For the very first in a new series of MRR Radio shows hosted outside of San Francisco, Alex & Mette school us on the evolution of the punk scene in their native Copenhagen, Denmark, and what’s good now.

Intro song:

SODS – Copenhagen

Before K-Town Was a Thing…

BRATS – I Do What I Wanna Do

ADS – Waiting for the War

KALASHNIKOV – Famler Sig Frem

The Birth of K-Town Hardcore

AMDI PETERSENS ARMÉ – En Borger Af Samfundet

ASBEST – Astumpet

PARAGRAF 119 – Fingrene Væk

GORILLA ANGREB – København I Ruiner

Mid-2000s Moshpit Fuel

NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS – Suicide City

BOMBEREGN – No Tomorrow

NUCLEAR DEATH TERROR – The Darkest Age

DEATH TOKEN – All Dreams Are Nightmares

New Wave of K-Town Hardcore

DOGMATIST – Small Roads

HALSHUG – Sort Sind

JUNTA – Krigen Kommer Snart Til Europa

THE WAR GOES ON – This Shitty Life

PLANET Y – Sort Verden

BIG MESS – Twenties

MOTH – Synthetic Hands

Outro song:

NIGHT FEVER – New Blood

Notes from the DJs: If you want to check out some of the albums mentioned in the set, go to www.thefatpunk.dk and look them up. Top recommendations are the compilations Pærepunk and København I Ruiner.

Find the latest gossip from Copenhagen on www.livinginthecity.dk and be sure to check out www.ktownhardcorefest.org for info on the 2017 edition of Copenhagen’s craziest punk get-together. Don’t miss it!

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