From 1981 to 1987, every Thursday at 6 p.m., rockers and punks gathered at Casa Tineretului—the Communist Youth House on the south side of the Bega River in Timișoara. Attendance varied: on a slow night, about 200 kids filled the lobby to dance and listen to rock; on big nights—when hometown bands like ProMusica or Metamorf played, or when films like Pink Floyd’s The Wall were shown—the crowd swelled to over 2,000. In most parts of the world, teenagers gathering to hear rock music wasn’t unusual. But in the 1980s Romania, under a totalitarian regime that encouraged neighbors and even family to inform on one another, and in a communist youth house likely overseen by the Securitate, it was extraordinary.

 

Watch the video, "The Viny Revolution" (attached to this site) to lear more about the PM6 Club.