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Impossible
to forget the nightmare lived by the hard rockers. Victory's bell ringed, guitars
replaced handcuffs, and he was filled by emotion!
This Saturday 31st May, Nekros brought up rage in the heart and the body on
stage for their first gig since the case, on the rostrum of the young musicians
Boulevard. They sing and play heavy metal without scruple, with passion and
faith, (unshakable this time) the index and the auricular up high (sign of hard
rockers recognition).the V of victory is no more an illusion, on stage as among
the crowd. All dressed in black, they came in a huge number showing white paw
in the COC stadium. The victory will finally be total in the enclose of the
boulevard on Sunday, when Reborn won the rock/ hard competition. nobody could
erase from his memory the nightmare of these last months for 8 of the musicians
of the selection." we love rock and we're not ready to stop" said
Nabil A , the drummer of Reborn the only survivor of the set of arrests. He
became a fugitive for 15 days (to be forgotten a little bit) the cops and his
parents had knowledge of his acts of "hardaza" while discovering his
photo on the poster of the support committee. to forget?? Impossible! To be
forgotten??? As soon as possible, and yet there are signs that don't deceive.
Amin H. and "Titif" F. of Reborn. they raise proudly a home made T-
shirt with their Oukacha matriculation number and in the back of the T shirt
a " P4 " designating their residence pavilion stepped in the top of
the scale of the intolerable. Amin H. also exhibits for the first time on stage
his cut of hairs made in Oukacha bribed to the barber of the city against a
packet of Marchioness (marquises) and 4 portions of cheese.
In the backstage they play with acoustics guitars the song composed in cell,
relating the sinister epic. Samir A., friend of rockers and arrested at the
same time, is the great absent of this underground gig. Does he have maybe enough
of that entire crowd? Abdessamad answers: NO, his mother died last week by a
heart attack caused by the shok of the arrest of her son (((Decidedly, consequences
are more satanic than reasons.))) "hard rock will live ", howls Driss
Laraki, driver of the festival, he/it knows that the rock has just had its first
victim, but the hope is there. The clue is that the mom of Saâd B., bassist
of Nekros, went to the concert to admire her son on stage. She confides: "
I prefer to see them with guitars that with handcuffs ".
The emotion could also be seen on their faces when their guitars began to resound.
"Even though no circuit exists for the rock in Morocco, we want that metal
stage survives thanks to an illuminated public, who runs away of drifts for
which they condemned us. I pray, I don't like blood, I prefer to make dajij
(noise) in a garage than losing my days in a café, drinking or taking
drugs. the underground is our way of life." we don't have any objective
of sale and we don't want that at all." says Nabil G 23 years old, yet
bachelor in economy and management. If one day, we earn money, I want to bring
up a label, and why not to begin creating this non-existent circuit for the
meantime. For Nabil G. and the others, all good students or salaried , music
is an outlet, and the underground is an irreplaceable synonym of liberty."
freedom , freedom" says "Titif " F. on the microphone before
Nabil G. concluded with a laughter at the time of the discount of prices: "thanks
to Oukacha".
What about the 3 others???
What do the 3 none cleared of the hard rockers suit become?
All, in right to ask their rehabilitation, either the virginity of their police
record, cannot make it those 34 months after the verdict. The Egyptian said
that Mohamed Ali Kamil finally got the authorization to reopen his café
after many difficulties. Mounir Noucherif tempts to take artist's normal life,
after having finished his fresco in Ain Borja. Present to the Boulevard, and
wanting to remain discreet, he didn't wish to nor appear in interview or in
photo. Respect! Idem For Bouchaïb El Hamdani, absent in the festival, he
is held definitely aside since his exit from jail. The police refused to return
him his papers, the accommodating to redo them.
Hey Bouchaïb... HOLD ON TIGHT .GOOD LUCK. COURAGE!!!
Taken
from Tel Quel written
by A.M translated in English by n0cturnus
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