THIS INTERVIEW I MADE WITH MARKKU HIRVELLA IN MAY-1997 BY NORMAIL MAIL POST AND IT WAS PUBLISHED IN VERMYNOZE PÚTRIDA ZINE NUMBER 19 IN JUNE SAME YEAR...
VP=TELL US ABOUT EPÄJÄRJESTYS..WHEN WAS FORMED...RELEASES...HISTORY...
MARKKU=OK,LET´S START FROM THE HISTORY...BAND STARTED LATE 1994 ON IN EARLY 1995.ORIGINALLY IT WAS MIKA´S IDEA TO FORM THIS BAND.HE WANTED TO HAVE A GOOD HC-BAND,SINCE THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH GOOD BANDS IN FINLAND AT THAT TIME,ACTUALLY THERE WERE HARDLY ANY BANDS IN VAASA. AND HE WANTED TO PLAY THE MUSIC HE LIKED WITH A FEW FRIENDS.IT´S ALSO A GOOD WAY TO SPREAD IDEAS...SO HE LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND FEW FRIENDS TO PLAY WITH.JORMA CAME TO PLAY GUITAR AND TOMI TOOK BASS.THEN THEY PLAYED AS A 3 PIECE BAND AND THEY LOOKED A SINGER.MIKA ASKED ME AND I WAS "NO,I HAVEN´T BEEN A SINGER IN A HARDCORE BAND BEFORE..."AND AT THAT POINT I DIDN´T JOIN,SO...THEY ASKED KARI WHEN HE WAS DRUNK IN CLUB TO SEE FORÇA MACABRA AND AMEN,OTHERS.HE WAS DRUNK AND SAID "YES".SO THE BAND HAD A SINGER AND THEY HAD FEW SONGS AND PRACTICE PLACE.THEN IN JUNE 1995 THEY PLANNED TO GO TO STUDIO AND JUST A JOIN,BECAUSE THE BAND "NEEDED" 2 SINGERS.THEY HAD A STUDIO NEXT DAY BUT THEY HAVEN´T HAD EVEN MADE LYRICS FOR ALL THE SONGS.I MADE FEW LYRICS AND I SAID "YES".NEXT THING I KNOW IS THAT I´M IN STUDIO WITH MY FRIENDS AND I TRY TO LEARN ALL THE SONGS...IT WAS FUN TO BE IN STUDIO AND WE MADE QUITE A GOOD DEMO,CONSIDERING THAT I HAVEN´T EVEN HEARD ALL THE SONGS BEFORE I ENTERED THE STUDIO.THEN THE BAND NEEDED A NAME AND ONE DAY MIKA AND KARI WERE DOING NOTHING BUT HARASSING EACH OTHER AND THEN CAME THE NAME "EPÄJÄRJESTYS",WICH IN ENGLISH MEANS DISORDER OR DISARRAY.
WE HAVEN´T HAD ANY LINE UP CHANGES.SO WE ARE STILL THE SAME PEOPLE WHO STARTED THE BAND...MIKA-DRUMS,JORMA-GUITAR,TOMI-BASS,KARI AND ME "SINGING".
WE HAD OUR FIRST GIG JUST FEW WEEKS LATER THAN I JOINED.IT WAS FUNNY BUT CHAOTIC GIG.WE PLAYED OUR FIRST GIG WITH GENOCIDE(YOU MAY KNOW THIS BAND...THEY HAVE MADE A 12),WINGS(METAL)AND SOME OTHERS LOCAL HEROES...
SOMETHING ABOUT OUR RELEASES...WE JUST RELEASED A MINI CD ON OUR OWN (13 SONGS 17 MINUTES WITH POSTERSLEEVE)WE DIDN´T HAVE THE MONEY FOR OURSELVES,BUT JOMA´S GRANDMA(AND THAT´S TRUE!)GAVE US THE MONEY FOR THE RECORD,WHAT A GREAT GRANNY! WE STILL RELEASE THOSE SONGS ON VYNIL SOON,SO WAIT FOR THAT,THE VYNIL SHOULD BE OUT QUITE SOON ACTUALLY.SOME OTHERS RECORDS ARE PLANNED,BUT NOT SURE YET,SO IF YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THOSE PLEASE WRITE TO US.AND IF YOU DON´T HAVE MONEY TO BUY OUR RECORDS,THEN YOU CAN SEND US A TAPE AND WE COPY SOMETHING TO YOU.THE SONGS FROM FIRST DEMO WIL BE ON THE 7´EP,RELEASED BY DIY RECORDS IN JAPAN.SONGS ARE RECORDED AGAIN TO AVOID THE MISTAKES AND TO HAVE A BETTER SOUND QUALITY.THAT 7´SHOULD BE OUT IN SPRING 97.ASK IT FROM US OR FROM RIUJY ASADA.WE MADE ANOTHER DEMO.SONGS FROM IT WILL BE ON A 10´RECORD WITH 3 OTHERS FINNISH BANDS,THAT RECORD IS OUT IN MAY 97.
VP=DO YOU MAKE SOME OTHER WORKS IN FINLAND PUNK SCENE?
M=WE TRY TO BE AT LEAST SOME HOW ACTIVE IN OUR SCENE.WE DO WHAT WE CAN...I´M INVOLVED WITH A ZINE CALLED `TOINEN VAIHTOETHO" IT COMES OUT EVERY MONTH,SO THERE´S QUITE A LOT WORK WITH IT.KARI HAS ALSO DONE HIS OWN ZINE SEVERAL ISSUES...AND NOW MIKA AND KARI ARE PLANNING TO DO A ZINE TOGETHER.WE ARE ALSO ACTIVE IN A LOCAL ANTI-FACIST ORGANIZATION CALLED ´ANTIFA´.WE ARE ALSO ORGANIZING GIGS.WE ORGANIZED GIGS FOR MANY BANDS FROM OUTSIDE FINLAND TOO FOR ALL KINDS OF BANDS THAT ARE UNDERGROUND,PUNK ,HC,GRIND,ETC...ANYTHING THAT IS D.I.Y. AND NON-PROFIT.MIKA IS ALSO IN SOME OTHERS BANDS,HE PLAYS GUITAR IN ROTTEN SOUND(REALLY FAST HC LIKE DISRUPT)THEY PLAY REALLY GOOD MUSIC AND SOUND QUALITY ALWAYS GREAT)AND VOMITORIUM(THEY USED TO DEATH METAL BUT NOT ANYMORE)BOTH OF THOSE BANDS HAVE RELEASED SEVERAL STUFFS.
VP=YOUR FAVORITE BANDS AND INFLUENCES...
M=WELL,THAT´S HARD QUESTION.WE ALL LISTEN A BIT DIFFERENT MUSIC.MIKA LIKES REALLY FAST STUFF LIKE DISRUPT,DROPDEAD,HERESY,SORE THROAT AND ALL GRINDCORE TYPE STUFF.HE ALSO LISTENS TO MORE METAL.KARI LIKES DISCHARGE AND ARMAGEDOM AND SOME METAL,NOTHING MORE...TOMI IS OUR "MELODIC MAN" HE LIKES TO LISTEN TO SOME SPERMBIRDS,old BAD RELIGION,AND SO ON...JORMA LISTEN TO LOTS OF SWEDISH STUFFS;WOLFPACK,TOTALITAR,DISFEAR,CRUDE SS,DISKONTO,..AND SOME REALLY FAST STUFF.I´M LISTENING TO A LOT OF ALL THOSE OLD AND NEW TOO ANARCHO PUNK BANDS,REALLY FAST MUSIC,SOME MELODIC,AND MORE...I LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF MUSIC BUT WE ALL LIKE BANDS LIKE;RATOS DE PORÃO,DISCHARGE,ANTI CIMEX,DOOM,OLHO SECO,LOBOTOMIA,DIRTY,SUBHUMANS,AMEBIX,MDC,LIPCREAM,...
SO HERE´S SOME NEWS FAVOURITES OF MINE:CANDYSUCK(THIS IS NEW SWEDISH FEMALE BAND EXCELLENT PUNK ROCK!!),ENDSTAND(FINNISH NEW HC BAND WITH A LITTLE METAL INFLUENCE REALLY GOOD BAND AND NICE PEOPLES),BLACK KRONSTADT(GREAT ANARCHO PUNK FROM USA),DETESTATION(USA),RESULT(OLD CFDL PEOPLE HERE,SO THIS IS JAPANESE),SCUM NOISE(GREAT BRAZILCORE),DROPDEAD AND RIGHT NOW I´M LISTEN TO BESTHÖVEN DEMO 1996.I THINK THAT´S ENOUGH ABOUT FAVORITES...
VP=WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BRAZILIAN PUNK SCENE?
M=I KNOW A LOT ABOUT IT.I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE BEST PUNK/HC WERE MADE IN BRAZIL.SUCH HOLOCAUSTO,CÓLERA,CAMBIO NEGRO HC,INOCENTES,FOGO CRUZADO,BRIGADA DO ODIO, AND OTHER GREAT STUFFS IS REALLY INFLUENTIAL AND REALLY GOOD STUFF!!I SURELLY KNOW THAT THERE ARE GOOD BANDS NOW IN BRAZIL TOO LIKE SCUM NOISE,BESTHÖVEN,KUOLEMA,WHITE FROGS,NEUROSE URBANA,METROPOLIXO,EXECRADORES,DISCARGA VIOLENTA,LIXO URBANO, AND MANY OTHERS STILL CONTINUE DOING THAT GREAT BRAZILIAN MUSIC.AND I´M ALWAYS WILLING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR SCENE.SO WRITE ME IF YOU HAVE SOME GOOD MUSIC.WE CAN TRADE SOMETHING...OR IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT FINNISH SCENE...I HEARD THAT ARMAGEDOM IS STILL PRACTISING SOMETIMES,AT LEAST SOME OF THEM.GREAT!!!!MAYBE SOME NEW STUFF SOMEDAY???ATAQUE DO TRASHCORE FURIOSO!!!!!
VP=TELL US ABOUT YOUR STUFFS...DEMOS,EP´S...ETC...
M=I ALREADY TOLD SOMETHING BUT HERE´S MORE:
OUR FIRST CD WAS ONLY 500 COPIES AND WE HAVE 70-80 LEFT.MAYBE WE WILL DO 2ND PRESS,MAYBE NOT.BUT THOSE SONGS WILL BE ON VYNIL TOO.NO FASHION RECORDS WILL RELEASE SOME OF THOSE SONGS ON A 7´EP IN BRAZIL.SO EVERYONE IN THERE CAN HAVE IT WICH IS REALLY GOOD.CAUSE WE LIKE BRAZILIAN SCENE A LOT! THERE WILL BE A 7´EP ON DIY RECORDS IN JAPAN,THAT SHOULD BE OUT REALLY SOON.AND THAT 10 ´LP WILL BE KIND OF A 4 WAY SPLIT LP.THAT SHOULD BE GOOD TOO.OUR CD WILL BE RELEASED ON VYNIL IN USA TOO AS A 7´,CRUST RECORDS WILL DO THIS.ALL THOSE RECORDS WILL BE READY SOON.WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHERS PLANS ,BUT THOSE ARE JUST PLANS NOW NEVER KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN.WE ARE ALSO DOING SOME SONGS FOR COMPS,FOR INSTANCE ONE SONG FOR A "KAAOS" TRIBUTE EP...
VP=TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT PUNK GIGS IN FINLAND...
M=WELL,WHAT SHOULD I TELL Hmmmmm....MAYBE I TELL SOMETHING ABOUT OUR GIGS WITH UUTUUS,RAJOITUS(SWEDEN) AND KIROUS.THAT GIG WAS 1.3.1997.AND IT WAS OUR BEST GIG SO FAR.THE AUDIENCE WAS GOOD,THEY WERE POGOING ALL THE TIME AND ALL THE BANDS WERE GREAT.THERE WAS REALLY GOOD ATMOSPHERE AND NO FIGHTS AT ALL.LOTS OF PEOPLES WERE THERE,REALLY NICE GIG INDEED.BY THE WAY THAT WAS THE LAST GIG FOR UUTUUS THEY ARE NOT PLAYING ANYMORE...SAD.NOT ALL GIGS ARE THAT GOOD,SOME SHOWS THERE ARE ONLY VERY FEW PEOPLE AND LOTS OF FIGHTS AND PEOPLE BREAKING EMPTY BOTTLES WHEN DRUNK.THOSE GIGS ARE NOT NICE,THERE ARE LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE STARTED TO GO TO GIGS,WICH IS GOOD OF COURSE,IT´S GOOD TO HAVE NEW PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE SCENE.
VP=TELL US ABOUT YOUR LYRICS...
M=I´LL INCLUDE HERE SOME OF OUR LYRICS,SO CHECK THOSE,GENERALLY WE ARE SINGING ABOUT THE THINGS WE CONSIDER IMPORTANT,GOOD AND BAD THINGS,WE SING ABOUT APATHY,WAR,ENVIROMENTAL DESTRUCTION,POLLUTION,IGNORANCE AND WHAT EVER WE FEEL IS WORTH SINGING.
WE HAVE LYRICS IN FINNISH,SWEDISH AND ENGLISH.BUT WE ALWAYS TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH,SO THAT PEOPLE OUT FROM FINLAND CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE SINGING ABOUT.IT´S IMPORTANT IN MY OPINION TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WE ARE SINGING ABOUT,SO WE CAN SHARE AND SPREAD SOME IDEAS WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
VP=WHAT MORE ELSE?
M=I THINK I´VE SAID EVERYTHING I WANTED.THANX A LOT FOR THE INTERVIEW.IT´S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO ANSWER THESE INTERVIEWS.KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK WITH YOUR ZINE FOFÃO!!
SO IF SOMEONE IS INTERESTED IN OUR BAND OR FINNISH PUNK OR JUST WANT TO COMMUNICATE,THEN PLEASE WRITE US,WE ARE HAPPY TO GET LETTERS AND ANSWERS TOO.IF YOU WANT OUR MUSIC YOU CAN ASK IT FROM US AND WE CAN ALWAYS TRADE TAPES,RECORDS,ETC...BRAZILIAN PUNKS RULES!
CHEERS TO EVERYBODY,TRY TO SURVIVE THIS CRUEL WORLD!! COMMUNICATE!
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