1. Hi so at first can you
introduce yourself like name, age, hobbies, work, etc…
My hobbies are drinking beer, listening Oi! music,
gather in group, get along and if there is a fight then go after the ones who
harass my friends.
2. When and why came
decision to start label? I know you used to release some stuff under the name
Crowbar Records, why did you change the name to This Means WAR Records?
I started Crowbar together with a friend, when that
person started doing nothing then I started something on my own
3. As a Crowbar Records you
used to release things also on CD format (Guadaňa, The Wrongdoers, Offensive
Weapon) but with This Means WAR you are doing just vinyls (except one black
metal cassete Frost am I right). Why did you make this change?
Each recording goes with it's format, if I do not
release cds then it is because it is impossible to sell them, at least for me,
even though I do not completely put it aside, as said, each recording goes with
the format we deem fit (the bands and I)
4. You are playing also in
Glory Boys am I right? Are you taken also part in Glory Boys releases?
I do not play in Glory Boys, nor have I played, they
are midgets and I measure 1'85 and the band requires not to be over 1'60 in
order to play
It would be ok to release something from Glory Boys, they are friends of mine since forever , give or take, but precisely due to this fact it is a pain in the ass to work with them, taking liberties sucks and one of them takes one too many
5. Are there some
differences between stuff released by Crowbar (Comando Suicida, Retaliator,
Offensive Weapon, Glory Boys, Join the Rejects, Guadaňa, Mercancias and The
Wrongdoers) with stuff released by This Means WAR (Orgullo Sur, Kareliaani,
Kalevalan Viikingit, The Prideful, v/a Werewolves…)?
There is no big difference, same kind of bands, etc
... it is basically the same label with a different name and trying to make
things the least bad possible
6. On some releases you
cooperate with labels such as Pure Impact, Hostile Class Records, Southerner
Records, Actua Records or Wolf Pact Records (never heard about the last two
labels). Can you told us anything about the cooperation with each label?
Cooperation came like this, for example: the
cooperation with Actua was because one of them was part of the band we were
releasing by then and we decided to release it like that, even if Actua was an
openly anarchist and antifascist label ... well , they are friends in the end ,
no one is perfect hehehe except the Mercancias 7" done with HCP I have
always sent the releases to the factory, so there is not such a difference
whith making them on my own
7. How are you choosing the
stuff which you are releasing?
I release the bands I
like , I write them and if we make a deal then it gets done, sometimes the band
has contacted me but normally it is me who searches what to release
8. Some people on my
guestbook asked me to ask you about the swastika on the Kalevalan Viikningit
cover, can you explain it to them?
There is no censorship in WAR, if a band sends me a design then we use it. Well, for those who started crying on their facebook, even if only retards need explanations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tursaansyd%C3%A4n
9. We can order your stuff
on your webpage http://warhq.bigcartel.com/. Are you planning to make your
distribution wider? Like changing your limited editions with other record
labels specialized on limited vinyl stuff (like Shout Proud Records, Ediciones
Limitadas, Pride and Passion or Bigorna Records)?
Think will remain like this for the while being.
Anyway, I've done or I still do trades with almost every label you mention, I
tend to trade my releases with other labels, I have no problem in doing things
like that .
10. What do you think about
downloading the music from internet?
Truth is I don't care
11. Do you know anything
about the scene in Czech Republic?
I know very little about Czech Republic, I bought in
the 90s the Skin Songs Vol I compilation, "Fire and Ice" from Buldok
is a good record to me, I got to know this band through a CD they released many
years ago on the Spanish label Rata-Ta Ta Tá
12. Can you told us anything
about your future plans in releasing?
Right now on the pressing plant we have the reissue of
"in veneration of fallen heroes" from First Strike, the following
will be the vinyl edition of "33" from Crucial Change and obviously
the new LP from Orgullo Sur ... there is some material planned but nothing
clear yet
13. Words on the end….
Fuck Off to Old Firm Casuals and labels that support
that kind of shit
Keep up the fight and never say die