RABIA are from NY,dirty punkers with something to say...check them out!!
1 - FIRST OFF,INTRODUCE THE BAND,WHO ARE THE CURRENT MEMBERS? WHAT'S THE AIM OF RABIA? WHEN THE BAND FIRST STARTED?
Hello, we are Rabia from New York City (myspace.com/rabia) and Is Jose/Vocals, Michael/Guitar, Ian/Drums, Diego/Bass and Simon/Guitar. We started in the summer of 2004
2 - (FEEL FREE TO NOT ANSWER TO THAT) -WHAT DOES LEAD YOU TO SQUAT? WHAT'S THE WHOLE POLITIC/SOCIAL CHOICE BEHIND IT? ITS RELATED TO YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND OR OTHER?HOW IS THE SQUAT SITUATION LIKE IN NY?
I (Jose) became a squatter as form of rebellion against the gentrification that is being happening in NYC. The City government is giving a lot of power to landlords and companies who are rising rent prices and pushing families who can’t afford it out of their houses. In 2004 we had a beautiful squat called Casa del Sol in the Bronx where around 50 Anarchists were leaving, we had a performance space, a community Kitchen, bike and art workshops, etc… Was very successful working with the neighborhood community, also we organized part of the block of Anarchists who protest in the RNC this year. Sadly one day cops came in and burned part of one of the buildings and we were forced to move out. After this we took over other buildings around the city but cops are giving us a lot of shit, the law after the 80’s squatter revolution here in NYC are been made in a way that is impossible for us to fight legally the possession of a building. In the actuality we have a few buildings that are being occupied but only for punks just to crash at night, also is one group of activist that are working in take over abandon buildings to turn it into houses for homeless.
(Diego)- I came to United States 4 years ago, I joined RABIA last summer, and well I met jose like everybody else in the city, walking around in the streets of new york trying to find a spot to sleep, because there was no place to stay in 2005, he told me about the places he mentioned and I didn’t get to know them, because they were closed. It sucks to say, but this housing system this country has is a piece of shit.. No one owns the land even if you pay the house.. The land is the State’s so if you piss in it you might get arrested for pissing in State property even if you’re in your house.
3 - HOW MANY GIGS DID YOU'VE PLAYED TIL NOW?
J- Since Rabia stared in 2004 we’re being a very active band playing almost every week with almost all the punk bands in the NYC area and a lot of bands from outside.
D- I got in 2008 to the band and I cannot even count the times we have played. We are invited to most of the events that are around NY.
4 - INFLUENCES? I BET Los Crudos & SOME OTHER JAPANESE BANDS, ISN’T IT?
J-We are coming from different backgrounds in the punk, from, as you mention, Los Crudos, South American hardcore, UK punk, Japanese HxC, etc. We do cover a few of our favor bands like RIP, Eskorbuto, Decibelos, Mob 47, Ratos De Porao, Raw Power, Oi Polloi, Dr.Know…
5 - WHAT DOES RABIA MEAN? IS IT IN SPANISH?WHY?
J- Rabia is the Spanish word for rage, anger. An attitude that is in every single punk kid.
D- Rabia is a happy way to say "emputed up", or "no me touch los eggs you malparid" ( like saying literally "Don't touch my balls" hahah, a quite disturbing image ! It stands for "Get the fuck out of my way fucker"by the way.. XGIXX)
6 - I KNOW YOU GUYS PLAYED IN ABC NO RIO - WHATS THE PLACE & THE CROWD LIKE? IS THERE A REALLY DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE NYC PUNX & NYHC SKINS?UP TO,YOURS WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING TO THE WHOLE SCENE?
J- Yeah We play at ABC No Rio sometimes, back in the 80’s used to be an squat now is a place to have shows every weekend, also have a gallery, silk screen, dark and computer room, a big Zine library and is home for the L.E.S Food Not Bombs. Shows there are great…. NYC Punks have a different scene than the “NYHC” dudes, I don’t see much in common, they don’t like us, We don’t like them either.
D- I grew up listening to NYHC bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, Antidote (NYC), Madball, and also a lot of Anarchopunk, with friends in Colombia, and believe it or not the same division happens over there, Now it is Anarchopunks one side, r.a.s.h. skinheads otherside, SHARP other, Nazis(yes what you heard a latino white power bullshit) together with the downtown skins(888) is like it make no sense. And it’s not about NYHC skins or not, because it is no longer a division between punks and skins because in the NYC punk scene there is some Skinheads and street punks, as it is everywhere. I met some people from NYHC and the only cool guy till now is Butifarra-men and Freddy Madball. But NYHC is a total different world from what the punk scene is nowadays.
7 - METALCORE IS SHIT & WE ALL KNOW ABOUT IT...BUT THERE'S A SOLUTION? I MEAN IS THERE A RIGHT WAY TO REBUILT THE WHOLE COUNTRY'S SCENE?
J-I don’t know man, that scene is not around our circle, I don’t even know where they have their shows, I just don’t care.
D-Blacklisted played with Crude I was fuckin pissed I wasn’t gonna pay 15 bucks to see Crude and and had to hear BLACKLISTED.. Fuck that. We could just you know.. Arm the people and start shooting around highschool kids hehe.
8 - I DO KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF BANDS THAT CLAIMS THEIR WILL TO REBUILT A SOCAL SCENE - BUT WHAT ABOUT THE YOUTHS? EXCEPT FOR C.O.P. FROM CALIFORNIA (PS: CHECK THEM OUT)IT SEEMS LIKE THE YOUNG ONES GET IN HARDCORE JUST TO ACT VIOLENT WITHOUT A REAL REASON EXECPT FOR POSING WITH GIRLS PANTS& SHIT.....THERES ALSO THE WHOLE GANGSTA THING THAT IS REALLY OUTTA CONTROL RIGHT NOW,OR ISN'T IT?D- well you know this kids are all over the place and I just don’t know what to do with them, they are scared of the punks and is like the neo-new-metal shit nowadays, like in the 90’s there was those new metal crap shit and on the other side there was the Hardcore Punk scene hating them, now we have the emo kids and that metalcore stuff going aroung and there is no way to stop it, is fashion is like reggaeton nothing but pose.
9 - DOES EVERYDAY POLITIC INFLUENCE RABIA'S LYRICS? WITH WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOUR LYRICS?Yes it does, We have to be aware of what all these politicians do against us. We may not be able to change the world but We can teach the kids on what is important to look at. Rabia deals with social change, education, revolution, animal rights, police brutality, war, positive thoughts, etc.10 - PUNKS OR SKINS? OR DOESN'T REALLY MATTERS?J- We are a band with punks, skinhead and a metalhead. Doesn’t matter, We all deal with the same daily bullshit.
D- We are all equal just that some are more hairy than others, struggle, we are all grown up( I m the youngest) so we know how it is we take action, and meet to make solutions about real things in life, plus our life runs around the daily oppression.
11 - LAST BUT NOT LEAST : I DO THIS QUESTION TO EVERYONE- HARDCORE IS PUNK? ALOT OF PEOPLE ARGUING IT'S NOT (HELL ITS STUPID,I KNOW I KNOW)HOW TO DEAL WITH THOSE PEOPLE?
J- Tell them to fuck off!
D-they can be hanging from my cock! That’s hc. 
12 - BEST SHOWS EVER ATTENDED?THERES SOME STRANGE FACTS YOU WANTS TO SHARE? HOW DO YOU GUYS GET INTO HARDCORE?
J- So many!...
D- In my 4 years in U.S I can tell you that Total Fury (a japanese band which worships TOTALLY the early Dischord stuff ,by Alex ) at ABC No Rio one Sunday Night was the shit people were suffocating there wasn’t any limitations in that time, and that show was extremely powerfull.
13 - ARE YOU GUYS STRAIGHT EDGE OR VEGAN?J- I used to be Vegan, but we are Vegetarians. Not straight edge.
D- I was straight edge for a weekend and I almost die. I was vegan and I was starving in Paris 2 months ago and everything was expensive just doner kebabs were cheap so I did it. I eat meat now.
14 - BEST 7'' OR LPS?J- For me LP “Zona Especial Norte” Split album shared by R.I.P. and Eskorbuto.
D- that’s hard. I can listen to Lobotomia – "1st LP”, Necros -" Sex Drive 7””, Escorbuto Cronico -"La Chusma No Se Rinde LP”, Terveet Kadet- ANY OF THEM but the rehearse, and jerk off with it all night. There is more "Totalineen Kaaos E.P. " (by Kaaos), I will come just when it goes up to Ootsa Valmis Kuolemaan .. plus another one I remember any record of Karnvapen Attack from Madrid.
15 - FINAL SHOUT OUTS?
J- Cheers!
D- Fuckin anal for Ootsa Valmis Kuolemaan!!!!THAAAANNNKKSSSSSS!!
www.myspace.com/rabia
