So did you even get any weed? Trad: No, we didn't get any weed, after four hours of bullshit we had to leave. But when we got to Canberra it was a very different story. KISS: But we kept his number and every time we're in Melbourne we just prank call him with some lame shit. I saw him on a tram once too and I was like, “Fuck that's the guy.” But we didn't get to him. What happened with you guys and Irrelevant on tour? Trad: Oh that was the worst ever. KISS: It was the first night of the tour and we were in Coffs Harbour, the dodgiest place on earth. And some guy gave Benny a pill and Benny just fucking lost his head. He ran off and disappeared for like an hour and we were all just sitting outside really stoned and he comes bolting down the path really fast and there were these chairs just sitting there. Like, really thick ones and he just runs straight into them and snaps the arm off, and does a front flip and lands on his back. We're just like, “What the fuck?” And then he gets up and keeps on running and falls face-first into a palm tree. He gets up and he's like, “What the fuck are you doing to me man?” Like talking to the tree! And he turns around and just runs into Irrelevant's room, slams the door and just jumps into one of their beds. I think it was Mick (Anderson)'s bed. And Benny is like, “What the fuck are you doing in bed?” and Mick just goes, “This is my bed.” And Benny just kept freaking out at them. So all the Irrelevant guys just took off their shirts and their pants and starting dancing around him and trying to spoon him and shit. Liam: And yelling, “It's a gay party everybody!” KISS: And we're just outside laughing so hard. They kept pushing their nipples up to the window and stuff. I was so stoned I was just in the garden laughing so hard I almost dug a hole in the garden. Pic: Silvana Macarone Trad: Benny was freaking out so hard though, we just had to get him out of there.
KISS: He comes out of the room and they came up behind him and like whispered in his ears and licked him and stuff. And he turns around and kicks like the biggest guy, Mick, in the arse. The dude's just like freaking out trying to fight them all. So we had to get him into a headlock and drag him back into his own room and put him to bed. Trad: Every time he got drunk he'd do shit like that. Brock: I've had to take him on a couple of times. Wade: All I know about the guy is watching him play air drums to Converge at Mona Vale Hotel. Tell us about Mona Vale. Trad: Oh fuck, that was weird. When we arrived there I just remember thinking, “I'm going to hospital tonight.” We were on tour with Kisschasy and the place was full of jocks and big Maori guys and shit. I walked in and the bouncer goes, “What the fuck are you boy?” Everyone was telling us not to play the show, saying they'd still pay us. Wade: I was thinking you shouldn't play either at some point. KISS: And the whole time we played there was a big jock dude staring at me and sticking his finger up at me. So I blew him a kiss. It was my birthday too so I just partied with everyone. What was the cinema commercial you guys did for Brisbane Tourism? Trad: We were there for 20 minutes and we got paid three and a half grand to do it. We just had to play our instruments for a bit. KISS: I didn't even have to sing I just had to stand there and look like Jesus on a cross. Trad: So now it gets played in cinemas and shit and we're in the ad for Brisbane tourism. So where do you see The Scare in five years? KISS: I'm just gonna be in a band and play for a couple of years and just ruin myself and die. Wade: The Scare is a time bomb. KISS: We could be fine now and in five minutes time could just fall apart. We're just not that together. In five years time I'll probably be a crack whore giving blowies, I dunno.