Arm The Pit - Kollapse

ATP

For the record, who's answering the interview, what is your band's name? How did you come up with that name?

KOLLAPSE

I'm Thomas, bass player of kollapse. The name kollapse came from the band Breach from Sweden which we love. And it describes our socio economic and cultural climate in the western world quite well.

ATP

So who's in the band and what's everyone's life story in 100 words more or less?

KOLLAPSE

Troels, Peter and myself. We are friends and music fans.

ATP

In a nutshell, please describe your sound.

KOLLAPSE

Intense, sometimes angry, honest, fast, slow, loud.

ATP

Why did you each of you start playing music and was there a turning point from becoming the dream child that every mother and father hopes their child will become before discovering music? Why did music become a career choice for you?

KOLLAPSE

This is not a career. The three of us have always been into emoting through music with various bands. What we have in common is passion for d.i.y and outsider music. Our parents support us fine. We are all well into our twentys and thirties so we really don't think about this too much.

ATP

What instruments do you each play? How did you learn to play, self-taught or school?

KOLLAPSE

Troels: singer and guitarist. Peter: drums. Thomas: bass and vocals. We are all self taught - as I said, we grew up playing punk rock or heavy music, so it is basically a case of learning as you go along. Which is often the best way of learning anything anyway. It's okay to do it "wrong".

ATP

What bands have influenced each of you?

KOLLAPSE

I can only answer for myself here, but bands like the Unsane, His Hero is Gone, Neurosis. But i get inspired from alot of things: people, art, bad times and good times. We all have fairly broad musical tastes I think. I love the ethos of free jazz where it seems like anything goes and it is more about a certain feeling and an emotional statement, as opposed to a big emphasis on technique.

ATP

What makes your band unique?

KOLLAPSE

I guess we do our own thing.

ATP

Do you write your own music? If not, who writes the music?

KOLLAPSE

Yea...we do.

ATP

What inspires the songs you write?

KOLLAPSE

Life, love, death, hate, discontent. Feeling out of place. Things ending. Your basic fare haha.

ATP

How long does it take you to write a song that�s ready to record?

KOLLAPSE

It depends, we are fairly fast when we get to it. It depends on how much we rehearse, if we have an album coming out, gigs and so on. We have just written a new song for a release, it took us about two or three days.

ATP

How would you describe your local music scene? Likes, Dislikes. What would you change?

KOLLAPSE

Our local scene is pretty weak when it comes to heavy/punk/noise...we have about a handful of bands that are any good.

ATP

What is your favorite local venue? Why?

KOLLAPSE

1000 fryd...no doubt. They have a good stage and a good sound. Every band should go there if they want to tour.

ATP

What's the biggest problem you find when working with other bands, booking agents, promoters and venues when settting up a show or a tour?

KOLLAPSE

We have a good support system because of Troels who has played all over Europe. No complaints from us.

ATP

How experienced are you on the stage, a virgin or whore?

KOLLAPSE

We have played quite alot of shows in a short time, but we are definitely not veterans by a long shot.