Hit them Where it Hurt #55

What's up everyone hope you guys are good. This week I interview a band that is one of the brutal Powerviolence bands out there that I got to be a fan of theirs. You guys should check out 2 of the members were in known bands Like Acxdc and AxRxM.. So here is the interview enjoy.

 -State your name and what band you play for? 

My name is Jose and I play guitar and I’m the vocalist for HWIH

-How you doing?? 

I’m doing okay, my mental health has been a bit of a rollercoaster over that last year or so, but getting better and feeling okay. Thank you for asking and checking in.

-How did you get into punk?? 

I first got into punk when I was about 13 with bands like the Ramones, Misfits, Greenday, and Sum-41. I grew up on oldies and was very much into hip hop and punk had this vibe or attitude about it that I identified with. I then stumbled on the punkcore records showcase comp at a hot topic and was blown away. I went to high school with Omar from Soul Search and we were good friends hanging out all the time, it was he and our other friend Evan that turned me onto bands like conflict, disrupt, and infest. We eventually all got into hardcore and that just kind of unfolded as we got older and went to shows, started bands, etc.

-How did Hurt them where hurts get started?

HWIH rose from the ashes of a previous band my brother and I had called IMPACT! We wanted to play something faster and more intense. We were very close friends with Sergio from AxRxM and he started playing shows with us, which ended up with the three of us practicing and writing songs together and officially became a band.

-what was the line up? 

Myself on guitar and vocals, my brother Bobby on drums, and Sergio G. on bass guitar.

-What was your guys influences?

Our primary influences were bands like Infest, Mind Eraser, Iron Lung, and Think I Care.

-What was the reason why you guys change the name to Shoes Of Cement? 

Well, we were young at the time. I was about 19 years old, my brother was about 16, and we were full of teenage angst, which if you’ve been to any of our shows resulted in rather violent incidents. That caused us to develop a not so favorable reputation and it was difficult to get shows, so we took that as a sign that we need to re-evaluate our image and change our name as a kind of reset, if you will.

-What was the best show you guys played? 

The two that stand out to me is the show we played with ¡Liberate! and covered ‘We Kill Christians’ with Sergio A. which lead to the ACxDC revival, but also the epic and chaotic show at Justin’s house with Hordes. If you know, you know.

-Anything in the works or any other projects? 

At the moment my brother and I plan on writing new HWIH material with the hopes of recording and releasing records and possibly playing shows again. Other than that my brother makes custom graphic designs and stickers (@adhesivevisions), I create content for parenting and autism awareness/parenting, as well as merch/clothing to represent autism acceptance, embracing neurodiversity, mental health awareness, and such  (@aunwrd & aunwrd.com)

-Any shoutout you want to give? 

Yes, I want to shout out Sergio A. for being our brother and big supporter to us, our brother Fidel at BETAMAX/BETAMAX RECORDS, all of our AVSK/Nasty Boys homies, Martin and Eddie for filling in when we needed it, and most definitely our families and significant others for putting up with our shit on a regular basis. Rest In Peace Sergio Galvan Jr. we will love you and miss you always. We look forward to seeing you again my brother.

Thanks for your time 

https://hwih.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled

Colpolscopy #54

 

What's up everyone I hope everyone is safe! This week I interview the Homies from Oxnard no that a pv or Grind band but I Goregrind band, to be honest dont dig a lot of goregrind bands. but this one cuz of the breakdowns and blast beats and punk beats the homies Oscar does on drums.  here is the interview enjoy!

State your name and what band are in? 

Oscar Arellano, and I am the drummer in Colpolscopy

Matt Brown, I am the bassist for Colpolscopy

How You been? 

Pretty good, very busy and just navigating through this pandemic along with everyone else, wishing everyone good health and safety. 

Matt: Living the dream

How did you get into metal? 

I started listening to rock music or alternative rock if you will such as Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, and Nirvana. From there, it just went heavier and heavier. I listened to a lot of Nu Metal like, Korn, Deftones, Slipknot, Chimaira which are still some of my favorite bands. After that is when I started getting into death metal such as Six Feet Under and Cannibal Corpse. A band that really stands out is Dying Fetus, I believe Dying Fetus was huge for me not only in enjoying their music but mimicking their sound as far as technicality and musicianship. They inspired me big time. From there I just got into a million different bands from Thrash to Black Metal, and from Glam to Gore Grind. My palate for metal music has really opened up and I have learned to appreciate all genres of metal. 

Matt: My mom played me an Ozzy tape when i was a little kid on our way to pick up my dad from work. I used to only listen to classical but after I heard Ozzy all bets where off.

What age did you start playing bass?

Matt: I got my first bass when I was 12 or 13, I had a couple of friends in middle school who played guitar and they would bring them to school and talk about playing all the time, they got me into it.

What age did you start playing the drums? 

Well I started air drumming like at 13 years of age haha. And I say that cuz I couldn’t afford a drum set so I would air drum the shit out of all my favorite music. But at age 15, I finally convinced my brother to get me a drum set using his credit card and I would supposedly give him payments every month, which I had no form of income haha (I still owe you bro). So, I would say that I started playing drums at 15.  

How did you guys start Colpolscopy? 

In 2009 Colpolscopy was started by Chuy and Ryan, our guitarist and vocalist. It wasn’t necessarily with intentions to start a band, but they were just writing music. I joined shortly after then the rest of the guys did as well. We were jamming at a storage unit and working on the songs that Ryan and Chuy had already wrote, which some are on our demo “Sickness of Vile Impregnation”. We really liked what were doing and the music that was coming from our practices, so it was only natural that we became a band. 

Matt: You'd have to ask the other guys, I joined up in 2016 after seeing the guys play a show. They hadn't had a bassist for a while and i just asked "Y'all need a bassist?" had a few practices with them after that and they asked me to join up.

What was the line up? 

That line up was Chuy Cano, Edward Ortiz, Markie Cortez, Ryan Gregory, and me Oscar Arellano. 

What are the influences for Colpolscopy? 

Were big on Porn Grind, Gore Grind, Death Metal, and a bunch of other genres including genres outside of metal. We’re also huge on groove, we love our music to be groovy as fuck. Our bassist Matt has also brought really cool technical riffs with his bass to the band.  But when we write music, we never really enter the writing process knowing what is going to come out. Our music can circumnavigate through several different metal genres, and I believe that is one of our strong suits that can make our music unique. Were also very inspired by horror film, and sci fi. Our singer Ryan is a great lyricist and has based many of our songs and lyrics on particular film such as The Thing, Extro, Alien, and The Brain That Wouldn’t Die.  

Matt: I know the rest of the guys are really into like porno-gore and grind. I was always more into technical death metal, OSDM and like NWOBHM stuff. I have a big soft spot for doom metal as well.

How did you guys get on the Haggus show? 

Our friend Ferna has a bar and throws shows. I believe we were on that bill but didn’t make it. 

How did you guys get the name for your band? 

It started as a song. Ryan took the actual word colposcopy and tweaked the spelling to be spelled as Colpolscopy and therefore changed the pronunciation of the word. He wrote that song, and we really dug the name and how it sounded. We proposed it to be the name of the band but still had some doubt. We decided to flip a nickel to see if we would make that our band name. It landed in favor of the name, and that’s how we became Colpolscopy.  

Matt: I'll quote Oscar on this one 

"It started as a song. Ryan took the actual word colposcopy and tweaked the spelling to be spelled as Colpolscopy and therefore changed the pronunciation of the word. He wrote that song, and we really dug the name and how it sounded. We proposed it to be the name of the band but still had some doubt. We decided to flip a nickel to see if we would make that our band name. It landed in favor of the name, and that’s how we became Colpolscopy."  

Any future releases or side projects? 

Due to the pandemic it has been very hard for us to be active, we do have riffs and ideas recorded on our phones but have yet to put them to action. Hopefully we can get back to action when this pandemic deems it to be safe for everyone including our families. We did however release our second full length album “Gore-Fi Sci Fi” in 2019 which were extremely proud of so please go check that out. I personally do have a side project as Thursday Island’s Psychic Charity which is experimental music. 

Matt: I really hope we can get back to writing soon. we all have ideas and riffs floating around but nothing concrete, hopefully once this pandemic is over we can start seriously writing new material.

Any shootouts you want to give? 

Yes! thank you to everyone that has supported us through the years by buying merch, attending shows, giving us shows, or just sending any sort of love towards our way. We really appreciate it. 

Matt: I wanna say a huge thank you to everyone who's shown us some love! whether that's coming to a show, booking us, buying a CD or even just saying whats up online. We really appreciate it.

Thanks for your time

Thank you, Marco!

https://colpolscopy1.bandcamp.com/