{"id":36299,"date":"2015-10-02T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=36299"},"modified":"2015-10-01T22:19:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T03:19:25","slug":"maruta-talk-about-grind-dystopias-and-penises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/maruta-talk-about-grind-dystopias-and-penises\/","title":{"rendered":"Maruta talk about Grind, Dystopias and Penises"},"content":{"rendered":"
Maruta are silly dudes who love to talk about their penises. Getting into the magic of the band, the degree to which they fuck with each other, and the reasons why they write about the dystopian world was truly interesting – but of course by the end things descended into silliness.
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How the hell are you guys?<\/b><\/p>\n
Mitch Luna (ML): Pretty good man.<\/p>\n
Mo Cordoba (MC): Living the dream.<\/p>\n
Is this the life you dreamed of when starting Maruta?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: Absolutely. Living the dream. Sleeping on cat piss. It’s a hobby. We love doing it.<\/p>\n
Nick Augusto (NA): The good outweighs the bad.<\/p>\n
ML: It’s all about jamming and meeting cool people and playing with killer bands.<\/p>\n
When did you sleep on cat piss?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: At least once every tour<\/p>\n
MC: One time Danny our other drummer got pissed on by a cat while he was sleeping!<\/p>\n
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What I was curious about was do you feel some sort of pressure being from Florida and having that heritage behind you?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: Not really. We do what we do we write and play music we’re passionate about. There are some killer bands from Florida but we’re just doing our thing.<\/p>\n
What drives you to continue writing about dystopias for a decade plus?<\/b><\/p>\n
MC: Trump! (Laughter)<\/p>\n
ML: It’s just stuff I think about and observe. If I’m going to write about something it might as well mean something to me. There’s personal stuff on the record but…<\/p>\n
So are modern times dystopic for you?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: I’d say so. We’re at a time in Florida where the term climate change is not allowed to be used in certain official documents which to me is pretty mindblowing. It’s looming but being ignored basically because it’s all about the money.<\/p>\n
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So do the rest of you support the lyrics?<\/b><\/p>\n
MC: I’m not super into them. I read them for typos (laughter) I mostly worry about the music and the pattern that he sings.<\/p>\n
Do lyrics not matter to you in general?<\/b><\/p>\n
MC: There are things I wouldn’t like to have in lyrics but I trust Mitch enough to put those things in.<\/p>\n
What about in terms of other bands you’re into?<\/b><\/p>\n
MC: I just like to have a general knowledge<\/p>\n
ML: It also varies on the genre. You know brutal death metal will be pretty ignorant and you probably won’t agree with it but it comes with the territory<\/p>\n
What about you Nick?<\/b><\/p>\n
NA: I care about lyrics \u2013 I don’t want them to be cheesy. I can’t write lyrics for shit though.<\/p>\n
MC: Neither can I!<\/p>\n
So this is essentially a message you want to get out…<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: I’m not the type of person who wants to shove the message down peoples throats but if someone can relate that’s cool. The theme of the record is that I really want to change and help something but feel completely helpless and unable to do so. That’s how I feel nowadays with corporations lobbying Congress in a lot of matters and we should be looking into other energy resources but we put convenience first… then I go off on a tangent and you get a record.<\/p>\n
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So what is your stance on the current race?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: We’ll see as it gets closer. As far as Donald Trump running it’s like Idiocracy turned to real life. Bernie has some cool points. I always go out and vote because the ideals mean a lot to me even if it doesn’t change anything.<\/p>\n
What got you into politics?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: I’m not super into politics but more just social things. I’ve always had a fascination with post apocalyptic themes \u2013 I’m a huge nerd, I game a lot and read sci fi.<\/p>\n
Tabletop or video games?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: Video games. If I did tabletop no one would play with me. They would make fun of me.<\/p>\n
Do you make fun of each other?<\/b><\/p>\n
ML: It’s the thing to do<\/p>\n