HIV

grindcore

1) now-defunct hardcore punk band featuring future members of sex/vid (this HIV existed first) 2) Now defunct bremerton skate core (2004-2008). Aggressive, powerful, honest hardcore punk from a barely existent scene in Navy-town Bremerton WA. Along with the likes of Ape Escape and Game Over, HIV helped put Bremerton hardcore on the map. Lyrics revolved mostly around laughing in the face of ridiculous societal pressures to go out, find a job, get a wife, and make something of yourself. HIV released a Demo, Nature is Gay EP, Summer Fun '06 Tape, and a self-titled 7. both bands are from washington state 3) The Albanian duo hails from Tirana and takes its first steps in the South Balkan rising punk scene of the mid-nineties. After the death by overdose of many friends and supporters, the two quickly realize it's time for a change of scenery. A first demo recorded to be submitted to European labels gets lost during the dramatic rubber-boat crossing from Valona to Bari to reach Italy's coast. Now illegal immigrants they find a job in Rome. They do the cleaning in a disco in the town centre. After witnessing several parties they understand disco music could be the key to success, the real turning point of their career. Soon after they realease their first work, an untitled CD, self-produced and recorded in their home-studio located under a bridge beside a furnace. The CD mainly sounds like a huddle of cuts from various musical sessions assembled in some way. In Roman nightclubs t...