A Conversation with Luther & Cody of NMA (cont.)

LD: You know what's really cool is that nobody, especially our record company, they're not interested in the next record yet, but we've got a lot of new stuff, man. We've been writing on the road--

CD: Yeah, absolutely.

LD: --and collaborating more. And we've got some good, good--I think the next record is going to be really raw and nasty, like for-real psychedelic blues.

PM: Oh, really? Oh, good.

LD: With the passing of Otha, personally, I feel a direction more back towards home. And I don't know, the next record is going to be a lot of fun.

PM: I love how poppy this record is, too, though, I must say.

CD: Thanks. Me too.

PM: It makes you so much more.

CD: I think so too.

PM: The band is getting really, really wide. And I think the appeal is going to get really wide.

You're both still so very young and so far along for your years. Are there things that you haven't tried that you hope to do, maybe things even unrelated to what you're doing?

CD: Definitely, yeah. I want to--when I was a kid, I produced a lot of gangster rap, and part of me wishes I had done more of that.

PM: Really?

CD: You know what I'm saying, I really like producing rap.

PM: Boy, that's surprising...that's amazing, really.

CD: I like producing. I like writing music. If I could find people I could write with, I would like to do that, write songs for people, stuff like that.

PM: Oh, wow.

CD: Music. Lyrics really isn't my forte. But if I could find people I could work with, I'd like to do that, and produce. If I don't lose all my hearing by the time I get off the road, I'll produce some records.

PM: [laughs] Do you play with ear plugs?

CD: Yes. I have been for years, yeah. Still doesn't stop me from saying "What? Huh?"

PM: [laughs] How about you, Luther? Are there things you haven't done that you hope to do?

LD: Man, this pretty much keeps me busy.

PM: Yeah.

LD: And I try to keep it realistic. Sometimes I call my dad and I have all these ideas. I'll be like, "Man, I want to do this and record this, and do this. When I get home I'm going to do this." And he says, "You've been on the road too long, son. Just calm down."

[laughter]

LD: So this pretty much keeps us busy.

PM: Yeah.

LD: Writing is really the most important thing to do.

PM: Writing.

LD: It's funny, man, especially on this tour, my attention span has gotten so short. I borrow these books, and I can't finish one of them.

PM: Anybody reading anything at the moment?

LD: Yeah.

PM: Any things you're reading you want to share with our readership?

LD: I just read this great book last night, American Hardcore. It's some guy did the history of punk and hardcore. I like it a lot because I grew up on that stuff.

PM: We were just listening to something that DDT [their early punk band] cut with--

GN: Oh, Colin Wade Monk.

LD: Oh, yeah, man! He's a great guy, man, Colin. Shit, I should call him. But... Oh, yeah, they're reading some Raymond Chandler.

PM: Yeah, right.

LD: Raymond Chandler, Mickey Spillane. Larry Brown is my favorite.

PM: Oh, really?

LD: From Oxford.

PM: Yeah.

LD: I've read all of his stuff. He's working on a Hank Williams movie, I think. Larry is so hot, man.  continue

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