Adam, would you introduce yourself, your band and the band members?
Well there’s me, that is your lustful narrator Adam and my three droogies… blah blah blah  Bryan James and Roger Rags…
We’re the LustKillers. I’ve had many great friends and players in LustKillers since 2001 but this is the first time I’ve toured the band as a priority rather than in between other projects ie American Heartbreak, The Lords, Black Halos.

Yeah, talking about Bryan W., what would he reply to Nikki Sixx who stated: “If there’s one genetic trait that disqualifies a man from being able to rock, it’s curly hair. Nobody cool has curly hair” (The Dirt, pg. 36).”
“Marc Bolan is a sexy, suave, classic motherfucker.  You telling me you dont think TRex is cool?” – Bryan Wilkinson

It’s the first time you hit Italy with LustKillers, but we know you’ve been here with American Heartbreak, Black Halos and Lords Of New Church. How was it like to play with those bands (in Italy and abroad)? Do you think this time’s gonna be different? What do you expect from Italian fans?
I don’t recall much excitement for American Heartbreak in Italy. The Black Halos shows with Thee STP were fun. The Lords Italian shows …. I don’t remember ;)
With LustKillers, I expect stilettos, animal porn and Mussolini wine from the Italian Fans. It seems you get the best gifts from the Italian fans ;) I’m interested to see how well our Italian labels Nicotine & Tornado Ride got the word out to Italy. I’m playing more Italian shows with LK than I did with the other bands.

What would you say to someone who has NEVER listened to LustKillers, to let him understand what kind of music you do, and what’s your idea of Rock’n’Roll?
The LustKillers preach the Blank Generation/PostPunk Rock n Roll Gospel.
The bands from then taught me what songs are supposed to do but I don’t think LK sounds punk or ’77 etc. It’s just Rock n Roll to me.
For me Rock n Roll is all based on the blues and sex. The problem with Blues to me is that it’s too slow and that’s were Rock n Roll takes over. It also explains why LustKillers Rock n Roll is moody at times. We can be serious as a heart attack and then cheeky as a monkey and mean every note we are playing. I don’t have a conventional or traditional singing voice; I’m more of a narrator as mentioned. I also love that fact that so much of blues is improv. LustKillers songs allow us the opportunity to read the crowd and make it different every time. We’re not up there to sell our songs every night with hard loud fast 1,2,3,4 Goodnight! We play for ourselves and give the audience real rock n roll rather than just some product.

Who is “Nothing Girl”?
Nothing Girl is about the kind of girl who wastes her life waiting for the wrong guy when the right guy is right there.

Pick two songs from “Black Sugar Session” and tell us the stories behind the lyrics.
“Swamp Love” is a Tragedy written about two kids in love whose parents forbid them to be together.
They decide to pull a “Romeo and Juliette” and commit suicide down in the swamp.
He gets the gun and she steals 2 bullets from her daddy’s dresser. When they get to the swamp she doesn’t have the guts to pull the trigger and asks him to shoot her. After he shoots her, he tries to commit suicide but the gun jams, so he just pushes her body into the swamp and goes home alone without her forever. “He pulled the trigger, she went away, he held it to his head and it left him here to stay.” Just when you think things are terrible they could always be worse.
“Bad Kids” is all about the older friends I moved in with at 16. Just a bunch of degenerates that taught me all about life …. and death.

Is it true that you’re all communist? Trustworthy witnesses insist on the rumour that some of you took the facebook test “Which communist leader are you?” and the result was “Che Guevara!”
True Communism is a beautiful thing but can never exist because those in power are always persuaded by greed. Che Guevara is quite a romantic figure unless of course you’re familiar with what he actually was.

Tell us about pros and cons of LustKillers and yours. What’s good and what’s bad?
The Pros of LustKillers is being able to share my music with the world and be myself.
I’ve really missed singing. I realized it Halloween ‘007 singing for The Lords in London after doing Halos for 3 years. There’s something very physically cathartic for me. I get to empty my soul. It’s like a rock n roll exorcism for me.

Is it true that Obama is “handsome, young and tanned”? (Berlusconi 7th nov. 2008).
Yes! And he is a brilliant “Speecher” He gives good talking head. Sorry to tell ya world, Obama is exactly the same thing as Bush was but he’s a liar. Obama said he’d end war but now he’s just sending the Iraq troops to Afghanistan. When will people understand there is a much larger agenda at hand? Only difference is people think it’s cool to like Obama. He is a manufactured Product. Pop Icon. It’s all marketing. He’s your next Britney Speers. He’s so dreamy ;)

What does the record cover stands for? Who came up with that idea? And why the record’s called “Black Sugar Session”? Tell us about this story.
If sugar is bad for you, then there can’t be anything good about Black Sugar. It just rots your soul with rock n roll. We didn’t think anything good would come of the demos so we started referring to them as “Black Sugar.” The cover art came because, I wanted something that was me and not pretentious. I needed artwork and kept thinking of the CD jacket, CD, Jacket, CD….. JACKET! I jumped up from my office chair, took my leather jacket off the back and stuck it on my scanner. I used the breast zipper to signify the spot over my heart… zipped up. When you open the CD up it’s the inside lining of my jacket. The CD/Rock N Roll inside me.

Back in 2004, Dregen (Backyard Babies) came to Italy for a dj-set, and we watched a pretty sad act. Dregen spent the whole night trying to get rid of two chicks that wouldn’t let him alone, he ran, they ran, he hid in the backstage and they’d follow him even there, finally he was so desperate he decided to go outside, and they followed him there. One thrown at him an empty bottle of beer, and the other one was trying to climb up on him, crying and trying to kiss him. Did it happen to you to be the star of such hysterical scenes from groupies and/or fans? Can you tell a more insane story?
Dregen’s love’s being a rock star. I had Japanese fans meet me in Los Angeles. One ran to me across the street and when she met me she ran away and threw up. LK played an art gallery party and my drummer used this huge bass drum. For the encore, I got nude and tried to crawl inside it. I think I thought I was making some kind of artistic statement. When I got offstage these girls chased me out the exit. I had to climb a tree naked to escape them.

Tell us why we should buy your record. Why is it different from other you can find in the record store, and why is it special?
You should buy the LustKillers album because it is not available online for download.
The album was not created to be released which means it is 100% honest.
How many albums can you say that about now? Everyone wants to just be cool or rich it seems.

Unfortunately the days you’ll be hitting Italy, Aaron Kristo will be playing as well. Persuade the fans to come to see you instead.
Kristo? Are You joking? I heard that guy has a toenail on the end of his penis. LustKillers live each day like it’s our last. In these times it very well may be. We can’t just fly back and rock unless there are new fans that want to see us.

Do you have any good stories about you and the band to tell us?
The LustKillers don’t go out, We go in. Weird stuff is always happening to LustKillers like when my drummer James found a human arm in the dumpster. Or when I couldn’t find a trash can for my lunch and I put it in this metal box on the steps in front of this big building. 1 hr later the police came and shut down the entire block for a bomb scare because there was a report someone put a brown bag into the Government Mail Box. Let’s not talk about the past. Let’s make new memories ITALY!

We often talk about the importance of covers as a tribute to the artists we love the most, or that helped our personal musical growth. Which songs/artists do you love to cover? I know that you like covering “unusual” songs, such as pop songs or songs that are not considered properly Rock’n’Roll (by the masses). Tell us something about it.
OK. I believe there are many really great written songs that we hate just because of the band or singer that recorded it. Bands usually just cover songs to be Cool or Funny.
I cover songs that I wish I had written because they are great songs and I’m jealous or I think I can fix them.
It doesn’t matter if it’s The Pretenders, Prince or Katie Perry…
Of course, right now a lot of people ask LK to play Lords because they didn’t see the tour. Maybe if they ask nicely.

If it happened that your son one day came to you listening to Warrant and Def Leppard, looking like a poodle, where would you think you made it wrong?
Def Leppard’s High n Dry album is a masterpiece. Those guys were so young and rocked just as hard as AC/DC. It all went wrong for them at Pyromania and Warrant was NEVER right. I lived thru all that bad hair stuff the first time; I do not intend to suffer through it again. People embrace that stuff but it’s too obvious and easy to make fun of that era. I prefer clever.

Ok, we’re pretty much to end. Do you want to say something more to the Italian fans? Maybe you’d like to explain them how frustrating it is to be left alone in the middle of nowhere by your camel…
It’s not so bad out here alone in the desert. I watched a lot of this survival show on US TV called “Survivor Man.” It seems that guy drinks his urine every chance he gets.
Italy, The LustKillers are pleading with you. Don’t make us drink our own urine.
Find us at the bar for a proper round. The LustKillers are Coming To You so Start Spreadin the Noooose. Let us share ourselves with you. Salut!