Interview With The Great Kat:
Tangento: Can you provide us with 2 Top 3 lists of influences ?
KAT:
Rock:
1. Ozzy
2. Hendrix
Composers:
1. Beethoven
2. Mozart
3. Wagner
T: What did you listen to growing up?
Kat: Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi, Schubert, Paganini, and other musical geniuses!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: My first exposure to you was after walking into a record store in the mid-late 80's which happened to be playing your
Worship Me Or Die album.
The experience hooked me for life. Is this album still available?
Kat: “WORSHIP ME OR DIE!” is sold out. GO TO THE GREAT KAT GUITAR GODDESS WEB SITE:
HERE for ALL NEW KAT CDs, VIDEOS, and TONS OF KAT GOODIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: Are you the originator of the "Shred" style of guitar playing?
Kat: The Great Kat, Juilliard Graduate Violin Virtuoso-turned High Priestess of Guitar Shred, is the INVENTOR of SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC-A BRILLIANT combination of ACTUAL CLASSICAL MUSIC MASTERPIECES (BEETHOVEN, WAGNER, BACH, PAGANINI and others) MIXED with FAST, VICIOUS, TECHNICAL, RIPPING SHRED METAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOW GO LISTEN TO THE SHRED GUITAR VIRTUOSITY on THE NEW GREAT KAT “WAGNER’S WAR”CD! THIS CD FEATURES:
ACT I: WAR
1. Wagner’s "The Ride Of The Valkyries" (from the Opera "Die Walkure"). This music is THE DEFINITIVE "BATTLE CRY" to WAR, featuring OPERA SINGERS, THE GREAT KAT’S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND SHRED BAND!
2. “War” – HEAVY and BRUTAL ODE to WAR!
3. “Terror” – “TERROR! HORROR! MURDER!”
ACT II: REVENGE
4. “Punishment” – PUNISHMENT TO TRAITORS!
5. “Humiliation” – HUMILIATION and REVENGE RIPS through this GUITAR SHREDFEST!
ACT III: VICTORY
6. Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody #2” – The SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and SHRED BANDjoin together in this INSANE version of this famous rhapsody!
7. Sarasate’s “Zapateado” – THE GREAT KAT'S LIGHTNING-FAST GUITAR TECHNIQUE and DEMONIC VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY SHINE on this INCREDIBLE VIRTUOSIC SHOWSTOPPER!
Download a MUSIC SAMPLE of “Wagner’s War” CD:
HERE
Download PHOTOS from “Wagner’s War” CD:
HERE
(You gotta love this enthusiasm )
T: Have you considered doing an album of works from the 20th Century style period?
What a joy it would be to hear The Great Kat shredding out to Copland's 'Hoe Down', Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Flight of the Bumblebee', or numerous others.
Kat: The Great Kat ALREADY SHREDDED the Rimsky-Korsakov’s “FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE” on the GENIUS “BEETHOVEN ON SPEED” CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I will also be CYBERSPEEDING other 20th Century composers, such as Strauss and Stravinsky on upcoming Kat CDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: You are the very embodiment of Musical Extremity.
Can we ever expect to see a more toned-down, serious Kat release; possibly targeting a wider fanbase?
Kat: WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE GREAT KAT’S MUSIC IS SERIOUS, GENIUS MUSIC using FINGER-BLEEDING GUITAR/VIOLIN VIRTUOSITY mixed with CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE FUTURE OF MUSIC!!!!! GET USED TO IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I think 'Subdued' would have been a better choice of words than 'Serious' for me on that last one )
T: Are you in favor of pounding Saddam into the ground like a tent-peg?
Kat: To see The Great Kat’s view on TERRORISTS, go listen to lyrics from the PATRIOTIC NEW GREAT KAT “WAGNER’S WAR” CD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: The world wants to know; what does Kat listen to in the Kat-Mobile lately?
Kat:
1. The Great Kat’s “WAGNER’S WAR” CD
2. Beethoven’s “Symphony #9” (Bernstein/NY Philharmonic)
3. Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” (Marriner, St. Martins in the Fields)
4. Beethoven’s Late String Quartets (Juilliard Quartet)
T: Have you ever been sitting there, unwillingly listening to the radio, and had the urge to put an end to the ballyhooing clamor and mindless crap once and for all through the use of a large-bore firearm?
(preferably .50 caliber Gatling, bolo rounds in 12-gauge Street-Sweeper shotgun, or even an 1150 lb Civil War-Era Confederate Army Parrott Rifle)
...I have.
Kat: NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INSTEAD, THE GREAT KAT PUTS ON “WAGNER’S WAR” CD and LISTENS TO “WAR” FULL BLAST!!! THEN, I SCREAM MY HEAD OFF FOR 10 MINUTES NON-STOP!!!!!!
T: Talk about your love life:
who's the lucky victim of your relentless sodomy, expert revilement, medieval torture methods and degrading horse-whippings?
Kat: The Great Kat Goddess of Pain is ALWAYS accepting NEW and WILLING MALE VICTIMS for some HARMLESS HORSE-WHIPPINGS and GENERAL HUMILIATION!!!!!!! NOW BOW, PEASANTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: Do you ever dream of: (non-predatory) birds, (non-poisonous) flowers and (fallout-free) cloudless days?
Kat: THE GREAT KAT “DREAMS” of the DAY WHEN ALL YOU MORONS GET OFF YOUR LAZY BUTTS and INTO SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: Have you ever been offered a spot in a well-known metal band?
Kat: THE GREAT KAT IS THE ONLY “BAND” THAT IS WORTH TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: ...If so, who? ...If not, WHY?
Kat: ONCE AGAIN, THE GREAT KAT IS THE ONLY “BAND” THAT IS WORTH TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: You have been recieving some prestigious honors and awards of late.
One in particular, the 'Guitar One' Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time
has you listed as number '10'.
WTF is that!!? TEN!!?
Kat: NOW IT’S UP TO YOU, ALAN, TO WAKE UP EVERYONE TO THE GENIUS of THE GREAT KAT HIGH PRIESTESS OF GUITAR SHRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(I should have asked her why that fetid, decaying lizard from PICKLECRACK is on the cover!! )
T: What is your opinion of those above you?
Kat: LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN IS THE ONLY PERSON WORTH COMPARING THE GREAT KAT TO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T: Can you give us your Top 3 All-Time list of fave Axe-Grinders?
Kat:
1. THE GREAT KAT
2. Hendrix
3. (Randy) Rhoads
T: What is the next Ultra-Brutal Project for The Great Kat?
Kat:
GO GET SHOCKED with the NEW Great Kat Music Video “WAR” featuring:
-Generals Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley and The Great Kat Leading the Troops!
-Concentration Camp Atrocities! Never Forget!
-9/11 Attack and WTC Collapse! Never Forget!
-Patriotic Kat leading the way for America's Triumph!
-Guitar Shredding and Maniacal Classical/Shred Music Top Off All the Madness!
Download a SAMPLE of “WAR” Music Video:
HERE
Download PHOTOS from “WAR” Music Video:
HERE
(my goodness)
T: Katherine, it has been a great honor to interview someone so talented and over-the-top.
Thanks for your time, and good luck with all your future projects.
Kat:
NOW BOW TO YOUR MESSIAH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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