SLAVA UKRAINE METAL FUNDRAISER - Bringing 1914 to Scotland and five years of gigs for Ukraine

Joe and Alina run Slava Ukraine, a metal fundraiser for Ukraine based in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Joe is Scottish and manages Saor. Alina is from Kharkiv and plays guitar on the Edinburgh scene. They started in 2022 with what was meant to be a one-off gig, and they're still at it almost five years later. Their Ukrainian merch and bakery stalls now turn up at festivals from Wanlockhead to Estonia. We talk about how a Saor show in Kharkiv in 2019 started it all, bringing 1914 to Scotland for the first time, meeting Dmytro in Lviv, where the money goes, pro-russian hecklers at the Edinburgh demos, and Alina's trip home to Kharkiv and Dnipro under jet-powered drones. Then a quick-fire round: Zhyvchyk or Irn-Bru, Obolon or Tennent's, salo or black pudding. And at the end they announce the support act for 1914 in Glasgow. 00:00 Cold open 00:48 Meet Alina and Joe 01:25 How a Saor show in Kharkiv started it all 03:13 Alina: from Kharkiv to Edinburgh 04:05 More than gigs: markets and merch 05:44 Ten events and shot glasses made from bullets 08:22 1914's first show in Scotland 10:02 Meeting Dmytro in Lviv and the whisky rider 11:25 Plymouth and Leeds 12:45 Where the money goes 15:00 Camouflage nets, bakery and armoured combat 17:05 LED spinners and the raffle 18:08 Festival stalls: Wildfire and Estonia 22:57 How the Scottish metal scene responded 24:47 Still doing it when others stopped 27:23 Why Scotland and the UK should support Ukraine 30:05 Pro-russian hecklers at the demos 37:10 Back in Ukraine: Lviv with Jess and 1914 39:34 Alina: home to Kharkiv and Dnipro 44:02 Quick-fire: Zhyvchyk or Irn-Bru? 45:05 Obolon or Tennent's? 45:58 Salo or black pudding, and a Scotch egg in Lviv 47:24 Whisky Corner, Piana Vyshnia and Docker-G Pub 49:56 Vyshyvanka or kilt? 50:44 "Shchedryk" or "Auld Lang Syne"? 51:19 1914 in Glasgow: the support act 52:13 What's next and how to help 1914 + Ruadh: Friday, December 4, 2026, Ivory Blacks, Glasgow. All proceeds go to Ukraine. Tickets: https://tickets-scotland.com/whats-on... Next Slava Ukraine events: November 21: Ivory Blacks, Glasgow (Cnoc An Tursa, Chekhov's Gun, Pict, Arc Arrival). Tickets: https://tickets-scotland.com/whats-on... February 20, 2027: yearly fundraiser Support Slava Ukraine: Donate (PayPal): https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted... Donate (card): https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QVO9Z2QS Financial reports: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... Follow Slava Ukraine: Instagram:   / slavaukraine.metal   Facebook:   / 14uyurdjhuc   YouTube:    / @slavaukrainemetalevents   TikTok:   / slava.ukraine.eve   All links: https://linktr.ee/SlavaUkraineMetalFu... Read the full interview: https://themetallist.com/en/interview... Subscribe for more interviews with the bands, and the people, shaping underground metal. #SlavaUkraine #1914 #Saor #Ruadh #ScottishMetal #GlasgowMetal #MetalForUkraine #StandWithUkraine #TheMetalList