kerrang! confidential with meegs (aug. 7 '99)
What is your nickname and why?
"The band call me Meegs, which is short for Miguel. I got that nickname from Elijah (Blue Allman, of Deadsy). We were all tweaked one night and he kept going, 'Meegs! Meegs!' and it stuck."
At school, were you a dunce or a teacher's pet?
"Teacher's pet. I was a fucking little nerd, that's for sure. Have you seen 'Revenge Of The Nerds'? That was me. I had glasses with tape in the middle and I was chubby and shorter than the girls. I was really stupid-looking back then! I haven't improved much since, but I've still got the glasses."
What was your first shag like?
"It was very nice. I was actually a bit of a late bloomer. I was 18, and a total bookworm. Was it good to wait? No, I wish I'd had sex earlier! I missed out on a lot!"
Who is your best friend?
"I have a couple of best friends, but I'd rather not say who. I don't want them coming up to me going, 'What about me?' I don't want to get into trouble. Maybe my ex-girlfriend Tonya, who I still talk to a lot."
What's the best pet you ever had?
"My ding-a-ling! I play with it all the time. I don't have pets because I get too close to them and when they die I totally suffer. I used to have a cockateel bird, which I loved so much. One night my Mom was cleaning the house and she had this big pail of floor polish out. The bird just flew into it and drowned. It traumatized me forever!"
Have you ever been arrested?
"No. Like I said, I was a good boy when I was growing up. I'm actually more of a delinquent now than I was then. But I'm careful."
What would you be if you weren't a rock star?
"I'm not good at anything, unless it's something creative. I would probably be in some regular job, wasting my life."
How would you describe yourself on a blind date form?
"Adorable alcoholic druggie with a snappy attitude seeks...woman! No, actually, I'm very picky."
What's the most extravagant thing you've ever bought?
"I once bought this penis enlarger, and it was the most expensive kind. I wanted to impress the ladies, you know? I paid a hefty amount for it, too!"
Who's gagging for a shagging?
"There are a million girls out there that I would fucking shag, but there's one who stands out: porn actress Jenna Jameson. She's a nice piece of ass!"
Who's gagging for a smacking?
"Man, sometimes I read my own interviews and I think it would have to be me!"
What's the worst job you've ever had?
"I've had so many fucking horrible jobs, I can't even think of just one. Maybe when I worked at a Starbucks Coffee store. People were so bitchy and tweaked on caffeine, and the pay was shit."
When was the last time you called home?
"I need to phone my family more often, actually. Last time was probably a week ago, after eight million messages from my mother saying, 'Please call me, I miss you!' You feel bad if you don't!"
What was your most embarrassing moment?
"Oh, fuck! In Cincinnati, Ohio. We were playing with Sevendust, Human Waste Project and Dayinthelife. And stupid me, I got wasted before we went on, and I wobbled out there onstage. I played a couple of notes and fell into the monitors, right into the security guys in front of me. After two songs, the band actually left me up there and walked off...and I'm still thinking we're playing! It was horrible."
Who would you least like to see naked?
"Our drummer Mikey (Cox), only because he's hung like a fucking moose! The kid's 21 years old and he totally makes me jealous."
What's the best rumor you've ever heard about yourself?
"I've heard a bunch of them but I think the best one was that Mikey and I were boyfriends. Just to fuck with people, I don't deny it sometimes! But I've had more than one person say they'd read that on the Internet."
What's in your wallet right now?
"Driver's license, probably about $85 or $90 in cash, an ATM card, family pictures and a picture of my daughter."
What's your favorite joke?
"Probably the fact that I'm on the cover of guitar magazines!"
If you were marooned on a desert island without food, which member of Coal Chamber would you choose to eat first?
"Obviously, right now Rayna (Foss-Rose, bass) is looking kind of meaty! She's the size of a whale!"
Which Coal Chamber song would you choose to donate to a compilation entitled 'Crap Songs Of Our Time'?
"I think everybody in the band would agree with me on this one: 'Dreamtime'. Of all the songs that we have that's probably the weakest. We never play it live. It would bore people to death."
What's you drug of choice?
"There's a lot of them, but I think I'd have to say alcohol. My parents might be reading this, so I won't give you my full list!"
What does God look like?
"I don't know. Maybe like Alf, from the TV show."
When you die, how would you like to go?
"As everyone says, having sex with a bunch of hot girls and having a heart attack! Twelve Jenna Jamesons in one room!"
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