Violins and violence... and the poetry of those two words together.
My band, WITCHBURN.
Challenge.
Change.
Sipping red wine and sucking on dark chocolate.
When you open a box full of old memoirs and you can actually smell the nostalgia, as though the scent from that time was somehow trapped inside.
Brutal honesty.
Oblique allusion, hidden meanings, innuendos and subliminal messages... especially in music.
Knowing my enemy.
Rainstorms in the desert.... and that smell.
The warmth of the sun on the top of my head.
Garlic.
Overcoming obstacles.
Monday nights in Hollywood with Metal Skool, before they became Steel Panther.
Black mascara.
Guitar riffs that can sexually turn me on all by themselves.
Sushi.
Tingling.
Pushing myself to the point where I don't think I can take anymore, and then pushing myself even further.
Driving through the desert with my shades on and the stoner rock up loud.
Fresh Basil.
Dirty lyrics.
Black eyeliner.
Romantic kisses with my husband after midnight while the light shines on us through the blinds.
Angels.
Real jasmine tea.
Air-drumming to Mastodon... especially when their drummer Brann is watching and able to see how impossible it is for me to keep up.
The smell of amber.
Words.
The science of human anatomy and its ability to provide such intense physical sensations.
Watching the fire.
Being a good wife.
Alexis.
Music
Black Sabbath, Motley Crue, Mastodon, Melvins, Fastway, The Sword, Van Halen, Heart, Faith No More, Pantera, Butthole Surfers, Ozzy Osbourne, The Cult, Electric Wizard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Sleep, Jane's Addiction, Guns N' Roses, Sade, Deep Purple, Poseidon, Candiria, Weedeater, Blind Willie Johnson, Hanoi Rocks, Iron Maiden, Tomahawk, Priestess, Big Business, The Rolling Stones, Down, The Locust, Fireball Ministry, Shooter Jennings, Girlschool, Storm and the Balls, Fiend Without A Face, Mos Generator, Suplecs, The Cramps, Sepultura, Miles Davis, The Atomic Punks, Militia Deathridge, Blood Of The Sun, Iron Horse, Testament, The Runaways, Lovage, Kiss, Arch Enemy, Ratt, Eartha Kitt, W.A.S.P, Leonard Cohen, Mr. Bungle, Corrosion of Conformity, Thelonius Monk, Torche, The Mystick Krewe of Clearlight, Madonna, Peeping Tom, Led Zeppelin, Kyuss, Black Label Society, Concrete Blonde, David Bowie, The Reverend Horton Heat, L.A. Guns, Gwar, Fantomas, Dillinger Escape Plan, Dub Trio, Orange Goblin, Faster Pussycat, Electric Six, Poison, Latin Playboys, Acid King and Steel Panther.
Movies
TRICK OR TREAT, Motley Crue Uncensored, The Big Lebowski, Haunted Honeymoon, The Terminator I & II, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Gift, Natural Born Killers, This Is Spinal Tap, Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me, Four Rooms, Clue, Labyrinth, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Kill Bill movies, Jawbreaker, Some Like It Hot, American Psycho, Pulp Fiction, Uncommon Valor, The Song Remains The Same, Ghostbusters I and II, Strange Days, Wayne's World, Monty Python And The Holy Grail, Who's That Girl? and Rock Star.
Books
The Dirt and The Heroin Diaries
Heroes
My dad, Nikki Sixx, my big brother Mason, guitar players who play like Randy Rhoads, Buzz Osbourne, Dimebag Darrell, Eddie Van Halen, Brent Hinds and Slash, drummers who play like Brann Dailor, Jimmy Bower, Vinnie Paul and John Bonham. Ozzy Osbourne and Jesus.
Mischa Monster's Details
Status:
Married
Zodiac Sign:
Aquarius
Children:
Someday
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About me: Whole Heart, Horns High... that's my motto. Throwing my metal horns up high with my whole heart's conviction has made me who I am. I'm proud that I've never stopped and I'm proud that I've never changed, despite the obstacles I've had to overcome in the long hard fight to be myself.
Mischa Monster is a nickname I was given when I was a little girl, obviously it stuck.
My dad owns a military surplus shop. I worked there when I was young and helped make ammo in the back.
I have two brothers, one older and one younger by two years to the very day... literally, he was born on my second birthday.
When I was 15, I kissed Anthony Keidis at a Fugazi concert at the Hollywood Palladium.
When I am driving by myself, I am usually blasting some 80's glam era, Hollywood sleaze-rock like Motley Crue, L.A. Guns or Faster Pussycat and singing along... loudly.
I don't have any tattoos.
I've been playing the violin since I was 3 years old, serenading audiences in solo recitals and orchestral concerts, dolled up in costume, on stages and parade floats all over the state of California. Who would have thought?
I grew up in Ridgecrest... the Mojave desert of Southern California, riding dirt bikes and shooting guns.
I'm a certified phlebotomist, but I choose to collect blood with rock and roll instead of needles.
When I was in junior highschool, I used to sit in my room everyday after school for hours on end, learning every guitar riff I could possibly figure out by taking my Ozzy, Iron Maiden, Guns N' Roses and Metallica cassettes and rewinding section by section, over and over until they were all chewed up.
When I imagine Jesus Christ as a person who was savagely beaten, spit on, nailed to a cross, torchered and killed... regardless of anything else you may or may not believe about him as a person... who he was and why he did the things he did... just the fact that any person would go through something like that so willingly, out of the love they felt for people brings tears to my eyes. The thought astounds me.
I am a natural born performer... I love playing music on stage. When I get the opportunity to perform in front of hundreds or even thousands of people at a time, the feeling it gives me is absolutely invigorating, and in that moment... I feel complete, which is a rare feeling for me. This is the feeling that leads a lot of people like us to various types of addiction... we go searching for a way to replicate it again and again... you always want more
You must be one with your instrument and play what is in your heart concentrate all of your energy where the tips of your fingers touch the strings only then can you achieve true enlightenment grasshopper ;) Peace, David
HEY MAN ITS GEORGE MY NEW BAND OCEANS OF RED IS PLAYING ARLINGTON @ THE MIRKWOOD ON FRIDAY @ 8PM ALL AGES W/ A FULL BAR AND @ HELLS KITCHEN THIS SATURDAY HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!
hey mischa! i saw you at pain in the grass on saturday.. i know you didnt recognize me.. half my face was painted like chad gray.. but i had to say hi to you! you kick complete ass!
Hey there Mischa Monster :) Nice shredding last night I will never get tired of your playing you and Jacy complement each other perfectly. As always it is a pleasure banging heads with you and Witchburn ROCK ON !!!!!!!! Horns High, David aka idangerous
Mischa, Dude when you going to come here and play? People would LOVE you guys. I have let a couple friends hear your C.D. and there like Bullshit. You dont know some of the people in this band. Im like dude yea om related to two of them. The dig this shit. They really seam to like Hallowed Ground:) ell your manager you guys need a BIGGER budget. lol
Thanks for the add Mischa! Nice seeing you and Jacy at the Zero Down show. Loved the vocals you did with Lenny on Living After Midnight. See you at another show again soon.
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