kid acne.

he'll knock you in your face
and stab your brain with your nose bone.
 Kid Acne:
















































































































christian bauer: Hi. How's it going? Who are you?

kid acne: Well thank you. My name is Kid Acne. I
like drawing and painting. Ifyou can imagine Amazonian
women and burlesque girls that hang out with
love sick skeletons and Victorian wrestling Minotaurs in a time gone
by, then that's what I do - either with a black pen or a bag of spray
bottles. I also make Pub Rap music for Fatcher's Youth.


cb: Describe the room you are reading these questions in.

ka: It's just a box with a door and a window. I'm listening to Grumble
Grinder.
 

cb: What's your take on U.S. Bush's approval ratings?
 
ka: Well, more people were wearing the Michael Moore pin badges when
Fahrenheit 9.11 was at the cinema. Surely it's a good thing?
 

cb: What were you doing in Australia?
 
ka: What happens on tour stays on tour. You should know that. I did get
myself a farmer's tan mind you. It’s the only place I’ve seen a drive
through beer shop. There’s a lot of drink driving over there.
 

cb: Planner or Personal Assistant?
 
ka: I’m looking to get a PA by the end of the year, that way we can have
our own office parties at Christmas. I had a girl in mind, but she
moved away.
 

cb: What are the current projects?
 
ka: I’m designing some more knitting patterns and a couple of T-shirt
collections for Prada. I co run a small punk label called Invisible
Spies, so we've got a couple of projects on the go right now - black
metal by my good friend Earl Shilton and a gay civil servant punk music
 from Methodist Centre. Aside from this, I’m recording my 3rd rap album.
Happy Horrorcore meets Ghetto Karaoke.
 

cb: Do you expect the public to take your work seriously?
 
ka: Not especially, though I do consider them when I’m painting in the
street. I’m always surprised when people take notice of the finer
details and seem to actually understand what it is that I do, though
this is happening more often these days.
 

cb: How do you feel about Mark E. Smith of THE FALL?
 
ka: I always enjoy seeing The Fall play live, but it's never a good idea
to meet your heroes; unless of course it's Ramm:Ell:Zee. What a bloody
legend.
 

cb: If you were commissioned to rework the Sistine Chapel, how would you
go about it?
 
ka: I guess it would be something like Lee's piece on the amphitheatre at
the end of 'Wildstyle' and all my characters in a euphoric state.
 

cb: If you could ask Frank Frazetta anything what would it be?
 
ka: I have no idea, but I’m sure I’ll think of something more than "How
come you're such a good drawer?" should the opportunity arise.
 

cb: The best show I ever was apart of...
 
ka: It’s not happened yet. They’re by in large the same deal, although the
past few live shows have been pretty crackers. It’s good when you get
the room rocking to your verbal diarrhea and stupid beats.
 

cb: Please define "A Gay".
 
ka: In France they say Fiotte, which I was told means 'half gay, half
afraid'. Kind of like 'half chips, half rice'. It's only gay if you
push back I’m assured?
 

cb: Of all G.G. Allin's storied antics which would you recreate and why?
 
ka: Getting a girl to pee pee in my boosh ‘til i honk up my chilidogs.
Looking forward to this year's birthday me...
 

cb: Define the "Ghetto Karaoke Rap" style.

ka: It's like normal karaoke apart from the fact there's no cue cards or
TV monitors, you just have to remember your words and get Crunk at the
same time.
 

cb: If someone you hated died, what would you do?
 
ka: I don't think there's anyone I’d say I hated, though there are a few
people I couldn't care less about either way. In which case, I’d
probably do nothing.
 

cb: Zebra Face? Explain.
 
ka: Zebra Face is a 2D superhero with only the face of zebra and a
diabetic sidekick to help him battle baddies. We made a 100 page comic
book of this guy a few years back and now there’s talk of animating it
for the old haunted fish tank.
 

cb: Richard Pryor or Benny Hill?
 
ka: Richard Pryor I’d say, though I heard Snoop Dogg is well into Benny
Hill. Crazy?
 

cb: What's on the horizon?
 
ka: Stepping up my game to do better stuff.
 

cb: Any advice for a lovelorn adolescent?
 
ka: Get over it; it won’t be the first time it happens and the sooner you
deal with it and move on, the better you’ll deal with it next time
round. You could always paint a mural that says “Romance Aint Daed”
only to discover she’s already sleeping with someone else…
 

cb: How do you do berserker?
 
ka: You mean go berserker? Like the Norse warriors getting themselves into
a right tiswas before battle? I have no idea!
 

cb: How often do you need to be sorted out?
 
ka: I reign myself at least twice a year. It’s either when I’ve spent all
my money or pissed off my friends.
 

cb: What's the "40" of your choice?
 
ka: Over here the only 40's we got are Super Bock or San Miguel. I drank
some Colt 45 once, shit tasted dreadful, I’ve no idea why Tha
Alkoholics went on about it so much. I like to drink draft bitter me,
either that or gin and tonic. Mother's ruin.
 

cb: Ol' Dirty, Ghostface, Dizzee Rascal? Why? Why not?
 
ka: ODB without a shadow of a doubt. I was championing that guy since I
first heard him. Now it's like you have to be dead before anyone could
even be bothered to download your back catalogue. His version of Phil
Collins 'Sussudio' is ruddy incredible.


interviewed by: christian bauer