Self-styled Splatter Rock legends The Accüsed returned recently with a brand new line-up and album in the shape of The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead. Mainman Tommy Niemeyer, who’s seen his fair share of turbulence over the years, completely overhauled the band, with none other than Brad Mowen – who many will recognize from Asva and Burning Witch – stepping in behind the mic. But it was another familiar face who almost landed the gig.

“The first thing I thought of is, if I was gonna start The Accüsed back up again, I wanted to keep it as original sounding as possible, that splatter rock thing” Tommy tells us. “And I thought, I don’t know how to get a hold of Brad, and the only other guy I could think of was Mike Patton, ‘cause in the early Mr. Bungle days, on that super-early demo tape stuff, it sounded a lot like Blaine.

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Interview with Tommy Niemeyer

Q: Why do you feel vinyl sales are continuing to grow, while CD sales diminish?

Tommy: Maybe its to be able to have in your hands a nice, big, usually colorful, cardboard, tangible memory to go along with the experience of 'discovering' the music itself; it's a very personal moment when you stumble upon an album's worth of music that really moves you--better yet, changes your life. We're all 'searching' aren't we? Especially record collector geeks like myself. 

Q: Are having vinyl copies on tour a must?

Tommy: That's probably one of the main things that kept our last U.S. and European tours afloat; besides T-shirt sales, so yeah, I'd say the mini swap meet merch booth thing isn't going away anytime soon as far as the Accused tours go. 

Q: What are your personal favorite LPs?

Tommy: Packaging-wise, it's hard to deny Southern Lord's catalog of vinyl masterpieces; the best 'sounding' vinyl release I know of is Discharge's 12-inch EP, 'Her Majesty's Government...' (1985) -- THE LOUDEST RECORD PRESSED -- EVER! I don't know how they did that, but it's WAAAAAY louder than ANY other record I've owned...."

Thanks via our friends in Earsplit PR, SMNnews jumped on the opportunity to interview Tommy [Niemeyer] Accused, guitarist of the legendary band,The Accüsed, who are the pioneers of their self-dubbed splatter rock.

And even more importantly,The Accüsed has stuck to their guns from having the very 1st release in the Earache Records catalog, to now almost 30 years later with their just released full length, The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead, out on Southern Lord.

And they sound fresh as ever, and a big cheers to that! Come join the fun as Tommy tells us his desires for a music video, future tour plans as they look to hook up with Lamb Of God, Tommy’s dream tour he’s created called “SPLAT-TOUR FROM HELL”, the long lived mascot of Martha Splatterhead which Tommy has created the new artwork for, and much much more!! Seriously, get into The Accüsed immediately if you have not heard of them, but those of you already die hard fans, you are absolutely going to love the new release!

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Southern Lord Records is pleased to announce the signing of legendary Seattle splatter rock kings The Accüsed! Said label head Greg Anderson: “The Accüsed and guitarist Tommy Niemeyer were basically responsible for turning me onto hardcore/punk and underground metal. If it wasn’t for me witnessing The Accüsed slay the audience — and me — in 1985 I may not be writing this today!”

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