DerDRAKOS
DerDRAKOS' music stands
for innovation and originality. If you think that openmindness is one of
your virtues, then here's your way to find out...
1. HELLO THERE! FIRST OF ALL SINCE THIS IS
THE FIRST TIME WE GET TO TALK, COULD YOU TELL US A FEW THINGS ABOUT DerDRAKOS
AND THEIR FUTURE PLANS? PLEASE ALSO PRESENT THE CURRENT LINE UP.
DerDRAKOS HAVE BEEN FOUNDED IN 2005 BY YOUNG
ALEX DRAKOS (WHO WAS BORN WITH A PLAYSTATION AND KEYBOARDS IN HIS HANDS)
IN LEAGUE WITH HIS FATHER S. J. DRAKOS (A PUNK-ROCK BASS 'N' GUITAR PLAYER,
HOT GIRLS PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER), BOTH SHARING A FIERCE PASSION FOR ELECTRONIC
MUSIC TRACKS AND FOR HAMMERING SUBWOOFERS. THE BAND ALSO FEATURES THE DARK
LYRICAL VOCALS OF FRONT-WOMAN SUZY MG. OUR PLAN IS TO CREATE WILD POWER
TO BLAST IN YOUR CARS, CLUBS, HOMES, RAVES AND INDIVIDUAL WARS.
2. OK! MY WEBZINE DEALS EXCLUSIVELY WITH HEAVY
METAL MUSIC AND IN FACT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I REVIEW AND INTERVIEW A
BAND WITH THIS SOUND. SO, IF YOU WERE ASKED TO REVIEW “LUST FOR CHAOS”
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TRYING TO BE AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE?
"INDUSTRIAL-TECHNO LACED WITH SPEED METAL
RIFF-LOOPS AND STABBING CYBER-PUNK SYNTH LINES" (review from Sleazegrinder.com).
3. NOW, LIKE I SAID THE INTERVIEW WILL BE READ
BY METALLERS. SO, GIVE THEM REASONS WHY YOU THINK YOU DESERVE THEIR ATTENTION
ALTHOUGH YOU DON’T PLAY METAL MUSIC.
THIS IS WHAT THE GREEK METAL BAND DEVISER
WROTE ABOUT DerDRAKOS: "HELLAS SALUTES THE BRAVE ONES, DerDRAKOS: POWERFUL
TUNES, BLASTING BEATS! A FETISH SOUNDTRACK FOR THE APOCALYPSE..." IT'S
GREAT WHEN WE GET WILD FANS FROM OTHER KINDS OF MUSIC HEADBANGING TO OUR
SOUNDS. WE PRODUCE EVIL MUSIC, ON A PLANET THAT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE
LIKE THE MADHOUSE IN THE MOVIE "ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO's NEST", WHERE
EVERY SINGLE THING IS CONTROLLED BY A HORRIBLE 'GOODNESS'. EUROPE IS ALREADY
LOOKING LIKE A SORT OF MOMMY's POLICE STATE: YOU CAN'T DRINK, YOU CAN'T
SMOKE, YOU CAN'T DRIVE, YOU CAN'T BE OFFENSIVE, YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE MARKET,
YOU ARE ONLY FREE TO BE A USELESS 'CORRECT' WANKER. OUR ANSWER IS PURE
LUST FOR CHAOS.
4. BY THE WAY, WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU MAINLY
LISTEN TO? COULD YOU NAME SOME OF YOUR MOST BELOVED BANDS, ARTISTS AND
ALBUMS?
WE LISTEN TO ALL ORIGINAL MUSIC THAT IS AN
EXPRESSION OF ARTISTIC POWER, FROM MUSSORGSKY's "NIGHT ON THE BARE MOUNTAIN"
TO SLAYER's "GHOST OF WAR", FROM DANZIG's "BLACK ARIA" UNTIL HARD-TECHNO
THAT YOU CAN DANCE AND SHAKE YOUR HEAD TO (NOT SILLY COMMERCIAL STUFF OR
FACTORY-DEPRESSIVE RUMORS).
5. WHICH DO YOU THINK WILL BE THE MAIN CORE OF
YOUR FANS? I MEAN DO YOU THINK YOUR ALBUM WILL BE APPEALING MAINLY TO INDUSTRIAL
METALLERS, ELECTRONIC MUSIC FANS OR WHATEVER?
STARTING A BAND MEANS STARTING TO FIGHT, SPECIALLY
IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND BREAK ALL THE FUCKING LIMITS.
SOMETIMES THE SITUATION IS ABSURD. ANOTHER ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN FROM SPAIN
(ED GORENDE, RAVE PARTY ANIMALS) SENT RECENTLY AN EMAIL TO US SAYING THAT:
"the problem is that bands like us do something that is too metal for techno-heads
and too techno for metal-heads... and instead of both people liking our
music, we do not usually get to neither of them... too close minded, in
my opinion, everything is frustrating fucking difficult!"... IT'S JUST
LIKE TWENTY YEARS AGO, WHEN SLAYER STARTED AND PEOPLE WERE SHOCKED BECAUSE
THEY DARED TO MIX METAL WITH PUNK, WHICH WAS A SACRILEGE TO MANY. TODAY
IS STILL THE SAME: THERE ARE MELODIC-DARK-METAL FANS WHO WILL NEVER LISTEN
TO THRASH-DEATH-METAL, AND EBM-SYNTHPOP-INDUSTRIAL FANS WHO ARE LOOKING
DOWN TO HARDCORE ELECTRONICA... AND WE EVEN HAD AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC LABEL
THAT REFUSED TO PROMOTE DerDRAKOS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT WE ARE TOO 'TECHNO',
WHICH IS A NEW WORLD RECORD OF PERFECT NONSENSE... SO WE JUST DO WHAT WE
WANT AND DON'T GIVE A DAMN. DerDRAKOS ARE FAST RAGE FOR ALL THOSE WHO ENJOY
HIGH ENERGY, WHOEVER THEY ARE.
6. WHAT’S THE BEST AND WHAT’S THE WORST PART OF
YOUR MUSIC, ACCORDING TO YOU?
THE BEST, IS THE RELEASE OF THIS VITAL FURY
EXPANDED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. THE WORST, IS WHEN COMPUTERS CRASH.
7. ARE THERE ANY NEW ELEMENTS YOU’D LIKE TO ADD
OR EXPERIMENT WITHIN YOUR SOUND IN THE FUTURE?
MORE GUITARS ON TECHNO KICKS.
8. YOUR LYRICS ARE DARK AND LUSTFUL. WHY? WHAT
ARE YOUR SOURCES OF INSPIRATION? TELL US THE MAIN TOPICS OR IDEAS BEHIND
THEM.
WE LOVE WOMEN AND HELL... AND WE FEEL LIKE
ANGRY WOLVES WHO HAVE BEEN KEPT IN THIS STUPID SOCIAL CAGE FOR TOO MUCH
TIME!.. PLUS, WE HAVE A CULT FOR SPECIAL MOVIES LIKE "THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN",
"THE WILD ONE", KUBRIK's "CLOCKWORK ORANGE", HERZOG's "NOSFERATU", MAYER's
"FASTER PUSSYCAT", FOR SEVERAL '70s VIOLENT B-MOVIES, FOR HIGH STYLE PHOTOGRAPHY
LIKE HELMUT NEWTON's, FOR THE BEST LITERATURE FROM THE ILIAD TO DE SADE
TO NIETZSCHE AND FOR RACING OUR CARS FAST AND FREE.
9. WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COVER ARTWORK? WHAT’S
ITS CONNECTION WITH THE MUSIC AND LYRICS? PLEASE DESCRIBE IT FOR THOSE
THAT HAVEN’T SEEN IT.
OUR SINGER SUZY MG IS THE CREATOR OF OUR SPECIAL
GRAPHICS. WE USE OUR IDEAL OF ART-THRU-FORCE IN BOTH DerDRAKOS' SOUNDS
AND VISIONS, BE WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITES AND SEE IT.
10. HOW ARE YOU THINKING TO PROMOTE YOUR WORK?
WILL YOU DO ANY LIVE SHOWS? OH AND HOW CAN SOMEONE ORDER YOUR RELEASE?
DARK ANGEL PROMOTION OF Ms SERPENTINE IS COLLABORATING
WITH US, WE ARE ALSO SUPPORTED BY SEVERAL GREAT GOTHIC/INDUSTRIAL DJ's
AND INTERNET RADIOS IN THE USA: DJ LORD DRACUL FROM RADIOFREESATAN.COM
(THE VERY FIRST DJ TO PLAY DerDRAKOS), DJ ZEPH FROM FREAKRADIO, TOMMY T
FROM CYBERAGE, DJ DEATHWISH AND MORE... WE ARE VERY DETERMINED ABOUT OUR
BAND, WE'RE NOT HERE TO LOSE OUR TIME AND OF COURSE WE WANT TO BE ON STAGE!
PLAYING LIVE IS MAYBE THE MOST DIFFICULT CHALLENGE, FOR AN ELECTRONIC BAND
THAT DOESN'T PLAY ANY TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENT. AND IS ALSO ANOTHER HARD
POINT FOR OUR KIND OF MUSIC, AS OUR FRIEND 'PUNISHER' FROM GERMANY'S BAND
CYBORG ATTACK SAYS: "Whether you have a label pushing your band or not,
we all have the same problem about booking gigs". THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE
NON-COMMERCIAL TECHNO IS IN MANY CASES A SORT OF SADISTIC AND MARTIAL COMPUTER
MUSIC, THEREFORE IT CAN BE A VERY CONTROVERSIAL FORM OF ART THAT SCARES
THE NORMAL MUSIC BUSINESS (AND THAT'S GOOD), BUT WHEN OUR BANDS MANAGE
TO GO ON STAGE THEN IT'S A STORM OF GREAT SOUND!.. BY THE WAY, AUSTRIA's
BAND DER BLUTHARSCH TOLD US THAT THEY DID GREAT GIGS IN GREECE, WITH HUNDREDS
OF CRAZY PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR: TO BLAST SOME GOOD HARD
PERFORMANCES INTO YOUR BRAIN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PLAYING LIVE IN HELLAS,
WE HAVE GREEK BLOOD IN OUR VEINS AND WE ARE IN HELLAS NEARLY EVERY YEAR,
WE ALSO SPEAK SOME ELLINIKA'. ABOUT DerDRAKOS RELEASES, OUR OFFICIAL WEBSITE
www.derdrakos.net
HAS ALL THE LINKS FOR GETTING OUR CD's.
11. IF YOUR MUSIC WERE AN EMOTION, WHAT WOULD
IT BE? IF IT WERE A PAINTING, WHAT WOULD IT SHOW?
EMOTION: JOY THRU FURY. INSTEAD OF A PAINTING,
WE'D CHOOSE A GREAT SPEECH ABOUT THE 'EVIL MOLECULES' FROM DE SADE's BOOK
"JULIETTE, OR THE PROSPERITIES OF VICE".
12. LET’S SUPPOSE THAT YOU HAD A BIG BUDGET TO
SHOOT A VIDEO CLIP. WHICH SONG OF YOURS WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND HOW DO YOU
IMAGINE IT TO BE?
SHOW US THE BUDGET AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT
WE CAN DO.
13. HAVE YOU RECEIVED FEEDBACK FOR “LUST FOR CHAOS”.
ARE YOU SATISFIED? WHAT WAS THE MOST FLATTERING AND WHAT THE WORST COMMENT
YOU’VE READ?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE GET SOME REAL GOOD FEEDBACK
FROM EXTREME METAL FANS, THEY SEND US EMAILS LIKE: "I would LOVE to tell
you how much I truely love ya'll's blasting techno style, so fucking evil!!!"
(from USA), "Your music is literally stratospheric!" (from Italy), "I NEED
to blast my car's speakers with your musiccccccccccccccc!!!!!!!" (from
Greece), ETC., JUST LIKE THE STRONG SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM FANS
OF COMPUTERIZED HARD SOUNDS... THE WORST COMMENTS USUALLY COME FROM REVIEWERS
WHO TAKE MUSIC AS ANOTHER FORM OF IDIOTIC BLIND RELIGION, WHERE ANYTHING
THAT SOUNDS TOO NEW IS SINFUL, AND ALSO FROM PSEUDO-INTELLECTUAL INSECTS
WITH NO BALLS, WHO WANT TO KEEP ELECTRONIC MUSIC SOMEWHERE IN THE INACCESSIBLE
CLOUDS OF THEIR OWN PARANOIA.
14. IS THIS A SELF FINANCED RELEASE OR WILL YOU
ISSUE IT UNDER A LABEL?
15. BY THE WAY YOU’VE GOT A QUITE WEIRD MONIKER.
WHAT DOES DerDRAKOS MEAN AND HOW DID YOU SELECT IT?
DRAKOS IS OUR FAMILY's NAME. 'DerDRAKOS' SOUNDS
WELL FOR A DARK'N'FAST INDUSTRIAL-TECHNO BAND. WE ARE ALSO HUGE FANS OF
THE DEVIL AND OF VLAD THE IMPALER, WHO ARE BOTH CALLED DRAGONS.
17. THANK YOU! IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D LIKE
TO MENTION AND I FORGOT TO ASK YOU? LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE…
Christine Parastatidou
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