What
did you do during these 4 years? no-one heard about you! Do
you still have great interest in grindcore/underground? What
music are you listening to? Aren't your musical tastes
changing as you get older?
Rikard:
I´ve been working a lot since as I got a new job back in
´96 as a computer technician and I just floated away from
the underground I guess. That fuckin´ suxx but it´s the
horrible truth and I hate myself for gaving up the
underground contacts. But… I´m back and I hope to stay
there!!! The music has always been the same for me(since
1988), Grindcore, noisecore and brutal deathmetal. Sometimes
I find it quite soft to turn on a AC/DC or ACCEPT record.
Hey, after all… that´s the fuckin´ music I grew up to
so I can´t just leave it behind me. (Guess I´ve got a point
there huh!?)
Ubbe:
I've been busy in school, but that has always been the case
(I study mathematics and physics and intend to be a teacher
when I'm done with school). As for the underground I must say
that I've never been a part of that. I am quite satisfied
with writing music that I like myself, but who knows, I might
get more interested in the underground than I was before.
Musicwise it is definitely GrindCore for me, but I haven't
been able to appreciate NoiseCore the way Rikard does. The
funny thing is that the older I get the more extreme my taste
in music becomes. I used to listen a lot to Death Metal, but
nowadays I get bored if there aren't any grind-parts in the
songs. Therefore I listen to some Black Metal, but many of
the Black Metal bands are boring because there are too few
changes of pace in the songs. When I want to listen to
something relaxing I prefer unusual sonic landscapes
(huh?)....dark ambient music..: Raison D'Etre, Ordo
Equilibrio, In Slaughter Natives.. (great swedish label: Cold
Meat Industry), but this isn't something I listen to every
day.
You're in touch with Relapse recs! For
the "Effortless regurgitation of bright red blood"
94 cd i think? But are they also ok for releasing something
new from RGTE, for example, a new full-length album!?? What's
up with the re-release of "Concrete human torture"
demo? Other plans?
Rikard:
Yeah, that´s right Pierre, Relapse Rec. are going to
re-issue our "Effortless…" CD and for bonus
there will be the "Concrete Human…" ´94 demo
and 10 other trax which have been on split 7" ep´s with
PSYCHOTIC NOISE and GRUDGE. So, the new CD will contain 64
trax of RGTE grindcore. There will also be a new cover and
new lay-out. It´ll hopefully be out in early ´99. We
haven´t talked about any other releases yet but I think it
would be fuckin´ great if Relapse could release new stuff
with RGTE in the future. The contract we´ve signed now are
only for this particular release so we´ll just have to wait
and see what happens.
Ubbe:
Yepp, Rikard said it all.
Did
you ever write lyrics for RGTE songs? Songs from
"Effortles..."cd & "Concrete..." seem
not having lyrics, contrary to songs from the split cd with
DEAD, am I right?
Rikard:
Lyrics suck!!!!!! Ha, ha, ha!!! Noooo, just kiddin´. We´ve
only had lyrics on one single release and that is the split
CD with DEAD but that fat ass motherfucker from
Poserslaughter Rec. didn´t print them in the booklet. Those
lyrics deal with human slayings, torture and other fully
normal perversions that I kill my time with nowdays, hi, hi,
hi!!!! But on all other releases I just stood in the studio
and growled my way through the trax as the other guys in the
band sat beside and had a really great time making fun of me
but I don´t really give a fuck about that HA, HA,
HA!!!!!!!!! On one recording I think I used old CARCASS
lyrics and that worked out pretty good too I guess!!!
Ubbe:
Why write lyrics when you can write new songs instead? But I
wonder what Rikard meant by us laughing at him in the
studio.... when we recorded "Effortless.." he got
up early in the morning and went to the studio and recorded
the vocals so that he was finished by the time we got
there.... he never gave us a chance to laugh at him, heh,
heh.
Somebody
told me you only played a small number of live gigs? Right?
Do you have good memories of these gigs?
Rikard:
Yeah, we´ve only played live a few times. I think we´ve
only done four or five gigs. Two of them were in Germany in
march ´95 and I have fuckin´ great memories from that tour.
Especially when we had a great party with the guys from DEAD
INFECTION in Svens flat in Berlin (Sven from Yellow Dog
Rec.). We met some really cool people over there. I´ll never
forget that trip to Germany!!!! The gigs in sweden was really
too much! At one gig we just played five minutes coz we were
too drunk to even stay on our legs. Shit happens, right!?
Ubbe:
As for the gigs in Sweden, that was before I joined
the band, so there isn't much I can say about them, but they
weren't too serious I guess. The gigs in Germany on the other
hand weren't too serious either I guess, but they were great
fun. The gig we did in Berlin was great (I don't know what
the audience thought though). It was great playing with Dead
Infection....and by the way I love their grind drums remix of
BeeGees "Stayin' Alive" (on their "Greatest
Shits" '98).
How do you procede for playing 37
songs on an album? and remembering every of them? Is there
some improvisation in the studio? or do you really play every
of the songs in rehearsal before recording?
Rikard:
Hmm… That´s a question for Ubbe and Peter really.
Ofcourse there´s some improvisation in the studio but some
of the trax are quite well rehearsed before we enter a
studio. I think we only rehearsed five or six times before we
recorded the "Effortless…" CD. Two or three
times before the demo ´94. The trax for the split 7"
ep´s we did at the same time as we recorded them. Cool
huh!?!?
Ubbe:
I have all the riffs written down in my own kind of
tabulature, so the improvisation is more in how the riffs are
played rather than in making up songs in the studio. Peter is
more or less free to improvise on the drums as long as he
sticks to the song. In order to remember how the songs on the
CD should have sounded like, we recorded a tape with all the
songs while we where rehearsing, and before each song we
recorded in the studio we listened to the rehearsal-tape, so
every song was indeed rehearsed and recorded the way we
rehearsed it.
Can
you say some words about LOWLAND RECS? The label which
release "Effortless..."cd in 1994. Is it still an
active label?
Rikard:
A fuckin´ great guy! A fuckin´ great label as long as it
stays on a underground level. Hans is really fast in putting
his releases out and he´s also VERY honest and he always
keeps his promises. Our CD were recorded in May and in July
it was already released so I´m personally very happy with
that deal!!!!!!!! The only thing I can complain on when it
comes to Lowland Rec. is the quality on the RGTE shirts he
printed. After three or four washes Ubbe had big fuckin´
holes in his shirt and that really suxx in my opinion. And
they were quite expensive too so… I don´t think that
Lowland Rec. still exists atleast he told me so when I talked
to him last time and that was a few months ago. But I whish
him good luck with his great band LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY!!!!
Cheers mate!!!!
Ubbe:
I agree with Rikard. I really liked the
"Effortless..." CD and I was impressed by how soon
after the recording it was released.
I'm
a real horror/gore freak, and I just wanted to know if you
like & collect such movies???
Rikard:
Talk to Ubbe about that. He´s the fuckin´ twisted
goremaniac of Stockholm. I also like it a lot but not as much
as he do. I´m more into snuff and shit like that.
www.goregallery.com is the best fuckin´ site
around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ubbe:
Well, I used to be more into collecting movies than
I am now. It gets kinda expensive and frankly many of the
movies suck.. but then again, that is way I love them.
Horror/Gore and Sci-Fi movies is what I like. Good stories,
good acting... NO!!! I want special effects that knock me off
my feet. Favourites include BrainDead (Dead Alive if you are
american), the Thing (Carpenter's) - the FX are amazing, the
Omen trilogy (Omen IV must be a joke)... I also have a thing
for italian zombies. I've collected movies by Lucio Fulci and
Dario Argento, and I am pissed off because I have lost my
copy of Fulci's "the Beyond".
Are social/political topics
interesting you? As well as topics about animal rights etc...
Rikard:
NOPE! Politicians just makes me fall asleep. And
animal rights? Well, that is ofcourse an obvious thing for
me. Animals rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ubbe:
As usual I have to agree with Rikard. My girlfriend
is a vegetarian because of the way animals are treated, but I
am not. This does not, however, mean that I don't care.
You
know the half of grindcore bands have social lyrics, the
others have gory lyrics... This is in early Napalm Death way
or Carcass way... These are your two main influences right?
Rikard:
Yepp, I guess so. Those bands has always been very
big influences for us as well as old XYSMA and EXTREME NOISE
TERROR.
Ubbe:
When we recorded "Effortless.." I wanted
it to be a mix of "From Enslavement to
Obliteration" and "Reek of Putrifaction" two
of my favourite albums. I thought that we got close enough.
Obviously our topics are a bit closer to Carcass, and I think
the music is closer to Napalm Death, but that can be changed.
Not topics... the music. If you have missed Xysmas
"Swarming of the Maggots" demo thats too bad
because its like "Reek...", perhaps even better. I
like their new stuff too, but in another way. One of my all
time biggest influenses is actually Unseen Terror... my
favourite band for years, but their music is kinda cheesy.
Listen to their "Charred Remains" on the
"Human Error" album.. yes. One of the best songs
made.
Well,
that's all I could think about!!! Do you have a message of
hope to communicate to grind freaks reading this?
Rikard:
Hmm… well, look out for our forthcoming CD on Relapse
Rec. All you RGTE freaks out there don´t hesitate to get in
contact with us for more information concerning RGTE or BRAIN
DAMAGE. Thanx a lot for the interview Pierre and the fuckin´
great work you´ve done with our website, CHEERS!!!!!!!
Hails to NASUM and the fuckin´ perverted freaks in EXHUMED +
all the other cool bands that we´re in contact
with!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ubbe:
Snails to Nasum... "Inhale/Exhale" is fuckin'
great, som vi säger i Sverige. Now I have to listen to Dead
Infections Stayin´ Alive remix a couple of more times...so
good night.
- contact:
Regurgitate
c/o Rikard Jansson Fiskarnas Gata 170 136 62 Haninge
Sweden
- Rikard.Jansson@edt.ericsson.se
- urbanskytt@hotmail.com
official
website:
www.come.to/rgte
- discography:
-"Concrete
human torture" demo tape (1994)
-"Effortless regurgitation of bright red
blood" cd
-Split cd with Dead
-Split 7"ep with Grudge
-Split 7"ep with Vaginal Massaker
-Split 7"ep with Psychotic Noise
-Split 7"ep Intestinal Infection
- -Demo 91
Do you know who will now play in RGTE? What will be the line-up..? Peter is now playing with ENTOMBED(!!) and several other bands... Do you think he will find the time to play again with RGTE?
