Bands

• Agathocles (band)
  Agathocles (band)
  Agathocles is a Belgian political grindcore band that began in 1985. They are mainly known for producing a large quantity of split seven-inch EPs...
  
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• The Agitators (Antwerp)
• Back Lavatory (Namur)
• Belgian Asociality (Mechelen). Official site.
• Billy Bolley and the degenerates (Charleroi)
• The Breath of Life
• Brutal Society (Antwerp)
• Capital Scum (Hageland Hardcore)
• Cell 609 (1978 - ...)
• Chainsaw
  Chainsaw (rock band)
  Chainsaw is the name of a punk rock band from Brussels, Belgium, formed in 1976 and split in 1978. It was one of the first punk bands in Belgium.Chainsaw made one very sought after 7" in 77. In 78 they split and all members went to different punk bands...
  
   (1977 - Brussels)
• Classy Punk (1978 - ...)
• Contingent (1979 - ...)
• Nuit Saint George (1979-1985 - Brussels)
• Crapule De Luxe (1981 - ...)
• DD Mac Off (...)
• De Brassers (...)
• Definitivos (...)
• Dirty Scums
• Elton Motello
  Elton Motello
  Elton Motello was a punk and New Wave band.Elton Motello is both the moniker of Alan Ward, the lead singer and songwriter, and the name of the band itself...
  
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• Escalators (Namur, 1981?, Concert at Vedu'Rock, Winner of the contest)
• Flatcat
  Flatcat (band)
  Flatcat is one of Belgium's biggest DIY punk rock bands. Founded by the Luyckx brothers in 1993 they have been rocking numerous countries ever since, including two successful Brazilian headlining tours reaching an average of 300-1500 people each concert....
  
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• Funeral Dress
  Funeral Dress
  Funeral Dress is a street punk band from Belgium who formed in 1985. Their big hits include "I'm in Love with Oi", "Free Beer for the Punx", "Party Political Bullshit", "Party On", "Freedom and Liberty", "Belgium's Burning". The band toured the US several times and is planning a tour in Russia in...
  
  
• Fame (Brussels)
• Goose (band)
  Goose (band)
  Goose are a Belgian electro rock band consisting of members Mickael Karkousse, Dave Martijn, Tom Coghe, and Bert Libeert. They are currently signed to !K7 Records.- History :Goose was formed in the summer of 2000 in Kortrijk, Belgium...
  
   (Courtrai)
• Heartattack Radio (Sint-Niklaas). Official site.
• Hiatus
  Hiatus (band)
  Hiatus was a crust punk band from Liege, Belgium.- History :Hiatus formed in May 1989, at this time the line-up was Phill, Ben, Raf and Phil. They played in a Doom/Discharge/E.N.T. style and recorded a rehearsal demo called "The Frightening Men Story"...
  
  
• Hubble Bubble
  Hubble Bubble
  Hubble Bubble is generally an uncontrolled mixture and this dish is similar to Bubble and Squeak in that it is an English dish containing leftover food items such as potatoes, cabbage, brussel sprouts, carrots and onion but with the addition of baked beans in tomato sauce.While the ingredients of...
  
   (Brussels)
• The Kids
  The Kids (Belgian band)
  The Kids are a Belgian punk rock band formed in 1976.They broke up in 1985, but came back together in 1996 for the soundtrack recording of the Belgian film Dief . They have been together ever since and still play gigs around the world....
  
   (1976-1986 & 1996-... - Antwerpen). Official site.
• Janez Detd.
  Janez Detd.
  Janez Detd. is a Belgian pop punk band that formed in 1995.The group saw the light of day in and about 1994, and was first baptized as "Jane's Detd." , with from the start Nikolas "Bones" Vanderveken & Bob as the most founding members...
  
  
• Klartext (2006-St.Vith)
• Leng Tch'e
  Leng Tch'e
  Leng Tch'e is a grindcore band based in Belgium. The band describes their style as "razorgrind", a combination of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock and metalcore....
  
  
• Mad Virgins
  Mad Virgins
  Mad Virgins is a punk rock band from Anderlecht in Brussels, Belgium. In 1977 they released one single, "I am a Computer"/"Fuck & Suck". They changed their name to Mad V. After the early chaotic punk style, the group developed an alt powerpop sound influenced by T-Rex and New Wave. There was only...
  
   then Mad V (Brussels)
• Nailpin
  Nailpin
  Nailpin is a Belgian band.After Belgian singles "Endless Conversations", "Movin' On" and "Together", from their debut album '12 TO GO', Nailpin made their international debut....
  
   (Sint-Niklaas)
• Neo (...)
• Old Fashion Heroes (2002-...) (Aarschot)
• Onion Dolls (...)
• P.I.G.Z. (...)
• The Passengers
  The Passengers (band)
  The Passengers were a late-1970s Brussels postpunk / new wave band that later became better known as The Names . Original line-up included Michel Sordinia , Isabelle Hanrez , Marc Deprez , Robert Franckson , and Christophe Den Tandt .-Formation:The band formed in late 1977 and gave their first gig...
  
   (1977-... - Brussels)
• Pinchers
  Pinchers
  Pinchers born Delroy Thompson, 12 April 1965, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist.He released one album as a teenager in Jamaica for Blue Trac Records, before moving to the UK in 1985....
  
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• Plastic Bertrand
  Plastic Bertrand
  Plastic Bertrand is a Belgian musician, songwriter, producer, editor and television presenter, best known for the 1977 international hit single "Ça plane pour moi".-Early life and bands:...
  
   (Brussels)
• Plastichke (...)
• Rafflesia (band)
  Rafflesia (band)
  Rafflesia is a metalcore band from Zeebrugge, Belgium who have been active since 2005 and play in the H8000 scene. The band mostly plays metalcore, melodic death metal and hardcore.-History:...
  
   (Zeebrugge)
• Raxola
  Raxola
  Raxola was a Belgian punk band spawned by the legendary Bastard, which also brought forth The Damned and Elton Motello . Their debut album is now a collector’s item . Its CD re-mastered reissue has sold thousands of copies in Japan and hundreds in the USA...
  
   (1977-1979 & 2000-...) Official site
• The Razors
  The Razors
  The Razors is a punk rock band from Namur, Belgium formed in late 1977 and split on Sept 1978.Mainly influenced by The Ramones and the early British punk rock scene, the Razors quickly made theirs this new principle: "We don't know how to play music. Well, who cares? Let's do it anyway !"They...
  
   (1977-1978 - Namur)
• Red Zebra (band)
  Red Zebra (band)
  Red Zebra is a Belgian post-punk group from Bruges.They started at the end of the 1970s and have the following members: Peter Slabbynck , Geert Maertens , Sam Claeys and Johan Isselee . In 1980 they had their biggest hit I Can't Live In A Living room, today still a punk classic...
  
   (Bruges)
• RENé Binamé (band) (belgium)
• Revenge 88
  Revenge 88
  Revenge 88 was formed from the remains of Stagebeast in Ostend, Belgium.They recorded two singles in 1981, and another song was released on a compilation album.The band is also featured on the KBD compilations....
  
   (Ostend) (official site)
• Rise and Fall
  Rise and Fall (band)
  Rise and Fall is a Belgian hardcore band. Formed 2002 in the aftermath of Belgian bands The Deal and Kingpin, Rise and Fall have become one of the most successful Belgian hardcore bands ever, among the few signed onto American labels such as Deathwish Inc...
  
   (Ghent)
• Scabs (...)
• Sexy Bollocks (1980-1985)
• Soupçon de demence (Charleroi)
• Six 4 Nine (...)
• Spermicide
  Spermicide
  Spermicide is a contraceptive substance that eradicates sperm, inserted vaginally prior to intercourse to prevent pregnancy. As a contraceptive, spermicide may be used alone. However, the pregnancy rate experienced by couples using only spermicide is higher than that of couples using other methods...
  
   (Brussels)
• Sport Doen (Brussels) Web Site
• Stagebeast
  Stagebeast
  Stagebeast was considered one of the important and influential punk rock bands in Belgium. Fronted by Frank Dubbe Stagebeast shared the first place, together with Once More in the very first edition of the contest of the Humo's Rock Rally...
  
   (Ostend) (pre-Revenge 88, official site)
• Streets (1978 - Brussels)
• Stress (...)
• Struggler (...)
• The Names
  The Names
  The Names is the seventh novel written by the American novelist Don DeLillo, first published in 1982. The novel, set mostly in Greece, is primarily a series of character studies, interwoven with a plot about a mysterious "language cult" that is behind a number of unexplained murders...
  
  
• Thrills
  Thrills
  Thrills is a Canadian brand of chewing gum now made by Concord Confections, but once produced by Wonka. It is well known for its distinctive rosewater flavor. Comparisons of its flavor to soap are so prevalent that recent packaging states "it still tastes like soap!" Thrills gum is also known for...
  
   (1978 - Brussels)
• Too Much (...)
• Ultime Atome (Namur, 1977 - 1980)
• Underdogs
  Underdogs
  Underdogs is the second full-length album released by the Matthew Good Band in 1997, as a follow-up to the 1995 album Last of the Ghetto Astronauts...
  
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• Unite Against Society (Herentals
  Herentals
  Herentals is a city and municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the city of Herentals proper and the towns of Morkhoven and Noorderwijk. On January 1, 2006 Herentals had a total population of 26,071...
  
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• Veel (...)
• Vive la Fête
  Vive la Fête
  Vive la Fête is a music duo from Ghent formed in 1997 by lovers Danny Mommens and Els Pynoo .-Biography:...
  
  
• War Risk 3 (...)
• Wolfgang (...)
• X!nk
  X!NK
  X!NK are a pop punk group from Belgium. The band consists of two pairs of brothers: Jonas and Niels Meukens, and Thomas and Philip Valkiers. Jonas is the lead singer and occasionally the second guitarist, his brother Ni|els is the drummer. Philip plays the bass guitar and Thomas plays the guitar...
  
  
• X-Pulsion
  X-Pulsion
  X-Pulsion is a punk rock band from Brussels, Belgium, that formed in October 1977 and split in May 1978. Peter Schlager formed a new band of the same name but with a new line-up that played between fall 1978 and summer 1979.- Line-up :...
  
   (1978 - Brussels)
• Zyklome A (Antwerp)
• Bombsite kids (liège-1979.1983)
• Fixator (liège-1978.1983)

Landmarks

• Chez Moustache (in Brussels
  Brussels
  Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
  
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• Chez Rougdi (in Namur
  Namur (city)
  Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
  
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• Le Café du Coin (in Brussels
  Brussels
  Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
  
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• Le Centre de Rencontre (Infor-Jeunes) (in Namur
  Namur (city)
  Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
  
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• Le Florio (in Brussels
  Brussels
  Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
  
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• Le Magic Bus (in Charleroi
  Charleroi
  Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
  
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• Le Vieux-Marché (in Namur
  Namur (city)
  Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....
  
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• The Rockin' Club (in Brussels
  Brussels
  Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
  
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• Le Vieux Saint-Job (for the First Belgian Punk Contest on 1978-03-18 in Brussels
  Brussels
  Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
  
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Media

• Magazines
  • En Attendant (monthly mag - in French)
  • More
    More (Punk magazine from Belgium)
    More is a printed punk magazine from Belgium, monthly published in 1977....
    
    (monthly mag - in French)
  • Télémoustique (weekly TV mag - rock pages by Piero Kenroll http://www.musicinbelgium.net/pl/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=3246)
  • Music in Belgium

• Radio shows
  • Impédance
    Impedance
    Impedance may refer to:*Electrical impedance, the ratio of the voltage phasor to the electric current phasor, a measure of the opposition to time-varying electric current in an electric circuit**Characteristic impedance of a transmission line...
    
    (RTBF - Pierre Guyaut)
  • Cap de Nuit (RTBF - Marc Moulin
    Marc Moulin
    Marc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist . He was a member of the avant-rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and formed the pop group Telex in 1978...
    
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  • King Kong (RTBF - Marc Moulin
    Marc Moulin
    Marc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist . He was a member of the avant-rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and formed the pop group Telex in 1978...
    
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  • punx (studio brussel)
• Fanzines
  • Barbapapunk (1977)
  • Born to Loose (1977-1978)

Key characters

• Bert Bertrand
  Bert Bertrand
  Bert Bertrand was a journalist from Belgium. He was the son of the cartoonist Yvan Delporte. He played a major role in the early days of punk rock in Belgium. In 1983, he committed suicide...
  
  
• Frank Dubbe official site
• Pierre Guyaut
• Dee Jaywalker
  Dee Jaywalker
  Dee Jaywalker is a Belgian punk rock musician and songwriter. He is best known as lead guitar player and songwriter for Marky Ramone & the Speedkings.-Career:...
  
   official site
• Jacques de Pierpont
  Jacques de Pierpont
  Jacques de Pierpont is a rock journalist from Belgium.- External links :* In La Libre essentielle...
  
  
• Fred (Frédéric) Jannin
• Piero Kenroll
• Etienne Verwilghen alias Klaus Milian, alias Claude Milan
• Nadine Milo
• Marc Moulin
  Marc Moulin
  Marc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist . He was a member of the avant-rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and formed the pop group Telex in 1978...
  
  
• Pascal Stevens
• Gilles Verlant
  Gilles Verlant
  - Work :* Verlant publishes regularly in the following magazines:** More ** En Attendant * Verlant has written the following books:** ** ** ** ** - External links :...
  
  

Sources

• lipstickkillers.com
• http://web.archive.org/web/20091028170150/http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Limo/8385/ww/belgium.htm
• discogs.com