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Music Interviews Electric Six 
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| Electric Six |
| By Afsheen Shaikh | |
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Monday, 13 October 2003 The Grand Na$hinal
 Bizarre names and facial hair aren't the only ambiguous facts about Electric Six. They also seem to be unpredictable. Frontman Dick Valentine is seemingly difficult to get hold of, so it is up to drummer Corey 'M' Martin to represent the sextet from Detroit. On a Thursday morning at approximately 10.20am, a sleepy voice answers the phone. "Good morning, is that Corey Martin?" "Uhhhh, noooo. He’s kinda not up for it right now – he’d had a rather late night. This is Johnny Na$hinal, the guitar player. You wanna talk to me or are you going to try back in a few hours?" Great, what a disaster. "I’d be happy to talk to you, if you wish", the voice slurs. Sure, why not? It can't get any worse. After some changes to the questions, we crack on. Three members left the band this year and you're one of the new replacements. Are you planning to stick with it or will you be playing musical chairs again? I think everyone’s really happy so far. People in the band are generally excited and are making the most of it. We’re musicians of a fairly decent calibre and speaking at least for myself, the new members are very happy in the group. Did Dick give you any advice prior to joining the band? Are you confident your next single ‘Dance Commander’ can repeat the success of 'Danger! High Voltage' and 'Gay Bar'? I would hope so for the good of the universe. (M suddenly yells out something inaudible) Oh, M says to say that he loves bangers and mash! He’s moving around in his bed. Ohhkaay... The most common features in your album Fire are fire, nuclear war, sex and disco – explain. Hmm, well, let’s see: fire, nuclear war, sex and disco... those things always went together for me! I take fires as metaphors. I like to take them literally - things burn and then they blow up and it’s pretty close to dancing and sex as well! Most artists would pick an attractive young woman to star in their videos. Whose bright idea was it to have a scary old woman in bondage gear for 'Danger!'? I would assume it was the [Tom] Kuntz and [Mike] McGuire directing team. I think it fitted in with Dick and the rest of the crew’s acute sense of humour. That video freaks me out every time. Yeah, it does the same to me! When I first saw it (obviously I wasn’t a member of the band), it made total sense to me knowing these guys for so long. It’s left a very dark imprint in my memory. (laughs) The rumour of Jack White on vocals for 'Danger!' is well documented. Regardless of whether or not it is true, are you chuffed it raised your profile? I would say so. I’d like to believe that the sheer energy of the song was what did it but rumours often do help build things up. Any press is good press, I guess. Electric Six have toured the UK many times – why don’t you emigrate? But the eggs aren’t. Yeah, I’d have to import my own eggs! Is 'Dick Valentine' his stage name? I read an interview which said his real name is Tyler. Is that true or a wind-up? I can’t comment on this. Is there a squeaky chair or a mouse squeaking in ‘Improper Dancing’? I heard it was Jack White! It’s probably one of the synthesisers. I didn’t hear about any chair although it’s entirely possible – stranger things have happened. Jack White or Jack Black? Ohh, that’s so tricky! (takes a deep breath and exhales) Black just ‘cos I like the colour better! I often thought they should do an interview with Jack Black interviewing Jack White and vice versa. That would be interesting! I don’t know if anyone has tapped into that yet. Don’t you think your keyboardist Tait Nucleus looks like Sideshow Bob? Oh most definitely! With black hair, though! Have you been to see David Blaine yet? Who would you like to put in a perspex box for 44 days without any food? Maybe the singer from Linkin Park with a bunch of teddy bears. He needs some love, you know – there’s too much angst in that guy! What sort of emails do you get from fans? Eminem or Madonna? (both are from Detroit) J: Yeah, that’s a tough one. ‘Like A Virgin’ era Madonna would actually be more of a challenge to decide but Madonna today, I think she’s written off her Detroit creds so I would say Eminem.  What do you think of The Darkness? You've got better handlebar moustaches than their bass player.Blair or Bush? Oh God! I’m not a huge follower of politics but if it was Bush or Hitler, I would say Hitler. I think Bush is destroying our country – it’s terrible! You could put both of them in a box for 44 days. Have you noticed they are starting to resemble one another?
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