INTERVIEW: Bandung Rocks Cililin Shakes: My Interview with PARADISE CORPSE (Cililin, West Java brutal-death) - includes pics of BLOODGUSH show in Cililin, 27/2/11

My interview with Lanz of PARADISE CORPSE (Cililin, West Java, Indonesia brutal death-metal)

"I like all death-metal bands especially bands from Indonesia, for example AUTICED, VENOMED, TURBIDITY, UNDERGOD, DEAD SQUAD, etc. and my favorite metal city in Indonesia is Ujung Berung (Bandung city)" - Lanz PARADISE CORPSE

By Dr Kieran James (University of Southern Queensland)

Email Interview, 21 December 2011

Introduction: First of all apologies to Lanz and the band for the delay in posting this. I had a Christmas holiday break and so everything is delayed. I am very happy to present you with an interview with a band from Cililin, West Java called PARADISE CORPSE. I watched BLOODGUSH headline at a countryside show in Cililin on 27 February 2011 and they have some crazy teenage metal fans there. RESPECT!!!]

Kieran James: Hi, mate. Thanks very much for agree to do interview with our website www.busukwebzine666.blogspot.com. You are the first band we interview from Cililin for this site. “Hello” to all the cool Cililin metal fans reading this! These are the questions:

KJ: First tell us the band history, like when you start and who are the members?

Lanz: OK, I’m going to start to answer your question. PARADISE CORPSE started on 21 January 2010, we have four initial pormasi personnel. They are: me (guitar1), Dendi (guitar2), Iman (drums), and Yogi as vocal. But because of internal problems pormasi our initial [excitement waned and we] dissolved. After [we] think about it we were eager to revive with new personnel pormasi hopefully this time into a solid pormasi.

KJ: What cities have you played shows?

Lanz: I have played at Saguling (Cililin city), Rancaekek city, Elang studio, at Bougenville cafe (Bandung city), etc. but we most commonly played in Saguling.

KJ: Why you like to play death-metal?

Lanz: Because playing death-metal [is] full of challenges.

KJ: How to describe your style and what bands do you like?

Lanz: I think our style is like other teenager metal fan and all death-metal bands are my favorite bands.

KJ: What are your favorite Indonesian bands and favorite metal city in Indonesia?

Lanz: I like all death-metal bands especially bands from Indonesia, for example AUTICED, VENOMED, TURBIDITY, UNDERGOD, DEAD SQUAD, etc. and my favorite metal city in Indonesia is Ujung Berung (Bandung city).

KJ: What are your goals and plans for the band?

Lanz: Planning for my band [and playing] more seriously.

KJ: What jobs do you have outside of metal?

Lanz: I haven’t job other than playing death-metal.

BLOODGUSH at Cililin, 27 Feb 2011 (Glenn vox)

KJ: I saw BLOODGUSH play in Cililin on 27 Feb 2011 in a private house. I went there with Glenn and the band. It was an awesome show; there were around 100 teenager crazy metal fans there in one garage. Did you go this show?

Lanz: Yes I did, I go to this show. There I saw you.

KJ: How is the metal scene in Cililin?

Lanz: The metal scene in Cililin is very dangerous. Many teenager crazy metal fans [are] here.

KJ: Last one: Any message or word for your fans?

Lanz: I just wanna’ say “Thank you so much for all of your support for our band”, that’s all.

KJ: Thanks very much for the interview and I hope to meet you next time I go to West Java.

Lanz: Thanks very much for the interview.



Cililin metalheads, BLOODGUSH show, Cililin, 27/2/11



Nice metal chicks, BLOODGUSH show, Cililin, 27/2/11



BLOODGUSH guys arrive in Cililin, Glenn checks mobile phone!






INTERVIEW: Bandung Death Metal City: Interview with BLOODGUSH (brutal death-metal), 10 October 2011

My interview with Glenn, vocalist for BLOODGUSH (Bandung, Indonesia brutal death-metal)

"Bandung has a slogan 'FLOWER CITY', we can change it to 'BANDUNG DEATH METAL CITY'" - Glenn, Bloodgush

By Dr Kieran James (University of Southern Queensland).

Interpretation and extra comments during interview by Popo (vocalist of Demons Damn, Bandung death-metal) Interview 10 October 2011 in Bandung Death Metal City.

Kieran James: Hi, Glenn. It’s good to see you again. Tell me first about how you became involved in death-metal music?

Glenn (Bloodgush): In high school, since my friend gave me a metal CD, then I was interested in metal. After that I started to buy some CDs and tee-shirts. I started the band when I entered university, when I met some friends with the same interest in metal. We created a band, 2004, Bloodgush.

KJ: How old were you then?

Glenn: Age 19. I was vocals and the bass. After the first formation we changed the band. We were inactive [and then] active again in 2009. In 2009 Bloodgush had a new formation again. I’m just the vocal now. The other personnel are all newcomers, I’m the oldest. The others are in high school.

KJ: Why do you like to play death-metal?



Glenn & Kieran, Bandung, 27 Feb 2011



Glenn: I was interested to play punk, in high school I played in a punk band as a vocalist too. Death-metal is fucking brutal, I like the music. I like all kinds of music. I like pop, I like sugars, acoustic, traditional dangdut [music too].

KJ: How is the progress for the first Bloodgush album?

Glenn: Next year February 2012 for the album. I write the songs. Only one song you can hear now is the single “Flesh Devour of Human Decapitation”.

KJ: What things do you write about in the lyrics?

Glenn: I write about brutality, mutilation, sacrifice, sexual too, and unGod [anti-religion].                                                                    
KJ: What are your goals for the band?

Glenn: My goals are an album and to make some tours to Europe, and all the countries in the world. I hope [laughs].

KJ: Who are your musical influences?

Glenn: Jasad, Bleeding Corpse, Disinfected [all Bandung death-metal] and, in other countries, Gorgasm [USA] and Disavowed [Netherlands].

KJ: What is the biggest festival or show you have played?

Glenn: Biggest show was Bandung Death Fest 4 in 2009, 30,000 plus people.

KJ: What was your feeling then?

Glenn: My feeling was f***ing awesome [laughs].

Popo Demons Damn: They did a very, very good show. Demon’s Damn played on the same stage at Bandung Death Fest 4.

Glenn: I had an accident after Bandung Death Fest 4. I rode my motorcycle, I lost my memory for a while, two days, [and] it was very scary. The accident was [while] going home after the show. At that time I was straight-edge, didn’t smoke, [and] didn’t drink. It’s changed now, I drink, [and] I smoke.

Popo: I don’t know what made him change [laughs]. He wants to change his image; it’s not about a girl.

KJ: Tell me more about the Bandung death-metal scene.

Glenn: Bandung death-metal is the biggest death-metal scene in Indonesia ... and in the world [all laugh]. Now in Bandung the kids in junior high play death-metal and in primary school the kids will know about death-metal. It is most people [who] like death-metal here in Bandung; it’s bigger than in the other cities. Bandung has a slogan “Flower City”, we can change it to “Bandung Death Metal City”.

KJ: What do you think of the Bandung bands?

Glenn: They play a great style of song, great performance, also great lyrics. I think it is good Jasad and Bleeding Corpse help to promote the new bands when they play in other cities. We have to make some album to promote.

KJ: What are some problems in playing death-metal in Bandung?

Glenn: Not everyone here is interested in death-metal, the style.

KJ: What do your parents think about you playing death-metal?

Glenn: My parents support me; my father sometimes listens to my songs and wants to see me when I play.

Popo: Many parents here want to see their children play in a show.

Glenn: And they want to try to head-bang [laughs].

KJ: I see some young chicks here are also interested in death-metal.

Glenn: Many, many chickees, many young girls here are more and more interested to become the girlfriend of a vocalist.

BLOODGUSH at Cililin, 27/2/11 (Glenn vox)

Popo: But they are afraid to get near Bobby [Bobby Rock, Bleeding Corpse vocalist and Popo’s boyfriend] because they are afraid of me [laughs]. In the [metal] underground in Indonesia the hot chicks just want to be a girlfriend of a member of the band, they are just groupies. It looks like they understand the music but if I ask them about the music or [about] the members of the band they don’t understand about it.

Glenn: They are listeners.

Popo: The boys feel happy if there are many hot chicks in there but some think they also disturb too much.

KJ: Do you want to experiment musically?

Glenn: Yes.

Popo: Glenn can sing black-metal voice [KJ: like Oki, bassist of Yogyakarta band Death Vomit].

Glenn: I am interested to make some black-metal band project.

KJ: We will finish here, no more questions. Terima kasih Glenn and Popo.

Glenn: Thank you, contact.

KJ: Contact.

[KJ note: this was the first ever interview we posted on BUSUK WEBZINE back in November 2011]