Abstrass

It all started back in 1979….. yeah that’s right. 26 years ago when Erich il-Punk formed Abstrass.
Of course those of you who are into the modern punk scene don’t remember the days of chaos that struck our isle at that time. The band started jamming at Erich’s home and soon there were reports by the neighbours for causing “noise pollution”. So Erich had to find somewhere else to do rehersals ‘cause the chaotic tunes that came out of his bedroom were unbearable.
So off he went to Tigne’ Fortress at Sliema and broke the lock of a filthy basement which was used as a store for old torpedoes, property of the British troops in Malta. After some hassle by the authorities, they gave him permission to use it for rehersals and “Rock Arja” was born. It was the beginning of the rock scene as we know it today. Soon other bands started to use the complex.
Abstrass had many line up changes during the years and many stories to tell.
Musicians came and went, too many to mention, fearing we’d leave someone out. But I’d like to thank them all for the Buzz they gave us.
From the summer of ’86 Ray Schembri (il-Bahri) on guitar, Ray Micallef (il-Hamiemu) on drums joined Erich for what it was to be a permanent line up core. Those who could play bass joined us every now and then. We took part in festivals but nothing that serious. Just for a blast you know!
In 2001 James Spiteri (in-Nemlu) on bass, who happens to be our mate in X-Vandals joined Abstrass and we decided that it was about time to make our head into music and start gigging and writing new stuff.
We started experimenting on a D.I.Y. recording which helped us a lot and in April 2005 went into “Charlie Paletti’s Studio” to record our debut CD. We took 7 hours to record our songs plus some other hours for mixing. The product came out to be more than what we expected.
Currently Abstrass are busy with rehersals for next gig scheduled for the 24th March at Naasha Event Lounge, San Gwann together with our other band mates Subculture and X-Vandals and also with preperations for our 2nd CD. So visit our space frequently for more updates and information.
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