Tag Archives: punk rock

(review) Topsy Turvy’s – It Can’t Be Easy

Topsy Turvy’s are no strangers to this zine, this melodic punk band from Poitiers, France has already been featured with their singles announcing this full length and finally it is here! This beauty contains 11 songs of melodic pop punk, old school one, reminding of all those nineties melodic punk bands, not fast but punk rock done with heart and emotion. Dual vocals fit in such perfect harmony, that in some songs they made goosebumps upon my skin. Lyrics are in English and songs deal with you everyday themes to which all of us can relate to in more or less way. I enjoyed this one so much that 2023 started, but it is already a candidate for one of the top releases of melodic punk this year. This is not your fast skate punk as you might have been used from some Californian bands, but the songs remind me a lot of No Use For A Name how great they are written and the melodies they deliver. I would certainly love so much to check this one out on stage, they are so sweet. My personal highlights and favorites on this album change from listening to listening, but I will try for this review: Forever Alone, Not So Long and Are We Still Alive?

Fantastic!

KROD Records

Punkeri iz Novog Sada De Limanos imaju novi video single ‘Kumodraž’

Novosadska grupa De Limanos novu 2023. godinu započinje video singlom za pjesmu Kumodraž, šestim po redu sa njihovog predstojećeg albuma čiji se izlazak najavljuje za proljeće.

Spot je sniman na kultnim lokacijama u Los Angelesu i Smederevu.

De Limanos je punk-rock bend iz Novog Sada formiran na jesen 2021. od strane starih drugara sa Limana (novosadski kvart).
Bend je okupio bivše članove raznih novosadskih bendova: Atheist Rap, Blitzkrieg, Mitesers, Lazarath itd.
Najveću pažnju publike do sada je privukla pesma “Provalija” ( https://youtu.be/CffiNdBLFHI ), a kompletan video materijal možete pogledati na YT stranici:

https://www.youtube.com/@DeLimanos

(book review) Lonely Boy – Tales from a Sex Pistol

I admit that punk rock 77 style and all those early bands except maybe Damned are not my thing, nor they have ever been. I grew up into more of California skate punk and hardcore bands, and all that British punk legends were just too boring and slow with their punk rock anthems and disgusting vocals, like Johhny Rotten, singer of Sex Pistols, his goat like singing is still something that makes me puke.

So, I decided to learn more and get this book, written by guitarist of Sex Pistols, one of the most known and legendary first wave punk bands ever. In this book, he deals with his life, from upbringing as poor boy, lonely and abused, to playing with Pistols and all the wild years of punk, drugs and rock n roll, to his later work and bringing himself up from the gutter to host popular radio show and deliver some solo work and guest guitar playing to some of the biggest rock stars. Book is divided into three parts, before Pistols, during and after. What I do mind about this man is total rock star attitude, spitting on all punk ideals and proclaiming that all punks who stick to the ideals and free philosophy are losers and that all is about money and nothing is about music. The guy is obnoxious, full of himself and I totally dislike him. But, like they say, never trust a junkie, huh? Okay book about an asshole who has illusions of grandeur.