Interview with Pig Flesh

 PIGFLESH

Interviewed by oramishii


Adrian of Pigflesh

how did your band form?
Well me (adrian-guitar) and Joe(guitar) Had met awhile back and shared similar intrests in Death metal. we had jammed with a a few drummers that didn't work out and we finnally found one(ruben) at a Sepultura/Voivod show here in El Paso. I had been freinds with our current Bass player(arturo) for years so I asked him to join the band. My younger brother (Squanto) also wanted to jam, so we gave him the shot. We pretty much got together thru our mutual intrests in Death metal.

how long have you been playing together?
Well, we stared around june 2003 so a little over 2 years.

who are the founding members?
Id say pretty much me(adrian), joe and ruben.

describe each member.
Well I gues you could say Im the brains, joe and arturo are the musicians, ruben is the strength of the band, and squanto is the throat

did the line-up change during the stretch of time your band existed?
Nope same members, no changes.

what are your band's influences?
A lot of swedish Death metal like, Grave, Dismember, Hypocricy, and At The Gates

describe your sound.
Detuned Deathmetal, with a lot of Melody.

how did you guys come up with the name?
To be honest I cant even remember anymore, to much beer has left braindead over the last two years.

whaddya play in the band?

how did you get into punk/HC?
Well honestly I was never much of a punk/HC fan, but I got into death metal at about 13. Typical bands like slayer, and metallica where what Intoduced me to the scene. But the first time I heard Dismember is what really locked me into my passion for good old death metal brutality.

What do you sing about?
Ummm nothing Fancy, it isn't your typical gore metal stuff, just more about hatred and anger. Mainly the darker side of the human experience.

Who pens the lyrics?
Well I (adrian=guitar) Have wrote about 90% of the music and 90% of the lyrics. Joe and Squanto have helped with Lyrics and song writing but I m the main songwriter

what do you think is the force that keeps your band together?
Beer, nothing really, we just like to have a good time and thats what everyband should look forword too.

What’s the most memorable gig you've played in?
Opening for Canniable Corpse and Kataklysm was probobly the Biggest thing we have ever done. playing in front of about 800 people can be a little scary ,but we played perfect so that one show Im very proud of.

How bout the most embarassing one?
To Many to count, probobly the first show we played, we sounded so sloppy, and squanto had total stage fright. He looked like a robot onstage and din't even move the whole show.

Any pet peeves among the band members? weird traits, annoying habits, spill it!
Ruben our drummer can pretty much Fart at will, so we somtimes hjave to stop practice to let the room air out.

Do you have any upcoming projects?
I(adrian-guitar) actually joined CDN records recording artists Bowels Out. And you can check the band out at www.myspace.com/bowelsout.

How do you see yourslef in the next 5..10 yrs? do you think the band would still continue jamming?
Anythings possible, I would definatly like to do this with the help of a top notch record label behind us. I would love to be able to tour year round, that would probobly be my biggest goal

short-term goals for the band?
Well we are currently recording our second EP which shold be out late summer early fall. Im definatly going to push this album on a lot of record labels, and tour behind it. Hopefully sombody will snap us up and we can do a proper fullength.

Long term goals?
I don't like to look to far ahead so well just stick to short tem goals

playing music has been described by some musicians as an intensely passionate act of sharing, somewhat orgasmic..how do you feel when onstage?
Like an exploding bomb, I expend so much Emotion thjat afterwards I have very little energy to somtimes even function

top 10 cds which rotate in your boombox?
Napalm Death-Any
Dismember-any
At the gates-slaughter of the soul
Grave-youll never see
Dissection-the somberlain
Black Dahlia Murder-Unhollowed
Immortal- Sons of northern Darkness
Bowels out-remnents of gutted bowels
Impiety-Paramount evil
Hypocricy-Obsculum Obcenum

describe your band in one word.
Fat


part 2 the beliefs:


do you guys share the same political belief?
Not really much into politics

do you think having the same political beliefs is important?
All I know is we all agree that president bush is full of shit.

"government" of choice (socialism/communism, anarchism, democratic..)
I'd go with socialist, primarily for the free health care that capitalist counties never seem to get.

state 10 reasons why you think it would work.
Well I can only thin of one, and that socialism is geared to distribute the countries wealth into things that benifit citizens.

Who among you are vegetarians?
Vegtables? What are those? All we eat is meat.

Straight edge?
Nah

gender benders (gay, les, bi..)?
nah

is your band feminist?
Don't think so

in your own words, how would you define feminism. no googling!
Tough chicks

your view on the womyn's movement in your country?
They can do whatever they wan't, im not anti women in any sense, but I think we look at them a little to much like sex objects here in america.

What do you think of porn and other forms of mass media which blatantly objectifies/disrespects womyn?
I wouldn't say it disryspects them, nobody forced them to do it. Like alll good things, too much of it can make it bad for you. But I like watching peoplse have sex at times, Im hguman I like getting all hot and Bothered.

What has been your personal contribution to the fight for gender equality? (this applies to both males&females) how do you combat sexism in everyday life?
well, I treat women with respect, and I have always been for them being independent from men. But nothing special


part 3 let loose!:


what did you major in school?
Radiology

who picked it: you or your parents?
Well i did, but I still had support

favorite movie line?
Im a musroom cloud laying motherfucker, motherfucker.

Who said it and why did you pick that particular line?
Samuel L jackson in pulp fiction, and because I found it to be the most recognizable line I can remember from my somtimes weird movie tastes.

If your life was a movie..what would it be?
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, just without any drugs.

Who would you choose to portray you?
Christopher Walken

would the movie goers expect special effects, heart wrenching drama or...merchandise!
Just a bunch of fat guys actin stupid

favorite song to blast when feeling disgustingly sentimental. be honest!
At The Gates-Blinded By Fear

do you have a job right now?
Yup

how do you feel about it?
Pays the bills, what else Can I say.

Ever dreamt of joining a gameshow?
Nah

how much time do you spend weekly..
1.surfing the net-to many hours to count
2.watching tv-maybe 10 Hrs
3.reading - 2 hours daily
(trick question!)

top 10 things you cannot function normally without. again, be honest.
Smokes and beer are the only things I can think of

message to the readers:
Anybody interested in ordering our CD can send 5$ to the fallowing address. All checks and money orders should be made out too Adrian Jimenez.

Adrian Jimenez
11721 roger chaffee ln
El Paso TX USA 79936

Or contact me at www.myspace.com/pigflesh or www.pigflesh.cjb.net<