It's a freezing morning off the eastern coast of Lake Michigan as Aj Draper and I walk down the street housing his ex-residence and current recording studio. A task I clearly didn't come dressed appropriately for when I was asked to write a new bio for the appropriately named Aj Draper & the Force of Nature.

"Thanks. I didn't want one of those blah blah are a four piece from wherever that enjoy walks on the sand and water polo kinda numbers" he laughs, lighting his umpteenth cigarette of the morning and touting a non-scheming smile I haven't seen in some time. I guess though, to understand this bizarre exercise in media promotion you'd need a little history on the group itself.

Right down to the loose roster concept, there’s not much formulated about the way Aj Draper & the Force of Nature do business. "It was hard to keep a band together so I started a solo project, and from that I wound up with a band. It really didn't make sense" he explains. "So at any given time the Force of Nature are both a set cast of characters an whatever stragglers are on board for the party." The constant crewmembers include percussionist Jeff Szakal from Detroit, as well as multi-instrumentalist and fellow neurotic shut-in Adam Maly. Others have included various guitar players, pianists, cellists and party-goers pulled into a recording room to sing.

"The party-singers thing was one of my personal favorites. I thought that track came out sounding really loose and free."

Of course what else could you expect from a Paris Hilton cover?