Pictures shot by Micha Van der Elst & scanned by Frank Schollaert. Thanks a lot!
see also: 88-04-02 (Netwerk) Joyce McKinney Experience – Visions Of Change – Squandered Message – Scoundrels – Hate Crew – [The Idiots] – [Fang]
‘Hate Crew’
Guy – Guido – ‘Mone’ – Bruno ‘Duco’ – Kris
‘Scoundrels’: Frank – Pat – ‘Bootsie’ – Luc
‘Squandered Message’
Flo(rian) – ‘Rotze’ – Lars – Achim
‘Visions Of Change’: ‘Gigs’ – [Johnny ‘Jabs’ Barry] – Lee – Ian – Kevin
Photos from the collection of ‘Phantom’ (R.I.P.) of the Charleroi Slam Crew
see also 87-06-27 (Netwerk) Ripcord – Napalm Death – Ear Damage
‘Ripcord’: John Millier (drums), Steve ‘Baz’ Ballam (guitar), Brian ‘Buzby’ Birchell (vocals), Steve Hazzard (bass)
‘Napalm Death’: Mick Harris (drums), Lee Dorrian (vocals), Bill Steer (guitar), Jim Whiteley (bass)
Photos taken by Jenny Plaits
see also 87-04-17 (Netwerk) Cólera – Artless – Visions Of Change – Heibel
Mykel Board (vocals), Bill Ylitalo ‘Otto Kentrol’ (bass), Bill Evans (drums) & Gavin McNett (guitar) (in the background: Jo Reynders, Andreas Grüter, Redson ‘Cólera’, Michel De Cock, …)
This one’s taken by Kockie
Photos taken by Veerle Brion (‘Brain Cancer’) & Kockie (‘Cyclone’). Thanks!
see also Netwerk, Aalst, 14 nov 87 (Cyclone)
‘Cyclone’:
Stefaan Daamen (bass) – Giancarlo Langhendries ? (drums) – Pascal Van Lint (guitar) – Guido Gevels (vocals) – Pablos Alvarez ? (guitar)
‘Brain Cancer’:
Bart Brion
Areuh Sertyn (bass) & Larry Rostyne ? (guitar)
A series of extra photos, taken by Agna Van Rillaer & scanned by Gunter Vaes. Nice work!
see also Netwerk, Aalst, 31 oct 87 (Lärm, Ignition, So Much Hate)
‘Ignition’ (Alec MacKaye – vocals, Chris Bald – guitar, Dante Ferrando – drums & Chris Thomson – bass):
‘Lärm’ (Paul van den Berg – guitar, Olav van den Berg – drums, Menno van Gaalen – vocals & Jos Houtveen – bass):
‘So Much Hate’ rhythm-section (Finn-Erik Tangen – drums, Per-Arne Haugen – bass):
[The rest of ‘So Much Hate’ is on the page linked above…]
[More photos of ‘Ignition’ & ‘So Much Hate’: Hageland Hardcore, Sharphill, 1 nov ’87 ]
Action shots taken by Agna Van Rillaer & scanned by Gunter Vaes. Great work!
see also Netwerk, Aalst, 11 oct 87 (Lethal Gospel)
‘Lethal Gospel’ – Mattx Bergren (guitar & vocals), Dan Seelig (drums & vocals), Fred LaRose (bass):
‘No Pigs’ – Maarten Luijendijk (vocals), Guy Pinhas (bass), Nils Koning (guitar), Robert van der Meyden (drums):
‘Creep Insanity’ – Bart ‘Bassie’ Van Haele (bass), Peter De Zutter (guitar & vocals), Peter ‘Rabbit’ Ginneberge (drums) [Kris Fiers joined on vocals later…]:
Fantastic photos taken by Agna Van Rillaer & scanned by Gunter Vaes. A true document of our scene!!!
see also Netwerk, Aalst, 30 jan 88 (Heresy)
‘Anguish’:
Fons (bass) – Steve (drums) – Bart (vocals) – Kris (guitar) – Murielle (vocals) – Alain (guitar) [Steve is not visible on the pics; the guy in the checkered shirt is Bruno from Smurfpunx/’Hate Crew’]
‘Cry Of Terror’; Hans (vocals) – Wouter (guitar) – Walter (bass) – Pierre (drums):
‘Ripcord’; here with ‘Buzby’ (vocals) – ‘Baz’ (guitar) – Jim (bass) – John (drums):
‘Heresy’; here with John March (vocals) – ‘Baz’ (guitar) – Kalv (bass) – Steve (drums):
[the pictures capture the intense atmosphere very well, there was electricity in the air; the crowd was going wild, the stage crowded with scenesters (e.g. ‘Sproet’, Fitzjoy, Guido ‘Hate Crew’, ‘Bollie’, Jos ‘Lärm’) & Smurfpunx (Kris F., yours truly)]
A bunch of pictures shot by Agna Van Rillaer & scanned by Gunter Vaes. Mucho gracias to them!
see also Netwerk, Aalst, 29 apr 88 (So Much Hate)
‘So Much Hate’: Gunnar Nuven – Børre Løvik – Per-Arne Haugen – Finn-Erik Tangen
the rhythm-section
‘Crowd Of Isolated’: Peter ‘Guschtel’ Gundal (guitar), Jürgen Thiel (drums) and the Kammer-bros Claus (bass) & Michael ‘Gurke’ Kammer (vocals)
A bunch of pictures shot by Agna Van Rillaer & scanned by Gunter Vaes. Mucho gracias to them!
see also Netwerk, Aalst, 25 jun 88 (R.K.L.)
‘Atavistic’
Patrick McKernan (bass) – John Brenchley (drums, R.I.P.) – Jeremy ‘Jez’ Upcroft (guitar/vocals)
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‘Rich Kids on LSD’: vocalist Jason Sears (R.I.P.), bassist Joe Raposo, guitarists Barry Ward & Chris Rest
Richard Anthony ‘Bomer’ Manzullo (R.I.P.)
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‘Squandered Message’: Rotze (vocals) – Achim (guitar) – Florian ‘Flo’ Helmchen (bass) – ‘El G’ (drums)
This one was not really set up by Smurfpunx but we did help out… It was co-organised by Kristel & Jaak and some friends [Pat D.].
The extreme right ‘Vlaams Blok’ was on the rise in Belgium at that time. Quite some people in the hardcore/punk-scene opposed their ultra-conservative, racist, fascist ideology and organised protests. Some time before this one there was a big protest when the V.B. held their annual congress in Aalst. Nationally, groups such as ‘Blockbuster’ and the ‘A.F.F.’ (Anti Fascist Front) organised resistance. Unfortunately it was not enough: on November 24th, 1991 (the day of the federal elections) they tripled their votes and ended up with 12 seats in parliament. All others lost and called this day ‘Black Sunday’.
Brob
Yep, it was organised by the punks of the ‘A.F.F.’… There was a group undertaking action in general (also animal-rights) in Antwerp. Following the first congress of the ‘Vlaams Blok’ [extreme right party] in Aalst, a demonstration (also with the ‘Voil Janetten’ [wellknown cross-dressing carnival-crowd from Aalst] against fascism was planned; and we needed money for that, hence the benefit-gig.
Patriek D.
Recalling memories is rather difficult (especially because we did hundreds of concerts, multiple tours, over 50 releases the past 30 years)… Our memory has become a bit blurry. We lost a lot of video/ photo/ flyer material over the years. We still do stuff for our bands (‘Seein’Red’, ‘Lärm’ – we perform again, 2 times a year, ‘Man Lifting Banner’ – new recordings are due on a double album for Peter Hoeren’s label) and help out foreign bands with gigs, etc. We’re also still politically active… Hopefully we’ll be able to share more over time.
Paul VDB
Aaaah the anti-fascist benefit… As a student I was very much involved in anti-nazi action so this was of course the kinda gig I could fully relate to. ‘Scraps’, however, didn’t quite sound like the stuff I heard from them before so musically it was a letdown. ‘Man Lifting Banner’…now we’re talking! Wow…what’s that? Furiously raging straight-edge commie-core? Those guys shredded!!! Having seen ‘Seein’Red’ before I knew what to expect but by then I had heard their debut lp more than a few times, making me appreciate it a little more than before but I still wasn’t a huge fan…
Tom Van Hauwaert
pictures by Kockie (of course…):
Olav working hard…
Paul with a grim face… Brothers in arms, Jos & Paul… (this one was taken by Phil A.)
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