SplatterTribe:  Introduce and compare yourself to a character from any Star Wars movie and explain why the comparison.

Mike May: Of course, I'm gonna have to go with my homeboy Chewbacca. Yes, Yes, you thought I was gonna SIthlord on your as, but really I am just a big, cuddly hairball who backs up his friends, helps steer the ship and will tear your mutha fucking arms off too!

 

SplatterTribe:  For anyone that has no idea who Abominant is, give a brief history.

Mike May: We got together in 1993. We released 2 demos and 9 albums and here we are. Lots of shows. Lots of beers and lots of farting.

SplatterTribe:  Tell us a little about Abominant's newest release...

 

Mike May: 'WHERE DEMONS DWELL" jus came out on Deathgasm (Records). It is a different time than 10 years ago and we're already getting reviews by people in their moms basement who hate it. It is perhaps our most frantic, relentless release and has a very good, raw and Metal sounding production. At times it sounds very "LIVE", which was another thing we where looking for. Horns High to our pal Scott Briggs at Velocity for making us sound cooler than we actually are.

SplatterTribe:  If you where sanctioned to make the 'Official' Metal time capsule, what would you put in it?

Mike May: Probably an IPOD, a copy of The Blue Print 3 and a Barrack Obama picture.

OHHHHHH, you meant Heavy Metal time capsule...I'll say a Rainbow Rising CD smeared with my own blood and semen! I have 2 copies, so that works for me!

SplatterTribe:  I know you are a wrestling fan, so here's a wrestling question. If you where going into a traditional, old school WWF Survivor Series match (4 on 4), out of any professional wrestlers to ever wrestle who would be your 3 partners and who would be the four opponents?

Mike May: TEAM ABOMIMIKE: Me, Bret Hart, Triple H and The Undertaker.
TEAM LUIE: You, Alex Wright, Gilberg and David Arquette

SplatterTribe:  Define the following words as they pertain to you...

Mike May:--Music - EVERYTHING
--Entertainment - HAPPINESS
--Art - SUBJECTIVE
--Life - SUCKS...AND THEN YOU DIE!

SplatterTribe:  What is the funniest scene you have ever seen in a movie?

Mike May: Steven Segal trying to act Latino in Machete.

SplatterTribe:  Finish the following sentences for me...

Mike May:--If you don't like Abominant you can...Listen to something else.
--I cannot stand...Rednecks
--There's nothing cooler than...Liquid Nitrogen
--What in the...HELL?
--I wish I was...Self employed
--I should have listened when...My son told me this interview was too long
--I always knew...What you did last summer
--What if...?
--I got no problem admitting...I am a hug Neil Diamond fan
--All I need for a good day is...My wife, my son, my wiener dogs and MANOWAR! AND Diet Dr. Wham!
--If I was president...I'd quit.

SplatterTribe:  We lost DIO this year, what kind of impact was and is that to you and your life?

 

Mike May: It's real fucking hard man...I mean, he may have had one of the biggest impacts, of any singer, in my life. He was a legend...I never stopped listening to him, and never will. I had a real hard time with it and still do, to some extent. The worst part of the whole thing is that now, most of the times I hear any of his stuff, I tear up a bit...or get choked up, and that's just wrong. I know I shouldn't, but I can't imagine my life without his music. I have shed more tears listening to his songs, post humus, than even some of my own relatives.

SplatterTribe: If I asked you to name 5 things you like or five things you hate, which would be easiest and what would the 5 things be?

Mike May: Hot Topic bands, American beer, Traffic, Ketchup and Owls. That list could go on forever. I'm kinda an asshole, but these things really get my goat.

SplatterTribe:   I ask everyone that does these Splattered Q & A's if they have a good, random question to ask a future interviewee, with that being said, this question is from...

 

 Travis Fessler of The Pickled Brothers Sideshow and his question is...
If vampires don't show up in mirrors, why is their hair always so perfect?

Mike May: MOTHERFUCKER! IM TRYING TO WATCH THE LOST BOYS!

SplatterTribe:  Give me a good, random question to ask another future interviewee...

Mike May: I sent a bottle of sparkling apple juice to your house. Did you get it?

SplatterTribe:  Do you have a question you would like to ask me?

Mike May: What is up with that damn beard?

 

(Tribe Note: There's this old black guy has been showing up at weird times and telling me that I need to build this arc thing. Ever since then I have had this beard. It's like...I shave it and then BAMM! There it is again...I don't know what I should do...)

SplatterTribe:  Do you believe...

Mike May:-in Ghosts? NO
-in UFO's? NO
-in Monsters? NO
-in Sasquatch? YES
-in Zombies? NO
-that the world is going to end in 2010? NO
-in 2nd chances. YES
-in miracles? NO
-in magic? NO
-in karma? NO
-that we really landed on the moon? YES
-in reincarnation? NO
-that dreams mean something? NO
-in De Ja Vu? YES
-in fate? YES
-in the butterfly effect? ?????
-everything you see? NO
-everything you hear? NO

SplatterTribe:  Besides all the questions I have already asked (including this one), what is the most stupid, un-metal question I could ask you and then give me the answer you would reply with...

Mike May: HMMMM.......What is red and smells like blue paint?
MY ANSWER : Red paint

SplatterTribe:  What has classic KISS meant to the survival and continuation of Planet Earth?

 

Mike May: It has meant a lot to me! I'm a hardcore fan of old KISS...Songs like "She", "Black Diamond", "Deuce" and "Parasite" all still get played around my dwelling and many more...

SplatterTribe:  When is the last time you got a tattoo? What was it? Who did it?

 

Mike May: It's been a while...My last one was done by Trey at Big Daddy's...as you know we go way back. He did the cover of our first CD, which I also have tattooed. I want to get a DIO tribute, but as with everyone else, most of my income is tied up. My last tattoo is a Bantha Skull on my right calf.

SplatterTribe:  What's the writing process like for Abominant?

Mike May: Mostly Tim (Ball) has been writing the riffs. He brings them to practice. We let him and Jim (Higgins) flesh out the song till they have the basic changes, and then I come in and try to help as much as possible. Mike (Barnes) doesn't usually write any of the lyrics until he has the vocal patterns to where he likes them, which comes a lot closer to actually recording the songs. We usually have a name and lyrical concept early on, but the actual lyrics come towards the end. I think Mike writes them naked, in the dark at like 4 A.M. drunk on Fighting Cock Whiskey.

SplatterTribe:  Song writing time! I write a verse and then you write the next verse...

I awake
To and endless quiet void
With sickly mangled sights
All has been destroyed

Your turn:

 

Mike May:
I WISH YOU WERE A BEER
I WISH YOU WERE A BEER
I WISH YOU WERE A BEER
SHUT UP

SplatterTribe:  Any closing comments concerning anything you want said, known, printed or shown?

Mike May: Just long time thanks to Mr. Luie...Had it not been for this guy, we would have never got our first record written. He also put out one of Jim's bands CD - Coronach 'The Gift Of Foresight' - which is outstanding! Long Live The SplatterTribe!