The
following interview was taken from CMJ
New Music Monthly May 2001 issue.
In
My Room
Rollin'
on the river with Clutch's Neil Fallon
Clutch's
songs have always boasted a colorful cast of characters,
from the men in black to Marlon Brando to the mummified
corpse of John Wilkes Booth. Their new Pure Rock
Fury (Atlantic) is no exception, teeming with the
likes of "Winnebago women," the merry
wives of Windsor and lactose intolerant rap-rockers.
To see where all that inspirato comes from, vocalist
Neil Fallon gives us the lowdown on Clutch's West
Virginia headquarters, on the not-so-peaceful Potomac
River. -- Tom Mallon
Who
Let The Dogs Out?
There's two wild packs of dogs. They run around
and go through the trash. We put habanero sauce
on the top of the trash, and that tends to keep
them away. But they're all good dogs, except for
the ones down the street--the German shepherd gang.
They're really nasty.
Cloak-And-Dagger
Types.
There's a lot of spooky people. I think there's
some government-owned house, like retreats, budget
Camp Davids. Once a month, a bunch of dude with
D.C. tags will meet up at this house, then they're
not to be seen for weeks. That's kind of curious.
Cloak-And-Dagger
Plate.
We've got a kick-ass Freemasons' Order Of The Eastern
Star commemorative plate. We got it at a flea market
down the street. It looks real spooky. It's got
a lot of little symbols that mean absolutely nothing
tous but it looks cool.
Target
Practice
There's a firing range [across the river]. The neighbors
are more of a worry. There were some college kids
who thought that since there's a firing range on
the Maryland side, it would be alright to shoot
their guns on the West Virginia side, on their get-all-tanked-up-and-bring-out-the-revolvers
[night]. They don't live there anymore.
