Relatively Normal

3 April 2012 | 8:04 am | Daniel Cribb

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“It's a damn shame for the journalists that all these interviews are over the phone today not face-to-face, 'cause I'm lookin' good,” Deez Nuts vocalist JJ Peters' Twitter reads the morning of his pre-tour interviews. “I didn't actually think that anyone was going to read that,” Peters laughs, in response to the tweet being brought up. “I was actually curious to know if anyone would have seen that or not. I was thinking, 'These people are going to go into the interviews thinking I'm some arrogant dickhead who's checking himself out before the phone interview,” he laughs.

While on stage Peters may come across that way, he's actually a down to earth guy who just likes to have a good time with friends. “I'm hanging out at my house, watching my mates drink some gin. I'm partaking. I'm definitely partaking. It's 3.30pm – it'd be rude of me not to have a drink,” he justifies. Then, “Maybe I should ease up on the drinking,” he laughs, realising he may incriminate himself.

Drinking and hanging out with mates whilst taking phone interviews is a piece of cake for Peters, who is usually doing a lot more than that. With Deez Nuts constantly touring and recording and Peters running a clothing label in-between a few other musical endeavours, it's surprising he has the time to catch up with friends. “I feel most at home these days on the road because I spend little time at my own home, in my own bed, so I kind of get bored when I'm at home. I enjoy it for the first couple of nights then I can't wait to get back onto the road again and be in the thick of it, playing shows.

“I don't like to have too much idle time because I get bored. I always like to be busy with some kind of project. Whenever I'm home off tour I'm always doing something else because I like to keep busy. I guess on top of that I'm getting on in my years. I'm getting pretty old and there's only so long I can be running around yelling about pussies and dicks into a microphone before I start looking like an old pervert, so I've got to make the most of this time while I've got it.”

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Deez Nuts' new DVD/CD package, titled Fuck The World, is a way of showing people what goes on behind the scenes and the not so family-friendly lyrics. “[Fans] don't know my driving force for the band has always been an excuse to work with my friends and get my friends involved in whatever capacity I can. I just want people to see something more than just the ridiculous lines and ridiculous imagery that goes with the band. That stuff tends to stick with people rather than the content that isn't ridiculous.”

Never did he dream that Deez Nuts would become a full-time endeavour that would become a worldwide phenomenon. “I didn't even look past the demo. That was as far as I thought that things would go. So everything that's happened we appreciate,” he emphasises. “We'll keep playing for as long as people keep listening and keep going to the shows. I think everything runs its course eventually and once that happens, I'll go on to some other venture. I'll always be grounded in music. Every band has to tie up eventually. I guess we'll just see where the next couple of years take us and play it as it comes.”