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Answered by: Marco
Hey Marco, How are things going man? I hope all is well with you.
-Everything is going fine and so smooth here in our camp, all is fucking well!!!
How did you get into extreme music for the first time and how old were you when Vex begun taking shape?..
-Before I discover the grindcore musick, I'm into punk/hardcore lifestyle and musick, I listen to a lot of punkrock and oldskul hardcore back when I'm still in my early college, I'm 16 at that time, and I have a punkrock band before, it was year 2002 if I'm not mistaken, after that I started looking for some other stuff that can be a good inspiration for me, then I found old Napalm Death album and Extreme Noise Terror, and some of my friends offer me others of the same kind like Agathocles and Ulcerhoea then blah blah blah sick stuff that I'm still listening so up to now! But we started to formed our band VEX when I'm 19 years of age.
Did you play grind/crust musick since the very beginning?
-Nope, like what I've said in the last question! I'm into punkrock shit of thing before we formed a band named DISSENT NOISE (2004) which plays Metallic/Crustcore then right after we disbanded, I started to formed another band, and it's the VEX era.
Can you tell us why you have chosen Vex as bands name? Do you think it fits well to your musick style? How would you describe your type of music then?
-I wrote lot of names for our band then I told them to pick from those, then our guitarist in the named of Zero decided to pick the name VEX, then our drummer agree to that so our 2nd guitarist too… and because I'm also the one who think that, I do agree also, coz for us it sounds great and really fit for a band who plays psychaotic type of Grind.
How does the song writing process work for Vex? What kind of gear do you use? And how much time do you spend to mutilate a song?
-It's not too much time I spent in lyrics writing, it's more on my inspirations and our experiences in our everyday struggle in life, our disappointment, our ups and down and how we deal with all of the shit we all have in our fucked-up society. My gear is my mind and my hand, what comes in my mind is what my hands wrote in.
What were some of Vex's musical and non - influences?
-We do have different types of musical influences, our drummer loves Melodic Oldskul Black Metal, our Bassist loves Thrash and Power Metal, our two guitarist loves Beatdown Hardcore/Punk, Me and my co-vox (Tenga) listen to a lot of Grindcore and Stoner Sludge, so combining all that shits and what comes out is VEX.
From a lyrical standpoint, Vex covered a lot of anti-authoritarian social/political issues. Who wrote the lyrics?
-It's all comes down on me (Marcore) and my co-vox (Tenga).
Do you think politics has a place in grind/crust anymore, or is it 'preaching to the converted'?
-I don't see that it just a preaching ceremony or something like that, I don't even care about politics, it so happened that we play and we speak about that, and it's not just for the grind/crust scene anymore, coz it's all for us, and everyone knows what happened now, its just some of us or should I say most of us doesn't really care about what we fuckin say.
Just listened to the samples posted on your myspace page, it fucken blew me away!!! How's the new material sounding in comparison to the old stuff?
We are very very happy on the outcome of all our effort; we fuckin raise our fist for that! We all love it, the new recording was pretty well done compare to the 1st released we had back in 2005. It's really not the same, but still we both love the 1st and 2nd recordings.
Do you have a great admiration to serial killers?
Fuck! Tight question, next…
If you are to be a serial killer, who would you be and what sorts your will your victims be?
-Norberto Manero, hahahaha! Stay true, Pinoy Killer, I will kill all those killers.
And how would you like to die??
-sleeping in the gutter then accidentally hit by a 25 wheeler truck driven by a drunken punk!!! Fuck, or should I dance myself to death!
Most of your songs clock around the 1 minute. Do you deliberately try and keep them that short or it just a coincidence?
-We all love Short fast Songs, so we just try to do and keep that in our style….
You're also behind CONFRONT ZINE. Tell us about the latest issue which was just released recently.. Where you a part of other fanzines before this one?
-Yeah, I'm the editor of the zine named CONFRONT. I recently released the 2nd issue last February, and this is my one and only zine…
Why did you chose CONFRONT as a zine name?
-Coz it sounds a combination of progressiveness and aggressiveness, but still I don't know why!?! Hahaha…
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 zine?
-It all started one night when I was in my bedroom, alone and empty doing some *****!?!, but seriously, upon reading lot of lot of lot of zine daily, it comes to my mind if why not make a zine also which will combine all the zine that I've read in my whole life, hahaha! All the zines that I've read was a very great and big inspiration for me to make my own,and how this things going with it today is very very nice! It so happened that I found a new place where I can make copies of my zine for free, do the printings of everything at no cost for me, and having a free materials which is a big help in making me this zine so so so affordable for everyone!!! Hahaha… but about my main goal is still unanswered!!! But just to make a little information for you and for the readers, all I want is to make a crap which can be useful and helpful, just like any other zine! It's all the same!!! It's up to you what you can say!???
How many copies of each issue do you release? How does the distribution occur?
-I don't know how many copies of my zine being released for the last issue, I don't count it! Coz as long as I can print it, I will!!! And aslong as I can distribute it, I will!!! So no need to count how many copies per issue I can produce… but just a wild guess for the 1st issue, I think it's more that 200 copies, along the way… I don't know exactly… but there's no prizes for a correct answer right!??? Hehehe…
What motivates you in maintaining your zine? What is the most enjoyable aspect of making a zine?
-The readers, contributors, bands, friends, events, plans, actions, frustrations, problems, love, pain, anger of the everyday life!!! That's what motivates me in continuing this tender zine,. I enjoy every little thing about the whole zine, the articles, artworks, interviews, releases, news, criticism, insecurities, blah blah blah… but the most is the reviews, I really enjoy reviewing stuff… and sharing it to everybody whom I've met is the last best thing I enjoyed… so hard to explain!
What do you think makes a good goregrind or grindcore song?
-Riffs, beats, lines and the drunken voice of the vocals… and the way how they perform it!
What is your opinion on people who completely pay no attention to the grind core genre as being a waste of aptitude and a hideous form of music without even listening to it much?
-Are they serious!?? Or they are all a bunch of shit!??? Hehehe… nah! I don't know coz I don't just make and play this kind of stuff to please anyone! I just make it for my own, it's up to them if they like it, but whether they like it or not or even they pay no attention on this kind of stuff, I still make it as my way on how to make them feel we are here! And we exist! And hell-0??? What a waste!?? I don't think so… hahaha!
Are there any gigs cumming up for you guys? How would you describe Vex on stage? And how do people normally react to your musick?
-Yes! This cumming May and June, we have gigs somewhere in the street, just watch out for that! And maybe we can play again on some big events here in our d.i.y world… I don't know! I can describe Vex on stage as a wild beast ready to eat the whole piece of meat being prepared for everyone, but that doesn't mean were Greed, it so happened that !?!, hahaha… and how do people react to our musick is totally sick, it's you who can answer that question!!! I leaved it to you mate'
Aside from playing in the band, what do you do during your spare time?
-I play vocals for my band VEX, and for DEAD ON THE SPOT, then on my sparetime I go to work, is that a sparetime!? I don't think so… hahaha! And if we don't have gigs on weekend I do stay in my circle of friends, bumming around on the streets, drinking and having some smoke luvin… my zine, writing, and reading… that's all!
Which CD's would you say is essential in every grind/crust collection? What kinda shit has been in your cd players lately?
-Old Napalm Death album, Extreme Noise Terror, Fear of God, Agathocles, Disrupt, Wolfpack, Psychoneurosis, Misery and Extinction of Mankind., But I mostly listen now to d-beat crustcore and some stoner sludge musick… fuck!!! I'm wasted.
You have an authority to implement a new law in the Philippines, what are those?
-I can't imagine myself having an authority to implement some laws, but if that stupid thing come, I will implement the law which will eliminates or abolished all other laws… so what you think!?!? Is that nice!?? Hehehe… surely I will…
What can we expect from the band in the near future?
-Expect a lot of wickedness in the next few months, hahaha! Nope, este dope! We don't know, were so lazy this fast few weeks, we don't have exact idea but one thing is for sure! We will continue the plague of the full length…
Anything you'd like to add? grindddddddddddddddddd!!!!!
-Holy is the one who make the whole thing shebang… thanks a lot to you Jamie, for having us in your sick crap called Guttural Sickness' I love this fuckin one, for the support and for the interest, hails!!! Keep it sick intouch!!! Goodluck and more Porn Power.
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