Friday 18 September 2009

NME on the Budapest scene (Western-European articles about Hungarian punk/new wave)






During the communist regime, the Eastern-European underground was a very fashionable, interesting and speciality in West. Some famous music magazine (NME, SPEX) informed about "punk behind the iron curtain". The New Musical Express journalist, Chris Bohn went to Hungary in 1981 and made some interview with URH, VHK, Beatrice, Spions.
Bohn said about URH: "URH music is the best I heard anywhere during my stay in Central Europe. "


Second article from 1982, about more Hungarian underground, punk, new wave bands, e.g: Agresszor, Kontroll Csoport, Citrom, Balaton, Neurotic and ETA.


Read and enjoy!