In 1990 The Ex release a split live-cassette with the Dog Faced Hermans called Treat. When Dog Faced Hermans take a year off their guitarist Andy Moor joins The Ex. More releases follow that year, including the first ever Ex release on cd. In January 1991 The Ex and New York cellist Tom Cora go [...]
The Ex Files: The next decennium (1990-1991)
June 28, 2010
The Ex Files: The early years (1989)
June 21, 2010
During the summer of 1989 The Ex record another double-LP, Joggers & Smoggers, at Amsterdam’s squatted ADM-complex, an old shipyard. The Ex are supported by a whole slew of guest musicians, such as Ab Baars (who will also perform at Incubate 2010), Wolter Wierbos, Wilf Plum from Dog Faced Hermans, and Sonic Youth‘s Lee Ranaldo [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (1987-1988)
June 14, 2010
More releases follow after the 1936 single and 1987 sees the band touring all over Europe in an original fire engine. Later that year they form a band called Antidote together with British punkers Chumbawamba and record the 7″ Destroy Fascism!. Also an Antidote bootleg 7″ appears carrying the title One Does Not Sell The [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (1984-1986)
June 7, 2010
In collaboration with the anarchist quarterly Gramschap (Anger), The Ex release a split 7″ with the Iraqi Kurdish group Awara in 1984, their first encounter with non-western musicians. Non-western music will prove to be of great importance for The Ex in their later developments. In the same year they do a benefit tour with Morzelpronk [...]
[Watch] Störung Ost (documentary about punk in the GDR)
June 1, 2010
Punk is not the first word to spring to mind when talking about the GDR is it? But also in the communist dictatorship of the GDR there was quite a scene. Some bands were allowed by the government, others weren’t. There are some very interesting articles (and here) on this matter. Apart from the documentary [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (1980-1984)
May 31, 2010
In June 1980 The Ex make their recording debut: the 7″ EP All Corpses Smell The Same. Two more releases follow that same month: a 7″ flexi-disc for the anarchist punk magazine Raket from Rotterdam, and a contribution to Utregpunx, a 7″ vinyl compilation. In October they release their first LP Disturbing Domestic Peace. In [...]
The Ex Files: The early years (formation, 1979)
May 25, 2010
The Ex has been a highly influential band in punk, experimental and avant-garde scenes for over three decades now. In 1979 the band formed out of the squat scene of Amsterdam and Wormer and has since then developed into a prominent musical force covering such diverse styles as punk, noise, rock, jazz, improvisation, and ethnic [...]
The Ex Files: Beautiful Frenzy
May 17, 2010
Watch this trailer of Christina Hallström and Mandra Wabäck’s Beautiful Frenzy, a documentary on legendary Dutch anarcho punk/noise/avant garde collective The Ex. The Ex will perform and curate an evening at Incubate 2010 on Monday September 13th.
Punk in Africa
May 11, 2010
National Wake Punk in Africa is a feature length documentary currently in the making by a team of African and Czech documentary makers. The film will focus on the role of punk music, style and subcultures in the political and social upheavals in Africa at the end of the 20th century. Punk in general has [...]
New Pirate Love songs
February 17, 2010
Remember the excellent young Norwegian garage band Pirate Love from last year’s Incubate? The band posted some new songs on their Myspace page. They call their new single “a sonic journey through the vicious hallucinations of psychotropic drug use, mixed with finnish vodka…and ice cream”, sounds good! Our beloved pirates are heading over to the [...]
