Countach Interview - page 1
done by Mc Deal/D-TECT
Friday 05.10.1990.  I (Mc Deal) went to
Joker of Countach (ex. Spirit) together
with Dirty Harry/D-TECT and a friend of
us. We wanted to make an interview with
Countach. As we entered his room we saw
6 people who were  already there and we
started (after  the  obviously  hellos)
immediately with the interview. Here we
go:

H-M: Hi freax! Let's start: Please tell
     me how many members Countach has.
CNT: At the moment we  have 22 members.
     unfortunately not everybody  could
     come today, so we have to make the
     interview with the present people.
H-M: OK. What's  your name and function
     in Countach?
CNT: Melodic Drama  (Sounder,GFX)
     Rick Dangerous (Swapper)
     Iron Lord      (Coder)
     Norman Bates   (Swapper,GFX)
     Joker          (Modemtrader,Sysop)
     MOD            (Game Tester)
H-M: As everybody knows you  were known
     very  good in the scene as Spirit.
     What's the reason that you  had to
     change  your  name from Spirit  to
     Countach?
CNT: We  founded a  new group with some
     members of AEON,TAR and some other
     guys and nobody wanted to take the
     name of the other group.
H-M: Tell  me  which kind of AMIGAS you
     have?
CNT: We  have four A500s one A1000  and
     also one A2000. On of the A500s is
     out  of order  at the moment. It's
     the  computer  of  MOD. I  (Joker)
     have normally two  computers,  but
     one is out of order,too. It's also
     an A500 !!!
H-M: What a pity!  I've heard that  you
     had problems with your last phone-
     bill. Please tell me the amount.
CNT: About 1000 Deutsche Mark!!!



Countach Interview - page 2
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H-M: Which kind of productions will you
     release in the future?
CNT: We'll release an intro/demo  (ed.
     They couldn't decide) at the  Ami
     Expo'90 and a sado-maso-slideshow.
     Perhaps there will be even a  copy
     party within 1990.
H-M: Being in a group is sometimes hard
     and takes a lot of time and money.
     So, WHY ARE YOU in a group?
CNT: Just for fun - nothing else!
H-M: Imagine  there's anybody who reads
     this  interview  in   our   famous
     (ed. ???) HACK-MAG  and  wants  to
     contact you. Can you tell him your
     contact address?
CNT: Certainly. Our contact address is:
               PLK 162764 E
             7000 STUTTGART 50
               BIG GERMANY
H-M: What   is  the  average   age   in
     Countach?
CNT: The average age is  about 19.  Our
     youngest  member is 16  years  old
     and the oldest is 26.
H-M: How  much time  do you daily spend
     in front of your computers?
CNT: During  the week we spend half  an
     hour  in front of our saturn-blue-
     metallic-color megacool Amigas. On
     the week-end  we stand  up  in the
     morning, turn on our computers and
     when the  night is  over we decide
     to go to our jobs or to school.
H-M: What  do  you  think  about groups
     like Quartex, Skid Row and all the
     other  business groups which  only
     want  to earn  much  money? Do you
     think it's good for the scene that
     such crews exist?
CNT: It is good  that there  are groups
     which  release  so  much stuff and
     without  cracks there won't be any
     scene. I  think if a group  has to
     spend  much  money for  originals,
     hardware, and  so on they have the



Countach Interview - page 3
done by Mc Deal/D-TECT
     right to get some money  back even
     even if it's more than they spent.
     Porsches are so  expensive! And  I
     think  if  they  make   such  nice
     intros like Paradox it's even more
     better.
H-M: Tell  me the  longest distance you
     ever  drove  to a  copy-party  and
     which party was it?
CNT: The longest  distance was  the 700
     km  to the Alcatraz Pentcost Mega-
     party.It was a very well organized
     party and we had a lot of fun.
H-M: What's our opinion about the HACK-
     MAG?  Do  you  think  we  have  to
     change anything?
CNT: What mag?? Big Mäc?? Great!!(Joke)
     It is a  great  magazine  but  you
     should improve the coding.
H-M: Oohhh! I don't think  so because I
     think we've the best coding in the
     whole disk-mag  scene. There's  no
     other  mag  who's  functions  like
     Load-While-Reading,   printing  or
     even a 6 channel sound.  But  lets
     continue with the questions.  Does
     anybody   of  you  have  a   girl-
     friend?
CNT: No! We love our beerbottles, cash.
     And  Melodic   Drama   loves   his
     domina! We don't need girl-friends
     because they are too  expensive!!!
     (Disx are cheaper!!!)
H-M: No comment to this point of view!!
     OK!You told me that you like crews
     who release many cracks, but  what
     do  you  think  about groups which
     buy demos/intros from others?
CNT: ...
H-M: Now  I've to  explain to all HACK-
     MAG readers that they  had  a  hot
     discussion  with no  result!  Next
     question: With  which  programs do
     work?
CNT: - AZCom (Joker)
     - Deluxe Paint III (Norman Bates)



Countach Interview - page 4
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     - Turbo Backup (X-Copy is shit!!!)
       (Rick Dangerous)
     - Masterseka V1.53 (Iron Lord)
     - Startracker, Future ComposerV1.4
       (Melodic Drama)
H-M: So, we're  nearly  ready now. Tell
     me your message to the Amiga freax
     all over the world.
CNT: (ed. After 30 minutes...)
     The freaks shouldn't change  their
     groups more than twice a week!!!
     And remember: War is shit!!!
H-M: One last  question:  What  do  you
     think about the problems in Iraqi?
CNT: Send Arnold and Sylvester to Sadam
     and there's no problem anylonger..
H-M: OK! That's all!It was nice to meet
     you!! Good luck for the future and
     your planned productions. See ya!




At  this  place  I  want  to  say  some
general words about  interviews.  Some-
times  we let  the  groups  answer  our
questions in English like in this case.
The  groups are fully  responsible  for
the contents and the  grammar of  their
answers. So don't complain if you  find
some syntax errors  in  the answers  of
groups!!!‡

              signed: McDeal.
                  (the one and lonely)