Psychoterror

punk

Punk-group PSYCHOTERROR was formed in spring of 1991. Its first gig took place at Kalapäevad (Fish-eating days) festival in Tartu in September 1991. Forming members of the group were: Freddy - lead vocals, Müül - bass guitar, Uims - lead guitar, Andres - drums. Today, only Freddy and Uims have remained. All forming members have previously been playing in different groups: Freddy was the vocalist of punk-group Anonüümne AK in 1987-1988, Müül played guitar in Alice Tisler, a group from Kohtla-Järve, which was named so after an Estonian female revolutionist who died in 1917.Uims and Andres were playing in an indie-rock group called Wide Open in 1990-1991, the aim of which was to sound like The Cure and Joy Division. Before that Andres has been a part of different groups playing different styles, e.g. proge-heavy-rock group called Synd (1986-1987). All of them found their way to punk-rock listening to music which they could get in mid 80s in Estonia: Sex Pistols, of course, as well as Estonia's punk classics Generaator M (active around 1982-1984 with a single comeback in 1987); Propeller (active in 1980, but banned by authorities the same year, since 1995 performing live at beer festivals with their old songs. One of their vocalists, Urmas Alender, drowned with M/S Estonia in 1994). In addition to the fore-mentioned bands Estonian punk-rock was much influenced by Finnish punk-scene of the 80s, especially hard-core groups like Lama, Riistetyt, Kaaos, etc. After Villu Tam...