SMOKE ON THE MOTOR (Portuguese Covers Band)

NEWS:

www.myspace.com/smokeonthemotor

METAL SOLDIERS RECORDS - Old School Heavy Metal!

The Portuguese New label “Metal Soldiers Records” will release a live CD of the Brazilian Heavy Metal band STRESS very soon. This CD will be out before next summer (2009) and it'll be a limited edition of 1000 copies.
Called “Live’n’Memory”, here’s the tracks which will be include on this release:

01 – “Heavy Metal” (From their LP’85)
02 – “Sodoma e Gomorra” (From their LP’82)
03 – “A Chacina” (From their LP’82)
04 – “Stressencefalodrama” (From their LP’82)
05 – “Inferno Nuclear” (From their demo 84 & LP’85)
06 – “Flor Atomica” (From their LP’85)
07 – “Mate o Réu” (From their LP’82)
08 – “Folha no Vento” (From their LP’96)
09 – “O Lixo” + Drum Solo (From their LP’82)
10 – “Não Desista” (From their LP’85)
11 – “A Tua Mãe É Moça” (From their LP’96)

"Recorded Live at Gasômetro Theater, Belém/PA, Brazil on 13th May 2005".

BONUS TRACKS:
12 – “Vale o que tem” (From their Demo’86)
13 – “Vida e Glória” (From their Demo’86)
14 – “Nossa Vez” (From their Demo’86)
15 – “Aventura” (From their Demo’86)

16 – “Coração de Metal” (Promo Track 2005)

“Metal Soldiers Records” is a young Portuguese Heavy Metal label 100% dedicated to release old Metal bands so if you’ve or had a band and want to see your old LP releases pressed on CD format just take a look at the following link and drope some lines to the Metal Soldiers E-mail:
http://metalsoldiersmagazine.blogspot.com/

STRESS & MX - Two Brazilian Metal Cult Bands - The interviews with Bala and Alex, very soon!

ZARPA - The interview made by Fernando Roberto from Portugal and answered by Vicente Feijoo.

01 - Let’s start for the beginning… under which conditions did you get involved in Rock’n’Roll? How did you get interested by Metal and when?

Cuando empezamos teníamos solo 15, 16 y 17 años, éramos muy jóvenes y nuestro presupuesto económico era mas bien escaso para poder comprar instrumentos, pero con esfuerzo y muchas ganas lo conseguimos, en cuanto al ambiente de Rock era casi inexistente, creo que fuimos de los pioneros en nuestra zona que comenzamos a hacer Metal o Rock Duro como se le llamaba por aquella época.

02 - A very cliché question, why did you choose the band’s name ZARPA? Is it easy to find the ZARPA’s LP’s in Spain? It’s easy to buy vinil (LP & singles) in your country?

Nuestro primer nombre como banda fue WOLFRAMIO, pero un manager nos propuso que cambiáramos el nombre y en un segundo surgió el nombre de ZARPA casi espontáneamente, seguramente influenciado por una serie de cómics que yo leía en mi niñez que se titulaba ZARPA DE ACERO y que me marcaron por la personalidad del protagonista, un individuo solitario que se volvía invisible y en el que solo era visible su ZARPA de Acero, una prótesis implantada por un científico o algo así, que cumplía misiones en el anonimato, cosa que parece ser que también ha sido nuestro destino, pasar casi desapercibidos después de 30 años de carrera musical, jejejejej!!!.
En cuanto a los vinilos creo que es casi imposible encontrar nada en España a no ser que sea a nivel de coleccionistas, todo eso debido a la escasa edición de nuestros álbumes.

03 - Did you promote heavily your albums thru the metal Spanish Metal Magazines like “Heavy Rock”, “Metal Hammer” and “Kerrang”? In each issue of these Magazines was included some articles/reviews/interviews of ZARPA?

Hicimos la publicidad que pudimos y si que se han sacado muchos interviews en esas revistas igual que criticas de nuestros trabajos( siempre buenas criticas), pero creo que no ha sido suficiente ya que hay mucha cantidad de grupos y la gente siempre hace mas caso de los que se gastan fortunas en publicidad y son portada continuamente.

04 - How many gigs did you played on the past? Did you remember all dates and bands which you played with? Did you have some files with all these dates? How many times did you play outside Spain? In which countries did you play?

Toda la cantidad de veces que hemos tocado no la recuerdo ya que durante 30 años unos pierde muchos datos de lugares y conciertos, pero aunque no hemos sido una banda de las que tienen grandes giras, si hemos hecho conciertos que han quedado en la memoria de la gente.
Hemos tocado con muchas bandas de primera fila internacional como Deep purple, White snake y Judas Priest grupos menos conocidos de Alemania , Suiza y Francia, en cuanto a los países en los que hemos estado pues no son muchos, FRANCIA, MARRUECOS, SUIZA creo recordar, este año próximo vamos a ALEMANIA a un festival.

06 - Have you been dreamed to perform at some cult European festivals such as “Keep It True”? It’s kind certain that many foreign people would love to see ZARPA, especially on this kind of festivals.

Como te comentaba este año próximo vamos a Alemania, espero que sea el principio de una serie de conciertos que nos abran las puertas en otros países, aunque a estas alturas ya no soñamos, pisamos fuerte en el suelo y sabemos como funciona esto del metal .En cuanto a la pregunta de si habrá gente que le gustaría ver a ZARPA en otros países, por la información y los correos que me llegan te diré que si, que hay mucha gente que querría ver al grupo en sus ciudades y en su festivales, todo se andará, Zarpa es ahora un grupo en muy buena Forma tanto física como banda consolidada, estamos preparados para lo que venga.

07 - Spain also have tons of big Heavy Metal Festivals, which are your favourite?

Sin lugar a dudas LEYENDAS DEL ROCK

08 - Did you include some covers in your past shows? And in your actual concerts, did you play some cover?

Esta pregunta lo siento pero no la entiendo, te refieres a si hemos incluido portadas de discos en nuestros shows de telón de fondo o a si hemos llevado teloneros o grupos dándonos cobertura en nuestros shows?. Te contestaré las dos supuestas preguntas si te refieres a Covers en el sentido de telones de fondo, siempre hemos llevado algo de nuestras portadas.
Si te refieres a grupos de cobertura (que creo que será la pregunta correcta) pues en el pasado si hemos llevado a muchos grupos teloneros pero siempre grupos con menos nombre para darles la oportunidad de darse a conocer, ahora no llevamos a nadie, preferimos hacer un show de 2,30 horas y no complicarnos, aunque cabria la posibilidad algún día de llevar a alguien.

09 - Did you stay in touch with the ex-members (Vicente, Javier, Fernando, Gilbert, Jesús and Manolo) over the years beside your brother? I mean have you been maintaining contact with the other elements of the group since they interrupted functions? Do you know if these members have been involved in some musical activities since they left ZARPA? Can you confirm us the exactly dates they played in ZARPA: Vicente Catalá (1977-1978), Javier Hervías (1977-1988), Eduardo Feilóo (1977-1988), Fernando “El Rubio” (1999), Gilbert Romero (2002), Manolo Cascales (1999-2004).

A tu pregunta te diré que si estoy en contacto con los ex miembros de ZARPA porque los veo de vez en cuando por la calle, pero a nivel musical no tengo ningún contacto porque ellos dejaron de tocar ya hace 20 años más o menos.
La lista que me has enviado es correcta, aunque han pasado muchos mas músicos sobre todo en la fase intermedia de la banda en la década de los 90, una década un poco extraña para mi.
ZARPA ha tenido realmente dos formaciones sólidas finales de 1977 a 1988-89 aprox, V. Feijóo/ E. Feijóo/ J. Hervias/ J. Martinez y la otra formación que esta resultando mas firme es la que empieza en 2005 hasta la fecha V. Feijóo/ R. Játiva/ V. Romero/ B. Godóy.

10 - By the way, why did your brother (Eduardo Feijóo) leave the band?

Porque se casó y ya no le interesó mas ser un músico de heavy metal y se dedico a técnico de sonido en lo cual sigue trabajando.

11 - ZARPAS interrupted their activities during 2 periods that were between 1988-92 and 92-99, which was the reason for those interruptions? What type of response did you get when you decided to finish your band’s activities?

Yo no decidí interrumpir la actividad de mi banda, sino al contrario los componentes de la formación original deciden dejar la música cuando se casan y me dejan solo con un muchos proyectos que no pude llevar a termino, para mi supuso algo muy duro de superar y una época de búsqueda, por la cual pasaron muchos músicos pero ninguno tenia el espíritu ni los gustos que yo andaba buscando, en esa época me resigne y me puse a componer hasta 1995 que grabo el SOLAR SIGNS en solitario ahí ya entran Rafa Játiva y Manolo cascales y parece que la cosa comienza a funcionar.

12 - Can you tell us what was the best and the worst moments in the band history?

Buenos momentos muchos sobre todo en la década de los 80, la gira por Francia fue magnifica y mas recientemente el concierto de 30 aniversario celebrado en 7 de marzo de este año.
Malos momentos por ejemplo la presentación de Herederos de un imperio en Valencia en 1985 en el que nuestro productor ese mismo día no pudo asistir porque tuvo un accidente gravísimo de automóvil o la década de los 90 en la que me vi solo totalmente como he comentado anteriormente.

13 - Did you like the work did by Stefan of “Karthago Records”? Which conditions did he give you for each of your two CD re-editions? How many copies of both CD’s in Karthago Records was pressed?

Para nosotros Stefan y Karthago han sido los que nos han rescatado de un injusto olvido sobre todo por parte de la gente que lleva esto del Metal en nuestro país, las condiciones de Karthago son buenas para lo que es hoy la compañía discográfica y se hacen aproximadamente sobre unas 2500 copias, lo mejor es la publicidad que nos hace en muchos países que no se nos conocía y hoy por suerte empezamos a ser conocidos.

14 – Your first LP “Los Cuatro Jinetes Del Apocalipsis” was re-released this year on CD, right? …by the label “Guerssen”, can you tell us something more about this deal?

NO!! La verdad es que a mi me sorprendió mucho que un sello se interesara por el primer trabajo de cuando teníamos 16 años y un solo año como banda, pero me ha resultado gracioso y al mismo tiempo interesante ya que muchos han podido acceder a este trabajo tan antiguo.

15 – Which of your LP’s do not have CD version? I’m talking about professional CD version, not CD-R version, ok?

Pues curiosamente los mas demandados de los 80 que son HEREDEROS DE UN IMPERIO Y ANGELES O DEMONIOS, no se cuando alguien se decidirá a Reeditarlos en c.d. ya que son venta asegurada, por el momento nosotros no podemos hacerlo, ha habido algún sello de Finlandia interesado pero las condiciones no nos convencieron.

16 - I had the chance to repair that the layer of the disk of the Germans Power Metalers STAINLESS STEEL was painted by Vicent Feijóo. Did you make other works among of this style you already take place?

Si he hecho muchos trabajos de Artwork para grupos de Alemania, Bélgica, USA, Suecia, estoy dándome a conocer mi estilo y mis ideas, aunque es muy difícil ya que la gente sigue patrones ya conocidos y no se fijan en lo novedoso.
Algunos grupos son: RAVAGE, VERITATE, AFTER ALL, RITUAL STEEL, SATINLESS STEEL y alguno mas y sobre todo todas las portadas de ZARPA, sean dibujos o montajes fotográficos.

17 - At that point you still had no management company behind you, how do you explain that?

En este mundo hay muchos misterios( La construcción de las pirámides, la sabana santa , jajajajaj) y uno de ellos es lo que tu indicas, no hay nadie interesado en nuestra banda a nivel de managers, es algo que para un grupo de nuestro nivel no hay explicación, supongo que será nuestro destino funcionar así, de hecho en muchos conciertos hacemos nosotros mismo de empresa para poder tocar, excepto en alguna ocasión en que nos contratan en ayuntamientos, festivales ,clubs de Rock o Bickers

18 - Did you never think to sing in English? Don't you agree that the fact of ZARPA sings in Spanish limits a little the projection of the name & the sound of the group?

A esta pregunta le diré que el disco SOLAR SIGNS esta en Ingles y es de 1995 y se critico mucho en España por estar cantado en Ingles.
Ahora Karthago a sacado un recopilatorio de sus bandas con temas inéditos y hemos grabado una canción en Ingles, pero lo mas increíble es que hay gente que quieren que zarpa siga cantando en Castellano entre los que se encuentra el director de nuestro sello y muchos Fans Alemanes.
Nosotros nos expresamos mejor en Castellano y sabemos que hay que cantar en Ingles, pero en que Ingles?, porque los acentos creo que empobrecen al igual que los mensajes de las letras sobre todo a los grupos que no dominan bien el idioma y que tienen que buscar cantantes de habla Inglesa, no se, si hubiera que hacerlo lo haríamos sin problemas.

19 - Did you spread a lot the ZARPA’s sound for all the American countries with Spanish language?

Tanto como mucho no la verdad, es difícil viendo como esta el panorama por aquellos países, pero cada día hay mas gente de Perú, Argentina, Colombia, México, Brasil y algo de USA que nos escribe, eso quiere decir que poco a poco ZARPA esta entrando e esos países aunque sea de formas un poco irregulares, también por Internet hemos hechos alguna entrevista para esos países, para revistas como la tuya.

20 - Which country do you think have more ZARPA’s fans? Beside Spain, of course.

Por la información que me ha llegado creo que en Grecia y luego en Alemania.

21 - Which are your favorite Spanish bands from the ’80 Metal decade?

ZARPA jejejejejej!!!! Es broma, Había muchos que me gustaban, Banzai, Acero, Muro, Ángeles del Infierno, Barón Rojo Etc... No he sido yo muy fanático de nadie, siempre me ha gustado la buena música.

22 - Can you tell us something more about your other musical experiences before ZARPA? I know that you played some time alone…but all your works was distributed as amateur editions, didn’t you get interest from some labels?

Bien hay una confusión sobre esto de mi carrera en solitario, yo nunca, excepto con el trabajo Solar Signs( que fue un trabajo experimental) intenté hacer una carrera en solitario, lo que ocurre es que en ese tiempo compuse muchas canciones y hay gente que me las pidió como coleccionistas y fans y yo con mucho gusto se las proporcioné , pero nunca lleve estas canciones a ningún sello ni fue mi intención hacer ediciones de esas canciones, además esas composiciones son de varios estilos dentro del Rock no tienen un estilo definido y por eso nunca quise comercializarlas.

23 - Did you already thought about throwing a DVD? Did you have some good live video digital recordings to make this dream come true? Why not put the 30 th anniversary (07 March 2008)…by the way can you tell us something about that gig? Did you invite the old band’s members to play live?

Bien sobre grabaciones de video, etc,, puedes encontrar algunas en Youtube( Zarpa Heavy).
Nunca se nos pasó hacer nada en plan profesional, aunque ahora para el 30 aniversario si que hemos grabado y editaremos un DVD del concierto que saldrá junto a nuestro siguiente trabajo este año próximo.
En el concierto de 30 aniversario si que invité a tocar a los antiguos componentes pero no quisieron hacerlo, solo hicieron acto de presencia y solo el antiguo cantante “El Chino” de SABLE subió y canto un tema de ese grupo SIMBOLOS DE REBELION por la gratitud que le tengo a Rafa Játiva por ser tan fiel y noble con mi proyecto.

24 - Who were your influences, I mean if you had to pick ten all time Metal classics to take with you in a spaceship for many years, which ones would you take?

Bien!! Pues toda la buena musica de los 70, Led Zeppellin, bad company, Deep purple, Jimmy hendrix, y tantos otros, la música se ,los 80 Judas Priest, Iron maidem Manowar, Black Sabbatt UFO, ZZ Top y casi todo lo bueno . de los 90 también me quedaría con muchas bandas, bueno que si tuviera que coger una nave espacial estaría la mitad llena de Música jejejejej!!! No podría arrancar.

25 - Do you know the older Portuguese Metal bands form the ’80 Metal decade? I’m talking about old bands like V 12, XEQUE MATE, IBÉRIA, TARANTULA, PROCYON, RAMP, etc…You can listen that at the following links. Tell me your opinion about them please.

No conocía a ninguna por desgracia, (supongo que pasa un tanto igual como a nuestra banda que en muchos sitios no la conocen por falta de promoción).
Me han resultado muy familiares algunas de estas bandas por su aspecto que me recordaba mucho a cuando nosotros empezábamos, creo que hubo un resurgimiento en todos los países de una juventud que quiso hacer música Heavy y con pocos medios comenzó su sueño, no se cuantas habrán sobrevivido y si están aun en activo, pero te doy las gracias por mostrármelas, intentaré contactar por Myspace con todas estas Bandas.

26 - How do you view Heavy Metal developed? Do you follow what’s going on in the Heavy days or have you totally distanced yourself from that whole thing?

Como veo el futuro del Heavy Metal?, esa es tu pregunta?, bien pues creo que cada día está mas falto de Fans, la gente mas joven se decanta por las nuevas modas y solo un 10% de la juventud se engancha al carro del Metal, si a esto le añadimos la falta de promoción de la grandes Compañías Discográficas y la competencia entre Bandas por estar en los pocos festivales, pues lo veo muy negro, en cuanto a mi yo sigo siendo fiel a mis principios al igual que mis compañeros, cada día trabajamos para crear nueva música dentro del Metal y a ser posible hacer mejores canciones y mejores criticas en nuestras letras sobre los que nos importa de este mundo un tanto manipulado, intentamos ayudar a gente que empieza y a que la gente mas joven siga y coja el relevo y estamos en contacto a través de Myspace y otros medios con muchos grupos de todo el mundo. Lo nuestro es el Heavy, la música, la creación y creo que siempre seguiremos fieles hasta que nuestros cuerpos no puedan más.

27 - Did you have some contact from the Portuguese Metal scene? Did you have
some contacts to release any gig in Portugal? Never?

No!! Desgraciadamente no!!, Portugal que es el país más próximo en cultura y geográficamente siempre ha sido un desconocido en los ambientes metaleros de España, se nos ha vendido una imagen de nuestro país Ibérico vecino como algo muy folclórico y carente de Heavy Metal, “cosa que se que no es cierta” pero, ni por parte de los que están aquí, ni por parte de la gente de Portugal ha habido un acercamiento e intercambio de grupos, que yo sepa, “una lastima”, porque si que nos hubiera gustado estar presentes en festivales o tocando junto a grupos de vuestro bonito país y traer a bandas portuguesas a España, a ver si en el futuro es posible.

28 – By the way, now we have internet and everything is very quickly but on the past everything was different, which was the front member band on the past? The guy who answered letters and things like that? Did you answered all the letters you got everyday?

Efectivamente en el pasado no había Internet y todos los contactos se hacían por correo, pero también por teléfono, que era el medio más rápido y efectivo.
Todos nuestros asuntos en el pasado los llevaron los managers personales que tuvimos en 1977-78-79 lo hizo J.V. López Carsi( Bravo) de la promotora Zeus Rock. En la década de los 80 tomo el relevo nuestro 5º hombre y amigo José Sancho, con el cual estuvimos hasta los Últimos días de la primera formación de Zarpa.

29 - Leave a message, special to all the Portuguese Metal Maniacs…

Bien pues desde aquí de España (vuestro país hermano) os mandamos un mensaje para que mantengáis vivas a vuestras bandas, miréis hacia España y conozcáis mas del Heavy Ibérico, “el Heavy de nuestra península”, nosotros solo podemos ofreceros buena música y buenos shows en directo y nos encantaría poder ir a Portugal a compartir con todos vosotros lo que tenemos en común, que es el amor por el Metal.

Seguid Duros y potentes.

KAT - "Noce szatana"/"Ostatni Tabor" 10" Single

For who doesn't know KAT (which means EXECUTIONER in English) is a Polish band that had yours begins in 1979. They released a 7” Single in 1985 called "Noce Szatana"/"Ostatni Tabor" which was the very first real Metal 7” Single released in Poland. Pure Heavy Metal with satanic lyrics, they sing in Polish and it sounds well. In that time the line-up was: Roman Kostrzewski (vocals), Piotr Luczyk (guitar), Wojciech Mrowiec (guitar), Tomasz Jagus (bass) and Ireneusz Loth (Drums).
KAT is without any doubt the biggest and most important Metal band from Polish lands, they sold tons of albums and toured with such important bands as IRON MAIDEN, METALLICA, HELLOWEEN beside others. Now all the people who collect fantastic old vinyl can get this recording because it has been re-released as a 10” under the USA label “Nuclear War Now! Productions”. Unhappily I didn’t get the limited edition because it is sold out now but I got this one from my great friend Yosuke Konishi and it was formidable.

Nuclear war Now! Productions
PO BOX 7055, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA Email: nuclearwarnow_prod@yahoo.com Website: http://nwnprod.com/
NWN E-Store: http://nwnprod.lmi.net/catalog/

KAT Official Webside:
www.kat.com.pl
myspace.com/katofficial

KAT management:
info@kat.com.pl
manager@kat.com.pl

SPECTRUS - A Brazilian Heavy Metal band that deserved better luck.

SPECTRUS (Brazil) - Press articles.

SPECTRUS (Brazil) - Live in the decade of '80

ANIHILATED - (Interview by Fernando Roberto from Portugal)

F.R. - Let’s start for the beginning… under which conditions did you get involved in metal? How did you get interested by Metal and when?

Mark Beuchet - Well, I was into Motorhead, Saxon, Rush from about the age of 13 years. I think it all started when I first heard Rush on the radio.

Bod - The first time I heard Slayer was in about 1983 and they blew me away. We were venturing towards a more metal sound anyway but this was the turning point for me. Things were never the same again.

Simon E Cobb - I got into metal when I was about 12 years old. I had been into punk for a couple of years and then my best friend got Iron Maiden's first LP. I thought it was really good but then I heard Motörhead… That was it really, I still liked punk but Metal was my main drive.


F.R. - Did you have other musical experiences before ANIHILATED? I mean was it the first time that you guys were involved in a band or…

Mark Beuchet - For me, I started playing guitar when I was 15. I had a punk band with some school friends called Poison. We did some gigs with Anihilated, so that’s how I got to know them.

Bod - Anihilated was my first band

Simon E Cobb - Anihilated was my first band was nearly 15 when I joined.

F.R. - How & when the band got together?

Bod - The original band started in my bedroom we used to practice there but the sound was so loud it was shaking my mum ornaments off the shelves so we had to find somewhere else after a while ha ha!

Simon E Cobb - Bod knows the real old history but in 1982 I got involved when a good friend had been asked by Bod if he knew anyone who played guitar, he said me, Bod called me up and him and Lee came and watched me play, gave me a tape, I learned all the songs and wrote a couple by the first practice session and never looked back.

F.R. - Why did you choose the band’s name ANIHILATED? Did not you aware that there was another metal acts with similar names around like ANNIHILATOR beside others less known?

Mark Beuchet - I think Anihilated came long before any other bands of a similar name......Anihilated was formed in 1981.

Bod – There were no bands with similar names back in 1981 that I had heard of. When the name was chosen, we were a punk band at the time and the cold war was in full flow. We lived very near to the USA basses which had nuclear warheads aimed at Russia so we were right in the firing line of the USA and Russia. If it all had have kicked off, we would have been totally Annihilated so that’s where the name came from. We spelt it with one N as it looked better J


Simon E Cobb – The name was chosen way back before any other band with similar names were even thought of.

F.R. - Your first “real” deal was with METALWORKS, right? Can you tell us everything about this deal? Which conditions the label gave you? How much money they paid you? I red it was a five album deal.

Mark Beuchet - To be honest we are trying to forget all about Metalworks! What happened has been well documented over the years and we are now looking to the future.

Bod – I do not wish to discuss Metalworks at all. Sorry

Simon E Cobb – Hmm well to be honest, the past is the past and many things were said in the past the whole situation is over and we are looking forward.

F.R. - Did you promote heavily your albums thru the metal Magazines at that time? “Metal Forces”, “Metal Hammer”, “Kerrang”, etc??? What would you change in the band’s career & where do you think you have failed to go further?

Mark Beuchet - Magazine advertising was always up to the record label to sort out, so we weren’t involved in that side of things, but they were not promoted as much as they should have been. I’m not sure that I would change much about out career because we did have a really good time doing what we did even if we maybe didn’t go as far as we could have.

Bod – It was a strange and exciting time, we were inventing things as we went along so there were no rules to follow as such. If we had been left alone without interference from others, we would have been a much bigger band at the time but I think all the publicity was from people that really liked us and wanted to write about us rather than having to because a label said so. None of our publicity was paid for so all of it was genuine which was just the way it should been J

Simon E Cobb – There was little in the way of promotion which was a shame.

F.R. - How many gigs did you played on the past? Did you play outside UK? Did you remember all dates and bands which you played with?

Mark Beuchet - Mmmmmm, I have no idea how many gigs we did.........the band had been going for about 4 years before I joined anyway. We only played in the UK although there was a promise of a tour abroad but like so many things promised to us at the time it never happened. During my time with the band we did quite a few gigs in London with bands like Sabbat, Dark Angel, Onslaught, Acid Reign, The English Dogs, Sacrilege and others that I can’t remember at the moment. We also played in many major cities like Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham, Leicester, Milton Keynes and many other places.

Bod – We did so many gigs I cant remember them all but we always had a great time even when violence reared its ugly head we always found a positive outcome. We played with many great bands of the time and had many famous people come to watch us too. We always made good friends and were asked back to play again. The fans were always incredible and that is all that’s important as far as I am concerned, without them we are nothing J

Simon E Cobb – Crikey...we played a lot of gigs, we also played with Death Angel... loads of bands I couldn’t say how many or tell you the dates though it was a long time ago.

F.R. - Did you include some covers in your past shows? If yes, tell us the tittles.

Mark Beuchet, Bod - No, we never did any covers

Simon E Cobb – we never did covers at shows occasionally during rehearsal we might slip a hell awaits into the afternoon but never live.

F.R. - …And now, if you get a deal to play live some gigs which set list you choose??? Have you been dreamed to perform at some cult festivals such as “Keep It True”? It’s kind certain that many foreign people would love to see ANIHILATED, especially on this kind of festivals.

Mark Beuchet - That’s a good question........we may well play some gigs, and some festivals would be great. If we do it I would think that we would play a lot of new stuff with a few songs from each of the albums too. But we haven’t got as far as talking about that yet....

Bod – We have had a lot of very serious offers to play this year, most of which are abroad but we are not ready yet and we are writing a new album which is taking all our time up at the moment, We do intend to play some gigs next year but because our time is limited, we will have to be selective. But we are really looking forward to gigging again and meeting the fans.

Simon E Cobb – I would love to play a couple of festivals, I think the set would need to include a lot of “The ultimate desecration” maybe a track off of “Created in hate” and also a sample of the new material.

F.R. - So how, when and why did ANIHILATED ended up exactly? What type of response did you get when you decided to finish your band’s activities? I red somewhere that you had started to work on your third album Carnival of Souls, but than you ended.

Mark Beuchet - I was the first to leave..........I left right at the start of 1990. We had been let down badly and were kind of left in limbo, it was a strange time. The tour we were promised never happened and we were left not knowing what was going on. I really lost interest at this time and decided to leave and concentrate on doing something different. Lee left not too much later, and I know they got people in to replace us but didn’t work out.

Bod – After being on the road for 10 years and practically living in each others pockets, pressures and deadlines and broken promises from the industry took their toll and we decided to call it a day. It was very sad but we were all burnt out and needed to take a long break. We all kept in touch and have remained very close friends and that’s why we are back together again, we are like family and we have fire in our bellies once more and are ready to thrash again J

Simon E Cobb – Yeah, it was a sad ending at the time, we had felt very disappointed with certain aspects of what was going on, we had no money, no promotion etc, Mark was getting fed up of it all and decided to quit, as did Lee, Bod and I recruited new personal into the band but in all honesty they did not pull their weight and it wasn't the same, I think Bod and I were so frustrated that we found it really hard to do what we wanted to do. The third album was being written a couple of the songs were great but there was no real cohesion as there had been in Anihilated before and so we drifted away. There was some sadness from fans but our profile was so low due to a lack of publicity that most people I don't think even noticed we had gone. Only a few United Kingdom bands were being promoted at the time and us, Acid Reign, English Dogs, Sacrilege etc were all under exposed whilst other bands, who were being promoted by their labels, were getting all the headlines.

F.R. - Did you have some “old stuff” written and studio recorded than the songs used on all your releases (Demos / Cassetes / /Flexis / LP’s)???

Mark Beuchet - I think almost everything that we have recorded has now been put on CD. The re-release of the 2 albums on Marquee records will feature some previously unreleased recordings as did the “Path to Destruction” re-release. The only thing I can think of that hasn’t been released on CD is the first demo, which is really punk stuff and was recorded before I joined the band and also has a different singer (Andy).

Bod – There were a lot of old bootleg recordings around of us live and some video footage but you have to remember that video cameras were quite expensive and few and far between back then so it was rare for anyone to have them. We were on Sky TV in 1988, it was footage of us in Milton Keynes UK .We do have some footage ourselves. If anyone has any old clips, I would love to see them, any photo’s as well!

Simon E Cobb – Yeah a vast amount of which has been released on the re-release of “Path to destruction” our earliest solo vinyl effort, raw crossover metal with teeth.

F.R. - Did you stay in touch with the ex-members (Lee and Andy) over the years despise the fact that some of you moved away from other places? I mean have you been maintaining contact with the other two elements of the group since they interrupted functions? I read Lee giving up music completely, getting married and becoming a postman…right? And what about Andy, do you know if he has been involved in some musical activities since ANIHILATED broke up?

Mark Beuchet - I see Lee from time to time but I wasn’t in the band when Andy was in it so I don’t really know him too well. Yes, it’s true that Lee gave up playing completely after Anihilated. He left the band not long after me.

Bod – Andy is living in Ipswich, I still see him and say hello occasionally I think he is a postman! Lee is happily married and living the good life in Ipswich as…you’ve guessed it, a postman! We seem to have a thing about the mail J

Simon E Cobb – Andy left very early into the bands history, I rarely see him and I have no idea if he did anything afterwards I know he wanted to but his vocal talents were somewhat limited.... Lee is a good friend and I see him often, he did not feel up to the reformation that’s why I took over on bass.

F.R. - Tell us something more about the re-editions of your albums on CD, you only re-edited on the Japanese “In Crust We Thrash”, right? Are you fully satisfied with the job did, I guess you are considering the professionalism involved…Tell us everything about that deal.

Mark Beuchet - This deal came about really because the guy from the label contacted me and asked about re-releasing Path to Destruction. I was very happy with the deal and Yuki from ‘In Crust We Thrash’ did a great job and I just wish we could have deal with people like him in the past.

F.R. - Now, we’ve to talk about “Marquee records”, you had been contacted by that label which showed interest to re-edit both albums…tell us something more about it…

Mark Beuchet - We have signed a deal for the re-release of both of the albums “Created In Hate” and “The Ultimate Desecration”. It’s hard to say much about it at the moment as we are still waiting for the CD’s to be released. But hopefully they will be out really soon and Armando from Marquee is a good guy and from what he has said to us we are hopeful of a really good end product.

Bod – We are very happy that they are doing this as they take great pride in their work and are a very highly respected label. They are experts in 80’s re-releases.

F.R. - What have you (guys) been up to since ANIHILATED ‘broke up’ back in (tell me the exactly date) or so? Give us a brief resume about the band or the bands with whom you’ve been involved with after ANIHILATED…

Mark Beuchet - Ok, well, as I said earlier, I left Anihilated in 1990, I then started recording demos at home and formed a band called West Of The Garden which was short-lived, then I had a band called Delerious and finally Love Lies Bleeding. Both of those bands had Bod on drums but were very different from Anihilated. I also did a solo acoustic CD. I packed up playing completely around 1996.

Bod – I joined Mark for a while then had my own band which I played/managed for about 13 years. We played in America and had great airplay over there. That has now finished and I am really glad to be back thrashing with Anihilated

Simon E Cobb – When Anihilated broke up I formed Nightbreed with Robin Eaglestone (Cradle of Filth, Impirial Black, Criminal, among others) on bass also in the band was Rob (Kemakill) guitars and Chris (the hope) drums. The band was going well but Robin was asked to join Cradle of Filth full time and had to go. I was becoming tired of the whole music scene and gave up putting my energies into producing demos for bands and mentoring a couple but eventually I gave it all up sold all my gear and forgot music for a few years.

F.R. - Under which conditions ANIHILATED was re-activated back in 2008? Was it the result of having your albums being re-released on CD (for two labels) or did it have something to do with the fact that there was a new interest for old metal bands going on around that time specially for some German & USA labels.

Mark Beuchet - It was a combination of things..........Bod had carried on playing and we still saw each other quite often, so when his band finished was about the time that Marquee had approached us. Bod wasn’t sure what he was going to do next, so I said ‘ I suppose we’d better record another Anihilated album then’. He was really keen and so was Si when we contacted him. We knew that Lee wouldn’t be interested as he hadn’t played for so long so Si has switched from Guitar to Bass.

Bod – I suppose it was a bit of both but more to do with the fact that after all these years and despite us saying we would never reform, we just couldn’t resist getting back together for a jam, we enjoyed it so much and there was such a buzz going on between us we realised that we could still do it and we had at least one album left in us and it all took off again from there. This time we are in complete control and are doing it for the love of it and for the fans, who has been magnificent in their reaction and support on our myspace site.

Simon E Cobb – We had been back in touch for a while, and I had recovered from a serious spinal injury so I felt ready to return, I had been asked to play bass in a band with an old friend which had been a re awakening of my interest in the whole scene. The talk of reissues had begun, Bod had been in a band who had done moderately well but when they split, Mark and I hinted that a reuniuon might be fun, Bod was in, lee was not. We met up wrote a song or two, enjoyed the exoperience and so went back at it like the full on metal dogs that we are.

F.R. - What we can except from the new tracks of ANIHILATED? Will you try to recreate something similar with you have done before or will you release something new, from your heart? I mean, all of you guys are in a different state of mind now than when you was 18 years old, isn’t? Beside that, one thing that surprised me a whole lot is the fact that you didn’t stay involved in Speed/Tharsh after ANIHILATED, your music tastes changed (as you got older) & you incorporated those influences in your music, wasn’t?...and now will you return to your old “Thashing Riffs”?

Mark Beuchet - That’s another really good question!! You’re good at this aren’t you!!
I have always liked all sorts of music, not just metal and thrash. I listen to Rodrigo y Gabriella, System Of A Down, My Chemical Romance, Slayer, Rush, Jose Gonzalez, Sum 41, Biffy Clyro........as you can see all kinds of things. I don’t care what type of music it is if I like it I like it.
We are trying to keep true to our Anihilated sound and it’s working really well. There’s no point in us doing something completely different sounding from what we did before because it wouldn’t be Anihilated. If you like Anihilated you will love the new songs. The lyrics that Si is writing now are every bit as meaningful and powerful as before. Our beliefs have not changed since those days long ago.

Bod – The new stuff is definitely Old School but with a modern twist. We are not in competition with anyone. We know who we are and what our audience demands and expects from us. The new material is sympathetic to the old style but will also appeal to the new younger fans. It is all 100% Anihilated so don’t worry. I think everyone will be happy with it, and we believe it is our best yet, it sounds good on demo and I can’t wait to record it properly. Recording technology has also improved so we aim to get the best possible production too.

Simon E Cobb – OHHHHH mate…The new stuff is definitively different, it's still Anihilated, but its more aggressive, more stripped down and vital pure thrashing metal with the melodic edge we always tried to put in, maintaining our lyrical stance, we are shouting about new atrocities. I mean one of the lines from the song "scorched earth policy" is, mankind has learned nothing but another way to rape... My music tastes have widened rather than changed, I still love listening to slayer for instance. The older stuff anyways but I also like much lighter music as well, on my I-tunes as I write is Jethro Tull....looking at the next track it is Dark Angel, then some Marilyn Manson and Muse...so I like lots of different themes and genres.

F.R. - Are there plans to get other musicians involved at the new ANIHILATED new tracks? Maybe even play shows because I guess none of you has been performed so far, isn’t?

Mark Beuchet - Yes, we will have to get another guitarist as Si has changed over to playing Bass now. We hopefully have someone lined up for that.

Bod – We have a new guitarist waiting in the wings who we used to jam with back in the day, but we are writing the album ourselves first.

Simon E Cobb – Shows are a definite possibility next year and I wouldn't be surprised if a new member is unveiled at some point to fill the vacant second guitar slot.

F.R. - Have you been approached by some labels at this point to release a new CD or have you made your choice to do it yourself as a self financed CD to sell by the band’s future web? Do you have in the vaults unrealised material or even live stuff from ‘86/’88 (would definitively rules!) that could be used as bonus on your new CD?

Mark Beuchet - We haven’t decided what we are going to do with the new album as yet. It is only half written at the moment so we have plenty of time to talk about that. Unfortunately the vaults are pretty much empty now, I don’t think I would want to put old live stuff on the new album anyway. We have put it on all the re-releases already.

Bod – Yes we have some strong offers from a number of labels and distributors and we also have the option of recording it with sponsorship to finance it if we want to do it ourselves, that way we would keep complete control and could licence it to all the many dealers and networks that have contacted us asking this very question J We will sort through the possibilities later on and make a decision then.

F.R. - Who were your influences, I mean if you had to pick ten all time Metal classics to take with you in a spaceship for many years, which ones would you take?

Mark Beuchet - My influences would probably be the following bands. I will pick ones that have had an effect on me over the years and not just what I am listening to at the moment so it may seem like a weird list!
Queen, Saxon, Motorhead, Rush, The Sex Pistols, Discharge, Slayer, Metallica, Mega City Four, The Cure, ..........I could go on and on and on. I can’t possibly pick certain songs that I like, but these are the main bands who have influenced me over the years. Just to annoy Si I would like to add 10cc........I told you I had a varied taste.

Bod – Being on a tour coach for a couple weeks is enough for me let alone 10 years in a spaceship!! Ha! ha! I can’t choose but Slayers South of heaven and Reign in Blood would definitely be a factor in what ever I took

Simon E Cobb – in no particular order......Motorhead-- No Sleep til Hammersmith live Lp, Slayer-- Reign in Blood Lp, Venom-- At War with Satan Lp, Candlemass-- Tales of Creation Lp, Bathory-- Twilight of the Gods Lp, Dark Angel-- Darkness Descends Lp, Anthrax-- Among the Living Lp, Metallica-- Master of Puppets Lp, Slayer--Hell Awaits Lp, Agent Steel-- Unstoppable Force Lp.

F.R. - Do you know the older Portuguese Metal bands form the ’80 Metal decade? I’m talking about old bands like V 12, XEQUE MATE, IBÉRIA, TARANTULA, PROCYON, RAMP, etc…Tell me your opinion about them please.

Mark Beuchet - Well, I have to tell you that I had not heard of these bands before now. I didn’t know that it was such a big thing in Portugal. It seems like you had a good scene going on there, you probably had more bands playing thrash than we had in the UK.

Bod – Portugal has a great history of metal bands that it can be proud of, all have contributed to making the scene what it is today. I don’t like to judge individual bands in interviews, that is to be done over a pint of Guinness in a bar,J

Simon E Cobb – V12 sound like a cross between exodus and helloween, lot of potential there enjoyable to listen to.
Xeque Mate, Ahh now these guys sound a bit like accept I think good to see they are all good friends as well :).
Ibéria - I liked the track "Mexico" but the other tracks were not my kind of thing, very nicely done though.
Tarantula, I liked this band, reminded me of DIO without the vocals, very power metal.
Procyon - Now this is really quite good!!
Ramp - well made this, I can hear Korn influences and Sepultura a very good band.

F.R. - How do you view Heavy Metal developed? Do you follow what’s going on in the Heavy days or have you totally distanced yourself from that whole thing?

Mark Beuchet - I wouldn’t like to say I have distanced myself, but I haven’t been following what’s going on too closely. Things will always change as time goes on and there is room for all types of Metal. If you don’t like a certain band or style then you don’t have to listen to it. I know that people sometimes moan about new things but thrash was new once and I expect a lot of traditional metalers moaned about it. There is room for everyone.

Bod – I think all things have a natural progression. I am very proud to have played a part in the development of British Thrash metal and I believe that It’s the fans that decide what happens. Metal fans are the best in the world. They are loyal, passionate and know good music when they hear it and I love them all dearly for that J

Simon E Cobb – I like some of the development, I like the way that a lot of different genres are now accepted under the "metal" banner. I am not too keen on the rap metal that’s about, bands like Linkin Park etc bore me with their endless remixes. I like the way 80's thrash has returned as there was a real feeling of unity back then and there were some bands who were really different who were ignored for the major label bands, it is good to hear them roar again.

F.R. - Usual question…is there a particular event in the ANIHILATED story that I didn’t cover? Leave a message, special to all the Portuguese Metal Maniacs…

Mark Beuchet - I just want to say thanks for the really good questions here and it’s an honour to be asked by you to do this interview. And for the Portuguese Metal Maniacs, it’s good to know you’re out there, send us a message on our my space page www.myspace.com/anihilated we reply to everyone and it would be good to hear from some of you. Thanks for reading the interview and keep a look out for the new album, hopefully out late 2009.......

Bod – I would just like to say thank you to all the fans out there who have supported us over the years, As I have said earlier on in this interview, the fans are the ones who are important, without you we are nothing. We will deliver to you an album that you will approve of and hope to see you when we go out on the road again. Please keep in touch with us via www.myspace/anihilated you are magnificent!!

Simon E Cobb – There have been so many great stories around the band some funny some hilarious...Lee falling into a big hole when he went to urinate behind a tree, Lee and I escaping from a certain beating at the hands of fascist thugs because LEee said their leader looked like Freddy Mercury. I am still unable to believe that I did not actual die then and that all of this is an afterlife.....

And to all you guys in Portugal, Kick Ass some serious thrash metal. Keep those horns up and Thrash Till Deaf!!!!