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Hans: Hey Guys!
Meatknife: Hey (Moin)
Hans: This is "Hans Heavy Metal Corner" in
Hans: Krüger's Merchandise and Fanwear
Hans: Shop...in Emden
Hans: And I have come here to
Hans: Interview the guys from "Meatknife".
Hans: for a very good reason
Hans: Because after 25 years
Hans: They have decided to end the band
Hans:..to do other things
Hans: sooo...Martin..
Hans: how...
Hans: how do you remember the last 25 years uhm...
Hans: What did you....
Hans: yeah..how do you remember the last 25 years.
Martin: uhm, everything started with a little
Martin: Demo....
Martin: 3 to 4 songs that we had recorded in my parents allotmen.
Martin: At the time it was Ralph, Tommy and me
Martin: ...uhm, someday
Martin: We just said "hey we should send that stuff to a label".
Martin: So we did ..that lead to our contract with
Martin: Noise variations.
Martin: and uhm...
Martin:They made us an offer to record
Martin: Our first album and so...
Martin:Bloodblister was born
Martin: and everything started rolling
Martin: we started playing shows
Marin: and ...uhm..
Marin: We started making a name for ourselves in the scene
Martin: It all went bigger and better
Martin: So it was only a matter of time
Martin: before we started recording our second LP (Brutalized Blowjob)
Hans: So , what did change in the last
Hans: 25 years ?
Martin: so when I met
Martin: Kevin ... uhm..
Martin: Our sound changed a lot
Martin: Which is totally what we wanted to do
Martin: We wanted to define our sound
Martin: and for that we needed fresh blood
Martin: which we found with him
Martin: And so ..
Martin: in 2015
Martin: we started writing and in 2016
Martin: we released "Pimple With Pus"
Martin: so we wanted
Martin: a new sound on this album
Martin: and Kevin has
Martin: done a great job with it
Martin: and we wanted to include some masks for the shows
Martin: but at this time we did not know what kind of masks we would use
Martin: and .. uhm .. someday
Martin: I had the idea for clowns
Martin: They should look a bit evil
Martin: and so this idea was born
Martin: so yeah..
Kevin: you got the idea from the opening sequence of the dark knight movie right ?
Martin: yeah right
Hans: And so , Kevin how...
Hans: did you bring yourself in
Hans: Through the last couple of years
Hans: did you do the songwriting or
Hans: or did martin write the songs?
Kevin: So martin and I..
Kevin: we work togehter really closely
Kevin: most of the time we
Kevin: lock ourselves in our home studios
Kevin: and record songs until
Kevin: we are happy with something
Kevin: at least for the last to records
Kevin: "Junky Town" and "Pimple With Pus" we did it this way
Krüger: Yeah and then I have to play whatever mad stuff they wrote :D
Kevin: we have a lot frustration when we practice :D
Hans: So I saw that on December 1st
Hans: that you uploaded the first piece of a 24 piece puzzle
Hans: on your facebook page
Hans: some kind of "meatknife puzzle"
Hans: what does that mean
Hans: What can we look forward to?
 
Martin:  We will
Martin: play our last shows in january
Martin: and for us it was very important that we
Martin: release one last record
Martin: uhm..
Kevin: at first it was important to me :D I had to convince you
Martin: yeah, originally I wanted a best of
Martin: with all the old stuff
Martin: But it turned out pretty damn difficult to do
Martin: because the quality is just not the best and it is hard to recreate that stuff
Martin: so we only did our most well known songs
Martin: "Double Please Dong" and...Can I say this?:D
Kevin: "Bobby Fletcher"
Martin: this two songs will be re-recorded
Martin: but we really can't say more at this point
Martin: but kevin can tell us about the new album I think
Kevin: So in 2017 when...
Kevin: we toured in the czech rep.
Kevin: and played Obcene Extreme
Kevin: Our former guitarist Tob and I had the idea for
Kevin: to take the idea of a concept album like Junky Town
Kevin: with the city that is infected with addicts and violence
Kevin: a bit further and
Kevin: we wanted to go to space
Kevin: with that group of crazy clowns
Kevin: A space concept.
Kevin: we wanted to record in 2018
Kevin: but that did not work
Kevin: because we had a hard time keeping
Kevin: Meatknife together
Kevin: because of all the Line up changes
Kevin: so we put that on hold at the time
Kevin: But when we all came together to prepare for the last shows
Kevin: At least the core members Jesus, Krüger, Matze and I
Kevin: I just thought we
Kevin: have to do this
Kevin: Because the concept that we had was super cool
Kevin: so I send Martin two demos
Kevin: and he went like "yeah this is cool but"
Kevin: but when I send him the 3rd demo he said "yeah you are right we have to do this"
Hans: So the cover art is amazing
Hans: so who..
Hans: did this and who had the idea?
Krüger: I have nothing to do with penises
Hans: so you have none? :D
Kevin: He just admitted it:D
 
Kevin: so the cover was drawn by SidDjimbe
Kevin: He also did "Junky Town" and "Pimple With Pus"
Martin: yeah he did Pimple too
Kevin: So he did the last two albums
Kevin: and I also had this idea back in 2017
Kevin: it is basically the original Poster from "the empire strikes back"
Kevin: With our faces and and designed to look like a Meatknife cover
Hans: So what is the concept?
Hans: is it all spacy?
Kevin:absolutely
Kevin: The album contains 16 tracks
Kevin: and three bonus tracks.
Kevin: which I can't talk about now
Kevin: but from song one until song 16 it tells one big story
Hans: will you guys tour with this record?
Martin: no , we'll play our las three shows in january
Martin: on the 3rd 4th and 5th of january
Martin: and uhm..
Martin after that we're done
What are the reasons for ending Meatknife?
 
Krüger: Matze is old!
Kevin: I think everyone has their own reasons
Kevin: I think it became very stressful
Kevin: after all that Line Up changes to keep the group togehter
Kevin: sometimes we only could only do one practice before a show
Kevin: so for me and Krüger it was like
Kevin: it is either really good or really bad tonight
Kevin: so it became really stressful
Martin: Yeah exactly
Martin: we were allways like a family
Martin: From day one
Martin:  everybody was embraced like a brother
Martin: I won't and I cant
Martin: say anything bad about them
Martin: everybody did their job
Martin: I am very thankful for that
Martin: but it really went to stressful
Martin: and when Krüger told me
Martin: he will be running a shop soon
Martin: uhm..
Martin: I thought .. okay..
Martin: Our former guitarist Szymon runs his label
Martin: so you know in january we are
Martin: 25 years in the business
Martin: we cut it right here
Martin: I can spend more time with my wife
Martin: we got a new camper and we want to see more from the world
Martin: and I think 25 years is a good time to end it
Martin: uhm...
Martin: we will play three awesome shows
Martin: we had our farewell show in emden
Martin: which was great
Martin: so yeah..
Krüger: yeah man and I have all those kids you know :D
Krüger: so I can't be touring constantly
Krüger: and just like those guys said, it got really really hard to keep the group together
Krüger: we had so fucking many line up changes
Krüger: so everytime we had fine group together .. something went bad
Krüger: in the end matze and I are the ones who stayed from beginning to end and at times it was really exhausting
Matze: You know I allways said,
when we play live I want to go far away from here
Martin: so that we only play one show in our hometwon
Martin: everything else was as far away as we could possibly get
Martin: at our best
we played
about 100 to 150 shows a year
Martin: so basically every weekend we were touring
Krüger: we played almost every festival we wanted to play
Krüger: we played Mexico
Martin: I would have loved to play the Partisan Festival
Martin: I tried everything you fuckers :D
Martin: but it shouldn't be
Martin: and even if they'd ask me now I would say no
Krüger: there is his pride :D
Martin: it would have been a hightlight for me personally to play partisan , I would have even paid for it :D
Martin: but fuck it :D we played in mexico and it was amazing
Kevin: we played obscene extreme wich was amazing
Martin: yeah it was breathtaking , "fuck the commerce" too
Martin: those shows were amazing
Hans: How do eastfrisians get to mexico
Kevin: by plane?
Martin: so you know I have a lot of contacts in the world
Japan,mexico... and uhm
Martin: even to australia
everytime I post a picture of a fan from another country on facebook , people contact me and say " come on man that can't be real"
Martin: "you are making that up"
but it is real , lately someone from columbia send me a picture wearing a Meatknife shirt
Martin: it's amazing
Hans: so in the scene you are kind of a big number right?
Kevin:  I'd say we have seen a lot and we have a lot of loyal fans
Martin: yeah
Krüger : especially in the eastern regions , the slam bitches for example
Martin: so the slam bitches are the fans
Martin: of the first hour
Martin: when we played our first show
Martin: around 2000
Martin: in braunschweig
Martin: in the B58 I think and after that
Martin: we played in gosslar
Martin: where we met the slam bitches
Martin: so they were really there since the beginning
Martin: they are a group of
Martin: 10-12 people
Martin: and we love them
Martin: and ehm
Martin: they are still with us
Martin: no matter where we play
Martin: when they know we play somewhere
Martin: they are willing to drive a few hours to see us
Martin: and that is really awesome
Hans: I know though my
Hans: work or hobby
Hans: some of you guys will continue
Hans: to make music
Hans: right?
Krüger: yeah I got a punk rock band called "Last Exit Down"
Krüger: Hey Sascha :D
Krüger: but we only play shows in our hometown area
Kevin: I have another thing about meatknife
Kevin: we released a christmas song this year
Kevin: on december 26th
Kevin: and we want to do that as a yearly tradition from now on
Kevin: so our fans get at least one new Meatknife song every year
Martin: yeah... I will be a lot more laid back
Martin: I want to spend a lot of time with my wife
Martin: and I also have a project with Mike
Martin: the project is called Duramater
Martin: we will be on tour with the Kelly Family :D
Martin: feel free to check it out
Martin: it is a bit more oldschool
Martin: like the old Meatknife stuff
Martin: but it is more of a hobby
Martin: we will play some shows
Martin: but not as active as Meatknife was
Hans: Sooo.. I'd say lets get to the end
Hans: do you have any final words for
Hans: your fans that you want to tell them
Martin: uhm, so I have to say
Martin: I'm extremely thankful
Martin: to everyone who followed us
Martin: it was awesome
Martin: to see
Martin: how the Meatknife family has grown
Martin: Thank you
Martin: and STAY GRIND
Krüger: Yeah it was amazing I had lots of fun and
Krüger: I'm gonna miss you a lot
Kevin: yeah me too
Kevin: and you gotta check out his shop :D
Kevin: he has lots of cool stuff
Krüger: there is a little bit for everybody :D Mix your style by Krüger :D
Hans: Große Straße 25
Hans: in emden
Hans: yeah, soo..
Hans: with that I'd like to conclude this interview
All: Thanks
Hans: I'm gonna follow your future
Hans: activities, no matter what direction you guys will take
 
Hans: and...I'd say
Hans: we'll see us soon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
