This fourth installment of MRR Remote Radio comes from Vincent Troplain, a veteran of the Rouen, France scene and all-round oracle of the last 30 years of French punk, hardcore and Oi! Vincent runs the label/distro Emergence Records and hosts his own show, Des Lendemains Qui Déchantent (Desperate Tomorrows), on Radio Campus Rouen. Tune in as he takes our collective hand and guides us through French punk, from the early ’80s to the present day.
Early ’80s (I got infected)
AUSWEIS – Suralimenté
HAINE BRIGADE – Vivre et Pas Survivre
VERDUN – Pourriture
HEIMAT LOS – Varsovie
Late ’80s (Still infected)
FINAL BLAST – Quelque Chose à Dire
SCRAPS – Apartheid
RAPT – Trash War
FLITOX – Envers et Contre Tous
Early ’90s (Punk rock saved my life)
GONOKOX – Le Retour de la Dezaï
BURNING HEADS – Hey You
LES THUGS – Stop the War
RAWNESS – Small King
Mid/late ’90s (Noise grinding violence vs emo)
VOMIT FOR BREAKFAST – Punk Rock Song
ÖPSTAND – Prejudice
COCHE BOMBA – Try to Say Hello
BODA – Kill Rock Stars
AMANDA WOODWARD – A l’Assaut
Early 2000s (Steal these records)
BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN – Love (As We Know It) Hurts With or Without You
TEKKEN – Back to the Roots
YOUSSOUF TODAY – I’m So Punk
THRASHINGTON DC – I Hate You Punk Rock
STRONG AS TEN – Zombies Don’t Run
Late 2000s/early 2010s (Long time running)
LA FRACTION – Sirènes
GASMASK TERROR – Mise au Pas
SEAL OF QUALITY – Power Failure
2016/2017 releases (Oi!, punk and more)
SYNDROME 81 – Seul Contre Tous
YOUTH AVOIDERS – Face up to It
SHORT DAYS – Suicide City
Outro song:
URAKEN – Perfection
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Band name:
PTSD (Paterson Thomas Stuart Developments)
Date & location formed:
Mid 2016 New York City
Reason for forming:
We wanted to start a band that satisfied our divergent tastes and landed on this.
What are your lyrics about?
Years of living dangerously.
How would you describe your sound?
Like Post-Punk detours of Punk bands.
What’s in the future for this band?
No Patience Records is releasing our demo and we are working on some new stuff. We will hopefully do an album within the year
Date & location formed:
Around January 2016 in Portland, OR
Reason for forming:
Wanting 2 rock.
What are your lyrics about?
Feeling like you’re crazy, annoying people who don’t just shut up and listen, depression, internalized bullshit and trying to overcome it, fuckers who won’t let you just exist and be yourself, wondering why anyone doesn’t think it’s okay to fuck up a nazi.
How would you describe your sound?
pissed, fast, heavy or “90s fastcore with some 2010s neo-ignorance” – Mac Pogue
What’s in the future for this band?
Riffs riffs riffs…
Also some shows around the PNW in the summer and a two week tour in October 2017.
Date & location formed:
Sometime in 2016 between Oakland and San Luis Obispo, CA
Reason for forming:
We wanted to play music we would like to listen to and that would be fun to produce. Plus, what else are we going to do with our lives?
What are your lyrics about?
Mental health, the indifference to political injustices that seems to blanket the world, etc.
How would you describe your sound?
Little freaky ass punk
What’s in the future for this band?
The future is unknown!!! Just kidding, we’ll probably release new things and do band things soon.
Date & location formed:
Will S. and Mike met early last year at the first meeting of a group called To the Front Music Alliance, a group designed to bring marginalized members of Raleigh NC’s punk scene together to make friends, start bands, and create art. Mike was a recent transplant from Buffalo and had played in a number of bands up there and wanted to form a group down here. Will B. joined later that summer, and KJ joined in November 2016, solidifying the lineup.
Reason for forming:
Raleigh’s scene is constantly waxing and waning and unfortunately at the moment most bands in the area with DIY ethics have broken up and most houses have disbanded so we are trying to fill the void. We also want to promote a less homogeneous scene.
What are your lyrics about?
Songs like Third Crack and Guillotine talk about specific problems like the School to Prison Pipeline as well as exploiting the status of undocumented immigrants for cheap labor. Other songs are more personal, such as the song Deconstruct where we talk about the idea of no longer respecting an individual after discovering they have mentally and physically harmed others, and the song Joey, which is a deeply personal song about the loss of a best friend.
How would you describe your sound?
There is a wide array of ages in the band and we all come from different backgrounds so our sound is quite varied. Generally we are attempting to hone the raw power of the early west coast powerviolence bands all while taking nods from early NY, DC, Boston, SoCal, and Midwest hardcore punk. Swedish, German, Japanese, Finnish, Dutch, and early Italian hardcore are also a crucial part of our sound.
What’s in the future for this band?
We are very excited and proud of our newly recorded EP, titled Deconstruct, which will be out on To Live A Lie Records before the end of the year. We have plans to play shows across NC and VA, and will possibly trek further up the east coast within a year.
Do you have or know of an awesome new band*? It’s easy to submit to be in MRR’s New Blood feature — just email us the following info, and keep keeping’ it real…
1) Band name:
2) Date & location formed:
3) Reason for forming:
4) What are your lyrics about?
5) How would you describe your sound?
6) What’s in the future for this band?
7) Links and contact info:
Along with the answers please send a band photo at least 600px on the longest side (with photo credits), and a logo if you have one, to:
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On this week’s MRR Radio, Greg is joined by Gina, one of the organizer’s of Near Dark Fest, happening on Aug 5-6th in Oakland, CA. Fun is had. Punk is heard.
Greg’s got the hits
SYNDROME 81 – N’oublie Jamais
PMS 84 – Last Laugh
KALEIDOSCOPE – Activation
RATAS NEGRA – Ratas
JUDY AND THE JERKS – Sweet Treat (For Me)
Near Dark Preview 1
OMEGA TRIBE – Is This a Future?
FALSE FIGURE – Cardinal Cross
CRUZ DE NAVAJAS – Esclavas
KURRAKA – Otra Dimension
TERMINAL A – Satellite
Near Dark Preview 2
RIKK AGNEW – OC Life
PAWNS – The Cross
REMNANTS – Get Back Here
SCREATURE – Laws of Intrigue
ÖTZI – Magpie
Greg’s got more hits
DAUÐYFLIN – Útlendingastofnun
PURA MANIA – El Ultimo Punk Del Planeta Tierra
FUTURE VIRGINS – Cheapen It
NATURE BOYS – Into the Waste
Outro song:
VEXX – The Rule
Maximum Rocknroll Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring DIY punk, garage rock, hardcore, and more from around the world. Our rotating cast of DJs picks the best of the best from MRR magazine’s astounding, ever-growing vinyl archive. You can find MRR Radio archives, specials, and more at radio.maximumrocknroll.com. Thanks for listening!
First Dig
FEMME KRAWALL – Uhuras Discos
MACHO BOYS – Pig Sweat
TROPICAL TRASH – Early Wish
C.H.E.W. – Narcoleptics/Half Pint
BETA BOYS – High on Drugs
Paul gets violent!
SCREAMING SNEAKERS – Violent Days
YOUTH BRIGADE – Violence
BLACK REBELS – It’s Time of Violence
ZOUNDS – War
NEWTOWN NEUROTICS – Mindless Violence
Second Dig
EXIT ORDER – Mass Panic
FYPM – Dumbed Down
XYLITOL – It’ll Slip
COKE BUST – Community Abuser
S.H.I.T. Individuation (Twenty Nothing)
Third Dig
APOGEE SOUND CLUB – Hungover Again
SUNBATHER – My Dreams
AYE NAKO – Half Dome
WHOOPERUPS – Karaoke
Outro song:
ROHT – Strákarnir Okkar
Maximum Rocknroll Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring DIY punk, garage rock, hardcore, and more from around the world. Our rotating cast of DJs picks the best of the best from MRR magazine’s astounding, ever-growing vinyl archive. You can find MRR Radio archives, specials, and more at radio.maximumrocknroll.com. Thanks for listening!
“New Blood” is our weekly feature spotlighting new bands from around the world! See below for info on how to submit. Now, check out some killer new shit…
Band name:
DIASPORA
This isn’t a name you pull out of a punk hat. Is there a story to it? Azriel: In my last visit to the Philippines, I purchased a book there called “In The Country” that prefaced itself as “tales from the Filipino diaspora.” A lot of the stories struck a chord in me, so I took a lot of my influence from that.
Tell me when and how Diaspora formed: Azriel: It started around February this year after I came back from visiting my family in the Philippines. My Lolo who was living there had just passed away and I had a lot of stuff going through my mind that I really wanted to let out, so I decided to write and record a demo to do it. I wanted to play with people whom I’ve felt comfortable with musically and personally, so I got Daniel from Pure Disgust and Connor from Red Death to join me. I feel pretty lucky to have this kind of outlet.
There’s a line your song “In Place”: “Traded my body for the right (white) mind, body, and soul.” In your words, what are your lyrics about? Azriel: That song’s about how I use to disassociate myself from my background because of how different it made me feel from the people I surrounded myself with for a long time. I harbored a lot of feelings of resentment towards myself and others when I was younger because of that. Most of the lyrics are about those kinds of self realizations that made me question my self-worth, and trying to overcome those mental hurdles and connect with the people who’ll appreciate who I am and where I came from.
How would you describe your sound? Azriel: Articles of Faith meets the video of Harley Flanagan explaining how incredible the rhythm section for Age Of Quarrel is.
What’s in the future for you all? Azriel: Hopefully have a 7″ ready by the end of the year. Play outside D.C. Do a couple of weekends. Maybe more.
Tell me about yourselves:
We are all queer latinx punks from Los Angeles.
Your lyrics are powerful and empowering. Tell me about them:
Our lyrics are based on our collective queer experience and struggles. They stem off of a place of frustration, desiring social change, and anger. We are inspired by the lack of representation in punk.
What’s in the future for CAUSA?
Touring, recording, releasing more music in different formats, and continuing to connect with bands and people who are down to support the cause…
Band name:
LAISKAT SILMÄT (means lazy eyes in Finnish).
When and where did Laiskat Silmät begin?
We originally formed in summer 2014 in Bar Breezer, Helsinki, but our new group formed in May 2017.
Reason for forming:
Like most bands I guess. Laiskat Silmät was created due to the boredom of everyday life. Karkki and Annabel had always wanted play in a band, so they went for a beer and called their friend who used to have a drum kit on sale in her vintage store. In the beginning there was four of us, but later this year our former singer and bass player found out they didn’t have time for the band anymore. Tero joined the band officially in May and took over the lead guitar. He had played for some of our life sets earlier, so it was quite natural to keep the same name even we started to do music with a whole different energy.
What are your lyrics about?
The lyrics are usually statements to current social issues. Anti-facism and feminism are close to our hearts!
Laiskat Silmät (photo by Emilia Pennanen)
How would you describe your sound?
When Karkki and Annabel started to play, they were listening a lot of Finnish punk music and got influenced by bands like Kivesveto Go Go and Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. When Tero joined the band we decided to get rid of the bass completely and play with two guitars instead. This way we added some new sound to the older songs and took them to the next level.
What’s in the future for this band?
Right now we are making new songs for our future LP and playing as much gigs as we can. We have also plans to do a small release with our earlier songs later this year.
SEX SCENES was featured last December, and since then they’ve been up to some exciting new shit. We invited them back to tell us a little about about it.
What have you all been up to since we last connected?
We recorded a record that is coming out June 20th on Gloss Records. We just started tour and We are working on a full length that should come out later this year.
What are you up to outside of Sex Scenes?
Hangin and bangin… kicking it and sticking it.
I wanted to ask you this last time- it could be my head wishing for more glam shit, but has anyone compared Zach’s voice to David Johansen? Zach: David Johansen is my goddamn hero. All I have ever wanted since I was a kid was to be David Johansen.
Tell me about your lyrics. Last time we featured you, Zach mentioned that writing is a therapeutic practice. Care to elaborate? Zach: I used to have a lot of problems with drugs. But being in this band has helped me deal with a lot of it. A lot of the new EP has helped me work through that shit. Like depression, drugs, alcohol…
Tell us about the EP your’e about to release:
We recorded it ourselves. Its called Swallow and it comes out on silver cassette through Gloss Records on June 20th.
Do you have or know of an awesome new band*? It’s easy to submit to be in MRR’s New Blood feature — just email us the following info, and keep keeping’ it real…
1) Band name:
2) Date & location formed:
3) Reason for forming:
4) What are your lyrics about?
5) How would you describe your sound?
6) What’s in the future for this band?
7) Links and contact info:
Along with the answers please send a band photo at least 600px on the longest side (with photo credits), and a logo if you have one, to:
*By “new band” we mean a band that formed within the past year or year and a half.
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Out now! MRR #410 • July 2017
Mexico City’s RIÑA, Iceland’s DAUÐYFLIN, Olympia’s XYLITOL, LIFE FUCKER from Berlin, Exotic documentary (Guam), Hiro the Aggression from Japan's DISCLOSE, REPTILIANS FROM ANDROMEDA from Istanbul, Italy's LOS FASTIDIOS, Y PANTS, IN FLUX from Portland, MYDOLLS, Chicago’s Fed Up Fest, photo spreads from KC's Waynze World III fest and Olympia’s Book Your Own Fest.
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