Artist: Derek Dubois
Section: Interview
Importance: The eye of the hurricane.
The Plug: Listen to his music at Musicplaces.com

Derek still remains a mystery.
 
Who is Derek Dubois?
Derek is really a kid at the heart of a story that's as old as time. You know the story.

Boy writes song about how he wants to have sex with his teacher. Song circulates on the internet. Teacher hears the song and over reacts. School over reacts. Boy gets suspended for 10 days. Story doesn't go away. Boy does interview at ugtv.org.

Oh, that again. Well now that it's been a few years after the aftermath, read about all the whoo ha from the man in the center of it all.


I heard someone say that the Mrs. Dunn Song was originally based on an Adam Sandler song, yet I heard some dude doing a similar song on Comedy Central, who should I believe?
Has nothing to do with Adam Sandler, the press just liked to refer to it as Adam Sandleresque. It's true I stole the music from a comedian on Comedy Central. I was stuck for a basic melody when I was writing lyrics and this man came on and blew me away. His songs were hilarious. Sorry don't remember his name but the music I stole is from a song called "Hermaphrodite."

Was Mrs. Dunn really all that hot or was it just a big goof because she was a pain in the ass?

I feel that either way I answer this I will make more enemies. Sorry.

Take me through the evolution of how this whole story erupted. You wrote the song, recorded it, put it on the Internet, started telling a few people, and then what happened?

I told my best friend of the time and it's the classic snowball case. The student body new of it in a week. About a month later some dickhead that I am not acquaintance with made a copy and brought it into school. He handed it to the teacher saying "I found this on the floor, it has your name on it." Knowing full well the damage he was about to cause. Teacher was not in school the following day.

How long did it take for all the who-ha surrounding this story to go away?
I'm doing this interview huh?

You moved on to making your own original music. When people ask you what it's like, how do you describe it?
A birth of Radiohead and Coldplay minus the expensive recording equipment

Is there anything else you'd like to plug or mention while you're here?
HAHA. I'm feel like a commercial success gone bad. When is my Behind The Music. I'm not gonna plug becuz no one wants to listen nor do I want to sell out. Let the people find me.

Ready for the lightning round?
What's your favorite movie?
Requiem For A Dream / Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Sound? My girlfriend laughing
Favorite Word?
oxymoron
Favorite Taste? Sour Patch Kids (im still a child at heart)
Dinette Set or Trip to Europe? Fuck that....cash equivalence
And who would you really like to punch in the face? That kid that gave Dunn CD. o ya, and Scott Stapp (no good reason, just don't like him)

To learn more about the story that brought Derek fame, check out.
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1443545/20010510/story.jhtml