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CC is a very good hardcoreband from Croatia.
This interview was done in june-2018. Sorry for
saying Poland instead of Croatia in some
question.
Please tell me a little bit history of the
group?
-CC started as a side project, 2 my friends and
I met in a rehearsal in a room where we were
practicing with other bands. It started as a
trio and I (Lea) was playing bass and singing.
We had only one rehearsal and then we forgot
about CC. After 2 years when some of my old
bands split up, I asked those 2 friends if they
wanted to play again and they were both in. I
asked my boyfriend Tuna to play the bass and we
had a first rehearsal. It sounded sick because
we had some pre-made riffs, so we decided to
continue with that band. After a few months Tuna
& I went to work to the USA and when we came
back our 1st drummer has gone prison, because of
the shitty Croatian laws, so we had to find a
new drummer. We found him, recorded our 1st
material and finally started to play more often.
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
-I'm Lea, vocal, im 24 and I'm going to a
college for Croatian language teacher. My
boyfriend Tuna is the bassist, he is 27 and he
works as an electrician plus he goes to Computer
maintenance college. Gabud is drummer, he is 29,
three weeks ago he went to Iceland to work with
his girlfriend for a few months. Me and Tuna are
also going to work to the UK for summer to earn
some money. Matija is guitarist, he is 24,
currently he just plays guitar and doesn't have
a job but he will sell passes on a highway
during the summer. He is a frontman in a very
very good thrash metal band called Prkos, Gabud
is a guitarist in a hc punk band called Sv.Jebem
and he was a guitarist for Damage Is Done, a
band that had a lot of influences in Finnish and
Scandinavian hardcore punk scene from the 80's.
Tuna played bass in a ska punk band called Kvar,
and I'm playing in a hc punk band called
Accident. I've played bass in Peronoisepora (crust
punk band) and had a lot of bands with my
friends.
I can hear much different influences but mostly
hardcore etc? Favorites from the past?
-I've made only a few riffs so I can't say about
riff influences. Puljko, our 1st guitarist made
the most of the riffs and he wanted that to
sound very angry. He had some ideas of CC to be
thrash punk band and I think it really is, at
least the instrumental part, my vocals just give
it a punk attitude.
My
favorites are bands as Disorder, Ripcord,
Extreme Noise Terror, anything loud, good and
angry!
CC are you satisfied with the name? How did it
came up? A very short name? Doeasit mean
something?You weren’t afraid that some other
band would be named like this?, Which is the
best bandname you know?
-CC means Class Collapse. The final breakdown of
a social class system. The 1% of the richest
people of the world holds the whole planet in
their greedy hands, and their wealth has the
same value as when you take your, mine, our band
mates, and the rest of 99% people in the world.
That's not just unfair, that's sick. I'm afraid
that ordinary person can't do anything about
that, at least we can scream about injustice
through our songs. Why are politicans so greedy?
What do they need so much money for? A lot of
money didn't bring true happiness and peace of
mind to anybody, neither did poverty and
negativity, but at least we have something to
fight for in our lives. The best band names I
know are Dirty Rotten Imbeciles and Sv.Jebem.
Sv.Jebem in Croatian language means something
''like fuck you all'', and it's a good word-game
because this ''Sv.'' means ''Saint''.
What´s the best thing with playing live?
-Everything! Adrenaline, that feeling when
you're excited as hell and in the same time
nervous and a little bit techy! That happens
mostly when we're playing in hometown. And
during the gig the best thing is screaming,
playing, shouting, jumping, acting like a maniac
and throwing out the biggest amount of energy
you can, and connecting with people who feel it.
After the gig I have a peace of mind, at least
for the rest of that evening!
And where is best to play? And the worst place?
-We played in a lot of very cool places with
very good equipment which produced excellent
sound. I have to admit it's a much big pleasure
to play in places like that because your hard
work shows even more, plus there is that very
good benefit where you an actually hear your
band! We played in a lot of DIY punk places and
we appreciate them a lot because thay have that
very special sweaty chaotic hc punk atmosphere!
How is to play this sort of music in Croatia
right now? Which types of bands do you have
concerts together with?
-Croatia is a small country but it has a very
good punk scene with lot of awesome bands! A lot
of them in our town mix their sound with a
garage noise, and it sounds really good! We
mostly play with other punk bands, whose sounds
vary from punk rock to grindcore.
How would you describe your music in three words?
-Fast, powerful, angry
What does punk mean to you, is it only a word or
is it a lifestyle?
-Punk is a way of life. Either you are, either
you're not, you can't fake that!
How do you see on downloading, mp3 and that
stuff?
-Nothing bad with that at all. I downloaded my
first punk albums from the Internet! I'm that
generation of kids, now downloading is becoming
more difficult. If you have money, buying merch
from bands is very nice, and helpful!
How is it to live in Poland(Croatia I meant)
right now? Politically? Fascists?
I don't know what it's like to live in Poland
because I've lived in Croatia for the last 24
years. I don't know a lot about fascist in
Poland and I don't want to know. I'm sick enough
of all kind of fascists here in Croatia.
What do you know about Sweden?
-Anti Cimex, Driller Killer, Disfear, Mob 47 and
all kinds of other sick shit!!!
Have you heard any good bands from Sweden?
-See the answer on the question above! Swedish
punk is a common knowledge!
Your lyrics, who does them and what influences
you? Is it easier to do lyrics now or was its
easier to do it when you was younger? You sing
both in Croatian and English? Why?
-I write the lyrics for the band. What infulence
me the most are the situations that I deal with
every day. As I'm getting older, I'm writing the
better lyrics. We sing mostly in English. It's
probably because a lot of the bands I'm
listening to are singing in English. I think
that more people will actually listen to your
music if you write in English, and some phrases
sounds better when you say them in English. But
some of our riffs sound like they shoud have
Croatian words, that's when I write in Croatian.
Is there any subject that you never will write
anything about??
-I'll never sing about Christianity and other
religions, about cooking, romantic love,
marriage, medieval carnivals, and about a man
who wakes up one morning and finds himself
transformed into a huge insect. All other topics
are considerable.
Politic and music, does it goes hand in hand?
Which is your most political song?
-If you consider anarchism a part of politics
than definitly yes! Apolitical punk bands are
stories for the kids. Punk was from it's
begginings a way to rebel against everything and
everybody, starting from your own environment
and society. Isn't that politics? As I'm going
older each day I'm more frustrated about shit
happening in my own country. If I wasn't working
abroad last year I would't have money for living
and to finish my college. Once when I finish it,
I'll probably need to go abroad again because I
don't have connections to work in my proffesion
in Croatia. It's probably the same in the whole
world, but the sad thing is Croatia works ONLY
on the principles of corruption. Government
protect rich people who got rich from stealing
from their own country and now they say they
want to get the country out of crisis... how? To
steal more from a small working class man. My
whole family went to Germany to work, I didn't
see my dog for almost one year (he went with my
brother, they are BFF's), now I'm going away, my
band mates are already gone somewhere else to
work. My own disgusting country is affecting my
life and my band. That's really sad but we won't
give up!
Best political band/artist?
-I
would say Crass. They have good lyrics every
young punk should read when they start to listen
to punk.
Do you think that music(lyrics and so on) can
change anyones life, I mean people who listens
to music?
-Of course! Music can help you when you're
feeling angry or sad, when you're happy you can
become happier just because of music! The other
benefit is that good lyrics can educate you
somehow!
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? Your
favorite record cover? Who does your covers? And
do you have any good record stores in your
hometown?
-Thanx! Our cover was made by our friend and her
boyfriend. Unfortunately, there aren't any good
record stores in my hometown, but you can always
find something interesting on gigs even though I
don't always have money to buy it. I buy tapes,
they're cheaper! It really IS important to have
a record cover which shows which type of music
you're playing. Having a good visual impression
get half a job done when you want to attract
somebody to listen to your music.
Is it important to get out physical records of
your stuff? Why or why not? Vinyl, CD, cassette,
what do you prefer if you could choose whatever
?
-Well, I've always made tapes for my bands. I
will probably make them again when we release
the album. Of course it's important to have a
physical record, especially if you want to go
play outside of your hometown. If you sound good,
people will always be interested to buy some
merch and listen to your band at home. We needed
a fast and cheap solution for our 1st EP so we
made some promo CD's. They went really good, we
re-issued the pack of 50 CD's 3 times in just a
few months.
Please tell me a funny thing which have happened
during your career and under some gig?
-Our first guitarist got into a fight during the
concert in our hometown. A guy from the audience
we usually hang out with was a bit drunk and he
was teasing our 1st gitarist with a flashlight
during the show, so he threw the guy's cellphone
on the floor, then the guy physically attacked
our gitarist and we stopped playing. I told them
to stop fighting immediately, if they want to be
jerks they can do it after the show, but after
the show the guys hugged each other and we were
all laughing! And yep, all the tours are always
very funny and relaxing when you're travelling
with right people!
How does your audience look like? Which people
do you miss on your concerts? Which is the
biggest band you ever have played together with?
-The biggest band CC
played with is probably Contorture for
now. When I was in other bands, we played with
Swordwielder, Warwound, Disorder, 999... Our
audience is mostly punk guys and girls, no age
limits hahaha.Young fellas are always dancing
pogo which adds up to the atmosphere and hits us
with another syringe of adrenaline and energy.
Please rank your five favoriterecords, five
favorite concerts and five most important things
in life?
-Five favorite records: Axegrinder – The Rise of
The Seprent Man, Anti Cimex – Scandinavian
Jawbreaker, Disorder – Sliced Punk on Meathooks,
Eluj - Eva, Accident – Accident (2016),
5 favorite concerts – Exploited in Zagreb 2015,
DRI in New York 2017, Disorder in Bristol 2015,
Peter And The Test Tube Babies in Zagreb 2013
and our gig in Banska Bistrica, Slovakia in
April 2018.
Five most important things in life to be happy,
healthy, to play punk music, to live free, to be
loved.
First, last and most expensive record ever
bought?
-First was the 1st LP from Generacion Suicida,
the last 2 were Amebix – ''Arise'' and
Axegrinder – ''Rise Of The Serpent Man ''. I
traded with a vocal from my 2nd band. I gave him
my 1st guitar and got 3 LP's for it. I don't
really remember which was the most expensive LP
I bought.
Is it boring with interviews? Is it much
interviews??
-We had just a few interviews till now as we
have been playing for 1 year and a few months.
This is our 4th interview and It's never boring,
but this is the longest one!
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?
-Anti Cimex
Driller Killer
Exploited
Discharge
DRI
Is music a good way to get out frustration and
become a nicer person outside the music??
-Yep, it always is!
Which is the most odd question you ever have got
in an interview?
-''Which is the most odd question you ever have
got in an interview? ''
Which is the question you want to have but you
never get. Please ask it and answer it?
-Do you want to tour Asia, Canada, Australia,
New Zealand Usa and Latin America? HELL
YEAH!!!!!!!!
Futureplans for the band?
-Record our LP in winter this year, contact our
friends from a band called Ed Warner because
they told us they can help us with releasing LP
and then make a really sick EuroTour!
For yourself?
-Go to the seaside and calm down a bit from
everyday chaos, then I'm going to UK to work for
3 months and then come back and rock the hell
out with CC!
Wisdomword?
-Fake musicians fuck off! Music is something you
should do with all of your heart, not because
you want to look cool to your friends!
Something to add
-Big thanks to our friend Teuta who helps us
with grammar mistakes every time! Thank you
Peter for the interview! Follow your dreams! Ci(A)o! |