1, I can remember goodlife recordings from way back in the days, how did GL come about?
I was sick of working shitty jobs for shitty bosses. I dreamt it up, envisioned it, and went for it, from scratch,
with no knowledge, little funds and no experience but just my feel for talent to work with.
People who want to read the complete story can read it on our website :
http://www.goodliferecordings.com/en/inside-look/story.htm
2, What was your first release?
CONGRESS 'Euridium' 7" and then CONGRESS 'Blackened Persistance' LP/CD
3, I know you used to play in a band yourself, can you tell me a lil bit about that, they did a CD right?
Yup, started playing in the late 1980's, introducing political straight edge hardcore in Belgium and beyond, band's
name was NATIONS ON FIRE. People can listen to some songs here : http://www.myspace.com/nationsonfirebe
I wrote all the songs and lyrics, played guitar, sang the melodic lines, did the artwork, etc. We released a slew
of 7"s, 3 CD's and countless cuts on compilations around the world.
4, I remember everyone used to go nuts for the good life festivals, did you ever think about bringing it back?
I agree, those festivals are now pretty legendary in retrospect. But bigger and more commercial sponsored festivals stole our concept and ran with it. Good for them but we could no longer compete. Our fests were 100% hardcore,
independent and never were sponsored, the way it should be ! And on a side note, fests for kids that are sponsored
by liquor, to me I find that immoral. Yuck.
5, GL is huge now & must be a full time job, with all the bands, merch, webstore how many people are part of the GL Family?
Actually Good Life was a full time job from day one. Due to people stopping buying music, we had to let two people
go, so we are now down to just 2 staff plus some freelance help from friends.
6, I know you must love every release of GL but do you have a favorite?
Every single release is my baby in a way, but Onesta and Nasty are my current favorites.
Apart from that I am very proud of having discovered and or first released records for bands that became pretty popular like Avenged Sevenfold, Poison The Well, Morning Again, As Friends Rust, 100 Demons, etc etc.
Many releases are slowly getting out of print and becoming collectible due to peeps completing their collections. Tons of releases are already completely sold out, bythe way.
7, You have had a few bands on GL that have gone on to be really big, can you tell me about some of those bands & what they released for you?
We did 2 records with Avenged Sevenfold, 3 with Poison The Well, and 3 with As Friends Rust.
8, Who is your favorite 10 artist/bands of all time, theres more to life that hardcore right?
10 is not enough but here we go, in no particular order :
Youth of Today
Metallica
Vegan Reich
One Life Crew
Uniform Choice
Slayer
Cro-Mags
Chet Baker
John Dowland
NOFX
Nino Rota
Danny Elfman
Lightnin Hopkins
Gangstarr
Avenged Sevenfold (who remain consistently great)
and so many more...
9, You released a version of a NASTY cd with porn star Holly D , how did that come about & can you tell me about that?
Yup, only 100 were made and that version is now out of print. Each CD is signed and dedicated by Holly, has some of her photos on it and is hand numbered. I met her thru a mutual friend who informed me she was into hardcore and punk, and so we decided to work together, so she wears our bands' shirts in her movies and uses some of the music for the soundtracks.
10, What new bands have you got comming out on your lable?
We have new albums on the way by Nasty, Vietnom, Onesta, Slam Coke, King of Clubz and a new V/A called 'Beatdown Basterds', with nothing but exclusive tracks by the best beatdown hardcore bands across the globe !
11, Whats your webstore address so kids can check it out ?
Our webstore is located at www.hardcore.GL and is available in four languages for now. Our store has been
around for a long time, so kids know that they can trust us, and we have many customers from all over the world !
12, Any last words & shout outs.
I would like to thank you for this interview, good luck with the zine, glad to see it back ! Thanks to anyone who
still buys their music, you are the last of the few !
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