I don't usually like to go to clubs to see punk bands as the ticket prices are way too expensive and most of the times the show sucks but it was Youth Brigade and decided to give it a shot.
I had seen some reunion shows from old punk bands and 90% of them just left me thinking that I could spent my money on alcohol than go to the show,the worst of them being Misfits and Buzzcocks back in 2004. So I had the right to be suspicious for this show! Thankfully I was proven totaly wrong as Youth Brigade were awesome in every aspect,
their set lasted for about an hour and played all their classics driving the crowd crazy!
What I liked most was that between songs the singer said a few words for the next song and interacted with the people unlike most of these old fuckers that think they're rockstars and don't talk to anyone besides their bandmates! Highlight of the show for me was when he asked the crowd: "Are you grown-ups? Well,I'm not! I mean...I'm in a band called Youth Brigade man!"
I left the show motivated and inspired that I should start a punk band right fuckin' now,something that no band had managed to do before!
Unfortunately no photos from the show 'cause I was bored to carry the camera around hehe.
Now leave this blog and go start a punk band you fuck!
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Go Filth Go,Antimob,Crude @ Katarameno Syndromo,Athens (15/11/2010)
Go Filth Go
That was one hell of a show,no doubt about it!
Go Filth Go from Thessaloniki kicked in first dropping a noise punk dis-truction A-bomb heavily influenced by Disclose and got everyone moving and swinging fists in the air! They added a delay pedal in the vocals for the first time and in my humble opinion their sound is now 100% complete.If you're into bands like Disclose (duh!),Kuro,Confuse etc then you need to check'em out for sure!
Antimob from Athens took over the stage next and blew the brains out of everyone in the room with their loud-as-fuck "burning spirits" influenced hc/punk! Hard-hitting songs with a political edge and non-stop guitar solos! Fuck yeah!
After two greek bands that are solely influenced from Japanese bands of the past two decades it was time for the masters! Crude started off with a rock-ish intro and confused most people who weren't familiar with their sound and expected to hear plain hc/punk!
Anyway,their set was amazing and got everyone pleased,the highlight was when they played "Stand and Fight" and turned the crowd in a pile of flying bodies! This show definitely goes in my all-time top 5! As a side note to guitar players,if you missed the show then you missed one of the best guitarists around these days!! He may not speaked a word of english but when on stage he talked through his guitar! Fuckin' A!
All photos by Asthma.
That was one hell of a show,no doubt about it!Go Filth Go from Thessaloniki kicked in first dropping a noise punk dis-truction A-bomb heavily influenced by Disclose and got everyone moving and swinging fists in the air! They added a delay pedal in the vocals for the first time and in my humble opinion their sound is now 100% complete.If you're into bands like Disclose (duh!),Kuro,Confuse etc then you need to check'em out for sure!
Antimob from Athens took over the stage next and blew the brains out of everyone in the room with their loud-as-fuck "burning spirits" influenced hc/punk! Hard-hitting songs with a political edge and non-stop guitar solos! Fuck yeah!
After two greek bands that are solely influenced from Japanese bands of the past two decades it was time for the masters! Crude started off with a rock-ish intro and confused most people who weren't familiar with their sound and expected to hear plain hc/punk!
Anyway,their set was amazing and got everyone pleased,the highlight was when they played "Stand and Fight" and turned the crowd in a pile of flying bodies! This show definitely goes in my all-time top 5! As a side note to guitar players,if you missed the show then you missed one of the best guitarists around these days!! He may not speaked a word of english but when on stage he talked through his guitar! Fuckin' A!
All photos by Asthma.
Monday, July 12, 2010
7/7/2010 Bestial Vomit,Archagathus @ the Politechnic University,Athens
No photos from this show 'cause I had just got back from short vacations and I didn't carry my camera with me.
The show was poorly attented because it was in the middle of the summer and most people prefer to visit the greek islands than a grindcore show! Anyways, both bands were really great if you like the genre but the only let down was that there were no "support" bands so the whole thing ended early.
Bestial Vomit from Italy play noise/grindcore,wall-of-noise guitar,bass that sounds like a tank bombing the fuck out of everything(!),hard-hitting drums and vocals from the deepest cave!
I liked them better live than on record,maybe it's the feeling missing from the recordings.
Archagathus are one of my favorites along with Agathocles and I was really eager to see them live. Powerfull,old-school,mincing grindcore from Canada! Their sound was totally primitive and raw,just how I love it! You can check both bands here: Bestial Vomit and Archagathus.
The show was poorly attented because it was in the middle of the summer and most people prefer to visit the greek islands than a grindcore show! Anyways, both bands were really great if you like the genre but the only let down was that there were no "support" bands so the whole thing ended early.
Bestial Vomit from Italy play noise/grindcore,wall-of-noise guitar,bass that sounds like a tank bombing the fuck out of everything(!),hard-hitting drums and vocals from the deepest cave!
I liked them better live than on record,maybe it's the feeling missing from the recordings.
Archagathus are one of my favorites along with Agathocles and I was really eager to see them live. Powerfull,old-school,mincing grindcore from Canada! Their sound was totally primitive and raw,just how I love it! You can check both bands here: Bestial Vomit and Archagathus.
March Into The Void
That was one of the rare occassions to get my ass to a show in a far away city to watch four greek bands and thankfully it was worth it! The show was inside the University campus of Kozani (north west greece) and the unholy punks decided to do it in front of a church!
Not too many people attented the show but the atmosphere was good and the bands made it even better.
That was one of the rare occassions to get my ass to a show in a far away city to watch four greek bands and thankfully it was worth it! The show was inside the University campus of Kozani (north west greece) and the unholy punks decided to do it in front of a church!The first band was Atopia,a new band from Athens with a metallic sound and complex song structures that bring to mind Rising Terror (Ανατέλλων Τρόμος),actually the guitar player from Rising Terror is playing in Atopia,so I guess that has something to do with their sound.
For the record,Atopia has ex-members from 925,Avgrund Livet and Rising Terror,I'm looking forward to hear some recorded material from them.
Next were March Into The Void from Thessaloniki,now these guys deliver some of the best dark,epic crust/metal I've heard the last years! Their sound is well worked out as well as the songs,two bands that come to mind as comparisons are Beggining Of The End (from U.K) and Morne (from the the U.S.A). The highlight of their set was the "Darkest Hour" cover from the almighty Amebix! You can check the band here: March Into The Void
Hellstorm from Kozani took over the stage next and blew everyone away with their old-school crust! If Wolfpack and Hellshock formed a band they would sound like Hellstorm!
A great first live and I hope they keep it up and see some releases soon. Check 'em out here: Hellstorm. Last were a very new band from Kozani that also played their first show there,Last Breath had only rehearsed 7 times before they play live but that didn't stop them to unleash their fast hc/street punk tunes! I love it when fresh-formed bands go out and play shows just after a month or less,as long as they think they're ready of course! These guys need to work some more and they'll be perfect,if you like bands like The Restarts,GBH,Chaos UK and the like,then you'll definitely like Last Breath.
The night ended with the best possible way as we all got shitfaced and hit the city center for further drunkness and good times! Thanx to all the bands and people that made our short stay in Kozani a memorable one and special thanx to the Last Breath bassist for sharing his house,cheers!!
Monday, April 5, 2010
NUCLEAR FLOWER WEBZINE!
Here's my new blog,it's a webzine for the global anarcho punk scene. Check it out,create a link in your blog if you like it and if you have something to contribute get in touch!
Nuclear Flower webzine
Up the fuckin' punx!
Nuclear Flower webzine
Up the fuckin' punx!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Sloa Knivar,Shitcomet,Night Fever,Limp Wrist @ Dodsmaskinen, Copenhagen,Denmark
Undeniably this was one of my top 3 favorite shows! What more could you possibly want?! All bands fuckin' ripped and the place was packed with dancing punx!!All photos by Kristi once again.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Ripping Headache,Insomnio @ Bumzen,Denmark June 26 2009
Just hours after our arrival in Denmark this summer we had a very pleasant surprise,Ripping Headache (local old-school hc/punx) and Insomnio (melodic old-school punk rock from Spain) were playing in the place we stayed!! Both bands rule and I suggest to check them out!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Witch Hunt @ Accion Mutante,Kavala,September 18 2009
A couple of pictures from the Witch Hunt show in Kavala (northen Greece) again taken by Kristi.Tragedy,Brutal Knights @ Politechnic University,April 24 2009
Here's some photos from the Tragedy,Brutal Knights show in Athens,all photos are taken by Kristi (a very good friend of mine!). This is just the best out of a bunch,if you'd like to use any of them just live a comment with your e-mail and I'll tranfer it to her so you get them at a better resolution.No words needed for this show....enjoy!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Bloody Phoenix,Cut Your Throat,Go Filth Go,Απέχθεια,Devastation Of Life @ Politechnic University,Athens
Fuckin' finally some pics from the Bloody Phoenix show in Athens!!! Unfortunately no pics from Bloody Phoenix(!) 'cause my camera refused to run on low battery! Anyways,this show was really nice and the almost all the supporting bands were from out of town,well except Devastation Of Life.I'm not gonna provide a show review since it's kinda useless now after all this time but one thing that deserves to be mentioned is that Cut Your Throat and Go Filth Go destroyed everything in their path!!!
New releases coming from both bands so be sure to check'em out.
Bloody Phoenix had a great set too but I was too tired to fully enjoy them,at least I got their latest LP which rules!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
...I'll be back soon!
Hey!
Not a new post for a long time now! Sorry for this but I have a lot of stuff to take care and they were far more important than updating this blog!
So know I'm in Copenhagen,Denmark for vacations,I was lucky to see some really great bands and meet cool new people and I plan as soon as I get back to greece to post a ton of great pictures from shows and from the city!
Until then,cheers to everyone and take care!
...ohh and of course fuck the police :)
Not a new post for a long time now! Sorry for this but I have a lot of stuff to take care and they were far more important than updating this blog!
So know I'm in Copenhagen,Denmark for vacations,I was lucky to see some really great bands and meet cool new people and I plan as soon as I get back to greece to post a ton of great pictures from shows and from the city!
Until then,cheers to everyone and take care!
...ohh and of course fuck the police :)
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Skarpretter,Abra Macabra,Mavra Provata @ Lelas Karaganni squat,Athens
Long time since the last post! Too many stuff to take care of and lazyness is to blame for it!Anyway,here's some photos from the Skarpretter show at Lelas Karagianni squat (the squat hosts punk shows only once a year,celebreting the squat's birthday).
The show space is small and it's always crowded but that was no problem 'cause everyone was jumping around during Skarpretters' set!
The first band was Abra Macabra,a new punk band but with a dark,almost new wave/post punk sound,like a punkier version of Joy Division! Their set,although short,had this very dark feeling and the bands stage presence added more to it. A band I'd like to see some more times with a better sound.
Mavra Provata is a crust/hc band from Patras,their songs and sound are straight from the Tragedy/From Ashes Rise school,although last time I saw them they had a more personal sound.Anyway their set was good and enjoyable but I don't think I would listen to their songs at home more than once! I enjoy listening to bands with a personal sound,not copycats.
Skarpretter from Denmark took the stage next and got everyone in the punk rock mood!
For those of you who don't Skarpretter,they play '77-style punk rock but a with a clear anarcho leaning to their lyrics and attitude. The bands members were all involved with the Ungdomshuset squat (that got evicted and demolished after three days of strong resistance!) and they dedicated the show to people that go out in the streets and fight the fuckin' system! Fuck yes!
By the way,all the pictures are taken from Kristi (I forgot to bring my camera at the show!),she's a better photographer than me!
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Cheap Time,Screaming Fly,Aas @ New Katarameno Syndromo
This was the first show in the new Katarameno Syndromo and I dare to say that it was a fuckin' blast! The show space kicks ass,it's a small basement with great punk decoration,great sound and as always it's perfect for small sweaty punk shows like this one! Good luck with your next shows there punx!On to the show now,Aas played first,I haven't seen them for awhile and their set blew me away,maybe the sound was better compared to their previous shows or they just got better! I don't know and I don't give a fuck! They rocked! Great and simple punk rock'n'roll vibes that get you in a dancing mood from the first beat!
Next were Screaming Fly whom I've never heard before but they managed to get me going and wanting for more,rock'n'roll mixed with psychedelic rock and lots of other stuff! Hope to see them again soon.
Cheap Time from the U.S delivered some pop-garage punk and got everyone dancing. No slow/mid tempo pop-shit-punk here! Fast and crazy garage punk like the Mummies and The Queers. I want more!!!
Cheers to everyone attending this show and once again good luck in the future,It's very refreshing to get a new show space in this hellhole called Athens!
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