We recently interviewed another one of our favorite LA bands Ballerina Black who has a penchant for sniping their posters all cover our fair city. Here’s the result.

The basics: Ballerina Black consists of Bobby, the Liechenstein quoting, guitar playing leader of the pack, Esli, one of the biggest Hendrix fans of all time and the killer bassist, and Nimms, a young Michael Jackson fan and the behemoth on the drum kit.

This incredibly considerate band – no lie, they may seem all hard edged on stage, but they are actually awfully personable and polite, even to us – had no idea what they were getting into. We asked them questions. They answered. We judged.

Yes, that’s right, this wasn’t an interview, this was a competition. It just seemed more fun that way.

Read on, then go see them live if you live in LA and buy a fucking tee shirt. Bands need money, people.

Us: Best tactics for picking up women?

Bobby: Actics Schmactics… Women are like songs… they float in and out of your heart.

Nimms: Well dressed, confidence and charm.

Winner: Nimms. We feel most confident and charming in a speedo and it is quite true that the ladies love it.

Us: What to wear when attempting to pick-up women?

Bobby: A paramedics uniform, if they are in critical condition.

Nimms: Leather jacket and some Nikes.

Winner: ‘Leather jacket and some Nikes’ not because it’s true but because Bobby’s answer was lame. Sorry, man.

Us: Your cure for a hangover?

Bobby: Lather..Rinse..Repeat.

Esli: I was very hungover two days ago. I posted this same question on facebook and I got over 20 suggestions. Some said smoke pot, ore beer, orange juice. I tried orange juice and it worked.

Nimms: Orange juice, water and coffee.

Winner: No one. The answer was that blue shit from Heathers. We don’t understand Bobby’s answer so he loses a point. Time to step it up, man.

Us: How would you enact revenge of ever needed?

Bobby: Success.

Esli: Success is the sweetest revenge.

Nimms: It Depends.

Winner: Nimms get’s half a point because we think he meant become a ninja which is the correct answer.

Photo: Leo Matus

Us: Top three reasons to start a band.

Bobby: There are 59 other reasons not to…

Esli: 1. Love music. 2. Love playing. 3. Love whatever it comes with.

Nimms: Good music, good people, good vibes.

Winner: Although we agree with Bobbym Esli wins because ‘whatever it comes with’ means threesomes and those always win.

Photo: Biana Lowkeen

Us: Top three reasons to quit a band.

Esli: 1. If you don’t see yourself doing it for the rest of your life. 2. Someone has a gun pointed to your forehead and is asking you to quit your band. (Of course you lie and say you will, just to live.) 3. If you’re a quitter, but that means you can’t start anything to being with.

Nimms: Egos, drugs and no trust.

Us: We thought egos and drugs were reasons to start a band, Nimms? You still win since Esli’s answer was just way to long to read.

Us: Favorite song to make love by?

Bobby: Swedish Speed Metal, or Al Green.

Esli: Foxy Lady by Jimi Hendrix. I Wanna Be Your Dog by Iggy Pop.

Nimms: Don’t Stop Til’ You Get Enough – Michael Jackson.

Us: Bullet and the Bullseye by the Distillers. I win because it’s my interview. Although I have made love to a dog while listening to Foxy Lady, so Esli gets half a point.

Photo: Preston Thalindroma

Us: Best liquor to drink to avoid a hangover?

Bobby: Patron.

Esli: Two shots of tequila with lime and salt.

Nimms: Tequila with lime.

Us: Trick question. The answer is crack.

Us: Name three topics of conversation you use to impress women.

Bobby: Badmitton, auto insurance, mortality.

Esli: Happiness, iPhone applications, tickets to Hawaii.

Nimms: The future, history and reality.

Winner: Esli seems to be on to something here but we think we would have more fun haning out with Bobby and navigating those topics. One point, man.

Us: Best date movie?

Bobby: 400 Blows.

Esli: Cannibal Holocaust.

Nimms: Notebook.

Winner: Esli, you had us at cannibal.

Us: Any rules on dating?

Bobby: If there are rules, I’ve surely broken them all.

Esli: Your feelings are more important than anyone else’s.

Nimms: No rules.

Winner: Esli needs to write a book on dating because we are on Bobby’s boat here and Nimms’ could use some help understanding that women have rules. Lots of them.

Us: Survival tips for living in a big city?

Bobby: Be porous but numb.

Esli: If you can’t dream any bigger than your city it, then you will stay in it forever.

Nimms: Live.

Winner: Esli. He’s just so poetic.

Us: Three things you will have other people do for you when you are rich and famous.

Bobby: Drive me… Make sure I eat… And cut me down to size.

Esli: Drive me around, cook for me, carry my equipment and make sure my bass is always safe. I’ll probably just take care of my bass myself.

Nimms: Carry my drums, set up my drums, and break down my drums after gigs.

Winner: Us, because we are hoping to get job hook-ups when you all are famous.

Us: Advice on how to look cool onstage.

Bobby: Look as uncool as possible.

Esli: Play your instrument like your bitch.

Nimms: Be yourself.

Winner: You all get a point because uncool bitches always love it when men pretend to be themselves and then you play them.

Photo: Leo Matus

Us: Your favorite color to wear?

Bobby: Really.. Black.

Esli: Black.

Nimms: Black.

Us: I thought ballerina was going to be the answer.

Us: Three reasons ballerinas are hot.

Bobby: Discipline, strength, elegance.

Esli: Flexible, artistic, delicate.

Nimms: Bodies, Russian, nice legs.

Winner: Nimms gets a point because ‘Russians are easy’ was on the accepted answer list.

Photo: Michelle Musikantow

Us: Tell us something you think we should know.

Bobby: Month, silver, orange, purple. Nothing rhymes with these words.

Esli: I want to walk on Mars.

Nimms: I play drums.

Winner: You all get a point because his is taking too long and I lost count of who’s winning.

Us: Why is your band named Ballerina Black?

Bobby: It’s a symbolism we can grow with, a paradox of beauty and atrocity.

Esli: Why not?

Nimms: ‘I don’t know man.’

Winner: Bobby, because he obviously used a dictionary in his answer and we appreciate the exercise involved in opening it.

Photo: Michelle Musikantow

Us: That’s it. Thanks guys for being good sports. We are big fans.

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Thanks to Preston Thalindroma, Leo Matus, Biana Lowkeen and Michelle Musikantow for letting us use the pics.