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The Great Kat
After originally agreeing to answer my questions, she suddenly stopped responding. See what made The Great Kat tuck her tail between her legs and run off like a scared kitten.

So, how are you today?

What have you been doing lately?

Back in 1990, you called your album, "Beethoven On Speed", the "LP of the 21st Century". Did it ever occur to you that LPs wouldn't even exist in the 21st Century?

You've claimed that your music is for geniuses. Would it be safe to say that most people are idiots and that there are only a handful of geniuses in the world?

Do you ever turn off this Great Kat schtick and just go back to being Katherine?

The genius of many of the world's greatest composers wasn't recognized until years after their deaths, and many of them lived in obscurity and died in poverty. With that said, how are you paying the bills these days?

You've got classical training from Julliard and were recognized as a prodigious violin player. Have you ever worked in a non-metal musical capacity?

Comment on the likelihood of these scenarios:
*A time machine will bring Vivaldi to present day America, and he'll regard "Bloody Vivaldi" as a tribute
*The following quote will appear in Guitar World magazine - "The Great Kat is the reason I picked up the electric guitar"
*The Great Kat will put on a tshirt and cutoffs and mow her own lawn this week

When was the last time you played a simple root-fifth-root barre chord and soloed in A-pentatonic?

What did you think of the neo-classical movement of the mid 80s, where a lot of metal guitarists were experimenting with classical phrasings? Were there any guitarists from that period that inspired you? Or any that repulsed you by butchering the works of the composers?

Which of these neo-classicists could have made it at Juilliard? Yngwie Malmsteen, Michael Angelo Batio, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Jason Becker.

Would you play a festival called ShredStock if it meant you had to appear between Zakk Wylde and Reb Beach?

You've just unleashed a genie who forces you to choose:
* The Great Kat will truly go down in history as a genius who was light years ahead of her time, but she has to play in a Vixen tribute band until her death.

OR

* The Great Kat will retain complete artistic control over her musical career during her life, but will be considered a laughing stock after her death.

You've been doing this for a while now. Let's not beat around the bush - you've got to be in your mid 40s and you're still in incredible shape. Do you have a fast metabolism, a rigorous exercise program, good genes, or a dresser drawer full of crystal meth?

If you could unwrite any song from any time, which would it be and why?

If you could start your career over again, would you do anything differently?

It's obvious that either The Great Kat takes herself WAY too seriously, has handlers that never even told her that I asked for an interview (yeah right), or is still typing out an answer for question number 1 with clenched teeth and veins popping out of her neck. Maybe she's just busy. I suppose that's fair - her lawn won't cut itself. But she should know that I'm a fan and have a healthy readership of like-minded folks. In the interest of fairness, if she ever bothers to respond I'll post it. But I won't hold my breath and wait here. After all, my lawn won't cut itself either.