Interview: James from Three Victims

Band: Three Victims

Genre: Brutalgrindinghateslam

Year Formed: 1995

Location: Burnie, Tasmania

Members: Simon "Gonad" Jones-Slamming Chunks of six string and Backup grunts of pain.
Martin "Dickface" Baumgartner-Subsonic brown notes and Backup burps.
Allan "Shitheels" Byard-Ear piercing shrieks of unending horror.
James "Fuckin' Fat Cunt" Hooper-Rythmic slop and a useless fuck all else.

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Interview with: James

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Why did you join this band?

     "I Joined the band 16 years ago, I was 18 at the time. I had heard there was a band just lost a drummer in burnie (I lived 150km away in launceston at the time) and was asked if I wanted to join. At the time I was between bands so the answer was an obvious yes, at the time we were not called three victims but were called hemlok. A notable feature of this era of the band is that the vocalist at this time was Matthew Chalk, better known for having done vocals on the early psycroptic albums."

How did this band get started?

     "The band was started by gonad the guitarist, chalky on vocals, Tim durkin on drums when they were in high school."

How would you describe the band's sound?

     "I think of the bands sound as chunky deathmetal with small elements of grindcore, we are all about the chunk."

How does you music/sound now differ from early in the band's career?

    "Early on it was more grind, the chunk and accents have come over time, practice and musical competence allow greater expression."

What was the game plan going to record "Exhibits A, B, and C" EP?

     "The gameplan for recording was that we had released the demo in 2004 because we were too lazy to record beforehand, it had been 6 years (again because we are lazy) and there was some pressure from our peer bands and fans to do something (anything!!) and so we recorded it, the other consideration was knowing that we're too lazy and can't be arsed promoting or selling them and that it would not make us any money therefore to record it for as little as possible. I did everything, recorded mixed and mastered on gear that I already own (cheap shit gear) the only thing we paid for was microphone hire. So anyone who thinks it sounds shit, you're right. That's the sound that $65 buys."

Do you have a favorite song off the EP?

     "My favourite song is #3, I enjoyed the noise you made."

What are some of the bands that influence your music?

     "I love Nile, origin, braindrill, beyond creation and other "technical ear rape" type bands. I also enjoy the old school early entombed, carcass, deicide, morbid angel etc, but ultimately we just play what we write, if that sounds like anyone in particular it's purely accidental."

How did the band come up with the name Three Victims?

     "We changed the name to three victims as after hemlok we were called butchered cunt and that causes problems with newspapers and flyers etc. the vocalist (Allan byard drummer from intense hammer rage) suggested three victims as three victims gets you classified as a serial killer and he lives that shit so we went with that."