Interview for DEATHTHRASHER MAGAZINE by ARMANDO MUTILATOR : 

hey Armando \m/

This is Pan from Standaside
http://www.standaside.co.uk
http://www.soundclick.com/standaside

Here's the interview and Ive also sent you some pictures too.



PM:
Pan Merakli (Spanky).
JT:
Justin T (Jt)
AA:
Adam Ajzensztejn (Bash Butt)
SM:
Simon McCabe (Swets)


DT:
When and why the band was formed?
SM:
Some time about 1 and half years ago
JT:
Around October 2002-ish because the music scene was going crap with Papa Roach and Alien Ant farm etc.
PM:
There were probably more reasons but I can't remember them wait we also wanted to write cool shit that we could do our spin kicks and flips to. It's like watching a kung-fu film over here.

DT:
Tell us about your first Demo, and about your METALLICA's cover and DEATH's cover.
JT:
The very first Fate's Grip/ 7 Severed demo was recorded in, what was pretty much, a cupboard. The sound quality sucked ballz so we went in search of a better engineer and found Mark Williams.
PM:
Yeah, that cupboard engineer was a fucking dumbass, Mark Williams is cool. We've never played any death covers... we have played a few Metallica covers in rehearsal (like Nothing Else Matters, Enter Sandman, Creeping Death) but never live.
SM:
what the fuck?!?! Our first demo rox and Spankys voice rulez!!!
PM:
On a side note "Seven Severed" (from our original demo) appears on our disc "Dance of the Dragon" and Fates Grip (also from our original demo) will be appearing on our next disc "Wrath of the Dojo"

DT:
Why the name of STAND ASIDE?
JT:
The name came first for no real reason but then we thought afterwards that we could say that it's a message to all the indie-ass guys that think they're hardcore to move their asses out the way so the real action can begin.
SM:
Stand Aside or I'll cuta offa your facea
PM:
Claws are better than knives

DT: Your current line -up?
JT:
Spanky tell em
PM:
Me Spanky (Pan) on vocals, Jt on guitars, Adam on Drums and Swets (Simon) on Bass. This is pretty much the original line up since we began. Swets joined us in Feb 2003.

DT:
Your fave beer?
JT:
You'll have to ask Swets and Bash butt about that.
AA:
I'll pretty much drink any beer, but prefer lighter beers like Fosters and Corona
SM:
But there are soooo many to choose from!! But if I had to choose...Fosters Amber
PM:
I'm sXe, I don't drink alcohol, don't do drugs, don't smoke but I do not follow the "no sex rule"... I wouldn't want to let down all the sexy ladies

DT:
Your best band from ever?
JT:
I'd have to say Skid Row. Maybe it's because I discovered them at a tough time in my life and they really helped me through. Or maybe they're just really good.
PM:
to listen to? Emperor (but this changes by the day with me).
SM:
What to play in? Stand Aside!!!

DT:
Do you like the old Heavy Metal?
SM:
Hell yeah!!! I love it!
JT:
Does Skid Row count? Yeah I like it, I've not heard too much but the stuff I've heard from Spanky, like King Diamond, is very cool.
PM:
Of course (but how old do you mean?)... Some of my favorites are Anthrax, Artillery, Celtic Frost, Crimson Glory, Destruction, King Diamond, Venom and a whole bunch of other great metal acts that came after that in the 90's like Obituary, Emperor, Burzum and more. I also like lot of the hair metals bands too like Motley Crue, Ratt and so on we're not "nu-metallers" fuck that shit

DT:
What do you think about Satanism?
JT:
Don't know much about it really. Never been to a ritual or sacrificed virgins (mmmm virgins) or anything like that so I don't want to sound like an idiot talking about stuff I know nothing about.
SM:
It's for Satanists...(and those misled youths who think its cool)
AA:
I think Spanky has some fucked up ideas on that, I'm sure he will tell you
PM:
I have a very strong opinion on Satanism. Satan is the creation of the Christian church. Therefore Satanism is a from of Christianity. If Satanism is supposed to be the inverse of the Christian faith, and the Christian faith demands that you worship a deity and look to it for guidance, true Satanism is to have allegiance to no-one other than you and to follow laws only set unto yourself. So at heart, I think, Satanism is in a way "Renaissance Humanism," Now those who dabble in the black arts and the occults (as labeled by the Christian church) and not followers of Satan but believers of ancient pre-Christian faiths pagans or whatever you want to call them. Bur any Faith has the potential to corrupt and to nurture.

DT: Do you play PS2?
PM:
I love fighting games... the answer is yes and I rarely lose
JT:
I do when I'm at the studio. Tekken and Soul Caliber mostly. I've been witness to many an epic battle between Mark (Engineer) and Spanky on those games.
SM:
Welcome to the third place...

DT:
Do you like Black Metal?
JT:
I've only heard Emperor and Cradle of Filth but yeah I like those bands.
SM:
Black metal Cool!
PM:
I'm the member that's heard the most and yeah I like it but I'm very selective about what I listen to in this genre "Burzum," "Carpathian Forest," "Cradle of Filth," the amazing "Emperor" (my favorite of this genre), "In the Woods" overall I generally like a lot of the Scandinavian black metal movement.

DT:
Do you like BLACK SABBATH? ... Do you prefer BLACK SABBATH with OZZY, DIO or IAN GILLAN?
SM:
LOL Black Sabbath are kings...and Ozzy Rules!
JT:
I've never really got into Black Sabbath but I don't mind them. I don't think I've heard Ian Gillan sing before but Dio has an amazing voice.
PM:
I think the album they did with Dio pretty cool. I liked that Buried Alive song
"As you call, the hammers falls, I'm buried alive" or something like that
AA: Don't really like Black Sabbath especially with Ozzy


DT:
Do you like bands like THE EXPLOITED and CHAOS UK?
PM:
Never really heard any punkI can't stand punk voices they drill holes into my brain and piss me off.
JT:
We've been compared to the Exploited a few times and the strange thing is, I've never heard them before but if we sound like them, they must be well good.
SM:
Hmmmm...

DT:
What do you think about OSAMA BIN LADEN and TONY BLAIR?
JT:
I think they should get their asses in a ring and fight it out instead of having people die for them. I know there are problems in the World that need to be sorted out but killing everyone isn't the way
Maybe it is and then the Dinosaurs can be resurrected. 

PM:
I generally disagree with all politics word them right and all forms of government sound similar. I would take a shotgun to every political leader... all they do is talk and talkfuck them
SM:
Do you really want be to get started on a hate campaign here?

DT:
Do you have a dog named HE - MAN?.
JT:
I didn't get to name my dogs but I would have called mine Vegeta, or something from Dragonball Z, Or I would've called it Suc Ma Ballz, so you can go around the park shouting "come here Suc Ma Ballz!"
SM:
uh?! No! Are you on acid dude?!

DT: Do you drink MILO with blood?
JT:
How'd you know? Who told you?
PM:
Blood you say? (Thinking dirty thoughts)
SM:
No... My girlfriend drinks Milo... I drink the blood >:] ...

DT:
Do you practice necrophilia?
JT:
Is that when you do dead people? Na, I like my girl very much alive when I do that kind of thing.
PM:
I have a friend who went out with a corpse fucker I've heard good things about "munging."
SM:
Hamm...when it suits me...

DT:
KELLY OSBOURNE or LITA FORD?.
JT:
Errrr. Well Lita's kinda cool, a little old for me but she's hotter than Kelly. Oh, do you mean musically?
PM:
I think they're both kind of ugly it's like choosing between two animals.
SM:
What a fucking choice! To make that choice I would need to be High, drunk, and upside-down.

DT:
Do you like bands like BOLT THROWER and NAPALM DEATH?
JT:
Napalm Death are cool, haven't heard Bolt Thrower, but I'm sure Spanky has so he'll tell ya
PM:
yeah, I've heard of Bolt Thrower, never really listened to them and probably never will.
SM:
Napalm death are cool Old Timers...were decent as fill-in band at 'Tattoo the Planet' and Bolt thrower are OK in my book.

DT:
Your musical productions?
JT:
Errr, there's no plans for a Stand Aside the musical yet. You'll have to settle for ABBA the musical for now.
PM:
If they make a SA musical they better get someone cool to play me wait you mean our CDs and shit right?..
D
ance of the Dragon (tracks -Raptures, Dead In My Eyes, Condemned, The Name Haunts Me, Lets Be Friends, Seven Severed, End in Pain) Wrath of the Dojo (Confirmed tracks - Callous Savior, Born of Hatred, Their Blood Falls, Suffer like Heaven, Fates Grip and others) And were working on material for an untitled (at the moment) album But anyway I want someone who can do some acrobatic stuff to play me in the musical I don't want a has-been playing me or someone will get rushed on stage at the premier.
SM: I produce godlike music!

DT:
Are you into soccer? Do you know NOLBERTO SOLANO?
SM:
I watch the game... Who the fuck is Nolberto Solano?
AA:
I like to play, but don't bother watching or supporting any team or players. Heard of him he's from Peru - plays for Aston Villa I think.
JT:
I'm not a huge soccer fan. I've seen the odd World Cup Match where England gets their ass kicked but that's all.
PM:
I prefer Basketball.

DT:
What can you tell me about "DANCE OF DRAGON" (2004)?
JT:
It was recorded about a year ago almost. Don't think we intended for it to be an EP it was to help us get shows and get airplay at clubs but people wanted CDs so we decided to stick some art work on it and get it printed. Technically it is limited edition because when we re-print some new ones the actual disc artwork will be different due to us not having enough money, but everything else will be the same.
PM:
Each song off that EP is a captured moment but I don't want to tell people that this means that and it's supposed to make you feel this or something like that I want them to find their own connections to the music. The reviews say more than we ever will and it's all been good so far.

DT:
Tell me about your friends MARCELO TINELLI and DON FRANCISCO.
JT:
You mean Rik and Brahim?
PM:
You want me to tell you about Rik and Brahim? why?
SM:
I would, but then I would have to kill you...

DT:
What do you know about South American Scene?
JT:
Over to Spanky
PM:
I have heard of a few bands by name such as Dios Hastio and Septicemia. I like to download a lot of music and come by foreign bands quite often.
SM:
Soulfly / Sepultura??!? I wanna know more...tell me...NOW!

DT:
Your 10 fave albums from ever?
PM:
I always forget someone but my list would look like this (in no order):
Emperor: Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk \m/
Converge: Petitioning the Empty Sky
Hatebreed: Satisfaction is the Death of Desire
Bon Jovi: Slippery When Wet
Merauder: Master Killer
Earth Crisis: Gomorrah's Season Ends
All Out War: Condemned to Suffer
Obituary: World Demise \m/
Suicidal Tendencies: Suicidal Tendencies (I lost that album yesterday and that sucks)
King Diamond: Time

JT:
Roughly
Skid Row - Slave to the Grind
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Megadeth - Rust in Peace or Countdown to Extinction
Stampin Ground - Carved from Empty Words
Hatebreed - Perseverance
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Caliban - Shadow Hearts
Guns n Roses - mixture of Use your Illusion 1 & 2
Machine Head - Burn my Eyes
Madonna - Immaculate Collection

SM:
Tough....
All Metallica...
All Slayer...
RATM by Rage against the Machine...
And all SOAD...
Is that more than 10? I think so... oops

DT:
Are you into drugs?
SM:
NO! They are into me!
JT:
No drugs. I'll probably offend people here but, I think if people can't have a good time without drugs, then they don't deserve to have a good time. Some people use them as an escape from a crappy life but I think if they used that energy and money getting themselves out of the mess they're in, they'd be happier.

DT:
What do you think about DON KING? Do you know RON KING?
JT:
He has nice hair? Sorry I don't know Ron King he has nice hair too?
PM:
Don King has a fucking annoying voice. Ron king is that political scientist or something I think.
SM:
Don King needs a slap head, and I don't know Ron King...but I know his brothers Wan King and Fuc King.

DT:
Do you know the Finnish band HORNA? Do you know LUCHO HORNA?
JT:
Now I fee like an idiot coz I don't know who all these guys are.
SM:
Are they finnish?
PM:
Who is Lucha Horna, Should I know him?

DT:
Do you play tennis with the members of HORNA?
SM:
If they are naked babes with big breasts and a shapely figure, then yes!
PM:
They don't look like tennis players or sexy ladies to me
JT:
I actually hate playing tennis; I would play with Anna Kournikova and a few of the new girls for sure though.
PM:
I'd like to play some tennis with this one lady I know (from VA) She can serve up my balls all she wants.

DT:
Do you like weapons?
PM:
yes, I love knives, Claws (drooling), Chains and nunchuks. A while back I was trying to mix in some Chain fighting with my Capoeira and I will soon be mixing in some claw with that too.
JT:
They look cool, some of them and you can do some impressive stuff with them, but for fighting I don't like them. I especially hate guns because any old weakling can kill someone if they got a gun; no strength required.
SM:
mmmMMMMmmmmm Fraggage!

DT:
What do you know about Peru?
JT:
I don't know alot about Peru. World events are a little depressing at times and until I'm in a position to help, I tend to stay away from news as much as possible.
SM:
el Nino?
PM:
Well one day we'll be down there, and then we'll know a lot more than now which is nothing but I can point it out on a map.

DT:
Do you have T - shirts available?
JT:
Should have a few soon.
PM:
I'm designing them
SM:
And they have strange pics on them too :P

DT:
Do you have STAR WARS action figures?
JT:
Don't have star wars stuff but I got a little collection of Dragonball Z action figures.
SM:
Shoot you I will hmmMMMMmmmm.

DT:
Do you know KARL WILLETS (former BOLT THROWER)?.
SM:
Not personally...no..
JT:
I used to know a guy called Karl, wasn't in Bolt Thrower though.
PM:
I'm just glad I don't eat KFC.

DT:
Are you an anti - homosexual band?
AA:
No
JT:
I wouldn't say anti - homo but I'd much rather there be posters of me and the band in girls bedrooms than gay dudes bedrooms.
PM:
I haven't got anything against homosexuality let the faggots do what they want to do... and it leaves more ladies for me.
SM:
Are you homophobic or something? No, we are an Anti - Prejudicial band.
PM:
So as a band the answer is no.

DT:
Do you prefer MACINTOSH or PC?
JT:
Never used Macintosh so I'd have to say PC.
SM:
Macs Rule!!!!!

DT:
Your future plans?
PM:
More shows, get on tours and to prove my enemies wrong I will not forget.
JT:
Well to reach a level of success where I can quit my job coz I hate it so much and it's depressing the life our of me. My pants are down!
SM:
Lotsa sex, money, fast cars, sex, and more sex...

DT:
Your last growl for DEATHTHRASHER readers?
SM:
Hear me roar! GGGRRRROOOWWWWWWL!!! RRRROOOAARRRR!!! (I am naked and drunk!!!)
JT:
Again over to Spanky
PM:
Check out Dance of the Dragon, the band site (www.standaside.co.uk), the soundclick page (www.soundclick.com/standaside) and everything else it's all in the band profile Armando (thanx for everything) put up for us and one final thing Gee Golly Gosh \m/