Meet the lovely Zebrana Bastard! She plays bass and sings backup vocals for the aptly named band Bastard Child. I say aptly named because if punk and metal were two zombies who fucked, Bastard Child would be the end result. She is also a performance artist, model, and one very cool chick.

-How did you get interested in performance art?
When I was a little girl, I loved the Fly Girls from In Living Color, and wanted to grow up to be one…I’d mimic their dance moves…they were always so crazy and funky…then when I got older, I discovered GWAR, and really admired Danielle Stampe’s roll in the band as Slymenstra Hymen(very empowering to women, funny, creative, and talented). By the time I was 16, I knew that I wanted to be a performance artist for bands, but didn’t have the confidence, so I forced myself to learn how to be more femanine and gain a stage presence by becoming an exotic dancer at 18. Within’ a year or so, I was offered a Halloween show by a local band, and got a great response, proved to myself I had what it takes, and haven’t looked back much since. In all honesty, I think I was born to be on stage, it’s always been what makes me the happiest, and where I’m at my most comfortable.

-What is the weirdest thing you have done for a performance?
I didn’t do this, but it happened to me…I have this boar’s head I made that I used to wear for shows, and it’s really hard to see out of. At one point last year, while performing with The Pleasure Elite, this girl jumped on stage, and I could barely see her. I ran towards her, and she tackled me, throwing me into the guitar stack, breaking my boars head(r.i.p.), then she threw my legs back and bit my labia majora…hard. I threw my palm up into her crotch and dug into it really hard, and was gonna fuck her up on stage, but she jumped back into the audience. My pussy was bruised for almost a week. I was pist, and then to top things off, she started contacting me on myspace trying to hook up. I wanted nothing to do with the psycho. Who the fuck bites into a stranger’s vagina like they’re going after a steak? Seriously…

-Besides being a performance artist you are also a musician, who are some of your musical influences?
GWAR, I love how rude and funny they are…plus it’s like a live action comic book to see their live shows. Alice Cooper, Howlin’ Wolf, Tom Waits, Ministry, Portishead, honestly, I love music so much, I listen to everything. Anyone with a distinct voice or a killer stage presence always catches my attention. The music I write covers so many different genres, and when I sing in my truck, it’s more bluesy stuff. My current band, Bastard Child, combines so many genres of music and is a funny/performance art project, but I would really like to do a serious blues project one day.

-You have some really beautiful ink, is there any one tattoo that has a special meaning to you or that you like the more than the rest?
Thank you. They all mean a lot to me. All my tats are well thought out and planned. In my head, I’m pretty much already covered, just waiting for my pocketbook to reflect that….ha ha ha. I think the one that means the most would be the two lines on my ring finger. They are the simplest, but definately mean the world to me.

-You mentioned that modeling isn’t you main passion, do you still enjoy the artistic aspect of it or do you do it more as a way to promote your other work?
Honestly, I only do it because people like to take my picture and they seem to think I’m good at it. Modeling only goes with the territory. It definitely helps with promoting the band and what not, but I don’t really see myself as a model. That’s why I love being on Deviant Nation so much, because the main focus isn’t really modeling so much as it is the community. Don’t get me wrong, I like having my picture taken…I’m very vain, but at the same time I don’t really seek out photographers. I dunno, the stage is where I fully express myself, and you can rarely capture that energy in a photograph.

-Not to sound too much like a job interview but seeing as you have a variety of talents/interests I can’t help but ask, what do you see yourself doing five years from now?
Being on stage. It’s all I’ve ever wanted since I was in grade school. I used to dream of being on a stage, hearing the roar of the audience. Music is what I live for. When I perform, it’s my interpretation of the music flowing through me, and writing music is just another way for my body to express what my words fail at. Anytime I’ve taken time off from performing, I’ve become a miserable and anti-social person. It’s my outlet, and I honestly can’t see doing anything else.

-And lastly just for fun, if you could have any superhuman powers what would they be and why?
The ability to grow up to a 15″ long penis at any given time…it’d have to dissapear at will too…then I could create some neat party gags, fuck like a man when I wanted to, and still have my beautiful Miss Kitty that I’m incredibly attached too. lol

See and hear more of Zebrana Bastard’s work at the following links:
Deviant Nation
The Pleasure Elite
Bastard Child

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