The Reviews
CZOLGOSZ -- Liberation, CD Let me take a
guess...Czolgosz really like Anti-Falg, Propaghandi $ Blanks 77. Hmmmm...and I
guess flipping the bird in your group shot passes for anarchy these days. So
FUCKING predictable! WHile they're attacking hipsters with "Style Over
Substance," they ought to step out of their glass house and look into the
mirror. Tell me, what do you hope to accomplish by attacking pacifists? Jack
asses. For the record guys, the Sandinistas are now just as corrupt, if not more
so, than the regime they fought against nearly 20 years ago. Failed
revolutionary movements that have become what they once despised are not the
best examples in politicizing and empowering others. Possibly another Politik
Punk posture, possibly an honest but unfocused unit, maybe Czolgosz will figure
out with their next record. (GS) Punk Planet # 48 Mar/Apr 2002
CZOLGOSZ
Liberation
The style is punk rock -- burping out the
three-cord-lifestyle in a very polite manner. Reminding me of almost any Unseen
song or the early stuff of Rancid, the music makes me want to spaz like Iggy Pop
and scream like the guy from Pantera. But the lyrics are another story. I crave
political punk because it challenges the system of suburbia and that averge Joe
in the suit. "Proud Americans" though, pisses me off because I think
they have no right talking about how America "raped" other countries.
I imagine them sitting in their rich parent's house with food in the fridge
while I site here in my family's one-bedroom apartment with a kitchen the size
of a broom closet.
Czolgosz' music is worthwhile but when they
start most of their songs in a different language it just flaunts that they were
born in the suburbs and that their parent's influence of multiculturism was
their second hand smoke. In couple of years I think Czolgosz will understand
that they were posers and in their realization they will stumble upon a bigger
thruth.
(Ilya) The Noise #216 Nov. 2001
CZOLGOSZ
Guernica
My wife happened to catch these screamy
hotheads on public access TV last week, which prompted her to drag me out of the
office to watch.
"Why would anybody sound like this on
purpose?" she innocently asked.
"Well, I think it's 'cause they're
anarchists," I guessed. She flipped the channel and shrugged.
"Yeah, well--then anarchy sucks."
No wonder I married this chick. Her logic is
impeccable. Czolgosz named themselves after the Emma-Goldmanworshipping nut that
shot McKinley back in 1901. With names like Matctzy (Bass) and Czkelzler
(Guitar), I'm guessing they're not originally from Boston, unless those are just
some complicated punk aliases. They sound like a very early hardcore band, like
the Drongos, or Dead Kennedy's, somethin' like that. They've got a song that
says "Fuck Bush" over and over, in exactly the same tuneless, yelping
way bands used to scream "Fuck Reagan" 20 years ago. They also appear
to be magling "Danny Boy" at some point, too. Oh, and they don't like
Fascists, and spend 15 tracks worth of flailing thrashpunk to tell you this.
Well, no fuckin' duh Czolgosz, Nobody likes fascists. But hey, thanks for
battering my ears like an angry mondey about it for half an hour, though.
(Sleazegrinder) The Noise #236 Nov 2003
Czolgosz "Guernica" CD No matter how
I many times I hear these guys studio stuff, I just can't get into it. Political
Punk that's intanse and serious as a heart attack. Jello would be proud. I'm a
big fan of their live sets but, their records dont it for me. I guess they are
touring Europe soon so people must be liking this, I'm just not one of them. (P)
FNS #13 Sep 03
(also from FNS #13, selection of the live
reveiw of the 11.Aug.03 gig at All Asia cafe withThe Profits, Czolgolz and the
Knox )
...I'm not a big fan of Czolgolz's recorded
material, but I'm a fan of them live. They put on a good, energized set and fill
the in-between song silences with some political type preaching. I would
normally find that kind of stuff annoying, but somehow it was tolerable. Lots of
energy and there is nothing like a half-in-the-bag singer talking shit about the
US, President Bush and other world events....
And a review of the early Pre "Czolgosz"
days...
FUCTOOBS/HIPPIEHUNGCHRIST Historectome 19
songs
High energy snotty punk rants that are so lo-fi you almost don't notice how
trite most of them are, and vise versa. (Butch) Make the Crass circa
"Feeding of the 5000" come off like Mantovani at his most cornball.
Makes early fast product/mutant pop singles like "Never been in a
riot" and "32 Weeks" sound as slick as Liberace's pecker. Pass.
(Brenda) 2 Stars (poor)
The Noise #176 Nov 1997
But still two starts not one!
Czolgosz: Guernica - Rodent Popsicle Records (by
Houdy, 1.9. 2003)
Tahle americká kapela hraje zajímavý mix punk a oldschool hardcore v duchu
kapel jako Minor Threat nebo Youth Brigade. Hudba je definitivně hardcore
punk, tak, jak má podle mě znít, a onen oldschool zvuk je v ní
zatraceně slyšet a dává o sobě hodně vědět.
Kromě náboje a rychlosti si z něj kapela místy vypůjčuje
bicí a téměř pořád i zvuk kytary.
Nové album Guernica otevírá rychlá vypalovačka "No War But the
Class War", kde kapela bez obalu předvede to nejlepší co umí a která
vám okamžitě nakope zadek a bez milosti přinutí poslechnout si
(nejednou) celé album. Už čtvrtá píseň jakoby vypadla z dema
newyorské hc kapelky z počátku osmdesátých let, oldschool hc nářez
jak má být, ale pořád punk.
V deváté písničce "What's the Point" kapela ukazuje, že
ji není cizí ani pomalejší tempo, a její refrén je jako stvořený
pro singalong. V následujícím válu "Cockroach" si Czologosz
vypomohli dokonce jakýmsi dvoutónovým pískátkem, které má asi simulovat
hmyzí projev :-) Duch osmdesátek se znovu objeví v šestatřiceti
sekundové sypačce Benedict Arnold o americkém prezidentovi.
Tahle kapela se sama profiluje jako anarchistická, začíná to například
přepůleným černorudým potiskem CD a ani nepochybujte, jak
jsou orientované její texty. Refrény "antifascist", "fuck
BUSH", nebo "there is a class war it is called poverty" (zuří
třídní válka, jmenuje se chudoba) si budete zítra pozpěvovat v tramvaji.
Tohle CD bych doporučil každému fandovi energického hardcore/punku se
zvukem jak z dob, kdy rozdělení na punk a hardcore ještě
neexistovalo. Melodické, jiskřící, politické...
A pozor: Czolgosz živě v Praze: 22. září ve squattu
Papírna!!!
Primera banda gringa que
editamos; toman el nombre del anarquista Leon Czolgosz (ruso) que en 1901 mató
al entonces presidente americano William McKinley. żPor qué no hay en la
actualidad un Czolgosz que asesine al actual presidente? Sería bueno!!!
Bien, vamos al CD; 18 canciones
de punk/hc, antimilitaristas; en la canción Sandinista suena casi un homenaje a
The Clash. La banda suena potente en todas las canciones, es un disco fuerte,
con buen sonido; una banda interesante y recomendable.