a step towards greatness. Any thoughts on the concept?
Scene? And how do you define the scene in Nepal and abroad?
Man, you’re embarrassing me with that “greatness” shit. Hahaha. I know you, you’re just trolling me.
Well, that’s more like a minute of noise than a song but it serves its purpose.
To tell you the truth, that EP actually happens to be my least favourite release. I don’t even like playing those songs anymore. The whole “concept” was conjured up over bottles of Tuborg. That’s how we roll. We actually wanted to put in that famous “saathi ko lagi salaam dushman ko lagi falaam” dialogue as the intro. The only reason we added those clips from “Deuta” instead was because the shopkeeper at the place where I bought the VCD told me that the movie with that classic line wasn’t available due to copyright issues. That man knew his shit. I said “respect” and walked out. Any personal feud with the great actor Rajesh Hamal? You’ve been picking on him since the days of 5th Grade Dropout? They had a song called Rajesh Hamal Must Die too right? It’s a love-hate relationship for sure. And yes, 5GD did have a song with that title. It sucked horribly. I’m glad we never recorded that shit. What aspired you to write the song Fuck the
I recently found out somebody somewhere calling you guys a metal band and saying that you were not hardcore enough? Any explanation on that saying?
As you very well know since we’ve been in a band together, we’ve never ever cared about scenes. We’ve always stayed ahead of the curve in every band we’ve played in, as far as local music is concerned. We were in a punk band before there was a punk scene, we were a hardcore band before there was a hardcore scene, and we were in a metal band before that scene blew up. I2ST was a punk band that wanted nothing to do with the punk scene, Cruentus was a band that turned the local metal scene on its head and, today, I’d like to think Jugaa espouses the values of our former bands. We don’t depend on anyone to release our music and we play shows only with bands we’re friends with or find interesting, regardless of what scene that band belongs to. In short, this whole “scene” thing is not for us, we do our own thing. We don’t fit into a particular scene and we don’t want to.
Man, I was butthurt when that happened. I cried for 2 weeks straight and stopped listening to hardcore after that. When the hardcore experts thinks you’re not worthy enough what the fuck are you to do?
From what I’ve noticed, people who are super into scenes for a while are the first to drop off. Those kids who sign off every sentence with “hardcore 4 life” or “punk’s not dead” or “metal rules” aren’t gonna be around for too long. It’s pretty much the same case in Nepal and abroad. You could call it a six-month phase.
Yep, we’re inspired by the artwork of Rohan Harrison of Extortion. Well actually I am. I pick up (read: ripoff) ideas from the stuff he does with Extortion and other bands and, since I’m not an artist, I then ask my girlfriend to put them on paper and she then adds her own little ideas to them.
Nah, but in all seriousness, what stupid shit was that? Being called a metal band is awesome, I love metal. Do I play in a non-traditional sounding hardcore band? Yes. Do I want to play in a band that sounds like 90% other bands that play rehashed NYHC riffs? No. Is debating what fits the criteria of a stupid genre of music immature? Absolutely. Do I give a fuck? Most certainly not. We play music that we want to hear and that’s all that matters. What about the artwork that you guys have in your merch and records? Any inspirations behind the brutality of these artworks?