SCHWARZ OF GALIORKA 
(January 1983 - May 1984)

Right after the Gags' demise, Glezos and Paolo M. start SCHWARZ OF GALIORKA. Somehow influenced by post-psychedelic weirdness (Alice Cooper, Sparks, Arthur Brown) and proto-punk bands (Doctors Of Madness, Punishment Of Luxury), the group is actually a studio project, with Glezos overdubbing all instruments bar the drums, courtesy of Paolo M.: a forced choice, since the recruitment of a guitar and bass player proves hopeless. The duo with the strange name (a weird german-russian monicker, which tentatively means 'The People In Black From The Balcony') go through a heavy schedule of demos, recorded at Palmito Studios, an 8-track semi-professional studio in S. Giuliano Milanese (Milan). SOG's intention is to release a self-produced mini-album titled 'Horror! Horror! Schwarz Helluva!', which in the duo's intentions would include 6 songs on a one-sided, 12" LP. In the meantime, Vidocq and Top Hat join in respectively as artwork designer and manager. Schwarz keep writing and recording, and after a long and heated internal debate the minialbum is cancelled, as the duo embark in a series of acoustic demos recorded at Radio Popolare in Milan. In October 1983 Kindergarten Records in Florence offers a contract, but the duo declines. In january 1984 SOG release a the rare, promo-only 12" Goatsucker/Voilà Hack'n'Slash on their Gates Of Heaven label. 200 copies are pressed. After unsuccessful rehearsals with a number of guitar and keyboard players, Schwarz break up in spring 1984. 'Tapes Of Mistery And Imagination', a CD released in 1996, includes all the studio recordings of the most surprising italian post-punk group. .