MG - Palermo, IT Hardcore Punk 1984

Rad hardcore punk band from Palermo ca. 1984. One band member became a photographer and put out an art book of his Palermo photos from the mid-80's (which all of these photos are in). “... I was not planning on being a photographer; I was playing in a punk band called MG and had no idea what I was going to do – the idea of being photographer came from my heart. ... At this time, Palermo was really dark and desolate. It was the time of Mattanza, people of the mafia. The city was at war. One, two, three people were dying every day. It was like a ghost town; there was no one on the streets. But there were some small cultural things to do, a few places to sit and drink. We were a little group of punks, skinheads, goths who played music and kept ourselves. No one really knows about punk scene in Palermo in the 80s because we were very closed. After ‘86, everyone started to do other things. Some moved to Milan and Rome, so we finished totally. The scene was over.” Speaking of Palermo hardcore punk, if anyone has anything by UNDER TRASH (Urlo Dal Sud cassette, etc), I would love to hear it!