Interview du groupe Daggers

Could you please introduce yourself one by one ?

David : vocals
Thierry : guitars
Yannick : drums
Greg: bass

Where did the band name come from ? Has it a special meaning ?

We wanted something short, easy to remember. Aggressive. Kris Deweerdt, our ex singer, came with the name and we said ok... No special meaning.

How did the band get formed ? How did you meet yourself ?

Thierry and Yannick are brothers and we know each others since a long time now. Same schools, going to the same shows, playing the same epic games, and that's very important, we all love Rhapsody... We have also played in some bands before Daggers, sometime together. And for sure it was a very helpful experience because we knew that we were able to play together and with the same motivation. At the very beginning of the band, it was Thierry and I playing mathcore stuffs (well, kind of). He was drummer and I was bass player. From that moment till now we had tons of line up changes and it was a long way to get a solid one. Now it's done, we learned a lot and can finaly go forward.

How did you meet your label Anchors Aweigh Records ?

Kris organised a show for Gold Kids in our rehearsal room, one of our first show. It's a really small place, warm as fuck. The show was sick. It was the first time we met André, who's running the label.

May you describe your music ?

We play what we feel, so I guess we don't feel that good for the moment. Just want to play some pissed punk tunes.

How do you compose your sounds?

Usually Thierry come with some guitar riffs, then we change everything together and we have some kind of a song.

What do you talk about in your songs ?

Shit that pisses us off. About life and our own experiences. It's a nice therapy to avoid mass murder.

What are your main influences? Rise and Fall ?

Choking Victim.

Could you give me a list of your current favorites tracks ?

Every Rhapsody's and AC/DC's songs. They are the best to hit the road

How do you prepare your gigs ?

We rehearse, smoke weed and praise the Great Elders around altars somewhere in the forest.

How did the audience reply on your music?

It's hard to say. Some people mosh, some of them just stay and watch, we have good and bad feed back. I don't know, but things are not going so bad.

What can we expect of you in the near future?

Now that we have a solid line-up we're looking forward to work on our next LP, and tour as much as we can. We already record a song called Golden Teacher, the first we wrote together. And well, we are pretty happy of the way things are moving on.

Having played in many different venues, you must have some crazy or embarrassing stories to go with it?

There's a bunch of epic stories on tour, lots of parties. Riga was great, lot of drugs, lot of misterious alcohools. It ended at 11am in a hospital but i admit i dont remember much about the whole night.

What do you think of Belgium hardcore scene ?

We've met good friends, see and play with awesome bands but we are not so much into the whole "Hardcore scene" spirit.
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