Brutal Recall 09 ch11
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"ALL ABOUT ROUGH/HYSTERIC"
an interview by tch/brutal
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okay,here you've got a very long'n'cool
interview done with ROUGH...
enjoy reading this...
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-no,my first question isn't "tell us
something about yourself".
i will first ask the other questions
and save that one for the end...
this way the readers will create their
own image of you. but we ofcourse need
to know some info.
i'm ROUGH of HYSTERIC,i swap,crack,make
the magazine "CONDOM" and supply myself
with originals...
-can you please give us an extract of
your carrier from the beginning till
this moment.
1987,PC,my own group,i was also the
only member. we built up NEW GERMAA
CRACKING SERVICE. it was just a
lame copy of the legend.
for a few weeks i joined COMMANDO
SERVICE CRACKERS,but i rejoined.
1988,still in new german cracking
service,because i was the leader in
ngcs together with IMBECIL of ex-
EXTEND and a lamer called MIC.
we were a bunch of friends and when
i looked around where a lot of them
went to,i must say only IMBECIL and
MIC stayed in contact with me...
one of them called ARES is now a
NAZI-HOOLIGAN,some of them suck on
amiga now and one of them called
SCHNÖESELSOFT drinks his beer every
day,he went down a lot,when i
remember the old times.
then i moved to austria for 1 year.
88/89,where i met GOOFY+FOXBUSTER of
HEADLINE. they both joined SILICON
later... as HOL was better than new
gcs,i joined and "coded" some
shitty demos for'em. until the
summer of '89 my handle was ON TOP,
a quite lame handle,then i renamed
into ROUGH...
after i removed to germany i joined
THE ANCIENT TEMPLE and got legal in
those times,where i got to know
coolies like ICE-T/TAT or jerks
like AYATOLLAH.
1990,for a few days i joined "TROPIC",
but they were fuckin' lame and i
rejoined tat.
in the summer of 1990 TOM and me
left THE ANCIENT TEMPLE because
ICE-T stopped the c64 and tat only
released shitty demos...
after a few months of non-activity
i joined AUTHENTIC ARTS,but after a
few days i joined together with tom
VISION. in december 1990 vision
died and all of us joined JIHAD's
new group HITMEN... the group was
very good but organisation and
friendship was terrible,mostly
because CURLIN is such an idiot.
i got kicked out of hitmen for one
day,but rejoined one day later,but
got kicked later when hitmen went
down the hill as jihad,curlin and
racoon left. for a few days i was
in DEPREDATORS,but my friend peter
joined them and that's why i left
to CHROMANCE,where i stayed 3/4 of
a year with a little (unnecessary)
time in PANDORA and recently i had
joined SUCCESS,but left to join
HYSTERIC!!
-so you've been in VISION and T.A.T.!
vision is back on the c64 and t.a.t.
made somekind of a comeback.
what do you think of these groups now
and what is the difference between the
old and new versions.
VISION is as demogroup still o.k. the
quality of the cracks is good,but the
speed is too low. i'm still in contact
with ICON/VISION which i allready knew
when i was in vision.
T.A.T. got some fine codings,but the
design of their demos is the ugliest
there is... cracker group tat? hahaha!
VISION is not that different like in
the earlier times,just german members
are missing!
T.A.T. misses coolies like ICE-T,TOM or
me. t.a.t. is a shit,no more!
-some time ago you joined PANDORA for a
short period. why?
i wanted to join a german group because
wares from the chromance hq in hungary
take apx 5-7 days and this sucks!!
but pandora was lame,i released three
possible first-releases,but none could
give'em to americanos. that's why i
supplied the originals to my friends in
hysteric,who made 2 first-releases out
of it. (wild blood prv,little ghostkid)
the reason why i joined success is the
same,but it's a lot better.
but the chromancers (esp.mr wax,jayce
and jazzy d) are still cool friends of
mine...
-okay,you are mainly a swapper.
what makes,in your opinion,a good
swapper and do you think swapping is
the easiest job in the scene?
well,nowadays my main worx are 50% swap
and 50% crack.
a good swapper must send fast,often and
good own stuff.
the amount of contacts is totaly
unimportant. well,let me say it like
this...
"you don't need to think much when only
swapping,but it's very hard too!
it can really piss you off alot..."
-you used to release a music-magazine on
the c64 called "CONDOM". now,i haven't
seen it for quite some time,but do you
still release it? if you don't then why
did you stop producing it?
haven't you got the issue from december
1991? it got a new outfit done by FACES
a very fine indeed!
but in the future it looks bad for
CONDOM,because i have serious time
problems with school,partys and girl.
we will see...
-oops,sorry! no i didn't see the dec'91
issue... probably because i had some
mail-problems...
anyway,next question!
have you ever thought about doing a
'normal' disc-mag or a paper-mag?
oh yes! i had the cool idea of making a
one-file magazine,weekly or two-weekly
released only with charts,news and
maybe adresses... i think the info
would be quite good by that,but as i
said... no time!!
i never thought about doing a papermag.
BULLETPROOF satisfies me anyway.
i thought about doing HARDCORE FANZINE
only with music,no computers,but no
time/no money!
-what do you think what's necessary to
do a good disk mag and which ones are
your favourites?
hmm,i think the text and userfriendly
code are most important.
graphix/sounds in high quality are nice
extras,but unnecessary!
my fav's are...HEADLINES,BR.RECALL,BILD
CORRUPTION,MISFIT,SMOOTH CRIMINAL and
SPOTLIGHT...
the worst shit are WORLD NEWS (sux!),
BITMANIA and PROPAGANDA...
-now let's go to the demo-scene.
which of these statements do ya support
and why...
a good demo: 1-"great style,outragious
music,cool graphix.
the design is most
important,if it's ugly
it is no good!!......."
or: 2-"fantastic code! the
music and graphix are
just to make it look
better. if there's no
good code,it's a flop!"
also give us your favourite demo's and
demo-crews...
the first argument i agree totaly.
it has to look good on the screen,not
in the assembler editor...
i respect groups like LIGHT or FLASH
very much but i prefer demos like
WONDERLAND VIII/CENSOR or DUTCH BREEZE
by BLACKMAIL!
i also like demos with new ideas.
CENSOR DESIGNS absolutely kixx ass..
WONDERLAND I-VIII rule!
before i forget,PRETZEL LOGIC is also
kewl!
-what do you think what makes a graphic
artist or composer one of the best?
can you give us your fav's too...
graphic artists have to be able to make
good pictures AND good logos,chars etc.
like HEIN DESIGN/BML or REDSTAR/FLASH.
musicians just have to be good and have
an own style...
favourite artists:HEIN DESIGN,OGAMI,
DRAGON,GOTCHA...
favourite musicians:JEROEN TEL,TIM
FOLLIN,ROB HUBBARD,
REYN OUWEHAND,MARC
COOKSEY,MARTIN GALWAY
and more...
i'll never understand why everybody
loves DRAX's musics... they're boring!
-okay,let's go illegal..
we can devide the cracking-scene in two
categories,sometimes combined:'speed'
and 'quality'. what is in your opinion
real important to be the best cracking
group?
also give us your favourites please.
quality AND speed is the best ofcourse,
but SPEED is in any case the most
important,or do you really care about
the LIGHT versions...
who plays the games anyway? all needed
trainers are allready in the speed
versions. old versions are unnecessary.
also important is the kewlnez of the
crack... the intro-design,scroll-texts,
extras,i think!
favourites:LEGEND,SUCCESS,HYSTERIC,
TALENT.
-some time ago 'SHORT INTROS' were being
used by almost everyone...
now the GAMERS GUIDE died this amount
reduced. do you or don't you like these
short intros?
in early times i only used short intros
because i thought speed rules,but if
you can't do speed...make quality!!
nowadays i mostly use long intros...
i just use shorts,some time to make 1
block shorter versions than my pals in
chromance,like fireman sam,only just
for fun... hehehehe!!
good crackers don't have it necessary
using short intros...
-some other favourites by rough:
food:pizza,lasagna,chinese food.
drinks:beer,tea,milk,bailey's,etc...
music:hardcore,punk,trash,death,ebm.
day:friday+saturday,no school on
the next day!
i love to sleep long!
season:spring+summer,ofcourse.
movies:highlander i,mostly strange
fantasy+sc.fiction,but also
horror and funny movies.
(naked gun rules!!)
country:italy is fine,countries in the
south are cool anyway!
sports:skate-boarding,tea-kwon-do,
SLEEPING (my fav!)
-can we consider you a PARTY-ANIMAL or
do you hardly visit any parties or
meetings.
please give us some hints to organise
a good party...
i don't like the word "party-animal",it
sounds stupid. but i'm often on parties
and concerts. there i like to have my
fun,booze and fcuk!! i also like compu
parties,but only with cool guys,no
computer nerds!!!
organising a party...
PRIVATE:DO NEVER MAKE A PARTY AT YOUR
HOME!!
you will be pissed afterwards.
invite a lot of people who know
many people!!
COPYPARTY:make partys in short holidays
like CHRISTMAS,EASTER.
only with other,amiga,groups.
don't promise 2 much bullshit!
-last year you had left the scene for a
month or so. what made you leave and
will you ever leave the c64 again
before the scene dies?
well,i was pissed off by computing and
wanted to spend time on my girl-friend
and learning to play guitar,but as i
said before. it's like a DRUG...
i am addicted!
i only leave when i'm 100% out of money
or when santa claus will be german's
president (insider joke!)
if c64 dies,hopefully a new computer
has launched the world allready,because
amiga is not the top!
-have you ever had troubles with the
post or the cops!?
no troubles with cops except fighting
against NAZI-SKINHEADS. hehe!
FUCK NAZIS!! only troubles with the
post due to cheating of other guys!!
-how's the weather overthere in
ebersberg?
snow is lying in ebersberg and it's
fucking cold...
I HATE IT!!!
-is there one thing you want to do for
sure in the future?
hm,for the scene...
-improve my cracking abilities.
-visit a scandinavian copy party.
-see the face of ANTICHRIST/OMG for
real... it must be quite funny.
-can you give me a short description of
the scene in germany?
SUCCESS,X-RAY (rip) and HYSTERIC rule,
rest mostly sux.
demogroups... SPIRIT is very kewl...
vote'em...
-let's get more into your social life...
do you still go to school or are you
working allready?
i go to school! gymnasium to be exact,
the 10th class!! i HATE skool...
latin sucks... baaah!
-do you have a fiancee or do you have a
crush on some one?
fiancee? i'm married with DEMENTED of
HYSTERIC... haha!
no seriously,i'm not married nor i have
a fiancee. but i got a girl-friend
called SWEEDY! stupid name,but nice,
pretty and intelligent girl! i really
like her a lot!
she's 17 years old,dark blond/red color
hair,fine figure...
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read the rest in part 2!
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