Whats up this week I'm interviewing the vocalist of Depraved and founder of Practicedhatred zine. The valley is an hour away from Oxnard and alot of cool punk,Hardcore and powerviolence bands. here is it the interview enjoy.
State your name and what bands have you played for and what label you run?
My name’s Gustavo, I do vocals in Depraved and Terror Suspect. I also run the zine and label called Practiced Hatred Fanzine.
How are you doing Gus?
Doing alright so far, made it through 2020. Hope you guys in Oxnard are doing well.
How did you get into punk?
I got introduced to Punk by a friend in Middle School, some of the first bands I discovered were Minor Threat, Agnostic Front and Negative Approach.
How did Depraved start as a band?
Depraved started somewhere in early 2016, I knew Jordan through my brother, and I remember messaging Tony about the project. I was introduced to Tony via a mutual friend at Destroy LA, David was friends with Tony and would come to the few practices we had. I met Nicoli at a super market where he worked at, I asked him if he wanted to join on noise/synths after the 2016 demo was recorded.
Around the same time you started Practiced Hatred Fanzine. You also started it as your own label?
I started PHFZ while I was in Forged back in 2015. The reason behind its inception was mainly because I enjoyed the way old fanzines were put together. Fanzines like Schism, Hardware, Touch & Go and Monkeybite led the way for me I’d say. I don’t think I ever intended into turning the zine into a label, it just happened. PHFZ’s first release was the Forged 2015 demo lathe, ever since I used it as an outlet to release my own bands’ projects or bands I liked.
What was the line up in Depraved?
The line up with Depraved was Jordan (Drums), Tony (Guitar), David (Bass), Nicoli (Synths) and myself (Vox). Jordan left the band in 2017 for personal reasons. Chris filled in on drums on our first run of out of town shows, I knew Chris from High School from some class I was a TA in. He later filled in on drums for the remainder of the time.
What was the influences?
As for influences I would say many. We all have different tastes but if we could agree on what drove to the start were bands like Negative Approach, SSD, Infest, Crossed Out and Lack of interest.
Then after that you started Intruder and Terror Suspect which both bands are sick..
Intruder was started in 2017, Alex wanted to start a project that was more in the hardcore spectrum of things. I played bass and asked Chris to join on drums and Alex got his brother on vocals. Intruder recorded 1 demo and played 2 shows. Terror Suspect started sort of the same way, same idea as Intruder. We were doing Depraved at the time and figured it be cool to do a more Hardcore project in the vein of Boston Hardcore influenced by California powerviolence. The Terror Suspect line up consists of Alex (Guitar), Nicoli (Bass), Jordan (Drums) & myself (Vox).
What was the most awesome shows or Tour you been on?
I would say all the shows we played were pretty good. But if I had to pick a few I would say the last night of our South West weekend run w/ Gimp. That Arizona show was pretty cool, another one would be on our last run of shows when we played Core House, that show was great. Another one would be when we played the rec center for the record release of Dead Weight, that whole show was a good time.
How was the last show for Depraved?
Why did it come to an end?
The last show for Depraved I would say was pretty succesful, we saw all of our friends, from the beginning and those we met along the way. We played our first and last show in the bay, thanks to Gabe for helping us out with those. Depraved came to an end mainly because we all just wanted to do something different and I ended up moving to Las Vegas. We started writing for a new Lp a couple months ago that will be titled Nada es facil en la vida, which will be released sometime over the next year or 2.
Any releases coming out on your label or your current band?
There’s a few coming out this year. I’m currently working on issue 9 of PH, some releases we announced before the year ended were the Terror Suspect: Both Demos tape, a new Hanging Body demo and the Internal 7” titled Primal State which is currently at the plant. As for more release updates I’d say keep an eye on the IG page.
Any shoutouts you want to give?
I’d like to say thank you for taking the time in asking these, it’s a bit harder answering than asking. Thanks to friends who supported the label since it started and all the friends we made along the way. Keep an eye out on Nicoli’s new project called Zebes as well for labels Blast For Humanity and Sore Ear Collective.
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Thanks for your time
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