DOSE BRUTAL interview 2017 (samples)

Why this name "Dose Brutal"? What does it mean? The name Dose Brutal was a posthumous tribute to Sid Vicious, the headline in the Brazilian Magazine reported that Sid Viciou had died by “dose brutal” of heroin Which are your musical influences? The mainly influences of Dose Brutal are : The Ramones, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Sham 69, Cockney Rejects, Four Skins, How did you meet? All members of the first formation of DB had grown up in the same neighborhood, me (Silvio ), Gordo and Samuka had lived in the same street since since the childhood. Did you play in other bands before Dose Brutal? We never played in another band before, we joined us to learn play Punk Rock and had fun. The band started in 1980, around the same time Colera, Ratos De Porao, Inocentes, Olho Seco started either. But Dose Brutal (besides some compilations) didn't release anything before 1986, why? It was difficult and expensive to produce underground rock in the eighties, we did not have access to good music instruments, recording studios, etc. In 1986 Mr. Luis Seguinte invited us to record a first álbum by Radikaos Records. He was responsible for the support of Dose Brutal and created the conditions to record the first album and the second one called "Vadia". Both albuns were recorded in 8 hour sessions like a live show and mixed in 8 hour sessions too. Did Gastao Moreira reach you for the 2006 documentary "Botinada"? I sent to him a lot of informations regarding to Dose Brutal ( Flyers of shows, movies, pictures, press articles, etc...) , I suggested him to schedule a interview with the others guys of DB, but he told me that the phase of interviews was over, but he included only a picture of Dose Brutal and a song "Humilhados" in the soundtrack wich is mentioned in the final credits of the movie. Dose Brutal is featured in a tv show called "Boca Livre" ( TV Cultura), like other bands like Garotos Podres, Colera. Do you remember this? How was it? Because in France there were (and there is) very few tv shows when you could watch punk bands videos, interviews, or playing live... We remember that, it was in January 25th 1988, one of the few TV programs that presented underground music. In 2000s Gastão had a similiar TV program ( "Mundo Kaos" ) that featured underground bands, nowadays there is nothing similar on TV, only on Youtube you can find new bands . What was the reaction of other Brazilian artists/bands ( like Os Mutantes, Chico Buarque, Banda Del Rio, Carlinho Brown, Caetano Veloso...) towards punk movement? Rejection/ contempt, support, or not caring about it? The Mutantes ended before the Punk movement in São Paulo, the others were always indifferent to the punk movement, Gilberto Gil made a song "Punk da Periferia “ ( Punk from the Suburb), where he generated a great revolt to/ a big uproar in the punk movement because he satirized and created a comic stereotype of Punk, commercial music to make money and satirize/make fun of the movement, was not a form of supporting it. What was the daily life of a musician of Dose Brutal, especially in the beginning (of the band)? We worked to earn our livelihoods during the week and on weekends we would rehearse and enjoy alternative sounds drinking a lot of beers, or we lived the typical lifestyle of youth from Suburb(s) of São Paulo who enjoyed Punk rock. We did not worry about in copying the britsh punk [lifestyle]. Do you know how many copies of "Dose Brutal" and "Vadia" were sold, at least in Brazil? 1000 copies were pressed for each one, we did not control exactly how many copies were released anyway . Why did you stop in 1991? And why the return nowadays? We stopped in 1991 because the local scene was weak, few places for Punk Rock, we didn´t have venues to make shows. We came back because one friend invited us to play in his bar in a Motorcycle Club party, we rehearsed 2 days and accepted. Some guys uploaded this presentation in Youtube and Facebook, after that we received invites to play in other places. (more about the interview in a future issue of The Re(a)d Zone...)