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1SBH
interview for QRD April 1995
interview conducted by mail. 1SBH is a
post punk german independent band with links to Cure & Joy Division,
but also to Motorhead.... don't ask me about their names & answers.
1SBH – this interview was done on april 15th in a little pub in hamburg. the questions were answered by the members of 1SBH, billy breachbone (M.H.) & mr. slickstick (M.S.), & their long time companions S.G. & N.K. all answers were written without additives or preservatives of any kind. (we use no artificial colouring!) QRD – some of your songs seem to be completely different musical styles, what musical categories do you think you have been or could be placed in? S.G. – gothic pop. M.H. – we don’t compose by ourselves. we only transform disney soundtracks into another style. M.S. – we belong to the category of bands that don’t like to be placed in categories. QRD – why do you have english lyrics instead of german? N.K. – because if we wrote in german you wouldn’t understand a simple bloody word of it, would you? M.S. – english simply sounds better. in my opinion english is the better language to be sung, german to be spoken. QRD – where/how did you learn english? S.G. – kindergarten. M.H. – we learned english from japanese cartoons which have been shown in brazil. QRD – what are your biggest influences musically? S.G. – sisters of cure. N.K. – my mother. M.S. – good old pop music of the early eighties. (Ultravox or Heaven 17 for example) QRD – what kind of toothpaste do you think tastes best? N.K. – spam. M.H. – I always eat sand. that’s the best taste & the best cleaning. QRD – are all your items self-released? what label if any would you like to work with? M.S. – all our items are self-released. everything is written, arranged, & produced by 1SBH. the cover art of our tapes & the distribution is done by us as well. I contacted hundreds of labels, most of them were not even able to send me an answer. therefore I assume they would not be able to work with a band like us. QRD – what countries are you popular/available in? S.G. – northern hemisphere. M.S. – germany, of course. our products are available from ourselves & a few german tape labels. beton tapes or maljugin musik for example. QRD – do you ever play live? how many people are on stage? S.G. – yes, two. M.S. – we sometimes play live. we would like to play more often, but there are too many shows & little audience in hamburg to make it profitable. moreover we do not have the money to take a trip around the world & promote 1SBH. (though we’d like to, for sure.) QRD – what does 1SBH mean or signify? S.G. – Stefan’s idea. N.K. – one shits beyond horizon. M.S. – I like these people wondering about the name. for that reason we won’t tell you what it really means. but it was Stefan’s idea. QRD – if you were a cold medicine, what kind would you be? N.K. – when shall we three meet again, in thunder, in lightning, or in rain? M.H. – two fingers in the throat. Uhura – oh, oh, mr sulu, my tits are exploding....
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