„WE NEVER ANSWERED TO INTERVIEWS (IN TRUTH, THIS IS THE FIRST OF ALL OUR LIFE!!)... BUT WE ARE ALREADY CLOSE TO OUR POLITIC “DOGMA” AND TO OUR CLASS.“

Oi! comrades! I am too happy that your band is alive again! Where have you been for such a long time?? I missed your band more than 14 years! :-(
THANKS! WE ARE HAPPY TOO FOR OUR REUNION. WE HAD A SHORT REUNION IN 2004 BUT IT WAS ONLY A WAY TO PROMOTE THE SECOND RELEASE OF THE ALBUM “TEMPO CHE NON RITORNA” . WE DID SOME GIGS IN ITALY IN THAT PERIOD.
ERODE STARTED AGAIN ONLY LAST YEAR. AFTER 1996 (WHEN WE STOPPED) WE DID OTHER EXPERIENCES AND IT HAS BEEN IMPOSSIBILE TO PLAY TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS.

Tell me something about your homecity COMO. Is there any strong redskin crew?
COMO IS A LITTLE CITY OF ABOUT 80.000 CITIZENS, VERY CLOSE TO MILAN.
WE HAVE A STRONG TRADITION OF HC AND PUNK BANDS FROM THE 80’s AND A HISTORIC ITALIAN FANZINE NAMED “TVOR”. THERE WAS A SQUAT IN “PIAZZA ROMA” WHERE MANY BANDS WERE PLAYING. THERE ARE NOT REDSKINS CREW IN THE CITY, EVEN IF SOME RUDE BOYS WERE USUALLY MEET THEMSELVES AT THE SQUAT “PIAZZA ROMA”.

Did your members play or sing in any another bands or project during those 14 years? (Do you have any other projects or bands ?)
JUST TO BE CLEAR: ERODE CHANGED ITS LINE UP. FROM THE INITIAL LINE UP THERE ARE ONLY ME (FRANCESCO) AND MICHELE. CESARE LEFT THE BAND. ALL THE MATERIAL NAMED “ERODE” HAS BEEN RECORDER WITH THIS LINE UP. AFTER RECORDING “ULRIKE” CESARE LEFT THE BAND, AS I SAID. THE ENTERED IN THE BAND FILIPPO AND ROBI FROM ATARASSIA GRÖP. WE ARE NOW PLAYING WITH
THEM THE OLD SONGS BY ERODE.
ERODE IS LIKE A FACTORY, A OPEN COMBO WHERE EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
IN THE PAST – WHEN WE NOT PLAYING WITH ERODE – WE PLAYED IN OTHER BANDS BUT OUT FROM THE PUNK HC SCENE.

I wish you long live!!! Why did you establish your excellent band again? Do you miss any real proletarian band on this street scene?
MANY THANKS FOR YOUR WISHES. WE SIMPLY THINK THAT THIS IS THE GOOD TIME TO COME BACK PLAYING. WE ARE OLDER, WE ARE CHANGED, WE ARE LESS NERVOUS THAN IN THE PAST, BUT WE ARE ALREADY CLOSE TO OUR POLITIC “DOGMA” AND TO OUR CLASS.

You established ERODE in 1994? Did you have any different/other band before? Why did you choose this name Erode ?
YES, WE WERE PLAYING IN OTHER BANDS BEFORE ERODE. ALL PUNK/HC AND Oi! BANDS.

THE NAME WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT REMINDED AN OLD ANTI-COMMUNIST SLOGAN OF THE ITALIAN CATHOLIC CHURCH: “THE COMMUNISTS EAT CHILDREN”.
ERODE IS OUR VISION OF THE WORLD!

Which bands do you listen to? Only red punk or Oi! bands or any mainstream too ;-) ?
WE LISTEN MUCH MUSIC. WE EVER DID IT. WE LOVE AND WE LOVED DIFFERENT STYLES: STREETPUNK, CALIFORNIAN PUNKROCK, NEW WAVE.

IN ULRIKE YOU CAN FIND MUCH NEW WAVE INFLUENCES!

I listened to your new song ULRIKE! Wau! Are you preparing any other new songs? Will you record new single or CD? ? ?
WE ARE WORKING ON NEW SONGS. WE ACTUALLY DON’T KNOW IF THESE SONGS WILL BECOME A ALBUM OR NOT. BUT BE SURE THAT IN THE NEXT MONTHS YOU WILL LISTEN NEW STUFF!

I think that many people dont know many information about ERODE. It is a little bit mysterious band :-) How many concert did you play? Where (abroad?) and with which bands?
THIS MISTERY AROUND ERODE WAS CAUSED BY OUR SHORT LIFE. WE BORN IN 94 AND DIE IN 96! OUR ALBUM, RELEASED BY GRIDALO FORTE RECRODS, IS DATED 1997.

WE NEVER ANSWERED TO INTERVIEWS (IN TRUTH, THIS IS THE FIRST OF ALL OUR LIFE!!) AND WE NEVER PROMOTED THE BAND, WE NEVER PUBLISHED PICTURES IN THE PAST.

WE DID (IN THOSE 2 YEARS) MORE OR LESS 50 GIGS IN ITALY AND SWITZERLAND. IN THE NEXT MONTHS WE WILL BE IN GERMANY AND SPAIN AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT!

 WE PLAYED WITH MANY MANY ITALIAN BANDS!

How old are you, which job do you have and do you consider yourself as skinheads or punks ? Is the street-scene in Italy strong? Or are you just rather more individualists?
ME (FRANCESCO) AND MICHELE, WE ARE OVER 40. FILIPPO AND ROBI THEY ARE 36. WE DON’T CONSIDER OURSELVES PART OF A SCENE, IN TRUTH WE DON’T FOLLOW ANY STYLE…HOWEVER WE HAVE LOT OF SKINHEADS AND PUNK FRIENDS!

Some apolitical skinhead once told me that Erode is not skinhead band! But I heared Oi! in your songs! And I think you were proud redskinhead band. Am I true?
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN SKINHEADS. I’M AN OLD ULTRAS AND I LOVE THE SKINHEAD STYLE, BUT NOTHING MORE.

With which bands would you like to share the stage? Tell me about your future plans.
WE LOVE PLAY AND WE LOVE ERODE. WE HOPE THAT WE WILL PLAY MORE, MEETING OTHER BANDS AND FUTURE FRIENDS.

You are preparing concert 5.10. in Roma, 6.10. in Bologna..Any other gig in abroad? For example in Germany or Austria ?
WE WILL PLAY ON FEB. 9TH IN BERLIN AND ON MAY 25TH IN MADRID

Do you think that the future will be better for us? I believe in Klassenkampf contra Capitalism.
AS I TOLD BEFORE, WE BELIEVE IN CLASSISM! CAPITALISM WILL KILL ITSELF.

Your old CD and singles are very rare and very expensive!!! Are you proud of it?
OUR FIRST TWO 7’’ WERE PRINTED IN FEW COPIES…THAT’S THE REASON OF THEIR ACTUAL COST. HOWEVER THE ACTUAL RELEASES HAVE PROLETARY COST.

Where could we buy anything from your band (T-shirts, polos, pins, patches) ?
YOU CAN CONTACT US BY FACEBOOK OR AT OUR GIGS!

TAKE CARE, COMRADES!