Answer by: Marco
Hey Marco! How are things going bro?
Cheers Jamie!!! Here it's overall ok but lately I've been really busy with a lot of shit related to everyday life..this means that I've really a few fucking time to dedicate to the label at the moment...this sucks!
Could you tell us about your Label/Distro ROTTING ABORTION RECORDS? How did all this got started and how are things going with it today? What's your main goal when you first started doing your label?
For sure! I've started Rotting Abortion Recs in the period between the fall of 2004 and the beginning of 2005, I listened to grindcore and extreme and violent music for years and years and my wish was to be more directly involved and active with it, so after a lot of tape/vinyl trading worldwide I came out with the label! Today the label is kicking asses more than ever, the Carcass Grinder/2Minuta Dreka split 7'' came out some months ago and a lot of shit is going to be polluted over humanity in the next months...more tapes, 7''s and maybe some CDs (even If I don't like CDs a lot).I don't have a particular goal to be achieved with RxAx, I'm already satisfied with what's going on, I just want to put out some more vinyls and tapes (my biggest loves) of bands I like, enlarge my network of friends/contacts all over the globe and keep trading and spreading my stuff in an always better way!
It's a know fact that running a label cost a lot. What motivates you in maintaining your label? So far what are the reactions like that you're getting from the scene?
Especially releasing vinyls, for a small label like mine, it's really expensive and fucked up because you can lose a lot of money with it, it's also my case but I don't care of this, my passion and enthusiasm for sick music and vinyl keep on motivating me! I'me very satisfied also about the feedback I'm receiving especially from people I know, by the way I usually tend to ignore shit talkers and go my own way, If I like a band I'm going to release it, even if it's some obscure 1994 noisecore from Egypt and 6 people will care of it!
ROTTING ABORTION RECORDS deals mainly with grind bands, what is it about that got you so interested with this kind of filth? And tell us about your current releases.
when I was 12/13 I used to listen to old punk and hardcore shit from the 80's, this naturally evolved in a search for always more violent, fast and devastating sounds, so I started to listen to thrashcore/crust/grindcore/goregrind/noisecore. My favourite stuff is always old italian/brazilian/scandinavian hardcore, late 80's/early-mid 90's grindcore and early goregrind stuff.I never got into brutal death metal and modern tech-blablabla so called grind. Among my current avaliable releases there are:
-Pulmonary Fibrosis/Canker split Cdr [encrusted goregrind devastation from France and Raw primitive grindgore filth from Canada.full colour art and jewel case]
-WHOREevil/putrid Whore split Cdr [Grind/Gore spewage form Mexxxico and PornoDeathGore madness from Italy.full colour art and jewel case]
-2 Minuta Dreka/Warsore split 7'' [PornoGore sleazyness from Italy's most depraved perverts vs Harsh GrindfuckinCore legends from Australia.limited to 500 on black wax. last 3 or 4 copies remain]
-Grotesque Embalment - Chronic Decomposition tape [Ultra filthy downtuned gore annhiliation from Ireland, this is a killer mix between Early Disgorge (mex) and LDOH.Tape comes handnumbered, with stickers and with exclusive sick art drawed by Mike Majewski/Devourment]
-Carcass Grinder/2 Minuta Dreka split 7''[Ferocious grindcore kings from japan strike back vs sleazoid anal pumping goregrind from Italy. 500 copies on black wax, last 15 remain!] -Gorgonized Dorks/Cacasonica split tape [Brutal Grindnoise from the edge of the universe vs screaming and manic noisethrashfastcore whirlwind from ecuador.handnumbered and limited to 333]
-Biocyst/Bowel fetus split cdr [Nonstop noisegore vomit shower from Holland vs Sludgy deathgore horror from Australia.Pro printed full colour artwork and jewel case! OUT NOW!]
What exactly is your favorite genre and why? Do you listen to non-metal stuff as well?
I prefer old styled grindcore and goregrind, and typical southamerican noisecore. I used to listen to some really old jamaican music from the 60's but I don't like it anymore...
What was the first band you released? Did you choose them or was it the contrary? Was it hard to convince them to work with you, as you were a very new label with no release?
the first release I did was the Fibrosarcoma demo cdr. fibrosarcoma was a 1 year project of a friend of mine, he did "cybergore" stuff, even If I didn't like this kind of shit I decided to promote and distribute his demo 'cause of our real friendship and mainly to help him.
How do you choose a band you'll work with? Do you care only about the musical aspect?
I usually choose bands of people I know/I'm in contact with, obviously the main aspect I look at is the music, then I don't care a lot about people views/orientation, I just don't want nazi/fascist/pc shit.
You started dealing in cd-r's but are now starting to put out some 7"s, right? What's coming up in the future?
Yeah, I'm planning to stop releasing cdrs in the near future, I'll concentrate only on vinyls and tapes that are my favourite formats, maybe I'll release also some pro CDs...
Among all of your releases, which one's your favorite? Why?
Among my releases there are 2 favourites, the first is the Carcass Grinder/2 Minuta Dreka 7'' because Carcass Grinder is one of my all time grindcore faves and I fucking love them while 2 Minuta Dreka is a band of strict friends and great guys, they're improving with each release! the second is the Grotesque Embalment tape which is totally killer and satisfying both musically and in the packaging/artwork aspect.
What motivates you in maintaining your label? What is the most enjoyable aspect of having a label?
As I already told above the main motivation is my passion, interest and curiosity in most of the forms of extreme music, the most enjoyable aspect of running a label is for sure that you can have always more good contacts and friendships, and don't forget about trading!!!
What would be the perfect band you dream to release something of? Do you still to send CDs to paper zines?
I don't have a perfect band idea, I'll just listen to all the stuff and decide by myself! I still send promo packs to paper zines and even If I know that at the moment really a few people care of printed zines I still try to support true ones!
Do you have a great admiration to serial killers?
It's not admiration; I'm really fascinated with the darkest sides of human mind and with the excesses of brutality and sickness that an human being can reach
If you are to be a serial killer, who would you be and what sorts your will your victims be?
I don't think of these things really!
And how would you like to die??
I don't care of the way,everything must die sooner or later
Current Playlist.
In the last days I'm listening to: Rubufaso mukufo/Opitz split cd, Tumor (old grindnoise band from germany) - Splattered human goulash 10'' and flesh salad 7'', random senseless apocalypse stuff, cripple bastards/violent headache 7'', carnal shroud/ulcerrhoea demos, malignant tumour/squash bowels tape,patareni/buka split LP and other shit
What is your opinion about todays gore/grind scene? Where do you see it in the next few years?
I'm not satisfied with things happening lately. first of all I dislike all those millions of myspace projects, it's getting ridicolous with hordes of 12 years old idiot making shit with a pc and calling it grind! I dislike the new groovy/slamming trend in goregrind tham makes it inflated with a lof of brutal death shit. I don't like that tapes are always less produced and distributed, I don't like the way some new and "big" labels work,choosing all bands that reflect the latest trends...I see it as a mercenary thing all concentrated on imagery and marketing, trying only to sell a lot of cds or shirts.fortunately there are always good friends/individuals and bands involved in this movement and people that really stick to the roots and do it for real passion. I don't try to imagine what will happen in the next years, I know for sure that I won't change and that there will be always people with the same attittude as mine, this is enough. posers come and go, just ignore them.
Aside from ROTTING ABORTION RECORDS, what do you do during your spare time? Weird hobbies, other projects, bands etc...
I study hystory of art at university, I collect records and beer bottles, I fucking love to grow marijuana and I do it full time indoor and outdoor.
What can we expect from Rotten Abortion in the near future?
Some new awful shit is coming really soon! In 1-2 weeks Scum Bitch/Bukkake Violence Kommando split tape will be out and will contain an unreleased session of the now stopped american filth-fat-grind gods of idiocy Vs. the new assault of BVK, noisegore demented heads from Italy
Thanks for answering all of this bro.. Anything you'd like to add?
Thanxxx to you man, it's always good and appreciated if someone shows interest in your activities and gives you the chance and the space to promote and talk about it! long live Guttural sickness! CHEERS/BEERS/BONGS
RELEASES:
RA001: Fibrosarcoma-Demo Cdr [Bubbling cybergore]
RA002: Deche Charge/Morbid Shit split cdr V.2005 [Noisecore as fuck]
RA003: Pulmonary Fibrosis/Canker split cdr [Goregrind overdose]
RA004: Putrid Whore/WHOREevil split cdr [Pornodeathgore vs.goregrind]
Int.Coproduction: WARSORE/2MINUTA DREKA Split 7'' [Grind legends vs. pornogore sleaziness-lim.to 500 copies on black wax]
RA005: Grotesque Embalment "Chronic Decomposition" one sided tape [Decomposing pathogoregrind blast]
OUT FUCKING NOW:
2 MINUTA DREKA/CARCASS GRINDER SPLIT 7'' - Italian porngore monsters vs legendary two-fingers-in-your-ass grindcore sandstorm from Japan! Corpoduction with other labels, limited to 500 copies!
GORGONIZED DORKS/CACASONICA SPLIT TAPE - Brutal Alien
grindnoise from USA Vs. Psicotropicogrindinsanocore from Ecuador
NEW ABORTION COMING REALLY SOON:
- BIOCYST/BOWEL FETUS SPLIT CDR - Nonstop pathological Gorenoise vomit shower from Holland vs Muddy and doomy grinding sewerage from Aussie!New material by both bands, Bowel Fetus appears with the last recording ever with drum machine. Semi-pro full colour artwork and jewel case.
UPCOMING ERUPTIONS:
- BUKKAKE VIOLENCE KOMMANDO/SCUM BITCH Split Tape
- VAGINAL NECROSIS/M.D.K./PULMONARY FIBROSIS 3 WAY Cdr
- VISCERA/BUKKAKE VIOLENCE KOMMANDO Split Tape
- INTESTINAL DISGORGE/ANAL PENETRATION Split Tape
- DECHE CHARGE/PENIS ENLARGEMENT Split Tape
CUNTACT:
MARCO AMERINO, C.P.177
87100 COSENZA CENTRO ITALY
WWW.MYSPACE.COM/ROTTINGABORTIONRECORDS
EMAIL: rottingabortionrecord@hotmail.it