Kontraattaque #29

Yo what's up this is another cool interview I been trying to work on for a while I been postpending it but hey its been in the works I  interview Heric..  He tells me the story of Kontraattaque and the bands he's been in...He's an og in my books I remember meeting him when I went to go see Unbroken reunion with the homie Fernando.. I remember I wanted to go to Kontraattaque reunion when they play with Liberate... but shit happens and I couldn't go but R.I.P to Dirk  Here you go the interview with Heric from Kontraattaque enjoy.. State your name what band did you play for??  My name Heric Dueñas and I’ve played in a few small bands since around the early 90s. The first band I ever joined was a straight edge band from Boyle Heights called INTERLOCKED back in 1991. We played quite a few shows locally but I never got the chance to record anything with them. That lasted for about 2 years and then I left the band.  Sometime between 1996-1997, I started jamming with Ignacio and Lalo and a friend of theirs in a project band they had started for fun. This was a punk band that Ignacio and Lalo wanted to do as a side project for their current band TEZACRIFICO.  what influences Kontraattaque and how did Kontraattaque start?? At some point, there was a falling out with their friend, who played guitar and so I asked my good friend Dirk (R.I.P.) to come and play guitar for us. I believe we maybe had 2 practices and Dirk and I started to write songs for the band which didn’t gel well with the style of songs Ignacio had written. Keep in mind that Ignacio was a way more talented musician then we were haha! Also, Lalo, Dirk and I wanted to change the band’s direction to sound more like old school UK mid 80s grind like Napalm Death’s “Scum” lp mixed with Extreme Noise Terror and Doom. We thought it would be awesome to incorporate that sound and mix it with the ideals of bands like MASSACRE 68, HUASIPUNGO, CRUDOS and hardcore bands like INFEST and CAPITALIST CASUALTIES. Once we talked about that sound, we decided to name the band KONTRAATTAQUE That was right around the Summer of ‘97 After KONTRAATTAQUE, I played in HARTO which was a short lived band that Martin (Crudos) sang on. Danny (Hit Me Back) played drums on and Diego (Disidencia, Pirexia and Rogue State) played guitar on. We recorded a demo tape, and sold about 100 copies of that. We did a few other songs which were never released due to a bad mix After HARTO, I played in a few other project bands: W.A.R.S., DIMLUCK, FIGHT WITH NO FEAR, NO DEFEAT and DÍA FINAL. These were all project bands and only recorded demos with.  How long was Kontraattaque active??? KONTRAATTAQUE was pretty much the most active band I was in. We were together from 1997-2002 We did 3 more benefit shows after we broke up between 2007-2017 How did you guys get the name Kontraattaque The name KONTRAATTAQUE came about because of the things that were happening at the time in the mid to late 90s with the anti-immigrant agenda that was sparked all over the U.S. with republican governors like Pete Wilson and propositions like 187 The name was bold and to the point. We wanted to fight back with our band so the name was just as important.                                       https://kontraattaque.bandcamp.com/