Sunday, May 14, 2023

Interview with Eating Shit 2013

 

EATING SHIT [France]
Interviewed by Anto 2013

WARM GREETINGS MY FRIENDS ! WHERE IN FRANCE EXACTLY IS EATING SHIT BASE? DO YOU HAVE A VERY ACTIVE MUSIC SCENE THERE?
We live in Haute Savoie, near Switzerland (Geneva) in the Alps very near Mont Blanc the highest mountain of Europe. It’s a quite wealthy part of France, very touristical.
Regarding music, there is an underground scene here but it is not the most famous place for grind. The most active scene takes place in the north of France.

WHAT'S THE STORY BEHIND YOUR BAND'S NAME?
At the beginning, when we were young, we wanted an extreme and at the same time funny name. At that time we were often watching trash films, that name came naturally. To-day we especially like the claiming tone of the name. Eating Shit is what men do everyday with TV, over consumption, GMO, meat industry etc…

HAVE YOU BEEN IN ANY OTHER BANDS BEFORE? WHAT MOTIVATED YOU TO START YOUR BAND?
Braak and I played in groups of black metal until beginning of years 2000. Even though if Braak has a solo project of extreme metal (Empty Hope) and if I have registered an EP with the group of trash/death Backdawn (https://www.facebook.com/Backdawnofficial?ref=ts&fref=ts), Eating Shit is our real group.

WHO ARE THE MEMBERS? HOW LONG HAVE EATING SHIT BEEN GOING NOW?
We are 3 since 2008, when we chose the electronic drums, but we were more at the beginning, at that time we had a real beater. There was a 4 years stop between those 2 periods.

I MUST SAY YOU EXCELLENTLY GRIND AND PLAY YOUR MUSIC WELL MY FRIENDS. WHICH BANDS HAVE INFLUENCED YOU, AND WHO ARE YOU INTO AT THE MOMENT?
Thanks ! It’s a pleasure to read that ! The 3 of us listen nearly every style of extreme metal as well of other more gentle bands (reggae, rock etc…)

HOW MANY ALBUMS HAVE YOU RELEASED? PLEASE SHARE US EATING SHIT'S DISCOGRAPHY
For the time being we have 4 auto-productions : 2 of grind/crust (“Eating Shit” in 2003 and “world of shit” in 2004) and 2 of electro-grind (paradox in 2010 and bon appétit in 2011). We are presently registering a new album of electro black metal.

HAVE YOU PLAYED OUTSIDE FRANCE? ARE YOU FOCUS INTO EATING SHIT FULL-TIME OR DO YOU HAVE JOBS?
We played once in Geneva. All our other concerts took place in France, in various places but especially in our region. Eating Shit is a leisure, we are a small band, it would not be possible to live of it. Few metal bands can live from their music, thus it’s even worse for extreme bands !!

ARE THERE LOTS OF GRINDCORE AND EXTREME BANDS THERE IN YOUR SCENE? HOW ABOUT A PUNK CRUSTIES SCENE?
Yes there is a good scene in France with big bands as Inhumate. I do not know very well crust/punk scene but in fact there are more and more bands of that kind.

PLEASE NAME SOME BANDS WE SHOULD LOOK OUT FOR...
As for grind I would mention especially the underground :
Glavio (http://www.bandmine.com/artist/music/glavio/1113575) Departement of Correction (https://www.facebook.com/departmentofcorrection?fref=ts) Injuria (http://www.myspace.com/injuriamusic) L.A.R.D.O.N. (http://crustgrind.wix.com/lardon)

ARE YOU GUYS VEGETARIANS? IS VEGANISM THE IDEAL TO ASPIRE TO?
 I am the only vegetarian (and not vegan) of the band but as it’s me and our friend Blytch (https://www.facebook.com/Blytch1) who write the sentences, it shows through the texts.

IS ANIMAL RIGHTS AN IMPORTANT CAUSE? DO YOU SUPPORT THE ACTIONS OF THE ANIMAL LIBERATION FRONT DO YOU JOIN MARCHES AND PROTESTS? (ALF)?
The respect of animal is very important for me and essential to allow human being to respect the human kind. I respect and support ALF , as well as other causes, as for instance the wolf defence. It came back naturally in France and is hunted and persecuted in spite of the European protection granted to that species. Consequently, I also join different associations who act against intensive breeding as well as protection of ecosystems…

DO YOU THINK MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED? OR IS IT LEGAL THERE IN FRANCE?
In France the use of Marijuana is not legal and is far to become legal. However there is no severe repression against smokers because France is one of the biggest European consumers, even before Netherlands (where it’s legal !). France being a great producer of wine, alcohol is easily consumed. If legalization could allow the end of black market and fight against mafioso it would be a good thing.
I have no doubt that encouraging young people to smoke is not a good thing for public health. We must not forget that it can become a real problem carrying study failure and social problems. I knew myself some cases. It’s as for everything in life, one must know how not to pass over some limits and this is not easy for everybody.

WHERE DO YOU RECORD YOUR SONGS? YOUR 2 ALBUMS "PARADOX" & "BON APPETIT" BLASTS OUT GREAT, DECENTLY EXCELLENTLY QUALITY RECORDED. MOST BANDS HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES CANT AFFORD COSTLY STUDIOS TO RECORD THEIR MUSIC.
We register ourselves our CD. The two last ones were mixed and masterised by Mulk (http://www.myspace.com/mulksong) who works in the rough electro grind. We had no means enough to register in a real studio and to make a professional press. We like auto-production, sympathetic products come out in that way. Thus they have a personal touch !!

DO YOU HAVE ANY OFFERS FROM BIG LABELS, WILL YOU SIGN IF APPROACHED? ARE YOU STILL PRETTY MUCH A SORT OF D.I.Y. BAND?
No, never, we are a little band and our grind style (electro) has not received real recognition. But it’s OK for us, we like being in the underground scene. Yes we are a DIY brand since the beginning, more than 10 years ago, and we are proud of it.

WHAT'S THE MOST INSANE GIG YOU HAVE BEEN TO SO FAR?
Our biggest live took place in Geneva, at Brutal assault 5 with Yacopsae and this year in Bordeaux (town of same name wine) at the Underground Blast Fest3 with the legendar Agathocles).

DO THE POLICE BOTHER YOU WHEN YOU HAVE SHOWS? HAVE YOU HAD ANY ENCOUNTERS WITH THEM?
No, in France we have a great artistical liberty and I never had any problem with police at any of the concerts to which I attended as spectator or player. One may be dressed, listen and think whatever he wants in our country.




FRANCE WAS RAVAGED BY TWO GREAT WARS, DO YOU AS PART OF THE YOUNGER GENERATION STILL FEELS ITS EFFECTS?
The 3 of us were born at the end of the 70ies/ beginning of the 80ies. Those who knew 2nd world war and the invasion of our country are our grandparents. Even if that period is taught to us at school, our generation does not feel very concerned with those two wars. Society changed so much and youth is so fed with this era of numerical leisure that those events seem very remote.

THE LEGACY OF HITLER IS STILL VERY MUCH ALIVE TODAY. NAZI SYMPHATIZERS, HATE GROUPS, THE KKK, AND RACIST BANDS PRETTY MUCH STILL EXIST TODAY. WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON THIS?
Unfortunately this vermin will always make part of life, whatever form or name it will take. Plenty of human beings are intolerant. Personally I never had problems with Nazis in France but I know that numerous skinhead groups are active in big cities. But it’s not a majority. Anyway, nothing to be compared with the Greece Golden Dawn for instance. There are some groups of NSBM but they are not as rough as in some eastern countries.
However we have a nationalist party named Front National who, under an apparent more moderated style, is anyway a fascism party. The worse is that it seduced part of the youth who begins to adhere to nationalist and identitary ideas instead of claiming, constructive and responsibly ones.

CAN WE EXPECT MORE FROM EATING SHIT IN THE FUTURE?
We have several projects under completion :
-An EP with a real drummer is completely registered and only waits to be mixed
- We are registering a CD “electro black metal” which will come out early 2013 and will be a little different from our usual style
-We also have another CD project with various invited who will take in charge the drums programmation.
-At last we are included in the new compilation “in Grindo Veritas” forecasted for beginning 2013, which groups about thirty of French bands. It’s kaotoxin label who initiated the project (https://www.facebook.com/kaotoxinrecords).

WHERE CAN THE READERS CONTACT YOU?
We can be contacted through
Our email :
eating-shit@hotmail.fr
Or here are the links for our pages :
http://eatingshit.bandcamp.com/ (All of our stuff in streaming and download)
http://www.myspace.com/eatingshitgrindcore
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eating-Shit/182572995123625?ref=hl

THANK YOU VERY MUCH EATING SHIT ITS BEEN NICE KNOWING YOU.
Thanks a lot for your interest and all the best for chronicorezine !!


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