100% Punk Mexicano. Based in Xalapa - Veracruz, PSIKOSIS was formed back in late 2015. Not much is known about this band except for a recording/release “Grabaciónes Caseras” (circa 2016). The answers received for the following interview are actually in Spanish, so forgive me if google translate is not quite accurate. Anyway, listen to what Dhaniel Gonzalez, bass player in the band, has to say. Punks not dead!
- Interview by Atandistorted (September 19, 2022)
1: First of all, please introduce PSIKOSIS; history of the band and the current line-up? Got any breaking news you can share?
Psikosis Punk was born at the end of 2015, it was a project with the intention of expressing our feelings starting with Jhamel (on guitar and vocals) and Kelvin (on drums and vocals). After a few months we invited Dhaniel to be part of the band on the bass, without thinking about it, he accepted and joined the covers that we had at that time, there was so much discomfort that we began to work on our own songs, taking out 4 or 6 songs that were included in our first material called PSIKOSIS GRABACIÓNES CASERAS 2016 that came out at the beginning of that year.
2: Explain to us in more detail about the music style and sound that PSIKOSIS approached? Please also list some bands that hugely influenced your group?
Listening to rock lyrics little by little we went deeper into the genre that we felt identified with the songs of the old Mexican punk bands for example SÍNDROME DEL PUNK, REBEL’D PUNK, MISERIA HUMANA, VÓMITO NUCLEAR to mention a few also without leaving out the international bands that They gave us the impetus to continue in this movement and in the resistance.
3: Elaborate further about your lyrical topics and the messages you guys delivered through your songs?
The message we spit and shout is to make people aware, our lyrics speak from issues related to the Political field to some of heartbreak, destruction and chaos. Expressing all our feelings, that we are not satisfied with our country or with its laws that govern us.
4: Because I don’t know much about your discography, please tell me what you have recorded and released as to date?
About our discography we don’t have much material on the first record PSIKOSIS GRABACIÓNES CASERAS 2016 as I mentioned at the beginning of there we recorded one live in a presentation around 2018 along with a solo tape called PSIKOSIS and the most recent that we say music for a society for a dead society for 2019 or so and we are in plans to record something more professional without leaving self-management behind.
5: How far do you want your music and punk message to spread?
We would like our noise and our feelings to cross borders so that it doesn’t just stay in a project or some stagnant band, like many bands in Mexico that have the potential to suffer due to lack of diffusion and time, stay where they are.
6: What do you plan for the next and how do you see the future of PSIKOSIS? What about gigs and tours?
I emphasize a new material in mind where new songs will come with darker letters different rhythms so that the band see that we also beat the tupa but we try to change a little so that the band makes it more attractive to listen to us and not bore them with The same and the same is the purpose of this year we are focusing more about working for that album rehearsing, we have some local headdres You can outside the State.
7: Briefly report the punk/hardcore scene in Mexico, especially in your area?
The scene in the city of Xalapa - Veracruz, Mexico is very broad, we have a scene of a rocker band, a metal band, reggae, punk, and other genres of the same, here the detail that the band is somewhat malinchista, we are somewhat disjointed, is more the ego between bands does not exist as a solidarity between ourselves there is a lot of envy and self-centeredness but not everything is lost little by little the scene has been rising we have seen more movement in this 2022 hopefully next year I will raise more and more because Xalapa has everything to be a city where great punk and metal bands come, just to mention a few genres.
8: Is there anything you want to say as a closing to this interview?
To end this interview, I would like to thank you for taking us into account. It is the first time that someone from abroad has bothered to interview us. I apologize for the delay, but here we are fighting, resisting this world, and thank you very much to all the compas of the state and from other places that always give us their support and solidarity affection. Greetings libertarian comrade!