Sin Destroyers Q&A

Sin Destroyers Q&A

The Bosh: What inspired you to form Sin Destroyers?

Walker: The band and I were team teaching a Sunday school class and giving a lesson on how God invented everything. One of the students asked if God invented the electric guitar. "Of course," we told him, "and double bass pedals, and gongs, and whammy bars, and cowbells, too." Curiously the child responded, "why?" Like a bolt of lighting from the almighty himself, it hit us. "So that we can kick ass in his name," we responded in unison. That afternoon we all gathered our guitars, basses, drums and bibles and met in Peter's basement. The rest is history.

The Bosh: Do you ever feel intimidated by all the sins out there that need destroying?

Walker: The power of our sin destruction is so devastating, I rarely have to think about destroying on a sin by sin basis. It's like stuffing the Holy Spirit into a neutron bomb of purity, and putting it into a subterranean vessel, likely piloted by devout monks, who channel to the center of the earth and blow it up from the inside out. We've found that much more efficient than dealing with sin piecemeal.

The Bosh: Why should people come to a Sin Destroyers show instead of sitting on their asses in front of the TV?

Walker: I'm not sure if people realize this, but Satan shows up everywhere. Just the other day there was like 90 little grounds of Satan swimming around in the bottom of my thermos, and I had to spit out my whole gulp. I spent the whole morning pissed off. That's how Satan gets you. He shows up just when you're trying to have a good time. If you're sitting down watching TV, you're asking for Satan to sneak up behind you and whiz on your head. Satan wouldn't be caught within 15 furlongs of one of our shows, guaranteeing you'll be filled with holiness, awesomeness, and be free from the reach of his whiz and general piss-offery.

The Bosh: When you feel the desire to sin, what do you do?

Walker: There's a million ways to be reminded how not to sin. I've got bumper stickers that tell me how much I love god, Jesus, and the whole gang. I've got bracelets. There are Christs hanging freaking everywhere in my house. He's up there constantly dying for my sins. There's no way I'm about to sin in front of that! A friend of mine just recently turned me on to holy reminder underpants. They've got cute little phrases written on them like, "If you're not about to get in the shower, maybe you should put your pants back on." I haven't had to go to confession in 19 years.

For more information on Sin Destroyers, visit their website: http://www.sindestroyers.com.