attitude. You get what you give. And some people are just so fucking clueless -- why should I waste my time? You, on the other hand, were very nice, polite and forthright so why should I treat you any different than you did me?

GD- Tell me something about the Confederacy of Scum supershows you played in...
I fucking love playing the supershows. The best bands in the world on one stage for two nights of bruisin', boozin', and makin' racket! They've all been pretty great. You'd have to actually see it for yourself to understand why folks literally come from all over the world to be a part of it. You will NEVER get that much unadulterated rock n roll in one spot -guaranteed.

GD-What's your fave drink?
Cheap bourbon.

GD-Why do you think there's so much interest around the Confederacy of Scum nowadays?
Cause it's the real deal. It's fucking balls to the wall. Where else you gonna get it?

GD- Tell me something about your heavy country influence...
That's what I dig. REAL country -not this shit that's popular these days... country has always been far more twisted and subversive than rock n roll. I mean grab the nearest Porter Wagoner LP and you're gonna hear at least one song about killing a woman and/or a song about the ravaging effects of the bot- tle. Same with David Allan Coe. Hell, and most of these guys knew what they were talking about. While you got these fucking rock stars talking about how bad they are you've got guys like Johnny Cash and Waylon taking pills by the handful, you've got Johnny Paycheck shooting a guy in a bar, who know what all the fuck DAC's done???? Hey man, Merle Haggard really did turn 21 in prison. Hank Williams paved the way. Not to mention the music itself is just great to listen to. There's nothing better.

GD-I know you're a big wrestling fan... what can you say?
I can say that the internet and "smart" marks are zapping all the fun out of it. So why don't all you geeks with the inside scoop just keep your fucking mouths shut? Oh yeah...that and Michael "PS.. Hayes is probably the closest thing we have to a god on earth.

GD-Do you love guns?
Well, I don't sit around and jack off to pictures of them but they're a necessity. Better to have one and not need it than to need one and not have it. I know this from experience. I believe in gun control that means everyone should be able to hit what they're aiming at. Over here in the US, a lot of people are under the misconception that guns kill people. It's the jackass behind the trigger that's doing the deed. So you've got all you're whiny ass little pieces of trash saying that if we just outlaw guns than no one will need them WAKE UP, DUMMY! Criminal by definition do not need laws, so what's it to them if you outlaw guns? They don't get them through legal channels anyway. Then you're law-abiding citizens are going to be disarmed so the criminals can have free reign????? I don't fucking think so. Whine all you want but my guns never killed anybody and I'd really like to see one of these jerks come try to take it away.

GD-Do you know something about European punk rock scene? Do you like some bands?
I know nothing about it whatsoever except for the few German bands I'm in touch with. Hopefully your magazine will broaden my horizons. But please try to sing in English. I have a low attention span.

GD-Why, in your opinion, scum things get so much interest in people?
Beats the shit out of me.

GD- What do you think about GG Allin?
I think he's very dead. He was a happening cat while he was alive. I have all his records. Too bad complete fucking shitbags who never knew who he was (or where too chickenshit to attend his shows) when he was alive seem to make up the biggest part of his fan base these days. Idiotic 16-20 year olds with no balls or brains who dream of flinging poop. I'm sure GG would be stunned at all the "close friends" he has these days.

GD-I heard you are about to release a 10" on the italian Proud to be Idiot Records... are you pleased your music will arrive over there or you're stilI convicted "if you ain't from Georgia, you're shit"??
Well,you see, we're bringing Georgia to the people. We're very excited about this record. It's almost done mixing and alI that shit. Sounds fucking great! This guy is getting one helluva fucking slab. Side A will feature two new tunes -"Goddam Outlaw" and "Hellbent for Dixie" along with a new cut of "Carolina Shine" featuring our pal the Widowmaker from Cocknoose. Side B will tip the hat to AC/DC, Hank Jr., ANTiSEEN, and the Allman Brothers Band. This one is just too fucking sweet.

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