01) Hello mr. Gorelord hehe. I know that you have joined the Bodygrinder crew after they release their debut album but what you can tell about the beginning of the band? Any interesting stories? Maybe some rape or murder, hehe?
Hi bro! Yes, it's almost correct what are you saying to me. Almost, because I joined the band after a few releases. First of all, a long time ago, when there was a lot of virgins in the World, there was a Demo called "Siamo proprio tutti stronzi" (We are all shitheads). After that, guys decided to register their first LP called "Sick Grind For Sick People". When I've arrived in summer last year, they have already registered a lot of new stuff with the ex singer Pelvis which has decided to leave the band after that, so in the beginning I was only "singing" theirs old songs and waiting to release "Habemus Grind" in April '11. This year, we started to compose our new music, with me on the microphone, my "lyrics" and new bass-man (which left the band a few days ago, shit).
02) Well debut album is out and how did the Grind fanatics reacted?
"Habemus Grind" is promoted only by ourselves and couple of friends and that's petty, because everyone is complaining this album. We would like to have more promotion but You know very well how does it work... Anyway, I think people listening to our album can see, that even if we are an underground band, we have done everything to give them a good, violent, little technical and with a very nice mixing album. I don't know if they are scared of us, but no one told us this album is a piece of shit hahaha. They reacted very nice. It's possible we will re-release again this CD.
03) Is the style presented on 'Habemus Grind' will be continued and expanding or next ass-ault will go to totally different direction? Can you tell us more about the new forthcoming album?
As You know, from now on, I will be only one writening the "lyrics" so that changes something. I'm also trying to give some new idea about music and arrangements, putting inside my porn-grind/ brutal death ideas, but the main line won't change. We will continue to make a grind version of our influences that are a lot. Just to help You understand our music, You have to know, that everyone inside the band, is listening to different kind of metal. For example, our band-former, drummer Bo, is coming from punk/grind world, guitarist is more technical black/death maniac, myself already told. So we will continue for sure to put those influences inside the studio, mix it, fuck it, piss on it and give to people a grind version of it. By the way, we are already preparing new album. Bo and Gildo (guitarist) are now working in studio. It's possible in spring You'll have a chance to hear our new super-grind-anal stuff.
04) Most of the bands in this genre make a lot of noisy sounds that you can't even call music. What are your most fascinating sub-genres of Grind and bands / projects?
As I told You, we are very different outside the studio. A lot of people are asking us, why so many arrangements, why so many idiotic riffs, why so many tempo changes. It's simple. Everyone of the band, wants to add something that express himself and we are doing it. So the part of grind is coming from our drummer, maniac of Nasum, Pig Destroyer and so on, technical part is coming from our guitarist, fan of some technical Norwegian black and death. A brutal-groovy-porn part is coming from my head. I'm trying to put inside some Cock And Ball Torture influence hehehe.
05) Now let's move to lyrics. As much I have no clue what do you sing about in Italian language then judging from front cover and few English titles you hate society, politics and religion and love kinky porn stuff plus some gore shit? Tell me what you like to write about in lyrics plus how much important are those in your opinion in Grind music?
Usually never one gives a fuck what I'm singing about. For this reason, I'm not trying to write some super pseudo-intelligent lyrics like somebody (You know who haha).I just sit down, drink vodka, think about things that are pissing me off and write it in a simple way that everyone can understand. I mean "Fuck You & die bitch". Sometimes we put in some porn stuff (always haha), sometimes gore stuff, sometimes violent stuff, sometimes they ask us to do not announce our song titles because we are to sexist.. Anyway, from now, I will try to write more lyrics in English, so everyone can understand how our heads are fucked up.
06) Shaved pussy or hairy pussy?
Hairy pussy rulz!
07) Ok, tell me now about live gigs. With which bands did you play so far and how often do you organize such parties?
You know how does it work, it's very difficult to organize something and usually we are trying to do it by ourselves and invite our friends to play with us, so the next time they will call us for the support. Before I came, guys have had a gigs with a lot of bands, the most important was that one with Cripple Bastards I think. We also had parties with Bastard Saints, Funeral Rape, Jesus Ain't In Poland, 2 Minuta Dreka and so on... We are playing only because we know all that guys and are our friends.
08) You know that the situation in Poland for live events is getting better but it is still nothing comparing it for example to Czech Republic. How does it look like in Italy?
Shitty. As I told You, if You don't have friends, know a lot of bands of the same (or almost) genre You won't play. Maybe one of 10 gigs is because some lives' organization called You..
09) Septical Gorge, Blasphemer, Exhumer, Vomit the Soul, Vulvectomy just to name few from your scene. Now it is your opportunity to name all the great bands from the brutal and grind scene from Italy.
It's strange, but here is a lot of good band playing loud and fast. Cripple Bastards, Funeral Rape, 2 Minuta Dreka (broke up some time ago), Jesus Ain't In Poland, Bastard Saints, Tsubo, SpermBloodShit, Psychofagist (they will have a split with polish Antigama soon) and so on..
10) Tell me what you think about last Morbid Angel's album and I want to hear only complains hehe.
Who fuckin' cares about Morbid Angel? Me not, sorry. (you just won a bottle of vodka for this answer from me mister hehe - Waldemar)
11) But to be serious about it I read some opinions that are saying that this album is so misunderstood as for example Pestilence's 'Spheres' in the past. For it is a biggest bullshit told ever, because it does make a difference when a band record something totally different from previous recordings but so ambitious and worthy listening then just a fucking pop disco fart which in my opinion they did.
No, really man. We don't listen to the Morbid Angel, maybe only one is our guitarist... Ok, respect for what they did and who they are, but their music is to technical. I prefer brutal or electro porn shit with 2 riffs on all the CD, that seeing guys masturbating on their guitars.
12) Ok Igor, that would be it. Cheers for your time and stay sick.
Thank You bro! Stay fuckin' brutal and continue to support a "Dark Side" of Metal! Will see You at Obscene Extreme!
interview with Igor of Bodygrinder by Waldemar January 2012
