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You've Only Got Yourself To Blame |
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| Location: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | Dec 12, 2007 (746 days back) |
About Me |
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"Vibrant, threatening and song-writing-wise as good as any of their mentors" Is This Music? magazine Stroszek are named after the 1976 Werner Herzog film. 'Zek' is Russian slang for 'prisoner' or 'inmate'. VIDEO: DANCING ON THE MOTORWAY Stroszek are unconventional and uncompromising to say the least. Opting to use a drum machine instead of a drummer is one example and it has given the band a more versatile and exciting edge. Some songs are tinged with electronic dance-like rhythms, some are epic, soul-destroying anthems and others are intense moments of atmospheric beauty. Stroszek have created a style of music where the beautifully melodic Fender Jazzmaster guitars flow over the driving and sometimes brutal bass whilst the Bowie-esque vocals oscillate from dark drones to wails of repine to create an excitingly peerless sound. Unlike most bands these days, ‘The Zek’ put equal emphasis on the importance of both the music and the words and they are not scared to speak the truth. The words sometimes even seem to contradict the music, which leads to exciting and interesting results. Tackling themes such as corruption, genocide, nationalism, imperialism and longing among others, there is no chance that people will be suffocated by the over-used ‘Girl Meets Boy’ themes associated with most contemporary bands. Indeed, it is more likely to take on the subjects of ‘MP meets boy’. The subjects are serious but often filled with irony and sometimes delivered in a ‘tongue-in-cheek’ style. The path towards electronic music continues but the band are now versatile and accomplished enough to write catchy, anthemic choruses in songs such as ‘The Saltire’ or ‘Dancing On The Motorway’, epic and intense songs such as ‘Dialysis’ or ‘Hear The Screams’ and dark but uplifting electronic pieces such as ‘Let The Chaos Begin’ or ‘Burning Libraries’. With time it becomes harder to pin the band down to a specific genre. Versions of the songs on this page can be found on the self-produced EP which contains the tracks: You've Only Got Yourself To Blame The Saltire Railway of Bones Dialysis You can contact the band via this page for a copy, or purchase via the 'Sell Ourselves Just To Survive' section of the main website at www.stroszek.co.uk. Tell us what you think of the songs but the best way to show the band support is by joining The Zek at the gigs and sampling an ever increasingly diverse mix of songs. For gig bookings and other info contact: stephenmckee247@hotmail.com www.myspace.com/FlowersInTheDustbin "Ignorance is held in contempt; but a dangerous scepticism has succeeded it" Jean-Jacques Rousseau VIDEO: HEAR THE SCREAMS: "I have been unable to live an uncommitted or suspended life. I have not hesitated to declare my affiliation with an extremely unpopular cause." Edward SaidJoin Stroszek @ Bebo: Stroszek http://Stroszek.bebo.com/ Myspace Contact Tables MyGen Profile Generator |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 6/11/2005Band Website: stroszek.co.uk Band Members: Richey James Robertson: Voice / Synth Les Willox: Guitar / Synth / Programming WORDS: Hypocrisy Howard Devoto Death Taxes Noam Chomsky Billy Bragg Malcolm Eden Bill Hicks International Politics Truth Manic Street Preachers John Pilger Bruno S. Injustice Octave Mirbeau The past The future The Clash James Mudriczki Only Fools and Horses Bertrand Russell Morrissey The Press Ian Curtis Conflict Peace Anti-Fascism Werner Herzog Edward Said Peter Singer David Bowie "These are the times that try mens souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" Thomas Paine Sounds Like: Stroszek Record Label: Flowers in the Dustbin Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Live Electronics/Minimalist/Post pun |
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My Blog |
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Update |
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| Thanks to those who have came to see us, bought our EP or gave us support over the last year. We have one last gig left this year at the Crowbar in Paisley, which will be fun as it is a new place for ... Posted by Stroszek on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 08:00:00 PST |
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Barfly Gig Review |
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| A quick review of the Barfly gig with Harris Tweed on September 26th from Bluesbunny.com:
'Stroszek began the night with a set of Chomsky-ite electro-pop, which served both as a pleas... Posted by Stroszek on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:37:00 PST |
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Cd Review.... |
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A quick review of the Demonstration CD in Is This Music? magazine
Reassuringly, Stroszek are indeed named after a Werner Herzhog film. And they are indeed a band out of time- quoting T... Posted by Stroszek on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 09:06:00 PST |
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www.stroszek.co.uk |
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| The main website will be down for a short time while me and Doug sort out domain issues and boring bureaucratic behind-the-scenes technicalities.
It shall return soon though so keep checking back.
You... Posted by Stroszek on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:14:00 PST |
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Manchester, Revisited |
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| With bleary-eyes and equipment in hand (so to speak) we boarded the Manchester Piccadilly-bound train to return to the English city we had visited the previous year not feeling like fishes out of wate... Posted by Stroszek on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 06:26:00 PST |
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Exchanging Palare |
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| Another enjoyable evening at The Exchange in Edinburgh on Saturday night. Much appreciation is distributed to everyone that made the effort to join us.
Paul T Cowan has provided us with some more new ... Posted by Stroszek on Wed, 16 May 2007 11:12:00 PST |
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EP on Sale Now! |
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| Just to let everyone know that our new EP, featuring versions of 'You've only Got Yourself To Blame', 'The Saltire', 'Railway Of Bones' and 'Dialysis', is now available priced £1.99. The CD is current... Posted by Stroszek on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:31:00 PST |
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Our updated website |
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| We've recently had a major overhaul of our main website, www.stroszek.co.uk. As well as changing server and rebuilding the site from scratch, we've added some new things to it, and we'd like to add mo... Posted by Stroszek on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 10:32:00 PST |
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Barfly 24/03/07 |
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| Thanks to everyone who came along to the Glasgow Barfly gig on the 24th of March. Everyone seemed to have a really good night. It was good to see so many people there and special thanks to those ... Posted by Stroszek on Mon, 26 Mar 2007 05:57:00 PST |
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Edinburgh Exchange Gig |
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| A big 'Thank You' to everyone who came along ot the gig at The Exchange in Edinburgh on Saturday (3rd). It was a really enjoyable evening and its good to see so people making the effort to come along ... Posted by Stroszek on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:19:00 PST |
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