Welcome at RUMzine.com
We are sorry, but our presentation is only in the Czech language, there is no English version available, and we do not plan to do it in the near future. But if you are interested what is it in here about, we have few "questions and answers" for you, where you can find basic information about the web:
What is RUMzine?
- RUMzine is magazine about (mostly) metal and -core music, bands, live
shows and whatever you can imagine to have something to do with metal scene. You
can find here album reviews, stories, inteviews with the bands, live show
reports, promo stuff from the bands, few lyrics and also some band-contacts.
Who is behind RUMzine and how long has RUMzine been there?
- RUMzine was established in 1998 when two friends ALL and MarduK decided
to make own fan zine about metal bands and stuff, mostly oriented to Czech
Republic, Slovakia, central and eastern Europe. On May 1999 first few
reviews were written by Gory (Issue 3), who was also working on building the internet version of originally
copier-printed paper magazine. Internet version was initiated somewhen in 2001,
and then RUMzine was produced in two forms - as paper zine and as the web..
During 2002-2003 MarduK is busy with other things, the time is changing also,
printed version is becoming little out, so remaining guys hang up printed
version and produce internet version only. This time, ALL is joining well known
PAYO magazine as a regular
member of editorial staff, since May 2006 also Gory has been included as a
correspondent. Later in 2006, Radim joins the RUM team. On February 2007, internet
version is out of order for a while because of deletion on the original server. It was our
fault, we exceeded provided space severalfold, so the provider solved it by
deletion/disconnection.. Finally on March 2007, the new domain is there, it is
100% legal and we have enough space to be there for at least few next years...
Why you have chosen the name RUMzine?
- Originally it did mean Renaissance Underground Music, and the
similiarity with alcoholic drink (in the Czech Republic, there is RUM little bit
different kind of alcohol then it is known over the world, and it is popular
here also its funny way) was also important circumstance. We used it with dots
between the letters so it was R.U.M. zine... But it was quite difficult to write
it everywhere and it looks better without the dots, so we are only RUMzine now..
Is the zine itself the only activity under the mark RUMzine?
- Nope. In 2003, RUMzine released compilation CD-R called "The first
Czechoslovak CD-Liquor" in about 300 copies (actually sold out), featuring bands
like Perversist, Rhodian, Morgain, Sputnik, Sector-X and other. CD also contains
multimedial track with all the stuff released on RUMzine to 2003 and few bonuses
like photos and mp3s.
- Next activity under RUMzine mark was live show RUM Party in 2004 and
then in friendly cooperation with
PigeonShitAgency there
was 10 concerts organized as PigeonShitRum Party at
PonorkaMusicPub in
Kralupy nad Vltavou, from where it can be told that we are, during 2004-2006. We
hope, that it is not all yet..
Why is graphical quality so bad and simple?
- It is because of me :-). I am real web designing amateur and during the
years i was not able to learn how to do it better. I started with Frontpage98,
then I tried editing into the code and this way I am doing it up to present day.
May be, in the future, it would be better... :-)
Could I help you, could you help me or could I just contact you?
- Off course, you can contact us with everything you can imagine and
would have sense..
Do you want to know anything else? Do you want to cooperate with us in whatever? Dont be shy .... Contact us .... here
For RUMzine team... Gory
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