Batallón de San Patricio – Interview exclusive June 2020

I had the chance to see them live few times and i must say they are really cool on stage. During this quarantine, we spoke a bit with Ricky and the interview is bellow. Also this interview will be featured on our new number out soon. Cheers and thank you for supporting us.

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MirceONE (mptyzine): Hola Ricky soy Mirceone de mptyzine,como estas?
Ricky (BSP): Que tal Mirceone, muy bien gracias por preguntae, espero te encuentres igual.

Felicidades por el lp hermanos de guerra, es este su primero lp oficial?
Gracias por la felicitaciones y sí, es nuestro primer álbum “Hermanos de Guerra”.

Para los que no los conocen, platicanos una breve reseña sobre la banda
La banda surge cómo una propuesta y amalgama de las culturas mexicana e irlandesa, de ahí qué se toma el nombre Batallón de San Patricio, por la hermandad entre ambos pueblos.
Es a partir de Julio del 2017, la banda comienza a tomar forma, después de algunos meses de preparación y ajustes en la alineación. Lo cuál a los meses subsecuentes se fue modificando hasta llegar a la conformación actual de la agrupación. Cabe reconocer el esfuerzo otorgado en sus inicios para Jorge (Q. E. P. D.), Lalo y Rodrigo “Thunder”, los cuáles ayudaron a la creación de los primeros temas (propios) de la banda.

Los he visto un par de veces en vivo, y debo decirles es increible, coo ha sido la cuarentena para ustedes
La cuarenta, cómo a la población en general nos esta afectando, debido a que no hay eventos o shows próximos por el tema de la sana distancia; en lo que respecta por el lanzamiento del álbum “Hermanos de Guerra” (aprovechamos agradecimiento por la grabación y mezcla del disco Alex León de Bilbao Estudio), teníamos programado una gira para mediados de Julio en 5 ciudades del país, junto a otras dos bandas hermanas de Folk Punk mexicano (Drunken Sailor de Cd. Mx y Teddy Bears in Flames de Mty.) lo cual fue cancelado y se busca posponer la gira al 2021.

De lo negativo hacer algo positivo, en Mayo (2020) firmamos contrato con el sello discográfico “Totem Music”, quiénes se encargan de la distribución en medios digitales, y con los que estaremos manejando booking por los siguientes 2 años. También creando nuevos temas para el segundo álbum, esto gracias a que nuestros integrantes (Ricky y Ponko), han estado activos en la gran mayoría de las nuevas composiciones.

Ahora que todo esto acabe, lo primero que haremos será sacar nuestro primer video oficial (tenemos 2 promocionales en YouTube por si gustan verlos) y hacer nuestro festejo de aniversario (Irish and Punk Nightout) el cuál lo haremos una tradición anual, y aprovecharemos para hacer la presentación del disco “físicamente”.

BSP – promo photo

Irish punk no es algo muy conocido en Mexico, como los recibe la gente con sus canciones
El género no esta explotado en nuestro país, por ende la gente lo ha recibido muy bien, al ser un género que no va encasillado a un sector de la población en específico, esto hace que “mayor” gente acuda a los shows o se interese por la música que estamos creando, puedo decir que hasta el momento hemos tenido una respuesta favorable, esperamos se mantenga y siga creciendo esta Ola Verde en nuestro país.

Me puedes decir cuales so sus 10 bandas favoritas
Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys, Gogol Bordello, The Rumjacks, Paddy and the Rats, Hank Williams III, Johnny Cash, The Pogues, The Dubliners, The O’reillys and the Paddyhats.

Entre Flogging Molly y Dropkick cual escoges?
Ambas bandas son muy buenas e íconos del Celtic Punk, pero nos inclinamos por Flogging Molly.

Dime si conoces algo sobre Rumania, que no sea por investigar en Google, o en su defecto, si conoces algo.
Desafortunadamente no conocemos bandas o proyectos de Rumanía, pero nos daremos a la tarea de buscarlas. Ahora que lo menciona me da la impresión (sin generalizar) que tendrían un toque de Gypsy Punk.

Resume en 5 palabras que significa Batallon de San Patricio
Familia, Fortaleza, Solidaridad, Embriaguez y Alegría.

Cuales son sus planes para lo que resta de este año
Esperar a que termine esta cuarentena (deseando que todos nuestros familiares, amigos, conocidos, enemigos y público en general se encuentren bien), retomar las actividades a grabar nuestro primer vídeo “oficial” y realizar nuestro festejo por tema del aniversario y presentación del disco en nuestra Ciudad de Las Rosas.

BSP – promo photo

Platicame algunas cosas sobre la escena en Guadalajara, si hablamos de punk, yo se que hay muchas bandas, en donde encanjan ustedes en esta escena
La escena en Gdl es vasta y con demasiads creatividad, van haciendo su fusión con otros géneros, tenemos desde trash punk, stoner punk, Hardcore Punk, D-Beat, oi!, rockabilly, bandas con toques de country. Encajamos en esos lugares todo lo relacionado a los géneros anteriores allí podrían vernos en escenario. Y tampoco cerramos las puertas a festivales que sean de géneros diferentes a los antes mencionados, hago hincapié en que nuestra música es para el público en general.

Algunas palabras para nuestros lectores
Primero agradecerte Mirceone por esta entrevista y el espacio en Mptyzine, invitarlos a que nos sigan en nuestras redes sociales, escuchen nuestro disco y vean los videos promocionales que tenemos en YouTube

Gracias por su tiempo, digan nos donde podemos encontrar su musica para escuchar los
Nos pueden encontrar en Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, Bandcamp, SoundCloud cómo Batallón de San Patricio.

Las ultimas palabras se las dejo a ustedes, gracias otra vez por tu tiempo hermano
Apoyen a las bandas locales en compra de su mercancía oficial, disco, ahora que regresen los shows, asistan, esto genera que las bandas sigan produciendo su material y tener una escena más amplia. Cómo dice el dicho: ¡Apoyo lo local!

MirceONE vs. Ricky BSP – June 2020

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Punk in Romania a bit of “magic”

Oi you! I have been asked by a friend in Mexico to write something about the Punk scene in Romania. First of all I want to start with a disclaimer, maybe I am not the right person 100% to write it, but I will give it a try and a honest thought. Also before comment, critic me, read all the article and please I encourage you if you have more info share it. To write about Punk scene in Romania, please bare in mind that you cannot go on Google and do a research, (you will find some articles in English on Vice regarding the Craiova punk scene, DIY Conspiracy blog and some other personal blogs) everything that I am writing here is from my personal knowledge, I will share some info about all types of bands, from anarcho punk, pop-punk or ska-punk so please do not try to play smart and start again the old plays like “they are not punk” bla bla. I will not post links (most of the bands are not alive anymore-or the old myspace, blogspot links are not working), on some of my old hard drives I have some old photos with some of the bands, cd covers scanned and flyers so if you want them please drop me a line. I do apologize for my English writing and also for the grammar mistakes that may occur. Ok, grab a coffee and enjoy it!

 

Early years

After the collapse of Communism in 1989, many from our neighbor countries started to develop the DIY attitude and to start an underground movement. Countries like: Poland, Czech Republic, Serbia or Hungary had already few bands and fanzines, not Romania. And here I will not even speak about western Europe where the scene was really strong. For us the movement started with small steps. It is something “magical” happening here in Romania 😊

The first city that started to develop more was Timisoara (in the western part of Romania), here started the first Romanian punk band: Haos and in another city Craiova, was TerrorArt (postpunk). After TerrorArt broke up another band came in Craiova called: Critica Radicala (was a political band that had gypsy folk elements in their sound).

Other bands that were in the same time in both cities Timisoara and Craiova were: Guranii, Anti Pro, Radical din Val (Timisoara post punk) No Man’s Band.

In Bacau (on the East side of Romania) started in bands like Scandal (formed in 1997), Sictir and Manifest (with Oi! Influences). Also in cities like Brasov, Iasi,Sibiu and Cluj appeared bands like: Rabla, Pansament, Ura De Dupa Usa, Los Pogos, Praf n Ochi, Protex.

Started the first concerts and step by step the scene started to grow a bit.

Years (2000-2015)

I will mention here other bands from Bucharest (the capital city), where was ZOB, Los Embecilos, EMIL, Recycle Bin, Cobe, Pistol Cu Capse, Sport Sangeros 3 that they had various influences and a more modern sound. Also in Bucharest probably a Mecca of the clubs for the punks was Underworld Club that was opened by Gabi Molotov, after his return in Romania from NY (who is a member of Molotov Cocktail and The Dead Ceausescus bands) and they did a lot of good concerts with local bands and with bands from outside Romania. Also another support in Romania was Hefe and his Bring The Noise, that did some nice concerts with bands like: NOFX, La Plebe, Strike Anywhere etc etc. In my personal opinion the scene grew up significantly with the bands from Bucharest and Underworld Club. I remember that in those years were a lot of good concerts in Underworld and I was coming from my city, to listen some good music and to share a coffee with some good people. Also in the same years more or less 2004-2006 where a lot of small groups from different cities that we were “fighting” online that Bucharest bands are commercial or that “I am more punk than you”, at the end , in Romania we missed one thing: UNITY! But this is another story.

Let’s move on…so there were a lot of concerts and good people, I want to mention that in this time in Cluj and Bistrita appeared small collectives DIY like: BHCB, TBC and others that started to bring a lot of cool bands from punk, hardcore, crust to their cities and again the movement grew up. In Timisoara it was another great collective: Gluga Neagra aka Black Hood Society with Pavilionul 32, Tavi that was making some great shows (more into anarcho/punk) but they were a solid ground when it comes to DIY in Romania. Also in Timisoara were the clubs like INCA, Atelier DIY. Miscarea Underground (Underground Movement Timisoara-UGTM) was one of the oldest DIY collectives in Romania with members from Haos, Umbre Zidite or Arc Gotic. This festival was the first one in Romania and for more than 14 years was the center in DIY movement. In Brasov started Play Or Die booking that was promoting and bringing local acts like: Stared Into Forest or Coins As Portraits. Other bands from those years were: Nihilistic (Craiova), Tarabostes (Brasov), The Mohawks (Bacau), POV (Tg Mures), Stuck In A Rut (Cluj), The Barricade (Tg Mures,Cluj), Headphone Kicks, Ska Fara Trompete (Iasi), Mediocracy (Bucharest) among many many others (really sorry guys if I am missing some of you)…

There was the time for the fanzines as well. It started in the same cities Timisoara and Craiova with zines such as : Love Kills, Ura, Slogan, Revolta, Buletin DIY (all of them anarcho/punk). In Cluj it was another DIY anarcho zine: Leave Me Alone. There was Skinhead Times a OiZine from Brasov edited by Sorin, in Bucharest, Cezar started another OiZine, called No Bollox Just Oi!, and as well he did some nice concerts around that time.

Other support for the west side, in Timisoara was Casian and his booking 3 Ceasuri Rele (more into psychobilly, rockabilly and punk) he did some nice concerts and as well for a short period of time was a shop as well called Kool Cat.

Few words about my city Constanta, I am not aware what was happening in 1994-1995 but I do have some friends that they were around in that time…I know the first real hc and punk concert was around 2003 in Pheonix club with bands from Bulgaria. In 2005 I started to write few stuff about punk bands in the first zine from Constanta (extreme metal zine called Raport Extrem), along with Florian from Protest Urban (Metalcore band) and Cosmin. Later in 2005 I wanted to make something just more into punk, so was born MPTY ZINE (More Punk Than You Zine) so I started in the end of 2005 along with Alex (from the 1^st punk band in Constanta called Coercion). The zine was not anarcho, was not political and for many people in that time was not even a zine, so even now after all these years still isn’t😊 it is just something that I like to do in my free time, is about sharing and promo bands that I like, simple as that, no politics, no religion, no bla bla , just PUNK ROCK! Get it? Aaa and around 2007-2008 I did had another small project called Behind The Scene-I was trying to promote some labels and people that were involved in the punk scene-there were 3 numbers out (I still have them if you want them, drop me a line).

Ok, we were gathering in few places in the city and we “formed” something like a nice crew called CST (CTHC) with people that were listening to punk, hardcore, hiphop, ska and a lot of other things that they were kind of new for a city like Constanta. Anyway regarding how it all started I have other friends that if they have time they can write more, hahaha. I was trying as well in 2009 to do something like a small label and booking called ECK (East Coast Kids) and we did manage to do bring some bands outside Romania, and that was something huge for Constanta. Bands like: Manifestation, Determination, La Ghenga Del Fil Di Ferro and local acts Coercion.

Clubs? Uhhh I think everything started around 1995 with Popular (where was the Rockoteca), after that changed the location many times but the most known were during the summer at Casa Ialomita and during winter in Brotacei and Nord. Here we did some punk nights as well. The club changed later to AK47 and later on Nord changed to Heaven’s Hell. There were other small clubs like: Subculture, Hang Out, Friends (we did the first Ska night there in 2010), Pulse (where we did 2 concerts), Club 13. Now after many years I don’t know if there are other clubs that promote punk. Anyway we grew up and we move on, with a lot of respect for the people that were involved along the years.

Present (at the time of writing this stuff)

I left Constanta so I do not know what is the situation now, however there are new acts all over the country like: Anexa Unu, Fuck You! Dracu, Cold Brats, Las Poftas, Magazinu 51, Bastos, Ropeburn, TBA and uhh could be more but I do not know all of them😊. All these bands have something punk in their style, I am not saying are 100% punk rock but hey this is better than nothing, in a country that like I said in the start is happening something “magical”. Ok…I am tired, I don’t know what else to say, just listen to music and enjoy it, at the end of the day everything is coming to this…be simple, be nice, always be yourself and work hard. Cha Cha!

MirceONE – mptyzine – March 2020.

interview exclusive-Old Coyote Club

1.Hi Kai, how’s life?

Good, still young and pretty.

2.Please tell us a few words about the band

We’re from Kings Lynn, England. We started playing together in summer 2013 and after about 2 months recorded our first EP in my bedroom. It’s called ‘The Clubhouse Sessions’ and is free to download online.

3.Very nice combination of punk with folk and country, tell me something about the influences

As a band our influences range from Folk/Punk/Country/Rock, but every member of the band has completely different tastes extending to Jazz/Metal/Hardcore/Hip Hop etc. It makes it really exciting writing songs together when we all come from completely different musical backgrounds, and the songs begin to take shape when handed over to each other. That’s one of the main reasons I love playing music with Old Coyote Club.

4.The EP has 3 songs, when can we expect a full album

We’re going into the studio this summer to record a new 6-track EP, which we’re currently busy writing. As for an album, we’re gradually working towards it. First albums always set a blueprint for a band so we got to make sure we get it right, and this upcoming EP will show the progression our material is taking.

5. I know that you guys are a new band and maybe not a lot of people heard you…so you try to promote somehow?

We’re going to start gigging a lot more this summer, especially when the next EP is released. We’ve all been in other bands before as well which helps, and we’ve got a good group of friends that have been great in supporting us and spreading our music.

6.Anyway a nice name:) so what is the story of it? some friends in UK drinking beer in front of one pub called: Old Coyote? or is something more deep?

It’s not really anything deep, I just really like Coyotes. They’re cool.

7.Name your top 10 when it comes to bands

I can’t put them in order but these are some of my favourites….I.C.H/Ed Ache, Tom Waits, Bob Dylan, The Clash, Rancid, Minor Threat, Johnny Cash, Sick of It All, Billie Holiday, Ramones.

8.What else you do besides the band?

We go down our local pub a lot, watch a lot of football and sit around each others houses listening to records and playing guitar.

9.Choose Cash or Dylan:)

Cash or Dylan?! That’s like trying to choose your favourite kid…

Thank you for the time and if you have something else to add to our few readers and to eastern europe scene please take this huge chance, you will be on MTV after this online interview:)

Eastern Europe’s cool. Our guitarist is from there (I think), and he’s lovely.

Cheers guys, you can download our new EP ‘The Clubhouse Sessions’ here for Free:

https://oldcoyoteclub.bandcamp.com/ – and for more news on all things Coyote www.facebook.com/oldcoyoteclub

thanks to Kai and OCC.

Mirceone (MPTY ZINE) vs. Kai (OCC) – march 2014

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interviu VotSKA (ska-punk-RO)

Caldura mare, cafea, conexiune pe stick, muzica buna in boxe, Wattie in efect de la Kebab, oameni simpli, fara taieturi la montaj, cu greseli, cu bune si rele asta a iesit. Voie buna!

VotSKA

Mirceone (MPTY ZINE): Noroc Wattie. Ce faci? te plictisesti si ai zis sa stai de vorba cu mine?

Wattie (VotSKA): Salut Mircea, uite pe acasa doing nothing. Astept sa vina seara :))) nu de aia vorbesc cu tine ca ma plictisesc.

Poti sa recunosti ca sunt plictisitor, nu ma supar. Ce face VotSKA, am auzit ca o sa cantati la Peninsula.

Nu esti plictisitor :))).Pai VotSka acuma face putin pauza ca cativa dintre noi trebuie sa invete and stuff like that… doar repetiti facem cateodata. In rest este ok totul si DA cantam la Peninsula,unul din cele mai tari festuri din Europa si e fucking awesome si de abia asteptam.

Ati avut pile pentru Peninsula lasa ca stiu eu…Ati impartit pliante in campania electorala?

Nuu am avut nici o pila :)))))))fuck politics.Am intrat la finala Médiabefutó 2012 si asta am castigat noi. Cred ca suntem cea mai tanara trupa care a cantat la Peninsula.

Ce e VotSKA Social Club?

VotSka Social Club este un loc fermecat creat de noi care chiar exista… :))))… unde am tras Wrong… un loc micuti cu gradina la o casa unde ne adunam din cand in cand la o bere,gratar si am decis sa facem pe facebook VotSka Social Club unde doar noi putem sa postam ca sa nu enerveze oameni care tot posteaza.

Esti un dictator de aia…ia spune aveti Kebab in Tg. Mures?

Nu este vorba sa fii dictator, numai ca din propria experienta pot sa zic ca enervant cand primesti tot feluri de notifications in diferite grupuri. (Nu exista Kebab in Tg. Mures)

Lansati vreun album ceva cat de curand? Alte concerte in afara de Peninsula?

Pai vrem sa lansam un Demo, dar piesele nu is inca inregistrate… nu prea am avut timp sa ne ocupam cu asta… dar speram cat mai curand sa ajungem si la asta.Da o sa avem in 8 julie in Targu Mures, Jazz and Blues Club cu o trupa din CJ, Katapult

votSKA band

Cum ti se pare materialul nou Tim Armstrong, Rock’n’Roll Theatre?

Doar unu am vazut pe net :)))
mi se pare super misto Lars e un actor destul de bun 🙂 sti piesa aia “we did alright”

Ca tot vorbim de albume. Da-mi exemplu de 3 albume pe care le-ai asculta non-stop.

pai best of Sublime compilatia
Rancid – and out come the wolfes
si cred Nofx coasters

Am vazut tot mai multe trupe ca isi lanseaza albumele pe net. Ce parere ai?

Da, pai mie mi se pare ca e o idee excelenta pentru ca numai cumpara nimeni cduri si daca vrei cumva sa vinzi ceva, mai bine pui pe net.

Deci tot nu v-au sunat astia de la HellCat sa scoateti la ei nu? il postati si voi pe net sa inteleg...

da pai, da cam asta o sa facem :))))))

Ca tot e campionatul din Ucraina si Polonia. Care este echipa favorita?

O fost Olanda… :)))) Dar a cam picat… acuma nu stiu, trebuie sa aleg una noua, ca nici Irlanda nu e ok:))))))
nu sta ok

Cum ai vedea echipa Romaniei alacatuita din membri trupelor punk?

woooo ceva super misto…. cred ca am castiga si campionatul mondial…. la baut I mean :))))))

Cine ar fi antrenor?

Levi din Recycle Bin :d pai trebuie sa fie unu “batran”

Recycle Bin ar putea compune imnul punk al nationalei nu?

Da, normal

Cati bani ati lua sa veniti la festivalul de la Mamaia?

Pai, bani de drum aia trebuie sa fie prima chestie asigurata, si in rest daca chiar e un fest mare… sponsori etc. nu stiu…

Nu iti plac mai mult concertele in cluburi mici?

Ba daaaaa ,alea is cele mai faine, mai faine decat festurile dar vara nu prea ai ce sa faci ca e plin de festivaluri
prin toata tara nimeni nu vine la concerte in cluburi.

Ultima trupa ascultata

Acum? sex pistols

Dupa Sex Pistols ce urmeaza? Stefan HruSKA?

stai sa ma uit:))) Sublime with Rome – Murdera

Spune-mi ceva in exclusivitate ca oricum nu citeste nimeni, ceva ce nu ai mai spus la nimeni:)

Am vomitat de la etajul 3 de cateva ori cand am venit acasa beat mort

Un ultim cuvant pentru cel mai de temut fanzin online, mptyzine?

Succes in continuare, sper sa mai iasa.

Mersi Wattie, poate ne vedem pe undeva pe litoral in 2020. Mult succes cu concertele si albumul, salutari la restul din trupa. Daca mai ai ceva de adaugat…apropo cat are salariul Esca?

Esca? Habar nu am :)))cat?
OFFTOPIC: MPTY ZINE habar n-are cat are salariul eSKA.

Mirceone vs. Wattie  iunie 2012.

playlist Not Broken In Spirit (13 martie 2011)

Joi si Duminica de la 22 avem Not Broken In Spirit cu Mirceone (mpty zine) punk,ska,oi si hc pana la ora 24.00 pe 3 Ceasuri Rele Radio stream web http://treiceasurirele.rudisoft.net/ sau download streamul pt winamp de aici http://www.mediafire.com/file/pkpg1x6ad67bot4/treiceasurirele.m3u

1. Vic Ruggiero – Papa Told Me (3:21)
2. UK Subs – Tokyo Rose (3:04)
3. Tiger Army – Rose Of The Devil’s Garden (3:56)
4. Stage Bottles – A friend killed a friend (2:56)
5. Slaughter and the Dogs – boston babies (3:37)
6. Sham 69 – Little Lady (2:49)
7. Vice Squad – Punx United (2:39)
8. Charm City Saints – Night Paddy Murphy Died (2:47)
9. Circle Jerks – Sinking Ship (3:47)
10. Cobra Skulls – Hot Sand (2:21)
11. Flogging Molly – The Likes Of You Again (Live) (4:08)
12. Guacamaya – long resh (3:10)
13. NOFX – The Brews (2:40)
14. Rust – Rock n Roll Gunslinger (3:26)
15. Urban Scum – hooligans (2:29)
16. The Wrongdoers – oi! for Finland (3:47)
17. The Lordz – It’s Alright (3:45)
18. Bad Manners – Stop Making Love Beside Me (2:33)
19. Beyond Pink – In our hearts we’re puking (2:02)
20. Backfire! – What holds us together (2:48)
21. Agnostic Front – More Than A Memory (2:39)
22. Because The Bean – amaro ritorno (1:08)
23. Swingin’ Utters – Lepers, Thieves and Whores (2:13)
24. Towerblocks – having a laugh & having a say (3:38)
25. The bodybags – One thing at the time (2:39)
26. Street Kids – Skinhead de Paris (2:31)
27. Ziggie Piggie – Rude Girl Dream (4:32)
28. The Rocksteady Beat Orchestra – nel blu dipinto di blu (4:32)
29. No Turning Back – Forget Today (1:24)
30. Go Betty Go – It’s Too Bad (3:41)
31. Madball – New York City (2:01)
32. Bastards on Parade – Paint the Town Red (3:11)
33. Bastards on Parade – Anthem (2:37)
34. The Filaments – Punk Unity (2:28)
35. Rebelde – Vaffanculo (1:42)
36. Horrorpops – Kiss Kiss Kill Kill (3:55)
37. Judge Dread – Big6 (2:44)
38. Ramones – RAMONES (1:24)