Well,the first time i heard The Swedish SNIFTER was when D-beat Máster Kawakami(DISCLOSE) sent me a demotape from them…a really nice demotape…so I made contacts with Johan the vocalist from SINIFTER in middle of 1996 to 97….i got some more SNIFTER stuffs…and I remember so great is their Split EP with BATTLE OF DISARM also…
This interview I made with Johan and was published in VERMYNOZE PUTRIDA ZINE Number=20 in November-1997….
I don´t know what happened with the band later…when broke up…etc…
But this is a cool one to read and know a little more about SNIFTER work…
I do some scanner with old images from band also…so…hope you all enjoy this….
(Fofäo Discrust)
VX=TELL US ABOUT SNIFTER…HISTORY,WHEN IT WAS FORMED…ETC…
SNIFTER=WELL,SNIFTER WAS FORMED 3 ½ YEARS AGO,IN THE EARLY SPRING OF 1994.WHEN JONAS(GUITAR) JOINED SNIFTER THE SUMMER-1994,WE STARTED TO DO SONGS FOR OUR DEMO THAT WE RECORDED IN THE WINTER SAME YEAR.IN THE SPRING-1995 IN GOT IN CONTACT WITH MATS(DISTORTION RECORDS) AND HE WANTED US TO BE ON HIS SECOND “DISTORTION TO HELL” COMP. CD AND WE RECORDED TWO SONGS FOR THAT ONE IN MAY-1995.A WHILE AFTER THAT I GOT INCONTACT WITH MANABU(BLURRED RECORDS) WHO WANTED TO DO A SPLIT EP WITH ANARCHOCRUST HEROES =BATTLE OF DISARM,AT THE SAME TIME PATRICK(REALLY FAST RECORDS)WANTED US TO BE WITH ONE SONG FOR HIS 2x COMP LP “REALLY FAST VOL. 10”.AFTER THOSE TWO RECORDINGS=SEPTEMBER-1995.DAVID(GUITAR) AND KARL ANDRESS(DEUMS)LEFT THE BAND AND STEFAN JOINED ON DRUMS…
WE DID SOME SONGS FOR DIFFERENTS COMPS.AND DID AS WANT GIGS THAT WE COULD WITH BANDS LIKE=STATE OF FEAR/DISFEAR/PLP/KONTROVERS/RAJOITUS/INTENSITY/ AND SO ON…AFTER THE CONCERT WITH STATE OF FEAR=MARCH-1997 AND PCP ,PAVAN JOINED THE BAND ON SECOND GUITAR AND WE CONTINUED TO MAKE SONGS FOR THE UPCOMING SPLIT LP WITH “EVERYDAY MADNESS” AND OUR OWN 7”
VX=WHAT´S THE CURRENT LINE UP NOW?
SNIFTER=ME(JOHAN)VOX/MATTIAS(BAS)/JONAS(GUITAR)/STEFFAN
(DRUMS) AND PAVAN(GUITAR).WE ARE 18-23 YEARS IF ANYONE WANT KNOW?!
VX=DO YOU MAKE SOME OTHERS WORKS IN SWEDISH PUNK SCENE,BEYOND THE BAND?
SNIFTER=ME AND PAVAN GOT A LITTLE DISTRO WITH TWO OTHERS GUYS,SO IF ANYONE WANT GET YOUR STUFF OUT IN SWEDEN JUST SEND ME WHAT YOU GOT AND I WILL DO WHAT I CAN DO TO HELP YOU OUT.PAVAN ALSO PLAYS IN A CRUST/GRIND BAND CALLED RAKITIS AND THEY GOT ONE OR TWO SPLITS…JONAS PLAY ALSO IN A HC BAND CALLED INTENSITY AND THEY GOT A 7” AND MCD OUT…STEFN PALY IN A PUNK BAND CALLED ANORETIX(OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT) AND THEY GOT A DEMO OUT…
VX=YOUR FAVORITE BANDS…AND INFLUENCES…
SNIFTER=OOH…SHIT…I LIKE SO MANY BANDS SO I JUST NAME SOME OF THEM: TOTALITAR/G-ANX/SVART PARAD/DISRUPT/H.H.H./3-WAY CUM/RKL/S.D.D./EVERYDAY MADNESS/KYUSS/SLO BURN/SPITE/STATE OF FEAR/LOS CRUDOS/REVOLT/DISCLOSE/E.N.T./NO SECURITY/NEUROSE URBANA/BESTHÖVEN/CONFLICT/HIATUS/INFEST…AND MANY,MANY MORE…
VX=WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT BRAZILIAN PUNK SCENE?
SNIFTER=NOT SO MUCH…BUT I SAW A SCENE REPORT FROM BRAZIL IN A SWEDISH ZINE CALLED “BRUTAL CHAOS” FOR MANY YEARS AGO AND IT SEEMED VERY INTERESTING,THE ONLY BANDS I HAVE HEARD FROM BRAZIL ARE NEUROSE URBANA AND BESTHÖVEN AND I LIKE BOTH OF THEM VERY MUCH,IF ANYONE WANT TO TRADE BRAZIL PUNK WITH ME I WOULD BE VERY GLAD…I SEND SOME SWEDISH IN RETURN…
VX=HOW ARE THE GIGS IN YOUR AREA?
SNIFTER=IF SOMEONE ARRANGE ANYTHING ,LITTLE PEOPLE SHOW UP…BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE GREAT WITH QUITE A LOT PEOPLE AND MUCH “DANCING” .IN THE MIDDLE AND NUTHERN PARTS OF SWEDEN IT´S SEEMS TO BE MORE CONCERTS BUT I DON´T HAVE MONEY TO TRAVEL FOR,SO I THINK I MISS VERY MUCH.
VX=TELL US ABOUT YOUR LIRYCS AND WHAT YOU TRY TO SHOW WITH IT…
SNIFTER=OUR LYRICS TAKE UP THINGS LIKE ANIMALS LIBERATION,RACISM,HUMAN GREED,THE DESTRUCTION OF THIS EARTH AND MANY OTHERS STUFFS THAT WE DON´T AGREE WITH.
VX=WHAT YOU CAN SAY TO US ABOUT THE OLD AND CLASSIC SWEDISH BANDS??
SNIFTER=WELL..MUST OF THEM DON´T PLAY ANYMORE BUT SOME OF OLD PUNKS GOT NEW BANDS AND SOME OF THEM ARE NOT IN PUNK SCENE ANYMORE.I RATHER TALK ABOUT THE NEW BANDS,CO´Z WE CAN´T LIVE IN THE PAST FOREVER,I LIKE A LOT OF OLD SWEDIH BANDS BUT AS I TOLD YOU I FIND IT MORE INTERESTING TO HEAR NEW BANDS.
VX=SO,LAST WORDS…
SNIFTER=OK…THANX FOR THE INTERVIEW EVEN THOUGH MY ANSWERS WAS BORING.I WOULD LOVE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH MORE PUNKS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE WORLD SO FEEL FREE TO WRITE ME ,I ANSWER EVERY LETTER AS SOON AS I CAN.IF ANYONE WANT SNIFTER OR OTHER SWEDISH BANDS,JUST LET ME KNOW AND I WILL SEND YOU A TAPE.
TAKE CARE AND STAY PUNK!!!
CHEERS,JOHAN.
