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Some may say I had the pleasure of speaking this week to Vacuum. Honestly I am still unsure. I listened to the theme for Close Encounters of the Third Kind twice all the way through to get this to you. In the midst of the usual dreary non festival week in Detroit, we were able to pull Matt/Corky/Vacuum/Half of Guys On Drugs away from his own CPM party on a Tuesday night at the Worx, a People Mover/Blank Artists event on Thursday and a CPM party as G.O.D. on Friday with Stewart Walker, [A]pendics.shuffle and Elon to chat with us.

In his own words, Corky calls himself "a dirtbag and a burnout". "The only thing separating him from your run-of-the-mill, drug addled, lowlife, redneck, hoodrat mutha is that he is the owner of a laptop computer and a stellar record collection." "G.O.D. specializes in resampling music that you wrote off in middle school, causing bleeding ears and making both their laptops and listeners want to take a shower after every performance from the aural filth they spew forth."

When these two get together it is a monstrously delectable potion that intoxicates everyone into a bacchanalian frenzy. Here is our conversation with Corky Thacher who along with Rocky Dennis aka E.Spleece become Guys On Drugs.

NECODO: What got you into electronic music?

Corky: Well, I was really into death metal, doom rock & gangster rap as a kid. Then I heard Plastikman "Sheet One"...

Some may say I had the pleasure of speaking this week to Vacuum. Honestly I am still unsure. I listened to the theme for Close Encounters of the Third Kind twice all the way through to get this to you. In the midst of the usual dreary non festival week in Detroit, we were able to pull Matt/Corky/Vacuum/Half of Guys On Drugs away from his own CPM party on a Tuesday night at the Worx, a People Mover/Blank Artists event on Thursday and a CPM party as G.O.D. on Friday with Stewart Walker, [A]pendics.shuffle and Elon to chat with us.

In his own words, Corky calls himself "a dirtbag and a burnout". "The only thing separating him from your run-of-the-mill, drug addled, lowlife, redneck, hoodrat mutha is that he is the owner of a laptop computer and a stellar record collection." "G.O.D. specializes in resampling music that you wrote off in middle school, causing bleeding ears and making both their laptops and listeners want to take a shower after every performance from the aural filth they spew forth."

When these two get together it is a monstrously delectable potion that intoxicates everyone into a bacchanalian frenzy. Here is our conversation with Corky Thacher who along with Rocky Dennis aka E.Spleece become Guys On Drugs.

NECODO: What got you into electronic music?

Corky: Well, I was really into death metal, doom rock & gangster rap as a kid. Then I heard Plastikman "Sheet One". That pretty much changed my outlook on music in general. I never heard anything like it.

NECODO: How did you become a Blank Artist?

I'm not quite sure how I met Josh Dahlberg. It's all a bit blurry, but I knew he was on to something good. There really isn't anyone in Detroit taking a label as seriously as him and Drew Pompa. I've been making music on computers for about 14 years and never put anything out. I'm just really into what Blank Artists stand for. They make a party. They are a bunch of degenerates like me.

NECODO: Can you tell me how you and Rocky Dennis became Guys on Drugs?

Corky: We always played at the same gigs. I originally started a group called Death Squad that was us and Darkcube from Detroit, he is a sick electro guy. After that I dunno, I just came up with the name Guys On Drugs. With it also standing for G.O.D. I knew we had to do something with it. We can melt people's faces, kill babies...something. It just fits us so well. Then my ex went though my phone while I was sleeping and found out I was with this other girl. She kicked me out. Rocky welcomed me to his place with open arms and as of now, I think I owe him around $1700 for past rent and just me in general being a broke motha.

NECODO: Is there a manifesto that runs through your performances?

Corky: Our sets are half of our own production and the other half is tracks that we edit and play live.

NECODO: Have you heard some Seattle 'religious' types saw the fliers and posters out on the streets and caused a little stir? Rumors are they attempted to cause the club owner to cancel the show? What is your message to them?

Corky: Haha. My message to them is to meet us at the airport so can we can bleed half of them and dose the other half with acid and make them watch us bleed the other half. Hail Satan!

NECODO: Ok, put the beakers and leeches away and stay focused. Tell me about your affiliation with CPM?

Corky: I started CPM (City People Music) about 6 years ago. I've had everyone from Hawtin to Questlove play an event. We do all kinds of genres. The "Ride The Snake" parties are a bunch of drunk Detroit techno dj's playing heavy metal all night. We also do Hip Hop parties and our semi monthly "Hook & Sling funk & disco" parties.

NECODO: What can we expect from you this weekend and in the future?

Corky: This weekend everyone should expect face melting madness! Wear diapers, hide your sisters and make sure to bring band aids.

HHmm, as far as the future, expect some G.O.D.and Vacuum releases on Blank Artists. I am also doing some stuff for Berlin's Mineral Musica and some secret Magnum Product shit.

NECODO: We've been warned, I will be in the Sweatbox at 9 with a full emergency kit but not a snake bite kit.

Corky: Word.