Black Helicopter

Somehow we've been missing out on the grimy, wry indie of Black Helicopter all these years. The veteran group of Boston rockers bring '90s stoner sludge back to the fore, and probably eat little shits like you for breakfast. They play with stoner rock demi-gods Dead Meadow on 4/20. Coincidence? Of course not. Bassist Zack Lazar cracked wise with us this weekend.

I HEARD YOUR NEXT RECORD IS GONNA BE CALLED THE GUY WHO FORGOT 9.11. HOOOF. THAT'S THE BEST NAME EVER.

How absurd is this whole "Never Forget 9.11" garbage? Is there anyone on the face ... like if someone saw that shit go down on TV I'd say they're not gonna forget it anytime soon. So the whole notion of some random dude "forgetting" 9/11 is hilariously funny to me ..."Oh yeah that 9.11 ... I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THAT." I came up with this whole concept for the artwork and all that and when I laid it out for the band they were like, "We don't have any songs about 9/11 so it doesn't make sense." I was all OK whatever our last album was called Invisible Jet by the way and had no songs about anything remotely related to aircraft or Wonder Woman.

SERIOUSLY THOUGH, 4.20, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE LIKE TO GET SMOKED OFF THE STAGE BY DEAD MEADOW?

Eh, we've been blown out of the water by better bands. Actually we've been smoked by worse bands too. Meh ... it's gonna be like every other show, I guess.

I WENT TO A BBQ AT YOUR HOUSE ONE TIME AND IT WAS PRETTY NERVOUS.

That's how it works when you show up empty-handed.

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