Stop Die Resuscitate are one slick oiled musical powerhouse. Having had the chance to see them in action time and time again dripping with a mix of sexy trip hop and electro with a deep soul I can only give what they do the most shining of recommendations. Full of wonderful synths, tight beats and sometimes fantastically apocalyptic lyrical jams, SDR provides the perfect soundtrack to a Blade Runner-style future chaos or for any and all kinds of hot sex in dark alleys. After slipping on combat boots and stretching his groin in preparation to groove. Matt Thomas chased Stop Die Resuscitate through the musical underground railroad to ask them these crucial Q's.

WHO SHOULD BE STOPPED, WHO SHOULD DIE AND WHO SHOULD BE RESUSCITATED?
Stopped: shitty bands, major record labels current mode of business (e.g. signing shitty bands and spending millions on promotion, with a 90% failure rate), and politicians/business figures who accelerate death worldwide.
Die: politicians/business figures who accelerate death worldwide.
Resuscitated: Tupac, Fela Kuti, Biggie, Subroc, ODB,  Nina Simone, Johnny and June Cash, Barry White, the word "rap" used to descibe "rap music."

YOUR ALBUM IS ENTITLED HELL.O. WHO DO YOU MOST WISH YOU COULD SAY HI TO MUSICALLY AND WHY? (ed: What?)
See Resuscitated list, plus, if we're talking hypothetically, Nas, Ghostface, TomcWaits, Pharoah Monche , Ornette Coleman, Harmony Korine,  Vincent Galloc(holler), Bruce McDonald (holler), David Cronenberg, David Lynch, Don McKellar, Atom Egoyan. Again, too many.  Because they are some of the best storytellers of our time.

IF SDR WAS A SEX ACT, WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHAT WOULD BE THE NAME OF THE ADULT THAT IT WOULD BE FEATURED IN? (ed: What?)
I do not understand the question fully. It would involve a headstand, a harness, and multiple partners. The name of the adult? Movie? Dont have time to be clever, gotta catch my plane.

MEMBERS AND ROLE CALL
Current line up: myself (coolhandLuke), Surge Gainsboard (aka Lyle), Mr. Van
Tussle (Josh VT) Dukes was stolen by the blues.
   
HISTORY, REASONS FOR FORMING THE BAND, HOW IT CAME TO BE AND WHY.
We had nothing better to do.

I HEARD COOL PEOPLE TOTALLY DIG YOUR BAND. WHO HAVE YOU OPENED FOR, ANY JUICY GOSSIP OR FAVOURITE EXPERIENCES?
It would be nice if said people would come to shows. Miss Kittin, Ellen Allien, LAL, No Luck Club... all the juicy gossip we have takes place in our everyday lives, so it wouldn't be nice. I love playing with LAL. They are the best. Touring with no Luck Club was fucking rad.

PRETEND YOU'RE DESCRIBING YOUR SOUND TO A DRUNKEN BEAT POET.
I am a drunken beat poet.  My favourite descriptions thus far "Like Interpol, but with a rapper." You dig? or how about, "IF THE MAN DID NOT COMPARTMENTALIZE all that music in the 80's it would have grown up to be kinda like this!"

I KNOW YOU WORK YOUR ASS OFF GETTING YOUR BAND ON THE RADAR WHAT ADVICE TO YOU HAVE TO THE FLEDGLING INDIE KIDS WAITING TO BUST OUT OF THEIR CRUSTY SHELLS?
Uncross your arms. Don't believe everything you read on the internet. Don't listen to what other people tell you about other people, because they are probably wrong. Form your own opinion, and hustle. Reach out to other artists, a lot of them are dicks, but there are a lot of really great supportive folks out there. But Toronto will kick your ass.

ARE WE DOOMED? DISCUSS.
Depends on your view of the afterlife, but seriously, we're fucked. So I guess make the best of it.

WHAT NEW AND EXCITING DIRECTIONS ARE ON THE SHIMMERING HORIZON FOR SDR?
New Album, Midnite, Romance, Blood, in spring 2006, some guest artists that
we are all really excited about working with, but can't say shit '˜til we get them recorded. A meaner album, tighter raps, lots of treats for the youth.

IF SDR REALLY LIKED THIS OTHER BAND AND THOUGHT IT LOOKED HOT IN PINK TIGHTS AND WANTED TO PULL A CUSACK AND MAKE THEM A MIX TAPE WHAT WOULD BE ON IT?
Like all my mixtapes it would probably go unfinished, but I'd have these tracks ready to go, but not in this order:
DJ/rupture - Mole In The Ground
ghislain poirier/beans - Cold As Hell
LAL - Brown Eyed Warrior
Frontline - I Got
Saul Williams- something off the new album
Les Georges Leningrad - a track off this 7' that I don't know the title of because it
doesn't say which side is the A or B
OK Cobra - Fall Dumbass
KOTV - Breakdance Hunxxx
TV On The Radio - something from the full length
Rob Sonic- something of the Telicatessen album
Black Bountain - No Hits
No Luck Club - something newer of theirs
Don Cash - something off that album
Rolling Stones - Miss You
Turftalk/e-40 '“ It's A Slumper
The Organ - Memorize The City
And a bunch of other rap/electronic/dance/rock/country shit that isn't supposed to go together but would but I'd get halfway thru and have to leave and then forget it for a year.

FILTHY FURY OR FILL IN THE BLANK.
Fuckery

HOW WILL/CAN SDR CHANGE TODAY'S POLITICAL LANDSCAPE?
Total cop out, but we're just a band mang. But we'll help out anyway we can.

WHY SHOULD WE COME OUT TO SEE YOUR LIVE SHOW OTHER THAN BECAUSE YOUR SO SMOOTH AND RAD?
I thought those were the only reasons to go to a show.  If we get drunk enough we give stuff away that we should be selling, and we have been known to make people want to dance and make-out simultaneously.
   
OH OH.. I'M HUNGRY WHERE SHOULD I GO AND WHAT SHOULD I EAT... I NEED GUIDANCE.
Best brunch so far in Canada is in Montreal, but in the Tdot, easy, Mitzi's. And holy shit Mitzi's Sister has the best nachos in Toronto. Just eat that for a week straight. Mom's Fish & Chips on Close and Queen is a best kept secret, best tartar sauce, best fish and chips, and the best price in Toronto. Or buy your groceries at the Liberty/Parkdale farmer's market and stay home and cook, lazy ass.

By Matt Thomas