
Live in Jerusalem
Docent, Lembrik, Losharik
split second before fuck off
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Stena Sracha was formed back in Spring / Summer of 1993 by Bangk and Lembrik,
it was later joined by Boom on drums (also "Epydemia
A", "Anus",
and currently "Modelo Para Armar") and Docent on bass (also
"Anus").
Here is the story of the
band as told by Bangk:
"I was invited to "Epidemia A"
Mishka-Hooishka's (Mikey the Prick) birthday party. The venue was chosen
accordingly, it was a genuine SVALKA (dump) near Holon city. That was THE
party (Boom gave Mishka a dead cat, 1mm thick, as a present, which he
found on the near by highway).
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I was so pissed off during the party that I
actually asked Alex Mooh (also "Epydemia A") to puke on me, which he did
after a few moments of hesitation (people told me that I was running after
him afterwards with a huge chain, but I can't recall that.
A lot of things, that better be left untold, happened that night. Anyway, during
that historic weekend Lembrik asked me to join forces with him and form a
band, I agreed and he called it "Sracha" (shits) which I didn't
like.
The early days
The second chapter in our history was the
first session in Rehovot city. We were supposed to play there, but ...
Imagine, small town, main street, 5 story residential building, on the
second floor a room, which before the gig was some
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Losharik & Boom
few miles away from the frontline |
sort of Russian immigrants center or
something similar ... well the gig was there!!! with "Epydemia A", and in
between some hippy bands, that made punks even more angry, and words like
"Fuck" and "Destroy" started to appear in our heads in all possible
orders.
Sooner or
later, this "Fucking Destroy" in residential building had to come to it's
logical conclusion... well, truly "Fucking Destroy" !!! Everything
inside was destroyed, including the TV set, which some naive people from
the Ministry
of Absorption, that allowed all this to happen, left inside... pogo... Obviously,
we didn't play. We had two choices - to wait until the police
will arrive, or to get the fuck out of there as soon as possible. But the most
important event of that night happened much later. When we came to remains
of an old building in a desolate area to spend the night. I can't recall in what
context it was, but Boom said: "Stena Sracha" (The Shits
Wall) which struck me straight
away - that was
the name !!!
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The first
proper gig we played in Rehovot (again ...), it was, what people call, "the
second Rehovot session", was organized by the same people as was the first
one, but this time it was outdoors, near the Serpentarium rehearsal garage. The funny
thing (kindly speaking) is that in no other place you will find any
mentioning
of Stena Sracha playing there (!), so I will not write a word about those Sov-rock
impotents there. The only other bands worth mentioning were "Epydemia A"
and "Anus". Well, it was a very strange gig, 'coz Lembrik wasn't available, due to health problems, so
I was singing, and for the first
time Boom and Docent played with us (me this time). Only three songs were
performed: State, Ghost and a song that was never played before nor after,
with lyrics by Veronka Zaslavski (my best high school friend), it was called
... ah well, can't remember.
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Haifa sessions
Boom and Docent were from the North (Haifa city and Tirat Carmel ),
Lembrik lived in Holon city and I lived in Ariel, so we decided to
rehearse in Haifa, in Dry Ice Studio. The three weekends in Haifa turned
out to be an absolutely ecstatic experience. We not only rehearsed, but also recorded and,
thanks to VJ Max (Kolia
Blues), Israeli channel 2 team filmed a footage about Russian punk
movement in this country, which basically was an interview with us, our friends (mostly Alex Mooh), and Stena Sracha playing State, Ghost and Act
live in between.
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Boom in Haifa Auditorium
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Live In Jerusalem
Organised by Mooh, "10 years of
Grazhdanskaya Oborona ("Public Defense" - the most influential
Russian punk band from Siberia)". It
took place in "The center for Soviet Jews" or something like that
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Due to alcohol abuse only two songs were performed. Our showman Losharic
and, soon to become a Bible follower, Lembric got absolutely pissed and
collapsed, Losharik on the drums and Lembrick on the audience
respectively. After
this kind of behavior the gig was closed by the sound man yelling: "Tak
Vse Poshli Nahui !" which means "Everybody, Fuck Off !". The sound was fucked up
anyway, so I was not pissed off at all. |

Bangk in the forest
near Haifa University
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Bangk & Boom in "Gun-Sucker"
(park near Israeli Parlament).
The morning after acoustic
"Stena Sracha" kind-of gig. |

Losharik Boom
Lembrik Docent
Bangk |
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