Último Resorte
Fall 1983 Interview
From Penetración fanzine, February 1984
Translation by Fernando Herrera
Clica aquí para la versión en español
This Último Resorte interview was answered by Silvia (vocals) and doesn't necessarily represent all the band members' opinions.
QUESTION.- When was the band formed? What has its evolution been like?
SILVIA. - It was formed too long ago, and it's been evolving according to the problems we have been facing up.
Q.- What pushed you all to form the band, and where did the name come?
S. We had a one track mind [a fixed idea] -- having fun wasn't the main reason, but joining people up in places, people without complexes, people who needed wasting their energy somehow. People who targeted their insults at the institutions. And the name's meaning is plain.
Q. Have you played gigs often, since you started?
S. We have played 48 shows exactly. And, above all, the first gigs were the more difficult ones, 'cos you never knew what could happen. Fightings, blackouts, very tiny venues, robbing. We've been playing with less frequency lately, we think it's time for others to do it. Others who are able to join people up in any place.
Q. What about the scene in BCN, for you or for other bands? Which are the main problems?
S. No scene in Barcelona, only polution. During last August, Zeleste [a club] has been the only one to give a chance for all the punky bands to play (and with no stealing). They even brought bands from the North, as R.I.P. (great!) and Basura. And Interterror, from Valencia (great, too!), and they promised to bring them back again in October (we'll see then).
Q. What stands out there, positive and negative?
S. There's nothing positive, rather a lot of negative. But here in BCN everything is still to be done.
Q. What relation is there with other national scenes?
S. There's plenty of contact between Euskadi and BCN (Renfe and Correos [the Railways Co. and Post Office]). We try to be united, looking for gigs and making exchanges. In Euskadi they make the best fanzines of the country, like Destruye!!!, Brigada Criminal and Única Alternativa, in which you see they have head over heels; furthermore, there's lots of people, frenzy and movement. And good bands.
Q. About your show at Rock-Ola [Madrid], what are your memories like? What is the feeling you have for all those punks who fucked it up?
S. I had big fun watching some of them acting as clowns (fucking anarcho-fascist arseholes). I regret not playing all the songs.
Q. What's the relationship with the police there? What do you think of the police?
S. There is no relationship. Personally, I think the police is the same in any place in the world. I hate them. They're more and more fascists as time goes by.
Q. Talking about your records, which one makes you feel more proud?
S. The single is pure dirt but I like it, it's sharp and edgy. The second one, we've made it this way in case there was somebody thinking we couldn't play. But live, we're always sounding as an avalanche. They're not made to be liked, not the first one at least.
Q. What's the relationship with your label like?
S. In the present, there is none. And they owe us cash.
Q. What's your view on the indie labels and the multinationals?
S. The multinationals are shit, and the indie labels should take a look at what the indies in the rest of Europe are doing.
Q. What meaning do you give to your song "Violencia" [Violence]? Do you, as a band, believe in it?
S. In this song, I'm not saying I'm supporting violence. But this kind of violence is there, and sometimes, if you can't avoid it, it's better to face it with good humour. I do believe in violence when there are bands like Anti-Nowhere League who come to our country swagging out with naff eggcups in their crotches. We give it an accusing meaning. Only the stupids are based on violence, when they can't reach understanding with words. Let's not forget that violence is used by the fascists in order to submit people down.
Q. What's your stance in front of this country's problems, as the dole, torture, police violence, military service (conscription), environment...?
S. My stance is, writing songs that talk about this rubbish -- the more people against it, the better, it will be easier to avoid the imminent slaughters that they're preparing. But most of the punks here have eyes closed to all of this.
Q. Are you up against the animals' slaughter? Are you vegetarians?
S. Yes, we're against it. I'm not a vegetarian. I like cooking. But I get really sick in the markets with all the carcasses hung up and so many old women chatting right below them.
Q. And your opinion on drugs?
S. I hate junk. Beer and speed are for me. And sex.
Q. Some national bands you'd like to mention? And international?
S. R.I.P., Slips y Sperma, Shit S.A., Frenopaticss, Kangrena and Drama del Horror. Discharge, Dead Kennedys, Millions of Dead Cops, John Lydon, 5° Braccio, EU's Arse, Total Chaos.
Q. What do you think of the punk scenes in Europe, the squatters, communas, and so on?
S. Everything that punk is making in Europe. I'm interested with their alternatives (I hate Reagan and the Pope too, and Pinochet and the Russians).
Q. What are your considerations on anarky?
S. Anarchy, for me, is the right to have your very own personality (which is the first thing they steal from you in a dictatorship, or a false democracy, or a bad system). We must take the streets, if we're not allowed to be anywhere else.
Q. What do you think of the king, the Pope, the government, religion...?
S. You bet.
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