Lord Bishop Speaks ............

What I believe in is Rock Music and not just formulated Rock Music to make hits, but music that you can listen to over and over again. Music that fuses loud rock guitar and driving drum beats with funk and tiny elements of Jazz, Music not easily copied by the original performers or anyone else. Of course as a songwriter I also write songs that have hooks as big as God's earth and you can instantly sing along with them. But that's not my purpose, I want people to listen and get into the personal nuances of my music - the elements of love, hate, confusion, fear and most of all the sexual energy that drives me forward.

No one understands how hard it is to be in a touring Rock Band unless you have hit the road. Some Bands start fucking whining when they play more than 25 Shows on a Tour. They should try playing 200 to 250 times per year like myself. I say if you are doing what you love and getting even one Fan per Show to do it, then shut the fuck up, turn up the amps and let's rock!!! I will die on stage because it's the only place I live. After 15 plus years and over 1000 concerts Rocking and Rolling all over the earth, my finest work yet, the album 'Sweat & Blood' is available now on Noiseworks Germany and Noa Noa Records USA. I love this record because it's dirty, loud and at the same time has the freaky and funny side of my personality on it, it's got cool Hendrix Vibes, James Brown Funk, Nirvana Power and Zappa Humour.

I am halfway through The Orgasmus World Tour, which is a two year tour, and the first year had us play over 100 shows in 2003, with over 200 gigs in 2004 planned. I will try and get to every possible country and every possible town I can get to. I will play anywhere as long as the people want to rock. I am Anti-Mainstream and Anti-Music Mafia Rocker and all the fucking masturbation going on in the music business makes me sick! There are very few labels that are interested in developing artists, the majority just make them in the oven, sell the cake and make another one! Well, Fuck You! They won't do that to me. I believe in artistic freedom and the power to speak about what's on your mind and in your heart. You will never tell me what to say and when to say it, that's for the asshole Boy Groups and Pop Queens. I am what I am: big, black, loud, aggressive and the fucking greatest Entertainer that Rock Music has ever seen!

In 1991 I formed the legendary Metal, Punk, Funk Band 'Total Sexual Freedom' and we had a hardcore following all over the USA. It was always the great to see the Fanbase grow and grow but because we were a mixture of the Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath and Living Colour again the fucking Music Industry had no idea what to do with us. We toured Germany in 1998 with the help of a band called 'Yosip' and the German audiences loved us. So I said to myself, this is where I want to be, playing my music in Europe and Asia. I wanted to be where artists are respected and in America you are more respected if you work at McDonalds. So I asked the TSF boys if they would like to give Europe a chance and all of them pussyed out, like most Americans - no risk taking freaks, but it takes big balls to do what I did, so I said "Peace!" and got my black ass on a plane, and 4 years, 6 records and 600 concerts later, it was the best decision of my life.

People always want to classify artist's music - everything and everyone needs to be in some fucking box, it's another way of control. I hate categories, so I created my own category of what my music is, and I call it Sex Rock. It's down and dirty, passionate, creative, simple, soft, loud, sometimes drug or alcohol induced and most of the time it will give you a nice delicious orgasm. Sex Rock is my fusion of my favourite sounds, Jimi Hendrix, James Brown, Nirvana, Led Zepplin and Frank Zappa. People also want to classify you by what you wear and compare you with every other band that are all looking like they have just crawled from underneath a car. I also take pride in looking like a star. My Mom always told me the famous quote "if you want to be a Star, you must look like one", and I do!

So the plan is simple: keep rocking everywhere and building the ever growing Sex Rock Nation. Keep making independent records for my fans and change how the world thinks and bring some peace to the world! As hard as it is to be an independent Artist and be on the road so much, I welcome the challenge and I will fight hard to change the world and how people view Musicians and Rockmusic. I plan my first vacation in year 2028 - by then I think I will deserve one!

Love and peace and loud rock to this fucked up world and fuck George Bush and that poodle haired Tony Blair.....

Peace, Lord Bishop (December 2003)

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