Dakle, novi broj je ugledao svjetlo dana (i
tamu noći), ovaj put u rekordnom roku od samo 8 mjeseci nakon prošlog broja.. sadržajno
nastavljamo u istom tonu, dakle sve manje-više isto kao i do sad.. intervjui su
ovaj put sa američkim hardcore bendom Full of Hell i sa aktivisticom iz
Klaonice skvota u Zagrebu.. osim intervjua standardno prevladavaju izvještaji
sa koncerata (Instinct of Survival, Agathocles, Wasserdicht, Nonsense, Full of
Hell, Bruerija, Left in Ruins, D-Clone, Doom, Iskra i mnogi drugi..) i
festivala Obscene Extreme i Enemy of the Sun, znači i ovaj put smo osim domačih
rupa gdje se održavaju svirke posjetili i one u Italiji, Sloveniji, Austriji i
Češkoj.. za kraj je još ostalo par kolumni te recenzije muzičkih izdanja, ali
ovaj put i nekoliko fanzina.. sve to na točno 60 stranica A5 formata..
Kako je već ustaljena praksa da uz svaki broj
fanzina ide i neko kazetno izdanje pa smo ovaj put izdali Wasserdicht – Iluzija
Svobode (1990-2013) kazetu koja je svojevrsna diskografija jer se sastoji od
svih snimaka snimljenih tijekom 23 godine trajanja ovog slovenskog benda, kako
onih objavljenih na prijašnjim izdanjima i različitim kompilacijama tako i
nekih dosada neobjavljivanih.. sve zajedno 51 stvar i 90 minuta muzike.. uz
kazetu ide i list sa tekstovima, a tiraž je 100 komada..
Novost u odnosu na prošle brojeve je da sada
komplet fanzin + kazeta košta 15 kn iliti 2 eura, a cijena je takva samo zbog
pokrivanja troškova koje imamo oko kazeta, a koje smo ovaj put platili sami iz
svojih ionako napola praznih đepova.. naravno ako neko poželi samo fanzin može
ga dobiti besplatno..
Za sva ostala pitanja javi se na:
crufreedom@gmail.com
ili
jurica.fejer@hotmail.com
P.S. - fanzin i kazeta su zapravo bili gotovi prije 3 mjeseca, ali smo u Sloveniji na koncertu prodali svih 45 kompleta iz prve serije, a zbog nekih tehničkih problema oko nabave praznih kazeta nastavljamo dalje tek sada..
P.P.S. - u idučih par dana fanzin i kazeta će se moči nabaviti na koncertima po Srbiji od 2.05. - 5.05. u Kraljevu, Zrenjaninu, Novom Sadu i Beogradu (više detalja ovdje: http://crucifiedfreedom.blogspot.com/2013/04/ugly-fucks-serbian-tour.html) i na veganskom ručku u Novom Marofu 11.05.2013.
when?.........5.05.2013., Sunday
where?........Index Film, Beograd
who?...........THE TRUTH hc, Ser/Cro UGLY FUCKS hc punk, Cro ČERNOBILSKA DECA , Ser
entrance?....donations
when?...................................................2.05.2013, Thursday
where?..................................................Kulturni Centar Zrenjanina
who?.....................................................MADRES EGOISTAS punk rock, Ser THE TRUTH hc, Ser/Cro UGLY FUCKS hc punk, Cro ARRESTED DENIAL punk rock, Ger
entrance?...............................................161 rsd
when?...................................................7.05.2013., Tuesday
where?..................................................AKC Medika, Zagreb
who?.....................................................LINK dark crust, Belgium THE PATHETICS punk'n'roll, Croatia
entrance?..............................................20kn
when?........................3.05.2013., Friday
where?.......................Kasarna, Fažana
who?..........................DEAFNESS BY NOISE hc, Samobor ŽMANJANA DICA hc punk, Pula PUBLIC DISGRACE hc punk, Pula SICK CRAP hc punk, Pula 6.B
entrance?...................?
what?.............................................SUBVULTURES FEŠTA BEZNAĐA 6
when?.............................................2.05.2013, Thursday
where?............................................AKC Medika, Zagreb
who?...............................................DEUIL sludge drone doom metal, Belgium PARAMNESIA depressive doom black metal, France H. D. HORSE post metal sludge, Croatia
entrance?.........................................25kn
when?.........8.05.2013., Wednesday
where?........club Gromka, Ljubljana
who?...........LINK dark crust, Bel IAMDISEASE hc metal, Slo
entrance?.....5 euros
2.05. Kraljevo
3.05. Zrenjanin
4.05. Novi Sad
5.05. Beograd
also on those gigs you would be able to get all 3 numbers of Mentalna Smrt 'zine and, if there won't be some technical problems, the newest release by Mentalna Smrt fanzine & records - Wasserdicht - Iluzija Svobode (1990-2013), which is a discography tape of well known Slovenian hc/crust veterans..
pošto će vozač na ovoj turneji biti jedan od autora Mentalna Smrt fanzina nosit će sa sobom najnoviji 3. broj, isto kao i prijašnje brojeve, a ako nebude nekakvih tehničkih problema moči će se kupiti i najnovije izdanje iz stožera Mentalne Smrti - Wasserdicht - Iluzija Svobode (1990-2013) diskografska kazeta dobro poznatih hc/crust veterana iz Slovenije.. pa ako ima neko zainteresiran...
and again two crust/sludge/doom/metal/punk bands which teamed up their forces for common euro tour, Hazarder with members from Croatia and Serbia, at the moment situated in Zagreb and Livia Sura from Timisoara, Romania..
April 26 @ Red and Blue Hell, Budapest, Hungary
April 27 @ CRK, Wroclaw, Poland
April 28 @ secluded site, Leipzig, Germany
April 29 @ Bambara, Groningen, Netherlands
April 30 @ Piraten Bar, Hague, Netherlands
May 1 @ Chaos Bar, Leuven, Belgium
May 2 @ Fierewerk, Munich, Germany
May 3 @ EKH, Vienna, Austria
Human Host Body, crust/sludge band from Slovenia and Void Forger, blackened crust/sludge/metal from Romania will hit the road for an euro tour in next few days.. dates and places are on poster (click on it for larger size)..
"ChaosBar, Freedom in Fire, Sux To Be You and Neanderthal Distro have joined forces in order to bring up this one-day festival.
It all actually came quite spontaneously, but in the end resulted in organizing this massive festival. Freedom in Fire wanted to organize a gig for few of this bands (on tour), Neanderthal also for few others, Sux To Be You also for few others, but as we are all friends and part of the same, rather small scene, 3 gigs the same day didn’t seem making sense, so we decided to put it all together.
Also as the Neanderthal distro is participating in releasing the records for few bands from the line up, (and is waking up from hibernation) it seemed as a perfect occasion for Neanderthal kick off party, as the idea for something like that was in the air for quite long. So thats where the name comes from.
In the same time the appeal for solidarity with the Anarchist/Center in Paraguay came around, so we decided to do it all as a benefit for this cause.
It is a 1day festival with live bands // workshops // exhibitions etc. and it is gonna take place in ChaosBar/DenACCO which is squatted autonomous place in Leuven, free from any commercial or authoritarian bullshit.
We are determined to make it a good festival and have a good time, and in order to that;
NO COPS / NO SABAM / NO DRUG DEALERS / NO FASCIST-SEXIST-HOMOPHOBIC CRAP is welcome, and will NOT BE TOLERATED. "
what?...................................................NEANDERTHAL D.I.Y. festival
when?..................................................1.05.2013., Wednesday
where?.................................................Chaos Bar, Leuven, Belgium
who?....................................................MÖRKHIMMEL black stench crust, Czech Republic HAZARDER doom stoner, Serbia/Croatia LIVIA SURA blackened crust, Romania THE WANTED black metal punk, France ZAPRTI ODDELEK grind pv, Slovenia/Croatia VOID FORGER sludge crust, Romania HUMAN HOST BODY blackened crust sludge, Slovenia ZEIT GEIST grindcore, Italy SHAID grind, France ACHILLES crust post metal, Sweden
entrance...............................................?
when?..............................................................30.04.2013., Tuesday
where?.............................................................AKC Medika, Zagreb
who?................................................................MOTUS hc punk, Zg LOŠ PRIMJER hc punk, Pž CAINO melodic crust, Ita WISE UP melodic hc, NG
entrance?..........................................................30kn
when?.....................................................................28.04.2013., Sunday
where?....................................................................T'Landhius, Gent
who?.......................................................................SHAID grind, Fra ZAPRTI ODDELEK grind pv, Slo/Cro
+maybe one more band
+peoples kitchen at 19:00
entrance?................................................................?
those two great bands, PARTiYA (crust/punk with grind influences, Belarus) and VICTIMS OF CLASSWAR (female fronted d-beat/hc with metal influences, Germany) are looking for labels to release their split LP.. if you can help write here: okpunkrock@gmail.com, or at least spread the word!..
okay, let's continue from where we stopped last time with band's requests.. if you don't know what this is about or you missed part 1, check it HERE..
IMPORTANT: all materials and download links represented here are provided by the bands and they don't impersonate to any copyright infringements..
PICK YOUR SIDE - Let Me Show You How Democracy Works [2012] (LP)
Pick Your Side is hc band based in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada) and this is their LP released on A389 records in 2012.. all together 16 songs of aggressive and nervous thrashy hardcore with elements of powerviolence, crust and even grind in some parts.. the most of songs are fast as hell but some of them have slower, even I could say dark emotional parts.. lyrics ranges from those politically engaged to some personal but all are full of bitterness and frustration to this fucked up society we live in..
yes, I didn't mentioned, band members played or still plays in bands Haymaker, Left for Dead and Fuck the Facts. so maybe this can help you to make some picture what this is about here.
it seems that this band is really active 'cause only 5 or 6 months after their LP here they are with brand new 7" released by RSR records.. all I said about their music and lyrics above, applies here as well but here except fast as hell songs we have also few really heavy and slow ones or at least their parts are.. and just when you think those guys can't surprise you with anything more, there's cover of Neil Young's song Don't Cry.. all together 7 tracks on this 7" which is, actually fastest and more furious than LP but with those 2 sludge, doom, metal or whatever influenced tracks.. they offer this for free streaming at their bandcamp page..
REVENGEANCE - John Q Citizen - demo [2012] (tape)
Revengeance hails from Portugal and they deliver to us some good raging hardcore with dual m/f vocals.. male are more crusty/grind while female is shouted.. demo consists of 11 songs and it was released in tape format by Degradagem records.. I had read somewhere that this could be recommended to fans of Larm and Man Is The Bastards and I can agree with this, indeed..
on bandcamp page you can listen their split with grindcore band Tinnitus and the newest 7" called Complacend Complacency..
DISOBEY - Human Suffering In Five Movements [2012] (tape)
Disobey is a band from New Jersey, USA playing hc crust in veins of Tragedy, His Hero Is Gone and similar bands, but also with some breakdowns and slower, sludgy parts here and there.. in this 6 songs they delivers a lot of dark atmosphere, misery, depression and similar emotions in their sound, as well in lyrics.. if you are fan of above mentioned bands and this "modern" crust style I think you will like them.. the band offers this on bandcamp page for free download, and there you can also listen Summer Tour demo released also in 2012..
LAY IT ON THE LINE - A Leasson In Personal Finance [2012] (tape)
hmmmmm... this really isn't my cup of tea, I don't know what to say about this one.. music is modern melodic hardcore (I don't know if this even can be called hardcore, no offense to the band), you know how that it is modern to play this days.. it has some metal influences in traces and some back vocals and that's pretty much it.. band comes from South London (UK) and this is their debut EP released on tape in November 2012.. I don't know, they didn't really impressed me but you can check for yourself at their bandcamp page where you can listen the rest of their releases, as well as this one..
GENERIC LIFE - From The Ashes - demo [2012]
"My band just release a demo yesterday, we wondering if you'd like to put it up on your blogspot? Our names' Generic Life. We're from El Paso, TX . We're not sure about what genre we fall under, but does it really matter? If Flux of Pink Indians and Crass had a baby, I think we're what it would sound like. We've been in the whole punk scene since about 5th grade, and been playing shows since then under the name Toxic System. After a few line up changes and going through our own personal problems, we're finally now Generic Life. We're all 17 by the way"
I've get this e-mail from Marky, the band member, ages ago as all other materials here but 'cause of my laziness and who know whatI didn't write any reviews but I remember that i like his band, immediately..I was positively surprised bytheir music which is actually the most primitive and raw form of anarcho punk you can imagine.. demo consists of 6 songs, some are slow, some fast, there isn't any rule, actually.. if I got it well this is recorded on their 1st rehearsal (!?), that's the spirit!.. this reminds me on times when it wasn't necessary know how to play and have expensive equipment to start your own band.. hope that those guys will keep up with work ant that they will hit us with some more recordings in the future..
"INCRÜST is a Crust/HxC band from Geneva/CH with members of MUMAKIL, SEDATIVE and BURNING FLESH. Founded in 2010 by Fred (SEDATIVE) and Pipo, the band plays a mix of crust, Hxc, grind and metal inluenced by bands like DISFEAR, WOLFBRIGADE, TRAGEDY, DISRUPT..."
this little ace is spread all over the blogs already but it's good, so here's now, as well.. as you can see from this little introduction the members of this band come from some death metal/grindcore bands which aren't interesting to me at all, to be honest, but good thing is that in this band they stick more to crust and d-beat waters with grindcore influences only in traces.. raging, brutal as hell vocals, the same brutal guitars and great fast drums creating a nice sum of noise but all that in great sound quality.. all together 6 songs and to not forget member's grindcore roots they do Nasum cover.. I don't know if this is released in any physical form but you can download it or stream it on bandcamp page.. I sincerely do hope to hear some new stuff from those guys soon and also that the next records will stay into d.i.y. circles..
when?.................................21.04.2013., Sunday
where?...............................AKC Medika, Zagreb
who?..................................LA PROSPETTIVA hc, Ita UGLY FUCKS hc punk, Cro
entrance?............................20kn
when?...................20.04.2013., Saturday
where?..................Kapetanski park, Zadar
who?.....................LA PROSPETTIVA hc, Ita BLACK SAILS modern hc, Cro HAZARDER doom stoner, Ser/Cro DYING IN THIS PLACE slow screamo, Cro
entrance?...............20kn
when?..............12.04.2013., Friday
where?.............Monteparadiso Club, Pula
who?................RAI KO RIS @punk, Nepal DAŠA FON FLAŠA akustik punk, Slovakia SICK CRAP hc punk, Pula
entrance?..........?
when?..............27.04.2013., Saturday
where?.............club Gromka, Ljubljana
who?................WARFARE '80s hc punk, Ita ŽMANJANA DICA hc punk, Cro DATURA @ punk, Slo FINAL APPROACH hc, Slo PUBLIC DISGRACE hc punk, Cro
+video projections,
food not bombs,
etc. in the afternoon..
entrance?............6 euros
so, here is new (okay, not really new, it's recorded in June last year, but I missed it until today) song by Belgium's stenchers Last Legion Alive.. this song will be on upcoming split LP with Italian stench crust band Cancer Spreading which actually should be out by now according to the announcements but it still isn't, I don't know why.. according to this song it will be great material again.. it seems that they speed up a little and I like it very much.. also make attention to the great lyrics of the song (you have it in the video description at you tube).. enjoy the stench!!..
Podrum is a place in Rijeka, Croatia witch hosted many great bands during last few years.. now there is a page on dailymotion with video recordings from some gigs.. some of my favorites are Devastated, Leechfeast, Beyond Pink, Mordare and Nulla Osta but I'm sure you will find something for yourself among 55 videos.. enjoy!..
there's no need for any introduction here... or maybe just a bit of my rant.. so as you know, there were many debates about if Amebix are commercial or not after their reunion, a lot of rumors and controversy about the band, etc.. even I'm one of those who don't really like new Amebix songs and all that "playing big fesativals..." stuff, I appreciate and respect all the things this band has done in the past and also the fact that they're trying to do something new and doing things and playing as they want, not paying much attention on what anybody thinks is right.. also I think that this interview is interesting to read and Stig is saying some really clever stuff.. also from his words is obviously that with this reunion thing they didn't planned to earn money and becoming commercial band so I trust him, at least until they give me a reason to convince myself to the contrary..
okay, interview was made by my comrade J, questions were answered by Stig and it was published in 2nd number of Mentalna Smrt fanzine.. that's all you need to know.. play the video and enjoy the reading..
J: Introduce yourself:)
Stig: hello everybody ,my name is stig i have been playing inbands since 1978 two of the bands i started
are amebix and zygote i also do acoustic music and other projects when i have
the time
J: So Stig, what are you up to lately, except commenting
videos on youtube?
Stig: well been quite busy really ,we amebixhave started putting out our own records on
our own label through easyaction records .and i have started to run our
merchandise store and keep and send out stock,records tshirts ectwe have
taken control of all our stuff .
J: What about any Zygote stuff? Got any plans to make those
available in the future?
Stig: i really started zygote to keep my hand in playing music as
amebix had stopped and i need to be doing something ..we had a wild time with
zygote and began todevelop some good
ideas ,i think if we had carried on we could have become really good ,but we
drank a lot and the lifestyle i was living was making it hard to do ,for me
there were some very dark times back then ,but we had some good songs i guess
we were just ahead of our time like amebix ..if we could have developed a way
to record the two guitars properly the records could have been a lot better ..i
think there is still zygote stuff available online .people have offered to put
zygote records out again but unless i could remix and work on them im not
really interested ,but who knows ?
J: After Amebix, and after Zygote...up until Amebix
reunion...what have you been up to all these years?
Stig: erm my life has been a complete disaster really ,i have done
a few different bands like zygote also i have been recording bits and pieces of
a solo project vie been working on acoustic stuff mostly ..trying to make
something atomspheric on my own .and now im teaching myself to use computer
recording studio stuff ,and hopefully building a little studio for my ideas and
those of friends.
J: Are any of those recordings available for listening, or
released somewhere?
Stig: what my acoustic stuff ? well there is one track up on you
tube that i recorded after living on the street ,but its different to anything
i havedone beforejust me and an acoustic guitarnot heavyriffs but still kind of emotionally heavy so people say anyway ,hope
fully i will get the chance to finish it someday and put it out ,we will see
J: Amebix released a video for a new song, how are you
satisfied with the feedback you got for the video and the new song?
Stig: i don't really care , i havealways made music that i want to hear , i haven't seen much negative
feedback but if i took notice of what other people thought i would never have
started amebix ,as no one understood us at the time ,and now they are just
starting to get our old stuff and we are moving on doing new stuff so maybe it
will take another 25 years before they like the new stuff ha ha ha
J: Hahaha now days when ever you go to a punk gig, there
isn't a single person in sight without Amebix patch/t-shirt, so it wasn't like
that back in the day?
Stig: no it wasn't like that back in the day although there were a
few people that understood us its taken at least 20 or so years for the rest of
the world to catch up with what we were trying to do ,but its good that people
respect our integrity and that we are not doing this for the money and that we
answer to no one except ourselves .we are exactly what we appear to be.,…
people need honesty in a world full of lies .
J: How come you decided to do a video in the first place?
I'm sure this is going to interest all the evil speakers commenting that soon
we're gonna see Amebix on MTV hahaha
Stig: i really didn't know much about it when it was happening but
i think it was robs idea to use a friend to make a video for the song knights
as we didn't have any money to pay him rob paid with a sword he made ,and we
got a video cheaply done ..so all good just something to look at done by a
friend to go with the song really ,
J: The video was really great, it really works great with
the song, have you considered making the video like that for every song, to
make the new album kinda of a audio-visual experience?
Stig: that would be great to do and i suppose if we were on a big
corporate label maybe we could do things like that ,but how much control would
we have over it all ? you see this is one of the things about doing it
ourselves and keeping it real .we don't have lots of money so we get favours
done by friends but you cant keep asking people to do things foreverfor little or no money .to be honest i don't
think we would do another animated thing but who knows ..im interested in film
as a way of getting our ideas across though..
J: New album is about to be released soon, how does it feel
to release a new record after all this time? Are you any nervous how it's gonna
be accepted by people?
Stig: as i said beforei
don't worry about it that much ,as long as you are true to yourself and make a
record you can be proud of, who cares if people like it or not ,?amebix were
hated by the press and the public for years ,we are not here to make people
happy or do whats expected .now the world has caught up with us and our music
is acceptable we have to take it further .sonic mass will be released on 20th
of september .i think it is a really good recordand even if everyone hates it ,i will still
think that .
J: Knights of the black sun...tell me what's the song about?
My interpretation of the song is something like “we are back on the throne we
long abandoned and we're stronger than ever. Amebix is back!”, am I even close
hahaha?
Stig: yeah i think you are kind of close, atmosphere wise but its
about a lot of things people can make they're own minds up exactly what ..its
more about a feeling really , how it makes you feel not what it means .but yeah
we are back ..he he just when they thought it was safe again and predictable ..
J: Who was involved in songwriting? Was it just Rob and you
or was Roy also
involved with his ideas? Not just for this song, but for the entire album.
Stig: we were all involved in the songwriting as roy is a fully
fledged member of the band and not just a drummer which is good cos he thinks
of stuff i don't think of and vice versa ..he also recorded and produced the
whole album ,which is amazing not many bands have done what we have done with
just three people ..me and rob would bang out ideas withroywhowould add his ideas .or come up with a song
on his own and we would try and play it .
J: In the comments of “Those who belive shall die – Darkest
hour” you said that you like the two guitars, have you considered getting
another guitar player in the reformed Amebix? Or any other instruments like
keyboards?
Stig: well the creative process is between three people but there
maybe a time when we might need to get extra people in for some songs
J: After the new album will be released, can we expect some
big tour to promote the album?
Stig: i don't know about 'big' but hopefully we will get a chance
to get out a bit ,if things go well who knowswe are not part of a record company with agents and pr and stuff we just
arrange it ourselves throughfriends or
whatever ..its just down to money really if we want to put on really good gigs
.
J: So, if someone would like to do Amebix gig how much would
that cost? What's the usual fee you ask for a gig? If that is not a business
secret hahah
Stig: i have no idea although that is still being decided whether
or not we can tour and when ectas we
all have to meet up, practice ,hire equipment ect so it costs a fair amount of
money to set up tours and stuff but im not a business person im an artist which
is probably why im always skintha ha
ha
J: Hahahaha so I guess only traveling expenses, free drinks
and food are out of the question?
Stig: yeah free drinks and food are usually left down to how
charming we can be to our host wherever that is
J: After reunion you both played in clubs and big festivals
like Hellfest. Which ones do you prefer?
Stig: hellfest was great but i prefer to play a bit closer to the
crowd and smaller venues ,but i still had a great time at hellfest ,met some
nice people there .
J: Was it strange to play in front of such a big crowd like
there was on Hellfest, during the day and with mostly metal crowd?
Stig: it was very strange to play in daylightand to so many faces but we did ok ..everyone
was there for the music no fighting or moaning or egotistical bollox , the
crowd was ok too, first time seeing us for a lot of them were to young for our
first time round .
J: Do you think it's time for Amebix to make a switch from
mostly playing in smaller clubs and start playing big halls, and huge outdoor
events more often?
Stig: i don't know about huge out door events i don't want to
become some kind of corporate rock act ,with loads of old farts coming along to
sing along before going back to there shitty jobs in there huge cars .i
wouldn't mind playing one or two but i don't want to be accepted by the music
business ,but we want to put on good shows, so its a difficult thing to do
rightas there are plenty of people out
there that want to sell amebix .we must be careful .to keep our integritythats important to me
J: I really wanna hear your opinion on this...crust punk.
People fame Amebix for inventing the genre and the entire crust subculture,
what's your view on the subject?
Stig: ha ..its strange you know these day everything has to be
labeled and genre defined so that people don't have to think or try anything
new .i was 15 in
1977and i had just been thrown out of
school it was a really good time the early punk daysall the bands were different they all sounded
different and we all looked different ,you have to understand how fucking
dangerous it was to be a punk in those days ,just nothing like now where its
acceptable really ,i mean people used to try and kill me for the way i looked
and the things ibelieved ,it was a
dangerous thing to be .and i come from that scene ,the original punk scene that
was about thinking for yourself and doing something for and by yourself and your
friendsd.i.y.so by 79 /80 the second generation started
and i was totally involved in that to .we were poor and we lived on the streets
for years ,we ate what we could find or steal. our clothes were dirty, cos we
had no money ,we only had ourselves and our band to keep us going ,we would
play gigs and after a while we would see people turning up that looked like us
or tried to look like us .very strange .but what does that mean these days ? i
don't know ,we used the word crust to describe something big or heavy or dirty
in bristol ..me
im apunk i believe in being different
and not following .im still poor as shit but that is not a good or cool thing
,being poor is shit being hungry is shit having no home sucks its not glamorousonly those with money think it is .i don't
know what a crust punk is supposed to be ,we are not owned by any genre .if you
have an open mind you are welcome however you dress
J: I agree with the part that it's not cool being poor, lots
of people here my age (20-25 for example) are now into acting poor, sleeping on
the streets, stealing food, squatting...and behind all that there are rich
parents who they can come home to anytime this new trends gets boring, is it
the same in UK? What are the punk trends at the moment there hahaha?
Stig: i think itwas like
that in the uk tooback then yeah people
always want to be what they are not there is nothing glamourous about lying in
a squat freezingand hungry while all
your mates have gone home to mummy to have there christmass dinner at homethat happened a lot to me and that’s how i realised that a lot of people
didn't have to live like we did it was just a passing thing for them until
there inheritance came through or whatever,for some of us there was no choice ,but there will always be fakers .i
have no idea what the punk trends are at the moment ,im an old fart just doing
what i do .
J: You have been living on the streets, sleeping in squats
and eating what you could find...because of that I'm really interested in your
views on vegeterianism/veganism. Are you maybe vegetarian/vegan? And what do
you think...where would be the line between chosing vegetarianism/veganism and
your own survival(when living on the streets)?
Stig: basically im not againsteating meat but i don't eat a lot of meat thats factory prepared as i
believe that an animal that dies in fear and misery transmits fear and misery
into the meat which in turn makes people aggressive and or full of bad hormones
.but i was raised to kill and preparemy
own foodbut thats difficultt in the
city unless you are a cannibal of courseha ha .
J: On the “Risen” documentary, I've seen what looks like to
be a pretty big record collection behind you, was that taken in your home?
Stig: i don't have a home of my own that was filmed at my friend s
house but i left there some time ago he had some good records and one day if i
get my own place ill start collecting records again but its not worth it until
i do cos i cant carry them aroundwith
methey would just get fucked up so i
mostly put stuff on my puter mp3s and wav files of songs and mixes ,but im
living at my girlfriends house now so who knows ?
J: While we're on the subject...what are you mostly
listening to these days?
Stig: im listening to all kinds of music i don't let fashion
dictate what i like, classical /hard /soft all kinds ..i really like
neurosisgreat band making good art .i
get ideas from any kind of music as long as it makes me feel something .i think
as you get older being part of something becomes less important
J: Earlier you mentioned words “safe and
predictable”...would that be your description of the punk music today?
Stig: yeah i guess its a description of most forms of music and
the genre label thing; if you like that then you will like this kind of thing '
no one has to try anything different or look outside there own little scene for
inspirationor new ideas , people are so
afraidof being different and that to me
is not punk rock ..a lot of the so called punkbands these days seem to have looked back at people that came before them
and tried to take certain aspects and then make a blueprint and not deviate
from it at all so they never really do anything dangerous or really
differentbut that is the case with all
forms of music thesedays especially the
harder metal stuff where everyone sounds just about the same growling shouting
vocals that all sound the same ,it gets boring ..another case of the big record
labels desperately trying to be down with the kids and sell them back there own
culture
J: Since you mentioned people who came before in the
scene...in the last few years many of the old bands got back together and
started doing gigs and recording new stuff. There's Amebix, of course, Doom,
Deviated Instinct... to name a few...and those reunions worked out great, then
there were some like Hellbastard(blah) which didn't work out so great(at least
that's my opinion)...I've even heard rumors that Antisect are back
together...what's your opinion on the subject of reunions?
Stig: on the whole i find reunions deepressing and personally i really
wouldn't want to go and watch bands that i grew up playing with or liked anyway
especially if they are doing nothing new or just playing stuff that doesn't
mean anything anymore but this thing that we are doing with amebix is not some
lazy moneymaking rip off this is a real progression in our whole style and
having roy in the band hads made us a more powerful band ,taken it up a step ,i
think without being bigheaded we amebix are one of the most powerful three
pieces out there musically and philosophically ..but as i personally know all
those bands you mentioned it would be unwise of me to say which of them suck ha
ha ha
J: Recently there were some riots in England
provoked by the death of Mark Duggan...are things back in normal now?
Stig: well it depends what you mean by normali sat up watching the riot helicopters all
night cos some of it happened less than a minutes walk from where i live,but i
didn't feel like getting involved as there was no real reason for it people
were using it as excuse to loot the little local shops which sucks.
J: Now for the end let's get to more relaxed themes...you
are from England,
the land of football, are you a football fan? If you are, which team do you
support?
Stig: football ?no not really ive never been interested in sports
at allbut as a little kid i used to
like chelsea but history repeats itself, in the roman empire when the people
were getting restless, caesarwould
spend more money on putting on gladiatorial battles to channel they're
aggression and take they're minds off the true facts ,each to they're own but i
find it difficult to get excited about watching a group of overpaid snooty
little pricks kick a ball aroundbut
thats just me
J: Straight edge or drunk haha?
Stig: ha ha straight edge? i believe all these things are personal
and entirely up to the individual ..when it comes to drugs anyone that knows me
will tell you that i have taken more than most peoplebut its not a lifestyle i would recommend to
anyone ,i seen my share of madness and death enough for plenty of lifetimes .i
also used to drink a lot but not so much now just a little i cant handle
hangovers anymore .
J: What's your favourite type of beer/alcoholic beverage?
Stig: if i have a drink its usually white wine it doesn't make me
feel so bad the next day .
J: Thank you for doing the interview! Would you like to say
something for the end to our readers?
Stig: yeah my fingers are hurting owim gunna stop now all the bestlove stigng nm
to find out more about the band, its history and members lives go watch a documentary called "Risen: a history of Amebix" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LImtYrdhZc
