Kiss me I'm Haunted: Dracula O and his play house
A story by our guest writer Andi Harriman. New York City-based music journalist, DJ, producer, and label/party boss at Synthicide.
In many ways, New York City revolves around Dracula O. Formerly as the vocalist of the deathrock band, Anasazi, and now of the dark freestyle trio, Blu Anxxiety, he’s ever-present in the underground music landscape. His clothing brand 1-800-POSSESSED—his own specific design aesthetic of cut and paste collage mixed with graffiti style accents—is stamped all over adoring fiends at punk shows and dingy clubs. We were lucky enough to be invited into his Brooklyn lair, a haunted house stuffed with horror VHS and stolen child coffins, Halloween masks and spooky tsotchkes stuffed into every crevice. Terror, blasphemy and shock ensues as Dracula O. strikes a pose with Tyler Kane and Scallion, members of his fang gang.
Interviewed in a quickfire, teen magazine idol manner, Dracula O. reveals the skeletons in his closet:
Name: Dracula O.
Birthdate: 3.17.BC
Birthplace: Crooklyn, Transylvania
Home: Nuke York City
Hobbies: Gravedigging, rollerblading, family, caskets, karate in cemeteries, vandalism, handball, dancing in empty clubs, art and bodegas.
Pets: My cats, Voodoo and Taro I love.
Favorite artists/bands: Little Richard, Biggie Smalls, Gravediggaz, Onyx, Anasazi, Sisters of Mercy, Whitney Houston, Part1, The Septix, Christian Death, Shabba Ranks, Virgin Prunes, Information Society, TKA, Jackson 5, Bobby Shmurda, Big Daddy Kane, NIN, etc
Favorite food: I’m hungry for blood and tacos.
Favorite drink: Formaldehyde.
Previous jobs: I’m an assassin for the Vatican and a mover at Smiling Mikes in NYC
Previous bands: Blu Anxxiety, Children with Dog Feed, Anasazi, Dracula O and the Fang Gang
First record bought: Onyx Back Da Fuck Up
Favorite record: Last Dragon Soundtrack and Blu Anxxiety Plaay Dead
Favorite TV show: Tales from the Crypt, Dragula, The Office, You Porn, Naked and Afraid, The Critic, Wayans Brothers, In Living Color, Aaahh! Real Monsters, Sister Sister.
Childhood hero: My dad cause he’s fucking nuts… hails dad.
Superstitions: No hats on table.
Likes: Sex, candy and horror boobs.
Dislikes: The system and pilgrim order.
Favorite inspirational quote: “Kiss me I’m haunted” or “Staring brings an early funeral” or “When life gives you lemons make grenades.”
Dream date: 3-D execution of supreme court at Disneyland sponsored by Arizona iced tea and Fangoria Magazine.
Nuke York: Class War.
Writer: Andi Harriman @andi80s
Photographer: A.F. Cortes @afcortes
Featuring: Dracula O @1_800_possessed
Tyler Kane @lucifers_daddy.666 + @scallionbabies