Methods of Mayhem

"I think it's more that I am attracted to life in all its forms. I once saw a dead body, a motorcyclist who'd been decapitated. It sounds really weird, but I was able to look at it artistically, like, 'Why does this look the way that it does? What are the colors that it makes me see and feel?' Maybe it's morbid curiosity, but I believe that people are drawn to darkness as much as to lightness, and that's maybe even more true if you are an artist."

John Johnston

It's not easy being green: Maris the Great gets ready for his close-up.

John Johnston

It's not easy being green: Maris the Great gets ready for his close-up.

Details

With Malignari, Maris the Great and the Faggots of Death, Tyfoid Mary, Brutal Infliction, Tres Galletas and the Red Church
8 p.m. Thursday, October 31
Sportsfield Roxxx, 8501 East Colfax Avenue
$5, 303-377-0200

Maristhegreat.com's Celery Girl presents SemiFreak, D.O.R.K. and P-Nuckle
8:30 p.m. Thursday, November 21
Sportsfield Roxxx, $4

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Back in the basement, Brutal Infliction's Catalano has removed the meat from his eyes.

"I felt fucking dead," he says to his bandmates, who are having a hard time concealing their horror at what they've just seen.

"Isn't that wonderful?" Maris asks, savoring every minute of the shoot -- his last hurrah before removing the paint, the hands, the boots, the blood, at least for a while.

"When you're a person like me, you really just have to make a point of doing ordinary things," he says. "I need to take time off to do things like wash my car and clean my house. My condo looks like a crackhouse. I'm going to just relax and go see movies, like a normal person."

He laughs at the absurdity of that notion.

"I'm almost afraid to listen to the Vagina Voice during my break," he says. "I've got to try to find a way to turn it off for a while. But I just don't know if I can."