Twenty Questions With ...

Thomas Stehr

Thomas is funny and not just looking, if you don't believe us click away and see for yourself. A member of the tremdous and infectious LANDSPEEDRECORD! Thomas plays da bass and was one of the first persons to make me realize that you can have kids and still rock. Hey, despite my obligations, I still find time for all of this. In fact, being a parent can make you rock harder. In conclusion, know kids, know rock. No kids, no wok. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

"Thomas Stehr: More of ‘a giver’ than ‘a receiver’ of Dutch ovens."

"Thomas Stehr: More of 'a giver' than 'a receiver' of Dutch ovens."

  1. Name ?

    Thomas Stehr

  2. Band(s) your currently in?

    Landspeedrecord!

  3. Location?

    Baltimore, Maryland

  4. What would you say is the current condition of your “local music scene”?

    Slow boil, like the last 15 years.

  5. Lets say Satan appears at the crossroads at midnight one night before and offers you ROCK STARDOM in exchange for $15. WOULD YOU DO IT?

    Hell no, el Diablo is a "trickster".

  6. Vegan/vegetarian/ carnivore? Why?

    Carnivore, because vegi cooking is time consuming, but it does taste good. Maybe if elDiablo was my personal chef.

  7. What do you find more satisfying, being a father or playing music?

    Being a father is a lifetime of satisfaction, playing music is a momentary satisfaction. It depends on how mature you want to be at any given moment.

  8. Will you ever play bass guitar with a pick?

    I would if I felt confident with my ability and I was trying to achieve a certain sound, but I'm not a fan of the treble "clickty" sound, I like a mid to low bass sound.

  9. Do you have a favorite tour story?

    I guess my favorite tour story is also a bad memory, but nice to look back on. LSR! Were in Cleveland, OH to play a show at the Blind Lemon. The mistake was to give the band free beer while we were waiting to play, so starting around 4pm we drank a few pints, except Marc the drummer, who kept on drinking til we played around 10pm, and we drank til the bar closed. Well Marc was shit faced and then he "smoked up" at a house party down the road and lost his mind and walked off into the night. Well Charlie and I couldn't find him, but we knew he was shit faced so we got some breakfast for us, just to sober him up, but we couldn't find him anywhere. The temperature was in the high 40's and Marc was in a sweaty t-shirt. Hypothermia was another thought of possible death. Drummers have the greatest chance of death on tour than most musicians. So we got very nervous. We heard that there was a report of a fatality on the train tracks just a few blocks away, so we were sure that Marc had fallen asleep on the traacks and gotten run over, but the victim didn't fit his description. So I slept in the van, and Charlie slept in the apt., in hopes that Marc would stumble back to our location. I didn't mention the homosexual thugs that walk the street just a few blocks away that beat and rob you, and if you were lucky "don't sodomize you"! Well Marc did eventually find his way back to the van, four hours later. He had fallen asleep in a backyard maybe three blocks away, and the morning dew had woken him up. Needless to say he spent the next month or two sober. Nothing like a 6 hour drive to Chicago, nauseas, dehydrated, and everyone pissed at you for being a "liquor dick", then leaving after the show, in Chicago, for a nice 12 hour drive back to Baltimore feeling like shit!

  10. Do you have a career or shit job?

    I have a career job, which means it's a shit job. I work a government job with the luxury of my wonderful cube office and large amounts of free time, the rub is- the money could be much better and I have to stick around for 30 years, that's similar to a long prison term. But I do it for my children and wife, and try to make it as interesting as possible for myself. I would prefer to retire immediately and write music, do home improvement construction, and vacation with the kids. But my prison warden won't allow that to happen.

Thomas's carpet matches the drapes.

Thomas's carpet matches the drapes.

  1. If love makes the world go round, what is the rotation of the earth in comparison to Cheetos?

    The rotation has a cheesier tilt of the axis. Thus all occupants are thirsty.

  2. How metal are you

    My wife says metal sucks, so I plucked her eyes out and sent them to SLAYER for Christmas.

  3. What is your favorite word for breast that is not tit, tity, tittie, or tit-e?

    BOOBs or mamories.

  4. Are you more a giver or receiver of Dutch ovens?

    I'm more of a giver, only when the moment is most surprising and at its worst smelling.

  5. How hard does Mightyming suck?

    Not sucking hard enough, my zipper is still in the "up" position on my pants, and the chrome is still on the bumper.

  6. If the world would listen, what would you say?

    That is a very good and complex question. My brain is smoking with all the possibilities. But the last thing this world needs to hear is "listen to me, I know what I'm talking about and you don't …." So, in short, I have nothing to say to the world and they will never listen.

  7. Are you more an elitist fashion hipster or cranky pissed off geek?

    I'm a Cranky pissed off geek who thinks he is a minimal hipster, but knows that he is not, which makes me a hipster that stays home on the couch, because I'm too hip to go out.

  8. Have you every wanted to bang your band mate Charlie?

    Yes, I have thought of banging Charlie, not with my cock, more likely my knuckles on the topside of his head, or a taser shot to his backside would be pretty fucking funny.

  9. Not even that time at We-fest when he passed a kidney stone and got naked?

    I was tempted, but he is like a small, hairy ape, and if I were going to swing in that direction, less body hair would be preferable.

  10. Does the carpet match the drapes?

    Yes, of course.