HORROR HOOTENANNY 13 Questions with DEAD DICK HAMMER

Dr. Gangrene is getting ready to bring you the Horror Hootenanny this Saturday!

Here's 13 Questions with Dead Dick Hammer!

1. Name and weapon of choice in the band:

Dick Hammer, the Brains

2. Favorite movie monster?

Jeano Rod from Deep Spank Blod

3. Best horror movie you've seen recently?

Sorry, I haven't been watching any movies, been busy working graveyard shift.

4. Remakes: Yes or No?

No

5. What bands inspired you to play music?

all of them

6. What do you like to do when not playing music?

Dead chicks.

7. Munsters or Addams Family?

The saw is family.

8. Favorite song to play live?

 Return of the Creatures From The Black Gal's Poon (Now in Smell-0-Vision)

9. Favorite moment on stage/tour?

Whenever we dont have to buy a new tires

10. Misfits, Ramones, or Cramps?

Cramps

11. Pet pees?

They usually pee on the car tires or on a tree sometimes on each other but most time the poop in the field first thing in the morning.

12. Favorite Halloween memory?

Not when Busta Rhymes drop kicked Michael Myers thats for sure.

13. What would you like to have written on your tombstone when all is said and done?

Here lies Dead Dick Hammer again, Maybe this time it will w

HORROR HOOTENANNY 13 Questions with TIM from DEAD DICK HAMMER

Dr. Gangrene is interviewing the people of THE HORROR HOOTENANY.

13 Questions each.

Today's victim is TIM from DEAD DICK HAMMER!

Name and weapon of choice in the band:

Tim Howard (Hekter) Drums

Favorite movie monster?

Can't say I have a favorite, there's so many. Dracula, Jason, Mike Myers are a few

Best horror movie you've seen recently?

Went to see IT, it was pretty good

Remakes: Yes or No?

Depends on the situation. For me the remake has to pay homage in some way to the original.

What bands inspired you to play music?

I have a lot of influences, I'll name a few..80s Metallica, Kyuss, clutch

What do you like to do when not playing music?

I like to watch old kung fu movies, I like to draw, I like to throw darts

Munsters or Addams Family?

i like them both

Favorite song to play live?

That's a tough one...I would say Catfish Gravy. It gets you going

Favorite moment on stage/tour?

Hmmm..I don't really have a favorite moment.

Misfits, Ramones, or Cramps?

Ramones

Pet peeves?

Rude people

Favorite Halloween memory?

I have several. One year we let my step daughter have some friends over, got to scare some kids lol

What would you like to have written on your tombstone when all is said and done?

Nothing. No tombstones. No graves.

HORROR HOOTENANNY 13 Questions with DOREEN LAVEAU

13 Questions With Dr. Gangrene

Dr. Gangrene wants you to meet to people of The Horror Hootenanny so he has organized a set of questions.

Tune in daily!

Today's victim is!

DOREEN from DEAD DICK HAMMER

Name and weapon of choice in the band:

Doreen Laveau - Bass

Favorite movie monster?

Creature from the Black Lagoon

Best horror movie you've seen recently?

The Green Room (only because we have played some similar places-without knowing beforehand)

Remakes: Yes or No?

Movies-not so much.

Songs-depends on the band.

What bands inspired you to play music?

Triggerfinger, Graveyard, Clutch, QOTSA…

What do you like to do when not playing music?

Hang with my fur babies

Munsters or Addams Family?

Munsters

Favorite song to play live?

Creature from the Black Gal’s Poon

Favorite moment on stage/tour?

Favorite moment on tour would have to be blowing people’s minds who have never heard us before. (A little full of myself p)

Misfits, Ramones, or Cramps?

 Cramps

Pet peeves?

Offensive drivers and when people look up answers on their phone, instead of taking someone’s word for it.

Favorite Halloween memory?

Don’t have one yet.

What would you like to have written on your tombstone when all is said and done?

Wife, Mom, and Best Bass Player in the World. HAHAHAHAH

Horror Hootenanny 11

The details for the 11th annual Dr. Gangrene's Horror Hootenanny are officially announced, and we're excited to announce a new venue this year, as well as a slightly different format. This year we'll be showcasing 3 bands early on in the evening, with a special 40th anniversary/Marilyn Burns tribute screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre at Midnight, with special guest John GRANDPA Dugan.

As always the event is a costume party, with special prizes for winners, plus a dollar discount at the door for all who come dressed in costume. There are 2 separate areas at the new venue, the CULT FICTION UNDERGROUND. One is the screening room where the bands will play and the movie at midnight. The other room is the bar area where the Halloween party will rage until the wee hours of the morning.

The Horror Hootenanny has been howling for over a decade - this is the eleventh annual Hootenanny, Nashville's premiere Halloween event. make plans now - it's gonna be a scream!

Hoot 8 Interview Series - DEAD DICK HAMMER

Who the hell are ya and what is your job in the band (details)?

Ringleader and voice of the voice-less

What did you do musically before Dead Dick Hammer (bands etc)?

Before I died I was a successful musician and rock-n-roll sensation known as Richie Hammer, A.K.A. lil Richie Skinn'r Back.I was also an uncredited sessions musician and song writer of several Memphis based recordings from 1953-1957

What are your favorite/most influential bands?
Gene Vincent, T-Bone Walker,Cliff Gallup, The Devil (you know he taught Robert Johnson and Django?)

What are your favorite/most influential horror flicks?

Frankenstien, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Wolfman,Phantom of the Opera,Creature from the Black Lagoon ,Bluebeard ,Dracula

What movie scared you the most?
Love Me Tender

Most overrated Horror movie?

Them

Who is the biggest celebrity you have ever met?

I met Elvis in 1954 but one of my favorites would be Buddy Holly,
we used to drank liqour and chase whores together in Hell back before my recent awakening, here's a lil know fact friend,,,He hated Elvis

What Dead Dick Hammer song is your favorite to play live?

LIVE? we are of the undead,,,favorite song? ALL OF EM!! I dont play songs that I don't like, Songs that don't condone the mainstream auto-tuned boom boom shit garbage pollution that seeped into my grave and woke me from death!!!!

What is one cool thing the kids may not know about Dead Dick Hammer?

..other then my dick being the coolest part of me, my body anyhow, prolly the fact that I like my women like I like my wine,,,,in a box!,,,,

Now everyone who reads this, come to the Horror Hootenanny or I shall be forced to have Doctor Kong ( undead drummer for the t.b.a. and voodoo priest) shrink your heads and curse you all to shit maggots and night crawlers until you die!