"I thought that the two Reformed Faction releases were the same… initially the album was called, 'The Reformed Faction of Soviet France,’ but then had to change the name to 'Vota' b/c of pressure from other Soviet France members (that were not in the reformed version).
I could be completely misinformed about that though."
Hi, Mark Spybey here:
HAPPY to set the record straight.
we were under no pressure from anyone to change our name.
we changed it because it was a mistake using it in the first place.
it is a millstone we can do without carrying.
we have careers of our own and the band is making music that we think has an identity of it's own.
we all contributed to zoviet france to varying degrees and you're right, we don't get much credit for that but it's no big deal.
no point sweating the small stuff.
there is only one album, it's called VOTA on Klanggalerie but there is another coming out on Soleilmoon in a handmade sleeeve in the autumn and we're playing live in east germany in september.
details are on my site:
http://www.spybey.net
there are lots of other shows materialising.
hope this clears things up.
best,
Mark.