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METAL Hamster presents.. and Jim Bettencourt was kicked out
An Exclusive interview after he was heard saying "Nuno,
with please don't go, I love you.." in his
sleep. Flem Puntensein,on bass guitar
DIRON TROUSERSN joined soon afterwards, as did Simon
Phants on rhythm guitar.Up until last
year,their drummer has been Svenn Mc-
It was a hot, steamy afternoon. I Goldstein. Last summer, however, Rod
waited in the lobby of the Royal Dub- Baschre (age 46) of the sixties band,
lin Hotel for Plak McJurt, the lead Dexus, joined as drummer.The new Iron
singer of Iron Trousers.Iron trousers Trousers album, to be their sevent-
were formed in 1978,with Plak McJurt, eenth, is called Wake up to Fear the
on vocals; Craif O' Dinkell, on lead End.The tracks on it are : Bring your
guitar; Dave McGovern, on drums; Rick nephew to the stock exchange, I want
Fineralt, on bass;and Jim Bettencourt your red hot hessian socks,Wake up to
on rhythm guitar and backing vocals. fear the end, Set your cacks on fire,
Three months later,Dave McGovern left Imploding Pants,I want my heart to be
after having a fight with Craif O' with you,Napalm Tallaght, and Extreme
Dinkell after Craif savagely kicked umbridge.
Dave's hamster. Dave went on to form Having only heard the rough mix of
Trouserdeth, whose forthcoming album, the album once,I can't really concen-
Appetite For Extinction is being eag- trate on any one song,but the ballad,
erly awaited by the many Trouserdeth I want my heart to be with you, is to
fans. Rick Fineralt left soon after, be released as a single next week.
Plak approached me and we sat down in and.
the hotel bar.
MH:Well flem, can you give us a brief MH:What about I want my heart to be
rundown of the forthcoming album? with you?
Plak:Yeah,right.Well,bring your neph- Plak:Uh....That's a ballad.
ew to the stock exchange is a
hard rock song about bringing MH:Well, moving away from the album,
your nephew to the stock exchan- what about your decision to get
ge. I want your red hot hessian Rod Baschre on drums? Isn't he a
socks is really a love song, but bit old?
its played in a hard rock style.
Wake up to fear the end is a Plak:Yeah,well,he is a bit older than
thrashy song about waking up in the rest of us,but he's got loa-
the morning and finding the that ds of experience and he's got
the world has come to an end.Set his own van.
your cacks on fire is a hard
rock song about fast cars. Impl- MH:Cool. Now,Plak,there have,for some
oding pants is about er....impl- time been vicious rumours about
oding pants,Napalm Tallaght is a Craif's drinking problem.Would you
death metal song about going to care to dispel them?
Tallaght (in a fast car) and Ex-
treme umbridge is about losing Plak:Yeah,right.Well,first of all,its
your woman after a one night st- not a drinking problem, he just
likes a little drink,now and ag- Anyway,if they do actually exec-
ain. ute him,we can always find anot-
her bassist. There's loads of
MH:So he didn't order a fuel tanker them, you know.
full of Guinness for outside his
hotel room? MH:Hmmm.I hear Rod had a rather turb-
ulent childhood. Could you tell us
Plak:Yeah, he did, but that doesn't about that?
mean anything.It might have been
for his budgie.Anyway,right,the Plak:Yeah,sure. Well, you see, he was
press are saying a load of sh*t the younger of two kids.His old-
about us that isn't even true. er brother was killed in a car
The kids, they know the truth. crash on his fifteenth birthday,
Now, the Mirror, they say that and his parents were saying, you
he's an alcoholic, just 'cos he know,why wasn't it you.So,event-
takes tequila on his cornflakes. ually,he decided to run away,and
Oh,yeah,Flem isn't a junkie eit- seek his fortune in the music
her.That was Daz the Thai police industry. And he became one of
found in his pocket. the biggest things the world has
ever seen. But his parents still
MH:Yes,it was,wasn't it, but the Thai wouldn't talk to him even though
police didn't believe that. he was successful and every-
thing. The last four words his
Plak:Well,we've got the appeal going. mother said to him were "We have
no son." Plak:Um....Oh, yeah, we're doing five
nights at Wembley, in England
MH:An uncanny resemblance to WASP's next year.
"The Crimson Idol",isn't it?
MH:Wembley STADIUM?
Plak:Yeah, it was based on him. Also,
his parents were into this real- Plak:Er, no, Wembley Kebaberama. It's
ly weird religious cult, called across the road from the stad-
er....Roman Catholicism,yeah,and ium. Yeah, did I tell you about
they like do really,pervese thi- last year, when we played there?
ngs, like worship God, and sh*t Those b*st*rds Guns 'n' Roses
like that. went and booked there, the day
after we were booked.
MH:How awful. You're supposed to be
doing a world tour next year, are- MH:Bummer.
n't you?
Anyway,the new Iron Trousers album is
Plak:Oh,yeah,thanks for reminding me. out next month on Polygon Records,and
We're going to be playing all is Called "Wake up to fear the End."
over Ireland you know, McGonag- Oh, and in another article on Iron
les, The Top Hat,Bad Bobs,every- Trousers we have some of the lyrics
where,man. from Wake Up To Fear The End.
Metal Hamster Journalist
MH:Anywhere outside Ireland? Arnold.R.Crimble