Interview: Disgust
by Glauco Mingau (Death from Above) (glauco.mingau@gmail.com)
Photos: Rafael Yaekashi
2011/07

Disgust

01-When and how you formed the band? Explain how started.
Masumi: Umm, it was a long time ago...

02-Who are the members of the band and they play?
Masumi: It's just a band with four of us.Satoshi-Bass, Kiyo-Drums, Hiroto-Vocals. And me, Disgust Masumi-Guitar !!!!

03-You guys have or have had other activities besides the band? other bands, label, fanzines, etc ...
Masumi: We are not thinking about anything else but Disgust. We don't belong to any labels but GRIND FREAKS and MCR are helping us. We thank Rafa and Karasu Killer for releasing '4 WAY FOR DESTRUCTION'. We thank other people who offered us releases, too. We hope more labels, distros and fanzines will flourish.

04-What are your musical influences and what are your favorite bands?
Masumi:We get asked this kind of questions all the time but it's endless for us to write about it. When we were young and influenced by music, we listen to a lot of it which didn't matter whether it was metal or punk as long as it's fast. There are too many bands we like...

05-How is the local scene, what bands are more friendly, live spaces for the event, interaction of band and peoples, finally, there is an active scene and support of the public who go to concerts?
Masumi: Umm, the bands we are friendly with... How about the bands we are not friendly with? (LOL) It's a pity we don't have any. We like live houses, we enjoy listening to music and chatting with friends there.

06- What are the themes in the lyrics? How’s the writing process?
Masumi: There are a lot of concepts in our lyrics. The things we have to tell from the past, the reality we can't look away, there are so many more things we want to inform. It's important to put lyrics onto music. Specially, lyrics in hardcore have very important meanings. We read the lyrics by other bands and they are all amazing.

07-Have some possibillity of Disgust play in Brazil for a tour?
Masumi: We want to go to Brazil. The possibility is not 0 percent. It would be great if we can enjoy not just in Brazil but anywhere in the world.

08-What are the next plans of the band? What are the next releases?
Masumi: Our next release will be a full album. We make songs spontaneously so we don't now what will happen...

09-Leave a message from Disgust to the Japanese and brazilian readers.
Masumi: Thank you for the e-mails and contacting us. We receive a lot of them from Brazil through Rafa. If Disgust goes to Brazil, please come and see us!! We are proud that we are Japanese band. Let's meet somewhere!

Contacts:
disgust2004@s3.dion.ne.jp
http://www.myspace.com/disgustmask