som nesmierne rád že ako prvý môžem hodiť rozhovor ktorý som spravil s kapelou GORGONIZED DORKS z Kalifornie. nehrajú normalny grind, hrajú to čo ich baví a neboja sa toho! preto kapela znie veľmi originalne a navyše sú to skvelí ľudia s dušou zapalenou len pre underground! tu mate rozhovor v pôvodnej anglickej verzií. ak nebudete rozumieť, čitajte so slovnikom heheSome of our readers don't know GD. can you introduce GD?WELL, WE'RE JUST A PAIR OF REALLY PROLIFIC AND ALWAYS CURIOUS NOISEMAKERS, BEN AND I (KATZ). WE DON'T CARE TO PLAY BY THE STANDARD RULES AND GO ABOUT DOING THINGS IN OUR OWN WAYS TO PRIMARILY SATISFY OUR OWN SELF-ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
GORGONIZED DORKS WAS SOMETHING BEN HAD WANTED TO DO FOR A LONG TIME, SINCE HIS PREVIOUS BANDS PRETTY MUCH DIDN'T GO THE WAY HE HAD PLEASED.
WE FIRST GOT TOGETHER BACK IN 25-01-05 JUST TO MAKE SOME BASIC NOISECORE AND GRIND THRASH, AND THINGS QUICKLY TOOK OFF FROM THERE.
I saw on some live photos that you are using non-typical instruments for the genere that youre playing (keyboards for ex). Do you think it sounds better or you just love to experiment?YES. WE LEAN MORE TOWARD EXPERIMENTATION IN SOUNDS. IT'S PRETTY EASY TO DO NOISECORE, AND EVEN MORE EASY TO DO MEDIOCRE NOISECORE. WE WANTED TO PUSH THE BOUNDRIES TO WHAT WAS POSSIBLE, SO WE HAVE INCORPORATED INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS KEYBOARDS, THEREMINS, OSCILLATORS, TAPE SAMPLES, ELECTRONIC EFFECTS AND OTHER STUFF...
GD has a huge discography, mostly splits, and all with well known bands like Agathocles or Godstomper. How have you happened to get those collaborations? Have you met with some of the bands personally?
IT IS PRIMARILY FROM MANY YEARS OF CONTINUOUS CORRESPONDENCE. BOTH BEN AND I HAVE PERSONALLY KNOWN MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF THESE BANDS GOING BACK TO THEIR EARLIEST DAYS.
THERE ARE SOME OF THESE PEOPLE I'VE KNOWN FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS! IT'S THE PAYOFF WE'VE GAINED FROM ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE TO KEEP A GOOD RELATIONSHIP GOING WITH MANY OF THESE BANDS. COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT. YES, WE HAVE MET FACE TO FACE WITH SOME OF THEM IN THE PAST. WE HOPE TO MEET THOSE WE'VE YET TO MEET ONE DAY, TOO.
Which split album is your favorite?TOO NUMEROUS TO CHOOSE, REALLY... I KNOW THAT BEN REALLY DIGS OUR SPLIT 7" WITH XANAX FEAST. HE RAVES ABOUT THAT ONE TO THIS DAY. FOR ME, THEY ALL MEAN ALOT TO ME, REALLY... I'M JUST EXCITED THAT A DECENT NUMBER OF PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR OUR STUFF.
Like I said, you've got a very different style and I think it's awesome, so what are your main influences?TOO MANY INFLUENCES... IF WE HEAR SOMETHING COOL, THEN WE WOULD TRY TO INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR SOUND. WE HAVE MANY DIVERSE INFLUENCES THAT GO INTO THE CACOPHONY THAT WE CREATE... RANGING FROM: CLASSIC GRINDCORE, NOISECORE, HARDCORE PUNK THRASH, EXTREME DEATH/BLACK METAL, KRAUTROCK, GOTHIC/DEATHROCK, HARSH NOISE, JAZZ/BLUES, DOOM/SLUDGE, GORE, ANARCHO/POLITICO, AMBIENT, ETC...
BANDS AND ARTISTS WHOM HAVE INFLUENCED US WOULD SPAN MILES...
Do you plan to do a tour of Europe someday? Have you ever played there?NO. WE HAVE YET TO PLAY IN EUROPE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY TALKING ABOUT DOING A SMALL TOUR OF EUROPE IN 2011. WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO COME EARLIER, BUT WE'RE HAMPERED BY MANY PERSONAL COMMITMENTS AT THIS TIME.
HOPEFULLY, BY THE TIME 2011 ROLLS AROUND, WE WILL BE MORE BETTER KNOWN, AND HAVE MORE RELEASES UNDER OUR BELT, TOO.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TOUR, I WOULD ALSO PERSONALLY LIKE TO TRAVEL AROUND EUROPE A BIT ON MY OWN, BUT DO IT ON A ZERO BUDGET WHERE I WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY OVERNIGHT AT SQUATS, YOUTH CENTRES, PARKS, BUSHES, BRIDGES, LIVING ROOM FLOORS, ETC... MAYBE DO SOME SOLO NOISE PERFORMANCES (my noise project HUMANEXTERMINATION PROJECT that I've been doing since 1994) IF I GET THE CHANCE.
What do you plan for the future?OBVIOUSLY, OUR TENTATIVE 2011 EUROPEAN TOUR! OTHER THAN THAT, WE PLAN FOR MORE RELEASES, MORE EXPERIMENTATIONS, MORE DIVERSIFICATION, ETC...
Do you also have some other activities in the UG scene?WELL, BOTH BEN AND I COLLECT VINYL RECORDS. WE EACH HAVE MANY THOUSANDS IN OUR COLLECTIONS! WE JUST LOVE THIS FORMAT, THOUGH WE DON'T GET TOO FANATICAL ABOUT IT AS MANY COLLECTOR WONKS WOULD GET. IF WE HAVE SOME RARITY, THAT'S FINE... IF NOT, THEN WE DON'T CRY ABOUT IT. LOL
I ALSO DO TRADES OF RARE PUNK VINYL RECORDS, AS WELL... IT'S BEEN HARDER THESE DAYS TO TRADE, AS ALOT OF NEWER KIDS GETTING INTO COLLECTING DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING WORTH TRADING FOR AS I'VE GOT SOME KBD (aka "Killed By Death" = super rare) CALIBRE ITEMS IN MY TRADE STOCK.
I USED TO BE A CLUB DJ SOME YEARS BACK, WHERE I SPUN VINYL RECORDS AND CD'S AT DANCE CLUBS. I DID NIGHTS WHERE THE THEME WAS GOTHIC/DEATHROCK; ONE WHERE IT WAS OLD SCHOOL/BRITPUNK; AND A NIGHT THAT WAS 80'S/NEW WAVE. IT'S BEEN AWHILE SINCE I DID A DJ GIG, THOUGH... WHICH WAS THE TIME I SPUN AT A BIG GOTHIC FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK CITY (Drop Dead Festival) IN THE SUMMER OF 2006. ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO SPIN FOR LIKE 45 MINUTES, IT QUICKLY TURNED INTO TWO AND A HALF HOURS STRAIGHT, TO THE CROWD'S DELIGHT... THEY WANTED ME TO SPIN FOR ANOTHER HOUR, BUT I WAS JUST TOO TIRED... LOL
NEITHER BEN NOR I RARELY EVER GO OUT TO ANY LOCAL PUNK/GRIND SHOWS ANYMORE AS WE'RE NOT TOO INTO THE WHOLE "POPULARITY CONTEST" ASPECT OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE THESE DAYS. WE CARE MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC, NOT BECAUSE IT'S THE "COOL THING TO DO". WE'RE NOT "SCENE-DU-JOUR" TYPES, AS WE'RE INTO THIS MUSIC SERIOUSLY, FOR LIFE. ME, I PREFER GOING OUT TO IDM/EBM (aka industrial dance) AND GOTHIC CLUBS AND GO DANCING ONCE A WEEK... AT LEAST IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR MY CARDIOVASCULAR WORKOUT, TOO.
You're from USA. What is your opinion of your new president? Do you think it's really a new hope for better world? Europeans are quite skeptical and mostly they dont care. What's your opinion?
I DON'T THINK HIS POLICIES HAVE MUCH AFFECT ON THE WORLD, BUT THE ONLY THING THAT HE HAS SO FAR ACCOMPLISHED IS THAT THE NATION'S MORALE HAS RISEN, ESPECIALLY AFTER EIGHT HORRID YEARS OF THE BUSH REGIME MAKING THINGS WORSE AND DANGEROUS. HOPEFULLY, HE WILL USE THAT LOGICAL BRAIN HE HAS IN HIS HEAD AND AT LEAST HAVE A CONCEPT OF CONSEQUENCES TO ALL ACTIONS. THE RIGHT-WING TOTALLY LACK THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONSEQUENCES TO THEIR ACTIONS. THUS, ANYTHING THEY DO JUST CREATES MORE AND BIGGER PROBLEMS DOWN THE LINE, WHICH WILL BE DEALT WITH IN MORE SHORT-SIGHTED SOLUTIONS THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY FAIL BADLY.
IT'S NOT EVEN OBAMA'S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE, SO IT'S STILL TOO EARLY TO JUDGE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIS PRESIDENCY. WE JUST HOPE THAT HE WOULD FIX WHAT BUSH HAD WROUGHT. I DOUBT THAT HE COULD GET ALL THE FIXES THAT HE WOULD LIKE, AS HE STILL HAS TO CONTEND WITH A RIGHT-WING BUREAUCRACY THAT IS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT IN THE USA.
ONLY TIME WILL TELL...
Did the financial crisis harmed the UG scene in USA? (I mean I heard that many people are now living in autocamps etc.. Are the clubs, bands or labels harmed by the FC)THE UNDERGROUND IS A RATHER RESILIANT THING. IT'S DUE TO THE INDEPENDENT NATURE OF THE UNDERGROUND, WHERE IT TRIES TO NOT RELY SO MUCH ON THE TRADITIONAL OUTLETS OF PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF MUSIC WHICH GIVES IT IT'S STRENGTHS. THE FINANCIAL DOWNTURN HAS AFFECTED MANY, WHERE JOBS, HOMES AND MONEY ARE LONG GONE... BUT, FOR THOSE IN THE UNDERGROUND MANY MANAGE DESPITE THE HARDSHIPS AND KEEP TRUDGING FORTH IN THEIR EFFORTS TO KEEP THINGS GOING, EVEN AT GREAT SACRIFICE. WHEN ONE DOES THINGS DIY, YOU CAN CONTROL COSTS TO WHERE THEY ARE MANAGEABLE. THAT'S A GOOD THING.
YEAH, MANY LABELS ARE SOMEWHAT HURTING, AS SALES ARE SLUGGISH, AND THEY LACK THE FUNDS TO INVEST IN NEW RELEASES. BUT, MANY SCRAPE UP WHAT THEY CAN ON THEIR OWN TO PUT OUT STUFF, AND TRADE THEM AROUND... IT'S ALL NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATION. THE INTERNET HELPS MAKE THIS NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE MUCH MORE OF A VIABLE AND THRIVING THING.
I thank you for the interview. You got the last word.
THE VENERABLE AND ORIGINAL PUNK ROCK CREEDO, "ANYONE CAN DO IT"... SO, DO IT!
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