For today’s Roll Call we call out Dan Scanlan of Zoroaster.
Who are you?
Dan Scanlan, drummer, noise maker for Zoroaster.
Describe yourself in three words.
Pretty Fucking Awesome.
Who — dead or alive — would most you like to meet?
Dick Wolf, Creator/ Executive Producer of Law and Order. I’d like to thank him for giving me a reason to spend every second of my spare time on the couch!!
Who would you most like to slap in the face?
Michael Vick.
What song do you wish you had written?
Happy Together by The Turtles….quite possibly the best song ever!
Elvis Costello or Elvis Presley?
Presley!!
LP, CD or MP3?
LP, but really I like 8-tracks, I’m waiting for their resurrection someday.
If you could start one trend, what would it be?
Canceling American Idol… Does that count? Well it should!!
If you could end one trend, what would it be?
Nickleback, My Chemical Romance, what’s that other really shitty band…? Yeah, that one too!!
With whom would you most like to play a game of spin the bottle?
Megan Estes. Mariska Hargitay, aka Detective Olivia Benson, I really like Law and Order… and Tom Cheshire.
“Spirit Molecule
Zoroaster plays the Clermont Lounge on New year’s Eve. Atlanta’s Withered and Athens’ doom and drone duo Subrig Destroyer also perform. 9 p.m. $10. 789 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-874-4783.
(Photo by Kevin Griggs)
CL’s Chad Radford chats about upcoming shows around Atlanta including the Long Ryders at the Earl (Fri., Jan. 9 and Sat., Jan. 10), Club Awesome at the Drunken Unicorn (Fri., Jan. 9), and Subrig Destroyer at the Drunken Unicorn (Sat., Jan. 10).
