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>>>Johnny,
>Tell us a bit about yourselves.
>Ken Jordan, 28, Scott Kirkland, 25.  Moved from Las Vegas to L.A. in '89, had
>to learn how to stop drinking at 2a.m.
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>How did The Crystal Method crystallize?
>In the late eighties we were working with a singer on some house tracks.  He
>sucked, underground dance music without vocals became viable, we stopped
>looking for singers.
>
>Who are your influences?
>Early '70s Stevie Wonder, first five Led Zeppelin albums, William Orbit.
>
>What compilation CD's have you appeared on, with who, and how did you
>choose the tunes that would appear?
>Classic California Cuts, The American Dream 1 and 2, The Jazz HeadTrip, Total
>Trip Hop 1 and 2, and D.J. Allstarz-In the Mix 1-Taylor, (all on City of
>Angels);
>The Trip Hop Test part one and part two, Hard Hop + Trypno, and Funky Desert
>Breaks (all on Moonshine);
>the Dance Nation CD on Ministry of Sound;
>and, unfortunately, probably some we don't know about.  We are supposed to be
>asked and give permission for compilations, but  that isn't usually the case,
>we'd like to be on less.
>
>What are your favorite clubs and venues that you play across the country
>and what are the main differences in the scene between NY/Florida/East
>Coast/Europe/West Coast?
>It's hard to say about venues right now since we've only been to one or two
>in each city we've played, but regions are easy:  The West Coast is
>surprisingly weak, there are lots of people but no sense of overall direction
>and unity; and lots of fucked up promoters.  New York is hit and miss but
> the weather always sucks.  Boston is the bomb.  The Philly-D.C.-Baltimore
>scene is amazing.  The best is definitely the Southeast, North Carolina all
>the way down to Florida.  Europe will probably be the ultimate, we've had a
>taste of it with one great show in London, there's just so many people there
>of all ages and tastes that are into this type of music.
>
>How do you feel about "underground" techno music being heard in the
>commercials of major corporations such as the Chemical Brothers and
>Microsoft?
>Sega was cool, but Microsoft and IBM are still the enemy.
>
>Official U.K government statistics(1995)show that there is a similar chance
>of one dying by taking the illegal drug ecstasy and one going on a fishing
>trip.(5 per 25 million against 10 per 45 million].Why do you think the
>mainstream media in the U.S.A over the past 12 years have continually
>highlighted and attacked the use of perception altering substances when
>involved in the techno dance scene but have chosen to ignore or in some
>instances found the practice somewhat acceptable when it is involved in other
>areas of the music world?Elvis, The Beatles, The Grateful Dead, The
>Rolling Stones ...... to name a few.
>I don't know if that's really true.  I don't think ecstasy sales were ever
>prevalent at Elvis' shows, I don't think mainstream media would have much of
>a scoop today talking about the Beatles smoking pot or dropping acid.  LSD
>and the Dead is old news about old men.  The Stones are just old.  You have
>to understand that Raves make great news!  Great lights, clothes, different
>music, it's a Hard Copy bonanza.  They've got to play up the drug use to
>justify they're headlines.  It sucks but these types of stories have never
>tried to enlighten, they just sell ad time.
>
>Who are your favorite D.J's? What styles are you into?
>Taylor, Scott Henry, DJ Dan, Keoki, Alien Tom and , of course, Big Daddy
>Bubby Love (out of Vegas).  Dope ass styles
>
>Any full length Cd"s of your own in the works?
>Yeah, we wanted to put one out late this Summer but now we have to wait 'til
>January '97 (record company reasons we don't quite understand).
>
>Your European tour.Where are you going and what do you expect?
>We may play some dates with Underworld, some with Goldie and some on our own.
> Mostly England, probably Dublin and hopefully Germany.  We expect warm brown
>beer.
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>Where will technology take your music?
>Technology will never take our music anywhere. We take advantage of
>technology to help us do certain things a little quicker or simpler but our
>sound is made up largely of real drums, real instruments and lots  of analog
>and tube processing.  If you rely on technology too much to create, you're
>not an artist.
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>Ken and Scott 
>The Crystal Method
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