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Diverse scenkaraktärer summerar 2015 - Olli (Tammerfist)

Paco avrundar 2015 med att låta scenkaraktärer från Sverige och utlandet enligt ett standardiserat formulär och ur ett subkulturellt perspektiv utvärdera 2015. De "intervjuer" som är gjorda med icke svenskspråkiga har jag låtit bli att översätta, såväl för att spara tid som för att inte omedvetet färga svaren.

Olli är en ung man från Tampere, som vid sidan av att vara sångare i Tammerfist (för övrigt snart aktuella med spelning i Norrköping) och arra gig i hemstaden också driver en liten skivbutik tillsammans med sin storebror. 

Music Release of the year: Seems like I just like to stay in old ones and in "classics" because I really haven't listened too much any new albums this year and I really needed to think about this question a while before I figured out even few albums which has been released this year and which I have bought. First one is Sabotages Faderskap I Gråzonen. Catchy tunes and I always like when bands use their native language, especially then when language is something else than english. This is exactly punk rock which I like and it was not suprise that I loved this album because the first 7" was also great stuff. Another one which I want to mention is from finland: Jukka & Jytämimmit. This album really rocks! it sounds exactly the same as stuff which was made on 70s in our hometown tampere, bands like Popeda, Coitus int, Virtanen, just to mention few. This is great finnish rock, and this kind of stuff I hope that people would make more in our country.

Best gig of the year: Condemned 84 in our hometown! It was great to see one of my all time favorite band playing in here. Bishops Green on PSK was also good one and one of the main reasons being there this year.

Biggest disappointment of the year/worst release: No disappointments.

Some other thoughts on the scene of 2015? Did something special, bad, sad or spectacular happen? It was great to organize few Oi! gigs in our town, but sad to notice that our scene in Tampere goes smaller and smaller. Hopefully new skinhead generation grow someday in here; younger ones who start to organize gigs and maybe start bands also, but at the moment older ones are not too interested about anything anymore and there are no younger guys, or at least I haven't meet anyone of them yet and they havent find their way on our gigs. If someday in here grows new skinhead generation hopefully they remember to stay out of politics, politics will destroy skinhead scene.
  
What's your plans for 2016?  Our band Tammerfist kept 10 months break because everybody was so busy, me and our bass player especially with our jobs. We did not have time to record new songs, but next year we will do it. In the start of the year, we release new demo cassette and also we play one gig in Sweden in january.

Diverse scenkaraktärer summerar 2014 - Olli (Tammerfist)

Paco avrundar 2014 med att låta scenkaraktärer från Sverige och utlandet enligt ett standardiserat formulär och ur ett subkulturellt perspektiv utvärdera 2014. De "intervjuer" som är gjorda med icke svenskspråkiga har jag låtit bli att översätta, såväl för att spara tid som för att inte omedvetet färga svaren.

Olli är en mycket finsk herre från Tampere. Där ordnar han spelningar under fanan Tampere Bootbois. Där sköter han sången i uppstickarna Tammerfist. Där driver han, med sin lika välfriserade bror den lilla skivbutiken Sammakka-Pop.

Music Release of the year: I haven't bought too many new Oi! releases this year, maybe nothing too special have arrived or I have just been too busy because of my job to check new releases and bands. Still there are few 7" in Oi! scene which needs to be mentioned: Maraboots latest 7" "ils ont tué la oi" is a great one! I have really loved this band since I heard them first time and if I understood right this will be last 7" what they release. It was great to see this band playing in my hometown in the start of this year and also this last 7" was release what I really waited and It did not disapoint me, it was as good as their former releases. I also need to mention Sabotage 7" "Betraktelser Från Staketet", it includes best song of the year "Bättre utsikt" and I'm really waiting to hear more material of this band! About punk bands I've been mostly listening Finnish ones. Kaupungin Valot (City lights) released their debut LP this year "huomiseen" (into tomorrow) and it is one of the best finnish punk LP's ever (really!). I have been listening to it almost every day since they released it and It have only good songs on it. If you like old finnish punk bands like Ratsia Or Kollaa Kestää, you should check this out, very catchy tunes, similar to old finnish 77 and I'm very proud that they're coming from same town as I (tampere).

Best gig of the year: Best gigs was Komintern Sect and Templars at PSK. It was awesome to see two of my favourite bands during same weekend. PSK is a great festival and I will go there every year no matter what bands there are playing, but last year was best one because of these bands.

Biggest disappointment of the year/worst release: I only waited those few releases from this what I mentioned and they we're great, so I don't have any disappointments to mention.

Some other thoughts on the scene of 2014? Did something special, bad, sad or spectacular happen? No not really, mostly it was just typical year in my opinion.

What's your plans for 2015? We're now recording new stuff with my band Tammerfist and I'm really hoping that we will get somekind of release out during next year. Because of some personal reasons, some of our members have been kind of busy and we haven't found too much time for our band, but hopefully there will be more time on 2015. Also, as a gig organizer we (tampere bootbois) are bringing Condemned 84  to our hometown Tampere on next february. Gig place is small and tickets are already sold out, so now we are just waiting for next february, it's going to be great party!

PSK-Helgen - Dag 1 - Förfesten

Tre dagars fylleri och kulturkonsumtion började på skärtordagen, då Klubb Antisocial bjöd på norrländsk, finsk och brittisk oi! av finaste kvalitet. Efter fruset försupande på Helikopterplattan äntrade man ett fullsatt The Liffeys. Källaren var utsåld och på övervåningen bälgade tillresta oi!-fans från halva Europa. Kvällen var mycket lyckad och utan intermezzon. En perfekt inledning på helgen.

Straight Jacket (Norrland)




Tammerfist (Tampere, Finland)



Close Shave (Birmingham, UK)

PSK#5 - Den Officiella Förfesten - Projekt 9 ut, Tammerfist in

Ja, även den av Klubb Antisocial arrangerade förfesten till PSK#5 annonserar ändringar i line-upen. Hoppar av gör Projekt 9, ersätter gör Tampere-bandet Tammerfist; ett ungt, mycket lovande band som har släppt en sjua på Bords de Seine där dom bl a covrar Agent Bulldogg på finska.