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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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(record review)Return of noise to Osijek, HARVO JAY-Sok od Agonije

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Besides having great melodic punk bands that somehow became trademark for that Croatian city, Osijek was also having a strong noise scene in the 90-ies with bands like Why Stakla and Cog coming to mind. The last ten years it kinda watered down and there are rare, if any new bands coming from that city which is kinda sad.

But, there is not all lost for their scene, at least there is one new(er) band and this is their new record. HARVO JAY released their debut album, after one ep and one live ep and there are 9 songs of as they say meth rock with a lot of noise influences. This music is usually not my cup of tea, and as a kid lets say 15-20 years ago, I would only laugh with contempt at such bands but nowadays I listened to this album and it is okay to hear. There are couple of songs that were not so good because they all sounded kinda mellow and boring but the majority of the songs have enough noise energy to keep them good and interesting to listen to. I love that the lyrics are all in Croatian language, not many bands does that nowadays. This is definitely not music for listening on everyday basis, but it is alright if I spin this record from time to time. The album is free to download and support the guys and hear the record, drop them also some nice words and dime.

6,5/10

https://harvojay.bandcamp.com/album/sok-od-agonije

 

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(record review)Dutch melodic punksters Ink Bomb new e.p. Swim

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Ink Bomb is a melodic punk hardcore band coming from Nijmegen(Netherlands). Their new e.p.contains 4 songs of melodic punkrock done with heart and soul and emotion.

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The lyrics are in English and I dont have lyric sheet but as I understand they are personal, emotional heartfelt lyrics with a slight political touch thrown in. The music is not so fast paced with fast drumming, although there are some faster paced songs. This is smart punkrock with head and tails and everything on this e.p.belongs right where it should be. What I like most on the record are the vocals, maybe it is just me, but I hear 80-ies synth pop bands, mainly Depeche Mode in the vocals of this band. I am sure it is just me, but I listened to this record at least four times in a row and that was the way I heard it.

Top songs on this e.p.for me are The Bleachers for which there is a video already featured on the pages of this zine and my personal favourite song is Heavy Crosses which I listened on repeat many times. To be sure, this is nothing new, nothing revolutionary, but it is punkrock with heart and soul and such bands will always have an impact on me.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/inkbombnl/

 

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In memoriam koji je puno više od samo koncerta-za sve one koji više nisu s nama.

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U subotu 28.10.2017.u klubu Prostor će se održati već tradicionalan in memoriam koncert posvećen svim prijateljima i prijateljicama s čakovečke underground scene koji više nisu s nama.

To održavanje in memoriama je krenulo još ranih 2000-ih u čakovečkom Klubu, pa Pubu i još nekim mjestima nakon smrti moje sestre i još nekih prijatelja sa scene. S vremenom se dosta aktivnih ljudi na čakovečkoj sceni izmijenilo i došli su neki novi koji su nastavili s tom tradicijom u Starom Hrastu i Prostoru.

Svaka smrt je besmislena i boli, no kada umre prijatelj ili prijateljica s kojima provodiš dane sanjareći, planirajući ili jednostavno ispijajući pivo pod zvjezdanim nebom, osjećaj tupe boli te jednostavno prereže iznutra i nikada ne napušta. No, istodobno sjećanje živi i sa smješkom se sjećaš dana kada ste zajedno gazili vrućim gradskim asfaltom misleći da ste nepobjedivi.

Mnogi ljudi pitaju zašto je Tusta, pokojni pjevač Kud Idijota, postao svojevrsni simbol in memoriam koncerata zadnjih pet godina. E, pa zato što je Tusta na neki način simbol punka i obilježio je sve ljude s ove scene kojima je posvećen ovaj gig.

Ne želim sada pisati o tome tko svira, kakvi su to bendovi koji sviraju, jer uvijek je odlično i svaki bend koji je svirao na svakom in memoriamu je dao sve od sebe i uvijek je bilo zakon.

Zato dođi i ti da se zajedno sjetimo Nede, Tibora, Zmije, Mufija, Fodora, Grujića, Topleka, Rataca, Meglića i svih koji su tebi bili dragi, a više ih nema i da slavimo njihove živote kroz punk muziku, pjevanje i veselje, a uvjeren sam da će i oni biti među nama, doduše nevidljivi našem oku, ali u srcu ćemo znati da su tu. Jer oni su još tu. Počivajte u miru sestro i braćo, jednog dana ćemo opet biti UNITED AS ONE!