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LJUBLJANA Well, let's begin with some boring dull data . It all started here in late '77 when the first punk rock(and I do mean "rock") band, PANKRITI, played live. PANKRITI means "bastards" . They are still in action, have 2 LPs out . The lyrics are good, but the music is much too "normal rock". About the records here. There's not muc Sure, influences came from England and interesting . Only a few punk records were America's "mentally retarded brothers" the released . Major labels don't want to deal RAMONES, and then .. .blah, blah, much with punk, and independents have blah .. .you know what happened . At that problems . PANKRITI has two 12" records, \ \ time, we are talking about a triangle of 3 PARAF has 2, and there are 2 compilations Another thing . Yugoslavia is a federal cities :Ljubljana, Rijeka, and Zagreb . They out, as well as a few Belgrade band state ; meaning it consists of 6 republics' lie in the western part of the country, 120 releases . Hard to get imports . Few foreign and 2 autonomous provinces . There are 3' kilometers from each other. But there bands come through here too . We saw languages spoken here too. Every male/ weren't many bands ;one in Zagreb called DISCHARGE in '82 though. Because of a must for 1 year join the army as a training PRLJAVO KAZALISTE (Dirty Theater), and lack of suitable venues, we only have one process to defend our country in case of, a few in the other 2 cities . There was or two good shows here a month . As for war . I have to go this October . Really PARAF and TERMITI from Rijeka, both zines, there aren't many . Most are 10-20 important in terms of the scene's pages of xeroxes . As to the media ; the nice. And this "training" is suppossed to' development . P.K . soon turned commercial, press basically ignores punk bands, but be honor and duty . Fucking duty . This and today most of the Zagreb bands are a we have a progressive radio station here de resses me . pile of crap, although there are a few in Lj called Radio Student that covers the FL' 1111b.1111101114 non-commercial ones . From 78-80 things, alternative music scene from it's umm, progressed . We got some new beginnings . They play mostly English bands :92(the police telephone number), stuff. If any of you out there would be who later became popish . There was willing to send records or cassettes, they BULDOGI (Bulldogs), standard punk with could be played here . Since most of what naive lyrics, but they've not been heard they play has to be bought by individuals, I from in a year . BERLINSKI ZID (Berlin we don't get to hear much U .S . hardcore. Wall) are quite a weird band, very They play the Maximum Rock 'N'Roll innovative. They went through many compilation and the F .U .'s "Kill For / . , personnel changes, and finally broke up. Christ" EP . The only really well known ~~i~ LUBLANSKI PSI (Lublana Dogs) are slower US. .,bands are DEAD KENNEDYS BLACK I must also mention the media's punk, but one of the most popular bands FLAG, and FLIPPER . The smaller U .S . / interpretation of punk . Their picture of it around in '81 . In '79 also, the scene in hardcore bands are known just to a smaller is ugly . Unfortunately,nazithere was a " Belgrade livened up too . That will be contingent of punks who are really / punk" affair about 2 years ago . Some covered in a seperate article later. interested in the U .S . scene. So help us / dumb punks thought it would be great to out . My address is at the end of this make some racist nazi manifesto, etc . But In '81, the scene "decentralized" . Some re•'rt. _ the police found out about it, made a big ood bands formed in the towns around Lj. search, etc . About 12 people were KUZLE (Bitches) and SUND (Scum) in involved, but only 2 were arrested, but Idrija, 60 km from Lj . Then, INDUST BAG ►weren't in jail long . So the media painted (untranslatable) and STEKLINA (Rabies) in' 00 this picture of punk being racist and Metlika . This is a really small town 100 km 0 totalitarian . Because of this generalization, from Lj. And finally, BACILI (Germs) from punks are viewed as "scum of the earth". Novo Mesto, near Metlika . All these bands 0 Nowadays the situation is a bit better . In were faster and more energetic than the my opinion, one big problem is that punx earlier bands. Unfortunately, most of these , 0 aren't united, and I haven't noticed many nbroup too. constructive ideas among punks around ds`t here. The police ; I haven't had any BERLINSKI ZID confrontations with them and don't know of any punks who have (other than those stupid nazi punks) . Recently, another group of them thought it was cool to be our scene is small and unorganized, "nazis" . Another police search followed. things keep improving . Many bands But anyway, "the only good cop ... ." . Hey are putting out tapes, and today we had don't take me too seriously, there perhaps the first real hardcore band in Lj . play. is a nice • y -mon' 10 They're called STRES DRZAVNEGA t_ APARATA (Stress Of The State Aparatus). They sounded like SEKUNDA from Finland to me, and a bit like DISORDER, but unfortunately I couldn't hear the lyrics. Now, here's some information on Yugoslavia the current scene . n ju Jana ere itself. We are a socialist country with a are some new bands . OTROCI SOCIALIZMA policy of non-alignment . It is important to (Kids Of Socialism), VIA OFENZIVA are understand- Yugoslavia is not under the both sort of post-punkish, and the lyrics control of the USSR ((like the other of O.S . are really intelligent . CAO PICKE countries in the Eastern Bloc) . Yugoslavia (Hi Cunts) are a very original band, developed its own independent way after charachterized by short songs, and two WW11 . But there are problems here . We're basses (no guitar) . O!KULT are the suppossed to have a self-managing system OK . That's it for now . If anyone as any fastest band around now, and their lyrics that means everyone can take part in questions, please write (if possible, please are very clost to workers' reality . There decision- making . Workers are to add about $ .50 for postage for answers. are a bunch of hardcore bands now in self-manage their enterprises, as are The price of postage has risen dramatically Belgrade, and as I said earlier, we'll cover municipalities. . The system works on lately . Dario Cortese/Mrharjeva 7/61210 that seperatel . paper, but the reality is different . It has L' .- e tv'd Y .'sl . i

Punks here mostly listen to English music, because American records cost a lot more, due to import taxes . The DEAD KENNEDYS are the most popular U .S . band, but some tapes have been circulating lately of M .D .C ., MINOR THREAT, "Boston Not L .A .". Our main problem here is lack of room to practice, equipment, and difficulty in organizing gigs due to lack of independent labels . The room for practicing problem may look trivial, but for us it is tragic. Say, how good can some band become without practicing? The equipment problem is because most punks are 16-18 years old, and are dependent on their parents . Need I say more? The live shows are a problem due to lack of enthusiasm in organizing them, and the sound and equipment are more than awful. Belgrade history . The most important from '78-'81 are URBANA GUERILA (Urban Guerrila), RADNICKA KONTROLA (Workers Control), RADOST EUROPE (Joy Of Europe), HUMANI GENOCID (Humane Genocide), TV MORONI (TV Morons) . Only a few of these exist today, most having broken up or gone pop . In 1981, DISCHARGE came here, and inspired new real hardcore bands . CIVILIANS were one of them, but broke up due to internal differences . Their singer then went to POSLE PROCESA (After Process), a psychedelic/punk band . The drummer and guitarist set up NEXROFILISA (Necrophilia), who play a very fast kind of heavy metal/hardcore . They have the . 01 best potential of all the bands, but they too are plagued with practicing problems. ARHIUSKA ZABAVA (Archive Fun) was Ko *.in realisac..9aI among the first HC bands in Bg, but their •ayk, guitarist is in the army now . DISINFECT k da ' bO:Du5at11/elkdlverh <". are also HC, very loud, and without : June Robe n,~ _ ;' practice space . SOLUNSKI FRONT is one la+mi.wednik band without the space problem, and are upl'anq 1981 . the best band around . They have room, .cwt equipment, and the consequences are' evident . The closest comparison of them although their songs have more .o; '" r,tAf-'' . ~.`S G .B .H . is!! '••"1` ' `~"' ^'" " ':7°'~'t' v'• their singer, Ciga, is thee, J= ._,• :'~.i'. .,.:~1`«,, melody because : .cs .I :.: su z„~u .I:,i u Ga.AVU I on .;~ sA I:L greatest and craziest RAMONES fan in world . PETA KOLONA (5th Column) are a ;, 7tr . ">"° ~"f°~' "~^,~ ^` :~• : :•, "a"' HC band, but I have doubts,' :, :'• + ` ~- A :. 4.` ::~`=`•`~~°^ very good ; Tnua :TC,~v_: L... ' covm C3ura kcJ,r. cuc • r .__ about their attitude . PRVA LINIJA (First Line) is our equivalent of the EXPLOITED . A' :• ... ^'~^•~'•– »-" Other bands are HEIDI and NAJEZDA . ,o ••-••"•,• -•» • E u ; LAni : crE '' D n t-. zc tA,Ka,PALM : ,s : z . ,.i 1 a. .. KAN IBALA (Invasion Of The Cannibals),s• . nsEras MoD. ..III ?ttssEsu ;c sELJOSA AozEr JD To r tit very fast HC . The former is•oTlzcr. .JsHaO ~ LAID . 1) uGLZ] .I PJSOG TI'A e kE*A )'ODJE ;,a G, who both play OVA YE .5I UBILI .D GA .I DA 7LDL` lEGD fA 5014 LOYCin a bit more HM influenced, the latter more aovuco am~a~~clD so vrva,I ca LE y aIIJU. A p thrash . OK, that's it for now . BranimirE rLCC uIJEa IL vrDioxu Lo Al2Tth PD•

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