90s Vort’n Vis concerts
*** ‘Vort’n Vis’, Ieper (unless indicated otherwise)
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9 jul ’89: Pietje Roze Konin & … (Bel), Dreft (Bel), Silly Old Fart (Bel)
20 jan ’90: Chronic Disease (Bel), At Last (Bel), Gnuft (Bel), Damage Done (Bel)
24 feb ’90: Scraps (Fra), Ear Damage (Bel), Toespieze (Bel), Just Us (Bel)
22 apr ’90: Memento Mori (Ger), Oerboere (Nl), Chaotic Contrast (Bel)
1 may ’90: The Next World (UK), Headcore (UK), Indian Dream (UK)
24 jun ’90: Pleasant Valley Children (UK), Can’t Decide (UK), Force Fed (UK)
15 sep ’90: Scraps (Fra), Seein’Red (Nl), Trespassers W (Nl), Hiatus (Bel), Exhaustless Revolt (Bel)
28 sep ’90: Dreft (Bel), Coda (Bel), K.U.N.T. (Bel)
13 oct ‘90: Trottel (Hun), Greenhorns (Bel), After All (Bel), Pietje Roze Konin & … (Bel)
27 oct ‘90: Zygote (UK), Bad Influence (Bel), Private Jesus Detector (Bel)
1 nov ’90: Extreme Noise Terror (UK), Filthkick (UK), Private Jesus Detector (Bel), Sloth (Bel)
31 dec ’90: Mushrooms (Bel), Sloth (Bel)
8 feb ’91: Nations On Fire (Bel), Sloth (Bel), Betray (Nl)
23 feb ’91: Acid Rain Dance (Ger), Zank (Ger), Zero Positives (Bel)
16 mar ’91: Scraps (Fra), Private Jesus Detector (Bel), Nations On Fire (Bel), Cry For Change (Bel) ===> 91-03-16 Scraps (photos) & 91-03-16 Nations On Fire – Scraps – Private Jesus Detector (photos)
21 apr ’91: Dirt (UK), Zygote (UK), Hiatus (Bel), Daydream (Bel)
28 apr ’91: Nausea (USA), Turtle Terror (Ger), Chronic Disease (Bel), Holy Guns (Ita) ===> 91-04-28 Nausea – Chronic Disease (photos)
3 may ’91: Majority Of One (USA), Exhaustless Revolt (Bel)
10 may ’91: Earth Citizens (Swi)
8 jun ’91: Go! (USA), Nations On Fire (Bel), Decline (UK), 6 Feet Over (Fra), Spirit Of Youth (Bel)
21 jul ’91: Systemphobia (Bel), Acoustic Grinder (Bel)
18 aug ’91: Oi Polloi (UK), Upside (Ita), One By One (UK), Ten Tennants (UK) ===> 91-08-18 Oi Polloi (photos)
14 sep ’91: [3rd Leed festival] Oi Polloi (UK) ?, Chaotic End (Gre) ?, Neuthrone (Bel)
21 sep ’91: Alians (Pol), Mushroom Attack (Nl), Disorder (UK), Greenhorns (Bel), A Bao A Qou (Bel)
12 oct ’91: Trottel (Hun), Behind The Smile (Fra), Shortsight (Bel), Billy & The EPs (Bel)
23 nov ’91: Headstart (UK), Union Morbide (Nl), Exhaustless Revolt (Bel)
8 dec ’91: Green Day (USA), Doctor and The Crippens (UK)
12 jan ’92: That’s It (USA), Behind The Smile (Fra), Chronic Disease (Bel), Parkinson Square (Bel)
9 feb ’92: Hiatus (Bel), 6 Feet Over (Fra), No Security (Swe), Neuthrone (Bel)
22 feb ’92: Blindfold (Bel), Right Direction (Nl), 6 Feet Over (Fra), Burning Fight (Bel)
8 mar ’92: Born Against (USA), One By One (UK), Nations On Fire (Bel), Pertotal (Bel)
29 mar ’92: Yuppicide (USA), Suffocare (Bel), Blindfold (Bel)
18 apr ’92: Born Against (USA), Feeding the Fire (Nl), No Sense (Nl), A.M.D. (Hun)
25 apr ’92: Feed Your Head (UK)
2 may ’92: Instigators (UK), Nessun Dorma (UK), Kurort (Öst)
24 may ’92: M.D.C. (USA), Positive Youth (Bel), That’s It (USA), Tribe 8 (USA), No More (Lux)
13 jun ’92: Resist (USA), U.F.D. (Ger), Zero Positives (Bel), Pilgrims (Fra), Hiatus (Bel) ===> 92-06-13 Kelly ‘Resist’s extra photos
27 jun ’92: Rorschach (USA), Blurred Vision (Ger), Shortsight (Bel), Planet Coldox (Ger)
25 jul ’92: Hell No (USA), Ego (USA), Decline (UK), War System (Fin), Selfish (Fin), Ivich (Fra)
9 aug ’92: Onward (Nor), Blindfold (Bel), Spirit Of Youth (Bel), Burning Fight (Bel)
29 aug ’92: Sedition (UK), One By One (UK), Dreft (Bel)
5 sep ’92: Ironside (UK), Strong Event (Ger), Blindfold (Bel), Shortsight (Bel), No More (Lux), Feeding The Fire (Nl), Spirit Of Youth (Bel) => 92-09-05 Feeding The Fire (photos)
4 oct ’92: Downcast (USA), Disaffect (UK), Faroutski (Bel), Agent 86 (USA), Farside (USA)
23 oct ’92: Trottel (Hun) ???
1 nov ’92: Nessun Dorma (UK), Bad Influence (Bel), Pleum (Fra), Steve Ignorant’s puppet-show
22 nov ’92: Blechreiz (Ger), Neuthrone (Bel), Corpus Christi (Bel), Hiatus (Bel), Farside (USA)
12 dec ’92: Spina Bifida (Nl), Dreft (Bel), Caducity (Bel), Trail Of Sorrow (Bel)
20 dec ’92: Supertouch (USA), Spirit Of Youth (Bel), Subway Arts (Lux)
6 feb ’93: Subway Arts (Lux), Fleas & Lice (Nl), Xinix (Bel), 4 Minute Warning (Bel)
27 feb ’93: Pissed (USA), Doom (UK), 6 Feet Over (Fra), Acoustic Grinder (Bel)
14 mar ’93: Christ On a Crutch (USA), Anarcrust (Nl), Quite Fresh Phobia (Nl), Wiwisekcja (Pol), Naïve (Rus) ===> 93-03-14 Naïve (photos)
28 mar ’93: Sofa Head (UK), No More (Lux), Alians (Pol), Pissed (USA)
4 apr ’93: Dirt (UK), Hellkrusher (UK), Instigators (UK), Crisis Of Society (Nl) ===> 93-04-04 Hellkrusher – Dirt (photos)
11 apr’ 93: P.N.A.T.S.H. (Ger), Nessun Dorma (UK), Pilgrims (Fra), Vais (Bel)
25 apr ’93: Hiatus (Bel), Congress (Bel), Hopeman Path (Bel), Agathocles (Bel)
1 may ’93: Spitboy (USA), Ivich (Fra), One By One (UK), Bugeyed (UK), Dirt (UK), Sedition (UK) ===> 93-05-01 Spitboy – Dirt (photos)
22 may ’93: Feeding The Fire (Nl), Fingerprint (Fra), Congress (Bel), Part Of Me (Nl)
4 jun ’93: Life But How To Live It (Nor), Dubmerge (UK)
13 jun ’93: Bloodline (USA), Transcend (USA), Schizma (Pol), Spirit Of Youth (Bel), Wheel Of Progress (Bel) ===> 93-06-13 Spirit Of Youth & Wheel Of Progress (extra photos)
[22 aug ’93 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Nations On Fire (Bel), Shortsight (Bel), As Usual (Bel), Hopeman Path (Bel), Congress (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by Vik Bulik and the ‘New Skate Generation’]
4 jul ’93: Disaffect (UK), Subway Arts (Lux), Hiatus (Bel), Badgewearer (UK), Turmoil (Tur)
31 jul ’93: Corrosao Caótica (Por), No More (Lux)
1 aug ’93: Subcaos (Por), Subway Arts (Lux), Scraps (Fra), Private Jesus Detector (Bel)
4 sep ’93: Contropotere (Ita), Herb Garden (UK), Brawl (Ire), Bad Influence (Bel) ===> 93-09-04 Contropotere & Brawl (extra photos)
17 sep ’93: Fingerprint (Fra), De Kift (Nl), Beerepoot Brothers (Nl), Viktor’s Hofnarren (Swi)
19 sep ’93: Nations On Fire (Bel), Strength Of The Will (Bel), Eversor (Ita), Hiatus (Bel)
3 oct ’93: Four Walls Falling (USA), Blindfold (Bel), Dawson (UK), Shortsight (Bel), Concrete Sox (UK) ===> 93-10-03 Four Walls Falling (photos)
24 oct ’93: Wounded Knee (Lux), Toxic Waste (UK), Citizen Fish (UK), Bad Influence (Bel)
7 nov ’93: Yuppicide (USA), Sarcasm (UK), Core (UK), Neuthrone (Bel)
13 nov ’93: Neuthrone (Bel), Inquisitor (Nl), Spithead (Bel), Excess Of Cruelty (Bel)
21 nov ’93: Hellkrusher (UK), Dirt (UK), Chaos UK (UK), Corpus Christi (Bel), Last Years Youth (UK)
20 dec ’93: Assück (USA), ABC Diabolo (Ger), Störfall Mensch (Ger), Rezim (Pol)
8 jan ’94: Congress (Bel), Growing Concern (Ita), Blindfold (Bel), Shortsight (Bel) ===> 94-01-08 Blindfold & Shortsight (extra photos)
30 jan ’94: AOS3 (UK), Unhinged (Bel), Trom (Swi), Intestinal Disease (Bel)
5 feb ’94: Varukers (UK), 4 Minute Warning (Bel), Corpus Christi (Bel), Agathocles (Bel)
5 mar ’94: Health Hazard (UK), Kitchener (UK), Nessun Dorma (UK), Ex Cathedra (UK), As Usual (Bel) ===> 94-03-05 Ex Cathedra & Kitchener (extra photos)
9 apr ’94: Scraps (Fra), Acme (Ger), State Of Grace (Bel) [benefit for the Anne Frank foundation]
23 apr ’94: Sarcasm (UK), Undone (Fra), Fingerprint (Fra), Rood Arch (Fra) [benefit for an Indonesian study-project]
[7 may ’94 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Egotrip (Ger), Fingerprint (Fra), Abyss or Acme ? (Ger), Blindfold (Bel), Spirit Of Youth (Bel), Settle For Less (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by Vik Bulik and the ‘New Skate Generation’]
8 may ’94: Panikos (Gre), Egotrip (Ger), Virtual Reality (UK), Nancy And I (Ger)
22 may ’94: Sleeper (USA), Disaffect (UK), Rectify (UK), Kosjer D (Bel)
27 may ’94: Archbishop Kebab (UK), Bedlam Hour (USA)
6 aug ’94: Doom (UK), One By One (UK), Sedition (UK), Juggling Jugulars (Fin), Fauna (Fin), Hiatus (Bel), Totaal Marginaal (Bel), Extinction Of Mankind (UK) ===> 94-08-06 Hiatus – Unhinged (photos)
19 aug ’94: Spawn (Ger), Congress (Bel), Kosjer D (Bel)
16 sep ’94: Insane Youth (Bel), Corpus Christi (Bel), Zabloudil (Cze), Força Macabra (Fin)
17 sep ’94: Citizen Fish (UK), AOS3 (UK), Bender (UK), Inkisiçao (Por), Bad Influence (Bel), Selfish (Fin), Agathocles (Bel), Der Machinisten (Bel) ===> 94-09-17 Inkisiçao & AOS3 (extra photos)
18 sep ’94: Rain Like The Sound Of Trains (USA), Ivich (Fra), Oi Polloi (UK), X-Acto (Por)
1 oct ’94: Jawbreaker (USA), Undone (Fra), Lash Out (Nor), Bitter Smile (Fra)
[2 oct ’94 (‘Flodder’, Langemark): Lash Out (Nor), Blindfold (Bel), Congress (Bel)]
5 nov ’94: Malva (Ger), Spit Acid (Ger), Peace Of Mind (Ger), Recusant (UK)
[12 nov ’94 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Shortsight (Bel) [last concert], Blindfold (Bel), Congress (Bel), The Jedi (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by Vik Bulik and the ‘New Skate Generation’]
19 nov ’94: Svart Snö (Swe), Greenscab (Swe), Abyss (Ger), Rood Arch (Fra)
10 dec ’94: Liar (Bel), Systemphobia (Bel), Vanilla (Fra), Kosjer D (Bel), Bitter Smile (Fra)
31 dec ’94: Subcaos (Por), Carcer Molochi (Bel), Chosen Choice (Pol)
8 jan ’95: Sticks & Stones (USA), Congress (Bel), Autonomia Indigena (Fra), Sherry (Bel)
29 jan ’95: Ambush (Ger), Neuthrone (Bel), Fabric (UK), Badgewearer (UK), Vanilla (Fra), Liar (Bel)
5 mar ’95: Naked Aggression (USA), Kurort (Öst), Carcer Molochi (Bel), Propaghandi (Can)
25 mar ’95: Peace Of Mind (Ger), Blindfold (Bel), Regression (Bel), Liar (Bel)
9 apr ’95: Strain (Can), Mainstrike (Nl), Rancor (Nl), Congress (Bel)
28 apr ’95: Seein’Red (Nl), Stack (Ger), Zemezluc (Cze), Acme (Ger), Gluebag (Bel)
29 apr ’95: Dropdead (USA), Dirt (UK), Deconsume (Bel), Wordbug (UK), Final Warning (USA), M.V.D. (Ger), Suffer (UK), Miskatonic University (Ita) => 95-04-29 photos ‘Ceaseless Suffocation’ festival
14 may ’95: Aus-Rotten (USA), Concrete Sox (UK)
18 jun ’95: Avail (USA), Four Walls Falling (USA), Sensefield (USA), Faroutski (Bel)
2 jul ’95: Policy Of 3 (USA), Malva (Ger), Kosjer D (Bel), Ananda (Fra), Nothing Left To Grasp (Ger)
9 jul ’95: Varukers (UK), Chaos UK (UK), Fleas & Lice (Nl), Chosen Choice (Pol), Muggles (Bel)
14 jul ’95: Manfat (UK), Kito (UK), Baby Harp Seal (UK)
[11 aug ’95 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Lifetime (USA), State Of The Nation (USA), Blindfold (Bel), Congress (Bel), The Jedi (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by Vik Bulik and the ‘New Skate Generation’]
18 aug ’95: The Jedi (Bel), Solid (Bel), Burning Defeat (Ita)
8 sep ’95: Brawl (Ire), Tim De Graeve (Bel)
15 sep ’95: Undone (Fra), Suffer (UK), Carol (Ger)
[7 oct ’95 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Agathocles (Bel), Family Of Dog (Bel), Rhymes Of Destruction (Bel), Hard Resistance (Bel), Ancient Rites (Bel), … * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – ‘Openminded’ festival organised by Frederic Driessens & Kristof Deconinck]
14 oct ’95: Defiance (USA), Cluster Bomb Unit (Ger), Stalingrad (UK), Sabot (USA)
20 oct ’95: Onward (Nor), Mainstrike (Nl)
11 nov ’95: Starkweather (USA), Sheen (Bel) [was announced but the Americans had troubles with their tour]
20 jan ’96: Misery (USA), Extinction Of Mankind (UK), Carcer Molochi (Bel)
17 mar ’96: Kort Prosess (Nor), Kurort (Öst), Seein’Red (Nl)
24 mar ’96: Undone (Fra), Vanilla (Fra), Carol (Ger), Rusty James (Ger), Outrage (Bel)
13 apr ’96: Insane Youth (Bel)
[4 may ’96 (‘Maekeblijde’, Poperinge): Resist The Pain (Bel), Voices At The Front (Bel), Solid (Bel), Vitality (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area]
12 may ’96: Feeding The Fire (Nl), Resist The Pain (Bel), Sektor (Bel), Kindred (Bel), Shaft (Ger), Voices At The Front (Bel) ===> 96-05-12 Voices At The Front – Resist The Pain (photos) & 96-05-12 Feeding The Fire – Kindred – Sektor (photos)
19 may ’96: Ebola (UK), Rubbish Heap (Bel), Insane Youth (Bel)
[25 jun ’96 (‘Jeugdstadion’, Ieper): Congress (Bel), Sektor (Bel), 7 Hate Day (Bel) [ex Neuthrone], … * actually not a VV gig – ‘Nacht van de 1001 Salamanders’]
[11 aug ’96 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Blindfold (Bel), Congress (Bel), Liar (Bel), Vitality (Bel), Voices At The Front (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by Vik Bulik and the ‘New Skate Generation’]
18 aug ’96: Spineless (Bel), Resist The Pain (Bel), Stampin’ Ground (UK), Vanilla (Fra), Approach To Concrete (Ger), Bruma (Ita) , Separation (Swe), Swing Kids (USA), With Love (Ita) ===> 96-08-18 Swing Kids (extra photos)
20 sep ’96: D.D.I. (Ita), Boycot (Nl), Eversor (Ita)
22 sep ’96: Strain (Can), Ananda (Fra), Systral (Ger), Elision (Ger), Sektor (Bel), Vitality (Bel), Family Of Dog (Bel) ===> 96-09-22 Strain – Elision (photos) & 96-09-22 Sektor – Vitality (photos)
26 oct ’96: Los Crudos (USA), Keith McHenry (Food Not Bombs)
2 nov ’96: Chamberlain (USA), Blindfold (Bel)
[1 jan ’97 (‘De Gilde’, Poperinge): Timebomb (Ita), Solid (Bel), Regression (Bel), Vitality (Bel), … * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by H8000 Crew]
15 mar ’97: Gwyllions (Bel), Lunatic Society (Bel), Little White Feet (Bel), Primal Urge (Bel)?
30 mar ’97: The Locust (USA), Separation (Swe), Serene (Swe), Jenny Piccolo (USA)
4 may ’97: External Menace (UK)
31 may ’97: Dead Infection (Pol), Sufficide (Fra), Suppository (Nl), Kadath (Ger), Distress (Nl)
14 jun ’97: Sleepytime Trio (USA), Fourhundred Years (USA), Reiziger (Bel)
12 sep ’97: Ebola (UK), Link (Bel)
25 oct ’97: D.S.A. (Bel), Sorehead (Bel), Eclipse (Bel)
28 oct ’97: Hellkrusher (UK), Boycot (Nl), Insane Youth (Bel), Disbeer (Fra)
[15 nov ’97 (‘De Gilde’, Poperinge): Lifecycle (Bel), Spineless (Bel), Facedown (Bel), Out For Blood (Bel), Spirit Of Youth (Bel), Natural Order (Bel)… * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by Vincent Tetaert]
16 jan ’98: Serial Butcher (Bel), Natron (Ita), Mharbh (Ita), Damn Nation (Fra)
13 feb ’98: Katastrophobia (Bel), Insane Youth (Bel), Charlie Don’t Surf (Bel), Bruce (Bel), End Of Ernie (Bel) [benefit for Dirk Van Alboom’s wife and kid]
21 feb ’98: Divide & Conquer (USA), Robotnicka (Fra), Mad Punk Disease (Nl)
28 feb ’98: Stalker (Ger), Lea (Fra), Hellcorn (Bel), Rikard Zaroi (Fra)
7 mar ’98: ???
14 mar ’98: Born From Pain (Nl), Surface (Ger), Anticipation (Ger), Legion (Bel), Conspiracy (Bel)
29 mar ’98: Stratford Mercenaries (UK), Counter-Attack (Bel)
19 apr ’98: Infekcja (Pol), Sarah (Fra), Enough! (Pol), Cornucopia (Bel), Muggles (Bel)
[24 may ’98 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Outrage (Bel), Link (Bel), Factory Pilot (Bel), Mainstrike (Nl), Lifecycle (Bel), Mise-En-Scene (Bel), Voices At The Front (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by Vik Bulik and the ‘New Skate Generation’]
5 jun ’98: Mad Punk Disease (Nl), Slum Gang (UK), G.D.B. (Fra)
1 aug’ 98: Immured (Ger), Mindflair (Ger)
25 sep ’98: Vomitory (Swe), Deranged (Swe), Last Days Of Humanity (Nl)
[26 sep ’98 (‘De Gilde’, Poperinge): (Animal Truth Benefit) Congress (Bel), Arkangel (Bel), Clouded (Bel), Solid (Bel), Spineless (Bel), Length Of Time (Bel), 187 (Bel), …]
23 oct ’98: Natron (Ita), Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition (Fra), Gallow (Bel)
14 nov ’98: Detestation (USA), Hellcorn (Bel), Link (Bel)
28 nov ’98: Dipsomanie (Fra), Malaka (Fra), …
[28 nov ’98 (‘Flodder’, Langemark): Congress (Bel), Vitality (Bel), Deformity (Bel), Spineless (Bel), Sorehead (Bel)]
[29 may ’99 (‘Kouter’, Poperinge): Algolanie (Fra), Insane Youth (Bel), Link (Bel), Holefiller (Bel), Hellcorn (Bel) * actually not a VV gig, but in the area – organised by ?]
25 jun ’99: Standing 8 (Can), 8 Days Of Nothing (Swe), Shank (UK), Hernandez (UK), Lifecycle (Bel)
26 jun ’99: Faroutski (Bel), The Lovehandles (Bel)
27 jun ’99: Shai Hulud (USA), Intensity (Swe), Hebriana (Bel), Clouded (Bel), Alignment (Bel)
10 sep ’99: Phobia (USA), Yacøpsae (Ger)
12 sep ’99: ???
27 nov ’99: Congress (Bel), Solid (Bel), Lifecycle (Bel), Striker (Bel), Kalashnikov (Bel), …
29 dec ’99: Abrogate (Bel)
8 apr ’00: Malaka (Fra), Abrogate (Bel), The Muppetz ()
27 may ’00: Impiety (Sin), Pentacle (Nl), Celestia (Fra)
16 jul ’00: Abstain (USA), Lifecycle (Bel), Firestone (Bel)
21 jul ’00: Abrogate (Bel)
17 aug ’00: Retaliate (Bel), Surge Of Fury (Bel), Killed In Action (Fra)
11 nov ’00: Link (Bel), Edgecrusher (Bel), Forcible (Bel)
17 mar ’01: Edgecrusher (Bel), Modilia (?), Cradle Of Dismission (?)
Also:
Headache (UK), Breach (Swe), Scatha (UK), …
Ypres…the ‘epicentre’ of the hardcore scene :-)
Here’s a list of hardcore/punk bands I used to listen to when I first got into the scene…(not in any particular order…) [Had to cut is short for a lack of space :-)]:
‘Oi Polloi’ / ‘Sofa Head’ / ‘Spermbirds’ / ‘H.D.Q.’ / ‘5Les’/ ‘Doom’ / ‘Chaos UK’ / ‘Ripcord’ / ‘Heresy’ / ‘F.U.A.L.’ / ‘Political Asylum’ / ‘Bambix’ / ‘Sedition’ / ‘Disaffect’ / ‘S.N.F.U.’ / ‘M.D.C.’/ … I guess I can go on for quite a bit longer but that would lead me too far… [Henk mailed some bits and stories that will appear as posts gradually take form…]
There also was a gig once (can’t remember when) of a German band called ‘P.N.A.T.S.H.’ (abbreviation for ‘Paice, Nic And The Stringkilling Homosexual’). They were a ‘queercore’ band that played a mix of punk & dub-reggae and were quite original! If I’m not mistaken they were from Berlin…
‘Growing Concern’ (Ita) played there twice (93 & 94 probably). Once with ‘Congress’; with their first singer [Brob: I think he’d left then already.] and a brawl between him & the audience about his pro-life ideas…
The Vort’n Vis, for me personally, is associated with great concerts and a straight-edge scene to which we didn’t belong at all; but it was always fun to be the outsider ;-)
I was looking for some info on ‘Sore Throat’ and got to your blog. You’ve got very nice stuff there, man! I Always loved ‘Sore Throat’, ‘Pleasant Valley Children’, ‘Heresy’, ‘Concrete Sox’, ‘Disorder’, ‘Lifecycle’, ‘Jailcell Recipes’ and much more.. Thanks a lot for this and keep on spreading these memories!
Cristiano, metal and grind/noisecore fan from Brazil
The best concerts at the Vort’n Vis, to me, were: ‘Nausea’, ‘M.D.C.’, ‘Oi Polloi’, ‘No Security’, ‘Zygote’, ‘Doom’, ‘Scraps’, ‘Hiatus’…and I’m forgetting about a hundred…
Great to read all these memories and stories of different people. I only visited the V.V. a handful of times back in the mid 90s (together with the boys of ‘Deconsume’: Bart Jansen, Koen Luycks, Michiel Mostmans, etc. – after a 5 hour or so trainride all the way from the North of Belgium) but for sure it has left a lasting impression on me. I clearly recall seeing ‘Subcaos’, ‘Deconsume’, ‘Dropdead’, ‘Hiatus’, ‘One by One’ (or was it ‘Health Hazard’), ‘Doom’, etc.
The Vort´n Vis was for me definitely one of the Top10 venues of the European DIY-underground of the early/mid-90s! I played there (‘Selfish’, ‘Forca Macabra’, ‘Uutuus’) about a dozen times within a few years time and saw many really cool shows there. I guess a lot of this was coordinated by Bruno [Brob: And a bunch of shitworkers!] of Genet recs, good job there! Well, I´m still on the same road. I hope that many kids like me are reading this blog and can still feel the same energy…
I visited the old Vort’n Vis many times as it was one of the greatest places for punk/HC-concerts at that time. Usually went there with my distro. Can ‘t remember all the bands I’ve seen there…but I do know there was always a good atmosphere and it was wortwhile to drive all the way down from The Nederlands. Problem was always finding a sleeping-place when there was none left inside… So we slept outside in the garden near the church…:-)
Pity that at a certain moment it relocated and became a much bigger festival: the charm of it all disappeared.
Marcel (Nooit Meer zine)
I visited the V.V. many times… [Pawel’s recollections will appear in posts on appropriate gigs.] Besides the September fest [Leed] I was also coming to the hardcore fests in August but I never liked it as much as that other one…
Anyway I recall the V.V. as a really great place, something really familar; also a place where I met so many friends from all over Europe (Many of whom I am still in touch with after all these years!) and obviously saw plenty of amazing bands (‘Doom’, ‘Hiatus’, ‘E.O.M.’, ‘Juggling Jugulars’, ‘One By One’, ‘Selfish’, ‘Força Macabra’, ‘Spite’, ‘Bad Influence’, ‘P.A.I.N.’, ‘Seein’Red’, …). Really a place to remember…
Like the Baron says on the album of the century: “Those days will never come again.” and he’s fucking right. Hail ‘Amebix’!
Good memories of the Vort’n Vis, apart from the horrible mattresses in the sleeping quarters upstairs! I was always a bit too hygienic and clean to be a crust warrior, I’m afraid…
I still remember a superb gig by ‘Citizen Fish’ and various things about blind drummers, bare breasts, puking band-members on stage, smashed bottles, drunk people peeing on their dog, … And exciting discussions between various factions (a certain Brob seemed to be very good at that :-) …)
I was at the Vort’n Vis quite often. Saw loads of bands (‘M.D.C., ‘Chaos UK’, ‘Disorder’, ‘Doom’, ‘Scraps’, ‘Toxic Waste’ and many others). Here in Antwerp the joint had a bit of a reputation of being a straight-edge and crust place (Can that be combined?). We had crusties here but straight-edge…that was a bit weird for us. You didn’t see those in Antwerp – at least not back then. Luckily there were always bands that brought us back to the essence… As the singer of ‘M.D.C.’ told me before their gig: “It’s quite okay to drink, you know”. ;-) Despite everything (cough), I always liked coming to the Vort’n Vis, and always had a good time.
Sorry to the lady of the shop around the corner for the shoplifting…