BOBAFLEX Interview

"You'd better watch out for The Gauntlet is all I can say" - Martin McCoy - Bobaflex


Bobaflex are tearing it up on this summer's Gigantour, handpicked by the metal mastermind himself, Dave Mustaine, to rock audiences to the ground on one of this year's hottest summer concert tours. The Gauntlet caught up with Marty McCoy and Mike Steele in Detroit to throw back a couple of cold MGD's and rap about the band's forthcoming debut for TVT Records, "Apologize For Nothing." The band put on one hell of a performance, proving that they are worthy of being one of the most talked about bands in the industry. These guys are down to earth; super-cool characters that possess an almost superhero-like appeal and are certainly a blast to hang with and shoot the shit with about some heavy metal. Throughout the discussion with the guys, it's impossible to type every time that we all laughed, so know that this interview was nothing but a great goddamn time the whole way through. Here's a sample (at least what we can publish) of the discussion with the band and be sure to pick up the new record when it drops on August 23rd.


The Gauntlet: Why did you change the title of the record?

Martin McCoy: We changed it because moms at Wal-Mart won't buy a sex record for their kids.


The Gauntlet: Yeah, it's too bad it's bullshit.

Martin McCoy: Well, we like the kids.


The Gauntlet: (laughs) Do you like the moms?

Martin McCoy: I like the moms, the daughters, the grandmas, the sisters, it don't matter.


The Gauntlet: When does the new record drop?

Bobaflex: August 23rd.

Mike Steele: Eleven days.


The Gauntlet: I'm really glad to see you guys doing something like this. It was embarrassing for me to be from Michigan when you guys played Battle Creek a couple of months back. It was fun running the lights, though.

Mike Steele: How things change.

The Gauntlet: Hell yeah.


The Gauntlet: Let's go and get some beer, man.

Martin McCoy: Yeah.

Mike Steele: Yep.

Martin McCoy: I really like all of the bands on this tour, every night I go out and watch Dream Theater and Symphony X and these guys are so good; it's like a clinic on how to play your guitar. It's like these guys are just so good.


The Gauntlet: Don't you think that the progressive bands tend to play by the rules a little bit more than some of the other acts?

Martin McCoy: Naw, these guys are breaking rules, you know what I'm saying? Grunge was in and these guys never gave a fuck about that shit, they're just playing their music and shit. I can't believe how good Michael Romeo is on his guitar, that motherfucker's bad. I really like this tour. I can't believe how good all the bands are and how nice all the bands are backstage, it's great.

Mike Steele: What kind of beer is this?


The Gauntlet: Miller Genuine Draft. They are sponsoring the tour.

Mike Steele: I love it. It is delicious.

Martin McCoy: And for me, Megadeth, too. I'm the biggest Megadeth fan.


The Gauntlet: Definitely, Megadeth is huge. Especially if you're a musician.

Martin McCoy: (to the tune of "Peace Sells"): "X'XX XX XXX XXXXX XX XX X XXXX"

All: (laughter)

Mike Steele: Edit that.

The Gauntlet: Okay.


Martin McCoy: So, ask me a question.

Mike Steele: How many times have you fucked?

Cheez Wiz: Today.

Mike Steele: Twice

Martin McCoy: I'm about to die because I've fucked.


The Gauntlet: All right, what is the craziest thing that's happened to you so far on the road?

Mike Steele: The craziest thing. Man, there's been so many, I don't know, I don't know. Probably seeing my singer coming out of the bathroom every day with a bag of poop. It never gets old and it's always a surprising thing to me, I always throw up.

Martin McCoy: What is the question?


The Gauntlet: The craziest thing that's happened.

Martin McCoy: A fan wanted me to put his dentures in my mouth.


The Gauntlet; Yeah, that's pretty crazy.

Martin McCoy: He wanted me to put 'em in.

Mike Steele: And he did it.

Martin McCoy: And I did it.

Mike Steele: Nah, he didn't do it, but that guy really wanted him to, I don't know why.

Martin McCoy: He threw his dentures up onstage and begged me to put 'em in. I just kissed them, though and I threw 'em back to him. I would never put them in my mouth, I just kissed them.

Mike Steele: I then took 'em and put 'em down my pants and gave 'em to him.

Martin McCoy: He was a far-out ol' bro, though.


The Gauntlet: What is the ultimate mission of Bobaflex?

Bobaflex: To take over the world.


The Gauntlet: For what reason? What can you do that will be any better than what the people who are running it now already do?

Martin McCoy: We're gonna make cigarette smoking in bars legal again.

Mike Steele: That's our goal.

Martin McCoy: And in restaurants. Every section will be a smoking section.

Mike Steele: By the end of my life, I just wanna be fat in Hollywood with two young ladies, a balding head and a big cigar. Woooooooooooooooo!

Martin McCoy: What else can I say? Next question.


The Gauntlet: Tell us about the new fucking album, man.

Martin McCoy: Who gives a fuck about the new album?

The Gauntlet: Yeah, fuck the new album.

Mike Steele: Who's got a new album?

Martin McCoy: Nah, we got a new record, It's called "Apologize For Nothing", It's gonna be huge, I think. You're all in trouble when it comes out, everybody's not gonna know what to think, and then they're gonna fall in love with it.


The Gauntlet: It's a bitch slap to heavy metal, isn't it?

Martin McCoy: Yes.

Mike Steele: Fuckin' who gives a fuck about the new record.

Martin McCoy: It's a much needed pill that all the metalheads need to take.

Mike Steele: The new record is shit and I'm shit and you're shit and fuck you.


The Gauntlet: What's the most hype song off the new album?

Martin McCoy: My favorite song is "Bullseye." The hype song, I think, is "Better Than Me." Everybody thinks they're better than me.

Mike Steele: It's "Better Than Me", definitely.

Martin McCoy: Everybody thinks they're better than me, but I'm about to teach them a lesson.

Mike Steele: There's gonna be a few songs you're gonna hear off that new album, so stay tuned.

Martin McCoy. Next question.


The Gauntlet: That's some pretty good shit, that next question shit. You're getting pretty good at this since we talked in the bathroom.

Martin McCoy: It's 'cause you bought me a beer. I'm about halfway down on this fuckin' tallboy.


The Gauntlet: What's the most wasted you've been on this tour? How fucked up have you gotten on Gigantour?

Martin McCoy: I had to be carried out of several places, but the worst place is the Whiskey in L.A., I had to be carried out of there by two broads I didn't even know. I don't even know what happened.


The Gauntlet: Was it hard for you?

Martin McCoy: It was hard, I know it was hard.


The Gauntlet: How did that experience make you feel, being carried out by a couple of broads at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go?

Martin McCoy: I don't know, woke up the next day and it's like.(laughs)

Mike Steele: What is so funny is that he was so drunk, he thinks two ladies carried him out, but actually, it was our bus driver Bull that carried him out.

Martin McCoy: That's not true, I know our bus driver's touch and it wasn't him.


The Gauntlet: All right, what can we expect from Bobaflex in 2006?

Martin McCoy: Busted.

Mike Steele: Hopefully none of 'em are dead yet.

Martin McCoy: We all will be dead by then.

Mike Steele: Hopefully we're still breathing.


The Gauntlet: Aw, don't say that, please, man. You're gonna freak me out, man. I talk to people and they die. (edited)

Mike Steele: It's just a joke.

Martin McCoy: Who gives a fuck what happens to us next.


The Gauntlet: I don't think that any amount of beer could kill a McCoy.

Martin McCoy: No.

Mike Steele: Or a West Virginian, for that matter. Our parents raised us on bottles of beer. And cigarettes, to make us look cool.

Martin McCoy: Try and edit this and make us look cool.

Cheez Wiz: How about a last shout out?

Mike Steele: This is Mike Steele from Bobaflex and this is

Martin McCoy: Marty McCoy and you're checkin' out The Gauntlet.




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EF    August 10, 2005