Punk rock in Bulgaria 1979-2008

30Aug08

Punk rock didn’t have it easy in socialist Bulgaria, a country in which all aggressive rock music was officially banned. That didn’t keep Novi Cvetya (“New Flowers”) from performing punk rock as early as 1979.

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Tags: bulgaria, eastern bloc, hardcore punk, music history, Punk, punk rock, punks, subculture, the balkans

Non-Servium: Red and Anarchist Skinheads from Madrid

13Aug08

There’s something strangely fascinating about radical skinhead music. We’re not talking Oi! music or ‘street punk’, that politically unadventurous football hooligan variant of punk rock that cropped up in the UK around 1980. We’re talking angry young men who have dedicated their music and their lives to a cause and are not adverse to using […]

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Tags: anarchist, anti-fascism, hardcore punk, non-servium, oi, Punk, red and anarchist skinheads, skinheads, street punk

Noize Punishment: the future of jihad?

17Apr08

  Noize Punishment aka Jindrich Brejcha is a one-man act from the Czech Republic, and as the name suggests, an absolutely punishing experience. Do you remember Atari Teenage Riot? Gabba techno beats, distorted hardcore/metal guitars, shouty political lyrics? Noize Punishment takes the concept a few steps further, mixing grindcore and breakbeats into a infernal racket […]

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Tags: anarchism, atari teenage riot, breakbeat, digital hardcore, grindcore, hardcore punk, metal, noise music, noize punishment, Punk, techno

Zombie Met Girl

11Apr08

Zombie Met Girl sound as if the Dead Kennedys had remained in their embryonic, pre Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables state for a little while longer, and then fleshed out their sound by adding a slight Cramps touch instead of going hardcore. I’m not sure if you get the same impression from their video clip […]

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Tags: dead kennedys, garage punk, garage rock, hardcore punk, horror punk, jello biafra, Punk, punk rock, rock and roll, the cramps, zombie met girl

Billy Zoom interview

07Jun07

Would-be guitar heroes who play 289 notes per second are dime a dozen. Yet those guitarists who possess a truly awe-inspiring ability with their instrument are rare, with so much style that would never be displayed in a vulgar, shallow-minded way.

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Tags: billy zoom, hardcore, hardcore punk, la punk, los angeles punk, Punk, punk rock, west coast punk, x