DARK BREED Interview!!!

This band is coming outta upstate NY, and I got in touch with them through the split 7" they did with Ground Zero from CT. The music kinda reminds of bands like Bulldoze and stuff, you know, the hard and tough nyhc. Check out the lyrics and you'll know what I mean too. You gotta love a band like this. These guys should get picked up by a label soon, cos their music is just to good to be ignored or to not be released on a cd. I hope this interview will help a little bit with that. It's done through e-mail with Shawn.

1. Current Line-up and short band history?
Kenny F.-Vocals, Tony & Roger-Guitar, Shawn-Bass, Jay-drums. The band was originally just kenny, Tony, jay, and greg then roger joined and they kicked greg out and then i (shawn) joined. I have been ibn the band for a litlle over a year now.
2. What's been released yet and what's still available?
So far we put out 3 demos (demo 96 & 97 and a live NYU show), a split 7" with ground zero on back ta basics and we are also has a song on the Orange County Comp. We will be on the Call for unity comp 2 coming out in 3 weeks on back ta basics.
3. Why did you choose the name eye 2 eye, any special reason for that?
No one really remembers… it was so long ago.
4. You did a split 7" with Ground Zero, how did you get on that 7"?
Rick (Healey) hooked us up with that!!
5. The split 7" is on BTB, are you happy with Rick's work on that, and will you work with him again in the future?
Very happy with his work and we hope to work with him again in the future!
6. How's the scene in your area now?
In the past year a lot more kids have been coming to all the shows and and almost every show around here has a good turn out.
7. Do you play a lot of shows (where, with who)?
We play a lot of shows in the upstate part of NY, we played in Castle heights in NYC. We play with such bands as ALL OUT WAR, 25 TA TA LIFE, HATEBREED, BILLY CLUB SANDWICH, EARTH RISIS, CRISIS, CANDIRIA, SECTION 8, 99 CENTS, INNER DAM, BENEATH THE REMAINS, BLOOD 4 BLOOD, and many, many, more!!!
8. What do you know about the belgian and european scene?
The only thing i know about that is what i see on the internet...
9. What do you do besides the band (inside and outside the scene)?
Jay is a iron worker in the city, Roger pierces at a tattoo studio he also works at a printing press and made the covers for the 7". Tony is working at a tattoo studio and a pretzel place in the mall, Kenny lives in the city and hangs out on weekends and i dont work...scence wise i make flyers help my girlfriend with the web page..I also going to be booking shows at a local club called the eclispe in middletown NY. Pretty much we are all trying to book shows there.
10. Anyone in the band sxe, vegan or anything else worth mentioning?
Roger is the one and ONLY sxe person in our band.
11. Any plans to release some more music soon?
We have a song coming out on the Call for Unity Comp 2 on BTB and trying to put out a CD real soon.
12. Other future plans for the band?
We have a bunch of songs that have not been realesed yet and we have a bunch of brand new songs! All of are new songs are heavier then anything we have out (i think).
13. In Belgium there's some controversy about so-called violent dancing (windmills, kickboxing in the pit,…), people speak out against it and shit. What's your opinion on that form of dancing?
I heard dancing in europe is real violent. Around here we dance hard (windmills and shit) but we look out for each other. But you are always going to have a fight here and there.
14. Last comments and shout outs?
Thanks to Dark Breed Zine for the interview. Rick for the 7" and always looking out for us. Any bands that ever helped us out or hang out with us on a daily basis including: Fallout, 99 cents, Beneath the Remains, Inner Dam, Ground Zero, Implicate etc., 5 fingers of death (Irate, Everybody gets Hurt, MindSet, Billy Club Sandwich) and everyone who supports us, went to our shows, brought our demos, shirts, lent us shit, hoooked us up with shows...there r so many names and i dont want to forget nobody.