Keith Morris on how OFF! was formed (and Circle Jerks broke up):
‘I’ve been in a couple of other bands, and the last band that I was in [the Circle Jerks] was actually pretty lazy when it came to being creative. Things started to get ugly. Dimitri offered his services, and we started to take advantage of his services. In the process, it just got really stupid. It got like a classroom filled with children with down syndrome.’
[…]
‘It just turned into this big whiny, crybaby, fucking sad, lame, limpdick, teenage boy BS-type scenario. It was time to move on, so that’s what we’re doing. I’m no longer hanging out with a bunch of guys who will figure out ways to just fuck everything up. Now it’s on to bigger and better and more important schedules.’
[…]
‘They’re [the Circle Jerks] done until something comes up where it makes sense. For the time being, it’s done. They can all go on vacation. They can all hold hands and put on their g-strings and skip in the sand down by the Santa Monica Pier.’
On avoiding pissing off Keith Morris:
‘You’re all the way where you’re at, so you can print whatever you want to print. There’s enough land and road and buildings and trees and desert and mountains between us, so you actually have a bit of space to get away with whatever you’re going to get away with. But just remember that one of these days, we will be driving through your town. We can track you down and hire a bunch of naked dwarfs to run around your house and toilet paper the trees, paint peace signs all over the sides of your house. Instead of burning a cross, instead of having a bunch of people in shiny robes and white sheets up on your lawn burning crosses or swastikas, we could hire a couple local pre-schools to show up dressed in their Halloween costumes, and they could burn a big happy face on your lawn. So you better be good to us. Otherwise, the army of kids is going to show up to trick or treat, and you’re not going to have enough candy, okay? There’s not enough candy at your local supermarket to keep these kids from mauling you.’
Keith Morris on record companies:
‘I don’t need to get into any of the bloody, gory, horrible details about that, but that would be getting raped by a smaller penis. That’s what that would equate to. All these indie bands and punk rock bands and hardcore bands were talking about the man, the big corporate record companies: “They’re only going to rip you off.” It’s just as easy to get ripped off by a smaller label.’
OFF! Is playing an in-store next week at Vacation Vinyl in LA. I’ll try to check them out if I can get in since it’s a small place. But I will remember to keep my distance …