OS MALTRAPILHOS INTERVIEW-2008

VP.TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE BAND´S HISTORY...TO PEOPLES THAT DON´T KNOW WELL YOUR WORK YET...
OS MALTRAPILHOS WAS FORMED IN 1994 IN CEILÂNDIA CITY/DF.JUST TP PLAY PUNK ROVK,IN THE BEGUIN WE WAS PLAYING JUST COVERSONGS FROM BRAZILIAN PUNK BANDS FROM THE 80´s AND THEN WE STARTED TO MADE OUR OWN SONGS.

VP.WHY "OS MALTRAPILHOS"???
CO´Z WE ARE 4 UGLY GUYS WEARING ROTTEN VESTS.(FOFÃO´s NOTE=THE NAME IS A BRAILIAN SLANG THAT MEANS SOMETHING IN ENGLISH LIKE "ROTTEN VESTS"..."POOR VESTS" etc...)

VP.YOUR BIGGEST INFLUENCES?? AND FAVORITE BANDS??
WELL,WE LISTEN IN THE MOST OF TIMES CLASSIC PUNK/HC LIKE::ASTA KASK,APPENDIX,RASTA KNAST,CÓLERA,OLHO SECO,DEAD KENNEDYS,DROPKICK MURPHYS,COCK SPARRER,ONE WAY SYSTEM,OXYMORON,CASUALTIES,DEFIANCE,PUKE,FLICTS,CHAOS U.K,MINOR THREAT,BLANKS 77,LIXOMANIA,DESORDEIROS,ULSTER,CIRCLE JERKS,THE ADICTS,REZZILOS,SOCIAL DISTORTION,DISCHARGE,VARUKERS,VORKRIEGSJUGEND AND RAMONES.

VP.TELL US ABOUT YOUR FIRST STUFFS...DEMOTAPES...THE "DESEMPREGO DESESPERO" CD...HOW MANY COPIES YOU MADE EACH RELEASE...AND HOW ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION/DIVULGATION...
WE HAVE A DEMO-TAPE WITH A LIVE SIDE AND OTHER IN STUDIO FROM 2000 TILL 2005,WE MADE 300 COPIES IN BRAZIL AND SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.THE "DESEMPREGO DESESPERO" CD DEMO FROM 2006 WE MADE 1500 COPIES FOR ALL BRAZIL AND MANY OTHERS COUNTRIES LIKE;JAPAN,U.S.A,SWEDEN,FINLAND,ENGLAND,PORTUGAL,RÚSSIA AND MANY OTHERS...WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS THAT KEEP CONTACTS IN OVERSEAS AND WESELVES DOING MANY TRADES AND SENT FREE COPIES TOO TO FRIENDS.

VP.WITH THIS NEW FULL LENGHT CD AND WITH 2000 COPIES THE BAND WILL BE GET MANY MORE KNOWING OF COURSE...WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THIS NEW CD THE "DESCASO"?
WELL OUR HOPE IS THE BEST WE CAN DO.WE´D LIKE TO DISTRIBUTE IN ALL BRAZIL AND TO THE WORLD!!

VP.WHAT´S YOUR CURRENT LINE UP?? IS THE SAME FROM THE BEGUIN?? WHAT IS THE SECRET TO KEEP THE BAND ACTIVE AND ALIVE ALL THESE MORE THAN 14 YEARS??
JUST OUR BASSPLAYER RODRIGO IS NOT FROM THE ORIGINAL LINE UP.DON´T EXIST A CONCRETE MODE,WE JUST TRY TO FIND A COMMOM WAY,AWAYS WITH RESPECT EACH OTHERS AND OUR INDIVIDUALITY,ALL IN THE BAND IS MADE IN A COMMON WAY:THE LYRICS,THE MUSIC,THE SET LIST FOR GIGS,etc...

VP.WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE HARDCORE/PUNK SCENE IN DF TODAY??
...IN A MUSIC WAY IT´S GETTING BETTER,WITH MANY SPACES FOR GIGS,ARE COMING MANY CLASSIC BANDS FROM BRAZIL AND EUROPE,THINGS THAT NO ONE WAS BELIEVING IN SOME YEARS AGO.AND A GOOD RELATION WITH BANDS FROM OTHERS BRAILIAN STATES/AREAS.

VP.BEYOND THE NEW CD THE MALTRAPILHOS STILL WILL BE IN SOME COMPILATIONS HERE AND IN OVERSEAS...YOU CAN TELL US ABOUT THESE NEXT RELEASES?
WE WILL BE IN A COMP. WITH JUST BRAZILIAN AND SWEDISH BANDS THAT WILL BE RELEASED BY "CIVIL RECORDS" FROM SWEDEN.AND WE WILL BE IN ANOTHER COMP. THAT WILL BE RELEASED JUST IN EUROPE BUT WE DON´T HAVE MANY INFORMATIONS ABOUT IT NOW,CO´Z WE WAS INVITED BY MOAA FROM UTGARD TROLLS,WE ARE TOO IN A DIFFERENT EDITION OF THE "ZINE OFICIAL" WERE WILL BE RELEASED A ZINE AND CD WITH MANY BANDS AND WE ARE EXCITED CO´Z OUR CD "DESEMPREGO DESESPERO" THAT IS COMING SOON AT INFECTED RECORDS FROM PORTUGAL.

VP.THE BAND HAVE PLAYED IN MANY OTHERS CITIES IN BRAZIL...HOW IT IS HAPPENNING AND HOW IS THE ANSWER FROM PEOPLES IN OTHERS CITIES/STATES IN YOUR MUSIC AND GIGS?
IT´S HAPPENING CO´Z THE RESULT OF DIVULGATION AND COOL REVIEWS FROM THE CD DEMO "DESEMPREGO DESESPERO".AND THE PEOPLES ARE BEING MANY RECEPTIVES AND THEY HAVE SOME IDENTIFYNG WITH US.DANCING AND TO OUR SURPRISE=SCREAMING SOME SONGS WITH US!!!

VP.WHAT WILL BE YOUR NEXT STEPS NOW??
WELL,JUST WORKING DIVULGATING THE NEW CD "DESCASO" AND PLAY A LOT...

VP.SO IS THIS......LAST WORDS FOR YOUR FANS AND TO THE NEW PEOPLES THAT ARE KNOWING YOUR WORK NOW...
FIRST WE´D LIKE TO THANX TO VERMYNOZE PUTRIDA FOR THE HELP AND INTERESTING AND SAY TO ALL PEOPLES THAT HAD GOES TO OUR GIGS AND GETTING OUR CD´S=MANY HEALTH,CONSCIENCE AND PUNK ROCK FOREVER!!!WE´D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE DON´T HAVE ANY FLAG,WE DON´T HAVE NOTHING AGAINST NO ONE,WE´RE JUST A BAND THAT PLAYS PUNK ROCK LIKE A FORM OF PROTEST.THANKS!!