Danny Frankenstein

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

BY None NonePublished Nov 17, 2016

Who are you?
Danny Frankenstein, bass player extraordinaire from Electric Frankenstein.

What are you up to?
Recording a new EF album, redesigning the EF web site, and possibly playing in a another band on the side called the Missing.

Hometown and current HQ:
Florham Park, New Jersey USA, aka the Avengers Mansion.

Current fixations:
The "Evil Dead" movies, Batman Beyond, Spiderman, Boba Fett, The Justice Society of America, and The Missing.

Mind-altering work of art:
Anything by Dali and H.R. Giger

Most memorable/inspiration gig and why?
Bilbao, Spain jumped off the stage and gave a guy a black eye for spitting a big green snot on my leg!

What should everyone shut up about?
Me, damn it! I wish people would mind there own business. Always trying to meddle in my plans for global domination.

Your greatest strength/weakness:
Greatest strength is the ability to make things happen simply by thinking about it. Greatest weakness is red kryptonite.

Your vital daily ritual:
My morning protein shake.

Guilty pleasure:
Buying DVDs

If I wasn't playing music I would be.
Rich by now... or maybe an astronaut

Your most memorable day job:
Masked Mexican pro-wrestler (lucha libre). I was known as King Frankenstein.

Best/worst advice received:
Best advice: never date someone you plan on being in a band with. Worst advice: quit playing music to become a landscaper!

I would drop everything to play a benefit for:
Stan Lee from Marvel Comics.

What makes you want to take it off and get it on?
Hot lesbians!

What personal trait would make you kick someone out of your band and/or bed? And have you?
Selfishness and I've kicked people out of both for it.

When I think of Canada, I think.
Cold as fuck in the winter, eh?

Music and sex: Is there a difference?
Music can be more satisfying sometimes.

Strangest brush with celebrity:
Tracy Lords asking for my autograph at a gig! I didn't even get hers...

What does your mom wish you were doing instead?
Playing in a wedding band or being a doctor!

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