Friday, August 9, 2013

A short Talk with the band Grungy Morphins "The Gorkha Metal" from Darjeeling India..(Unedited)






Can I get the story of your band and biography? What Grungy Morphins "The Gorkha Metal Warriors" exactly means to the band? And what is reason for choosing the name Grungy Morphins "The Gorkha Metal Warriors"?
 :- Well it all started in the year 2000 when 4 boys from the Hood who like Metal, and shared the same passion of playing the music that they loved, Grungy Morphins "The Gorkha Metal Warriors" means the world, and we are very passionate about it, and the reason for choosing Grungy Morphins "The Gorkha Metal Warriors" as the name for the band is coz we wanted to do something through the music that we love much and give our small GORKHA community an Identity in the world of Metal Music / Music altogether, people all over the world know us (Gorkhas) for our Bravery and stuff but we wanna let everyone know that we are into music too, and our Music is also as brave as the stories of our Brave forefathers…

 Do you remember your first show, how was it and how did the crowd reacted to your first
 :- Well, we do, it was fun, as our hometown (Darjeeling) was not open to metal music, and once we entered the stage and played METAL!!! People were kinda lost, and they did’nt know how to react, end of it all we got a good response, people loved it, and hence many bands started to play metal music in Darjeeling, we’ve influenced all the Metal bands from our Hometown who plays Metal Music, and feel very happy about it!!!

What is music to you and how you define metal?
Ans) Well Music is something which cannot be defined be it Metal or anything else, what matters is what hits u the most, Music is everything to us, and Metal music is the dearest of ‘em all, Metal for us is something that we can relate to, something that gives us a motivation to move on with our lives in today’s world, Metal Music is the not just music, it’s the soundtrack to our lives!!!

What are your achievements, favorites and influences? *answer in 3 part
:- 1) we’ve been successful to influence a whole lot of new generation of METAL Bands and METALHEADS in our part of the world (Darjeeling)
2) We love to do what we love to do, and we are not gonna stop anytime soon!!!
3) Influences anything and everything thats METAL!!!

What aims have you set as a band in future?
:- Well like any other bands’ we wanna take our music to the world and do something for the younger generation of Metal Band and Metalheads of Darjeeling

What is the band planning for 2013? Any new songs/releases/tours?
Ans) We are looking forward to realeasing our E.P. and a Full length album later in 2013, and start touring like we’ve never toured before in the past 13 years!!!

What is the ideology that the band follows/believes?
Ans) We wanna do something for our Community and let everyone in the world know about the Bravery of our people through our Music!!!

What is your biggest achievement according to you?
Ans) Being able to Influence today’s Metal Bands and Metalheads in our part of the world is the biggest achievement for us,…

What were the best and the worst experiences so far as a band?
:- Well the Best experience is to be able to play the music that we love to for the past 13 years, and thers no worst experience as everything comes with the Package.

What are your influences that result in creating what you create?
Ans) it’s the passion and the love for the music that we love so much!!! That’s about it, Metal for life!!!
Who write the lyrics for the songs in the band?
:- well, Hoz (Vox) and Pratik (Lyricist of the band) writes most of the songs

Do tell the inspiration behind your own songs?
:- Well its everything, Myths, terrorism, Atheism, Humanity, Religion, U name it,…
 
What are you doing these days?
:- We are currently working for our full length album.
In general term metal isn't appreciated by Society what do you have to say on this?
Ans)Acc. to society Metal has always been the bad guy,the one who spoils their children.haha. The masses never go for metal, all they go for are pop and rnb stuff. So Metal being the bad guy the society always condemns this form of music and the listeners. I dont know why almost 70% of the people hate metal!!! who cares...fuck them.

For a metal band is it hard surviving in underground Scene
:- METAL=UNDERGROUND!!! It is tough for surviving in an underground scene but good hard working bands struggle and make their dream happen...they go up the ladder and some bands cant do it,they give up coz surviving an underground scene is no joke.Metal is for the Strong!!! not for pussies!!!

Metal has to be underground or metal has to go mainstream, what's your opinion?
:-  HMMMMM... when a metal band does well,gets fame,gets respect,and when masses starts loving them..that band will go main stream eventually no matter what. eg.METALLICA. but i perfer METAL to be underground.

Anything you would like to say to the fans out there?
:- CHEERZZZZ TO METAL!!! \m/...\m/ Keep supporting Metal. And yeah, we Grungy Morphins"The Gorkha Metal Warriors" will be releasing our full length album this year so get ready for some ass kicking Gorkha Metal. A heartfelt Thankz to all our supporters,friends,family and well wishers for supporting us all these years..and keep us supporting for the years to come.

Lastly, a space for you anything I have forgotten to ask you can tell us here?
:-Well, i suppose our music says what we want to say....:D... and to all MetalHeads out there...keep your METAL True and Alive. ahh.. thats it,thats all we wanna say to the people out there .. and lastly, We wanna thank for this interview. LAA TA THIK CHA!!! haha ...LONG LIVE METAL...\m/ cheerz goodnight.

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