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(review) Cancerslug – Full Term Abortions

Long time no horrorpunk forya in this zine, so it is time to correct that mistake. Horrorpunk legends Cancerslug released this sweet opus couple of months ago with fifteen new songs to please you gorehounds with. This band is fascinating how it evolves around metal, horrorpunk, than back to more doo wop and fifties more melodic approach to songwriting and creating gore and black sarcastic lyrics with superb voice by main man Alex Wolfman who also contributes vocals for Doyle on his two studio albums. This album evolves more on melodic, at times also blues influenced approach almost fifties and doo wop at the times, with such sweet and sing along melodies to songs like Cum Rag, Warlord, Death Of A Fallen Angel and many other tunes that are sure to become your favorites. Go get this one and delve into magical darkness of Cancerslug.

(knjiga) Dave Grohl – Pripovjedač

Nikada nisam volio Nirvanu, ne volim je niti sad. Cijeli grunge pokret je za mene potpuni promašaj i svi bendovi su mi bili apsolutno nezanimljivi, dosadni i nikad se nisam mogao poistovjetiti s tom muzikom. No, srećom, Dave Grohl nije ostao zarobljen kao onaj bubnjar iz Nirvane, već je krenuo drugim putem i osnovao planetarno poznati rock bend Foo Fighters, koji svoje korijene ima u hardcore punk sceni, kao i uostalom Dave Grohl.

Moram priznati da sam se na Foo Fighters nakačio čitajući onu slabiju biografiju i ovu autobiografiju u izdanju Rockmarka koja je naprosto odlična. Knjiga je napravljena odnosno napisana u obliku priča o životu i glazbi, kao što naslov i govori. Nekako je kronološki poredana, od Daveovih dječjih početaka, do prvih turneja kao bubnjara hardcore punk benda Scream. Ona priča o Harley Flanaganu iz Cro-Magsa i njegovom divljem psu ispred CBGB-a je meni jedno od omiljenih poglavlja ove knjige. Što se tiče Nirvane i samoubojstva Kurta Cobaina, ovdje se ne dotiče puno toga, vjerojatno ga još boli u vezi tih svih događanja. Sve priče su odlične, od zatvora u Australiji, slomljene noge na koncertu, ludog putovanja na kćerkin prvi ples, do emocija i glazbe koja na kraju povezuje sve nas. Ova zvijer od 400+ stranica je moja apsolutna preporuka kao zanimljivo i lijepo glazbeno štivo.

(review) Pulley – The Golden Life (SBÄM Records, Thousand Island Records)

I witnessed Pulley playing their set live back in 2019 at Punk Rock Holiday when they headlined Monday and it was a disaster, at least in my opinion. Singer Scott Radinsky was just too drunk and all around him every song just fell apart, although music was not so bad, he spoiled everything for me, when I wanted to see one of the bands I so love since the nineties and their Epitaph releases. Anyway, this is their first full length album with new material after a long time and these twelve songs are a treat for every nineties skate/melodic punk fan out there. Songs are written great, Scott´s vocals sound better than ever along with backing vocal harmonies and superb melodies. In all, this album somehow evokes an atmosphere and vibe of melancholy and mixture of happiness and sadness at the same time. Maybe it is only me, maybe I remember all of the times and people that are gone now, maybe something else. But, it is a good record to listen to, my personal favorites are Wake Up, Sad Song, Golden Life. Just can´t wait to hear the new material live. Hope their set will be better next time I see them play live.