“Sectarian Violence is five hardcore punks that come from
three different countries. Through touring, arranging shows and doing fanzines we
got to know each other and came to realize that we wanted to do a band together.
A band that would throw hardcore and straight edge into a social and political
context.”
They will come to Cluj in April,so we decided to catch up
with them and have a glimpse in how they see the scene and the world. Here’s
what Staffan had to say:
1. The first thing that stands out about
Sectarian Violence is that you guys are from 3 different countries, 2 different
continents even. How does that work and
how did the band start?
My Swedish band Stay Hungry went
on tour with Never Again during the spring of 2010. We were worried that the
Brits would consider us to be total idiots, and it turned out the they had
concerns about the same thing on their end. In other words: we fit very well
together and had a lot of fun. For the Edge day show in Gothenburg later that
year, I booked what came to be the second to last Never Again show, as well as
Coke Bust, who were on tour in Europe at the time. We had a lot of fun,
including sumo wrestling suits and Americans breaking stage floors and drums,
adding to the trail of destruction that follow their countrymen across the
world. Somehow, the idea about a new band was born there, which probably had
some to do with the fact that Never Again was breaking up. The plans were
perfected over Internet and that’s basically it. The band works mostly online
in that sense. To rehearse and record, I head over to the UK. It might seem
impractical, but it depends on what you compare with. It is not much more
expensive and doesn’t take much longer time than when I rehearse with Stay
Hungry, which is a four hour bus drive away from Gothenburg, where I live. Nick
can obviously not fly over the Atlantic Ocean just to rehearse though. It’s not
perfect conditions but it is what it is. This set-up has other pros.
