Punk music

In Italy, punk music developped in the first 90s.

This music started in the 70s in England with the “Who”, that is a separation of rock music characterized by a faster rhythms and a greater use of drums.

An example of Italian punk are the “Punkreas”.

The Punkreas are the best Italian punk group, which have the greatest number of fans and number of live exhibitions.

The punkreas started  in 1989, there are Paletta who plays a bass, Flaco and Noyse  the guitars, Mastino the drums, and the singer Cippa.

In a short time from 1989 the autoproduction “Isterico” went out with original song and in 1977 classical punk song.

The demo contains also the ska-core song “Il vicino” that has become a typical live song. 

In 1992 the Punkreas recorded their  first LP  “United rumors of Punkreas” with 8 new songs, that sold 4000 copies.

In 1995 “Paranoia & potere” went  out with 13 new songs.

From 1995 to 1996, the Punkreas sang in 60 concert across Italy.

In 1997 the second  LP went out re-proposing theit first song in an album called “90-93” and 10 new songs in “Elettrodomestico”.

In 1999, after 2 years of recording works, their last production: “Pelle” went out and it  immediately became a cult for  Italian  Punkreas’s fans.

Written by Stefano Rossetti  (e-mail  free1@itcgbianchi.mi.it)