ZULU shook Buenos Aires

ZULU opened their Latin American tour in Argentina, (March 7th) which shows that hardcore, alternative punk is slowly returning to one of the countries that is a reference in the genre in Latin America.
The atmosphere is noticeable from the moment you step into Bula that tonight there is going to be nothing but breakdowns.

The first to open this show were the guys from “Geminis”, a band from the northern suburbs of the country, the guitarist with a Roman warrior mask, the bassist with a balaclava, and their singer with an evident voice, who at times left the microphone to the public so he could show off among the public doing mosh pits, the band went through all their released albums.

Then came the time for “Neokira“, some guys who looked small but on stage they were huge as they sounded, their singer with many jumps between songs, the bassist also doing his thing, with a new guitarist to which the singer asked if they gave him the go-ahead as a joke, a show that with each song that passed was making the place more lively.

The time for “Miserere” came, the band led by “Renata” who was further down the stage with the whole audience singing and shaking what was up there, which up there the entire band gave their show with their bassist in front of the drums which was accompanied by a bass drum to give much more power to the sound that this band has, everyone in the place accompanied in each breakdown giving a spectacular show, everyone who was arriving at Bula was entering the moshpit which was almost the whole place, the band got the audience quite excited for what everyone was there.

It was the moment of the boys from Los Angeles. Zulu the band entered once the Miserere show was over to set up their equipment, once everything was ready people started to fly from the stage against those who were on the side trying to see or take pictures or record the first song would be “Sista Humphrey” which created a big round of mosh pit, you could see the people very excited and shouting at times the usual chant in every Argentine show “olé, olé, olé zulu zulu” to which the members took out their cell phones and began to record all the affection of the public. 

The place was hell both above and below the audience, the band came to show all their alternative hardcore punk and mercilessly they were releasing song after song which did not give the audience a break. 
Playing more than 12 songs and with the crowd asking for more, they ended the show with a small technical problem which meant that one song could not be played because on stage they started to smell smoke from burnt cables and this made both the bassist and the second voice “Dez” end the show, and the audience also smelled that smell. A boy gave “Dez” an Argentina T-shirt, which he didn’t hesitate to put on and all the people cheered at that moment. The band stayed greeting everyone who came up on stage, ending the night.

Photos and Review by Pablo Reinante

Produced by Noiseground