Pigsty Interview

Answered by Bormann (Guitar/Vocal)
February 08 2010

Hello Ganjaman, the pigs are back and this time you guys looks like ready for
global conquest. Tell us about your new set of machine.
Hi man, our machine has been upgraded by the newest technology of Universe Pigs so we are ready for expansion :) Last year brought lot of important things..new weed stuff...and after it new album :))))


Honestly I thought you guys are doomed to failure after “Pigs Are Back”. With
“Living Dead Stars” you managed to somewhat gain some momentum but with “Planet of the Pigs” I was totally blown away. Is the somewhat lukewarm acceptance to the two previous releases became a challenge to you to come up with better ideas?
Many people – many opinions... Pigs are back had lot of very good reviews even many people did not understand the mind and whole conception of whole album, especially Quadamage part. Living dead stars was continuation of our way which show us, how we will continue with recording process. Planet of the pigs is the top.. and I hope that it is only temporary, because we have still so much to improve and we have many ideas how our things should continues.

Planet of the pigs is also innovative for us by used vocals. But it brought also doubts of some fans that are not grind core band anymore. But it is not true, grind is way which we choose...but we want to do it by our way even we use classic processes too. Some people told me, that we drop down our guitars and it is not truth. I use still same guitar and the same tune from Spiders time. Finally I must say, that Planet of the pigs is opinion what we wanted to to all the time.


The pigs are back but the squeals have gone. Why?
Yes, this is what I wrote above. We changed vocals little bit. But don´t ask me for closer explanation.. just because we wanted to do it this way.


Planet of the Pigs and Living Dead Stars were both recorded in Davos but the difference in production is very obvious. How did you managed to come up with such clean yet brutal production?
It is easy... by years of experience :) We were using almost same machines but we were more experienced with their usage. Many people thing that they must buy new stuff to be better, but sometimes it is only about to ability to use current settings for 100 %.


The precise playing complemented the production. Obviously you have yourselves
armed and ready before hitting the studio, but were there any songs or parts of any song that are written or arranged in the studio?
We had clear picture about structure of songs. If I remember well there were only few
changes in songs structure. But these changes were only about how many times repeat
some riffs. We also devised some vocals parts, but we did it always if I remember well.
When we practice songs we are more focused on music and when we hear it whole recorded ideas start to arise...


500 copies were released specifically for the US mini tour. Is this why you have the depiction of the headless liberty and distorted American flag on the cover?
Yes, this stuff was designed completely for USA. Cover of our EU version will be little bit different.


The official BLP version will contain a bonus DVD. Are there any difference
between the advance version and the upcoming BLP release aside from the bonus DVD?
Yes, there will be some additional intros. But the biggest thing for us is, that it
will be our first DVD.

Is the DVD already finished? What can we expect from this visual madness?
DVD is almost finished. There are some small things to do. Question is that do you mean
by visual madness... I think that it will be original grind core DVD with all things used to be on DVD :)


Speaking of American invasion how was it? How’s it like to hang out with the
ladyboys of Copremesis?
Compremesis are great guys and I must say again big big thank to them. Everybody speaks about life in USA, you can read it, watch it.. But we had a chance to hear their
opinions and explanations of some strange things we met there. I think that our invasion was relative success. We met lot of interesting places and people. We met people who knows lot of things about Czech scene, what was really interesting. Of course that there were some gigs where were not lot of people and some thing related to catering e.g were strange, but so what.. It was great experience for us mainly. When we spoke about it some days ago with guys we agreed that we want to come back again. We will see... to play on Baltimore´s Maryland death fest is quite big adventure.


Any memorable events during this tour?
Maryland death fest, NY show.. trip though some dangerous district of Baltimore.
Niagara falls, gig where were lot of pretty girls from near strip bar... lot of things...

Over 10 years of grinding the Pigsty way and still growing strong, have you ever thought the band will last this long when you first started?
In the beginning probably not, because it started as a project. But I think that after Ubina´s coming we made us stable and we have clear picture what to do and how... We are awaiting problems with our families now.. what caused end of many bands... :)))

When are you gonna come up with an official merchandise? My DIY Pigsty logo
shirt is already starting to fade.
We have brand new winter caps and we plan to to new t-shirt issue, but as I said we plan... so there is no concrete idea now. But we want to have it finished till the end of April.

“To Punish and Enslave”. Is this the universal pigs’ motto? Are the pigs ready
to dominate the world?
You bet that they are. It is only question of the time. Look around you... what can you
see... humankind wants to be punished for all these things.

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