Been a while since you heard from us, hasn’t it? Last December, we celebrated what had been an exceptionally productive year for Creases Like Knives. Then, as if to undermine any hopes we’d become a ‘proper’, ‘professional’, or regular publication, we only gave you one article in the whole first four months of 2024. The truth is precisely this: we aren’t professionals, nobody’s paying us, and we just happened to have lots on our plate lately. One thing’s for sure: Creases Like Knives isn’t ceasing operations – I think in some form we’ll always be around. But our levels of activity will vary, depending on what else life throws at us. In this sense, apologies to the good folks from Common People, Primator Crew, Une Vie Pour Rien, Hellnation and Ballroom Blitz Records who sent us most of the albums reviewed here – we made some of them wait for ages. All reviews by me this time.
Matt Crombieboy
Tag: Nabat Oi
Decibelios in the Re(a)d Zone
There’s a French zine called The Re(a)d Zone that has been specialising in the legendary Spanish Oi band Decibelios for four issues now, and its editor, Saul Essame from Tours, says he wants to to continue the theme for at least another two or three. He originally tried to contact the band in 2007 but, due to their unresponsiveness, it took another 13 years until he finally got to interview them in 2020, on the 40th birthday of the band. Once he had that under his belt, he decided he wouldn’t leave it at that.
The Re(a)d Zone has been going since 2008. In the past, special issues have included one about Paris skinhead rock ‘n’ roll legends La Souris Déglinguée, but the zine has also dealt with rap, funk, reggae, movies, history and politics. It’s also linked to the Saul’s radio show, Maggot Brain.

For the latest issue, number 43, he approached the legendary Bologna Oi band Nabat, NYC Oi band 45 Adapters as well as us, asking everyone questions about Decibelios.
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