Interview: Jonny Davy of Job for a Cowboy
It’s been a while but last night I had the opportunity to speak
with Jonny Davy from a death metal band called Job For A Cowboy. This is the
first face to face interview I’ve done in my own format since I’ve had Booze,
Beats & Bites!
Enjoy...
BOOZE:
What are you currently
drinking?
Whiskey. Jameson.
What was your first ever
alcoholic drink? How'd that go for you?
My uncle gave me a taste of peppermint schnapps when I was a kid
because I was curious to try it. It was disgusting!
One beer. One Spirit. One
Non-Alcoholic drink. Go:
Blue moon; Yeah, I know it’s a pretty standard answer but it’s really
refreshing and the slice of orange on the edge of the glass is a nice touch.
Whiskey, Jameson. Water is pretty much it.
What's the most absurd
thing you've done while drunk?
We were on tour with Behemoth, and I was sleeping above their guitar
tech. Woke up, blacked out and started peeing on his curtain. He was asleep,
woke up, opened the curtain got pissed on. Then 2 days later, our old guitarist
Ravi who was sleeping above Behemoth’s guitar tech was drunk and started
puking, puked right on the tech!
BEATS:
The boring one: Why'd you
get into the music industry?
I don’t really know. I grew up with a mom who was into heavy
metal and there wasn’t a lot going on in Arizona. Made the band in high school
and started playing in their parents’ garages. I really didn’t expect to get to
where we were today, touring the world.
What's the first ever
musical artist you remember enjoying listening to?
Michael Jackson. First thing that really struck a chord.
If you could only ever
listen to 3 musical artists again, who would they be?
Radiohead, Goreguts & Bjork.
[This was a difficult question]
Why the hell is your band
called that?
We’ve been trying to create a story that makes sense for years.
In interviews we like to make stories up and just lie. We didn’t know what to
call a band because every generic name was taken so we just called ourselves that
for a joke and it kinda stuck
So, your latest album Demonocracy'.
Tell me about some of the meanings behind the album…
Well as you can tell from the album title, it’s a bit political
and it strings off of Ruination. The easiest way to describe it is that so many
Death Metal bands have a stock of ideas of what’s right about gore and death
but we wanted different. I love bands like Misery, Napalm Death & At The
Gates so we wanted to follow suit and write about the true evils of the world.
Speaking of your latest
album; you've changed quite a bit since your first E.P. with line-up changes
and musically - what's the next step?
Our evolution been pretty dramatic and I think it’s just about
all of us growing up. A lot of bands find their safe zone and put the same
record out over and over but we didn’t want to do that, we want to constantly
challenge ourselves and keep evolving. The next album will see us evolve even
more regardless of whether it works; we just want to keep ourselves interested
in being a band.
You shouldn't really feel
guilty about any of your choices in music, but really, what's the one musical
artist you feel really embarrassed about telling people you listen to?
I don’t really. Actually,
well, I like Green Day [Laughs]. Any metal fan who tells you they don’t like
anything other than metal, especially if they’re in a band is lying.
Bites:
What are you currently
eating/last thing you ate?
Chicken
sandwich.
Can you cook? What's your
signature dish?
I cook a lot when I’m at home. Before moving to live with my mum
in Arizona, I grew up with my grandparents in the Dominican Republic so I ate a
lot of Spanish food so that’s what I cook. Lots of Spanish food.
One Fruit. One Vegetable.
One Meat. One Cheese. Go:
Pineapple. Green onions. Beef. Pepperjack.
What's the weirdest thing
you've ever eaten?
Y’know, I haven’t really eaten anything that weird. Oh, I have
eaten baked worms. And Chocolate covered crickets once!
BONUS ROUND:
What sports do you
follow? What are your teams? Do you play?
I don’t really follow any sports... unless professional wresting
counts. I also like a bit of MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). I don’t really play any
sports now but I played some basketball and soccer when I was younger.
Where's the weirdest
place you've had to take a shit while on tour?
I’ve
been lucky and have successfully found a toilet everywhere but I’ve been on
tour with guys and seen them go in a trash can or dumpster.
Can you rap? I dare you
to record a rap as a hidden track on your next album…
[Laughs a lot] What a strange question; asking if I can rap.
Nope. Absolutely not!
What would you do if you
came face to face with an antelope? [Courtesy
of Jadeski]
[Laughs a lot] I don’t even know how to respond to that. I
really don’t know [Continues laughing]
How many times can you
bounce up and down on Satan's big old trampoline? [Courtesy of Chris - @ckdsaddlers on twitter]
On
whose trampoline?
[Me: Satan’s]
Oh,
well I’m gonna say 17.
[Most people think I’m talking about penises]
Yeah, I’m gonna
stick with 17 then! [Laughs]
When your music career
all goes terribly wrong and you end up more hated than Metallica after they
released St. Anger, what's your fallback career?
I’ll just continue putting out albums like Load, Reload and St.
Anger. I’ll just keep doing it, regardless. Realistically, if it every comes to
that I’ll probably find something.
What's the most bizarre
thing you've currently got in your wallet?
Nothing out of the ordinary.
I
would like to thank Jonny for taking the time out of his schedule to sit with
me and chat about Booze, Beats & Bites. Was really great to talk to him and
find out about things more than just the music!
Job For A Cowboy's latest album Demonocracy is out now.
Nate
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