A few days ago, we posted about Twiztid being interviewed in the latest issue of Revolver Magazine.  You can see our post about it right here!

Today, fellow webmaster PunkRockJuggalo was in his local Walmart and found a copy of the latest issue!  He snapped some shots of it, and I went ahead and transcribed the article!  Read the full interview here:

Cover of January 2015

Veteran Horrorcore hip-hop duo Twiztid are in the mood to celebrate. Not only did rappers Jamie Madrox and Monoxide recently finish recording their 16th studio album, The Darkness, they’ve just confirmed it as the debut release for their own label, Magik Ninja Entertainment.  “It’s a very dark, spooky record,” says Madrox.  “There are scary overtones, and when you hear it, you will feel it.”

Though they started out as members of Detroit’s House of Krazees, Madrox and Monoxide have come a long way since they left the House in 1997 and formed Twizitd.  Soon after, they were signed to Insane Clown Posse member Joseph Bruce‘s label, Psychopathic Records.  The Posse took Twiztid under its taloned wings and introduced them to a new crowd of rap, rock, wrestling, and Faygo fanatics.

“Those guys are awesome,” Madrox enthuses.  “They showed us the ropes and taught us the business.  We were their protégés.  In the words of Star Wars, we were their Padawans.  We learned a great deal and then we moved on.”

Revolver sat around the campfire with Madrox and Monoxide and discussed fictional and real-life horrors, crazed crowd members, childhood gang stories, and modern-day motivations.

Q: Do you think metal fans will dig The Darkness?

Jamie Madrox: If you take it with a grain of salt and an open mind, you will find something in it you like.  It’s not Sepultura, but it’s dark.

Monoxide: A lot of the producers we worked with played live guitars, so there are some heavy riffs on there.  One song called “FTS” stands for “Fuck This Shit”, and it’s instant anarchy.

Q: Do you surround yourself with actual darkness?

Monoxide: We watch the darkness from above and look down on it.  We take out the things that are relevant, but we’re not killing babies or sacrificing goats.

Madrox: We’re blessed to have a good vantage point that we can see it for what it is and we’re intrigued by it.  You want to find out why if someone passes away they become a ghost and get trapped in this world.  Why don’t they just move on to Heaven or Hell?  Is the world purgatory?  This is the shit we think about while everybody else is trying to pull hos.

Q: One of your new songs is called “Séance.”  Have you ever been part of a real séance?

Madrox: No, but me and Monoxide used to be into some very weird shit.  We used to go to this place called Knock Knock Street, and when you’d drive down it at a certain time of night you would hear this banging on the side of your car door.  That was supposed to be the sound of somebody that got hit by a car and their body got caught in the wheel well and their head and arm kept hitting the door.  We brought friends there to prove the story’s real.

Q: What’s the weirdest experience you’ve had with a fan?

Madrox: We’ve had people come to in-store autograph sessions with urns and shoe boxes filled with the ashes of their friends or family members.

Monoxide: Someone’s mom asked us to take their son’s ashes and sprinkle them at the Lotus Pod, the recording studio we were at.  That was his wish and we did it.

Q: Have Twiztid had any near-death experiences?

Madrox: Back when we were starting out, a guy tried to come on our bus with a samurai sword.  He said he wanted to cut off my arm and Monoxide’s ear and make some sort of hybrid person. You can’t stop crazy, dude.

Q: You came from the streets of Detroit.  Is it as bad as Eminem says?

Monoxide: Worse.  There was drug dealing.  Our house was shot up several times.  We woulda been dead by 30 if it wasn’t for our music.

Q:You guys are in your late 30s and early 40s now, and you’re starting a label and becoming businessmen.  Are the days of hookers and blow over?

Madrox: We don’t do blow, but when it comes to weed, I’ll smoke any of you motherfuckers under the table.  I love marijuana like I love my children.

Here are the shots that PRJ snagged:

Contributors:

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Websites:

• Twiztid Interview @ RevolverMag.com