Kolejny zespol, ktorego nigdy za duzo nie bedzie. O Worlds Collide pisalem tu wczesniej przy okazji jakiegos video, ktore wygrzebalem w sieci. Tym razem wyplynelo nastepne, ktorego wczesniej nie widzialem wiec nie omieszkam zapostowac i to cudo. Zespol owszem kradl riffy Metallici ale nigdy nie przestawal byc jednym z moich faworytow lat 90tych. Polecam poszukac, posluchac i poczytac teksty. Mocarny hord.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
They're back!
Nie przesadze wcale jesli powiem, ze Cappo trzyma poziom, ktory jest nie do okielznania dla setek wokalizerow, ktorych widzialem przez ostatnie blisko 25 lat mojego koncertowego zywota. Ponad 4 dychy na karku. Tak bede wygladal jak dorosne....
"I am a Lady Gaga fan, but don't feel guilty about it at all."
Z cala pewnoscia nigdy nie bylo, nie ma i nie bedzie takiego drugiego zespolu jak 108. W kazdym wymiarze to projekt, ktory wyskoczyl poza jakiekolwiek ramy, ktore obowiazywaly na scenie hardcore. Ich plyty interesuje mnie nieprzerwanie od wielu, wielu lat i co najwazniejsze - udalo im sie udowodnic, ze powrot na scenie nie wcale nie musi smierdziec kompleksami czy zalosnymi sentymentami.
Oto interesujacy i swiezy wywiad z Vic'iem aka Vraja. Polecam przeczytac calosc tutaj.
Oto interesujacy i swiezy wywiad z Vic'iem aka Vraja. Polecam przeczytac calosc tutaj.
Vista: I wanted to ask you about not only the "Burning Fight" book, but also the "Burning Fight" book release show. What is your impression of the release show, as well as the book itself.
Vic: The show and book release were fabulous. There are only two books about hardcore which I've read which are any good, in my opinion. "Radio Silence",and "Burning Fight". I prefer "Burning Fight" because it has a focus that is much more relevant and meaningful to me. The show was an amazing concept, and all the people who attended it made it a really fantastic experience. On stage I said something like, "boys and girls, are you enjoying your field trip to the museum?", because to some extent it felt like a lot of acts were like museum displays, or that the atmosphere itself was museum-like..."Wow, look at that dinosaur, mommy! It's MOVING!". I was surprised though, how boring the newer bands were in comparison to the older bands. They looked really bored or something. Why? It was odd. The show itself was just WONDERFUL though, and I'm a pretty negative guy, so for me to say that is really something. I love Brian {Peterson} for being behind that book and show.
Vista: I want to ask you about the album, "Threefold Misery". In your memory, what was your mindset during this period, both musically and lyrically? It was really different that say, "Songs of Separation". Also, I remember being really surprised that "Threefold Misery" wasn't originally released on "Equal Vision Records". Years later obviously, Equal Vision re-released those entire recording sessions. Again, from your recollection, what went on during this entire period of time?
Vic: My mindset for that was, "this is that last thing I will ever do musically, so let's make it count". I wanted every single riff to be right on the nails. That was driving the record. Trivikrama was driving the record, too. It's just an extension of, "Songs of Separation" - It's just taking those riffs and chords from songs like, "Son of Nanda", or "Solitary", or what have you, and moving it forward in the evolutionary progress and sticking a more unpredictable drummer behind it. I guess it might be very good in one sense that we've had so many different drummers, it helps each record have a different tone. "Songs of Separation" was strict and clear cut because, {a} - Chris Daly was a very steady, solid, and clear cut drummer on that record and {b} - Don Fury, where we recorded it, was very by-the-numbers in his approach to recording. "Threefold Misery" was more psychedelic because, {a} - This is the first time you get Trivikrama on bass, on a 108 record. He is a human psychedelic. {b} - You get Matt Cross on drums who is more like an octopus, and {c} - We recorded with Brian...Brian, fuck I forget his last name, Brian from, Battery, Salad Days Studio. He was WAAAAAY more talented than Don Fury. It's ridiculous to even compare them. And he had a much more free-form and experimental approach to recording it. It came out on the European label for money reasons. We needed money really bad. Also, we needed the record to be out in Europe for our final tour.
Vic: The show and book release were fabulous. There are only two books about hardcore which I've read which are any good, in my opinion. "Radio Silence",and "Burning Fight". I prefer "Burning Fight" because it has a focus that is much more relevant and meaningful to me. The show was an amazing concept, and all the people who attended it made it a really fantastic experience. On stage I said something like, "boys and girls, are you enjoying your field trip to the museum?", because to some extent it felt like a lot of acts were like museum displays, or that the atmosphere itself was museum-like..."Wow, look at that dinosaur, mommy! It's MOVING!". I was surprised though, how boring the newer bands were in comparison to the older bands. They looked really bored or something. Why? It was odd. The show itself was just WONDERFUL though, and I'm a pretty negative guy, so for me to say that is really something. I love Brian {Peterson} for being behind that book and show.
Vista: I want to ask you about the album, "Threefold Misery". In your memory, what was your mindset during this period, both musically and lyrically? It was really different that say, "Songs of Separation". Also, I remember being really surprised that "Threefold Misery" wasn't originally released on "Equal Vision Records". Years later obviously, Equal Vision re-released those entire recording sessions. Again, from your recollection, what went on during this entire period of time?
Vic: My mindset for that was, "this is that last thing I will ever do musically, so let's make it count". I wanted every single riff to be right on the nails. That was driving the record. Trivikrama was driving the record, too. It's just an extension of, "Songs of Separation" - It's just taking those riffs and chords from songs like, "Son of Nanda", or "Solitary", or what have you, and moving it forward in the evolutionary progress and sticking a more unpredictable drummer behind it. I guess it might be very good in one sense that we've had so many different drummers, it helps each record have a different tone. "Songs of Separation" was strict and clear cut because, {a} - Chris Daly was a very steady, solid, and clear cut drummer on that record and {b} - Don Fury, where we recorded it, was very by-the-numbers in his approach to recording. "Threefold Misery" was more psychedelic because, {a} - This is the first time you get Trivikrama on bass, on a 108 record. He is a human psychedelic. {b} - You get Matt Cross on drums who is more like an octopus, and {c} - We recorded with Brian...Brian, fuck I forget his last name, Brian from, Battery, Salad Days Studio. He was WAAAAAY more talented than Don Fury. It's ridiculous to even compare them. And he had a much more free-form and experimental approach to recording it. It came out on the European label for money reasons. We needed money really bad. Also, we needed the record to be out in Europe for our final tour.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Gentleman Ray
"I think the straight edge way of life is very smart. You could ask 20 different people about straight edge and you get 20 different explanations. My opinion is that being straight edge is mainly not drinking, not doing drugs and taking care of you body. Now you can talk to anybody else and they'll tell you straight edge is not eating meat, not smoking cigarettes, not having sex. I think it's a good thing if it stays to the point of taking care of your body. Cause believe me, I've been drug free for a year now and hopefully I'll stay drug free. I don't do it for the scene, I do it for me. I took a lot of shit my whole life, and I just don't wanted to die. I think there's a lot of people who are straight edge because it's a trend and I think that's it hard to really appreciate being drug free when you haven't been fucked up. I've done some things in my life where I could have sworn that you are the devil, I had a conversation with the devil, and then I wake up and I see it fade away and I had conversations with the devil, and I swear it was a real person. And you realize after you come out of the height: 'What the fuck!?' and that's scary you know. And I've been trough a lot of shit I've had people murdered in front of me and that's scary, cause you can't control it, cause it's in your mind. When you've had a conversation with the devil, and you can't break it from your mind, and you sit there like it's not real! it's not real! and you can't shake it from your mind. Once you're doing drugs you can't say 'stop it'. The drug infects your mind. It's fucked up man. It's why I am drug free. You know, the only thing I'm really scarred of in this world is Evil. I'm not into religion, Warzone is not about religion, I hate religion, but the bottom line is in this world, common sense will tell you - there's Good and there is Evil. I'm scarred of Evil man. A lot of shit happens, young babies get hit by cars, you know that's Evil man! People always say it's God, but it's not it's Evil. That's why I'm drug free, because drugs is a really bad thing. Nothing good ever came from doing drugs. But then again, honestly, you gotta do what you gotta do. I don't really care what anybody else does. What I'm saying is writing from my own experiences, and maybe people read it and they learn something of it. I don't preach, I have some good friends of mine that still do a lot of drugs, but I still care about them. I don't like people telling me what to do. When I did drugs and people told me to get drug free, I did more drugs, like 'fuck you, you're not telling me what to do!'. And the only reason I stopped is because of all that shit that happened in my, and I just couldn't take it no more. And I had some girls around me who really cared about me and they looked out. But I think too many bands preach, they tell you what the fuck to do. It could be any band. Fuck that shit, they're fucking assholes, you gotta do what you wanna do in your heart, and fuck the whole world. So if you drink and do drugs, as long as you're happy - it's cool, but there's a lot of people that read the lyrics about being drug-free and knowing that I've been fucked up, my problem was that I could do drugs and have still a lot of money in my pockets. Because in NYC, outside the band I have a good career. And when you do drugs and you get high and you still have money in your pocket, that was my problem. And everyone knows me, 'ah, Raybeez Warzone, come on you want some more drugs for free,' because I'm Raybeez Warzone, you know. Everyone wants to hang out with us so you get it for free and it works! That's why I stopped, cause it's not worth it. Cause there's a lot of people in the punkrock scene in NYC who look at you and see what you're doing for the movement and if you fucking die and fuck up, then what happens to Warzone? What happens to everything you tried to do, down the drain. So for me it's really the movement, there's more people that I am responsible for than myself. The same with Madball and Agnostic Front and other bands, if Freddy fucks up it's not Freddy, it's Madball, if Roger fucks up it's not Roger it's Agnostic Front, if Jimmy Gestapo fucks up it's not Jimmy, it's Murphy's Law. There's so much that's around me that I'm responsible for, it's really intense. And when I'm on stage I go crazy, (but not insane!) and when I'm on stage and I start talking stupid shit cause I'm drunk, you know, I'm not gonna listen to anybody who's drunk. The music may sound good, but what do you sing? A lot of bands they have good music, but the lyrics, they don't mean something. That's not Warzone, don't forget the struggle..."Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Jah bless
Naturalnie czekam. "Build A Nation" mimo wszystko byla dobra produkcja. Prawdopodobnie bedzie lepiej niz na solowej plycie Derryla, na ktorej mowiac szczerze sie troche zawiodlem.
The iconic punk band Bad Brains will make an appearance for the first time in the band's career at SXSW 2011 at Van's Showcase at Emo's Main Room on March 16, 2011. Bassist Darryl Jenifer comments on the forthcoming experience: "There should be a SXSW in every city, everyday. Austin is a great music town with positive vibes."
The band is also pleased to announce that they have recently been holed up in NY with all original members working on new material for a 2011 release.
Nothing is conventional with Bad Brains, nor is the writing process. So, the band is jamming and reaching for something epic and different. "Stand by for the 'realist' we have ever written," continues Jennifer. The album is said to be channeling progressive elements and Megaforce Records expects the album to be released in late-summer 2011.
Considered to be the "holy grail" of punk rock, Bad Brains are one of the definitive American punk groups who garner the same respect as Sex Pistols, Black Flag, The Ramones and The Clash. Produced by long time fan, Adam Yauch (MCA of the Beastie Boys), the band's last album, Build A Nation, was a return to form for the band that helped define American Punk and Hardcore music. The album featured all the original members of the group: HR, Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know and Earl Hudson.
Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Monday, March 07, 2011
Cappo dzisiaj
Interesujacy wywiad z Raghunathem wyladowal na blogu pewnego znajomka. Polecam bo to tresciwa lektura i pokazuje dzisiejsze oblicze tego na interesujacego jogina.
How do you connect discipline, health and spirituality?
Well you need discipline in order to have good health right? I can't just eat candy all day; I'm not going to be very healthy. In order to get good at anything actually you need discipline. Be it material well being or be it spirituality. You can't be just whimsical and get the same results. That's why in all systems of education there's a lot of discipline. You want to be a great acrobat, you want to be a great magician, you want to be a great photographer - you need discipline. If you want to get good at eating very well and doing detoxes or cleanses, you need a lot of discipline. Basically, the senses have to be curbed. You can't just whimsically follow your mind, your senses around. You have to understand what you want to be and work towards that. I think that's true of anything you study.
What does Youth of Today stand for in 2011?
Well, I don't really know. I'm not really in Youth of Today in 2011. We're just doing some reunion shows. I think it's probably made up of a bunch of guys who really like Youth of Today and playing songs for our fans. It was sort of like a seed for me of where I am today. Some of the songs I haven't sung in a while [and] when I sing them now, it reminds me of where my head was, at that time. I appreciate what I was going through and my struggles and my desire and my passions. I can definitely see how it sort of related to where I am today. I felt like I was fortunately on a good track with my life. You go back to the idea of wisdom literature. Those are the things I was blessed to be into at a young age. So that’s why Youth of Today, when I was 19 years old, it might have seemed a little precocious. Who's this 19 year old talking about control of your senses and discipline and what goes around comes around? It was because I was into books like that. I felt like if I could just read these books and write the words in a way that people could understand them, the lyrics would be timeless. I'm lucky I was into what I was into at a young age. Most people go through crazy 20s and it's only into their 30s when they realize, "man, I can't drink like this, I just gained 50 lbs in the last 10 years," or "I can't live like this anymore." At a time when I was 19- not drinking and vegetarian, at least back then, it was sort of a rare thing.
Nowadays, there are a lot of kids who are Straight Edge and into cleaning living. A lot of my peers were not into that. I got lucky because a lot of people waste their entire life with that and they only get at the time they turn 30 that they're still partying like they were when they were 19 that life's becomes sort of sad and they have to somehow reorganize their value or belief system. Anyways, even if you were Straight Edge you have to always check into your value system. That's one of the sort of foibles of the Straight Edge philosophy- that it wasn't so complete, it's just a basic map. Within that map, you have to sort of refine it if you want to escape some of the other illusions that life presents.
How do you connect discipline, health and spirituality?
Well you need discipline in order to have good health right? I can't just eat candy all day; I'm not going to be very healthy. In order to get good at anything actually you need discipline. Be it material well being or be it spirituality. You can't be just whimsical and get the same results. That's why in all systems of education there's a lot of discipline. You want to be a great acrobat, you want to be a great magician, you want to be a great photographer - you need discipline. If you want to get good at eating very well and doing detoxes or cleanses, you need a lot of discipline. Basically, the senses have to be curbed. You can't just whimsically follow your mind, your senses around. You have to understand what you want to be and work towards that. I think that's true of anything you study.
What does Youth of Today stand for in 2011?
Well, I don't really know. I'm not really in Youth of Today in 2011. We're just doing some reunion shows. I think it's probably made up of a bunch of guys who really like Youth of Today and playing songs for our fans. It was sort of like a seed for me of where I am today. Some of the songs I haven't sung in a while [and] when I sing them now, it reminds me of where my head was, at that time. I appreciate what I was going through and my struggles and my desire and my passions. I can definitely see how it sort of related to where I am today. I felt like I was fortunately on a good track with my life. You go back to the idea of wisdom literature. Those are the things I was blessed to be into at a young age. So that’s why Youth of Today, when I was 19 years old, it might have seemed a little precocious. Who's this 19 year old talking about control of your senses and discipline and what goes around comes around? It was because I was into books like that. I felt like if I could just read these books and write the words in a way that people could understand them, the lyrics would be timeless. I'm lucky I was into what I was into at a young age. Most people go through crazy 20s and it's only into their 30s when they realize, "man, I can't drink like this, I just gained 50 lbs in the last 10 years," or "I can't live like this anymore." At a time when I was 19- not drinking and vegetarian, at least back then, it was sort of a rare thing.
Nowadays, there are a lot of kids who are Straight Edge and into cleaning living. A lot of my peers were not into that. I got lucky because a lot of people waste their entire life with that and they only get at the time they turn 30 that they're still partying like they were when they were 19 that life's becomes sort of sad and they have to somehow reorganize their value or belief system. Anyways, even if you were Straight Edge you have to always check into your value system. That's one of the sort of foibles of the Straight Edge philosophy- that it wasn't so complete, it's just a basic map. Within that map, you have to sort of refine it if you want to escape some of the other illusions that life presents.
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