"Sometimes when somebody asks me for my autograph, I ask the person for theirs," says Steele, munching on some spaghetti. "They immediately think I'm fucking with 'em, but I'm really sincere. That person has a job, they make money, and they want to give it to me for some reason.
"I think Carnivore was trying to prove to the world everything that the world thought I was not. How many people get paid to make fools out of themselves? There are times when I really like to be sarcastic onstage. At times people expect me to be a really nice guy, and then I'm a cocksucker. And vice versa.
"When I was eight, I used to paint my face green, get on my
bicycle, light a smoke bomb under the seat and fly down the street, screaming as loud as I could just to make heads turn. I thought it was really funny how something out of the norm could make people stop and look. So long as nothing is affecting me, I don't care. I don't care what people look like, it doesn't matter. My parents were quite conservative and everything had to be a certain way. When they'd go to my aunt's for dinner, I'd change the furniture around. Just to see them react. I was harmless, but it really pissed them off."
But isn't being in a band an extension of that? People are transfixed for those 44 minutes to see something, whether or not that qualifies as "entertainment".
"Being in a band is a useless occupation," he continues, back on the bus. "If there were a group of people on a desert island-- a carpenter, a doctor and a bass player-- and there's only provisions for two, who's going to get the food? Not the bass player. I have a very strong work ethic. This," he gestures at the interior of the tour bus, "is not work to me. This could be a very long party, but I don't like parties."
Taken from Alternative Press March 95
[Photos edited by Saay Ahhh]
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