Interview: Makabert Fynd

Makabert Fynd

1. Hey Mattis, what's up? You have just come back to Sweden from your US-tour. Was it a successful tour? Did you met any good bands on the tour you can recommend?

Hey. We came back like a month ago and im still recovering from the jetlag. The tour was a hit. 17 gigs in 23 days! We played from LA to Seattle and finished off in Brooklyn NY. We met lots of awesome people and bands that we for shure want to meet again. We toured with an American band called Trench Rot. A really good hardcore band with members from Tippers Gore, C.O.P, Neon Maniacs and more. We met awesome bands like Bad Antics, Kromosom, War Cry, Death Crisis and White Wards.

2. You have 6 releases out today, please list your 3 favourites and tell me about them

My absolute favourite is the latest LP. Im really satisfied with the songs and Chrille from Evil Grill did a hell of a job with the sound. Second on my list is the first EP and the split 7” we did with Nice Idiot. An old friend of mine called Doltz (that also played guitar on those recordings) did a great job with the sound. The third is our first LP, the sound is a little blurry but I still like it.

3. So, tell me about the members in Makabert Fynd, which other bands have they been in before?

The line-up in Makabert Fynd is:  Kalle - drums, Anders - guitar, Rikke - bass, Poffen and me (Mattis) on vocals. I use to to play drums in bands like Valjakkala, Dobermann Cult and a bunch of other bands. Kalle also plays in Skitsystem and Sexpistolstanten och mockfjärdsvapnet. He used to play in Dispense. Rikke also plays in Spotlicks. He used to play in Sighstens Grannar. Anders also plays in Rubbad and Valjakkala. Poffen also sings in Krig I Hudik and he used to sing in Totalitär and Krigshot.

4. And the name Makabert Fynd, what's the meaning behind that? And since your songs are in Swedish, could the people over there join in the songs in US? 

The idea of the name Makabert fynd came when I watched a Swedish show called Efterlyst. Hasse Aro (the host of the show) was speaking about a murder committed in the area where I live. Somebody did a “Makabert Fynd” (Obscene Find) walking his dog. He found a corpse in the woods. Makabert Fynd is often used in media when someone for example made a weird or nasty discovery. Americans love Swedish bands even if they sings in Swedish. Bands like Totalitär, Avskum,  Fy Fan, Masshysteri are huge in USA..even if the sing in Swedish.  We tried to translate the titles of our songs and explain what the songs were about.  Don’t know if they got it or not.  It looked like they liked it.

5. Time for some classic name dropping... Your influences and favourite bands?
Ohh…. The list is very long….  I grew up listening to bands like early Metallica (kill em all, ride the lightning), Motorhead and Slayer. Later in the 80s I got into bands like Totalitär Missbrukarna, Circle Jerks, Bad brains etc.. Herätys is my favourite Swedish band right now. Love their LP and 7”! 

6. What does it mean for Makabert Fynd to have Poffen in the band since Totalitär is well known around the world?

I have known him since I was like 13 years old. Poffen is a great guy, one of my best friends,  and one of my favourite hardcore singers so.. It’s awesome to have Poffen in our band. Poffen has a unique voice. I I’ve loved Totalitär since I heard Multinationella Mördare.  We both grew up in Hudiksvall.

7. You also run a label, Skrammel Records, when did you start that project and what have you released so far? Do you focus on any special kind of punk genre? Do you have any interesting upcoming releases?

Me and Robert started Skrammel about 2 years ago. So far we have released: Ignatius/The Nature split 7”, Brainbombs – Burning hell, Slöa Knivar – Ingen klass, ingen stil, Krig I hudik 2, Sexpistolstanten och mockfjärdsvapnet – Det ärliga cv:t, Brainbombs - Genius and Brutality... Taste and Power and Makabert Fynd s/t.

We release stuff that we think is cool.  So far we released a mix of different kind of music. Mostly punk/Hardcore but also bands like Brainbombs and Sexpistolstanten och Mockfjärdsvapnet.

Some of our upcoming releases is: Missbrukarna, RAS, Novalties, Bad Antics, Trench Rot and more. We release what we think is cool.  So far we released a mix of different kind of music.

8. How did you get in touch with the labels that have released your stuff, its 4 different if I've count correct. Has it worked well or have you been ripped off sometime?

We have been lucky. No one has screwed us yet. Flat Black, Kranium, Yellow Dog, Sorry state and D-takt råpunk has been awesome. I got in touch with all of them via email or MySpace.  Daniel of Sorry State is in a band called Logic Problem. They crashed in my apartment 2 years ago when they were on their European tour.

9. Tell me about your future plans? And please finish this just how you want

We will record more stuff. If everything goes as plan we will do a European tour with Trench Rot next fall and we also want to go back to USA 2013 and tour the east coast.