atom, with his package, together are... ATOM & HIS PACKAGE!! and if you have not heard them yet, well, you sure are missing out on the newest phenomenon overtaking the punk rock world. fun, silly, just plain enjoyable junk. and a live show that rivals that of def lepard or someone similar. this interview was done over email with atom. his package may or may not have been present...>

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE USE FOR FISHING WADERS?
I enjoy filling them up with dog poop and throwing them off the roof of the building I live in.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU ARE NOT ROCKING?
I'm pretty heavily involved in music these days... even when I'm not playing shows I'm writing new songs. I guess my dream is to write music for video games..

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PINBALL GAME?
There's a relatively new one out right now called Medieval Madness which is pretty good. It's really fast, and the machines I've seen have been new, so the flippers respond well...But the all time favorite would have to be Theatre of Magic perhaps just because of the Magic Trunk.

HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHAT SONGS TO COVER, THEY SEEM QUITE VARIED?
I plug in numbers to the x-2000 Coverlatoratron, and it tells me.

WHAT IS THE BEST THING YOU EVER GOT THROUGH THE MAIL?
I had this thing going with a pen pal of mine where we would send each other bad punk records, and try and outdo each other. He once sent me a package with the first Chokehold 7" (the one that starts off with Smells Like Teen Spirit) and I think Into Another who were very stinky. Also, I ordered the Judge "the storm" 7" back in the day... all of these things made me laugh very hard, and were thus, nice things to get in the mail.

ABOUT THE BLACK METAL SONG, YOU HAVE RAISED QUITE A CONTROVERSY OVER THE "BURN ALL THE CHURCHES YOU WANT, JUST DON'T TOUCH MY SYNAGOGUE" LINE. HOW DO YOU ANSWER THOSE CRITICS?
The line is "They're pretty evil and they do not like god, I don't care if they burn down churches, but they'd better not fucking touch a synagogue". I guess I explain to the critics why I think it's funny, and then I explain to them why it's not funny now that it's been explained why it's funny. Oy... It's funny because these evil black metal dudes were burning down churches in Norway... because they're really evil and evil people generally do bad things... so I am pointing out a certain inconsistency in my beliefs in that although I believe that church burning is not quite a proper way of demonstrating evilitude, hearing about it really didn't bother me as much as it would if they were burning synagogues.... that's why it's funny to me... because it doesn't make sense, it's still not nice... OK? I know, it's hypocritical.. and I'm a bad person..It's real god damn funny now.... huh?

ASK ME THREE QUESTIONS AND I WILL ANSWER THEM!

Will you tell me about life in Upper Volta?
UUUMMM, NO. LOWER VOLTA ON THE OTHER HAND, I CAN TELL YOU ALL ABOUT. SEE THAT IS THE ONLY PLACE SCREECHING WEASEL AND PROPAGANDHI ACTUALLY PLAY LIVE. THE PEOPLES VERY MUCH ENJOY BREAKFAST SAUSAGE AND LETTUCE ON TOAST, PREFERABLY RYE. EXCEPT FOR THE SNOZWANGLERS, LIFE THERE IS PRETTY NICE AND CALM.

Oh Anthony, will the Flyers win the Stanely Cup this year?
HECK NO. NOT WHILE THE BIG N.J. HAS A TEAM TO STOP EM, MARK MY WORDS, NOT THAT I KNOW A THING ABOUT HOCKEY OF COURSE.

Why don't you shave your mustache? It looks bad.
I CAN'T ACTUALLY, CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS FOR THE TV SHOW. SEE, EVERYONE ELSE WHO LOOKED ANYTHING LIKE WEIRD AL WAS WORKING AT DENNY'S AND THE REAL ONE IS OF COURSE WORM FOOD, SO I HAD TO BE THE STAR OF THE WEIRD AL SHOW.

DID YOU EVER GET ANYTHING STUCK IN YOUR NOSE OR EAR OR HAD ANY OTHER SIMILARLY EMBARRASSING REASON TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL?
This subway gate, one of those pull down ones that they pull down in front of stores when they're closed... well one punched me and I had to go to the hospital and my nose was larger than it normally is (bulbous and oddly shaped).

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE 3 ALBUMS OF ALL TIME?
Hmmm...this is hard.... Brutal Truth's Need to Control, Devo's Duty Now for the Future, and Sockeye's tapes, and #4 (yes I defy you overlord!) and Cradle of Filth's Dusk and Her Embrace

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
A girl.

REVERSE INTERVIEW!! GIVE QUESTIONS FOR THESE ANSWERS:

WELL, IT WAS SMALL AND FUZZY AND GREEN AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT...
Ok, Anthony, give us what you had in your belly button.

OH, YOU POINT IT AT THE STUFF AND IT DOES STUFF, PRETTY WACKY, KOO-KOO, NUTTY STUFF.
How do I use this barqualounger?

I AM A FAN OF POOL-AID MYSELF. IT REALLY DOES THE TRICK IN THAT SITUATION.
I got nuts and after the river waders missed that big Pool-Aid man, I swan dived right off the roof into him. I was screaming inside the Pool-Aid man, but he was still smiling, and everyone watching the parade mouthed, "tippy". What do you think?

OK, NORMAL AGAIN...

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NAME YOUR CHILDREN AND/OR PETS?
Blobbo, Nerf, Fudge RipplePouchHappy, Ghi*334out

WHAT DO YOU KEEP IN THAT TOP DRAWER?
A thought about flowers and trees.

WHO WOULD YOU LEAST WANT TO PLAY A SHOW WITH?
My parents doing stand up comedy.

WHICH IS BETTER:
GOONIES OR GHOULIES?
Goonies... for the theme song, for Chunk... for the Fratelli's... for the f@cking milkshake exploding in the first five minutes in the movie.
STAR WARS OR STAR TREK?
Star wars... I saw the first star trek when I was little and yuck yuck.... BOring.
FREAKS OR FREAKED?
Freaks because people with no arms or legs lighting cigarettes is very intriguing.
POISON IVY II OR POISON IVY III?
I didn't know that Faster Pussycat made sequels to their song.
WHO'D WIN IN A STEEL CAGE MATCH-UP, GWAR OR KISS?
Gwar.....Kiss is old and fat right now. They may be young and fat later.

ANY FINAL COMMENTS, SLOGANS, THINGS YOU WANNA SAY, MESSAGES YOU WANNA GIVE, PROPAGANDA YOU WANT TO SPREAD?
Les Savy Fav is an excellent band... they are catchy but not in boring cliched catchy ways... I advise picking up the record.... I really do... and Thank you Anthony... If you could just write at the end my address 1904 quill lane oreland pa, 19075... and say that I have two cd's out... and for info write me.

THERE YA GO ATOM, THANKS TO YOU AND YO' PACKAGE! KEEP IT REAL.