Punk Outlaw Records Announces “Free Cuba Now”

Punk Outlaw Records has announced a brand new benefit CD entitled “Punktology Volume 1 – Free Cuba Now” which as indicated by the press releases was titled “to help bring attention to the fact that Cuban punks, as well as many other subcultures on the island nation of Cuba, still suffer from oppression and suppression in their freedom of expression at the hands of the Cuban police and government.”  Robert Rose, Founder of Punk Outlaw Records and Executive Producer of Punktology Productions comments on his motivation behind the release:

“While working on the documentary, I visited Cuba and witnessed firsthand the incredible lack of basic freedom of expression we take for granted in much of the western world when one of our interviewees was arrested, apparently for simply speaking with us… I believe Punk music is at its best when it’s railing against injustice. The music comes from a variety of bands from different countries, each with their own issues such as social inequality, government corruption and crippling poverty, but freedom of expression is a basic human right that most enjoy and we think Cubans, and all human beings deserve this right as well.”

Punk Outlaw Records has pledged 25% of the record label’s share of net profits to a U.S. based charitable organization, Cuba Skate(www.CubaSkate.com) which provides skateboarding equipment, clothing and works to better opportunities to Cuban youth.

The album features Latin American artists such as Participating artists for the project include Punk Outlaw artists including Los Suziox (Colombia) and Rudos Wild (Uruguay), AntiEverything (Trinidad), Demeter/DMTR (Ecuador), El Terrible Y Los Mongoloides (Peru), Lokekeda (Colombia) and Warning (Guatemala).

The compilation is scheduled to be released and available for purchase at various digital online retailers including I-tunes, Amazon Music, Zune and more in December 2011.