WCN Podcast #29 Eddie Giles of FINAL SOLUTION: saga of the band with Greg Scott & Chris Yustinich

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Eddie Giles, the artist formerly known as EJ Vodka, is the last surviving member of the infamous early 90's American power electronics unit FINAL SOLUTION. It was an honor to have a lengthy chat with him and hear the entire story, from the beginning to now, and everything in between.
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[@mrwrong2815]

Incredible interview, very inspirational. I was a close friend of Greg's from 1998 up til his suicide. Had an intense dream about him a couple days ago. Michael Contreras sent me a link to this interview and it's exactly what I needed to hear in a few ways. The addiction and recovery aspect of this story is also very important to me and I thank both the interviewer and EJ for sharing and giving this a platform.

[@NoPleaseLetMeCake]

so refreshing to have someone that can talk in vivid detail about history of their work and essence of that era of time.

[@Kamozeloraoz]

Can't believe it was Mike Dando who made possible the rescue of all the Final Solution material. Really amazin interview, dense and upflifting at the same time.

[@Kamozeloraoz]

amazing*

[@tylerstockton2828]

This dude is the only person who has ever written me via snail mail and paid my project compliments. Really meant the world to me.

[@user-sv9yu1yz4p]

what's your project?

[@xdumpstrspunionx902]

2:14:48 Eddie hit it right on the head about us isolated Midwest cats. Iowa blows but its not like i'm just not gonna make noise or do some weirdo shit. i have to or its far too easy to sink into the many vices around here, because there's not much else to do but go to work and get drunk, get high, get strungout, go no where.

[@destroydate7887]

I hear you man! Life in these United State are great, but general society can be oppressive and horrible when it comes to culture when in a small city or town. Get some gear and make some noise! Thank you!

[@tylersims6937]

Well.i.Never!!! Jk Was just gonna say..Well I never, in my entire life, heard(or fucking read, I guess. Whatever!) creatiion and creating art/(orrrrrrr)expression thru..performance(again,fucking..whatever!), quite as well, or illustrate the element anywhere near as clear/precise/thoughtful as that. I get people disagreeing or just not seeing anything worthwhile in it/to it, which is fine. I understand But fuckin I do. Ya know? I get how it could not make sense, but I dig it, it makes sense to me, and it's still fuckin.. perpetually exciting(to me!).

[@INSTAGON]

Eddie always bring the real REAL thing !

[@chrisbarnette7137]

This is my favorite video you have. What great stories and I would love to hear more from him.

[@selftrepanation1098]

Wow. Fantastic interview. Thanks for allowing the final solution story to be told.

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you!

[@darbyq5248]

What a journey! Thank you for being YOU. Xx

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you Xx!!

[@ChrisBarnette-zk8iy]

Throbbing Gristle and Final Solition were my gateway to noise and extreme music. I heard this and D.O.A. when i was 13 and my mind was blown. Best interview on the podcast and could oisten to another 2 hours. Thank you ...im new here and will join up now that i found this corner of youtube. Again, thank you

[@ambrosenzams]

man this interview was incredible

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you!

[@philosophyofawifebeater5210]

Legendary interview

[@fvckoff4ever561]

This is the realest interview on this whole fucking site. I’m so grateful to both of you for this.

[@NoPleaseLetMeCake]

agreed this is the best one

[@Occult_Gibbet]

Really interesting interview. Cheers EJ VODKA !

[@Occult_Gibbet]

So good to mention Krang and Nihilistics !!

[@patrickmooney4432]

@@Occult_Gibbet Nihilistics are god tier!

[@Schneekardinal]

When he started talking John Murphy 👌 Man was a genius.

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you John Murphy was a true audio visionary! Respect!

[@malequeef]

I yearn for a day where that box full of long gone Final Solution material is somehow recovered and reissued, such a shame to know that we will probably never hear more FS.

[@simonh9987]

amazing interview!!

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you Simon H!

[@OtherSideOfTheVoid]

Incredible upbeat interesting tough dude!!!!

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you!

[@Exhaustingslaughter]

A legend!

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you!

[@steevebouchard8927]

PE & NYHC Fucking A glad you are sober now EG

[@destroydate7887]

Thank you!

[@scotthouston1737]

POISON IDEA !!! Yes !!!

[@destroydate7887]

Hell ya!

[@yinzerchuck6001]

Hello, Eddie (Chuck from HOGRA)!

[@destroydate7887]

Say hello the the Iron City House Rockers!

[@simonh9987]

i'm trying to find the Walmart tape he's talking about?? help!

[@putrescentsounds]

Edward rules!

[@basianapora4105]

❤️

[@luisrivas9661]

What’s The Book Eddie Is Speaking Of Toward 1hour 45 Min Mark

[@destroydate7887]

I am (still) writing about meeting and working with Greg Scott & HYDRA.

[@luisrivas9661]

@@destroydate7887 can’t wait to hear more about it . I hope it gets published

[@destroydate7887]

@@luisrivas9661 Thank you!

[@arthurs7882]

Interesting response re name choice. In guess unlike genocide organ/grey wolves,who have slightly vaguer names but much more problematic subject matter/aesthetics. I don't think hes a nazi, but the screwdriver preference is unfortunate

[@tylerstockton2828]

Eddie not sure if you'll see this but I have a package ready to ship your way

[@snowdrops_]

Would really love to hear an explanation as to why Final Solution releases have been coming out on the Zyklon SS dude's label. Seems a bit beyond just "empty" offensiveness at that point...

[@destroydate7887]

Hi! I explained that before Greg committed suicide, he mailed Mike from CON-DOM the live tapes and the unreleased tape mix of Mass Death (plus some Half/Dead outtakes). At some point, Mike and Hal Hutchinson met up in the UK and Hal came into possession of the tapes. Der Bunker were interested in releasing them as a series of tapes entitled 'THIS WAY' (volume's 1-5) Der Bunker previously released a split with Trucido & FS in 2016. Simple love & logistics did the rest. Thank you for your interest!

[@snowdrops_]

@@destroydate7887 "Hal" being the same guy who released a tape called 'N****r Torture Chamber'? And a CD called 'Racial Superiority' on Freak Animal??

[@snowdrops_]

@@brockvenator2299 1) I'd rather pull out my own toenails than go on Special Interests and 2) so what if he "doesn't mean it"? Owner of Freak Animal which released the music is still a white supremacist, no? He's still using swastikas and horrific slurs as an aesthetic, no?

[@luisrivas9661]

@@snowdrops_ I’m curious is there a reason in specific as to why you would rather stay away from special interest interview & content

[@snowdrops_]

@@luisrivas9661 same reason I don't go on 4chan music boards and stuff like that. There's good discussion if you look hard enough I'm sure but not worth it to wade through all the bigotry. Freak Animal's logo is literally at the bottom of every page as well. Last year my website was trolled by several users from there who used usernames like "Adolf Hitler" to comment racist and antisemitic stuff on my posts. Noise and PE is disgustingly right-wing-saturated and that place is just about the worst example of it