2012/09/22


Here's an update of our upcoming shows.
We are really looking forward to them.

Oct. / Nov. / Dec. shows:
04102012 Athens / with Negative Approach (USA)
21102012 Athens / Balkan Hardcore Fest with Last Hope (BG), Hardfaced (MK), Soundkrash, Nothing More Nothing Less
27102012 Volos / 2nd DIY Hardcore / Punk Fest with Gutter, Cut Off, Dead City Motion, Unfit Earth, Πανδημία.
09112012 Thessaloniki / with Nine Eleven (FR)
10112012 Kavala / with Nine Eleven (FR)
11112012 Athens / with Nine Eleven (FR), Dead City Motion
08122012 Athens / with Censored Sound
20122012 Athens / Positively Positive Hardcore Fest Six with No Turning Back (NL), Still Screaming (DE), A Strength Within (BE), I Want You Dead, Never-Trust.

-More shows will be added for 2013-

Moreover, we are working on a new song which will probably be called 'Statement'.
I guess that we'll be ready to perform it during the Balkan Hardcore Fest.
Merchandise wise, it seems that our first hoodies will be available some time in October.

Take care,
MT




2012/09/07

Yes.
We are playing with NEGATIVE APPROACH on 4th October 2012.
No words can describe our feelings.

Oct. / Nov. / Dec. shows:
04102012 Athens / with Negative Approach (USA)
21102012 Athens / Balkan Hardcore Fest with Last Hope (BG), Hardfaced (MK), Soundkrash, Nothing More Nothing Less
27102012 Volos / 2nd DIY Hardcore / Punk Fest with Gutter, Cut Off, Dead City Motion, Unfit Earth.
09112012 Thessaloniki / with Nine Eleven (FR)
10112012 Larissa / with Nine Eleven (FR)
11112012 Athens / with Nine Eleven (FR)
20122012 Athens / Positively Positive Hardcore Fest Six with No Turning Back (NL), Still Screaming (DE), A Strength Within (BE).


2012/08/24

//Summer is gone
Long live summer//

After taking a break in August, we are coming back stronger than ever.
We have worked on a bunch of shows till the end of a year; most of them
are stated in our shows list on your right, a couple of more are still in progress.

Moreover, we are honored to be featured in the brand new upcoming documentary
about the greek punk scene from the late 70s till now. It's called 'Μέχρι να γίνεις
ο βασιλιάς των ηλιθίων' and will be screened in February 2013.

Last but not least, we started a co-operation with the straight edge hardcore clothing
line True Promises, based in Spain. It was an obvious choice for us, since we
share the same values with the girls & guys in the collective.

Up the punks.
MT

2012/08/02

Hey folks!
Summertime and still in the city.
The 2nd edition of Fist Festival is taking place this Saturday and -yeah- we are playing.
Take a break from the daily routine, come & pogo.


P.S. Check our FB pages for tons of photos from our tour, as well.

2012/07/22

Date: 22th July
Time: 11.50

The story:
Yeah, we know that it's been 2,5 days since our last update but it was impossible to share everything with you via this blog because of lack of internet connection since we left Praha.
So, in brief... The rest of Pre-Fluff was great with Anchor tearing the place apart.
We headed to some girls' house after the show along with 2 of The Hunger / As We Were members in order to shower / get some sleep. We woke up around 8 and drove straight to Praha downtown, left Anna in the hotel and tried once more to fix our GPS. No results again, so we used an old school map and some useful advice from random Czechs. 
Arrived in the wonderland of hardcore, simply called Fluff Fest, 1 hour after noon, checked in, got our passes and hanged around, diving into tons of distro boxes, while trying to take photos of everything.
We unloaded our back line in the tent stage, set up everything and started the show at 15.20 sharp. No exaggeration, it was fucking AWESOME. Stage divings, moshing, sing-alongs; everything we expect of a hardcore show was here in front of our eyes. We felt terribly great and finished our set with a cover of Project X's Straight Edge Revenge, bringing chaos to the 400-500 people that were watching our show.
We spent the rest of the day either behind our merch / distro table or watching some great bands with Reign Supreme, Nine Eleven, Graf Orlock, Coke Bust, Code Orange Kids, End Of A Year and Loma Prieta being among them. We even watched a great set by Defeater; a set that wasn't too well-accepted by many scenesters carrying banners stating Defeater, nationalism, militarism, or nation against freedom, and showing their middle fingers to the band. Defeater openly supported the American troopers lately and a lot of punks will never accept this...
Fast food / ice creams / juices were also a part of the game.
So, around midnight almost all of us headed to the camping area to manage to get some sleep.
We didn't succeed it that much, though due to the never-ending party that was going on around us. 
So, we woke up around 8 and got ready to hit the road.

Fast - forward...
24 hours later we are in a cafeteria in Katerini, exhausted as hell.
Drove through Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Macedonia... 
In 5 hours we'll be in Athens, since we have a show tonight along with our buddies Wish Upon A Star and Against All Odds. Hope to see you there!










2012/07/19

Date: 19th July
Time: 19.30

The story:
Just finished playing in the Pre-Fluff matinee.
But let's rewind a bit, because due to lack of internet access we shared no news the last 24 hours...
So, we arrived in Graz after a short trip (let's say 2 hours), and a police check, around 17.00. Lost a bit in the city (btw how beautiful are all the european cities we visit?!), searched for a shop to fix our GPS (no results, though), and got some alcohol-free drinks while Lepas was shopping at H&M.
We entered Sub at around 18.30 and had an awesome vegan dinner along with the French (Aussitot Mort, Nine Eleven) and the Swedes (No Omega, Grieved).
The show started around 21.30, we played first, a tight set of 9 songs that we definitely enjoyed.
No Omega and Grieved were next, playing much better than the show in Sofia. We liked them a lot!
Nine Eleven proved once again why they are considered to be one of the best modern hardcore bands nowadays, delivering an insane show with their vocalist trashing the place up. 
Aussitôt Mort hit the stage around 1 hour after midnight but their heavy set of post-hardcore / doom kept everyone awake and absorbed by their music.
We then loaded the van and followed the path that Flo paved with his fixed bike to his house. 
Less than 4hrs of sleep and on the road again, since the trip to Praha is about 6-7hrs.
Lepas did all the drive and we arrive in Praha around 3 for the Pre-Fluff Matinee.
It was good to meet great friends from all over Europe, incl. a bunch of Greek ones.
We played second, around 17.00, after As We Were.
Our show was sick, fueled by stage dives and sing-alongs. 
Even though we had some technical difficulties, The Hunger guys helped us out by lending us their guitar so we managed to play all the songs out of our 9-song track list.
The Hunger were next; probably one of the most dedicated and outspoken bands of today's hardcore scene. Their speeches against homophobia and pro-sexual education were amazing. So was their hardcore.
Graf Orlock played next; nice show but not our cup of tea, and just now Unveil finished our set.
The bill includes Run With The Hunted, Coke Bust, Anchor and xTrue Nature x, so we have tons of moments to spend here at Cafe Na Pul Cesty, located in Pankrac district of Praha.
Stay gold.
-MT-











2012/07/18

Date: 18th July
Time: 12.50

The story:
So, we arrived in Stefi's house (a.k.a. Chilla Villa) around 3 in the afternoon yesterday.
Played some soccer in the backyard and had some rest in the sofas for a couple of hours.
We headed to the venue around 7 and had dinner there.
And when I write dinner, I mean DINNER; probably the most delicious vegan food I've ever had in my whole life. And we ate so much that we could't even move for the next moments!
Well, the venue was inside a block of flats that is called The Bandhouse and it consists of several rehearsal rooms that bands like Astpai, Soey and Dimitrij own, among others.
The show was held in Astpai's rehearsal room. Reizend played first, an all female band into riot grrrl, while BHF were next, a hardcore influenced new style punk rock band (in Markos' words).  
We delivered a nice show inside a hot room, filled with 30 punk rockers.
The weather outside was almost cold, so we wore our hoodies, packed the van and headed to Stefi's house to shower & sleep.
Tofu (Stefi's new little dog) woke us up nicely a couple of times, but we managed to totally leave our beds an hour or so ago.
Stefi is preparing breakfast for us (I bet that it'd be orgasmic...), while we are checking the internet.
We will leave for Graz anytime soon. No hurries; it's just 2 hrs away. On the other hand, Lepas has destroyed the GPS and I hope we won't have a problem...
Tonight we are playing with Aussitot Mort, Nine Eleven, No Omega and Grieved, in a line up feat. the creme de la creme of today's modern hardcore scene. 

The music:
Madball, Cock Sparrer, Business, Bootstroke, Agnostic Front, Witch Hunt, NOFX.