Quintessence


1. First off, it's been quite a long time since you guys been split-up 
after the comical and sought after "Safe Sex" release. What happened 
that IM split and what made you guys get back together? 

It's kind of like when you have conjoined triplets that were previously attached 
at the head. After they get cut into parts and each part goes their own way, you 
begin to realize that you used to rely on different parts of a brain that may 
now be with another person. One part of the brain knows how to operate a 
videotape machine while another part knows the entire adult movie catalogue at 
Pullitz Video Shop. Then each entity is forced to wack their bag to National 
Geographic reruns on PBS since the combined knowlege is no longer there of 
renting a movie PLUS operating a video player. 




2. "Safe Sex" was by far heavy, funny and just totally insane mocking 
Rap and just something that the "Gong Show" would've been proud of. I 
hope to see this re-released some day. Comments? 

As Pee Wee Herman told his arresting officers, the matter is out of my hands. 
You may find a copy on Ebay. Much in 
the same way as offering free water in Mexico, we are offering free downloads of 
select cuts of the "Safe Sex" album on our home page: 
http://www.IntenseMutilation.com . He have links to outlets that sell many of 
the classic IM merchandise from the 1980's. From a sickness perspective, "Safe 
Sex" was meant to break new ground and wind. As other bands attempted to climb 
ladders to try to approach the sickness laid forth by that effort, we decided 
that we needed to put the bar of sickness at a higher level. With our new CD, 
"Sgt Leppers Falling Parts Club Band (available thru our website - 
http://www.IntenseMutilation.com), the bar of sickness is so high that if the 
sickness bar was a limbo bar, Ron Jeremy would be able to do the limbo under 
that bar without knocking the bar off with his gut or schlong. 



3. How did the band originate and what made IM come up with all of the 
stage names and what style of music and lyrics you would use? 

Years ago, Fetus was in the band C.U.N.T. and I was in the band Penis. One 
night, we all got drunk at a nightclub and we had a show where C.U.N.T. opened 
for Penis. Penis rose to the occasion that night delivering the money shot to 
seal the deal. Nine months after than encounter, Intense Mutilation was born. As 
far as stage names go, it had been suggested that we pick stage names. For one 
year, some of the band members went by the names like "curtain" and "podium". 
Then, we understood what was really meant by stage names and we chose different 
ones. As far as our lyrics go, we are just relating things other people do. We 
didn't ask Wacko Jacko to play "pin my tail on the honky" - he did that on his 
own, we just tell the story. 



4. Since the release of "Sgt. Leppers..", what is IM doing as of now? 
Touring or just watching the food in the fridge mold? 

Actually, in a related circumstance, we're all recovering from acute bronchitis. 
As you know, watching mold grow on food in the refrigerator is one of our 
favorite pastimes. We had this problem with our refrigerator where the light was 
working on and off - it went on when you opened the door and it went off when 
you closed it. So, to witness the entire mold growth process, we needed to go to 
a large walk-in facility with refrigeration capabilities. We decided to go to 
the facility where Ted Williams' frozen remains are being preserved under 
crionics. We'd break things up for variety by doing stuff like putting the jar 
holding Ted Williams' testicles near his face to prove that he kept his eye on 
the ball at all times or we'd put the flask that preserved his penis in his hand 
as evidence that he can cock his bat. But, being in sub zero conditions for a 
week with Ted Williams' body parts can take a toll on your health. Let me also 
tell you, Ted gave us the cold shoulder on many occasions. 




5. Are the stains on the underwear still constantly spreading? lol 

You are referring to the lyrics to Saran Rap off the "Safe Sex" album, right? 
Actually, I've learned to control the diameter of my underware stain so that it 
happens to be the diameter of one of the squares on a Bingo card. With the 
financial crunch that has hit all segments of society, I've donated my ass on 
Wednesday nights at the local Bingo hall. I jump around on a pogo stick and the 
old ladies slide their card under my ass to mark the spot on the card if one of 
their numbers is called. No need to buy bingo markers. Three weeks ago, I 
managed to hit my head on the low part of the ceiling and caused me to bounce up 
and down nonstop for a minute. The poor lady to asked me to simply mark only the 
"O 75" spot on her card managed to get her entire card blocked out by my ass and 
she got disqualified. 



6. Are you disgusted with today's Metal scene and/or underground? Any 
significant differences since you guys were dormant? 

What disgusts me is the claims of other bands who say that they have the sickest 
lyrics in the business. If the people reading this article can get their hand 
out of their pants for a second and reach for their computer mouse and click on 
this link (http://home.att.net/~pungent/intenseleppersmain.html), read the 
lyrics to our "Sgt Leppers Falling Parts Club Band" album and then explain to me 
why anyone would bother to waste their breath comparing lyrical sickness with 
IM. 



7. What can the fans and media expect from you sickos in this last half 
of 2004? 

On our new album, we have a song where we ask the fans to come up with their own 
lyrics to finish the one incomplete song that we put on the current album. We 
will be evaluating all entries and attempts as a first step towards beginning 
the writing sessions for the next album. So, if you think you have the level of 
sickness to ride with IM, go ahead and finish the incomplete song and email us 
your entry to pungent@att.net. Other than that, we plan on being like Stevie 
Wonder at a rifle range and plan on shooting the breeze. 




8. Websites, comments, fuck-offs, liable causes of defecatory 
inflammation? 

Kiss has "The Kiss Army". Well, we have our own legion of Intense Mutilation 
fans - "The Feces Species". We invite all feces of varying length an consistency 
to sample a FREE song off our "Sgt Leppers Falling Parts Club Band" CD at the 
following link: 

http://home.att.net/~intenseaxe/E3.mp3 

This is a song about our newest, and fourth member, "E3 The Extra Testicle" - 
guitar. The machine like drumming that is unleashed by our drummer Jack Sh*t on 
this song and the crushing bass line laid down by Fetus F*cker on his bass 
guitar will offer up just a small whiff of the entire load of diarrhea that is 
unleashed on the other 11 tracks of the CD. You will be left covered with so 
much auditory excrement that if you were John Travolta wearing that white suit 
from "Saturday Night Fever" beforehand, when you were done listening, you'd look 
like you were wearing a UPS uniform.