Splatter Whore and their primitive, disgusting and filthy goregrind



interview made by Juan Luis, Featured in Flesh Salad Fanzine #5 (June 2007) (http://www.myspace.com/fleshsalad)

Hi John, how it’s going everything? Your MCD “Kaviar Die-Hards” is short and catchy as hell, definitively it was one of my fav efforts last year!
Thank you very much Juan Luis! I’m very pleased to hear that you liked the CD so much. Yeah, we wanted to first release a full length, but we and Rotten Roll didn’t want to wait any longer to release something, so we just released an MCD. So far the response has been very positive. I’m happy as to how many CDs we’ve sold and how many people tell us how much they like it. I was very worried before we released it as it was my first release, but I was pleasantly surprised at the reaction from everybody. I’ve read lots of reviews and I haven’t read anything negative yet!!! How cool!!! I just really hope that everybody likes the new shit as much, since I lost my guitarist. I think the few people who have heard the rough mixes for the 7” love it, so I’m not as worried as I was with the MCD. The only thing that pisses me off are all of these rip off music download sites. You can download the CD anywhere from these fuckin Russian (or whatever) sites. Fuck downloads! Support underground grind and metal!!!

Even in not specialized extreme metal publications, your reviews are quite optimums...
Yes, we haven’t been in any “major” (ahaha) publications, but we’ve been reviewed by several gore/metal zines and they all seem really positive! Even reviews of the shitty demo were quite positive. I probably will repeat myself a lot in this interview, so sorry! But I’ve had most of the support from Erik / SEPTI GORE ZINE. Thanks so much Erik for the continued support and great words! His zine rules so fuckin much. Also we’ve been reviewed or interviewed by some other zines : VOMITOSE, VOMIT THE SOUL, GUTTURAL SICKNESS, SEPTI GORE and of course FLESH SALAD ZINE. I think there were some more, but I can’t remember right now. I always enjoy doing interviews, so it’s no problem to do many of them... Not to mention it’s a great way to meet people and get people to check out the band. Again, I’ve also read some really great reviews on the fuckin music download sites! People like it, but don’t want to support. It doesn’t matter what those wankers say anyway. The reviews are good though. Haha...

If there’s something catchy in your sound, I think it’s the rock-roll rhytms that bring an extraordinary fresh touch to the tracks... from where comes yours influences?
On the CD, most of our rock’n’roll influences came from my old guitarist. He listened to lots of rock stuff, but I didn’t, so it worked out pretty well to make some interesting grind. He’s gone now, so I will try to keep the rocking sound alive in the new stuff. My new members do not listen to any rock’n’roll, but hopefully we can work it out. There are a few groovy parts in the new 7”, but the new stuff is a little more sick and perverted. Roger (guitars) listens to a lot of sleazy rock stuff and insane rocking metal shit, so he’s brought a cool new sound into the band. Just get the 7” and you’ll know what I’m talking about. The new shit we’re working on is more sleazed out and headbanging. I’m really excited to put these tracks together. The full length is gonna destroy! My drumming style hasn’t changed (except I don’t suck quite as bad) and the lead guitars are different. Not so wah-pedalish... More “real” guitar leads. Dreathus does a very good job with the new lead guitar. He’s very talented and hard working.

If I say that you’re a porn-gore band, what do you say? What do you think about bands like Gut? By the way, they were touring your country with Goretex... Have you seen those maniacs in live?
Yes, so far I have no problem with being called a porn/gore band at all. Most of the lyrics (or all of the lyrics now) are focused now on porn. I don’t write about gore anymore because it’s not interesting to me. I write mainly about ultra sleazy topics : Piss, voyeurism, exhibitionism, scat/kaviar, stalking, etc... You know. Bondage and all of the mainstream fetishes don’t really interest me at all! My girlfriend wants to handcuff me to the bed, but that shit’s not for me!!! Maybe I’ll try it someday! (Good luck haha...) Bands like GUT? Which GUT? 1995 Gut or 2007 GUT? Well, to me, early GUT was hard to beat... Some of my favourite shit for sure. All the 7”s and Odour of Torutre is some of the most pure, filthy porn grind in the world. The new stuff is fuckin laughable at the least. It’s a joke to me and I refuse to support that band anymore. (Well, maybe you’re right and their latest stuff is too much focossed into hiphop, but I think still there’s some killer moment in their “Cumback”CD) I really hate the hiphop, arrogant porn star attitude. I really fuckin hate it. Maybe personally the guys are really cool, don’t know because I haven’t met them. So if I meet some GUT members in the future, sorry about the words, but it’s purely a musical opinion! I don’t like to trash bands because people always get pissed, but that’s just my opinion. They seem to be very successful with their new attitude, so whatever. GORETEX? Man, I never heard of it, but I checked around on the internet and I found an MP3 on myspace. It’s fuckin hip hop man. Total crap! (There’s just one similarity between both bands: sex obsession) think GUT should just quit playing grind and become a hip hop band. Grind bands shouldn’t tour with rap groups.

Also American’s godz Impetigo are back again... I’m not sure at all, but I think you’ve some king of relationship with them... or I’m wrong?
That’s true, myself and the new guitarist for SPLATTER WHORE went to many IMPETIGO rehearsals in central Illinois because we don’t live too far away. Roger (guitars) lived only 5 minutes away from the rehearsal room at Dan’s house! It was ultra ultra cool to see them practice! (I’m a jealous bastard and I hate you haha...) At first they were a little rusty and had to restart songs and stuff, but at the end they played absolutely perfect and made a fucking great performance at the CENTRAL ILLINOIS METALFEST. They are definitely godz and are super great guys. Mark, Scott, Stevo and Dan are all very very nice and I hope that we can all hang out again in the future now that they are done practicing. At the practices some other guys always showed up too, including Gregg Metzger from LINCOLN LOVE LOG. He’s another very nice and cool underground supporter. Had a great time there at the rehearsals and especially at the CIM.

German’s gore metal scene is the most strong nowadays with tons of stenchy bands... otherwise here in Spain we also have a very good one, I’m sure you know or you’re in contact with some band apart from the mightys Haemorrhage, right?
Well, we’re not from Germany, ahahaha, but I think that Germany is the best place for festivals and bands in the world. There are many many many festivals every year and always great bands. I’ve had the opportunity to go to a couple of them and they were amazingly fun! I checked out FUCK THE COMMERCE this year and JUST KILLERS FEST in 2005. JKF was indoors and so damn cool . DEAD, HAEMORRHAGE, SADISTIC BLOOD MASSACRE & ROMPEPROP. It was a cool performance from all the bands. This year at FTC was also really cool. Not too many bands I was interested in, but it was a great atmosphere and I will definitely go again. CUNT GRINDER played really well and were so funny and cool on stage. I hope one day to play live in Europe (especially Germany) because of the sick European maniacs. Lots of Illinois bands play live there... LIVIDITY (more sex obsessed!) and WACO JESUS play very often! Those guys are super cool and nice by the way. Yeah, I know Spain has a fuckin cool scene there... Lots of good Spanish bands! Of course, I’ve talked to the guys from HAEMORRHAGE a couple times at festivals and all of them are extremely cool and nice. I always enjoy to talk to those guys. They are one of my favourite bands in goregrind. Also, I wanna say that it’s really cool that GORYFIED is re-releasing all of the HAEMORRHAGE LPs on proper vinyl! I’m a vinyl maniac and that makes me happy to see good releases on vinyl. Good job Ola!

What do you think of your record label brothers Satan’s revenge of mankind, Vulvulator or Gonorreah Pussy? Personally I think Rotten Roll Rex is signing the most interestings extreme gore sick bands actually!
I agree, Marco is signing some cool bands and it seems like they are all getting a lot of attention from people lately. I know all the guys from GONORRHEA PUSSY very well, and Heiko is one of my best friends. I’ve visited him 3 times so far in Germany and he’s been here to Illinois once. He will be coming here in 2008, too! He’s always been a supporter of SPLATTER WHORE and I’ve always supported them. I got to meet Fabian from SROM and he is also a cool motherfucker! Rotten Roll will soon be one of the biggest (if not THE biggest) label in grind very soon. He started not long ago, but already has many releases and quality shirts and stuff. I’m really proud to be on Rotten Roll. Marco is a cool and honest guy with a great shop. Check it out at HYPERLINK ’http://www.rottenroll.de’ www.rottenroll.de . He’s got THE best shirt shop I’ve ever seen. It’s pretty unbelievable.

How is going the distribution of your MCD? Are you happy with the work is making Marco, the owner of RRR towards your band? (he really seems to be a friendly guy...)
The distribution is pretty good. I see it in new web-shops all the time. Not too many distros have it in USA, but Marco was asking me one time if I would take care of Rotten Roll USA. That would mean distribution in USA, South America and Canada. I think one day I will do that, but right now, my business is pretty busy and I don’t know if I have the time. I need to do that one day. The distribution throughout Europe is really good. I’m happy with it. More US shops need RRR releases in my opinion. Yes, he is a really friendly guy for sure. I stayed at his apartment 2 times now and it’s been lots of fun there. Always an alcoholocaust and schnitzel session! He is ultra hard working and dedicated to the label. It’s always worth the trip to the RRR Headquarters.

Talking about Marco, he told me you’re ready to edit two Split Eps through RRR, what could you advice us?
We are doing a split with Bowel Stew and everything will go to RRR this week, so by the time you read this, it will maybe be out. We don’t want to release anything else until we release a full length CD/LP. We want to work hard on that and not do too many split releases and so on. I think an MCD, split 7” and full length is really cool and doesn’t get too boring. Besides the 7”, shirts are at the printer right now, so will be out in a week or something. They are full coloured and I really hope they come out in a good quality. There will also be a limited to 5 zipper hoodies! SxWx embroidered patch for the front and the shirt print on the back. Marco always prints cool merch for all his bands. He’s already printed 2 SxWx buttons and a screenprinted patch. No news yet on the full length. Just know that we are starting to write songs now and there will be a full length CD out sometime. Just too early to tell when yet. Keep your eyes peeled!

Lately, Splatter Whore have suffered several line-up changes... What happened? What’s the background of the new members?
The story is my old guitarist wasn’t interested in the band enough and he never practiced. He was way too busy with his other band and we didn’t to ANYTHING since the recording of the CD one year ago. The CD was finally released in late January, but we didn’t write anything new and I was sick of waiting around. I mean, we only wrote 7 songs in one year! That’s not good enough for me. He was always in trouble, had no money, no car, crap job ... So I found 3 guys that were dedicated and want to write new stuff. So, when he found out he was out of the band, he was ultra pissed ... Even though he wasn’t interested in the band!?!? Don’t care at all. The new guys are fucking great and are 100% dedicated. The new SPLATTER WHORE will be better! Roger is the new guitarist and he and I have been jamming since early high school (when we were 15 or something). Jared plays bass and is a local metal maniac. Ultra cool party sicko and good dude. Dreathus plays lead guitars. He’s a local metal dude and he’s fuckin talented at guitar! Really happy to have all of these guys in the band now. Jared has become a really good friend since he’s joined the band. Roger, Jared and I went to the casino last weekend and it was fuckin great! I lost $20, but fuck it. I’m really happy with everything and the way it’s going.

So, now I suppose you’re ready to play live! And the most important question at all, can we expect some dates of Splatter Whore here in Europe? (I hope so hehe...)
Yes! We are almost ready to play live. The other guys need to learn lots off of the first CD still, but then we can play out. I would like to have a show booked so we can really start to get ultra tight for live shows. Oh yeah, I can’t wait to play in Europe... We want to get signed onto a festival first and then do some small shows around Europe. I think Nicolas from BONES BRIGADE RECORDS wants to take us on tour in his van. He’s a big supporter and we’re lucky to have friends like that! I hope to play in Spain,too. I always wanted to go to Spain (try to have a look to the map, in the north of Africa, just there haha...) So the key is : Book us for a festival! I would like to play around here a couple times at least to get used to playing live. We were approached lately to do a live radio jam on a local metal radio show. That should be cool as hell! There aren’t too many places to play around here. Mainly metal maniacs, and not too many grinders. But I still think it would be fun and people would get in to it. But Roger does not want to play in St. Louis at all, so whatever! I think we will start doing live shit sometime next year (except the live radio jam).

The cover of your last effort is really disgusting... maybe an ex-girlfriend haha...
Hehehe... No no, not an ex-girlfriend! That would be fucked up, though! Hahaha... That was from a video that I have where girls just shit in their underwear. I thought it was perfect for the title “Kaviar Die-Hards”. I don’t think I have any chance of getting my current girlfriend to help make covers like that one, so I just have to use other ways! Hahaha... The cover for the 7” was some local chick I know from the coffee shop. She’s a fuckin freak, so I know she would do the cover for us. Also she has a $1000 Nikon camera, so it was perfect. I really think that the full length will be a professional package. I’m not good enough to keep making our shit! Haha... So, I will start looking for a good designer sometime before the full length comes out.

...although, I’m a bit tired of covers with the typical sick photo and the logo on it... lately everybody seems to work with the same formula...
Yeah, I know what you mean. Personally, I think it depends on the band. I really like the old school touch of some bands with a sick photo and just with a logo... Like DEAD INFECTION, DISGORGE, FLESH GRINDER or many others. I love the old way of doing that, but it’s harder to do now because that’s the old way and people don’t take it too seriously anymore. But I personally think if it’s a cool band, they can do that and it looks cool. For instance, BOWEL STEW used just a sick photo taken by the singer of a big container full of guts, and I think it’s perfect for that band. They don’t seem like the kind of band to get too fancy, and that’s the way I like it... Primitive, disgusting, filthy goregrind.

I suppose Paris Hilton’s pic with your CD is just a joke... if not, please give me the phone number of that bicth haha... and well, I suppose you’re happy she’s not in jail anymore, how was the party of his freedom in Las Vegas? (sex, drugs and gore...?)
Oh god, the pic of Paris Hilton was just a making of me like 1.5 years ago, but the problem is I see that same picture soooo much now used by other bands (especially on Myspace) I think I need to delete that picture now, because too many other bands use that one and it’s not funny anymore to me! Haha... Oh, I heard she was in jail, but I don’t know any more about the story! Sorry! I don’t usually watch news or anything. I hate celebrities and the lives of those assholes. I like to concentrate on my own life not rich pricks. But man, I’m sorry, I don’t know her so I can’t give you her phone number! I wish I could help... I do have some videos of her naked, though, if you want those ;) (Thanx, I already have her videos haha...)

Now a personal curiosity... Splatter Whore’s name comes from German’s Mucupurulent CD’96 “Sicko Baby”? (there’s a track called Splatter Whore)
Exactly, that name came from the Mucupurulent song. They are one of my old personal favourites and I thought the band name fit our band perfectly. At first (over 2 years ago), I wanted the band to be porn and gore, so it was the perfect band name... Not too porn and not too gore. But now, I don’t have any interest for this band to play gory shit anymore. I love gore, but I just don’t want this band to be gory anymore.

Ok John, it’s enough, thanks for your time, go ahead and give a shoutout to your fucking supporters! Stay sick.
Thank you so fuckin much JuanLuis! I can’t wait to read the zine when it comes out. Thank you to everyone who has ever bought our shit or supported in any way. Thanks most to Marco from ROTTEN ROLL REX. You can contact me directly by: splatterwhore@yahoo.com or www.myspace.com/splatterwhore. Please ask for snail mail address. Out soon: Split 7” w/ Bowel Stew and full colored SPLATTER WHORE T-Shirts and girlies. Death to wimps and posers!!
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Interviewer: twansibon
Jun 17, 2007

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