Punk rock in Belgium

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This article depicts the early days of punk rock in Belgium in the late 70's.

Contents 1 Bands 2 Landmarks 3 Media 4 Key characters 5 Sources 6 See also

[edit] Bands

• Back Lavatory (Namur)
• Cell 609 (1978 - ...)
• Chainsaw (1977 - Brussels)
• Classy Punk (1978 - ...)
• Contingent (1979 - ...)
• Nuit Saint George (1979-1985 - Brussels)
• Crapule De Luxe (1981 - ...)
• DD Mac Off (...)
• De Brassers (...)
• De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig (...)
• Definitivos (...)
• Elton Motello (...)
• Funeral Dress
• Fame (Brussels)
• Hubble Bubble (Brussels)
• The Kids (1976-1986 & 1996-... - Antwerpen). Official site.
• Mad Virgins then Mad V (Brussels)
• Neo (...)
• Onion Dolls (...)
• P.I.G.Z. (...)
• The Passengers (1977-... - Brussels)
• Pinchers (...)
• Plastic Bertrand (Brussels)
• Plastichke (...)
• Raxola (1977-1979 & 2000-...) Official site
• The Razors (1977-1978 - Namur)
• Revenge 88 (Ostende) (official site)
• Scabs (...)
• Sexy Bollocks (...)
• Spermicide (Brussels)
• Stagebeast (Ostende) (pre-Revenge 88, official site)
• Streets (1978 - Brussels)
• Stress (...)
• Struggler (...)
• Too Much (...)
• Underdogs (...)
• Veel (...)
• War Risk 3 (...)
• Wolfgang (...)
• X!NK (...)
• X-Pulsion (1978 - Brussels)
• Klartext (2006-St.Vith)
• Old Fashion Heroes (2002-... - Aarschot)

[edit] Landmarks

• Chez Moustache (in Brussels)
• Chez Rougdi (in Namur)
• Le Café du Coin (in Brussels)
• Le Centre de Rencontre (Infor-Jeunes) (in Namur)
• Le Floriot (in Brussels)
• Le Magic Bus (in Charleroi)
• Le Vieux-Marché (in Namur)
• The Rocking Club (in Brussels)
• Le Vieux Saint-Job (for the First Belgian Punk Contest on 1978-03-18 in Brussels)
• ...

[edit] Media

• Magazines
  • En Attendant (monthly mag - in French)
  • More (monthly mag - in French)
  • Télémoustique (weekly TV mag - rock pages by Piero Kenroll [1])

• Radio shows
  • Impédance (RTBF - Pierre Guyaut)
  • Cap de Nuit (RTBF - Marc Moulin)
  • King Kong (RTBF - Marc Moulin)

• Fanzines
  • Barbapapunk (1977)
  • Born to Loose (1977-1978)

[edit] Key characters

Some people who played a major role in the early days of punk rock in Belgium:

• Bert Bertrand
• Frank Dubbe official site
• Pierre Guyaut
• Dee Jaywalker official site
• Jacques de Pierpont
• Fred (Frédéric) Jannin
• Piero Kenroll
• Claude Milan
• Nadine Milo
• Marc Moulin
• Pascal Stevens
• Gilles Verlant

[edit] Sources

• lipstickkillers.com
• http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Limo/8385/ww/belgium.htm

[edit] See also

• Punk rock

Punk rock around the world
Argentine punk- Australian punk - Belgian Punk - Brazilian punk - British punk - Celtic punk - German punk - Greek punk - Japanese punk - Malay punk - Scandinavian hardcore