INTERVIEW BY LUKAS
1. First of all, could you tell us about your band? When was it formed?
-I formed the band around 2002. I wnated to make band with style and message,
and with the energy of early the Who and the Jam etc. I stopped the band in 2007 and made a solo album but now I have started the band again.
It's great, I enjoy every second! I love to be touring and meet people all over the world!
2. Who are in the lineup?
-It's a new lineup. The bass player is guy named Chandu, he played with me on my solo tours, and the drummer Kasper Rasmussen is new.(he's my cousin)
3. Does the band's name have a meaning?
-Yes MOVING TO MUSIC and POLITICAL MOVEMENT. I think the name say's a lot about what the band is about.
4. Are you satisfied with your last album? do you work together with other musician or maybe politician?
-Yes, the last album was an EP, it was made pretty fast so the band could go on tour
with some new material. We don't really work with others, but we have a lot of plans
with other bands over the world to make split vinyls with some new material.
We play a lot for political things all over Europe, it's mostly anti-fasicism and we support
many squads by playing there insted of the normal club.
Then we always say yes to be used on political samplers for solidarity!
5. What do you think about mod band in the world these days?
-I don't really know? I don't like the mod bands when it becomes to much 60ties and
too much retro. I like the bands who also look at the world today and use that in the lyrics and music. I think the scene like in Germany where we play most, is very small. That's why we mostly play together with punk and ska bands.
6. As a band, who/what are your influences?
-The Who, The Jam, the Clash and Karl Marx ofcause!
7. besides the band, what do you guys do?
-Nothing really! We are committed to the band at the moment, it goes up and down
moneywise, but it's difficult to tour as we do when you have a stedy job.
8. Have you had any trouble with the police?
-Not as a band! We have the usual harassment when we drive to a political thing
or even punk festivals, but no big deal. I hate the cops because they have the basic interest to defend the clear injustice!
CAPITALISM!
9. do you have any plans to play in south east Asia, including Indonesia?
-No, but it would be very great to do it! I raghter play in Indonesia than in the USA. It would be really great!
10.could you tell us what does " destroy bourgeois culture" mean?
-To me "bourgeois culture" is the culture that focus on the individual.
It's a daily propaganda in the vestern world, to get through in life on behalf of the many. Like in the business shools they teach how to make a profit, but we know
that somebody has been exploited, and it's always the working class.
They need the working class, but the working class don't need the bourgeois class.
We need a socialist culture, that celebrates the life of the many.
12. Any plan to release new album?
-Yes! We're going to reherse now, and then in January we're going to the studio!
So hopefully we will have a new album out 1st of May,
13. you guys has tatoos?
-Only me I have a few! I have a neked lady that was made when I was 17 (I was young)
14. do you have any comment on webculturezine?
-I'm looking forward to read the magazine, I'm very interested in what's going on the
scene in Indonesia!
THIS INTERVIEW WITH BEEFY HILYER, CHECK IT OUT FOLKS!!
1. WE SEE FROM YOUR NEW COVER ALBUM DESIGN, WHO MADE IT? AND DO YOU HAVE PLAN TO CHANGE THE DESIGN FOR THE NEXT ALBUM?
- The album cover was disgned by a bloke called Muna in the states. We have nothink penciled in for the new cover as of yet, but have a few ideas floating around.
2. HOW WAS YOUR ASIAN TOUR, ESPECIALLY YOUR INDONESIAN TOUR?
- The tour was a real success especially the show in Jakarta can't wait to come back.
3. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT INDONESIAN SKINHEAD SCENE? PLEASE TELL IT TO ALL OVER THE WORLD
- The skinhead scene in Indonesia was problably the best iv seen in the world up to now.
4. DO YOU HAVE PLAN TO COME BACK AGAIN TO INDONESIA SOON?
- hopefully next year.
5. ANY WORDS FOR WEBCULTUREZINE?
- Yes mate I have some words "Oi!Oi! Saveloy"
Cheers Beef!
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THIS INTERVIEW ANSWERED BY MENSI (THE FRONTMAN OF ANGELIC UPSTARTS)
1. First of all, could you tell us about your band? When was it formed?
- we was formed in late 1977 we originally from the same council estate in south shields
2. Who are in the lineup?
- mensi vocals, johnny masters drums, neil newton guitar, dickie hammond guitar, gaz stoker bass
3. Does the band's name have a meaning?
- not really we were just throwing names about and wanted something a bit unusual and the angelics came about
4. As a band, who/what are your influences?
- my influences are wide and varied but my punk influences were the clash. full stop
5. Are any of the band members working with other bands on any projects?
- dickie is in leatherface all but me and the drummer are in the dipsomaniacs me i am 100% angelic upstarts and have no time or inclanation for anything else apart front militant anti fascism
6. If you were to cover a song, which song would you want to cover?
- oh i've covered quite a few songs in my time and not just punk songs tamla motown to folk
7. How many gigs has the band had? Tell us about the best and the worst gig you've played.
- i've done thousands of shows but not one sticks in my mind there have been a few bad ones and they have always been the ones where the nazis turn up, astoria in london and a small place outside of rotterdam in holland , nazi fuks a fuckin hate them
8. what do you think about EDL and BNP?
- the edl and bnp and nothing more than racist fascist scumbags
9. what do you think about the gig called Rock against condemned 84?
- condemned 84 are another one of these so called non political bands but in reality there just a right wing band and anti leftist, so how can you be non political when your anti leftist?
10. do you have fight with nazi on the street?
- i was a member of anti fascist action and as such was involved in physical confrontation with nazis
11. Have you heard about The Indonesian skinhead/punk scene? Any plans to play in south East Asia especially Indonesia?
- i know its a growing scene and i hope it gets bigger but the first job is identify the nazis and fuck them off out of it. nazis are no fun
12. mensi please told us about your experience travelling in thailand malaysia and singapore with your triumph motorcycle
- im in a motorcycle club called mad dogs im in thailand chapter and we have a chapter in singapore. we rode through malaysia to go to singapore i stayed in malaysia a couple of nights. i love biking i have had a motorbike since i was 16 i hope i can meet up or play in malaysia sometime i think im playing japan in january.
13. Do you have any comments for webculturezine?
- stay strong and stay anti nazi always
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