Tell me about your “Fish
Heads” cover. Your band covers
the most popular Dr Demento
tune and has released an incred-
ible animated video. Did you
come up with the concept? If so,
what inspired it?
Yes, I came up with the concept
and directed the animated video.
Thanks, I’m glad you liked it. I’m
a huge fan of the original which
served as inspiration in some
respects, along with a diverse
range of pop culture influences…
Everything from Captain Beef-
heart’s Trout Mask Replica, which
inspired me to make the band
have Fish Heads with human bod-
ies, to Pinocchio—which inspired
the ending where the band is swal-
lowed by a giant Fish Head on the
final lyric “eat them up yum”—just
like Monstro the whale swallows
Pinocchio & Geppetto. There’s lots
of subtle little references within it
too. There’s a Twilight Zone hom-
age because Bill Mumy, half of
Barnes and Barnes who wrote and
recorded the original version of
Fish Heads back in the late 70s, ap-
Watch the video for “Fish Heads” by Osaka Popstar
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