This band is an absolute must considering the amount of energy they create with their songs. This is greasy but energetic horror rock at its best! It was about time that I do some talking with these people for my webzine.

Wolfie – Hootin’ and Hollering and Horror
Blood Hand Sam– Bangin’ & Bleeding and Horror
McNasty – Guitar Horror
Handsome Jimmy – Bass Horror
Jeano Roid – Guitar Horror

Welcome to my webzine. For start, how would you describe The Creeping Cruds to the readers of this zine?

McNasty- Take equal parts AC/DC, RAMONES and MOTÖRHEAD. Mix in equal parts blood, guts, gore & dark humor.

Wolfie– Add to that monster movies with a pinch of  deep southern fried TWANG.

McNasty– Blend throughly and Enjoy.

Bloodhand Sam– -Laser-focused, knuckle-headed, horror movie themed, old school Nashville punk rock.

Jeano– Self-indulgent drivel for middle aged monster-kids.

Handsome Jimmy– (sits quietly being handsome).

 

Your songs sound so greasy and dirty but at the same time very energetic. Where do you get your lyrical inspiration from? What comes first, music or the lyrics?

Jeano– We make up a list of ten preposterous titles then take a decade to populate that list with matching music.

Bloodhand Sam– I play drumbs.

Mcnasty–  Music is first, usually. Inspiration strikes at unusual and random times.

Wolfie– Muses are monster and slasher films from all genres and era’s. The order of inspiration varies, but if the music don’t work, the words don’t matter. A lot of the time the words work but the music ain’t quite right so the  lyrics hover and linger like a disembodied soul  waiting to inhabit the right music.

Handsome Jimmy– (brushes lint from his t-shirt)

Did you guys play in Europe?

McNasty– Never played Europe. Would be nice to one day.

Bloodhand Sam– I’ve played Europe with other bands. America doesn’t respect the act of performance or, maybe, see it in its logical social context.

Wolfie– I played in Croatia (and all of the former Yugoslavia) back in 1976 with a group called The St. Louis Junior Tamburitzans. I played celo.  Ja sam Amerikanac rođen Hrvatski.(google translation)  My father was born in Vinkovci my mother in Belgrade. Big shout out to my peeps In Zagreb, Vinkovci and Dubrovnik. Zivjeli!  I’m also a Vuco fan. Volim Piti!

Jeano– Europe hates The Creeping Cruds. They told us so.

Handsome Jimmy– (sits quietly being handsome).

You work with Stikman records/Spat rec as a band. Are you pleased with those labels? To what extent would you allow the label to mix with the band politics and songmaking?

Jeano– In 2016 there is no such thing as a label.

Wolfie– Stikman records/Spat are soley distribution. They do it for the glory. As far as politics goes, the US has become a 24 hour political-propaganda Scheiße Sturm. Don’t need to add to that. That’s not to say every once in a while there might be a a little nugget of double entendre.

Handsome Jimmy– (sits quietly being handsome).

Bloodhand Sam– I play drumbs.

How is living in USA in general? Is there such a thing as an American dream?

Handsome Jimmy– (lights a camel).

McNasty– living is living…the “American dream” sometimes seems like a nightmare….probably best to just leave it at that.

Wolfie– Right now? It’s kinda like we’re in a  recurring a historical nightmare, ( if one knows one’s history). Stuff is happening kinda like how I wound up being born in the US.

Bloodhand Sam– When we talk about “the American dream” we’re referring specifically to successful adult white males. The rest are support cast at best. Makes zero sense.

Jeano– Hot dogs, apple pie and horror movies. The American Dream.

Do you have a strong scene in Nashville? How about Tennessee in general?(venues, bands, gigs, zines etc)

Jeano– There is no strong scene in Nashville. But there is a strong smell.

McNasty– I try not to pay attention to the “scene”. Most times all it is is fashion trends and a who you know kind of world.

Wolfie– Nashville is “Music City”. Primarily, country music, but you can generally  find quality music in almost all genres. That diversity makes for smaller audiences in town. But it makes for fierce fans! Go out to the smaller towns and you’ll get a big time welcome!

Bloodhand Sam– I play drumbs.

Handsome Jimmy– (gets up to go to the rest room).

Is there some new material coming out? How was the feedback until now?

McNasty– New material is always being worked on…it just a matter of quality over quantity. Feedback is generally favorable.

Wolfie– We got a lot of solid set of songs that we’ve been playing for years. We just gotta’ record it before the silver bullet gets me.

Bloodhand Sam– Great new songs but the guy who’s wanting to record us right now (me) is kind of a fuck-up. God no. Feedback was horrible. Just horrible.

Handsome Jimmy– (returns from then restroom).

How did you guys come to love horror? How did you get in contact with the underground scene in general?

Jeano–  Television – both questions.

Wolfie–  I always liked horror and sci-fi monster movies and supernatural stuff like The Exorcist. Just did.

McNasty– I always liked monster movies as a kid and scary things in general…don’t know what is was that I found so appealing. The underground found us, we just did as we did.

Bloodhand Sam– My first crush as a kid was Morticia Addams from the Addams Family tv show from the 60s. It just got worse from there.

Handsome Jimmy– (goes back to the restroom to wash his hands).

Lets talk horror. Horror movie vs horror book? What is your fave horror movie subgenre?

McNasty– Movies over books. Always been more a non-fiction reader – true crime, history & music bios. I tend to lean towards the goofy B-movie Splatter films. The more outrageously gory, the better.

Wolfie– I’m a tad on the  dyslexic side, so was it movies mostly me for.

Bloodhand Sam– I Love the Creepy Pasta thing. Different media have different effectiveness. If pressed, though, I do love a good vintage horror movie!

Jeano– They make horror books? Poop horror. Poop horror is the best.

Handsome Jimmy– (Tosses paper towel into trash. sits quietly being handsome).

We are closing the end of this interview. Is there some scary urban legend in Nashville that you could share with us? Thank you for the interview.

McNasty– Scary urban legend….hmmm…oh, I got one…Kid Rock is country. Haha!

Wolfie– The greatest mystery in Nashville is when  Nashville radio DJs figured out that the  country music  community was  being replaced by emotionless alien duplicate pod like creatures starting  back in the late 80’s and early 90’s.

Bloodhand Sam– I don’t know about Nashville, but here in Murfreesboro, there’s a store that people say that if you buy something there, you will never leave Murfreesboro. The only way to break the curse is if you piss on the spire that marks the geographic center of TN. I finger-banged a lesbian there once but it didn’t work.

Handsome Jimmy– (seems nervous and leaves the room).

Jeano– The two actual urban legends are The Bell Witch and the lesser known Dozier Coven. These old gals were up to some serious witchery and were said to have frozen several dozen yankee soldiers with a mere stare, allowing Confederate soldiers to do them in during The Battle of Franklin. After the war a group of freed slaves confronted the witches and put an end to the evil once and for all.  They say there is a secret cemetery where the coven is buried, each facing downward so they cannot look to the night sky and conjur a way out of their graves. As no one knows where the cemetery is maybe they have already escaped! Thanks again  for taking the time to talk with us.