Singer JASON MCMASTER Discusses WATCHTOWER, DANGEROUS TOYS And BROKEN TEETH

June 14, 2005

Sleaze Roxx recently conducted an interview with singer Jason McMaster (BROKEN TEETH, WATCHTOWER, DANGEROUS TOYS). A couple of excerpts from the interview follow:

Sleaze Roxx: After only two studio albums, why did you decide to release a live BROKEN TEETH album so soon?

Jason McMaster: "Too easy of a question. We put out a live CD after two studio releases to say we have a lot more energy when we play live. The upgraded versions with a complete band, and after we have been playing the songs for a while, have definitely gotten harder, played with more fire than on the studio tracks. The result is the live CD, 'Blood on the Radio'. The show was recorded live while it was being broadcast on the air. KLBJ 93.7 Rock in Austin has a show called 'Local Licks'. We were invited to play, they gave away tickets on the air and the in studio audience was all ticket winners, etc.. Then we threw down, recorded everything, audio and video, released a CD and a DVD of the show and called it 'Blood on the Radio'. Get it at brokenteeth.com and perrisrecords.com."

Sleaze Roxx: How difficult was it to walk away from WATCHTOWER to join DANGEROUS TOYS, and what were the main reasons you switched bands?

Jason McMaster: "Pretty hard, I felt like I was leaving school to go home to bad news. Billy White leaving WATCHTOWER made a lot of things change for me. I felt like when TOWER had to replace Billy that something may have gone with it that made me start to look at other styles. If it were up to me, I would've liked to have done both bands. A tough time adjusting turned into a great time of experience. I got to work with some great people, see the world, and make some fun rock n roll. I toured with my idols, after and during that. WATCHTOWER and other projects flourished from my involvement in all of it. I had stayed in touch with pen pals from years of tape-trading in the metal underground. It was great to go and meet people over seas, who I had been writing for more than 5 years."

Sleaze Roxx: Looking back, do you find the lyrics on the DANGEROUS TOYS debut to be a bit childish?

Jason McMaster: "That is kind of the idea, its cock rock. It's about sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. As well, I believe that some of it as story telling, was pretty good stuff. 'Bones In The Gutter', 'Here Comes Trouble', some of the earliest lyrics we had, were all tales of gore and funny innuendos, which took it into an ALICE COOPER thing. Made up, childish, silly? Sure it is. It's what we were trying to do."

Read Jason McMaster's entire interview with Sleaze Roxx at this location.

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