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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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(review) Joey Cape/Jose Prieto – Yes Way Jose (Fat Wreck Chords)

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Joey Cape is, as most of you know, singer for Lagwagon and an icon of melodic punk rock and skatepunk, real legend. Jose Prieto is from MakeWar, awesome younger band that you should check out if you did not listen to their songs. This time, Joey and Jose deliver a little split seven inch with one song each. Joey Cape song is called Sorry and I can easily imagine it not acoustic, as is in this rendition, but with full band and it would be in the dark vein of last Lagwagon album called Railer which is for me one of the best band s releases ever in their history. Gentle, melodic and atmospheric with recognizable Joey s voice over great acoustic guitar melody. Jose Prieto s song is called Red and is a nice surprise continuing somehow darkened and sad atmosphere with fantastic melody on chorus and great Jose s voice having great interplay with Joey s voice. This is a nice little record.

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R!OT Release Debut EP (Members of The Mahones, The Ataris, The Brains)

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R!OT is Montreal’s new Punk Rock supergroup, composed of Sean Ryan (Irish Nails, The Mahones) on vocals and guitar, Danny Duke (The Ataris, The Queers, Ripcordz) on bass and vocals and Guillaume Lauzon (The Brains, Gutter Demons, People and Space) on Drums.

Blasting out of Montreal’s West End, the band’s debut EP consists of eight blazing tracks. Watch the video for the first single ‘Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts’HERE

The band formed at a Music Addicts meeting during the Covid pandemic. All three degenerates decided to ignore the confines of a world without music fully live out their sonic addictions to form a band that no responsible mother would ever let her children listen to.

Combining the wide variety of influences they each bring to the mix, this is the first effort from these well established punk rockers. The self-titled EP can be listened to at: Youtube Music, Spotify, Amazon Music Track Listing: 

1. Didn’t Say 2. Saturday Night 3. All Things That Matter To You 4. Brainy 5. Left For Dead 6. Pass The Drinks 7. New Soul 8. Hit ‘Em Where It Hurts

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(review) Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space – Shock Rock Rebels

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BZFOS are back! Shock Rock Rebels is the new, tenth album in the twenty blood soaked years these Vienna based fiends walk among us. This is the second album this band got away from their more psychobilly horror oriented history and evolved into melodic horror punk rock band, in fact doing what they want is what Dead Richy Gein and his gang do best. I can say this new collection of songs is somehow one level up continuation of their previous opus All These Fiendish Things. This new one contains melody, horror, sarcasm, black humor and gore, just like a good horror should do. I consider Richy one of the greatest horror movie fiend authorities in Europe and I love what he does and I can safely say this album and the previous one are the best this band has done yet. Although hits like Stop Writing Songs About Your Girlfriend, Damien, Belial, This Night On Halloween and other horror songs are my favorites, Off With Their Heads is absolute hit for me, being the fastest melodic anthem with slight political touch between the lines. There are rock songs, there are metal influences and hard rock, but common denominator behind it all is good old horror punk rock. Great album. Also, check out their videos because they are quite little nice horror movies.

10/10