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Borgo Pass
(Picture taken from the Borgo Pass website)
The Goblin asked Tom from NYC sludger´s Borgo Pass about a cople of things, check it out.
1. Hi and all that,bla,bla! Can you give us the Borgo Pass history in brief,
where are you from and who you are and so on.
"Borgo Pass is a Heavy 5 piece band from Long Island, N.Y. formed in
1993.
Members include, Tommy (Guitars), Paul (Guitars), Joe (Drums), YT (Bass), and
Jimmy (Voice)."
2. How would you describe your sound to people that for some reason haven´t
heard you yet.
"Heavy rock laced with melodic sludge, blues overtones, and tons of
dynamics. A Roller-coaster ride of hard groove. To quote one magazine
"Audio Thorazine"
3. When you write your songs, is the whole band involved in the process
or
is there one person that comes up with all ideas, or is it maybe different
from song to song?
"The whole band contributes their own parts to the songs written. Most
of the time Paul and Tom will start playing riffs and then we'll start feeding
off whats playing and come up with our parts. As more time goes on we'll all
start to pick apart the songs and little by little it eventually comes together."
4. What´s your main influences. Does the whole band share the same
taste for
music?
"We all can thank Black Sabbath as being one of our main influences
that brought us all together. Sabbath is our common denominator. We all have
our love for many different styles of music but the heavy stuff keeps us going."
5. What do you think of the term "stonerrock", do you count yourselves
as a
stonerband? Do you think the term is overused?
"Well, stonnerrock is kind of like Acid rock was in the late 60's early
70's.
This is what we all grew up listening to. We could be a "stoner band"
(as our friendsand fans tell us our music is extra special when they smoke,
and we are (pro-pot), yet nowdays the stoner sound has very generic groove.
We think we are a little heavier than the Stoner groove sound. That's why we
just call it Sludge. As far as the term Stonerrock is concerned, we think it
pigeon holes the genre. Many people might not go near it (labels), although
there is a huge stonerrock community (more bands than any other genre) and we
feel we fit in there just fine, yet more of these bands, us included deserve
to be heard on a much bigger scale. There is some real kick ass shit coming
from many of the "Stoner Bands" and they should be heard."
6. What has the reactions been to your latest release, any cool write-ups?
"Yea, "Powered By Sludge" has been well recieved by our fans
and has gained much much acclaim world wide. We have all the write-ups posted
on borgopass.com. The one we hold in highest regard is Netherland's Aardshok
Magazine. They voted "Powered By Sludge" one of the top 10 albums
of 2000."
7. When I look at your website I get the feeling that you taking care of
buisness yourselves. Am I right? (It gives the viewer a personal kind of vibe)
"You are absolutly correct. We are a Low Budget band and all of us are
Blue Collar workers. We do not make enough yet to hire someone to design and
maintain the site so yea, we do it on our own. This is also good, there is less
confusion as what to add to the site (we know what we want). "
8. Are you signed to any label or do you run your own?
"We are running things on our own. Loud Belly music is our own label.
We're the only band on it."
9. Are you planning any tour for the moment, and what can I expect to see
when I go to a Borgo Pass concert?
"We have to record new material before we go on any tour. We want to
tour the U.S. as well as Europe. Japan is on the list as well.
When we do tour expect the show to be full of raw energy. Our live shows have
always sparked recogonition."
10. Any new relesases on it´s way, and what´s the latest material
like that
you have written?
"We are getting ready to record again. We might do a split EP with another
interest. Expect the music to still have the Borgo sound, but this time a bit
heavier, and more exciting."
11. Beer and pot OR Diet coke and veggies, wich alternative would a Borgo
Pass member choose?
"That's easy... Beer and Pot!!!"
12. What´s your best B.P memory?
"The best BP memory is when we opened up for the band Love Hate at L'amour
in Brooklyn. The place was absolutly packed and the crowd reacted in a frenzy
when we started to play. There was a huge mosh pit and we couldn't understand
why they were moshing to our lighter stuff. So when the heavier songs were being
played it was mayhem. Oh yea Love Hate did not like that to much because the
crowd was tired when they went on to play."
13. And what´s the worst that happend, any nightmare gigs or shit
like
that?
"We've had a few nightmare gigs that did not go as well. The one that
stands out the most is when we played a club in Queens, NY. They did not want
to pay us after we had brought down close to 100 people, so we kind of tore
up the joint (we have a picture of a toilet with a beer bottle that smashed
through it, bottle in tact... nice shot YT). So it was a nightmare but it turned
out to be pretty funny too."
14. What´s the story behind your bandname? What does it mean?
"We were originally called Slow Painful Death back in the day, but we
wanted a name that had more depth. Joe came up with Borgo Pass while reading
one of his books on Dracula (The Real dude). In the book he learned that the
Borgo Pass is in the Carpathian Mountains and was used as a means of escape
for Vlad The Impaler. It is still there today in Romania. You also see Borgo
Pass in Bram Stoker's Dracula as the passage way to Drac's Castle. (Dracula's
Driveway)"
15. I must ask this question, It´s alittle bit off topic but since
you are
from the east coast(NYC, right?). How has the tragic last week affected yo I
mean it must have been horrible. What do you think about it, do you Think
Bin Ladin is the brain behind the Terror and how do think that US and their
allies should respond.
"Wow! Yea it does affect us all in one way or another. I work 7 blocks
away in downtown NYC and can still smell the smoke. I can see the rubble from
the roof of my building. The guys at my job saw the second plane head right
for our building and bank right into Tower 2 The plane came within 150 yards
from hitting our building, so that's imbedded in their minds forever. I just
cannot believe the Cowardly act that unfolded in front of the whole world on
Sept 11, 2001.
Jimmy was on his way to the Twin Towers but was running late. He had a hell
of a time getting home.
We would all like to see Justice for this horrible act of civilain terrorism.
We now have to all be very careful of our surroundings. We hope to God there
is a quick resolve to all of this madness."
"You can tell ol' Osama... He can go and fuck his Momma!!!
What they did was really make our Country even stronger than ever. There is
an overwhelming feeling amongst us all here that can only be described as Brotherhood.
I really couldn't say how this should be handled, but it will not be revenge
and cockiness, it will be Justice and Pride.
The world is the only place we have to live, so we should all come together.
This is not only a problem of the U.S.A. but the world as a whole."
...thank you Tom and I´ll surley inform mr. Bin Ladin when I see him(In Hell).
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