FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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These are some of the most frequently asked questions about General Strike! If you have any questions that you want to be answered about us, feel free to e-mail us and make the subject of your e-mail FAQ!
1. WHAT ARE YOUR GUYS REAL LAST NAMES? 2. WHERE DID YOU GUYS GET THE NAME GENERAL STRIKE FROM? 3. WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU GUYS USE? 4. ARE ALL OF YOUR ALBUMS STILL AVAILABLE? IF SO WHERE CAN I GET THEM? 5. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY T-SHIRTS FOR SALE? IF SO, WHERE CAN I GET THEM? 6. CAN I GET ANY GENERAL STRIKE STICKERS OR BUTTONS? 7. DO YOU GUYS STILL HAVE A SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS? IF SO, WHAT IS IT? 8. WHO ARE THE NUNFUCKERS? 9. WHAT IS ROCKOPOLIS? 10. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS DO THE GENERAL STRIKE FAN CLUB ANYMORE? 11. WHY WAS THE NAME THE ALMIGHTY IN FRONT OF YOUR BAND NAME FOR A WHILE? 12 . WHY ARE SOME OF THE LETTERS RED IN THE "THROW UP" ALBUM'S THANKS PAGE? 13. IS MIKE REALLY GAY? 14. IS THERE ANY UNRELEASED GENERAL STRIKE MATERIAL THAT YOU GUYS HAVEN'T RELEASED? IF SO WHERE CAN I GET THOSE SONGS? 15. WHO'S VOICE IS THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE "THROW UP "ALBUM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR TRACK? 16. HAVE YOU GUYS EVER GIVEN MONEY TO ANY CHARITIES, OR PLAYED FOR ANY CHARITIES? 17. WOULD YOU GUYS DO AN INTERVIEW WITH MY ZINE? 18. WHY DO YOU GUYS HATE HIPPIES SO MUCH? 19. IN YOUR GUYS OPINION, WHAT ARE THE BEST GENERAL STRIKE SONGS? 20. WHO ARE SOME OF THE BANDS YOU GUYS HAVE PLAYED WITH?
QUESTION 1- WHAT ARE YOUR GUYS REAL LAST NAMES?
It wouldn't be exciting if you knew would it? I'm sure its not hard to find out though. We just like to keep a little mystery to ourselves!
QUESTION 2-WHERE DID YOU GUYS GET THE NAME GENERAL STRIKE FROM?
J. was the one that came up with the name General Strike for this band. It had something to do with a work strike in the early 1900's. There were two in two different cities. In one city it was well organized, and in the other alot of people were killed. J. was talking about the one where a lot of people were killed.
QUESTION 3-WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU GUYS USE?
J. CHAOS(VOCALS)- Fender SRM 6302 PA Head Two huge homemade PA cabinets each with a 15" speaker and a 10" horn Shure Beta 87 a Mic C5OJ Mic cables Peavey high grade speaker cables Standard boom stand mic stand
J. CHAOS(GUITAR)- Three Fender stratocasters all used as main show and studio guitars. One purple and black, one maroon and pearl with a double humbucker, and the other blue with a tortoise shell pickguard. Back up guitar only used at shows is a Fender Musicmaster customized as the Garbage Pail kid Guitar. Randall PH-150 Solid State head Traynor 400 Watt cabinet with four ten" speakers Boss MD-2 Distortion pedal Fender instrument cables Ernie Ball power slinky strings(purple) Fender heavy picks(white and tortoise shell only)
MIKE ALCOHOL(BASS)-Main show and sudio bass is a Peavey Patriot 4 string bass, with wood finish and black pickguard Back up show bass is a vintage Epiphone 4 string bass, black and chrome Hartke model 2000 2 15" Combo head Hartke Transient attack 4 10" bass model cabinet Peavey instrument cables Ernie Ball power slinky bass strings(purple) Fender extra heavy picks(purple)
KYLE BILE(DRUMS)- Maroon 5 piece Thunder drum set Sabian cymbals and high hats Evans tom and snare heads Pearl double bass pedal Standard wooden sticks
SHAWN MAYHEM(LEAD GUITAR)- Main guitar is a Jackson Kelly style guitar with black finish. Backup guitar is a hot pink Epiphone made sometime around the eighties. Kustom K150-2 Solid state head Peavey standard cabinet with four 10" speakers No pedals (uses just amp disortion) D'addario 10 guage srings, 9 if I'm feeling pretty! Dunlop Tortex .73MM Picks
JASON RIOT(DRUMS)-Silver 5 piece Tama rock star drum set Zildjian cymbals and high hats Evans tom and snare heads Tama double bass pedal Graphite sticks
BOB IDOL(GUITAR)-Main show and studio guitar is a Les Paul black beauty with gold hardware Fender Rock Pro head Fender Rock Pro cabinet with four 10" speakers No pedals (uses just amp distortion) Peavey instrument cables Ernis Ball super slinkys (pink) Fender Heavy picks (white)
DARRIN DETOUR(DRUMS)-Five piece customized shell covered Pearl Export drum set Zildjian Cymbals and high hats Evans tom and snare heads Iron Cobra double bass pedal wooden slender sticks
JASON TIMEBOMB(LEAD GUITAR)-ESP/LTS FM-200 with two EMG pickups and a customized Misfits truss rod cover Backup guitar is a Schector S-1 Limited edition Vampira guitar with two Duncan design humbuckers Marshall JCM 900 Model 2100 SL-X head Marshall JCM 900 Lead 1960 main cabinet Marshall JCM 1936 secondary cabinet Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, Boss GE-7 Equalizer, Boss MT-2 Metal Zone Distortion Boss BF-2 Flanger, Boss DC-2 Dimension C, Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner, and a Crybaby Wah pedal. Fender instrument cables Ernie Ball super slinky strings (pink) Fender medium picks (white only)
QUESTION 4- ARE ALL OF YOUR ALBUMS STILL AVAILABLE? IF SO, WHERE CAN I GET THEM?
Look no further! Click here and you can buy what General Strike Cds are available from Interpunk. Or you can check out the Strike Store Link at the top of the page. More of our albums will be coming soon! Unfortunately not all of our albums are still available."General Strike" and "No Hope for Better Days" are out of print. We plan on going into the studio this year and remixing them, so we can re-release them soon after. All of our singles however, were only made in limited quanities and will stay out of print forever.
QUESTION 5- DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY T-SHIRTS FOR SALE? IF SO, WHERE CAN I GET THEM?
We don't have any T-shirts left, and we're not sure if we'll make anymore. Jason (Timebomb) and J. used to make shirts assembly line style in Jason's kitchen, and then someone stole a whole tub of those shirts at one of our shows. That was one of the last times we made them.
QUESTION 6-CAN I GET ANY GENERAL STRIKE STICKERS OR BUTTONS?
Stickers yes, buttons no. If you would like a General Strike sticker, send a self addressed stamped envelope to the snail mail address listed below. We haven't had buttons for quite sometime.
QUESTION 7- DO YOU GUYS STILL HAVE A SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS? IF SO,WHAT IS IT?
Yes we do and it is......... General Strike P.O. Box 461 Frazeysburg, Ohio 43822
QUESTION 8-WHO ARE THE NUNFUCKERS?
The Nunfuckers are a name we used to go under after we had been banned by certain venues so we could play there again. We also did a song called "Nunfuckers" which is the song we would play when we first went on stage as our opening theme when we played under that name. Other than the Nunfuckers other we also used to go under the names, The Sweet Hearts, The Baby Eaters, and Alabama Churchfire.
QUESTION 9-WHAT IS ROCKOPOLIS?
Rockopolis is the fictional city that all of the General Strike characters are from. Characters such as Scottie M., Bill Mohawn, the Gaybots, John and John, Andy and of course many others are from a city called Rockopolis.
QUESTION 10-WHY DON'T YOU GUYS DO THE GENERAL STRIKE FAN CLUB ANYMORE?
Too many people joined the club, and it was costing us a cosiderable ammount of money to send stuff out every three months. We couldn't seem to get a bulk rate mail account, and rich is one thing we aren't so we had to stop. Sorry.
QUESTION 11-WHY WAS THE NAME THE ALMIGHTY IN FRONT OF YOUR BAND NAME FOR A WHILE?
Alot of people referred to us as the Almighty, The Great, The Legendary, General Strike so we kind of did it for a while as a joke. The only time we truly went by that name was on the "Bicycle Helmet" single, and in the "Throw Up" album liner notes, it says "The Almighty would like to thank".
QUESTION 12-WHY ARE SOME OF THE LETTERS RED IN THE THROW UP ALBUM'S THANKS PAGE?
If you take all of the letters in red and go across it spells "KILL ALL HIPPIES". All General Strike albums that don't have a Hippie Hate song on them will have something hidden in the artwork about hating or killing them.
QUESTION 13-IS MIKE REALLY GAY?
No Mike is not gay. He is happily married to a woman and now has a child. Nobody in General Strike is, or ever was gay that we know of. Someone once called Mike gay on the internet, so we wrote a song about it to clear the air.
QUESTION 14-IS THERE ANY UNRELEASED GENERAL STRIKE MATERIAL THAT YOU GUYS HAVEN'T RELEASED? AND IF SO, WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE SONGS?
Well of course if they are unreleased, they are still are very much unreleased. Yes, there is a slew of General Strike songs that are unreleased and there is no place that you can find them at this time. We plan on releasing an album this year, called "Waste", which will be full of those songs that have been stockpiled over the years.
QUESTION 15-WHO'S VOICE IS THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THROW UP CD AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR TRACK?
Actually that is Shawn's voice. It was ran through some sort of compression program. It just changed the frequency of his voice. Creepy isn't it?
QUESTION 16-HAVE YOU GUYS EVER GIVEN MONEY TO ANY CHARITIES, OR PLAYED FOR ANY CHARITIES?
Yes, we have played for several charities over the years. One of the most memorable is when we played for the American Cancer Society's Relay for life event, and they called the police on us after we played, and then stole all of our microphones, mic cables and stands. Then about a week after that we got a letter from them, thanking us for playing and we should come back next year! We believe that our microphones and cables went on to further the research for the fight against cancer. We actually play alot of benefits for skater's to help build and repair skateparks.
QUESTION 17-WOULD YOU GUYS DO AN INTERVIEW WITH MY ZINE?
Sure. Just E-Mail Us the questions and one of us will e-mail you back the answers. It might take us a little while. Make sure to send us a copy of the zine when it comes out.
QUESTION 18-WHY DO YOU GUYS HATE HIPPIES SO MUCH?
We just do. Mostly because they are dumb, dirty, or stoned. Usually all three!!!
QUESTION 19-IN YOUR OPINION WHAT ARE THE BEST GENERAL STRIKE SONGS?
HERE IS A LIST OF OUR PERSONAL FAVORITE, AND LEAST FAVORITE SONGS, AND WHY.
J.'s Favorite- Going to the Dentist- I just love this song, plus I spend alot of time there! Least Favorite- Old Story- Can anyone say redundant? But my favorite solo Shawn ever played.
Mike's Favorite-Bicycle Helmet-Because I wrote the main beat to the song. My favorite song to play is Going to the Dentist- Because of how fast it is. Least Favorite- Nunfuckers- It is too god damn short. It has a hell of a catchy beat so it should have been longer.
Kyle's Favorite- Spite- This song is really fast, and that's why I like it. Least Favorite- Fury and Pain- I just don't like this song.
Shawn's Favorite- Inbred-It's such a political song. I'm glad our band could have a hand and bring it to the public's attention. I mean, it's a real problem in our society. A close second- Never Fall in Love with a Stripper- Same reason Least Favorite- Mike is Not gay- Worst lyrics I've ever heard in my life. I didn't actually know how bad they were until we recorded the song. Way to go Chaos!
Jason R.'s Favorite- Bicycle Helmet- This song is fun to play, and it was very clever. Least Favorite- Throw Up- Man, I always fucked this one up.
Bob's Favorite- Coffee Grinds- Because J. doesn't sing on it! Least Favorite- All the Grateful Dead songs you are asked to play- Because the Grateful Dead sucks!
Darrin's Favorite- Gaybots from Hell- Awesome tempo changes, and really cool lyrics. Least Favorite- E Pluribus Unum- I fucked this one up alot in the studio, but still one of my favorites. Jason T.'s Favorite- Never Fall in Love with Stripper- So different than the other songs. Least Favorite- Two- This song is all over the place, but I can still play it.
We don't really know what the best songs are, but here is a list of the most obscene songs that have pissed the most people off.
YOUR MOM, INBRED, KUNG-FU DRYBUTTHOLE, HIPPIE SONG, ENERGY, AIDS WILL KEEP US TOGETHER, NEVER FALL IN LOVE WITH A STRIPPER, COMING OUT AT CHRISTMAS, TWO, D.H.D., AND WE'RE SURE THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHERS.
QUESTION 20-WHO ARE SOME OF THE BANDS YOU GUYS HAVE PLAYED WITH?
Jesse and the Rippers, The Nurses, The Brutes, The Jeffs, Little Orphan Anarchy, The Reacharounds, Shaft, MJ-12, Speed the Plow, A Planet For Texas, Symplex, Formula, By Any Means, Caffeine Dependent, Scope's Monkey Trials, Losers Beat Winners, Lord of the Yum-Yum, Gongzilla, The Vibrollas, The Bedrockers, Hydra, Exteme, The Scamps, The Star Athletes, White Trash, Jaymeer, Euclid, Deselectra, Hanover Fist, The Turds, Downtrodn', Tender Branson, 13 South, The Hell's Satans, Legbone, Time Again, Philadelphia Experiment, The Pitts, Hoover Scum, We March, Scabhead, The Transformers, Kill All Hippies, Decieving Ralph, Jabberjaw, Random Conflict, The Back Alley Abortions, The Rat Pack, The God Fucking Damnits, The Hallow, ACG, El Destructo, Devil Bird, First Offense, Bone Dust, The Nicotones, The Ken Starr Report, The Lashes, The Urinal Mints, Jackass, Imp, Lenorah, Domino, Border Line, Aphrenic, Before We Forget, The Aesthetics, The Bloody Irish Boys, Big Wise, Reborn Power, The HighNoon Hangovers, The DonnyBrook Boys, No Reason Why, Bigfoot and the Fully Automatics, Midget Finger, Joey Blackheart and the Gallows, Topless, Destroying the Daylight, The Conspirators.......
We've played almost 200 shows. We're sure this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are alot of bands that we forget. If we forgot your band E-Mail us!
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