Cremogema:
I'm with the band and Hugo Jonhy Symbiosis of Portugal. When the
vision of you to come to Brazil to be playing?
Symbiosis (Jonhy):
The band started in 1991, and during all this time ... we had several
changes in training, but after 16 years finally achieved
the dream of coming to Brazil to give some concerts for the violent gang.
Cremogema:
How are you seeing the receptivity of Brazil and as you saw the
Brazil from there (Portugal) before coming here?
Symbiosis (Jonhy):
Well above expectations of all that we ever imagined, both
human warmth and a wonderful reception from everyone that we
known and has been in concert. Very good reception and has been very
bacaninha is very intense all the gang.
Cremogema:
Keeping the result of playing every day, as that is the strength of the
body in an environment different from you?
Symbiosis (Hugo):
It is not easy, as you know that the distances are long, and if he sleeps little time and i feel the body, but also in Europe we do more or less when it toured Europe. It is almost the same thing
understood.
Cremogema:
In 16 years of band who have released material?
Symbiosis (Hugo):
And man ... (rsrsrs) three cd's,'s split with several other bands, a 7-inch (vinyl), a single, a demo, several things.
Cremogema:
Of the shows that you have done in Brazil, which was what most psyched?
Symbiosis (Hugo):
What else was the first thrill, why not play, not the police
let us play yesterday with Colera was very nice, first that we know the "Colera" is time and love the band, the show was great as well.
(At the time the show was in the Federal District, and police closed the site
with several vehicles and commander with rifle in hand said: "any
attempt to resist will be destroyed ", so the Portuguese could not
play)
Cremogema:
The tours you have done, what was the most tiring?
Symbiosis (Jonhy):
Usually the longer, two weeks is beginning to be very tiring
or pisicológicamente either physically,
(hugo interrupts) - You can not say that is starting now
understood, it can answer two weeks if you were the most
tiring or not, rsrsrsrs, that is a different climate is heat,
(Cremogema-Today 's cold, heat was sooner),
(HUGO)-yes it's cool, but in Canada is 1 degree, 0 degree.
Cremogema:
Well, and what the current formation of the band?
Symbiosis (Jonhy):
Luis on drums
Diffs in low
Nuno on guitar
Jonhy and Hugo in voice
Cremogema:
The band follows a line of hard core grind core grind or pure?
Jonhy: Crust pure, therefore
Cremogema: Here in Brazil is being released as grind core.
Jonhy: No problem, it is closest to the grind core, than other
the music is even better anyway, because in most identified
the grind is fine.
Cremogema:
The organization of the events where you have already played gigs in both the
Europe and Brazil, is a big difference?
Symbiosis (Hugo):
It is different, that in Europe there is less public, less because we are right, Brazil is a country very large, populous, then think of nothing, this is a small town of 200 people here have nothing to sell
show, sometimes in Lisbon is that the conditions are best for
play, but the environment is better understood. So the time is very subjective if you're talking about is whether it is better or worse, has the same conditions, there is different. It is legal here.
Cremogema:
There is much censorship of the media not only in Portugal and in Europe for the sound
underground?
Symbiosis (Hugo): recrimination?
Cremogema: it!
Hugo: They are not disclosed, but the underground has always been thus
k7's you write for your friend, disclosed to the gang of other bands, has always been so undergound, never needed a media to roll the material. Today the Internet is much easier. The site has bands. I think that the underground never needed ... why is underground. So does the media.
Cremogema:
Well, when you began in 1991, the internet was not so strong,
as you did it disclose the material and have a greater expansion?
Symbiosis (JONHY):
It was all written, all by letter, recebiamios match
galera throughout the world, from Malaysia and singapore even much in Brazil. We had many correspondents in Brazil, and was all by letter. Traded demo tapes, discs, with other bands, other bands of material, all shirts. It took many more months, it took too long to respond and receive a forward exchange a demo tape for example. Today, the Internet is so fast, everything much easier. It is almost Instant.
(Hugo): There you wrote and recorded the k7, I was not in
band, but it was very, correspond with a person and recording discs.
You wrote in the letter, I have a disk ... sleep before you write a lot of letters, the k7 recorded, sent and waiting a month and a half, two months waiting for a reply back and so you sent another.
It was different man, but had more contact with people, today is a little too virtual. The cosias cost more to do and the guys
gave more value to what happened.
Cremogema:
And as such you could contact? For example make a contact with
Brazil by letter, as you could contact them?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): The fanzine for example, a fanzine Portuguese
came to Brazil, that a guy was there and took material, and
other guys saw it and decided to write the fanzine, and things have spread well and is a disclosing all. Or you know a fulando a publisher and was in contact with, wrote a letter and sent it to a k7, something. It was well that worked. As we worked the same. People always said to everybody here in Brazil.
Cremogema:
The friendship with the Colera hard now how many years?
Symbiosis (Hugo): When I said the band knew, never had to
the guys, but for us it was great being with an old band
here in Brazil, which we respect and love. Poh touch with Colera
is legal, you see the guys in the country and play with them. We have a lot
of shows with bands that we like, with Pesticides, Periferia SA,
Direct Action. Already played with the Direct Action here in Lisbon, also with Eye
Seco, Ratos de Porão, then we have the inside scene of punk, hard core, metal ... Brazil.
Cremogema:
What are the influences of the band? /
Symbiosis (Hugo): Many ... from the punk, hard core, metal, rock, everything
mix.
Cremogema:
And what do you sweat in the lyrics?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): It has to do with the rotten, the crust would not be talking about the beach, there's guys kissing, guria with the little boy. Speech from industrialization, politics, the problems caused by Bush.
Is nothing new, nothing that has been spoken in crust bands 20 years ago, but did not stop talking sense on the social, on the black, rotten and hypocritical of humanity.
Cremogema:
What the Europeans think of Brazil, is that there is only
soccer, samba and carnival, is the image you are seeing here?
Or is it totally different from what you estavão thinking?
Symbiosis (Hugo): Well, the guy who comes from Europe, it is not this place here, will not see punk and metaleiro here, goes to a hotel, and will see football, will see the girls dancing, the beach there in Bahia these tourists coming here can only know this side of Brazil. Now we do not, we're the guys who likes our sound, with different relidades, here we have two eyes to the reality of Brazil. Which for us is a great country with great power, but because the politicians and rulers of this country because of corruption, because of the crime, because the drugs are unable to evolve.
Cremogema:
What is the vision of you on the drugs in our youth? The more our generation grows, grow with the drugs.
Symbiosis (Jonhy): Since the beginning of civilization there is drug use,
the drug in the middle of nature it is next to the man. By the end of humanity will be drugs, the fight against drugs is often hypocritical, often their own governments sponsor the consumption of drugs, the sponsor of the drug market. Themselves say that they want
fighting drugs. Not to fight for what exists along with
man, each one, those who really think they consume
own.
(Hugo): Learn what they are really doing, we were already here
kids, I consume many drugs, and face when you stop being yourself and not think for yourself and are dependent
something whatever it may be drugs, alcohol, then you are no longer
nothing. The message we can leave to younger generations is
that never stop thinking for themselves.
(Jonhy): The other drugs fudidas, look to religion, it is a drug,
television is a drug, now depends on how you see a drug.
(Hugo): It is man hooked on the Internet, there are studies that are increasingly
more dependents.
Cremogema:
What show was that the blood of each?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): It is complicated, both by some reasons, others for other
reasons, the proximity to some guys, others by the intensity.
But many have, that this play with the Rats of hold "was good, with each of the German" tanker "was too brutal, and we have concerts in memory
very small with 40, 50, 60 people, very intense, but they were people who were there in spirit, and that is very valis and these concerts are very significant for us. Please note that with very good memories, sometimes not much to say that is better. For example today in Anápolis seems that this style will have this feeling, which seems to be close to the gang.
Cremogema:
Contact the band?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): We have the official site, although a little outdated,
www.simbiosecrust.com, and has a demand that the guys all bands
which is www.myspace.com / symbiosis, it is best to know the band.
Cremogema:
The only living members of the band or profession has defined?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): All guys work is the symbiosis or bands
great work already in Portugal, it is very difficult to live music, and to
We really love the shirt, we live it is an intensive way.
Cremogema:
What the profession of each one of you?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): for example I work with computers, assistance,
with other sales, driver, music store, is variable.
Cremogema:
How you managed to reconcile work and band to come to Brazil?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): We had been planning to come here since 2002,
has been very complicated because of the holidays, because we have 6 and only 5 for the other guitar was arrested in Portugal, so it was hard to take all vacation together. Had to be planned far in advance.
Cremogema:
If there were no Symbiosis in the life of each oue would you?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): Shit. It is almost my blood, has much significance,
I have 33 years, the band in my life is 16, is already half of my life. It can take the value it has. And I know that they do the same thing. If not for this band was different, that life can not be awake in the morning, you left for work, so this can not be. Life has much more value, more meaning beyond the workplace. To make things of interest, objectives.
Cremogema:
What is the message of the band in this small passage which you have
in Brazil that have and will continue for a much better 2008?
Symbiosis (Jonhy): In every part is very difficult, also in Portugal
is so, the level for the bands and musical organizations, to appear in
shows there and give moral support the bands, and hope that things
improve a pouvo this sense, and conscience, to be fair.
(Hugo): What I say to everyone that the world is improving, that
living in a world of shit, Brazil, Portugal, everywhere is a
world of shit. The proposal to do for everyone is that awareness
tizem than doque are and want to be and not to accommodate the moderate life
and do what it can to have their freedom is what I have
to talk about 2008, it is there.