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...
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