Sabtu, 08 Oktober 2011

INTERVIEW WITH DISSENT

Here another interview that i do almost a year ago for my zine, along with DeadxAlley. if you ask me why i interest with this band? the answer is simple = they're fukkin brutal!!!!!,their latest EP with Hellbastard prove it,i found this band when i searching for Dissect [ also a great band from Finland],but the result make me meet Dissent with their Strength Trough Chaos EP,this album always blasting in my cell-phone[ yeah fukkk,i don't have record player] when i ride my motorcycle, and thanx to essa from Zudas Krust who kind enough to give me Strengh Trough Chaos EP, OK enuff said here's the interview, if you curious about this band,you know what to do [you read blog isn't it, so you can us a monster called google right ?]
 
1. Dissent is a common word in English, even Misery Index have an album with this title,and I found lot of bands use this as their name, why you use it? And have you ever get blind date with that name, maybe from people who think you’re another dis-clone band ?
 
We actually ran into this name when we were young and did not realize that a lot of bands had taken this name at the time. We wanted to keep the anarcho-punk ideas alive in our band when we formed so we picked DISSENT as a way to convey our anti-authoritarian stance. I’m sure people think we might be a d-beat band, nevertheless since Ben joined the band, we were more just straight Crust.
 
2. Strength trough chaos is your first ep right ? how come you can make a devastating metallic crust like that, eating grenades? And I think it’s quite different with By any means necessary, or you have another view, tell us about it ?


Strength Through Chaos is an EP release that got put out on CD. The original idea was to have less songs, and have it released on a 7inch. Vinyl will be coming out this year (2010). We also had a Martyr of the Apocalypse EP on tape that we released in 2009 also. To us, we see it as a heavier, more put together and metallic version of By Any Means… but pretty much going with the same ideas for the music, just more of a developed sound.
 
3. i don't know how it's happen but i heard your ep along with Stagnation ep and Contagium ep, and all of them play in one territory which is metal punk or stenchcore, is it a sign that stenchcore will take the throne from dark heavy his tragedy is rise neo crust , and do you know the bands that i mentioned above ?
 
Yes, I’d definitely say that crust lately is heading towards the heaviness, and more metallic in its nature. We played with Stagnation when they came to Texas with Sanctum. That 7inch they released is fucking killer. We really like the scandi-deathmetally sounding Crust!
 
4. Do you believe in martial arts like kung fu or tae kwon do, coz every time I watch it, the story basicly same, the master must pass lot of exams and chaos to make them strong, see!? there’s a relationship with the title of your ep, or maybe you believe in another philosophy, anarchy maybe ?
 
Strength Through Chaos is referring to what we will have to endure through the tough times to come, and that we will have strength from reigning chaos on the establishment. It’s more to do with the anarchist message than anything else. But you can also interpret it in the sense that as a person in society, you must struggle through the chaotic and unjust world that capitalism forces us to live in.
 
5. Houston is your hometown right? As a victim of Hollywood brainwashed movie, this sentence nailed in my head “ Houston, we get a problem”, so how the scene in Houston, is it kick ass with lot of problem?,coz I only know Pretty Little Flower , thanks god I only know them, coz if I know everything, government will ask me for help?
 
All the band except me are native Houstonians, or from the outer suburbs. I was born in the UK but I grew up in Argentina, coming to Houston in 2004. DISSENT started in 2005. PLF was the first GCHC (gulf coast hard core) band I remember seeing. We have a really close knit community of DIY punk/metal here in Houston. With a great range of ripping bands. Just to name a few that came out of our scene; PLF, Insect Warfare, 50/50, El Desmadre, now us and War-Master.
 
6. Dismember and legion of Swedish metalheads give perfect image of metalheads with long hair and beard, and that’s my impression when I heard your ep, ah old metalhead long haired up the devil horn, but no!! you’re so young at last for my 30age and have no beard,make me shame, coz I still love steelheart, any story why you decide to play this style rather that lame ass nu metal jock, and do you think newer generation of this style will get the same place like the ancestor, coz many old bands from this genre reunion and play gain, like deviated instinct etc, for you is it a competition or anything else ?
 
Haha, yeah, two of us can grow real beards, but we are lacking the big grizzly beards that you mention from Dismember. We are all in our early twenties, but we’ve been together for 5 years already. We hope that crust doesn’t turn into jock metalcore, that would fucking suck!
 
7. I just read a story of Indonesian collegian who study in US, she ask why the people who love on party and free sex can be a superpower nation than we Indonesia, I will save the answer of the Indonesian in my crusty vest, I want you to answer it, and do you think US is the best country in the world? Coz just like in HC/Punk , bands from your country always get more attention that anyone else, except for the exotic value, reviewer will write the best part of this release is they came from Timbuktu is something common isn't it?
 
We do not think that the U.S. is the best country in the world… The U.S. probably gains more attention because it is the superpower and has control of a lot of the media propagated throughout the world. Also we probably have more technology and more faster means of communication maybe? But I do think it is unfair that the U.S. gets more attention than a lot of other scenes. Maybe it’s because of the long history of hardcore punk and metal here too.
 
8. Record release always connected with packaging, how far you care about packaging of your record, coz maybe in the past there's no purpose to make limited edition, but now with yellow splatterblood glow in the dark color vinyl, is it just like e-bay auction minded? and why you release tape instead of vinnyl? i really appreciate it coz the proper format in here is tape.
 
We don’t give a fuck about centering releases for Ebay auctions… We did a tape because our label didn’t end up putting it out, so we chose to do it by ourselves. We care a lot about our packaging, we want good imagery conveying the ideas in our songs and the more brutal, the better.
 
9. Obama cancelled his tour to Indonesia, so maybe you can replace him, coz i prefer you make nightmare in here than legion of secret service, you know the issue behind his reason to canceled his tour , coz i only hear that something about michael moore movies behind this, health insurance? and how you deal with this issue, do you have health insurance ?
 
We don’t know about why Obama cancelled, maybe something to do with the diplomatic relations with other super-power China. Most people we know either don’t have health insurance, or they are covered by one of their parent’s jobs. But it is very expensive here and many people do not have it. 
 
10. In USA youth gone wild with guns, and shot their friends, currently a 3 years old child in Indonesia, smokes a pack of cigarrete a day and appears on television, so do you believe with something that written on PE sites? if we have a children we have a future, do you have children ? and how will you teach them ? sing hellbastard song
 
That’s disturbing, to hear that a 3 yr old is smoking like that… I believe that if you have kids, raise them to think for themselves and guide them to becoming part of the resistance against the status quo.
 
11. And yeah i heard your ep from file sharing, i don't know if you will blame coz i didn't buy your album, but it's something that hard to afford, coz buy an album with postage rate will eat my quarter of salary, and even i download from internet i use computer in my office and steal the connection, so how your opinion about file sharing, and have you ever think that you will get interview from punk in indonesia due to file sharing ?
 
We don’t have a problem with file sharing as long as people buy vinyl and tapes to keep supporting DIY scenes. Our scenes are based on bands that need to get their releases out, but we understand that downloading plays an important role in DIY today. We download music but we also buy vinyl of the bands we like, it’s better sounding on record too! Keep DIY alive.
 
12. Do you love comic or artwork, coz almost every HC/punk band related to this thing, on their record cover, sleeve and merch, for us in here US is identical with Superheroes, and superman save my childhood from being kids with no imagination coz old regime control the media , and it's hard to get something fun and interesting on the past, but Superman comic who always come as a bonus from one of soap product change it, that 's my real introduction to something interesting to read, so how about you guys ? any of you who love comic from DC or Marvel and their connectivity with Hollywood and their Propaganda on their movies, even the movies adapted from Comic
 
We love comic books and fantasy stories like Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. I grew up reading and watching Batman. That is why we have an element of that type of fantasy in our artwork, the anti-hero zombie punk with the bandana and eagle wings that slaughters police.
 
13. Your lyrics seems dark and not optimistic, and it's match with your musick, do you have a purpose to make soundtrack for armaggedon and what do you expect from people when they hear your songs? become party animal ?
 
Some lyrics are dark and not optimistic, but some definitely are optimistic; about having a chance to wreak vengeance upon those who are in power and cause injustice throughout the world. We have songs that talk about finally revolting and creating communities of our own, autonomous from capitalism. When the apocalypse comes, maybe that will be our time to rise up.
 
14. Do you love Zombie, coz when i read your lyrics i feel that you told us about world in the future that will full of zombie after nuclear bombs explode ?
 
We love zombies! Haha.. There is somewhat of a story line to our band. The character you always see on our artwork is a fallen hero, with newly acquired superpowers. He came back from the dead to wreak havoc on those who did him injustice; the police, the ruling elite, the government, etc.
 
15. What's the hottest issue in your country now, i just want a view from US people , coz we always keen to know about Amerikka, cos maybe US is the center of the universe, even Obama's childhood in Indonesia is become a comodity in here, even there's an add in TV use people who has a face like obama as their talent ?
 
My apartment doesn’t own a television with cable. So I am slightly disconnected from mainstream media. But last thing I heard, people were talking about the healthcare bill. Oh, and in Texas the Board of Education just changed their curriculum to be very right-wing leaning. They took out of the educational curriculum a lot of historical people that were in Civil Rights and they defend McCarthyism (the guy who persecuted “Communists” in the Red Scare of 50’s, 60’s).
 
16. Oil and war in gulf coast right, petro dollars war, i don't want to ask you about US troops and taliban, but how we depend to much to oil, and another fossl product, from cook to tour even we call it gas money , so as punk who think that must enviromental friendly, what's the thing that you do to decrease our dependency to oil, coz if bussines not good oil company will fall and maybe war will stop, have you ever tour with van fueled with garbage ?
 
Unfortunately I think there is a reason why other alternatives for fuel have Not been widely adopted. Those in power do not want new cleaner fuel because they will lose billions of dollars in their oil corporations. So we are forced to have to live in a society that’s based on petroleum. We do have to rely on gas money. We have never toured fueled on garbage. Maybe one day we will come across a van that’s ran on vegetable oil. But those are extremely hard to come by, not common at all, at least here in Texas.
 
17. Any chance for us in here so see you devastating stage in south east Asia? and anything to end this interview?
 
We would love to come rage in South East Asia. We have no real plans to go over there anytime soon honestly. We don’t have money for the flight tickets. But maybe at some point in the future, we will hit you guys up. We hear and see great things from that area, and aspire to one day go there. Our friends from DIE YOUNGtx went there I believe and said it was amazing. Who knows where the future will take us though. Our last comments are; thank you for doing this and we hope we will be able to get out there at some point in the future. Cheers!



this is the link for their Strength Trough Chaos EP


http://www.mediafire.com/?hwmxz5ccizn#2

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