{"id":4894,"date":"2013-03-10T16:09:30","date_gmt":"2013-03-10T20:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punkoutlaw.com\/po09\/?p=4894"},"modified":"2013-03-16T19:26:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T23:26:38","slug":"exclusive-video-interview-with-moscows-tarakany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punkoutlawblog.com\/2013\/03\/exclusive-video-interview-with-moscows-tarakany\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Video Interview with Moscow’s Tarakany!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

I have always been fascinated by Reagan’s so called “Evil Empire” so I went over to Moscow & St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) in 201o (if you missed it, just type “Russia” in the search bar upper right hand corner to see the many videos and posts) and found something more akin to Sting’s “The Russians Love Their Children Too” lyrics.\u00a0 Good people trying to make a living. I mean I’m not sure what I expected, but I still have a place in my heart for the Russian people.<\/p>\n

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On that trip is when I met the guys from Tarakany! and taped them for “Punktology.. The Worldwide Influence of Punk<\/em> <\/a>” (AKA the documentary with the ever changing tag line). Not knowing Tarakany! was really that big, I noticed when they guys gave me some CDs it was like toting back an entire section of music from your local CD store (when you had local CD stores). It was a massive collection.<\/p>\n

Then in 2012 when I moved to the west coast and hired a couple of Russian interns (Tim & Snik), and their jaws dropped a bit when I told them about my interview with Tarakany!. it was then that I realized just how big these guys are. They compared them to the “Offspring” of Russia.. and as you’ll see by the interview with the guys that we are debuting today, they compare themselves to “Green Day of Russia”.<\/p>\n

Well, here is the thing.. I like Offspring and Green Day but I certainly like Tarakany! music better than Green Day. Notice I didn’t say Offspring… so this is not just hyperbole or anything…it’s the truth. After Tim & Snik told me about Tarakany! I began meticulously listening to ALL their material, and it’s a bunch, as I mentioned below. There were a good 20 or so tracks that I would simply listen to over and over and over.. and finally I said, you know what we gotta put their music out in North America & South America. And we are, coming in November an eclectic mix of English songs from Tarakany! featuring incredible guest artists ranging from Frank Turner, members of Anti-Flag and Useless I.D. plus some more talented mofos from Russia.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard the rough cuts and let me tell you, November can’t get here soon enough!<\/p>\n

We haven’t announced it yet, but we will but you my dear friends, are always the first to know. So here ya go.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Tim & Snik for helping put this video together.<\/p>\n