I could not understand a word that WRETCHED & RAW POWER were screaming in my young ears, all I knew is that I loved these two Italian bands and wanted to hear more from their scene. MRR international scene reports were our internet, and kept us connected to the growing global hardcore scene. Also, living in L.A., we were lucky and had GOLDENVOICE as our major punk show promoter, and they could afford to fly bands over for shows. This how I got to see RAW POWER, BGK, SUBHUMANS and others, but what was behind the scenes in the European or Italian punk scenes was still a mystery to us until the internet came into existence and people started sharing their photos with the world. Today, CVLT Nation wants to share with you portraits of 80’s Italian Punk culture!
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80s hardcore punk photos
Stiv T.V.O.R. on top of the human pile, 1985 at CCM show in Venlo, Holland, photoby Helge Schreiber
Lancia Fiamme, december 1986 at the AJZ Bielefeld, photo by Helge Schreiber
some italian punks may 1985 at the BGK / Toxic Reasons / Negazione show in Venlo, Holland, photo by Helge Schreiber
KINA in Germany…, photo by Anne Ullrich
Italian punx mob august 1984 at the AJZ Bielefeld, photo by Claudia Schewe
Italian punx mob august 1984 at the AJZ Bielefeld, photo by Helge Schreiber
Alessandro of Raw Power, tnx to Helge Schreiber
Negazione x-mas 1985 at the OOC Squat in Venlo
Negazione in Zurich, Switzerland, tnx to Helge Schreiber
Manimal from Roma, 1986 at the AJZ Bielefeld, German, tnx to Helge Schreiber
Indigesti at the Chi-Chi Clubs in Winterswijk, Holland, photo by Helge Schreiber
Indigesti 1985 at the Eschhaus in Duisburg, Germany, photo by Helge Schreiber
CONTROPOTERE
P.S.A.
Upset Noise
Upset Noise
Wretched
Blue Vomit
Kollettivo
CCM (Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers) 1985 in Venlo, Holland,
photo by Helge Schreiber
Wretched
Stinky Rats
NEGAZIONE Thanx Helge Schreiber
CCM (Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers) 1985 in Venlo, Holland,
photo by Helge Schreiber
Kobra , august 1983 in Leeds, UK, photo by Kim Mullen
Upset Noise
DISPER-AZIONE
Wretched
Upset Noise
RAF Punk
CCM (Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers)
Raw Power
Kobra from Italy, august 1983 in Leeds, UK, photo by Kim Mullen
Wretched
NEGAZIONE, 1988 im Ahoi Hamburg, photo by Thomas Koch,
Raw Power
INDIGESTI, december 1985 at the Eschhaus in Duisburg, Photo Helge Schreiber
Antistress (Milano)
