interview with zion, 15th september 2003
published in 'fidgets' fanzine jan 2004
interview © 2003 lindsey hall

1. Introduce yourselves please :) 

There are 5 people in Spit Like This.  On lead guitar we have Stevie Lee, heart-breaker and string-slinger.  Our drumming thundergod is the master of chaos himself, Vile Gilez.  On rhythm guitar, synths and nasty habits is T3.  Bass guitar is molested by the luscious Vikki Spit and I, Lord Zion, make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up by singing, playing some rhythm guitar, writing everything and creating everything.  I'm the king of my castle in Spit Like This land.. 

2. How did you crazy kids get together? 

On the first day, God created the sky.  On the second, he created all the other shit.  On the third, he decided the world would be pretty dull without a Zion. By Day 4, he was bored so created music. Day 5 was the day that he planted the Vikki, Stevie, Vile Gilez and T3 seeds.  Day 6 Spit Like This was born.  Day 7 he realised his terrible mistake so hung himself off the Pearly Gates... 

3. Define your music in 6 words 

Everything You Want Out Of Life 

4. How did you get your name Spit Like This??  

OK, well, when Vikki and I met, we decided to have a spitting competition.  Of course, I trounced the opposition so she begged and pleaded with me to teach her.  So, I taught her how to 'spit like this' and it just kind of summed us up in a nutshell. 

5. Do you have any influences? 

I have plently of influences.  Some obvious, others less so.  So, I will just reel them off...  Motley Crue, old skool Metallica, old skool thrash/metal, 70's glam (ie T-Rex), Queen, Adam Ant, Duran Duran, Gary Numan, The Rocky Horror Show, Star Wars, Tarantino - to name a few 

6. If you could play with any band past or present who would it be and why? 

Robbie Williams, just so we could kick his ass for being in Take That then pretending he liked metal after all.  What a wanker.  Prince of Pop?  Prince of Pies more like. eh, eh??? 

7. What was the first gig you went to? 

I refuse to tell you that as it is not for human consumption.  But the first I will admit to was Motley Crue @ Wembley when Tommy Lee has a gyroscopic drum kit. Amaaaaaaaazing - showed me what rock n roll should be about.  All you shoe-gazers are gonna flip underneath your curtain hair when you see us... 

8. Any plans to tour? 

Plans, yes, but no dates just yet.  Any promotors reading this, listen.  Forget all the other bands out there.  I've seen more entertainment on Channel 5.  You want people worshiping at your feet??  Then book Spit Like This.  There is no substitute. 

9. How did you sign to Megabuck$? 

Well, Megabucks Music is the label that me and Vikki set up to release Spit Like This stuff.  HMV will be stocking us soon (they begged and pleaded, natch). We've been offered a 5 album deal elsewhere too.  Not signed anything yet - taking our time.  Waiting until the big bucks are offered!  We refuse to sign for less than a million.  So there. 

10. If you were given leadership of earth what would be the first thing you'd do? 

Force Robbie Williams to eat all the manufactured boy/girl bands on the planet, then chew off his own legs.  Once he's done, he's gonna be quite full but, let's face it, still a bit peckish.  So I'd also add townies to his menu.  Wankers, the lot of them.  You know why they wear those caps?  Coz aliens came down and removed their brains - the caps cover the gaping hole.  Anyway, after Blobbie has done eating them, he's gonna be looking for dessert, so we'll add all the fake rockers - you know, Avril Lavine, Busted etc - to his gastranomical feast.  We'll then stick him in a perspex box and winch him up near tower bridge.  But then the plan would go all wrong and Psycho Blobbie would eat the box, then eat Tower Bridge and he'd just be stomping around London randomly eating people.  Like that Chewits monster. The fat bastard.  I've not seen tits like that since Jordon was last on Page 3. Then biplanes would be flying around his head trying to bring him down - he'd be flapping his fat tubby arms everywhere, singing some dumb fuckin Frank Sinatra song, cellulite flying everywhere.  Shiiiiit, it would be a mess.  And that is why leadership of the earth should probably not be given to me any time soon... 

11. Will you be celebrating the 1st anniversary of A.M.P on Thursday 18th? 

I will be celebrating the fact that we are not the only people that give a shit - it is really cool to know that there are thousands of people out there that are disgusted at the shit that is consistantly churned out by people like Simon Cowell. Motherfucker.  Hope he gets cancer.  But, hey, maybe we did make a difference. After all, the musical climate has shifted and I would like to think that it is all thanks to us and AMP! 

12. Any messages for the readers? 

Yes.  All music as you know it is dead.  There is only one band left worth giving a shit about.  And that band is SPIT LIKE THIS.  You have been warned...

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