INTERVIEW: ASBESTOS IN OSBESTRICS

They play fast thraschcore and this is their first interview. Unfortunately, in the meantime they split up, but Peter was kind enough to answer a few questions....Here it goes!

 

1. So. This is your first interview ever! First off, please introduce yourselves – tell us something about A.I.O. . Who came with the idea for the band? How did this all begin?

With the hype around Municipal Waste reaching its peak, Hans decided to start a band with a similar style. since we all live in the same town and are all making music for a long time we knew each other from different occasions and founded the band.

2. What’s with the name?

The name has a bad spelling mistake. It is taken from some beavis and butthead episode. It was originally asbestos in OBSTETRICS.  But with the typo it sounds cooler and puts out the nonsense factor.

3. You played 2 shows in Cluj. What made you come back for the second show?

We played our first gig, and afterwards we partied so hard with the promoters of fabulous TBC they thought it would be cool to have us again. We had a day off so it worked. We went down to Bukarest played the show and went back without stopping. It took us 19 hours total. Thats how things have to be done: just fucking go!

 4. At the second show, you had the AWESOME opportunity to share the stage with The Business (the father of street punk, Oi! & british hc punk. lol.). How do you feel about that? Was it a memorable experience, as it was for us?

About The  Business i don't have much to say. I never liked oi! music, and the whole soccer themed crap, so it was rather boring to me. I really didn't know that this band existed until we were asked to play support.

INTERVIEW: VODKA JUNIORS

 We will start by posting the interviews we've done for the past issues... and then we will continue uploading articles, mainly by theme. (interviews, recipes, diy crafting, etc)

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They’re not your typical hardcore band. Playing for ten years they started as a hardcore punk band with some thrash and skate punk elements but now, with “Dark Poetry”, they’re experiencing with a dub / acoustic / surf rock sound. Vodka Juniors formed in Athens in 2000 and since they’ve toured Europe several times and most recently they did an exclusive Romanian tour.

1. How come you decided to make a tour only in Romania?

O&K: Paul BHCB had the idea and emailed us about it. All the capitals and big cities in Europe are very similar. The exciting part of touring abroad and not playing Athens everyday is to meet new cultures and play the strangest, smallest, most distant places. We enjoy gathering weird experiences. The only way to do this is to go somewhere and spend at least a week going up and down the country. We’ve played one off shows in other countries and its ok. But this is different because in Romania now we have a new home.

2. We all noticed that your merchandise was for free, how did you manage this?

O&K: We sell drugs. Also we work really hard during the rest of the year and instead of buying cool amps and guitars we invest all the money in making our stuff as accessible as possible to everyone trying to keep our band and money separated even if it’s really difficult. The downside is we can only tour for a couple of days per year, but on the good side these days are usually an emotional bloodbath. You must come to see… and ask for drugs.