DISCIPLINA KICME (Ser) - Svi za mnom , lp 1986

As I probably already said,Disciplina Kicme was for my opinion one of the best Yugoslav bands ever.They were special,there was no band as DK in the world,with its specifical neurotic/psycothic music made of drum,Koja`s Rickenbacker bass and trumpets.This one is probably their best and most genuine album (the 3rd) with an excellent production,a bass sound that makes you shiver an a blend of music you never heard,but it will blow you away,if you are musically open minded enough.The pic was taken by me on January 1990 on a gig in Pula,where my Devastation was there as support band to Disciplina Kicme.Unforgettable.

Tracks;
01.Cudna suma
02.Pozdrav mladoj zitarici
03.Zasto
04.Ovo je zvuk
05.Svi za mnom
06.U kesi
07.Suma igra..
08.Ne ne ne

DISCIPLINA KICME - SVI ZA MNOM , LP 1986

DETMA (Cro) - Art And Music festival , Pula , 18.05.+19.05.1996

Allright,again sorry for not having any pic of this band,even they did some photosessions I remember,as soon as I get my hands on those pics,it will be posted.A strongly Alice In Chains/Stone Temple Pilots influenced band from Pula (of course),made by excellent musicians played at the Art And Music Festival competition in 1996,and not only that;they won it.So,what you have here are both the selection evening (18.05.) and the final,winning evening (19.05.) shows.I was there both days,and I must tell you that they were very impressive..try it.A good soundboard recording.

Tracks;

18.05.1996.
01.Moj dobri duh
02.Diabolo
03.Isprano kisom
04.Igra
05.Van kontrole

19.05.1996.
01.In the mood+Igra
02.Oko istine
03.Moj dobri duh
04.Diabolo
05.Van kontrole
06.Isprano kisom

DETMA - ART AND MUSIC FESTIVAL , PULA , 18.05.+19.05.1996.

ANTI OTPAD (Cro) - unknown demo 1991

I have a lot of Anti-Otpad stuff and everything is pretty good HC, and it would be a pity not to share it with you.First,the pic; taken a month ago, on a party in Pula-left to right Rio, me and BELI, the vocal on this demo.This is a demo which was never an official demo, rather a recording done for themselves.I am not quite sure if the date is right, it is definitely between 1990 and 1992.A great studio recording anyway.

Tracks;
01.Hore dead cops
02.Murija
03.Catholic church
04.Another
05.In my hand
06.
07.Die,sister,die
08.eid,retsis,eiD

ANTI OTPAD - UNKNOWN DEMO 1991

HOPE (Cro) - Light of the salvation , cd 2005

The third album of my favourite Christian Metal band is another proof of the quality of Hope.You really can`t go wrong with it.It is a very fair recording,and a disc you cannot miss.I thank again Mika for sending me their stuff and giving me the permission to post it,and I am launching another request;a T-shirt,the sooner you can!I am kidding,of course.If you like good old Thrash Metal with a pinch of Death Metal and all this very Melodic..what are you waiting for?

Tracks;
01.Silver Gods
02.Mind over matter
03.Jesus loves you
04.In rememberance
05.Just a fantasy
06.Light of the salvation
07.Ad aeternam
08.Dream your dreams
09.Metamorphosis

HOPE - LIGHT OF THE SALVATION , cd 2005

SUMRAK IDEJA (Cro) - rehearsal 1987

Another recording (and for what concernes my archive,the last) from this band from Pula,a band that was made of excellent musicians,but had no luck to break anywhere.The story of the band can be read on the previous recording,and,what more can I say;if you loved the previous stuff from them,this is practicly the same stuff,only from rehearsals.Collectionist stuff!

Tracks;
01.Sumrak ideja (cut in 2 secs)
02.Bilo koji pravac
03.Sumnja
04.Tijelo zene
05.Dobre vile
06.untitled
07.Ostat cu sam
08.R`n`R shit

SUMRAK IDEJA - rehearsal 1987

FORLORN LEGACY (Cro) - Paths of insanity , cd 2004

This is a band from Zagreb,and for what I know,they split-up few years ago.Which is such a pity,because this album can easily stand shoulder by shoulder with a lot of modern Metal albums worldwide.I like the vocal,reminds me somehow of Phil Anselmos.And the production is absolutely perfect.Gotta have it.

Tracks;
01.Conspiracy
02.Crest of silence
03.Insanity pt.1 - rewind
04.Welcome
05.Damned
06.Insanity pt.2 - delirium
07.Collapse
08.Coldness do speak
09.Insanity pt.3 - revenge
10.Numb
11.Delusion
12.Stillborn
13.Last try
14.Price to pay

FORLORN LEGACY - PATHS OF INSANITY , CD 2004

IMPALED NORTHERN MOONFOREST (USA) - Impaled Northern Moonforest , call-it-demo 1997

Buahahahhahahaha..WTF??Well,you probably have heard about this "thing"..I discovered that this project is a product of Anal Cunt`s Seth Putnam and Josh Martin.This is their so-called-demo,later released as a 7 inch single by Menace To Sobriety records.The aim was to ridiculise Black Metal,and boy they did it big time!!!It was called Acoustic Black Metal,with Josh playing the acoustic guitar and Seth drumming on his knees and bed.I decided not to write the titles of the songs contained here,because it is so ridicolous that I think it is a waste of time.Anyway,this download contains also a song titles generator,with TXT files with all the words needed to create beautiful black metal songtitles,well known from Immortal and bands like that.Try it,at least just for fun.

IMPALED NORTHERN MOONFOREST - IMPALED NORTHERN MOONFOREST , call-it-demo 1997

ATOMSKO SKLONISTE (Cro) - Infarkt , lp 1978

The second album from the Pula`s Hard Rock band Atomsko Skloniste is Hard as the 1st one,with which they showed that they won`t mellow out as Bijelo Dugme did.Until the last album with the vocalist Sergio Blazic,AS were a pure Hard Rock band,with few ballads or easy songs here and there,but basically a stubborn Hard Rock act.This is a great album.

PS;Oh,yeah,I forgot to say;Atomsko Skloniste had few extravagant album covers;this one (the vinyl,right?) was all done in carton (hard paper),and it looked like this;

The autograph you see is the drummer`s Sasa Dadic.And this package also contained a nice album of band`s artistic pictures by the photographer Tone Stojko.

Track;
01.Na proplanku ceka cvijet
02.Na kraju stoljeca
03.Infarkt
04.Radjaju se nova djeca
05.Bez kaputa
06.Djevojka broj 8
07.Pakleni vozaci
08.Zvao sam i miliciju
09.Periferni vremeplov
10.Oni sto dolaze za nama

ATOMSKO SKLONISTE - INFARKT , lp 1978

NOVI PUNK VAL ´78-´80 , ex-YU Punk-Rock compilation lp 1981

A cult record.The best of the best of Slovenian and Croatian (I noticed just recently that there were no Serbian or Bosnian bands here ?!?!No,seriously,to make this record an auditive orgasm there were no Pekinska Patka on!!) Punk Rock 1978-1980,which means that the ex-Yugoslavia was,even if a Communist country,very VERY in trend.I really cannot say my favourites here (even if I must say that the Croatian part of the compilation P.Kazaliste-Paraf-Problemi-Termiti is evidently much much better,and especially my guys from Pula,PROBLEMI.),but I am surely positive that,no matter what you listen to,you will find great tunes here.A MUST!!

PS;I would like to dedicate this post to Denis Barlijan,a member of the Punk community of the Pula scene in the 70s-80s,who died of cancer a month ago.R.I.P.

Tracks;
PANKRTI
01.Anarhist
02.Tovars`i,jst vam ne verjamem
03.Lublana je bulana
PRLJAVO KAZALISTE
04.Moj je otac bio u ratu
PARAF
05.Narodna pjesma
PROBLEMI
06.Sranje
07.Grad izobilja
BERLINSKI ZID
08.Mozgani na asfaltu
09.Po cestah mesta
92
10.Vidjeti jih
11.Kontroliram misli
BULDOGI
12.To ni balet
TERMITI
13.Vjeran pas
14.Mama,s razlogom se brines
15.Vremenska prognoza

NOVI PUNK VAL 1978-1980 , EX-YU PUNK ROCK COMPILATION lp 1981

LJUBLJANA HARD-CORE , Slovenian compilation lp 1987

This album is a jewel of the extinct ex-YU HC capital of the 80s,LJubljana,the capital town of Slovenia.5 bands are represented on this compilation,of which my favourites are the female trio TOZIBABE with a pretty harsh HC,and especially EPIDEMIJA,a total Disorder-esque Thrash chaos.As I didn`t ripped this one,I warn you that it have a variable sound quality,it seems like it was ripped partly from tape,and partly from vinyl.Anyway,for the collectors,and especially for HC fans,you will not miss this one!

Tracks;
U.B.R.
01.Tvoj Bog
02.Zgodovino pise zmagovalec
03.Pustota
04.Strah je vecen
05.Ni pomiritve
ODPADKI CIVILIZACIJE
06.Vojna-smrt
07.24 ur
08.Prevara
09.Linea fronta
TOZIBABE
10.Ko bos prisel
11.Bog
12.Nekega lepega dne
13.Moja praznina
14.Nocem te vec
EPIDEMIJA
15.Varazdinec
16.Kako
17.Ni vec sijaja
18.Vasi nismo
19.Klic v sili
III KATEGORIJA
20.Hocem stran
21.100 stopnic
22.Brsljan
23.Za tebe
24.Alkoholna pozaba
25.Manijak

LJUBLJANA HARD-CORE , SLOVENIAN COMPILATION lp 1987

40 GRADI (Cro) - Grind effect , cd 2007

This great band is one of the few really great Grindcore bands new to the Croatian scene,and I hope that this one will not be the only stuff we`ll hear from them.One of the bands that will very soon play on the Varazdin`s GRIND YOUR MIND festival (postponed the first time,now already announced for "very soon"..let`s see..).Well,anyway,this cd by 40 Gradi fucking kills,I`d compare them most closely to Brutal Truth!Totally insane technical grinding!

Tracks;
01.Golf 83
02.Chromosome XX
03.Immature 4ever
04.Grind effect
05.3D transform
06.Coxcomb trajectory
07.Limitless

40 GRADI - GRIND EFFECT , CD 2007

LIZATORI PIZDERE (Cro) - Live Monte Paradiso , 12.2001

Heheheeh..what can I say,those guys knew how to have great fun at their gigs..the bad thing is that everything is in Croatian,so anyone out of the ex-Yu territories might loose that feeling,but..hey,it is not that bad musically!Lizatori Pizdere (translated from a Pula-slang it means Pussy Lickers) are a side project-along with Brijacina Kojona-of members of Desinence Mortification).There is much in common to Leukkemiaa and Lizatori Pizdere ,except that LP had rehearsals,so they sounded better live.I laugh my jaws off every time I hear this gig.Try if you dare.

Tracks;
01.Fritaja od skornji
02.Tvoja riba,moja riba
03.Pocesi me s kurcinom
04.Roge su zakon
05.Proveslaj me u slamarici
06.Topli sendvic,a u njemu kurcic
07.Djani,prendala me renda
08.Bocanje je prava spika
09.Kariola
10.Izrigao sam se na brata
11.Golupcici and zecici
12.Ko kaze da nam je mali
13.Dobrij lemilicu
14.Lesinarci jedni
15.Mi prcimo ribe
16.Oblizni vibrator
17.Pacov ti je zvalio jaja
18.Zvaljakanje
19.S`a je mala
20.Rokni me macolom
21.Strsi li pingvinima
22.Pisoar
23.Odjebi majmune
24.Rizoto od glavoca
25.Orologio je zakon
26.Skurio sam grah
27.Fuj,ja brijem
28.We are not pedoci,but we are glavoci
29.Sapat iz cmara
30.Jarane u mjesalici
31.Cigan u pezejcu
32.Zbura na brkovima
33.Alo alo
34.Where is Kravlji
35.Kome futari kaco
36.Imas dlakava jaja
37.Ustipni me za glavic
38.Sprdio sam mortadelu
39.Zesci smo jebaci
40.Sveta Klara
41.Ne trazi kurcinu (ET cover)
42.Hopa cupa,ja tebi pitona
43.Curice,curice
44.Tonight is zvjerinjak
45.Pesek mi je krzljav
46.Slinava kurcina
47.Kupanje jebanje snimarenje
48.Okreni to prase
49.Kaco is the best
50.Kolpoli na dug
51.Jota

LIZATORI PIZDERE - LIVE MONTE PARADISO , PULA , December 2001.

PIGGY`S home jam tapes (CAN)

It is incredible and very sad the fact that in the last 5 years so many Metal musicians died..and mostly of some diseases or heart failures..Piggy (the guitarist of Voivod,just in case some of you don`t know) was one of them,we knew for a long time back about his cancer,but it killed him slowly.
The stuff here is given to me by Rio of Bolesno Grinje,he found it somehow on the net,and it`s a collection of untitled bits (well,not really,the tracks are pretty long..) Piggy made on his computer before he died.I do not even know the possible date of those recordings,very surely after the year 2000.So,this post is dedicated to everything Piggy did through his life.
R.I.P.

PIGGY`S HOME JAM TAPES

I AM BACK!!!

HELLO TO YOU ALL!!!
Oh,yeah,I am back!!The vacation is over,I start to work next Monday,so I have few days to fill this days that passed sunbathing,swimming in the sea,headbanging at Uljanik and singing my guts out on the rehearsal of the Pula`s cover band VIS Thunderbirds.And not forgetting the beautiful dinner with my wife,my brother,his wife and their lovely daughters,Sarah and Noah.But on top of everything,the extraordinary dinner at my friends Cotka (if you noticed,he was the engineer and producer of many bands here,like ; Hatross,Sexton,Dissection/Aeon,Desinence Mortification,Anti Otpad,AntiTodor i Talenti...well,almost the complete Pula scene from the 90s!),who prepared an incredible fish plate,followed by tasty white wine..Oh,well..sorry,I went too far in explaining.So,the main happening there was the PULA ROCK party,dedicated to the underground scene of the 70s-80s-90s,for which a documentary movie (actually,there will be two movies!) is getting ready to hit the road.This party was a warming up,the main happening will be somewhere in the summer 2008.This party summoned all of us metalheads,punx and anyone ever involved in the Pula underground.The meeting was pretty emotive,there were dozens of people I haven`t seen for 10 years..Here are some pics;The action that night was..you know..you see..well known.

Me and Rio from..well..too many bands to mention..

Tomo from Blockade Runner in action,headbanging like in good ole times..


And all of us headbanging for the good times..

Another great thing I was part of was the rehearsal of a Pula cover band VIS Thunderbirds.As my brother Chriss plays drums there,I went to a rehearsal with him,and inevitabely became part of that rehearsal;first I played bass on some covers while Tea was away,and then they gave me the mike and the thing rolled on..

On those two pics,we did HOLIDAYS IN THE SUN by SEX PISTOLS..woooow,goosebumps coming!!

And at the end,we did the inevitable;half of LEUKKEMIAA pictured together again!!Pizzo even put a plastic bag as on the very first gig..and me and Tezza dying out laughing..

The last day before leaving,Cotka made a farewell dinner..I adore eating,and this one was a suicide..I am not a fish fan,but I ate 3 of those!!Tell me now you wouldn`t too..........................


OK,enough of that..back to business.The usual guys there (Mladen and Zlayo) gave me a ton of material in Pula,stuff you will lick your fingers for (STOP STARING AT THOSE FISHES,I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM!!).I will not tell you nothing about,you will have to stay tuned to this magnificent blog.And I am sure you will...

(BLOODY) KISSES.ALEX.

PS;I posted some cca 10 posts retrogradely,so check the 10-15 posts before this report!!

BIJELO DUGME (BiH) - Eto!Bas hocu! , lp 1977

Finally,here it is;the third BD album,with which I end this trilogy.The third album is recorded under bad conditions,because 3/5ths of the band were serving the fucking military service,so it was recorded with two additional musicians (Lazo Ristovski on keyboards and Milic Vukasinovic on drums,and Zeljko Bebek playing bass on this album).The album is the most raffinated of the trilogy,but still a great Hard Rock album.Just listen to the choirs and the orchestrations on the last song..Great.

Tracks;
01.Izgledala je malo cudno u kaputu zutom krojenom bez veze
02.Lose vino
03.Eto!Bas hocu!
04.Dede bona sjeti se,de tako ti svega
05.Slatko li je ljubit tajno
06.Nista mudro
07.Ne dese se takve stvari pravome muskarcu
08.Sanjao sam nocas da te nemam

BIJELO DUGME - ETO!BAS HOCU! LP 1977

CUORENERO (Ita) - Solo un piccolo passo , demo 2007

Heh,this is a personal one;this is my cousin`s Andrea band from Firenze,Italy.This demo is a nice and well produced piece of Alternative easy listening Hard Rock.I am very proud of it,because after my father,me and my brother,somebody in the family must continue our rocking tradition.As you can see from the cover,Andrea did all the music and lyrics,plus sang lead and backing vocals,played bass,rhythm and some leads,plus acoustic guitar..pretty much his own work.I like it.

Tracks;
01.Le stelle
02.(Non c`e´) soluzione
03.Quello che non basta
04.E` qui

CUORENERO - SOLO UN PICCOLO PASSO , DEMO 2007

CRUCIFIX (USA) - Dehumanization , lp 1983

If you like Discharge,then you must try this band.With a Cambodian singer,Sothira Pheng,the band played a Discharge-like Hardcore,really extreme and fast (for that time).This is,as far as I know,their only album,short and intense.The band existed for a relatively short time,but this album is a true masterpiece.

Tracks;
01.Annihilation
02.How when where
03.Skinned alive
04.Prejudice
05.No limbs
06.Another mouth to feed
07.Search for the sun
08.Indochina
09.Three miles to oblivion
10.See through their lies
11.Death toll
12.Blind destruction
13.Rise and fall
14.Stop torture

CRUCIFIX - DEHUMANIZATION , lp 1983

BLOCKADE RUNNER (Cro) - Follow through , demo compilation 2002

Blockade Runner reformed in 2007!!Allright,this is the news for the fans of this band,thank God,they reformed again (the new line up will have two members of the original line-up,Hari and Tomo,the last guy on this pic with me,on the party in Pula 7.9.07.),and if everything goes as planned,a great Devastation/Blockade Runner package will be available for gigs very soon (maybe a split cd?who knows).Blockade Runner will record new stuff soon,and Tomo promised me that I will recieve it to put it here on this blog!!Can`t wait for that.In the meantime,here is a compilation of BR`s demo tracks,plus few tracks re-done for this compilation.BR RULES!

Tracks;
01.Entire despair
02.The other way round
03.Rage of black tears
04.Time for rebellion
05.Heavenward
06.Snakes in the air
07.Without resort to bad force
08.Your wicked wish
09.Crown
10.Heavenward 2002
11.Security code (garage demo 2001)
12.Snakes in the air (live 2002)

BLOCKADE RUNNER - FOLLOW THROUGH , demo compilation 2002