MilkMan

MilkMan is our Tilburg based 80’s hardcore band from the Netherlands. Once there was a hardcore band called S.R.V. There also was a hardcore band called Kutnaam 1001. It was in the mid-80's era that we and lots of other hardcore bands played in local venues like the BatCave. Ten years later (1994) Kutnaam 1001-vocalist Meeri joined forces with the three S.R.V.-members. From that moment on we existed as MilkMan. The reason for getting together was simple. People didn’t know the real hardcore-music anymore. A lot of young people thought hardcore was all about jumping around on stage. They didn’t know anymore they had to dive off and hit the concrete. So we decided to start a band and show what we thought real hardcore is all about: have fun, drink a beer (before straight edge was invented) and above all be who you are. We started rehearsing and worked on our own material. This resulted in the demo "It's Not a Choice" (1995) and our first cd "Combover World" (1998). Loud, fast and tight was going to be our motto. We played our first gigs and appeared on a couple of compilations.In 2000 Kangaroo Records from Amsterdam started to show interest in the band. Having a reputation for releasing loud and fast hardcore we felt it would be the perfect label for us. In 2001 Kangaroo released our second cd “Fresh Fruit For Rotten Aliens”. The music was the most brutal music we’ve ever made. The reactions to the cd were very good and the MilkMan name started to spread further and further, resulting in more compilations (a.o. the official DRI tribute cd) and a split single with Dutch band Plankton. Live the band is becoming tighter and tighter from playing a lot of shows. Live MilkMan means no nonsense, let the music do the talking, full speed ahead shows. So far we played with bands like D.R.I., UK Subs, Cause for Alarm, Poison Idea, Pro-Pain, M.D.C. and the Anti Nowhere League. In January of 2003 we took off for our first European tour. Together with American label mates Out Cold we played 10 shows in countries like Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic. The tour once again making us tighter and even more dedicated to spread our music over the world of fast hardcore.Early 2003 we released our third album, “Is this Punk enough for you?”, again on the Kangaroo label. Harder, faster, louder, better than ever before! 21 bursting songs in 24 minutes. For the first time the album has been released not only on cd, but also on vinyl. The coming period we'll be working on new songs which we hope to record sometime soon and do a lot more shows.