Sarah Sin From The Creepshow

Gasp in terror as the stunning and deceptively disarming Sarah Sin lures you into her tangled web of heartbreak, revenge and betrayal with her sultry and seductive vocals. Dance to the diabolically primal rhythms of the nefarious Sick Boi on upright beater -bass and the devilish Matt Pomade on demon skins. Kneel at the altar of the Reverend McGinty as he converts the masses with his hypnotic and dastardly hellspawned keys. Dare to delve into the dark and disturbing world that is THE CREEPSHOW.

-taken from The Creepshow Website

1. Can you give us a brief history of The Creepshow and how you guys started and where the name came from?

We all pretty much grew up in the same place except for Matt our handsome and talented drummer. He was found on myspace when starting the band. Where we grew up the music/punk-rock scene was really a tight family so we all have had something to do with music for our whole lives pretty much. The band was originally innovated for the sake of playing music and having some fun... then people got interested and since then a lot has happened and now we do this full time. We don't take ourselves too seriously and I think that is why we have got to where we are. That and a lot of hard work and a fuck load of touring! The name was one of a few that SICKBOY had written on a napkin one day in a diner. It was the one that we could have the most fun with. At heart we're all just kids, this name we knew could make it a good time for all of us.

2. What are some of your influences, musical and non musical?

A lot of my influence comes from real life and my good friends and family. I listen to a bunch of different music so it changes all the time depending. Even though we all come from pretty much the same place each person in the band has their own personal style and preference of music so I don't know if there is actually like a list of specific people that influence any of us... guys?

3. What is your creative process like and how do you write your songs?

Because we tour a lot and love playing shows our creative process in the past has actually been pretty fast. Ha. I mean we write songs that we like and none of us has a hard set head on any idea, so when one of us comes up with something, each person then starts putting their own ideas in and usually they work out for all of us. We wrote "Run For Your Life" in what felt like a couple of weeks. We had songs still coming in to the recording studio when the record was half way done. We always seem to work best under pressure. Give us a date and we will get it done, but give us until the end of time and we would be writing the 3rd album until we're 80. All in all it's everyone's ideas that start a song and everyone's ideas that bring it together and most the time, that song will get done.

4. Who are some of your favorite bands you've toured with?

HEARBREAK ENGINES (DE)- They just played their last show in Berlin, I went there to watch it...so sad. ANTI-FLAG- they were such amazing guys. Sean and I have known them for a while so it was nice to see a band that knows where we come from not only help us out but to have that reminder that working hard pays off. THE UNSEEN - even though it was a short tour they too are old friends and great guys and a really great band! BLOODSUCKING ZOMBIES FROM OUTTER SPACE (AT) - we spent 2 weeks with them in Europe and they are the sweetest band ever!

5. Who would like to tour with in the future?

RANCID - We played with them in Toronto this summer and it was one of the best days of my life. They are one of my favourite bands ever.

6. You guys are currently on tour, how's that going and is there any stop you can't wait to get to?

Touring is the best thing ever! Most the time...ha. I love it because we get to see so much of the world and meet so many amazing people. We try and not take advantage of anything because you never know how long it will last. Right now is the best time in my life so I am just absorbing all of that and just working hard to make it last. I am really looking forward to being back in Europe! I am also excited to go across Canada too, and the USA. ALL OF IT! Starting in February 2009 we don't stop really... Starting in Canada, then the USA then off to the UK, Finland and Germany and after that we will be busy still.

7. Do you plan on doing a North American tour in the future? (Note, the interview was done before The Creepshow went on their current 2009 North American tour)

Yes we do! All the dates are on the myspace and the web site and still going up now! We start that in Feb.

8. What's essential for you guys to have while you're touring?

A PILLOW, Fabreeze, a GPS (I HATE maps), flip flops, Belinda our manequen and jagermeister. Hair and make-up stuff for me. When in Slovakia...Tampons...because when tryig to explain what they are and people think you are saying PUMPKIN'S it's quite an adventure.

9. You guys have a new album coming out, can you tell us when it's due and are there any big changes compared to the previous album? (Note, the questions were originally written before RUN FOR YOUR LIFE was released)

Our new album actually came out in August. It's called "Run For Your Life". We like it. A lot of significant changes but mostly I think it was more collective between band memebers when writing this one. Now that we have been a band for 3 years we all know eachother and are comfortable with our places in the band and as friends. We all really put individual ideas together for this one and I think it shows in the songs. Ginty and Sean also went through puberty (finally!!!) so you can notice a bit of a vocal difference in there...or atleast I notice it...maybe that's just me.

10. What's a day off like for you guys, what do you like to do to relax?

On tour we find fun things todo in what ever city we are in like shoot machine guns and spending money at casinos. At home we just spend the days pretending like we are shooting machine guns and spending money in casinos.

11. Seeing as we deal with horror and comics, what are some of your guys' favorite horror movies and comic book characters?

Hands down Freddy Krueger is my all time favourite character. I love all of those movies. I never really got into comic books all that much but I would have to say The Joker. He wears good colours.

12. If you could sum the band up into one of your songs, what song would it be?

Is there a due date on this song, because it could take a long time. We write our songs mostly from experiences we have had now so I would have to go with songs 1-10 on our new album "Run For Your Life".

13. Any other upcoming projects or events that you'd like to tell us about?

I also have a solo album that just came out. It's called "Way Back Home".

14. How can people get a hold of your music and merch?

I strongly suggest that if you are able to, buy our albums at our shows! Same with Merch! interpunk.com is a good way to get the albums. Or in a store near you, if they carry it. Interpunk has some merch up too. We put a lot of effort into the live show so that's really the best way for people to see us I think. You can also check out our myspace: www.myspace.com/thecreepshow and www.myspace.com/sarahblackwood to have a listen and see what we're up to etc...

15. Anything else you want to say to the fans out there reading this?

We can't wait to be back oon tour and see all of you at the shows! Don't drink chocolate milk before you go to bed...it WILL give you nightmares! Oh, and life doesn't happen until after high school!

Interview by Shaun May