I could not understand a word that WRETCHED & RAW POWER were screaming in my young ears, all I knew is that I loved these two Italian bands and wanted to hear more from their scene. MRR international scene reports were our internet, and kept us connected to the growing global hardcore scene. Also, living in L.A., we were lucky and had GOLDENVOICE as our major punk show promoter, and they could afford to fly bands over for shows. This how I got to see RAW POWER, BGK, SUBHUMANS and others, but what was behind the scenes in the European or Italian punk scenes was still a mystery to us until the internet came into existence and people started sharing their photos with the world. Today, CVLT Nation wants to share with you portraits of 80’s Italian Punk culture!

All Photos from

80s hardcore punk photos

Stiv T.V.O.R. on top of the human pile, 1985 at CCM show in Venlo, Holland, photoby Helge Schreiber

Lancia Fiamme, december 1986 at the AJZ Bielefeld, photo by Helge Schreiber

some italian punks may 1985 at the BGK / Toxic Reasons / Negazione show in Venlo, Holland, photo by Helge Schreiber



KINA in Germany…, photo by Anne Ullrich

Italian punx mob august 1984 at the AJZ Bielefeld, photo by Claudia Schewe



Italian punx mob august 1984 at the AJZ Bielefeld, photo by Helge Schreiber





Alessandro of Raw Power, tnx to Helge Schreiber



Negazione x-mas 1985 at the OOC Squat in Venlo



Negazione in Zurich, Switzerland, tnx to Helge Schreiber



Manimal from Roma, 1986 at the AJZ Bielefeld, German, tnx to Helge Schreiber



Indigesti at the Chi-Chi Clubs in Winterswijk, Holland, photo by Helge Schreiber



Indigesti 1985 at the Eschhaus in Duisburg, Germany, photo by Helge Schreiber

CONTROPOTERE

P.S.A.



Upset Noise



Upset Noise



Wretched



Blue Vomit

Kollettivo

CCM (Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers) 1985 in Venlo, Holland,

photo by Helge Schreiber

Wretched

Stinky Rats

NEGAZIONE Thanx Helge Schreiber



CCM (Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers) 1985 in Venlo, Holland,

photo by Helge Schreiber

Kobra , august 1983 in Leeds, UK, photo by Kim Mullen

Upset Noise

DISPER-AZIONE

Wretched

Upset Noise

RAF Punk

CCM (Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers)

Raw Power

Kobra from Italy, august 1983 in Leeds, UK, photo by Kim Mullen

Wretched

NEGAZIONE, 1988 im Ahoi Hamburg, photo by Thomas Koch,

Raw Power

INDIGESTI, december 1985 at the Eschhaus in Duisburg, Photo Helge Schreiber





Antistress (Milano)

