Taken from Nuclear Abominations newsletter 1/2020.
Hi Adam, I always like to start from the very beginning. Did your fascination for speed and heaviness in music come out at an early age? Was it really just a musical thing at first? Were you born in NYC and if so was the proliferation of bands like Krauts, Sheer Terror, Crumbsuckers, etc. the first step in looking for aggressive music? You still have an HC band called Worse Than Ever, is it still active, and was its creation inspired by the early 80s HC “scene”?
When was your first approach to “grindcore” or “gore” music in general? Carcass and Repulsion? Or more punkish stuff like Larm and Siege? Did you immediately start to think about doing your own band when you first heard grindcore (let me call it grindcore using the meaning it had in 1990)? Was Anal Birth your first band?
Let’s go into detail with Anal Birth, you apparently got the name from a Scattered Remnants song, but have you ever written any lyrics for it? Did you play any live shows? What was your first circuit of traders at the time the first AB stuff was released? How many copies were done? Did you have a close correspondence with other noisecore freaks like Steveggs or Billy from Pissed Off Orgasm? Which were the most relevant grindcore/noisecore labels back in the beginning? Fecal Matter Discorporated from TX has been active since the early 90’s up to six years ago, and I completely worshipped its DIY attitude. Do you know by chance what happened to him? Do you think gorenoise is more active and popular today with hyperactive guys like Pekari, Maggard, Macabre, Shitter, and all that amazing stuff we’re getting from Russia? What do you think of such a resurgence of the genre?
Anal Birth is a recognized name today, consistency and dedication have been finally given its fruits. Did you see it coming?
Tapes and CDrs are the main media used today in gorenoise probably because they’re cheap and can be easily produced one at a time at home with a deck and a PC. But what’s the point in releasing limited editions of 20-30 copies? Also, would you like to see some good gorenoise on CD or even vinyl if it was affordable? Meat Shits, Sore Throat, Fear Of God, etc. all had decent sales in vinyl I guess. One of the first Anal Birth recordings I got was a split Cd with Trauma Team! on Mangled Maggot Stew, so Anal Birth is definitely not a CDr/tape only band I think. What happened to that label by the way?
Talking about other projects, it seems the more electronic-oriented Liquefied Insides was born somewhere about 2012 by your necessity of replacing a broken bass. Do you still consider that project active somehow? What about WORMCLOGGED BLISTERS? When and how did it begin and what’s the main difference between the two projects?
You have another band called Mountain of Filth. Is that your most “regular” grindcore project? Like the one that looks most like a regular band with a real drummer etc? Do you play live with them and what’s the story behind its genesis? What about JOY OF TORTURE, GROTESQUE DEFORMITIES, REGURGITATED CORPSE, and CAVERNOUS SORES? When you have little free time do you? Have you worked with other bands other than the ones mentioned?
Apart from actually playing you have run for a long time labels/distros Stench of Carnage and Maggot Ridden Turdbirth. How long did you manage to do SOC and how much work was it to follow orders and trades? Was it so overwhelming that you had to sell your stuff to Erik from Running Through The Blood? Was it some sort of income at all? Did you prefer to slim things down and dedicate only to the worse of the worse when moving to MRT? Is it still active? Did I forget some other activities you have besides these bands?
