OATH TO VANQUISH - BBC Radio 4 Interview By Tim Samuels, Audio Available
June 13, 2007, 17 years ago
Vocalist Elias van Quish of Lebanese death metal band OATH TO VANQUISH was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 as part of a documentary by Tim Samuels, titled Guerrillas Of Pop. The show was broadcast on Saturday, June 9th between 10:30 and 11:00 GMT.
To listen to the show where they discuss some of the interesting challenges faced with playing an extreme metal genre of music in a country like Lebanon, click here (Oath To Vanquish feature about 2 minutes into the show).
In Guerrillas Of Pop, Tim Samuels explores the many guises of the censorship of popular music in European democracies. He considers the worlds of dancehall, French rap and even Arabian death metal music, where homophobia, sexism and violence are grist to the entertainment mill. And he asks a simple question: is this music really something we need to be protected from? Can't we decide for ourselves whether it's likely to deprave and corrupt, or just a load of shouty rubbish?
An interesting profile of documentary-maker Tim Samuels including some of his work into north-south racism within the UK, miscarriages of justice and shortcomings in hygiene at hospitals, can be found here.
