20 Questions With Andy butler of Hercules & Love Affair

Andy Butler formed Hercules and Love Affair in New York in 2007. Members include: Nomi, Kim Ann Foxman, and  Anthony Hegarty (lead singer of Anthony and the Johnsons). Not only did he take our 20 Qs, but Hercules and Love Affair are coming to Toronto January 23rd to play LoveMusic at the Sound Academy. Click here for ticket info.

1. What is your dream of happiness?

Lots of dogs, music, quiet and a soft bed

2. Blonde or Brunette?

Both

3. What Is the quality you like most in a man?

Integrity

4. What do you fear most?

What happens after

5. 808s or 909s?

909s

6. What’s your biggest regret?

There are a few, trying to work through them…

7. What’s your fav bar or club in the world?

Hard one, maybe Panorama bar or Erste Liga in munich or Vegas in sao paolo

8. What’s the one thing you can’t you live with out?

Cookies

9. What are the 3 musicians dead or alive you’d like to see perform?

Dawn Crosby, Klaus Nomi, Michael Hutchence

10. What is your favorite decade in music?

80′s

11. If you had to choose, would you rather go blind of deaf and why?

Deaf, because it is less scary, but of course would make me sad. but i would still hear the voices in my head, so…

12. How old is too old?

No such thing

13. Where did you see yourself in 15 years?

Couldn’t tell you.

14. Who’s your hero?

My younger brother daniel

15. What’s your favourite colour?

Green

16. What song could you live without ever hearing again?

Blister in the sun

17. Metallica or Madonna?

I like early Metallica and early Madonna

18. What’s your most hated vice?

Cigarettes

19. Who is the most tragic figure in history?

Genie, the American confined child/social expirement, grim

20. What are the top three live shows you’ve seen in your life?

Pylon, Antony, Kid Creole and The Coconuts