Stevie's recently been recording some new material with bassist Trevor Bolder of Uriah Heep, the latest of which is the track 'Wild Trash', which you can listen to on the King of Noize page of www.zesuicide.net. Stevie is also in talks with John McCoy of GMT & Gillan about a line-up for gigs next year.

We're really pleased with how it's all turning out.

...the album is now available to buy on I-Tunes. TREVOR BOLDER of Uriah Heep plays bass on it & also produced & arranged the track "Lady Rocker".

(the previous version on there was an un-authorised bootleg version. Gawd help the 'pirate' who did it, if i ever find em! SNJC)

...i'm currently recording a brand new song with Trevor Bolder (of Uriah Heep) called "Wild Trash". It's not quite finished yet but so far it's sounding REALLY great,... I'm really excited about how it's turning out.

Also i've just written the last Ze Suicide Diary for Classic Rock magazine. I've been asked to write a book about my life as a musician playing Rock 'n' Roll, and the stories in the Diaries will be in it, as well as much more. I'm really excited about this too.

So, although it appears its been a bit quiet around here lately, we have been getting on with alsorts of things. There's some shows planned too, more on those at a later date.

Keep on Rockin'

Stevie x 

(This had, unbeknownst to Stevie Ze himself, been edited when it appeared on his myspace ages ago, and he wasn't pleased when he found out. Not pleased at all.He has since rectified the article, restoring his original words, and updated it. Our sincere apologies if any of it causes offence, it's unintentional; these are the personal views of Stevie Ze himself and we're ALL entitled to have them. The biggest offence of all is to NOT allow someone to have their own personal views because they differ from other people's.)

Q1. In your own words, what is the philosophy behind Ze Suicide?     My philosophy is to regain freedom of musical and artistic expression and put the term Rock Noize onto the planet, and banish the bores. To give entertainment value, theatre and drama back to a world so deprived of talent, that big brother show nobodies are now considered major celeb's. How sad has it all become?? and haven't we had enough of unidentifiable flying hip hop chicks, with their nothing songs, false bottoms, and big heads. Who are they?       I am so sick of talentless emptiness sang by dumb, blank clueless faces with nothing to say, who are constantly forced upon us by talent show judges and mainstream radio DJ's, who assume that only what they like is all we should be allowed to hear. Their kareoke minds have killed creativity stone dead. Kareoke is cheap shit, for cheap brainless people, and real artists are no longer allowed in to an industry clogged up with this rubbish.      There is plenty of great talent out there, that is just not getting through, because of the saturation by these thicko, brainless, football shirted, Sun reader, Saturday screamers, whose lives revolve around the talent shows which they follow intensely like shaved headed sheep, and their silicon brained disco chicks.      You know....talent shows, were originally for village idiots at garden fetes, who would never have a hope in hell of understanding ANY form of art or performance. Now, it's seems these village idiots have the sole right to prime-time T.V. thanks to a lack of intelligence by the general viewing public. Thus, keeping real acts out of the equation and putting musicians out of work all over the world by miming to everything.       In other words..... believe in REAL art.

Q2. What do you want to happen when people listen to your music?    I want them to feel good about themselves, and no longer oppressed by the media's artistic censorship that we are forced to endure by the totally invisible, personalityless dance DJ who now clog up our airwaves with their emptiness and silly unfinished drum beats. It's not up to them what we want to listen to, they only hate guitars cos they can't fucking play one. While ANYONE can put a record on or stick a CD in a machine, like all that Ministry of Sound hapless bollox and the Ibiza gang of Benidorm boilers and their flat-headed, Brain of Britain boyfriends who listen to it.      Britain has been deprived of Rock Noize for so long now because of these people, and their fear of being individual. Well, remember, individuality is an Art. If people want Rock Noize, i'll give it to them. That's what i want people to hear, their own personal freedom of choice.      They either like me or they don't. If they don't they can bollox.

Q3. What do you want to happen when people see you perform?    I want them to recognise an identity....an identity within themselves.... A feeling of self worth and away from mundane, everyday routines, and bad people that we all have to endure from time to time, and away from the greedy, jealous bastards who'll try to fuck up your life cos they have none of their own. People will try to destroy anything you do because they can't do it.       I hope in Ze Suicide you'll see the inspiration to express yourself in your own way, and be free of big-heads and bullies who'll try and stop you.    Punk Rock never stopz, and you're all welcome.

Q4. How will Ze Suicide changed the world?    By making it brighter.... The world needs some light, and for EVERYONE to have a voice.       I hope i am dance music's worst nightmare... An end to the nothingness of the spoilt, supercilious (fucknose how you spell that), golf playing, daddy's little bigots.       I send them back to their own inevitable blandness. It's time for change!! A time, when bullies, know-all's, and people who wanna beat you down and critisise have no more power!! A time, when the cheap playground Mister Big, with his preconditioned, BMW brain, can no longer force feed his elitist filled crass. Let them have their hate, and let them have their greed, i say 'it's YOUR life, do what you wanna do, do what you NEED to do, thats how you make a change, power to YOURSELF.     I am the king of anti-media'.     I am the King of NoiZE.

Q5. If there's something you could tell the world, what would it be?     The only people i have attacked, are the attackers who won't live and let live.       DESTROY HATRED!! Be Yourself.

...of Stevie Ze Suicide.

Likes:- All animals, and people who care for their welfare..good music..playing guitar.. playing drums..writing songs and nail polish.

Dislikes:- self opinionated posh Tory twats..ALL MP's, that includes New Labour and Liberal Democrat liars..the Royal Family, and all the fucking idiots who grovel around them..fox-hunting and other cowardly persuits dressed up as sport..Annie Lennox..bullying..cruelty.. football..dance music..BMW's..elitist spoilt-boys..golf club pricks..Brian Ferry..the Church.. local parish council idiots..born again ANYTHING..Sting, all back-stabbing, lying, two-faced, money money one-upmanship get ahead types..politically correct nutters..dozey voicemail..prog rock bullsh*t..and wholemeal bread with bits in.

There's been some goings-on in Camp Ze in the past. That's all changed now, for the better.

Over the past five years there's been too much of what 'other people' want, think, would like to do with "Ze Suicide", and not enough of what Stevie himself wants, thinks, would like to do.

From managers who've changed the name of the band; have spoken as him without his knowledge and without his knowing what has been said; have told him what he can and can't do/say because of their own tastes/preferences/likes/dislikes/fears; made decisions for him, in his name, without his prior knowledge or approval, with their own - not his - interests in mind; tried to change his songs and image; used him to 'get rich quick', and run away when it hasn't happened; have said who can and can't be on his friend-list on HIS myspace, regardless of what he himself has said (and have used the same myspace for their own ends, so if you find yourself deleted it's because Stevie himself has said you had to go)...the list goes on.

To band-members who have only been after using his name to further their own interests, and open doors for their own outfits, and have run out on him when those doors have opened; think they're on a 'get rich quick' ride without having to put in any work; think the music business isn't 'a proper job' but all the same want paying (?!!); who promise to 'be there and do their job' but have pulled out and left him in the lurch at the very last minute; have expected him and everyone else to sit and wait while they get on with their day-jobs, even to the point of cancelling or re-arranging gigs/festival bookings/photo shoots; have tried to make Ze Suicide their own outfit, and only wanted to work with their own idea's, never mind what Stevie's idea's are, in what is HIS outifit; have changed his words in written articles before posting them as blogs/newsletters...again the list goes on.

Most of these things have happened because Stevie doesn't have a computer, and hasn't been able to check for himself what's been going on, and people he's trusted not telling him the truth. Understandably this has led to confusion to people who haven't been 'in the know' of what's been going on, and blame has been laid unfairly at Stevie's door, when things have gone wrong. From now on, Stevie himself is in full control and nothing is done without his consent.

Only Stevie IS "Ze Suicide". No-one else can, or ever will be.