After a yearly delay, the new issue of Sapilla zine is finally out. This is a “split” zine but both parts are created by the same person. The first half is the known punk comic “Sapilla”. Black and white comics dealing with modern life issues suck as alienation, disaffection, hypocrisy, the cruelty on animals and more. Compared to the comics on previous issues the subjects and the comic style are deeper, rawer and are touching darker parts of the soul. The second part, “Melodia tis Orgis” is a music zine, featuring strictly diy bands. You will find interviews of Straightjacket Fit, Kalashnikov, Μεθυσμένα Ξωτικά [Methismena Ksotika, Drunk Gremlins] and Tug. Also articles on Kill the Cat and Ανατέλλων Τρόμος [Anatellon Tromos, Raising Terror] and some reviews. The layout and the quality of the zine is the extremely good, the best so far, on glossy thick paper, very “professional”. And it’s not just that, it comes with many extras. Each copy contains five cards and a 6-track cd (not cd-r, in a beautiful case) with songs of the bands on Melody of Rage. Overall a great work.
http://www.sapilla.gr/
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sapilla_zine@yahoo.com
Sapilla #7/Μελωδία της οργής [Melody of rage]
No Future zine #1
This is something new. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a punk zine from Greece focusing on crust and grind or as it self described on the cover “Skull Crushing D-beat Holocaust zine”. In this first issue you will find interviews with Dir Yassin and Cut Your Throat, articles about Myspace, christianity, companies that do testing on animals and the article “Anarcho-punk, the ALF and the miners’ strike – a cautionary tale from the 1980s” and of course music and zine reviews. The layout -as expected- is dark and gloomy as it should be. There have been some minor mistakes on the layout and the printing (which is otherwise very good, no photocopies here) but this was the first attempt and I’m sure that the next issue will be improved. Let’s hope there will be a follow up.
http://www.myspace.com/nofuturezine
http://intothepitphotos.blogspot.com
nofuturezine@riseup.net
Mountza #2
For some reason I’ve missed reviewing the first issue of Mountza zine, a great new greek zine. For starter, this is absolutely punk rock. Take a deep breath and dive into the content: interviews with Magrudergrind, Trencher, The Amphetameanies, Vodka Juniors (+Cannonball Records), Mouthbreather, Hjerte Stop, Bombenalarm, Transistor Transistor, Spild Af Vinyl (+Death Token); Burial’s Japanese tour report, gig photography (by Mateus Mondin and Daigo Olivia) plus news and music reviews. The printing and layout is absolutely professional (reminds me of Maximum RNR, Last Hours etc) since the guys behind this zine have a big history on zines. Actually this is half the team of the infamous greek Immigrant zine. The biggest part of the zine is written in english (only the opening columns and an interview is in greek), so don’t hesitate if you can’t read greek. Do NOT miss this one.
http://mountza.blogspot.com/
mountzazine@yahoo.com
Kakistocracy, Threads, The Day Man Lost, Dreams are Free Motherfucker – 26/07/06 – Yorkshire Pub, Lancaster
I was waiting for a long long time for this gig because I absolutely love Kakistocracy. The first band to play, Dreams are Free, Motherfucker I had never listened to them before, they gave a nice set of their ultrafast hardcore. Next on stage were The Day Man Lost, a good grindcore band from Preston. Although I’m not a fan of grindcore, I really liked their demo so it was nice to see them live. They did a good set and the people seemed to enjoy them very much. But I must confess that I was really anxious to see Kakistocracy which came on next. They played an amazing set of solid/dark/Profane Existence kind of crust, playing most of the songs from their LP. What stroke me most was the difference from the other bands that played that night on the matter of communication with the people. They were the only band that spoke between the songs, explaining what the songs are about, making comments on political and social issues and picking subjects from abolishing prisons to the latest clashes with the police back in my hometown Athens. Bands like this are exactly what I think punk should be all about! Anyhow, they played an amazing set and too bad that not so many people showed up for the show, maybe because it took place in the middle of the summer. After Kakistocracy finished I had to leave in order to catch the last bus. Threads were supposed to play before Kakistocracy but they had some problems and couldn’t make it on time. As I later found out, they appeared much later and played their set only for a few kids that stayed and waited for them.
Hjerte Stop, Social Despair – 15/02/07 – Underground at Kalidromiou Street 94, Athens
Although I don’t really like Hjerte Stop and had never listened to Social Despair before, I headed to the underground social center that this gig was taking place. The gig was supposed to start at 9 which of course didn’t because the venue was empty so I had a lot of time to hang. After an hour or so people have started to gather but the place was not packed and the atmosphere was very pleasant. At around 10.15 the “locals” Social Despair hit the “stage”. The played a good set of short and fast songs of the thrash/crossover style that they do. Apart from their songs they did some covers of classics like SOD, Dead Kennedys, GBH and Motorhead if I remember correctly. Afterwards Hjerte Stop got on “stage” and even before they warm up the people, they started making sex jokes about the greeks and anal sex and were prompting people to have anal sex in order to get free t-shirts from them. Well I’m sorry but I was not very amused by this kind of jokes and when I go to a punk/diy gig, I expect the band to have something more to say than doing dirty jokes. Unfortunately for yet another time the fact that even if you’re a hardcore punk, living on welfare and staying in a squat does not mean you are politically or socially active was confirmed. I’m not here to judge those who act like this but in my world and in my opinion, punk is not (just) getting wasted to have a good time. Anyhow, as I said I didn’t really like the band from what I’ve heard from their studio work but their set was ok and although I was a bit pissed, I wasn’t bored. Fast punk rock with touches of hardcore is what they do.
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