Continuing my chat with the Bam and the guys from FUCKFACE UNSTOPPABLE, here we talk about the album, collaborations…and Jackass 4….
GAV: So yeah, I was going to ask, obviously with this being the 2nd UK tour. Since last time round, you’ve released the debut FFU album, recorded mainly in Reykjavik, how have you found the response to the album regarding your own songs and the covers? How has the whole thing gone down?
BAM: I’m stoked on it, I read your review, and I Liked it…
GAV: Thank you very much
BAM: …and I read one other one, and that’s pretty much it [laughs] I don’t have a phone here, and going on line is such a pain In the ass, for me, that like, I check it once every ten days, and there’s hardly any time to look at YOUTUBE clips or anything…
NOVAK: I talk to a lot of fans at the shows and I ask them like, “Honestly, what do you think?” I mean, if you think it sucked, tell me it sucked, I really want to know the truth, and they’re like, honestly they came here expecting to see some Jackass shit on stage, Bam just being a fucking idiot, and you can see they wanted to be an ass-hole about it, but like, they really can’t be, it’s like there’s really a method to this madness and they seem to respect it, unless they are lying to my face…[laughs]
GAV: Regarding the whole Jackass thing and the live show, obviously you still get the odd fan expecting to see stunts or that sort of thing, in the UK there a lot of health and safety issues, like, you can’t crowd surf, you can’t do the wall of death, there’s a lot of safety implications regarding UK shows, have you found that a problem on tour?
BAM: Yeah it’s been a problem, we had like, a letter written from one of the Academy’s, and they go “Rubbish Heap is the most terrible example of a person…” [laughs] He tried to French kiss the pit security, he was pissing ON stage, he uh, was diving off of the roof of the tour bus into the crowd…
NICKI: He was forcefully trying to kiss EVERYBODY in the crowd…
NOVAK: He seemed receptive to criticism early in the evening but later on there was NO use talking to him [laughs]
BAM: It was a letter that deserved to be framed
ALEX: He was this, massive security guy, and there was this huge gap between the stage and the crowd, between the barrier right? I was jumping over it, back and forth the whole show, and then this guy was like, trying to pull me aside to tell me I can’t do that, and he finally grabs me, this huge guy, massive dude, shaved head…
GAV: They normally tend to pick the big steroid abusers or, that kind of guy
ALEX: He’s yelling at me, you can’t do this, you can’t dive of that…and I'm like “ok, ok, ok” and then I just grabbed his big fat meat-head head and fucking make out with him, and he threw me like ten feet…
GAV: So yeah, I was going to ask, obviously with this being the 2nd UK tour. Since last time round, you’ve released the debut FFU album, recorded mainly in Reykjavik, how have you found the response to the album regarding your own songs and the covers? How has the whole thing gone down?
BAM: I’m stoked on it, I read your review, and I Liked it…
GAV: Thank you very much
BAM: …and I read one other one, and that’s pretty much it [laughs] I don’t have a phone here, and going on line is such a pain In the ass, for me, that like, I check it once every ten days, and there’s hardly any time to look at YOUTUBE clips or anything…
NOVAK: I talk to a lot of fans at the shows and I ask them like, “Honestly, what do you think?” I mean, if you think it sucked, tell me it sucked, I really want to know the truth, and they’re like, honestly they came here expecting to see some Jackass shit on stage, Bam just being a fucking idiot, and you can see they wanted to be an ass-hole about it, but like, they really can’t be, it’s like there’s really a method to this madness and they seem to respect it, unless they are lying to my face…[laughs]
GAV: Regarding the whole Jackass thing and the live show, obviously you still get the odd fan expecting to see stunts or that sort of thing, in the UK there a lot of health and safety issues, like, you can’t crowd surf, you can’t do the wall of death, there’s a lot of safety implications regarding UK shows, have you found that a problem on tour?
BAM: Yeah it’s been a problem, we had like, a letter written from one of the Academy’s, and they go “Rubbish Heap is the most terrible example of a person…” [laughs] He tried to French kiss the pit security, he was pissing ON stage, he uh, was diving off of the roof of the tour bus into the crowd…
NICKI: He was forcefully trying to kiss EVERYBODY in the crowd…
NOVAK: He seemed receptive to criticism early in the evening but later on there was NO use talking to him [laughs]
BAM: It was a letter that deserved to be framed
ALEX: He was this, massive security guy, and there was this huge gap between the stage and the crowd, between the barrier right? I was jumping over it, back and forth the whole show, and then this guy was like, trying to pull me aside to tell me I can’t do that, and he finally grabs me, this huge guy, massive dude, shaved head…
GAV: They normally tend to pick the big steroid abusers or, that kind of guy
ALEX: He’s yelling at me, you can’t do this, you can’t dive of that…and I'm like “ok, ok, ok” and then I just grabbed his big fat meat-head head and fucking make out with him, and he threw me like ten feet…
BAM: But why did you call him a faggot? You’re the faggot now aren’t you? [laughs]
GAV: That probably didn't help [laughs]
ALEX: So if you call somebody a faggot, and then YOU French kiss em’? Then fuck you…
BAM: I really like controversy, and, if you say the word faggot and a gay person is offended, but then YOU are the one to French kiss the guy…controversy, irony, I like it all [laughs]
GAV: But yeah, coming back to the album, obviously it’s a great album, as you mentioned earlier I reviewed it, I enjoyed it, obviously being yourself, you've managed to get a lot of guest vocals on board, including Dani from CRADLE OF FILTH etc., how do you feel working with these guys in established bands?
BAM: I flew out Dani to Iceland for my wedding, uh, and we were already in the studio and we decided to do “Sleepless” because I really like than song from ANETHEMA, and I know that he covered that a while back, so I knew he already knew the words, and uh, we just did it kinda for fun but it turned out really, really good, and then he liked it so much, that I did a track for him, “Beds Are Burning”…I sung that for him for his album , it’s called “Devilment”
GAV: When you get together to write music, do you pre-consider guest vocals?
BAM: Well with that one, we were just covering an Anethema song so…it just went like, we picked that one and we just did it
GAV: Obviously the album has been out now, officially, a good couple of months, is it too early right now to talk about a 2nd album? Or are you just enjoying what you’re doing with the 1st one right now?
BAM: Well, we have some ideas for some new stuff but I'm just enjoying this, touring, basically like, I'm living in a house that’s moving, with all my best friends…and we get paid to do that? That’s the greatest thing that anything can wish for…the only thing that’s tough is boning her out! [Points at Nicky] [laughs]
GAV: Put it bluntly why don’t you? [laughs]
ALEX: We have a band with some of the best musicians that I've ever worked with in my life and when it comes to writing music it comes quickly, so yes, the answer is yes, there is new music coming…
BAM: The thing is, is that, there’s so much music that I listen to that no one has ever heard of, that, I just want to cover it and play it, I mean, Is it a cover? Yes…have you ever heard it? No.
GAV: It’s, technically original in that sense…
BAM: Yeah like, I want to play a rockin’ ass song, I mean like a CLUTCH song or a TURBONEGRO song yeah I'm sure people have heard of it…
NICKI: Because of you…
GAV: That probably didn't help [laughs]
ALEX: So if you call somebody a faggot, and then YOU French kiss em’? Then fuck you…
BAM: I really like controversy, and, if you say the word faggot and a gay person is offended, but then YOU are the one to French kiss the guy…controversy, irony, I like it all [laughs]
GAV: But yeah, coming back to the album, obviously it’s a great album, as you mentioned earlier I reviewed it, I enjoyed it, obviously being yourself, you've managed to get a lot of guest vocals on board, including Dani from CRADLE OF FILTH etc., how do you feel working with these guys in established bands?
BAM: I flew out Dani to Iceland for my wedding, uh, and we were already in the studio and we decided to do “Sleepless” because I really like than song from ANETHEMA, and I know that he covered that a while back, so I knew he already knew the words, and uh, we just did it kinda for fun but it turned out really, really good, and then he liked it so much, that I did a track for him, “Beds Are Burning”…I sung that for him for his album , it’s called “Devilment”
GAV: When you get together to write music, do you pre-consider guest vocals?
BAM: Well with that one, we were just covering an Anethema song so…it just went like, we picked that one and we just did it
GAV: Obviously the album has been out now, officially, a good couple of months, is it too early right now to talk about a 2nd album? Or are you just enjoying what you’re doing with the 1st one right now?
BAM: Well, we have some ideas for some new stuff but I'm just enjoying this, touring, basically like, I'm living in a house that’s moving, with all my best friends…and we get paid to do that? That’s the greatest thing that anything can wish for…the only thing that’s tough is boning her out! [Points at Nicky] [laughs]
GAV: Put it bluntly why don’t you? [laughs]
ALEX: We have a band with some of the best musicians that I've ever worked with in my life and when it comes to writing music it comes quickly, so yes, the answer is yes, there is new music coming…
BAM: The thing is, is that, there’s so much music that I listen to that no one has ever heard of, that, I just want to cover it and play it, I mean, Is it a cover? Yes…have you ever heard it? No.
GAV: It’s, technically original in that sense…
BAM: Yeah like, I want to play a rockin’ ass song, I mean like a CLUTCH song or a TURBONEGRO song yeah I'm sure people have heard of it…
NICKI: Because of you…
BAM: Well not necessarily like in Europe, Turbonegro is really big anyway…
GAV: Ok then well with that in mind, are there any bands in particular right now that you’re really into that people otherwise may or may not know?
BAM: Well…THE TURBO AC’s has a really good song called “Substance” that I don’t think anybody has ever heard, that I would really like to do…and uh, if you like electronic kind of rock, like, this band called THE FAINT from Nebraska, they do a song called “Evil Voices” that I’d like to cover…but I mean like, if you’re a fan of that genre of music, then you’d know…if you’re a rock fan liking Clutch you've probably never heard of The Faint…so, it’s just bands like that…I don’t know if TURBO AC’s are big at all…but I really like the song…
NOVAK: You've kind of done that your whole life anyway, y’know you put these bands out with CKY back in the day, and VIVA LA BAM that no one has heard about, which pushed you forward, and it brings more of an audience…
GAV: It’s like the two compilation CD’s you released, it’s promoting bands basically, you've done a lot for that, and it’s cool…I was going to ask as well, going back to guest vocals, people cannot deny the fact you have a massive link with the band HIM…is there any potential collaboration at all in the future? Have you talked to Ville?
BAM: I saw them at SONISPHERE yeah…but, I don’t know if FFU is necessarily, like, y’know HIM is like a band that I really like, and they do what they do well, but, If FFU was going to sing “Join Me In Death” I don’t think it’s going to go over very well [laughs]…y’know, I can’t sing “Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart” after singing about bending my dick around the back of my ass [laughs]
GAV: You could probably remix or tweak a song, throw in some innuendo or something [laughs] no disrespect to Ville or anything like that…
BAM: It’s probably slim to none…but you never know….we might find a song we can both agree upon [laughs] y’know cos I sing about bending dicks and fucking yourself, and he sings about love…[laughs]
ALEX: Have you ever tried bending your dick around the back of your arse and fucking yourself Sir?
GAV: Um…I really, couldn't [laughs]
BAM: Well if it’s a rock or a hard on it’s not gonna work, it needs to be a soft on, but, apparently on the inter-web, somebody’s done it…
ALEX: Novak and I last night had a jack-off competition…
GAV: Who won?
BAM: Novak won…
GAV: Congratulations [laughs]
NOVAK: Thanks bud! [laughs]
GAV: Ok then well with that in mind, are there any bands in particular right now that you’re really into that people otherwise may or may not know?
BAM: Well…THE TURBO AC’s has a really good song called “Substance” that I don’t think anybody has ever heard, that I would really like to do…and uh, if you like electronic kind of rock, like, this band called THE FAINT from Nebraska, they do a song called “Evil Voices” that I’d like to cover…but I mean like, if you’re a fan of that genre of music, then you’d know…if you’re a rock fan liking Clutch you've probably never heard of The Faint…so, it’s just bands like that…I don’t know if TURBO AC’s are big at all…but I really like the song…
NOVAK: You've kind of done that your whole life anyway, y’know you put these bands out with CKY back in the day, and VIVA LA BAM that no one has heard about, which pushed you forward, and it brings more of an audience…
GAV: It’s like the two compilation CD’s you released, it’s promoting bands basically, you've done a lot for that, and it’s cool…I was going to ask as well, going back to guest vocals, people cannot deny the fact you have a massive link with the band HIM…is there any potential collaboration at all in the future? Have you talked to Ville?
BAM: I saw them at SONISPHERE yeah…but, I don’t know if FFU is necessarily, like, y’know HIM is like a band that I really like, and they do what they do well, but, If FFU was going to sing “Join Me In Death” I don’t think it’s going to go over very well [laughs]…y’know, I can’t sing “Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart” after singing about bending my dick around the back of my ass [laughs]
GAV: You could probably remix or tweak a song, throw in some innuendo or something [laughs] no disrespect to Ville or anything like that…
BAM: It’s probably slim to none…but you never know….we might find a song we can both agree upon [laughs] y’know cos I sing about bending dicks and fucking yourself, and he sings about love…[laughs]
ALEX: Have you ever tried bending your dick around the back of your arse and fucking yourself Sir?
GAV: Um…I really, couldn't [laughs]
BAM: Well if it’s a rock or a hard on it’s not gonna work, it needs to be a soft on, but, apparently on the inter-web, somebody’s done it…
ALEX: Novak and I last night had a jack-off competition…
GAV: Who won?
BAM: Novak won…
GAV: Congratulations [laughs]
NOVAK: Thanks bud! [laughs]
GAV: What were the terms of the game?
BAM: Whoever could cum first got $100…
NOVAK: See, me doing a year in prison helped me deal with that whole thing
ALEX: I was so nervous; my dick just looked like, a squashed flamingo…
BAM: A squashed flamingo? [laughs]
ALEX: Mine is weird because I have a foreskin anyway…yours probably does too because you’re European, do you have a foreskin?
GAV: Yeah I have foreskin…
ALEX: High five! Foreskin buddies! [laughs]
GAV: [laughs] High five! But yes…just to quickly wrap things up…one or two things I want to briefly mention; BAMS BAD ASS GAMESHOW…talk us through how that came to be…
BAM: We uh, wanted to see if random everyday people could go through JACKASS like stunts to see if they could win $10,000…and uh, y’know it was fun doing it but it was with a major network that had a lot of safety issues, like they needed to be fully padded with wrist guards and helmets and shit…so uh, but when a soccer mom is doing it it’s funnier than if it was a tough and buff dude willing to get hurt. But uh, it was a fun thing, and uh, I knocked Novak’s teeth out one time [laughs]
GAV: That was in the uh, phone booth segment yeah?
BAM: They didn't know the gnarliness of it though…like, he was bloody as hell, he was complaining for twenty minutes, and they didn't show any of that…
NOVAK: They wanted Jackass stunts, which are rated R…but wanted it rated PG…or whatever is lower than PG…so they just tamed it down a lot, so it was hard to work with.
BAM: When I knocked out Novak’s tooth and it was all bloody, the camera guys, they were like “Oh my god cut cameras this is serious”…I'm like “Cut cameras? You’re getting gold!” You know they just didn't understand how we work y’know?
GAV: I would happily be on that show, I wouldn't even care about the prize money I’d just love to do all that stuff [laughs], but, to wrap things up, having mentioned the stunts…there have been rumours on line, some images floating around regarding a potential Jackass 4…can you elaborate on that?
BAM: Well, we've been discussing it, but Knoxville’s been busy with other movies, like, I alone have enough idea’s to do a whole movie, y’know I have like a book full of Jackass ideas, but, nothing is confirmed at the moment…
GAV: I was just asking really as, with Knoxville having released BAD GRAMPA last year, it did really well and it was dedicated to Ryan, which was a lovely touch…I was just wondering if the whole consensus was, that all of you guys be willing and prepared to do a fourth film together?
BAM: Yeah, we are, and, if it DOES happen, we’ll call it “We’re Not Dunn Yet”…get it? [laughs]
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BAM: Whoever could cum first got $100…
NOVAK: See, me doing a year in prison helped me deal with that whole thing
ALEX: I was so nervous; my dick just looked like, a squashed flamingo…
BAM: A squashed flamingo? [laughs]
ALEX: Mine is weird because I have a foreskin anyway…yours probably does too because you’re European, do you have a foreskin?
GAV: Yeah I have foreskin…
ALEX: High five! Foreskin buddies! [laughs]
GAV: [laughs] High five! But yes…just to quickly wrap things up…one or two things I want to briefly mention; BAMS BAD ASS GAMESHOW…talk us through how that came to be…
BAM: We uh, wanted to see if random everyday people could go through JACKASS like stunts to see if they could win $10,000…and uh, y’know it was fun doing it but it was with a major network that had a lot of safety issues, like they needed to be fully padded with wrist guards and helmets and shit…so uh, but when a soccer mom is doing it it’s funnier than if it was a tough and buff dude willing to get hurt. But uh, it was a fun thing, and uh, I knocked Novak’s teeth out one time [laughs]
GAV: That was in the uh, phone booth segment yeah?
BAM: They didn't know the gnarliness of it though…like, he was bloody as hell, he was complaining for twenty minutes, and they didn't show any of that…
NOVAK: They wanted Jackass stunts, which are rated R…but wanted it rated PG…or whatever is lower than PG…so they just tamed it down a lot, so it was hard to work with.
BAM: When I knocked out Novak’s tooth and it was all bloody, the camera guys, they were like “Oh my god cut cameras this is serious”…I'm like “Cut cameras? You’re getting gold!” You know they just didn't understand how we work y’know?
GAV: I would happily be on that show, I wouldn't even care about the prize money I’d just love to do all that stuff [laughs], but, to wrap things up, having mentioned the stunts…there have been rumours on line, some images floating around regarding a potential Jackass 4…can you elaborate on that?
BAM: Well, we've been discussing it, but Knoxville’s been busy with other movies, like, I alone have enough idea’s to do a whole movie, y’know I have like a book full of Jackass ideas, but, nothing is confirmed at the moment…
GAV: I was just asking really as, with Knoxville having released BAD GRAMPA last year, it did really well and it was dedicated to Ryan, which was a lovely touch…I was just wondering if the whole consensus was, that all of you guys be willing and prepared to do a fourth film together?
BAM: Yeah, we are, and, if it DOES happen, we’ll call it “We’re Not Dunn Yet”…get it? [laughs]
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The album "FuckFace Unstoppable" is available now for £5.99: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ffu/id865763097
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