HE LOOKS like the archetypal bad boy rocker. Tattoos, big motorbike and a colourful past, schoolboy gangster, construction worker, duck farmer and satay seller.

Appearances, however, can be deceiving. John Molina also loves sappy country songs, has Snoopy toys and prefaces his SMSes with big ;-)s instead of obscenities. And he is unfailing polite.

Is he misunderstood?

He says: "Most of the time, yes. It doesn't help that when you're on stage, everything is magnified and distorted." He sighs. "You've got to live with that. People say things about you."

Especially since his rocker image always attracts the women. The real John Molina, he says, is "soft-spoken, sensitive and very shy".

The 35-year-old bachelor has been swirling his hips and wrapping his husky vocals around rock numbers for 13 years.

"It takes a big toll on you. You've got no breaks, your time is not your own."

Meanwhile, he is tying his hand at other stuff, like co-hosting a show every Thursday morning on WKRZ91.3 with Suzanne Walker.

"I suck at it. And I'm really shy even though I'm in the studio. Im getting more comfortable now though. It?' great bantering with Suzanne, she is so sharp."

He likes the fact that he can air his views. And does he have any pet grievance,
"Bad drivers, I'd like to do a talk show on bad drivers."

Are they inevitably women?

"Yes, although there are bad male drivers also. I think men suck at certain things and women suck at certain things too. And driving is one of them.?"

A man married a woman who used to be a man in Kuching two weeks ago. Many say a normal man can never fall in love with a man-made woman. What say you?
Sure they can?but?ewwww?I mean this could be someone?s brother that you used to arm wrestle with and catch spiders and stuff! If they're happy, great for them, but on a personal note?ewww?

You are a closer country music fan. You sure you do not have some heavy duty emotional issues since every country song is about getting drunk, getting dumped and getting cheated?
I beg to differ on the stigma attached to country and western music. They've got some pretty awesome lyrics and the music can be pretty wholesome. What about people who listen to trash metal or death metal or whatever they're called? I think it?s linked to serious mental issues man, i8t should be categorized under ?crap? metal. Haha!

You claim that you and your band members do not have a social life and that you have the runs? Has that ever happened and have you ever had resort to wearing diapers?
Yes, I had the turtle head pop out on stage on two separate occasions! No time to don adult diapers here!
I had to rush home in between my sets to shower, change, grab spare underwear and jeans, and take heaviest dosage of pohchye? pills ever! Damn

Only five-year-old boys wear briefs, you once said. Ventilation aside, what other virtues would you attribute to boxers?
Elementary dude. If you can't stuff all your jewellery in a small box, get a bigger box! Sheesh?

Men who have thing for hot rods are over-compensating for something. Now what would that be, especially since you have a motorbike ? a Honda ST1300.
That is more so for men with flashy cars. Bikers are different breed altogether. What you see is what you get. The bigger the bike, the bigger the 'umm' the acceleration.

Apparently you once went on record to say that you get turned on by girls who knit. Is it the needles or the kinky possibilities you could have with balls of yarn?
Pray tell, how can one get funky with balls of yarn.

So we hear you used to have an unused Snoopy soft toy. So, do you think Snoopy is a political animal, a sentimental beast, a philosopher hound or just a silly dog?
Snoopy is screwed up. Think about it ? his best friend is a canary, his owner is wishy washy, and he thinks he is world War II flying ace. How dysfunctional is that? That dog has issues?just like all of us.

You were once a duck farmer. Pray tell, what have these birds taught you about the human condition?
That mankind has the uncanny ability to destroy all things beautiful and to self-destruct. What was the question again?

What is the one fundamental thing about men that women often do not get?
That all our in-built compasses point south?period. Okay, sometimes north lah.