[CRIPPLE BASTARDS]

1.GIULIO,PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE CRIPPLE BASTARDS HISTORY.WHAT WAS YOUR INSPIRATION TO FORM A BAND AND WHAT IS THE CURRENT CRIPPLE BASTARDS LINE-UP?
WELL, HERE'S SOME STUFF TAKEN FROM OUR OFFICIAL BIO:
- C.B. IS THE OLDEST AND MOST PROLIFIC ITALIAN GRIND/PUNK OUTFIT OF THE TIMES … BORN IN ASTI, A SMALL GREY TOWN IN THE NORTH OF ITALY.
- FORMED IN 1988 BY TWO YOUNG NOISE-MAKERS: GIULIO THE BASTARD (DRUMS + VOCALS) AND ALBERTO THE CRIPPLER (GUITAR)
- THE BAND GOES THROUGH A VERY BIG VARIETY OF STYLES, STARTING WITH FILTHY RAW PUNK THEN MOVING TO TOTAL NOISECORE NIHILISM TO ITALIAN TYPE '80S HARDCORE TO BRUTAL MISANTHROPIC GRINDCORE ETC. YEAR AFTER YEAR THEY RELEASE TONS OF DEMOS, 7"S, COMP. TRACKS ETC.. ALWAYS THANX TO THE HELP/SUPPORT OF DIY LABELS/DISTROS AROUND THE GLOBE. IN 1991GIULIO THE BASTARD STARTS HIS OWN LABEL E.U.'91 PRODUZIONI.
- 1996: THE FIRST C.B. ALBUM "YOUR LIES IN CHECK" COMES OUT ON E.U.'91 + ECOCENTRIC AND IT'S QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY THE ANTHOLOGICAL CD "BEST CRIMES" ON USA'S FINEST GRAND THEFT AUDIO, COLLECTING THE BEST C.B. SINGLES AND DEMO TRAX GOIN' FROM '88 TO '94.
- IN THE YEARS C.B. CHANGED MORE THAN 12 DRUMMERS, 5 BASSISTS, 3 GUITARISTS, THE ONLY ORIGINAL MEMBER LEFT TODAY IS THE SINGER (AND SONG/LYRIC WRITER) GIULIO THE BASTARD.
THE CURRENT LINE-UP IS:
GIULIO THE BASTARD - VOCALS,
SCHINTU THE WRETCHED - BASS,
DER KOMMISSAR - GUITAR,
AL MAZZOTTI - DRUMS - C.B. TOOK PART TO THE BIGGEST PUNK/HC SHOWS OF THE '90S IN ITALY AND PLAYED ALL AROUND EUROPE (CROATIA, SLOVENIA, BOSNIA, GERMANY, AUSTRIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, BELGIUM, FRANCE, HOLLAND) WITH TONS OF LEGENDARY BANDS LIKE RATOS DE PORAO, DOOM, CHAOS UK, DROPDEAD, VARUKERS, HELLNATION, GRIDE, MALIGNANT TUMOUR, MRTVA BUDOUCNOST, STRYCHNINE, BOYCOT, AGATHOCLES, SCRAWL, STACK, DENAK, ARTURO, CRUNCH, ENTROPIA, COMRADES, TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION + TONS MORE. THEY'VE BEEN HEADLINERS FOR 3 YEARS AT OBSCENE EXTREME FEST IN CZECH REPUBLIC AND THEY'VE TAKEN PART TO THE COOL "FUCK THE COMMERCE 4" FEST IN GERMANY THIS YEAR!!
- THE BAND IS CURRENTLY PROMOTING THE NEWER ALBUM CALLED "MISANTROPO A SENSO UNICO" (LP ON E.U.'91 PROD., CD ON DEAF AMERICAN/USA + PECULIO DISCOS/BRAZIL) AND THE COLLECTIVE "ALMOST HUMAN" CD (OBSCENE PROD./CZECH REPUBLIC), PLUS WORKING ON DIFFERENT SINGLES & SPLITS WITH BANDS LIKE REGURGITATE, DENAK, CORRUPTED AND MORE…BACK TO YOUR QUESTION.. WE FORMED THE BAND SIMPLY BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE OUR OWN NOISE IN A COMPLETELY DEAD TOWN WITH NO KIND OF ENTERTAINMENT OR SPACE FOR THE YOUNG GENERATIONS. IN A FIRST MOMENT IT WAS MAINLY OUR OWN WAY TO ESCAPE FROM APATHY AND THE SUBLIMINALLY IMPOSED CONFORMIST STANDARDS. THROUGH THE YEARS THINGS CHANGED AND C.B. MAINLY TURNED INTO A PERSONAL OUTBURST, THE ONLY REAL WAY TO VENT OUT RAGE AND FRUSTRATIONS, TO PUT IN MUSIC (AND WORDS) A PLAN OF REVENGE THAT WILL LAST UNTIL I'M ALIVE. THIS IS THE "LIVE TO HATE PEOPLE" MENTALITY WE HAVE DEVELOPED.

2.HOW DID YOU LIKE THE OBSCENE EXTREME FESTIVAL THIS YEAR?
IT WAS AWESOME AS ALWAYS… MANY GOOD BANDS JUST LIKE THE YEARS BEFORE AND A VERY COOL AUDIENCE ABSORBED IN A REALLY FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE… THERE'S TONS OF GRIND FANATICS HAVING A GOOD TIME, AND DESPITE THE HIGH ALCOHOLIC LEVELS, IT NEVER COMES TO A FIGHT OR SIMILAR BULLSHIT!! I REALLY LOVE THE CZECH SCENE AND THIS KIND OF FESTIVALS. NEXT SUMMER C.B. WON'T'PLAY BUT I'LL BE CERTAINLY THERE.

3.SOME WORDS ABOUT YOUR LAST RECORD "ALMOST HUMAN..."
"ALMOST HUMAN" (THE CD ON OBSCENE) IS A COLLECTION OF ALL OUR STUDIO WORKS/SINGLES FROM '97 TO '99, PLUS 20 TRACKS RECORDED LIVE IN HOLLAND, ALL BRILLIANTLY RE-MASTERED AND RE-EDITED. IT COMES WITH A HUGE BOOKLET FULL OF LYRICS, INFOS AND A PICTURE GALLERY INCLUDING TONS OF FLYERS/GIG-POSTERS OF THE LAST YEARS. WINNER POINT ON THAT CD IS THE STORIES ABOUT THE FRONT-COVER. IT HAS THE PHOTO OF A MAN FORCING A GIRL TO SUCK HIS COCK POINTING A SHOTGUN AT HER HEAD. IT'S TAKEN FROM AN EXTREMELY SICK US FILM CALLED "FORCED ENTRY". THERE'S NO PARTICULAR REASON WHY WE USED THAT PIC AS A FRONT COVER, I WAS IN CZECH REPUBLIC FOR DOING THE GRAPHIC WORKS FOR THIS RELEASE AND IN THAT PERIOD I WAS EXTREMELY FUCKED UP. SO FAR AS MY OTHER JOB BESIDES RUNNING THE LABEL IS TO DUB FILMS FOR SALE (I HAVE A HUGE VIDEOGRAPHY AT HOME), SOME DAYS BEFORE LEAVING FOR CZECH I DUBBED THAT FILM TO A FRIEND AND MY EYE FELT ON THE SCREEN WHILE THERE WAS THAT SEQUENCE OF THE BLOWJOB WITH GUN AT THE HEAD. I THOUGHT "HEY, THIS IS A TOP IN BAD TASTE AND EXTREMISM"..SO I JUST THREW THE VHS IN MY BAG BEFORE LEAVING AND WHEN I ARRIVED IN CZECH I SHOWED IT TO THE GUY DOING THE OBSCENE PROD. LABEL. WE BOTH AGREED THAT IT WAS A MEGA-EXTREME CONCEPT THAT NOBODY HAD DARED BEFORE, AND WE ENDED UP USING IT ON THE COVER OF THE CD. "COLLATERAL DAMAGES" OF THIS COVER HAVE BEEN: 1) VARIOUS DIATRIBES/ARGUMENTS WITH ITALIAN FEMINISTS AND POLITICALLY CORRECT INDIVIDUALS 2) THE BEGINNING OF A SELF-CENSORING CAMPAIGN AT THE FACTORY IN CZECH REPUBLIC THAT PRINTED THIS (AND THAT FACTORY IS THE BIGGEST VINYL MANIFACTURER IN EUROPE + THEY DO A LOT OF CD'S FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES/LABELS AS WELL). OBSCENE PROD. TOLD ME THAT NOW THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO PRINT A FLESHLESS CD-COVER WITH A NOT SO BRUTAL DESIGN FOCUSED ON CANNIBALISM, AND THE BOSS OF THE FACTORY HAD THE CRIPPLE BASTARDS CD ON HIS TABLE AS AN EXAMPLE OF COVER THAT CROSSED ALL THE LIMITS IN DECENCY AND BAD TASTE! YEAH, THAT'S A HONOUR FOR US!!!!! 3) WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO SOME OVERSEA EDITIONS FOR EXTRA-EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION BUT LOOKS LIKE NO PRINTER WANTS TO DO THAT FRONT-COVER AGAIN, IN AUSTRALIA I'VE GOT A FULL "NO" AS SOON AS I SENT IT. WELL, WHAT CAN I SAY… TRY TO GET IT NOW THROUGH OBSCENE BECAUSE IN SOME YEARS THERE WON'T BE ANY CHANCE TO FIND THIS EDITION WITH THE BLOWJOB COVER!

4.WHAT ARE YOUR MUSICAL INFLUENCES AND WHERE DO YOU GET THE INSPIRATION FOR YOUR (GREAT!!!) LYRICS?
MUSICAL INFLUENCES ARE TOO MANY TO BE MENTIONED HERE, AND ALL OF US HAVE DIFFERENT TASTES IN MUSIC, SO YOU KNOW… IT WOULD BE A MESS TO SUM UP. IF I TALK FOR MYSELF, I CAN TELL THAT I LISTEN TO TONS OF '80S PUNK/HARDCORE, MID '80S THRASH METAL, ALL EARLY GRIND/THRASH-CORE CLASSICS AND THEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC BECAUSE THE ONLY SECRET FOR DOING SOMETHING STILL ORIGINAL IN GRIND AND EXTREME HC IS TO FIND IDEAS IN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FORMS OF EXPRESSION.
LYRICS… C.B. IS MAINLY A NEGATIVE AND CYNICAL EYE ON THE EVERYDAY'S REALITY. WE STAND FAR FROM ANY POLITICAL DIRECTION AND THROUGH OUR LYRICS WE JUST WANT TO PASS ON OUR NEGATIVITY AND INNER VIOLENCE, AN EXPRESSION RELATED TO WHAT WE FEEL.. A REACTION CONNECTED TO THE EXPERIENCES OF OUR LIVES. IN FEW WORDS, LYRICALLY WE JUST GIVE STORIES OF EVERYDAYS LIFE PRESENTED THROUGH AN EXTREMELY CYNICAL & MISANTHROPIC VIEW. IN SHORT: OUR ONLY INSPIRATION IS STORIES OF EVERYDAYS LIFE.

5.CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE SCENE-REPORT ABOUT THE ITALIAN HC/GRIND-SCENE?
NOWADAYS HERE IN ITALY THE HC/GRIND SCENE IS VERY SMALL AND FRAGMENTED… MOST OF THE BANDS BREAK UP FEW MONTHS/YEARS AFTER THEY FORM. TODAY THERE'S STILL THE FOLLOWING AROUND THAT ARE, ACCORDING TO ME, QUITE INTERESTING: ENTROPIA, CONFUSIONE, GRIMNESS, KONTATTO, OHUZARU, COMRADES, DYSMORFIC, SONDERKOMMANDO + A FEW OTHERS. I CAN PROUDLY SAY THAT ALL THE REST SUCKS. IT'S A REALLY NON-UNITED SCENE, WITH TONS OF PREJUDICES, ENVY AND MORALISM. WITH C.B. WE HAVE ALWAYS TRIED TO STAY AWAY FROM ALL THIS CRAP. GOOD/ACTIVE LABELS ARE E.U.'91, SOA REC. AND A FEW SMALLER ONES.

6.THE CRIPPLE BASTARDS ALSO PLAYED IN GERMANY. DID YOU ENJOY PLAYING THERE AND WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GERMAN BANDS?
YEAH, WE ALWAYS HAD A REALLY GREAT TIME PLAYING IN GERMANY, THE FIRST TIME WE CAME THERE WAS 9 YEARS AGO AND WE'RE STILL COMING FROM TIME TO TIME HAVING A LOT OF FUN. LAST SPRING WE ALSO TOOK PART TO THE "FUCK THE COMMERCE" FEST THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. MY FAVOURITE GERMAN BANDS OF THE PAST WERE INFERNO, SM 70 AND ALL THE METAL GODZ LIKE SODOM + SIMILAR. OF THE CURRENT BANDS LET'S SAY THERE'S SOME THAT I RESPECT/APPRECIATE BUT TO BE HONEST I'M NOT A BIG LISTENER OF THIS STUFF.
I CAN MENTION STACK, MY OWN LIES, GOMORRHA, COCK & BALL TORTURE, FLACHENBRAND, AUTORITAR… IT'S ALL GOOD OUTFITS THAT PLAY WELL. THAT'S IT. UH, AND I THINK THAT OLD GERMAN NOISECORE WAS BIG FUN, EXPECIALLY B.G.T., ANAL MASSAKER, W.B.I., STERBEHILFE AND SIMILAR… I LOVE NOISE/GRIND.

7.E.U.´91 PRODUZIONI : HISTORY,RELEASES,FUTURE PLANS...?
WELL, I STARTED THE LABEL BACK IN 1991 TAKING THE NAME FROM A SECRET VANDALISTIC ORGANIZATION I HAD SUBRSCRIBED TO IN THAT PERIOD AND THAT WAS A REALLY AWESOME THING (BUT SADLY LASTED FOR A VERY SHORT WHILE). IN THE FIRST YEARS I MAINLY PUT OUT TAPES: THE EARLY CRIPPLE BASTARDS' DEMOS AND SOME PARALLEL GRIND/NOISECORE ACTSS FROM THE OLD SCENE LIKE AGATHOCLES, FILTHY CHARITY, END OF SILENCE AND SO ON. MY FIRST VINYL PRODUCTION WAS THE REGURGITATE / PSYCHOTIC NOISE SPLIT EP BACK IN '93. AFTER THAT I TOOK PART TO A LOT OF CO-PRODUCTIONS MAINLY FOCUSING ON REISSUES OF OLD CLASSIC ITALIAN HARDCORE (IMPACT, NEGAZIONE, C.C.M., UART PUNK ETC.) THEN IN 1996 I PUT OUT THE CD VERSION OF C.B. "YOUR LIES IN CHECK" (OUR 1ST FULL-LENGHT) AND 4 YEARS LATER I DID THE GATEFOLD LP OF OUR "MISANTROPO A SENSO UNICO" ALBUM. COMING OUT VERY SOON IS THE C.B. / REGURGITATE SPLIT 7" THAT ACCORDING TO ME IS A REAL ASS-KICKIN' RELEASE. YOU SEE, THE LABEL IS NOW MAINLY FOCUSED ON PROMOTING/DISTRIBUTING C.B. AND ON MY MAILORDER SERVICE + DISTRO AT SHOWS. I HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO KEEP THE LABEL ACTIVITY GOING IN A CONSTANT + PROFESSIONAL WAY BECAUSE MY LIFE ITSELF IS NOT CONSTANT, SO IT ALL WORKS ALONG WITH MY MOOD/FEELINGS. FUTURE PLANS COULD BE A THANATOLOGIST 7" (BEST ITALIAN GORE/GRIND EVER, THEIR LEGENDARY UNRELEASED EP FROM '96) AND SOME OTHER EARLY '80S HARDCORE RE-ISSUES, BUT FIRST I HAVE TO BECOME OLD AND FIRM IN MY MOOD. HEHEHE!!

8.IN ITALY THE (CATHOLIC) CHURCH HAS A VERY BIG INFLUENCE.WHAT IS YOUR OPINION ABOUT THAT FACT AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT RELIGION IN THE HARDCORE-SCENE?
WELL, ITALY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN THE HANDS OF THIS CRAP, AND ALL MEDIAS + COMMON MENTALITY STANDARDS ARE DEEPLY INFECTED BY THAT. IT'S SO EXTREMELY RADICATED IN PEOPLE'S MINDS AND HABITS THAT YOU ALMOST BREATHE IT AS A NATURAL THING. WHAT CAN I SAY? THERE'S NO HOPE TO CHANGE SOMETHING THAT AFTER SO MANY YEARS CAN BE PROBABLY EVEN FOUND IN PEOPLE'S DNA. IT'S ALL A MATTER OF INSECURITIES, RESIGNATION, BEING USED TO BE MANIPULATED. RELIGION IN THE HC SCENE… WELL, THAAT'S SOMETHING QUITE RARE HERE. I RECENTLY SAW A BAND CALLING THEMSELVES "CATHOLIC STRAIGHT EDGE" BUT AS SOON AS THEY TOLD THIS ON STAGE THEY JUST GOT A BUNCH OF INSULTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. ITALIAN HC IS MAINLY DROWNED IN THE POLITICAL CRUST-AS-FUCK CLICHÉ, SO YOU KNOW… RELIGION IS EXTREMELY HATED BY THESE SIMPLE MINDS. I HATE IT TOO, BUT AT LEAST I HAVE A GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE ON MANY THINGS, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE HATE IT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S A PUNK PECULIARITY. BUT IF YOU THINK DEEPER, EVERYONE OF US (OR AT LEAST THE MOST) HAS A SORT OF RELIGION OF HIS OWN, FOR SOME IT'S MONEY, FOR OTHERS IT'S BEING A REALIZED MAN WITH A CAREER AND A NICE PUSSY TO SHOW UP, FOR OTHERS IS BEING A NERD, FOR OTHERS IT'S BEING A VEGAN SXE, FOR OTHERS A FILTHY AS FUCK DRUNKARD PLAYING DIS-CHARGED RIFFS… AND SO ON….

9.WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CRIPPLE BASTARDS AS A POLITICAL BAND?
DEFINITELY NOT. C.B. IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF BEING POLITICAL OR KINDA "PREACHY".

10.YOUR OPINION ABOUT:
A. LUCIO FULCI ("THE N.Y.RIPPER" IS ONE OF MY FAVOURITE MOVIES,I LIKE HIS MOVIES A LOT!!!),
GORE AND SPLATTER MOVIES
LUCIO FULCI IS MY FAVOURITE DIRECTOR AND A BIG SOURCE OF INSPIRATION IN MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
I WATCHED ALL HIS FILMS AND MOST OF THEM ARE PURE GENIUS. "THE N.Y. RIPPER" IS PROBABLY MY FAVE OF ALL AND WE/C.B. EVEN MADE A SORT OF TRIBUTE TO IT WITH THE SONG "PETE THE RIPPER". I LIKE SPLATTER/GORE MOVIES IN GENERAL BUT IT'S NOT MY FAVOURITE KIND OF CINEMA. I SEE IN GERMANY THERE'S A LOT OF THAT STUFF, J. BUTTGEREIT WAS CERTAINLY THE KING IN THE GENRE, THOUGH I RECENTLY SAW SOME STUFF THAT WASN'T BAD AT ALL, "PREMUTOS THE FALLEN ANGEL" FOR EXAMPLE… NOTHING SPECIAL BUT THE GORE EFFECTS RULE.

B. NIHILISM AND MISANTHROPY
BOTH THINGS ARE EXTREMELY PRESENT IN MY WAY TO THINK AND ACT, CAN'T TELL YOU IF IT'S SOMETHING GOOD OR NOT + DON'T WANNA SAY THAT OTHERS SHOULD BE THIS WAY.. IT'S SIMPLY TWO IMPORTANT FEATURES OF MY MENTALITY AND OF THE C.B. STYLE RELATED TO THE MANY EXPERIENCES WE PASS THROUGH YEAR BY YEAR.

C. ANARCHY
ANARCHY AND INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM ARE CERTAINLY NOT WHAT YOU CAN SEE IN ANARCO-SQUATS AND CRUST AS FUCK GROUPS/MOVEMENTS. THAT'S SIMPLY LETTING ONESELF ROT. I BELIEVE IN ANARCHY UNDER SOME ASPECTS MAINLY CONCERNING HOW TO SELF-MANAGE MY OWN LIFE. BUT I HATE THE WHOLE POLITICAL STUFF AND TAKING PART TO AN UTOPISTIC MASS THAT WILL NEVER COME TO A FUCKEN SHIT. PLUS, I'M PROUD OF BEING CLEAN, YES - I LOVE TO WASH MYSELF AND LIVE IN A SHINY HOUSE. J

D. STRAIGHT EDGE,MARIJUANA/HASH,HARD DRUGS (HEROIN...)
BEING A STRAIGH EDGE IS SIMPLY SOMETHING I CAN'T UNDERSTAND, BUT I RESPECT THOSE WHO DO IT WITH DIGNITY WITHOUT TURNING IT INTO A PARANOIA OR A SORT OF DISCIPLINE TO BE PASSED TO THE OTHERS. IF YOU COME TO ME TO ATTACK MY OWN CHOICES RELATED TO WHAT I DRINK, SMOKE, FUCK OR WHATEVER… YOU'RE AN ENEMY. IF YOU SIMPLY APPLY IT TO YOUR OWN LIFE WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE OTHERS, THAT'S TOTALLY OK. DRUGS… I LIKE TO SMOKE HASH AND WEED WHEN I HAVE SOME FREE TIME AND CAN TAKE A REST. HARD DRUGS, I TRIED MOST OF THEM BUT I NEVER FOUND IT TO BE A RIGHT DIMENSION FOR ME. I LIKE COCAINE BUT IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE, AND DOING SPEED CAN REALLY SCREW UP YOUR NERVES AFTER A WHILE. I HATE JUNKIES, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER MATTER.

E. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS (P.C.)
I DON'T KNOW… IT'S MORE OR LESS THE SAME AS SAYING "BEING A MORALISTIC DICK". I HATE MORALS, I HATE ALL WHAT'S DESTINED TO BE LABELLED AS GOOD/BAD, RIGHT/WRONG. IT'S THERE THAT LIFE BEINGS TO STINK AND BECOME BOREDOM. POLITICALLY CORRECT GIRLS, COME TO LICK MY BALLS WITH A KNIFE POINTED AT YER THROAT!!!

F. THE BAND ACTIVE MINDS (NICE STATEMENT ON YOUR "EXTREME GLORIFICATION OF VIOLENCE"-E.P.,HA HA)
THAT'S A REAL POLITICAL BAND. WELL, THE A.M. SONG I ATTACKED ON THAT C.B. SINGLE SOUNDED VERY PREACHY AND RHETORICAL, BUT IT'S JUST A MATTER OF OPINIONS. MUSICALLY THEY'RE GOOD, I EVEN WENT TO SEE'EM LIVE SOME YEARS AGO… THE LYRICS ARE SOMETHING I CAN'T SHARE THAT MUCH.

G. NAZIS, NATIONALISM, RACISM
SHIT, THIS KIND OF QUESTIONS ARE SO GENERIC. I SHOULD TELL YOU "ALL RACISTS, NAZIS, NATIONALISTS SUCK" AND THAT'S ALL. SO FAR AS I HAVE MY OWN SPECIFIC VIEW ON EVERYTHING, WELL… I DISLIKE NAZIS AND THEIR WHOLE IDEOLOGY, BUT IF WE TALK ABOUT SKINHEADS I CAN TELL THAT I HATE EQUALLY THE RACIST ONES AS THE SHARP, BECAUSE THEY'RE EQUALLY IGNORANT AND DUMB… OR BETTER, I CAN EVEN TELL YA THAT IN MY LIFE I MET MORE NAZI SKINS WITH BALLS + A TRACE OF "LIGHT" IN THE EYES, THAN THOSE IN THE HUGE MASS OF OI! LEFT-WINGERS AROUND. OK, MY OPINION AT THE END OF ALL IS THAT THEY'RE ALL A BUNCH OF IDIOTS, BLINDED BY THEIR BACKWARDED MINIMALISTIC BEHAVIOURS. WITH THIS I'M TALKING ABOUT RACISTS, NAZIS, + ALL SORTS OF SKINHEADS. AS FOR NATIONALISM… IN MOST CASES IT SUCKS, BUT WHEN IT'S RELATED TO SIMPATHY FOR A DOWNTROTTEN COUNTRY, IT MAY BE POSITIVE. I FEEL TO APPROVE NATIONALISM IN A COUNTRY LIKE SERBIA BECAUSE IN THE LAST YEARS THEY'VE BEEN DAMAGED OVER AND OVER BY USA'S ARROGANT POLICY OF INTERVENTION IN OTHER NATIONS' AFFAIRS (THE WHOLE WORLD HAD TO CRY AND BE SHOCKED AFTER THE TWINTOWERS DESTRUCTION, BUT WHO THE FUCK EVER THOUGH HALF A SECOND ABOUT ALL YUGOSLAVIAN CIVILIANS THAT DIED UNDER NATO BOMBINGS IN BEOGRAD, NOVI SAD ETC??) + BY FAKE NATO PROPAGANDA + ALBANIAN TERRORISM AND A LOT OF OTHER INJUSTICES; SO ACCORDING TO ME IT'S OK TO HAVE A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND PRIDE FOR SUCH AN ABUSED COUNTRY. I'M OF BALKANIAN ORIGINS AND I FULLY BELIEVE IN THIS MATTER… CALL ME A CHETNIK, I DON'T MIND!

H. THE FUTURE OF THE HUMAN RACE
WE'RE ALL A BIG BUNCH OF SHIT-BALLS DESTINED TO END IN THE ENORMOUS FALAFEL DEAR UNCLE SAM IS GOIN' TO EAT!!! NO, JUST A JOKE. I DON'T KNOW. I SEE THAT THE MORE WE GO ON THE MORE THE HUMAN RACE IS LOSING ITS "BEING HUMAN". I'M ALREADY "ALMOST HUMAN" SO I'M OUT OF THE CAKE. FUCK YOU ALL!

11.WHAT ARE THE CRIPPLE BASTARDS FUTURE PLANS?
WELL, THIS IS A SHORT UPDATE ABOUT OUR RELEASES IN THE WORKS (YOU CAN MAKE A SUM UP OF ALL THIS IF YOU WANT):

- C.B. / CORRUPTED SPLIT EP IS COMING OUT VERY SOON ON HG-FACT / JAPAN. OUR SIDE FOR THIS IS RECORDED AND FEATURES THREE NEW TRACKS AND A REALLY WELL-DONE REMIX OF "LA REPULSIONE NEGLI OCCHI" TAKEN FROM THE NEWEST ALBUM. WE JUST FINISHED THE GRAPHIC WORKS, SO EXPECT THIS TO COME OUT IN 1-2 MONTHS.
- C.B. / REGURGITATE SPLIT EP ON E.U.'91 PRODUZIONI: I HAVE THE VINYLS AT HOME, STILL NEED TO DO THE COVERS!!!!! BOTH SIDES FEATURE COMPLETELY NEW UNRELEASED TRAX…
- C.B. / DENAK SPLIT PICTURE EP ON CATHARTIC DOGMA / USA IS A BIT DELAYED ONCE AGAIN. FOR THIS RELEASE WE WERE PLANNING TO USE A STUDIO SESSION FROM 1998, BUT SINCE THOSE TRACKS HAVE BEEN ALREADY USED ON DIFFERENT COMP.S AND ABOVE ALL ON THE "ALMOST HUMAN" COLLECTIVE CD, WE THOUGHT TO TAKE SOME MORE TIME AND WORK ON NEW TRAX RATHER THAN RE-USING OLD ONES. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 2 SONGS READY AND 2 STILL IN THE WORKS. DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE...

OTHER THINGS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE:
- ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS OF "ALMOST HUMAN" ON BARCODE THE WORLD/AUSTRALIA, ROTTHENNESS REC./BRAZIL (INCLUDING BONUS TRAX) AND HOPEFULLY A VINYL/CD EDITION ON FEARMAKER REC./USA WITH DIFFERENT LAYOUT.
- "LIVE TO HATE PEOPLE" US RE-PRESS ON VINYL/10"... THIS SHOULD BE A CO-PRODUCTION OF DIFFERENT LABELS (NUCLEARBBQ / AGITATE 96 REC. / 0737 RECORDS/KONTRATTAQUE)

COMPLETELY NEW C.B. TRACKS WILL SEE THE LIGHT SOMEDAY NEXT YEAR. WE ARE WORKING ON 15-20 MIN. OF BRAND-NEW MATERIAL FOR A PROMO MINI CD THAT SHOULD BE ENTITLED "DESPERATELY INSENSITIVE" AND WE'LL GO TO RECORD THIS IN ONE OF THE BEST ITALIAN UNDERGROUND STUDIOS. EXPECT THIS TO BE THE FASTEST + MOST POWERFUL C.B. STUFF EVER!!!
SHOWS… WE HAVE ALMOST ALL WEEKENDS BOOKED FOR MONTHS (FRANCE, GERMANY, ALL AROUND HERE IN ITALY…), AND WE HOPE TO TOUR THE USA NEXT YEAR.

12. ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?
MANY THANKS FOR INTERVIEWING ME AND THE SPACE YOU'RE GIVING US ON YOUR 'ZINE.
FOR ALL THOSE INTERESTED IN MORE INFOS/DETAILS ABOUT CB AND AN UPDATED CATALOG OF MY LABEL/DISTRO, FEEL FREE TO WRITE: BLDZ@OASI.ASTI.IT AND CHECK THE CB'S SITE AT WWW.CRIPPLEBASTARDS.COM
TAKE CARE!!

FRAGEN: GERSTE
ANTWORTEN: GIULIO