INTERVIEW WITH JUDGE D.

Who is JUDGE D., you ask? Well, Judge D is a rap artist in the vein of KID ROCK (although he might not admit that), who just released his second disc on Suburban Noize Records. He's toured extensively with Kottonmouth Kings, and was kind enough to sit down to answer a handful of really dumb questions from yours truly.

Steve C: You just released CD #2, No Compromize... While on the surface it might seem like you didn' have to compromise, there might have been a thing or two you didn't get exactly the way you wanted it...tell us one thing you WOULD have done differently if you had unlimited time, unlimited resources, unlimited connections, etc.

Judge D: Well I wish the world was that easy. To never have to compromise in life would be great, however that's not the case and compromises must be made in our everyday lives with things like relationships and work ect. For instance, my biggest compromise would be having to leave my son to go tour and when you’re not raising your kid, somone else is. As far as the one thing I would have done different for this album it would have been to take more time. I wrote and recorded this album in eleven days. It's not the way I like doing music, but I do what I gotta do. (Eleven Days to write AND record? ... "No Compromize" sounds like it should have been called "Hurry the Fuck Up, Man...Time is Money!")

Steve C: KID ROCK called. He's challenging you to a duel for imitating his sound...and by 'duel', we mean old-school duel... with swords and no armor. How do you respond?

Judge D: Please, isn't there some kind of law against guys like me fighting people under 90 pounds? He wouldn’t last 30 seconds.

Steve C:Describe what a garden variety Judge D groupie looks like? Do artists even have groupies anymore?

Judge D: We don't call them groupies anymore, we call them sexual supporters or fluffers. You gotta love it!

Steve C: No Compromize is only your second CD in five years since you've been with Suburban Noize Records. Some acts can produce four full-length CDs in that time. Does the creative process take THAT long?

Judge D: Creatively I could do a whole album in one day if I wanted to, but that's not the business we’re in. When it comes to record labels it's about two things money and numbers. Also I've been privileged enough to tour my ass off with the KOTTONMOUTH KINGS who have put me on their records so it's all worked out.

Steve C: The music business as it has been known for decades is fairly broken. Albums don't sell as much as singles, peer-to-peer programs forced a lot of bands off the road and out of business, and record labels folded, consolidated, or otherwise bit the dust. Describe how YOU would repair the music business based on what you have experienced with your own career?

Judge D: I believe true artists make true music. The one’s that are not in it just for the money and fame, but for the love of music, the ones willing to get out there and work hard touring and playing shows are the one’s that shall prevail.. You gotta have heart!

Steve C: When you're a kid, you dream of being a rock star, and you think it's all pussy, beer, and arenas. If you're one of the handful of guys who actually decides to make a go of it, you can quickly come to the conclusion that being a rocker isn't as glamorous as you thought...and some guys eventually come to the conclusion that 'being broke really sucks'...and wind up getting day jobs. What stage of the process do you think JUDGE D is at?

Judge D: Fortunatly Judge D isn't about pussy, beer, and money. It's about creating a concious awarrness for the massess to save the future of this planet and the beautiful people in it. I don't mind not bein rich, as long as I can take care of my son and responsibilities I'm cool.

Steve C: Hypothetical Situation: You're at a nightclub having a drink with a few cronies, and you glance down the bar and you notice adult film starlet (and all around hot piece of ass) Tera Patrick sipping on a Martini. You saunter up, slick back your eyebrows, puff up your chest, and prepare your best pick-up lines. As you approach, BIOHAZARD frontman (and Tera's husband) Evan Seinfeld pounces out from behind the bar with his fists clenched, aimed at you. How is Judge D going to handle himself in this situation?

Judge D: Clinching fists at me is suicide, everyone knows that.

Steve C: I have read that you spend all of your free time with your son, as any doting father would want to do... now, let's say for the sake of discussion that one day in the future, your 18 year-old son comes up to you and says "Daddy, I wanna be a rock star!"... given what you have been through and seen and struggled through in the music, how would you respond?

Judge D: What ever my son wants to do in life I will support and stand behind him. We are and always will be, not just father and son, but best friends. It's something I never had.

Steve C: Describe if you would, the most perfect sandwich that was ever created.

Judge D: Oh that's easy… My girlfriend, me, and Angelina Jolie. (Damn...another chick reference. I really need to start specifying that I'm talking about food, here)

Steve C: I'm going to rummage through your porno collection. Don't bother hiding the weird stuff, because I've caught you completely off-guard with my porn-sniffing skills. 'Fess up, sir...what kind of smut am I about to uncover in your porn closet?

Judge D: Just a bunch of girl on girl shit, my girlfriend is bi-sexual so she loves it. It’s good for threesomes. (Holy shit, he wins. Hands down. Bisexual girlfriend immediately gives Judge D. a pass for the rest of the interview.)

Steve C: Complete the following sentence: "When that first million dollar royalty check comes in, I'm going out and buying me a _______" and then I'm going to _________ , and the first person I'm going to show it off to is ________"

Judge D: Complete the following sentence: "When that first million dollar royalty check comes in, I'm going out and buying me a Monkey and then I'm going to spank it , and the first person I'm going to show it off to is all the haters.

Thanx for the support steve, mad love!
--judge d
(No no, thank YOU for telling us about your bisexual girlfriend. Now we all have to spank out a batch into a handful of tissues.)
Be sure to check out JUDGE D. on Suburban Noize Records...because we can't find a website for this guy

And of course, his new CD is called No Compromize...and it was written AND recorded in eleven days. So we think he compromised a little.