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Indigentes from Brazil is a really good punk/hardcoreband
which holds the Brazilian punkflag really high.
Here have Leonardo answered my questions in
january 2018.
Please tell me a little bit history of the
group?
- The band exists since 1997, in São Gonçalo,
suburb of Rio de Janeiro. There was a great need
to disobey and shout, "We do not belong to this
unscrupulous society. '' So the band started
with their first chords. He went through several
formations And the way to define our sound is
this: Ripped chords that would never please
submissive minds, music to the ears of restless
and subversive.
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?
-We are very discreet. Haha ha I am an audio
operator, I have 2 children, 27 years old, I
play with crust post-earthquake being my current
band in activity. Cyro is a modeler, 34 years
old, 4 kids no other band outside the destitute.
The 28-year-old Diogo plays with a crust Death
Certificate. Sushi is 24 years old, fighter
plays with the Urban Kaos band.
I can hear many different influences but mostly
punk and a lot of hardcore etc? Favorites from
the past Brazil have a lot of good old HC-bands?
- Damn Brazil has lots of fucking bands!
Cocktail Molotov, Remains of nothing,
Sub-attitude, Social Repression, Lixomania,
Urban Neurosis, Besthoven ... I would spend the
day here quoting great bands of the punk scene
in Brazil.
Indigentes are you satisfied with the name? How
did it came up? You were not afraid that any
other band would be named like this? Which is
the best bandname you know?
-Hahahaha Indigents in Brazil mean people living
in extreme need. Without ceiling, with no
quality of life. People who die without anyone
knowing their name. We do not see problems in
other people using the same name. Those who know
us know that we do not care much about this.
What's the best thing with playing live?
- The best thing about playing live is being
able to transmit our feelings of hatred and fury
through from music. From the audience identify
with each sound touched, subverting each
libertarian mind.
And where is best to play? And the worst place?
-The best peak to touch is Ceará street a
totally underground place ... I witnessed great
bands in this, there also existed a place called
garage a kind of CBGB for us Cariocas where it
appeared and played many bands of the local punk
scene.
How is to play this sort of music in Brazil
right now? Which types of bands do you have?
concerts together with?
- Playing Punk Hardcore in Brazil is not easy.
We face many problems, And there is still a lot
of lack and delay of information but among them
the most difficult nowadays is to get good
spaces for the events. We always play with other
punk bands inside the scene.
How would you describe your music in three
words?
-Music for the restless and subversive.
What does punk mean to you, is it just a word or
is it a lifestyle?
-Punk will never be a word to us. We breathe and
live Punk by counter-culture always!
How do you see on downloading, mp3 and that
stuff?
- I do not care for downloading. Young people
today do not have the money to buy all the CDs
they look forward to, they download on the
Internet to listen, if they enjoy it they will
surely want to buy the material. We did the same
thing using K7 tapes, whenever a friend arrived
with a new record ... everyone would run to his
house to listen and whoever had an interest,
tape in the pocket. The only difference is that
today we have more facility to access.
How is it to live in Brazil right now?
Politically? Fascists?
- Living in Bra $ il sucks! As the fear of the
future says in one of his songs: '' I hate the
Brazil!!!" The cultural backwardness is
enormous. The politics here is totally fascist!
Totally conservative and authoritarian Christian
parties ... Politicians with no respect for
human rights, people sub-human, while in
politics the here is totally fascist! Totally
conservative and authoritarian Christian parties
... Politicians with no respect for human
rights, people subhuman, while politics and
impunity prevail. Corruption rules in Brazil.
Is there any good bands from Brazil now? Is the
punkscene / hardcorescene big? How is it in your
hometown?
- There are great bands in Brazil The scene is
huge in the country. I'd spend the day talking
about them. Hehehe The scene here in RJ is huge,
but little valued. There are lots of good bands
here! Cocktail Molotov, Sub-Attitude, Krostäh,
Tërrör Some, Hell on Earth, Operation 81, Social
Repression, Inertia, Total Silence and many
other fucking bands ... Today we have with few
spaces open to these shows.
What do you know about Sweden?
- I have never visited Sweden, obviously do not
know much about people's customs and places, but
the little that I know makes me very keen to
visit ...
Have you heard any good bands from Sweden?
-I'm crazy for the Swedish bands hahaha Crude
SS, Anti Cimex, Wolfbrigade, Fear of War, Civil
Olydnad among many other bands fuck that I am
particularly madly in love. Hehehe
Your lyrics, who does it and what influences
you? It is easier to lyrics now or was it easier
to do it when you were younger? Never in
English?
-Our lyrics influence what we live and witness.
We do not sing in English because our vocals do
not know. Haha ha
Is there any subject that you will never write
anything about ?
-I do not know. Hahaha But I do not think I
would ever write about love.
Politic and music, does it go hand in hand? What
is your most political song?
-Yes, for us music and politics will always go
hand in hand. All music is a form of expression.
And all of our songs portray the political
landscape of the country and the world.
Best political band/artist?
- Not the best band nor artist, much less
political. Hahahaha
Do you think that music (lyrics and so on) can
change the life of any person, I mean, people
who listen to music?
-Yes, I believe that music can change lives.
Your cover on your CD looks really cool, is it
important to have a record cover that shows
people what kind of music you play? Your
favorite record? Who does the covers? And do you
have good recordstores in your hometown?
-Yes, I think an album always deserves a good
cover, the one who made a Punk cover in RJ was
Wallace. I cut a lot of copy arts. Never a
favorite one..Here in RJ there unfortunately
does not exist in a store with good discs. Music
here is very little valued unless they touch
what the media wants ... Usually the materials
are bought from out of state or direct from
distros.
Is it important to release physical records of
your things? Why or why not? Vinyl, CD,
cassette, what do you prefer if you can choose ?
-Yes, I think it is very important that the band
have physical material. Because an album is a
complete art, made by several people, musicians,
sound technician
and up to the face that makes a cover.I
would choose the vinyl without a doubt.
Tell me something funny that happened during
your career and under some gig?
-Had a Gig with our old GARAGEM and no one was
able to talk to him when we started our
preparationculed with a bottle of cachaça and a
guitar in his arms should have taken an acid ...
But the really funny detail and that he arrived
in underwear on the show hahahahaha we performed
without him, after he played 2 songs with the
guitar.
How does your audience look like? What people do
you miss in your concerts? Which is the biggest
band you've ever played with?
-We've played a lot of fucking bands with
Cholera, Dry eye, Remnants of nothing,
Armageddon among many others.
Please rank your five favoriterecords, five
favoriteconcerts and five most important things
in life
-5 Favorite albums 1- All Day hell Wolfpack
Chaos Uk - One hundred percent two fingers in
the air 3- Absolut country of Sweden Anti Cimex
4- V.A the Vikings are comming 5- Self titled
Fear of War 5 Concerts ... I do not understand
the question well ... But I have a lot of desire
to go on 3 shows 1- Obscene extreme fest 2- Punk
Illegal 3- Festival of Puntala 5 most important
things 1- My children 2- My partner 3- The Punk
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