Nocturne. Care to guess which one of them is Lacey? We'll be reviewing Nocturne's second CD, Welcome to Paradise, very soon. Until then, you can visit the Nocturne website (which apparently requires IE to work properly) or buy Nocturne CDs at Insound.

What is your least favorite article of clothing, and why?

Lacey Conner: My thong panties. I know that they are considered to be sexy, and my butt just doesn't agree with them. All day long wedgies are no fun!

What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?

Lacey Conner: I think that the people who preach peace, love and understanding are funny because these are usually the same people that cut you off and give you the middle finger in traffic. Everyone is a hypocrite!

What three essential accessories would be in your dream tour van/vehicle?

Lacey Conner: A DVD player, a bad-ass stereo system and a Play Station 2 for the computer geeks in our band.

Name three activities that would be more interesting/entertaining/enjoyable with the addition of monkeys.

Lacey Conner: A food fight, hoola-hooping and drinking beer.

Does everyone need to own a computer? Why or why not?

Lacey Conner: If they are really into porn, then they should!

What activities (or whatever) are currently illegal, but in your opinion shouldn't be? What activities *are* legal, but should be outlawed?

Lacey Conner: In my opinion, drugs should be legalized. This would prevent people from shooting each other over deals that have gone bad, and this would prevent people from overdosing or taking something that they thought was something else. Keeping drugs illegal is not keeping people off of drugs, so it may as well be legalized, and that way we can make drugs safer and more controlled. As for the other part of your question, animal acts in circuses should be banned. Wild animals are not meant to live their lives in cages and forced with the use of whips and electric prods to learn to do stupid tricks for human entertainment.

Who should be the leader of the free world?

Lacey Conner: Who else, Marilyn Manson!

You have an eight-hour trip to your next gig. You're not driving, and you're not sleepy. You have the option of reading a book, listening to an album, watching a movie or playing a video game. Which do you choose? And what is the book/album/movie/game in question?

Lacey Conner: I would probably listen to a CD. The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails is one of my all time favorite CDs, so I'd probably listen to that.

What was the best live rock show you ever saw?

Lacey Conner: Nine Inch Nails with David Bowie.

Scientists have suggested that trainspotting (the hobby of obsessively traveling rail lines, watching trains, cataloguing engine numbers, etc.) is a form of autism. What other so-called "hobbies" might actually be deep-seated psychological disorders?

Lacey Conner: Stamp collectors, photographers, gynecologists, cops and prison guards all probably have some sort of psychological disorder in my opinion.

You've been given the opportunity to play -- all expenses paid -- in a foreign country that bands don't normally get to visit. You get to pick the country. Where do you go?

Lacey Conner: I would probably go to Kenya and play for the tribal people!

What food item do you always eat, even though you shouldn't? And why shouldn't you be eating it?

Lacey Conner: Oreo cookies. I love them, but I shouldn't eat them, because I always end up eating just about the entire bag in one sitting.

Why are frogs amusing?

Lacey Conner: Because 1) they're green, 2) their eyes are on top of their heads, and 3) they hop.

Your favorite broken-up band is going to reunite for one show only at the venue of your choice (yes, we know this is implausible. Who cares?). Who's the band, and what's the venue?

Lacey Conner: I would say that the band would be Skinny Puppy, and the club would be the Curtain Club in Dallas, because it has a killer sound system.

Several US states have adopted "three strikes and you're out" laws, which basically mean that after you're found guilty of three felonies, you're imprisoned for life. How do you feel about that? Is it effective lawmaking, or needlessly harsh?

Lacey Conner: I have mixed feelings on this subject. For starters, it's ridiculous to apply a baseball rule to US law. I think that it should be an option. If the judge wants to use this option, he or she can, but doesn't have to. For instance, if someone gets caught with a joint three separate times, then it would be ludicrous for that person to have to spend the rest of their life in jail. At the same time, though, it is pretty easy to not commit three felony offenses, and if someone is a career thief, or a rapist, or something like that, then I definitely think that person is not deserving to be in our society. I think that people like that can't change, and a lot of times, rapists or thieves get out of jail only after a few years and just to go right back to victimizing more people. In the end, though, I think that it should be up to the judge or the jury, based on the specific case at hand.

Dallas-based Nocturne have opened for the likes of Ministry and Christian Death. You can probably figure out what they sound like on that basis (they're a sort of goth/metal/industrial hybrid, people. Get with it). Their second album, Welcome to Paradise, came out a few weeks ago, and we're looking forward to reviewing it. Also, since most of us are male, we have a definite appreciation for "sepulchral vixen" vocalist Lacey, who almost always seems to be wearing leather or PVC. Nothing wrong with that. No sir.