My name is 'Blortz'. I play drums and sing. Colonel Lingus plays bass and sings. Choyce plays guitar and sings. 'Work With Me' Annie plays the Farfisa and yelps.  

Which of you were in the Spaceshits? Why did that band dissolve?  

I was 'Creepy', 'Needles', 'Von Needles', 'Krebs', 'Skutch', etc... in the Spaceshits. I was the lead singer. Colonel Lingus was 'Casino', 'Skid Marks', etc... in The Spaceshits. He played drums. Choyce was the Spaceshits last lead guitarist. He isn't on any of the recorded stuff. He didn't even get to play a show. The Spaceshits 'dissolved' after we did a European tour in 1999. Our bassist Blacksnake decided to stay in Germany. When we got back, we all just switched instruments and started playing.  

Why are you called Les Sexareenos? How did you come up with that name?  

The name 'Les Sexareenos' is French for 'instant dance party'. It's also the name of a teen pulp novel (The Sex-a-Reenos) from the 60's done by legendary rock'n'roller Ron Haydock.

What are your most obvious or important musical (or otherwise) influences? 

What other bands are you involved with?  

Geez... Let's see... Um, Choyce is also in the Daylight Lovers, Cheating Hearts and Del-Gators (among others). Colonel Lingus is also in the Del-Gators. And I have a one-man band that I've just started working on. New bands form here like bacteria.  

Personally? I dunno. We have a kinship, obviously, with The Deadly Snakes. They are more or less our brothers, in my opinion. They are the only band we've officially 'toured' with. It's hard to find contemporary bands that feel the same way we do about things. I like the Lyres a lot. The Swingin Neckbreakers are cool onstage. We've played with a LOT of bands, but like in any other scene, egos and age crush the myth and magic of heroes and contemporaries alike.  

You are highly acclaimed in certain regions of the world. Does North America and in particular Canada seem to be catching on?   

Ya, we do well outside of Canada, anyways. The US is fun to play, but the good places are far apart. Places you think would be nuts sometimes are dead. The west coast always treats us great. And we are totally positively review throughout the States with pretty high regard. It's cool. Canada (east of Vancouver) is pretty weird for us. The last time we toured (last summer), we'd get stuck playing these little places where we'd be expected to open for, like, Funktopus or like a college Creed cover band or whatever, so we'd just keep driving. Now, though, we get a LOT of response via mail and e-mail from people just catching on. Maybe it'll get better. Obviously, the best places for us to actually tour are European countries or Japan or whatever. People there treat us with reverance for some strange reason. We're always getting asked to play somewhere across the pond, but time  
restraints are always a problem.  

Describe your recent touring experiences. (where, when, with who and  what….)   

Uh... quickly, we've toured the USA with Greg Oblivian and The Deadly Snakes (summer 2000), and gone to Spain (Dec 2000 / Jan 2001). For the most part, we do a lot of weekend tours here and there. I sorta forget all the bands and shit. (They have played with The Troggs, The Makers, The Gants, The Demolition Doll Rods, The Remains, The Lyres, The Von Bondies, The Compulsive Gamblers, The Detroit Cobras, The Blues Magoos, The Swingin' Neckbreakers, Andre Williams, The Standells, The Insomniacs amongst others.) We're gonna be heading to Japan and Hawaii in November (if planes are still flying).  

What's the state of the Montreal music scene at present?   

I can only speak for the "R&R" scene, but Montreal has a lot of good bands, a lot of whom have records and singles out. The problem is that it's 'pay to play' over here. It's discouraging. And for us, there is some kind of added problem where bar-owners and cliques that run things tend to have a problem with us, so they end up giving us bullshit excuses why we can't play their illustrious bars. In fact, we just played at the last possible place we could play this past Saturday. There were TONS of people there, and we sucked. What people in the audience could only guess at (supposedly the sound was AWFUL offstage), we lived onstage (the sound was horrendous - feedback of all sorts, monitors cutting off, requests for more of one thing turning into the adding of the opposite). I mean, we did play badly (mainly due to technical problems), and because of that, the energy wasn't there, but having the soundman/booker be rude with us after we just made him tons of money AND after he screwed US over doesn't cut it. This isn't even mentioning the fact that someone put a LOT of time into organizing everything, and having her name tarnished. This is the mildest of things that have happened to us here in Montreal. Too much backstabbing and disrespect. We need a proper place here that every other fuckin' city seems to have or bands great bands will just die.  

How did you hook up with SFTRI and how has that helped you along?  

We hooked up with Sympathy quite easily. Long Gone John (the owner guy) knew us from The Spaceshits, so we just sent him a tape of what we were doing a month or two into this, and he dug it. He loves us. It's definitely helped us being on Sympathy for things like distribution and whatever. The name of the label sways people to try things out, for some reason. I just wish he'd get someone to run ads and do other things a normal label does! But all in all, we're happy with it.  

Your second album is currently available. How does it depart from Live! In The Bed? Are you happy with the way it turned out? Who is Edouard Larocque?   

Well, obviously it's not as 'in your face' as the first album, but that's how we wanted it. Our first album is loud and whatever... we love it, but you have to understand that it's pretty professional. Lots of tracks and mics. We wanted a more modest and true sound for this one (especially after we had actually done this new album again at Jim Diamond's previously, and weren't into it). We're VERY happy with the new one. It was recorded on a cassette 4-track with 4 mics for EVERYTHING. So, of course, some things are missing on some songs, whatever... but it was done with our good friend (Edouard - Scat Rag Boosters, Royal Routes) in a non-stressful place and it was fun. People might not like it as much, but the songs are better, and it's a simple and very effective sound. Those bigger studios are stressful, especially if you travel somewhere to do it. What if you fuck up? Or lose the tape? Aaaaarrrgghh! Just keep listening to '14 Frenzied Shakers', and you'll fall in love.  

Well, considering we only practice maybe once a month, we have lots of time. Everyone has their own thing: sex, drugs, other bands, school, work, movies, writing, whatever. But music (even if sparsely done), is very important for all of us, even just listening to it.  

What kind of havoc will be wreaked on October 6th?   

If the world is still functioning on the 6th, we are gonna have a party in Ottawa. We'll provide the soundtrack to your dancing and drinking pleasure. All we ask is that you let go and have a blast. We just wanna have fun. We'll play as long as everyone wants us to. Hope to see some ladies. Come down to the show - you WILL NOT be disappointed.