Interview – The Dead Krazukies

Hey guys, here is our last interview on 2020, thanks for support for this year, buy less toilet paper and things that you don’t need, be good and stay yourself in 2021, see you in the pit hopefully really soon. The interview is with Dead Krazukies, skate punk from France, and i had a small talk with Philippe, drums about their latest material, ICARUS. . Thanks to Dead Krazukies and Nick Josten. Cheers.

1. Hey guys, this is MirceONE from mptyzine. How are you? 

All good! thanks for having us! We can’t wait to tour and defend our new album.

2. Congrats for the album Icarus. Tell me about it.

Thanks a lot! We are super happy of the result, it came exactly how we wanted to be. The process of writing and recording was long but it was worth it! Pretty stoked about the comments and shares we have at the moment.

We are signed on SBAM Records for Europe, SoundSpeed Records for USA and Punk&Disorderly Records for Canada. It has been recorded in France by Serge Bianne, mixed and mastered by the allmighty Christian Carvin.

3. For those who dont know you please make us a short story.

We started in 2010 as a punk rock cover band, then we decided to make some originals songs, and after a change of line up it was done! We released our first album/ep in 2016 (The Northern Belle).

4. How did this virus affected you? What else do you do beside the band?

The virus came just at the end of the tracking process, it slowed everything down like mixing and mastering and release. But at the end, it was kind of cool because we used this extra time to refine everything. The only real bummer is the album was out the 20 of November during the second wave of the virus and we couldn’t do a  release party and a release tour. We just can’t wait!

Beside de band, we work, some of us for a surf company, some in social.

5. Tell us a few things about your message and influences

THe overall album is pretty dark, it’s a lot about the world we are living in. But there is also a lot of positive messages and wake up calls. We try to be honnest, with no filter about what we want to express.

6. Talking about influences, name please your top10 favorite bands

Top 10 bands in no particular order: Nofx, Pennywise, Rise Against, Good Riddance, Sum 41, Pour Habit,  Propagandhi, Distillers, Anti Flag, Useless ID

7. Tell us few things about the punk scene in your city, Hossegor

There is no punk scene where we live, maybe a small rock scene. I guess we were lucky to found each other doing the same project!

8. Tell me what the future holds for the band, you guys have something in mind planned for the next year?

We wiat for shows to come back, maybe doing some fest and tour! We also gonna release music videos during the year. and maybe record new material, who knows? 🙂

9. Please let us know where people cab listen to your music and where can find you on social media

We are on all platforms,  bandcamp (https://thedeadkrazukies.bandcamp.com/), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/artist/3CEoOZvSF5AEd9pTed1Hg4?si=ADbqKBsVTDGS6x7uHU986g) and for social media FB (facebook.com/thedeadkrazukies) and Instagram (instagram.com/thedeadkrazukies)

10. Thank you so much for the time, please if you want to add something for our few readers online

Thanks so much to feature us on that webzine, we are super stoked to reach Mexico!

11. Hope you will have a good 2021 and hope to see you live soon, maybe for a Mexico tour?:)

Thanks!! Why not, if there is a California tour, we can maybe drive a bit far on the south? 😉

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MPTY ZINE number 48 – promo number free download

We did put this number really fast and please forgive me for grammar mistakes, just wanted to publish it until the end of year so here you go….take it as a gift for this Christmas. We had a challenge this year with concerts and with our “normal” social life but we are still here and still with a smile. 

Not following the conspirations on social media, we are just waiting for the concerts to start and for the time when we can go for a beer with the friends, had digging the youtube and discover a lot of amazing bands, watched hundreads of concerts online and must say that is not so bad, and we are surviving, please take care of you and your loved ones, buy less toilet paper, and things that you don’t need and always stay yourself. 

Thanks to all bands and labels that have sent me some new music, thanks to all people that are still alive and smiling and we are waiting for better times. 

This is a really short number with some promos that you can find online at our old wordpress web, but i really hope you will like it. You can download the fanzine for free, but if you want to help me with a coffee will be appreciated, you can find the link here paypal.me/cojocearo. 

See you in the pit soon, stay rude, stay rebel, always stay yourself. 

MirceONE – Guadalajara, December 2020 

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The Fallout Casualty EP – promo

The Fallout – Casualty cover

The Fallout are back with a new EP, Casualty. It is their new material after the album The Times Have Never Changed, this is a digital only release thru Rebel Time Records in Canada and Discos Machete in Mexico released digital on 12 December 2020. 4 tracks in their in your face political punk. Songs about unity, struggle and solidarity with 2 new videos, first one for Casualty with footage from the protest in June 26 in Toronto and the second one Warpath with footage from the violence against women in Mexico City. Check the EP here https://thefalloutcanada.bandcamp.com/album/casualty or on the Rebel Time Records page https://rebeltime.ca/  Cheers.

Tracklist:

1. Casualty
2. Miracles For Sale
3. Same Old Shit
4. Warpath

Videos bellow. Thanks to Randy Rebel Time and The Fallout

Days N Daze – Interview – December 2020

Hi guys, here is an interview with Days N Daze. The interview will be published in our new number coming out this December. Thanks!

1. Hey guys, this is MirceONE from mptyzine, how are you?

J: Doin’ well all things considered!! Home with the family just takin’ it one day at a time.

2. First of all for those who dont know the band, can you make a short story for us?

J: Whitney (the trumpet player), and I moved from our hometown of Houston TX to a little college town called San Marcos TX when she was 18 and I was 16. Unless you enjoy keg parties or you’re attending the university there’s not a whole lot to do in San Marcos so we started writin’ songs as a way to fight the boredom. We decided we wanted to try n play a show at a coffee shop called Wake The Dead down the street from our apartment so we thought we should probably have a band name. Days N Daze was literally the first thing we thought of so we went with that and just never stopped.

3. How was the collaboration with Andrew Paley of the new split?

J: It was great fun!! Andrew and his team were super helpful with lyrics n chords n all that. I’d never heard any of Andrew’s music prior to covering “Caroline” and now I jam his stuff all the time!!

4. Days n Daze has a strong diy ethic, and i saw in your songs a lot of themes such as: anarchism, environmental issues and more. What is the message of the band?

J: I’ve never really thought about what our message is overall. We kinda just write about whatever we’re feeling in that moment. We’ve got a bunch of music that just documents the relationship between Whit and I. From being close as kids to growing apart to becoming friends again. We’ve got a lot of songs about addiction and mental health. Got a few songs about how freeing it is to just hit the road and head towards something new. I guess if I had to pick out the most reoccurring themes they’d be mental health, unity, adventure, and love.

5. How the pandemic is so far, how much impacted the scene and your lifes?

J: Covid has pretty much brought our lives to a grinding halt. We had so much planned before quarantine that we were so excited about and now, of course, everything has had to be pushed back so it’s super stagnant right now. At least we can play live stream shows and keep in touch with people through the internet though. Just tryin’ to focus on the projects we can work on while in one place. Been recording for my other project, Escape from the ZOO, Whit has been recording some solo stuff as well. We just released that split with Andrew Paley. So just keepin’ busy and goal oriented. Idle hands, ya know?

6. Please name a top 10 of your bands that influenced you somehow

J: 1. Leftover Crack
2. Watsky
3. Sum 41
4. The Ramones
5. Night Gaunts
6. Mischief Brew
7. We The Heathens
8. Pat the bunny
9. No Cash
10. No Service Project

7. What the future holds for the band?

J: Mainly we just wanna get back to playin’ shows so a soon as it’s safe for everyone we’ll be back on the road!! We’re always writin’ so we’re gonna let our last full length, Show Me The Blueprints, marinate a while longer and then we’ll get back to recording new stuff. Supposed to be on the European leg of the next Punk In Drublic tour so that’s super exciting!! Not sure when that’ll end up happening, but super stoked for it!!

8. After this pandemic will be over, you guys want to kick the road again in tours?

J: Definitely!! The stream shows are a good holdover, but nothin’ compares to a real, in person, live show. Can’t wait to walk back into a venue and feel that energy vibratin’ through the building and the crowd.

9. Tell me if you guys ever played in Eastern and Central Europe, or if you know something about Romania ?

J: I think the closest we’ve gotten is maybe Croatia. I’m always kinda lost when we’re in Europe though. I just get in the van and get out wherever we stop.
Admittedly, I don’t know much about Romania. I know y’all got Transylvania, right? Old castles and churches. Seems like a gorgeous place. If ya wanna drop some facts on me I’d love to learn!!

10. Name in 5 words the philosophy of the band.

J: Dreams, screams, love, and fun.

11. Thanks for your time, please let us know where can people can download and listen to your music?

J: Thank YOU!! Had a good time goin’ through these. Great questions!! We’ve got music up at daysndaze.bandcamp.com, we’re on Spotify and itunes and all that jazz, we got physical copies up at flailrecords.com or eu.kingsroadmerch.com if you’re in Europe (to save ya on shipping costs), and hit up daysndaze.net for lyrics and news n whatnot if ya like!!

12. Last words leave them to you, a few words for our few people online..

J: If ya made it this far thanks so much for readin’!! Hope you’re doin’ great all things considered, hope you’re bein’ kind to yourself both mentally and physically, and if ya need anything please don’t hesitate to ask!!

Thanks to Felix and Jesse.

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