• "This very interview is better read and accompanied by listening to ZORN music"

• In 1995 the first line up (with Gianni , me and to other guys ) started playing trying to find original material since the beginning . After various line up changes we found the actual one ( Gianni vc/gt , Oscar bs , Chris dr , Lopez gt ) in late 1999 and so we started to work without loosing time . In the between and ‘till now a demo tape , a selfproduct miniCD and lots of live shows and hard work of promotion in all possible ways!

• ZORN means rage in German . We chose this because rage is the most common sensation we feel every day in lots of situations (private life, work, music business...). I found it in a poem of a german writer but I don’t remember the name!

3. TELL US SOME THINGS ON THE BAND RELEASES AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE LAST ONE. COMPARE THEM AMONG THEM. WHAT DO YOU OBSERVE? ARE YOU SATISFIED STILL OR IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE?

• The first recording Trema, was the first time that every single member made a recording session. It could be good for having experience and for giving a demotape to play in the clubs. I rarely listen to it. The second and actual one is really better than the first but there are still some problems with the sound (especially for the low budget of the recording ) . Now we know what we don’t wanna listen to on the next one, but I’m proud of it too.

4. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR MUSICAL STYLE?WHICH ARE YOUR INFLUENCES?

• We call our music numetalcore because it’s a mix between thrashcore ( like sepu , pantera , slayer) and the strongest numetal ( like soulfly and latest sepu ) . We are all really openminded so we’ve got lots of influences from classical passing by samba and all kind of strong music .

5. WHICH ARE YOUR 5 ALL TIME CLASSIC ALBUMS?

• Without thinking a lot:

Sepultura – Roots
Puya – Union ( a very personal way to put into metal other influences )
Nirvana – Nevermind
RATM – The first
Slipknot – The first
But now I‘ve already found five more albums I like the same!

6. HOW ARE YOU THINKING OF PROMOTING YOUR WORK?

• Sending it to all the labels , magazine , zines and people who want it ( if someone is interested could ask it in www.zornband.com site ) and playing it in our shows .

7. YOU'VE DONE MANY LIVE SHOWS. WHICH ONE DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOST AND WHICH DO YOU THINK WAS YOUR WORST APPEARANCE? DESCRIBE A TYPICAL ZORN LIVE SHOW.

• Is really difficult to choose a single show because everyone is good for something and bad for something else. I like very much the latest in Civitavecchia because the people were very involved in it . I remember in the first year we played together in a show where the amplifier of the guitarist doesnt work so he started to play whitout distorsion !!!A typical ZORN show : screaming , sweating and jumping till the last note ! Lots of energy!!!

8. WHY DO YOU WRITE YOUR LYRICS IN ITALIAN? CAN YOU TELL US IN A FEW WORDS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, FOR ALL THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ITALIAN? WHAT INSPIRES YOU IN WRITING LYRICS?

• Because we think it’s not easy to write good lyrics without your language . We don’t like many Italian bands that write English lyrics telling always the same things!It’s also a difficult choice because we find some problem to reach a deal because of it . Our lyrics talk about the things we see and we don’t like .We try to tell it to the people blinded by the routine !

9. HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEW SONGS READY? CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOUR NEXT RELEASE WILL SOUND?

• Probably in November the first ZORN full-lenght will be available .We are going to record it during this summer .

10. TELL US A FEW THINGS ON YOUR PARTICIPATIONS IN THE "POMPEINA ROCK CONTEST" AND THE "IL FARO CONTEST". HOW WAS IT?

• Very strange contest because it wasn’t for metal music but for every kind of it. On the first one we reached the second position with a jury of jazz musicians and the first contest was placed in an icecream shop in a very posh place .We started to play and a few guys which liked our kind of music started to jump.In a few minutes all the posh people that normally go to that place start to jump and scream with us ! Very unexpected !

11. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPOSE MUSIC?

• I’d like to be a football player !

12. IF YOU HAD THE MONEY TO MAKE A PROPER AND EXPENSIVE VIDEOCLIP HOW WOULD YOU IMAGINE IT TO BE?

• We play in a supermarket full of very expensive things and during the song we break it all .I really hate the waste of money and resources.There are too many poor humans in this world and people that spend all their money in things they don’t need !

13. WHICH IS THE WORST AND WHICH IS THE BEST REVIEW YOU'VE EVER RECEIVED?

• Metal Shock , one of the biggest magazines in Italy : an injustice without reason! Lots of good reviews on webzine worldwide.

14. WHICH IS THE BEST PART IN YOUR MUSIC AND IN THE BAND IN GENERAL AND WHICH THING DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD CORRECT? WHERE DO YOU THINK YOU NEED IMPROVEMENT?

• The real passion that everyone can feel in a ZORN live show.It’s difficult to find the worst.If I could I’d try to change it.Music is so infinite that there’s always need to improve in every direction !

15. IF SOMEDAY YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET THE CREATURE THAT CREATED THE UNIVERSE, WHICH WOULD YOUR BIGGEST QUESTION BE?

• Why people don’t show their real characters , the real ideas and cover it behind a mask of conformity?

16. IF TIME TRAVEL WAS POSSIBLE, WHICH HISTORICAL PERIOD WOULD YOU LIKE TO VISIT AND WHY?WHAT WOULD YOU MISS THE MOST FROM OUR TIME?

• I’d like to visit the mithical ’70 but I’ll miss the good technology for music .

• Only ZORN music could explain what I wanna say.This interview should be read while listening to our music.

18. THANK YOU!HAVE I FORGOT TO ASK YOU ANYTHING AND YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION?

• Contact us on www.zornband.com and hel us to play in your beautyful country! ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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