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mike champagne

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About Me

OK, to keep it short: punk rocker, photographer, zine editor (xTOO DRUNK TO FUCKx zine, slowly working on the second issue, might change the name though), wannabe record collector, cook (vegetarian), bass player in KNIFE IN THE LEG , also ex member of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL , and a few no longer existing bands such as POEM AFTER AUSCHWITZ, WASTELAND and i had something to do with forming WARDEAD from Edinburgh, Scotland... love to travel, hang out with cool people, play and listen to music, take photos, cook, drink, ride a bike, swim, ...lots of other small things...just to keep my mind off thoughts leading to an alcohol filled depression.

My Interests

music, photography, adventure...

I'd like to meet:

destiny, punks from all over the world and other open minded people...

Music:

various punk shit: severed head of state, his hero is gone, detestation, post regiment, signal lost, suicide blitz, regulations, imperial leather, the vicious, annhilation time, discharge, blood spit nights, warcry, disable, dog soldier, cut-throat, harum scarum, no hope for the kids, from ashes rise, dystopia, framtid, g.i.s.m., disclose, gloom, atrocious madness, hellshock, resist, masskontroll, bury the living, limp wrist, charles bronson, guyana punchline, neurosis, lama, appendix, rudimentary peni, crass, silence, antichrist, (polish) amen, filth of mankind, burning kitchen, tragedy, infekcja, deathreat, siekiera, (kelly era) defiance, world burns to death, artimus pyle, abaddon, moskwa, (early) dezerter, tzn xenna, wolfbrigade/pack, dead kennedys, phalanx, auktion, kylesa, desolation, amdi petersens arme, monster, insuiciety, consume, state of fear, decrepit, evil, deprived, doom, hiatus, endrophobia, funeral, final massakre, religious war, sanctum, segue, s.o. war, sanctus iuda, totalitar, unhinged, warmachine, born dead icons, betercore, homomilitia, criminal damage, brygada kryzys, disfear, guided cradle, kilara, buzzoven, la fraction, lost, remains of the day, yankee wuss, fallout, kaaos, riistetyt, avskum, acursed, shitlickers, anti cimex, p.e.s.d., rattus, fall of the bastards, code 13, damage deposit, storm the tower, call the police...and lots, lots more...as well as other shit: motorhead, led zeppelin, (ozzy era) black sabbath, ("schizophrenia" era) sepultura, ("scum" era) napalm death, guns 'n roses, nirvana, queens of the stone age, the sword, joy division, bjork, turbonegro, L7, (early) maanam...and more

Movies:

Bareja films (and lots of other communism era Polish commedies), Jim Jarmusch films, Shining, Natural Born Killers, American Beauty, From Dusk Till Dawn, River's Edge, Freeway, Ghost World, Dazed and Confused, Happiness, Pulp Fiction, Awakenings, Clockwork Orange, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Tremors, The Exorcist, Braindead, Child's Play, Evil Dead 2...and loads more i forgot to mention...

Television:

Discovery Channel - this bloody channel consumes my precious time...

Books:

Bukowski, Himilsbach and others...i hate myself for not reading as much as i would like to, but i'm a lazy fucker...

Heroes:

not heroes, but these people definately influenced me and what i do:Christine Boarts Larson (for photography)Kelly Halliburton (for playing bass)CRASS - for starting punk the way it was meant to beDISCHARGE - for the d-beat haha

My Blog

back from tour! :)

hey there folks!i just got back from a euro-balkan tour with my band knife in the leg.i just want to say i had a great time, saw some good bands an...
Posted by mike champagne on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 11:10:00 PST

3 times in a row? hope not...

OK... i'm bored. can't sleep. so here's a small update on what i've been up to lately... 1) working on my masters degree essay. it's on zine's. if any of you know good articles/books on zines let me ...
Posted by mike champagne on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:14:00 PST

photos: The Now-Denial [18.03.2007 - Lublin @ Tektura]

The Now-Denial [18.03.2007 - Lublin @ Tektura] the only words that come to my mind are: tight as hell and very fucking intense! hell yes! ...
Posted by mike champagne on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:44:00 PST

photos: Moenster [18.03.2007 Lublin @ Tektura]

Moenster [18.03.2007 Lublin @ Tektura] this was the fourth time i saw these guys live. one of my favourite bands live, since i know i can count on these guys. they always play a good show. this was...
Posted by mike champagne on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST

photos: Crush All Fakes [18.03.2007 Lublin @ Tektura]

Crush All Fakes [18.03.2007 Lublin @ Tektura] this was the last show ever of this local old school hardcore band. while not being a fan of oldschool hardcore i kinda dug this band. maybe because the...
Posted by mike champagne on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:31:00 PST

photos: The Bold And The Beautiful gig [17.03.07 - Pulawy @ Jama]

The Bold And The Beautiful [17.03.2007 - Pulawy @ Jama] it was a strange feeling shooting photos of a band that i used to play in not so long ago. this was their first gig without me in the line-up....
Posted by mike champagne on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:23:00 PST

photos: Crush All Fakes gig [17.03.07 - Pulawy @ Jama]

Crush All Fakes [17.03.2007 - Pulawy @ Jama] this was their official last show. the next day they played in Lublin. and that really was their last show... ...
Posted by mike champagne on Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:20:00 PST

crust-mess thoughts on Knif In The Leg

we're all just a bunch of (bigger or smaller) drunks and antisocial fuckups... ...and we like it! :)
Posted by mike champagne on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:11:00 PST

changes...

no, this isn't about the black sabbath song. lately my life has been a battlefield of two powers - happiness and being totally pissed off...mad fuckin' chaos. it's time for me to take some new steps i...
Posted by mike champagne on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 03:28:00 PST

3 day mini tour - LBN PUNX CHAOS!

3 day mini tour - LBN PUNX CHAOS! -The BOLD And The BEAUTIFUL (www.myspace.com/gitwapunk) (powerviolence thrash punk) -PEOPLE HATE (www.myspace.com/peoplehate) (proletarian grindcore) -KNIFE In The...
Posted by mike champagne on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 07:40:00 PST