Interview - Sidetracked

1.Loud greetings of Perú,Jay! How going the things in Sidetracked?
Things are good! 2018 was our most prolific year by far with 12 releases. We have a lot lined up for 2019 as well included our long awaited full length "Hollowed Out".

2.Tell us how is form this chaotic band of loud powerviolence grindcore called Sidetracked? Hows been the begings?
My name is Jay and I started the band in 2000 as the lead singer and songwriter. At the time we started, the big influences were Chain of Strength, Capitalist Casualties and countless 80's hardcore bands. Theres been a lot of lineup changes but the other main guy on the recordings was Brian Skiffington who played drums. He left the band this year. I've been playing guitar and singing live since 2010. Our bassist Andrew Gentz has been in the band 9 years and has played on a few recordings but mainly I handle vocals, guitar and bass. 

3.Discography of Sidetracked?
To date, Sidetracked has 41 releases currently. We have done: 
16 standalone cds
4 standalone 7"s
6 standalone tapes
Split cds with God's America and Gorgonized Dorks
Split 7”s with: Summer League, In Disgust, Hummingbird of Death, Self Inflicted, Gaz-66 Intrusion, To The Point, Rabid Pigs and Scum Human.
Split lps with Gride and Dead Radical
Split tapes with Limbs Bin, Violent Opposition, and Disparo. 

4.Influences at Sidetracked?
The biggest influences would be No Comment, Lack of Interest, Capitalist Casualties, Straight Ahead/NYC Mayhem, Nihilist Commando, 7 Minutes of Nausea, Negative Approach and Sissy Spacek. 

5.Some members of Sidetracked have another proyect paralell?
Me and the bassist, Andrew Gentz, also play in the hc punk band Victims Panel (no recordings yet) The other bands I played in before this that have records released are Bookburner and Sojourner. Andrew has plays (or played) in Criminal Code, White Wards and Negative Press. Our former drummer Brian played in Sojourner, Owen Hart (now called Earth Control), Shore, and Dead Weight. Our current drummer Mike Doherty also plays in Hummingbird of Death and Upinatem. 

6.Jay,explain some more about the actual powerviolence grindcore scene of your city and recommend some bands.
Some cool powerviolence bands from the Seattle area would be Savage and Regional Justice Center. 

7.Sidetracked knows the powerviolence grindcore scene of Southamerica?
I know next to nothing about powerviolence from South America. I like some grindcore/noisecore stuff from Brazil like Rot (especially A Long Cold Stare), Noise and Industrial Holocaust. As for bands from Peru specifically, I've heard a little bit of stuff like Atrofia Cerebral and Audicion Irritable. 

8.Stuff avaliable of Sidetracked at the moment? where the grinders can find the stuff?
I do mailorder for the band and it can all be purchased through: https://sidetracked.bandcamp.com/merch

9.Morbid future plans?
In 2019, besides the lp I mentioned, we also have a split lp lined up with the Italian noisecore band Isolation As Cult, split cds with Captain 3 Leg and Reeking Cross, some more noisecore cds, 10 year collection cd, split 7"s with Savage and The Seeker and another standalone 7". 

10.Last words Jay and thanks for your time in this interview.
Thank you for the interview! If anyone wants to get in contact with me directly, feel free to email at j_tichy@hotmail.com, check out our bandcamp at https://sidetracked.bandcamp.com and we have a facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sidetrackedpv