Wrong! Keep trying tho!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
What's the story behind how the Skanks ended?
Boy meets girl, boy starts band, boy and girl break up, girl tries to fuck Sindy, Sindy busy with other girl, girl tries to fuck Ronnie, Ronnie not busy, band breaks up.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
What's the best gift you've ever given?
The entire Kiss catalogue as an Xmas present in 2007.
-Ronnie
Where do you guys rehearse?
Soundworks on Faversham street Marrickville, we're actually heading there later tonight. True story.
Ronnie, when are you gonna get that Euro beast back on the road and come for a ride?
as soon as I can get a new engine in it, I can't wait to get back on the road! I miss ridin' my 'cycle like crazy!
What was the 'real job', Ronnie?
Factory work, forklifts, packing, labor etc. it was great because I got a motorcycle and it gave me perspective on how it's really not my place in the 9 to 5 world.
I don't date either Ronnie and I'm afraid I cannot reveal my identity haha
Ah the anonymity of the internet, I don't know if it makes me laugh or wanna throw up. Either way, happy stalking!
In the mean time buy some stuff www.thebandlust.com/store
Ronnie are you single? If you are, wanna go out sometime? ; )
Yep, I don't go on dates, who are you?
Can you recommend any places in Sydney to go to for an Ace Frehley tattoo?
Mattoo at Bondi Ink, he's the man!
What was the worst advice you've ever received?
"Get a real job", worst year of my life and a complete waste of time.
-Ronnie
can we please enter ron in this? the charity wont know what hit them! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=158261760868831&index=1
Haha oh god, I'm actually up for doing that, that'd be hilarious. "Shall we start the bidding at a Gibson Les Paul?"
-Ronnie
Ronnie. How does one get lucky enough to have you as a guitar teacher?
Just email me at ronnie@thebandlust.com or find me on facebook and message me, my name is "Ronnie Simmons" haha, look forward to hearing from you!
Monday, October 11, 2010
Ronnie, is your 'lipstick killer' tatt inspired by 'new York dolls'?
Yep! I got in 2007 after seeing them play the Metro in Sydney, love the dolls.
Ronnie, do you think any of the people you teach guitar have any potential? :)
Definitely, it's great and refreshing to see another generation influenced by great music and driven to want to play it themselves.
So Ronnie, if Simmons is your real last name, does that mean you are a jew? haha
Haha, what an odd question. Well as my mother was raised protestant and my father raised catholic, now both atheists that means I'm none of the above. I think I could have Jewish heritage way back in my bloodline but I really wouldn't know, either way, I'll See You In Hell ;)
Ronnie! Joey Ramone called, He wants his haircut back!
hahaha, hey I bought it off ebay fair n square ok?!
Awesome!! People probs think whatever happened to that Ronnie kid, then you see on poster supporting Angry!
Haha probably, as corny as it sounds it really just does go to show that you should follow your heart, not what other people tell you to.
I remember my first "girlfriend" all those years ago when I was 13 and posing playing Ace Frehley solos in front of the mirror broke up with me because "the 'Kiss thing' was getting weird".
Guess I got the last laugh huh? haha
When you met Ace Frehley did you get to hear his famous laugh?
Haha I wish, he's sober now! We got glimpses of it, but not anything as full on as on the Tom Snyder show.
Ronnie how long have you being playing guitar for and do you remember your first gig?
This is my tenth year of playing guitar, so nearly half my life!
I remember all my firsts, I'm very sentimental haha.
The first gig I ever played I was 13 at the school talent quest. I got dressed up as Gene Simmons, in the make up and everything, drooled and spat blood everywhere, made my own costume, even stuck foam to the bottom of a pair of sneakers to make platforms and got up all by myself (no-one else liked Kiss, I was the "weird kid") and played and sang "Rock and Roll All Night". I didn't win, but I made a few girls scream (in horror when they saw me drooling blood) I thought that was pretty cool.
Little did I know 8 years later I'd be opening up for Ace Frehley around the country!
Hey Ronnie, what is your dream guitar?? Or if you already have it, what is it??
Hey WIll!
A 70's white Gibson Les Paul Custom, so I almost already have it haha, mines a 2003.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
What was the best advice you've ever received?
"Ronnie, quit your job, practice your instrument for 8 hours a day and live off your girlfriend" - Mickey Dee, Motorhead 2007
If you had to take one of the following names, which would you pick & why? 1.Zany Porn Heroes 2.Major Rainbow Madness 3.Dance Dance Hair Salon Fever 4.Underwater Sex Jihad 5.Fruity Spider World 6.High-speed Wizard Bastards. I'm out of ideas.
High-speed Wizard Bastards, definitely. It sounds like the title of a whacked out Motorhead song
You guys seem to be less glam than you used to be. Whas this a decision or did it just kinda happen?
It just happened, we've always considered ourselves a rock and roll band first and foremost.
So I got these snakes right, and they're sort of illegal but I wanna tattoo L.U.S.T. on his belly. So I can't keep this snake right I wondered if you were coming through Sydney sometime soon and I will sell you this snake for a burger or somethin.
We're in Sydney right now, L.U.S.T. snake burgers sound tasty
did any of you go to newtown high? i swear i recognise this band... besides all the spam lol
Yeah I did 'til I was "asked to leave"
-Ronnie
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Is the riff from "Wanna Get Drunk" all downstrokes? Because they's some mighty fast downstrokes.
Yep, ALL down strokes! By the time we finished recording that I thought my arm was going to fall off!
-Ronnie
Is the riff from "Wanna Get Drunk" all downstrokes? Because they's some mighty fast downstrokes.
Yep, ALL down strokes! By the time we finished recording that I thought my arm was going to fall off!
-Ronnie
Ron, why have I no seen you play the JEM in ages?! Also, what was your setup for recording the album gear wise, you got some sweet rhythm tones man
I was actually playing it right now as I read this!
I've been sticking with my Gibson Les Paul Custom live because (aside from it being awesome) I'm now a part of the Gibson guitars family. They've been very very good to me and I wouldn't want to be unfaithful.
Thanks dude! Recording gear wise I used a combination of Pete's Hughes and Kettner Triamp MkII and his Marshall 30th anniversary head run into a Marshall 1960A cab, crunch channels for the rhythm guitars and lead channels for the solos/leads.
Guitar wise I used so many guitars it's almost become a blur, for the guts of it I mainly used a couple of Gibson Les Paul standards. On top of that I used a Les Paul SG custom, Les Paul Jr., the Jem, a Peavey Wolfgang and a Fender Tele.
Live however I use the lead channel for all of my distorted sound, it just has more guts seeings there's only one of me.
I really want to get my hands on a Gibson Les Paul Axcess, I know for a lot of people putting a floyd rose into a Les Paul is almost sacrilege but there are a few parts live that I wish I could recreate but can't with the fixed bridge... plus I couldn't give a shit, I think it's pretty cool, I mean Steve Clark pulled it off.
do you guys answer ALL your questions? are there any that you leave out?
We try to, it's hard to answer them ALL as so many constantly keep coming in, and we generally ignore the abusive ones after having a good laugh.
Ronnie did it hurt getting the Ramones eagle tattooed on your back and does getting tattoo hurt in general?
Hell yeah it hurt!
Still haven't had it finished yet, gotta put the arrows into the shield right on my spine. It's by far the most painful tat I've had done, then again it's also the biggest.
All tattoos hurt, some just more than others.
-Ronnie
When are you guys coming back to Adelaide?! You fucking RAWKED at Enigma and I'd kill to see you guys again. Pretty sure everyone there feels the same.
Hopefully one more time before the end of the year! We'll definitely keep you posted, we love Adelaide!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
What's the story behind the Les Paul Standard no longer in Ronnie's possession?
Haha oh god...
Alright.
Well, there was a young girl who was a fan of the band who after sleeping with a few times (oblivious to me, as usual) began to have "feelings" for me. I entered a relationship with another girl and she continued to carry a torch, so in her mind a way to win me over was to give me her tobacco burst Gibson Les Paul standard.
I couldn't believe it, nobody had ever given me something like that before, in a messenger conversation discussing the guitar she said "it's yours to do what you want with" so I took a screen shot and saved it.
As L.U.S.T. went into the studio to record the album that would become First Tattoo I used the Les Paul to record a lot of the rhythm guitars and some leads, it was a great sounding guitar, the girl offered to help out coming into the studio filming sessions and giving me lifts, even attempted to become best friends with the girl I was with, started dressing like her, changed her hair to be the same as hers. I was incredibly flattered, eventually we slept together again.
I made it incredibly clear that there was nothing serious going on between us and there never would be. After we had finished tracking the album, one day the girl I was with broke up with me, I had no idea why. It turns out the girl who had given me the guitar had told her I had been with another girl whilst on tour in an attempt to break us up so she could have me all to herself.
So I came clean about sleeping with the girl who had given me the guitar behind her back, apologized, we got back together, I sold the guitar & spent the money on getting the Ramones eagle tattooed the size of my back.
One afternoon we were sound checking at the Gaelic club in Sydney and I kept getting calls from an anonymous number, eventually I found out it was the girls father, she had lied to him and said I'd stolen the guitar, he said that if I didn't pay him the cost of the guitar he was going to take me to court. So I sent him the screen shot I had taken and that was the end of that.
It's not something I'd do again, and I do miss playing that guitar, but it was cursed.
-Ronnie.
Would you ever consider bringing in another guitarist to join LUST?
We've often thought about it, I like the freedom of being the only guitarist in L.U.S.T. however I do miss having another axeman to bounce ideas off and feed off onstage.
Like having Joel up from Torch Le Monde at the Gaelic was awesome because we were able to recreate harmonies live. For now I'm going to continue being in charge of all things six stringed, but I definitely wouldn't rule out the possibility of us welcoming another guitarist into the L.U.S.T. family in the future.
-Ronnie
Monday, October 4, 2010
Are you gonna be making any more videos like First Tattoo and is there recent live footage besides the Boys Are Back In Town cover?
We're in the process of planning a video for Fight Fire With Fire, it's going to be massive, expect it to be released by the end of the year. More live footage will be up shortly.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Will "Get Em Out" and "Little Devil" be on the album?
Get 'em out and Little Devil WERE recorded for the album however won't be on the first release, expect them to be B-sides for singles and then on a special edition of the album in the future
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