tarakany logo Here it is… finally. Moscow’s Tarakany! (Cockroaches) “Bags of Bones” video featuring Useless ID. This will be one of the featured singles on their forthcoming U.S. debut CD “Russian DemoCrazy” coming in January from Punk Outlaw Records. Russian DemoCrazy will also feature guest artists like Anti-Flag, Frank Turner and Lucine from the popular […]
Finally! Coming to the Americas (north and south) is the legendary punk band from Moscow Russia, who’ve been rocking their comrades since just before the end of the cold war. That my friends, was Ronald Reagan – Mikhail Gorbachev days. I have always been fascinated by Reagan’s so called “Evil Empire” so I went over […]
For those of you who may not remember, Vladimir Kozlov is a writer for the Moscow News and a local punk fan and historian. Unfortunately I did not get the opportunity to interview Vladimr when I was in Moscow last October. However, he did graciously agree to clue me in on the Russian punk scene […]
MOSCOW RUSSIA: Here is our exclusive interview with the long running punk band Tarakany! (Cockroach).
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: My final night in Moscow was a Saturday night and I was to head to St. Petersburg the following day. I hadn’t planned enough time in Moscow and I ran out of time before I ran out of interviewees. I had a few interviews that I really wanted to get including one of […]
NEW YORK CITY: Back in the U.S. after a travel day from hell yesterday.. 24 hours traveling from St. Petersburg to Moscow, then finally to my apartment in NYC. I slept like the dead last night. Ahhh but home where the internet is fast, the weather is warm(er) and people (usually) speak English. It’s always […]
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: Lets kick off our Russian trip coverage! Disoriented, sleep deprived and confused. This describes how I felt when I woke up my 1st morning in Moscow. The day before, Dima, lead singer and one of the original members of the long running punk band (17 years) “Tarakany!” (Cockroach!), had arranged for me to […]
MOSCOW, RUSSIA: OK here is the deal. Moscow is 8 hour ahead of New York City so I’m waking up around 1AM to eat breakfast. Needless to say I’m usually going to sleep around that time. Thank God for sleeping pills. My hotel is cool with one exception. VERY, VERY slow wifi in my room. […]