‘We feel angry – and we have reason to be’: Brazil’s resurgent punk scene is a howl of outrage at injustice

By Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro•The Guardian Music

Thriving punk culture seen as response to frustrations at unemployment, urban violence, police brutality and deprivationAs black-clad police combatants charged into the hillside favela and opened fire, a black-clad punk scurried out of the community in the opposite direction, his hands trembling from fright.“Holy s***! All those guns! Things are getting ugly!” spluttered Rodrigo Cilirio, the founder and bassist of one of Rio’s most enduring punk bands, as he took cover behind a tree. Continue reading...

Thriving punk culture seen as response to frustrations at unemployment, urban violence, police brutality and deprivation

As black-clad police combatants charged into the hillside favela and opened fire, a black-clad punk scurried out of the community in the opposite direction, his hands trembling from fright.

“Holy s***! All those guns! Things are getting ugly!” spluttered Rodrigo Cilirio, the founder and bassist of one of Rio’s most enduring punk bands, as he took cover behind a tree.

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