Warp 11 Chat Transcript

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master_q: Thanks for coming everyone. Tonight let's welcome the Star Trek band, Warp 11, to StarTrekFans.net.

 

 

Karl_Miller: Okay, so can I tell an interesting story to get started?

 

master_q: Sure.

 

Karl_Miller: Yesterday, our manager got a call from the producers of a *different* Star Trek documentary..

 

Karl_Miller: called "Trek Nation". Are you all familiar with it?

 

master_q :Yes, I am.

 

spacetigger: That's Roddenbeerys project right ?

 

Karl_Miller: Gene Roddenberry's son Eugene, yes.

 

Karl_Miller: So, this documentary is Eugene (aka "Rod") trying to learn about his father,

 

Karl_Miller: by learning more about the legacy he left behind.

 

Karl_Miller: So, they call our manager yesterday, and tell us that they are in the bay area filming George Lucas at the ranch,

 

Karl_Miller: and that they are big Warp 11 fans, and want to film us while they are in North. Calif.

 

master_q: That's really neat. :)

 

Karl_Miller: So, as I type this, we're currently setting up to film a live Warp 11 concert in Sacramento with Rod and the film crew. :lol:

 

Karl_Miller: But we were not going to miss this live web chat,

 

Karl_Miller: even if all of the Orion slave girls in the universe showed up..

 

spacetigger: :lol

 

Karl_Miller: at our door and wanted us to follow them away from the computer..

 

Capt.Vash: lol :angry:

 

Karl_Miller: So, here we are, live web chat, over drums, guitar cases, lights, and a film crew..

 

Karl_Miller: reporting for duty.

 

Karl_Miller: We are ready when you are master_q, for our first question.

 

master_q: Let's start for the beginning. What is Warp 11? How did all of you get together and start it? How has it evolved into what it is today?

 

master_q: Just a little note to everyone --- please be sure to turn off any pop-up blocker you may have.

 

Karl_Miller: Warp 11 is rock, sex, and a starfleet uniform..

 

Karl_Miller: Warp 11 is what your mother told you not to listen to.

 

Karl_Miller Warp 11 is going to make us all rich.. one day.. :lol:

 

Karl_Miller: Personally, I was born in Riverside, Iowa, in the year 2324..

 

Karl_Miller: After being kicked out of Star Fleet for allegedly organizing Orion slave girl S&M parties..

 

Karl_Miller: I was moving back into his parent’s house when his shuttle encountered an inverse tachyon quantum distortion subspace rift field thing and traveled back to 1999.

 

Karl_Miller: Having no friend, and no job, I decided to take my knowledge of the future..

 

Karl_Miller: and form Warp 11.

 

Karl_Miller: Jeff Hewitt materialized from empty space and assumed his current position behind the drums.

 

Karl_Miller: Brian Moore was once known as "Master of the Vulcan Lyre," until a freak occurrence at a Ponn Farr ritual left him scarred for life.

 

Karl_Miller: Kiki Stockhammer denies rumors she is part-android, which probably originated due to her non-stop dance moves during live concerts.

 

Karl_Miller: It's a train wreck of love. Next question. :-)

 

master_q: What made all of you decide to blend sex, drinking, Star Trek, and rock & roll?

 

Karl_Miller: We all wanted to meet girls, and it seemed like a good idea at the time.

 

Karl_Miller: Kiki said she wanted to meet mysterious alien men.

 

Karl_Miller: It's certainly been a fun mission to date.

 

Karl_Miller: Next?

 

master_q: Who comes up with the lyrics? How is that generally done?

 

Karl_Miller: The entire band writes the songs and the lyrics together..

 

Karl_Miller: sometimes it's Jeff or Brian, just randomly playing something during practice..

 

Karl_Miller: but usually it results from a few too many Romulan ales, and assorting rambling that we edit down to something useful.

 

Karl_Miller: We explore all kinds of music.. punk, rock, metal, country, folk.. it all works

 

master_q: Warp 11 is not affiliated with Paramount, correct? Has Warp 11 have any troubles because of that?

 

Karl_Miller: Our legal team wants me to say at this point that Warp 11 is not associated in any way with Star Trek, Paramount Pictures, William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei, Jeri Ryan, DeForest Kelly, Brent Spiner or Britney Spears.

 

Karl_Miller: What we're doing is free speech, protected in this country today.

 

Karl_Miller: Our legal team tells us the courts have constantly upheld the constitution..

 

master_q: (It has? lol)

 

Karl_Miller: most recently a few years ago there was this song "Barbie Girl" by a Euro band called Aqua..

 

lt_van_roy: (for the most part)

 

Karl_Miller: Mattel sued MCA record over it..

 

Karl_Miller: and it went all the way up to the Supreme Court, which refused to rule on the case, upholding the lower court's opinion

 

Karl_Miller: that it was free speech - Aqua was singing *about* a popular culture thing - Barbie –

 

Karl_Miller: and even if they were making money by doing so, it was still free speech.

 

Karl_Miller: I can go into more detail if you wish. :)

 

master_q: What was the first CD Warp 11 released? Please tell us about how all of you went about getting that released and produced.

 

Karl_Miller: Paramount has been very cool to us to date.. we're in their movie "Trekkies 2", on the accompanying soundtrack, etc. :blink:

 

Karl_Miller: Our first CD was called "Suck My Spock", circa 2000.

 

Karl_Miller: We recorded and mixed the entire album in two brief days..

 

Spacetigger: 2 days!

 

Karl_Miller: still the favorite of many Warp 11 Crew (fans), it shows our

 

Karl_Miller: dangerous, phaser-laden early punk days.. NQ

 

master_q: Mr. Miller, do you do all the lead singing or do other members of the band also do so?

 

Karl_Miller: Jeff occasionally growls a soulful bellow.

 

Karl_Miller: All the band members sing lead on a few songs.

 

Karl_Miller: But make no mistake, I'm the Captain. *cackles*

 

Karl_Miller: *other band members yell at him*

 

master_q Have any of you had negative feedback from Star Trek fans, which hold the view that your group is hurting the image of Star Trek?

 

Karl_Miller: Oh, yes.

 

Karl_Miller: Even though it's hard to imagine, some Trek fans take their Trek *very* seriously..

 

lt_van_roy: :)

 

Karl_Miller: and are offended that we've dared to have a little fun. Okay, a lot of fun.

 

Karl_Miller: with Trek. We love Trek. We love rock. We love green skinned alien girls. We love alien liquors.

 

master_q: When did all of you decide to release a second CD?

 

Karl_Miller: We just mix it all together.

 

Karl_Miller: Well, the first CD was just for fun.. but then we started playing live shows at nightclubs around Sacramento, Calif..

 

Karl_Miller: and more and more people started showing up. Some in uniform, some very drunk, some wearing very little..

 

Karl_Miller: and it just kinda grew, more songs popped into my head. (Band yells our heads)..

 

Karl_Miller: until we had enough for our second album "Red Alert".

 

spacetigger: Great CD !

 

Karl_Miller: "Red Alert" is more varied than "Suck My Spock"..

 

Karl_Miller: (Thanks spacetigger! Good to see you here - small universe, eh?)

 

spacetigger: No kidding Cap !

 

Karl_Miller: Red Alert has rock, country (Old Country Doctor - The Ballad of Bones), etc.

 

Karl_Miller: And some great squirrel screeching by Chief Medical Officer Jeff Hewitt..

 

Karl_Miller: One of the songs on Red Alert..

 

Karl_Miller: "Everything I Do, I Do With William Shatner".. is also on the "Trekkies 2" soundtrack, and as a result, is now on college radio nationwide.

 

master_q: Were you happy with your performance and the time you were given on Trekkies 2?

 

Karl_Miller: No. :/ The movie should have been 95% about Warp 11.

 

spacetigger: :lol

 

Karl_Miller: But we have high praise for director Roger Nygard..

 

Karl_Miller: even if he did cut all of the good stuff..

 

Karl_Miller: At the premiere on the Paramount Lot,

 

Karl_Miller: Roger said that everyone in the movie always has the same comment

 

Karl_Miller: after seeing it.. "why didn't you use more me?!"

 

Karl_Miller: Difference is, we deserve it.

 

master_q: Are all of you working on a third CD?

 

Karl_Miller: Actually, yes.

 

Karl_Miller: It's the most studio time - months - we've ever taken.

 

Karl_Miller: And we just finished mixing it two weeks ago.

 

Karl_Miller: It won't be released for a couple of months though..

 

Karl_Miller: because our Ferengi manager wants to squeeze all the juice out of the "Trekkies 2" soundtrack first.

 

Karl_Miller: The third CD is called....

 

Karl_Miller: The Search For Rock.

 

spacetigger: How long has the band been together and where did you all meet ?

 

Karl_Miller: The film shoot tonight will have some cool light strings in it that we bought today.. so when you finally see "Trek Nation"..

 

Karl_Miller: I want everyone to know how difficult it was to find freakin' string lights in Sacramento on a Saturday afternoon. *grumbles*

 

Karl_Miller: The band has been together since 1999, when I was thrown back in time and met them all at a dark biker bar in East Sacramento.

 

Karl_Miller: "Where's my deli tray!?"

 

Karl_Miller: *crew is yelling about sub-par deli tray for this documentary*

 

Karl_Miller: If only you could hear the sound check now going on.. Jeff's single drum.. over and over and...

 

spacetigger: Have you met any of the Star Trek actors and have any of them heard your music ?

 

Karl_Miller: yes! :lol:

 

Karl_Miller: Wil Wheaton is a big fan of "Suck My Spock".. even wrote about it on his website..

 

Karl_Miller: And we had the pleasure of meeting the man himself..

 

Karl_Miller: William Shatner, last December. We showed him our CD "Red Alert",

 

Karl_Miller: he takes one look at Kiki and says "I assume this is you?" (You have to see the cover to understand)..

 

spacetigger: Wow!

 

Karl_Miller: Bill (if I may be so bold) at first was a little hesitant..

 

Karl_Miller: read the lyrics to our big smash hit "Everything I Do, I Do With William Shatner"..

 

Karl_Miller: couldn't figure out if we were making fun of him..

 

Karl_Miller: We reassured him that we were making fun of ourselves, him, the whole thing, and it was all from a place of love.

 

Karl_Miller: He laughed and autographed a copy of Red Alert for us.. right across Kiki's um cover.

 

Karl_Miller: Kiki told him it was a tribute to all the girls he got it on with during tos.

 

Karl_Miller: He laughed and said "who said I got it on with them?"

 

Karl_Miller: to which Kiki replied, "Well, didn't you?" He smiled and didn't say anything.

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spacetigger: Kiki are you a Romulan or a Vulcan ? You look good in pointed ears.. Lol

 

Karl_Miller: Hang on a sec.. Kiki strayed for a minute.. kiki!

 

spacetigger: :lol

 

Karl_Miller: Kiki's doing a mic check..

 

spacetigger: Vulcans get kinda ugly when they go thru detox ? LOL

 

Karl_Miller: Kiki's not here but I can tell you..

 

Karl_Miller: Kiki is a Romulan Spy. She pretends to be a Vulcan, but you can tell she's got way too much raw sexuality unbridled to pull it off..

 

spacetigger: Have you ever considered selling those sleeveless TOS uniform shirts of yours with the cool guitar trek insignia ?

 

Karl_Miller: Yes, we have considered it.

 

Karl_Miller: :lol:

 

Karl_Miller: Seriously, we will have new T-Shirts and merc to go along with the new cd..

 

spacetigger: I Can't wait..

 

Karl_Miller: and bumper stickers large enough for a Federation starship!

 

spacetigger: Cool

 

spacetigger: Will they be on your website ?

 

Karl_Miller: No. :)

 

Karl_Miller: Sadly.

 

Karl_Miller: Only at shows.

 

Karl_Miller: If you send us beer, I may make an exception.

 

lt_van_roy: You seem to be concentrated on tos. Ever branch off into TNG and the other shows?

 

Korthedaharmaster: what up karl

 

Karl_Miller: It's hard to top the raw power and alluring sexuality from tos. I mean, just look at Tiberius up there on the left hand side of your web page!

 

Karl_Miller: We do have a song on our new album about everyone's favorite shape-changing baddies..

 

Karl_Miller: And several songs about Wesley. :)

 

Karl_Miller: There was another band that's also featured on Suck My Spock..

 

Karl_Miller: "New Cadets on the Block"..

 

Karl_Miller: and they have a dreamy song about Wesley..

 

lt_van_roy: :)

 

Korthedaharmaster: ever think or writing a song called "That Gay Vorta"

 

Karl_Miller: You know, it's funny you ask..

 

lt_van_roy: I'll think of one.

 

Karl_Miller: When we were done recording "Red Alert", we realized that there

 

Karl_Miller: were many songs about gay Trek love.

 

Karl_Miller: Now, don't get us wrong, we like girls,,, a lot.

 

Karl_Miller: But for some reason, when we sing a romantic love ballad like

 

Karl_Miller: "Suds Me Up Sulu", the girls in the audience go nuts..

 

Karl_Miller: We can't explain it.. we just go with it. :blink:

 

Karl_Miller: The crowd also brings bubbles, and blows them during that song..

 

Karl_Miller: It's become somewhat of a tradition.. like cigareet lighters, but less dangerous.

 

Korthedaharmaster: u guys ever going to make it up to Portland

 

Karl_Miller: Yes!

 

Karl_Miller: Someday we will make it to Portland.

 

lt_van_roy: Any SF Bay Area shows?

 

Karl_Miller: When we're there, we want to play with a great Klingon metal band based in Portland called Stovokor.

 

Karl_Miller: They're in the movie and on the T2 soundtrack as well.

 

lt_van_roy: I've heard of them

 

Korthedaharmaster: i didnt realize they were here

 

Karl_Miller: They threatened us, said humans were too weak to play with them,

 

Karl_Miller: but I reminded them of the Federation-Klingon alliance..

 

Karl_Miller: We just played at Red Devil Lounge in sf..

 

Karl_Miller: If you send an email to karl@warp11.com, you'll be signed up for our email list and automatically get news of new shows.

 

Karl_Miller: Yeah, T2 inaccurately said they were in Sacramento, but Stovokor is based in Portland.

 

Karl_Miller: We're also playing again this year at GenCon So Calif. Dec. 4..

 

Karl_Miller: a drunken stupor of d&d, m:tg and music.

 

Karl_Miller: Anyone here see "Trekkies 2" yet?

 

spacetigger: I have of course..

 

lt_van_roy: Not yet

 

Korthedaharmaster: nope

 

drfly42: Likewise... I will prolly.

 

drfly42: Favorite TOS episode?

 

BlueCrystal: Not me either.

 

Korthedaharmaster: i got everything i do with william shatner playing while and baseball on

 

Karl_Miller: Favorite TOS episode... hard to say.. "The Cage" perhaps..

 

Spacetigger: Sounds good..

 

drfly42: Mines too! :lol:

 

Karl_Miller: Um, rather..

 

Karl_Miller: Jeff, stop it!

 

drfly42: :angry:

 

Karl_Miller: Sorry, keyboard getting out of my hands..

 

lt_van_roy: Mine is "Mirror, Mirror" and "A Piece of the Action"

 

Karl_Miller: "Where No Man Has Gone Before"..

 

drfly42: "The Cage" is my favorite... Cool. :thumbs

 

Karl_Miller: I'm also a sucker for the "Mirror, Mirror" universe episodes..

 

spacetigger: Gotta like the uniforms in Mirror, Mirror..

 

Karl_Miller: General opinion on "Enterprise" last night?

 

Korthedaharmaster: i liked it

 

Karl_Miller: You gotta love Star Trek meets Nazis.. it's so... pulpy

 

lt_van_roy: Just the one in tos. DS( screwed up the whole idea.

 

drfly42: I seemed to enjoy it.

 

spacetigger: Good episode to start the season with...

 

B_Elanna_Torres: alright

 

Korthedaharmaster: black chick hot t'pol hot and evil alien Nazis

 

BlueCrystal: I hated it but I'm not big on the Nazi theme.

 

Karl_Miller: We send our subspace transmission of love to Manny.. may be live long and prosper.

 

Korthedaharmaster: should be a good season

 

Karl_Miller: L questions anyone? (We gotta go do this film shoot soon.)

 

lt_van_roy: An Orion Slave Girl group does have transferable job skills. Ever think of pimping?

 

drfly42: I like it when Treks travels back to the 1940s, 1930s, and et cetera. :lol

 

recycle: hi

 

BlueCrystal: Yes Mr. Miller are there any songs about my dream hunk Harry Mudd and his wife my role model Stella?

 

Karl_Miller: welcome everyone! it's almost over! :lol:

 

Korthedaharmaster: lol

 

Karl_Miller: Warp 11 is one big pimp trade. That's the hidden story, behind all the save-the-universe missions where we spread sex, love and Star Trek in violation of the prime D

 

Karl_Miller: There are Warp 11 songs about all of your dreams in our future.. make sure you choose the right timeline, and your dream shall be reality.

 

Karl_Miller: The director is yelling at me now..

 

drfly42: Likewise.

 

Korthedaharmaster: thats deep karl

 

Karl_Miller: There's more where that came from. Lots more. :)

 

drfly42: Neat-o.

 

Karl_Miller: We've got to go do our interviews now..

 

master_q: Thanks for coming, Mr. Miller. We appreciate it a lot.

 

Korthedaharmaster: later

 

spacetigger: Thanks for stopping by Karl..

 

Karl_Miller: Thanks to everyone for having us, and super sorry again about flaking the last time.