So I made a post a little while ago about a band from Pretoria who bust out a gnarly cover of Waiting Room, and we also put two EPs of theirs on our bandcamp page, but now I present to you audio proof of my Waiting Room claims!
On the 3rd of Jan No Comply dropped a new EP. This time it's an EP of cover songs from Bad Brains, Circle Jerks, Fugazi & Black Flag. Check it out. They do a mighty fine job.
So above is a collection of some video we managed to get of Punk F*@k Stay Home, mostly thanks to Kelvin Kapp from No Comply.
The Soweto Rock Revolution shows are D.I.Y all ages shows that are booked in houses, alleyways, and skate parks in Soweto. They are by far the most interesting punk shows in the Johannesburg area of late. The larger punk rock community for many years now have almost exclusively been booking over 18 shows at the ever decreasing number of live venue bars around the country. This has seen smaller and smaller shows with less and less interest. Gone are the days, circa 2000 - 2010, of new bands popping up from kids in high school that make you wish you could play better, or bands booking shows in big community center halls with kids packed in so tight that the circle pit hits the walls. Gone are the days of looking around to see people excited to be involved and a sense of something special happening, that you were lucky to be a part of, or to have even known existed. Kids making zines and cds. Kids picking up instruments and shouting their voices hoarse. For years now the majority of shows have felt like a dying gasp for air; a prayer to be the tolerable backing track for the disinterested Good Night Out. But... something is alive and breathing in Soweto...
So there was a show in Pretoria that Monday Morning Justice were playing that i was supposed to attend but for some reason never did. I would soon regret not having gone due to receiving a message from Conley saying that the show was a blast and that some local band from Pretoria had busted out a flawless version of Waiting Room by Fugazi... Now this is surprising on many levels that would take far too long to explain... Now while No Comply have some interesting twists and turns for your average skate punk band they do fall into a very common trend for local bands, that of naming the band by a name already used by a band or bands overseas and often by bands/a band in the same genre of music. This always makes me wonder if the frequency of this phenomena is due to: a) South Africans reluctance to google? b) Our slow internet speeds and high data rates? Or c) That we think that people in other countries can not own band names and that Americans especially can go get fucked...?
Anyway... all jokes aside, No Comply kick up some groovy jams and we have uploaded their first two EPs for your smelly ear holes.
