SOSF Interview

1. First of all, what does SOSF stand for?

Rob:The original meaning was Swing On Sight Family, it simply meant that you were down for your brothers, through thick and thin. The letters or numbers (59) can stand for a couple of different things now, but the basic beliefs are still the same; defend your letters and defend your crew.

Rene: i start this interview with a qoute by my sosf bro ACE from Las Vegas:"when theres problems, theres no need for words. talking shit is weak, if your gonna fight just swing on sight."


2. Could you give us a rundown on the SOSF Germany – who are the members?

Rene:
The staff is located in Western Germany, the so called Ruhrpott.
We have a clear hierarchy, so that we can organize stuff easily and only a few guys will decide the important stuff.
Iam the so called national head. i mainly talk to the guys from america and i meet monthly with my 5 national advisors. I tell them what our brothers from america are planning to do and besides we dicuss national stuff.
The advisors are Olli RBS from IBWT, Sandro from DLS, Samis DRM/RBS from Reduction and Mark DRM/RBS from BAM. They all run different types of Chapters. the smallest chapter has 5 people the biggest over 20 guys.
Each Chapter has the goal to gain bigger and stronger. Besides that we are planing to create new Chapters. But we dont hurry to become bigger, because future member and chapter have to prove themself to be worth to rep SOSF letters.


3. Can you tell us something about the SOSF? Where did it start?

Rob:It was based primarily out of the youngstown, ohio area and some surrounding cities, like pittsburgh , pennsylvania , and erie, pennsylvania. There were other city crews that weren't very serious , just friends hanging out at shows. We decided around 2001/2002 that we needed to combine everyone into one united front. Then it secured our friends in other cities, since we had friends everywhere. People who were cool with us , were cool with our friends in other cities, keeping peace between crews/kids in our combined areas.

Rene: SOSF Germany startet 10/10/2009. I met some of SOSF guys during our tour in america in 2k7. Everyone i met were awesome dudes, they showed hospitality and it was cool to hang out.
This year we played a short tour with represent, and i tried my best to make their stay as cool as possible. After that i wrote some mails with them and Rob, and we found out that we share the same goals.



4. What was the reason to start the SOSF Germany? Do you still growing up?

ROB: There are SOSF chapters in multiple cities , including Tokyo, Japan, so international expansion always made sense to us. This crew is all about brotherhood, no matter what country you are in, so Germany just made sense to us. SOSF members over here told me about interest from Rene and others from In blood we trust after they toured here. It had been talked about for a while, and after an SOSF member came back from tour from Germany this year, we made it official. We aren't into recruiting but recognizing people that are the same as us , just in different areas. RBS/DRM showed us nothing but respect and brotherhood, so we decided to return the favor. We will continue to grow , when and only it makes sense to the SOSF.

RENE: As i said before, i met some of them, and knew that they are all cool. After Rob asked me to run this Germany chapter, i was excited and honoured at the same time, and i thought about the connections my friends and brothers from different Bands and crews have and the connections we can build when we are linked and/or be a part of a crew from america with a japanese chapter.
SOSF Germnay is an independent Crew with members all over Germany. On the one hand we have individuals that were not in a crew before, but who did alot for hc music and on the other hand we have brothers and friends from other crews that run the SOSF Letters and their Crew letters at the same time. Like the National Leaders Olli, Mark, Samis and me are RBS. Besides that Mark and Samis are DRM too. But Sandro were never in a crew before but was a close friend for years.
We work together with DSA RBS/DRM to set up shows, and get bands and brothers from america over here, and make sure that they will have a great time and must not care about stuff like "where can we stay tonight".
Besides we want to bring german bands and friends to america, to play shows and to hang out with our 5 9 amigos.
Our stedy goal is steady growth. We just build up the base. 5 9 Germany wants to have connections all over Germany, and recruit people who are worth it.
A Example for this is, that we made the whole DSA crew a 5 9 Chapter. These dudes are all awesome and try their best to put hardcore on the north germany map.
But everyone can get in touch with us, and apply as a member. the national chapter will discuss it and make them prospects when we have a good impression and see sense in making people sosf.

5. What bands and labels do you support?

Rob: Band wise myspace.com/SOSFbands also widom in chains, stout, enemymind, suburban scum, cdc....labels , Hardass Records/Filled With Hate records

Rene: Besides the stuff Rob mentionend we support all RBS DRM and DSA Bands. Check our topfriends on www.myspace.com/sosfgermany, to get to the crew pages to check the bands!
It is simply to much to mention here6.

6. How do you think about other crews, like the RBS or DRM?

Rob: As far as other crews, i don't put too much thought into them; we are cool with most u.s. crews and as far as we are concerned , they do what they do, and we do what we do. Nothing but respect to our friends in other crews around the u.s. As far as RBS/DRM , we have nothing but respect for them and the things they have done in the german hc scene.

Rene: 3 words: FRIENDSHIP LOYALTY RESPECT.

7. I heard something about a SOSF Compilation. Can you say something about it?

Rob: There has been a u.s. one in the works for a while, but now with the addition of german and japanese bands, its looking like it will be a worldwide release. Might take a while to get out, but it should be great when it finally gets released.

Rene: Right now theres a lot of stuff to handle. And i cant say any details, because i dont even know them yet.
Every Band that has SOSF Member, can or should put a song on this comp.
It is planned that it will be released online. So that you can just download it.
But you will hear all the details, like release date early enough.


8. What do you think about the HC-scene today?

Rob: Im almost 30, so to me hardcore in the current state is about as weak as it could be. Theres no sense of brotherhood or comraderie in the scene that i see around me. Just kids that have no interest in reality, but in the fake image or sound they are told to buy into on a messageboard. Its their lives so they should live them however they want to, but i think the hc scene is terrible. SOSF came out of a scene where alot of people were weak fakes that have long forgot about hardcore ethics or values. They became what they hated and faded into society. We still live by the same values we always have and will.

Rene: Well it is true, that the hc scene has a lot of fake ass kids that suck cock to gain scenepoints. BUT that are kids i dont know and i have nothing to do with them. Every Scene has faggots, look at the metal, punk scene or whatever.
Hc can be fucked up, like internet thugs, that run their mouthes but are never be seen at a single show. BUT HC has it good sides too, like friends you can rely on and it is easy to get in contact with people around the world because of this music.

its funny, while iam writing this answer i feel, that i could write stuff about the scene till tomorrow.
To come to an end, the the scene, like my scene, is one of the most importants things in my life. And iam not talking about just the music, iam talking about the guys, friends and brothers, that are going to every single underground show for years, when kids thought that hardcore is dutch tecno. haha fuck that


9. Whatare the future plans of the SOSF?
ROB: We will continue to do what we've always been doing; expand when it makes sense, hold it down for our brothers worldwide, and rep our letters where ever we go. We are takin things to the next level where ever we are at.

RENE: 5 world domination 9

thanks for the interview!