2006-2007 line up:
Wessel de Ruijter -Drums
Victor van Os-Bass
Harmen Boerwinkel-Guitar
Sander Kuipers-Vocals
Influences
OLD SKOOL:State of alert,Bad Brains, Motorhead,The damned,UK SUBS
the VOPO'S,Gang Green,GBH,early Bad religion,Iron Maiden,marginal man
KSMB,Stalin, Black Flag, the Ruts,the Buttocks,Terveet Kadet and more
BANZAI!ZMIV IS BACK!!!
In the early eighties,when the second blast of fierce pumping hardcore punk shocked the world, the Dutch scene was filled by the fury and the anger that lies within the determination to change all that felt wrong...The streets were burning, the system had to fall, studs mohawks & spikes a dreadfull threath. From out of nowhere-a tiny spot in the north of Holland - ZMIV was born.Comming from the countryside these guys had to compensate a lot to make a difference. Together with their little brother KNAX they started touring and rumours spreaded fast: there's something really crazy going on : Rotten,vital and louder than ever before! ZMIV got the attitude,the punk rock looks,the sing alongs, their raging gigs,a lot of humour and of course the crew-all packed together in the back of the rusty van
ZMIV became a living legend and crushed under the weight of its own succes.Their 7 .. EP "Banzai, here's ZMIV , Beware!"became a collectors item, their recordings on the "Als je haar maar goed zit.... album" a historic example of the first crossover.
Some twenty five years later, the system still didn't fall, repression commonly neglected and punkrock just another youth culture or having a good time...Anyway, cut the crap.
ZMIV IS BACK!!!
Interested concert halls,youth clubs or punkrock festivals -worldwide- can contact ZMIV for some unique old skool experience, reunion gig ... whatever.
We might consider the option!
additional info at www.severeboardgear.com
EXTREM Jetzt oder nie 83-84 CD (Out in October 2008)
Track list
01.Pressform 02.Scheiß System 03.Desertieren 04.Hoffnungslos 05.Vorheilen ist besser als beugen 06.Ich bin Gott 07.Extrem 08.Schlofn, Hackln 09.Neonazis 10.Jugend 11.Gehirnamputiert 12.Nazis raus 13.Star 14.Snob 15.Soldat 16.Verdruß 17. Es sogts 18.Wehrt euch 19.Jetzt oder nie 20.Luxusleben 21.Haus im zweiten Bezirk 22.Neonazis 23.Wir wollen endlich leben
Tracks 01-10 Recorded at Gaga 6/1983 Tracks 11-23 Recorded in Inzersdorf 22.7.1984 Tracks 01-08 Previously released as Extrem/Mickeyman Split LP 1983 Tracks 01-08 and 10-23 Previously released as "Vorheilen ist besser als Beugen" Tape 1985
Extrem line up:
Helmut Heiland-Vocals,Guitar Peter Zinner-Drums,Back Vocal Dieter Hauptmann-Guitar,Back Vocal Daniela Delise-Bass
Today we heard the sad news of the death of ZMIV's first singer Bert Kelly(1962-2008) "Kelly" was ZMIV's frontman in the period 1979-1981.
We put up the song"Too Many Places"from the "Noise of ZMIV" LP were Kelly joined us on stage during our first reunion Gig.Life's short-live fast. http://www. myspace. com/thesketchersnl
BANZAI!!!Zmiv will record some BRANDNEW STUFF this autumn...In the meantime find your ZMIV bootlegs, outtakes and demos at soulseek ,limewire or just here. additional info or bookings for some oldskool punk-disasters at http://www.severeboardgear.com