"Is this thing still on?"

It's hard to answer the question in the title of this post. I am not sure how to define the state of this blog at this moment. I would like for it to still be alive but my previous track record is telling me differently. As you can see, I haven't been very active in last 2 or more years, and I kinda doubt I'll be more active from now on. Last 5 posts were actually stuff I had "on ice", stuff which was on my "to do" list for a long time. I got nothing new planned for posting, but (I hope) this doesn't mean that occasionally something new won't pop up on here to share with you.

I suppose I'll need to sit down and have a serious thinking session about the future of this blog. I want it to go somewhere, but where should it go, it's still a mystery to me. Being unemployed at the moment also doesn't help. I thought that being unemployed would give me lots of free time to work on this blog, but it seems like I was wrong. If nothing, I am working on the blog even less. Also, all this copyright terror (ACTA, SOPA, CISPA, and all other state/big business sponsored censorship action) is making sharing stuff really hard, with cyber lockers removing files like mad in fear of being closed down like Megaupload. That means I won't be re-uploading stuff that gets removed cos of requests from it's "owners" (record companies) or stuff that gets removed cos the bands themselves want it removed.

I'll be still checking on the blog like usual (maybe once a week) and try to answer your comments. And yeah, I got bored with the all black design of the blog, so here's the new design. See you all (I hope) very soon with new stuff for you to enjoy.

VA - KAZIN #1 (cass) [2000]

OK, this is a first on Nečista Savjest, been checking through all the previous posts and through my (somewhat damaged) braincells and yep, it's the first one, we never had an audio fanzine before on this blog. So let's start with an obvious statement: KAZIN is an audio fanzine. It was made by 2 guys, one of them is pretty well known in Croatian punk/alternative scene, his name is Mario Kovač (Schmrtz Teatar, Zvonko I Gradski Ured Za Kulturu, D Elvis, theater director, TV actor, movie mogul ;), etc.), and the other guy is Igor Mihovilović (PKB Teatar). As Mario tells us in 1st track "Uvod" ("Intro") this audio zine is basically a compilation of all the stuff that piled up and got released in this format. I don't know how much KAZIN will be interesting for people outside Croatia as most stuff featured on this tape is in Croatian. As far as I know this is the only issue of KAZIN.
Update on 2013-01-18:
One of the editors of KAZIN, Igor, was kind enough to inform me that there were two more issues of this audio fanzine released, #2 in 2001 and #3 in 2002. Thx Igor! Check the comments for his full info with more details, and does anyone have those tapes to share? Or sell?
Re-uploaded on 2012-12-10.

VA - KAZIN #1 (cass) [2000]

Year: 2000

Label : Carpe Diem! Records

Size: 152 MB / 320 kbps mp3 / 7z / DL

01. Uvod

02. Najvažnija vijest

03. Hermit - Piece For Audiozine

04. Šaljivi kućni audio 1

05. Schmrtz Teatar - Prevaren

06. Šaljivi kućni audio 2

07. Marko P. - Balada o poremećenom crvu

08. Šaljivi kućni audio 3

09. Bridget Bitch - Annie Sprinkle Trilogy (Part 1)

10. Šaljivi kućni audio 4

11. PBK Teatar - Čovjek vlak

12. Zoološki vrt

13. Zidar Betonsky - Šah mat (fragment)

14. Šaljivi kućni audio 5

15. 7 muha - radio igrokaz

16. Šaljivi kućni audio 6

17. Daydream Nation - Mondrian In Memoriam

18. Šaljivi kućni audio 7

19. Interview - Jonathan Crooks

ANTI TODOR [1999] Gubitnik (cass)

Anti Todor, or more correctly Antitodor (both versions of the band name are used on the cover of this tape) is a band from town of Pula in Croatia formed in 1996 and "Gubitnik" (Loser) is their first official release (they had 2 demos before it). If you wonder what the band name means - Todor is a nickname of the band's frontman. After this tape they had 2 more releases, "Ne bojim se" (2004) & "Punker" (2010). Anti Todor play 77's punk style of music (Sale Veruda of KUD Idijoti fame has apparently helped with the sound) and lyrics cover classic despair and no future themes.

Info stuff: MySpace (in Croatian).
Re-uploaded on 2012-12-10.

ANTI TODOR [1999] Gubitnik (cass)

Year: 1999
Label : Monte Paradiso
Size: 87 MB / 320 kbps mp3 / 7z / DL

01. Državna
02. Anarhija
03. Dosada
04. Fuck The Police
05. Gubitnik
06. Patike
07. Periferija
08. Sado mazo
09. Sam
10. Više ne trebam te
11. Zajedno sa vama

SKRETNIČARI [1992] Sjene sa pruge (cass)

Skretničari (closest translation I could find is "Signalmen", like in "people who operate the rail-road switches") were a punk band from Zagreb formed in early 1990's. They broke up after few years due to personal tragedies (death of a member in 1993). "Sjene sa pruge" (or "Shadows From The Rail-road") is their first and only release from that period. They reformed years later with a new line-up and released one CD (2006) and played in front of The Anti-Nowhere League in 2009. I got no clue if they're still active, I haven't seen any announcements of them playing somewhere recently, and as it is often the case with bands from this part of the world, it's almost impossible to find any decent info about them online.

On a personal note, I gotta say that this is my favourite Zagreb's street punk band of the time (early 1990's). Their sound reminds me a little of Angelic Upstarts, and their lyrics are talking about stuff & people & feelings I could identify with at the time this tape came out. Be it drinking in the park ("Banda") or real people they were describing ("Trfo") or just a feeling of despair that comes from living during shitty times in a shitty capital of a shitty country. Lots of shit to fight through in life, yeah, but this release somehow still makes me feel better, even when I listen to it now.
Re-uploaded on 2012-12-10.

SKRETNIČARI [1992] Sjene sa pruge (cass)

Year: 1992
Label : ŽTP Recordz
Size: 69 MB / 320 kbps mp3 / 7z / DL

01. Trfo
02. Bob Rock sluša punk rock
03. Dobro jutro
04. Dva Ferala
05. Banda
06. Ruža na betonu
07. Sjene sa pruge
08. U.K.D.K.
09. Čelzijeva zvijezda
10. Svi za jednoga
11. Nema mjesta za nas

AGITATOR + UNUTRAŠNJI BUNT [1996] Za koga? Zbog čega? split tape (cass)

"Za koga? Zbog čega?" (roughly translated - "For who? For what?") is a self-released split tape of Agitator from Sombor, and Unutrašnji Bunt from Kovin, both cities in Serbia. Both bands play pretty rough hardcore punk (actually, on the tape cover, you can see how they describe their genres themselves). Agitator have male vocals, while Unutrašnji Bunt (it means something like "Internal Revolt") have dual (male  & female) vocals. Lyrics are usual for bands from this region during the 1990's (war time in Balkans) and deal with war and system oppression. I have no clue if these two bands are still active, since I couldn't find any info on them online.

Re-uploaded on 2012-12-10.

AGITATOR + UNUTRAŠNJI BUNT [1996] Za koga? Zbog čega? split tape (cass)

Year: 1996
Label : self-released
Size: 63 MB / 320 kbps mp3 / 7z / DL

01. Agitator - Užas
02. Agitator - Ljudi
03. Agitator - Mrtav + Cena slave
04. Agitator - Fighter
05. Unutrašnji Bunt - Intro
06. Unutrašnji Bunt - Ujedinimo se!
07. Unutrašnji Bunt - Nedam te
08. Unutrašnji Bunt - Danas i sutra
09. Unutrašnji Bunt - You Take Part In Creating The System (Discharge cover)

GUNS 'N' WANKERS [1994] For Dancing And Listening

Not feeling too smart at this moment, so I'll just copy & paste what Wikipedia says about them:

"Guns 'N' Wankers were a punk rock band, formed by ex-members of British punk band Snuff, and British rock band The Wildhearts in the early 1990s. The band consisted of Duncan Redmonds (vocals, guitar), Patrice Walters (drums, vocals) and Joolz Dean (bass guitar, vocals). The three formed the band on the same day Snuff played their farewell gig (now reformed) at the Kilburn National, and Walters was released of duty with The Wildhearts. On the off chance, Duncan gave Walters a call after seeing him play in a band called The Milk Monitors a few years before. In turn, Walters called his old mate Joolz Dean and the line-up was complete.

After touring up and down the United Kingdom with the likes of Leatherface, NOFX and Wat Tyler, the band set about recording demos. This coincided with a tour of the Basque region in Spain, where copies of the demos sold well. On their return Sean of Wat Tyler, the man behind Rugger Bugger Records, put up the modest money to record a Guns 'N' Wankers album, which was recorded and produced by Andy Davies in Hitchin, Herts. The recordings were originally released on Rugger Bugger Records as three 7" EPs: Hardcore, Pop, and Metal (A Silly EP was free with an issue of Fear & Loathing 'zine in very limited numbers), the album was later that year, omitting the track "Evergreen" from the Metal EP. However, when NOFX's Fat Mike showed an interest in releasing the album on legendary US punk label Fat Wreck Chords, he dispensed with all the material from Metal. The remainder was a compilation of the Hardcore and Pop EPs, released as an eight track album called For Dancing And Listening on Fat Wreck Chords. The album was well received and continues to be highly regarded by the punk fraternity, but unfortunately soon after, the band split due to the reformation of Snuff. Pat Walters went on to play with singer-songwriter Marc Carroll in a band called The Hormones and Joolz formed punk band Dogpiss."

Big thanks go to Malisha who ripped this vinyl for me.
Info stuff: MySpace, Wikipedia, Discogs.

GUNS 'N' WANKERS [1994] For Dancing And Listening

Year: 1994
Label : Fat Wreck Chords
Size: 47.4 MB / 320 kbps mp3 / 7z

01. Blah Blah Blah
02. Skin Deep
03. Nervous
04. Blown Away
05. Help
06. Sunstroke
07. Surprise
08. Raise Your Glass

DL

INTERVENZIONE [1999] Walls Of Shame (cass)

Intervenzione were a hardcore punk band from Aveiro in Portugal. I'll admit that I don't know much about them and all info I'm sharing here comes from the booklet that was attached to the tape cover (included in the DL) and from what I found online. The band formed in 1995 after break-up of Inkisicao, and they were active until 2005. They released few songs on different compilations, had a split 7'' with Yuppiecrusher from Sweden, and had 2 full length releases, "Walls Of Shame" (1999) and "Last Screams" (2009). 

This tape is a cassette version of Intervenzione's CD of the same name released by Rastilho Records from Portugal back in 1999.

Info stuff: Discogs, MySpace.
Re-uploaded on 2012-12-10.

INTERVENZIONE [1999] Walls Of Shame (cass)

Year: 1999
Label : DHP-AK47/Demonkracija
Size: 85 MB / 320 kbps mp3 / 7z / DL

01. Nos Uniao
02. Acid Rain... Dark Sky
03. Fabulas De Encantar De Joao-Sem-Nome
04. Political Child
05. Walls Of Shame
06. Homeless... We'll Take A Stand!
07. La Puta Heroina
08. Palavras Ou Duros Sentimentos
09. Empty Society
10. Run You Fool Run
11. Porcos Fascistas (Continuacao)
12. At My Job