FUCK
THE FACTS
A while
ago we did another interview with Fuck The Facts for all of you with strong
memory and it was about the release of "Discoing The Dead", but now the
guys belong to a new label and offer us a brand new cd under the title
"Backstabber Etiquette", so I think we should leave some more space to
them to introduce their latest creation.
1.HELLO FIRST OF ALL TELL ME WHAT OCCURRED
TO FUCK THE FACTS FROM THE RELEASE OF YOUR FIRST FULL LENGTH ALBUM TILL
NOW. PRESENT US THE CURRENT LINE UP.
Hi Nick. Well a lot of stuff has
happened in the past 3 years or so. When it all started it was just me,
and then in 2000 i started getting other people in the band, since then
we've been recording and touring like a dog chasing it's own tail. The
current line-up is, Mel Mongeon, Matt Connell, and myself.
2.WHY HAVE YOU PARTED WAYS WITH YOUR
SINGER BRENT? WAS HE TIRED OR DIDN'T YOU AGREE HOW FUCK THE FACTS SHOULD
SOUND? WHO REPLACED HIM? HOW DID YOU SELECT THE NEW GUY AND WHERE WAS HE
SINGING BEFORE? ARE YOUR RELATIONS WITH BRENT STILL FRIENDLY?
Brent was just sick of touring
and having to dedicate so much time to the band. We got Mel to replace
him, but this is over a year ago now. Mel has been our singer longer then
Brent ever was. We were friends with Mel for a while before she joined,
and i knew that's who i wanted to sing in the band. She has a completely
different voice from Brent, but i find it suits our music perfectly. Mel
used to be in a band called Disjonction. Brent is still one of my oldest
and closest friends, we parted ways on very good terms since it's basically
what everyone wanted.
3. WHY DID YOU NAME THE NEW ALBUM "BACKSTABBER
ETIQUETTE"? WHICH ARE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN YOUR NEW
ALBUM AND "DISCOING THE DEAD"?
We called it "Backstabber Etiquette",
because it's a title we could all agree on. I wanted to call it "Backstabber
Matchmaker", and then we toyed with calling it "Living A Lie", and then
over a nice big breakfest we decided on "Backstabber Etiquette", it might
have had something to do with how i was using my fork, i don't remember.
"Discoing The Dead" was the last recording i did all by myself, so it sounds
very different from "Backstabber..", which is the full band. One similarity
is that the song "The Burning Side" was recorded for both.
4.AS A BAND, BEFORE SINGING TO GRIND
IT! GREAT WHITE NORTH, YOU HAVE ALSO RELEASED MANY TRACKS THROUGH OTHER
LABELS. DO YOU CONSIDER TO RELEASING AN ALBUM THAT WILL CONTAIN ALL YOUR
RARE SONGS?
Ya, one day i'll probably move
to Gaspe for a year and just re-mix all the old FTF stuff. I have a pile
of old reels sitting in my bathroom closet. I just don't have the time
to do it now, and i rather focus my energy on writing new music. But to
answer your question, yes, one day there will be something of that nature.
5.I NOTICED ON YOUR NEW ALBUM A MOOD
OF EXPERIMENTATION WITH YOUR SOUND. AM I RIGHT? HOW EASY OR DIFFICULT IS
IT FOR YOU TO FIND NEW WAYS OF PLAYING GRIND METAL? DID YOU MANAGE TO TAKE
YOUR MUSIC A STEP FORWARD BY A LOT OF THOUGH AND EFFORTS OR WAS IT SOMETHING
NATURAL?
It's all very natural for me. It
would be un-natural to try and write only grindcore songs. Don't get me
wrong, some bands can write only straight up grindcore albums and they
sound great, cause that's what they have in them. When i'm working on music
i'm not thinking "ok, gotta do something weird and then some blast beats
and then a jazz break", i just do what comes naturally, and works best
for the song. I don't try and write "grind metal" songs or "experimental"
songs, i just let whatever happens happen. We're always trying to get better
and write better songs, but we try and make the natural progression.
6.WHICH THEMES DO YOU HURT THROUGH
YOUR LYRICS ON YOUR NEW ALBUM?
The lyrics cover a lot of different
ideas, but it's all pretty everyday life stuff with a humours or dark twist
to it. I'm not really the best guy to ask this, I wrote the lyrics for
"Ballet Addict", which was Matt's idea of a guy with a secret obsession
with ballet, i also did part of "23-17-4", which is basically about getting
old, and "Smokin a Fatty" which is about killing this fat sound guy we
hate. All the other lyrics on the album were written by Mel or Matt, but
now Mel does them all.
7.YOU HAVE ONLY PLAYED LIVE IN CANADA
TILL NOW. IS IT POSSIBLE NOW THAT YOU SIGNED TO GRIND IT!/GWN TO PLAY SOME
GIGS OUTSIDE YOUR COUNTRY'S BORDERS? WHICH GIG DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOST
AND WHY?
In August we will be going to the
US for a month long tour. Hopefully Europe and South America will be in
the near future. We've had so many fun shows, i can't remeber which was
my favorite. I'll say Rimouski, cause Rimouski's the shit yo!
8.IF YOUR MUSIC WERE A PAINTING WHAT
WOULD IT SHOW?
It would show a guy laying in grass
that he just cut and he's wearing a tootbrush as pants that are the colour
of wax paper, and the sun is eating a sandwich.
9.WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD DO IN
A WORLD WITHOUT ANY MUSIC? HOW WOULD YOU PIPE YOUR CREATIVITY IN THAT CASE?
I've actually been looking for
another hobby, i find being involved in music all the time to be stressfull.
I wish i could paint or draw well, cause that looks like killer fun. I
like going to art galleries, but i've never seriously tried to paint. My
mom is a good painter, she did the cover of "Backstabber Etiquette".
10.LET ME PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE.MANY
SAY THAT GRIND IS NOTHING MORE THAN BLASTBEATS, EXTREME AND AGGRESSIVE
MUSIC AND ALMOST ALL THE BANDS SOUND THE SAME. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO ANSWER
TO SUCH A CLAIM?
I'd say they're right, and we're
all entitled to our own opinion. I belive grindcore now is the death metal
of the early '90's, it's a big fat trend.
11.WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO SOMEONE UNAWARE
OF YOUR MUSIC IN ORDER TO INTRIGUE HIS INTEREST?
12.WHAT TITLE WOULD YOU LIKE THIS INTERVIEW
TO HAVE?
When good grind bands do bad things.
13.THANK YOU! HAVE I FORGOTTEN TO ASK
YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?
Thanx to you Nick and cheers to
all my friends in Greece. "Discoing The Dead" will be out at the end of
July on Black Hole Productions, it's being re-released on CD, re-mastered
and includes a bonus track. Also, the FTF / Sylvester Staline is now out
on Anvil Of Fury records. for more info about FTF or just to say hi you
can contact me at [email protected]
stay healthy!
Nick "William_Kidd" Parastatidis
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