Alex Kane is the member and creator of Antiproduct. He comes from the experiences with 'Life' and 'Sex and Death', and the project 'Clam Abuse' with Ginger of 'The Wildhearts'. Alex is affected by an unstoppable shock attitude; he went around naked on (the roof of) a mini-van, stucking the traffic in the heart of London for about one hour. He provoked strong emotions, both in an affermative or negative way, also during the Italian 'Gods of Metal 2002' breaking into a riot, lately stopped only wih help of the security men. After "Made in U.S.A", full-lenght realeased in April 2003, Alex and his band will try to conquer Italy once again with a short tour. You will find all the detail about the tour dates in the section 'Live Events' of 'The Rock Explotion'...

Hi Alex, can you introduce the band?
Marina, this is Simon. Simon meet Lady Clare. Lady Clare, I'm A. Product. Milena this is Lady Clare. Marina, this is Lady Clare. Lady Clare this is Simon. Marina Metallina, I'm A.Product. Milena Yum please meet Marina Metallina…Ok, this is getting stupid and we all know each other already. Simon is the "Sexiest Man in Rock" in England by the way and the girls are all Lesbians.

What "rock'n'roll" means for you?
It means having a big d*** that gets hard when you want it to. Especially when you're about to have sex.

Is there a band or a song which made you say: " This is my way, I'll be a rockstar"?
"Teen Spirit." Just kidding. Van Halen, "Fair Warning." Awesome guitar shreddin' sexy fucked up heavy rock music. The best. "Sinners Swing." C,mon. "Unchained." Shit, I just came. Check it out.

Why did you choose the name Antiproduct?
Because we never wanna fit in with any other scenes because scenes are just boring shit made for people who need leaders. Do your own thing. All other questions will answer themselves. Don't corporate whore your music to sound like all other bands. Take a fuckin' chance! Either that, or the name Doro Pesche was already taken.

Alex. I read somewhere that you want to become the President of U.K.! Do you want to do the same here in Italy. let us know which are your proposal and maybe you will be elected President!
Actually, I'd like to be the King of England and given the right set of circumstances, I could quite well one day be King. First of all, I'd make all crime over $100,000 legal because if you can got taken for that much dough, you got too much anyway. Plastic surgery would become mandatory. Then I'd have all the men here (saying that, about 85% of all English men are gay) killed just so I could feel really wanted. Women would never be allowed to shave and beauty would be determined by the longest armpit hair...like in Italy. Just kidding.

Let's speak about "Made in U.S.A."...
OK, what do you wanna talk about? It's our new album and it's awesome and rocks like a hooker on a swing in an earthquake. Abba meets Slayer. Let 'em figure it out when I'm dead. Nothing's ever been heard like it before.

Where do you find inspiration for lyrics?
Cereal boxes, mostly, but some times I hear voices that tell me what to do.

Who are the Antiproduct outside the stage?
Just people like everyone else, except more like Caligula, I guess.

Let's speak about the tour. What are you expecting from it?
Hopefully really hot Italian girls covered in baby oil and that's just Marina before we go onstage.No rules, no inhibitions! I wanna know as an American that Italy blows England away.

What is your opinion about the rock scene today? What bands do you like?
I see a lot of music being sold that sounds exactly alike and that makes me sick while genius like Devin Townsend are still relatively unknown. What the fuck is that shit? I like Ben Folds solo albums, a lot of Stevie Wonder, AC/DC and currently, since we jammed with Marky Ramone a while back, I can't get into the RAMONES enough! Fuckin' genius. New bands that rule are Sikth from over here and Mindless Self Indulgence from the States. MSI is the best band in the world now.

What's about the Clamb Abuse and your experience with Ginger?
It was either that or go back to jail so I chose the harder task and made the album.

You were at Gods of metal in 2002, speak about this experience.
Well, it was just like all our other shows really. Why do you ask? Actually, in hindsight, I took that one a bit too far and I feel guilty now. Someone (namely me) coulda got seriously hurt and it was unnecessary and irresponsible and luckily the Security stopped everything before it went from a riot to a blood bath. On the other hand, this music is all about letting it all out of your system, and for that, it was one of my favourite shows ever! Everytime Halford saw me after that, he turned around and walked the other way. We've played better though.

Have you got a dream?
Yea, it involves me and Ashley Judd and 2 feet of garden hose, a lawn chair and the planet Neptune. Never mind.

What are your project, after the tour?
Me and Kory Clarke from Warrior Soul may record an political/shredder album and then AntiProduct are going to the States in the summer, which will be the stupidest of all stupid ideas. Last time we played in New York was a few months after "The Tragic Events" and while my full heart goes out to everyone who died and all their families, the US has been fucking with so many people's shit for so long that, if it wasn't actually an American plan, it was just a matter of time before someone said, "You know what? Fuck you!" So, I'm ranting onstage, drunk, of course, about how we deserved it and George Bush is such a dick. Cleared an entire room in about 5 minutes. Everybody that was left partied till dawn and then we smashed all the gear in the place.
After that, another AntiProduct album. Eventually, everyone on earth will have an AntiProduct album.

Oh God! Kory is one of my idols...
Kory's an awesome dude. The dude's a fuckin' genius and we have really good times together.

Fav drinks, fav pornstar, fav fast car, fav five albums of all times...
I don't really get into porn too much. Keep in mind, I have seen alot of weird shit in my life, let alone being in a band with a 3 girls. Fast cars, sorry, but who cares? Fave albums…uhm…Stevie Wonder "Innervisions", Metallica "Master of Puppets", Janes Addiction "Nothing's Shocking" (best concert I EVER saw-1988, Chicago!), Cheap Trick "Cheap Trick", Ramones "Road To Ruin".It'll change tomorrow.

Thanx so much Alex, something to add? Say hello to the Rock Explosion's readers...
Yea, we'll see you soon. Be ready and be loud. Our gigs are about you and we expect a celebration. I won't start a riot this time. Promise. Well, maybe just a little one.

Intervista realizzata da Olivia Balzar.
Traduzione realizzata da Laura Delnevo.
Photos Copyright By W.Charlton www.fluffermusic.com.