Clemens "Cle" Pecher - Label Manager
Please tell us something about the background of Grazil Records (GR) at the beginning. How long have you been around, how did it come about, which styles find a home with you, who is behind GR, etc.? Cle: I founded GR during the first COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020. My first test releases were old self-produced tracks, which I re-released digitally in August 2020. Then came the first tapes, vinyls, and CDs. Grazil is open to all genres, but the focus is on punk, hardcore punk, metal, sludge, and noise. I run the label on my own with friends from the Graz underground scene. Honestly, I can’t quite understand your motto „bad music for bad people“. What’s behind it? There are certainly bands/artists in your rooster or even potential interested parties who feel attacked/deterred by this ... right? At least I could imagine that. Cle: There have never been any complaints about this motto. The correct translation into German is not „bad music“ but „evil“ or „nasty“ music. I got it from the ...
