About this website

“History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” (Winston Churchill)

I thought it was a good idea to write about some stuff I saw or did, to share my perspective. Too many people are doing it already.

Who?

This website is put together by Florian, the person behind HeartFirst Records and Norwegian Leather Records.

Some stuff I did over the years: 

– Started listening to punk around 1979

– Write for The Bonzen fanzine between 1985 and 1989. Later sometimes for other punk zines, like Plot, Blurr, Ox etc

– Run a record mailorder and distribution from 1986 until today

– Play in a band between 1986 and 1989 and toured around Europe

– Run several DIY punk labels since 1990: HeartFirst, Norwegian Leather, The Label formerly known as HeartFirst

– Book small tours and tour-manage bands around Europe, including SNUFF, ALICE DONUT, STRAIN, KORT PROSESS, BLYTH POWER, and BRAND NEW UNIT

– Play records to more or less drunk crowds — some call it DJing 

About the pictures

Unless otherwise noted, I took all pictures on this website.  

Credits

Whenever something isn’t by me, I ask for permission and give credit. This can be a bit tricky because sometimes I don’t know who took certain pictures.

For punk flyers, I post them for documentary purposes, no matter where they’re from.  

Disclaimer

Don’t just take stuff from here and pretend it’s your own. Nothing here is watermarked because it just looks shit, but respect the work of the creators.

Should you ever find something here that you don’t want published, please let me know. Maybe you’re a famous person now and don’t want the world to know about your punk rock past.

Feedback

Send me feedback if you want to share some knowledge about the topics here. Or to complain.