Edit/Update: After being offline for ages, here’s an archival link for the first-ever published interview with Rick Genest / Rico / Zombie Boy/ Skullboy.
Sorry about not getting this online earlier — it’s been a long day, which among other things, includes having a transport truck smash into me while I was driving with my daughter to an appointment! Ack!
Big thanks to Veronika for scoring (and doing) an interview with the infamous “Skullboy“, more appropriately known as Montreal’s Zombie. Click through to check it out, and as always, come on back to comment.
PS. You may remember Veronika from her cat portrait neck tattoo as well as her half-sleeve — she’s no stranger to both being featured and creating features!
Comments
425 responses to “Zombie (“Skullboy”) Interview Posted”
Good lord, what a tantrum.
The reality is this: sometimes you go out to get an interview and you just don’t get a good one. When an interviewee is uncooperative or uninteresting (even if only “on the record” while being brilliant otherwise) then you don’t get a good interview. You can then publish an uninteresting interview, or try and turn it into a more interesting article or something.
And why the heck do you think anybody reads an interview? It’s to learn the interviewee’s opinions and viewpoints. A subject who deliberately refuses to say anything of substance should, be informed that it will probably result in the interview not being publishable. (If he didn’t want to talk about himself why let himself be interviewed in the first place?)
There’s no need to get defensive, jeez. I don’t think anybody said it was your fault this guy didn’t give good interview. But disappointingly, he just wouldn’t or couldn’t offer much.
@Kristin- I don’t mind if someone didn’t like the interview or if they loved it. I don’t mind people expressing their opinion that they like it or dislike it. What I don’t like is the insulting. You can say you didn’t like the interview, too bad for you, you can say you liked it, well good for you. Not giving a good interview is not a reason to be called a cock sucker and idiot and all the other things that have been said in this forum (and personally to me by E-Mail).
I know it;s my fault the interview wasn’t good, I don’t mean to be defensive, but I do not like personal attacks at all. The point is, everyone should be able to give out their opinion but there are ways to do so and I think everyone agrees with this. You don’t have to insult someone because you don’t like something, you can say it politely, as I said in the response to bill, think what you want, but if you can’t construck your thought in a nice and polite way, well then keep it for yourself. (this was a reply to his post #103)
sweet shit,fuckin right VIGER PUNX!!!!!!
Oops, I know it’s NOT my fault the interview was bas. Sorries.
Hello,
thank you for the great Interview.
Wish u all a good Time and Cya again
Yours Sincerely
Mystic Fire from Germany
he is an amazingly open person, that is always commendable. i personally wish everyone could be that open and honest about the way they feel about there life instead of lieing and being a punk bitch. you can only live life one time so why not live it the way you want instead of living life only to be accepted?!?!?!?!?!? he seems to be a great man… i would love to meet him!!!!!!
hottest guy i have ever seen.
“” #5 Michael Graves eat your heart out lmao
Zombielicious on March 18th, 2008 at 5:33 pm “”
thats funny.
Hes crazy, but I do think his tatts are amazing. Im not really into the whole idea of trying to look like a zombie, I think thats a bit too far. But alot of people might not agree with me, but its just opinion. c:
Dude U rule! thats fckin awesome what u did to yourself!
*growls*
mmmf, so good lookin’.
Yo Ricko what the fuck? you’re like a star or something! Dude these assholes totally put more thought into their comments then you did on your entire body suit hahahaha, yo give us a call dude i fucking miss you buddy! come get fucking drunk this weekend its claire’s birthday party or some shit!
This guy is fucking halarious… has anybody seen a skeleton pornstar?? LMAO! how can a guy admit that he’s white trash and not give a fuck?? I do give the guy credit for going balls deep by doing his face, but fuck, how do you live with yourself??
Wow…very cool tattoos. The face looks awesome but I’d probably do that with face paint for Halloween, not permanently. Still, freakin’ sweet tattoos, man. Lovely.
Dear lord this is frustrating. You don’t like his tattoos/reasoning for them? Oh well! It’s not your body, and I doubt you speak to him or interact with him in anyway, so be dissatisfied, and move on and let it go. Not everyone has to conform to how you think a person should go about mods and any reason for them. Ever hear of art for art’s sake?
you got balls man..
He’s even more gorgeous when he smiles 🙂 xx
I’d go out with him 😉
I think it looks amazing.
fucking sweet ink thats all i gotta say. shit looks mad nice props
Amazing dedication, self esteem and work.
This guy is amazing! I think his tattoos are insane yet brilliant.
It looks really good on him. It makes him sexy.
so he said he did porn………..
WOULD. BONE.
I want to do this guy so bad. haha
I think it’s beautiful, actually rather sexy. The article itself was a tad off putting. So 100 points for tats, -50 for attitude. It’s sad. 🙁
Wow this man is truly dedicated to the art..he just brought the inside people don’t like to see,,outside I love it
This is so wonderful.
it doesnt seem like he himself actually regrets the tattoos, more like he’s adopted a “dont give a fuck” attitude in defense of the harsh conflict one faces when doing something they really want to do in spite of the social difficulties it may entail. sometimes i ts hard for myself to deal with the adverse side effects from being a heavily tattooed person (especially a girl) even though i couldnt see myself with out my tattoos. he doesnt seem like an idiot, he seems incredibly unpretentious and real, just another person in the world…who happens to be a skeleton. i think its bad ass. (hey zombie, wanna get drunk n get diiirrty you let me know when your in the former soviet area ^_^ )
i think your amazing! i would love 2 be like you , you show differences in this world and i love it!
A child filled with love by responsible parents doesn’t talk this way, feel this way or look this way. I wish the little child he was had the love he needed to be whole.
Oh man, I would NEVER cut into his beer time! I think I’m in lust.
I came across a photograph of him when searching for new tattoo ideas and i spent hours trying to work out whether the tattoos were genuine.. Due to the vast amount in usually very rare places.
But i think it’s safe to say he could quite possibly be one of the most gorgeous guys i have ever come across! He has some amazing artwork and i love the fact that he has sacraficed all normal everyday things such as; getting a good job – In order to do what he truly feels passionate about.
Hubba hubba! If only there were boys like that around here!
Ok a little bit more to say now, as i’ve just read some of the comments (and arguements) made by people in previous comments.
One thing i really don’t understand; When did modification become such a competition to everyone?
Those of us who have body modifications, all do it for our own reasons and all end up with some shit said to us by people who can’t comprehend us. Whether it’s tattoos, piercings, stretched piercings, scarification etc, it’s all modification on our original appearence.
So why would it not count as modification, or why would it be ‘unsufficient’ just because he has an (amazingly well done) themed tattoo(s)? It’s still all the same, surely?
I’ve learnt from experience that body modificators are usually those who were brought up into punk/rock/metal/grunge/goth lifestyles, and because of that, dealt with a hell of a lot of abuse for how they look/dress/music+interests. Sort of ‘all from the same grain’, so why the hell are we all judging someone who is simply doing what each in our own way are doing?
Some people seriously need to grow up and learn to stop being so bitter. Envy is a terrible thing!
I think his art is amazing! Enough said =]
I love the picture with the smile, great smile that…
I wonder what did his face look like before he tattoo’d it? Please post pix if he has!!!
What a dick. There is nothing impressive here at all.
aww, he’s a goth wigga…that’s cute:)
i love how he regrets most of his tattoos, but is like “ah, well!”
Wow people still post on this!
@ Sophia, well said.
@ Sade, he doesn’t regret the BIG piece, he regrets the small tattoos that don’t belong in the theme…
Are you sure hes called ZOMBIE…..?I assumed he was brain DEAD
i thinkhes fuckin goegeous…. and the tats!
Nice tats.
Nice piercings.
Nice bod.
And as for the porn? Sign me up.
Hahaha.
I think he is fuckin hot! would love to explore all his tats upclose with my body, as for the beer drinking time no problem, i can use him as a fuck when he needs it and when i need it! i love fucked up guys but only one question, does he like black girls?
Another thing to ‘sophia’ i agree with evrythin u say but i was brought up in a respectful house with christian views yet i get such stick from other black ppl for not bein black enough n listenin to punk, metal n otha shit and for bein bisexual. i wna get some tats, already hve loads of piercings, but im scared so that put me in the same category as u described??
Astounding work. The main question I have is, did Skullboy direct the art on himself, or were the creative choices done mainly by the tattoo artist? If the former, he should try to continue being creative. Err, somewhere else since he’s got only a few square inches of canvas left so he’ll have to find SOME other medium in which to express himself.
He needs to work on how he expresses himself, though. The whole Punk Rock Star thing was done first, better, and to death, over a decade ago. Time to move on since it makes him look small – he’s bigger and better than being yet another generic asshole, only w/ cool tatts.
I hope he ventures online. There’s some kewl sh*t out here and I’ll bet he’ll enjoy adding to the conversation we have here.
Veronika – great work too!
I agree with a lot of you – this was one of the least intelligent interviews I’ve read. He stumbled into a great artist though. Kudos on that.
he is a twat! he is one of those people that has become a sterotype in the minds of people who know him. “wow!man you’r crazy!” now he has to live up to that.
it’s quite common. look at blacks. we expect them to be bad and they try to be.
nice, i really love it
marry me <3
Wow thats kinda hott 🙂
HE IS SOFUCKIN’ SWEET! I LOVE THIS WORK… OMG BLESS FOR THIS GUY 🙂
he’s just…..fucking beautiful.
i dont understand this. doesnt care about anything. the work is good yeah il give him that, but the way he thinks about everything gives modded people a bad image. hes EXACTLY what everyone protrays modded people to be, a complete jackass i dont even know what i say i wish i hadnt read this or even got interested in him in my eyes hes honestly a disgrace.
beautiful green eyes 🙂