Blasting Process: ‘Core Sample.

Blasting Process play the Gabba Hotel on Friday (over 18s) and Saturday (all ages).

“Where do I start? We're a mix of hardcore and metal, there's even some rock n roll in there. It's always loud, very loud... I mean everyone says that but we're seriously loud,” starts Blasting Process front man Odd Runt. “We have two fucking insanely loud guitarists that just won't turn down. One of our guitarists Justin Robinson played in Toe To Toe for four or five years and our other one Brett Curotta played in the band Massappeal. We're pretty full on and that's how we like it.”

What's the story behind the name Blasting Process?

“It's sort of a spin off from the blasting concept which was an eighties compilation that came out on SST Records. It was sort of a punk compilation that had bands that where on the label at the time on it like Black Flag, Husker Du bands like that. We're fans of those bands so we sort of took it from there I suppose and put our own spin on it. We decided to put our own spin on it and I actually come up with the 'process' part, I thought that it kind of described what we do when we play live. We sort of just blast people. We wanted something that describes our music. The band use to be called Murder and that's partly why we change the name; 'cause we weren't really into that name anymore.”

What's the hardcore scene like in Sydney at the moment?

“It's pretty big but it's pretty split up. You can get some good crowds for some bands but most of the time it's probably not much different from anywhere else. The regular shows are pretty small.”

Where do you find has the best hardcore scene in Australia?

“I know there's a pretty strong scene in Adelaide and Melbourne at the moment, more so than Sydney. It depends on what style of it you play and what sort of show it is. I know Adelaide has a really strong all-ages scene, which I know Sydney doesn't have. I've heard that Brisbane isn't as segregated as other places.”

Any releases in the near future?

“We have something recorded ready to go; we finished it about a month ago. It's ten new songs. We're going to release that somehow sometime as soon as we can find someone to help pay for it. There's no title yet, it's a work in progress. It's just a matter of paying it off; we're still in debt for it. We don't get paid well enough when we play to pay it off too quickly. We just have to find someone that's crazy enough to release it. We got some interest fro Europe with trying to get it out over there.”