Robert Inhuman interview
with Royce Icon for Industrial.org August 2005
http://industrial.org/releases.php?t=23425
Royce
Icon: Realicide Youth Records releases kickass noise / gabber / grindcore
music. I recently talked to label head Robert Inhuman for a bit. Here’s what
went down…To start off, could you give us some history on Realicide Youth
Records/ More Punk Less Rock? How did the label start, what was the basis of
the name change, etc…?
Robert
Inhuman: MPLR Rec started at the turn of 2002 with the beginning stages of the
Realicide group. Last summer 2004 the name was changed for simplicity and to
seem less slogan-ish. It's called Realicide Youth because it is a label acting
as a vessel for publication of work done in and around the group in
Royce
Icon: Realicide is constantly touring. What was the general reaction on most of
the tours? Are their any weird/ funny/ memorable moments from past tours you'd
like share with us?
Robert
Inhuman: Same as any underground-ish sorta touring: cancellations, flake-outs,
awesome coincidences, new friends, learning a lot bout one's self. Ummm
highlights let's see... with Ultra//Vires constantly doing the
"fistopia" gang sign this past June, Swill's tooth getting busted out
and his face pouring blood (NOT COOL), Swill writing "SWiLL 100%"
with piss in Baton Rouge, Bobby Vomit driving down to Florida and back my dude
is a total freak, the bar owner in Kansas City yelling with her ears covered
that I had to stop then not knowing how to turn off my stuff, running into my
friend Simon in New Orleans though I met her in Portland OR, trying to sleep in
a Kroger parking lot last summer first time I went to Houston, ummm the fucking
desert and the sun coming up after I drove all night San Fran to center of AZ
then a $20 motel not even on the map then AZ to Dallas ohhh fuck, my dude
IDX1274 in his depraved mountain home and all the weird shit in the area like
wolves and occult and cops with meth labs, running from the cops in Rockford
(bombing) and getting a-fucking-way, the first Cleveland experience in which
the show promoter approached me during the performance "your speakers are
FEEDING BACK!" etc.
Royce
Icon: I remember you were talking about getting another grindcore band together
in Cinci. How's that going?
Robert
Inhuman: Right now, summer 2005, I'm doing a spin-off group with the guys from
Ultra//Vires called Hentai Lacerator. It's a lot looser than grindcore, more
noisey either like a slowed and slurred Nikudorei or a blurry spazzy Seven
Minutes of Nausea. That's probably a really inaccurate description but it is
very loose and entirely themed on pornography. But not just any porno, I mean
hentai gore, Slimer, the Slimehole(S) etc... I plan on starting up a band
similar to my previous one, No Candy, when I move to
Royce
Icon: What are some of the artists/ bands that have influenced you the most?
Robert
Inhuman: Throbbing Gristle, Foetus, Randy Yau, Suicide, Iovae, The Screamers,
Nick Zedd, Richard Kern, Johnny Rucker, Gore Beyond Necropsy, Plutocracy,
Crass, Mobb Deep, Wu, M1DY, Operation Ivy, Atari Teenage Riot, Burning Star
Core, Anabolic Frolic, Prurient, Sweatersplash, Richard Hell...
Royce
Icon: I know that you're into tagging, do you see any similarities between tag
culture and industrial/ noise culture? How do you feel about both
"scenes" in general?
Robert
Inhuman: Well both are supposed to be somewhat counterculture-prone maybe, but
both also succumb largely to commercial influence and clique-ish social
pitfalls, but that's the negative end and I'm not too concerned about it. Both
are supposed to be freeform media for communicating observations and hostilities
towards urban situations. I like noise culture minus the overly straight-faced
gearhead stuff and likewise the overly goofy clowning type dribble - I enjoy
noisicians who are real people, no fronting or hiding their lives behind
electronics. I like artists like Aaron Hibbs from Noumena. I like graff culture
minus writers doing wars and beatdowns - totally uncalled for - I prefer more
supportive and aggressive yet positive writers. I like writers like FIVE, definitely
the most inspiring character in my hometown.
Royce
Icon: What can we expect from RYR in the future? Are there any new bands coming
out on the label?
Robert
Inhuman: Things are a littler cooler looking now in products. The discs are
colored and screenprinted, some have booklets with a lot of pictures and text,
and some have xerox and vinyl stickers. I want to explore the options of
boosting DIY presentability while intentionally avoiding the arts-n-crafts
aesthetic. No scribbles with a magic marker, no fuckin yarn or whatever the
fuck. It's total DIY but not a joke or a way of slacking.
This
summer I'm releasing a couple recorded interviews from the past year, trying to
push alternatives to strictly musical recordings being published, and I'm
working on a book with disc called Inhuman's Rockin Summer. Mavis Concave
collection of live recordings ready soon, that'll be hot. Abombination demo and
Evolve/djYES album are available now. A split disc Divine Pile (Swill's other
band) with Big Nurse (
Royce
Icon: Is there anything else you'd like to say?
Robert
Inhuman: I like gabber. Check out mp3's, writing, and other stuff on the site http://www.realicide.tk