Tomasz Zrabkowski aka Ghostmaniac aka Maniak. 39 years old poor bastard over 20 years fascinated by dark punk and post-punk music. In the past a musical journalist writing for official press now rather concentrated on his own small zine Cold. A serious 80's goth records collector. Manager of the best Polish band Miguel and the Living Dead (unfortunately currently more dead than living). Beside music he likes girls and alcohol too :-)
Piotr Nowakowski aka Nerve, leader of deathrock band Miguel and The Living Dead. Main Dj at Old Skulls (till Old Skull 13).
Yvonne, main Dj on the board since Old Skull 14...
Old Skull always kull:
Influences
goth / deathrock / batcave / punk / post-punk / new wave / new romantic / psychobilly / horror / rock'n'roll / garage / swampy evil blues ;-).
ausgang, twisted nerve, misfits, samhain, bauhaus, joy division, alien sex fiend, specimen, paralisis permanente, musta paraati, the cramps, siekiera, 1984, made in poland, leitmotiv, fliehende sturme, the adverts, the charge, lords of the new church, killing joke, christian death, 45 grave, voodoo church, kommunity fk, edith nylon, marquee moon, les tetines noires, ausweiss, desechables, the birthday party, a flock of seagulls, psychedelic furs, legal weapon, the outcasts, the mob, part 1, zounds, lack of knowledge, play dead, cult maniax, mad are sane, burning image, persona non grata, siiiii, pagan ritual, sunglasses after dark, box of fish, crew of corps, death in june, the damned, artery, under 2 flags, 1919, the deformed, yell-o-yell, fear condition, vonbrigdi, question for u, de press, armia, visage, sisters of mercy, siouxsie and the banshees, virgin prunes, inca babies, rubella ballet, sex gang children, digital sex, long pig, svatsox, charles de goal, violators, phaidia, the trial, not moving, the bomb party, la muerte, adam and the ants, einsturzende neubauten, psychic tv, wreckery, once upon a time, these immortal souls, crime and the city solution, nick cave and the bad seeds...
antiworld, penis fly trap, korbak, the last days of jesus, black ice, all gone dead, miguel and the living dead, dhm, nasty habits, strip mall seizures, leisur hive, shadow reichenstein, paralitikos, naughty zombies, frank the baptist, the koffin kats, astro zombies, scary bitches, weegs, the phantom limbs, sixteens, loto ball show, vanishing, tchiki boum, subtonix, bellmer dolls, psychocharger, cult of the psychic fetus, deadchovsky, varsovie, forbidden dimension, scarlet and the spooky spiders, ordeal by fire, bete noir, insania, green monster, murder at the registry, grrzzz, the horrors, deep eynde, suruaika, love life, wieze fabryk, vampire beach babies, the brides, the stabs, bird blobs, cross stitched eyes, kittens for christian, 1999, zombie ghost train, the vicious, the barbs, frustration, pins and needles, 80's matchbox b-line disaster, swann danger, adult, neither/neither world, deadbolt...
OLD SKULL 21 (Miguel and the Living Dead, Scarlet and the Spooky Spiders, De Tazsos):
Oldskull's 5th Anniv. The Last Days of Jesus and Ausgang - 2 fabulous pic. made by my friend Janek:
Twisted Nerve, Old Skull 26 (by Janek)
Sounds Like
CD's/RECORDS I LOVE LATELY, LISTEN TO A LOT AND RECOMMEND TO BUY::
FANGS ON FUR, HORRORS, MADE IN POLAND, OBJECT, THE WRECKERY, ARTERY, MAD ARE SANE, RUBELLA BALLET, MT SIMS, CIEPLARNIA, DAILY VOID
Old Skull is as far the only one in Poland deathrock / oldschool gothic event/party. We started at the beginning of 2004 and a few times made a horror alive here in Warsaw. We love all classical early goth stuff, deathrock, punk, new wave, new romantic, psychobilly and gothabilly even more. We love crazy bands, we love drink a lot and we have wonderful public, always ready to dance and drink too.
Till now we had on our stage:
Miguel and the Living Dead (PL)(x 13)
Antiworld (USA)
The Last Days of Jesus (SK)(x 2) The Phantom Limbs (USA) Vanishing (USA) Sixteens (USA)(x 2) Quidam (ES) Popoi Sdioh (FR) The Weegs (USA) Nasty Habits (PL))(x 2) All Gone Dead (UK) Ausgang (UK)(x 2) Wieze Fabryk (PL)(x 3) De Volanges (BE) Leisur Hive (UK) Cytadela (PL) Made in Poland (PL) Deadchovsky (FR) Hatestory (PL)(x 2) Joy Disaster (FR)(x 2) Jessie Evans & Toby Dammit (USA/Berlin) Dead Sexy Inc. (FR) Varsovie (FR) De Tazsos (PL) Scarlet and the Spooky Spiders (IT) Deathcamp Project (PL) Mt. Sims (USA/Berlin) Psychoformalina (PL) 1984 (PL) Inca Babies (UK) Skeletal Family (UK) Joanna Makabresku (PL) Twisted Nerve (Scotland) The Act (AUS/Berlin) Tchiki Boum (FR)
As well a few times mid-week concerts took a place with bands: Ordeal by Fire (IT), DHM (PL), Bete Noire (PL), Syrbski Jeb (PL), Genetiks (DE)
Guests DJ's at Old Skulls: Mish (IT, Ascension Magazine), Mary"0"(SK, Batcave Party), Cavey Nik (UK, Dead and Buried), Kaneda (PL, Night of the Dancing Dead), Polina Y (USA, Drop Dead), Lakini Malich (USA, Drop Dead), It Sicko (DE, Gothic-Pogo Party), Chesnokov (PL, Gothoteka), Ms Fortune (NL, Living in Oblivion), Bigos (PL), Woodraf (PL, bat-cave.pl).
Although on posters there is usually me as DJ (Ghostmaniac) in fact the main DJ of event was my friend Nerve from amazing Miguel and the Living Dead band, who currently lives in London. Actually the main DJ of party is Yvonne, another bright star in Old Skull's circle ;-)...
Cold is black'n'white A5 magazine written in Polish and partly English (last issue) dedicated to goth, deathrock, post-punk, psychobilly music. Each issue has additional CDR-sampler with songs of bands presented in Cold. There is always something like 20 songs on CDR while 10-15 interviews in magazine and tons (between 100-200) reviews. www.serpent.pl/cold
Hi there friend, good to see you again, hope you are fine after such a great party in LEIPZIG (I am still recovering). Please tell me what do you need and I..ll do my best for getting them. Cheers: Jorge
great meeting you guys again (too short, though)! hope you had a good time, a safe trip home and that we meet each other again fairly soon (maybe milano?) best from vienna mike
hi there and thanks from Punish Yourself; hope that someone down here took the time to watch the vidéo and the Pictures.... you can get more on the official site here: http://www.myspace.com/punishyourself byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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