Skyhigh 16 About Spermbird/Excess
About Spermbird of Excess
And yes, you just loaded the 3rd interview in this issue of Skyhigh. This time I would like to present to you: another well known scener. He is a member of one of the largest groups at the moment. please welcome :
SPERMBIRD OF EXCESS
SPERMBIRD OF EXCESS
+ Skyhigh - Spermbird of Excess
Yo Spermbird. First of all thanx for sharing your personality with the rest of us.
+ Ok, let's get this thing started the usual way. Please tell us your handle and group.
- My handle is Spermbird and the group is Excess...
+ And your real name ?
- my real name is Robin, ok??
+ When were you delivered to the earth?
(day,month,year)
- well, I watched up at 9th may 1972.
+ Ok that was the most important things. But please
give us a small introduction of yourself.
(personal facts : hight - hair colour - eye colour -
glasses - sparetime, other interests, job/school
hobbies and so on!!)
- ok,my height is 1,71m, my eyes are blue grey and my hair is brown. In my sparetime I like to do some batminton, volleyball, listen to punk, industrial, hardcore and grunge music and I play the bass. At the moment I'm working only for 5 hours a day, but the money is quite good. Before, I tried to make the exams, but it was too hard. well,and soon I have to finish my civil service.
+ For how long have you been into the 64 scene. Or in
other words : please tell us when you entered the
world of the Commodore 64 - and it's scene?
In what other groups have you also been in ?
You know stuff like that.
- Hmm, I entered the scene into june 92. My first group was a unknown one called SODOM, in which it really sucked! Till now, I never saw pro- ductions like I got in that group. Then I left for good, for another one called TRINOMIC. It was'nt the best too, but they pushed out a cool mag named GENETIC DREAMS. Maybe you remember it? Well,and then in january 93 I joined EXCESS.
+ Spermbird..
Damn, that's a special handle. I guess there is a good story to it. I myself could come up with some nasty ideas, But I think you better tell us the real story
- Hehe, the real story to my handle. I knew you would ask me something like that, but there is really no special story to tell about. As I told you, I like to listen to punk music. And at that time I loved a Ger man punkband called Spermbirds,so my handle,ok??
+ What is your memberstatus and job in your group ?
- Well, I'm a megaswapper with exactly 298 contax by now. And if I have the time for, I'm also the editor of Nitro, our magazine. For that I am counting the gamereviews, which is really a hard job, to test out all the releases, which I get for every issue. Anyway, that's more or less all, what I'm for in excess. From time to time I'll supply them some originals.
- Ok, why not get a bit nosy and ask you about your :
FAVOURITES FAVOURITES
+ What do you prefer to eat?
- Italian, Greece and moms cook.
+ And what do you like to drink?
- I like to booze milk and beer. (At the same time -ed? - Hehe..)
+ Your favourite music ?
- As I told, punk, industrial, hardcore.
+ Your favourite girl(s)?
- My girl Jessika and no one else, no!
+ What movie was the coolest you ever saw?
- Schindlers List...heavy to watch.
+ And your c64 favourites
Demogroup : Spirit
Crackergroup : Avantgarde
Coder : Slammer
Magazine : Skyhigh (of course,hehe)
Composer : A-man
Grafixer : Ogami
cover designer : Electric
Sceneland : Holland
Demo : Dutch Breeze
Game : Genloc
+ And last :
Please mention some of your best swap-pals !
- If I would mention some of my best swappals, then there would be no place left for some other things hehe. So, I'll greet all my contax around the globe. Hope they are all still ok!
+ Yeah a whole lot of things you liked.
But what about things you dislike!
Is there any particulary phenomena or mayby even dudes you do not like in the scene. Give us the story!!
- Yes, that we, still in trouble in real life,have the time to do anything great to keep the scene alive. Keep it going dudes! About dudes I do not like, I could'nt remember yet.
+ What is your plans for the future? Both in the
scene and in private !
- Well, I'm trying to go to Australia in some years! I love Australia! It's a great place. Next year I'll be there for 6 weeks. For my first time. I'm sure it will be great. And on the 64 I'll swap till my end I think.
+ People keep claiming that the c64 soon'll be dead.
So far everyone saying so, have had to eat their
words again.
But when (or if) the c64 scene dies, what will you
then do. Jump to the (L)amiga or PC, or simply quit
the entire compy-scene?
- If the 64 really dies in the future, I won't do any- thing on another system not on the Amiga and not on pc. Then I quit all my activities.
+ People often talk about a lamer. But, what is a
lamer?. Please give me your definition !
- Hmm, difficult question Jesper. What is a lamer? well, I think there's really no exact deffinition to a lamer, I think these dudes are stupid, coz if any- one is popular, he'll forget fast, how 'lame' he be- gan.
ABOUT YOUR CONTACTS
ABOUT YOUR CONTACTS
+ I read somewhere that you have apx. 278 contacts. Is that really true ?
- No, at the moment I have exactly 298 contax, but I must say, around 90 are really slowly with their replies.
+ How the fuck do you have time for it? You deffenite
ly deserve all my respect. But then again if you
spend most of the time on your swapping activities
instead of composing, drawing or whatever I have a
vague idea how you can manage it.
Well, please mention a few of your ctx
- Calypso, Intruder, Walker,Splatterhead, Met, Vengeance, Shocker, Avalanche, Stake, Rage, Styx, Ca$h, Dr.Kaos, Coda, Creb, Wec, Shuze, Derbyshire Ram, Torture, Truss, Shockwave, Jazzcat, Pharaoh, Peace, Merlin, Spectator, Bird, Gigabyte, Jer, Scratch, Mr.Alpha, Caprice Design, Chaotic, Hogan, Debris, Unicorn, Syco, Morris, Maverick, Authentic, Stasi, Bacillus, Ibanez, Cruze, Titanic, Troop, Sounx, Savalas, Company, Blaze, Digahole, Funny, Fisher, lemonhead, Mr.Sid, Mr.Mike, Jack, Dr.Soft, Stone, Bobo, Aegis, Trace, Rap, Shark, Didi, Mephisto, Big Boost, Rob, Quorton.............and so on....
+ Do you prefer legal stuff or cracks from your ctx?
- Well, I'm interesting to get both, but I like to get really cool demos.
+ Do you use cheated stamps ?
- I use cheated stamps.
+ Why ?
- Well, I think you understand, why I'll use cheated stamps.
+ Magazines! Some people say there's too many -
some say there's not!! What do you think?
- Well, I think there are to many mags which has the same style. I don't think every group must have a magazine, or?
+ They for one thing sure keep the scene alive, but
what about demos? What do you think about the
quality of the demos produced nowadays?
- Well, I think the demos will be better and better. Look at the demos from the end of the 80th. That shows us, that the 64 can more as it looks like, he he.
+ What's your advice to all the demoproducing groups
concerning their future productions?
- Well, I wont give an advice to all the demogroups, but dudes,give your best to make them cool!
+ If you had the opportunity to build up a new group
- which persons would you like to join ?
- Coders : Slammer, Mr.Sex
Musicians : A-man, Peace
Gfx'ers : Electric, Ogami
Swappers : Derbyshire ram, Splatterhead
Modemtraders : Jazzcat, Deff
Others : --------
BRAINSTORM BRAINSTORM
+ what do you say when I say :
Group : must be
Coca Cola : Too much sugar!
Friendship : Ok, but not to much
C-64 : Cool machine
Amiga : Hehe
Girls : Sexy!
Nitro : To much delayed!
Beers : I'm the beer-man, hehe.
Magazines : Nice to read
Groupwars : Shit!
Sex : Important
Parties : Nothing against a good one
Interviews : Take a lot of time!
And last 'Skyhigh' : My favorite mag!
+ Yo we are getting closer to the end now.
I'll hereby give you the word to say what's on your mind. -The word is free !
- Cool, the interwiev has an end soon! hehehe. Oh, the Nitro hq was asked a lot, if I'm in the mood to swap with dudes wich I don't know, So, if you really want to get in touch with me, send a disc to my addy, which you surely can find in one of the addychapters here. A reply is always guaranteered!!
+ If there's some guys you want to greet or give a
special message then why not use the opportunity
right here?
- Well, of course I'll greet all my contacts right now. Hope you guys had a little bit fun while reading this interview.
+ Yeah that's it..
We reached the end of the interview. So I better let you of the hook for now!
I'll end by thanking you for taking the time to help
me with this.
I hope you'll stick to this beautiful scene for a long time! Have a cool time in the future.
Thanx homeboy!!
- Thanks jesper for the interview. I think that was the last one I gave for a long time, becoz I had to think too much to some of the questions, but all in all, it brought me fun! Keep on releasing this quite great magazine and take care of yourself!
Yours Spermbird/Excess
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