TROTTERS ROCK ONLINE E ZINE
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Sept. '99
by Nigel Roberts
Interview with Yanni "Johnny" Bacolas
Lancashire, UK

1.WHERE ARE YOU NOW AND WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING AFTER THIS ?

Right now I'm at home in Seattle. Getting life back in order after being on the road for the last 13 months. As far as what I'll be doing next, well, I'm not quite sure. It all revolves around the band and if we go back on the road in a few weeks or if we start working on another record. I'm in limbo.

2.HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LOST YOUR VIRGINITY AND BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE FIRST TIME!

Oh shit, well (Bong hit) I think I was about 13. I was quite a little stud, made them come right away, or wait, was that me.....

3.WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD & DRINK (OR DRUG )?

I rather enjoy the sweet leaf. I don't really drink much but I will pound shots of Crown Royal with the right company or while I'm playing here and there. As far as foods go, I don't know, I like Greek food. I don't know how to cook, ANYTHING, seriously. I have no concept of the kitchen area. Layne Staley and I were roommates a few years ago and we never once turned on that big white thing, what do you call it, the stuv, stoov, ahhhhh, 'the stove'.

4.WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON NEW YEARS EVE 1999 ? AND WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AT THAT TIME ?

I'll tell you were I won't be, THE AIR. The computers that operate the Air Traffic Control Towers are amongst the worst and oldest in the U.S. - I'm sure overseas is no better. In case there are any fireworks, I want to be home. Where would I like to be? Home is just fine with me.

5.WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU GIVE WINGS AND SEND TO HEAVEN ?(& why if you want to tell) (SOMEONE YOU ADMIRE AN ICON OR A GOOD DOER )

My Aunt Vagelli in Greece who died in the last 4 years. She was always such an angelic person to me growing up and up until I last saw her just months before she died at an old age in a her little village in the mountains of Greece. She was very holy. She was the most beautiful woman ever to me.

6.WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU SEND TO THE FIERY PITS OF HELL ? (& why if you want to tell) (BASICALLY SOMEONE YOU HATE !)

Can't help you on this one. I don't hate anyone.

7.WHAT ALBUM OR SONG CHANGED YOUR LIFE AND MADE YOU WANT TO BE IN A BAND ?

KISS ALIVE 2, that was it. I even brought the album to Show and Tell (6th grade). It was the full-album with the huge centerfold of Kiss's stage show with fire shooting up and the guys on stage. That was it. I knew what my calling was.

8.FAVOURITE MOVIE OF 1999 TO DATE ?

American Pie, just saw it tonight. Laughed my ass off.

9.MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT EVER ?

I've been in a band for years, this kinda stuff adds up fuckin' fast. Especially being in a band with guys like James and Travis. The biggest fuckin' pranksters you'll ever meet. Honestly, this one is eluding me, uhhh, they've taped toilet paper on me before I went onstage so I played a whole set with it dragging behind me. If you ever get a zit in this band it WILL be introduced as a fifth band-member to the audience. I can go on and on. Sometimes it's funny and sometimes you just get embarrassed.

10.WHAT WOULD YOU BE IF YOU WEREN'T A ROCK STAR ?