Daniel Robert Epstein: Foetus - Jim Thirwell

To the staff of The Suicide Girls,

You fucking rock my world, in all sincerity.

Because not only are the most beautiful girls in the world on this site, but also I've never seen more great interviews with my favorite people ever on *any* other site.

Jim Thirwell is a living god and has been a hero of mine since I was a tyke.

Thank you, guys, for interviewing not just those in the spotlight, but those who deserve the kind of recognition that they've never really received.

Again, thank you DRE and SG. There is no site more brilliant, informed, forward-thinking, and sexy as you.

Here's to many more years of Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel...

Outstanding interview. I've also been a huge Foetus fan for a long time, and am thrilled with the amount of work he has going on. Like EN, I feel he has only grown better over time.

I'd love to see the new show. Maybe that could be filmed for DVD? That would be fabulous. I remember seeing him play in Atlanta. Must have been '88 '89? There were maybe 20 people in attendance, but Jim hung out with everybody before the show and gave us a blistering performance. I always respected him for that.

LOVE is outstanding. There is also a trailer on the DVD for a Foetus movie biography that will hopefully be coming out soon.

Thanks! That interview made a shitty day a bit brighter.

I met him at an early/mid- 90's Atlanta show. Ended up inviting him and the band to a party we were going to afterward. Jim rode with us, and graciously fielded our barage of questions. The band drove close behind, Algiz Kisyz driving their RV and ramming the car as we drove along.



It was one of the best nights of my life....

I'VE got Foetus on my Breath!!

Ahhhhh! J.G Thirwell...Where O Where have you been since the days of Swine and Roses back in those Bew York city Days and Haze!
I wasn't shocked to see that he is now one of the forces behind MY Favorite animated entertainment these days...THE VENTURE BROS. (which KICKS ASS!) and Of course, ALL the lovely Black and Red CDs bought from St.Marks Place sooo many years ago....I know I am proud to say I have had Feotus on MY breath for a LONG time now...Keep up the Faith!

OOogaBOOoga....

SS

I was very happy to hear that this interview would be conducted.

Good work.

Love Jim Thirwell's work as Foetus or as pretty much anything else.

I'd just like to echo SuicideSquadSix's sentiments... SG and DRE and JGT truly rock my world!

Supercalifragilisticsadomasochism!

Wash it off!

dont need 2 read this - i have 1 word that sez it better
*lydia lunch* and *video*

I'm really glad this interview went up. It's not hard to get Jim Thirlwell talking about himself, for sure. And obviously he can only hint at just how prolific he has been.

But I think a little comment in the interview about just how influencial the man has been in so many areas > how he was dead in the middle of the No Wave scene > how he basically invented industrial music [something he refuses to take credit for] > there wasn't much hint of what his wildly varied music is actually like, the wild mania, the grunts, rasp, howls and screams, the creative and often immense instrumentation, the special kind of grinding jazz punk he can drive out.

Obviously it's great to get as much plug in for his new stuff as possible, but if I didn't already know his work I wouldn't have much idea from the interview.

Still - and I must say this - I'm very very glad to see him in your interview list!!

xx Nick

Not good.