| 1. Please
tell the whole RIISTETYT-story including line-ups, complete discography,
tours, etc?! |
| Riistetyt was originally named
Cadgers. It was formed in 1980 or 81. In 81 (in fall of the year)
they made a split with Kaaos (PTEP 01). Line-up was Lateri - voc.,
Perry - gtr., Piise - b. and Stydy - dr. In spring of 1982 Perry
left the Cadgers and formed a band called Järjestyshäiriö
(they did one great demo-tape, on vocals was Kake from Kaaos). Raipe
replace Perry in guitar and so band became Riistetyt. "Laki
ja järjestys" -ep (PTEP 03) came out in summer of 82.
In fall of that year Piise left the Riistetyt (he was only 15 years
old and he had something else) and Perry came back. The line-up:
Lateri - voc., Perry - gtr., Raipe - b., Stydy - dr. They made the
lp. "Valtion Vankina" (PRO 006), which came out in January
83. Then Raipe left and Piise came back to play bass. Next record
was "Skitsofrenia" (PRO 018) 12" ep. It came out
in spring of 1983. In that summer the line-up changed again, Piise
and Stydy left on this time. New drummer and bass player was found
from Kaaos, Jaska and me (Nappi). We were so fucking bored with
Jakke. In October we made "Tuomiopäivä" -ep,
which came out until 1991 (I don't know the reason for this). A
month later we did the studiosection for "Nightmares in Darkness",
it came out in next year (RRR 34). |
The live side on that album was
recorded at Puntala festivals 83. After we were in studio Perry
went to army and we had any guitarist. On that time we had the first
Holy Dolls -project with Lateri. In December came Rike from Bastards
to play guitar. He was very active to take care of gigs and other
things of band but money was the only reason why he did all that.
It became clear to me little bit later. Our Holy Dolls -project
ispired him to form the Pyhät Nuket to addition for Riistetyt.
We did with Riistetyt further one record "Raiskattu Tulevaisuus"
(RRR 44). It came out later 1984, much more later than I left the
band. On covers of that album they only thanked me for playing bass
on that record. Ok… that tells something about athmosphere
in those days. I didn't get along with Rike, 'cos I noticed what
kind of asshole he was. I left the band in April 84 and I formed
the Kuolleet Kukat with Jakke. Riistetyt went to touring in USA
in summer of that year. They had Make and Mika from TampereSS in
guitar and bass there. I've heard that the music was only partically
Riistetyt stuff in USA. Later they left Riistetyt completely and
concentrated to Pyhät Nuket. |
RIISTETYT DISCOGRAPHY:
Kaaos / Cadgers 7" ep. (P. Tuotanti PTEP
01, 1981)
Laki ja järjestys 7" ep. (P. Tuotanti PTEP 03, 1982)
Valtion vankina LP (Propaganda records PRO 006, 1983)
As a Prisoner of State LP (Rock-a-Rama records RRR 27, 1983) -Same
as Valtion Vankina but covers in English
Nightmares in Darkness LP (Rock-a-Rama records RRR 34, 1984) -studio
/ Live
Raiskattu tlevaisuus LP (Rock-a-Rama records RRR 44, 1984)
Tuomiopäivä 7" ep. (Kill City Sound KILL 02, 1991)
-recorded in 1983
Riistetyt comp CD (Kråklund records KRÅK 32, 1996) -Valtion
vankina, Skitsofrenia, Tuomiopäivä + 2 tracks
Proloaded Millennium comp CD (Propaganda records PRO 2003, 1999)
-Raiskattu tulevaisuus, Nightmares in Darkness (studio side) + 3
new
Compilations where you can find Riistetyt
songs:
Propaganda aka Russia bombs Finland (Propaganda records PRO 005,
1982) / (Kråklund Records KRÅKCD 26, 1995)
Hardcore '83 (Propaganda records PRO 011, 1983) / (Kråklund
Records KRÅKCD 37, 1996)
Finnish spunk Hardbeat (Rock-a-Rama records RRR 41, 1984)
Hardcore Holocaust (Fuckinn Finnland Records, 1998)
Propaganda Live (Rock-a-Rama records RRR 42, 1984)
Lasta 7" ep (ST Records, 1984)
|
| 2. What
motivated you to give it a second chance?? What made RIISTETYT split-up
(or rather; rename & change style) in the first place? |
| Lateri have interested
to put Riistetyt up for some years. Those 3 songs on "Proloaded
Millennium" compilation tells about that. These songs are made
by Make (ex TampereSS, later Riistetyt). The Lepakko weekend in
last November was reason enough to put band together for a while.
Since this January we've work with band seriously. Without Rike
on this time. I thought that he have changed in all these years,
but no. He's same kind of asshole than 16 years ago. We have same
drummer than in Lepakko now (Timo) and his brother Raimo on guitar.
|
I thik that the
biggest reason was Rike what made Riistetyt split-up in 80's. He
just wanted money. The style change was part of that, that kind
of pop music were big hit in Finland those days. Lot of gigs means
lot of money. He have never been interested in punk/hc etc. in way
of life, it was just easy way to reach a band. Political aspect
was nothing to him. |
| 3. Please
give some short info on PYHÄT NUKET/ HOLY DOLLS (line-up, records
etc). |
| Holy Dolls / Pyhät
Nuket was originally some kind a project what me and Lateri made
for fun. Music was something like Joy Division, Killing Joke etc…
We did one demo in studio, just Lateri and me, in drums we had Stydy.
Rike heard the tape and offer him to form that kind of band. We
thought that let's see what happens. The end result was awful pop
band which had nothing to do with the original idea. We did one
lp(Kuoleman sotatanssi), which was terrible, and after that I finished
in that band. In same time I left Riistetyt. The new guys which
replaced me were the same guys who were in USA tour. |
Pyhät Nuket
did their stuff for years, second lp(Enkelit sulkivat silmänsä
-Angels closed their eyes, in english) was as shit as the first
one, until Lateri/Vivian and Make left the band. Name changed Nuket
and new singer was old Kaaos bass player Kalle. I don't know what
they've done later. Lateri and Make formed band called Holy Dolls
with ex-Kaaos Epe and some other guys. They did MLP "Holy Dolls"
and the style was 77 punk rock. That's all I know about that. |
| 4. How
do you think RIISTETYT will sound nowadays (at Lepakko you sounded
just as good as in "the old days"!!)? Will you still sing
in finnish? Why/ why not? |
| Nowadays the sound is more powerfull
than in Lepakko. Biggest reason for that is Rike again. His way
to play guitar is not for us. The athmosphere is very good without
him 'cos there isn't any boss and musical leader, and that you can
hear in our music, I hope. We still sing in finnish, why not. It
have worked for all these years. |
| 5. Read
in some old interview that Lateri blew up his appartment when trying
to make homebrew, what´s up with that??! Any other bizzare/
cool/ wierd memories?? |
| This must be that event when
Lateri still lived with his parents. He was very drunk and tried
to make homebrew, when his mother came home. Mother was very pissed
and got angry to Lateri. Mother said very bad to him and he broke
some things and leaved home. In next day when Lateri was sober,
he was too embrassed to go home any more. So he lived with Stydy
for couple of years. Only memory cool memory what I remember now
is that when Riistetyt played with Killing Joke in Saarijärvi
(a place in somewhere in Finland). |
It was a local sportcenter where
the gig was. Killing Joke didn't want us to play their backline,
not even same stage. So the arranger built another stage beside
the real stage. The gig was great but the stage broke up under our
feet. It's totally crashed. Audience was so active. Anybody was
hurt, but I don't never forget this happening. |
| 8. What
are the old RIISTETYT-members doing nowadays...? Anyone still into
punkrock/ active in the punk-scene? That Stydy-guy was a hell of
a drummer, is he still playing? |
| I haven't met some members for
years, but I try to tell what I've heard. Perry lives in the countryside
and breeds trotters (horses, you know). What I've heard that he
have some kind of band, but he's barely serious with that. Piise
have played some projects after he left Positive Negative, he also
do some kind of zine. Stydy (who is Piise's cousin) does nothing,
and I mean that. He still lives with his parents, and he don't play
drums. What a waste of good drummer. Raipe is some kind of entrepreneur.
He sells something but I don't know what. I don't know what Jaska
is doing recently, but what I've heard from Lateri, he's some kind
of manager in somewhere. Rike is an asshole (hehe). |
He's director in TV, and he
is doing comedyseries (quite good ones) there. Make is sound designer
at theatre in Tampere. He's with us in this Riistetyt thing like
some kind of producer and songwriter. Mika have trained his brains
out with steroids when he've build his body. I've never liked him
anyway. Latreri is working in shoe factory. He's very active; writing
lyrics all the time etc. What I'm doing recently? I'm studying graphic
design / multimedia / web nowadays. These are very good instruments
to do revolution in these days (hehe). I'm also working with Cockroach
Comix (I'll tell about that later). |
| 9. Who
makes the lyrics and what are they about? Have you made any new
songs? Any new releases planned?? |
| Almost all lyrcs are made by
Lateri and he's doing them continously. In those old songs what
we're playing nowadays is mainly new lyrics, 'cos the world is changed
so much for those days when them had been written. Lyrics are about
all kind of suffer, war, social and political problems etc. |
Nothing new but there's new perspective
in them. We have a couple of new songs now and the Fight Records
have been interested to release a 7" ep in this year. |
| 11. What
RIISTETYT-record do you like the most and why? |
| I think that is Skitsofrenia
MLP, 'cos it's simply the best. There is best songs and best sound
on that record. What can I tell more. I can't boast my own bands
products. |
| 12. What
is it in punk that attracts you? What keeps you going? |
| Punk is way of life to me. I
can't live other way, that's it. What keeps me going? It's the world
around me, all the fucking shit; policy, faschism etc. That's the
reason why I've always resist. And it's giving me energy to live. |
| 13. How
do you think that todays scene differs from the one back in the
old days (if at all?!)?? |
| This is the most asked question
what I know, hehe. Some things haven't been changed at all but some
things are changed a lot. In 80's there were only 2-3 gigs/happening
in year but happenings were really big. Everybody from all over
the country came to them. The Lepakko weekend was something like
that. |
Nowadays the happenings are much
more locally things and there are gigs almost daily somewhere. The
activity for demonstration is very high in these days. I don't remember
any demonstrations in 80's, only couple of squattigs. This is that
sort of thing that somebody can write a book about it |
| 14.I heard
that there was somekind of rival-thing between RIISTETYT and KAAOS
(Jakke and Lateri?) in the early days?? |
| I think that it was Jakke who
maintained some kind of rival thing. Jakke have always been so jealous
to other bands, especially if there are members who have once played
with him. I know that he's jalous to Riistetyt now. That kind of
person is Jakke |
| 15.Tell
me about Kuolleet Kukat; releases, gigs/tours, line-up, etc...? |
Kuolleet Kukat formed in 1984.
The line-up was Jakke-v/gtr, Masa (ex-bastard, Protesti) -dr, Nappi-b.
The first ep "Isoveli Valvoo" (Big brother is watching
you) came out end of that year. The line up on the ep was Jakke-v/gtr,
Jasu-v, Nappi-b, Poko (Kaaos) -d. Band did couple of gigs and went
to studio in October 1985 to make lp. The lp never came out 'cos
record label ripped off. Line up in those days was Jakke-v, Jasu-v,
Toby (ex Fucking Finland, plays in Two Witches novadays) -gtr, Jartze-gtr,
Nappi-b, Juha (ex Tampere SS)-d. In 86 band faded out 'cos we had
any training place and members had so much to do, studies etc.
In 1993 Fight Records was interested to publish a four track ep
from -85 lp session. This release was "Vallankumous ep"
(Revolution). Jakke and me thought that what a fuck, KK have never
split up and we have good reason to continue. |
Line up was almost the same than
86 but some changes was happened; Jakke-v, Toby-gtr, Essi-gtr, Nappi-b,
Juha-dr. Little bit later Toby had to leave and Poika signed up
to play guitar. In spring of 94 we did the first new stuff ep "Kyynelkasua"
(Tear Gas). In August 94 Poika left the band and Luigi (ex painajainen,
Turun Tauti etc) came in. The CD "Kansanmurha" (Genocide)
came out from Fight Records in spring of 95. In May of that year
we did a two week tour in Europe; Poland, Czecch, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Croatia, Germany. Kuolleet Kukat split up in December 1995. It was
shame 'cos band was almost really good. There are many reasons:
we did about 1-2 gig/week and everybody was nearly burn out, Jakke
was always drunk and he hadn't strenght to continue. That was the
simplified Kuolleet Kukat story. |
Kuolleet Kukat dicography:
7" EP Isoveli Valvoo ( Rat Poison, RAT
001, 1984)
7" EP Vallankumous (Fight Records, FIGHT 002, 1993) recorded
in 1985.
7" EP Kyynelkaasua! (Fight Records, FIGHT 005, 1994)
CD Kansanmurha (Fight Records, FIGHT 006, 1995)
7" EP Live at Tavastia 11.01.1995 (The End, END 001, 1996)
In compilations:
Kansanmurha (Punk'n'Roll, PR 8214, 1995)
Nimetön -Lama cover (Who Cares?, UNEP 0297, 1997) |
| 16. Tell
me a bit about Cockrach comix?? |
| Cockroach Comix is a one man's
multimedia / web / graphic design organization. It started when
I notced that I was so bored to see my name in record covers. Nappi
here, Nappi there. Cockroach Comix is much more beholder friendly
name. I've done several ep covers (Nukke -ep of Kaaos was the first),
CD covers, posters, web sites (Cockroach Comix don't have own homepages,
what a shame), CD-Roms and all kind of artworks. |
Nowadays I have so much work
that I dont't do other projects exept my own. I have a job too,
which takes a large part of my time every day. It's same kind of
work what CRC does. Anyway Cockroach Comix is still working and
we can always confer about products, prices etc… |
| 17. Okei,
that´s all I could come up with, anything you want to add??
KADUT ON MEIDÄN, CHEERS!! |
You
can be loony, but never be stupid !!!
Keep on Fighting!
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