Alta Voz 2011 – GP
Well, I promised a video from Medellin’s Alta Voz 2011 and here it is. These are punk veterans (25+ years) GP and as you can see, the crowd is digging it. Hope you do to. Enjoy
Well, I promised a video from Medellin’s Alta Voz 2011 and here it is. These are punk veterans (25+ years) GP and as you can see, the crowd is digging it. Hope you do to. Enjoy
It’s a beautiful, summer day in Medellin, Colombia. Yet scores of young punk, metal and rock fans are inside a dingy, dark bar listening to their favorite local bands. Yep, Saturdays are made for punk music in Medellin, Colombia. Hell last Saturday there were 2 going on at the same time. I happened to be […]
Medellin, CO Last summer I interviewed the ladies of “Insurgentas” (Insurgents) a Medellin, Colombia based all girl punk band. (SEE THE POST HERE) This quartet of lovely ladies seemed like the real deal at the time, but unfortunately they were not playing that particular day. Since then I’ve tried to catch them play but something […]
Last weekend’s punk show in Montevideo featuring my buddies, Rudos Wild was all it was cracked up to be. A celebration as it was Camilo’s (Guitar Rudos Wild) birthday; a reunion, it was my first time back to Uruguay in almost exactly one year; and most importantly a kick ass punk show. The show got […]
Punks are always helping out. This is a message that probably doesn’t get out very often, I mean its not as if punks have a big Public Relations Department spinning all the good stuff that punks do. There is no Global Association of Punks for Good Causes or anything like that (that I’m aware of). […]
February 5th, 2011 So we kick things off with our first coverage of a punk concert for 2011 and I’m happy to say it was for a good cause. Our friend Kmilo helped organize the event which requested that punks bring notebooks for school kids who couldn’t afford them. From the looks of the number […]
If you happen to be in warm, sunny Medellin this weekend (as opposed to cold, icy, snowy NYC… sorry had to rub it in), then this is a good concert for a good cause including some bands that we’ve featured here before like our buddies from “Lokekeda” (See archives HERE and HERE) and many, many […]
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA: I’m back in Medellin, Colombia, one of my favorite punk cities on the planet and getting ready for the big Festival of Rock concert put on my good friend Faber. The concert is this Saturday, November 27th, 2010 and begins at 2pm and is scheduled to go until 11:3opm. It is at ancha […]
RIONEGRO, COLOMBIA Sunday I skipped church (joke!) and took the 45 minute bus ride from Medellin to Rionegro with the guys from Los Suziox who were scheduled to headline a punk show to a small but furious punk crowd. I had never been to Rionegro before so I thought “what the hell, why not”. Rionegro […]
It’s Friday in Medellin (actually I guess it’s Friday in most places, except where it’s Saturday or Thursday). Anyway, you know what that means right? Punk rock all weekend long that is what. Well actually punk on Saturday and Ska/Reggae on Sunday but that is cool with me. The guys from Los Suziox have been […]
Wow! I feel great! 8 hours of sleep.. think I’ll go run a marathon or something.. OK, In my last post I promised video from this great garage punk band I saw the other night, Los Sorners. I am a man of my word, so here you go. I thought their beats were infectious.. what […]
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA Sleep deprivation! I hate sleep deprivation. However, sometimes, it just can’t be avoided. I’m in Medellin, Colombia for a variety of reasons and the beginning of my trip happened to coincide with the end of the big “Feria de las Flores” festival, Medellin’s biggest festival of the year so the place is crawling […]
August 4th, 2010: So I took the hour or so train ride out to Wantagh, Long Island to experience Social Distortion’s 2010 summer tour last night. I arrived around 8pm and the 1st warm up band was playing. I normally like to give props to warm up bands and try to help them get their […]
I didn’t get to go with the guys to Ibague during this trip because I had to return back to NYC the following day and my flight was leaving out of Medellin, Colombia. According to this video, looks like I missed a good time. Check out Los Suziox performing live (as opposed to dead.. I […]
I love punk music, the punk lifestyle and in general, get along with punks I’ve met from all over the world. But there is something truly special and unique about the punk scene in Latin America and in particular Colombia. The intensity and the length of the intensity just can’t be matched. At first, it’s very intimidating environment. But later, many punks come up to you and ask questions about why you are there and some to even take photos with the visiting “Gringo” with the camera and to welcome you to their world.
Last night saw a nice punk show at the Bowery Electric, just up the street from the old CBGBs in NYC. The show featured a good mix of psychobilly and punk and began with an old local favorite of mine that I first saw at the Psychobilly Luau last year, Psychocharger. As usual, the guys […]
My friend Mike from NY Hardtimes invited me to a COBRA SKULLS concert a few weeks back but I was unable to go. But it did get me to looking for their music on i-tunes and I found their music pretty damn good, so I downloaded a few. When I heard they were coming back […]
I am sick.. so sick.. Boston punks “The Unseen” perform “So Sick Of You” @ the Casualties 20th Anniversary Show at Santos House in NYC on March 28th. They put on a great show. Check em out on their myspace page . If you like em some of their songs are available for download on […]
March 29th, 2010: The Casualties 20th Anniversary party at Santos Party House in downtown NYC did not disappoint. By the time doors opened a little after 6pm there was a line of punks and fans down the block. And true to the venue’s name, this felt more like a party, a celebration, a birthday than […]
With legendary punks “The Casualties” celebrating their 20th anniversary in a few days, I thought I’d repost this video of their Bogota, Colombia show just a few months ago, in case you missed it. I hope to be able to post some video and photos from their big 20th celebration featuring “The Unseen” later this week. […]