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An Interview with The Great Kat

By Glenn Milligan, BA Hons CS

1-How would you describe the style of music you perform?

Answer:
The Great Kat's music is Classical/Shred Metal!!!!! The Great Kat is a Juilliard grad violin virtuoso turned blood-dripping guitar genius taking AUTHENTIC, complex Classical Music and mixing it with vicious, BLISTERING Shred metal!!!!!! This is the NEW CLASSICAL for the NEW MILLENNIUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW GO AND CYBERGIZE your LITTLE BRAINS with the NEW GREAT KAT "Rossini's Rape" 4-Song CD featuring:
-Rossini's "William Tell Overture" -- A BLISTERING 1 minute, 53 second Cyberspeed version of the famous "William Tell Overture" featuring a SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and METAL BAND!!!
-"Sodomize" -- Ultra-Violence rules in this PSYCHOTIC and VENGEFUL ORGY of abuse, rape and SODOMY.
-"Castration" -- Get ready for a WILD ride of 3 Classical Baroque style Harpsichords, mixed with arpeggiated guitar virtuosity and threats of severing, chopping and crushing of sensitive body parts!
-Bazzini's "The Round Of The Goblins" - The Great Kat's demonic violin virtuosity and satanic guitar genius star in this non-stop whirlwind Classical piece, featuring a CLASSICAL VIOLIN, PIANO and SPEED METAL BAND!!

Go to the Kat web site to hear a music sample of "Rossini's Rape" CD at http://www.greatkat.com.

2-Explain what turned you on to playing guitar?

Answer:
After graduating from The Juilliard School, I realized that Classical Music is DEAD. I decided to take Classical into the 21st Century with modern popular music. After hearing ALL forms of popular music, I realized that I HAVE TO METALLIZE Classical Music, by mixing it with SHRED/SPEED METAL!!!!!!

I then picked up the electric guitar and began systematically transcribing all of my violin solos to the guitar, thereby INVENTING the NEW Music of the 21st Century, CYBERSPEED CLASSICAL/SHRED METAL and RESURRECTING CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR THE 21st CENTURY!!!

3-Do you plan on turning 'Castration' into a long form video - since it is so short?

Answer:
ALL Kat music AND videos are SHORT, To-The-Point, FAST BLASTS of CYBERSPEED ENERGY, ESPECIALLY designed for the FAST-THINKING, INTERNET-RUN WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"CASTRATION" Music Video is a 1 Minute, 12 Second Psychotic Mini-Opera with The Great Kat seducing and castrating males in 4 Outrageous Acts:
· Act I - Geisha
· Act II - Salome
· Act III - Black Widow
· Act IV - Finale - SURGERY
"Castration" Music Video is GUARANTEED to have you COVERING your GENITALS!!!!!! DO YOU HAVE THE B***S??????!!!!!!!!!!

4-When did you last play in the U.K. - when do you intend to come back?

Answer:
The Great Kat has NOT YET Blessed The U.K. with my ONE-OF-A-KIND blend of Classical and Shred Metal Music!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. How do you intend the younger crowd onto your music ? Who would you tour with to make this work?

Answer:
BOTH the "younger" and "older" crowd WILL BE FORCED into The Great Kat's OMNIPOTENT music, through The SHEER brilliance, Energy, Power and VIRTUOSITY of The Great Kat's MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

6. Do you do much radio/tv coverage - if so, where ? and if not - why not?

Answer:
The Great Kat's CDs are played ALL OVER the world on Metal radio shows, TV shows, Music Videos Shows and MAINSTREAM radio and TV shows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY EVERYONE is STARTING to understand the BLISTERING SPEEDS of The Goddess of Shred GUITAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

7. Which venue would you most like to play at? what countries do go down well in?

Answer:
The High Priestess of Guitar Shred only plays for HUGE FESTIVALS in ANY country!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8. What humorous on-the-road tour stories do you have worth telling?

Answer:
One of the CRAZIEST things that has happened at a live show is when an ABSOLUTELY CRAZED and RABID FAN ACTUALLY LICKED MY ASS AND BIT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND HE WOULD'NT STOP until I KICKED HIM IN THE BUTT!!!!!

9. What is your fanbase like? Do you get a lot of males - simply because of your looks and figure?, or is there a large cross section of male and female fans out there - that properly appreciate you for musical talent?

Answer:
BOTH males AND females around the WORLD are becoming KAT-POSSESSED by The HOT, SEXY, DOMINATRIX KAT and the BLISTERING, OUTRAGEOUS, INSANE, VIRTUOSIC Guitar AND violin Virtuosity of the Juilliard graduate MESSIAH KAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10. Have you had problems with audiences in the past - (those arse-holes who have simply come to see T&A - regardless of your musical talent), and how do you cope with it and learn to control such a crowd?

Answer:
The Great Kat ONLY has problems with Losers, Pathetic Pea brains, Drugged-out idiots, and LOW I.Q. MORONS who come to shows just to GET DRUNK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11. How did you come up with your image?

Answer:
The Great Kat DRESSES like a BLOOD-DRIPPING, SADISTIC, ABUSIVE, HOT, WILD DOMINATRIX and writes music about SODOMIZING and CASTRATING MALES to SHOCK AND FORCE MEN into SUBMISSION!!!!!

12. Do you regularly change your image, depending on the material you are playing?

Answer:
The Great Kat's LOOK and MUSIC is CONSTANTLY EVOLVING and CHANGING!!!!!! STAY tuned to the Kat web site for NEW KAT CDS, PHOTOS, VIDEOS and MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

13. Explain what it is like to witness a great Kat Concert and what we are missing out on here in the U.K.?

Answer:
The Great Kat's Show is an OUTRAGEOUS STAGE SHOW consisting of the FOLLOWING:
-SHREDDING GUITAR RIFFS & DEMONIC VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY
-SICK, TOTALLY DISGUSTING BLOODY ABUSE and ATTACKS on DEFENSELESS SLAVES!
-S&M WHIPPING, CHAINING, CUFFING

14. Are you played regularly on Internet Rock Radio - and if so - which ones?

Answer:
There are TONS of INTERNET ROCK radio shows all around the world playing The Great Kat's Classical/Shred Metal, which is ESPECIALLY composed and designed for the FAST-THINKING, FAST-MOVING INTERNET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15. In the rock/metal world which artists do you like/prefer from a musical point of view?

Answer:
I prefer THE GREAT KAT GUITAR GODDESS-Classical Technical Virtuosity, Outrageous Lyrics, Insane Image and TOTALLY brilliant and COMPLEX MUSIC!!!!!!

16. What artists have you met who have turned out to be disappointing one-to-one, i.e arrogant, full of it etc? Or have most artists been really friendly?

Answer:
WHO CARES???????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Queen of Metal is the ONLY ARTIST who MATTERS in this PATHETIC WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

17. Do you make ends meet (make a decent enough living through Metal) or do you have to rely on other jobs to bring money in as well?

Answer:
The Great Kat composes, rehearses, performs, and records CLASSICAL/SHRED METAL 24 HOURS A DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

18. If the opportunity arose, which artist(s) would you like to work with and why?

Answer:
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN-GENIUS COMPOSER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

19. Preference and why - Britney Spears or Britny Fox?

Answer:
WHO??????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

20. Who have you most enjoyed seeing live and why? Who would you like to see live and why - who you've not yet seen?

Answer:
The Great Kat is the ONLY guitar/violin shred master and will BLOW YOU AWAY LIVE and ON CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHO CARES ABOUT ALL THOSE AMATEURS and NON-MUSICIANS OUT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

21. Have you ever been approached by TV/Film companies for soundtrack work etc?

Answer:
The Great Kat is talking to TV/Film companies regarding using the MIND-BLOWING Classical/Shred music on their works. Stay tuned to the Kat web site at http://www.greatkat.com for all KAT NEWS!!!!!!!!

Answer:
1-Beethoven's "Symphony #9" (Bernstein/NY Philharmonic) -Beethoven is the Master!
2-Mendelssohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (Masur/Gewandhausorchester Leipzig) -Brilliant!
3-Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" (Hogwood/The Academy of Ancient Music) -Exciting!
4-"Rossini's Rape" (The Great Kat) -The Great Kat is GOD!
5-"Bloody Vivaldi" (The Great Kat) -The Great Kat is the Messiah!

23. Who would you like to be your opponent on MTV's Celebrity Death Match?

Answer:
THERE IS NO ONE WORTHY OF THE GREAT KAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

24. What's your favourite music related film?

Answer:
"Amadeus"!!!!!!!!!!!!!

25. Have you ever seen or heard of Rockbitch - what's your opinion of them?

Answer:

WHO????????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On the NEXT OPUS CD, The Great Kat will be CYBERSPEEDING VERDI'S FAMOUS OPERA "LA TRAVIATA" ("Libbiamo"-The Drinking Song) with the FIRST EVER CD of a SOPRANO, TENOR, CHORUS, SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and METAL BAND!!! I will also CYBERSPEED LISZT'S INFAMOUS "HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY #2" for ORCHESTRA AND BAND, along with the GREAT KAT'S OWN ORIGINAL VICIOUS, SPEED SHRED MASTERPIECES!!!!!!!

THE GREAT KAT IS THE REINCARNATION OF BEETHOVEN!!!!!!!
ON YOUR KNEES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Great Kat Guitar Goddess Web Site at http://www.greatkat.com
Email The Great Kat at greatkat@greatkat.com
Write to TPR MUSIC, 775 Park Ave., Suite #222, Huntington, NY 11743
CALL TOLL FREE: 1-800-KAT-9199 or 631-549-7575