1.: HI TOM! HOW ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE THE LASTEST DYSMORFIC-NEWS?
HI GERSTE AND HI TO ALL THE CFMD ZINE READERS!! EVERYTHING'S PRETTY COOL HERE, THANX. NO PARTICULAR NEWS FROM DYSMORFIC AT THE MOMENT; THE WORKS FOR THE FULL LENGTH ARE STILL GOING ON AND WE ARE PLAYING SOME GIGS. NEXT MONTH WE'LL PLAY FOR OUR FIRST TIME IN CROATIA, WHICH IS SO GOOD!! I'VE RECEIVED TODAY THE 100% CONFIRMATION TO PLAY THE BULLDOZER GRIND FEST IN IEPER(B) IN JULY WITH BANDS SUCH AS LAST DAYS OF HUMANITY, GOREROTTED....CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT!

2.: PLEASE INTRODUCE YOUR BAND TO THE CFMD-READERS. WHEN WAS DYSMORFIC BORN AND WHO HAD THE IDEA TO FORM A BAND? WHAT IS THE CURRENT LINE-UP AND WHAT HAVE YOU RELEASED SO FAR?
DYSMORFIC WAS BORN IN LATE 1998. I FORMED THE BAND AS A MEANS TO RELEASE MY ANGER AND TO KILL THE EVERYDAY BOREDOM, YOU KNOW. CURRENT LINE UP IS BUCCIA (DRUMS), LORENZ (GUITARS/VOCALS), ALE (GUITARS) AND ME, TOM, ON BASS/VOCALS. OUR RELEASES ARE: SPLITCD W/ DROGHEDA, SPLIT TAPE WITH AGATHOCLES AND DURVAR (ALSO RELEASED AS A SPLIT CDR W/AGATHOCLES), SPLIT TAPE W/ WARSORE, FULL EP AND SPLIT EP W/ ULCERRHOEA.

3.: YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND AS "PISSED OFF NIHILISTIC GRINDCORE". CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY? WHAT ARE YOUR LYRICS DEALING WITH AND WHERE DO YOU GET THE INSPIRATIONS FOR YOUR LYRICS?
AH, I FOUND THAT DEFINITION TO OUR SOUND IN A MAILORDER THAT CARRIED OUR STUFF! I THOUGHT IT FITS SO I USE THAT WHEN I'M ASKED WHAT WE PLAY: IT'S WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY ABOUT US SO IT'S NOT BIASED, YOU KNOW? I CALL OUR LYRIX "SOCIO-PERSONAL" BECAUSE THEY ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND VIEWS ON WHAT HAPPENS AROUND ME/US. SOME OF THEM ARE ALSO VERY PERSONAL AND THEY DEAL WITH SOME OF MY OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND SOME OTHER ARE STRAIGHT POLITICAL. INSPIRATION COMES FROM ANY AND EVERYWHERE. THE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD, THINGS HAPPENING TO ME IN THE DAILY LIFE, THE NEWS ON TV...THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS TO SCREAM!

4.: TELL US ABOUT YOUR MUSICAL INFLUENCES AND LIST YOUR TOP 5 RELEASES OF ALL TIME. WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT AND THE FIRST SHOW YOU EVER VISITED?
THIS IS A HARD QUESTION! I LISTEN TO A LOT OF GRINDCORE, PUNK, HARDCORE, NOISE, METAL...ALL THE UNDERGROUND D.I.Y. SCENE IS AN INFLUENCE TO ME. BANDS SUCH AS AGATHOCLES, SORE THROAT, NASUM, BRUTAL TRUTH, MYMINDSMINE, NAPALM DEATH, CATHARSIS, MALIGNANT TUMOUR, ABSTAIN, ULCER, CAPITALIST CASUALTIES, CROSSED OUT, DROP DEAD, HELLNATION..THE LIST IS ENDLESS. TO LIMIT THE CHOICE TO JUST 5 RECORDS IS SOMEWHAT EVEN HARDER, I'D SAY TERRORIZER "WORLD DOWNFALL", NAPALM DEATH "FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO OBLITERATION", BRUTAL TRUTH "NEED TO CONTROL", AGATHOCLES "RAZOR SHARP DAGGERS" AND YES, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SLAYER WITH "HELL AWAITS"!!! BUT I HAVE A LOT MORE OF FAVOURITE RELEASES: THE "UNSEEN WORLD" EP FROM MYMINDSMINE, THE CAPITALIST CASUALTIES/ULCER SPLIT EP, EVERYTHING WARSORE DID..ENDLESS LIST AGAIN!! THE FIRST RECORD I EVER BOUGHT WAS BLACK SABBATH'S FIRST LP, I WAS 8 YEARS OLD!!! AS FOR THE FIRST (BIG) SHOW, I GUESS IT WAS SEPULTURA DURING THE CHAOS A.D. TOUR.

5.: WHERE ARE THE BEST PLACES FOR CONCERTS IN ITALY? WHAT CAN THE CROWD EXPECT FROM A TYPICAL DYSMORFIC GIG AND WHAT WAS THE BEST AND WORST GIG YOU EVER PLAYED?
MMMM...IN ITALY THERE IS A HEAVY LACK OF VENUES. GIGS ARE USUALLY SET UP IN SQUATS OR YOUTH CENTRES; THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF PUBS THAT YOU CAN PLAY IN, BUT THAT'S IT. DYSMORFIC LIVE IS YOUR HONEST, TRUE, GRINDCORE BAND. WE PLAY REALLY FAST AND INTENSE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF FUN AND THE AUDIENCE HOPEFULLY DOES AS WELL. WE LOVE TO HANG OUT WITH THE PEOPLE BEFORE AND AFTER THE GIG, TO TALK AND SHARE IDEAS OR POINTS OF VIEW. OUR BEST GIG? REALLY DON'T KNOW...I'D SAY THE ITALIAN GIG OF THE GRIND OVER EUROPE 3 TOUR BUT OUR LAST GIG LAST SATURDAY WITH GRIMNESS WAS KILLER AS WELL! ONE OF OUR BEST TIMES EVER WAS THE SWISS TOUR ALSO! OUR WORST GIG WAS IN A SQUAT HERE IN THE NORTH OF ITALY 2 YEARS AND A HALF AGO. THE SOUND REALLY SUCKED AND OUR GUITARIST COULD'T PLAY BECAUSE HE COULD'T HEAR A DAMN THING. WE STOPPED THE GIG 2 OR 3 TIMES...HORRIBLE!

6.: WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE ITALIAN SCENE? DO YOU SEE THE SCENE AS A PARTICULARLY STRONG ONE OR WOULD YOU SAY THAT IT SUCKS?
THE ITALIAN SCENE IS GOOD. THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVE PEOPLE HERE AND KILLER BANDS. FROM WHAT WE EXPERIENCE, YOU CAN EASILY CO-OPERATE TO SET UP GIGS, THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD DISTRO'S AND D.I.Y. LABELS YOU CAN TRADE WITH OR ORDER FROM, YOU CAN FIND GOOD ZINES AND NEWSLETTER. THE ONLY BAD THING, AS I SAID BEFORE, IS THE LACK OF VENUES SO BASICALLY YOU WILL MORE OR LESS ALWAYS PLAY IN THE SAME PLACES. OF COURSE YOU CAN FIND RIP-OFFS OR BACKSTABBERS-LIKE IN EVERY OTHER SCENE I GUESS-, BUT ALL IN ALL I CAN SAY THE SITUATION IS GOOD!

7.: SOME ITALIAN BANDS THAT I REALLY LIKE ARE CRIPPLE BASTARDS, COMRADES, DERAGLIO, KONTATTO, GRIMNESS AND OF COURSE DYSMORFIC. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE GERMAN BANDS AND HOW DID YOU LIKE THE CD-R WITH SOME GERMAN UNDERGROUND STUFF I RECORDED FOR YOU?
MY FAVOURITE GERMAN BANDS ARE ULCERRHOEA AND NYCTOPHOBIC. I ALSO LIKE STACK, AUTORITAER, YACOPSAE, KENT BROCKMAN AND A BAND CALLED SEUCHENHERD THAT SPLIT UP A COUPLA YEARS AGO. IT'S SUCH A PITY BECAUSE THEIR FULL EP SHREDS!!! A GERMAN BAND THAT TRULY AMAZES ME IS MASSICK: THEY PLAY FROM GRINDCORE TO JAZZY ROCK TO FOLK TO EVERYTHING AND THEY DID SOME GREAT SONGS! I HAVE THEIR 10" AND IT'S KILLER! MAN, THE CD-R YOU DID FOR ME ROCKS! I DISCOVERED SOME BANDS AND SONGS THAT ARE DEFINITELY WORTH TO KNOW MORE ABOUT, LIKE AUDIO KOLLAPS!! ASIDE THIS CRUSTY EDGE, I ALSO KNOW SOME POP-PUNK BANDS FROM GERMANY, SUCH AS THE BOXHAMSTERS, DOSENMONTAG, WIZO, DIE SCHWARZEN SCHAFE...

8.: YOU´RE DOING A DISTRO CALLED "NO MUSIC DISTRO". PLEASE GIVE US SOME INFORMATIONS ABOUT IT.
YES, I HAVE THIS SMALL DISTRO. WE'VE BEEN TRADING ALL OF OUR RELEASES SO IT WAS NATURAL TO START A DISTRO. I SELL OR TRADE RECORDS VIA MAILORDER AND AT SHOWS AND IT'S A VERY GOOD WAY TO SUPPORT THE BANDS I LIKE AND THE WHOLE SCENE IN GENERAL (AND OF COURSE TO SEL-FINANCE DYSMORFIC!).

9.: ARE YOU AT ALL POLITICALLY MINDED? WHAT´S YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SITUATION IN ITALY TODAY AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ITALY IN GENERAL? DO YOU LIKE TO LIVE THERE?
I'M NOT A POLITICAL ACTIVIST BUT I KEEP MY EYES AND EARS OPEN SO I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. NOW THE SITUATION HERE IN ITALY SUCKS, AS BERLUSCONI IS ON POWER. HE'S A GOOD BUSINESS MAN, BUT HE'S NOT A POLITICIAN! NOW HE'S RULING ITALY AS HE WOULD RULE A FACTORY, SO WITH THE MAXIMUM PROFIT FOR THE OWNER-HIMSELF.HE'S DONE NEW LAWS THAT ARE COMPLETELY SELF-FITTING SO THEY PERFECTLY COME UP WITH HIS MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES TO MAKE MORE MONEY AND GET NEW POWER. MORE, HE BASICALLY OWNS EVERY MEDIA, ALSO THE PUBLIC TV-NOW THAT HE'S ON POWER- SO ALL THE INFORMATION YOU GET FROM THE MEDIA ARE ALL BIASED. NOT TO MENTION THE NEW LAWS RIDICULOUSLY PRO-RULING CLASS! EVERY YEAR TOO MANY PEOPLE DIE AT THEIR JOB FOR LACK OF SECURITY AT WORK PLACES AND THE TAXES FOR UNIVERSITY HAVE INCREASED ...THE SITUATION IS NO GOOD BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I DON'T THINK THAT WITH THE LEFT ON POWER THINGS WOULD BE ANY BETTER. I JUST THINK THAT ANY RULING CLASS WILL FUCK THINGS UP AS THEY WILL CARE ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL HEALTH AND POWER ONLY, REGARDLESS THE MASSES AND THE ACTUAL PROBLEMS. THE POSITIVE THINGS HERE IN ITALY ARE THE WEATHER, THE FOOD AND THE ARTS. WE HAVE AN ANCIENT CULTURE AND OUR CITIES ARE FULL OF THAT CULTURES AND ARTS. THAT'S REALLY AMAZING!!

10.: PLEASE TELL US ABOUT THE DYSMORFIC FUTURE PLANS. I HEARD THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL FOR THE FIRST FULL LENGHT CD AND THAT YOU WANT TO TOUR IN EUROPE THIS YEAR. WHEN WILL WE SEE YOU LIVE IN GERMANY AGAIN?
YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ARE WORKING ON OUR FIRST FULL LENGTH. WE HAVE SOME NEW TUNES READY AND WE DID A DEMO JUST TO HEAR HOW THEY SOUND. OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ABOUT 20-25 SONGS FOR THE CD SO THERE'S A LOT OF HARD WORK YET TO BE DONE. THE CD SHOULD BE OUT SOMETIME IN 2003 ON UXICON RECS. LUCKILY BURT/UXICON IS SO KIND HE'S GIVING ALL THE TIME WE NEED SO WE ARE NOT IN A RUSH, DEFINITELY.
WE WANT THIS CD TO BE AS KILLER AS WE CAN POSSIBLY DO! WE ARE WORKING ON OUR NEXT TOUR AS WELL. WE WILL TOUR IN OCTOBER 2003, LIKE LAST YEAR. BY NOW WE HAVE CONFIRMED GIGS IN SPAIN, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND. I'M WAITING FOR SOME MORE NEWS THOUGH...WE'LL SEE. IT'D BE GREAT TO COME BACK IN GERMANY AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE WE WILL SO WE WILL MEET! LAST YEAR WE HAD THE BEST TIMES THERE SO WE'D LOVE TO COME BACK!

11.: ANY LAST WORDS, COMMENTS, GREETINGS... ? THIS SPACE IS YOURS!
11-FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO GREET AND THANK WAHNFRIED FROM DRESDEN FOR THE HELP DURING OUR LAST TOUR AND SAY CHEERS TO THE ALL THE PUNKS IN HANNOVER AND STENDAL FOR THEIR KINDNESS, HELP AND SUPPORT. HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON MATES!!! THANK YOU GERSTE FOR THIS INTIE AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT! IT'S A HONOUR TO BE FEATURED IN YOUR KILLER ZINE!! TO ANYONE OUT THERE, FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH FOR ANY INFO ABOUT DYSMORFIC, NO MUSIC DISTRO OR JUST TO CHAT. SUPPORT D.I.Y.!!! SEE YOU,

12.: TOM, THAT`S ALL. THANX FOR THIS INTERVIEW AND YOUR SUPPORT! ALL THE BEST FOR YOU AND DYSMORFIC. GRIND ON!
THANKS AGAIN TO YOU MY FRIEND, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!