Chorobopop CZ
Former club Vrah, an independent publishing house Malaria and for a very long time now countless excellent bands, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm and its independent scene are legendary. Bands are always original, always with an overlap, always about something, always hit. Three veterans Zaj, Keč, and Ctib have appeared in several significant incarnations of the rich Rožnov scene (for example, in band Telefon). Their current synth-post-punk formation is a tribute to the old new-wave bands, yet at the same time its beat is precise like an atomic watch. Their debut Kočky, krysy, celebrity is receiving a number of laudatory review. Headliner wrote in their review: “Most of all, Chorobopop feels like the essence of the best of the pre-revolutionary Czechoslovak underground music transposed to the present.” Michal Smrčina of Fullmoon said there is “a no-wave cut by a rusty razor, a melancholic pleasantness free of gimmicks. Chorobopop write songs that are both urging and slightly disturbing, they do not need to yell to be heard.” Dáša adds: “I’ve been trying to get Chorobopop to Hájovňa for a long time. They are great people, Ctib is like at home with us, and they play great slightly dance and at the same time straight-forward punk music. Ever since I ran into the gang, I knew it wouldn’t be just like that. This is for life. Definitely a big inspiration for me.”