Adrien from the french group was so kind and
answered a lot of questions from me in the
beginning of april 2016. Heres´the result
Please tell me a little bit history of the
group? -We met each other back in 2012 with Mathieu the
drummer, we played together in 2002 in a
punksquatters band which already had little
psychobilly , oi!, hxc, ska, surf influences
called Sakamerdes, he wanted to build a new
project with me at the guitar, I already wanted
to do a duo project with Marion (our singer) at
this time, but we didn't know sufficiently use
computers and machines to do a duo, so we start
at 3, practicing in our mobile home, then we
migrated in to Parisian squats when we found
Tony our other guitarist, who already had played
with Mathieu before, in other formations. Since
the start we wanted a double bass in the band
and nothing else, we spend a time without it
before we find Amine our double bass player, we
had a common friend who presented him like an
excellent player, we already had 10 songs and 3
successive first gigs one month later, he knew
all and nobody realized that it was our first
concerts!
Please tell me a little about every member in
the group right now, age, family, work,
interests and something bad about everyone?
Earlier bands? Other bands on the side?
-Marion is 32 years old, doing social work with
teenagers and with us at free time, she's a
freak taking care of others, this society has a
problem! She sang in a girl teenagers rock band
called Mamafaca and a punk fusion band called
les Femmes Haricots, she loves parties/concerts
and travelling, the both mixed
- Amine is the older with 47 years old, a son,
he works helping older than him, we all think
that he just would must help them to die. He
played at the start in the psychobilly band
Bananes Métalik, he now plays also in a cover
rockabilly band called JJ Pantin.
- Tony, 31 years old, he hopefully sometimes use
his brain to don't forget to play well guitar !
We don't know how, cause he always forget
the date we have to practice. He now lives at
100km from Paris. No job, but looking for a band
which he can earn money so he can leave us !
- Mathieu, 34 years old, he always success to
prove that you did a mistake when it's his own.
He would like also to be a rock star cause he
didn't succeed to be a porno star, until that,
no job to declare, His psychiatric girlfriend
study him everyday.
-Adrien, 36 years old, spend time partying in
gigs most of the time with bad wine, and boxing
in clubs to prove to us that he is not only an
alcoholitoxic man. Plays in Skarface through the
world since 2001, works in his mobile home when
he has no hangover.
I can hear much different influences but mostly
punk and I don´t hear so much punkabilly?
Favorites from the past?
-We recorded it 5 months after our first shows,
thanks to a sound engineer of a festival in
Britany who asked us for a cd or demo, when he
understood that we didn't have one, he proposed
us to record at his home after the festival, we
was there with hangover, with hands trembling by
the alcohol missing, so we took the easier songs
to play for this record, done in one day. We
wrote punkabilly on the cd cause when we buy a
cd of an artist unknown we like to know the
biggest influence it has. Our next Ep releasing
very soon is definitively punkabilly, in order
to do a honor to Crazy love records and Zombies
union, the 2 rock'n'roll labels who help us a
lot for it, but most of the songs was made at
the same period as the first EP, so it's not
necessary to search an evolution
😊.
We also can already tell you that in our far
future we release an album,
there will be an oi!'n'roll song, a
country music one, celtic passages, pieces of
ska, hxc and surf music, then a presence of a
banjo.
How did it came up?
-During our drummer was eating a crêpe in
Britany, but it's not the fault of the crêpe,
which was good in fact.
It sounds a hardcoreband I think?
-Band name Agnostic front for exemple, makes
more think about a strange political party but
it's not...
Which is the best bandname you know?
-Cous cous clan, from hip hop persons, met in
Brasil a long time ago
What´s the best thing with playing live?
-You normally have free beers, food, coke and
prostitutes, or maybe only the 2 first, and
don't pay entrances to see the concert
And where is best to play? And the worst place?
-It's hard to say, it doesn't depend on the
place, but more how the organisators/public/bands
are comportments that are important. We already
played for free in the caves where it was
difficult to breathe, cold food, dog shit, drunk
people, but a fucking party with good
bands/audience !
How is to play this sort of music in France
right now?
-It's still not forbidden
😊
Which types of bands do you have concerts
together with?
-Most of the bands are punk, rock'n'roll,
psychobilly, surf, hardcore, crust, oi!, ska,
and to answear better your precedent question,
it's hard to put attention to these music
in new generations, more interested to consume
radio/tv shit like everywhere we guess...
How would you describe your music in three
words?
-Smiles kills moves
What does punk mean to you, is it only a word or
is it a lifestyle?
-It's a musical taste for some and
more a
way of life for others. It's impossible to give
a strict definition of punk, it would be the
first contradiction to do... most part of our
band members was living in squats many years,
sometimes organising shows, sometimes making
trouble, in this period we had no way to
download or money to buy cd's, we was living our
punk culture alive...
How do you see on downloading, mp3 and that
stuff?
-It's a big opportunity to discover bands and to
enlarge musical culture but has caused
difficulties to many artists, I personally don't
download, maybe cause I don't have internet
connection at home ...
How is it to live in France now?
-Better than in Syria for exemple, even if we
also have been victims of terrorists actions
Politically?
-Always the same shit but with different
leaders, difficult to be optimistic
Is there any good bands from France now?
-Sure, many! But not a lot try to export them
alive internationally, actually the punk band
Breakout export them well for exemple, the oi!
band Lion's Law too, then youth avoiders for the
hardcore
Is the punkscene/hardcorescene big?
-Not as big as in Germany unfortunately
How is it in your hometown?
-Quite Dead, We use to go in Paris for gigs,
there is always many concerts
What do you know about Sweden?
-The name of the capital Stockholm
😊
we hear that it is good conditions to live
there, that your society is not so bad in
general, well organised. Marion read the writer
Camila Läckberg. The band Perkele who seems to
love your national flag in their songs, I try to
never wear yellow and blue colors when I cross
them, I don't want them like me too much...
Have you heard any good bands from Sweden?
-Yes, the Hives, Asta Kask, and thanks to a
compilation I stole (bad act even if it was
selled like a bad copy..) many years ago, I
discovered punkbands like Planet pogo, ska/punk
band Kentucky luckies then my two favorites are
Svamptripp and Kulturmaffian which sound like
very good punk-oi!, I would like know more on
them and more about their music
Your lyrics, who does them and what influences
you?
-I (Adrien) do it in function of my stupidity of
the moment,
I like when it's immoral like "old my
toad" for example which justifies bad treatments
against old People.
Is it easier to do lyrics now or was its easier
to do it when you was younger?
- I am stupid as when I was younger, I
unfortunately don't have evaluated, so it's ok
to do lyrics now as well.
Never in english?
-Old my toad has the chorus in english. It
doesn't seem on the first EP but we often sing
in english, one song is in portuguese too on
this EP.
Politic and music, does it goes hand in hand?
It can for sure, most of punk, hxc bands do it,
but it's not an obligation too. most of
political subjects that we would eventually
speak about have already been done by other
bands and share our opinion, why repeat it ?...
Best political band/artist?
-Maybe CRASS
Do you think that music (lyrics and so on) can
change anyones life, I mean people who listens
to music?
-Yes we think so (but we hope not with our own
lyrics !) , it can open minds on any subject
where our point of view was closed, it can open
on different cultures, foreigners conditions
that we could ignore before, our attitude may
can change taking care about some lyrics, about
vegetarism, religions, racism for example
Your cover on your CD looks really nice, is it
important to have a record cover which shows
people which type of music you play?
-Yes we think, I personally like to discover new
bands and buy many ones on any cheap distros, I
always take care about the cover and the seller
opinion (when he knows what he sells).
Your favorite recordcover?
-Faute de Frappe "toucher rectal"
Who does your covers?
-Laurent Flamion did the front cover, he is an
old friend making draws for l'indien boutik, a
rock fashion store, his sister Stéphanie did the
back cover and then all the art work and the
next EP one coming soon. The comic inside is
Done by Jack Domon "trash de vie", it is his job
then he plays saxophone with me in Skarface, he
did the next EP front cover coming soon !
And do you have any good recordstores in your
hometown?
-We have the better for our music styles mixed,
called Born Bad inside Paris
Is it important to get out physical records of
your stuff?
-Yes it is
Why?
-It's maybe stupid now, with all that exists
with internet, but we wouldn't have impression
to have done an EP or an album if it is only on
internet, it's our point of view for our band
most of all, but we also don't think that we
would go listen a name band written on a paper,
compared with a physical record shared or given,
it's also good for promotion .
Vinyl, CD, cassette, what do you prefer if you
could choose whatever ?
-Vinyl even if there is often the stress to hurt
it
Please tell me a funny thing which have happened
during your career and under some gig?
-We have contacted a guy to find some dates for
a tour in may 2015, he answered : you can play
saturday in our 2 days festival in July. It was
a good misunderstanding, and a very long travel
(14hours) for only one date, but Störfaktor was
a great festival!
During a gig, we woke up our drummer who had
spend the night sleeping on the floor with a
sheep, we still have a doubt on what really
happened between them...
How does your audience look like?
-Cute, Ugly, stinky, pretty nice, antisocial,
friendly, drunk, dogs...
Which people do you miss on your concerts?
-We find all tribes which influence us in most
of our shows, but it also depends on the bands
we are playing with.
Please rank your five favorite records, five
favorite concerts , five most important things
in life?
-"Little bits of insanity" os Catalépticos, "The
decca years" Cocksparrer, "Réussite" OTH,
“Killers" Iron maiden, "Demain sera..." Heyoka.
Health, fun, travel, rock'n'roll, friendship
Is it boring with interviews?
-Yes a little
😊 cause after answered we have to verify if our english is not so bad and
that sentences don't loose their sense, or let's
let it like that, it can be fun
Is it much interviews?
-It's maybe why we still had made any contact
with you back to give you the answers, after
more than 2 weeks, but it's like good sex
sometimes, the more it's long, the more it's
good.
If you could choose five bands from the past and
the history and nowadays and both dead and
living bands to have a concert together with
your band. Which five have you been chosen?
-I personally am lucky and have already played
with most of bands I like, or just famous ones
in punk, oi! Ska and psychobilly, since 1999, so
maybe an excellent Indonesian friend band called
Forgotten Generation.
Mathieu : Evil conduct
Marion : Demented are go
Tony : Dropkick Murphys
Amine :Stray Cats
Is music a good way to get out frustration and
become a nicer person outside the music??
-Yes it can, but be careful, we see many persons
changing bad with the attitude, and not
necessarily the more famous ones.
Which is the most odd question you ever have got
in an interview?
-Most of our interviews have conventional
questions, but one time, a guy had interpreted
our first song "Jardin Charnier" which now have
a video clip, like an anti-sexist song, and
wanted us to comment it, we laugh and said
"thank you, we didn't realize that we was a
political band", in fact, the principal
character could be a man as well in this song
when I wrote it.
Which is the question you want to have but you
never get. Please ask it and answer it?
-Why do you sing in (brasilian) portuguese in "skizopatyko"?
Because !
Futureplans for the band?
-Release of our next EP "Bonechestra" on
vinyl and cd in 2/3 months on the germans
labels Crazy Love Records and Zombies Union, an
international tour in May, a french one in june,
acoustic work of our music, Brazilian tour,
festivals and an album later.
For yourself?
-Have Jobs! sex, chance, new place to live in,
travels
Wisdomword?
-For a better world, do sex with sheeps
listening to Nausea Bomb !
Something to add?
-Thank you Peter for the attention you gave to
our band, the patience for our answers, and your
EP review which was nice for us, boring that we
now must pay you expensive for that
(????)