Question: How did you get together as a band?
Kate: Well, at first it was a way to help Katie get dates.
Halle: Yeah, that's how it was in the early days. She'd already slept with everybody we knew, so we were trying to help her "expand the fan base". If you know what I mean.
Question: So what were the early days like?
Kate: Well, you know, we played alot of pubs. Of course, this was all when Stuart was alive. Before we replaced him with Stoy.
Halle: Kate, Stuart had a brain aneurism. He died.
Kate: Whatever.
Halle: You loved him. And he died.
Kate: I said whatever, didn't I?
Question: How did things change when Jen Stoy joined the band?
Halle: Oh, Stoy's great. She helps the rest of stay down to earth. I think she's Amish or something.
Kate: Actually, she's Mormon.
Halle: Same difference.
Question: When do you think that you really started to mature as a band?
Halle: The first time I saw Brian Molko bite the head off of a live chicken, I understood what rock and roll was really all about. I've been trying to work that into our act for years. Some people have objections.
Kate: Not this again...I ain't gonna bite the head off of no chicken. Ever.
Question: How has fame affected The Rent Boys?
Halle: Drugs.
Kate: Drugs.
Halle: Eventually, we hit rock bottom.
Kate: I'll never forget the day that I came home and found Katie in bed with David Bowie, Mick Jagger, and a three-toed sloth. Then Halle jumped at me and held a knife to my throat.
Halle: We'd taken alot of pills.
Kate: Later we found out that the pills were actually aspirin.
Halle: I said I was sorry.
Kate: Children's aspirin. Chewable.
Question: The title of your first album is "Is Your Monkey on crank?". What does this mean?
Kate: I told you never trust a monkey.
Halle: Why do you always say that? Never trust a monkey. What the hell does it mean? You're a monkey. Does it mean I can't trust you?
Kate: Yes. The Maharishi Robert says so.
Halle: The Maharishi Robert also says that cake is a made up drug.
Kate: I'm Bernard Ingham and this is a piece of cake.
Halle: She thinks she's all big just because she has a Maharishi.
Question: In recent years, The Rent Boys have become more experimental. Why is that?
Halle: Well, you know, I really, got to thinking: what is music? Because music is just sounds, you know?
Kate: Not this again.
Halle: Yeah, and like, anything that's a sound could be music. Like nails on a chalkboard...
Kate: You promised you wouldn't do this...
Halle: ...or putting a cat in the dryer. That's a good one.
Kate: Um, yeah. But I don't think that the public is quite ready for that sort of thing.
Halle: Oh, but they will be.
Kate: Maybe someday.
Halle: The Revolution will come.
Kate: Anyway...
Halle: The streets will flow with the blood of the unbelievers.
Question: I know that you all have solo projects in the works, but how long do you see The Rent Boys being together as a group?
Halle: Well, I kicked Stoy out of the band this morning.
Kate: But I've got a few good years left before I choke on that ham sandwich. Question: Any parting words?
Halle: You know, alot of times when people say the word "meglomanical", they mean it as a compliment.
Kate: I just want to remind everybody to focus on what's really important here: the music.
Halle: Yeah, the music. The music, and mutilating poultry. That's what it's all about.