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eceiving those Icepick ‘Goldrush’ EP copies from Not Just Words Records to distribute in Greece back in 2005 or so, was mind-blowing. That EP was definitely my hardcore cup of tea! The Dutch / Belgian scene of the times was very important for me back then and I couldn’t resist grabbing whatever release was coming out from the area. Fast forward to 2015 (or whatever the year was) and I get in touch with Alfons (the drummer) in social media concerning his fanzine Brain Waves, one of the most refreshing European hardcore zines of the era, to find out that Icepick is still alive! In early 2021 I sent out a few questions to Alfons and here you get his answers!
Hey Alfons! How are you doing? How strict is the lockdown in The Netherlands? Any predictions when we can get back to that so called normality?
Pictures by Frido Stolte and Matt Gabell
What would you keep from the whole pandemic crisis? What’s one thing that you wouldn’t like to get back when all this is over?
Yo Apostolis, I’m doing alright, thanks. Since the outbreak of this virus The Netherlands has been pretty lame on trying to control it and the numbers have been pretty bad. Today the government extended the lockdown with another month and pretty much everything will be closed until then. I think it won’t be until the end of May before everybody is vaccinated and even then it’ll probably take another year for things to go back to normal.
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