L.UL.U #47

What's up everyone this week I interview the band L.ul.u from Milan, Italy. There a sick fastcore band with a girl vocalist. I listened to them before but they got my attention when they did the sick Split with God's America from Vegas. Specially when they had the 36 chambers cover. if you haven't check them out they really sick. here is the interview enjoy. 

State your name and what band do you guys play in??? 

Chiara: Hi! I'm Chiara and I sing also in another band, Gli Stronzi Angel: Angel coffeeseed, i play drums in L.UL.U and Evil Cosby Blind Frankie: Hi, I'm Blind Frankie

How are you guys doing??

Chiara :Well everything's fine, sun, covid and curfew hahahaha Fine.
Angel: Covid gimme back my shitty life!
Blindfrankie :Swell

How did you get into punk? 

Chiara: I was about 13, and my uncle made me listen to some.punk bands. I learned to play awfully the bass and begun to go to squats and gigs (good old.times hahah)
Angel: I got into punk thanks my brother and skaters friends, when theymade me listen to bands like 2 minutos, dead Kennedys, rancid, descendents...
Blindfrankie: I got into punk because I was stupid, some things never change.

How is the Scene in Italy?

Chiara: Tough question...depends on the area. In the north of italy maybe there are more gigs and collectives but also in the south, I'm from Calabria, there are a lot of people busting their asses to organize gigs and squats even if it's more difficult.
Angel: Strange man...very strange, sometimes it seems to me that there is not much unity!
Blindfrankie: i dont know

How did you start L.ul.u??

Chiara: L.UL.U formed 3 years ago, i was busting Angel's balls to form a band, he said "there's a friend of mine who plays guitar, believes in aliens and boom
Angel: I don't remember surely chiara knows
Blindfrankie: I really don't know :)

 

How did you get the name L.ul.u?

Chiara: Maybe it sounded good...(?)
Angel: We took the name from an old cartoon, Little Lulu
Blindfrankie: I stepped on shit

How did you guy's get to do the split with God's America? 

L.UL.U :Mirco from Here and Now! Records gave us a list of bands to ask to, we wrote them first, they answered yes, me made it.

Are you guys Wu Tang Clan fans? Cause the limited cover is from the 36 chambers cover I know I'm a Wu Tang fan. 

Chiara: Sure dude, wu tang are awesome. LE BASSI ZIO!
Angel: is there anyone who's not a wu tang fan?
Blindfrankie: mmm No! :)

Is there any future releases??

L.UL.U :Rehearsal and record the new ep, hoping to get soon live! .
Chiara: Aooooooooo
Angel: Senti Stronzo!
Blindfrankie: La vita è una tempesta, prenderlo in culo è un lampo

What are L.ul.u Inflences?

Chiara: Bikini kill, gang green, bessie smith
Angel: Nirvana, los crudos, operation ivy
Blindfrankie:The beatles, Franco Battiato, Gianni Celeste

Any shoutout you guys want to give??

Chiara:Thanx for the interview! I hope to meet someday <3
Angel:Thank you bro!
Blindfrankie: Have a nice day ziggy

Thank you for your time 

https://lulufxc.bandcamp.com/

Depraved/Practicedhatredzine #46

 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. 

Terrorsuspect.bandcamp.com 

Depravedhc.bandcamp.com

@PracticedHatredFanzine

Thanks for your time 

Aputasos/Moldering Vibration #45

Hey what is up sorry there wasn't any new interview last week I got caught up with something but anyways this week I interview a homie of mine that was in a killer grindcore band. I saw them a lot of times like Sordo. and I seen his recent band which is cool and they played with Grind and Bear it, YACÖPSAE and Stimulant. Well here is the interview of Aputasos/Modering Viberation  enjoy.

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

Yo what's up Marco, hope you're doing good.  I'm Jose and I play for Menacing Glare and Moldering Vibration, and I have a million other failed projects haha. 

How are you doing? 

Good man, about to go to work soon.

Congrats on your little one. 

Thanks homie.  Ya the third child is a handful,  all of them are in their own way but I enjoy them and weird stuff they do.

How did you get into punk??? 

El Monte backyard scene back in '99. I was a tween. I got into the fast craziness of hardcore punk and grind,  so many serious shit was played through that time,  made me want to do it.

Was Aputasos your 1st band or you had a different one?? 

I had a lot of failed bands like I said haha!  But Aputasos stuck,  even with a million members,  and me constantly changing how we sounded,  because we were terrible hahaha! 

How did Aputasos start as a band? 

Me and Jerry thought of the idea, the bass player and guitarist I had when we started.  Then we got Jen, but that didn't last because of dumb band fights. Then came Sean and shit worked better.   But I don't feel the band truly became complete sadly, but we did play a lot of cool shows and toured, so that was fun. The latest was just me and Sean. But Jerry was in it for awhile. Dude so many vocalists hahaha.  And the mentioned. Yup see what I mean,  it was evolving all the time. 

then you started Pickled how did that start? 

That was Sean's idea. We were recording a lot, really shitty, and we just started bullshitting with the  idea.

Ya we did. I would message Sebastian, we liked each other's work.  Eventually I asked if he wanted to do a split,  he told me he had his other band that was more active, Mongolico. Then we finally met at the prefest show of Onefest when both Aputasos and Chulo played,  we were both really happy to meet each other in person. Great guys right there!

And we finalized the split there

How did Aputasos and Pickled end?? 

I failed miserably bringing a shit load of bands to LA in 2017, SGF, I was overwhelmed with something I want ready for, or wanted,  booking in LA.  I just wanted to play fun shows with friends and shit got out of hand.  Lost a lot of friends.  And I didn't want to play anymore at that time. 

How did menacing glare start?

And that's where MG started. Me and my homie Ricky trying to evolve our music, and build something new and more developed. We spent the rest of 2017 writing and a bit of 2018 too, then I finally started playing live again when I felt better about everything. 

What was the line up?? 

Ricky strings, Eddie vocals, me drums. 

We're still writing shit,  but Eddie quit. Wish him the best, he was a great guy and I truly care about that dude.   But like I said we're still writing and maybe I'll convince a rebirth of playing shows when covids done,  who knows. 

How did Moldering Vibration start as a band?

 

Moldering Vibration started cuz I wanted to do a sludge project and I met Nic. He Fucking loved sludge too, so eventually we started writing. We actually only wrote one song but Menacing Glare was on pause so then we kept writing and soon it became my main project. But eventually we started mixing grind, powerviolence and death metal into it to make it more banging.

Any releases coming out soon? 

Moldering Vibration second release. 

Menacing Glare 3rd release if I can convince Rick haha

Aputasos. It's a revisit of past work,  but I don't suck as much as I used to, so I wanna redo it right.  Plus I got some ideas i never got to do. 

Was there supposed to be an LxBxR Split in the works????

Ya Man LBR Split is still happening, we had to put it on pause our writing cuz I had to find a new job because of covid making my job inactive, schools closed. But now I'm finally working full time again so I'll be able to jam a little on Saturdays.

Any shoutout you want to give? My boys who write with me, Nic, Ricky, and now we have Kevin on bass! He's an awesome person.  Jaime rules,  happy birthday,  Jerry Flores, Jerry Zam.

Thanks for you time Jose 

Thank you for this Marco, felt good revisiting some memories.  Let's grow from them and create even more good times! 

https://molderingvibration.bandcamp.com/

A Wrench In the Gears/Kontaminat/Amoral #44

Hey what's up everyone this week I interview a Chi-town Og that been in the scene for a minute we talk bout his band and his all star band that he was in with a member of Crudos and Sin Orden. Here is the interview enjoy.

 State your name and what bands did you play in and are in?  

My name is Mike. I was in a band called Kontaminat.  I tried to start some other projects before that, but nothing ever materialized. Now I’m in Amoral.

How are you doing?  

 

I'm doing okay, thanks for asking. Trying to teach remotely, finish up academic research, and supervise my kids has been a  handful, but honestly I’m  just grateful to be healthy and employed. So many people are fucked. "We are living in a failed state", as George Packer put it. Covid has exposed how our society was barely hanging by a thread. My heart breaks for so many people, particularly BIPOC communities, where the pandemic has had disastrous effects. 

How did you get into punk?   

I got into punk just feeling different and out of place. I was a weird, awkward Jewish kid. I didn't fit in, wasn't good at sports, and got called homophobic slurs. (While I had a lot of self-pity as a teenager, I realize that what I went through is absolutely nothing compared to the actual forms of oppression that many experience through "racist ideas", as Ibram X Kendi calls them.) I had my own self-esteem issues and just didn't fit in. I became friends with a kid named Mike Wohl because we were into the same role-playing games. We both liked Green Day, and we got into Lookout and Epitaph stuff, as well as a lot of terrible ska. In 2000 we went to our first show at Fireside Bowl. While it was a pretty cringey lineup in retrospect, I immediately knew that punk, and the Fireside specially, was my solace. This went hand in hand with getting into some basic social justice stuff and basic leftist politics. At the time I thought bands like Anti-Flag and The Unseen were "political". Of course it was pretty mind-blowing to hear bands like Los Crudos, and then soon start seeing Latinx bands from the South and Southwest sides of Chicago. Here were people who were really experiencing real shit as well as working towards tangible change, not just the cliche, abstract "political" punk lyrics that I was accustomed to. Between seeing those bands and then going to anti-war protests a few years later, I was absolutely hooked.

How's the scene in Chicago?   

I love the Chicago scene, and I feel fortunate to be a part of it. While it's far from perfect, I'm grateful that there are a lot of amazing people who have worked to create more equitable spaces, including the Black and Brown collective as well as many others committed to making a safe scene for women, underage girls, LGBTQIA people, etc. We have a really cool venue called Bricktown, and I hope it's here post-Covid. There's a lot of cool bands like Udusic, Dog Flashback, Primitive Teeth, Eskeletos, Robotrip, Porno Glows, Canal Irreal, Daylight Robbery, Tzar Bomba, and my favorite band, Mock Execution. That's not every band, but some bands that I like. I hope more bands start up when the pandemic ends.

How did Kontaninat start as a band? People from crudos, rat bastards, chronic seizure, sin orden etc how did you get an all star line up? 

Kontaminat started with myself and our bassist, Pat, talking at a show about doing a band. I was down to play bass or sing and so was Pat. Jay had done a bunch of bands with Pat over the years, so Pat asking him just made sense. Lupe/Gordo has for a long time been my favorite drummer in Chicago. His accenting is incomparable and he hits so hard. I was thrilled when he said he was down. I'm not sure who thought to ask Jose, but he's an amazing guitarist who was clearly influenced by the best Italian HC bands that I loved. We all brought riffs and from our first practice it just clicked immediately. 

What were your guys influences?

It's hard to say. We all love the best 80's hardcore punk from around the world- Italy, Japan, Brazil, Norway, etc. In the riffs I wrote, I didn't seek to emulate one band or style, and I think it was the same with everyone else. We got compared to Deathreat in one review, "Scandinavian shit" by some others, "Totalitar mixed with 86 Mentality vocals" by someone else. Jay listened to a lot of crust, and I felt like we all brought in our influences to the riffs and songs we wrote. Most of Jose's riffs were definitely influenced by Italian HC like Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers and Wretched, but he also wrote a riff that was like Asta Kask but a little less melodic. Gordo's accenting reminded me of what Todd did in Deathreat, which I thought made the songs powerful. Jay loves Totatlitar and a lot of Swedish HC and I always felt like that was a strong influence in his songs.

How long were you guys a band? 

We had our first practice in March 2011 and played our last show in December 2014. 

How was the last show?

We didn't have a proper last show, per se. We played a basement with a bunch of local bands. We didn't know it would be our last show. The band ended on a really ugly note but I felt so relieved when it was over. Still, it was very bittersweet. We never recorded our best songs, and I wish we could have continued.

How did you start A Wrench in the gears Label?? 

I started it with my friend Mike Wohl, who I mentioned earlier. In the early 2000's there were a lot of amazing bands from Chicago who weren't really known outside the city. I remember seeing Non Fiction Nois (NFN)  in a backyard on the Southwest Side of Chicago. There was a turf war going on in the neighborhood between local gangs, according to our friends who lived in the neighborhood. We heard gunshots and police sirens between bands. Jr, the drummer of NFN, confided in me that his dad had kicked him out of their house after he came out the closet. It was surreal to experience real punk with real people who were going through real shit.  NFN went on at midnight, under a tarp while it was raining, and went apeshit. It was the punkest thing I had ever seen, and it blew my mind that no one outside the city knew about it. It started with the idea of putting out a record. 

Mike and I were talking and he wanted to do it together, and show how awesome the Chicago scene was. We decided to start with doing a distro and we thought we'd be "raising money" to release a record. We were really naive, but also militantly committed to a DIY ethic. We pragmatically planned out a giant list of records to order from Ebullition. We got stickers and wrote descriptions on records, got a notebook for inventory, and planned what records to buy. This was 2003, and Deathreat's Consider It War and Tragedy's Vengeance had just been pressed on vinyl. We ordered a bunch of copies and were thrilled that they all sold out. This alone convinced us that we would be extremely successful, and generate enough of a profit margin to press records! How naive we were! But that said, selling those records was empowering and gave us the confidence we needed to give it a go. "Wrench HQ" became Mike's bedroom. Also, we were still in high school while this was going on. We would ditch classes to send out orders. We were motivated; punk was everything to us. We were determined as hell. At one point it seemed like the label was our whole world. The first record we put out was the I-Attack LP. In the end we put out five records, my favorite being No Slogan's No Pasaran EP. The label lasted four years. In the end, while it didn't last, I'm grateful for what we did. Respect to people who are still doing DIY labels today.

Mike then you started Amoral?  How did that band start? 

I actually didn't start Amoral. Our guitarist and drummer, Chris and Oliver, wrote songs for six months before the rest of us practiced. Kontaminat and had played with Chris' old band, Haka, and we had become good friends. Chris asked me if I would be interested in singing. He said that their songs were influenced by shit like Knife Fight, Urban Blight, Negative Approach, Crucifix, early AF, etc. When I heard their practice tape I was blown away. We practiced and then played two shows before Covid hit. We look forward to getting back to it at some point.

Tell me about your 'zine.

I've always loved zines. I like to write, I love punk, it just makes sense. I did one as a teenager that was pretty cringey, but in an adorable way. In 2007 decided to do a zine. I was obsessed with the No Thanks song, "Fuck Everything", so those four words became the title of the zine, later shortened to just No Thanks. I was really obsessed with Frank from Atrocious Madness/Lebenden Toten's zines: R'yleh Rising and Warning. Those zines covered all the raw, blown punk I loved and had the perfect layout, really inspired by Crass Records releases, as well as american bands like Crucifix. I absolutely loved those zines, and in the beginning especially, tried to emulate that aesthetic. I honestly can't imagine laying out a 'zine or flier any other way besides cut 'n paste. The first band I ever interviewed was Barcelona's Invasión, and since then I knew I wanted to keep doing it. I interviewed bands and wrote about shit I thought was cool, whether it was Russian literature, 90's hip-hop, whatever. I did seven issues, the last which came out in 2011. I completed two interviews that year that are laid out but I had procrastinated releasing, due to teaching, academic research, personal stuff, family, etc. I've got an interview with a singer from one of my favorite 80's USHC bands coming up for the next issue. Better late than never. I want to keep doing it consistently. 'Zines like Negative Insight  and General Speech are amazing and inspired me to finish this issue.

How did you get the name for your bands?? 

I'm not sure how we came up with Kontaminat, but we just went with it. "Amoral" came from the lyrics to one of our songs: "Amoral liberals ask you to stand but cross the street  when they see a black man." This past year we have seen how a lot of liberals are completely amoral. They've stopped talking about Black lives and police brutality. Now that Biden has been elected they are going back to complicity. 

Trump and the Right are obviously amoral. It's important to note this, because it's not that we simply share a difference of opinion from them. They are fascists. Fascism is not a legitimate ideology. As fascism is trying to spread, we've got to be united in opposing it. Tuesday's actions show how dangerous amoral fascist and fascit sympathizers are.

Any releases coming out? 

Amoral recorded a demo and we'd like to record again when Covid is over. I'd kinda like to put out records and tapes again at some point. I'm honestly more so focused on my academic writing and education work. But punk rules, obviously, and I'd like to keep doing bands.

Any shoutout you want to give? 

Shoutout to my life partner, Shana, for being my rock during Covid. I'd like to give props to Amoral, who I miss practicing with, as well as the best teacher I've ever had, Dr. Nicole Holland, who got me an assistantship to pay for graduate school and worked with me to get my thesis published. She modeled scholarship and has been committed to educational justice. Shoutout to my coworkers and the Chicago Teachers Union for fighting for safe classrooms for students and teachers. Shoutout to Anya and Club A for being an inspiration for mutual aid. Shoutout to everyone doing their part to try to combat injustice and create a more equitable world, no matter the methods. Shoutout to my grandmother, Anna Nessy Perlberg, who escaped Hitler, dedicated her life to fighting against injustice and police torture, and demanded that we never be complicit. May she Rest In Power.

Thanks for your time Mike  

Thank you Tone

https://amoralchc.bandcamp.com/releases

Machinegun Romantic/Knuckle Scraper/Hatred Surge Etc. part I #43

So this weekend is a really treat I give it to Kyle from Sfn, For helping me for this It was honor Ill see when I do part II of the interview. This dude doesn't need a an Intro he's an Og In The Texas scene he been in bands i'm fan. Here is the interview with Hughes From Knuckles Scraper, Hatred Surge, …

 state your name and what bands you were in:

Alex Hughes. I’ve played in too many bands but most notably Hatred Surge, Insect Warfare, Iron Age, Mammoth Grinder, Machine Gun Romantics and Holy Money.

How you doing Alex??? 

Hanging in there. Weird times!

How did you get into Punk?? 

Sex Pistols were probably the first “punk band” I heard but Nirvana and Green Day were probably my gateway bands. I was mostly into metal. In junior high I switched schools and made friends with some skaters that were into Epitaph & Fat Wreck bands. But when a buddy of mine moved away after 8th grad, he got way into grind and power violence and started sending me mix tapes. That was the real turning point.

How did Machine Gun Romantics get started??? 

I was playing drums in a metalcore band called Tana’ri and Mikey who played guitar was also into 80s DC hardcore and stuff like Infest, Spazz and Charles Bronson. He said we should do a fast band and I was down. We had seen Ryan do vocals in a band and liked what he could do so we invited him along.

was it the same line-up when you guys started??

We had a couple bass players through the years: Angel Martinez and Kevin Hirth played a few shows with us but Beau Beasley was with us for most of it.

how long were guys a band?? 

2002-2005

Then Knuckle Scraper??? 

Correct.

Was it the same line up as Machine Gun Romantics??? for people that don't know and are into Spazz Worship this is one of the sickest bands.

Much appreciated! It was me, Mike and Beau.

how did it start?? 

We parted ways with Ryan while working on the MGR LP and split the vocals between the 3 of us and changed the name.

what were the influences for Ks??

Same as MGR with a heavy focus on Spazz.

I would say Gulf Coast Powerviolence, We Are and Mo Money Mo Problems are my favorite tracks.

Thanks!

How did you get the name for Machine Gun Romantics and Knuckle Scraper??

Mike came up with MGR. He was watching a lot of mob movies. I thought Knuckle Scraper sounded tough as hell and an appropriate Spazz reference since we were all doing vocals.

The Gulf Coast Powerviolence track reminds me of the Man is the Bastard track that talks bout the California bands.

That’s the one. A little on the nose but that was the point haha!

what was the best show or Tour you did with Ks???

We never toured. Only played 4 shows. Best show was at Walter’s in Houston with Some Girls. We were bummed that Das Oath cancelled their tour but we made the best of it. We thanked a bunch of power violence split 7”s and Rahi was the MC for the whole set claiming he was Mumia and talking shit about Some Girls being posers haha! 

How did the band come to an end?? 

I was still living in Denton and Insect Warfare was getting off the ground and staying busy so we just said fuck it.

would there be a reunion show??

Nahhhh.

Then it was Insect Warfare / Hatred Surge??? 

The Hatred Surge demo and Insect Warfare demo were recorded in 2004 when MGR was still a band.

How did those bands start??? 

I started Hatred Surge while living in Denton. I liked MGR but I wanted to play something really abrasive, low tuned and heavy. I didn’t start Insect Warfare. You’d have to ask those guys how it came about.

What was the line up for Insect Warfare/ Hatred Surge?? 

I did 3 shows as a one man band when Surge started. I just did bass and vocals over the drum tracks for the first 7”. 

Insect Warfare was Rahi on vocals, Neal on guitar and Frank on drums. Beau joined on bass. When Neal got kicked out, Beau moved to guitar and I started playing bass. The first tour we did was that lineup. Hatred Surge was also sharing Beau and Frank on the first two tours.

How did you get the name for Hatred Surge / Insect warfare?? 

My friend and roommate Jeff suggested Hatred Surge when we were talking about unused Napalm Death song titles. Again, you’d have to ask the Insect guys about the name origin.

what was the influences for Insect warfare / Hatred Surge?? 

Hatred Surge: Napalm Death; Despise You; Infest; Assück; Crossed Out; Discordance Axis; Plutocracy

Insect Warfare: Napalm Death; Carcass; Repulsion; Terrorizer; Brutal Truth; Excruciating Terror; Discordance Axis; World; 324

I told u earlier I regret not seeing you guys when you guys played at Sound and Fury in Oxnard.. One of the best ones how did you guys get to play that fest??? 

I can’t even remember haha! I feel like Iron Age had been asked and we told Todd that Hatred Surge and Mammoth Grinder shared members and we could all caravan out there together. Something like that.

how did you get the collaboration with Iron Lung? that split was one of the sickest splits. that just blew my mind listening to it.

After doing a couple tours with Iron Lung as my backing band for Hatred Surge, Jensen came up with the idea. So I flew up to Seattle and we wrote and jammed for a few days and then recorded. It came together pretty quick! Very proud of that record.

how did you get in Mammoth grinder? I got Chris in Hatred Surge in 2008. We booked a tour with both bands in 2009 when Deconstruct was released. Their bass player quit before the tour and I stepped in and continued playing with them till 2012. I got to see Mammoth Grinder at The same Sound and Fury in Oxnard awesome set. https://hatredsurge.bandcamp.com/ https://knucklescraper.bandcamp.com/releases

Culpa #42

What's up everyone  this week I'm doing something a little different, So Cesar (Malandro) is interviewing us. I thought it would be weird if I interviewed my band, so my ex bandmember is in the interview hope you guys like it. Here is the interview enjoy. 

State your name and what bands you play in?

T- ex-Culpa

Marco a.k.a Tone-Vox/Drums  Culpa

Jose-Vox/Guitar

Past Members:

T-guitar

Mike-Bass

Biggs-guitar*

Current:

Tone-Drums/vox

Jose-Guitar/Vox

How are you doing with this pandemic?

T-I'm doing well.  Working, being safe, waiting for things to start opening up.  

Tone- I'm doing alright just taking one dat at a time 

Jose-Well, it's tough being in lockdown and not to be able to play shows

How did you get into punk?

T-I started playing when I was in high school and punk was the perfect sound for the alienation I felt.  I started listening to Social Distortion and Rancid... kinda went everywhere from there but Bad Religion is the one that hooked me... still does. 

Tone-what I remember I was a Jr. or Senior in High School someone gave me a punk Mix cd and I got into bands like Pennywise that's one of the 1st bands I got into then 

Minor Threat and Nerve Agents. Its hilarious my 1st punk show was Flogging Molly with Briggs. My 1st backyard show I saw  Heavy Artillery but I didn't see them cuz Erik the Drummer/vox got into an argument with a cop. I ended up seeing them a different day (R.I.P Nik Ulmer)

How did Culpa started?

T-Culpa really started after high school, in many ways, Marco (Tone- Vox) and I started playing together when I graduated high school in a band that seemed to have a revolving door of musicians.  It was like a workshop for people that wanted to play but couldn't, perfect way to start!  I eventually left the band and lost touch with Marco, but we eventually reconnected when he moved into the neighborhood where my grandparents live.  We started jamming and that slowly morphed into Culpa.

Tone- Culpa started.I got frustrated of not being able to find a drummer that was down to play Pv. So I was determined to learn. I reached out to my ex-guitarist T. I found him on Facebook when I had one . I was in a Band with him before Culpa. I moved in a Street where we used to practice in his grandparents house. lol now we're neighbors.I wanted to start a bilingual band and be a latinopv. so we agreed to play when he had a chance he's in a rock en español and him starting to work for the district and I was too so we started the summer 2016 as a 2 piece.

How did the name come about?

How the name Culpa came bout is that I'm a Despise you Fan I got it from there song titled Culpa Mia. but I took off the word Mia cuz it would sound like someone had it. Also I wanted the band name to be in Spanish. 

 I know you guys had the first split with xGrifox, but I also notice that Biggs from xGrifox recorded some of the songs for Culpa. What’s the story behind it?

Tone- Culpa took a break for a bit cuz I had my oldest which now he's 2. I told T hey I need to record cuz there a split with Leachate that I need songs . he told me he couldn't  it at the moment. so I reached out to Biggs and asked if he can be in the band for a short term until I was able to find someone permanently. He say yeah and he help me with Leachate split.

Jose-I came shortly after the Leachate Split

What are some of the influences of Culpa?

Have Fun 

Rudio

Neanderthal

Peter Mangalore

Any coming out or future projects?

T-There are a ton of things on the horizon for Culpa.  Marco and Jose are hustling!

Jose-I have a solo noisecore project called Pisado.

Tone-We just released a LxBxR split out on tape and Bimbos split will be out in the soon.  We are also going to do a 4 way split with Godstomper, Culpa, Hateoffering, and Dishxrag that will be out in the fall and demo sometime this year also 

Any shoutouts?

T-Cesar, thanks for doing the interview.

Briggs- he came through with helping out when it was time to record the split!

Mike- Culpa is a crazy animal and he was around when it started, have to give him props for that!

Jose-I hope everyone is well and is taking care of themselves during this tough time.

Tone: My wife and my kids, LxBxR, Hateoffering, Dishxrag, xGrifox, Sordo, Bimbos, T (For Helping me to get Culpa started), Jose (for being a homie and understanding the stuff),Body Farm, Era Drums Co , Hugo, Malandro , BroxJogan,Cesar (thanks for the interview), Deep Tomb, Chavez, No Divide, Auxillo, Old Lung,Leech,Temptation87, Madrugado, 

Final Draft, Civil Conflict, PowerxSlave , Dissed, Ocelet, Clorox Dream, Oldskool Mike (hope your good), 

Keep Fighting, xJovinox, Fred Hammer, Colposcopy , Prying Eyes and anyone that support us in anyway. 

The city of Oxnard.

https://culpax805.bandcamp.com/