PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on printed graphics from "Just a Nightmare" punk fanzine, featuring a Q&A with Jonna (from band's DISMACHINE, DISKONTO, APARAT, BOMBARDMENT, etc...), from J.A.N. zine #36, published February 2024.
Q (J.A.N.): "This same year of 1995 DISMACHINE will release the great split LP with TOTALITÄR. Both bands recorded at the same place and at the same time? Can you tell us more about how the recording process was this time? Was it done fast or was it a slow run? How much time did it took till it’s all done?
A (JONNA): "Right at the start Jutte explained to us why these early D-beat bands from the ‘80s are so good. It's not just that they were first that makes them legendary even today. Studio time was so expensive back then, so these bands couldn't afford retakes. Instead they rehearsed. A lot! It doesn't matter how basic and easy a song is, play it 100 times before recording anyway. Cutting and piecing together and using technology to fix mistakes might work for ABBA, but we are punk. Perfection is not a goal, energy and emotion is. I loved this idea right away. I never liked recording, but I love playing live. I would say that out of everything I have ever recorded, 90% was first take. I mean, if I dropped a drum stick I would quit but it takes a lot to make me not finish a song. Once a dude got up on stage and moved all my drums away, including the stool. I had to like push the snare with me as he started dragging the bass drum away and I had to follow. It was with DISKONTO and it was a long-ass song too, like over two minutes! The second the song was over I just threw the sticks away, chased him and drop kicked him in the chest. I'm not violent and I just thought it was fun. The kick wasn't hard, it was all antics, like American Wrestling. But as I ran back to the stage, PeGe, the bass player, elbowed the dude right in the chin. He went down and lay there knocked out for the rest of the set. Back to the question. Me and Marsta were so stoked we were splitting with TOTALITÄR, and then we had a Finland tour together too. Being on the same level as your big idols is a big thing at that age, and that's the beauty of punk I guess. I mean, KISS has a billion fans, but how many of them gets to tour with KISS?"
