An interview with Voltron
conducted by Tyrone Shoelaces.

I recently had the chance to sit down and chat with an enigmatic robot
grindcore machine named VOLTRON and try to figure out what makes him tick. Here are the results:


Grindcore: First of all let me just say that it is very good of you to take time out of you're other-worldly schedule to sit down and talk to us.

Voltron: think nothing of it. i exist to serve the forces of good in the universe

Grindcore: And you have chosen grindcore as one vehicle to do good in the universe?

Voltron: yes

Grindcore: Why grindcore?

Voltron: i felt that hardcore was filled with pretentious assholes who played crappy music, and metal was for me, lacking in any significant
intellectual stimulation, the music is great, but the ideas behind it are a tad redundant, much like hardcore. grindcore was the happy medium. It worked for me, so i've stuck with it.

Grindcore: So you're not into the current wave of metalcore that seems to be so prevalent in the scene?

Voltron: no and infact it sickens me

Grindcore: Why?

Voltron: short hair hardcore kids that wouldn't have anything to do with metal 5 years ago and avoided it like the plague, on some false superiority trip suddenly all saying they play "metal" and playing open E mosh parts and discordant chords which of course mean that they're musical geniuses, and having sentence long bad poetry type band names like some huge "oh look we just discovered metal aesthetics" circle jerk over their fresh kicks and dope gear, doing judo on each other in the pit. morons. i hate them. i curse any society that could spawn such scum. i hate them the way i hate robeasts. to me they are below robeasts. they are a gnat on a dogs dick.

Grindcore: How is the scene on planet aeris?

Voltron: it used to be cool but now it sucks, all the places to have shows shut down and most of the god bands have broken up. again it's mostly the hardcore kids, they judo each other and then a fight breaks out inevitably and then the cops come and eventually the space gets shut down and then we have one less place to do shows. and then all the fucking bands around are cookie cutter metalcore bands like leaves falling on dead grass and the shawshank redemption. i don't even play shows anymore. it's not worth it.

Grindcore: So what can we expect from Voltron in the near future?

Voltron: well, right now i'm working on about 20 minutes worth of material for a 3" cd-r that's coming out on blastbeast records, which is jay randall from agoraphobic nosebleed's label and apparently then it's also coming out on 12" vinyl which i'm very psyched for, and i'm trying to hook up a split 7" with somebody which i have already recorded and ready to go, then i'm going to work on a full length cd. i'm supposed to do a split with pantalones abajo mareinero too but i have no idea when that's going to happen.

Grindcore: What was the worst show you ever played?

Voltron: all of them have been abysmally bad but the time i played with atom and his package was probably the worst. i had emo kids mimmicking my vocals right in front of me while i played making fun of me, like they couldn't even wait till i was done to make fun of me, or even go in the back. i think that's the show that made me decide to never play live again and to only record stuff and then the people that want to hear this stuff can.

Grindcore: Well thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us, any final comments?

Voltron: no.




+++This concludes our interview with Voltron (