1.First off, can you give us a brief history of the band
- RUST formed in 2005 with members who had played in many Sydney bands over the past 25 years,we have recorded 3 albums played with such greats as DOA, Rose Tattoo,The Business,Sham69,The Varukers,GBH,The Last Resort,The Exploited,The Vibrators,Section 5 Resistance 77,Anti Nowhere League,Beerzone,Peter and The test Tubes and Argy Bargy,toured all over Australia and New Zealand,The UK and played the massive Rebellion festival in Blackpool England
2. And who is in the line up?
- Gazz Voice,Fernz Bass,Smurf Drums,Davo Guitar.
3. As a band, who/what are your influences?
- There are so many that come to mind but the short answer would be The 4 skins Motorhead,Rose Tattoo,The Last Resort and GBH.
4. Does the band's name have a meaning?
- No it does'nt but in the early days there were a few ideas that came up because we used to write R*U*S*T but they never stuck,RUST came to me when i was patching holes in my old van.
5. Are any of the band members working with other bands on any projects?
- No but i would like to start a Ska band if i had the time.
6. What is your favorite RUST's song?
- I think all RUST songs kick ass if they dont we drop them from the set pretty quick,we judge this off our audiances,maybee Black Rats??
7. Most of your songs are about what?
- I write about our lives our experiances,Aussie lifestyle,pinball machines,girls,loves lost and found ,streetfights,Punk/Skinhead culture,ledgends,tattoo's guitars,Rock N Roll. The latest song i wrote is called Girls Guitars Fast cars so you get the picture.
8. besides the band, what do you guys do?
- Gazz,I work as a Groundsman and is into fitness goes to gigs has 2 adult kids and a girlfriend,Smurf,works at a basketball center rides a moter bike likes the football and Brizilian girls at the beach,Fernz works in fraight,is an inner city dweller always out on the town getting caught on film with his girl Page,Davo father of 3 kids that i know of could be more,has a girlfriend likes fast cars and guitars and Veano hour.
9. Do you have any plans to play in Asia, or Indonesia especially?
- We dont have any plans but would like too,if you can help us out let us know,when's that Oi! fest you have?Do people know of us in your part of the world?
10. If you were to cover a song, which song would you want to cover?
- We cover A.C.A.B and CHAOS by The 4 Skins and Rock N Roll Outlaw by Rose Tattoo and Concrete Jungle by The Specials at the moment,We Used to cover Loud Proud and Punk The Business and RAMONES by Motorhead and Comando by The Ramones.
11. Is there a racist scene in Australia? What do you think about racism in the scene?
- There is a small racist scene like everywhere else,RUST have no interest in it at all,We are Rock N Rollers who are into united scenes for Punks Skinheads Rude Boys Metal heads Thrashers,no matter the colour of their skin.
12. Any final comments for webculturezine?
- Many thanks for the interview and your time,your English is fine. get our latest album Lean Mean Street Machine @ pugmusic.com till next time Gazz voice.
EDITED BY SALLY (NYC,BROOKLYN)
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1.First of all, could you tell us about your band? When was
it formed?
- We where formed in 1993 as a punkband, by four guys in a basement of east Gothenburg, Me and Ron are two of the remaining originalmembers, Chris joined us in 1998, and then we became more of an oi-band.
2. Who are in the lineup?
- Jonsson-drums, Ron -guitar and vocls , Chris - Bass guitarr and backing vocals
3. As a band, who/what are your influences?
- We all grow up with a lot of english and american heavy-metal, so I would say the musical roots are in the rockn´roll music
4. Does the band's name have a meaning?
- Perkele means the "god of thunder" in old hednic finnish mytologi.
5. How many albums does the band have? and please tell us about your new album.
- We have released 8 albums, two of them where mini cd with 7 songs each and one double album whith Perkele live. Our latest album is now out for sale, we recorded it during the spring and summer and we are very pleased with it, its typical perkele-style with singalong anthems.
6. How many gigs has the band had? Tell us about the best and the worst gig you've played.
- I guess we have done about 200 gigs during the years and I guess my personal favorite is Bilbao in Basque country or Barcelona, also Berlin is a great place to play, our worst gig was in belgium where nazis came in and was bad atmosphere.
7. Tell us about the scene over there
- The european scene is great , but in sweden is not that big, it only lives 9 million people in sweden and if you look on a map you see thet its a big country.
8. do you contact vicking rock from seweden band called ultima thule?
and what do you think about them?
- We are not into that kind of music, but we know that band, I on´t think they are that active any more.
9. Have you heard about The Indonesian skinhead/punk scene? Any plans to play in south East Asia especially Indonesia?
- We love to come there, if any serious person conact us and are willing to promote a show there, we would pack our bags immediatly, we know its a beautiful country with great climate, not like sweden in wintertime:)
10. Do you have any comments for webculture zine?
- Keep up the spirit and we hope to someday visit Indonesia, cheers and take care // Jonsson -Perkele
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