The following interview was taken from our good friends' site, 1605.com.

Interview taken at The Boardwalk in Sacramento California, 2-10-01.

JC - Do you guys have any plans for another tour once the COC tour ends?
NF - Yeah we're going to do 2 weeks up in the Northeast in the Great Lakes. And then were gonna try to go to Europe in April. Other than that we don't have any major headlining tour runs planned untilprobably the middle of late summer.

JC -Will the band be having a cd release party around the time that the new cd will hit stores?
NF - Actually we're doing a cd release party tour, almost. We're doing like 2 weeks in a lot of places like Ohio, Michigan and Boston, that same tour I was just talking about a couple shows with radio stations like a cd release party. That starts March 20.

JC - What bands would you be touring with?
NF - Nobody, it'll just be ourselves.

JC - Assuming PRF is going to be the single off the new album, Any word on a video?
NF - We probably won't have a video.

JC - Do you have a favorite Marlon Brando or Steve McQueen movie?
NF - No, actually I'm not a big fan of movies, Marlon Brando was good in Apocalypse Now though.
JC - The Great Escape was pretty sweet too
NF - Yeah

JC - If you got on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, who would be your lifeline?
NF - Probably my dad, he's pretty bright.

JC - What bands are you currently taking an ear to?
NF - Not much, I didn't bring any CD's on tour because I always lose them. So I don't really listen to anything. Trying to think there's gotta be something.
(in the background "Jay-Z")
NF - Yeah Jay-Z (laughter)

JC - There is a rumor going around that Clutch might play on the Tattoo the Earth tour, any comments?
NF - News to me, we might but I haven't heard anything about it.

JC - Who is working on the artwork for the new cd?
NF - Shawn Evens, he's the guy who did the Elephant Riders artwork.
JC - The b/w picture with Clutch at top and Pure Rock Fury at the bottom?
NF - Yeah that's it

JC - If you could describe Clutch to someone that has never heard of you, how would you describe your music?
NF - Good, Rock n roll
JC - What type of category if any?
NF - I dunno, its hard to say when your knee deep in the middle of it. I know writers love to describe and pigeonhole stuff, but we've been called hardcore, we've been called metal, stoner-rock and guitar-rock, whatever's clever.

JC - Are there any plans for all the songs that were recorded for Slow Hole to China?
NF - We always have the desire to put out a b-sides album, but it's not a top priority.

JC - What does the band think of the demos being sold on Ebay and some of the songs leaking onto Napster?
NF - See the thing about demos its like, they're not proper yet. And there's the people that say the demos are better and that's the kind of person that the first thing that they hear is what they're going to fall in love with. I don't like it when demos get out cause it's sorta like your diary getting out, it's a rough draft. You don't want your teacher to judge you on your rough draft ya know. But as far as Napster and all that, that's all well and good it doesn't bother me, just as long as people don't make money off of it. And we know who does, we know.

JC - Besides making great music, what else do you all do in your spare time?
NF - Not much, play station hockey. I don't do a helluva lot. Sitting on the sofa is one of my favorite pastimes.

JC - Well thanks a ton for letting me do this interview
NF - Hey no problem
JC - Good luck on the rest of the tour

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