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RADIO DEATHCAMPAIGN is now also available via INTERPUNK.COM

6.9.2006

so we toured the UK with fellow HC punks EXP from Banbury Town. it was a blast. the shows were well attended, we all played good shows and the crowd went nuts. needless to say we enjoyed ourselves very much on that tour. the most important thing is that we met a lot of great people along the ride and most of them we now consider friends. we want to thank everybody for coming out and supporting our cause. this is DIY hardcore punk and it is only possible to maintain this madness as long as YOU come to the shows and support the bands!

since this first chapter of our worlwide deathcampaign was successfully achieved and accomplished we are already in talks about a 2nd UK tour as well as a trip to Spain and also an US eastcoast tour (the NY DEATHCAMPAIGN).

for now we want to thank everybody in EXP, FIGHTBENJAMIN, KEMICA, THE MAGPYES and all the other bands we were fortunate enough to share the stage with. and most of all we want to thank you, the people who showed up and made every night a special night!

TILL WHEN WE MEET AGAIN!

THE SORE

this was the tour poster

other than that we are working on making our merch available through this website. it´s gonna take us some time so please bear with us. 

also this website will be updated soon-ish!

till then,

PETER  

What was the writing process like for this album?
well, i constantly write songs so when Hofa and i started to prepare the material i already had about 25-30 songs ready. i think it is a must to be as prolific as possible while you´re around as a band and as a human being. i got no time to waste cause i know very well that you don´t have 100 years to mess around. the time is NOW! anyway, i had some songs that were kinda like swedish hardcore/crust others were more in 77´s punk style (believe it or not). i listen to a lot of different music and i like 100´s of bands. everything leaves influences. don´t ever ask me about my favourite records cause i would break out in a 24 hour monologue hahaha. however, out of all the material we chose the best 12 songs that fit together well and that portrayed the pure essence of THE SORE.

we also prepared PADDED CELL by BLACK FLAG. the cool thing is that CHUCK DUKOWSKI himself helped me a lot to get that song right. all hats off to him! if you don´t know: he was the original bassist for BLACK FLAG and he wrote many very important songs like MY WAR, MODERN MAN and WHAT I SEE. it was a very exciting experience to get in contact with Chuck since i´m one of the biggest BLACK FLAG fans ever. the intention of our record was "WHAT WOULD IT SOUND LIKE IF BLACK FLAG FORMED AND RECORDED THE DAMAGED ALBUM IN 2006?" . with that in our heads we went and tried to play as harsh and aggressive as possible. plus we speeded everything up once we were in the studio. when i write songs the music comes out of my mind and my stomach but when we play it´s all about letting all beasts out. no time to think no more just bash the shit out of the instuments. you wouldn´t believe the amount of strings and sticks we broke during all these sessions....

Where did you get the title 'RADIO DEATHCAMPAIGN'?
i once had a song idea which had the work title Charlie Harper Deathmachine. i love the UK Subs and that idea had a certain UK SUBS feel. however, that song idea finally didn´t end up on the album but i liked the title cause it´s weird, funny and somehow subtlely aggressive. i played around with that a bit and imagined a huge army of people marching against the bullshit in the media and music industry. the real bands and musicians get fucked over all the time while people are constantly bombarded with plastic pop punk bullshit and casted wannabe music. i imagined a worldwide community of people that want the real and honest music. not the money oriented watered down stuff that´s on tv 24/7. i imagined an organisation for all the bands that try to go their own way and put all their time and money into their music. i imagined a movement of people and bands that are fed up with the shit that record companies want us to buy and that want to make a difference.i thought it should be a DEATHCAMPAIGN and we are to create the soundtrack for it. hence RADIO DEATHCAMPAIGN.

as written on the DC´s myspace profile: THE DC isn´t some exclusvie club. it´s open to everybody. it´s kinda like Turbonegro´s Turbojugend and everybody can join and open their own chapters and help local bands to get their music heard.

How many songs are on the album?How many were recorded?
we recorded 13 songs and they are all on the album. we didn´t have the time and money to record fillers, haha.

After the U.K. DEATHCAMPAIGN is done where else do you plan on going?
we will play shows in Austria and Germany throughout autumn and winter 2006. maybe we can tour Italy a bit..there are talks of doing a split ep with the mighty FIGHTBENJAMIN from Liverpool. they are awesome and it´d be very cool if we could make that ep happen this autumn. if that works out chances are that we will do another tour in England as well as tour with FIGHTBENJAMIN in Austria/Germany. we´ll see....since a NEW YORK DEATHCAMPAIGN is already being worked on it could well be that we head over to NYC and tour the US eastcoast next year...

It's easy to hear in your musick that you are influenced by the likes of Casey Chaos(AMEN, Scum) as well as Henry Rollins(S.O.A, Black Flag, Rollin's band) what about them inspires you? And who are your other influences if any?
Casey Chaos and Henry Rollins inspire me because they are prolific artists. they do not put out half-hearted music. they always give 100%. they polarise, it´s a take it or leave it situation. they do not bow down to anyone but only follow their own agenda. they are true and honest people. no bullshit involved. no rockstar behaviour. fuck no. i was fortunate enough to meet and hang out with Casey and AMEN at Casey´s house as well as being on the road with them in Europe. you cannot imagine anyone more friendly and genuine than Casey. on stage he is the maniac hurting himself because of his passion for his music but off stage he is a very intelligent and generous, almost shy person that has a similar passion for good music as i do. i collect old hardcore/punk records. stuff like Void, Circle Jerks, Flag, Poison Idea, Negative Approach, Deep Wound....well, when these bands were active Casey was a kid making noise with DISORDERLY CONDUCT. he played with these bands. he witnessed the madness. for me Casey and AMEN are one of the few bridges between the old HC/Punk music and modern music. AMEN is more important now than ever before.

other sources of inspiration (other than life and it´s cruelties) are Lemmy & Motorhead, Jaz Coleman/Killing Joke, EyeHateGod, Neurosis, Poison Idea, Black Sabbath, TV Smith, D.O.A. and Amebix amongst many many many other cool bands.

How many bands have you been in and what happened to them?
i have been in quite some bands...let´s see...

SCHLACHTHAUS (Abattoir) - my first band. i was about 15 and played guitar. we just made noise cause we couldn´t play. the band disbanded after one show...i got a video tape of that somewhere...i look like a total goof, haha.

GREEN HELL - right after Schlachthaus i tried to play like The Misfits....well, we disbanded cause the drummer wasn´t fast enough.

FBD (Fucking Brutal Death) - i got me a drumset and played in the basement. i started to record the drums and then the guitars. that was during my black metal phase in summer 1997 i think. i still have the recordings somewhere. imagine Darkthrone with a very shitty soundquality..... it was just a solo project to make noise. nothing serious. however, Hofa liked my music and came down to the basement. he had never played drums before. well, we started to make noise in the basement with me on guitar until the neighbor´s dog died of heartattack induced by our bad bad music that blasted through the walls. poor animal, rip. anyway, that´s when we got our first rehearsal space and actually formed a band, Absinth.

ABSINTH - my first "real band". this is where Hofa and i started to jam for up to 10 hours a day. everyday. we´ve been totally obsessed with creating and playing music ever since. that´s one thing that hasn´t changed over the years. with Absinth we played whatever we wanted, slow doom as well as fast hardcore and even grindcore. Absinth lasted 2 years, 1998 - 2000. we disbanded right after we had recorded an album. the guy that "produced" it totally fucked us over. what else. anyway, Hofa and i kept on playing music and finally founded THE SORE in February 2001.

THE SORE - this band is my life. there´s no single second that i do not think about new songs and lyrics for The Sore. i love this band and i appreciate everybody that has a similar passion for this band. we now have what i consider our strongest line up so far with Hofa on drums, U.David on bass, Sebi on guitar and me on bad behaviour.

One of the reasons why you are one of my influences is because you like to fuck around with musick and noise and do many different things and thats where DRONESHAKER comes in what was going on at that time to make youjust snap and come up with something so out there?
DRONESHAKER came about during one week in April 2006. i had reached a lowpoint because there were so many personal tragedies happening at that time. i was completely out of my mind. there were family problems as well self-induced bullshit going on and i needed another outlet for the time where i couldn´t work on THE SORE record with Hofa. that guy´s gotta sleep too....well, i couldn´t so after the long sessions for THE SORE i sat at home and recorded noise and played around with my computer. i like ambient landscape music like SCORN and i wanted to try something like that. i have about 30 Droneshaker tracks. one day, i will make them public. other than that i experiment with Black Metal a little bit. that project is called The Betrayal. it´s just for fun.

Any other projects happening soon?
other than releasing "RADIO DEATHCAMPAIGN" and touring England as part of the UK DEATHCAMPAIGN i´ve got no other musical projects line up so far. my plan is to concentrate on THE SORE and spreading the word about the punk army that is THE DEATHCAMPAIGN.

What are your thoughts on the current music scene?
to be honest i don´t even know what´s really going on in the current music scene. most of the time i sit at the computer and check out and listen to other underground bands like the great great SCHEISSE MINELLI, OPPRESSED LOGIC, ALTERNATE-SYSTEM, NERVOUS BREAKDOWN, EXP or KEMICA. i close to never watch TV and i stopped buying corporate music magazines cause they all suck. i do read a lot of fanzines tho. fanzines like "CAMPAIGN FOR MUSICAL DESTRUCTION" or "SLAM ZINE". but anyway, my thoughts are that there is a lot of good music out there and a lot of good bands. they just need to get exposure. i like myspace for being the perfect tool for getting heard. i can only urge the bands out there to get in contact with each other and start to play shows and help each other out.

Anything you wanna say to the readers?
i want to thank everyone who has supported THE SORE over the years. because of this band i have made some great friends and i have seen many places i would´t have seen otherwise. for all these experiences and good times i want to express my deepest gratitude to the people that listen to bands like us, buy the records and set up shows. can´t wait to see you all on THE DEATHCAMPAIGN!!!!!!! D I Y!"

 

23.6.2006

THE DEATH CAMPAIGN IS A DIY PUNK COMMUNE. THE UK TOUR IS CHAPTER 1 OF MANY WORLDWIDE CAMPAIGNS YET TO COME. IT BEGINS JULY 2006 WITH JUST A FEW BANDS THAT SHARE A PASSION FOR MUSIC AND DON`T GIVE A FUCK ABOUT WHAT`S COOL OR HIP.

WE ARE ANGRY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE FED UP WITH THE PLASTIC BULLSHIT THAT MTV & RECORD COMPANIES WANT US TO BUY.

20.4.2006