F.A.V.L. -engl.
First So at the beginning of the classic question, you can somehow imagine the band members and say how you got together?
F.A.V.L. Is just a rock'n'oi band,nothing more and nothing less, our project is born just for the love of music(punk,oi,rockn'roll)...
When and why did you decide to start a band and your members have some experience with playing in another band?
The band started 5 years ago when me(singer) and the drummer (and others old members) wanted to create a punk-oi band, we were just 16 years old and we wanted to shout out our anger,the voice of the street kids in a city where there is only places for disco music,teckno and reggamuffin… We decided to be named F.A.V.L. cause its the 4 initials of the 4 village that togheter formed our town. We are really proud of our roots, so we thougth that we couldn´t find a better name to express our spirit. Just our guitarist has other bands,for the others is the first project.
Where do you take inspiration for your lyrics?
Our lyrics talk about of what i see and i feel everydays, about all this shit around us, and about all the good thing we have and we live for... i just write what is fucking true!
Which band influenced your creations? Tell us top 10 bands that you like.
Are creations are influenced by oi,punk and rock'n'roll bands from 80's at today,we try to create a mix of all this! Top 10 bands for us are:
-Condemned 84, The Meteors, Motorhead, Cockney Rejects, Nabat, Rose Tattoo, Blitz, Close Shave, 4-skins, Evil Conduct.
What was your biggest concert yet succeed?
The biggest gig it was some months ago in our city with Glory Boys,The Brawlers and Brutti e Ignoranti...Fucking great night!
Italy is known for a lot of stadium culture - supporting a football team as ultras or hooligans?
In Italy the are a lot of ultras, we are not but involve with this, we just sympatize for Roma, Juventus and Viterbese. We support the ultras cause now against this new law of the government put in the terrace ,called "la tessera del tifoso",that is totaly insane.
How do you see religion? You go to church or are atheists, pagans?
We dont follow any religion and we dont trust in any god, believing in yourself is the only way to go on.
If we were to visit your country, what food we would have recommended a? (I know you have great pizza in Italy) :-)
In our country there are a lot of typical foods,every region of Italy has it's typical food,in ours there are: Fettuccine,gnocchi,pappardelle,(different types of pasta),porchetta,cinghiale,rabbit(different types of meat),luccio(typical fish). Italian food is the best!
Describe to us your discography and I wonder whether you are planning a new CD or Vinyl?
Our first work “Cemento e Follia” is out some months ago and the kids enjoyed a lot our fist cd-album,now we working for the new ep7” with 4 tracks, when the tracks are finish we will search some labels for the production.
Do you know anything about Slovak bands? Have you ever been here?
I have some copy of Brutal Scene Vol.2 with some slovak punk-oi bands,the sound is very good! I haven never been in your country.
What do you have an opinion on skinheads who, after years of some general postpone their heavy shoes and have long hair, due to some girls, or work ...
In all of these years until now i saw a lot of people leave our style for a woman or for other reasons so many people leave our way of life because they see it like an hobby, an alternative fashion or a refuge... You dont become a skinhead, you just find out to be a skinhead! You'll be a skinhead for your whole life only if you'll be true with yourself, and if you won't care about all the crap around you... It's like a challenge, not everybody can win and many people loss...
Could you tell us something about the scene in your country and city? Pubs, bands, crews, zines, etc ...?
The italian scene is full of internet bullies and pc wankers but we created our shows with people like us, from north to south Italy... We organize some gigs in our city with our crew and my label(strength thru oi),we have some locals-pub and we called also some european punk-oi bands... Viterbo has a pretty nice scene, even if is a small city, but we have many bands playing punk, oi, hc, celtic punk... The pub where we hang out is called Beer Shock, best beer and really cheap.The only active fanzine to this day that I know is “Join the rejects” of some guys of Crucified Never Dies(new crew with guys from all over Itlay ).
The words at the end .....
Thanks for the support! I hope to see you one day. Kill pc mafia before it kills you! No bollox just oi! Cheers from F.A.V.L.