INOKENTIJS MĀRPLS
(1985, Rīga)
Dambis leader, singer
and vocalist of the band started it in fact in 1985, the name comes
from around 1987. They "started recording something in a room,
first appearing in public in 1986. The drummer was taken to soviet army
and put in jail for 4 years for escaping it and he spent 3.5 years in
prison. I imitated 'suicide' in order to get to mental hospital and
avoid army thus I had to spent some time in psychiatric clinics and
once in army hospital.
In 1987 we made a debut in Riga rock club -- at the time in Latvia it
was a band ZIG ZAG playing some post punk. One nice day bassist left
us because he lost finger from his right hand. At the same time we went
to Vilnius to play
in some punk fest but we didnt know when it happens so we came 3-4 days
too early. We know nobody in the town but we met some punx and drank
with them. They also knew nothing about the fest and made efforts to
leaves, most probably they thought we were hippies and cant play HARDCORE.
So after spending 2 days in Vilnius railway station we finished our
first Lithuanian tour. In the end of 1987 we made a festival in Riga
with all new bands, different styled but at the time it was all UNDERGROUND,
it was once again in summer 1988. Our appearence was tragic, I fell
down from stage and fell asleep. Somebody woke me up and we performed
something. I howled into the mic because I couldnt see the mic hangs
on my guitar (I was told about it later). We staged a show then cos
one man who was as much gone as me was cutting a chair with a mechanical
peel. I wonder how nobody was injured then. Friend told me that he escaped
the show because he did not to watch somebody cut into pieces. By the
way our bassist brought 50 bottles of homebrew vodka at that show...
We appeared in Lithuania also in fest "Purvinoji Ziema" in
Kaunas 88, and fest VILNIUS UNDERGROUND 89 made me a huge impression,
it was a big MADNESS, a forced anarchy was in the air. Our drummer from
new line-up wanted to escape, probably he was much scared. Our show
ended as somebody jumping from stage tore off the cables. When we went
home we felt like returning from war.
In 1989 I got a phone call from Moscow, some men intervieved me and
invited to OSTANKINO television to record and make a video for a programme
'Devils circle'. Video was quite shitty and it was all about Riga rock
club. Howewer the program was not aired and censored. Later I read in
a newspaper that it was propaganda of nazism and pornography in it...
During 1990 we still apeared in Riga rock club but later it was all
broken for some time" Up to now IM has no stable line up and Dambis
plays with occasional fans of jazz\hendrix and develops his band AMORALA
PSIHOZE.
"My band is not influanced by anybody, I have no favourite and
listen to different kinds of music. I play what I like and never dig
making covers. Lyrics are different - about social problems, political,
philosophical, humorous, sometimes schizophrenic. I express my world
wiews and the current day in them..."
Dambis still continues being active with band,gigs, tapes,etc...
(from lithuanian fanzine "KNK" Nr2, 1993)
Grupa dibināta 1985. gadā, sākotnējais nosaukums Aklā zarna, 1987.
gadā pārtop par Inokentijs Mārpls.
Laika gaitā grupā spēlējuši ļoti daudz un dažādi mūziķi:
Kaspars Bindemanis, Skrips, Kaspars Putriņš, Renarts Braufmanis, Šaks,
Artis Ozols, Nils Īle, Māris Šverns, Didzis Erra, Uģis Vītiņš, Ivars
Talcis, Mārtiņš Lablaiks, Indriķis Veitners, u.c.
Grupa koncertējusi ļoti daudzos festivālos un koncertos. Spēlējusi
arī ārpus Latvijas: Lietuvā, Igaunijā, Holandē, Ungārijā, Krievijā.
Grupas mūsdienu skānējums ir punk, rock`n roll + reggae, new wave, rock,
hardcore, jazz u.c.
Sastāvs (2009.gads):
Dambis - Ģitāra, vokāls
Ivo Stankēvičs (Skrips) - bass
Ēriks Lizbovskis - bungas
+ epizodiski
Didzis Erra Perkusijas
Albūmi:
Dambja izlase 1987-1990, 1991 official
bootleg (magnetic tape, IM/HUBB)
Hubb, 1992 official bootleg (magnetic tape, IM/HUBB)
Spēks no tētiem, 2000 ( LP, CD-r, CASS, IM / HUBB (LP- Strongly
Oppose rec.))
Most legendary Latvian underground band. Hard
core pioneers in the USSR. First and only studio album released on vinyl
just yet (2003) and just few left.
Grupas debijas albūms 13 gadus pēc sākuma.
Bitīt matos, 2002 (Ezis Sper Soli), 7"
Stricly limited to the 400 six new songs by legendary
hard core veterans. Available just on vinyl.
2002.g. sākumā INOKENTIJS MĀRPLS ierakstītās sešas ekskluzīvās un līdz
šim neieskaņotās dziesmas (vairākas no tām jau kļuvušas par hitiem,
piem., "Māte-terorists") izdotas solītajā 7" (seveninčs
jeb septiņcolnieks) mazajā vinila platē. Tirāža ir niecīga, 400 eks..
Diemžēl, visi eksemplāri ir izpārdoti.
Ķeras pie sirds, 2007 (CD, Gauja Records)
INOKENTIJS MĀRPLS:
c/o Raimonds "Dambis" Lagimovs
Kr. Barona 95a - 5
Rīga
Latvija
tālr. / ph. (+371) 7845199
email: dambis@tornis.lv
http://www.tornis.lv/inokentijsmarpls