different genres of music. Music is just music to me and as far as having a favorite band; maybe as a kid. I loved T.Rex, Chuck Berry, and Little Richard stuff like that. It’s always been more about the songs. KCM: So you’re a true music fan where
you listen to every genre. Andy: Always have been yes. KCM: Do you have a funny stage story,
like a little Spinal Tap moment if you will? Andy: Funny or tragic, sometimes it was both… (Laughing) Oh yeah I once lost my way to the stage but that’s not that unusual. I got sprayed with angel dust once and that was awful, that was just a pisser..(Laughing) KCM: In which country was that?
Andy: It was in New York City and that was not a nice state of mind when you don’t know who the fuck you are yourself…Excuse my language, especially when you have to go out and play but somehow I pulled it off. I still don’t know how? It could have happened anywhere but it just happened to be New York. KCM: Do you have a favorite memory with
Hanoi Rocks that brings a smile to your face? Andy: I don’t know. There were so many gigs and so many tours. It becomes kind of a blur when you look at it afterwards. Mostly we did a really good work you know. There were some trippy ones when we played Bombay now it’s called Mumbai. No body there really heard of western bands and we weren’t really that famous yet and we just getting around. The usual set is thirty minutes
but we played over two hours and they said” What the hell? You gotta play longer or you might cause a riot, here bands play all night” and we were like, what do you mean like eight hours? (Laughing) Well we managed to play for four and a half hours or something and yeah it worked out fine. We must have played everything, every jam to every Blues song. Drum solos and guitar solos Jesus we’ve played everything!, but what were we supposed to do you know. KCM: What was the experience like be-
ing in Bam Margera’s film called “Where the fuck is Santa”? Andy: Bam just turned up and I didn’t know he had a camera crew when he showed up and that’s exactly what it was, totally improved. It basically feels like a documentary at least the scenes with me. Nothing was pre -planned, we were just hanging out. KCM: He talks about you all time.
Andy: Well he’s a friend of mine. He’s a funny guy and he seems to constantly get himself into trouble. Every other week I hear that he’s been beaten or arrested. Well perhaps he’s one of those people that shouldn’t grow up then or he wouldn’t be Bam. I hear that you make your own clothes, Jewelry and stuff, how did you get into that? KCM:
Andy: I’ve always been into creating stuff. Like I said painting isn't that different from writing a song and then drawing is not that far from painting. It’s kind of like painting without colors you just do little bit of shading and a faint color.