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NOTE: some copies feature a green cover and black cassette
This is the official discography of the legendary Yugoslavian Hardcore Punk band from Mostar in Bosnia and Herzegovina on tape - almost their entire studio material recorded before the war, remastered by Ivan Jakić and pro-dubbed 100 tapes in black with silver, and white with black pad print, in green and white covers.
This tape contains the first demo from 86' and the second demo from 88', all the stuff which was saved by the guitarist's sister from the war-devastated city of Mostar.
The sound on the first demo on A Side is more in the UK 82/UK anarcho-punk vein, and the B Side is much rawer, influenced by the Finnish HC, early Metallica, and the UKHC sound with a Yugo punk touch!!!
Ženevski dekret is a well-known band from the 1980' Yugo HC scene, they were on various tape compilations like " Čudeža ne bo ", "Krdo Slonova", " Rock and roll je ipak prošlost ", " Naša četica koraka ", on the cult "V/A Return of Yugoslavia " LP and on the VHS " NI STRAHU " from 1986 with Tožibabe, III Kategorija, Vrisak Generacija.. they shared the stage with all Yugo more and less known bands and they played across socialist Yugoslavia.
Our take: Protest 1986-1988 compiles two cassette-only releases from this 80s Yugoslavian band. Besides releasing these two cassettes, they appeared on a handful of compilations and gigged with all the well-known Yugoslavian punk bands of the day. Judging by the sound and the info on the j-card, the two cassettes capture two different eras of the band. The first side of the tape, their 1986 release, pulls from across the punk spectrum, from anthemic Pistols-influenced rock songs to UK82-style hardcore to post-punk influenced sounds a la Killing Joke or Bauhaus. The label’s description compares it to UK anarcho, and Ženevski Dekret’s eclectic songs and raw sound on that recording bears a resemblance to a lot of those bands. As for the 1988 release on the b-side, only the bass player remains from the 1986 tape’s lineup and the music is more metal, with a discernible Metallica influence (they even cover “Master of Puppets”). They also cover “Chinese Rocks,” though, and there’s a raw punk energy to the recording that you’ll love if you’re a sucker for raw 80s metal demos from the tape trading circuit. And while you can hear the western influences on Ženevski Dekret’s music, their language and the musical traditions they undoubtedly absorbed in their pre-punk days gives the music a unique character. This is a very cool artifact for 80s European punk deep heads.