Flatbush Zombies are Coming to Shower You With Saliva

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By now you’ve probably heard that this year VICE Australia turned ten, and we’re throwing parties in Melbourne and Sydney to celebrate. Although we’d love to have you all mashing your faces against ours, venues have walls and it sucks that not everyone is going to be able to come. For those of you who don’t get the opportunity to indulge in some lingering eye contact with Flatbush Zombies console yourself with their irrational fear of getting killed like the Crocodile Hunter.

VICE: So you're coming to Vice Australia's 10th birthday party as well as playing your first Australian tour, are you excited?
Meech: Fuck yeah. Do you know how fucking far Australia is from Brooklyn?
Erick: I’m trying to see mad marsupials and bring them on stage with me honestly, that’s my only goal while I’m here. But yeah, this is crazy. The first time I’ve ever been overseas was two weeks ago and I’ve been to fucking England and Australia in a month.
Juice: I don’t feel nothing about nothing anymore. I can’t believe people know our music down there.
Meech: Nah we fuck with Vice though. Vice always holds it down

What's the first thing you’re going to do when you get off the plane?
Juice: I don’t even want to think about spending two days on a plane.
Erick: Nah son.
Meech: Where the acid at?

Do you have any impressions of what Australia’s like?
Meech: Ya’ll niggas killed the Crocodile Hunter right? That’s some savage shit yo. Australia is like the fucking end of the world.
Juice: A splendid place I’m sure.
Erick: I always thought Australia had a bunch of poisonous shit because of Steve Irwin. Rest in Peace.

Rap shows in Australia tend to be frequented mostly by dudes that look like Turtle from Entourage, is there anything you'd like to say to females that may be reading this?
Meech: I’m not gonna say shit to you here, I’m gonna whisper everything I got to say in shorty’s ear while sipping malt liquor from a champagne glass and showering the crowd with my saliva. For real though who has better women Sydney or Melbourne?
Erick: I'm a real black man, although my skin is light. I hope the Australian ladies are ready for some New York authenticity.

On the same theme, what’s been your experience with seeing a bunch of well-meaning white people sing along to songs that have the 'N-Word' in them?
Meech: I love that shit. Wasn’t Australia a penal colony or some shit? We all niggas then.
Erick: I don't really care about that. I think it’s ignorant to make music and then tell someone they aren't allowed to say the lyrics. What’s the point of writing it then?
Juice: Peace and love.

What’s the best movie to watch on acid?
Meech: Dumbo.
Juice: Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Erick: A Clockwork Orange.

Do you have any favourites stories from the last 10 years of vice magazine?
Meech: Oh shit it’s so many classics. Ya’ll niggas really need to chill out yo. The one with niggas on an island fucking donkeys. LSD Palace. All the drug shit should be framed and taught in high school
Juice: Underground LSD Palace is one of the best films of the 21st century.
Erick: I saw this shit on Devils Breath yo. I think about that shit a few times a day since I saw it. You guys are sick.

There’s been a lot of hype around you playing our birthday party, we’ll amping up the suspense by not actually letting those with tickets know yet. Do you have a message of consolation for those that who are going to miss out on tickets?
Erick: You missing out bruh. That’s it.
Juice: You missed the royal rumble should have bribed the bouncer.
Meech: We’ll see y’all in hell anyway.

Missed out on tickets to the VICE 10 year parties? Flatbush Zombies will be playing:

Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney on the 29th of May

The Toff in Melbourne on the 1st of June

For more Flatbush Zombies:

The People Vs. Flatbush Zombies

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