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Warning SF - Interview to Jon Torres (guitars - former Angel witch)

E' always the largest one appeals to to succeed to exchange two words with personages of the bore of Jon Torres, chitarrista historian of the Angel Witch and the Laaz Rockit today returned on the road with its Warning SF. The Thrasher has revealed us tantissimi backstage of its career, revealing itself most available and not losing for road some detail. To he the word...

Interview edited by: Mark "Dark Mayhem" Belardi



Hail Jon! We speak about the new album, "Aftermath", than a new album it is not, being composed from recorded material a second time more three old rimasterizzate and composed traces originally between 1979 and 1985. Com' is been born the idea to produce a particular disc therefore?

You have said all good. "Aftermath" comprises old songs written between 1979 and 1985. They have been contacted on Internet from a boy who calls Rob Preston, from the "Doomed planet records". It wanted to know why we had only realized the demo in vinile of 1985, and me churches if we had recorded other material. Therefore it had been, but the quality of the recording those pieces was truly low, too much low why puttinges in circulation came. Therefore, when we have decided to newly record the seven traces that compose "new" the album, we have intentional to together put also the three to us of demo "the Not to chance in Hell", of 1985. But to that point, we did not want to spend beyond for the recordings, is in terms of moneies that of time. Creed that, having them rimasterizzate and reinserite therefore, the fans of the old school they will very appreciate to them for what they are.

The history of Warning SF begins in 1979, but then you are passings in 1985. What has happened to the band?

For the precision, there are you form to you in 1982, also having played together sin from the date that you have specified. But like Warning SF, we exist from the ' 82. The beginning was not good, since I was in the Thunderhead, and since Brian Poole and Fillari were in the Hades. They had problems with their chitarrista, and I had some with the Thunderhead. Therefore, we have made a jam session and we have understood that we were made in order to play together. Therefore, they separated themselves from the chitarrista with which they played together and I left the Thunderhead, and here the birth of Warning SF. In the successes to you four years have been many linen-up changes, but we have played very many show until the issolution, happened in 1986. Not there were more members originates them neither ideas. Therefore, decided that it was the hour to stop.



Six famous one in order to have played with Angel witch, Laaz Rockit and Thunderhead. You can speak us about your past with these band and about the reasons of your separations from they?

Yeah... The Thunderhead is my before band serious one always. Memory that with they we have played largest show, of shoulder to Exodus, Blind illusion, Anvil Chorus, Vicious rumors and others. They were great times. For me, the Thunderhead greatest experience has been one. My first experience tied to the songwriting. And we were ispiratissimi, tantochè some of the song of "Aftermath" are pieces of the Thunderhead that I had written. As an example, "Aftermath", "Road Death" and, naturally, "Thunderhead". I left the band why there was too much rivalry between of we, litigamavo between siblings practically every day, and in the end we more did not succeed to be in the same room without that a conflict was born. Not there was more the demanded concretezza in order to go ahead, and without a very precise reason beyond to these, I went via! As far as the Laaz Rockit: devil, I could write a book on all the time passed with they. I entered in 1988, we have endured made a small tour in California with the Angel Witch (therefore sonobbi Kevin), and the successive year we played together to the Defiance. Soon we would have realized a video for "Fire in the hole", in order then to leave in tour with the M.O.D. for all the States. A alcoholism lesson that I will not never forget: every day new adventure to the standard of the art of the drink was one! Ended the tour, we have been to house for a po '. Then, Phil Kettner and Vic Lamb have been fire, and tried to you from endured new members. The new ones enter to you were characterize to you in Darren, a boy of Los Angeles, and in a my old friend, Sven Soderlund of the Mercenary. In study we have recorded the single "Leatherface" for "Texas Chainsaw Massacre III". Made the video in the desert of Mojave, we went to house for a minute. Neanche the time to return to house, and is Sven that Darren if they had gone some from the band. We took two new boys for the tour of "Leatherface", but for me it was nearly the end. One of the two had serious complexes with "God", and when we went on the road it was a disaster! After that incubus we took a new drummer in order to record in study "Nothing' s sacred". I have played on that disc without to obtain neanche the name on the credits, Enigma records had of the problems and it left everyone us on its road. The things did not go more well, left the band and entered in the Angel Witch. The Angel Witch was largest when I entered in the band. We have endured recorded a demo of three pieces when I was still in the Laaz Rockit, recording to the Prairie Sun Studios with Kevin, Tom Hunting and I. They were greatest times, since I to the time loved very many I am Angel Witch and Exodus, and to record with members of these two band for me was the maximum. The chitarrista Doug Piercy entered in formation also, from the Heathen, and was ready for the first concert with the new linens-up. That it was not never kept! Kevin was left the country in March of 1991 towards the "Old Blighty", and after this event we have played a concert in three in order to obtain the moneies in order to contact a lawyer who worked on immigration. We have gone in England in order to resume it and, later, in that year we have written new songs and tried to go ahead with Kevin, but it has called to me in 1992 and has put fine to understood it the Angel Witch. They are remained in contact with Kevin in 1996, we have reformed ourselves of new. They are returned in England in 1997 and we have recorded one demo of three pieces, trying to go ahead in the business of the band. Until 1998, all good, then we have taken Scott Higham on drums and Keith Herzborg to the guitar. We have fixed an European small tour, then cancelled because of a most large problem that plagued Kevin. Then, Kevin me churches to go to living to London with to he and its problem, that whore of its girl. Then, it was asked to me to exit without a reason, and I returned to Saint met Francisco.Ho of recent Tom and Kevin to London, and we have spoken to care about one possible reunion about linens-up about the Bay Area. That could happen within short, therefore I will hold to you informed!

Mixate Heavy Metal American of old school and Thrash Metal, product much well and with modern sounds. This mix between ottantiani elements and new elements will be one characteristic also of Warning SF of the future?

Without doubt. We are of old the crazy ones for the old school, and we absolutely do not mean to change that approach of Warning SF towards those infuences. We are some gets passionate to you. The only thing that will be present in more in new pieces, is that they will be very darker. Creepy is good!

The Thrash Metal finally is rinato from ashes of was difficult. In the 1999 the Testament if of they are escapes with a great disc like "The gathering", and in the 2001 German Thrash has had an optimal vintage year. And here hour a 2003 rich one of reunion: Heathen, Assassin, Nuclear Assault, Celtic frost, Dark Angel and Death Angel. That of tasks of this "saga" of formations returned active?

Task that is fottutamente grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrande! The best of the best! I know sure that many band will return for monetary reasons, and this will be their only problem. For that I see in turn, the situation is much various one from like it was to the beginning, years ago. Music must come before in order, the rest is all roba secondary. Sure, they serve economic financings in order to succeed to record discs and to go in tour, but now it is better not to speak: we will be to see!



How you are enters to you in contact with the Mausoleum records?

We have sent one our cassette to many persons, to several companies of recording. A copy has arrived to the Mausoleum, than it has offered the better one to us contracted. Laurent Ramadier di Snakepit magazine is the person who really has insistito in order to carry us to the Mausoleum, and therefore we have contacted it, feeling then that they were interested. Therefore we have met Alfie of the Mausoleum, when we have come to meet of the friends to London. And therefore, we have signed the contract.

The material of "Aftermath" has been written in years eighty, to their beginning. What you have made in those years, to level of production?

Not a lot. A demo it is exited in little copies in 1985. But we have played a bag of concerts with a bag of large bands.

Yours it is a contract for three discs, with Mausoleum records. What you will make in the next future?

Crushing Metal Records! For honest being, I say to you that for hour we only hope that the fans they help us, buying the disc, why if nobody buys it does not come to know as you have worked, and us you remain very badly. Sad but true! In future, we will make all that that we can in order to realize the better disc based on our abilities.

Aaron was in the Laaz Rockit. What has happened of precise to the band when it has changed its name in Gack, and when left definitively the scene?

Now their members are scattered in various parts of the country, live their life and have other jobs. It is spoken about a possible one reunion for the Dynamo, for this year, but if I must be sincere I do not know Aaron from being able enough well to you to say if it will make it or not.

The production of "Aftermath" is much modern and rich one of vocal effects. You have never thought to produce "Aftermath" with ottantiani sounds, or the choice to go in that direction has been fixed sin from the beginning?

For honest being, not there are many effects on the voice. Ce is some, but the maggiorparte of the things that you feel are only raddoppiamenti of the vocal traces recorded from Tower, so as to to create a choral effect. One what of the sort can appear like an effect, however. The used type of recording is a march in more, for we, and when we attack the instruments we always try to obtain various sounds from that we used to search then. Consequently, the difference from ours is felt very sound ottantiano. E' for what we have chosen to leave therefore com' was the three traces bonus.

You can speak me about the background of the other musicians of Warning SF?

Absolutely. First of all, I introduce you the only member originates them remained in Warning SF, Mr. Brian Poole. I have played in varied bands together to Brian, in the course of all these years. As an example, the I4NI with Bobby Gustafson and Tom Hunting, the Repulsa, with Tom Hunting and Mark McGee. Always we have been great friends and the songwriting it always finds us of agreement, when we compose. Carstensen tower is the motor pulling ahead in the department of the singer! E' be in varied band like My victim, Bad press and Multiply. One of the best musicians is annoying that I have felt to you, and always has been a pleasure to work with he. Aaron Jellum is a man who does not have need of presentations. A solista chitarrista exceptional fact on purpose for me, for how much we wanted to make on this disc. I have called a day chiedendogli if it had had it wants to make a little Shred on our disc, has come in study and it has ripped all without mercy! As there was from imagining itself. Will Carroll is an other Metal soldier that it has come in time of need. E' be in others band like Old grandad, 9 The cutthroats and Vicious rumors. He Kills my friends! And to the end but not for last, Joe Jimenez, than not sound on the disc but that it will be with we on the road, this summer, and on the next disc of Warning SF. It has played with Ulysses siren, Apathy and Bacchus.

You have played from the alive one with Metallic, Exodus and Megadeth. As far as "Aftermath", you have already planned a tour?

Sure that we have made it. We are working on a tour planned in order to set off half in the june of 2003 in the beautiful one of the season of the festival. From a glance to our situated one, www.warningsf.com, or on www.mausoleum-records.com, you can find all up to now the fixed dates.

Maledizione, now not me the memory... Which idea you have on the scene rock American odierna? You see the Thrash like a revived truth, or tasks that will not be to the capacity of label the more assets to the day today?

I see the Metal scene rather American in crisis. As it never it had not been. There is a sure process of return from part of the Bay Area and its groups, but it will not be never like to the days of the Glory, we will not be able to never make comparazioni with those times. Europe reigns! The interview is reached the term: you have some word for the readers of MetalManiacs? Keep Metal alive! Band your head til you' king dead. We look at this summer, there will be, Cheers Italy!

Jon Torres

Mark "Dark Mayhem" Belardi

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