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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 EXCLUDING
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?
ANYWAY,
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"
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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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