ANT

The following is an excerpt of Mike McCarthy's interview with Chip that appeared in his zine, Ant.

MM: I noticed that the Tweaked album credits Donnie with lead guitar and Gino with guitar. In the future, will Gino be the lead guitarist , or is Donnie going to do full time lead?
CZ: I would think that they'd both play lead. They both play lead guitar. Both cats. And you can tell both their styles. They've both got very distinct guitar styles. They both have very different sounds, too. I think it's a real nice combination. So to answer your question, who cares who drives the bus to the picnic as long as we get there, you know?

MM: In the beginning of "Mr. Jones", what is that noise and then who laughs right after?
CZ: That's Donnie laughing in the beginning of "Mr. Jones". The sound effect is just like an old thing off an old Led Zepplin record, actually. It's just a snare drum flanged.

MM: "Bullet From A Gun". Is that you singing that?
CZ: Yeah. Well, I sing on all the Enuff Z'nuff records, but I sing lead on a couple of tracks on this record. When Donnie and I listened to the record it seemed to fit right for them tunes. "Bullet From A Gun" and "My Heroin" were two songs that showed a different side of the group.

MM: Musically, "Bullet" reminds me of Stone Temple Pilot's "Vasoline", particularly the guitar riff-
CZ:-- Hope were not in any trouble.

MM: I doubt it. The song itself is very different, very original, but are you a fan of them? Is that a vibe you were influenced by?
CZ: I'll be honest with you, that song's three years old. It's an old one I pulled out of the hat. I was showing the guys on acoustic guitar and everyone was like, this is fuckin' great. So, we tracked it one afternoon at Startracks in Chicago and the basic sounded really cool. I was only singing it to give Donnie a reference vocal. I thought Donnie was gonna sing it, but he listened to it and said, man I like your vibe on this one, we should just keep it. So that's what we ended up doing. But as far as the Stone Temple Pilots go, I think they're a pretty good band, yeah. I don't own any of their records, but that's only because I hear them on the radio every single day. You don't really have to go out and buy the record, but they've got some good songs and stuff. There's alot of good bands coming out right now. I'm just wondering if any of them were listening to us before they came out because there's certainly some sounds there--some influences--there and I'm just curious.