WRETCHED INTERVIEW-1985

THIS INTERVIEW WITH THE AMAZING AND LEGENDARY WRETCHED FROM ITALY WAS PUBLISHED ORIGINALLY IN DUCTH "DE MINIMA" IN MIDDLE OF 1985-AND WAS RE-PUBLISH IN THE GREAT ZINE "WARNING"-USA IN 2005(?)LET´S GO!!! AND...WRETCHED FUCKING RULES!!!


01=WHAT IS THE LINE UP OF WRETCHED?
W=AT THE MOMENT AFTER A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THE LINE UP,THE MEMBERS ARE NOW:
ZAMBO=DRUMS
GIANMARIO=VOCALS
DANIELE=GUITAR
GIULIANA=BASS
WE CHANGED THE DRUMMER IN APRIL AND THE BASSPLAYER IN JUNE.SO WE HOPE TO START AGAIN SOON TO PLAY GIGS AROUND.


02=HOW LONG DOES WRETCHED EXIST AND WERE ARE YOU FROM?
W=THE BAND WAS BORN IN OCTOBER 1981 BUT OF THE FIRST LINE UP THERE IS NOBODY.THE BAND STARTED TO EXPRESS THE DISPEREEMENT AGAINST WHAT WE FEEL WRONG AND TO BREAK THE APATHY HERE.THERE OF US LIVE IN MILANO AND THE DRUMMER LIVES IN VERONA(150 KM FROM MILANO).FOR THIS WE HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM TO PRACTISE OFTEN BECAUSE THE RAILWAY IS REALLY EXPENSIVE.


03=HOW IS THE PUNK (SCENE) IN ITALY (MILANO)?
W=NOW THE SITUATION IS QUIETE BUT THE SCENE IS ANYWAY VERY GOOD.THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND THE BANDS SELF-PRODUCED THEIR ACTIVITIES (JUST SOME BANDS USE LABELS OR MANAGERS)WITHOUT ANYONE WHO CAN EXPLOIT YOU AND YOUR ACTIVITIES.THE FUCKING POLICE CONTROLED USE IN THE LAST MONTHS IN A LOT OF PLACES LIKE PISA,BOLOGNA,BRESCIA,UDINE.
THE ONLY PLACE(SQUATTED)WHERE ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO PLAY AND STAY IS THE VIRUS IN MILANO BUT THIS PLACE IS VERY LITTLE AND AT THE MOMENT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO SQUAT SOME OTHER PLACE BECAUSE(AND THIS IS IN ALL ITALY)THE POLICE REPRESSION IS VERY VARY HARD AND DON´T LET YOU TO SQUAT THE FREE SPACES.IN ALMOST ALL THE TOWNS THERE ARE A LOT OF COLLECTIVES-´N´GROUPS OF ITALY VERY ACTIVE AND UNITED AMONG THEM AND OUT A FANZINE CALLED "PUNKAMINAZIONE" MADE BY ALL THE COLLECTIVES & GROUPS OF ITALY WHO WANT TO PARTICIPATE INTO IT.THIS IS VERY GOOD BECAUSE IT´S A COMMON ZINE WERE IS POSSIBLE TO KNOW ALL WHAT´S HAPPENING IN ITALY (THE ZINE OUT EVERY MONTH)VERY GOOD IS ALSO THAT THERE´S NOT ANY VIOLENCE IN THE GIGS AND JUST SOMETIMES THERE ARE SOME TROUBLES BUT VERY LITTLE.THE PEOPLES GO TO GIGS TO HAVE FUN AND TO MEET PEOPLES,TO COMPART IDEAS,TO KNOW BANDS,SITUATIONS,DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES AND NOT TO FIGHT PEOPLES JUST FOR PLEASURE TO FIGHT,VERY USELESS THING WHO CREATE JUST USELESS DISISIONS AND OTHER VIOLENCE.
WE MUST USE VIOLENCE TO REACT AGAINST ALL THE PEOPLES WHO WANT TO CRUSH US AND NOT JUST TO HAVE FUN(.....)


04=WAS THE NAME WRETCHED ANY MEANING?
W=FOR US WRETCHED IS JUST A SOUND.WE SING IN ITALIAN,BECAUSE IT´S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLES CAN UNDERSTAND OUR MESSAGE AT THE GIGS.THE NAME OF THE BAND IS IN ENGLISH AND FOR THIS IS NOT IMMEDIATELLY UNDERSTANDABLE BUT WE NEVER CHANGE IT BECAUSE WE LIKE THE SOUND.


05=ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF SUBJECTS ARE THE LYRICS?
W=OUR SONGS ARE ON OUR DAILY PROBLEMS,IN OUR DESPERATE WILL TO SURVIVE,OUR NEEDS OF SELF-MANAGED PLACES,OUR ANTIMILITARISTIC AND NON VIOLENCE IDEAS(BUT THE VIOLENCE IS OK WHEN IT´S TO REACT AGAINST SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO DESTROY YOU WITH HIS VIOLENCE).FOR USE THE TEXTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE MUSIC IS JUST THE INSTRUMENT TO EXPRESS ALL OUR ENERGY AND OUR ANGER,OUR WILL TO LIVE AND OUR ACTIVITIES.


06=WHAT IS PUNK FOR WRETCHED?
W=PUNK IS ONE OF THE WAYS TO BE AGAINST WHAT´S WRONG IN TODAYS REALITY,MADE JUST OF LIES,SHINERS,MODULES AND REPRESSION.IT´S ONE OF THE WAYS OF TO BE WHAT YOU WANT AND TO MAKE THE BEST TO SATISFY YOUR NEEDS,WITH IT´S ALL THIS AND ALSO TO BREAK WITH EVERY OTHER EXPERIENCE BEFORE TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW AND TO CREATE,TO EXPRESS IN THE BEST WAY OUR ONLY LIFE.


07=WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT POLITICAL?
W=WE HATE THEIR POLITICAL BECAUSE THEY TELL TO YOU A LOT OF LIES AND THEY FORGET THEIR PROMISSES AFTER YOU HAVE TO THEM YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR VOTE.
POLITIC PARTIES´N´INSTITUTIONS ARE JUST SHIT AND THE FUNNY THING IS THAT THE PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THEM AND APPROVE THEIR POWER,APPROVE THEIR REPRESSION AND DIE TO SATISFY THEIR FUCKING NEEDS OF SUPREMACY AND RICHNESS.

08=WHAT IS THE "DISCOGRAFFIA" OF "WRETCHED"?
W=WE MADE 3 E.P.´S,1 LP AND SOME LIVE TAPES.
THE FIRST EP WE MADE IT WITH THE INDIGESTI AND OUT IN SEPTEMBER 1982,THE SECOND "IN NOME DEL LORO POTERE" OUT IN MARCH 1983,THE THIRD "FINIRA MAI?" OUT IN MARCH 1984 AND THE LP "LIBERO DI VIVERE!" OUT IN NOVEMBER 1984.
THE GOOD TAPE STILL AVAILABLE IS "LA NOUTE DELLÁNARCHIA" MADE IN A SQUATTED PLACE IN APRIL 1984.


09=DO YOU HAVE FUTURE PLANS?
W= WE ARE WORKING ON A NEW EP OR NEW LP OUT IN WINTER.
WE MADE ALSO OUR OWN LABEL,"CHAOS PRODUZIONI" TO HELP THE BANDS WHO HAVE PROBLEMS TO SELF PRODUCE THEIR ACTIVITIES IN THE LOCK OF MONEY AND ALL THIS WITH A VERY LTTLE GAIN(1/20).
WE DON´T WANT TO EXPLOIT ANYBODY!
WE ALREADY PRODUCED "DISPERAZIONE-EP","IMPACT-EP","FUOCO FANZINE" AND WE HAVE A LOT OF BANDS TO PRODUCE IN THE FUTURE LIKE "BLASFEMA",ABOMINIO",ETC...
ABOUT TO PLAY OUT OF ITALY WE HAVE SOME PROBLEMS BECAUSE OUR GUITARRIST IS MAKING THE CIVIL SERVICE TO AVOID THE ARMY AND HE HAS NO POSSIBILITY NOW TO GO OUT OF ITALY.

10=HOW WHERE THE GIGS TILL SO FAR?
W=WE ALREADY TOLD IN NO.6 ABOUT THE VIOLENCE IN GIGS:THERE IS NO VIOLENCE IN THEM.
THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF SKINS HERE BUT IS VERY RARE THAT PUNX AND SKINS FIGHT AMONG THEM.
ABOUT NAZI-SKINS THERE ARE SOME OF THEM BUT THEY ARE NOT DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST A FEW.
WE THINK THAT´S GOOD BECAUSE WE MUST NOT FIGHT JUST FOR DIFFERENT CLOTHES OR MUSIC OR BECAUSE THE FASHION ORDER TO FIGHT,WE MUST STAY UNITE AND SAKE ALL OUR PROBLEMS.
AND THE NAZI-SKINS HAVE NO RIGHT TO MAKE TROUBLES AND WE MUST FIGHT PEOPLE WHO USELESS VIOLENCE AND FUCKING SYMBOLS JUST TO EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATIONS AND TO BE THE REST.


11=WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE BANDS?
W=WE LIKE A LOT OF BANDS,FROM DISCHARGE TO BLACK FLAG,FROM METALLICA TO SLAYER ETC...

12=WHEN DO YOU COME TO HOLAN?
W=WE HOPE SOON NOT WITH STANDING THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE TO GO OUT OF ITALY IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF DANIELE AND SOON ALSO ZAMBO.