IRAX of ZERO DEFECTS was intervie- wed by PARANOID of PHAZE 101. 1)Tell us a short story of your crew, introduce yourself. I)My name is IRAX I am 16 years old I'm a graphician and a swapper in ZERO DEFECTS... You want a short story of my crew...well why short?! I'll tell you about this first year of activity day by day...(joke!). However one year ago (june 1989) I was standing with Terminator and Xenio near Italy square and I said them.... "Yeahh!!The next week I will get my AMIGA 2000! Why dont we form a crew ..we'll go to copyparties and enjoy ourselves!"... "OK!" (said THEM!!!) and ZERO DEFECTS was born! At the beginning it was just a game but now we can say that we became the Italian leading crew! (Who else!?) 2)If you weren't in ZD, in which group would you like to belong? I)Well surely I.B.B.(Bluargh! joke) Well who knows!? Perhaps if I wasnt in ZD I hadn't been in any other crew!... It's life... 3)Are you looking for new members? What kind of members? I)Of course!! We are looking for musicians to join our crew... swappers and sysops are welcome.. 4)What do you think about mail/mo dem swapping? I)Well without mail swapping we couldn't exist.. I cant say nothing about modem swapping coz I havent got any modem! Dr. Sam's got one! 5) Which are your 3 favourite group s in the scene? I) Except Zero Defects my 3 favouri te crews are: 1st - Scoopex 2nd - Red Sector Inc. 3rd - Cryptoburners 6) What is ZD releasing most at the moment? I) We are releasing TRAINERS and INTROS....We have done also our 1st crack (+ trainer of course).... "R E S O L U T I O N 1 0 1 "! 7)Do you prefer COKE or PEPSI? I)I prefer COKE...also becoz I hate that shit... PEPSI LOGO! 8)What are your plans for the future? I)Who knows?! I only can say that we will release soon 2 demos! And of course we will continue with trainers. 9)What does the word "FRIENDSHIP" remind you?? What's your opinion about the global scene today? I)It reminds me that someone writes this word on every letter he send me and if I dont write the same on my letters... he writes down a shit ty short letter (4 lines!). My opinion about the global scene is that there are too many crews!! So a kind of racism between the "ELITE" and the newborn crews is growing up! But thats only my opin ion it can be easily considered bullshit! A)And about the Italian scene? What should be improved in our country? I)I think that the Italian scene is not so bad, but the lame BBSes are making the I.scene being considered lame from the other countries!!! We must stop this kind of BBSes! If we dont do it Italy will be soon get the attribute of LAME COUNTRY!! So I say no BBSes,no BRAINLESS BOYS B)Magazines... do you like them? Tell us your top 3 list.And what u think should be presents in mag that now is missing. I)Of course I like mags...It's the better way to know what happens in the scene. My top 3 list is... 1st: ZINE 2nd: D.I.S.C. 3rd: C. J. I dont know what is missing in mags Perhaps articles? (HEHE! joke!) C)Do you prefer cracking/training or demo groups?why? I)I prefer demo groups. Why? Only because I hate games...they are all equals! Some times there are improvements... but, who cares? D)A moral question... How do you consider those guys who use cartridges (Action Replay) to make trainers, cracks, rips? Dont you think it can be considered ok if those people do it very professionally and don't stop their function to the only pression of a button? I)I consider that guyz like lamers who have finally their chance to do something! But they can't do anything without cartridges (their instruments of pleasure!) I can accept them only if they are at the beginning (the lame days!) But I can't accept it from other crews that are in the scene since a long time... eg. I.B.B. E)Do you like paper mags? I mean sport, music, comic mags. I)Of course I like paper mags,I buy some comic mags like...TOTEM, AAC and COMIC ART. And some mags for skaters like SKATE AND SNOWBOARD + THRASHER USA. I don't buy COMPUTER mags. Why?! Coz in Italy they taste shit! F)What kind of music do you listen? And Films? I)I listen to Thrash Metal... but I prefer AMIGA MUSIC, by the way..I think that the music from Mental Hangover (Uncle Tom) is great,I don't understand why many mag eds consider it as shit! Why?... Films? Well I don't like shitty westerns and classics.. P.VILLAGGIO is the real number one! G)What do you usually eat for breakfast? I)I dont eat anything for breakfast H)Imagine that you are forced to live for 1 year on a desert island What do you carry with you? I)I carry with me GIRLS, COKE,and AMIGA of course,also if there is no electricity on the island! I)Which country has the most beautiful girls? I)California has got the most beautiful girls, by the way I think that Californian girls are all bitches! L)And the most friendly swapper? I)PARANOID of PHAZE 101 of course! M)Ok just stop here...have you got something to add? I)Yes I have something to add... I have just read the new issue of Bad Tongue... Well I like to advise all our contacts and fans around d world that what I.B.B. is saying about us is just bullshit.. you can be sure that we arent disk stealers and of course the routine that our coder use in our intros and demos are selfmade, Terminator doesn't need to steal any routine.(Perhaps I.B.B. coders need it, but I can't say anything about! Also becoz I'm not a coder) However, to prove that we havent steal any routine,on this issue you can find our FILLED VECS routine explained personally by TERMINATOR. Now a message to FRANZ/I.B.B.: First of all I'm not the little slave of TERMINATOR, we are just good friends each other, we are not like you that say LAMER to other members of your crew! Second, I heard from my friend PARANOID that you said I am an ignorant in ENGLISH... Well, by reading your articles on Bad Tongue I have realised that if there is someone who doesn't know a line of English that one is you!!There are a lot of mistakes and irregular construction s so you should better go to an ENGLISH SCHOOL and try to learn how much you can... I suggest sincerely you to do it. Well now I don't want to speak about your demos and graphix so bye and... STAY COOL! N)Have you already started studying maths for the repair-exams? YEAH! I)No,I will start the next month... OK bye... and see ya at the SAVAGE/ ABAKUS party in Italy. (If there will be a party!).