Punktuation's 'man on the ground' in the Netherlands, Herman de Tollenaere, was at The UK Subs first night of their European tour! Was it any good?Continue Reading
In the spoken tour AABZ ‘22: Rebranding Anarchism, the frontman of Dutch punk band Hang Youth, Abel van Gijlswijk explains to the audience how rotten our capitalist world really is. The Leiden Theatre in the Netherlands opened in 1705. The audience’s average age is beyond decrepit when the theatre hosts a Shakespeare play (which is a […]Continue Reading
A brilliant night was had earlier in the month at the OCCII club in Amsterdam at the book launch of the must-have new book ‘Punks Listen’. The book documents stories from hundreds of people from the world of punk as they discuss what records have impressed them most. Published by the anarchist punk Hope Collective in Ireland, with […]Continue Reading
Herman de Tollenaere, one of the vocalists of late ’70s Dutch punks Cheap ‘n’ Nasty, explored the political as well as the musical during his first time at Rebellion.Continue Reading
The frontwoman of the first all-women punk rock band in France dies. Pamela Popo, the stage name of Odile Paulhac, was cremated on 30 June at Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris. Many fans and friends have paid their respect to Pamela at the crematory and via social media. Punktuation Magazine’s Dutch correspondent, Herman de Tollenaere (one […]Continue Reading
Herman de Tollenaere, one of the vocalists of late ’70s Dutch punks, Cheap ‘n’ Nasty, heads to Leuven, Belgium to review a trio of punk bands for Punktuation! Het Depot is a big concert hall, a former cinema, in the centre of Leuven city in Belgium, and it was here on the 20 May that […]Continue Reading
Last month Dutch punk club Paradiso helped Journalist and DJ, Oscar Smit launched part 4 of his Paradiso Punk Years series of books with a Paradiso festival of entertainment. Herman de Tollenaere was there for Punktuation magazine. Continue Reading
For the first time since the COVID pandemic, a British punk band and a punk group from Groningen, the Netherlands, play the OCCII in Amsterdam The legendary British punk band Subhumans are out on their European tour, taking in the bars and clubs of The Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany (see below for full tour […]Continue Reading