Let’s make the first question to sexy T.J. Tell me, what’s the best blowjob you’ve ever received and what made it so?

TJ: Um…that would probably be Mike’s mom (laughter)

MIKEY: Hey, don’t print that!

TJ: Yeah, Mike’s mom.. (Laughter)

MIKEY: Don’t print that.

TJ: No…I’m just fuckin around…Um…I don’t know.

You don’t know?

TJ: I can’t remember

Well then, let me ask you this, where is the most unusual place you’ve ever received a blowjob?

TJ: Um…that would probably be on Dustin’s drum set. (Everybody laughs)

DUSTIN: Don’t fuckin’ print that!

TJ: No….(Laughter)…I don’t know.

Well maybe talking about your pathetic, mortal band will jog your memory. Tell My Greatness about the the beginnings of BRUTAL INFLICTION

TJ: It started about three years ago. David and I were working at the Colorado Catering Company. He said, “hey we should start a band sometime. You should start singing for a band.” So we went to ProSound and bought a PA system and basically started there. Most of it was just kinda me hangin’ out in the basement, in our band space, just kinda fuckin’ around with lyrics.

Did it click right away?

DAVE: No. At first it was just me playing guitar and him singing. It was terrible. We stuck together though, got the name, created the logo and got the other members.

How did Dustin ended up your drummer.

DAVE: I had played with Dustin back when we were teenagers. We played for a couple of weeks, but we sucked bad so we stopped.

What was Dustin like as a teenager? Was he a bitch back then too?

DAVE: He was the same. He was a bitch…(laughs)…he hasn’t changed much. He even looked the same! He played with Rogue for awhile. They practiced right next to our space, so it was cool seeing him. He had gotten a lot better.

I didn’t realize you were ever in Rogue, Dustin.

DUSTIN: Did Maris call me a bitch?…(everyone laughs)…Well before Rogue there was Cemetery. Once that broke up, Bill decided to start Rogue, but ultimately it didn’t work out between him and I. So now, instead of just one great band, you have two.

How did you get into the band, Mikey?

MIKEY: Believe it or not, it was Bill Terrell.

Really?

MIKEY: I bitched at Bill for five years solid. “I need a band, I need a good band, I need a bunch of good guys.” I told him if he ever came across one, for him to give me a call. It took about three years. I basically just sat around and waited for the right band.

What about you, Brian?

BRIAN: I knew Dave when I was in a different band. I kept in touch with him. I eventually decided to get out of the band I was in and start another one. I called Dave asking him for a drummer. At that time, he was getting rid of a bassist and a guitarist, so there was an opening. So that’s how I ended up getting involved.

Dave since you’re at at the nucleus of BRUTAL INFLICTION, your influences are probably at the heart of the band’s sound. Which bands did you draw your inspiration from?

DAVE: For me, Slayer and Rage Against The Machine were huge influences. Pantera was as well. When I met T.J, he was listening to a lot of ICP and Twizted. We just kind of combined the two.

Your sound come across as more straight up Metal than it does Hip Hop.

TJ: I see our music as being more Metal, but our lyrics are more of a rap style with a Metal edge.

DAVE: We didn’t want to go straight up Death Metal. I thought we’d like to do something a little more commercial.

TJ, if you could do a side project that was straight up Hip Hop, would ya?

TJ: It’s something that could happen, but I’m happy with the direction we are taking BRUTAL INFLICTION.

I always thought the band name sounded very 80’s. If you went national, and your label wanted you to change your name, would you? And if so, what would you change it to?

DAVE: I always liked the name “Hatebox.” Since there is Sickbox out there, I didn’t want to go with it. I like our band name now, but I’m not married to it. It’s a good name, but there’s more out there.

Is BRUTAL INFLICTION comfortable with the term Nu Metal as a tag for their music?

DAVE: The second show we ever did, we had this flier with a picture of TJ’s face on it all distorted looking. We looked at it and decided it was New Age Metal without a doubt.

DUSTIN: Did Maris call me a bitch? (Laughter)

Tell me about the first show BRUTAL INFLICTION ever played.

DAVE: It was at our first guitarist’s house. It was in his basement. We did a Halloween party. It was pretty cool. We did it all up in cob webs. We had kegs down there. We had quite a few people come to it. The lineup has pretty much changed since then, but we went over well and it was a lot of drunk fun.

What are you all like when you are fucked up?

DAVE: Dustin is obnoxious. I mean, he gets bad. He gets women hitting him (Laughs). He’s been removed from bars before. Mikey is pretty schizophrenic when he gets messed up. He goes from Mr. Nice Guy to Mr. pissed off. I haven’t been around Brian enough when he’s fucked up. From what I know, he’s basically the same guy. He’s only been with the band for about three months. TJ is extremely quite when he gets fucked up.

TJ: I like to say “fuck” and “shit” a lot. (Laughs)

DUSTIN: Dave grows an extra foot when he drinks, Mike hide’s a lot…because he’s hiding from Dave (Laughs). I suppose I do get a little obnoxious…(laughs). But I don’t drink before a show.

You always look so unimpressed and lethargic when you play drums, Dustin, why is that?

DUSTIN: For me, getting up there and playing is important. I take it very seriously. It’s more a job for me than a hobby…Did you call me a bitch? (Laughter)

BRIAN: I don’t know…pass.

What’s the harshest drug each of you have ever done?

DAVE: I’ve never shot up or anything like that, but cocaine is probably the hardest.

DUSTIN: The hardest drug I’ve ever done is women (everybody laughs)

MIKEY: Just green buds.

BRIAN: Pass.

TJ: I don’t think I want to answer this question

Why not?

TJ: Uh..well…Cocaine.

So you’ll tell me about the drugs you’ve done but not the best blowjob you’ve ever received. What kind of shit is that?

TJ: Yeah, I know (Laughs)

Well, let’s talk about blowjobs in a future sense. What is the ultimate blowjob you could get, that you are still waiting to get?

TJ: Well, how about down in Dave’s basement, in his shower, the one with three shower heads in it, with five girls and just me.

DAVE: Yeah, but the girls have to be able to put everything in her mouth including your nuts. That would be the ultimate blowjob.

Would that be easy to do TJ, or are you too big for a female mortal to fit it all in her mouth?

TJ: Well, that depends on if it’s soft or hard.

Ooooooooooh, I”m not gonna go any farther or I’m gonna get hard. Let me change the subject a bit. If each of you had a mental illness, assuming you don’t now, which type of mental illness do you think you would all suffer from?

TJ: I would probably be schizophrenic (Laughter). Either that or severely depressed.

DAVE: I would be homicidal

BRIAN: I don’t know. Pass.

MIKEY: I would be schizophrenic and manic depressive

DUSTIN: I don’t know if I could answer for myself, but I can answer for some of these other guys (Laughs). Mike’s mother didn’t hold him enough so he’d be depressed (laughter). I think Dave was abandoned, so he’s gonna kill everyone (more laugher). TJ would probably just walk around mumbling words to himself (more laughter). Brian would be dead in a parking lot, after getting into a knife fight in some bar (everybody laughs).

How does your new CD, “Plague of Extinction” compare to “Nature of The Grave?”

DAVE: Well, we’ve obviously grown by leaps and bounds. Not just because we’ve grown as a band, but the recording itself is way better. We’ve grown 100 fold from that first CD. It was a great experience for us to get into the studio and have some real studio time. You learn a lot about each member of a band when you are in the studio. There is a lot more stress and it’s very different from playing live. You’re stressed on how well you want it to come out. Everything you play wrong is immediately apparent. As you get more studio time and you get better at it, it’s easier to do. I think that first album was a good experience but it came out a little shaky. We thought a lot of those songs were strong, but that they just needed to be recorded and produced better. So we took five of the best off of “Nature of The Grave” and re-recorded them in Rudy’s Studio. They came out phenomenal. Mark Obermeyer produced the CD. He did a phenomenal job.

Tell me about Infexious Recordz. How did that come about.

DAVE: Bill Terrell had been pondering the idea of starting a record label. He’s been through a world of hurt going through record companies not following through with what they said they were going to do. It’s been hard for him. So, for the last couple of years he’s been pondering the idea of starting a label. He has a lot of connections. He put together a group of people that he thought would be a strong team. Everything from distribution to marketing, financial and so on. He’s pretty much gathered the group of people who will be an asset to making everything happen.

Who?

DAVE: It might be too early to let the cat out of the bag. Basically, what we want to do is take one band out of Denver that has the talent to make it off of one song. Who we are pushing right now is Rogue. Tyfoid Mary and BRUTAL INFLICTION are the two other bands.

To make it off of one song, requires radio play. That often requires compromise if you are as heavy a band as the one’s you’ve mentioned.

DAVE: Rogue has one soft song called “Blue.” Most people will buy a CD after they hear one, really good song. The song we are pushing is “Blue.” If it takes off, the idea is to take that money, get them going and then work on promoting Tyfoid Mary and BRUTAL INFLICTION.

Yeah, but does that mean Brutal Infliction will have to write their own “Blue?”

DAVE: As far as us going mainstream, we’re not looking to do that. We want to stay the heavy, underground band that we are. There is less money involved, there’s less people involved, but it’s where we’re at right now. As far as the future goes, our own sound will evolve.

Who would your dream band be to tour with?

DAVE: Slayer, Mudvayne or Slipknot would be great.

TJ: Insane Clown Posse or Twizted.

BRIAN: Slayer

MIKEY: Pantera

DUSTIN: Slayer

If money was no object, what kind of stage show would BRUTAL INFLICTION be known for?

DAVE: We’re a big production kind of band. You can see hints of it now. We would love to have more smoke and lights. We’d love to have more naked girls on stage and guys running around with axes.

DUSTIN: I’d like to set my drums on fire

MIKEY: I wish I could afford to smash all of my equipment at the end of every show.

TJ: I’d like to set Dustin on fire and beat him up with Mike’s equipment (everybody laughs).

Well since you have such love for each other, tell me what strength each other have and what it brings to the band.

DAVE: Dustin is a great drummer. He’s the best musician I’ve ever played with. He always gets complimented. He’s really modest about it too. He’s reliable. He’s always at practice, he knows how to communicate. He’s always just been one of the best people to work with. Mikey is new but he’s determined to make this thing work. His determination to do this and be a part of the team just about surpasses anybody else in the band. TJ has been able to put up with just about anything from losing members to not having members to begin with. He has been through so much with me and yet he always sticks with this. Brian is our other new member. He is full of determination too. He is kind of in a sticky situation being he has children. He lives way up in Northglenn and yet he makes it here three to four nights a week making it happen. He’s always out there promoting as well. He even has people in other states, including his Mom helping us out.

DUSTIN: Mike brings heart and emotion. Dave brings tactics and game plan. TJ brings image and attitude. And Brian’s biggest strength is putting up with all of us!