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Adriano from Rotten Flies have a record label
and he plays in Rotten Flies. Here he have been
som nice and talked a little with me about the
Brazilian punkgroup Rotten Flies. Feb-2018
Please tell me a little bit history of the
group?
-Well, Rotten Flies started in 1990 but I wasn't
in the band then. Before I joined the band in
1994 there were other guitarists. In 2013 it was
the turn to change the singer and start a new
era of compositions and more gigs. We played in
places that we had never played before, we
travelled to several cities in the country, we
took part in festival that was highly regarded
in São Paulo, called Punk at Easter (Punk na
Páscoa), another Festival with GBH and Ratos de
Porão.
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?
-Beto (drummer) and Cecilio (Bass) kick the band
together 'cause they lived in the same
neighborhood for years. Beto work at a music
store call Música Urbana (Urban Music), Cecilio
is an engenieer, Francisquinho (vocal) is
radiology technician and I'm a editor of an
independent zine newspaper that I created since
2010 and producer of a radio show and gigs. Beto
is the only one who had another band, completely
different of Rotten Flies sounds.
I can hear much different influences but mostly
hardcore 82 etc? Favorites from the past?
-Well, there're a lot! GBH, Varukers, Exploited,
Sick on the Bus, Ratos de Porão, Cólera, Olho
Seco.
Rotten Flies are you satisfied with the name?
How did it came up?
You weren’t afraid that some other band
would be named like this? Why an English name
when you sing in portugese? Which is the best
bandname you know?
-Man, as I said I'm not there when the band
started, so... but there was a "wave" here of
putting English names in the bands and singing
in English too, but we did not follow that
"wave" and the guys prefer to sing in portuguese
'cause the lyrics are much more close to our
reality. It seems to me that at the time it was
the best name that came up.
What´s the best thing with playing live?
-The public 'cause we never know how it goes!
And the vibration to play live isn't compare to
anything else. And it's always a surprise,
sometimes good, sometimes not so good...
And where is best to play? And the worst place?
-I think that the best it was at Hangar 110 and
a small bar at suburb in Brasilia called "Bar da
Paulinha", two places completely different but
the energy was both amazing!
How is to play this sort of music in Brazil
right now? Which types of bands do you have
concerts together with?
-Brazil is experiencing an uncertain and very
complicated political, social and economic
moment. We've never been through this before,
and we have no idea what might happen. And
nothing better than punk/hardcore to purge it,
but unfortunately it's not the music of the
masses, there are a lot of good bands making
that kind of sound, but in the underground. We
have concerts together with Ratos de Porão,
Cólera, Devotos, Mollotov Attack, N.T.E (a good
punk band from Natal), GBH, Flicts, Ódiosocial,
Karne Krua
How would you describe your music in three
words?
-Angry with system
What does punk mean to you, is it only a word or
is it a lifestyle?
-Punk is attitude, I know people without punk
outfits who have more attitude than a lot of
people with extreme visual punk. Punk is
subverting the establishment, in my opinion.
It's my life!
How do you see on downloading, mp3 and that
stuff?
-The internet provided this and in the beginning
was a very punk anarchist idea, unfortunately
today we have censorship in the network and is
not as exciting as in the beginning, but still
valid because the music reaches spheres that we
could never imagine before!
How is it to live in Brazil right now?
Politically?
Fascists?
-It's not easy. As I said we never have lived
like that before. A lot of unemployed people,
starving and crime has grown in a scary level.
This year there will be elections and I can't
see who gonna to stop everything that's
happening right now. Very complicated and
uncertain, the people are apathetic, without
action. I really do not know what can happen...
Is there any good bands from Brazil now?
Is the punkscene/hardcorescene big? How
is it in your hometown?
-In Brazil there are a lot of good punk/hardcore
bands, but theren't in the mainsteam. The music
of the masses today is something difficult to my
ears and that's the kind of music that plays on
most radios stations
What do you know about Sweden?
-Sweden has a great scene!
Have you heard any good bands from Sweden?
-Oh yeah! Anti Cimex, Fear of God, Abba, The
Hellacopters,
Wolfbrigade...
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?
Never in English?
-The lyrics influences comes from my village, my
street, my neighborhood. I talk about what
happens here to play to the world the local
issues that at some point differs to Sweden or
another corner of the world. I think that when I
was younger I wrote everything without think too
much, I think more today, so it's harder to
write now. We never made lyrics in English,
ironic, because the band's name is in English.
Is there any subject that you never will write
anything about?
-Futilities looks good in the others bands.
Rotten Flies doesn't have time for nonsense.
Politic and music, does it goes hand in hand?
Which is your most political song?
-Indignation is a great fuel for our music! So
we have plenty of reasons to be outraged by the
politics in our country and the world, of
course. In the general context, the lyrics have
a political approach, so I can not say which is
the most political.
Best political band/artist?
-It's hard to say 'cause I like the bands which
break paradigms established by society. Punk is
for that.
Do you think that music(lyrics and so on) can
change anyones life, I mean people who listens
to music?
-Oh yes, completely! Music is attitude! Both for
the author and the listener.
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 recordcover?
Who does your covers?
And do you have any good recordstores in
your hometown?
-We always think about the whole set, good songs
and a good cover. Today we're working with us is
an design artist from Natal (RN) Maxwell Sousa.
He understands a lot about the concept that we
are looking for. Answering the question about
record companies, we have 3 labels in our town
that work with many rock styles.
And you have an own recordlabel, tell us about
that?
-Yes, probably you know that story that you send
your music to a lot of labels and no one cares?
That's how it was! So I created a label of my
own to release my songs and to support some
bands of friends that's why today we have a lot
of people not only from my city, like Mollotov
Attack, for instance. We have 16 releases and
we're not interested to stop.
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
?
-I'm a collector, I really like the stuffs, but
I also like music, and for me it doesn't matter
how it comes, LP, CD, Cassette, Streaming,
what's important is the music.
Please tell me a funny thing which have happened
during your career and under some gig?
-There's a lot,
gigs have been canceled when we arrived
at the place until bellyache on stage, car broke
in the middle of nowhere ...well, we laugh a lot
with this kind of troubles.
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?
-It changes from gig to gig. Our audience is a
mix of 40-year-olds and 18- 20-year-olds. There
is always somebody new on the concerts. I think
the biggest band was GBH.
Please rank your five favoriterecords, five
favoriteconcerts and five most important things
in life?
-Five favoriterecords:
1. GBH -City Baby Attacked by Rats
2. Anti Cimex - Country of Sweden
3. Ratos de Porão - Crucificados pelo Sistema
4. Cólera - Tente Mudar o Amanhã
5. Terveet Kädet - The Horse
Five favoriteconcerts:
1. GBH
2. Ratos de Porão
3. Cólera
4. Invasores de Cérebros
5. Exploited
Five most important things in life:
1. Daughther and son
2. Firebird Epiphone
3. Marshall amp
4. Travels
5. Good beers
First, last and most expensive record ever
bought?
-Terveet Kädet - The Horse
Are you interested in football, what do you
think about world championship this summer?
-I'm Brazilian but I have no interest in
football, I'd have been born in Sweden.
Is it boring with interviews? Is it much
interviews??
-I'd like give more interviews, it's always good
to expose ideas. Thank you for the opportunity.
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?
-The only thing that came up my mind right now
is Motorhead and Anti Cimex, it would be
sensational to see those bands together.
Is music a good way to get out frustration and
become a nicer person outside the music?
-Yes, sometimes this kind of therapy works.
Sometimes it's hard to talk about things that
happened in my whole life, I mean, it's the
repetition of the same situations with different
people. It's a kind of a ferris wheel, but it's
never boring.
Which is the most odd question you ever have got
in an interview?
-I don't remember any right now
Which is the question you want to have but you
never get. Please ask it and answer it?
-Why did you choose punk/hardcore? Cause there
isn't anything better!
Futureplans for the band?
-To launch a documentary-dvd with a little bit
of our history, a split with two bands of
Germany, a cassette with an american band and
some gigs, of course, there are always welcome!
For yourself?
-Buy another electric guitar and an acoustic
guitar!
Wisdomword?
-Relax
Something to add?
-Life will never be complete until you lose your
beat
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