Young, pissed and bucking hard, Flesh World were like a rodeo bull springing from a cage when they landed on the Melbourne punk scene. Alongside Pathetic Human, whose Flesh World's Liam Haryono also played in, they traded in a barely hinged and frantic hardcore that drew comparisons with Void and Die Kreuzen.Barely out of high school when they recorded their self-released cassette in 2010, followed by the Planned Obsolescence EP, that was originally released as a cassette on Pederast Prophet and later on on vinyl by No Patience, the four-piece at time sounded like Sick Things if they'd released stuff on Touch and Go.Led by the surly vocals of Liam Osborne, who later went on to perform lo fi abstract techno as Freejack and Lucid Castration, other members went on to play in The Zingers, Lakes and Teargas.The band return for a special one off hometown show to launch Idiot Conventiontheir unreleased 2011 tape that is coming out on Cool Death Records.Take a listen to two tracks from the tape below and a brief chat we had with Liam.Noisey: What do you remember of the Melbourne hardcore scene in 2011?
Liam Osborne: That was the last year of the band. I can't really remember the hardcore scene but I remember hanging out with my friends and seeing their bands.What was it like moving to Melbourne? Where did you fit in as far as the music scene went?
Moving to Melbourne wasn't a big deal. I don't think we fit in very well, we had our bands and didn't really associate outside of that.You've said that being in a punk band can be closed because it's always about dogma. What was the dogma going on in Flesh World at the time?
Dogma is a restrictive approach to music with particular attention to style and detail I suppose. Being close to a sound was important to us, that's why practicing again is interesting because we (Jared and I) don't carry this music ideology anymore. There's something interesting in regressing your emotional and ideological mind state.
You were likened to Die Kreuzen and Void but you were listening and influencing by a lot of music and styles. Was that a reason why you finished the band and moved onto more electronic stuff?
The band ended because of internal erosion and Jared and my fatigue of trying to carry the band (and probably of each other). I always liked other music and gravitated towards music I can make by self. Jared's done bands since.The Idiot Convention tape. How long after the first recording was this done? Was there any change or approaches from the first? No Patience put out the first. How did this one come about with Cool Death fellas.
Pederast Prophet put out the Planned Obsolescence cassette, No Patience did a sub par reissue. This recording was towards the end of 2011. No different approach maybe a little more contained, less jamming. Cool Death wanted to listen to it a while ago and I just sent it through to them when I knew we were actually going to do the show.
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Liam Osborne: That was the last year of the band. I can't really remember the hardcore scene but I remember hanging out with my friends and seeing their bands.What was it like moving to Melbourne? Where did you fit in as far as the music scene went?
Moving to Melbourne wasn't a big deal. I don't think we fit in very well, we had our bands and didn't really associate outside of that.You've said that being in a punk band can be closed because it's always about dogma. What was the dogma going on in Flesh World at the time?
Dogma is a restrictive approach to music with particular attention to style and detail I suppose. Being close to a sound was important to us, that's why practicing again is interesting because we (Jared and I) don't carry this music ideology anymore. There's something interesting in regressing your emotional and ideological mind state.
You were likened to Die Kreuzen and Void but you were listening and influencing by a lot of music and styles. Was that a reason why you finished the band and moved onto more electronic stuff?
The band ended because of internal erosion and Jared and my fatigue of trying to carry the band (and probably of each other). I always liked other music and gravitated towards music I can make by self. Jared's done bands since.
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Pederast Prophet put out the Planned Obsolescence cassette, No Patience did a sub par reissue. This recording was towards the end of 2011. No different approach maybe a little more contained, less jamming. Cool Death wanted to listen to it a while ago and I just sent it through to them when I knew we were actually going to do the show.
Flesh World launch 'Idiot Convention' March 9 in Melbourne at the Tote with Dead Boomers, The Shinkies and Sistema en Decadencia. 'Idiot Convention' will be available through Cool Death. Image:LastFM