01. HOW ALL STARTED?
Artemi Khorochev:
Well, it all started with the fact that at first I had my first punk project called "The Ahineya", which lasted 8 years. In 2012, we recorded a single in the studio and then there were changes in my personal life.I had to move to live in another city. There, I put together a new composition and even under this name we gave the last concert at a rock festival and released a split with punk band from Serbia - Etiopia. Then I realized that the sound and Power steering new songs - it should be the beginning of a new project, a new history of hardcore punk.And we decided to call the project a different name and rehearse new songs. And founded the project Confront Stage. In January 2013, held the first rehearsal and it was also the date for the creation of this project.
In the same year, 2013. Our two track entered the Brazilian punk compilation called "Chaoz Day 3", which is released in the studio of our friends - Luta Armada.
02. HOW TO DEFINE THE BAND´S SOUND?
Artemi Khorochev:
The sound of our group, our songs came as - that by itself. I bought a great lotion and death metal guitar sound became heavier and hardcore. What I wanted.
And at the studio during the recording sound as we liked as we have reduced and we realized that this is our sound.
03. WHAT´S THE ANARCHO-PUNK?
Artemi Khorochev:
What is anarcho-punk? Everyone sees it differently. For me, anarcho-punk is an open protest against any abuses of human rights and freedoms. This is primarily for my philosophy and outlook.
I think that I do not think one way. The other band members also share this outlook.
04. WHICH ARE THE SOURCES OF INSPIRATION TO WRITE YOUR LYRICS?
Artemi Khorochev:
What inspires me to write lyrics? This, of course, the environment. That is the environment in which we live and have to survive. Seeing as injustice, corruption, banditry and war consumes our world, not just the city.And it can not ignore the unwritten about what is happening. Now, let's say, in our country, terrible things happen: civil war, banditry and murder. People are blind and can not see that the authorities are using it as their cannon fodder and as something unnecessary.
Inspires me to rush that at least the music and words to bring people the picture of the world in which we live, and they do not see. We strive to change something in their minds. Whether we get it or not, we do not know. But the main thing that was not indifferent.
05. TELL US MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC ¨HANEPEKOP¨.
Artemi Khorochev:
The song "НАПЕРЕКОР" (in English "Defiance"). Was written in the summer of 2009. This song is a scream of the people,
scream simple working man against the bad attitude of the state over the individual. The song previously heard in my first project after the collapse of it, we decided to resume it collectives, and adjust to weight and add to our project tracklist Confront Stage.
And the song took on a new sound, a new breath and strength of rebellion!
06. TELL US ABOUT THE SCENE UKRANIE.
Artemi Khorochev:
About Ukrainian punk scene? Ukrainian hardcore punk scene was formed only in the early 2000s. it then began to appear the first group of such direction, including us. my first project "The Ahineya" Which was formed in the summer of 2005.
While many guys were inspired by a group of foreign and Russian wave hardcore punk. With time everything changes. And changing attitudes of people in the punk movement and the direction of punk. At this stage, due to a big problem in our country. Many groups disbanded
And those who try to stay in place, continue the hard way punk.
07. WHICH IS THE IDEOLOGY OF ¨CONFRONT STAGE¨?
Artemi Khorochev:
basic ideology Confront Stage - is awareness of what is happening, advocacy on human change the world for the better, at the destruction of the old stereotypes and fail in this new and bright. There is also the idea of anarcho-syndicalism. We tried to show everyone, including ourselves a way to change. After all, to change the world, we must first change myself.
08. WHY THE NAME ¨CONFRONT STAGE¨?
Artemi Khorochev:
Why the group is called CONFRONT STAGE? Well, probably because it was the first in my head, I wrote)) lol. In fact, it expresses the essence of the human resistance soaked with mud and cynicism environment. Essence of resistance from the barricade scene. Something like this ..
09. TELL US ABOUT FAVORITE BANDS?
Artemi Khorochev:
Favorite bands, in fact, many. we love both old and new bands playing in the old ways of the New York school hardcore, hardcore punk, street punk and crust. The Exploited, The Casualties, Acidez, Luta Armada, Nirvana, Defiler, Turnstile and others. They can be many to list. And also we love to listen to old-school heavy metal, thrash metal and crossover.
10. COMMENT ABOUT THE SINGLE: HANEPEKOP 2014.
Artemi Khorochev:
About our song titled "Наперекор"("Contrary" )
I mentioned above.
It is the lead single from the forthcoming album, which we are currently working on a studio QS Production.
11. WHAT´S MERCHANDISE DO YOU STILL AVAILABLE?
Artemi Khorochev:
Merchandisers in our group no. But we think that in the future that will certainly that will publish it, we'll do. It takes a certain time and money.
Going development, ideas ... and they have long been in our heads))))
12. TELL US MORE ABOUT THE MUSIC ¨ Дети улиц¨. MY FAVORITE.
Artemi Khorochev:
As for the song "ДЕТИ УЛИЦ" (KIDS OF THE STREETS), it was written by one author, my friends from Russia. He wrote to me like: "Hey, dude, please read my texts, which can then enjoy it and you?". I said, "Well good! I appreciate." I have read his work and I was very touched this text. And he said to me, "Take it, I give it to you.".
That's the story of this song.
As I remember, I sat a long time with a guitar and strummed melodies and suddenly in my head sounded a street punk rhythm. I turned on the drum sounds on the guitar processor, and for them I wrote this melody, which now sounds in this song.
actually, this song carries a vital topic for our time with you now. Theme in a song about being abandoned by mothers of children of children who had their identity holds in orphanages and on the streets. Abandoned by their parents and then they hate society and indifferently pass by them all.
Life pushes them to steal and wander to survive in the wild society and their country.
After we recorded this song in the studio and listened to her. We were very pleased wildly. In particular, our drummer - Constantine. He loved the song and became his favorite. And that street punk should carry nature of the text of this song that we actually did.
13. WHAT`RE YOUR FUTURE PLANS?
Artemi Khorochev:
Plans for the future? Do exactly what I'm doing now. and devote time to my family and the future growth of the little punk like me)))
Still plans to release a bunch of albums, concerts make for different cities and countries and most importantly survive the crisis and civil clashes in our country.
14. THANK YOU VERY MUCH ARTEMI KHOROCHEV. PLEASE!!! ANY LAST COMMENTS?
Artemi Khorochev:
And finally I want to say that despite the fact, where each of us to be. in what country. Whether in Ukraine, whether in Brazil - we are all one big family, we are all one.
Punk born where evil exceeds his authority and crossed the line, where a splinter of the world - total, where people are divided into classes and pushed into killing each other. All of us brothers.
I would also like to wish all of Brazilian punks, all of our Brazilian friends, whom we know and who know us. Wish good, good mood, hardcore and victory in the resistance in the difficult battle with the capitalist system and the state. All have peace in your home, prosperity and great punk!
