Cockroach
Punk/hardcore band from Panningen (The Netherlands) active between 1996-2005. Members: Rinus Guntlisbergen (vocals), Erik Reynders (bass), Kobus Naus (drums) and Bram Nijssen (guitar). The band played 134 live concerts in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, France and Greece. The music was released on vinyl, cd and cassette in own control and in collaboration with independent labels from The Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Austria and USA.
🔗 Cockroach ‘Take Four’ CD, 2004 (K.A.Z. Re-chords, SK) — 🔗 Cockroach ‘Kakkerlakattak’ (demo), 2003 (Self-released, NL) — 🔗 Cockroach / Gride (CZ) split 7” EP, 2002 (K.A.Z. Re-chords, SK) — 🔗 Cockroach ‘Stay Angry’ 7” EP, 2000 (Acme Records, USA) — 🔗 Cockroach / Mihoen! split 7” EP, 2000 (Self-released, NL) — 🔗 Cockroach ‘Lost Generation’ MC (demo), 1998 (Self-released, NL).
Meteen moet ik denken aan het eerste optreden van WPD, of aan optredens van Pandemonium... Wat een energie, wat een kracht!!! Jongens, dit is punk punk punk! Supersnelle hardcorepunk zoals B.T.D. maar superstrak! Van deze band gaan we beslist meer horen, dikke vette aanrader dit!!! — Henk, Kletskop (NL)
Ohromne energicka nahrávka, zanechávajuca v tele vysoko nadpriemerné mnoztvo adrebalinu, ked’to dohralo rozmlátil som svoju izbu na cucky! Tento druh novodobého punku je skvely... sú to dravci! Nemám rád otrepané frázy, ale zazmurim oci, prehitnem horkú slinu a poviem to: Punk as fuck!!! — Rado Uhlik, K.A.Z. (SK)
This release is pressed on a very heavy piece of (red, with black spots) vinyl. It comes wrapped in a cool cardboard sleeve. Neat. Cockroach is a faster, rawer version of Fish from Japan, and their side is pretty damn close to perfect. — Maximumrocknroll (USA)
I was really surprised when I got this record. Cockroach kicks off with six tracks of hyperfast hardcore and I immediately had to think of Charles Bronson. The vocalist uses a high pitched screechy voice and the music is rushing by like a whirlwind. — Short, Fast & Loud (USA)
Na tyhle mladiky z Holandska jsem pel chválu jiz posledni HO. A to hned dvakrát. Takze si to pro porádek zopáknem. Rychly, energicky a radne nasrany HC punk s vybornyma textama a s perfektnim obalem. Co dodat? — Hluboka Orba (CZ)
They champion many of hardcore’s basic tenets: youthful zealotry, DIY ethic, political awareness, and making one hell of a godforsaken racket. — John Evicci, Out Cold / Acme Records (USA)
Die Holländer von Cockroach haben zwei vollkommen überdurchschnittliche Singles unter das Volk gebracht, aber dieser fünf Songs stellen unumstößlich das bisher führende Zeug von denen dar. Shit, Cockroach toben sich hier durch furiosen, berstenden old-school Thrash mit geschrienem Gesang und dabei zerschmettern die Tulpenknicker alles was ihnen über den Weg läuft. — E-zine (DE)
“The new stuff sounds like Amdi Petersens Arme in that complex drawing on loads of hardcore references, but their sound never compromises as anything less than a blistering attack of ultra fast hardcore.” — Stephe Perry, Equalizing X Distort (CAN)
El primer larga duración de esta panda holandesa de auténtico Hardcore cabreado y ochentero siguiendo la estela de sus compatriotas Lärm y de Los Crudos, con ciertos toques de Punk-Rock cabrón que encajan a la perfección entre tanta velocidad. — La Rebelion De Los Antioxidantes (SPA)
