by Herman de Tollenaere | 14,05,22 | Conferences
On this video, you can hear and see Wick, from Nijmegen, vocals/guitar of Bambix. On 18 June in OCCII in Amsterdam, Wick will be in the keynote forum, and she will also play a solo set, at the Women in Punk in the Netherlands conference. There will be four musical...
by Herman de Tollenaere | 12,05,22 | Social and political issues
This is a 2021 live music video by Dutch band the Asbest Boys. Even Dutch mainstream media begin to note that punk is not dead at all. Weekly Nieuwe Revu writes now (translated): ‘Punk music seemed to have disappeared into the background. But now that the future...
by Herman de Tollenaere | 10,05,22 | Social and political issues
This is a 1991 live video of a concert by Nirvana and L7 in the USA. It was a concert for Rock For Choice. That movement was started by all-women punk band L7 to oppose governments making abortion illegal, thus endangering women´s lives. In Rock For Choice concerts,...
by Herman de Tollenaere | 04,05,22 | Conferences, Punk research
This video about the Falklands/Malvinas war is by Crass, a punk band often mentioning international politics in their lyrics A call by Thiago Borne in Brazil on Twitter, about a 15-18 March 2023 conference in Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Hey friends! I’m looking for...
by Herman de Tollenaere | 26,04,22 | Conferences, Punk research
Saturday 18 June. Women in punk in the Netherlands. OCCII, Amstelveenseweg 134 1075 XL in Amsterdam Door open 13:00 13:30 Welcome from the organisers, and explanation about how the day will run 13:40 First panel: Women in punk in North America, in the UK and in the...
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