Pleasure Squad is a band from Denmark who bought
my idea about sending a record to me for review
and here´s the interview now with the group.
September 2017
Please tell me a little bit history of the
group?
-Some guys started a band, and after a couple of
lineup changes, here we are.
We've been friends since like... forever, and
are out of the danish late 80's punk and
squatter scene (around Ungdomshuset, Jagtvej 69)
Please tell me a little about every member in
the group right now, age, family, work,
interests and something bad about everyone?
Earlier bands?
Other bands on the side?
-K: Vox/Gitter. Avid roleplayer and old punk
rocker.
Bo: Bass - Another old punker.
MC Evil: Drums/Vox - Evil mastermind.
ElChefe: Gitter.... the guy who plans
everything.
We've been in a lot of bands. CopWeaps, MT
Heads, Scrotum, Miss Marlow, Intern Varsling,
Konkhra, Zephyr, Onkel Eefsens Trækkerdrenge,
James Vance and The Face Erasers, Fritz Fatal,
and probably a lot more.
I can hear much different influences but mostly
punk and a little UK82 etc? Favorites from the
past?
-A lot of influences. RKL, Disorder, Conflict,
Fearless Iranians From Hell, CRASS, Discharge (K
mentions "Dom Där" as well)
Pleasure Squad are you satisfied with the name?
How did it came up?
You weren’t afraid that some other band
would be named like this?, Why an English name
when you sing in danish? Which is the best
bandname you know?
-Sure we are satisfied. The name comes from the
personal pleasure squad of the Kim family (from
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea).
It is true that we presently make our songs in
danish, in the past it was often english.
We do not care if anyone else has the same name.
What´s the best thing with playing live?
-Meeting new friends is marvellous. And playing
very loud is a great pleasure :-)
And where is best to play? And the worst place?
-Best place...... Underwerket in Copenhagen is
really great, on the other hand, we have not
played anywhere we did not like (yet). We must
also mention the "Punx Undead" crew, who
frequently hosts shows with all kinds of great
bands.
Generally those places and persons are very
friendly.
How is to play this sort of music in Denmark
right now? Which types of bands do you have
concerts together with?
-It is ok. We mostly play with punk and hardcore
bands. I guess the only issue is, that often,
there are overlapping punk shows, which does
tend to split the potential amount of audience.
How would you describe your music in three
words?
-Exellent, Delicious, Crisp :-)
What does punk mean to you, is it only a word or
is it a lifestyle?
-A way of thinking... a mindset.
How do you see on downloading, mp3 and that
stuff?
-Practical.
It is a great and cheap way to spread your music
(or our music).
How is it to live in Denmark right now?
Politically?
Fascists?
-Hmmmm...... a lot of the politicans are
populistic assholes. One of the parties in the
parliament is openly fascistoid. Almost the
entire political spectrum have moved several
steps to the right.
On the streets however (at least in Copenhagen),
there is not a nazi presence. They seem to be a
bit afraid of going out (and for a good reason
we believe)
Is there any good bands from Denmark now?
Is the punkscene/hardcorescene big? How
is it in your hometown?
-There is a lot of excellent bands, the scene
seems to be quite big. We don't know all the
bands, and at gigs we often play with some we
haven’t even heard about before. We have no idea
how many there are. 75+ in Copenhagen alone I
would say.
What do you know about Sweden?
-There really is a lot of insects in the
coutryside in the summer.
It is full of swedes.
We can understand the signs.
Have you heard any good bands from Sweden?
-Sure.... We have forgotten the new ones,
though.
Older bands that we remember (mostly because we
still have the records, and/or have seen them
live) are asta kask, snobb slakt, rövsvett,
puke, charta 77, dom där, f.i.l., los bohemos.....
and probably a lot more, if someone reminds us.
Your lyrics, who does them and what influences
you?
Is it easier to do lyrics now or was its
easier to do it when you was younger?
Never in English?
-Mostly, we just do our lyrics ourselves. If
someone comes up with something, the others can
elaborate on it. We have songs, where the lyrics
are written by Nickmlas Burman, he is a great
writer, and a great guy. One of our old songs
was written my "Mikkeline W. Gudmand Høyer".
The influences are mostly the injustice,
corruption, government/police brutality..... and
love.
We have some english songs.
Is there any subject that you never will write
anything about??
-Probably there could be something, can't come
of with any non-issues right now.
Politic and music, does it goes hand in hand?
Which is your most political song?
-Politics and music does absolutely go hand in
hand. We have no "most" poltical song. 90% of
our songs are political (the last 10% are about
love of one kind or another)
Best political band/artist?
-Discharge
Do you think that music(lyrics and so on) can
change anyones life, I mean people who listens
to music?
-Sure.... we just have to look at ourselves.
Your cover on your record looks really nice, is
it important to have a record cover which shows
people which type of music you play? Your
favorite recordcover?
Who does your covers?
And do you have any good recordstores in
your hometown?
-It is not a cd, it is an vinyl ep :-)(I wrote
wrong) Anyway, it is practical to have a nice
cover, which does reflect something you want to
express.
Is it important to get out physical records of
your stuff? Why or why not? Vinyl, CD, cassette,
what do you prefer if you could choose whatever
? What happened with your single, it was only 47
of 100 which was working to play?
-The pressing plant delivered 53% useless
records, and did not want to admit it. We have
noticed that other bands also have great
problems with then. Stay away from vinyltryk.dk
they are a bunch of cheating lying bastards.
Furthermore, they are not able to deliver
anything on schedule.
Total wankers. Fuck them!!! And expensive
too.... did we mention that they lie a lot?
How does your audience look like? Which people
do you miss on your concerts? Which is the
biggest band you ever have played together with?
-Our audience look like real nice people, and
have a fantastic sense of fashion, they do seem
to drink a lot though.
Biggest band..... depends on definition. I
suppose we could say that Chaos UK is fairly
famous (and very good at playing). We had a nice
gig with them.
Please rank your five favoriterecords, five
favoriteconcerts and five most important things
in life?
-Come on man :-) We would never be able to
agreee on that.
First, last and most expensive record ever
bought?
-K: Last......
"Wayl" their CD is called "In Bed"
Is it boring with interviews? Is it much
interviews??
-We have never been interviewed before (in this
constellation). It is nice.
If you could choose five bands from the past and
the history and nowadays and both dead and
living bands to have a concert together with
your band. Which five have you been chosen?
-GG Allin & The Murder Junkies
Anal Cunt
Motorhead
Husker Du
Beneath Contempt
Is music a good way to get out frustration and
become a nicer person outside the music??
-Sure it is a good way to vent our frustration.
We are always nice :-)
Which is the most odd question you ever have got
in an interview?
-Ehmmmm.... :-)
Futureplans for the band?
-Play gigs, make new friends, create music and
have fun with each other.
For yourself?
-I want to be president
Wisdomword?
-Never pass up an opportunity.
Something to add?
-We love you.
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