UPDATE-5/14/01--Punishment has finally finished their kickass tour which had to be to me the greatest thing to come from punishment yet,now the wait for their album and music is unbearable.Alright just to let yous know the album from punishment is coming out in summer 2001 and heres the interview i conducted with Joe Hardcore Of Punishment on 12/20/00--
>1. Lets start this whole thing off by saying you kick ass!Alright first
>question..everyone thats heard punishment realizes how cool of band you
>are..so how did u get started in the band they call punishment?
PUNISHMENT GOT STARTED WITH ALL OF THE CORE AND CURRENT MEMBERS(ME , MIKE
BROWN AND DAMIEN) GETTIN TOGETHER WITH SOME GUYS I KNEW WHO WERE FROM A
BAND THAT BROKE UP...
AND THINGS WERE GOOD LIKE THAT FOR AWHILE PRCTICING ALOT AND WRITIN THE
FIRST SONGS. OUR FIRST SHOW WAS FEB 20 2000 AT THE KILLTIME
>
>2. Everyone has musical influences..could u tell us yours?
ME PERSONALLY I CAME FROM METAL, AND LOVE IT TO THIS DAY. IT WASNT UNTIL I
SAW SHEER TERROR. THE HARDCORE SCENE HAD AND STILL HAS AN UNPARALLELED
LEVEL OF ENERGY METAL CANT MEASURE UP TO.I SWEAT BANDS LIKE OLD METALLICA,
CARNIVORE, SHEER TERROR, BULLDOZE, MANOWAR, MACHINE HEAD, KILLING TIME,25
TA LIFE, AND A MILLION OTHERS...THERE ARE TOO MANY
>
>3. How did it feel when you found out you were gonna get a record deal
>with 2-Damn Hype? I MET UP WITH MET(PRES AND OWNER) AT HIS HOUSE. I HAD KNOWN
HIM FOR AWHILE AND I HONESTLY DIDNT FEEL LIKE HE WAS GONNA DO IT, THEN WHEN
HE SAID "ARE WE DOIN A RECORD OR WHAT?"
MY DREAM CAME TRUE. I LOVE THE LABEL , THE WHOLE BACK CATALOGUE IS AMAZING
AND TO BE CLOST TO YOUR LABEL IS IMPORTANT. WE ARE VERY HAPPY AND DONT PLAN
TO LEAVE ANYTIME SOON.
> >4. Through your whole journey with the tour and backstage life with
>Punishment members....would u consider the whole thing turning out good
>or bad? THE BEST THING EVER...THERE IS NO DOUBT THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH
MY LIFE. WE PLAY GOOD MUSIC AND HAVE FUN DOIN IT, EVERYONE HAS ARGUEMENTS
BUT THE BAND IS TIGHT AND WE KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN AND MAKE THE BEST OF
EVERY SITUATION.>
>5. And the one question i wanna know most is,when can we expect your
>first CD with 2-Damn Hypes Label Out in Stores EVERYWHERE!
YOU CAN EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED, I M JUST GONNA WARN YOU THAT IT HAS THE
SONGS YOU ALL KNOW, PLUS WE ARE PAVING THE NEW PATH WE PLAN TO DOMINATE..
WE HAVE A SPLIT WITH MISURA, THEY ARE THE HARDEST BAND. THEY JUST GOT
SIGNED TO TOO DAMN HYPE AS WELL.BOTH OUR FULL LENGTHS ARE COMIN OUT AT
THE SAME TIME SO WE ARE PLAYIN EACH OTHERS RELEASE SHOWS, SINGING ON EACH
OTHERS CD AND WE PLAN TO TOUR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY BETWEEN MARCH 1ST AND
APRIL 22ND. WE ALSO HAVE A SPLIT CD WITH ALL OUT WAR THAT WILL BE OUT SOON. I
THINK THE MISURA SPLIT IS DUE IN LATE JANUARY.OUR CD"WHERE LOVE IS DEAD AND
HOPE NEVER LIVED"IS DUE FEBRUARY, OUR RELEASE PARTY IS SUNDAY FEB 25TH. FOR
REAL WE GOT THE BEST GUY AS OUR NEW DRUMMER HE GOT ALL THE DOUBLE BASS
THE NEW SHIT IS THE SICKEST MOST METAL SHIT WE EVER WRITTEN.
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
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>Thanks alot dude..i appreciate it.When is your next show in philly?
WE GOT A GUITARIST WHO IS ALSO THE GUY WHO DOES OUR SITE,VEGAN MARK MOVIN
OUT HERE SOON.PLUS WE HAVE ALOT TO RECORD AND TEACH KEVIN(OUR NEW
DRUMMER) WE ARE PLAYIN HOMEBASE IN WILKES BARRE JAN 27TH BUT I DONT THINK
WE ARE GONNA PLAY PHILLY MUCH.WE GOT OUR RELEASE PARTY THEN A HOME
COMING IN MAY W/ ALL OUT WAR AND COLD AS LIFE, BUT WE ALL DECIDED THAT WE
ARE PLAYED OUT IN PHILLY AND WE WANT TO MAKE A BIG DEAL ABOUT IT WHEN WE
PLAY PHILLY. LIKE EVERY COUPLE MONTHS SO THE KIDS WHO WANT TO SEE US KNOW
IN ADVANCE AND WE HAVE KIDS WHO WILL DANCE AND SING ALONG AND NOT FIGHT,
CUZ IT WILL NOT BE AWHILE TO THE NEXT PHILLY PUNISHMENT SHOW.
FOR ALL PUNISHMENT INFO
GO TO WWW.DORK.COM/PUNISHMENT
WE GOT MERCH ON THE WAY, ALONG WITH ALL THE NEW STUFF ON TOO DAMN HYPE
RECORDS.2001 IS OUR YEAR TO BREAK OUT AND SHINE.
PUNISHMENT"WHERE IS LOVE IS DEAD AND HOPE NEVER LIVED"
EVERYWHERE FEBRUARY 2001
EMAIL JOEHARDCORE@HOTMAIL.COM FOR ANY ???S
THANKS FOR THE INTERVIEW
These are pics of punishment members.
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