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Interview with SCURVY for Braindead Webzine (September 2003)
by Billy Nocera (Razorback)

 

Johan, thanks for doing this interview! Tell us how SCURVY first started. What was the original idea for the band? Who are all the members? I know you told me you lost your drummer, so who will play drums on the future material?

CHEERS BILLY, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS INTIE!!
WELL, WE STARTED IN SUMMER ´98, ALL OF US (INCLUDING A MEMBER WHICH LATER LEFT, AND EXC
LUDING A DRUMMER WHICH RECENTLY LEFT) WERE INVOLVED IN THE HEAVY METAL/THRASH BAND "GALLOW", AND WE JUST FIGURED IT WOULD BE COOL TO PLAY SOMETHING MORE EXTREME. AFTER A YEAR OR SO PLAYING SOME COVERS (SODOM, SLAYER ETC) WE FOUND OURSELVES HAVING A FEW TUNES OF OUR OWN WHICH HAD SLOOOOOOWLY CREEPED OUT OF OUR DISTURBED MINDS. THEY ENDED UP ON THE "DEMO 2000" AND THE STYLE WAS CRAZY DEATH/GRIND. ALL THE MEMBERS?? WELL, RIGHT NOW IT´S ONLY ME (JOHAN, GUITARS AND VOCALS) AND FREDRIK, BASS/VOCALS. AND WHO ARE WE THEN? HMM, I MYSELF AM A SLIGHTLY MUSIC ADDICTED METALPUNK, WHO FIND THE BIGGEST JOY IN LIFE IN FRONT OF MY RECORD CRATES WITH A GOOD FRIEND AND A GOOD WHISKY/BEER IN MY HAND. I´M 23 YEARS OLD, AND HAS A CRAPPY JOB AS EVERYONE ELSE, AND I´D SAY THE LAST 10 YEARS OF MY LIFE HAS MOSTLY CONSISTED OF LISTENING, PLAYING AND COLLECTING EXTREME MUSIC. I´D SAY FREDRIK IS DESCRIBED PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY IN THE SAME WAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT HE´S 27 YEARS, AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE MUSICADDICTION (OR MAYBE THE OTHER WAY AROUND?) HAS AN EQUALLY BIG OR PROBABLY EVEN BIGGER MANIA FOR MOVIES. I´D PROBABLY SAY ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT MOVIES, BUT MAYBE FIRST AND FOREMOST B-MOVIES (OF ALL KINDS) , HORROR, CHARLES BRONSON, SPLATTER, SWEDISH 70´S MOVIES, FOREIGN 70´S MOVIES, OLD PORN, NEW PORN, GAY PORN, GG ALLIN, BLACKSPLOITATION, SEXPLOITATION, KJELL BERGQVIST, TROMA, AND PROBABLY AT LEAST 50 MORE BIZARRE SUBGENRES IS HIS BIGGEST FASCINATION. I ALSO LIKE MOST OF THIS STUFF, BUT NOT WITH CLOSE TO THE SAME FASCINATION. YEAH MAN, WE LOST OUR DRUMMER NOW, (WHO´S STILL A GOOD FRIEND BY THE WAY, THIS WAS JUST FOR THE BEST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED) AND OUR MAIN GOAL IS THAT FREDRIK IS GONNA TAKE HIS PLACE. HE USED TO BE THE DRUMMER IN OUR FORMER BAND, AND EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS NOT CLOSE TO AS FAST AS SCURVY, I DON´T DOUBT THAT HE CAN BE A PERFECT DRUMMER FOR US WITH SOME PRACTISING. OUR MAIN MATTER RIGHT NOW IS TO FIND HIS OLD DRUMKIT WHICH WAS STOLEN RECENTLY, OR FINDING A NEW ONE SO HE CAN START PRACTISING UP HIS SKILLS. WE HAVE AN IDEA OF RELEASING A TAPE WITH MOSTLY COVER SONGS (POSSIBLY ONE NEW SONGS ALSO) IN THE MEANTIME WHILE HE´S WORKING UP HIS SKILLS FOR NEXT REAL RECORDING. THIS
TAPE WOULD PROBABLY INCLUDE COVERS BY SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE BANDS WHICH DOESN´T NECESSARILY PLAY FASTER THAN HELL YOU KNOW? LIKE PUNGENT STENCH, IMPETIGO, CARNIVORE, MOB 47, MACABRE, ANTICIMEX, GG ALLIN AND SURELY LOT MORE. SINCE I MYSELF DON´T FIND "COVER RELEASES" THAT INTERESTING REALLY, WE´LL JUST RECORD THIS FOR OUR OWN PLEASURE, AND MAYBE DO A SMALL RUN OF
TAPES TO SELL VERY CHEAP IF SOMEONES INTERESTED IN IT. ANYWAY, IF IT DOESN´T WORK OUT WITH HIM I´M SURE WE COULD FIND AT LEAST A SESSION DRUMMER TO HELP US OUT WITH A FEW RECORDINGS. SHOULDN´T BE A BIG PROBLEM. AND IF IT DOES WORK OUT, I HOPE WE CAN COMPLETE THE LINE-UP WITH A BASSIST, HOPEFULLY SECOND GUITARIST, AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER VOCALIST. THIS WOULD BE KILLER SO WE CAN START PLAYING LIVE AGAIN, WHICH REALLY IS THE THING I ENJOY THE MOST.
HA, HOW WAS THAT FOR A DETAILED ANSWER?

Your first release was a demo tape, which I thought was totally cool because not many bands do actual demo TAPES anymore. What was the response towardsthe demo? How many copies did you circulate? Tell us why you decided to do an old-style demo instead of just making a CDR or pro-CD?

YES BLOODY HELL, DEMOTAPES RULE, AND FUCKIN SO CALLED CD-R-"DEMOS" ARE THE MOST STUPID, UGLY LOOKING AND IRRITATING PIECE OF CRAP EVER. THE THING I REALLY HATE MOST ABOUT THESE FUCKERS, ARE SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE ARE SELLING THEM AT CONCERTS AND SHIT, AND ASKS FOR 5-6 DOLLARS FOR IT, WITH THE MOTIVATION "HEY MAN, IT´S ON CD!" THE USUAL DEMOPRICE HERE IS LIKE 2-3 BUCKS, AND A BLOODY CD´R COST LIKE HALF AS MUCH AS A TAPE TO PRODUCE, SO WHY SELL IT MORE EXPENSIVE? CAUSE IT´S UGLIER? I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT. SURE, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SOME PEOPLE TODAY, WANT TO PRODUCE THEIR FIRST RECORDINGS WITH AN OPTIMAL SOUND QUALITY, AND TO AS LOW COSTS AS POSSIBLE, AND SURE, I TOTALLY RESPECT THAT, BUT SELL IT CHEAP THEN DAMNIT. AND JUST BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WANNA DO IT ON CD-R, DOESN´T MEAN I LIKE IT OR EVEN AGREE. I STILL THINK A DEMO TAPE LOOKS MUCH BETTER, AND IT ALSO GET´S ME MORE INTERESTED IN HEARING IT, SINCE I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT THE GUYS BEHIND IT SHARES MY OPINIONS ABOUT MUSIC STYLES. ALSO, I TEND NOT TO LISTEN TO CD-R´S SINCE I ALWAYS HAVE A MILLION REAL CD´S LYING AROUND, WHICH ARE MORE INTERESTING TO LISTEN TO. IF IT´S A TAPE I CAN ALWAYS PUT IT INTO MY WALKMAN AND LISTEN TO AT WORK.WELL, I KEEP BLADDERING ON ABOUT THIS, BUT IT´S A THING WHICH ALWAYS GET´S ME UPSET. THE ONLY GUY I KNOW WHO PREFERS CD-R´S TO ALL OTHER FORMATS IS DR. CARLSSON OF GENERAL SURGERY. BUT HE´S SICK. ANYWAY, SHORTLY ABOUT THE SCURVY DEMO. WE DID A TAPE, CAUSE WE WANTED TO, AND IT HAS BEEN SPREAD IN OVER 2000 COPIES NOW, 3 1/2 YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE. WE PRINTED 2000 COPIES OURSELVES, (WHICH ARE ALL GONE EXCEPT FOR MAYBE 20 WHICH I HAVE LYING AROUND HERE) AND ALSO WITCHHAMMER PROD. (THAILAND) PRINTED A THAI-VERSION OF IT IN AT LEAST 100 COPIES (DON´T KNOW THE EXACT FIGURES ABOUT THIS) AND ALSO WE´VE SENT OUT LIKE 2-300 COVERS TO D.I.Y DISTRO´S, SO I´D SAY IT´S BEEN CIRCULATING QUITE WELL. WE´VE GOT MANY GOOD AND GREAT REVIEWS FROM IT, AND HAS LEAD TO A BUNCH OF RECORD DEAL OFFERS ALSO.

SCURVY plays death/grindcore with some Macabre influences(in the vocals), but still has that great and heavy death metal-guitar sound/style. Tell us some of the bands that really motivated you to start SCURVY. What's your favorite Macabre album? Do you like their new stuff?

WELL, AS WE DIDN´T REALLY DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT STYLE SCURVY WAS GONNA BE WHEN WE STARTED, (WELL WE KNEW IT WAS GONNA BE EXTREME, AND DEATH METAL FELT CLOSEST TO HEART AT THAT TIME..) WE DIDN´T REALLY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC BAND THAT MOTIVATED US, BUT AS SOON AS WE FOUND OURSELVES HAVING AN URGE TO PLAY FAST (EXTREME DOESN´T ALWAYS MEAN FAST..) WE´VE BEEN WANTING TO PLAY MUSIC, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE OLD SCHOOL OF DEATH METAL AND GRINDCORE. BANDS THAT ALL OF US WORSHIP, LIKE: MACABRE, NAPALM DEATH, IMPETIGO, TERRORIZER, BRUTAL TRUTH, PUNGENT STENCH, DEAD INFECTION, CARCASS ETC. YOU KNOW WHAT I´M TALKING ABOUT. WE DEFINITELY TAKE INFLUNCE FROM OTHER BANDS AND STYLES ALSO, BUT I´D SAY THESE ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT SOURCES OF INSPIRATIONS. NO SURPRISESE THERE I GUESS, HA HA? ABOUT MY FAVOURITE MACABRE STUFF, I CAN´T REALLY DECIDE WHAT STUFF I LOVE
THE MOST, BUT I´D SAY ALL THEIR STUFF UP TO AND INCLUDING "SINISTER SLAUGHTER" IS MORE OR LESS RELIGION FOR ME (THIS GOES ALSO FOR FREDRIK AND OUR EX-DRUMMER). I LOVE THE CRAZINESS AND HARDCORE INFLUNCES ON "GRIM REALITY" AND "GLOOM" AND THE HEAVY DEATH METAL INFLUENCED SOUND ON "SINISTER SLAUGHTER" AND ALL STUFF IS GREAT IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS SO IT´S IMPOSSIBLE TO
CHOOSE. YES I ALSO LIKE THEIR NEW STUFF VERY MUCH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT I´M NOT FOND AT ALL OF THE CLEAN SOUND THEY HAVE NOWADAYS. THE MUSIC AND LYRICS IS EXCELLENT AS ALWAYS, (I HEARD THE NEW ALBUM "MURDER METAL" ALSO, GREAT!!) BUT I DON´T LIKE CLEAN AND POLISHED SOUND ON ANY KIND OF EXTREME MUSIC REALLY, AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS THE WAY THEY WANT IT THESE DAYS. I
PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND THAT THOUGH, AS THEY´RE TOP NOTCH MUSICIANS AND PROBABLY WANT

Seems like a lot of the attention on Swedish grindcore over the years has been towards bands like Nasum, Regurgitate, but lately some other rising bands have been getting some attention such as SCURVY, BIRDFLESH, and the reformed GENERAL SURGERY. Tell us about what's going on in Sweden with grindcore and extreme death metal right now. Any newer bands you'd like to recommend?

FROM SWEDEN? NOT REALLY ACTUALLY. THERE ARE SOME GREAT BANDS AROUND, PLAYING DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC, BUT I CAN´T REALLY THINK OF ANY GOOD BANDS PLAYING DEATH GRIND EXCEPT FOR THE ONES YOU MENTIONED. ACTUALLY I CAN´T REALLY THINK OF ANY NEW BANDS AT ALL IN THAT GENRE WHO I APPRECIATE. NOT NEW AT LEAST, I MEAN, BANDS LIKE MORBID SAVOURING, FROM FINLAND, AND NUCLEAR
WINTER, FROM GREECE ARE GREAT BANDS BUT NOT NEW REALLY. HALF OF THE RAZORBACK ROOSTER COULD ALSO COUNT THEMSELVES AS CURRENT FAVES, BUT NOTHING NEW THERE EITHER, AND IF IT IS NEW, IT´S ALWAYS BY OLD PEOPLE IN THE SCENE, LIKE BUTCHER ABC, MAUSOLEUM OR FUNEBRARUM, SO NO, I GUESS ALL HOPE IS GONE. HA HA..ASK ME ANOTHER DAY AND YOU´LL GET A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ANSWER PROBABLY.

By the way, you are now playing guitar in GENERAL SURGERY! Tell us how you got involved! Will you be playing on their new recordings, or just live?

HE HE, I PRACTICALLY NAGGED MYSELF IN. SO IF ANYONE ELSE WANNA JOIN, JUST GIVE THEM A HARD TIME!! HA HA. WELL, I CAME IN CONTACT WITH THEM FIRST SOMETIME AROUND THEIR FIRST RE-UNION, JUST HAVING SPORADIC E-MAIL CONTACT OR SOMETHING AND MET ON A GIG/PUB ONCE OR TWICE, AND THEN WHEN I SAW THEY WERE AROUND AGAIN, I HAD JUST CAME BACK FROM A JAPAN TRIP, WHERE I´D TALKED TO NARU/BUTCHER ABC/EX-C.S.S.O/OBLITERATION REC, ABOUT RELEASING A SPLIT OF SOME KIND FEATURING HIS NEW BAND BUTCHER ABC. HE ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY COOL SWEDISH BANDS AROUND FOR THIS SPLIT, AND I DOWNLOADED A COUPLE OF THEIR NEW SONGS FROM THE SPLIT CD WITH TCME, AND AS IT SOUNDED TOTALLY KILLER I ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE UP FOR A SPLIT WITH THE BUTCHERS. AND YES, THAT SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA FOR EVERYONE. AT THAT TIME I WAS UNEMPLOYED AND DIDN´T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO DO THAN TO SIT AROUND BEFORE THE COMPUTER ETC, SO ME AND JOCKE ENDED UP MAKING EVIL PLANS ON ICQ PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. LOSERS UNITE, EY?
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NYWAY, AFTER A WHILE WHEN WE HAD GOT TO KNOW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BETTER HE STARTED TALKING ABOUT A PRETTY INTERESTING TOUR PACKAGE, WHICH WE´LL KEEP SECRET NOW SINCE NOTHING IS DECIDED REALLY, AND I TOLD THEM THEY´D NEED A SECOND GAYTARIST FOR IT. MY FINGERS WAS ITCHING SINCE BOTH OF MY BANDS HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW THE LAST MONTHS. HE HE. HE SAID NO AND TOLD ME TO FUCK OFF, SO I BASICALLY JUST WENT OVER TO HIS HOUSE AND PUT A SCALPEL TO HIS THROAT AND THEN HE AGREED. I THREATENED TO STEAL GRANT´S GIN BOTTLES ALSO IF I COULDN´T JOIN.
ABOUT MY PART IN IT, I ACTUALLY DON´T KNOW REALLY. I GUESS I´M "HIRED" AS A LIVE GUITARIST SO WE HAVEN´T DISCUSSED ANY RECORDING DUTIES FOR THE FUTURE. ANYTHING IS FINE BY ME, I´M JUST HAPPY TO PLAY WITH COOL PEOPLE IN A GREAT BAND.

You're also running your own label called Escorbuto Recordings, tell us about it. What will your first release be, and will you ever release any SCURVY stuff? What are some future releases planned? What influenced you to start your own label?

I STARTED THIS LABEL OFFICIALLY IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, BUT THE PLANS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS.. IN ´99 I (WELL SOME OTHER GUYS WAS INVOLVED, BUT IT WAS I WHO DID MOST WORK) RELEASED A COMP 7" WITH MY FORMER BAND AND SOME OTHER LOCAL BANDS, SO BACK THEN I GOT TO REALIZE THAT IT´S NOT REALLY HARD NOR THAT EXPENSIVE TO RELEASE SOMETHING BY YOURSELF. DISTRIBUTING THE SCURVY DEMO + OTHER SCURVY/REPUGNANT RELATED SHIT, WHICH I´VE BEEN DOING THE LAST 3 YEARS HAS NOT REALLY BEEN THAT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT AN UNDERGROUND LABEL DOES, YOU KNOW? SENDING OUT PROMOS TO EVERY PART OF THE DAMN WORLD, TRADING LIKE CRAZY, DISTRIBUTING OTHER COOL STUFF. I´VE ALWAYS TRADED STUFF I LIKE TO SPREAD AROUND HERE, AND THE LAST YEARS I´VE FELT IT WOULD BE REALLY COOL TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD SOME UNDERGROUND STUFF IN A BIGGER SCALE, ESPECIALLY IN SWEDEN WHICH IS QUITE DEAD WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. SO, EARLY THIS YEAR THE TIME WAS PERFECT. I KNEW I WAS GONNA GET FIRED FROM MY OLD
JOB, (THEY MOVED THE FACTORY TO GERMANY, SO IT WASN´T BECAUSE OF ME, HE HE) WHICH MEANT I WAS GONNA GET SOME EXTRA MONEY AS A RESIGNATION COMPENSATION, AND BOTH MY CURRENT BANDS HAD PROBLEMS GETTING THEIR SHIT TOGETHER, WHICH GAVE ME THE TIME I NEEDED TO SET THINGS TOGETHER AND TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING ELSE FOR A WHILE. MY FIRST RELEASE WILL BE A CD CONSISTING OF THE TWO LAST DEMORECORDINGS THE SWEDISH BAND "GENOCRUSH FEROX" MADE, WHICH HAS SOME AWESOME OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE A MIX BETWEEN THE EARLY 90´S FLORIDA/SWEDEN SOUND, AND WITH SOME 80´S THRASH RIFFING HERE AND THERE.
HARD TO DESCRIBE, BUT THEY HAD A GOOD REPUTATION IN SWEDEN WHEN THEY EXISTED, AND THE FEW PEOPLE ABROAD WHO HEARD THEM PRAISED THEM. ME AND THEIR OLD GUITARIST/VOCALIST/SONGWRITER (WHO NOW PLAYS IN INSISION BY THE WAY) HAS WORKED AT THE SAME JOBS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT RE-RELEASING THIS SHIT TOGETHER MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO, SO NOW IT´S FINALLY GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I´M DOING IT ON ESCORBUTO INSTEAD OF WITH HIM. WHICH SUITS BOTH HIM AND ME MUCH BETTER, HA HA. THIS CD IS SENT OFF TO PRESSING AS WE SPEAK, SO I HOPE IT WILL BE OUT EARLY OCTOBER THIS YEAR IF NOTHING MESSES UP. SCURVY STUFF ON ESCORBUTO? YES IT IS QUITE REALISTIC THAT I´LL RELEASE SOMETHING BY SCURVY IN THE FUTURE, AND ALSO SOMETHING BY REPUGNANT. I´VE
ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST RELEASING MY OWN MUSIC, MOSTLY CAUSE MY EGO FEELS BETTER IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO DO IT, HE HE, BUT NOW I FEEL WE´VE GOTTEN ENOUGH OFFERS, SO NOW I DON´T CARE ABOUT THAT ANYMORE, AND JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THE BAND. IT´S NOT LIKELY I´LL DO A FULLENGTH ALBUM OF ANY BAND, SINCE THAT´S NOT PART OF MY IDEA WITH ESCORBUTO, BUT FOR SPLIT´S AND SMALLER RELEASES, I WILL SURELY DO SOMETHING. POSSIBLY A MCD/MLP IN THE FUTURE IF NO BETTER LABEL IS INTERESTED.

OK, HERE ARE SOME FUTURE RELEASES ALSO:

2003:

MACHETAZO/GENERAL SURGERY SPLIT 7" (NO INTRODUCTION NEEDED)

SADOCRUSH 7" (OLD SCHOOL BLACK METAL, LIKE EARLY BEHERIT AND EARLY ROOT) I
OFFERED TO RELEASE THIS ONE ALSO 2 YEARS AGO, BUT THE BAND HAS BEEN
EXTREMELY SLOW WITH GETTING IT TOGETHER..

2004:

BUTCHER ABC/GENERAL SURGERY SPLIT LP (BUTCHER ABC PLAYS CATCHY AND HEAVY
OLD SCHOOL GORE/DEATH, LIKE EARLY XYSMA, BOLT THROWER AND DEAD INFECTION, I
THINK EVERYONE KNOWS GENERAL SURGERY)
DEAD INFECTION "BRAIN CORROSION" LP (LP VERSION OF THEIR COMING FULLENGTH,
LICENSED FROM OBLITERATION RECORDS.)

MACHETAZO/KILL SPLIT 7" (MACHETAZO IS KNOWN BY ANYONE READING THIS, AND KILL
IS A SWEDISH BAND WHO PLAYS UNCOMPROMISINGLY BRUTAL BLACK METAL, OF THE
DIRTY AND RAW KIND)

THIS IS THE STUFF WHICH IS DEFINITELY DECIDED, THERE ARE SOME OTHER STUFF
WHICH IS BEING TALKED ABOUT, BUT NOTHING WHICH IS DECIDED OR WORTH
MENTIONING RIGHT NOW. EVERYONE INTERESTED CAN READ MORE ABOUT THE LABEL AND
THE RELEASES AT WWW.ESCORBUTO.CJB.NET

ONE LAST THING: BANDS, DON´T SEND ME YOUR STUFF!! I DON´T WANT TO PLAN ANY
NEW RELEASES, AND IF I WANT TO DO SO, I´LL FIND YOU MYSELF. NO DISRESPECT OR
ANYTHING, I´M JUST BEING HONEST.

Are their any bands out there that you'd love to share split records with? Name some of your favorite newer bands in the underground of today.

YES THERE ARE LOT´S OF BANDS I LOVE IN THE UNDERGROUND TODAY, SOME OF MY CURRENT FAVES ARE CORRUPTED (JAP), MACHETAZO (SPA), FUNEBRARUM (US), INGROWING (CZE), MORSGATT (GER), BIRDFLESH (SWE), BATHTUB SHITTER (JAP), BUTCHER ABC (JAP), LORD GORE (US), NUCLEAR WINTER (GRE), MORBID SAVOURING (FIN) AND PROBABLY A MILLION MORE I CAN´T COME TO THINK OF RIGHT NOW, OR WHO
DOESN´T REALLY BELONG TO THE UNDERGROUND. I THINK FOR A SPLIT RELEASE, IT SHOULD BE A COMBINATION OF FRIENDSHIP, AND THAT BOTH BANDS APPRECIATE AND LIKE EACHOTHERS MUSIC. OUR UPCOMING SPLIT WITH MORBID SAVOURING IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THIS, AND ALSO OUR PREVIOUS SPLIT WITH MORSGATT WAS A GREAT THING! OUR FIRST CHOICE FOR ANY KIND OF SPLIT IN THE FUTURE WOULD DEFINITELY
BE MACHETAZO AS DOPI HAS BEEN ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS IN THE UNDERGROUND FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS, AND BOTH ME AND FREDRIK CONSIDERS THEM TO BE ONE OF THE VERY BEST BANDS AROUND TODAY. ALSO LORD GORE, NUCLEAR WINTER, BIRDFLESH, AND PROBABLY SOME JAPANESE BANDS LIKE BATHTUB SHITTER AND BUTCHER ABC IS HIGH ON THE SPLIT RELEASE "WISHLIST".

Discography:


-Demo 1'2000 (tape)

-Scurvy / Death Reality split 7"

-Scurvy / Morsgatt Split 7"

-Scurvy "Tombstone Tales / Second Ejaculation" 12"

Tell us about the "Tombstone Tales" LP that you did. I know you said you weren't so happy with it. Also tell us about the split ep with Death Reality and also the split ep with Morsgatt.

YES IT´S VERY TRUE THAT WE ARE NOT SO HAPPY WITH IT. WHEN I COME TO THINK OF IT, I THINK THE ONLY THING I´M 100 % HAPPY WITH CONCERNING THAT RELEASE, IS THAT IT WAS RELEASE ON A 12", BUT NOW WHEN I THINK OF IT, IT SHOULD´VE STAYED THAT WAY. I REGRET THE CD VERSION, BUT THERE´S NOT ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT THAT NOW. DON´T GET ME WRONG HERE, IT´S NOT LIKE I HATE THAT RELEASE, I LIKE A LOT OF THE SONGS ON IT, AND THE COVER ARTS/LAYOUT ARE WHAT WE WANTED AT THAT TIME, BUT THE WHOLE PRESENTATION IS VERY WEAK. BADLY PLAYED SONGS, POOR SOUND, EVERYTHING FEELS SO "B" ABOUT IT. BUT WE ALSO HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THIS RELEASE, AS IT INTENTIONALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SPLIT LP, AND EVERYTHING JUST GOT CRAZY AND DELAYED AND FUCKED UP AND BLAH BLAH BLAH, SO I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT IF THERE HADN´T BEEN SO MUCH TURBULENCE CONCERNING THIS ONE, I´D PROBABLY LIKED IT BETTER YOU KNOW? IT FEELS CRAPPY
TO HAVE WASTED SO MUCH TIME ON SOMETHING WHICH DIDN´T END UP THE WAY YOU WANTED IT ANYWAY.. IF WE´D DIVIDED UP ALL SONGS ON SEVERAL SMALLER RELEASES, I´M SURE I´D BEEN HAPPY THOUGH. I WANT TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR ABOUT IT THOUGH, AND THAT IS THAT THIS IS NOT OUR DEBUT ALBUM! THIS IS MERELY A SPLIT ALBUM WITH OURSELVES, THAT CONSISTS OF TWO DIFFERENT RECORDINGS, TWO DIFFERENT COVERS, AND TWO DIFFERENT LAY-OUTS FOR THE SAME BAND. CALL IT STUPID OR WHATEVER TO MAKE A SPLIT WITH YOURSELF, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS OUR "FIRST FULLENGTH ALBUM" BECAUSE THAT IS YET TO COME, AND IT WILL BE LIGHTYEARS BETTER.

OK, SOME SHORT WORDS ABOUT THE SPLIT EP´S ALSO.

SPLIT WITH DEATH REALITY:

I DON´T REALLY SEE THIS AS A REAL RELEASE, SINCE IT ONLY CONSISTS OF TWO SONGS FROM THE DEMO. FALK/PERVERTED TASTE, SAID HE WANTED TO DO A 7" WITH TWO SONGS FROM THE DEMO, AND WE AGREED, SINCE THIS WAS OUR FIRST OFFER TO HAVE ANYTHING OUT ON VINYL. THE SPLIT WAS INTENTIONALLY GONNA BE WITH "EMBEDDED" WHICH WE´D REALLY PREFER, SINCE WE LIKE THEIR MUSIC BETTER AND
HAVE MORE CONTACT WITH THEM REALLY, BUT THEN IT ENDED UP AS ONE SPLIT WITH SCURVY/DEATH REALITY AND ONE WITH DISASTROUS MURMUS/EMBEDDED. THIS WAS REALLY UNFORTUNATE, CAUSE I KNOW EMBEDDED WOULD´VE PREFERRED US INSTEAD OF D.M ALSO, AND WE LOOKED FORWARD TO SHARING A SPLIT, BUT IT GOT CHANGED AND NO ONE CARED TOO MUCH ABOUT IT THEN. OUR FAULT THAT IS. ALSO IT´S SAD THAT THE COVER ART ON OUR SIDE HAD SUCH BAD RESOLUTION, BUT THAT WAS ALSO OUR FAULT I GUESS. THOUGH, WE DID LATER ON SEND ANOTHER PICTURE WITH BETTER RESOLUTION WHICH THE LABEL IGNORED, SO WE TRIED AT LEAST. ABOUT DEATH REALITY, I DON´T HAVE ANYTHING AGAINST THEM, AND THEIR MUSIC IS OK, BUT IT´S DEFINITELY NOT A BAND I WOULD LIKE TO SPLIT WITH TODAY.

SPLIT WITH MORSGATT:

THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FAVOURITE SCURVY RELEASE. MORSGATT FUCKIN RULES, AND I THINK THIS IS THE BEST SCURVY RECORDING MADE ALSO. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO SOUND AND PERFORMANCE IT IS, THOUGH THE SONGS ARE MAYBE A BIT MORE GRIND THAN DEATH, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SCURVY I THINK. THIS WAS DELAYED A LITTLE BIT TOO LONG, AND NOW WHEN IT´S FINALLY OUT I CAN´T REALLY FIND IT ANYWHERE, BUT ALL IN ALL I´M VERY HAPPY WITH THIS SPLIT, AND THE LABEL DID A TOTALLY OK JOB ANYWAY. A BIG FUCKIN JÄGERMAISTER-CHEERS TO MORSGATT AND NOISE VARIATIONS!

How many new songs do you have written? What will the future material be like? Any new song titles you'd like to share?

I THINK WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE 3-4 MORE OR LESS FINISHED SONGS, WHEREAS TWO OF THEM WILL BE USED ON OUR UPCOMING SPLIT 7" WITH MORBID SAVOURING. SOME POSSIBLE TITLES ARE "DEATHWISH PT 4" AND "DAIRY OF A MADMAN". FOR THE M.S SPLIT WE´LL DO A COVER OF ONE OF THEIR SONGS ALSO. ALL SONGS IS TYPICAL SCURVY STYLED DEATH/GRIND THE WAY WE INTEND TO PLAY IT. IT´S POSSIBLE THAT A
FEW NEW ELEMENTS WILL BE ADDED TO SPICE IT UP, BUT NOTHING RADICAL FOR SURE. SCURVY IS NOT A EVOLVING BAND, IT IS AN EVOLVING DISEASE WHICH SHOULD NOT BE CURED. (WOW, FINALLY A REASONABLE SHORT ANSWER!)

Well, those are my questions. Thanks for answering them, and please give some final comments, thanks again Johan!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GOOD INTERVIEW BILLY! YOU´RE A GOOD PAL AND RAZORBACK IS ONE OF THE PREMIER LABELS IN THE UNDERGROUND. SORRY FOR MY WAY TOO LONG ANSWERS SOMETIMES, BUT I FELT A BIT TALKATIVE TODAY. HE HE. WE WILL PRINT NEW SHIRTS VERY SOON, WITH NEW KILLER MOTIVE (YOU´VE SEEN IT BILLY, SO YOU KNOW! HA) SO GET IN TOUCH ABOUT THOSE IF ANYONE´S INTERESTED. AND FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL ANYTIME TO GET MY DISTROLIST WITH SOME GREAT UNDERGROUND MUSIC TO VERY REASONABLE PRICES. SEE YOU ALL IN HELL.

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SCURVY CONTACTS:

Website: http://come.to/scurvy

E-mail: dom_of_denim@hotmail.com (Johan)

Mail:
Johan Wallin
Hagvägen 2k
194 40 Upplands Väsby
Sweden

 
 

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