outrageous interviews

Ms. Corey Parks
by Sabine

19th June, 2004

In early 2002 -- DP met Corey Parks at a Damned show in So. Cal. They talked about her recent departure from Nashville Pussy.......... and what a great team they would make! The Hunns rehearsed with Corey that same week – the chemistry was there so they started recruiting the final crew for the road. After several more rogue members in and then out -- they found Jimmy Disco from the Discontent -- a huge Hunns fan with a lot of talent, youth and back bone -- so they slid him in. Last was the drummer. Joel Ronamoe was number 23 of 30-some additions. The boy can pound and is dedicated -- so he’s in! Cool! Some twenty something's, some old pirates and a hot wench -- so now "Die Hunns" are alive and ready to burn every hole in their way down to the bloody ground!

The Hunns go in and bang out their live set in a studio -- to capture the sound on tape. What we’ve got is a bad-ass, kick-face, rock n’ roll, punk band. Corey is singing more now and the whole band is the real deal -- a swaggering, threatening menace -- straight from hell! "Long Legs Die Hunns" is gonna make you remember what real rock n’ roll is all about! It gets served up March 2004 and the Hunns will be touring until there is no place left on the planet to loot & burn.

The PLY festival tour is always a big party. I reported on the PLY tour in early 2003. It was a blast! So I was really looking forward to this year's tour, too. When I heard that The Hunns would be part of it I was really excited to see Corey Parks live. Actually I was eager to get an interview with her but I was not sure if she was up for it. She is THE female rock star in the punk scene and said to be a drama queen. So my hopes were pretty small. But her tour manager said it would be no problem and I got my date with Corey for an interview in Lindau, Germany.

So Sandra and me met up with Corey at the Club Vaudeville. I was getting really nervous. I thought this is either going to be fantastic or it's going to be a disaster. You never know what might happen if you do an interview with a lady who got "fist fuck" tattooed on her knuckles...

Sandra and me were waiting for her at the merchandise booth but we did not have to wait long. She was punctual. Seeing Corey Parks live is simply amazing. Really amazing. She is really TALL. Actually, I am pretty tall but she is taller than me. Her boobs, of course, are huge and her legs, well, she probably got the longest legs I have ever seen in my whole life. And she has got da steez, man! I totally dig her clothing style. When she said something like: "Nice to meet you" with her gravelly voice I was definitely a little bit frightened but also very excited what might happen next.

And what can I say?! The interview went GRRREAT. She is very kind, sweet, lovely,... I have no idea why she got voted under the 20 scariest people in Orange Country. She is probably one of the coolest women I have ever met. She is definitely a cool grrrl! The only thing that might disturb some people is that she is totally honest. She wears her heart on her sleeve. But that's the way we like it! So here it is. My interview with Ms. CORRREY PARRRKS:

The Ramones,... I think punk rock is why I started playing cause it seemed to me that no one could really play. And by the time I joined Nashville Pussy I listened to a lot of really good rock’n’roll bands like AC/DC. I like Black Sabbath and ZZ Top. Fuck man. There are just so many aspects in music that I like.

Right. But my boyfriend is a straight down to the bone punkrocker. You know, like, friends have died in the name of punkrock! And now he has a girlfriend who’s trying to slip it humble pie and puts Black Sabbath and AC/DC on the stereo. Duane bought me a Kiss record before the tour. You know, that’s a HUGE step for him. But I also love the Clash and I love the Pistols.

Fuck it! It’s perfect!! I have always liked the Clash but since I met Duane I got really into Joe Strummer. We watched a lot of footage and stuff on him.

I know exactly cause me and Duane were living for the first one year and a half that we’d been together in a small one-bedroom-apartment in LA. It’s like a cockroach motel. He moved in with me. And I had this closet which was ok for a girl, you know, but Duane is worse than any girl you’ll meet in your life. He has more shoes than any chick I know. My side of the closet got smaller and smaller and smaller. Finally he took up the whole closet and every time I opened it I had shit falling on me. And then he got his computer in the kitchen. And I was sewing in the kitchen. The day that Joe died he was online and he found out and he woke me up. He was just crying. It really affected him. It was really sad, you know. And I love the new record. I love Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros. It’s inspiring, you know what I mean. Like Motörhead. It’s inspiring when I see Motörhead live. Fuck man. Lemmy is doing what he’s been doing for ages and still fucking rocks. It’s a dream. That’s our dream. This is what we wanna do. Me and Duane.

You’re already in the music scene for a pretty long time yourself. Do you remember what it was like when you started playing in a band?

Fuck yeah. But it wasn’t too long ago actually. I had only been playing bass for 3 years when I joined Nashville Pussy. I didn’t even know how to use a pick. I looked really gay when I was playing bass back then. Blaine handed me a bunch of AC/DC records and a pick and said: you should learn how to use this. So I kinda learned how to play on stage really. But that wasn’t too long ago. Now it seems like it is cause I had done so much road time. Rock’n’roll years are like dog years. 1 to 7. 1 year to us is 7 years to you guys.

We met at a Damned show. Actually they had this thing in the OC Weekly: the 30 scariest people in Orange County. People on their list were all politicians and lawyers and Duane was number 7 and I was number 17. We were the only musicians on this list. Our bands always criss-crossed but we never met. Then we met backstage at the Damned show. And we were both sober and we just started talking. And we were like oh man, it would be great if we kinda teamed up. A month or two later they were looking for a bass player and they called me up. And then you know, he was sort of ending a six-year-relationship and we were just falling in love. He moved out of her place and moved into my place. Que sera sera. All is fair in love and war.

I grew up in southern California but I was never as much into skateboarding as I am now. I love and support anything that makes him happy. Skateboarding makes his heart sing. If he doesn’t go skating every couple of days he’s a fucking nightmare! It’s like his way of getting out his shit and when he comes home he’s just pumped up and he’s like a little kid. So, god bless skateboarding! And it’s kinda cool. I try and bug him to tell me what’s that trick? And what’s that trick now? I want to learn it! He also does this slalom downhill thing, too. And that’s the best. Cause then I go: Go! Go! Go! Kick his ass! It’s so much fun. I’m a pretty supportive chick. Even with the Bombs and stuff. Cause a lot of people ask me how do you feel about the US Bombs? And I love them, you know. I just want him to be happy. And he does what he is meant to do. Music, being on stage and skating. If that’s with my band: cool. If that’s with his band, you know, then I miss him but we fuck a lot when he gets home so it’s great.

Maybe it’s also a good thing if you don’t see your boyfriend all the time.

Well, remarkably, remarkably we are together 24h a day and we get along pretty well. We play in a band together and we just started a clothing company together. I have been making clothes when I quit with Nashville. I just fell into it. And Duane has a shoe out. So Vision, we’ve been doing ads for them. And now we started our clothing company which is called CPDP. It’s looks like the Russian CCCP just with CPDP instead. He’s doing the mens line and I’m doing the girls line. We started off with just a bunch of graphics but now I do a triangle bikini with the sickle and hammer on the boobs and kill your leader on the butt. All sorts of crazy stuff like Mary Poppins is a junkie on the back of my jacket. Just really cool shit.

People are such dicks on these message boards. I don’t like them. Marlon Brando made this comment that he went to a party and everybody was just praising him like oh, you’re the best actor on this planet and on and on. Everybody kept on praising him. But there was this one guy that came up to him and said: You’re a piece of shit man. You’re a fucking phony. I hate everything that you have done. And Brando left the party because of this one guy cause he couldn’t stop thinking about what this one guy said to him. It’s the Brando complex. If I check the message board and there is just one message like you suck I would never get on stage again.

Oh yeah! Don’t tell anyone! Don’t print that! Scratch it! Scratch it! Actually, I don’t give a fuck!

I had a boyfriend who did it. He was in my first band and I just watched him doing it. When we separated I did it myself.

Yeah, it’s me and Duane on a skateboard. He is so small. His little butt is just up to here on me (pointing at her knees). He’s so rad on that. Like: look, this is my chick! I can wear heels and all.

Yeah, I love it. But there’s nothing I can do about it. Either I’m ok with it or I really have a problem. I have 7inch high stiletto heels. They make me close to 7 feet tall. Insane. I look as if I came out of a comic book. I can really freak people out.

I think I did. They hadn’t got a record out for a couple of years. And the line up was totally different as well. They just needed a new product so they could get back on the road. Plus the fact that the first 3 records didn’t get big distro in the States so we figured we just do some new songs and add some covers. Plus Duane was trying to get me to sing more.

What’s you’re advice for girls who want to start a band or who want to play in a band?

Oh fuck! We just need more women! Just do it! I’ve been on stage for like 7 or 8 years now. And I had never tried to sing before. It’s a predominantly male world. Not just in the rock’n’roll scene but in general. But you know, there’s just one thing that has got the power over a man. You know what that is? It’s a woman!!!

Just believe in yourself. I like Joan Jett and Suzie Quattro. I like Poison Ivy. I like chicks that are tough but still feminine. I really like Brody, too, from the Distillers. She’s fucking rad! There’s just nobody out there. We need more women! Get up front man! Get up there with your shit! Just give it a try!

I am asking because I think that is what a lot of girls fear who want to start a band?

Let me tell you something! It’s way better to be chick than a man! When I’m on stage and I have problems with the monitors I just go like: oh sweetheart, can you please give us some more guitars on the monitors cause we can’t hear anything?! And they just go like: Ok! It’s cool! Just smile a little bit and you’ll get anything you want. And there’s nothing fucking wrong with it.

No, but I was just very surprised that you didn’t ask me anything about Nashville Pussy. You were the first person who didn’t ask me about Nashville Pussy. That was kinda rad. It was just about the Hunns. And I love being in the Hunns!

It’s like an ex-boyfriend. You are with this guy and then you split up and everyone’s asking oh, what happened to blahblahblah, what happened to blahblablah. It’s like we just split up. What’s the big deal about it?!

It’s the same like with Brody. She gets so much coverage on her relationships but not on her music. And I think that’s sad cause that’s only her business.

I think that’s so sad, too. I know her from around the way. When her and Tim split up.. you know.. we know all these guys. We were supposed to bring out the new record on Hellcat. But everybody just talks shit on her. EVERYBODY: like, if it weren’t for Tim Brody would... DUH??!! I mean, you’re right, if it weren’t for Tim she’d still be in Melbourne and maybe she would have made it, maybe not. But it was his wife and he loved her. And she’s talented and beautiful. Of course, he wanted to showcase her. And what is so sad is, after it happened... my friend Alice does Brody’s make-up and she’s flying around with her. Now she’s with Josh and she was like: oh Corey that’s so sad. Cause Brody is just so humble and nice. And Brody goes like: Everyone hates me! And she was so stoked that I said hi cause she goes like: everyone hates me! I have no friends! Seriously, everyone turned their back on her. And no one knows what goes one between a man and a woman behind closed doors. Cause let me tell you something: Tim is a very weird egg, man. Very introverted. Brody is a young girl. She wants to go out and have some fun. She’s only 23 years old. Tim does not like going out. Tim likes to do his own thing and stay at home. And she did this stay at home wife thing forever. They live in a fucking million dollar house and he didn’t even buy a mattress. They are sleeping on the fucking floor. And eventually she probably just fell out of love with him. And women have a lot of male energy in them. They like flirting and stuff as well. And what’s wrong with that? Absolutely nothing!