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F8 - pronounced FATE (feit):
n. 1. The ultimate agency that predetermines the course of events. 2.
the inevitable fortune that befalls a person or thing. 3. the end or
final result. 4. death, destruction or downfall. 5. South Africa's only
Tekno-Grind band of bizarre proportions with dark ambient, gothic, metal,
cheeze, electronic, post-rock, industrial & HC touches...
THE
F8 MISSION
Face-lifting
South African music with a blunt razor, peeling it back, nailing it
down with rusty nails, thus exposing it to stare at its own drying pretensions.
The pursuit of boredom's destruction. To be serious without losing touch
with life's humorous futility. Doing what comes naturally. Lo-fi-digital.
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THE
BEGINNING
F8
came
into
being
as
a
result
of Pablo
Priest
(SA "Metal Godfathers" Voice
Of
Destruction's
drummer
Paul
Blom)
buying
a
bass
guitar
in
London (UK)
while
this
landmark
metal
band
did
their
European
thing
between
1995-1997,
including
the
recording
of
the Bloedrivier album in
the
UK
and
a
full
European
tour.
The
second hand black Hohner
/
Steinberger bass
guitar
was a steal
at 90
Pounds
(hard
flight case
included!
-
in 2001
one
of
these
fuckers
was
spotted
in
a
shop
with a
"special"
price
tag of
over
R4000
-
Yikes!)
This
was
late
'96.
This
bass
was
intended
as
a
creator
of
guideline
tunes
for
anticipated project Priests
Of
Extreme
Sadism with
brother Francois
(V.O.D
vocalist,
aka
Uncle
Vinnie
&
Die
Kruis and K.O.B.U.S. vocalist). The procrastinated
project was never realized (except for over the top song ideas), but will soon be resurrected from the back burner,
and
erupt
most
definitely,
rattling
quite
a
few
cages.
Returning
to
SA
after
a
killer
Euro-Tour in 1997,
the
rest
of
V.O.D
stayed
behind,
getting
on
with
this
and
that,
watching
Kiss
&
Ozzy
live at
Donnington,
earning
Pounds
etc.
The
absence
of
creating
music
resulted
in
messing
about
on
the
bass.
V.O.D bassist
Diccon
was
set
to
give
some
lessons,
but
he
plays
with
his
fingers.
Pablo
wanted
a
more
hard
core
approach
and
settled
for
a
pick.
He
also
ended
up
teaching
himself
-
well,
not
really
teaching,
merely
managing
to
create
sounds
that
stop
short
of
sounding
"wrong"!
Eventually
a
drum
machine
was
added.
Visiting
old
friends,
Werner
Offner
and
Julian
Oosthuizen
aka
Jules
&
Vern (Vaughan Hyman also present)
at
the
infamous
50
Bloem Street,
the
notorious Hangpoes came
to
being,
a
one
take
60
minute
improvisational
disaster
with
Pablo
Priest
on
bass
&
backing
wails,
Jules
on
keyboards
and
random
drum
machine,
Vern
&
Vaughan
on
rotating
vocals.
The
'master'
tape
(and
only Hangpoes copy)
was
sent
to
Francois
in
London
as
a
Christmas
/
New
Year
gift,
complete
with
"50
and
Over"
porny
mag
pics
as
cover
artwork
-
thus
the
title
-
a
horrorshow!
From
that
session
the
first
"real"
F8
song
came to being: I'm
a
Booza!
Pretty
self-explanatory,
really.
Vern
gave
it
his
deep,
personal
philosophical
take
on
the
joys
of
boozing
while
Priest
&
Jules
played
until
they
got
tired
and
faded
it
out.
A
couple
more
live
quick
take
tracks
were
born
a
few
Vodka
soaked
Saturday
afternoons
later
incl:
!!speeed!!,
Dr
Faustus,
Karnival
DeGrind,
The
Nelly
Song and
Vernie,
Get
Me
a
Drink!.
With
the
exception
of
the
2
drinking
songs,
the
first
three
tracks
became
the
EP:
A
D8
WITH
F8.
After
"playing"
bass
guitar
for
only
a
year
or
so,
Pablo
wrote
over
50
songs.
The
break
from
physical
strain
of
drumming
hard
and
fast
was
a
welcome
breather,
though
drum
patterns
still
churned
forth
via
the
digital
programming (which became took the shape of driving, looping, hypnotic patterns).
Contact F8
for candle lit dinner serenades, corporate junkets, live orgy background music, political rallies, cult victim reprogramming etc.
Logo design by Paul Blom
Paul images by Henri-Jacques Blom
Special Thanks: Everyone who's helped out in my life, folks, Henk &
Fran, friends, family, nuts and bolts |
©
1997
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Flamedrop Productions
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