MilkMan is our Tilburg based 80’s hardcore band from the Netherlands. Once there was a hardcore band called S.R.V. There also was a hardcore band called Kutnaam 1001. It was in the mid-80's era that we and lots of other hardcore bands played in local venues like the BatCave. Ten years later (1994) Kutnaam 1001-vocalist Meeri joined forces with the three S.R.V.-members. From that moment on we existed as MilkMan.

The reason for getting together was simple. People didn’t know the real hardcore-music anymore. A lot of young people thought hardcore was all about jumping around on stage. They didn’t know anymore they had to dive off and hit the concrete. So we decided to start a band and show what we thought real hardcore is all about: have fun, drink a beer (before straight edge was invented) but above all be who you are.

We started rehearsing and worked on our own material. This resulted in the demo "It's Not a Choice" (1995) and our first cd "Combover World" (1998). Loud, fast and tight was going to be our motto. We played our first gigs and appeared on a couple of compilations.

In 2000 Kangaroo Records from Amsterdam started to show interest in the band. They released our second and third cd “Fresh Fruit For Rotten Aliens” and "Is This Punk Enough For You?". With the last one also released on vinyl. The music was getting even tighter, faster louder and better.

The reactions to both albums were very good and the MilkMan name started to spread further and further, resulting in more compilations (a.o. the official DRI tribute cd) and a split single with Dutch band Plankton.

Live the band is still becoming tighter and tighter from playing a lot of shows. Live MilkMan means no nonsense, let the music do the talking, full speed ahead shows. So far we played with bands like D.R.I., UK Subs, Cause for Alarm, Poison Idea, GangGreen, M.D.C. and Municipal Waste. In January of 2003 we took off for our first European tour. Together with American label mates Out Cold we played 10 shows in countries like Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovak Republic and Czech Republic. The tour once again making us tighter and even more dedicated to spread our music over the world of fast hardcore.

And now we just released our fourth album, “Nostalgiator”. With 24 tracks and a running time of close to 30 minutes expect nothing less than fast paced tunes with some short but sweet mosh parts, again taking you back into the mid 80's. Coupled to Dutch and English, serious and less-serious lyrics on topics such as hangovers and useless violence, lyric writer's blocks and of course world- and closer-to-home-politics and the always present tributes to some of our heroes.

'Nostalgiator' was recorded at the Double Noise recording studio in Tilburg, the Netherlands, and is released by upcoming Dutch label Shield Recordings.

After the release MilkMan is planning on going out again to do a lot of shows, a lot of drinking and hopefully selling a lot of records and making lots of money. Plans for a vinyl release are still in the works.

MilkMan is:
Meeri - Vocals
John - Bass
Sers - Drums
Robin - Guitars