Nine Days Wonder

1. OK here we go, introduce the band please.

Well, we are The Nine Days' Wonder Collective, just another hardcore outfit, featuring Danny on guitar, Sven on drums, Koen on bass guitar and Klaas on vocals. Koen quitted school recently and is working now as a production worker. He is 20 years old and lives in Zonhoven. He has played in Sit-Down Strike, Gargoyle, Corpsegrinder and Point Of View. Sven is now going back to school (occupational therapy) and is living on his own in Hasselt. He is 22 years old and used to play in Cast-Down and Anger Inside. Besides hardcore, he listens to a lot of different stuff, such as drum 'n' bass…. Danny is 24 years old, is married now since march 2001 and lives in Hasselt. He works as an employee in a university. He is totally into eighties new wave stuff like Depeche Mode, Sisters Of Mercy, and besides Nine Days' Wonder he also has a new wave project called Klangbild. Klaas is 19 years old and just started his studies as a "management-assistant" at the same university Danny works. He used to be in a band called Season and he did Force Of Words magazine together with Danny for three issues, but they both stopped doing it as we started this band. The four of us are from the Limburg area, and that's pretty much all I can say without already answering the next questions I guess…

2. Give us a little history of the band (former members).

Nine Days' Wonder started out in 1999 with Tim Rollé & Danny on guitar, Sven on drums, Koen Rollé on bass and me on vocals. After a few months Koen and Tim quitted. The three remaining members wanted to go on as a four piece and we searched for a new bassplayer. We found one in Dimitri, who also sings in Sit-Down Strike. Koen Swerts, who also played in SDS, came along with Dimi to some rehearsals and asked to play second guitar, something we were very happy about as Koen is a great guitarplayer and an even greater person. After six months Dimi decided to concentrate on SDS and quitted playing bass. Koen then started playing the bass, and again we decided to go on as a four-piece. Dimitri is still in Sit-Down Strike now, but Koen quitted playing guitar in SDS. We recorded our demo a while ago, and Dimitri came to do the backing vocals which was great. (he's the one with the zombie-growl!).

3. Dimitri (former bassplayer) has left 9DW, what has been the reason?

As I mentioned before Dimitri wanted to concentrate on singing in Sit-Down Strike and the kind of music we played was not really what he wanted to play.

4. Will Koen (former second guitar but now handling the 4 strings) keep on playing the bass or is this temporary?

It certainly isn't temporary, Koen will keep on playing bass: he enjoys playing bass, and as he is actually a guitarist he plays the bass very well. We're not looking for a second guitar player at all, but we always said that if the right person would happen to cross our path… You never know…

5. Can you give a small description of the style you play?

Klaas: Well, maybe "metallic new school mosh hardcore with influences of noisy emocore and old school" might fit? We have also been described as "limburgpoliticalemomoshpunknewschoolmetalhardcore", yeah, this can't go wrong huh? I'd say buy our demo and judge for yourself… Danny: We have very different influences (as we all listen to different styles), but I think it's safe to say that a huge part of our music has been influenced by newschool bands like Spirit of youth, Kindred and Morning Again. Some guy said that we play metalcore, but with the intensity of emo. I kinda like that description, although I don't consider us as a metalcore band. Metal is just one of many elements that completes our sound. We also use a lot of backing vocals on certain parts, to add some 'oldschool' feel to it.

6. What's the meaning behind 9dw?Give your opinion on "passion dominates reason" in the connection with politics and the fact that by the emo-cracy (former democracy) in today's politics, the clear reason is more often pushed away for blind passion?

Klaas: I'm not sure if you mean the meaning of the bandname or the intentions of the band, but I'll assume you mean the bandname and explain it anyway: a "nine days' wonder" is an English expression for a passing phase, something that doesn't last, something that changes. Changes are necessary and very important in this society. Changes on a political level, a social level and also on a personal level. Nothing should last forever, and as a matter of fact: nothing lasts forever. Opinions change, thought patterns change, people change, the influences of these people (on other people or on politics) change, politics change and the way of dealing with politics changes. That is pretty much what happened with democracy in Belgium: it slowly changed. More and more politicians dared to show their emotions and weren't afraid to be "humans" anymore: people with feelings and emotions, instead of untouchable rulers in their ivory tower. We all know the example of Bert Anciaux who cried (maybe a bit too) often en plein publique, but also the "older" politicians are now showing themselves as emotional humans: Wilfried Martens, who has been our untouchable and strong prime minister for several years, admitted in a recent TV-interview that he cried, a very long time ago, at an important top-meeting because his son was dangerously hurt in an accident. It was kept silent because crying, and outing emotions in general, were simply "not done" back then. But now he can talk about it in public because it is accepted. Maybe it is even encouraged when looking at the amount of votes Anciaux got the last elections…

In a very recent test (the results were published yesterday) politicians were proven to be the group of populations with the most emotional intelligence (EQ) of all groups. In the United States this so-called emo-cracy goes a couple of years further back in time. Bill Clinton cried when apologizing for his little affair with Monica and he was forgiven by the American public. Another good example: in the running up time to the elections of the new president, you would see that when Al Gore kissed his wife in public for the first time, his popularity rates would much increase. And few people know it, but former president Clinton was even assisted by EQ-coaches during his elections and during his term of service. The only European politician of whom is known (not a lot of people know it though…) that he is trained (yes really trained!) by the EQ-coaches of Clinton is Jörg Haider, the right wing politician of Austria… Personally I think this change from democracy to emo-cracy is a very good thing: politicians need a lot of emotional intelligence to practice their job right. But it seems that "emo-cracy" is getting to be the next fancy term in politics, and that "passion will really dominate reason" as you state in your question, maybe not for the politicians themselves, but for a big part of the voting public. Take Bert Anciaux for example: with his "teddy bear-image" he got a lot of votes during the last elections… Passion shouldn't dominate reason, both should go hand in hand. Passions can (and maybe should) influence reason, but reason should remain reasonable if you know what I mean. I don't know if people are still interested in reading books, but I happen to be and if you want to learn more about emo-cracy and emotional intelligence you should really read "emotional intelligence" and "emotional intelligence in practice", both by Daniel Goleman (a Dutch translation is available), and "zeven lessen in emotionele intelligentie" by Patrick Merlevede (it is in Dutch, I don't know if it is already translated in any other language).

7. You want to bring passion and politics in your music.But don't you think that's a bit contradictive?

Klaas: No, I don't think so. As far as I'm concerned passion and politics are not opposites, are they? Very often the urge to commit oneself to politics comes forth from one's passions and beliefs. For me personally, my passions are the source and motivations for my actions, but I act with reason. Or at least I try to. Always. Every man without passions has no principle of action, nor motive to act. Every man without reason is a plain loser. Sometimes I am. Sometimes we all are… Danny: At first sight passion & politics may seem like a contradiction. But people should start to forget the cliché that politics is something for people in expensive 3-piece suits exclusively. To me, anyone who makes a meaningful positive change for him/herself and for others, is in one way or another busy with politics.

8. Are there any toy-collectors in the band? (I asked this because I'm a big fan of Star Wars and masters of the universe)?

Klaas: Nobody in the band collects toys, I'm sorry to disappoint you if you wanted to trade or something… I used to collect everything of Elvis when I was a kid. I was a pretty big fan yeah! Concerning Star Wars: it's probably a shame but I have never seen a SW movie until last week… Yeah I know I should be ashamed I had never seen one before, but I really liked it and I bought the SW Trilogy video box a couple of days ago, so I guess I'm a cool hardcore kid now?

Danny: I don't care about Star Wars-toys and other similar stuff, but I'm a BIG collector of 80's new wave records, in particular of the band Depeche Mode. I collect everything (I repeat: e v e r y t h i n g !) that I can find concerning these guys. If anyone reading this has got some stuff, let me know!

9. You have made a little booklet with all kinds of info around 9DW and the lyrics, are the lyrics important to 9DW?

Klaas: Well the lyrics are very important for the band, especially for me of course as I write them. I always liked expressing myself on paper, I'm rather a writer than a talker. I put a lot of time and effort in my lyrics, and I think one day I might get to a point where I can be completely satisfied with the lyrics I write… We want our lyrics to make sense. They don't always have to deal with politics, but I want them to bring up questions, to make you wonder and think. Being critical is a necessary skill for survival in a world like this, where the government, the media and basically everybody tries to keep you silent and satisfied, bathing in luxury and decadence.

Danny: To be completely honest : our lyrics often mean much more to me than the music in itself. When we started with 9DW, we all mutually agreed that we wanted to play in a real hardcore-band. Not just another stupid 'hard music'-outfit focusing on an aggressive image or whatever, but a band with sincere lyrics and a positive vibe. So, to answer your question: yep, the lyrics are very important to us!

10. The cover of that booklet is an old playboy cover (very funny anyway), I think it's strange that you have chosen for such a cover, knowing that you're the guys who wrote articles against porn-industry (although it isn't porn but hey)?

Klaas: Well, in fact the column Danny wrote for Force Of Words issue 3 rather dealt with extreme pornography, like rape-movies and such…. That cover is taken from the June 1966 (!) issue of Playboy, we just thought it was funny. It's not a pornographic or not even an erotic picture, unless you get excited about a naked shoulder of course…

Danny: We chose that picture just because it's way cooler to put a lovely lady from the golden 60's on our cover, instead of some wannabe "evil" drawing with demons, pentagrams and inverted crosses, like certain other bands do! About my writing "Sex & Violence?!" : it was not against pornography (I have no problems with some hot action hehe), but it dealt with the fact that certain sorts of extreme SM-porn are really disturbing and sick. For example, I think it's frightening that some people seem to get excited by looking at videos in which women are getting supposedly beaten-up or strangled while having sex. Pfffffoooeee!!! Hey, I have respect for everyone's kinky fantasies (each one of us has some not-so-PC wishes, admit it!), but certain things just go too far!

11. You haven't released a demo (they did by the time this interview went on the net - Judge), but you brought out a video from a live-show in Hasselt. Who came up with the (very original) idea and why? Are you satisfied with the recordings of this video?

Klaas: Let me first clear things up a little bit: we didn't release a video at all. At one of our shows a colleague of Danny came to see us and he filmed the show. He made five copies of the video-recordings and gave them to us. Besides the bandmembers, you are the only one who has a copy of that video, because Koen gave you one… We are not satisfied with the recordings, but that doesn't matter since it's not a release. Releasing a video would be way too expensive anyway…

Danny: the recordings of that video aren't that great, but however it's a nice souvenir for us personally. If we want to have a good laugh, we put on that tape! And like Klaas mentioned above: besides the 9dw bandmembers you are the ONLY one owning a copy of that video, dude!!! (talking about a collectors item, heheh!)

12. What's the explanation behind the new song "development-aid" (it's on the live video)?

Klaas: the song is called "threshold" and here is the explanation of its lyrics: the development-aid the Western World is practicing suffices just as a sop to her conscience, and is meant to prevent economic fugitives from Third World countries to flee to our regions. This is mere self-preservation, instead of two nations that are truly willing to develop and progress, while valueing each others cultural and social individuality. The title "threshold" refers to the border, the gap between the Western World and the Third World, between rich and poor in this context. The gap the Western World tries to maintain… A much longer and way more in-depth column will be available on our website when it will be put online. But that'll take a while, so write or mail me if you want the full explanation.

13. Is Straight Edge an important issue in the band?

Klaas: Although three out of four members are Straight Edge, it isn't an important issue for the band. It is for certain persons in the band, but for Nine Days' Wonder as a collective it isn't… We don't write lyrics about it and we don't preach about it on stage. For me personally however, the Straight Edge lifestyle is quite a big deal. I don't care that the trend faded away, I don't care about who lost The Edge or who found it back again… Straight Edge is what I am for myself, this lifestyle opened a lot of opportunities for me. It taught me how to keep that already damn enough troubled head of mine clear. It taught me what revolution really means as well as what it could mean. It gave me insights in rebellion and how to handle it. We're still living in this fucked up society, where looks means more than truth and where respect is based on propriety. I personally believe in an inner revolution. My strategy is to infiltrate and spread like cancer: affecting as many traditional thought-patterns as possible, tearing them down and maybe even replacing them by new, critical, open-minded ones. For me personally Straight Edge is a major part of this!

Danny: SxE is not important for the band as a whole, but for certain members like me it is. I think it's a great concept and I'm proud that I'm completely drug-free.

14. What do you think about the whole Straight Edge drop out of the last years?

Klaas: Fucking great! We need a purification of The Edge, it's time to get rid of the fake-ass posers, hell yeah: a fucking Straight Edge jihad! No seriously, I just don't see myself in a position to judge about that. As I said before: opinions change, people change, lifestyles change… I don't care. People that drop out, jump back on the bandwagon and drop out again only make fools of themselves…

Danny: Klaas is 100% right on this one; people change, opinions change, etc…. That's a fact of life. We don't have the right to judge so-called 'drop-outs'. As long as their decisions are honest, I will respect whatever they do. But dear drop-outs: just don't badmouth the edge afterwards!!!

15. As being a Straight Edge kid, what about the legalization of cannabis?

Klaas: Maybe it would be a good thing, maybe not. I won't judge whether cannabis is healthy or not, whether it is addictive or not, for I never intensively used it… I don't give a shit about it. I just think there are more important political decisions to be made than that. People will always get their stuff, no matter whether it is illegal or not… But the government is certainly going to legalize soft drugs! Recent studies pointed out that the legalizing of cannabis would gain the government more than 8 milliard Belgian Francs each year, and we all know they're in for the cash…

Danny: I'm totally against the legalization of it. I terribly regret having voted for Agalev last year, they do such incredibly irresponsible things! No further comment.

16. What's up with Force of Words Magazine (made by Klaas and Danny), why did you stop doing it?

Do you agree with me if I say that the efforts of zine-editors are unappreciated? Klaas: Danny and I stopped doing the magazine because of a lack of time, motivation and inspiration. On the cover of Force Of Words you could read: "just another zine". FOW was nothing special, nothing we were planning to do forever… It faded away as we started doing this band. I wouldn't say zines are not appreciated, but the process of making and publishing of a zine is pretty slow and you don't get a direct reaction from your readers. Playing in a band gets you direct response and interaction from your public. However, our website will contain a column/words section in which we still can write down whatever we want…

Danny: Thumbs up to all people who are still making zines, they deserve support. It's a lot of work and indeed, very often the efforts aren't rewarding, because of a lack of feedback from other people.

17. Do you still agree with the things you wrote in Force Of Words Magazine?

Klaas: I was about thirteen/fourteen years old when I made the first issue, so I think it is quite logical I don't agree with every detail or opinion that appeared in FOW during the years, but in general I still pretty much have the same opinions, maybe only more motivated and less black/white…

Danny: Same opinion here….

18. In "Betrayal of history" you attack the right wing extremists who deny the holocaust. What about the "Vlaams Blok" who has many 'eligible' members, who also deny this holocaust?

Klaas: A lot of members of Vlaams Blok write and proclaim these reprehensible ideas, it makes me sick that people even dare to consider these disgusting theories, and it makes me sick that these people dare to proclaim these ideas. This is just a sign of plain fucking stupidity!

Danny: And the worst part concerning this matter, is the reason why such assholes deny the holocaust : they just want to minimalize the cruelty of the Nazi's, to make their ideology more acceptable! A right-wing regime without violence seems pretty appealing to many people, huh?

19. What are the most legendary shows you played on (also with former bands)? And what was the most legendary show you visited?

Klaas: For me personally the greatest show we ever played was the XkombatX CD-release party. Not only did we get to play with great bands such as Reaching Forward and For A Few $$$ More, I also loved playing with our friends in Chimaera and ofcourse Kombat! Even though I had caught a cold the day before and we weren't really tight that day, I think we got some good response from the crowd! It was great to see people singing along every word of the lyrics, lyrics that I wrote in my goddamn bedroom. I really loved that, my lyrics mean a lot to me and it felt great that people not only had read them, but also knew them by heart!! We got a lot of good reactions afterwards and sold quite a lot of demotapes… Most legendary show I visited was "The Kids Play The Classics part 2" where Reveal played a set as Kindred. That was a great show as we went there with the four of us, making a lot of fun and doing crazy shit while driving to Kontich. We would go to the supermarket and buy confetti and stuff. First XkombatX played as early Earth Crisis, which was great as they were dressed like Earth Crisis with camouflage-pants and oldschool sweaters and their singer Peter was constantly telling everybody to "stay vegan kids"! They definitely didn't get the response they deserved but I thought it was great anyway! Then Reveal's set was superb as the Kindred guys were up front too and Eric even sang one song. Everybody was throwing confetti around and it was just like one big mosh singalong party! It was great because the last time I witnessed such a positive atmosphere was on the last Kindred show…

Danny: hell yeah, that "Reveal-plays-Kindred" show was soooooo awesome! I had a really good time, I hadn't felt such a vibe of positivity and friendship in years! Besides that, in october of last year I saw my all time favourite band Depeche Mode, and that was the most impressing concert I've ever seen in my whole life!!! Concerning 9DW-gigs: in my eyes our best show was the XkombatX CD-release party. Great atmosphere, people singing along and moshing, etc….

20. What do you think about the mostly stupid "I'm just gonna stand here, listen and won't move" attitude, most of the kids have on shows today? Where are those incredible cool moshpits and stuff? I also think it would be cool to crown the biggest fashionking at every show.

Klaas: I'd say it's quite okay, why not? I personally don't feel the need to prove myself in the pit at every show, I can pretty much just stand there, watching, listening and enjoying the passion and dedication of the people on stage…

Danny: As a band we strongly support moshing, stagediving and other stuff at our gigs, but we think that it should definitely stay FUN for everyone. If someone just wants to listen to the music, standing there with in one hand a drink and the other arm wrapped around his/her girl/boyfriend, why not? I don't see any problem with that; it doesn't necessarily mean that this person is not interested or something. I, personally, really enjoy moshing but unfortunately there aren't many bands around anymore that can get me moving. Where are the good old times of Kindred, Strike, Spirit of youth,…??????

21. Why do you always play "disembodied" from the almighty Kindred (R.I.P.)?

Klaas: All right, here goes my Kindred-story: I remember being thirteen years old when Sven and I went to a show where this anarchopunkband Counter-Attack played, whose singer lived in my street. Also on the bill that night was this straight edge band called Kindred. I must say I was quite skeptical towards them because the few straight edge kids (five kids from Moshmechelen who later on would get called the FSU Crew) were yelling "exploited barmy army" and stuff during Counter-Attack's set. But then these young guys of Kindred got on stage, barely soundchecked and kicked off what would become the most energetic, intense and rocking set I had ever experienced. (in fact the first song was "follower", a great song but it never got released). They even had something to say, as they were explaining the lyrics between the songs and they were constantly communicating with the crowd (even if barely fifteen people were interested and watching the show). Later on I would interview Kindred for Force Of Words and I would get to know them as nice, humorous and intelligent people. That night Kindred played for 15 people, later on I would see them play for 50 people and at their farewell show there would be 500 people… Being the pioneers of Limburg hardcore, Kindred always meant a lot to me, I always supported them and never gave a fuck when they weren't a straight edge band anymore. Being straight edge or not is irrelevant: ten thousand straight edge embroidered crewneck sweaters are not going to change a thing; what really matters is being critical. And discovering Kindred was one of the first steps towards being critical for me (and for others probably too), since knowledge really is a dangerous weapon…

Danny: Kindred was one of the best Belgian bands ever, without any doubt. I still get the same feeling when I listen to their stuff.

22. Do you think there's an explanation for all these animal diseases (BSE, plagues, foot and mouth diseases…) these days?

Klaas: There certainly is an explanation and it's pretty simple: mankind's plain fucking arrogance…

23. I'm no vegan, neither a veggie, but the FSU-style some pseudo farmers use in the slaughterhouses is some bridges too far! It's a good one of Gaia awakening people for this cruelty, but it's a pity that they've got death-threats from those animals… euh, I mean farmers?

Klaas: Yeah, I think that video pretty much shows who the real beasts are. Unfortunately, people seem to need to be shocked, otherwise they just won't stop and think about certain matters. They need cruelty to open their eyes, for me conscience was enough to open my eyes…

Danny: And those farmers who beat up their animals even don't get punished. How about that? There's still a long road to go…

24. What about :

- SXE still isn't a sect! :

Klaas: that's right. And if it was a sect, with all those trendhoppers and posers I hope the sect would commit a collective suicide…

- Bruce Lee :

Danny: Bruce Lee is the man, goddamn! Nah, I like his movies a lot, but nowadays I'm not so interested anymore in martial arts films.

- Revolution :

Klaas: Eventually the revolutionaries become the established culture after the revolution, and then what will they do? I don't believe in revolution as an overthrow. I believe in an inner revolution, a slow change. Let's skip the "R" and just call it "evolution"…

- Knowledge is a dangerous weapon :

Klaas: knowledge is power only to those who know how to use it, and ignorance is power to those who don't.

- Black metal :

Klaas: ridiculous wannabe devil-worshippers: they use more makeup than Kiss but they look like panda bears.

Danny: on a musical level, certain black metal bands are awesome (old Emperor, old Satyricon, Abigor and stuff), but apart from that, 99% consists out of stupid posers who can't even convince themselves that they're sooooo evil. However, the remaining 1% of "true" misanthropic extremists who kill people and burn churches belong in psychiatry and should all get a suppository!

- Violent dancing :

Klaas: It's okay with me, I don't know why people are making such a fuss about it… Hardcore is about freedom and expression. We can't make a hardcore law that says stage-dives are allowed but feetfirst-diving isn't, double windmills are prohibited but slamming into the crowd isn't. What the fuck are we talking about? Kids that fall are picked up by complete strangers (unless this happens at an oldschool show of course, in that case I would suggest a big fat pile-on!), kids that don't even know each other share the microphone when singing along… Do you see these things at mainstream festivals or in discotheques? No. So what's the big fucking deal? Why are people completely wasting pages at this in magazines and spend hours talking about it at shows? It is so fucking irrelevant…

Danny: Go ahead and dance however you like, but look out for other people. Keep in mind that not everyone shares the same idea of having fun at a HC-show. If you really can't have a good time without beating up everyone around you, don't show up at shows and join a karate-club instead!

- Lyrics :

Klaas: Personally I always read the lyrics while listening to music. I never put on music as just "background music" (unless if we're talking about AN of course heheh!). Bands with great and well written lyrics that I can think of right now are: American Nightmare, Catharsis, old Tom Robinson Band, Crass, Serene, Enemy Of The Sun, Rain, Chamberlain, Refused…

Danny: Very often the lyrics make the difference between a 'good' and an 'excellent' band. Would Chokehold have been such an outstanding band if they had written tuff guy lyrics on completely irrelevant topics? And wouldn't Good Clean Fun be a quite mediocre oldschool band if it weren't for their hilarious lyrics?

- Sluts From Outer Space :

Klaas: We played with them once and their singer was pretty mad at me for stating that punk is dead. We had a little discussion about it and okay, I'll take back my words: punks not dead, it just sucks now…

- Animal Liberation Front :

Klaas: Being a vegetarian myself, I know how people reject you, ridiculize you and just don't understand you, and therefore I can pretty much understand how you can see direct action as a final option to change the situation of animals in the bio-industry. As a rational thinking person however, I don't think violence and direct action serve the cause of animal liberation: people will see vegetarianism as an extreme lifestyle involving vandalism and violence… I think education through info-stands, handing out pamphlets and peaceful protest can do more good. Even McDonald's serves vegetarian food these days which I think is the ultimate proof that a fucking lot of people are thinking about animal rights and liberation are practicing a vegetarian or vegan diet… And I think that comes from the fact that people educated themselves on animal rights and especially on animal diseases…

Danny: I can't help feeling sympathy for the ALF and some of their naïve actions, but on the other hand I know that they're giving peaceful animal rights activists (and us veggies/vegans in general) a bad name.

- Punks and squats :

Klaas: I love bands like Crass, Dirt, Media Children, Poison Girls and much more… But a lot of bands that people like to call punk today like Green Day or Offspring or De Heideroosjes or whatever, I think its just popmusic… Punk is meant to be a threat. Bands like The Sex Pistols were a threat as they were shocking (bourgeois) people, and bands like Crass were a threat because they brought up a different outlook on politics and society…

Danny: Punk used to be controversial and political. Nowadays, a lot of bands that call themselves punkrock often play cool music (yes they do!), but sadly enough they have nothing to say. And my opinion is: if you're just singing about having fun, getting drunk, skateboarding and screwing chicks, you're certainly not a punk. It bothers me a lot that for some 15-year-old kids a spikey haircut and wearing too big pants are the main reasons to call themselves 'punks'. Fuck them, when they grow a bit older they'll be hanging out in discotheques anyway, swallowing liquid XTC.

- Grindcore :

Klaas: I like some bands like Skinless and of course Cannibal Corpse, but I'll leave this one up to Koen.

Danny: yep, Koen is the grind-freak! I personally hate it, because I don't think that this crap deserves the label 'music' anymore. But indeed, who am I to judge this poor fool?!

25. What about discotheques and the porn acts in it? :

Klaas: I don't give a fuck about discotheques and I don't give a fuck about porn acts…

26. You want to make HC a threat again, a threat for who, and have they been threatened before by HC?

Klaas: Basically a threat to conservative people. People that accept everything blindly, people that just don't think or don't question the things around them. I think hardcore has been a threat back in the days, I believe Minor Threat has even been a major threat as they were doing something new and singing about something new. It's too bad, but some people always will feel threatened by new things…

27. Some plans for the future?

Klaas: Playing as many shows as possible, selling all our demotapes and writing new shit of course…. Later on we will sell out on hardcore, start to play nu-metal, sign a major deal and hopefully get fucking rich!

Danny: In april, we'll be joining XkombatX for a mini UK-tour during 6 days! And hopefully we will do some new recordings in the summer…

28. Last screams :

Support Limburg hardcore! there's tons of great shit coming out of the LB chapter lately: XkombatX finally released their debut full-length, Chimaera released their MCD, Watchman's MCD is out now for a while… New bands are getting started, such as Last Straw, Cherub and The Sworn. There's an LBC sampler coming out soon on Proud To Be Loud Records soon, featuring all the great Limburg bands! Be sure to check it out! Our demo is out now for a while, it is called "another coin in the wishing-well" and features five songs of "metallic new school mosh hardcore with influences of noisy emocore and old school" and one bonus cover song (twenty four minutes in total). It comes with an 8-page a 6 booklet (featuring info, the political/socio-critical lyrics and their explanations), a bunch of paper stickers and a cool vinyl sticker. Please send 2.5 € (postpaid), or for foreign countries 3 € to our headquarter and we'll send it to you right away! Please come to see us play and talk to us. 29. Thanxxx Thank you for giving us the chance to speak out! A big 'thank you!' to everyone who bought our demo, checked us out live, wrote or emailed us, or supports us in another way… Please contact us for more info, interviews, to fuck up your living room, or whatever… Contact us at: e-mail: ninedayswonderhc@yahoo.com p-mail: The 9DW Headquarter Aardbruggenstraat 37 3570 Alken Hellgium hotline: 0032478/75.63.58

Interview by TriX