Hello Pavlos my friend, thanks for asking. Everytime it should be better, but also worse, hmm?
2. You have just released a very good split 7’’ with Kursk. Give me some info about it.
Well, it was out in august 2008 in a contribution of three labels: Halo of flies (USA), Amertume (Fra) and Rimbaud Records (Ireland). We talked about this split EP with Kursk a long time ago, but both bands has own priorities, lots of upcoming releases and at not least we found a label which wasn..t able to do it – so finally it..s out thanks to that three labels mentioned above in press of 1 000 copies (including 100 pcs of green color vinyl). We have there 6 new songs, I think our best to this date. Kursk from Canada are killer, psycho grindcore with influence from dark hc like Neurosis. Brad (ex drummer) from Head hits concrete play there. EP is still available, so get in touch in a case of interest.
3. I am following your course for about ten years now and i have noticed that you tend to be pure D.I.Y.. Why have you chosen to follow that path?
Why? That..s simple, we started to be a part of this DIY scene 10 years ago and there..s no reason why to leave. This way is still the best one for us, it..s simply sense of our life, the network of friends with similar views, attitude all around the world who keep the diy scene alive and that..s great!
After ten years of existence some bands around us dreams about release on major label who manage a tour for them, ensure a lots of fans, earn money for them etc. Fuck them! We still play gigs just for a gas, some veg.food. and sometimes don..t get even this! I respect all active people in today..s scene who organize gigs, play in bands, go on hc gigs, support local underground scene, support animal rights, don..t share that shitty manners of today..s modern society – just put their free time to some activities which are unprofit and they deserve our support and huge neverending respect.
4. I also know that you one of the organizers of Play Fast Or Don’t, one of the biggest D.I.Y. festivals. Tell me some things about the criteria that a band has to have in order to a part of the line up.
Yes, right i am directly „father“ of this fest. There were 5 parts of Play fast so far and now we have to find a new place because the old one was closed. Just now we are thinking about attitude of festival – last year we had fuckin.. great line up, many people came and there is a question: if we want to continue in the way like this, fest will be bigger and bigger, more well known. Or do it just in „smaller“ way, a few bands and schedule just for one day and for smaller audience. We..ll see. But for sure it is and it will be still DIY festival with DIY bands for all kinds of extreme hardcore. No place for gore/porno grind/death bands or modern metal/core bands.
That..s hard to talk about criteria, I am tired to answer to all of bands which asked me for playing on Play fast. I am really really sorry but fest is not for 300 bands, we cannot say „yes“ to everybody. I spent lots of my time during a year to arrange and fix many issues for festival, so we want to have in the line up bands which we really like!! If you see a line up from last parts, you can see a bands like Unholy Grave, Agathocles, Warcollapse, Hellnation, etc. We want to put together awesome show with basic bands of today..s diy extreme hc plus young unknown bands from czech and from everywhere in DIY way.
Always general criteria is just to play fast haha!!
5. Describe the situation concerning the D.I.Y. lives in the Czech Republic. Do people support the scene?
Yes, situation is quite cool since few last years. Lots of people on shows, new fanzine..s, enough people runs distributions/labels, many shows, lots of new bands, old bands better and better! Maybe I miss more politic-social-eco activities like in ..90, but DIY scene is still here alive and stronger than before!
6. Please, give me some info about your releases so far.
Ok mate, here it is:
First demo tape Cleaning waste.. 98
split tape Lycanthrophy/Dickless tracy
split cass Lycanthrophy/Neni uniku
split CD Lycanthrophy/Human error
split ep Lycanthrophy/Nesoucast stroje
split ep Lycanthrophy/Malignant tumour
split ep Lycanthrophy/Gride
split LP/CD Lycanthrophy/Saywhy?
comp. 4 way Ep Sekec mazec
4 way LP Lycanthrophy/From the ashes/Joe pesci/After the last sky
Split ep Lycanthrophy/Kursk
Plus lots of split tapes,Cdr..s released in Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan, Europe etc.and songs on various compilations released around the world. Thanks to the all labels who helped us to spread our music/attitude around the world.
7. As in every country so in yours there are different opinions about the grind core scene. What i mean is that i want you to tell me if the scene there is separated to those who choose the commercialism and to those who stay D.I.Y..
Ehh, I don..t care about czech grind core scene. As you said it..s different opinions from various sides, I spent lots of time in discussing with guys who think that they are grindcore gods and i don..t want to be a part of czech so called grind scene.There..s NO grindcore scene anyway.
There are maybe two or three pure diy grindcore bands which are part of hardcore/crust scene and the rest grind bands are part of metal scene, releasing just CD..s, share a stage with metal stars, play on big festivals along with SHITS like Mayhem....as I said i don..t care.
I listen to Insect Warfare stuff and smoke hash, you know :-)
8. Last summer you toured for the first time in Europe. You also played in Greece. What do you have to say about the two performances here? What are your memories?
No, we toured in Italy/Slovenia along with Mass genocide process (czech crustcore) in 2006, in 2007 we were on summer fast tour 07 with Saywhy? (Ger, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain) and the tour you mentioned was the second one with bastards from Saywhy?. Yes, we played in Greece for the first time, as well in Macedonia. Greece is very nice country, but in July there is very hot weather hahahaha. Gig in Kavala was not so good, but everything in Thessaloniki was excellent. I would like to say thanks to all who helped with gigs, gave us food, place to stay, talked with us, cheers to great bands which shared a stage with us and everybody who helped us in any way etc.Special thanks to you for all, it..s too many to mention, you know :-)
9. What are the future plans of Lycanthrophy?
Well, we have lot of plans but it depends on lots of factors like vacations in a work, health of our singer Zdisha, she is very often ill and we have to cancel gigs often etc. We would like to go on European tour as usual in summer, make some short „three gigs“ weekends in Holland, Slovakia, UK and Germany. We have some other offers on touring along with Magrudergrind from USA and there is also possibility on touring USA, we..ll see what..s happend.
Also lots of upcoming records in a plan, next week we..ll record 5 new songs for split EP with Polish grind core maniacs SUFFERING MINDS and the split will be out on Bullshit Propaganda Records (USA) in January 2009. Afterwards we will have a break with playing gigs and practise new stuff for s/t EP on Rescued from Life Records (USA), 3 way split CD (Blast rec. Australia)etc.
10. I would like to thank you for the interview. Say whatever you want for the end.
Pavlos, thanks for all and for friendship. Thanks for all to all people in Greece! If you want whatever from us just ask us. Support DIY scene as you can, keep this network of friends alive. Cheeers
Ondra/Lycanthrophy
www. myspace. com/lycanthrophy
fastcore@centrum.cz
most of releases through Insane Society (www. insanesociety. net)
(Interview done at 13/11/2008).
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