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Statement
RENTOKILL is a punkrock- band from the eastern austrian scene.
a punkrockband in the 21st century? what is the scene?
it's easy - the scene is you, passionate people who love music, go to shows, buy and distribute records, question the establishment and the way of consumption in this so-called modern western world. we see this band as our chance to express our own (individual) freedom. as being alternative has become a sellout itself, there's a new level of political punkrock content. there has to be!
it is not about being bigger, faster or somewhat better than anyone.
it is not about competing, dressing stylishly or waving flags.
it is about the content of the mind and the heart, not only ours, but of everybody believing in true alternative music, setting up shows,
providing food and places to sleep, yet keeping this spirit
as DIY as it always had to be!
this is an animal-friendly, anti-racist, anti-sexist, movement to deny human nature.
we will go down, but we can still decide how!
this is for everyone!
we put love, passion and anger into our music.
are you with us?
Influences
basically we're influenced by everyday life, just like everyone else is. musically we're under different influences, some of them for sure are tunes by 7 SECONDS, AVAIL, GOVERNMENT ISSUE, GOOD RIDDANCE, NOFX, ALL, RISE AGAINST, STRIKE ANYWHERE, THE DESCENDENTS, PROPAGANDHI, BLACK FLAG, MINOR THREAT, FUGAZI, BAD BRAINS, GORILLA BISCUITS, WEAKERTHANS, SUBHUMANS, SNFU, LIFETIME, BAD RELIGION, KID DYNAMITE, RANCID, SATANIC SURFERS, RICH KIDS ON LSD, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, CHAOS UK, CRASS, TRAGEDY, NAUSEA, DISCHARGE, -SLIME-, BUT ALIVE, GRAUE ZELLEN, THE ANNOYED, KETTCAR, LEFTÖVER CRACK, DEAD KENNEDYS, TOM WAITS, THE LURKERS, THE RUTS, STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, GENERATION X - just to name a few. also, we're into all kinds of D.I.Y. basement punkrock, anarchist speakers and some other intelligent people we adore & look up to. finally there's more in life than just punkrock, keep that in mind.
NEW ALBUM "ANTICHORUS" OUT NOW ON RUDE RECORDS & BROKEN HEART RECORDS! OUT JUNE 18th IN THE UK!
due to the excellent work of the fine Italian people at RUDE RECORDS in collaboration with NO REASON RECORDS, as well as the never-ending passion of Austria's BROKEN HEART RECORDS, our new full-length album ANTICHORUS is finally out in Europe and will be out on the 18th of June in the UNITED KINGDOM, distributed by Plastic Head. click here to check out how and where you can get it.
AntiChorus (CD/LP) 01) discontent industry* [mp3] (high quality download) 02) the political aspect of unpolitical thinking 03) war in the shadows 04) primetime killers* (listen @ www.myspace.com/ruderecorz) 05) step over the wall* 06) abandoning democracy 07) collection complete! 08) Z-7110 09) portrait of conformity 10) kingdom 11) anti 2 12) system failure* 13) this time we try to separate 14) abandoning the natural habitats 15) para fin[e]
ANTICHORUS was recorded in early 2006 at the Sideburn Studios in Vienna and mastered at the WEST WEST SIDE MUSIC Studios in New Jersey (US) by Alan Douches, who already worked with bands such as STRIKE ANYWHERE, TRIAL BY FIRE, GIVE UP THE GHOST and NONE MORE BLACK.
15 new tracks of uncompromising, politically charged punkrock, coming as a digipack CD and a coloured, limited edition gatefold vinyl version - use this link and lookup the brandnew e-card to get an idea what you can expect from ANTICHORUS. click here to fully download the song "discontent industry" to your harddrive and check out our myspace player to listen to "the political aspect of unpolitical thinking" taken from ANTICHORUS as well as from our Split 10" with REDLIGHTSFLASH.
help us to spread the word about ANTICHORUS and add the songs to your myspace players. also, click here and grab yourself a banner and put it up on your myspace sites, homepages, webboards - wherever you like. just make sure you link back to either our myspace or homepage. thank you.
AntiChorus Review @ Big Cheese Magazine 88
Support gigs for bands such as GOOD RIDDANCE, KILL YOUR IDOLS, DEATH BEFORE DISCO, THE SETUP, De HEIDEROOSJES, PAINT IT BLACK, NEW MEXICAN DISASTER SQUAD, ZEBRAHEAD, VENEREA, AGAINST ME!, WATERDOWN, REDLIGHTSFLASH, ANTIMANIAX, TERRORGRUPPE, SOMMERSET, FABULOUS DISASTER, HORACE PINKER, I AGAINST I, ELVIS JACKSON, ANTILLECTUAL, MULTIBALL, STRIKE ANYWHERE, THE LOVED ONES and RETCHING RED (ex Tilt) are already done. More touring plans are in the works right now.
CONTACTS / PRESS
if you want to get in touch with us or book us for a show, either send a myspace message or drop a few lines to jack@rentokill.com
for press inquiries feel free to get in touch with
RUDE RECORDS
Walter Mazzeo
e-mail: press@ruderecorz.com
web: www.ruderecorz.com
myspace: www.myspace.com/ruderecorz
for Italy and rest of Europe, except of Austria, Germany & The UK
AUSTRIA NEUSTADTPUNK.NETWORK
Johnny Amok
e-mail: johnnyamok@neustadtpunk.cjb.net
web: www.neustadtpunk.net
myspace: www.myspace.com/neustadtpunknetwork
Yeah, i know Astpai, saw them in Manchester a while ago, sort of like Red lights Flash, which is a good thing! They're playing Kingston in June soon with one of my favourite bands, Deny Everything, so i'll check them out again then :D
Danke fürs adden.. ein grund warum ich mir hier angemeldet habe war u.a., um euch meinen dank für eure spitzen musik und die zahlreichen politischen denkanstösse (auch wenn ich noch nicht allen nachgegangen bin) auszusprechen
Hoffe, dass ich euch bald mal wieder live sehe!! heißer tipp wäre übrigens das benefiz festival bock ma's in timelkam (22.-24. august), hab zwar keine ahnung ob's da schon endgültige line-ups gibt, aber bin mir sicher ich wäre nicht der einzige, der sich über einen gig im raum Vöcklabruck wieder mal freuen würde!!!!
