Interview with The Great Kat

Not your usual run of the mill interview.


First of all, why adopt a dominatrix image? Do you think that image has a relation to kind of music you make?

The Great Kat has to WAKE UP all you LETHARGIC MORONS into the POWER of Cyberspeed with Brilliant Guitar AND Violin VIRTUOSITY, UNBELIEVEABLE Classical Genius Music AND A VICIOUS, SEXY DOMINATRIX IMAGE BECAUSE ALL YOU IDIOTS ARE TOO BLOCKED AND REPRESSED!!!!!! You Morons CAN'T ACCEPT a POWERFUL, TECHNICALLY TRAINED FEMALE UNLESS THERE's BREAST , WHIPS and BLOOD IN YOUR FLACCID FACES!!!!!

Given the choice between doing a cover of a classical piece, or writing one of your own songs, which do you prefer, and why?

The Great Kat's own "Songs" ARE the NEW Classical Music of the 21st century!!!! WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How do you exactly turn a classical composition into a "cyberspeed" version with modern instruments? That is, do you have a method for arranging these pieces?

Method for turning Classical Compositions into "Cyberspeed" Masterpieces:

My understanding is that this entire recording was done on a PC---what hardware (soundcards, processors, etc.) and software do you use for recording?

The Great Kat's "Guitar Goddess" Masterpiece CD was COMPOSED entirely on a PC with Passport's Encore Notation and Composition Software. It was recorded at a digital recording studio.

NOW RUN to The Great Kat Guitar Goddess Web Site at www.greatkat.com for samples of these MIND-BLOWING Guitar Goddess CD Cyberspeed Songs:

What led to you decide that mixing heavy metal and classical music was the way to go; what were the reactions of the people around you when you started doing this; and what do you have to say to them now?

After graduating from The Juilliard School of Music with honors on the violin and winning the Artists International Competition and performing my solo violin debut at Carnegie Recital Hall, I decided that Classical Music WAS DEAD and needed to be updated into the future. After discovering Judas Priest and Metal, I decided to take Classical into the future by mixing it with Metal on the guitar. CYBERSPEED METAL WAS BORN!!!!!!! The reactions to The Great Kat's tranformation: SCARED, CONFUSED, FURIOUS, LOVING IT, TOTALLY IN AWE and HATING IT. In other words, CONTROVERSIAL!!!!!!

Do you have plans to do live shows?

The Great Kat has JUST completed a LIVE Music Video from The Great Kat Live Show in Chicago called "The Great Kat LIVE AT THE EXPO OF THE EXTREME!"!!!!!!

This SICK music Video features these PSYCHOTIC goodies:

What do you think of the current music scene, particularly the rise of metal music in the underground?

Current Music Scene: GARBAGE!!!!!! PHONIES, LIERS, LOSERS and DRUGGED OUT PEABRAINS!!!! Metal Music is the LEADER of the 21st Century with The Great Kat's CYBERSPEED MUSIC leading the WAY!!!!!!!!!

WAKE UP AND GET INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH CYBERSPEED!!!!!!!!! SPEED UP YOUR BRAIN WITH "CYBERSPEED" The MUSIC of the FUTURE on The Great Kat Web Site at www.greatkat.com.

The Great Kat Web Site Features These Cyber-Goodies:

What's your favourite music? That is, what music does the band listen to and currently like? Who would you cite as influences, in tmers of your guitar work?

The Great Kat's FAVORITE Music: CYBERSPEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GET SOME AIR IN THAT DUSTY BRAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

INFLUENCES:

What are your future plans and where do you see yourself in the year 2000?

The Great Kat'S FUTURE PLANS: TAKE OVER ALL OF MUSIC BY THE YEAR 2000!!!

By the year 2000, YOU AND EVERYONE in the world WILL BE FORCED TO UNDERSTAND the SPEED, BRILLIANCE and POWER of CYBERSPEED MUSIC, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!!!!!! YOU WILL HAVE TO CYBERGIZE YOUR BRAIN TO SURVIVE the NEXT MILLENNIUM, with the GLOBAL, COMPUTERIZED, DIGITAL, AND EXTREME WORLD THINKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GET INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH CYBERSPEED NOW!!!!!

BOW TO YOUR OMNIPOTENT MASTER: The Great Kat!!!!!!!!!!!! The Great Kat Guitar Goddess Web Site at www.greatkat.com. Email The Great Kat at greatkat@greatkat.com Write to The Kat Slave Club at P.O. Box 20554, Columbus Circle Station, NY NY 10023 CALL The Cyberspeed Hotline: 212-799-9392

WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Great Kat IS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Music ram-blings || Ram Samudrala || me@ram.org || November 17, 1997