Monthly Archives: January 2014

Scraps (Raising Hell #19)

Posted on January 27, 2014 by smurfpunx

Now that ‘Scraps’ (homebase: Lille, France) are doing concerts again after quite a big hiatus, I thought it was appropriate to re-publish this interview from their early days. It dates from the period where they evolved from a noisy chaos-core … Continue reading →

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Naked Aggression (Heartcore #2)

Posted on January 20, 2014 by smurfpunx

This (Spanish) zine was done by my penpal Albert Cheong (from Barcelona) who visited concerts at the autonomous centre Vort’n Vis from time to time. Het interviewed ‘Naked Aggression’ during or right after their ’95 European tour. Later he started … Continue reading →

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Betray (Vengeance #2)

Posted on January 12, 2014 by smurfpunx

‘Betray’ were the descendents of the Dutch punk-band ‘Behind The Dikes’ (that had played Belgium a few times): Casper Kraima (singer), Marc Hanou (bassplayer) and Marco Somers (guitarist) of ‘B.T.D.’ had teamed up with a new guitarist (Paul Van Der … Continue reading →

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Green Day (Grot #5)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by smurfpunx

Grot was a zine (operated from New York) edited by Jim Testa, with contributors such as John Lisa (guitarist of ‘Sleeper’ & ‘Serpico’), Ben ‘Weasel’ Foster (‘Screeching Weasel’), photographer Ken Salerno,  etc. I can’t exactly recall how I got this but I … Continue reading →

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