BW&BK Exclusive: DEATH ANGEL Bassist DENNIS PEPA - Comic Books, Skateboards And Speed Metal
June 8, 2008, 16 years ago
The following is an excerpt from an interview conducted by BW&BK; scribe Carl Begai with DEATH ANGEL bassist Dennis Pepa prior to the band's last show on their first European tour for Killing Season:
Death Angel is due to be out on the road until November supporting Killing Season, but Pepa is also directing his energy towards a few extra band-related irons in the fire.
“There are a few things up our sleeves. I’m working on a Death Angel comic book with Joshua Emerick. He did all the CKY and Beatles comic books. Me and Josh started up a publishing company called Golden Lobster Press, and I’m one of the partners. The comic is based on the band, and in the first book each band member has a secret weapon which is based on sound. So yeah, it’s completely out there fantasy, but why not? It’s a comic book. The other guys are into it, which is very cool. The way we’re working, Josh is pretty much drawing everything out with a team of writers and inkers. I’m an art director by trade, I’ve been working in advertising since ’92, so as long as I have the artwork and the pages I can lay everything out. Josh and me pretty much have the final say in what gets printed."“I’ve also been working with a skateboard truck company called Destructo,” he continues. “They make super cool high end skateboard trucks, and they also make ballbearings called Speed Metal. The owner is a big Death Angel fan and he called me up saying he wanted to make a Death Angel shirt that says ‘Speed Metal’ on it, so I took the words Speed Metal and put it in our logo. And the lyrics for ‘Kill As One’ are printed on the inside of the shirt. And they’re putting Death Angel skateboard trucks out, too. So, this is stuff that’s tied directly to the band. It’s very cool.”
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