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Le Martire comes from Italy and they have some
old bands to listen on to do their good punkrock.
Something happened with this interview but now
it´s finally here. October 2016
Please tell me a little bit history of the
group?
-Lemartire are born from the ashes of the Total
Crash of Authority, a band born from the
friendship between Paolo and Enea. After years
of adventures and deadly triple jumps, two new
member join the band, first Roger and then Niko.
These new entries finally gave stability to the
formation and so the band immediately decided to
start writing new songs.
The demo of 2012 is followed by a long recording
silence that seems to end with a self-produced
eponymous lp in 2016, which put Lemartire back
on track.
Due to personal reasons, after the latest
release, Roger and Niko decided to leave the
band.
Currently, Davide takes over the drums and the
formation drops to 3, but the Lemartire still
has high-impact lives.
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?
-Enea: Guitar and voice, 28, carpenter who left
his hometown for the old italian industrial
capital (Torino)
Paolo: Bass and voice, 30, electronic technician
who also play bass in "Le Madri degli Orfani"
and manage a youth center
Davide: Drums, 19, student and world traveler.
I can hear much different influences , mostly
punk and not so much the oldschool Italian HC?
Favorites from the past?
Le Martire are you satisfied with the name? How
did it came up? What does it mean? You weren’t
afraid that some other band would be named like
this. Which is the best bandname you know?
-Yes, we are very proud of this name. It was
born from a lexical error made by Paolo and has
been adopted since then for its originality and
musicality in the pronunciation. It also
represents a sign of demarcation and change for
us.
In our opinion, the best name for a band is the
one who represent it.
What´s the best thing with playing live?
-The contact with the audience and to be able to
share something with it, seeing in the eyes and
attitude of people a positive feedback.
And where is best to play? And the worst place?
-Generally speaking it's hard to tell. First of
all it's important the relationship between the
band and the manager of the club (or those in
charge), and then of course the main thing that
matter is the relationship with the audience. A
good concert is the one with participation.
How is to play this sort of music in Italy right
now? Which types of bands do you have concerts
together with?
How would you describe your music in three
words?
-Energetic, instinctive and direct.
What does punk mean to you, is it only a word or
is it a lifestyle?
-It’s a way of life although is no longer the
way it was in the past, it evolved like
everything.
How do you see on downloading, mp3 and that
stuff?
-It’s a good way to get to know and deepen a
band or a genre, but then if you like the
artists you have to support them buying cds
How is it to live in Italy now? Politically?
-It’s shitty! But you can’t just sit around
moping, you need to work and do your best to
improve something every day.
Is there any good bands from Italy now? Is the
punkscene/hardcorescene big? The metal scene?
How is it in your hometown?
-As we said before, there are many small local
scenes, there are bands that are a bit more
known, but in the end we all know each other.
What do you know about Sweden?
-Honestly not much, I think the same amount of
stuff that you may know about Italy
Have you heard any good bands from Sweden?
-Yes, on top of our minds there are a few
examples as: Avskum, Millencollin, Satanic
Surfers and derivatives, Hives, Backyard Babies,
Refused etc.
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? Only in
Italian?
Growing up the issues have changed and so our
way to face them. We write mostly about social
protests and personal experiences so the lyrics
come out naturally in our mother language, but
that doesn’t mean we dislike other languages.
Is there any subject that you never will write
anything about?
-We don’t want to write just to attract a
certain audience, we only write our thoughts.
Politic and music, does it goes hand in hand?
Which is your most political song?
-As we said, we consider them more about social
protests then politics. These two elements can
go hand in hand, as well as music and politics,
but I don’t think this is our case.
Best political band/artist?
-Here in Italy I don’t think that there is still
someone in music who can answer to this
definition, but I might be wrong. As for the
rest of the world, we can think of Jello Biafra
and also Propagandhi.
Do you think that music(lyrics and so on) can
change anyones life, I mean people who listens
to music?
-We hope so.
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?(You don´t
really have that) Your favorite recordcover? Who
does your covers?
Paolo likes the illustrated covers like the ones
of the Comeback Kid and Propaghandi, Enea
instead is more old school and likes the ones
with simpler graphics.
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
?
-Yes we think that is very important, we like
that people who enjoyed the show can get our LP.
We prefer CDs and vinyls, the audiotapes, given
the limited current use (at least in Italy) are
more like gadgets.
Please tell me a funny thing which have happened
during your career and under some gig? -One time we attend a tribute night to Ramones, and we ended up totally wasted with the manager of the club defecating outside it.
-We have a group of affectionates, but we also
like to play for new people every time. We’ve
played with bands of the 90s, such as
Impossibili, Zheros and subsequents projects of
the De Crew components.
Please rank your five favoriterecords, five
favoriteconcerts and five most important things
in life?
-Album: Sick of it all "YoursTruly", Lemartire "Lemartire",
Social distortion "White Light, White Heat,
White Trash", Negazione "Tutti pazzi 1983-1992",
Dead Kennedys "Mutiny on the Bay".
Concerts: Madness, Motorhead, Sick of it all,
Refused, A Wilhelm scream
Life: friendship, music, friendship, music and
musicship
First, last and most expensive record ever
bought?
-Paolo: honestly I can’t remember the first one,
I think it was one of the Shandon. The last one
is “Off the Leash” – Real McKenzies and i don’t
know the most expensive.
Enea: the first one I think it was Enjoi by Cccp,
the last oneo "78 Lame" by Lappeso e I don’t
remember the most expensive.
Is it boring with interviews? Is it much
interviews?
-This is the first one for us. Paolo is more
used to interview with his other band “Le madri
degli Orfani”, but those have always been on the
radio, face to face with the conductors which is
always very fun. This was the first one written
also for him.
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?
-Clash, Negazione, Sottopressione, Motorhead,
Sick of it all
Is music a good way to get out frustration and
become a nicer person outside the music?
-Yes, it’s a loyal friend that will never betray
us.
Which is the most odd question you ever have got
in an interview?
-I think it is “What do you know about Sweden?”
Which is the question you want to have but you
never get. Please ask it and answer it?
Futureplans for the band?
-We are working for you, we hope to have another
LP in the near future, in the meantime we are
focusing on playing live
For yourself?
-Keep doing fine in our private lives
Wisdomword?
-Poor
are first to the forks but last at the table
Something to add?
-Thank you so much for reading the interview
‘til the end, goodbye!
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