![]() ![]() Corrupted and GREENMACHiNE often performed live together, and there was an increasing awareness of support underground. Around us, we saw many bands that originated from hardcore. My impression is that bands with heavy metal backgrounds used the term doom, and those with the hardcore backbone would be sludge, so there may have been a difference between genres. Nowadays, you hear a genre name called “doom,” but around us with slow, heavy band members, we hear the term “sludge” more often. How strong was the bond between the international punk community at the time?Ītsuo : That was around the time when a genre called power violence was being formed. How did you guys start working with bands and labels from the States? I know that the Bovine 7″ came out at a similar time to the Corrupted/Noothgrush split, which was on Reservoir Records out of New York, not to mention all of the Japanese hardcore records that Slap-A-Ham and Sound Pollution were putting out at the time. I’ve always been fascinated by the bridge between Japanese and American extreme music. I remember digging into your catalog and being really excited when I found a split 7″ with you guys and Tomsk-7 that you’d done on Bovine Records, which was one of my favorite American punk labels of the ’90s. Michael : My first exposure to you guys was in the early 2000s when Southern Lord reissued Amplifier Worship. I learned later on that Boris didn’t choose you, but it’s rather that you all welcomed us in, and we are very honored to be accepted into your relationship of trust. I think that through these connections, Boris was welcomed into your family, leading to this collaboration. This is something that became clear after last year’s tour with Nothing - but I learned that Nicky from Nothing, our booking agent rep, and you all had the same background and were old friends. At that time, I didn’t know what that was, but after touring together last year and now making some music together, I understand it firsthand. There must have been another element that drew us to your band. However, I always think that it should be natural for an artist to have good music. Industrial music had become a huge focus globally at the time, and we learned about Uniform right away, and listening to your music, I thought you were amazing. We received the suggestion from a booking agent we’d been working with for a long time, and we did some research by asking around with our trusted music-loving friends as well. At that time, I didn’t know anything about Uniform. How did you guys find out about us and what made you want to take us on the road?Ītsuo : It’s always hard figuring out who to choose for a support band. Finding out that we were on your radar was one of the great honors of my life, but I couldn’t help but wonder in the back of my head… Why us? I know bands that are much bigger than Uniform that would kill to tour with Boris. Michael Berdan : I have a crystal clear memory of when our booking agent told us that you guys were interested in having us tour with you in 2019. ![]() Annie Fell, Editor-in-chief, Talkhouse Music The two bands just put out a collaborative record, Bright New Disease, on Sacred Bones, so with the help of translator Kasumi Billington, the two artists caught up about it all over email. Michael Berdan is the vocalist of the New York-based industrial metal band Uniform Atsuo is the drummer of the Tokyo-based metal band Boris. ![]()
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