Shitstormtrooper/xJovinox #52

What's up everyone this week I'm interview the mighty Shitstormtrooper hailing from Texas and xJovinox also one member is from Texas and the other member is in South America both bands are really bad ass check them out, here is the interview enjoy.

State your name and what bands do you play for???

Hey Tone! My name is Aldo and I play drums for Shitstormtrooper and drums/vocals for xJovinox, as well as a couple of other projects that have not seen the light of day yet.

How are you guys doing?

 Luckily, both bands are doing well, thank you for asking. There are people in both bands whose jobs have been totally or partially affected by the virus but fortunately have been able to stay afloat in one way or another. 

How did you get into punk?? 

 I grew up with grunge and nu metal. I unconsciously was trying to always find a more and more aggressive style to listen to. After listening to grunge, it wasn't hard too get into early punk. That lead to discovering hardcore punk, which lead to discovering pv/grind/fastcore.

How is the scene in Texas?

 The scene in Texas pre-COVID was great and is the main reason why I moved SST to Houston from Baton Rouge. In the last 2-3 years it had been revolving around The White Swan, a dive bar open since 1939. Awesome touring bands came thru all the time. After COVID, there is the occasional show still but the scene is not back yet.

How did Shitstormtrooper start as a band? 

SST started in March 2016 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 9 out of 10 times, South Louisiana is more interested in doom and sludge than in blast beats. Only my brother Boris was down to start something with me. We had been in a 4-piece pv band together in 2009-2010 called High Fructose Corn Syrup, with him on bass and me on drums. In 2015 I broke my right foot skateboarding (never healed properly) and while recovering I decided I could not wait any longer to play pv again. I started writing songs, showed them to Boris and we started practicing in my garage as soon as I could play a bass drum pedal. Later we moved to an apartment behind my parents' house. We had our friend Lee on bass for a few months but went our separate ways due to ideological differences. Finally, we were able to convince our singer Jen after low key begging her for 8 months to sing for us. Had our first show in February 2017. Boris unfortunately could not follow us when we moved to Houston in 2018.

Who's in the band

 The current line-up is: 

Jen: vocals

Aldo: drums

Keegan: guitars

What are some of the influences?

Powerviolence, grind, fastcore. Bands like Cave State, Deterioration, Mellow Harsher, xBrainiax, SFN, Shitbrains, L'Amico di Martucci, Six Brew Bantha, Tension, Chainsaw Squid, blah blah blah

What is the best show or Tour you been on?? 

Best tour was definitely the Southwest Violence Tour 2019. The best shows were in the same tour: Zesta Grande Day 2 at Mullet Death Records HQ in San Rafael, CA and the Tulsa, OK show, with Blurt, Without Empathy and Holy Void. Blurt and Without Empathy were also two of the best bands we saw during that tour. SLC, Santa Barbara, Phoenix, all great shows too.

Then you started xJovinox???

Yeah xJovinox' s conceptualization started in late 2019/early 2020.  A friend from elementary school, Alejandro, and I reconnected via social media in 2019 after not seeing/talking to each other for 18 yrs. We found out we both liked and played various forms of punk. So we decided to start a hardcore punk band that was themed after our elementary school experience.

How did you start xJovinox???

 I had 3 hardcore punk songs written that had never been recorded. Alejandro visited Houston in February 2020. While he was here, I wrote lyrics and we laid down drums and vocals. He recorded bass and guitar once he returned home to our mutual hometown of Guayaquil, Ecuador. He also did mixing, mastering, photography and design.

What are the influences for xJovinox?

The influences for xJovinox are fast hardcore punk from any era, with powerviolence and old-school hardcore flavors. 80's-00's Italian hardcore had a strong influence on me for sure. 

How did you get the name Shitstormtrooper and xJovinox?

For Shitstormtrooper, we chose the name among many others because of a few reasons. We are big Star Wars fans, Shitstorm fans and Jim Lahey fans (from Trailer Park Boys). Lahey calls Ricky and Julian "Shitstormtrooper" in one of the earlier seasons. For xJovinox, we named the band after our elementary school's janitor Jovino.

Any releases coming out for any bands???

 Shitstormtrooper is slowly but surely writing our first full length. Hoping to record and release it before the end of 2021. There will also be a South American release of our discography this year. On the other hand, xJovinox is currently not writing.

Any Shout you want to give???

 Thank you Tone for asking me to participate in this interview, and a big shout-out to the American resistance in 2021.

Thanks for your time...

https://shitstormtrooper.bandcamp.com/

https://xjovinox.bandcamp.com/releases

Hong Kung Fuck You/Tittyfuckers #51

What's up everyone I interview the drummer of HKFY and tells me the history of the band and his other band Tittyfucker. Here is the interview enjoy

 State your name and what band do you play in?

I’m just a shithead and I have a band called “Sean Connery Cucks You”

How you doing?
Chillen ‘n’ killen 24/7

How Did you get into punk?
Hands down,I can honestly say , after Avril Lavigne was unfurled into the masses, I bought a tie, and started fucking on the floor, and listening to “Sk8er Boi” on repeat. For the record , by fucking on the floor, I mean masturbating with my polar fleece Hunch Back of Norte Dame blanket akin to a “Fifi”. Google “prison fifi urban dictionary” if that sounds foreign to you.

How did you start playing drums?
Literally banging my hands on a desk with pencils instead of doing my 8th grade homework to songs on the radio. 8 years later, I was the king of pretending I watched a shitty local band’s set and asking to borrow their entire drums and cymbals, until I would finally but myself a drumset.

How did you get in the band Tittyfuckers?
That vocalist is my childhood friend and neighbor. We were 20, looked good naked, and liked grindcore, and it seemed like a good idea during a drive to a show in an Astrovan full of filipino lesbians.


How did you guys get the name?
I was at a restaurant called “Hong Kong Noodle 69” getting some food, and regretfully said, “Your wonton soup is cold and bland”. I then requested “anything else”. So they sent another dish, and it was a plate with a note on it that said “Hong Kong only Fuck You”. I decided it was a message from God, but, if God was that guy’s talking dog in “Summer of Sam”. Or was that movie called “I am Sam” ? Whatever. I’ve only actually watched one of those movies.

If you meant to ask for Tittyfucker, I was just obsessed with that word. One day, we were simply driving to a show in an Astro van full of fellow Filipino lesbians, and we (me and my neighbor) were talking about how we should start a grindviolence band and call it Tittyfucker, and how the first song could be called “Helen Keller Hardcore” because, it all just sounded like an utterly bullshit great idea. We wrote music with the use of onomatopoeias on the rest of that drive, and played our first show that night . The set was 1 minute long. It was what we call “cringe af” these days but there was definitely 1 fan made that day. I think I just gave you an unnecessarily long answer to that.

I know from videos I would see you guys strip down... How did that idea happen?


Well, like I said, we looked good naked. We’d be at parties , just walking around naked to troll people like we didn’t even notice we were naked. That’s no exaggeration. There was also more than one of us doing that, and one of those people were capable of playing guitar, so, I suggested she join our band. She was hesitant, because she wasn’t used to playing something “heavy”. I told her she only needed “one finger” to play in dropped tuning, and taught her how to palm mute. From there we just Tittyfucked the Westcoast scene after that. That sounds like bullshit, but I assure you, Maury detected that THAT was a goddamn fact.

How long was Tittyfucker a band?

Once we were a somewhat functional trio? Not even a year . If we count the day in van full of Filipino Lesbians - maybe 1 year and 300 days to make a specifically rough estimate.


After you were in Hong Kong Fuck You?

Short answer is, “p much”.

What was the beginning lineup?

For HKFY, just me and one bassist, who died from a rare lung infection caused from an addiction to Jenkem and I guess literally “sucking at life.”


How did HKFY start?

Some dipshit said “wanna play fast?” and I said, “arre, pendejo, Just don’t die from sucking at life, and a rare lung infection induced by Jenkem”, and the rest lead up to what it has evolved into today.

What are the influences for both bands?
Lil Jon, the Porn Hub drum beat, and the sound of Rambo screaming whisky spraying an AK47.

Any future projects or releases?
Yes... things I cannot reveal quite yet! Very excited.

Any shoutouts you want to give?

Sure.
Azzy, if you’re reading this , I don’t recommend being a “sub-genre” musician. Do your rudiments, and tell your mom I said, “ligma”.

Also, to Tommy Wilson -
Suck one.
https://hongkongfuckyou.bandcamp.com/

Thanks for your time.

HKTY & FTP

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Leachate #50

What's up everyone this week I interview a cool band from North Carolina talk bout the history of the band and his other project check it out.

State your name and what band do you play for?

I’m CJ Coronado, I play in Leachate and Locust Reign. Both are “grindcore” bands based out of North Carolina. I also run Shirley Road Records.

 

How you doing CJ?

I’m really good, thanks for asking! I’m always busy with band / label work, and so far 2021 has blown away my expectations for all of my different projects. I’ve also been leveling up my data science skill set for a career change I’m trying to make happen ASAP.

 

How did you get into punk???

My earliest memories of punk were DEFINITELY from playing the Tony Hawk games as a kid. I easily spent hundreds of hours on each game and have those soundtracks burned into my brain forever. The Bouncing Souls, Less Than Jake, Suicidal Tendencies, Goldfinger, and the rest of the bands were a major catalyst for me seeking more music (not to mention the hip hop and metal on those games too).

 

I also had two older cousins, Charlie and Corey, that played in bands, who would always show me new-to-me bands, take me to local shows, and unintentionally helped to cultivate my taste today. For punk specifically, that was Charlie. His band Monkeyknifefight is so much fun and I’ve seen them dozens of times over the last 10+ years.

 

How did Leachate start??

Leachate started as a one man band that our drummer Ethan was doing. He put out some demos and some splits that I thought were cool, plus he was showing me a lot of mincecore bands like Haggus and Archagathus and exposing me to that world of music.

 

What was the line up?? 

Him and I can’t agree on what happened next. He thinks he asked me to join on guitar so we could play shows. I think I told him I’m in Leachate now and that’s how we became a two piece. We added our good friend Jon Ward (Photoclub, Azucares, Base Print Productions) on drums to round it out, leaving Ethan on bass. I think all three of us were doing vocals starting out.

 

Whats the line up now?

Currently it’s me on guitar, Ethan on drums, Andrew Nye (Suppressive Fire, Eyn, ex-Arghast) on bass, and all three of us doing vocals.

 

Whats your guys influences?

When Leachate was still mainly Ethan’s baby it was a lot of Archagathus, Despise You, Man is the Bastard, and other bands in that wheelhouse (with a healthy dose of 90s Memphis hip hop love thrown in there). We don’t really play that strict of a grindcore/powerviolence sound anymore, so we’re pulling in influences from everywhere. Andrew loves black metal so that really stands out in his vocal delivery and bass style. My favorite band of all time is My Chemical Romance, so I try to focus more on similar song structures and overall song delivery. Maybe someone will notice one day which of their riffs I’m “influenced by”.

 

Oh we also love Priapus and BrainXToilet (North Carolina Dad Grind) so they definitely trickle into our sound.

 

Whats the coolest show you guys played?

For me I have to go with February 21st, 2020: Greasy Grindfest II at The Maywood in Raleigh, NC. That was a fest Ethan and I built where we had 12 bands from NC and VA playing from like 3pm to midnight. I did two sets and Ethan played four. Our homies in BrainXToilet headlined which RULED, all the bands got paid, and it was the day after my birthday so I was H E L L A L I T.

 

Do you guys have any releasing soon?

Right now Leachate has a big split / comp with four other North Carolina bands in the works that should be coming out in the next few months. That one will have a mix of grindcore, black metal, dark hardcore, and some covers I’ve been wanting to do forever. It’s the most time I’ve put into songwriting and has us infusing more death metal into our sound than we have, so it’s been fun to branch out from our old material.

 

My other band Locust Reign (with Joseph from Sleep Torture) is finishing our first album set for a late Spring-ish release, so be on the lookout for that too.

 

Any shoutout you want to give?

Shouts out BrainXToilet, Mo’ynoq, Basilica, Pathogenesis, Basura, Sleep Torture, MSD, Night Hag, Cody Ward aka Based Ward aka Gody, Tommy Wright III, Project Pat, Will Butler at To Live A Lie Records, Max Ward at 625 Thrash, April and Kay, the whole Maywood staff, Busted Chops, SKUZ, all y’all that boost our Spotify numbers, Home Astronomy, Mijail, Jon Ward tha OG, Noah and Kody, shoot I can probably go on all day.

 

Thanks for your time

Thank you Marco!

https://leachatenc.bandcamp.com/music