We’d like to know a little bit about you for our files, but we don’t like regurgitating press releases or asking the easy questions. At Tone Deaf we only ask the tough questions, so just hold still, grit your teeth, clench your buttocks and be still while we put on the rubber gloves, apply the thumbscrews, and pull out our thermometer while you open up and say ahhhhhhhhhhh… Truthful answers only or we drink your rider while you’re on stage.

Take us back to your bedroom when you were 14. What band posters did you have on the wall?
Joan Jett, Wendy O’William, Lou Reed and weirdly enough Pete Townshend

What tracks can we expect from your DJ and Karaoke sets?
I’m mixing hard electro fun!

What’s been your worst gig and why are you glad there’s no footage of it on Youtube … yet?
Bad gigs are boring gigs so i try not to remember them.

Tomorrow’s payday, so we’ve only got $A20/$US18/£14/€10 to get you drunk. Where do we go and what do we buy with it?
Well if you are in berlin with me , that money could go a long way and we could get up to some crazy shit.

Your film clips are renowned for their innovation. What are some of your favourites?
Lose You was an actual performance. For 4 days, people would come visit me in that apartment, two people were allowed in at a time and could stay for 5 minutes. from the minute the door opened i would perform my 5 minute musical. i performed that around 135 in 4 days.

I dont know the people who are in the video clip. i only saw them for that 5 minute period.

Suppose we put a gun to your head and force you to kiss a member of another band. Who, which band and why?
I’m so not into the gun to the head game. and you dont have to put a gun to my head. Today i would kiss…….Lykke Li

Who is your favorite member of Chicks On Speed?
Well there is only 2 original members and they are both my friends.

You’re touring Australia. We know how much visitors are afraid of our native animals, so what is your greatest fear? Getting attacked by a) a snake b) a red back spider c) a bluebottle jellyfish d) a crocodile or e) a venomous drop bear?
SHARKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was ist deine lieblings tanzhalle in Berlin?
Ich mag mehr die kliener tanz bar zum beispiel King Size

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