| Q: How did the Dirtbombs form? |
| A: Mick put the band together in 1992 as a side project, when the band he was in at the time broke up. After many, many delays (including the now-legendary lineup changes, and a 14-month stretch Mick spent in a completely different band), the Dirtbombs started recording in 1995 and touring about a year after that. |
| Q: Why two drummers and two bassists? |
| A: Mick: "I looked around to see what everybody else was doing, and tried to do something as different from everybody else as possible and still be a rock band. My chief hope was that it would make the band extremely difficult to categorize." |
| Q: How do you describe your music? |
| A: We don't. Rock 'n Roll is Rock 'n Roll. |
| Q: What are your influences? |
| A: Individually, the influences of the Dirtbombs are all over the map. Every one of us owns over 1000 LPs, covering the entirety of recorded music. Strictly speaking, Mick (who handles the majority of the songwriting) lists the band's major influences as Wire, Pere Ubu, Mission Of Burma and the Swell Maps, with a big nod to Glam Rock. |
| Q: Why was 'Ultraglide' an album of soul covers? |
| A: Mick: "I felt like it, frankly. I had been wanting to cover some of those songs since I started playing music, and the Dirtbombs gave me my chance. It was only a matter of time before we got around to it." |
| Q: How come 'Ultraglide' sounds so different from 'Horndog Fest'? |
| A: Every record sounds different. It's part of the band's aesthetic. Yeah, yeah, we know, it's not 'cool' for a rock band to have an aesthetic, but the Dirtbombs were never meant to be a 'cool' band. Didn't you get the memo? |
| Q: What's the next record gonna sound like? |
| A: We don't know. Different from the last one. |
| Q: Blah blah blah Detroit scene? |
| A: If there was a 'Detroit Scene', we'd tell you all about it. However, there's not. It's a nice media delusion, but that's about all it is. |
| Q: Blah blah blah the White Stripes? |
| A: If you want to know about the White Stripes, ask the White Stripes. |
| Q: Blah blah blah garage rock? |
| A: We're not a garage rock band, so how should we know? Ask the Vines. |
| Q: What's up with all the weird animal stuff? |
| A: Mick is a furry fan. Click here for clarification. |
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