DISKÖNTROLLY SOCIAL IS A BAND OF CRUST PUNK/NO MUSIC, AS
FAR AS IT CAN BE LABELED, FORMED BY A TRIO OF NONCONFORMISTS IN A
COUNTRYSIDE TOWN OF THE STATE OF GOIAS, WEST CENTRAL BRAZIL,CALLED MORRINHOS
(LITTLE HILLS) WITH NO SCENE,PLACE TO PLAY, REHEARSE OR EVEN A INTERESTED PUBLIC, BUT THEY
STILL RESISTING.
THE BAND IS: GILCELIO – VOCALS, TODD – GUITARS, WILL -
DRUMS
Q1-Tell us about the band?
Hey, the band emerged in late 2009 or so when I started to change chat with TODD our guitarist, the guy already
enjoyed some national punk and some punk 77 but I was fed up with underground, in
disbelief with all and everything and
only wanted to do activism and get out of this shit of town, the I found out WILL was having drums lessons with a
fucked up drums but good enough to make some noise. I told him about TODD’s idea but I wasn’t much
interested . Therefore TODD convinced
me to join it and I already had some songs written for a hopeful return of
another band DISCÓRDIA, that I played
when I lived in a neighbor town "Caldas Novas", as the return didn’t
work out we start to work out the songs just guitar and voice until we got to
play with the drummer on the most precarious rehearsal, with only a guitar
combo , karaoke microphone that spoiled after a couple of songs the drums was
all chipped and the cymbals cracked , no distortion pedal and this way lasted a
long time, actually that period had been the most true punk phase in my
opinion, we had the intention of making a more traditional hardcore punk sound,
but over time the songs was becoming increasingly faster and heavier to be what
it is today.
Q2-What led you to form a band in Morrinhos, (in the
words of a local politician) a town "extremely conservative and moralist,
" where you probably will not have a space to play?
Man
i can tell it for myself, that exactly coz Morrinhos is a town "Extremely
conservative, moralist, conformist and religious" that I decided to send all it to take it up straight
in the ass, in a direct, conscientious and fast way, this situation made me
realize that if I did not do something myself, nobody would ever do. The fact
that here is just about Sertanejo (brazilian
answer for country music),bourgeois, conformism and a bunch of bad things,
including much NOTHING, from it came the
DISKÖNTROLLY SOCIAL three guys tired
of the boredom of the country side and the hypocrite conformism of the local
city rockers who are only concerned with getting wasted and stoned,
discriminate against each other and adhere to any new trend if it gives them
some profit, it helped us to be a band like no other that has been going
around, dirty, fast and tough, so that people who dont like us, like even less hahaha, screaming in their ears all that they do not want to hear, the
truth about how to lead their mediocre lives.
Q3: What are the main themes of your lyrics?
Protests against the system and harm to others hehehe,
always passing the message against any kind of prejudice established by man, against
excessive consumerism, capitalism, the police, corrupt politicians, attacking
religion and all of this with protest
and freedom of expression ,
the lyrics also express the idea of each one fighting
for their freedom and never
giving it up, do not be submissive
and do not bow your head to those who impose
superiority over you, always fighting for your rights
consciously and always making yourself all that
aspires well for your life.
Q4-Do you have any influence
off the scene anarcho punk/crust / hardcore?
Grindcore , Powerviolence and also
serves us with enough influence hehehe, we enjoy music very fast and shouted to
the extreme, using anti-music in protest, always shocking clean ears and people
who think that good music has to be beautiful, romantic and lead to Jesus.
Q5 - You consider yourselves anarchists, you believe that an anti-commercial
band with virtually no exposure, may be
able to pass a message to our
society? How?
Shit guy,
actually I do not see much hope for this world nor in the human being, you
know, and I think the trend is only worsening just turn on the TV, listen to
the radio, read a paper that proves itself alone, society can only change if
she wants it to happen and to mobilize in favor of it, but what I see there are
only conformism and submission of living in a world controlled by powerful that
manipulates the way they want to destroy what gives them life. I believe in
anarchy in my life and the lives of the people I love, our intention was always
aware who wants to be conscious not to impose anything on anyone, we get our
idea for those who want to receive it with open arms and hoping that it is not
when someone falls from the sky so you can do something, we do not want anyone
to swallow what we say, but understand on his own to grow and live and not just
to survive. Our proposal of anarchy is do it yourself, and not do it for them, educate them but they
do it for themselves.
Q6 Thanks, is
there anything you would like to add?
Hey brother, I wanted to thank you for the space and freedom to say what the band is about and that no matter where you are, the city where you live or the society you live in, if there is anger inside you do not
settle for anything that is
established you, fight it!!! I want to tell anyone
that the DISKÖNTROLLY
SOCIAL is not just a band, but also a
zine that is already in its fifth edition, will soon be leaving the sixth edition,
with texts, poems, lyrics to our songs
and informative content with plenty of
protest, awareness and freedom of expression in favor of a more just,
equal and free to all .Who want to download
the DISKÖNTROLLY
SOCIAL ZINE
is available for download from this
link ae. http://discorground.blogspot.com/
see you and thank
you