Simon & Milo of Prozzak fame joined their fans on AllPop.com, Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001 to chat about their tour, their music and their upcoming TV show. You can read the full transcript right here:
Sabrina:
Dear Simon and Milo,
I'm a long-time listener and a first-time chatter. Anyway,
I've got a very important question to ask you guys: when is
your next album going to be released? I've just got to know
so I can start counting down the days on my calendar! Thanx
a whole bunch! Love you lots, guys!!
Simon & Milo: Simon: The release of our next album is something that awakens me almost every night in a cold sweat. Because the magnitude of the next album is so huge and on such a crazy level that it scares me.
Before the next album is released, we are going to have a TV show, hopefully on Disney, a year from now. We are very frightened. Hopefully through the TV show, I will meet the right girl.
Sailor Prozzak:
I heard your going to do a tv show and is it going to be a
takeoff of Pokemon.
Simon & Milo: Milo: No, it will not be a takeoff of Pokemon. The TV show is based on our life story. We won't rule out the possibility of Simon falling in love with a Pokemon.
Nicole R from Hamilton:
I really love the song "It's Not Me It's You". Simon and
Milo - you're really cool. Anyways,I was wondering, Simon,
if you will ever really find a true love since most of your
songs end up sad. And what will this ideal girl end up
looking like (including personality)?
Simon & Milo: Simon: If I only knew the answer to that question. Maybe some of my lyrics would end on a happier tone.
Hopeful in WA:
Simon, Milo, you've got a ton of fans,to my knowledge
anyways, here in the states and only Canadian residents
this summer can see the best band ever (Prozzak!) on tour??
What a disappointment! Is this restrictment going to last
long?
Simon & Milo: Simon: It is not going to last long. We have a big show scheduled in the states, on a cruise ship, and it will probably be on the Disney channel.
Milo: We need 12 months of hard training, weight lifting and boot camp.
Simon: We have a drill Sargent to break our spirits when we go to America. My life is a reality Tv show, especially where they all go break up? Temptation Island.
Milo: I'm a survivor. I could have beat anyone.
Lina:
I'd just like to say you guys rock..Anyhow this is kind of
bugging me..What are you saying when you whisper in
"Infatuation" Simon? I have no idea :).Thanks.
Simon & Milo: Simon: I am spelling INFATUATION. If you play it backwards, it is words to the old Russian national anthem. But that's just a coincidence.
CLEM:
Hi guys!
With the success of Shrek, is there any chance Milo and
Otis will be appearing as computer-generated realistic
cartoons any time soon?
Rock on!
Simon & Milo: Simon: It kind of brings up the cloning issue. I know from me, the thought of someone cloning me as a computer generated cartoon is very scary, there can only be one me.
Milo: There's a team of scientists working on me, cloning me
Simon: He has one of those mirrors in his bedroom so he sees 40 of himself. He loves himself, I hate myself.
A.J. :
Simon, are you envious of the fact that milo has a neck and
you don't?
Simon & Milo: Simon: I come from a long line of neckless people. It is one thing I am really proud of.
Luke:
Simon and Milo,
I'm excited about the upcoming concert. I've never been to
your concert before - or any concert for that matter. I
really don't know what to expect. Are there many video
screens, fireworks, lights, go-go dancers??
Luke
Simon & Milo: Simon: Hey Luke, do you prefer Pepsi?
We've got lots of cool stuff. Mostly it is me singing the tunes. Simon and Milo's creators will be there helping out. But they give us the spotlight sometimes, too. The creators have a tendency to get pretty jealous.
Confused in CT:
I love your music, but I was wondering about your outfits.
Do you have a couple of the same outfits or do you just
wear the same one every day?
Simon & Milo: Simon: I have my suit which I like to wear. I believe my true love will enjoy my chivalry. But sometimes I have to mix it up, and Milo encourages me to go out to clubs, my T-shirt with my longer shirt underneath. But I prefer my suit.
Milo: I need to change my top. The tight pants are a bit of a problem.
Simon: I have 10 of the same suit, 10 of the clubbing outfit and a pair of boxer shorts. Our computer washes our clothes. We also have some Simon and Milo underooos
A concerned parent:
Being a band that is obviously aimed at children, so you
feel it is responsible to bear the name of an already
overused drug? What do you think this teaches children
about drugs, legal or otherwise?
Simon & Milo: Simon: AS we say at seminars on our high school tours, the drug Prozzak is very serious, and we can't comment on that. You have to ask someone who knows about something like that: a parent, teacher or pharmacist.
But our music is an anti-depressant. It makes me have hope for a better world and helps me with my broken heart. So in that way, it is like Prozzak. But in America, our show will be called Simon And Milo, to focus on us. It was our decision
Anonymous:
I know you guys are kewl musicians. what kind of music do
you listen to? who are your fave artists?
i bet simon likes all the hotties like mandy moore and
jessica simpson hah ah ha hha hhah ;)
Simon & Milo: Simon: I like them as people. I like their personalities. They are very dear friends of mine. But what I put on my CD player is different. I like Neil Diamond, Barbra Streisand and Frank Sinatra and Daft Punk.
But NOTHING ELSE!
Milo: I'd really like to meet Alicia Keys, and introduce her to the music of Kraftwerk. It would do her wonders.
Mike T:
Hi guys, I wanted to know how your success as Prozzak has
effected the other band you guys are in. I didn't know if
you wanted the other one named, so I'll leave it at that.
Simon & Milo: Simon:We broke up! And you can print that.
Everyone is doing their own thing. It is doubtful there will be another Philosopher Kings album in the next five years. I don';t miss it at all. It was great for what it was, but our creators are consumed with making us happy.
Katie in NB:
I've recently heard a song called "Video Killed the Radio
Star". It sounds a lot like your stuff, which is why I like
it so much! Was your music inspired by that song?
Simon & Milo: Simon: That is GENIUS! That song was very influential to us.
That is the Buggles. Especially the girl singer in the background. Simon heard that song when his girlfriend was breaking up with me in the Greek Islands. He was very hurt, and that song stuck with me.
Cyndi:
Does your being cartoon characters have an affect on how
seriously people take your music?
Simon & Milo: Simon: I would hope people would look past our heritage and take our music for what it is and how it relates to them. It is very real experiences we have, regardless of our background.
CARLOS:
Who does your hair?
Simon & Milo: Simon: Milo does my hair. Who does your hair?
Milo: My Mother.
Simon: Isn't your mother Catherine Deneuve?
Milo: It's Joan Baez
ProzzakLVR:
Milo, do you ever get jealous of simon? He seems to get
most of the spotlight.
I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!
Simon & Milo: Milo: Hi, Prozzak lover. We love your work. Thanks for considering my feelings. Our relationship will take on a bigger role when you see the TV show.
In our music, I am not an emotional journey with the same intense needs. As his best friend and confident, it is my pleasure and honour to make him as happy as I am. If I can become the wind beneath his wings, I will know I have done my part.
Simon: I'm weeping.
Eric:
How much of Simon & Milo's upcoming adventures were planned
out before the release of the first album?
Simon & Milo: Milo: The albums are reflections of what has happened through our years and years searching the world for true love.
Obviously the TV show will draw on those stories and songs and will reflect that.
crazy pete:
hi guys. who put the "bop" in the "bop-she-bop"?
Simon & Milo: Simon: That's clever Pete, very clever.
Look in the mirror, and get back to us.
Milo: Who put the Sha in Sha Na Na?
Jesse J.:
Yo Simon,
Do you have any dirt on Milo that needs to be shared with
us. Does he like bananas and peanut butter like the King
Elvis or does he have 50 thousand pairs of shoes? We need
to know what are the things that make Milo Milo. (same
question to Simon except it's "make Simon Simon")
Jesse J.
-- Do you consider Elvis to be "the King" or someone else?
Simon & Milo: Simon: The only real quirk that Milo has is he is absolutely passionate about cooking. It is not what he eats. It's his obsession of getting it right. He has a library of 70,000 cookbooks, and he is in the kitchen for hours and hours, but it is worth it. It is hard to find fault with Milo.
Milo: I guess Simon, the only thing I have to say, little does anybody know, but when he goes swimming he wears a full body suit. Burgandy, from the 1920s.
Simon: Like Charlie Chaplin.
Milo: and when he is sad, he wears it around the house.
crawfish jones:
i heard you guys used to have a dog. what happened to it?
love you both!!!!
Simon & Milo: Simon: We didn';t have a dog. We have a possum.
Milo: I would love to have a dog.
Simon: Peter Possum is our pet. In the desert in Arizona on tour, I got lost in the desert, but this possum shadowed me and we grew very attached. We love him.
Milo: My dog disappeared after the possum arrived. I've left food in the bowl ever since. The possum likes lamb and rice.
aaron:
do you guys still check your official website frequently?
Simon & Milo: Simon: I check it all the time. I write people when I can, but it is very difficult to write, because we have such a big response.
Joe:
Hey what made you decide to start singing in the first
place?
Simon & Milo: Simon: When I was 13, I felt the pangs of heartache when, dancing to Stairway To Heaven at my grade seven graduation, Sweet Andrea informed me that she would no longer see me, and I would have to spend the summer learning about the awful truth of losing love.
I immediately started to sing. I didn't sing Stairway To Heaven. If I only have the range. I started to sing September Morn.
Milo: Since I was an infant, I was raised on music. My mother played violin over my cradle. I would pull at the bow. My strength was overwhelming, I broke the bow.
Simon: So they got you a double-bass.
Milo: I picked up the guitar and the rest is history
Devin:
Do you even spend time with other cartoon characters, like
Homer Simpson or Betty Boop?
Simon & Milo: Simon: I would love to spend some time with Betty Boop, but Homer reminds me of Milo's dead.
Milo: Betty is a great, great friend. She is quite the cook herself. I wouldn't want to introduce her to simon, I wouldn';t want to be caught in the middle of a lovestruck thunderstorm.
leah:
hey i think you guys are really great and i love all your
songs! i was wondering would u ever be doing a video with
like you real selves not animated? dont worry i still
really like your animated video's!! im just wondering!!
thanks!
Simon & Milo: Simon: The creators are putting more and more pressure on us to show their faces in a video. We may let them at one point, but it is for the lawyers to work out. it is not completely impossible.
James:
I caught your show in Regina with my younger nephews, it
was nice to go to a show be entertained and not have to
worry about language, sex, drugs, ect.. SO I am wondering
when you will be back through Sask, because they really
want to see you again?
Simon & Milo: Simon: We would love to return to Saskatchewan. Unfortunately on this tour, we don't have time. You can come see us when we are playing.
Milo: Or check out the webcast, stay tuned to Prozzak.com for more information.
Simon & Milo: Simon: Once again, all of you brought a glimmer of happiness to my gloomy existence. As I dry my last tear on my cheek, I say to you, I will see you soon. I love you all.
Milo: It was a pleasure speaking with you, and I hope I have the opportunity to rock you in the next couple of weeks, rock with you, and if not, we will roll another time. Until then, for now as forever, keep flexing that lower stomach.