lunedì 19 ottobre 2015

Our interview with F.A.V.L.!

An exclusive interview with the young Italian promises of oi!, brought to you by the staff of the blog, read and learn about F.A.V.L. (you read it as FAUL). Here you go!

The artwork of F.A.V.L. singles collection, dated 2015

Q: Let's start from the beginning: tell who are F.A.V.L., from where do you come from, who are you, where are you going? Are you all skinheads? Do you have any other bands or projects?
A: F.A.V.L. born in 2008/2009 in the streets of Viterbo. The band it's always been formed by skinheads, but right now we don't call ourself a skinhead band, because I'm the only one who's still into this subculture. We all share a passion for punk and oi, and we all are inside the same crew or gang (or call it as you want). After a lot of changes, now we are: Pony (voice), Pandrella (bass), Maurice (guitar), Giorgione (drums). Me and the bassist (original members of the band since the birth) play just in this band, but Maurice and Giorgione play also in other bands like Gorilla Pulp and Tractors.

Q: It's not a long time since your split with Faccao Opposta was released, what can you tell me about it? Do you have any project going on?
A: Collaboration with Faccao Opposta comes from the beginning of 2015, when we got in touch to share some stuff (vinyl and cds) of both the bands. From here comes the idea of making a split together, also that we share same ideas and points of view: we are on the same ground, to be clear. Both of us come from countries where bands have to work hard to emerge, also if they got good stuff to play. Talking about future project: we will be on a 7" vinyl compilation produced by Oi! the Nische Rec. (Germany) with 4 bands (3 from Europe and the last one from Brasil), also we will be on italian compilation "Kids against Renzi". In 2016 we will finally start to work at our second full lenght.

F.A.V.L. live in Bratislava

Q: How it's like to come from Italian province and to play oi! ? It seems like a lot of the best Italian bands come from the no man's land that province is (i think about you, Plakkaggio HC, Klasse Kriminale, Gavroche, but also Guerriglia Urbana, Coprofagi, Erode, talking about bands who don't exist anymore), while it seems that big cities (just Rome survives) are now sleepy. Do you think there's a connection?
A: Our first rehersal was a dismissed hen-house, that we transformed into a rehersal, recording on tapes and being very careful when it was raining to avoid the risk of being electrocuted! This is province! Real rehersals are started to born, in our city, since 2011, and i mean with honest price and stuff. The wish to fight, to be heard, are the only chance of surviving in province, unless you agree to die because of discos, reggae muffin nights, techno, heroin.. province is the desire to do, to work for your goal. Here, in Viterbo/Tuscia, as in the all the other italian provinces.

Q: How do you explain the fact that F.A.V.L., from Viterbo, singing in Italian, reached the goal to be known on the European scene? You are one of the very few bands that come from Italy and are listened also abroad and you always worked with non-italian labels. What's your secret?
A: The fact that, with F.A.V.L., we reached the goal of being knows in Europe and in the rest of world, is due to the fact that when we started to play (2009/2019), Italian scene was almost dead, and so the only way to play, to make people listen to us, was trying to work with non-italian labels (4-Subculture Rec., Vinyl4Bootboys, Contra Rec., Stratum Rec., Bords de Seine) that give us that strenght more we need to share our stuff across the world. Also, with out label, managed by me and my brother, Strenght Thru Oi Rec., we enlarged our contacts around the world thanks to exchanges, productions, coproductions. Italian bands, abroad, aren't seen in a good way, so if you want to make it works you have to work hard the double. For too much time, i think, italian bands have lived inside the shell of the country; we wanted to go out from this schemes.

The artwork of the split with Faccao Opposta, dated 2015

Q: How is Viterbo scene? And in Lazio?
A: The scene of Viterbo got its roots inside the early 90's.. The old Viterbo Hardcore, who used to gather together skinheads, punks, hardcore kinds, metalheads, rockers, from all the Tuscia. Today if we talk about the city of Viterbo we can't see a lot of living stuff, but if we look at Tuscia, we can see a continue raising of kids, bands, gigs... Cantina del Gojo was one of the most important project bringed on by our old crew: Tuscia Clan. A project that really teached lessons to whole Italy and that was a factor of personal growing for every people included. Talking about local bands, we start from legendary Razzapparte and Neid to arrive to Assedio, No Prove, Gorilla Pulp, Maleducazione Alcoolica, Malore... In Lazio, Rome nowaday is full of new bands (Dalton, No More Lies, Tacita) and old and important bands (Giuda, Gli Ultimi, G.T.A.). Out of Rome i have to name bands like Plakkaggio HC from Colleferro and Blood 77/Gioventù Bruciata from Formia.

Q: You traveled around a lot, so i'd like to know the point of view of a young oi! band: there's any hope for oi! ?
A: The experience of playing in places away from home and, also, from Italy, just breed our whish to make people know our music and, at the same time, it breeds our wish to meet new realities, crews, situations and all, abroad from our country. From every tour we learn something new, in every tour you put something new. New friends, new experiences, they builds up a sort of web, of big family... Oi! in Europe now is growing up, for oi! i mean the movement at 360° (kids, gigs, supporters). I don't share, personally, the fact that some (luckily just a few) bands got crazy requests to play (money, amps that neither bands like Metallica asks for). We make music yes, but you don't have to forget where are your roots and who are that listen to you. Rock star atttude, money and other bullshits must be throwed from the scene. We come from the working class and we play for working class people, that don't have the money to enrich idiots like that. In Itay now there's a good number of punk and oi! bands, the only stuff we miss, maybe, it's just a label that is able to support the new bands rather than the old and big ones. Just this!


F.A.V.L. on stage in Stokholm with Rober of Antipati


Q: If you had to suggest some listening to the readers?
A: Seeing we are talking about italian bands, i suggest to listen this brand new albums:

Razzapparte - "Brucia"
Dalton - "Come stai?"
New Blood - "As sand in the wind"
No More Lies - "Nessun rimorso"
Plakkaggio HC - "Ziggurath"
Barbera & Champagne - "Stato di abbandono"

Q: What's your F.A.V.L. favourite release?
A: The favourite release of F.A.V.L., i think is the "Damned streets" EP. The end of a chapter and the start of a new one, with Maurice joining the bands

Q: Classic question for the oi! band: and about politic?
A: F.A.V.L. are a band that don't want to talk about politic FOR AN EASY REASON: NO ONE OF US IS A POLITICAL MILITANT (AND WITH MILITANT I MEAN PEOPLE WHO REALLY BELIEVES IN WHAT THEY DO EVERYDAY). Respect forthe bands who play and make politic at the same time, but on the other side there are like 98% of bands that just sings the usual kids slogans, who just like to exalt themselves and the, in real life, they don't make a shit. Polic is important, and maybe is one of the reason why in Italy nothing ever changes, also in the left wing movement where a lot of people just goes to the gigs at saturday evening, where 3 people out of 4 are totally drunk. Someone used to say "revolution is not a dinner party", well, and i'd add that it's not even screaming or playing a guitar. Revolutions were made with empty hands and guns... A part from this we bring on themes about social problem, we try to sing, to point the light on what we really are and on what happens around us. Exploited lifes, joy, redemption, revenge, shitty days... these are F.A.V.L.

Discography: F.A.V.L. - "Cemento e follia" (CD, 2011, Strenght Thru Oi! Records/Pull The Trigger Records/Tuscia Clan/Laida Provincia Crew/Oi! Shop/Rudeness Records/Still Standing Army/Ragazzi dei Quartieri/Mother Fucking Sound/Skins Rules Records)
F.A.V.L./Lion's Law - "Ant vian imbeniam ant faciam" (EP, 2013, Contra Records) F.A.V.L. - "Il prezzo da pagare" (EP, 2013, Stratum Records)
F.A.V.L. - "Damned streets" (EP, 2014, Vinyl4Bootboys)
F.A.V.L./Suncity Skins - s/t split (EP, 2014,Vinyl4Bootboys) F.A.V.L. - "The singles collection" (CD, 2015, Mohican Tunes Records)
F.A.V.L./Faccao Opposta - "Audere est facere" (EP, 2015, Bords De Seine)

D: Partirei dall'inizio: come sono i F.A.V.L., da dove venite, chi siete e dove andate? Siete tutti skins? Avete altri gruppi o venuti fuori da altre cose?
R: I F.A.V.L. nascono nel 2008/09 nelle strade di Viterbo.La band ha avuto sempre componenti appartenenti alla sottocultura skinhead ma oggi non ci definiamo una skinhead band dato che solo io seguo questa sottocultura.Siamo tutti accomunati dalla stessa passione per la musica punk/oi,tutti facenti parte della stessa banda/crew o chiamatela come cazzo vi pare. Dopo innumerevoli cambi di formazione susseguiti nel corso degli anni oggi siamo : Pony(voce),Pandrella(basso),Maurice(chitarra),Giorgione(batteria). Io e il bassista (membri originali dalla nascita della band) abbiamo solo questo progetto,il nostro chitarrista Maurizio e il batterista Giorgione hanno diverse bands tra cui Gorilla Pulp e Tractors.

D: E' uscito da poco il vostro vinile con i Faccao Oposta, com'è nato? Me ne parli un po'? Avete già altri progetti in canna?
R: La collaborazione con i Faccao Opposta nasce agli inizi del 2015 quando eravamo entrati in contatti reciprochi per scambiare diverso materiale (cd,vinili) di entrambe le bands. Da qui l’idea di uno split assieme,l’accomunanza di diverse idee e punti di vista,insomma stavamo sulla stessa barca. Entrambe le bands provenienti da Paesi in cui le bands faticano ’ ad emergere nonostante hanno tutte le carti in regola per mettersi in gioco. Progetti futuri sono,una compilation vinile 7”prodotta dalla label Tedesca Oi the Niesche con 4 bands di cui 3 Europee e una Brasiliana,piu’ la registrazione di un altro pezzo che andra’ a fare parte della compilation “Oi agaist Renzi”. Nel 2016 inizieremo a lavorare finalmente per il nostro secondo Full lenght.

D: Com'è venire dalla provincia italiana e suonare oi!? sembra quasi che molti dei migliori gruppi attuali vengano fuori proprio dalla terra di nessuno che è la provincia italiana (penso a voi, ai Plakkaggio, ai Klasse Kriminale, ai Gavroche.. ma anche Guerriglia Urbana, Coprofagi, Erode, per parlare di gruppi ormai fermi), mentre nelle grandi città (con l'eccezione di Roma), sia tutto fermo o quasi. edi qualche collegamento? magari è proprio la noia a far muovere la gente.
R: La nostra prima sala prove era un ex pollaio,che con fatica e sforzi abbiamo adibito a “sala prove”,registravamo in cassetta e quando pioveva bisognava stare attenti a non finire fulminati. La provincia e’ questa! Sala prove nella nostra citta’ sono cominciate ad arrivare nel 2011,ed intendo sale prove con prezzi agibili e che fossero attrezzate decentemente. La voglia di riscatto e di farsi sentire e’ l’unica ancora di sopravvivenza nella provincia,a meno che non vuoi rassegnarti a morire di discoteche,serate reggae muffin,tekno,eroina… La provincia e’ voglia di fare,di alzare il culo e raggiungere piu’ obbiettivi possibili. Qui come a Viterbo/Tuscia come nelle altre provincie Italiane.

D: Come ti spieghi che i F.A.V.L., venuti da Viterbo e cantando in italòliano, siano riusciti ad 
imporsi così sul panorama europeo? Siete tra i pochissimi gruppi che vengono ascoltati al di là del confine, pur avendo fatto pochissimo in lingua inglese, e avete sempre lavorato con label estere. Qual'è il vostro segreto?
R: Il fatto che con i F.A.V.L. siamo riusciti a farci conoscere in Europa e nel resto del Mondo e’ stato innanzitutto un fatto dovuto che sinceramente nel periodo in cui siamo nati e abbiamo cominciato a suonare(2009-10) la scena Italiana era praticamente morta,quindi l’unica via per suonare e farci conoscere il piu possibile era cercare di appoggiarci a labels straniere (4-subculture Records,Vinyl 4 Bootboys,Contra Records,Stratum records,Bords De Seine) che hanno dato una marcia in piu’ al diffonderci in tutti i gli angoli del globo. Inoltre con l’etichetta seguita da me e mio fratello (Strength Thru Oi records),nel giro di poco tempo abbiamo diffuso i nostri contatti per mezzo mondo attraverso scambi,produzioni,cooproduzioni. Le bands Italiane all’estero non sempre sono viste bene, quindi devi faticare 2 volte per cercare di importi. Per troppo tempo credo che le bands italiane sono rimaste chiuse nel solito guscio della penisola,noi volevamo cominciare ad uscire da questi schemi “pre impostati”.

D: Com'è la scena di Viterbo? E più in generale, nel Lazio?
R: La scena Vierbese innanzitutto affonda le sue radici ai primi anni ’90… La vecchia Viterbo Hardcore che accomunava skinheads,punks,hardcore kids,metal kids,rockers di Viterbo e di tutta la Tuscia. Ai giorni d’oggi se dobbiamo parlare di Viterbo,sia la scena che le bands non e’ tanto prolifera,per quanto rigaurda le zone fuori Viterbo che fanno parte della Tuscia,ce’ un vero e proprio continuo aumento di kids,bands,situazioni,serate…. C.d.g. e’ stato uno dei progetti piu’ importanti portati avanti dalla nostra vecchia crew “Tuscia Clan”. Un progetto che veramente ha dato lezioni a l’Italia intera e che ha fatto crescere a livello personale ogni singolo componente di questo progetto. Bands locali ci sono diverse,partendo dagli storici Razzapparte e Neid fino ad arrivare agli Assedio,No Prove,Gorilla Pulp,Maleducazione Alcolica,Malore….

D: Avete girato parecchio, quindi mi piacerebbe chiederti qual è la visione di un gruppo giovane, che sta emergendo e diventando un nome solido sul panorama internazionale, della scena estera. C'è speranza per l'oi! ?
R: Il fatto di andare a suonare in posti lontani e fuori anche dall’Italia non fa altro che soddisfare la nostra voglia di fare conoscere la nostra musica e soddisfa allo stesso tempo la nostra voglia di conoscere le diverse realta’,crew,situazioni al di fuori dello stivale. Da ogni trasferta si impara qualcosa di nuovo,in ogni trasferta trasmetti anche qualcosa di nuovo. Nuovi amici,nuove situazioni,si crea una sorta di ragnatela,di grande famiglia….L’oi in Europa e’ in netta crescita,per Oi! intendo il movimento a 360°(kids che organizzano,crew,bands,supporters). Non condivido personalmente il fatto che alcune(fortunatamente poche) bands abbiano richieste folli per suonare (soldi,amplificazioni che neanche servono a bands come i Metallica e altre cazzate simili). Facciamo musica si,ma non ci si deve scordare da dove cazzo veniamo e per chi suoniamo. Attitudine da rock stars,soldi e altre minchiate devono essere emarginate il piu’ possibile dalla scena. Veniamo dalla working class e cantiamo per la gente della working class che di conseguenza non ha neanche soldi per arricchire tanti “fenomeni” e burattinai.
In italia ultimamente ce’ un discreto numero di punk/oi bands,l’unica cosa che manca forse e’ un etichetta che supporti le nuove e giovani bands piuttosto che supportare solo le bands maggiori. Tutto qua!

D: Se dovessi consigliare qualche ascolto ai lettori dell'intervista?
R: Visto che stiamo in ambiente di bands italiane consiglio l’ascolto di questi nuovissimi album:
Razzapparte - "Brucia"
Dalton - "Come stai?"
New Blood - "As sand in the wind"
No More Lies - "Nessun rimorso"
Plakkaggio HC - "Ziggurath"
Barbera & Champagne - "Stato di abbandono"

D: Il tuo disco dei FAVL preferito?
R: Il disco preferito dei F.A.V.L. credo sia l’ep “Damned Streets”. La fine di un capitolo e l’inizio di uno successivo con l’ingresso nella band di Maurizio alla chitarra.

D: Classica domanda al gruppo oi!: la politica?
R: I F.A.V.L. sono un gruppo che non vuole trattare argomenti politici PER UN SEMPLICE MOTIVO: NESSUNO DEI MEMBRI E’ UN MILITANTE POLITICO (MILITANTE INTENDO PERSONE CHE VERAMENTE CI CREDONO IN QUELLO CHE FANNO E SPENDONO OGNI GIORNO PER STARE DIETRO ALLE LORO IDEE). Rispetto per bands che si suonano e fanno politica militante allo stesso tempo,ma dall’altra parte ce’ un buon 98% di bands che basta che canta i soliti slogan da ragazzino del liceo,esalta e si esalta con un microfono ma poi nella vita reale non fanno una benemerita sega. La politica e’ una cosa importante,forse uno dei motivi per cui in Italia non cambia mai una sega e’ anche questo,ovvero che anche nella politica antagonista ci si e’ ridotti a gridare il sabato sera ad un concerto dove 3 persone su 4 sono ubriache marce e vogliono solo divertirsi. Qualcuno diceva”la rivoluzione non e’ un pranzo di gala”,ecco aggiungerei che non e’ neanche cantare a squarciagola o strimpellare una chitarra. Le rivoluzioni fino a prova contraria sono state fatte da fucili e mani nude….
Nonostante cio’,portiamo avanti e condividiamo argomenti di critica sociale,cerchiamo insomma di cantare e far notare quello che realmente siamo e quello che realmente accade intorno a noi. Vita da sfruttati,gioie,riscatto,vendetta,giornate di merda…. Questo sono i F.A.V.L.

lunedì 12 ottobre 2015

Our interview with Agent Bulldogg!


In some months the new Agent Bulldogg release will be out (a split 7" with Close Shave), and so we decided to offer you the interview we make with them some months ago and, that until now has remained hidden in our servers! So here you go!


The artwork of the debut album, dated 1991

QHow Agent Bulldogg were born? What bringed you together almost 25 years ago and what made you are still together now?

A: We actually started 1986, so we are turning 30 next year… Well, I’m (Thomas) the only original member although Jens who plays bass from 2008 until now was also in the band between 1988-1991. I can only speak for myself, but the band has always been very important to me on many different levels. And also it’s fun being in a band and be able to play for, and meet so many great persons everywhere we go. Of course there are also parts that are not so rewarding, but let’s not get into that right now.

Q: How was the Stockholm skinhead scene back in the 90's? And the Swedish scene?
A: When I became a Skinhead early ‘84 the initial boom of Skins was fading rapidly. There were some small Skinhead crews still lurking around but they mostly kept to themselves in the different suburbs they originated from. I was from one of them suburbs but rather than hanging out there I preferred to go into central Stockholm, as did some others from both our area and other areas as well.

By that time most of the older generation Skins was growing their hair and had left the scene. There were still a few older faces around, but to be accepted as member within their ranks there were all sorts of rites de passages who usually meant a beating or being thrown into the sea, as the hangout then was a helicopter landing platform (helipad) located in the water by the Gamla Stan (Old Town) tube station. It was not a place to go for the fainthearted or for anyone not being a Skinhead. Some of the older boys however were really friendly and I and our little crew (or firm, as we called ourselves Norra Firman - Northern Firm) soon got accepted without any major incident. 
Although we were quite few in numbers in Stockholm altogether, we had a fearsome reputation as some kind of folk devils. We were getting blamed for everything you can possible imagine; from cutting off peoples ears to beating up priests and so on. It was also a “well known fact” that we used to carry weapons ranging from axes to guns. Most of all these rumours were not true of course. Then there were headlines of all sorts of vicious politically motivated attacks. One that was actually true was the storming of the Soviet embassy. I wasn’t there, but I know that the politics behind it was of the kind you find in beer bottles, cheap wine and having nothing to do. Anyway, they soon sobered up when the KGB officers came running and aiming with guns at the Skinheads...  


Agent Bulldogg in action on the stage

Today it seems like being a Skinhead these days is not as stigmatized as it used to be in the early 80’s, at least not in Sweden. Back then the police were constantly on our backs. Nicking us for anything they could come up with or stopped us for searching once an hour (I don’t think they found too many axes or guns though). On a few occasions the police even banned all Skins from being in Gamla Stan (Old Town). And if it was not the police giving you grief it was some other gangs who attacked you whenever or wherever they could, well as long as they had the numbers anyway. I even got attacked when I was on a field trip with my class in school for instance. A weekend passed without being nicked or in a fight was unheard of. Nowadays the media don’t boast out horrendous stories about skinhead related crime, true or (more often) false as much as they used to. 

Before we’d reach the age so that we could drink legally at bars we either stole beer, or had someone older buying it for us and we used to hang around in the street corners or at The Helicopter place (which I mentioned earlier), which was our meeting place and kind of HQ. However just by turning 18 was in no way a guarantee that you’d get served at a bar. These days it’s quite easy to get into pubs and so, but that was pretty scarce back then. Normally you’d spend more than half of Friday night finding a place that’d serve you and when you found one you hung onto it for as long as possible. It normally took about two weeks before you got banned and the search team was on its feet again.
So in some aspects I guess it’s better now as it’s easier getting into pubs, arrange gigs and clubs, not being in the focal point of police and media. Less trouble over all so to speak. Then on the downside there are fewer people passionate about the cult, less unity and more talk about political differences and general backstabbing than actually trying to work together. Also I’m no big fan of the cross-over tendencies when it comes down to style, but who am I to complain about that when I hardly ever dress up anymore. Still, there you go…

Q: What does means to be skinhead for you? Do you think it got still a sense to be a skinhead right now?
A: Skinhead to me stands for being part of the greatest subculture the world has seen. We are still not accepted by the so called normal people. It’s also about being proud of your heritage – whatever heritage you got – being proud of being working class, not afraid to speak up for yourself and your mates, and not taking any shit from no-one. Skinheads is a way of life – don’t let anyone tell you how to live yours!

Q: Now you see differences between the scene where you started and the scene today? What do you think about the new kids that are trying to carry on a scene and the new mentality?

A: I answered this partly in question 2. Also I think it’s great that youngsters still carry the torch so to speak. Skinheads will never die!



from left to right: Torbjorn, Thomas, Johan, Robert, Jens


That said one have to either accept or realize that everything changes over time and each new generation have their own way of expressing themselves for good or bad. Youngsters like yourself can never recreate what skinheads were as well as we couldn’t recreate the spirit of ’69 or ’79. We can’t even recreate what we were ourselves 5, 10, 20 or 30 years ago, and trying to do that is pointless. Some people today say that they are “Spirit of ‘69” others want to be “early 80’s RAC” but sorry boys and girls, if you want to live like that you will be nothing more than piss-poor replicas of a thing you can never fully understand, as well as I can never understand how it feels to be a young skinhead today. In most aspects we are all kindred spirits, but in some parts we are - and always will be - worlds apart.

I’m not really sure what new mentality you are referring to, but all I can say is that you have to look to the future rather than living in the past. The past, or the “tradition” of the skinhead scene is so filled with both contradictions and self-appointed spokesmen that you can’t really refer to it as “a” scene. There are so many fractions all saying that they are “the real” skinheads, and that they are the ones who knows “the truth”, but why listen to them? I said it before; Skinheads is a way of life – don’t let anyone tell you how to live yours!

Q: Do you have projects for the future? Your latest releases are of 2013, and the last one "Vi ar tillbaks" ("We are back") is also self released, without a label, so people are pretty curious about your plans, especially also after the split with Templars that was amazing, how did you decided to made it? (PS: obviusly this question was made before we know about their split)
A: We have always preferred to do everything on our own in the true d-i-y style of punk. We have been ripped off by both so called friends and others within the scene before so by doing it ourselves we try to at least minimize the risk of being it again. That said we have only good things to say about the labels we have been lucky enough to work with lately such as: Kjell Hell, Pretty Shitty Town and Randale for instance. And we will most likely work with all of them in the future, but we also like to feel that we are independent so to speak.

Right now we have started to record some 15-20 songs to release either as an album, or a couple of singles and such. Hopefully some of it will be out by the end of the year, but we don’t rush anything, as you might have noticed ha-ha-ha…
- The split with Templars was something Carl asked us to do in the mid/late 90's but it never happened for some reason or the other. Well since Diana from Randale wanted to do something with us I suggested the split with them, and it worked out fine.



Q: What were the bands that ispired you back in the 90's? I think you are the first swedish band that has anaged to become famous internationally, there were other, maybe underrated, bands in Sweden, other than you? And why you decided to sing in swedish? Other bands like Perkele made this but together with some english songs. It hasn't been a problem for your popularity?
A: When we started in 1986 we were the only band I know of who did what we did back then. There had of course been both skinhead bands and Oi!-bands before us, but most bands never released anything or played that much. That was one of the reasons we started actually. 
We Always wanted to sing in Swedish as we Always prefered bands who sang in their native language. We (especially I) was into French punk and oi! quite early and I liked that they sang in french even though I couldn't understand a word. Also when bands say it's easier to write in English than their native tounge I Think it's bollocks because normally they don't even use correct grammar or words so how can that be easier?

The band back in the days

Q: What do you think about new oi! bands? There are new bands you like?

A: There are many great bands out there, but the definition of “new” is a bit tricky. For example, both Lion’s Law and Bishops Green who are quiet popular right now are in a way “new” but they’ve been involved in the scene for years so can they really be regarded as new?
We played with Grade 2 in Brighton last year and they were great

Q: In you career what's your favorite EP or LP of Agent Bulldogg and why?

A: The answer to a question always has to be “the next release” otherwise we wouldn’t continue. Apart from that it has to be the LP Livsstil as we (mostly me and the ex-drummer Magnus) did everything by ourselves in the true spirit of Punk. Magnus found the dog, I took the front picture and did the back-cover, we financed it ourselves and released ourselves.

Discography:
Agent Bulldogg - "Livstill" (LP, 1991, Coitus Productions)
Agent Bulldogg - "Et tusen glass" (LP, 1995, Coitus Productions)

Agent Bulldogg/Antipati/Contemptuous - "Sons of Sweden" (EP, 2012, Olifant Rec.)AA/VV- "Oi! The superheroes" (EP, 2012, Bad Look Rec.)
Agent Bulldogg/Templars - s/t split (EP, 2013. Randale Rec./Templecombe)
Agent Bulldogg - "Vi arr tillbaks..." (EP, 2013, selfreleased)
AA/VV - "Chaos in Sweden vol 2" (LP, 2015, Snail Trail Rec.)