tax dodging

Their accountants and lawyers have done their annual magic. They have massaged the numbers, whisked away a gazillion or more dollars to the Cayman Islands, or some other tax haven and 鈥 oh, what a miracle 鈥 they have managed to reduce their taxable income to zero (or better still, into the offset bliss of notional 鈥渓osses鈥).

And all this while they sit by the pool, sipping only-the-best champers.

What a life 鈥 for some.

This World Is Dead Blockheads January 2013 www.blockheads-grindcore.fr French grindcore band Blockheads have hammered out a solid reputation in the European extreme music scene over the past two decades. Their lyrics spit bile against corruption, colonialism, the corporate media, inequality, pollution, pro-lifers and much more. Mat Ward spoke to bassist and vocalist Erik about their new album, This World Is Dead, and the political situation in France.