by Vpower
The Band: Warfare
Country: UK
Answers by:
Paul Evo
Rock & Metal Music is in need of bands and
guys as WARFARE & EVO, with no doubt one of the celebrities of the 80s heavy
metal and the great NWOBHM. His story during a show with Metallica is part of
his legend, but there are more stories and we rescue some of them in this great
chat with the man, and of course we talk also a little about his new album “Warfare”,
because the band is back and kicking asses.
Hello man, 25 years of silence is quite a long
time… but fans have never forgotten Warfare, what has moved you to get back to
the stages?
I had a
dream one night or maybe a nightmare that I was playing again, so the next day
I dug out my old bass guitar and took it to my friends studio Fred Purser (ex
Penetration/Tygers of Pan Tang) plugged it into a Marshal valve bass amplifier
and hit the first chord at first I was a little rusty but I blew the pens off
the office desk, so I turned it up even more and at that point I knew the Noise
Filth & Fury was back in my blood it was then that I started writing again.
A return up to your legend. Warfare was born in
1982, you were apart of any band and so you got a place in metal history. What
was the best moment of it all?
I created
Warfare in 1984 before that I had played and recorded with Major Accident, The
Blood & Angelic Upstarts, it’s very hard to say what was the best part of
it, as it was total fuckin mayhem from the start, I enjoyed getting banned from
venues because of my shocking behaviour , pissing into amps, burning drum kits,
attacking security guards, throwing pigs blood at the audience you know all the
usual things of being in the world’s first punk/metal band.
In this new album you have the collaboration of
great guys as Fast Eddie Clarke and Lips, how was it?
What can I
say Fast Eddie is one of the best fuckin guitarists in the world, I’d already
worked with Lemmy, so it was great to
have Eddie help out on guitar, also Lips from Anvil is one of the fastest guitar
players I have ever worked with he just lifted the track This man bleeds hate
to another dimension , and when you buy the album you will see what I mean.
You also have worked with Algy Ward (Tank), is
there any chance to repeat or to publish some new material together?
No that was
a one off EP just friends jamming you know.. but my new album is the real deal
going over the threshold of pain..just like it should be.
Do you know something about former mates Gunner
and Zlaughter?
No I have
never seen a lot of the musicians that played with me obviously I keep in touch
with Fast Eddie & Algy.
Why did Warfare quit in 1993?
Basically I
ran out of ideas I steered the project through good and bad times releasing
many albums, but it was also becoming boring to me I had played professional
music from the age of 16 to 30, working with some amazing musicians and in my
opinion living through the most prolific time of rock music in every genre.
There is a great story about a gig with
Metallica in the Hammersmith where you played in the garage, legend or not? How
did it happen?
We played
on the back of a truck as a protest, smashed up cars, causing absolute mayhem,
bust noses, crow bars through the truck window by the security, throwing my
mike stand thru the window of the
Hammersmith Odeons managers car, police chases ,it was a lovely day out
I enjoyed every momement.
Amazing. Warfare has been always a band beyond
limits and rules. For instance, you recorded a live show in a church. Are you
thinking to take the new songs to the stage hiring some guys around?
At the momement I have no plans to play live,
however if I did it would be a full on show, playing all the Warfare classics
plus several songs from the brand new album with an amazing session band and
myself on lead vocals…and it would be so Loud…Fuckin Glorious.
Paul, you have always been surrounded by great
musicians, as I said before Algy Ward, also teamed up with Venom, Lemmy
Kilmister… With your experience, what can you say about Lemmy?
Lemmy was
fantastic to work with a very well read gentleman and he pushed me so hard on
the Metal Anarchy sessions and I learned a lot and we worked hard but boy did
we play hard out every night down at Camden , Vodka a plenty, special brew,
Wurzel joined us also on a few
occasions, both are gone but will never be forgotton nor will the album Metal
Anarchy for that matter.
In the last years you have promoted several
shows, as the Bliztallica fest, do you continue with that promotion activity?
No I
stopped promoting rock gigs but had some really good sold out shows with Wilko
Johnson and many others at my local civic centre.
Your new album is amazing, it’s like the time
had stopped because it gathers all your previous legacy. These are new tracks
or were composed long ago?
Thank you I
am pleased you like it, I wrote it all in one year putting a track down one at
a time until finished, it is just what the fans have waited for as it’s all the
Warfare albums with played with the same anger and attitude with todays production
and lyrics that stink of the street, a lot of people have described it as
Bomber meets Pure Filth and I’m really pleased with it.
The title of the album refers to your legendary
band, kind of claiming the recognition you deserve?
It really
is just a brand new Warfare album and Im very pleased the recognition I am
getting, for those lazy motherfuckers who haven’t bought it go get it, the real
fuckin deal, get it from www.hrrecords.de.
High Roller Records has been the smart guys to
sign you, there will be any especial promotion for the occasion?
High Roller
are a really good label and I also think they are going to release a live album
of all the early Warfare shows, also I am on re mastering the first four Warfare
albums which will be released in early 2018 on Universal records.
Great news for new and long time fans. This is
the following to the mini-album "Damned Unto Death", there will be
more chapters to come in the future?
The new
album isn’t a follow up to the mini one..this is a WARFARE album, if it sells
really well there is no reason why I can’t do a follow up, but only time will
tell.
Thank you very much Paul it was great to chat
with you and welcome back!!
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