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99-08-20&21&22 Ieper HC festival
(ieperfest.com) ‘Mörser’ (from Bremen, Germany) played unannounced (as did probably some more bands)… This August fest was the 1st time outside the Vort’n Vis premises (start of a new era ?) so I guess...
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94-10-09 Dystopia – Unhinged – Deconsume – [ABC Diabolo] – [Hypocritical...
Did ‘Gluebag’ play??? Can’t remember… (See guestbook… Was a short-lived band with Phil ‘Hiatus’…) Brob I think ‘Dystopia’ didn’t play that show [They did write something in the V.V. guest-book and...
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95-04-09 Strain – Mainstrike – Rancor – Congress
‘Strain’ – Remorse 7″ This gig was organised by Hans Verbeke… ‘Strain’ was a band from Vancouver (Canada) that played “metallic mosh-core in the vein of ‘Snapcase’ & ‘Chokehold’, with staccato...
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92-09-05 Feeding The Fire (photos)
More on this concert: 92-09-05 Ironside – Strong Event – Blindfold – Shortsight – No More – Feeding The Fire – Spirit Of Youth Here’s some extra photos, courtesy of Jason Fox: Léon Kleikers (drums;...
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98-02-21 Divide & Conquer – Robotnicka – Mad Punk Disease
A gig that Michael Maes kindly arranged when I proposed him to organised this for ‘Divide & Conquer’ and ‘Robotnička’. I also booked them a gig at he Boma Squat in Gent the day before and the day...
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98-08-14&15&16 HardCore – The Next Generation festival
Paul Van den Berg wrote me (around that time) that ‘Seein’Red’ had discussed the fact whether they would play this fest or not (also with people like Bernd ‘Stack’, ‘Beertje’ & Marcel of Coalition...
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90-04-22 Memento Mori – Oerboere – Chaotic Contrast
Gig-review in Pyrobolum #3 (by Dieter Roelstraete) ‘Chaotic Contrast’ (Roeselare/Torhout, Belgium) were originally a ‘project’ of Kris ‘Kid’ Verhelst (guitar & vocals) and a changing group of...
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99-10-31 Catharsis – Man In The Shadow – Entreat – Convinced – Lifecycle –...
This show was – again (see also 97-10-12 for ‘Catharsis’ first appearance here) – organised by Lieve Goemaere (Ugly Duckling zine)… ‘Catharsis’ (“starving artists in capitalist countries”) was an...
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94-10-22 Hiatus – Insane Youth – Totaal Marginaal – Nahende Vernichtung –...
The people who set this up called it the ‘Pure Kajos Tour’. It was meant to be a ‘benefit’ to gather some money for their ‘organisation’ to try and get an alternative for ‘t Clichée, a pub annex venue...
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92-12-12 Spina Bifida – Dreft – Trail Of Sorrow – Caducity
I think ‘Caducity’ played there too, did they replace ‘Spina Bifida’…? ‘Narre’, ‘Dreft’ drummer The flyer states “+1 more”… That might’ve been ‘Caducity’. I know for sure I’ve seen them play at the...
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90-01-20 Chronic Disease – At Last – Gnuft – Damage Done
A concert, in the very beginning of the Vort’n Vis, illustrating the strong connection between punx from Brugge and seminal Vort’n Vis bands… A non-SxE 8000 connection long before the name H8000 crew...
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90-10-13 Trottel – After All – Pietje Roze Konin…– Greenhorns
It was way back in the early 90s when I first came to the Vort’n Vis for the concert of ‘Trottel’, ‘Greenhorns’ (a local rock-band that played in a country-rock style à la Neil Young / ‘Green On...
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92-12-20 Supertouch – Subway Arts – Spirit Of Youth
‘Supertouch’, a hardcore band from New York, was more or less considered “a legend” by some of the SxE kids here (although they stated “we’re not a SxE band”); probably because when they started...
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94-10-01 Jawbreaker – Undone – Lash Out – Bitter Smile
This ‘Jawbreaker’ tour was organised by Mary Jane Weatherbee (later MRR collaborator; she ran Lookout! recs UK, together with Aidan Taylor & Christy Colcord). ‘Jawbreaker’ resided in the...
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94-03-19 Virtual Reality – Health Hazard – Brawl – Fleas & Lice – Neuthrone –...
‘Virtual Reality’ (Bradford) was a project/band that played ‘Black Sabbath’ influenced stuff (varying from groovy beats and heavy riffs to techno-based tracks) featuring Brian Talbot (guitarist of...
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94-02-05 Varukers – Corpus Christi – Agathocles – 4 Minute Warning
The ‘Varukers’ played a bunch of gigs in Belgium in 1986 but then kinda ‘disappeared’…to re-emerge in the 90s (they’d split and reformed). On their website (www.thevarukers.com) ‘Rat’ wrote: “I think...
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94-07-10 Chorus Of Disapproval – Ironside – Baby Harp Seal – Kito – Who Moved...
‘Kito’ and ‘Baby Harp Seal’ toured together; in Belgium they also played in Tongeren (94-07-12 @ Concordia’; with ‘Down By Law’ (& Dave Smalley), ‘Kosjer D’ and ‘Who Moved The Ground’) and in...
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94-08-19&20&21 Hardcore Festival * Italian impressions
follow-up to 94-08-19&20&21 Hardcore Festival I admit that I don’t recall these events very well. I was 24 years old, I’m writing this 20+ years later. I don’t remember which bands played,...
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95-09-15&16&17 7th Leed festival
Evolution of announcements in the Vort’n Vis newsletters => the actual ‘bill': 15 sep ’95: Undone (Fra), Suffer (UK), Carol (Ger) 16 sep ’95: D.D.I. (Ita), Oi Polloi (UK), Glue (UK), Coche Bomba...
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95-08-18&19&20 Hardcore Festival
Local (Menen/Roeselare) straight-edge hardcore band ‘Regression’ was announced but didn’t play. Perhaps because they just switched drummers? (Bjorn Lescouhier, ex ‘Shortsight’ replaced Raf – who...
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