Tag archive for ‘Porno Para Ricardo’
News flash: Cuban punk icon gets stabbed to death, authorities aren’t saying shit
William Fabián, leader and singer of Cuba’s first-ever punk band Eskoria, was stabbed to death in Santa Clara the night of January 30th. I just found out about Eskoria being the first-ever Cuban punk band (around since 1994). The word around the web was that this guy was pretty outrageous onstage and in life. I [...]
Porno Para Ricardo launching new CD in Havana tomorrow night
PPR’s got a new CD ready to go: the The (Faded) Red Album. And in typical suicidal fashion they are openly having a launching party in Havana tomorrow night. Of course, expect some uninvited guests to put a damper on it. Actually, you should pray if you’re a Christian (if you can find it in [...]
Ciro and Claudio let go by Cuban state security
News in Spanish is here. Ciro can’t drive away from Castro’s bull**** Cuban dissident Jorge Luis García Pérez (aka Antunez). Ciro and Claudio were arrested while publicly expressing their solidarity for Antunez, who is ailing from a prolonged hunger strike. Two samples of Ciro — thrashing mad in PPR’s “El Submarino” (yeah, the one I [...]
Ciro of Porno Para Ricardo and La Babosa Azul Arrested in Cuba
Further proving that the more things change, the more they stay the same, Castro Inc’s agents have arrested Ciro while he was showing support for well-known dissident Antunez. The news just came in less than an hour ago. I’ll post more as I find out more. UPDATE: Here’s the email from Charlie composed at 3:45 [...]
I’m back and peddling more Porno (download Gorki’s Tune EP at area1234)
Life is such a whirlwind sometimes. Anyway, a lot has been happening with Cuba’s dissident punks Porno Para Ricardo, and I’m late on the ball. Blame a combination of my own laziness and the IRS. There’s a new website for PPR, for one. But, as soon as it got out of the gate something happened [...]
Download two new Frank’s Enemy tracks at Area1234
There’s No Stopping A Determined Asshole – 44-second grindcore blast. Download here. Lyrics here. Submarine – Old school hardcore cover of the Porno Para Ricardo track, incorporating recording of state-sponsored bullying of PPR singer Gorki’s supporters during his incarceration last August. Download here. Lyrics here.
Recording update: four tracks under three names
I’ve been scarce around these parts lately because I’ve been putting just about all my free time into recording new tracks. I stopped chronicling the steps in Twitter because I really saw no point in it. What, are people reading my posts and going “Wow! He just overdubbed another guitar part!”? I don’t think so. [...]
“Complaints! Complaints!/Wotta old bag!”
Not “back in the garage” but at a locale close to a Havana police station, Porno Para Ricardo rallied and rocked for a whole song and a half last Saturday night. Then the cops came. It may seem almost trivial from here, but these are baby steps towards freedom. “Buenas noches….nos han informado que ustedes [...]
PPR: El Policia De la Cultura (the Cuban “Mexican Standoff” continues)
Subject matter has been pretty relevant to PPR lately. They were invited to play at an art gallery in Havana last night and Castro, Inc. forced its postponement (by way of releasing a laughable statement discrediting the event by attempting to tie it to Bush…what’s not funny is that the people behind the statement can [...]
Recording new Frank’s Enemy tune: Submarine
It’s a cover of a Porno Para Ricardo song, “El Submarino,” translated to English by moi. I finished the drums last night (no I didn’t play them, I used this, and I’m very happy), and started practicing the git (my old Ibanez downtuned to drop B). It got me into the old mood. Check this [...]
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