Q: Why dont we start off with a breif bio on The Rocketz.

A: The Rocketz are Tony “Slash” Red-Horse vocals and guitar, Tony “T-Mac” Macias bass and vocals, and Andrew Martinez “Andy Demize” (We call him Mr. Pink.) We play rockabilly, punk rock and Psychobilly with hints of surf and garage. We like all genres of music and listen to quite an eclectic selection of groups especially on tour. We love music and love playing music. T-Mac also plays with So-Cal local Cumbia-Billy legends The Moonlight Cruisers and of course Andy plays with Nekromantix.

Q: How long have The Rocketz been around?

A: Our first show was The Demon Pit at The Doll Hut for Greasedemon Entertainment March 27, 2004. We’ve been playing tons of shows ever since.

Q: Tony, you’ve got quite the resume when it comes to playing with bands on tour. What is/was your favorite band to play with live aside from The Rocketz?

A: That is a hard question, although officially I only toured with three bands. Terror Train in the early 90’s, Levi Dexter in Japan 92, and Three Bad Jacks in 96 or so. Those were all good times. I also enjoyed playing with Robert Gordon and Rosie Flores. Good times!!

Q: If you had to take a long RoadTrip with anyone or any band alive or dead, who would it be?

A: Foo Fighters, baby! Foo Fighters anywhere anytime!! Bar none.

Q: I recently popped in The Pyschobilly Sickness Volume 1 DVD and was treated to some Rocketz rocking, how did you guyz become involved with that project?

A: Well, that DVD was complete before we were making any noise, I believe that DVD was made by Ryan Davis of Hairball 8 which is our label so it was easy for him to stick us in as the menu music last minute.

Q: K.I.L.L.I.N.G. is the first “single” you’ve decided to push. With so many solid “single” worthy tracks on the CD how did you decide that song was “the one”?

A: That “one” song almost didn’t make the set list! It was slightly different when I first wrote that song and it wasn’t doing anything for me. I started leaving it off of the set and was just going to abandon that song, but I sat with it and retooled the chorus and changed the melody line and then BAM! I dug the changes and put it back in the set. To answer the question, I didn’t choose the song, our friends and fans did. It was being requested where ever Psychobilly music was aired. It was in limited rotation here in Los Angeles indie radio 103.1. It’s an easy song to like its simple and hooky. We are going to release a newer better recording of KILLING and Die Zombie Die on our next CD.

Q: Can fans expect another full-length Rocketz CD any time soon?

A: Yes, currently we have finished 12 tracks including KILLING, we have to go back record 4 more tracks including Die Zombie Die and then we will release the new CD in Nov. 07.

Thanks to The Rocketz for taking the time to sit down with the ‘Trip. You can pick up their debut CD Rise Of The Undead all over the web. For a little taste of thier tunes, head over to The Rocketz Myspace page at: myspace.com/therocketz or you can visit their official page at: http://www.reverbnation.com/therocketz.

Check out our Rocketz interview in it’s entirety in issue #2 of Rockabilly RoadTrip!
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If “horror movies set to music” is your thing, then their track “Zombie Bob” will have you tapping out a B-movie right on your steering wheel. They’ve even included a cover of Nirvana’s “About A Girl” that vocalist Brutus assures us will have Kurt rolling in his grave!

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Buckle up, Babies, you’re in for a wild ride! Welcome to the first edition of “Rockabilly RoadTrip Vs.” Our first encounter features a clowder of cats known as The Creepshow, and these horrorbilly hellians were more than happy to take a tiny break from their touring schedule to answer a few questions for The ‘Trip. So get in gear and glue your eyes to the page, The Creepshow is ready to roll.

Q: We’ll start with the basics; For the uninitiated, how long have you guys been together? Any interesting stories about how the group was formed?

A: Hellcat and I (Sickboy), have been great friends for years and we had always talked about doing this band, but we were too busy with other projects. Finally, we started writing songs together and added the final pieces to the puzzle with Matt on drums and Ginty on keyboards. An hour and a half into our first band practice, we were so excited about the songs that we decided to record two of them, and one of the songs ended up on the Zombie Night In Canada Vol.2 compilation.

Q: Being from Canada, are you finding the US to be as supportive of your music as your homeland audiences?

A: Actually, the U.S. has been very supportive, although we are still looking for a U.S. record label. We get the majority of show request emails from south of the border, mostly California. We plan to invade the States as soon as we can get working papers!

Q: Fans are no doubt familiar with your MySpace™ page. (myspace.com/thecreepshow) How instrumental has the site been in getting the word out about your music?

A: Hahahaha, well, as lame as people think MySpace is, it’s such a great tool for promoting your band. From MySpace alone, we signed a Canadian record deal (Stereo Dynamite Recordings), booked two coast-to-coast Canadian tours, a European tour, and an upcoming U.S. tour. We have also made friends with some amazing bands through MySpace. And on our first tour across Canada, people were already singin’ along to our songs!

Q: So your new CD “Sell Your Soul” sold out pretty quickly all over. I’m imagining this was a great problem to run into. Did the initial demand just take you by surprise?

A: Totally by surprise. We couldn’t believe the mail-order response, and even the response at HMVs all across Canada!

Q: In addition to your recently released CD, you also just released another new song not available on the CD. What’s the deal on the “Halloween” track? Is it going to be released on a holiday compilation somewhere?

A: We’ve been playing The Misfits song ‘Halloween’ live and have been getting a lot of requests to record it, so we did! And we put it up on MySpace as a free download. We plan to do it with other covers as well.

Q: You mix a ‘50’s vibe with a modern rockabilly sound, your influences must be extremely varied. What other bands have you been inspired by?

A: Pretty much everything. Ginty is really into ska/reggae and Elvis Costello, Matt is a punk rocker, I like old hardcore and punk stuff like Dead Kennedys and The Clash, lots of psycho and rockabilly, Hellcat loves Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Johnny Cash… stuff like that.