This year I celebrated Halloween the right way with three out-of-this-world sets from The Hussy, Outer Minds, and Seattles Night Beats, each of which sent chills down my spine. I got to spend some extra spooky (is there a better word than that?) time with The Hussy and the Night Beats and discuss pyro-technics, the best part of psych fest, and their favorite abnormal creatures...NIGHT BEATS INTERVIEWASHLEIGH DYE: SO YOU GUYS HAVE GOT A SONG ‘DIAL 666’ - WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF SATAN ACTUALLY PICKED UP?TAREK WAGNER: Fuck you.DANNY LEE: Well, as the song goes I’d have him pull some shit for me. I consider him a hit man.AD: Oh yea, calling in a favor or two. You guys have played Psych Fest the last 4, maybe 5 years. What’s your favorite part of the festival and how it’s evolved over the years?DL: I’d say meeting up with a lot of friends, a lot of bands are coming through town, seeing how they’ve progressed and been up to, trade stories. All that shit.AD: I’m really into collaborations. With projects like The UFO Club, and your roots in the Psych Fest community you’ve gotten to play and work with some cool people. Is there anyone out there you’re dying to work with? What’s your dream collaboration?TW: Kyle MooneyDL: Kyle Mooney, yeah.AD: What would you do with Kyle Mooney?TW: I dunno. I wouldn’t want to put any limitations on it, just see where it goes.DL: King Khan would be sweet, Tim Presley, Ty [Segall], too. AD: If you could live like your favorite undead specimen what would it be?

DL: Maybe like one of those deep-sea freaky guys with the light bulb.JAMES TRAEGER: I think an alien.TW: A reptilian humanoid sub-creature.AD: You guys are forced to pick a new band mate-Your only choices are Michael Meyers, Jason Voorehes, or Freddy Krueger.DL: Not Michael.JT: Michael Jordan?TW: I don’t wanna hang out with any of those assholes![laughter]DL: I guess I’m gonna have to go with Freddy, he’s got good style.

THE HUSSY INTERVIEW

ASHLEIGH DYE: Tell me about the first time you lit your guitar on fire.

HEATHER HUSSY: I remember!BOBBY HUSSY: It was at Willy Street Fair in Madison, Wisconsin. Like, 2009? It was an outdoor show and we needed to burn up a lot of time.HH: We prepared for it and everything. Did a test run at home. Then some hippy tried to pee on it to put it out and we were like “no. We know its on fire”.

AD: If you guys had to write an entire album devoted to one spooky creature, what would it be?

BH: Obviously spiders. Just kidding, Heather hates spiders.HH: Maybe like the Chupacabra? Or Sasquatch. Sasquatch hands down.BH: Yeah, definitely Sasquatch! We had this guy in Seattle look over his shoulder at us when he was crossing the street and he looked just like Sasquatch.

AD: You had a Sasquatch sitting! You should have called it in. OK so lets pretend you’ve found an ancient Egyptian book of the dead and in it you find one spell to bring a band back from the grave for one final tour. Who do you bring back?

BH: Nirvana, right?HH: Yeah, totally Nirvana.

AD: What’s your favorite thing to do during the witching hour?

HH: I think I’m usually sleeping then [laughs]BH: Play guitar, quietly.

AD: What are you most proud about your newest album,

Pagan Hiss

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BH: It’s just the best record we’ve made.HH: Yea it was exciting, we got to tour in EuropeBH: Both coasts of the US, the label did a really good job with everything; they did a big solid for us. I’m happy about all of it.

AD: Look into the crystal ball…what does the future hold for The Hussy?

HH: Another trip to Europe.BH: Yeah. More touring, more records. We making a7” right now, a split with Digital Leather and our own LP all for release next year, then well do a US tour first, then go to Europe again.

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Photos & Interviews by ASHLEIGH DYE