Besides being a respected musician, you have also been involved with photography and design. When did you start being interested in those subjects?
As a child I was always drawing abstract
designs; our parents surrounded us with abstract coloring books and psychedelic
rock posters, so it seemed normal. In high school I attended the North Carolina
School of the Arts, and received a scholarship to stay on campus for the fine
arts department. I clicked with photography immediately and had a great
instructor, Michael Avedon. From high school I received a scholarship to
Parsons School of Design in NYC. This is where Rob and I met and started White
Zombie – we were both attending Parsons, as were our first drummer and
guitarist.
What are your memories about your first days
as a designer and as a photographer?
For photography, it was just exciting to create
scenarios and put exactly what you want in the frame. I delved into infra-red
film for quite a while too, and always loved the ghostly effects. For design, I
loved creating the design, and then seeing the finished product, but loathed
the whole business side of having to sell product.
