Sorry, anti-war rally in Moscow will be 15 SEPTEMBER . Ilya B.
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Дата: 21 августа 2001 г. 7:53
Тема: [ISKRA] Progressive Punk/HardCore in Russia


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>Hi comrades,
>
>Earlier, Ilya informed me that on September 2nd there will be the second
>joint rally in Moscow of the Movement for a Workers Party and the Movement
>for Civil Rights - against the Chechen war and for workers rights. He said
>that this time he expects it to be quite large and hopefully with a number
of
>Moscow punk/HardCore bands playing at the rally.
>
>Then just a few minutes ago, my inbox received a post from Heli (of
Finland -
>see below) regarding a Vyborg punk band, called PTVP, in the Finnish news.
It
>reported them as antiPutin, anti-FSB and also anti-Chechen war in their
>music. As there are some red-brown stalinists who say, in words these exact
>things, I did a google.com search and found a few other bits of info on
this
>band (see below too). The PTVP are genuinely left/anarchist and
progressive.
>
>Ilya, or anyone else in the know - are there any articles in English about
>the left/anarchist punk scene, as it seems bigger and quite separate from
the
>smaller but growing nazi punk - heavy metal scene, which is so admired in
the
>publications of the RKRP? ISWoR will get a report out of yet another very
>ugly side of the RKRP shortly.
>
>If any comrades are willing to do any research on this scene- it would be
>great if we could get involved in linking up with western progressive
>punk-hardcore bands with Russian ones on a progressive pro-worker,
>anti-Chechen war basis. The possibilities are tremendous as the
>anti-capitalist movement grows amongst youth in general, including exchange
>tours that have a political aspect to them. The English language website of
>Russian Hardcore is > http://www.markt-for-livet.com/RussHC.html < If
some
>comrades are interested I would be happy to collaborate with a team of
people
>in this work - having collaborated with political bands in London in the
>past. Contact me!
>
>Also - if anyone wants to help with costs for publicity, transport, etc,
for
>the important September 2nd rally in Mosocw, contact Ilya Budraitsis NOW!
on >
> budrabm@... < Please, if you can, do this, as a few dollars,
>deutchmarks, francs or pounds go a long way in Russia.
>
>In solidarity
>
>Steve
>
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>from Heli on another list
>
>Dear list,
>the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat writes:
>"A Punk band wants to be the meter of freedom in Russia"
>"Putin, Putin, Putin, F S Blad" They sing.
>FSB is the heir of the former KGB. Blad means hore.
>
>"This period as a president is like sticking ice, trying it.
>When Putin is elected in 2004, it will be a start for
>a genocide." sais the singer of the punk band.
>The bands name is PTVP. Singer: Aleksei Nikonov.
>When they sang the song about Putin, even army officers
>joined in the song, writes Helsingin Sanomat.
>The journalist asks: Who did the bombings in Moscow,
>in the autumn 1999. Nikonovs answer:
>"F S Blad".
>This band is from Vyborg.
>Putin visits Finland, and we will demonstrate.
>Against genocide.
>
>Heli.
>
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>Russia Hardcore website
>http://www.markt-for-livet.com/RussHC.html
>
>ST PETERSBURG / VYBORG
>
>The DIY scene here in the North-West is rather disorganized, although some
>things are moving. St Petersburg is big, Vyborg is small.
>POSLEDNIE TANKI V PARIZHE (last tanks in paris)
>Ljoha Nikonov - voice, Sergej 'Velmita' - drums, remixes, Egor Nedviga -
>bass, Max - guitar
>- Vyborg band, originates from the TaMtAm scene (which was formed around
the
>punk / alternative club of this name in St Petersburg, 1991-1996). Started
>with BUTTHOLE SURFERS type sound, now they play very melodic and at the
same
>time raging hardcore punk. Quite influenced by HIMERA (St Pete HC legends,
>leader Redt played drums in PTVP before suicide in 1997). Some recordings,
>punk stuff, acoustic, remixes. They work on their, like, fourth album now.
>Singer Ljoha is putting together his poetry book soon. This June he was
>arrested on stage! for 'shitting on our authorities'.
>(Alexej Nikonov, +7(81278)14084 - only speaks Russian)
>
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>St Petersburg Times
>23 June 2000
>
>ARTS + FEATURES
>
>Russian and foreign jazzmen are preparing to blow into their golden
trumpets
>and shining saxophones during two major festivals in the city's beautiful
>gardens and at various jazz venues over the next two weekends.
>
>But there exists a gloomy underworld - the rock 'n' roll underground -
where
>one band's leader recently got arrested before he had time to finish the
>second song in the set. That's what happened to the leader of Vyborg's
>Poslyedniye Tanki v Parizhe (Last Tanks in Paris), also known as P.T.V.P.
>"Russia's Jim Morrison," Alexei Nikonov, got in hot soup when he
interpreted
>his band's Russian abbreviation as "Pozhaluista, Trakhite Vladimira Putina"
>(Please, F*** Vladimir Putin), called the president "Pinochet" and admitted
>that "it smells of police near the stage."
>
>The odor become real as the police duly detained him on stage, took him
down
>the station and beat him up. Nikonov, known for his strong anti-Putin
stance,
>also distributed flyers depicting the current president with a Hitler-style
>moustache and the word "hexagene," a.k.a. TNT, even before the presidential
>elections. This brave man and his band will perform at the decrepit VMC
club
>on Saturday.
>
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>Antiwar Actions in St. Petersburg
>
>NGO activists of St. Petersburg report that on February 26-27, 2000 the
>antifascist, anarchist and trozkist activists of St. Petersburg are going
to
>hold a series of protest actions against the war in Chechnya. A
>hardcore-punk-sca festival against the war in Chechnya is to be held on
>February 26 in Krasky Vyborzhets club (12 Sverdlovskaya Naberezhnaya) at
>17:30. Groups Spitfire (St. Petersburg), Stand (Finland), Unconform
(Moscow),
>P.T.V.P (Vyborg) and others are to participate. Contact phone:
>(+7-812)-248-1152. On February 27 at 15:00 an antiwar picket will begin at
>the corner of Nevsky Prospekt and Malaya Sadovaya street. Contact phone:
>(+7-812)-557-8324, Elena, contact e-mail: cyr@....
>
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