DISCLOSE INTERVIEW 1996

HERE´S THE FIRST INTERVIEW I MADE WITH KAWAKAMY=DISCLOSE! FOR MY ZINE "VERMYNOZE PUTRIDA" NUMBER 17 IN FEBRUARY-1996!! IT´S JUST A SIMPLE AND SHORT INTERVIEW BUT IN OTHER WAY IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT BRAZILIAN PUNKS CAN SEE THIS AND KNOW A LITTLE ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS AND WORKS...I HOPE THAT ALL DISCLOSE FANS (LIKE ME), CAN ENJOY THIS....


V.P.=TELL US A SHORT HISTORY ABOUT DISCLOSE...
KAWAKAMY=WE ARE DISCLOSE FROM JAPAN,WE START IN 90 OR 91(I CAN´T REMEMBER NOW)WITH 4 MEMBERS AND FIRST WE PLAYED CRUST AND OUR NAME WAS "DEHUMANIZATION",AFTER WE CHANGE OUR SOUND STYLE,BUT I LIKE DISCHARGE AND SWEDISH BANDS,WE ARE INFLUENCED BY THEM.
WE RELEASED OUR FIRST DEMO IN 1992 WITH 4 MEMBERS,AFTER THIS OUR VOCALIST AND BASSPLAYER LEFT THE BAND AND NOW WE ARE JUST 3 D-BEAT MEMBERS!!! WE HAVE SOME DEMOS AND SOME RECORDS.


V.P.=WHAT IS YOUR LINE UP...
KAW=NOW IS ME IN GUITAR AND VOCALS,FUKUGAWA IS THE BASSPLAYER AND THE NEW DRUMMERS IS SATAKE,BUT I DON´T KNOW IF HE WILL BE STAY WITH US...I´M THE ONLY ORIGINAL MEMBER.


V.P.=OF COURSE WE CAN SEE A BIG INFLUENCE FROM BANDS LIKE DISCHARGE IN YOUR WORK...TELL US ABOUT YOUR INFLUENCES...
KAW=WE ARE INFLUENCED BY DISCHARGE OF COURSE!!! BUT WE ARE INFLUENCED BY OTHERS BANDS.WE LOVE:THE VARUKERS(UK),ONSLAUGHT(UK),ANTI-CIMEX(SWEDEN),SHITLICKERS(SWEDEN),DISCARD(SWEDEN),CRUDITY(SWEDEN),CRUDE S.S.(SWEDEN),AGONI(SWE),ABSURD(SWE),MOB 47(SWE),BOMBANFALL(SWE),EU´S ARSE(ITALY),WRETCHED(ITA),INDIGESTI(ITA),SVART FRAMTID(NORWAY),BANNYLIST(NORW),PSYKISK TERROR(NORW),ICONOCLAST(USA),CRUCIFIX(USA),DIATRIB(USA),ASOCIAL(SWE),DISARM(SWE),U.B.R.(YUGOSLAVIA),SCAPEGOATS(GERMANY)...AND GREAT JAPANESE BANDS:CROW,CONFUSE,GAI AND OTHERS....

V.P.=TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE JAPANESE SCENE...
KAW=THE SCENE HERE IS MANY GREAT!!! BUT SOME BANDS HAVE JEALOUSY OF EACH OTHERS,THIS IS A SHIT! THE HARDCORE SCENE IS GREAT! WE CAN DO GIGS...BUT SOME HARDCORE SCENES ARE NOT SO GOOD,ONE IS VIOLENT,OTHER IS MELODIC...AND WE AREN´T.THE SCENE IN KOCHI IS NOT GOOD,IS SMALL AND STILL HAVE PEOPLES THAT JEALOUSY EACH OTHER...IT´S FUCKING SHIT!


V.P.=WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BRAZILIAN SCENE??
KAW=I DON´T KNOW WELL YOUR SCENE.I READ JUST SOME LITTLE THINGS ABOUT...I ENJOY OLD BANDS LIKE: R.D.P.,OLHO SECO,INOCENTES,ARMAGEDOM,ULSTER(GREAT!),...AND NEW BANDS LIKE BESTHÖVEN(LOVE!),SCUM NOISE,ETC...


V.P.=TELL US ABOUT JAPANESE BANDS...
KAW=THE GREAT JAPANESE BANDS ARE;CHAOS CHANNEL,CARNAGE,GLOOM,FRIGORA,ABRAHAM CROSS,BATTLE OF DISARM,DISPROVE,C.F.D.L.,SDS,AN APOLOGY NATURE ARISE,DENIAL(R.I.P.),BEYOND DESCRIPTION,ANTI-AUTHORIZE,LIFE,GJPB,EXTINCT GOVERMMENT,HAZARD,OMINUS OMEN,CROCODILE SKINK,ARGUE DAMNATION,ABOLISH,DEMENSE,ANTI SOCIAL,HUMPTY DUMPTY,ETC...ALL THESE BANDS ARE INFLUENCED BY OLD UK,SWEDISH AND JAPANES BANDS...


V.P.=HERE IN BRAZIL WE DON´T KNOW WELL YOUR SCENE IN JAPAN...PLEASE TELL US SOMETHING MORE ABOUT...
KAW=I´M SORRY BUT I DON´T UNDERSTAND WELL THIS QUESTION CO´Z MY POOR ENGLISH(FOFÃO NOTE=I´M SORRY FOR MY POOR ENGLISH TOO!!!),IF YOU WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT JAPANESE PUNK SCENE I CAN SAY IF YOU SENT ME SOME MONEY TO BUY SOME JAPANESE STUFFS I CAN DO THIS FOR YOU BUT THE PRICES HERE ARE HIGH! SOME LABELS ARE NOT D.I.Y....THE EP´S ARE SOMETHING LIKE 10 US DOLLARS...AND IT´S A FUCKING SHIT!


V.P.=WHAT MORE ELSE??
KAW=WE RELEASED SOME RECORDS IN SOME LABELS,SOME OLD RECORDS ARE SOLD OUT BUT WE WILL REPRESS ALL STUFFS IN A COMP LP SOON...IF YOU LIVE IN BRAZIL AND WANNA KNOW MORE ABOUT DISCLOSE WORKS WRITE TO FOFÃO AT DISCÖRDIA LABEL,HE HAVE OUR TAPES!!
WE STILL ARE HAVE TRADE OUR STUFFS WITH BRAILIAN STUFFS!
OK! THANX FOR INTERVIEW DISCLOSE FOR YOUR ZINE! WE ARE HAPPY!!! I HOPE THE ZINE STAY COOL! BYE!!


OUR DISCOGRAPHY IS:
.ONCE THE WAR STARTED-EP SOLD OUT
.KOCHI CITY HC SPLIT 7 W/ INSANE YOUTH-93 SOLD OUT
OBS=THESE TWO WAS RELEASED IN A SPLIT LP
.TRAGEDY LP 94-SOLD OUT-2ND PRESS OUT SOON
.SPLIT 7 W/ SELFISH 94-SOLD OUT-2ND PRESS SOON
.SPLT 7 W/ HELLKRUSHER 94-SOLD OUT 2ND LITTLE PRESS SOON
.V/A MEANIGFULL CONSOLIDATION-2X EP´S 94-NOW ON SALE
.SPLIT 7 W/ C.B.U.95NOW ON SALE
.SPLT 7 W/ HOMOMILITIA 95 NOW ON SALE
.GREAT SWEDISH FEAST 10 EP(SWEDISH COVERS)NOW ON SALE
.SPLIT 7 W/ LOS SOMMROS-NOT OUT YET
.DEMOS ALBUM LP-95-NOW ON SALE
(FOFÃO´S NOTE:THIS IS THE DISCOGRAPHY TILL FEBRUARY-1996)

.KAWAKAMY FOREVER!!!