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James Kottak

The Splattered!@%#! Q & A.

-May 27, 2010-

 

Well, It has been a long, long while since there has been a Splattered Q & A posted on here. There's a lot of reasons why there hasn't been, but I have touched on all of that in the NEWS section. The important thing is this brand spanking NEW Q & A!

 

James Kottak, drummer of the legendary Scorpions and vocalist/guitarist of his own band Kottak, has now been Splattered!. James has played and recorded with various artists & bands throughout his career and joined the Scorpions in 1996. (He also played drums for the one and only Ronnie James Dio). Honestly, six degrees of separation from James Kottak would list the entire Rock N Roll world and everyone else you know! I mean, the SOB has Rock & Roll Forever tattooed on his entire back! He knows Rock N Roll. If James Kottak aint Rock N Roll, I don't know what is!

 

He is married to SplatterTribe alumni and former Tribe advice columnist, K.A.M.F.'N Athena Lee Kottak, who also jams with James in the band Kottak.

 

See, James plays drums for the Scorpions. Then takes on the alias of Jimmy Ratchitt and plays guitar and sings in his band Kottak... which is named after his real name... not the name he uses in that band... and while he plays guitar and sings in Kottak (which was originally named Krunk before Lil Jon took the name over), his wife Athena (who's brother is the legendary drummer of Motley Crue) plays drums for the band. (BTW, Athena also did a Q & A with us last summer that can be viewed HERE!)

 

Anyway, James is in the middle of the Scorpions farewell tour and I irritated the hell out of him to get this Q & A back to me. So, I appreciate him rushing it back. I would like to get a more in depth interview with him down the line and we have spoke about it before. So maybe we'll get that done sometime, but for NOW James Kottak Is The May 27, 2010 Splattered Q & A!

 

 

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The Splattered!@%#! Q & A with James Kottak

 

 

SplatterTribe: Introduce and compare yourself to something that hurts when stepped on & explain why the comparison...

 

James Kottak: HEY! I'm James Kottak, drummer with The Scorpions, AKA Jimmy Ratchitt, Lead Singer/Guitarist with (my band) Kottak... Our new album Kottak - Rock & Roll Forever is out now!

 

 http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/rock-roll-forever/id368531170  

 

...DANG...I stepped on a TACK...

A Kottak AtTack!

 

LOL... That is the name of my drum solo   

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: For anyone that has no idea who James Kottak is, how would you explain who he is?

 

James Kottak: James Kottak is a guy who has played Rock & Roll drums on over 120 albums... I love everything Rock & Roll!    www.jameskottak.com

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: For anyone that has no idea who Jimmy Ratchitt is, how would you explain who he is?

 

James Kottak: Jimmy Ratchitt is the guy that James Kottak blames when he does something stupid...

 

 


SplatterTribe: At what age did you realize you where German?

 

James Kottak: HA! I get that a lot after playing with so many Germans over the years. I like the efficiency... I seem to fit in with the work ethic... It is Alive & Well!
 

 

 

SplatterTribe: You where born in Louisville, KY, what part? How long did you live in KY? and what was the circumstances of you moving away? 

 

James Kottak: I am very proud to be from KFC! I moved to Los Angeles in 1987... Bobby Blotzer from Ratt told me to go to Hollywood, so... the rest is history.

 

Scorpions Final Album?

-Sting in the Tail-

 

 

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

 

James Kottak:

-Music- A tough business that I love!

-Entertainment- Listening with your eyes.

-Art- It's everywhere in everything. You just have to use your imagination

-Life- A great magazine

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: What's the best drummer joke you have ever heard?

 

James Kottak: (Tribe Note: silence... cricket sounds... No Reply... more cricket sounds... Hello...? HellooOoo...? more crickert sounds...)

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: When I say the following names, what comes to mind?

(4 out of 5 are current Scorpion members.)

 

James Kottak:

-Klaus Meine  OMG!

-Matthias Jabs  Cool, Cool, Cool!

-Rudolf Schenker  Yogi Superman

-Paweł Mąciwoda Polish Sausage

-James Brown  I met James Brown at The Rainbow Bar & Grill on Sunset a few years back. When he asked my name, I said, "James". He said, "That's a nice name." It's the one and only time I was star struck! ***I bought his Mercedes S430!!!

 

(Tribe Note: Ok, you bought James Brown's Mercedes S430... That is something not just anyone can say...)

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Ok so James Kottak, Athena Lee Kottak & Tommy Lee walk into a bar...........Give us the punch line

 

James Kottak: TROUBLE!

 

(Tribe Note: Damn, Your jokes lack direction!)

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: What comes to mind when you hear the word SplatterTribe?

 

James Kottak: Time to Barf!

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: If you wrote a song called The SplatterTribe, how would the chorus go?

 

James Kottak: 'SPLATTERTRIBE' - Words & Music by James Kottak/2010

 

They gave me a bribe & loads of jive

So I did another interview for SplatterTribe

Gave me hookers & blow, Aint no joke

Time to answer some Q's for SplatterTribe

 

Surfing the Train in the Rain

Sweating bullets answering SplatterTribe

Fly my plane, No pain no gain

Give it up with Gasoline for SplatterTribe

 

SplatterTribe SplatterTribe SplatterTribe

Hey Hey Hey

SplatterTribe SplatterTribe SplatterTribe

Hey Hey Hey

 

(Tribe Note: Awesome!... Awesome!... Awesome!...)

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: What would be the dumbest question I could ask you (besides the one's already in this Q & A) and what would the answer be?

 

James Kottak: The one you didn't ask! What size drumsticks do you use?

 

(Tribe Note: Uhm... Well...)

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: I ask everyone I interview if they have a question I can ask a future interviewee. So, with that being said, this question comes from Eric Weiss of the Punk musical act known as ZOMBIE! and his question is...

 

 -Is it legal to drive in the car pool lane if your passengers are dead?-

 

James Kottak: YES, they are people too! They're just dead!

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Do you have a good, random question I can ask a future interviewee?

 

James Kottak: If an angel came to see you, would you make her feel at home?

 

 

 

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

 

James Kottak: When do you have to go back to jail?

 

(Tribe Note: Uhm... Well... I've been advised to not talk about that here, but my lawyers seem optimistic. As optimistic as an arsenal of public defenders can be!)

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: When your wife and band mate K.A.M.F.'N Athena answered the last question, her question she asked was...

 

-What's the grossest thing you do when you think no one is looking???-

 

So we'll ask you that very same question...

 

James Kottak: Smell my feet.

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Make one combined sentence using the following words or phrases...

 

-Scorpion

-Splattered

-Oh Yeah

-Shrek glass

-Sharpie

-fortune cookie

 

James Kottak: The Fortune Cookie Splattered like a Shrek Glass when the Scorpion & the Sharpie yelled 'Oh Yeah'!

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Do you believe........ (please answer each and feel free to adlib)

 

James Kottak:

-in ghosts? I swear I jammed with Hendrix at a club in Moscow one night!

(Tribe Note: You mean Jimi Hendrix or Vladimir Hendrix?)

-in UFO's? I Know you're out there DAMNIT!

-in conspiracy theories? These are for people who have nothing better to do with their life, so they live in the past.

-in Sasquatch? He used to play bass for us years ago in the Scorpions!

-in Zombies? Ever been to a Yanni concert?

(Tribe Note: Uhm... No and SplatterTribe finds it disturbing that you apparently have...)

-that the world will end in 2012? I have some lake front property for sale in Death Valley!

-in 2nd chances? 3rd & 4th work too!

-in Miracles? Hot Chocolate!

-in Magic? Look at my awesome wife!

-in Karma? I can't wait for all the good coming my way just for doing this 'interview'!

(Tribe Note: Ohhhhhh, Damn... That hurt... I mean, that hurt deep down!)

-that we landed on the moon? My father was the Best Boy or Key Grip on that one...

-in reincarnation? Athena swears she was an English chick... I was a horse, or cat, or a rock.

 

 

 

SplatterTribe: Songwriting time I write 2 lines to a verse and then you write 2 more.

 

The sky just fell,  

Now my head is the clouds

 

Your Turn:

 

James Kottak:

I feel like Hell,

But I really love the crowds

 

 

 

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

 

James Kottak: Believe! See u on tour! Scorpions Rock! Kottak Rolls! Hit me on Facebook, MySpace, etc...

 

Kottak 'Rock & Roll Forever' Worldwide ordering link! Out Now! Yes!!!

http://itunes.apple.com/de/album/rock-roll-forever/id368531170
 

www.jameskottak.com

www.myspace.com/officialjameskottak

www.myspace.com/kottak

www.the-scorpions.com

James' Facebook

 

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