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Dear MRR,

Nice to see someone else loves the new
TSOLas much as I do. I don’t know aboutyou, but
I wanted to go see them and get some make-up
tips.

Jennifer Habel/ Warwick, Rl

To the readers and staff of MRR:

My letter in MRR #45 has apparently raised
some eyebrows. You may recall that I said,
essentially, that it is possible to love hardcore and
be heavily involved in the punk scene and also be
a devout Christian. This idea obviously scared a
lot of people. I received a lot of negative feedback
in the mail. I am writing to you once more in order
to answer these critics in a public forum.

One thing a lot of people seemed concerned
about, God knows why, was whether or not I am
part of the Fundamentalist/ Evangelical move-
ment. My thoughts on the Bible as God’s word
and all that other stuff is not something to worry
about. I have absolutely no Evangelistic ambi-
tions. Quite frankly, I am a sinner, and because
I am a sinner, I do not have the authority to tell
other people how to live their lives. I’m not
interested in forcing people to live by my stan-
dards.

The second thing that my critics seemed
worried about was my criticism of organized
religion. Many asked “How can you be a Chris-
tian and criticize religion? Doesn’t that make you
a hypocrite?" Well, not really. You see, it works
this way: religion divides people. It separates
them into special-interest groups, and some-
times into hate mobs. This is precisely what
Christ preached against in the first place. Jesus
called for a Kingdom of God, where the lion and
the lamb would lie down together, and each man
would stand beneath his own vine and fig tree,
and none would be afraid. What happened
instead was the foundation of a Church, which
then developed its own interests. The most
recent distortion of Christ’s teachings is coming
from Swaggart, Falwell, and all of the other
pseudo-Christians who attempt to use the Bible
as a weapon of conformity. A friend of mine once
said “Sometimes the devil wears God’s clothing."

I think that sums it up pretty well.

Other people told me that the existence of
God is not supported by science. Before I say
anything else, it should be pointed out that faith
has nothing to do with logic. Faith is in the heart,
not the mind. Anyway, about this science thing:

I think that the laws of physics and the ordered
nature of reality actually prove God’s existence.
Many people try to polarize science and religion
against one another. Actually, the two don’t have
to be opposites. I think, essentially, that science
fails to recognize that man has spiritual needs
and that there are moral and ethical laws to
reality. Conversely, religion, to a large extent,
fails to accept that the universe operates on
certain physical and scientific rules. Once both
areas are properly understood, science and reli-
gion will conform to one another. I do not dispute
the theory of evolution or the theory of relativity.
Both, in my opinion, prove, rather than disprove,
God’s existence.

Still other people seemed interested in my
political beliefs. Well, I’m definitely qq! a Reagan-
ite. Ronald Reagan is probably the worst presi-
dent in United States history. It’s sad that more

Americans didn’t see through Reagan’s facade.
Reagan’s reign has resulted in the rich getting
richer, the poor getting poorer, the burgeoning of
already-massive defense budgets, and a moe
relaxed attitude towards racism . A brief glance at
Reagan’s policies at home and abroad should
point out his incompetence. What’s scary to me
is that all of this is carried out in the name of
Christianity. In Reagan’s America, religion is not
a guide to morality, it is a mask to make us look
like the good guys. Reagan carries out the
Contra policy, bombs Libya, authorizes the con-
struction of nuclear warheads, and other such
atrocities, in order to protect America from
“Godless Communists" who live in the “evil
empire” of the Soviet Union. So much for loving
your enemies.

The one letter that upset me the most,
however, was the anonymous one that accused
me of being “a capitalist tool, like all other Chris-
tians.” This is something I must object to very
strongly. I do not advocate an economic system
that is based solely on cut-throat competition and
selfish ambition: that emphasizes profit over
people and wealth over charity. The capitalist
system leads men to believe that they can grow
and live in their own self-centered world — much
like the man in the parable, the man whom God
called a fool. Jesus said that it is easier for a
camel to go through the eye of a needle than it is
for a rich man to enter ihto heaven. Does that
sound like a capitalist to you?

I want to say, though, that even though I
don’t condone capitalism, I don’t support commu-
nism either. I agree with the idea of a classless
society and support v redistribution of the wealth,
but communism has failed miserably to achieve
those goals. Instead of bringing about a class-
less society, communism has only created new
classes and fostered new injustices. Modern
communism, almost invariably, has succeeded
only in stripping man of his inalienable rights and
shackling him irredeemably to the state. Govern-
ments are a sad fact of life, but capitalism and
communism only make things worse.

Finally, some folks wanted examples of
what I thought a true Christian is like. Well, Jesus
himself is an excellent example. He was all-
loving, all-forgiving, all-compassionate. People
like Martin Luther Kina are a heck of a lot more
Christian than Jimmy Swaggart could ever hope
to be. I think that causes such as Amnesty
International, Greenpeace and the War
Resister’s League deserve full support of all
people, especially Christians.

I sincerely nope that this has answered
some questions and provided some insights.
Forgive me if you think I’ve been too sanctimoni-
ous. While I still have time, let me make a blatant
plug. Be sure to check out the new LP from
Maggot Sandwich, Get Off the Stage . It's great!
Thank you for your time and patience. Yours in
the cause of peace and brotherhood,

Bob Mason/ 7591 Hwy 98 W., #1 1 21 Pensacola,
FL 32506

Dear MRR:

Before the slingfest gets too out-of-hand
here behind the Redwood Curtain, I’d like to
clarify some of the points Darin Bell made in
MRR#50 regarding Mike Briggs’ scene report in
an earlier issue. I understand Darin’s concern
that perhaps Mike was beinqpetty by mentioning
MR BUNDLE’S profits at Toppers Disco and
German Shepherd Kennel, because when I first
read the report I felt much the same. However,
after re-reading the paragraph, talking with Mike
and taking into consideration some facts that
Darin and others might not be aware of, I think I
can help destroy some of the ugly rumors that
Darin perpetuated and also make Mike’s point a
bit clearer.

First off, let’s put one myth to rest. The
shows that Darin referred to were done by The
Committee For a Dull Roar. Essentially, that
means myself, Mike and our core group of about
four people who help out with each show. Note
that it isn’t "Briggs Inc:” and realize that all deci-
sions are made by the of us working as a
team. I am not simply the girl who works the door

because he tells me to. So, when someone has
a misconception about the shows CDR does, it
reflects on me, even if no one else realizes it but
me. That’s why I’m writing this letter. Okay, that
aside, let’s get to the facts.

Darin made the point that Mr. Bungle had no
control over who got paid at the Toppers gigs.
This is true, to a point, especially when you deal
with sub-Wayne Newton-level slime as the folks
at Topper’s have proved themselves to be.
However, if they had thought to, Mr. Bungle could
have given each of the unpaid openers a portion
of their $300 in a kind of “supporting the scene”
sort of gesture. This isn’t to say that the Bungle
guys didn’t do something like that on purpose or
that they’re all money-grubbing meglomaniacs;
in fact they’re quite the opposite, always really
nice, and a lot of fun to deal with. What the
problem was, I think, was that they very simply
assumed that the other bands would get paid, just
as they do when CDR does a gig. So, in a sense,
Darin, you’re still right — the band shouldn’t be
responsible for who gets paid, the promoter
should be able to be trusted to pay everyone. But,
Toppers didn’t. And what I think Mike was saying
was more that there should be enough communi-
cation between bands that if someone gets
stiffed, that the headliners can take the initiative
and rectify the situation. That’s what CDR was
hoping to do, to build a sense of “scene" so that
some sleazy disco owner can’t exploit what Darin
referred to as our developing scene. In that view,
Mike’s remarks become more of a statement to
others that even here in our tiny holein-the-coast
we’ve still got a long way to go.. .and that the work
CDR has done hasn’t worked yet.

Darin also referred to door prices at CDR
gigs, and even compared them to the Toppers
prices. This is one area that leaves me cold,
because no matter what you charge at the door,
it’s always "too much”. But, I feel I nave to defend
CDR against Darin’ statements. Basically, until
DOA, no CDR gig was ever more than.three
bucks. This for a bill that always features an out-
of-town band and at least two locals. Two excep-
tions: the initial Zarkons show ($4 for 5 bands, two
from out of town) and the BGK/CCM fiasco,
where we refunded money, (the doorwas4$) and
two locals still played . As for validating the $5
door on DOA (if it’s even necessary) — our ex-
penses were far higher, including tickets, a bigger
PA than usual, twice as many posters, and the
fact that one-half of DOA’s guarantee had to be
paid before the gig itself. Considering DOA’s
prominance, we decided that the price wasn’t too
much to ask. If it was, then I hope you enjoy your
1 2-pack. Also, whoever the hell told you we paid
DOA a thousand dollars is way out of line, I
assure you it didn’t happen, especially consider-
ing some complete bastard (or bastardette) stole
a mic, which came out of our pockets — yeah kids,
we lost money. Look, Agent Orange asked for a
$1,500 guarantee to play here, and I told them
there was no way we could do that. Just the fact
that I have to write this letter should make it clear
why. By the way, Clobber Monkey opened and
still got something , even though money was tight.
So, does that clear stuff up? 1 hope so, because
we’re still trying to get gigs going this summer,
although it’s been tough. We’re just working to
build a real scene, and Mike’s report was simply
a reflection of his dissappointment in it thus far.

Finally, a quick thanks to everyone in Van-
couver (especially Mel and Ren), Spokane, Bre-
merton (It’s okay Donni, at least we got good
tans!), and Tacoma (Dead Silence, our partners
in aerosol hiiinks, and Joe Shmoe, a nice guy)
who helped Agent 86 on our Blitkreig Tour of the
Northwest — most of all to Eric the rent a-drum-
mer, thanks again! Take care and peace (anar-
chy & love)

Michelle CDR/ AGENT 86/ PO Box 4754/ Areata,
CA 95521

P.S. Frank Clyng-Onz: loved the album, it
was more fun than 1 /2-off day at REI, thanks a lot.

Dear Adam,

I would like to say a few things in
response to your professor’s plan in the July ’87
issue.

First of all, though the plan is good-natured
and possible with today’s technology, it would
require a great deal of centralization. Someone,
or some group of people, would have to control
the distribution of the wealth. It just isn’t possible
to assume that the necessities created would
somehow magically filter out to everyone. It is
equally impossible to assume that everyone will
take part in its distribution. Incidentally, the plan
would require the government to have more
control over people’s lives. Everyone would want
to be completely registered to receive (or live in)
the wealth created, everyone would have to work
a certain amount of hours at a job the government
would choose for them (if the plan were to work),
all to recieve government-controlled goods. The
plan forces too much power into too few hands.

Secondly, it ignores the exploitation of the
earth’s resources, which maybe doesn’t concern
you or your professor, but it concerns me. De-
struction of oceans, forests, mountains, and ani-
mals all in the name of progress sickens me.
Where do we turn when we use up all the earth’s
resources? The sun? The wind? To feed and
house a growing 300 million people?

And finally, face it, a plan like that would
never catch on in the Amerikan public. The gov-
ernment was reluctant enough to start welfare
programs. They would view the plan as unconsti-
tutional. Most importantly, our beloved middle
class would probably never accept it.

The point I’m trying to make is this: a highly
centralized, government-controlled, govern-
ment-distributed system based on forced
labor and the destruction of Earth’s biosphere
benefits no one, assuming it was established. It
won’t work without extensive control on peoples’
lives, and who needs that?

Jim Passin/ 7 Glen Ave/ Chelmsford, MA 01824

Dear MRR,

This is mainly directed at Danny Lilker’s
(Nuclear Assault) letter in MRR #47 about his
band’s so-called “significant" lyrics. What a joke!
They write a few anti-nuclear songs and expect to
be hailed as some sort of “intelligent metal”. Give
them a fuckin’ bun! ! Anyhow Danny, you also play
in a band called Storm troopers of Death, who are
anything but intelligent. You guys (S.O.D.) are
plain fuckin’ racist, sexist and totally ignorant. I
take it you believe in what they say, otherwise
you’d refuse to play with them. And don’t give me
no shit that I’m taking the lyrics so seriously —
they are too fuckin’ seriously ignorant to be funny!
OK, so they’re "fast brutal metal", but S.O.D. have
absolutely fuck all to offer the Hardcore crowd,
except to show us the stupidity of a lot of you
metalheads. The S.O.D. LP is full of anti-punk
crap, yet you have the nerve to put “NYHC" on
your lyric sheet, but then again it’s the “in thing” for
metal bands to cite punk bands on their special
thanks lists isn’t it? Hey, I used to be heavily into
this “metalcore” music and have written lots of
letters and articles praising it but that was cos I
was prepared to forget about the stupid lyrics,
and I now realize that it was dumb of me to do so.
In Hardcore the lyrics and attitude are just as
important (more so) as the music and for met-
alheads to look on Hardcore as just fast music is
rather idiotic. In my search for the latest power
thrash underground metal band I sometimes
forgot that there lots of fuckin’ top class
Hardcore bands out there, as Marie Rumold said
in #47 also. I am also a bit fed up with hardcore
bands who are termed "crossover” start to act like
fuckin’ rockstars and change lyrically, just to
attain recognition within the metal fraternity.

Danny, while your anti-nuclear lyrics are
commendable, don’t start thinking you're some
new-found revelation in the scene. So you don’t
write Satanic lyrics but what the fuck’s “Stranded
in Hell” about. Oh, I guess you could call that the
"obligatory standard thrash metal song,” eh? And
what about all this “My America” stuff? Oh , may be
that’s so all your pro American buddies don’t think
youse are commies with your anti nuclear lyrics.
No I don’t think Nuclear Assault are any kind of
improvement. Why don’t you go back to playing
1 00% metal —oh, that’s right, it doesn’t sell these
days!! Danny, don’t take your band too seriously.

I sure as fuck don’t!! Yours,

Rob Pennie/ 10 Ravenswood/ Newpark/ Muck-
amore/ Co. Antrim/ N. Ireland BT41 2DG

P.S. Great interview by C.O.C. in #49.
Come on punks, let’s break away from this Sa-
tanic metal shit. The "Spirit of ’81” remains!! For
every thrash “metal" band there must be about 20
thrash punk bands - let’s give them the support!!

A (late) reply to Richard’s letter in MRR 48,

Two reasons why punk shows dont cost $1 7
in the UK (I cant speak for mainland
Europe, having never been there: 1) The stan-
dard of living is lower here. I for one could not
afford gigs at $17 a throw. 2) Punk gigs dont draw
1 000- people over here(100 is quite a good turn
out).

If they did they would have to be held in
larger mainstream venues and not the closet
sized clubs at present. Such places and the huge
PA needed in them must cost a fortune to hire.
Also you would need "security" to keep control of
such a show (unless you and your mates fancy
trying to cope with a gang of dickheads running
riot??).

The conclusion being that it takes a hell of
alot of money to pay for such shows. The only
people with this sort of money are those who
romote shows for a living, wnich means they
ave to make a profit, hence high door prices.
Punk gigs just aren’t profitable enough for such
people to be interested.

I dont think UK punks are that bothered
about businessmen making a profit either, as the
many who spend their cash on Slayer, Metallica,
records, gigs and T-shirts etc., will testify.

You also mention “a well known promoter in
Birmingham with a bad reputation for messing
around, not paying bands”, well I presume you
mean Darren Russell.

No doubt the Anarcho idiots thought they
were doing the world of good when they
“mashed” his car (which you delight in telling us),
well the only thing that is likely to do is discourage
Mr. Russell putting on more excellant gigs, which
is really very clever isn’t it considering the dearth
of good, regular venues in the UK? Mr. Russell's
main problem seems to be organisational (like
the situation where Anti-Cimex were only given
10 minutes to play, when the rest of the bands
that night had at least 45 mins; B’ham 5/7/86),
and him taking on more than he can handle
(organising a tour for them and promising them
money they were unlikely to get). If he has a
roblem about paying bands, it is no doubt not
elped by the law admission price he charges
(01.50).

Hate, death, pain,

Ian / Manchester, England

P.S. Q: How thick are punks? A: After a well-
publicised Anarcho-punk gig in London, our he-
roes full of anger at the injustice of capitalist
society, decided to have their revenge by smash-
ing the window of a “Dr Barnardo’s”. For those
who don’t know, this is a charity which helps
orphans. Having “fucked the system”, they retired
to the Wimpy down the road for a corporate death
burger.

Hello Jennifer,

Yeah, I’ll admit that in the interview with
Flipside in MRR 51 , we did sound a bit harsh. We
should not have generalized, but then again it
was a pretty informal late night interview and we
didn’t watch our grammer the way we should
have. Anyway, the question is not WHY 'peace
punks’ (or whomever) are so idealoglcal, but
where do all those "feelings, emotions, love,
anger, hate, hope” go? Sure, we have been
around the scene longer than a lot of other people
and we see a long of young enthusiastic and
caring younger people (like yourself). And they
ive us shit for being less than perfect and per-
aps too much into the music end of things. But
what happens to them? In a year or two they’re
gone. Tney get normal jobs, they worry aboutt
paying off new cars, they get into heavy drug
trips, they sit at home and do nothing, etc. .. No big
deal. But then you set yourself up as a person “out
to change the world" or at least as a person truely

concerned with social and political issues, then
your integrity plays a very important part in how
serious the movement appears to and influences
the outside world. I would think that to take on the
guise of “peace punk” (which nobody would
because everyone hates labels, but you know
what I mean), then you take on more responsibil-
ity than your average music fan. I put a higher
regard for these people myself. They are the
ones taking the rebellion and running with it. And
when they Tuck up and can’t reach their own oh so
high goals, they drag the whole thing down with
them. But after all, they’re only human - but so are
we.

Al Flipside Fanzine
Dear MRR,

Having given the Authoritarian “Anti- au-
thoritarian" anarchist clique from Frisco space to
fart at the mouth ad infinitum over NBAU and the
RCP (MRR #49 and #50), plus Tim’s agreement
with their "analysis" (MRR #50) of the RCP, one
thing strikes me clearly about the common stand
they all take. That is their failure in practice to
recognize the very real danger of another world
war right now and the absolute need for people in
the millions to take responsibility for shutting
down war preparations no matter what it takes.

While space does not permit me to elabo-
rate much, it’s clear that preparations for war are
ever present throughout society in every sphere
from the movies (i.e. Rambo, Red Dawn, etc.) to
the very real military plans this country has to fight
and win WW3 (i.e. Star Wars; highly accurate first
strike missiles like the Pershing 2, Trident 2, and
MX; Airland Battle, etc.) The people who run this
country are dealing with a very profound crisis
throughout their bloody empire and if the only
way they can preserve their domination is by
nuking out the world to keep their rivals from
coming out on top, they will. Nobody should
underestimate the extreme measures the rulers
of this country have and will carry out in order to
stay on top.

But underestimating the situation is exactly
what Tim and the Authoritarian "Anti- authoritari-
ans” do. They remind me a lot of the “Good Jews”,
that is, the Jews who believed the Nazis would
just go away if they ignored them ! The fact is, they
disagree with the RCP’s and NBAU's analysis of
what is going on in the world and how to respond.

But do they, say they disagree? Of course
not! Instead of speaking to what really is the
essence of the dispute and what they really think
about the issues, we are all treated to a highly
veiled and stupid discussion over how horrible
the RCP and NBAU are. With certain other philo-
sophical questions aside, Tim’s dispute with the
Authoritarian “Anti- authoritarians" is merely over
the lack of sophistication in their red-baiting and
distancing methods, notoverwhetherornotto do
such. While Tim and the Authoritarian "Anti-
authoritarians" think the RCP and NBAU are
horrible what’s really horrible is the contempt they
show not only the two organizations but the
readers of MRR who might benefit from a more
intelligent discussion of the issues involved.
Stuart/ RCYB (Detroit) RCYB/ POB #32497/
Detroit, Ml 48202

Dear Stuart,

I've certainly had many chances to address
this issue, so let’s see what other readers have to
say in future issues. Tim

Dear MRR,

I’m writing in response to the interview with
BULIMIA BANQUET, in issue no. 50. I don’t see
how they can support such bands as S.O.D. and
the MENTORS. I hope not to offend anyone, but
I was very offended by this 'Speak English or Die’
shit, a very racial statement indeed. I’m hispanic
and speak English very well, but this is totally un-
American and unfair; people come to our nation
to escape their fucked government, only to get
greeted by this racial shit is totally unethical.

Now for the MENTORS, they just suck lyric-
wise, their attitude towards females is perverted-
sexist-macho-and sickening. They’re just three
fat dudes who don’t have anything better to do

than sing about raping/ gang-banging some help-
less female.

Onthepoisitiveside, their music is O.K., it’s
just the attitude that sucks.

As far as BULIMIA BANQUET (that’s a
pretty cool name for a band) the interview
seemed to startwell, I’m just pissedatthe support
for these two bands, at least they support COR-
ROSION OF CONFORMITY.

Just an opinionated response; hoping for a
better future. Sincerely,

Robert Rios/ 1313 Pearson/ Houston, TX 77023
Dear MRR,

This is going to sound naive and stupid, but
I am (as are most people in this world). I’m not
afraid to ask questions. That’s what differentiates
me from the majority of people, globs of useless
matter who live their lives like production lines,
contributing to the downfall of civilization by
mindlessly following destructive doctrines day by
day without question, without care.

Since I’m an individual (not a glob) my job is
to find out what the fuck’s going down in this
world, and MRR with its omnicient staff and
readers has to be the best place for answers.
BUI 1 .S TIL L TH I NK . I’m not totally naive. .

First of all — capitalism is based on compe-
tition, right? So the negative results of that are
that businesses compromise their employees
(payment, working conditions, etc..) in order to
compete more readily and get larger profits.

That’s why unions exist, to make sure
employees aren’t compromised. Does the com-
pany/union system work? Are unions adequate
checks and balances for companies? If so, why
is there a big beef about workers being exploited?
If unions work then employees aren't exploited.
But workers being exploited is proliferated in a lot
of stuff I read. So how can workers be exploited
when unions control exploitation? Or are unions
corrupt and controled by the companies, becom-
ing adversaries in the crimes of exploitation?

What I’m getting at is this; U.S. companies
move to other, less wealthy countries to manu-
facture goods cheaper. If the pay to workers is
equal or above the current rate of pay in that
country— isn’t that adding to the economic
strength of that country, not taking away from it?
The company is giving business to a country
which it would not otherwise have, employing
people, adding wealth, therefore improving the
country. So on a worldwide basis multi-national
corporations are beneficial — spreading wealth
among nations instead of keeping it in one
wealthy state.

I know asbestos companies, for example,
used the multi-national company system cor-
ruptly, as are businesses currently taking advan-
tage of apartheid in South Africa. But apart from
that, which businesses are currently corrupting
the beneficial (on a worldwide basis) multi-na-
tional business system, and how are they doing
it?

Now I know no one is god, but somebody must
have facts, not generalizations. Yes, facts can be
manipulated, but not as easily as generaliza-
tions.

I’m sure you’ve had this myriad of questions
before, so just punch in capitalism, unions, and
multi-national businesses on the Macintosh and
see what it spits out. Somebody please respond!
Thank you,

Mr. Generic (Subterranean Psychosis)/ 7766
Castilian Rd/ Dublin, CA 94568

Mr G,

A few thoughts. First of all, the economics of
multi-nationals don’t just pertain to money mat-
ters. These huge corporations also are the cen-
ters of immense political power. (Money talks?)
It’s not just a matter of paying wages, but also a
matter of sustaining regimes in different countries
that will help the multis maintain their power.
Through U.S. foreign policy, the multis try to
monopolize political power through the use of
military aid, threats, intimidation, etc. A good
case in point was Chile, who elected a socialist
government to expropriate the holdings of Ana-
conda Copper, ITT, etc, and turn those resources

back over to Chileans. The companies, through
Nixon, the CIA, and other covert organizations,
engineered a military coup and installed a fascist
dictatorship. Then, at some point when they feel
the left has been eliminated, they will urge a
u return to democracy", as long as that democracy
votes pro-capitalist. So much for democracy.

As to the company/union system. Here in
the U.S., most unions long ago sold out to capi-
talism, deciding to work hand-in-hand with man-
agement, and therefore becoming just another
tool to keep the workers in place. Instead of
working for real power and control for the working
class, they "bought in" to the system, just trying to
get workers more benefits on the material side,
meaning fringe benefits, pay raises, etc, but no
real control over their collective contribution to
society. So, now we have a consumer-oriented
working class, just out for their slice, no matter
who gets fucked for them to get theirs.

These are facts. Beyond that, you’d have to
decide whether the “spreading of wealth” to a few
“elite" workers in each country is really a progres-
sive idea. I feel it’s just another way to divide and
conquer the working class. And as to providing
workers around the world with jobs, maybe in the
short run that benefits a few, but in the long run
the economic stability of the developing nations
depends on well-rounded economies, and not
just becoming subservient providers of cheap
labor and a few natural resources for the industri-
alized West. Real economic development won’t
occur there unless those countries can take their
whole future interests into their own hands, and
not be dictated to by foreign economic/political
powerhouses. Tim

Dear M.R.R. andARWE,

This letter is in response to a letter sent iq by
ARWE in issue 51 concerning punk and its popu-
larity.

It does not concern or scare me one bit that
there are less punks and less places for punk
bands to play. It was beginning to concern me
that punk was becoming so popular.

Past history shows that all popular scenes,
whether it be the hippie scene, the disco scene or
what-have-you sooner or later dies out after a
brief period of popularity. The more popular the
quicker. Lately many of the people that are leav-
ing our scene (and it is our scene) are the not so
dedicated people who are in it for one ignorant
reason or another.

We must be realistic, many of the folk in the
punk movement are under the age of twenty and
have never had to face job-hunting and support-
ing themselves. People grow up and realize it is
virtually impossibe to get hired on a job whilst
parading around with a three foot high purple high
mohawk. (I’m not saying every punk has a three
foot high purple mohawk, but you can get the
general idea.)

I think we should spend more time working
together to change the scene and destroy all of its
flaws instead of worrying if it’s dead or not. Some
of the most dedicated punks conform one day or
another, but they still have what they’ve learned
from the scene. It seems to me if you have to get
reassurance that the punk scene is not dead than
you have already made your decision and are
looking for an excuse to leave the scene and find
another musical outlet. Let me reassure though,
if you do change your ways you will NOT find
another scene with as many people who care and
are as open minded as those in the punk scene.

Gratefully submitted with respect for others
opinions and viewpoint. Those who would like to
correspond with me and exchange ideas and
feelings are greatly welcomed.

Brian/ Dreams of Tomorrow/ P.O. Box 91884/
Long Beach, CA 90809

MRR:

One thing - 1 read this issue (August) & after
reading Mykel’s column, I was a little taken back
by his sensitivity at the end. I never thought that
because of my ability to bear children, I have sort
of an immortality lying within my own body.

However, the female chauvinist part of me
made me think: I’m not a baby machine. There’s

more — much more to me & other women than
bearing children. (I’m not trying to attack Mykel).

Example: Anti-abortionists claiming they
are “pro-life”. That’s fine & all — & I’m sure most
people don’t like the idea of slaughter either.
What these people really seem to be saying is
that women are nothing but baby makers & it is
their own fault for being pregnant. O.K. —
granted, many people just didn’t take precau-
tions, but the others, it’s like why should they be
punished for ignorance? Ignorance is everyone’s
shame. When \ say being "punished” it’s for lack
of a better word. Religion of course also plays a
great factor in this & problems between the
sexes. Men & women are constantly divided;
sexism has existed since the beginning of time.
Along with racism, it will continue. As I said
before, ignorance is everyone’s shame.

We all have a long way to go, & I can say this
(unfortunately), that I will never see them (mean-
ing racism & sexism) die in my lifetime.

In this white-male dominated world, I al-
ready have two traits that will separate me: 1)l’m
female, & 2) I’m oriental (4th generation, born
right in Frisco). A lot of people (including many
“punks” I know) just aren’t able to deal with it.

In Lawrence’s column, he brought out the
point that women (& gays) are way over 1/2 the
world population — over 2-1/2 billion people. We
the "minority" are in actuality the majority. Take
care, Kathy/ Memphis, TN

Dear MRR,

This letter is primarily in response to Larry
Howes call for a new populism, in MRR #49. I
would wonder how you define "populism", Larry,
and if you are aware of what it has historically
meant? You claim that “populism is the form of
radicalism that is native to America, that has
worked and can work here.” Firstly, it is riot the
only form of native radicalism. There was, since
colonial times, but especially in the mid-late nine-
teenth century, a native form of anarchism that
owed nothing to Bakunin, Proudhon, or Kro-
potkin. This native anarchism was best exempli-
fied by men and women like Thoreau, Lysander
Spooner (an abolitionist lawyer who wrote a book
No Treason that stated that the Constitution was,
by its own terms, not bindirg on anyone other than
the original signers, the rum-running, slave-trad-
ing, land-grabbing masons and crypto-aristo-
crats we call the "Founding Fathers"), Josiah
Warren, Benjamin Tucker, Voltarine de Cleyre,
and others. Larry’s concern that political ideas, to
be correct, be “native” strikes me as being more
reactionary than radical, and in fact, that is pre-
cisely what populism has traditionally been, or
where it ended up: the radicalism of the haves or
more precisely, the haves who don’t feel that they
have enough.

Larry also claims that it "has worked" — in
isolated pockets, yes (the midwest in the early
part of the century, certainly), but never nation-
wide. Populism often fed off an often greedy
resentment that had little to do with concerns for
justice, or solidarity. It was a predominantly rural,
white protestant response to an era when the
cities were becoming the focus of the American
population. Populism has often been the rallying
ground for all sorts of bigots and racists. At
various times it has scapegoated catholics, jews,
blacks, immigrants, and all other “foreigners".
One major reason that populists hated big banks
and "Eastern" money interests was because they

mistakenly saw them as being controlled by
Jews. Populism helped breed the 1916 revival of
the KKK and the 1919 Volstead Act that caused
the debacle of Prohibition. Populism has often
marched under the banner of fundamentalist
Christianity and every sort of anti-sexual puritan-
ism. Populism has never advocated or de-
manded truly revolutionary change, only silly
nostrums that would merely reform and thus
strengthen the system. A perfect example of this
was “free silver" — the idea that replacing gold
coinage with the more easily available silver
would spread the wealth more democratically
and stop economic panics (like that of 1873, the
worst one until the depression of 1 929) as well as
stop speculators like Jay Gould from cornering
the gold market. It doesn’t take an economist to
see that, for extremely obvious reasons, this
"populis” doctrine was very popular with the silver
mining and speculating interests. It was also very
popular with inflationists, who felt that paper
money wasn’t inflationary enough. Now who
would want more infaltion (you know, more
money that is worth less) and feel that silver
backed currency would be even more inflation-
ary? I’ll let you figure it out for yourself.

Populism has given this country most of its
cynical demaaouge starting with the ace old fart
of all time, William Jennings Bryan, three time
loser for the presidency, who ended his politcal
career at the Scopes Anti-Evolution trial in 1 925,
making a monkey out of himself by claiming that
man was not a mammal), Robert LaFollette,
commie witch-hunter Joe McCarthy, down-home
fascists like Lousisiana Governor Huey Long,
and Father Charles Coughlin, the Radio Reac-
tionary. And how can we forget George Wallace.
In fact, the victories of both Richard Nixon and
Ronald Reagan were certainly not elitist.
Reagan’s victories and the emergence of his
allies the New Right are far more populist and
directly traceable as traditional populism than
any “leading radical community organizer” you
ever helped to garner votes for. Populism has
never been anything more than a safety valve for
the ruling class and a career opportunity for the
rabble rousers who manipulate it and climb into
office — the very system they once railed
against — on the backs of their gullible support-
ers, who are quickly forgotten once they start
hanging out with the fat cats. If you don’t believe
me, listen to the words of respected historian
Richard Hofstader: Populism, he states, came
from a “class of cash-conscious commercial
farmers” and their style of native "American
radicalsim...was entreprenurial in the sense that
it accepted the basic principles underlying private
capitalism, and tended to argue that its specific
programming proposals would in fact strengthen
the capitalist order by broadening opportunitiy
and giving the common man access to positions
of profit and power.”

One thing that the various youth counter-
cultures-from beats to hippies to punks has been
about was rejecting or dropping out of the middle
class American dream of upward mobility and
increased consunption. Often these dropouts
came from upper-middle class homes and less
"fortunate" (but by no means poor and usually
white) Americans resented them for scorning the
status jobs and consumer goods that they
worked so hard to gain, maintain, or aspire to. ft
is these people that populism appeals to, it is
these people that it is aimed at. These people do
not have any gripe with the system itself, only
their not very prominent place in it. They never
wanted out because they never questioned the
(to them) natural order of things in the first place.
Given the inherent conservative and conformist
bent of this Land of the Free, I’d say that the only
result of a completely successful populist revolu-
tion would be a fascist police state where people
like you and me would find ourselves in an
overpopulated concentration camp.

Greg Krupey / 12415 Larimer Av / No Hunting-
don, PA 15642

Dear MRR,

I am in the U.S. Air Force. I have recently
been dealt one of the most difficult job assign-’

ments I have ever been given. I’m to work on the
BGM-1 09 Ground Launched Cruise Missile. This
has been difficult for me in many ways. I do not
approve of nuclear force, I don’t want to be part of
the death machine, and I feel like I’d be more at
home on the other side of the fence with the
protesters. I’ve been asked, “why don’t you get
out?” My reply, well, it’s kind of like getting into
organized crime, few get out unscathed, but most
are ruined getting out. So, I will serve my time,
though I will be torn between where I should be
and where I am.

The thing I expect to be most difficult is
dealing with other punks (I will be in the U.K.).
What I ask, though I might not deserve it, is to be
judged as an individual, a person that’s made
some bad life decisions.

I do, however, have to ask that the good
folks at MRR please withhold my name and
address, as this could certainly lead to trouble for
me.

Thanx for your time and space. Peace and
love, and lets hope the zero force reduction goes
thru! Make a Nuke-free Europe happen! —
(Name Withheld)

Dear MRR,

Just thought I’d send you people a little
update on what’s happened lately with Falwef
(besides PTL). A few weeks ago it seems a
teenager drowned while on an official church
outing. It turns out that Jerry’s church sponsors
Wargames to attract youth. Anyhow, his ‘battal-
ion’ was trying to cross a lake at night when he
slipped under the water and wasn’t noticed as
missing for several hours.

In other news an ex-athlete at Liberty U.
(Falwell College) testified that steroid use was
rampant on the football team. Some of you may
be happy to know that this story was confirmed by
other students who added that all kinds of drug
use are common on campus.

For those of you who enjoy making toll-free
calls here’s my latest list: Old Time Gospel Hour
Faith Partners/ call 322-6722 or 345-8095;
Jerry’s Liberty Godparent Home hotline for preg-
nant teenagers call 368-3336; CBN Prayerline
call 446-0700; for Jimmy Swaggart’s Cross and
Dove Pins call 331-3800; James Robinson (the
#2 fundamental fuck-off) call 832-1800; Ali the
above are 1-800 #’s. Have fun with them — i do.
If you want to know what really has been going on
with the PTL scam, send SASE to: 4th Reich
Update/ Rt. 2/ #52 Evergreen/ Lynchburg, VA
24501 .

P.S. For those of you who don’t understand
why I keep writing letters about Falwell to a rock
‘n’ roll rag, remember that the rights you exercise
to be ‘Punk’ are the rights of free expression that
the Moral Majority would like to see go down first.

Dear MRR and readers,

This letter is a call for all people involved with
hone games. The PTL ministry, led by our
uddy Jerry Falwell, has just installed a new 1-
800 number. So for all of those people who lost
the faith when evangelists changed their num-
bers, regain your spirit. Jerry is one of our biggest
enemies and his Moral Majority is as evil as satan
himself. To find out about Jerry’s beliefs watch
the PTL channel on cable t.v. (if you have it) and
inform others about his terrorizing ministry. Now
that I have told you about the new numbers, pick
up your phone and start dialing. The numbers are
1-800-542-1141; 1-800-441-8686; and 1-800-
345-8095. Thanks,

Geoff Colon/ 1320 Stafore Dr./ Bethlehem, PA
18017

P.S. He thinks he is smart by having 3
numbers, but he doesn’t realize we’re watching.

Dear MRR —

Hey did you get one of those lovely —
“Here’s your chance to tell Jerry Falwell to sit
down and shut up" letters in the mail ? My mom did
and I am taking this opportunity to write one hell
of a letter — and I want you to also — make sure
ou state your age — what Jerry’s trying to do is
ring his religion into the government — do you
know what that’ll do?? That'll mean that we lose

the main reason America was established —
freedom of religion. Please, America needs your
help! Think of the future and your children. The
banning of abortion — do you know what that
would do? Do you know how many children
would go home to an empty house — not get
enough food — be beaten — not get love be-
cause of not being wanted? What would you do
if you were (ora loved one) raped and had to have
the slime’s baby? Adoption would be the only
alternative — how many wouldn’t be adopted??
He’s also trying to keep gays out of our schools so
they don’t influence our children — yah great —
why don’t we just put gays in prison camps de
furrer — eh ? That would be the same as keeping
Jews or Atheists etc... out of our schools so they
don’t influence the Christians! He wants to ban
pornography — yah — let the government do the
work of the parents — I always watch some porno
then go out and kill some one! Oh come on!!! Well
the address to Jerry’s MORAL MAJORITY is:
Moral Majority/ P.O. Box 190/ Forest, VA 24551.
Make sure you have that Att: Jerry Falwell. Hav-
ing Jerry Falwell in office is almost as bad as
Wally George or Jerry Brown!! Maybe even
worse. Thanks,

Amy Zee/ 4950 Woodruff/ Lkwd, CA 90713/ USA
Earth

MRR -

This is a suggestion something to con-
sider — need something to write about besides
the contra scandal? Why not consider writing
about Haiti’s present government and military
situation?

I recently viewed a T.V. show called “West
57th" and they did a 1 5 minute segment on Haiti’s
government etc. from around the year of 1961 to
now. I was able to pick up a few facts. Back in ’62
the U.S. Marines financially helped a group of
what might seem to be similar to the police. This
group was also trained by the U.S. Marines. The
name they were given was something like Tato
Macout. They were assigned to keep the citizens
in control. Control why? Well the citizens of Haiti
were rebelling because they were robbed of
money, land and livestock. Not to mention free-
dom. The Tato Macout were given total control
and killed thousands for meaningless reasons.
Years later the people started to gain control. A lot
of Macoutswere killed, then in 1971 another form
of control against the people evolved. The U.S.
funded this one too. The U.S. helped in training
and equipment. This new group thought of as
terrorists are called the Leapords. While our tax
money is going to this monstrosity, the Leapords
were and still are killing, beating and torturing
many citizens, yes for no reason. (They had
citizens tell of their situations with the Leapords.)
The CIA and State Department knew and know of
everything going on but won’t speak. And just
recently 6 million was sent to be used for riot
control equipment and training, and the situation
in Haiti is expected to get worse.

If you’re interested in writing about it I hope
I’ve helped. — Beki Cox

Dear MRR Readers:

The P.M.R.C. (Parents Music Resource
Center) says that there appears to be five major
themes in today’s rock music: rebellion, sub-
stance abuse, sexual promiscuity and perver-
sion, violence-nihilism, the occult.

First, “rebellion.” Well, I think if there weren’t
so many people trying to tell others what to do, for
instance at school we are told about things we
have no choice in whatsoever, i.e., religion. If we
had freedom of choice, or if there was more
equality, we wouldn’t need to rebel quite as
much, would we?

The P.M.R.C. is made up of people who
have probably never wanted for a thing in their
lives. They don’t live in the real world, they have
money, freedom, power (??), etc. If they lived on
the "breadline” or below, like the majority of the
world's population do, I’m sure they would be
rebellious. If they say they wouldn’t, they are
liars.

As for the other four “categories,” I person-
ally don’t think there are many bands who are

really into perversion, violence, nihilism or what-
ever, I think bands with those lyrics are just doing
it for fun and shouldn’t be taken seriously.

The occult, on the other hand, is what a lot
of people are into, so if that is their “thing,” it
should remain exactly that, their choice .

The way things are going, in a few years
there will be no lyrics apart from the "I Love You
Baby" type. So let’s hope that people don’t stop
writing and publishing what they believe in.

Gaz Dawson/ 5 Oakenbank Crescent/ Lower-
houses, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England,
HD5 8LQ.

P.S. — Good luck Jello, don’t let the narrow-
minded fuckers grind you down.

Dear Maximum RockNRoll,

I’d like to address an issue that I feel is of the
utmost importance. The issue is open oppres-
sion, denial of many human rights without even
the slightest attempt to hide it because nobody’s
doing anything about it; oppression against the
youth. Basically, I (and many others) have no
rights because of age. I guess since we’re
younger, we’re not really human beings, we’re
property of them (parents and state). I’ll give an
example of how I was mistreated because I’m 13
and obviously don’t know what I really want or
what’s in my best interest. I was taken out of the
U.S. against my will (I’m a native born citizen and
have lived there for 1 3 years) and tried every way
possible to go back and live there and when all
else failed I ran away to avoid further torture of
living in this hole. After a while I got tired of looking
out for pigs and not being able to go to certain
areas cuz of pigs etc., and felt the slightest bit bad
for the evil fascist witch who calls herself my
mother so I turned myself in thinking she'd be will-
ing to work out a way for me to stay in the states.
Anyway, that night I stayed at the house she was
staying at and wehn I woke up in the morning
there were two pigs there that handcuffed me and
brought me to the pig pen (police station) and
locked me up. What made it most horrible was
that they had every legal right to do so, and I was
defenseless and helpless because of my ex-
treme lack of rights. I soon found out that they did
this because my mother requested they babysit
me and there was a CHINS (Child In Neea of
Services) warrant out for me which enabled them
to incarcerate me. I had a choice between coming
back to this dump or going to the Massachusetts
state mental hospital. I chose here cuz my mother
promised to send me back in the fall. Today I was
institutionalized here. All of this happened cuz I,
legally, could not stop it from happening because
I am not a human being, I’m an adolescent. I
really would like this letter to be printed in hopes
that other younger people who also feel their lives
are being fucked up by those in charge, will be
inspired to unite and fight for human being status.
If you’ve ever gotten frustrated cuz your parents
wouldn’t let you do something, (and if they can’t
control you, they can get the cops to!), you
couldn’t buy a six pack or even some cigarettes
cuz you are not old enough, weren’t able to go to
a show cuz it was an 18+, or if you’ve ever been
denied rights and priveleges because of your
age, even if you’re over 21 and you were op-
pressed when younger, I think it’s time really do
something besides telling your parents to fuck off
or slapping your dad back when he slaps you. I
don’t know about you, but I’m fucking sick of
being a teenager, I wanna be a person, and
looked upon that way!

Eli Hormann/ Stormstr. 12/ 5000 Koln 1/ West
Germany/

P.S. Please write me and tell me what you
think, I’d love to hear from anyone and I’d like pen
pals. P.P.S. Don’t respect those who don’t re-
spect you.

Dear Tim & MRR,

I am writing about a problem that everyone
has to face at one time or the other that is age.
(Agism is a problem encountered a lot — at least
in the UK.) At what age does a Punk lay down his
t-shirt and start listening to so called serious
music. It seems recently that all the Punks I grew
up with and shared the best years of my life with

(so far) have faded from the scene. They all settle
down and look at me as some sort of freak
because I am still proud to be a punk. I still believe
in the positive things Punk brought out, freedom
to think and act as your conscience dictates not
other people but at 26 I have seen so many
“good” people come and go. They seem to work
hard, believe in what they say, then they burn out
& lose interest. They become obsessed with the
negative things in punk (mindless violence, stu-
pidity etc) and disappear completely. I’ve seen
bands that I believed in become stupid and
complacent and finally split.

You can become very pissed off with punk
but fortunately for me just as I feel nothing now is
going to happen it usually does. Now bands like
Heresy, Concrete Sox and old bands like the
Varukers make life worth living and music worth
listening to.

Mags like MRR give me a monthly shot in
the arm and people write me from other countries
to exchange ideas and music. This is the seeth-
ing underbelly of Punk that never goes away.
Punk still lives but pressure is great from outsiae
to settle down. Being married to a thoughtful and
loving woman helps but I have 3 children and the
oldest one is at school — he is teased when his
father picks him up in his leather jacket. Pressure
is becoming more and more hard to take and I
really need older punks to write to me so we can
exchange views and ideas and hopefully sort out
the aging problems. (Check out the lyrics to the
Subhumans (UK) song “Ex-Teenage Rebel’’.)
The punk movement needs experience as much
as it needs fresh ideas. Please write.

Dave Robbins/ Flat 1/12 Thorgan Ct/ Grimsby/
So. Humberside/ DN31 2EU/ UK

Dear Dave,

From one “old” guy to another, punk is for
“kids" and by that I mean that rebellion is easier
for the young, who have t had less time for bad shit
to have happened to them. But it is the “kids of all
ages” (who somehow maintain their spirit in the
face of unending bullshit) that I really admire.
That’s when it gets tough to kep to one’s prin-
ciples, and those few who do should be proud of
their determination and strength, and fuck any-
one else’s pathetic opinions. Keep it up! Tim

Dear MRR,

One thing that is really pissing me off about
the punk/hardcore scene is the drawings etc. that
are in/on records & magazines. It’s just about
impossible to leaf through a ‘zine, or find a record
that doesn’t have: a) a skull; b) a rotting skull; c)
a decaying body; d) or all of the above with
“uniquely punk accessories such as mohicans
and/or chains etc. I think punk is a bloody creative
movement, but all this cliched artwork is about as
imaginative as dogshit. Isn’t punk supposed to be
a positive thing? Or are we all too obsessed with
the gloom of death to worry?

Ian Colvin/ 11 Glenview St/ Gordon 2072/
Sydney, N.S.W./ Australia

Dear MRR,

This is Helge who helped compile the MRR/
Trust photozine. I want to thank all those who
donated photos, translated, etc. and I hope this
zine will help contribute to better insight into the
European scene. Finally, I would like to make
some corrections: NO PRACTICE is from W.
Germany not from Italy; KAFKA PROSESS is
from Norway - not from Germany; and the band
on the foldout page is TU-DO HOSPITAL - not
TODO... and ANT1-CIMEX is from Sweden, not
from the U.K. OK folks, if anyone would like to get
in contact with me, here’s my address: Helge
Schreiber/ Dudelerstr. 17b/ 4200 Oberhausen
1 1/ W. Germany

Hi MRR and Readers,

Well this is one of many letters I’ve written to
MRR but none have been printed yet. Will I get
lucky this time? Anyway my name’s Andy and I do
a zine called Urinal Slime not Uninal Slime as
printed in your fanzine reviews in #49 (we’re all
human, we make mistakes) — right? OK, why I'm
writing is I’m presently doing a comp tape and

need more bands. The reason I’m writing MRR is
you seem to get the largest reader personage (is
that spelled right?). This will be an international
tape and we do need some overseas bands as
well as Canadian and American bands. Any style
of punk will be accepted, from speedcore to 60’s
type rock.

Also I would like for people to write me. I’ll
send out a free copy of U.S. #1 to anybody that
does. As I think communication is essential in
knowing what’s going on in the international punk
scene. I will write back! Not like tthe many letters
I’ve replied to and never got an answer. Why ask
for people to write you and then ignore them when
they do? It’s beyond me. O.K., enough on that.

For an idea of what will be on my comp, thus
far I have material from DIOXIN (Vancouver,
Canada), FRATRICIDE (Portland, OR), PRO-
TEST (Portland) and CRIB DEATH (River Falls,
Wl). Thanx to the people who have helped me get
material so far. Anywayz, debate not hate, love
not shove and peace! Andy Grotesque/ P.O. Box
997/ Sumas, WA 98295

P.S. James from PROTEST, contact me
with your new address. I still owe you a copy of my
‘zine (#2).

Dear Readers of MRR ,

Hello! This is Dave of SUBCORE here. I
write this letter in the hopes of regaining the
support which I may have lost and/or deserved to
lose over the past few months. I have been
fucking up time and time again. Several of my
fuck ups were do to the mail order distribution in
which I was involved in. These foul ups (as I
prefer to refer to them as) included such things as
refunding money because I ran out of the ordered
merchandise, sending substitutes or returning
large amounts of records to the people from
which I consigned them. I wish to apologize to the
victims of my improper actions and inform all that
SUBCORE is no longer involved in mail order
distribution. I have discontinued this service in
order to avoid such problems in the future. It was
fun while it lasted!!

Another item bothering me is the hundreds
of letters which come in requesting a free catalog.
Lately, I am afraid to say, they have all winded up
unanswered and in the garbage pail. The letters
which included the costs for return postage all
received replies, unfortunately, for the others,
SUBCORE’s financial situation is in such pitiful
condition that I cannot afford to swing for post-
age. Sorry !1 !

The third and final problem (also the most
serious) which I would like to address concerns
only STARVING MISSLE, Mike Just and
Germany’s finest band MOTTEK, all of which
SUBCORE and I recently fucked over big time.
This is the first and hopefully last immoral act
which SUBCORE has and/or will ever commit. I
would like to offer my sincerest apologies and let
you know that I feel like shit for doing it. All I can
say is that when one is hurting financially, one is
forced to make decisions which he or she does
not wish to.

“All” — please continue to support SUB-
CORE. See THE DEHUMANIZERS, STATE OF
CONFUSION and A.M.Q.A. live in the U.S. this
summer. All mail (for which return postage is
included) is still answered within three days or
less. Thanks for a great first year,

David U. Portnow/ P.O. Box 99284/ Seattle WA
98199/ U.S. A.

An Open Letter To Our Friends In The U.S. A.:

Firstly, thanks to MRR for allowing us the
space to relay what we feel is pretty important and
shouldn’t remain un-mentioned. Unfortunately,
for all concerned, Instigators has had to postpone
our proposed August visit to the USA for various
reasons. I hope these will be easily understood
by the explanation below.

As is Instigators policy, we were (and still
are), as involved as possible in every aspect of
setting up what would have been a three-week
tour of the West Coast of the USA and possibly
Canada, and hoped to arrange a tour we had total
control over. Our downfall, and the main reason
for postponement, came down to money (and the

lack of it at our end). Working without financial
backing meant/means advancing a huge sum of
cash for airfares and other expenses to get us out
there. At the time of our writing, we don’t have
that cash. We decided it was better for all
concerned that we put everything back until April
1988, by which time we’ll all have had time to
arrange a near perfect tour schedule and raise
the expenses.

Sorry to anyone who was confused to see a
half-page ad declaring our impending arrival in
July. We’re greatful to Doug Moody at Mystic
Records who, as well as the adverts (which he
donated at no expense to us), will be helping by
funding us in a round-about way. He’s shipping
us a pile of records to sell over here, which will go
towards our airfares. We’d like to say “Get well
soon.” A few days ago, Doug suffered a broken
collar bone while moving a heavy object. He’s at
the moment layed in a certain amount of pain and
no doubt utter frustration. Because Mystic isn’t
EMI, things virtually come to a standstil in a
situation such as this, so please have a little
patience and sympathy.

We’d also like to make public the departure
of bassist Andy Turnbull, who decided to call it a
day this week. Although he’d only been with
Instigators since August 1985, he’s a veteran of
123 gigs along with the time spent in the two
bands he was with previously. He’s been in-
volved in the underground music scene for over
8 years and will be missed by all of us. We wish
him luck in his new venture looking after the
environment in his role as a tree surgeon. He’ll be
around to make sure his replacement gets as
much help as possible taking over.

Watch out Europe. We’lfbe making a short
visit to Germany/ Denmark/ Belgium later this
year, as well as other plans we’ll unveil soon.

As always, our USA tour is being arranged
by Kamala Parks/ 1207 1/2 Francisco St./
Berkeley, CA 94702, (41 5) 525-7588, so please
get in touch not only for Instigators tour info but
also concerning the other bands she’s booking
for.

More information can be obtained direct
from us at the address below. See you in April.
Andy Turner/ 12 Bell Street/ Newsome, Hud-
dersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4GNN, UK.

P.S. — What! No live tapes to review??

Dear Max R ‘N’ R (Tim, Martin, & gang),

The reason I’m writing in is because of all the
letters written in on the mass violence at the
shows here in L.A. and across the country. My
name is Felipe Bello and I run a production
company called Funfix Presents. (I have been
doing punk, rock shows since 1980.) Of the
shows I’ve put on this year only one had more
than one fight. That was The Descendents/
Wasted Youth at Fenders Ballroom in April.

The other non-violent shows this year in-
cluded 1) Descendents/Lovedolls/Lawndale at
the Whisky, 2)Agent Orange/M I A/Teen Age
Psych On Ludes at the Waters, 3)Crash Bang
Crunch Pop (Ron Reyes)/LeLarmes at Warrens
Hut, 4)Dickies/Angry Samoans at Blax, 5)Teen-
Age Psych On Ludes/Abby Hoffmans Brain at the
Pit. All these went on without violence and very
little vandalism, if any.

Also Gary Tovar of Golden voice put on a
show with The Vandals/Dag Nasty at Fenders
Ballroom without any violence whatsoever! It’s up
to all of us to keep the violence and vandalism
down, let’s all work together so we don’t have to
have another Starwood or Fleetwood getting
closed down, it’s your scene, protect
it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peace, Love & Rise Above

Felipe Bello c/o Funfix Presents / 1038 Sunset

Drive / H.B. ,CA. 90254/ (213)374-8798

P.S. Thanks to Martin with helping me put
together the Descendents last show ever on July
24th with Social Unrest, MIA, Capitol Punishment
& Bulimia Banquet Fenders.

P.S.S. Any bands coming to L.A. send me a
demo and I’ll see what I can do for you. I’m also
putting out a comp, tape with the bands I’ve
worked with, live at the shows and studio stuff,
also off the demos you send, send an info sheet

and or lyrics

MRR:

We, Culture Shock, would like to apologize
to anyone who has written to us (at 44 East
Street, Warminster, Wilts, England) and received
no reply — we have just discovered that some-
one we (previously) trusted who was staying with
us at 44 has been stealing our mail and taking any
money sent for tapes — this freeloading bastard
has been kicked out, but as we have no idea how
many letters or how much money has been
stolen, we have no way of knowing how many
people, (or who), are still waiting for replies —
hence this letter — apologies are little compen-
sation butwe’re in a fucked up situation, so it’s the
best we can do, I guess — ta for the space —
Dick/ Culture Shock/ 2 Victoria Terrace/
Melksham/ Wilts/ England

To MRR,

Listing phone numbers for Bay Area bands
was a great idea and a great service. You should
encourage all of your scene reporters to try to
compile a si milar list for their areas.

Unfortunately, through no fault of your own,
you printed an incorrect phone number for
OBLIVIOUS. So, for those hordes of people

I hope you’ll consider updating and reprint-
ing the listing every 6 months or at least once a
year.

Gary Kaufman/ PO Box 9547/ Berkeley, CA
94709

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IN DEFENSE OF MUSIC

Our right to perform and enjoy music is eroding rapidly:

• Fewer records are released each year.

• The number of clubs and othe live performing venues continues to shrink and those that remain
often demand that musicians pay them for the chance to play.

• The majority of America's regional symphonies have gone bankrupt

• Cutbacks in funding for music programs in the schools grow deeper and \vider.

• Powerful groups of music censors operate nationally and locally with Increasing boldness.

Only the music that has the chance to generate huge profits is brought fully to public attention. As
a result we hear little of what Is being produced In even the most popular genres, and almost
nothing of the less popular styles. The wealth of distinctive music made by America's minorities is
treated as a curiosity at best

As performers, fans, and industry professionals, we know this is wrong. We take our stand in favor
of music, regardless of personal taste. Our aim in making this collective statement is to provoke a
national debate over why. in this richest of countries, opportunities to play and listen to music
continue to decline. Out of such a debate can come a constructive program of change and the
alliances necessary to implement it.

NAME ADDRESS MUSICAL "OCCUPATION''

(fan. performer journalist etc.)

When this statement Is filled up. please return It to Rock & Roll Confidential. Box 1073. Maywood, NJ 07607, where you
can also obtain blank copies. Completed statements will be collected and presented to the American people at a press
conference later this year.

A STATEMENT BY AMERICA'S MUSIC COMMUNITY

Hidden homelessness
surges in major cities

By LaUan Stein
Workers World /July 2. 1987

Nothing gives as powerful an indi- to $600 a month for space without san-
cation of the bankruptcy of the capi- »t«y plumbing or adequate utilities,
talist system as the crisis of Reflecting the cruel and fearful atti-
homelessness in the U.S. ^udes of the big landlords and city

If one city were chosen as having kihera, William Baer, associate pro-
the most opulent and luxurious hous- lessor of urban planning at the Uni-
ing accommodations in all the world, veraity of Southern California,
it might be New York or Los Angeles, speculated, “We’ve got a squatters set-
Yet, these same cites have a growth tlement in the backyard of the city.”
rate of homelessness that equals that Having only a car for shelter can be
of war zones and areas stricken with classified as “not-quite-homeless.”
catastrophe. Time magazine (June 22) reports that

Virtually every city in the U.S. has a there are 5,000 “automobile dwellers”
growing population of homeless in California’s San Fernando Valley,
people. A U.S. government-funded A new phenomenon among the home-
report titled, “At Risk of Loss: The less is the number of working people
Endangered Future of Low-Income who don’t make enough money to pay
Rental Housing,” estimated that the rent or security on an apartment,
total number of homeless people will ‘The couch people'
grow to 18 million by the year 2003. Another term for the “hidden home-
This figure is regarded by many less” is “couch people,” reports the
experts to be seriously underesti- New York Times of June 17. This refers
mated. to the some 100,000 New York City

New terms are being coined to families, including 200,000 children,
describe and often mask the insidious who are forced to drift between the
development of this crisis. One term apartments of relatives and friends,
sets up a category of people who are In impoverished communities
to be “notrquite-homeless.” across the country it is becoming rare
These are the homeless people in cities for a family to stay alone in an apart-
like New York, Los Angeles and ment. The only way to afford the
Detroit who are forced to seek shelter grossly inflated rents is by doubling
by renting garages, tool sheds and and tripling up. Highly conservative
chi nlron coops. They pay exorbitant Census Bureau figures show the
rents and are faced with the constant number of families who have moved in
threat of harassment and eviction. together doubled between 1980 and

Garage rent-gouging 1985, reaching 2.8 million.

B he Los Angeles Times estimates For undocumented workers, who
t some 200,000 people stay in about suffer tremendous exploitation in
000 garages in Los Angeles every area, sometimes the only way to
inty. They pay rents between $200 survive is to share a swing shift on a

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bed that may be used three or four attempting to find solutions which
times a day would end the mounting crisis and

Seeking refuge in someone else’s provide affordable housing,
overcrowded home often must be a Spokespersons for the movement of
temporary step leading to the street homeless people have objected to the
and the public shelters The New York repressive government plans. These
Times reports that more than half the delude a large-scale conversion of
4,800 families in New York City’s unoccupied military barracks for
“emergency housing program lived housing to be administered by the rail-
for months, sometimes years, camped itary and the provision of temporary
out on the floors and living room encampments, like one currently run
couches” of anyone who could take hy the Salvation Army on Los Angeles
them in. city property. Homeless leaders have

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• I've been madder than a feminist with jock
itch. The Village Voice, MRR, and other mem-
bers of the liberal media coalition have been
butting down - the best things to happen : to
rock'ir roll since Ti IE RAM ONfeS. •

Of course, I'm talking about THE BEASTIE
BOYS, those snotty kids who can't play any
instrument^, - are continually insul tin gm and
knocked Bon jovi the fuck out of number. orie m
the radio charts. : Yep, those guys who used . to
play hardcore at CBGBs and Gildersleeves With
MINOR THREAT, who now Def Jam with RUN
DMC and are the bane of punks and their moms
all over the world. Ho, ho, have they got people
mad? ; •

• • xif xOne of: the biggest— and funniest— com?

f yiairits against.them is that they say 'Taggot" a
otu Their album, in fact, was originally going: £6
be called Don' t: Be A Faggot . The com plaints say
that this is discrimination against homosexuals:
It's name-calling and epithet flinging; blah, ,blah>
blah,

I guess the complainers never went to juh-

what a homo is! A faggot is a wimp. A faggot is
a person Who hides m the background,: doesn't
take a stand. At best he (or she— girls can be

listens to Beethoven during the make out parties.

M : : Being a faggot has to do with a lack of
balls -x not where those balls happen to be
squirting their reservoir. LOU REED be-
came a faggot when he stopped being a homo
and moved to Mew Jersey. So wise up. sapsl
That faggot argument • against: u THE
BE ASTI E3 is A-one bogus, : >*•;,

Another complaint that's often heard is
that THE BEASTIES are somehow insin-
cere— or themselves wimpish, Pcnnie, from
Pdnu tibh -Goh trol , tells me that the fearsome
threesome were warned not to “do a dirty
show” when they played in DC; And horror of
horrors they diet n L As far as Pm concerned,
that's no weirder than a hard drinking, and
drugging band eschewing those things in
order to play certain clubs with a no efrtrik;-
ipgifd rug policy. You may not like it, but if

flHK. .. . > way around j ■

Majors or minors* punk clubs or arenas, it's
the same all over.

Those lame objections dispensed with,

1 want to tell you what's so great about THE
BEASTIES, First, they’re the only band to
come out: of the hardcore scene with a
number one hit They did it without losing
their 'Tuck you, I can't play any instruments ana
yoii're a sucker foT listening" .attitude that Was so
Basic to early punk,

"•livxOlS^cond, they Ve brought people together
who would never before be seen in the . same
room. I talked to people who were at their shows
in Europe. The v said the scene was like some-
thing out of a dream. Black U.S. Gls, teen age
girls; heavy metalers, hairUn-the^air punks; skint
heads, and skaters were all there— and enjoy-
ing— the same show. (Of course; in Germany
there were^ome fights, but I think there are fights
af Bceth oven concerts in Germany.) : : :

: : ;.v : This music cuts like a Man son knife through
the Sharon Tates of race, style, gender, class
badkground^all of it. There's no one single type
of person who loves— or hates this band: It cuts
like rock'n'roll should cut, not caring who's
Sliced in the bm*Aairt. ^

.Third — and maybe most important- THE
BEASTIES have made rock nasty again, I can't

remember the last time a nas

ty band had a
iite:

number one song. Between a cute Madonna, a
lovable Michael Jackson, and a safe Bon v
was beginning to look like the PMRC hac

ing to . worry about. They wouldn't have to
censor:- anything, because, rock was censoring
itself: Even punkrock was getting like that, I
actually have heard of hardcore bands that don' I

says: "darned" any dayikCi ve me a band parents
hate and EH show you a band that's got a hell of
a lot going f Of it,

. : : Yeah y 1 know they're oh amajor label . Yeah,
I know that they've done stuff that's not very
nice, :: I'm not excising them completely—
they're human. But they're also the best example
of nasty fun we've had in a long time, 5o, long
live THE BEASTIE BOYS: And ney, don't be a

00 LAST MINUTE NOTE: Sad news from
Norway. Gunnar, the singer, writes that KAFKA
PRQSESS broke up. His new band ("faster and
rawer") is called BO MUCH HATE. Nils, the
guitar player Is in a "rock'n roll" band called,
EIRE TAKE TYRER.; An yvva y, Gunnar asks me to
remind everybody Touring Or going to Europe
that Oslo is a real city and one worth playing, (li
was ARTLESS's best show!) You can contact
Gunnar and Ote at Mandalsgt. 1 / 0190 Oslo 1/
NORWAY; :• ' '•

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" The art of government is the art of being
honest!” -Thomas Jefferson.

The constitution of the United States is now
two hundred years old. Yet, where is it? Why is
this important piece of paper repeatedly ignored
over and over again!?

I do hope everyone has been keeping a close
ear over the Iran /Contra hearings. Ronald "we
will never negotiate with terrorists" Reagan's
arms-for-hostages deal to Iran, lying to Con-
gress, lying to you and me, obstructing the
constitution is upsetting in itself. Yet, the real
significance to be held firmly in your mind are
the drug and gun smuggling aspects. This, "just
say no, piss in a jar: administration are the
current dirty do handlers involved in this ongo-
ing milleau of drug and gun running. This aspect
of drug and gun running is significant because
the congressional panel and much of the media
are not investigating it enough. Fortunately,
there is a Senate subcommittee investiga ting gun
running and contra cocaine smuggling. The
Iran /Contra scandal and all of its aspects will be
covered at a later date, here in this column. But
before the latter, the history of drug and gun
running should be known to you because actu 1
ally this scandal should not really come as a sur-
prise. Meaning people, these kinds of monstrous
activities have teen going on for a very long time
and the documentation has been in reach of the
public domain.

I have not recieved any feedback as I hoped
I would. Has this particular column and the cur-
rent topic touched upon something you too may
be using? Well, I certainly hope not and if it does,
stop! Please do not be those individuals who
oppose this wrong doing but yet roll that spliff,
snort that coke, shoot up or whatever. You
contribute to the murder and the fueling of the
fascist crusade by elements of the U.S. govern-
ment. Write your comments, criticisms, ques-
tions and especially send political articles from
your local newspapers, magazines etc., to me.
Communication is vital if we the people of the

world want to obtain peace or "one country" as
John Lennon often spoke of and sang about.
(John Lennon's death, eventually will be dis-
cussed. Yes, much evidence leads to the possibil-
ity John Lennon was assassinated by yours truly.
Uncle Sam!)

Continuing and Concluding
the Bolivian Coca Fascista

In issue 50, the Drug Enforcement Agency
(DEA) was in fact a part of the Bolivian Coca
Fascista as Joachim Fiebelkom revealed while on
trial in West Germany. 1 All of the following infor-
mation comes from an excellent article that origi-
nally appeared in the West German magazine.
Stern, in May and June of 1984 by Kai Hermann.
Kai and a colleague interviewed Alfred Mario
Mingolla who was arrested on the 28th of No-
vember 1982.

Democracy was restored in Bolivia after
Klaus and gang literally became too corrupt and
collapsed. Mingolla was arrested for a plan to
assassinate the Bolivian vice-president* After
fourteen months of imprisonment, Mingolla was
eager to talk. Upset over how his fascist friends
did nothing for his release, he gave up on nazism
and worked on the side of trie newly elected
Democratic government.

Mingolla was taught at an Argentine agent
school in Buenos Aires:

"Were there also American teachers?”
Mingolla: "Not any more. We had Israelis as
specialists. I was later trained by North Ameri-
cans in Panama at the Escuela de las Americas.”

"In what area did you specialize?” " Infiltrating
the Catholic Church. To seek out subversives in
the church, etc.” " Did you prepare the death
list?” "We should agree that I will not say any-
thing about my personal work.” "But where
have you worked 1” " Different places. Also one
time in Spain. But mostly in Argentina. Then we
had to leave Argentina before the world soccer
championship 1978 because of the human rights
propaganda. Most of them are in Central Amer-
ica. 1 went to Bolivia. In 1982 l was sent to
Guatemala. There I worked primarily with the
North Americans. That was the best time. "*

Mingolla had worked for an international
assaassination and torture unit under the leader-
ship of the Argentine intelligence agency. 4 This
unit had conducted state terrorism and mass
murder in Argentina, Chile and other Latin
American countries against Catholic clergymen,
"subversive" guerrillas and left leaning demo-
crats:

We asked him who he had worked for in
Bolivia. Mingolla: ” What do you mean? For
* everybody; Argentineans, Bolivians, CIA.” 5

The coup d'etat that occurred in Bolivia was
planned two years in advance. The military and
political aspects were prepared by Klaus Barbie. 4
In 1978, Barbie, built an intimate relationship
with the Argentine intelligence agency. The
Argentine intelligence agency sent a commando
unit to La Paz, Bolivia and amongst this com-
mando unit was Alfred Mario Mingolla. 7 This
commando unit had arrived to lend a hand to
Klaus Barbie and his fascist friends in seizing
control of Bolivia:

Mingolla: "/ had not heard much about
Altmann Jalias-Klaus Barbie); however, before
our departure we received a dossier on him.

’ fight against 1
From the dossier it was also clear that Altmann
worked for the Americans. They listed his con-
tact people as well as his various trips to the

Another unit had also been set up for the
preparation of the coup which included two
Israeli specialists. 9 Joachim Fiebelkorn arrived in
La Paz with the rest of the treacherous Fiances of
Death . There they inspected and planned the key
strategic points that would be attacked. The
coup d'etat had begun:

The paramilitary stormed the union hall
and the party headquarters. Almost all potential
leaders of the resistance were arrested within
s. The

hours.

the

dents

rs. The brutality of the terrorist groups and
military frightened off the workers and stu-
ts. Only the Indians from the tin mines

desperately resisted for another few days. As
with any overthrow, most of the victims were
among them.

The coup of July 17,1 980 had many victors.

The fascists celebrated the national socialist take-
over of power with swastika flags and the greet-
ing, "Heil Hitler!" Those supporting a free mar-
ket system for Latin America believed that social-
ism had been averted. Washington, despite res-
ervations about such officers as Garcia and Arce,
could hope for a stable government, sympathetic
to the U.S . 10

Colonel Bo Hi Pak, leader of the Moonies
Unification political arm, CAUSA, was the first
official to meet with the new government leader.
General Garcia Mesa.” Four West German cler-
gymen best described Bo Hi Pak and the
Moonies:

...the Moon sect is a "criminal union that
espouses human psychological terror and pro-
claims a fascist system. ....They regard their
iounder, Moon, as " Holy Father," President
Reagan as the world's "political savior. " u

Much of the top military personnel were
members of the CAUSA organization. The
Moonies were so enthused by this coup and they
had good reason to feel as such. The Moonies
contributed 4 million dollars towards the prepa-
ration of the coup. 13 Moon mania flooded La Paz,
nine months after the 31st of May 1981. "Political
missionary" work began in all of Bolivia as 50,000
of the sects books, "were brought in by an Ameri-
can air force plane . " 14

What was Klaus Barbie? His activities?
Was he working on a personal ambition to secure
a fascist state? Or for a foriegn agency? The
following passage sheds a great deal of light
upon the latter:

The leader of the Moon group in Bolivia was
Thomas (Tom) Ward. Barbie and the pale Ameri-
can Ward, who always seemed to be absorbed in
prayer , were often seen together. Tom Ward was
also the man who delivered a payment from the
CIA in early 1981 to the Argentinean intelligence
Lieutenant Alfred Mingolla. The $1,500 monthly
salary for Mingolla was paid in the CAUSA office
belonging to William Selig, Ward's representa-
tive. Seng put less stock in pious attitudes than
his boss. He was an electronic specialist with
experience in Vietnam and advised the Bolivian
intelligence organization on technical matters.

The third man in the CIA cadre of the Moonies
was Paul Perry, who had already tried to organ-
ize an " armed church" in Brazil. The
Argentinean agent Alfred Mingolla at first knew
little about the connection between the Nazi
Barbie and the Moonie Ward. Two days after his
recruitment by the CIA, says. Mingolla, he met
the " Old German" in the courtyard of the Boliv-
ian General staff. Mingolla came out of depart-
ment VII of the intelligence agency, Barbie came
out of department III.

Barbie greeted his colleague — as Mingolla
remembers it, "Hello, comrade, what do I hear?

Are you working for a new employer?" Mingolla
answered with surprise, " For what, for who,
then?" Barbie laughed. " It's okay. There has to
be cooperation."

Mingolla says that it was first clear to him
on that day that Barbie had become a top man for
the CIA because only top people knew the names
of the other agency employees. The Moon man
Tom Ward was Klaus Barbie's CIA contact man

if

munitions

boasted that he had direct contact with President
Reagan, whom he allegedly knew during the
latter's California governor days. Another one of
Barbie's steady CIA contact people was George
Portugal, also a munitions dealer. He was
Inchauste's close co-worker and Barbie's busi-
ness friend. 15

Such was this evidence: witnesses reports,
journalists investigated evidence, Bolivia's own
democratic government investigation, so many
believed Klaus Barbie would never stand trial
because of his CIA ties. In fact, after four years of
imprisonment in France, Barbie's trial was
waged. The CIA of course did not need worry
because this period of Barbie's life was not men-
tioned in his trial. Klaus Barbie has been sen-
tenced to life imprisonment, outrageously to be
spent in a nicely modeled 3 room prison cell. One
can never say, out maybe the CIA still had affec-
tion for him and did waus one last favor for all

his work. After all, as the saying goes, "Once
CIA, always CLA."

One last provocative passage:

The Defense minister of the pro-western
government in Bolivia at the time, Manuel
Cardenas Mallo, in an official interview, cau-
tiously answered our questions regarding infor-
mation about Barbie's work for foreign agencies.
Cardenas: "We have no documentation about it.

They let those disappear before President Siles
took over the government. But that Barbie
worked for foreign intelligence agencies is be-
lievable. Many people knew that and there are
many people who can confirm that." Was Barbie
merely an informant, or did he, working for
foreign agencies, influence the political develop-
ment? Cardenas: "Many people who worked
with Barbie are still in service here. You must
understand — it is dangerous if they find out that
foreigner had so much influence here, that they
did not just play an advisory role, but that they
actually made decisions." F)o you mean to say
that the U.S.A. staged the 1980 coup? Cardenas
hesitates, then answers, "Let me say it like this
and then you can quote me: If there isn't a coup
happening today, it is only because of one rea-
son: Because it is the first time that the Americans
are not interested in a coup." 14

THE HIDDEN SHADOW OF

THE SUMMER OF LOVE

It was twenty years ago this year. The
world was astounded by the subculture of
American youth: long hair, psychedelic clothing,
free love, the heart warming music, peace sym-
bols and the anti-war chants. But what of the
invisible monster that had shadowed behind one
of the main elements of the Summer of Love?
That invisible monster was the QA's involve-
ment with the experimentation and distribution
of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD).

In the Beginning

The year was 1942, the Third Reich was
massinga cross Europe in an effort to conquer the
world. The chief of the Office of Strategic Serv-
ices (OSS), General William "Wild Bill 7 ' Dono-
van, undertook a top-secret research program
which a half dozen American scientists would
work on. The program called for "the develop-
ment of a speech-inducing drug" to be used in
obtaining intelligence during; interrogation. 17
Numerous drugs such as alcohol, barbiturates,
caffeine, peyote and scopolamine were tested
but rejected because these substances interferred
with the process to obtain information from an
interrogation. 11 This top-secret committee, after
creating a highly potent extract that had no color,
taste or odor, found marijauna extract as the
likely substance to use. The latter, referred to as
"Truth Drug" eventually proved to be ineffective
as an OSS document states: "The drug defies all
but the most expert and searching anaylsis, and
for all practical purposes can be considered be-
yond analysis. ”

The CIA and the military continued the
work of the OSS after WW11 had ended. Project
CHATTER began in 1947 and conducted experi-
ments on mescaline, a semi-synthetic extract that
is similar to the hallucogenic reactions caused by
LSD. This study also proved to establish nega-
tive results and was terminated in 1953.”

These "tell us everything" investigators
came to know of the mind control experiments
that were done at Dachau concentration camp.
The U.S. Naval Technical Division reported
mescaline experiments that were conducted at
Dachau and tnis of course layed the red carpet for
more than 600 top Nazi scientists to begin their
work here. 21

The hidden shadow of the Summer of Love
will continue next issue. I am putting together
many compilation tapes, and if your band is
interested and has a song or songs that pertain to
the following, please write to me at the MRR p.o.
box c/o The insh Rocker. First, "Animal Exploi-
tation, For What!?"; Second, 'Troops OutOfThis
World!"; Third, "World Of Ideological Fanati-
cism!"; Lastly, "We Are All The Same Color In
The Dark!!" bo onceagain if your band has a song
or songs that pertain to: 1) Anti-Animal suffer-
ing; 2) Anti-War; 3) Anti-Fascism; 4) Anti-Ras-
cism, contact me. These compilations are not
only to hear music from all parts of the world, but
each tape will be accompained with a lengthy
booklet of information. The idea of these tapes is
you can have fun and learn at the same time! Till
next month, Peace, Love, Unity and knowledge.

Footnotes

#l-Boston Globe, November 17, 1984
#2-Covert Action Information Bulletin, Winter
1986, Number 25.

#3-Ibid., p. 16
#4-Ibid.

#5 Ibid., p. 16
#6-Ibid.

#7-Ibid.

#8-Ibid., p. 17
#9-Ibid.

#10-Ibid., p. 18
#11-Ibid.

#1 2-Ibid., p. 19
#13-Ibid.

#14-Ibid., p. 19
#1 5-Ibid., p. 19
#1 6-Ibid., p. 19-20

#1 7-Martin A. Lee and Bruce Shlain, Acid
Dreams (Grove Press, Inc., New York, 1985)
#18-Ibid.

#1 9-Ibid., p. 5
#20-Ibid.

#21 -Ibid.

1 grew up in a working class neigh borhood]
but 1 never developed much enthusiasm for the
working class. When I started my first factory
job y I was even less impressed.

1 walked into this immense room, nearly the
size of a city block. It was crammed full oLma-
chines more evil-looking than even my perverse
little mind could have imagined. The noise was
horrible, the smell wasn't too good, either, but
worst of all was the sight of my fellow humans
doing their best to become one with the ma-
chines.

T -: 1 My first impure was to start, smashing
things. What I couldn't figure was why nobody
else was. There were something like a thousand
people there. Everyone except me seemed per-
fectly con tent. When I got to talk wi th some of
them at lunchtime, l found that was pretty much
true. What's more, l got the idea that I was
supposed to consider myself lucky to be allowed
to work like a hyperactive robot in General
Motors hell.

I immediately started planning my escape]
and once 1 got out of there { tried not to look back
From then on, the main thought I gave to the
working class was about how to stay out of it. So
when these left-wing types would come around
Saying how we had to unite with the working
class tor: the sake of the revolution, I'd think to
myself,: T don't know about that; it sounds tod
much like I'd have to get a job."

It's not that ! have anything against wdrk.{
do a lot of work; 1 just don't like anyone else
telling me when or where to do it; In fact, 1 have
a real bad time with anyone telling me when or
where to: do anything, So when if first started
hearing about anarchy,! thought, hmm, that just
might be the scene For me. .

Of course l didn't go out and join the anar-
chists' dub (let alone run for president of it —
thanks to SEWER TROUT for that brilliant con-
cept), and 1 didn ' t see any point to the constant
mud-slinging and : hair-splitting debates that
"real": anarchists seem to love so much. But
anyone who was in favor of eliminating govern?
merit, religion, and most of what passes For eigh
lization was all right with me. •

There was one small problem, though. As
much as I hated the government, there were a
Whole lot of things 1 expected it to do. if people
(myself irtclu ded> didn t have enough rhoneyTo
live, then they should get welfare. Sick people
should be taken care of whether or not they could
afford to pay. Everyone that wants an education
should be able to get one. And last, but far from
least, when l drop this column in the mailbox, it
should be quickly and reliably delivered to MRR
from whatever corner of the world 1 happen to be
hanging out in (a cathedral in Freiburg, West

Germany at the moment).

I vrVi i Mn whaL Pm TttSiatnwtiiel: to:

though 1

money to me government, wmcn, m ine occa-
sional intervals when it wasn't busily devising

IS!..

i righh the

iWiilihgl
over, their
::the:;:pc6&-

of exploiting and exterminating

But there has to be a better wav. Doesn't
there? I mean, for every dollar used to help some
.mother feed her kids, two or three more are
:pi$sed away on H-bombs or flying the president
and his entourage of layabouts around m their
own private 747, So wnat about socialism? Or
•even land here's where I have to start looking

Vy-ifS-nrVrrti' »r\>«»vi?x : : : x : : ; :

where some version of socialism or communism

WiS !rVi ufd hi r/S'XAf VV'Vl nYrftOtt

■> -* 1

V* *

But there's one way the two can be recon-
ciled. Until everyone has at least the bare neces-
sities of existence, to talk of anarchism as a way of

lifefcnildl^

leged classes^ among which you'll find 99 % of

pi c

heir white /

i right;
rcibiv)

a folks that they won't be truly free u

government ls done away with,

• Government is not about to be abolished
but it may disappear if and when it's no longer
needed. That will only happen when people wise
up enough to take care of each other without
being forced to. Is socialism /communism a step

And anarchism? Well, in the unlikely event
that it ever produced anything (just kidding,
folks — I think), half its adherents would imme-
diately form some new faction to denounce it.

So right about now you're probably expect-
ing me to tie all this together and use if to point
out the one political-economic system that can
provide us with the freedom we need and the
security w'e crave. You may have a long wait. I
still have the soul of an anarchist but the last few
months, expecially the ones spent in England,
have taught me a lot of respect for working
people and old-fashioned left-wing politics.

While I'd like to combine the best of both
worlds, anarchists and communists have been
known not to got along, as in, for example, killing

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that capitalism isn't working, except for the rela-
tive handful sitting comfortably on top. The trick
will be getting rid of the tyranny of the few
without merely having it replaced by the tyranny
of the ma n y, ’

berg Trials after the Nazi reich was defeated are
praised, when mercenaries and fascists are ad-
vanced as freedom fighters and pro-democratic,
when hearings to get to the bottom of conspira-
cies are offered as propaganda launching pads
for the conspirators, then it is necessary to con-
tinually stick to the basics and common sense —
if nothing more than to preserve one's sanity.

The congressional hearings can really try
one's patience. The congressional Right used
their time to promote their pro-Contra rhetoric to
set the stage for this year s vote on appropria-
tions and to make anyone to the left of Gerald
Ford seem like a KGB agent. The Center entirely
wimped out and kissed Ollie's ass. And the Left
is non-existent. Other than a verbal rap on the
knuckles by Sen. Mitchell of Maine to let North
know he had no monopoly on righteousness, and
an aborted attempt by Inouye ol Hawaii to make
the Nurnenbcrg parallel (he was initimidated
and silenced by North's

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hearings utterly failed to accomplish anything
except to prove how lame the Congress is ana

s attorney, Sullivan), the

It has sometimes been said that my column
is often too straightforward, that it isn'f sarcastic
or intentionally "clever" or annoying enough.
Perhaps that's true, and if so, good. At a time
when bullshit reigns supreme, w'ncn known liars
are heralded as public heroes, when those who
subvert the Constitution in the name of god and
country are celebrated, when those who know-
ingly twist the facts or lie by omission or engage
in obeying unlawful orders in a manner that the
United States itself condemned in the Nurem-

anvone i

going on, and that indeed the "secret govern-
ment' has been functioning for the last several
decades.

In this issue of MRR, I'd like to direct your
attention to the article on said topic. It is largely
based on the federal la w suit filed by the Christie
Institute, which deals with drug smuggling,
murder, and the breaking of more laws than I can
count — all done by the secret government. Some
of the cast of characters will be familiar to those
w f ho followed the hearings, yet their roles, both at
present and going back to the Kennedy assassi-
nation, have only vaguely been touched on by
our dear congress men (and I'm sure you noticed
the lack of non-males in all the proceedings). I
hope this basic and straightforward article won't
upset you critics too much, and that if you find
yourselves as pissed as me after reading it, you'll
consider financially contributing to the support
of the Christie institute in their effort to do what
we're supposedly already paying Congress to
do.

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g our second demo, which should be ou
te this month. We’re now on our 3rd
our hype campaign, featuring the ne
;mo, freet-shirts, an article in the Berkeley
Lgh paper, and, most importantly, trying t<
1 B 1 notoriety for being the onlyl>and ma
urray Bowles stagedives for. The l.V.
)cumentary on high school dropouts lea-
ning Crimpshrine that was filmed back

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will finally be shown sometime i
ptember on Channel 9. . . New band from E
errito/El Sobrante. CRUSTi
BUTTFACE. . .SPECIAL FORCES have re
turned from their tour with Concord s POSI-

wanted to let you all know we do exist. Chula
Vista is a city of 1 20, 000 south of San Diego

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able is the large number of skaters popping
up out of the woodworks. All this adds up to
a vibrant, fun, and veiy positive scene which
continues to amaze all by its rate ofgrowth.

Bands in the area include NEIGHBOR-
HOOD WATCH, AMENITY, DARK SAR-
CASM, and newly formed BLACKSMITH
BABOZA. Some bands that have come and

§ ne(?) are Common Sense, Reality, and
burn Jig. Other bands from the Sout:h
ly area are DICK’S ARMY, THE FRONT and
CRABGRASS.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH is a 5 piece
band who successfully blends DKs/Surf
Punks type thrash and melodic punk styles
with synthesizer electronics. They recently
released a 3 song 7”, which has done really
well. Just released (July 1) is a 12" EP called
Feeding the I land That Hites which includes
everybody's iavorite singalong “We Fuck
Sheep”. I3oth records are available from
Vinyl Communications/ PO Box 8623/
Chula Vista, CA 92012. The 7" is $3 and the

uoLpc^u. Neighborhood
acted at this same ad-

12" is $5, both
Watch can be coni

dress. , , .

AMENITY is a 4 piece straightedge/
positive thinking band which opts lor a more
socially conscious lyrical approach than

most bands they re grouped with. Musically,
they strive for a solid and poweriul sound.
Currently available from Amenity is a 5 song
7", also on Vinyl Communications, $3 post-
paid. Amenity can be reached at 959 Melrose
Ave/ Chula Vista, CA 920 1 1. i ,

DARK SARCASM is a 4 piece band with
members from Chula Vista and nearby
Spring Valley. They have rapidly improved in
the 4 months they have been playing. Musi-
tc

they are dehnately punk. Dark sarcasm can
be contacted c/o L)avid Mendoza/ 78 E.
Shasta/ Chula Vista, CA 920 10.

Shows happen about once a month,
either at the Vinyl Comm, studio, or in
someone’s backyard. The crowds that turn
out arc energetic and lend support to all the
bands. The key word here is FUN. Most
shows are $1 for 3 or 4 bands with a $3
benefit for the “No More Censorship Defense
Fund" happening a few months back. The
usual turnout at these shows is between 100
and 200 people, with the maximum capacity

Diego- The few times thataSan
Diego scene report is done, it seems the
Soulh Bay area is overlooked. We just

oi the studio at abou t 80 people. Luckily , tfie

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neighbors are very supportive of all this, and
there has been NO fights. Cringer from
Hawaii /LA recently came down for a great
show. . ..

The NMCDF seems to be a worthy

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the cover on “moral” grounds.

On the ‘zine front, Chula has Tales
From the Positive Side and a great new ‘zine
The Amigo with its iirst issue out

July 1. Any intelligent, positive, political
contributions or correspondence can be
sent to Jay at The Amigo/ PO Box 412/
Chula Vista, CA 92012. The first issue can
be had for a mere 50c postpaid.

Enough horn-honking of the Chula
scene, now for a quick review of San Diego.
Out of town bands may want to contact tne
following places for shows: “The Whistle
Stop” (613)284-2845 (over 21 club). “The
Spirit" which will book “punk", but not
hardcore, and is also an over 21 club

For hall shows try
Toddzmania (619)280-5989 and/or Scott
(619)755-6236. They have recently put on
shows for MDC and Uniform Choice.

SOCIAL SPIT has a record coming out
on Mystic, should be out any day now. Tape-
wise, recent releases include, BLOODLAKE,
EMINENCE, CRABGRASS, and MANIFEST
DESTINY. MD’s tape is $3.50 to: 2436
Sacada Cir # A/ Carlsbad, CA 92008.

Other bands around town are: SANTA
CLAUS, THE 1NSOLENTS, MERCENARY.
CONSERVATIVE ITCH, THE HITTERS and
KONVLX who have been playing a lot of the

clubs around town lately, great powerful
sound, kind of Sex Pistolsish,

Zinc-wise, San Diego’s Daily Impulse
coming out bimonthly (consis-

has been

newsjoumal.

PO Box 903 1 2/ San Diego, CA 92109. Black
Market is another great zine from SD. Some
may not like their comix but BM is one of the
highest quality mags available anywhere in
the punk world. Record reviews, interviews,
art and lots of other surprises. $2 postpaid
to: 405 W. Washington St. plot #212/ San
3. Qtl — ' ' 1 1 ~ 1

Jthcr zincs include Sub-
culture $2 to 3425 Catalina Dr/ Carlsbad,

Diego, CA 92103.
jltui

C A 92008, and Scott’s Zine Diego 1 buck to:
1844 Camino Del Mar #20/ Del Mar, CA
92014.

BCT, Squirtdown, Vinyl Communica-
tions, Black Market and a few others are
trying to get an independent distribution

PO Box 16205/ San Diego, CA92 1 16. Also
if you want your records played on SDSU
college radio send to: KCR Hardcore Dept/
KCirRadio/ SDSU/ San Diego, CA 921&2.

Come on San Diego, keep these scene
reports coming in. Be supportive of all the
bands, notjust your friends. Let’s make this
scene FUN again! This was a group effort
from: Don, Tim, Eddie Spaghetti, Jason,
Bob, and Jay. Keep in touch, and keep it

^ ^.S. Forgot to mention the DUM DUM

BOYS who have re-grouped after a couple
year absence. Color pics, Erica- B/W pics
Jason Gracia.

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scene hasn't changed at all. Fi

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Finally.... the music. Well goodness,
some of you might remember a band called
IRON FIST, They released a tape last year,
Crucify Me . It sold over a 1000 copies with-,
out any advertising besides word of mouthj
That was when Padraie was singing and they
were a hot hardcore band. Padraicleft them
and not only did they add anew vocalist but
also another guitar and they went metal. But
" were funny, so at least I enjoyed them;
UJER would always give them their old
flashpots and it was great fun. Eventually

flying recently (hat we would lose The big

place is sticking around. For you who are
uninformed, what does one say about the
place? T t goes between being a disco on some
nights ana a good club on others. Most of the
bouncers are punks and so that part is cool.

Interconnected with First Avenue are
the load nazi skins. The bouncers arc get-
ting real tired or their shit and are thinking
of kicking them out. Which is real fine with
most of us. They run under the name White
Knights and that’s all the space the fuckers
deserve. If any of you come to this city, please
don’t mistake the Baldies for the abovemen ;
tioned. 'The Baldies are some really cool
people who more often than not have no hair.

our protests and demonstrations. There’s
ibbl^grei^

CIA’s recruitment. Also veiy active, but
jsortabhMeab^

Anarchist bookstore. We’ve been around as
a location for 2 years ihis July, and we v re

“Buiidin|hL._ . I pp

ing ’87”. wc continued what Haymarket
started last year in Chicago, About 300
anarchists from the U .5, Canada and one
from London came to drink (boy did some of
us drink!) discuss, have fun r We had a
welcoming party on Thursday, June 18
which was violently attacked by the pigs.
Friday was a day of workshops and that
night was a banquet with a Lon of food,
Saturday saw more workshops and a con-

1 St. lx>uisJT Forethought (S.F.)’and the

Layabouts (Detroit). It was a nelluva lot of
fun, and very hot , Sunday brought us a day
of rest and relief in a ram shower. Wc sal
around in a local park and had more meet-
ings about how things had been gomg and
condoms about the War Chest tour the next
day. And a ton of people got more body
piercings thanx to Zoa’s wonderful gun.

Monday was the War Chest Tour and
the last day of the conference for most
people. The demo started off real) good. A lot
of energy and incredible vibes. Very early
along the tour the pigs came in and tried to
arrest people for jaywalking and ; someone
threw a doughnut at the pigs. We wouldn’t
let the rn he arre s led and fought bac k jus t as
violently as the pigs were to us. They called
in for more help: 40 squad cars=a large

amount of mace. A little later on, the pigs
went crazy and rioted. Maced everybody
from bystanders and reporters to them-
selves. TVe again fought back. Rocks were
thrown, pig car windows smashed, some
people were even liberated from Iho piggy

Fcbuary. It’s July now.., on ward.

Bands have come and gone. DARK
CARlIVAL, H BATHE, N the MAGNOLIAS
broke up and have now just reformed.
Through all this wc have watched the rise of
2 hot bands. BLIND APPROACH from St.
Paul and TEST MONKEY. Blind Approach
started out real good when l first saw them
in the Backrooms basement. They have a
real good mixture of mostly thrash but some
hot metal leads. Recently, they seem to be in
flux With this skin shit. At a gig opening for
the Meatmen, Chip said something about
skins unite between the W.K. and the
Baldies. That sent a lot of tension flying;
Those two groups hate each other. I asked
Chip about it and all he could say is that the
nazi skins are just kids and shouldn’t be
taken seriously. Some one said that about
Hitler and his friends once, too. So, their
music is hot shit, but I’m stuck about which
way to go over Blind Approach.

J TEST MONKEY are a grinding, scream-
ing, gu t wrenching right-on band: Not only
are they one of the best local bands in a long
limclmy opinion), but they're great guys too.

Fanzines: Farce is a very recent one, #2

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client

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out shortly, my address is with everbody

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get on it, Faroe is 75* and 2 stamps and
Freedom is just a stamp and your address
clearly written, Thanx.

BOSTON

npromising, but
Band news:

GROWTH.

~ome out on Ac/xtton. Charlie now drum
fulltime for PSYCHO and Marc T. and Marl
S. have formed a new band with drummer
Danny D’Urso, who yours truly played with,

Union skin-pounder Dave Tacey. VAC AN 1
AUTHORITY, one of Boston’s more promis
ing new bands, recently parted ways with
vocalist Jan Nelson. Gang Green have re-
cruited Fritz Ericson on lead guitar and arc
in the process of filming a movie, “Another

May-um-phus- In one ol your latest
issues, you asked for outside input from
other items other than bands and fanzines.
Well, let’s see if I can confuse you a little bit.
Let’s call this a Radio /Scene report. But
there is one important item that you forgot to
mention and that is us radio people who fill
your lives with useless shit, right? Wrong.
There are some of us who live for the scene
and help to spread the wide variety of punk/
hardcore around to enliven an otherwise
dreary life. You see, the majority of us are
Lying to open up people’s closed minds. Of
course, one has to put up with the dicks who
think U2 is punk and so of course it can be
played after the Sex Pistols. Those DJ s
should take a gun and point it at themselves
and pull the trigger one last time. But
enough preaching for us demi-Gods of the
airwaves.

Down to business. Memphis, a happen-
ing town, I don’t know, but, 1 do know that
strange things are going on. More on strange
things later. Bands that exist here in town
are few and far between, but the few that we

lave are totally fun.

The bands are METRO WASTE, our
citiy’s most popular band. Last I heard, they
are working on a demo tape and when it
comes out, it’ll rip your ears off. SOBERING
CONSEQUENCES is next on the list and
they’re our second most popular band. I
consider them to be our power punk meets
the hardcore band. As to demo or such I
haven’t the foggiest idea, but I hope to find
out soon. Nexiis DISTEMPER, a band that
I haven’t heard from lately, so I really don’t
know what all is going on with them right
now. I heard a couple of tunes off of a demo
of theirs and really liked 'em a lot. Fast, but
melodic at the same time. The next band
that I want to talk about is UNCENSORED.
They are the most recent addition to Mem-

Damcn ana pulled off a really great set. For
me, they are still the most fun band here in
town and the guitarist for them is the phone
man for my radio show, so of course I’m
going to be impartial to him. But they
recently had some trouble with their singer
and have straightened things out. I hope.
They don’t have a demo out yet, but PML
Tapes is tryingto work out a recording of a
live show to sell, but that won’t be until July
or August.

Next on the Fabulous agenda, Fanzi-
nes? Fansccnes? Do we have any? Well, a
better question would be, where are they?
We had one called Bull sheet, but as to if it is
still around, I don’t know. There is one zinc
that is still in the works, but as to what it’s
called or when I’ll know more about it, I don’t
know, because the editor is now becoming
interested in girls, but hopefully he’ll re-
member to finish the zine.

As to labels and such in the city where
Elvis’s coffin rests, not much. We’ve got a
really good Industrial/ Experimental label
that also does a radio show on a local radio
station. It is called Mystery Hearsay. For
info on that, send to me and I’ll pass it on.
The only other item that I know about is my
compilation tape company. I’ve got two
tapes out see MRR #42, #44. For info on
wnat else 1 carry, send a letter and you’ll get
a reply. Please send a stamp if possible,
because I’m pretty poor at the moment.
Also. If you want a copy of Metro Waste live,
sene! a SI .50 to cover tape and postage.

Ok, that’s the scene part, now on to the
serious part of life, the radio report. This is
directed to all of the listeners who call for a
request and the DJ doesn’t have it. Send
them a copy of it. They need it to play it. Do
something! You’ll get something in return,
maybe a mention that this tape/record was
donated by or maybe a thank you note, or a
trade of something, at least you’ll get to hear

on a local college

the song or group on the air
Ok, well, I broadcast

jacked up and so I wonder what’s in store for
me). Back to the issue of the show. I play
Sui. Ten. backwards to piss off the listeners
who think that they are some kind of idols.
I interrupt songs to get requests, because
some poeple don’t realize that without re-
quests the show would be

the

metal friends of the Dj’s helped him lose his
show, which helped confirm that a lot of

SOBERING CONSEQUENCES

metal fans are fuck ups, but not all of them,
because I have met some cool metal people
here in town, who aren’t racist or fascist.

Continuing on the radio biz, one of the

things that I have to do is to give away tickets
to the shows herein town, do interviews with
some of the bands, go to the shows and even
put up bands for a night or two. That, of
course, makes up for all the pains that I ever
feel. Recently Precious Wax Drippings and
Friends Of Betty both from Chicago spent
three nights here with a few people from
here. We had agreat time and hopefully they
did too. I don’t know about most of the other
DJ’s around the country, but I know that
most of us rely on ourselves to keep the
shows going and that takes time and money
a lot ofit. Plus keep in mind that we are not
getting paid for this- this is volunteer time
and I must really like it to give up every
Saturday to do a show. Well, I spend about
20-25 hours a week to do a 2 hour show, and
I know that I’m not the only one who does
that. There is Ken Sanderson in Alabama
who I know who spends a lot of time setting
up his show each week and there arc others,
so come on people help them out, find out
what they need and such, hold benefits if
possible, get involved.

But Before I finish, I’d like to make a
personal apology to everybody to whom I owe
a letter and playlists. Since everything
comes out of my pocket, it sometimes is hard
to come up with all the funds to pay for
everything. I will be late this summer be-
cause all of my savings went to help pay for
moving expenses to Japan for my mother.
But I’ll send everything as soon as possible.
Also, special thanks go out to Mordam Rees,
Fartblossom, Vinyl Communication, Touch
& Go all of the European labels that have
responded and espciaily all of the bands that
have helped create this show, because with-
out ya’ll there would be no show! To every-
body else, I hope that you will respond.

In conclusion, I'd like to talk about
bodily fluids. And the communist plot to
fluoridate the water of our glorious... Seri-
ously, if you need any info, drop me a line of
ink. P.M.L. Tapes, c/o “We Are The Wierd
Show"/ PO Box 3285/ Memphis, TN 38173-
0285. Till next time, Peter M. Louton.

PS- Bands And Labels, send your
muzak to be played on the air, If you need a
gig, let me know and we’ll get you booked
here at the local club and ifyou need a place
to stay give me a call at (901) -525- 2400, or
call Shannon at (901) 274-1143 or 363-
7947.

PPS- I’ll pass on letters to the bands in
Memphis so why don’t you write them a
letter. Also, this report won’t be as long in
the future, because not as much will need to
be said. Well, I take that back more can
always be said but

set. Understandably, some people were mad
but 1 don t know if anything came of It,
Anyways, we’d hope Accused will be able to
make it up here again and even possibly get
alkm nCC *° ^ on *° band suxi'

SUBVERSE hav C probably received a
after the revi^vblTheir tape i fi
MRR #48 which described them as "Totally
thinkyou can get the picture. Send
$3 for their demo to the address provided
later m Corv s section of this report along
with most of the other addresses... DEATH

Rampage even came out and sang “Class
War ^ willi DOA. UNNATURAL SILENCE
has recorded a 5 song demo which is great;
lota of power and emotion, and there are

plans La sell it after they get ft packaged. I
believe I’d be correct to say there is some*
what o l an influence by the more political
U.K. bands to be found here. Word has it that
a new drummer is 1

ADVERSELY have, also
great new tu nes and rec
The first thing that ear
listeh s '~~ x

and killer vocals make this utterly god- like.
The price is $3.50 ppd and for your added
pleasure lyrics are included.,, FRATRICIDE
have recorded a cool 6 song demo, in addi-
tion to their split LP on Pu smart, and 1 hear
all the tracks fire going to be pressed but oh
various records, including one to be men-
tioned later. Their songs are powerful, in-
tense, and very catchy... t haven't heard
anything from ACTIVE GLANDS lately cx^
bad jokes from their singer..,
LETHAL VIRUS have found a new leaa gui-
tarist after the last one left to form a jhzz
metal hardcore fusion band... Victoria’s

MISSION OF CHRIST

Photo: Cory

MISSION OF CHRIST should have their
demo finished by now. Their rehearsal demo
is somewhat more than decent, definitely a
band to look for. Killer live show too.

A newer band is NEOMORTE who Tve

10 song Bit! Smoky Boom demo which is
available Hof 82 ppdja bit more out of North
America) , We are fast with lots of tempo
changesand go for a more metallic approach
musically with personal political ana social
lyrics. By the way, my hair in the picture is
like that because of motion not halrspray;
Anyways, ifyou want the demo or you just

wMmMiim

3Ti Canada. Howd

and Andy, '

FORBIDDEN BEAT are still playing

become of

HOUSE OFCOMMONSi: and watcKdUL the

u neovereq Kcamy wmen covers some old
and new locals of a reasonable range of
styles and comes with a fair sized magazine*
I don t know how many are left or if they're

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albums oi any other vStyle have come outer
here for awhile, however there are plans in
the making for a small label Stay tuned to
Cory s illiterate babblings for details.

Now excuse me while I address a non-
musical topic, In MRR #49 a &irly reason-
able letter appeared which came from one
Adam Anarchy about the Less than com-
mendable state of awareness within the
Vancouver scene. Well Adam, f have to agree
with you on all but one point, you say now
few OT the area's punk/ hardcore/ whatever
crowd turned out for the Walk for Peace
compared to turnouts for all -ages shows,
but (here is where you’re wrong. There were
nrnryy of these people present, however the
Walk for Peace, just like an all -ages show, is
just another cool place to be seen, which is
why the majority of them were there. Tin not
saying I’m the most active member of the
local peace movement, tar from it, but come

timiea' will be coming soon, -probably before
this is printed actually. #2

should & out by then too. We lDPB and.

MiBMiliBl

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played a no-minors show with the Descen-
dents, That's nice to hear.

Well that’s about it for now, my

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Vancouver, B.C./ V5P 1G3... FRATRICIDE/
: 1 J 067*^ </: V3R 3V3X1

SUBVEKSE/ II 16 W. 1 5/ Vancouver B.C./
V61 1 1 R9..4 DEATH SENTENCE - contact
Norm Utas... WITCHES HAMMER and

Don't forget the Canada on those addresses.

Any hands that want information and
pictures in future scene reports or if you just
wantto beat us up then write us> bu till warn
ya, we're wimps.

- greetings from

Newcastle up in the wet and windy north
ast. Election fever grips the nation as 1 write
- this hasgot to have been the most stage
managed Tv spectaculars yet, it seems fas
many aspects of British society) that t
tendency is towards the "American Way
very presidential In its format, with most
focus given to the leaders of the political
parties! Our local conservative candidate -
Mr. Piers Merchant - is an ex-associate o
the NDP (National Democratic Party), an

E

d have some good, aware lyrics — they’re
»o cool peopleff Their second demo should
:>e out now and they've been offered an LP on
Peaceville -- watch out for that — should be

DOTE called Destroy Fascism — one of the

F-WlT'-f-M-rl

touching on the different aspects of fascism
it sounds like a cross between CHUM
BAWAMBA and THE EX but thrashier! -
Truly inspirational, it’s also a benefit for
Leeds Ann Fascist action good onel on
Looney Tunes records.

Now that we’re on the subject of music
I'll modestly continue with the band that
I'm a cart of: GENERIC, in MRR #48 Digger

a lot of the music although unfortunately
lot of the regressive metal attitudes hai
creeped into the "scene", it's not just the
metal thing - maybe it’s people "growing up"
and letting slip into complacency. It bugs the
hell out of mel 1 mean, there are good,
positive things going on here but it s not
rhat it used to be, people are already looking

ack to the "good old clays" when we had our
enue and tne scene was going strong, etc,
these people, on the whole do very little
towards creating a new reality NOW though,
that’s a different matter. As a friend from
’outside" the scene said to me* ’You lot are
ike the bloody Teddy Boys" - he’s right, it’s
fucked up situation ana it needs a kick up
the arse... • . . . , •

Despite general apathy though there
are still a few great band in the area: from
underland hail H.D.Q. who are like a
ath of fresh air amongst all the gloom and

oom, they have a powe

BBS

gone are the days when they used to soun<
like G.B.H.I Their singer is one of the best
front men I've seen in years! All over the
place! Great! They have a, new record out
soon. Another great band are DAN, whoj
come from Darlington, their LP is out now - 1
there’s something about that record... once
on your turntable, it doesn’t come ofll A few
of us have experienced this phenomena!
Live, they create a party atmosphere with
balloons and whistles and general sillyness
- watch out for this band. New LP out In

Local shows: Well, since the Station
closed. Toot has opened the "Station Club"
every other Sunday night at a venue called
Riverside" which, although founded on col-
lective principles tends to lean towards
capitalism a bit, it’s good compared to the
other clubs In town but it is little to what we
could do. The station club is dedicated to

ing less than rock-stars. Still, Toot and the
tion Club people are doing their
_est, so good luck to them. I ana some
friends organise occasional shows at other
enues. we'd like to find/ create an all ages
enue but it’s hard as only the pubs are
vailable here In beer soaked geordieland.
e'll not give up trying though! %

e’ll not give up trying though! . %
Moving to hand news on a more na-
ional scale now: first off there is NAPALM
DEATH who simply have to be the most
wesome live experience in memory. Their
ound is a mixture of intense, and I mean
ntense speed thrash and some of the mean-
stgrtndfng Imaginable, a deranged hybrid
f Seige and Celtic Frost at their best, vou

ut there. Well that’s it for now folks - hellol
to all mv friends - love Sned/ GENERIC/ Bo;
Flatearth/ Common Ground/ 1 Charlott
Square/ Newcastle Upon Tyne/ NE1 4XFj

Some addresses relating to the report:
Peaceville Records/ PO Box 1 7, Dewsbury/
W. Yorkshire/ WF12 8AA (also the home ol
CIVILISED SOCIETY?)... Looney Tunes
Records & ACTIVE MINDS/ Bobs7 top flat,
23 the Esplanade/ Scarborough, N. Yorks
YOU 2AQ... Earache Recs/PO Box 144
Nottingham/ NG6 43E... Meantime Rees i
DAN/ lan/ 11 Salutation Road/ Darling
ton/ Co. Durham/ DL3 8JN... ELECTRC

Nottingham/ NG6 43E... Meantime Rees i
DAN/ lan/ 11 Salutation Road/ Darling
ton/ Co. Durham/ DL3 8JN... ELECTKC
HIPPIES/ ’’Llysfaen”/ Springvale/Rainfordj
Merseyside/ WA 11 8PB... T1ELLBASTARE
fVOLKAR)/ 80, Ellesmere Road/ Benwell/
Newcastle upon TVne 4... H.D.Q. c/o The
Bunker/ 29 Stockton Road/ Sunderland
SRI 7AQ... NAPALM DEATH/ Jimmy/ 4

9JT... DEVIATED INSTINCT c/o 81 Drayto
Road/ Norwich/ Norfolk/ NR3 2DN

There hasn't been a scene report from

Ireland for ages so I hope this goes someway
towards giving people an update into what s
happening.

First off, PARANOID VISIONS are now
recording material for their second LP which
will be out in a few months. They are a very
popular outfit here and although they play
mostly in the “chorus-punk" style with very
political and anti- vivisectionist, anti-war
lyrics, they’ve recently begun blasting out
some fireball thrash as is exemplified by one
of their songs “Death to the Poor". The origi-
nal kings of thrash here THE GOLDEN
HORDE have been a little quiet of late after
releasing 2 EPs and 2 LPs as opposed to
PARANOID VISIONS one of each.

They recently did a tremendous gig at
Dublin’s Cathedral Club where slamming
continued unabated until the police arrived^
batons drawn. Both the HORDE '

Has they’r
__ ffitiaroun<
Dublin) and PARANOID VISfONS recently

better known thru their lucid graffiti around

• sro

toured Britain, the HORDE playing London
whilst Decko and co. hit London, Bristol and
Bath. The GOLDEN HORDE release an EP
this week which I eagerly await. E.I.T.K.
have been up to their ears (or so Joe McCor-
mack tells me) replying to letters from inter-
ested parties after fhe release of their second
(gasspy... at last) EP which received very
good airplay here. This punk 4-some from
the town of Drogheda went asleep for a while
after releasing a single and appearing on
world class punk C-60 by ROIR. Now they’
back and alter a string of recent gigs a
planning to go to Sweden and Finland “to
play punk and have some beers" this sum-
mer. Anybody interested in setting them up
gigs please contact me.

re

are

From Galway, DRATER have released a
second C-60 and I hear it’s “dangerously
loud” so I presume that means OK.

THE GOREHOUNDS first release on
Idol Records was for many punx, a bit of a

i r

On the music front we have a lot of
great new bands and records, but before I tell
you about them, I should tell you a bad
thing. A fantastic youth center In Duisburg,
called *Eaehhaus, 1$ closed because thee#
government cancelled the contract. The last
punk gig was with Negazione. Drowning
Roses and Neuroot In the end of May. We'ff
never forget this place I On the second part
of their Gamaug tour Negazione was
absolutely cool. CCM also toured again, but

“wet-wag". They are brilliant live, combine
raucous thrasn, feedback, slow cowpunk
and noise to deafen their audiences, and
have already caused two mini-riots when
they played Dublin’s “Underground" punk
hideout, and in Cork at “The Bodega". Tim’s
description of the EP was even too kind I
think. They are recording their LP in Dublin
so wait for a big upturn... CATHOLIC
GUILT... well... well... well... to any punk
here these boy (os) were punk thrash as it
should be — last, furious, unco-ordinated
verbal assaults, ripping guitar play and a
drumming barrage. Together with Belfast’s
PINKTURbS anaCork s DAMAGE our best
punk outfit. Their ‘They Don’t Fucking
Care” track is now out on Joe Raimond’s (hoi
Joel) Tour De Farce 2 C-60 and while it s a
slow track by their standards, their follow-
up to appear on his Tour De Farce 3 LP this
summer should be quite a spine shattering
experience. SEARCH AND DESTROY have

l only $ aw one good gig in 1 famburg/Yhe re$ t
was average.

Vinyl wise, the best new release is the
SPERMBIRDS’ Something to Prove LP: it has
One hit after another. Get their fantastic

from the PISSED BOYS and WALTER m
Both bands are playing a more melodic punk

ny ha _______

name who released a record before they
could (bothered?)

an . ..

to have it released by my next article. Gerri/ like JUMP FOR JOY* UNWAJ
Ncu Carnag e / 169 Upper Rathmines Road/ (both are real killer tracks),

Dublin 6 IRELAND feM/®

rock sound (a bit like ’77). Another release
is a split LP from CHALLENGER CREW/
EVERYTHING FALSE! APARf. Ifs as great as
the Spermbirds but it's sad that both bands
ripped off some time ago. Give them your
last wishes. The LP comes with lots of flyers,
stickers, posters, etc! Also, the Trust Vinyl
Compilation is out now, with 7 hew bands
like JUMP For joy, unwanted youth
both are real killer tracks), ANTI TOXIN.

pma, mmmmm spermbirds and

CHALLENGER CREW, ANTI TOXIN also
plan a 7” EP, but I think it’ll take time. PMA
vCrill dcYabLP: sampler^ Wbieh also includes
DUNKLETAGB and HALLE 54. Dolf wrote

istv/v* 4 Ua 1 M kU L'T* A O IT

This will be my first scene report for
MRR, and I’ll start with a short review of the
Ronald Reagan gig in Berlin. lie was in the
city for 4 hours, and the government and po-
lice organized a distressed area, A whole
quarter (Krcuzberg, where mostly foreign-
ers, punks and alternatives five), was
blocked by the cops. The subway was closed
and there were cheeks on every street for
anyone who looked like a terrorist f still, it
was everyone), A day before Reagans visit,
there was a great demonstration agairist his
polities, with about 30,000 to 40,000 people
present, Towards the end, there was a lot of
streetlighting between demonstrators and
the cops. Official statements reported that
from 4,000 to 5,000 people fought the police*
building barricades, smashing windows,
shops, etc. Look al the photographs. . ,

In Freiburg, where f live, (in One South,
remember the Black Forest), there were also
some rioLs, people wanting to squat a house
during agig. They also raised barricades and
fought against the police but they appar-
ently didn’t really want to squat thenousc (it
hadLeen evacuated a few weeks prior by the
cops), A week later the cops also evacuated

Another brand new vinyl is the DIS-
TORTION X LP. They have a Bit of a strange
sound, maybe a cross between Gore and
Negazione, and Gustis' voice flies fromtop to
bottom. Look for this new band.

From Berlin comes some bad news too.
COMBAT NOT CONFORM and MAN SON

ill te e wmmmsm np

DERED MESSAGE LPs are out now, I ve

REST LP< All are on Destiny Records,

ImL but not least, we had a little sen-
sation when L'ATTENTAT from East per*
many released their LP on X-Mist Records, it
was illegally recorded and smuggled into the

west. Furious ^sounding band THE. ER-
RATICS split up too because their drummer
moved out of town, but maybe theyll release
a live TP from their last gig in Idau-Obei stein.

Zinewtse, there are also a lot of good
ones here. The information Mag is Trust -

,,:ih

jjodl nhoto^ine is Breakout with tours of
bands from 10 countries. New M ot lcn ooM
From Hamburg is also out now with brilliant
stories about hands; polities, etc.

At the end, my own zine Mosy/Mase of
X-Rav Youth #3 is out now. if includes
stories' about HERESY; iPGWERAGE^ SCAM;
SHERWOOD, DISTORTION X and and and,
, ,$1 and IRC (sorry, it’s in German]. The

Ur loULAlr>u ana uui

maybe 1 'll write another report (there are lots
of things to tell you about our life and our

^ eWi iome addresses: Trast fanzine/ Dolf
Hermanns tad ter jun/ Salzmannstr. 53/

postu / Dietmar Plewk

2050 Hamburg 80, „•*.'« . ,

Distributors: w We Bite Records/
Moltkestrasse 15/ 7400 Tubingen: X-Mist

514/ 4600 Dortmund 50: H1LV 3/ Uwe
Steruheium/ Fluustrasse 8/ 6580 Gerad.

Bands: DISTINCTION X/ Marcel Jum-
mel; Wiedbadstrasse 37/ 6208 Bad Schwab
bad: NO ALLEGIANCE [Destiny Records!/
David Pollack/ Winterfcldstrasse 31/ 1000

Markus Weilcmanr
6750 Kaiserlautem, . „

Okay, so far, please write me and tell me
anything you want. I’m vety interested to
know your views. Bands interested in being
in the next issue of Moxy , please send infor-
mation, tapes, records (for review], etc. Lalso
distribute some records at

write. Mv address is Eric Bensch.

9/ 7800’Freiburg. HI answer all letters, tiy
understand, and leave room for your own

rroDpo Ixmtano and CCM LP Into the void

agi/ Res. Querce Apt. 542/ Segrate MI2/
20090 Milano (the infamous Systematic
logo Is made by this guy)... Insldia new 6th

One thing that has been bothering me
in the past few months -- March -June - -was
a slogan "Punx Unite! Unite We Win -- Divide
We Lose! How many people really under-
stood it? I've been discussing that subject a
few times with Misterious (former guitarist
in CRIST), but in the end with no positive
conclusions, unfortunately. It's silly but yet
it's truth that even nowadays many punx
facing authorities, media, cops, hooligans or
violent trend skins etc. seem nothing but a
sad fanzine’s messages -- contraiy trends of
being united to fight. I mean what the hell,
someone's bothcnng others through fanzi-
nes or "live" preaching about being united
instead of fear from violence at any place,
authorities and so on? Many punx finished
their small/large scene support that way.
OK, so we're all numans that could feel fear
from someone or something, but not that
much. Let's see in the example of the Beo-
grad scene.

To those who read my scene reports in
MRR, it won't be news if I mention again that
I stopped making contacts with a new gen-
eration of punx/Hardcores a few months ago
(almost half a year) because of jealousy,
hatred, kids were preaching, around that I've
been selling records for profit etc. OK, OK, I
won't bother you with it anymore. So back on
what I already mentioned... the Beograd
scene seems nowadays to be made up of
many small disorganized groups of bands or
individuals divided between themselves. No,
it is not because of ages /different genera-
tions -- it couldn’t be -- but mostly because
of bands being proud after playing 3-4 gigs,
so funny proudjust as if they released 5 lP's
on their own! This is the new generation?
Come on down kids, who the Tuck needs
strong closed-minded persons? I don't, do
you? Wow, speaking on the subject of au-
thorities: a few months ago THRASH AG AIN
broke up, as happened to them before, they
were asked by cops about their lyrics so the
band decided not to play anymore. I'm not
going to point on myselfbut come on, I was
caught many times just as they were; my 1st
zine, photos etc. were taken in v 80, '8 1 and so
on, and so on again. But for various reasons
I didn't give up, though I feci sometimes so
cheated and capable to throw it all out of my
bloody window! It’s just that way -- people
don't understand enough. Perhaps some of
you wondered why we don't have any older
punk/hardcore bands like BGK, GBII,
MDC, Raw Power maybe, etc. You probably
noticed already, if you used to read my scene
reports carefully, fhat army service over here
takes youth no older and no younger than 1 8
years old, so after finishing the army service,
many people -- it's not only the way with
punx but ingeneral -- usually change their
attitudes, life, image, views, plans lor the
future. So the punk/HC bands do the same.
Why don't you check out the people you
write to in Yugoslavia... how old arc they?
You'll find out what I meant, OK.

So Beograd scene sucks, except CRIST
who've been doing well with gigs recently,
and me. People don't cooperate, OK. On my
last scene report in MRR M8 you could have
read something about different used lan-
guages over here. To add some more on a
simniar subject, it's worth it to mention the
different church beliefs of people. Catholics
and Protestants in the west, Muslims in the
middle, and Orthodox in the east of the
country. In the north there are also Catho-
lics. I doubtyou heard a story that happened
some years ago, when a Muslim oriented
church, in order to get more preachers,
made -- or at least tried to make -- a kind of
disco club for the youth in its local area,
funny and strange how some churches get
new preachers, eh? What do you think?

Don't take me wrong, I’m not trying to con-
vince anyone against church in general, but
at least I think the subject I mentioned above
could for not?) be very useful to those who've
never heard of Stalin, Churchill or to those
who asked Theo -- a Holland boy (see Theo’s
letter in MRR #49) -- whether West Germany
has a border with Soviet Union... haw, haw,
really funny how people know very little
about Europe!

Alright, I guess I better write now some-
thing about what's been going on with the
scene from May to July. First off, lots of gigs
have been put on both from the bands and
local organizations. For a start, it's very
worth mentioning Subotica's festival of rock
and pop music, which lasted 3 days. This
festival didn't bring only rock/pop bands as
they used to bring in the last few years back,
but brought many punk hardcore bands
such as CfZ.D, CENTRE OF DEHUMANIZA-
TION, IDIOTI -- who were the winners of the
festival -- then some other old and new
names like PANKRTI (they're still around
after being ten years on the punk scene),
INDUST BAG, MIZAR (the name is con-
nected with names of stars) -- a very strong
psycho killer band [reminds me of early
Rilling Joke), OSLOBODIOCI (Liberators^
which arc the ex-members -- not including
the bass player -- of Yugoslav Sun, GRAD,
PLASTIC FACE, HEAVY COMPANY, TUZNE
USI and many others. I must say I was
surprised by the place -- a small gallery
inside the city library of Subotica -- where
there was an exhibition of Yugo HC/ metal/
thrash fanzines. All fanzine makers got a
letter from the organization to send their
fanzines, and also each of the zine makers
could give his support by coming into Subot-
ica where the organization, led by Savo

Duvnjak and Mircez of PROCESS - did all
together with others a kind of tribute where
everybody could participate. It was a real
good alternative lor voices of all fanzines.
The exhibition lasted 3 days, and opening
hours were from 10am-3pm. After having a
look at the exhibition you could take a walk
of some 10-20 metres from there and at 4pm
have a look at the bands which played at the
Theatre Club right in the centre of the city of
Subotica. Ther played usually 4 bands and
after that you could take a bus or a walk to
a big hall where other bands played from
8pm till 2-3am in the morning, the entrance
was 700 dinars which is $1710 so for that
night you could've seen 7-8 bands. No alco-
hol was allowed to sell inside, unfortunately
(but punx brought a few bottles). There was
no violence; though every evening came
about 1000 to 2000 people, the security
service didn’t have much to do besides
selling the tickets. There were a few cops, but
they didn’t have to check out inside the hall
as (here were no fights and such.

# Yes, to add some more, tributes about
the subject of bands’ music, attitudes, rec-
ords, fanzines etc. were also organized at the
University of Subotica, where the press was
given info on what's been going on there, it
was also recorded for radio and TV. Each
band or a zinemaker got the money, could
get a hotel room to sleep in and some more
money to spend on food and drink, also free
tickets were given to all of us who took a
support. Thanx to Savo, Mirccz and Mecka
for helping me stay in Subotica.

Let's see, other worthwhile gigs. Fang
from Frisco played in Ljubljana in May again
without a support band, which is a pity. I
think 2227 or KATEGORIJA could've easily
played but I don't know. In Beograd there
were also a lot of gigs, a new place in the
centre of the city recently opened for altema-

§■

tive rock/punk bands. It’s called Lotos Bar.
It used to be a sex/strip club but it seems
that broke up, so they decided to put on gigs,
so the first gig in June was with PAR-
TYBREAKERS7 It was good but no one
wanted to buy a beer or coca cola as they’ve
been selling each small bottle of beer or cola
for 1500 dinars, which is $2.70, too damn
expensive! Also some other bands played in
Beograd like IDIOTI and BOJE (Colors) at
Piomr-Hall, CRIST at Flu Club, played 3-4
gigs in June over here... PANKRTI at the
Student Culture Centre, KEJ-KEJ-KEJ (a
Ramones type band) at an open place at a
river beacn, haw, haw -- why not?... ADA
CIGANLIJA and we expect to see in the end
of June TONY MONTANO AND HIS BLACK
JACKETS (a rock’n'roll/punk band) live
together with CRIST at open place of a bas-
ketball club in a green part of Beograd called
Kalemegdan. In the south of the country,
KBO and INCEST played together in Rra-
gujevac, and they plan to do gigs together in
Hungary, IDIOTI played with I%YCHO-
MODO POP in Zagreb, and VRISAK GEN-
ERACIJE (A Scream of Generation) are plan-
ning to play in Novisad soon.

The scene in the north is also good,
INCEST and PROCESS played twice to-
other, 1st time in Backa Topola at a local
lisco-club and 2nd at open place near the
local church - have a look at the photo. Now
let’s have a look at the bands. Hy David’s
words, 2227 are searching for amps but
found at last the room for practice. David is
still doing his fanzine Vrnitev Odpisanih and
the next issue will probably come out in
July. FV Records and Hardcore Collective
spent all their money on Fang's gig so they
won’t do new gigs til September except doing
gigs at open place called Metalka in the
centre of Ljubljana for local bands. A few
months ago I heard that Marian stopped
dong his radio show on Radio Student which
is a pity but there are still a lot of people like
Gregor (remember Gregor, ex-singer of
UBR? I hope you do), Igor and others who
help put on good radio snows. Talking about
new video tapes. FV records is doing well
with that, so I think it’s better to write to
them and ask for info.

QUOD MASSACRE, to my disappoint-
ment, decided not to play this summer, and
I immediately decided to do a tour with
IDIOTI. IDIOTI were very busy in May and
June, playing a lot or putting on gigs for
other bands, in Pula. Of course soon they’ll
have their 1st EP out on Did Records and
vou'11 be able to get it either from them or me.
If you're into fast old punk, that is the EP
you’ll have to check out. IDIOTI will have a
Tew gigs this summer in Germany and Italy
so lTl>ring their EP’s to sell at their gigs,
OK... CRIST is doing well, they plan more
gigs soon, and they sound I'd say as a classic
American HC band, lots of power melody,
they'll record a live demo probably. Sad news
come from PROCESS as Mircez will probably
go to the army in September, and Sudar, the
drummer, is getting married... god knows
what’ll happen with them.

Pad Home Production will put out a new
demo tape from KBO soon, so it’ll be good
when KBO/INCEST go to Hungary to play, to
bring KBO s tapes to sell at gigs, what hap-

E ened with Independence Radio show run
y Alpi? In May, Alpi had his last radio show
because he wasn t allowed by the people
from radio to do it anymore for various
reasons, but he’ll continue with it in Septem-
ber. We all hope in that. Again I advise you
to write to Alpi and send your demos/rec-
ords - he’ll find a way to play it either on
radio or at local clubs in Zagreb.

On to the fanzine scene, Mircez will
soon finish his next issue of Zasto Bas Mi?,
Vrnitev Odpisanih will be also out soon (as I
already mentioned before this), Na Pragu 2 1 .
Stoljeca (In the Threshold ol 21st Century)
is the news on the fanzine scene and you can
get it in trade from INCEST singer Rudolf,
and finally Dvadeset 4 Casa -- still an inter-
national hardcore thrash fanzine (written
half in English) which you can get from me.
# 1 5 is already out and the next issue is
coming soon.

Tnat'll be all except I've to ask gently the
following people to write me and tell what's
been going on of putting QUOD MASSACRE
on their records: Clorox, Russ (IC), Ax/ction
Records, Double A Records, Fartblossom
Ent. for some of you I've been waiting 9
months already now -- write back damn it!

RUMOURS {formerly Indecent

-,...

Exposure). The whole tour was filled with
fun and frivolity and apart from a Few hassles
involving underage drinkers, it was a lota
success. Police involvement resulted in all
bands being hanned from Whyalla, however
this won’t stop us and another tour is
planned for later Jn the year,

Speaking ^ of : tours, : WHERE S THE

PUNCH & JUDY

my situation. So anyway, my new address
is: Simon Butcher/ P.O. Box I2o/Oaklands
Park, S<A,« 5046/ Australia.

Pm now living down m Adelaide and the
scene here is excellent! On the band scene
FI LTHY SCUMBAGS have called it a day and
will be sadly missed. PERU l l ION willonly be
playing another couple of shows before they

split: tip ::

Bands still playing around town at the

TOXIC: AVENGERS. WHERE'S THE POPE;
DOOMSDAY: HOU^, PUNCH AND JUDY;
and SEPTIC SAWBLADES. There are also a

called The Royal Oak Hotel. Through Janu

VICIOUS RUMOURS

and the whole story wa$ obviously written by
someone who wasnTevcn there. if anyone is
interested in reading the article, drop us a

line and we will send you a copy.

Over Easter we organised a tour to
Why alia and took up four bands ana a crowd
of people in a 45- seat bus for 2 hall shows.

XOXfC AVENuERS/::fX)OMSDAY 1I0UR

L

FILTHY SCUMBAGS

Greeting, to Chris of BC Tapes! Till next time,
stay wild, yours, Gvido Obradovic/ Strah-
iniica Bana 43/ 1 1000 Beograd, Yugoslavia.

P.S. No Profit Tapes is putting out an
international comp tape -- are bands like
Final Conflict, Insanity Defence, Clown Al-
ley, Shades of Grey ana similar bands inter-
ested in sending their demos /info to me? (All
other good Californian HC thrash bands are
welcome, OK) Plz. write.

South Australia- Well, first of all, I have
moved, so anyone who wrote to me at my

a reply, Please be patient, as all letters will
be replied to. It’s taking a while to. get
everything sorted out. Those of you who
have moved before can probably appreciate

DOOMSDAY HOUR

LIZARD TRAIN. THE WEIRDOS, FEAR AND
LOATHING, and several more which have

^^^1987^ started olT very well and shows
have been held regularly at a local hote:

had by all

S.A. : , 5043/ Australia. They are also record-
ing for a forthcoming vinyl release, so look
out for it!

Contact Tor toxic avengers can be
jmade by writing to; Craig Avenger/ Unit 45,
50: August St./ Glevelg Ensl, S.A. 5045yf
Australia. (Tape out soon!).

FESTERED VESTQONS have just had

headdress

some great t-shirts made up, so the
to get in touch with them is: Lusty Justy/ 38
Sargent Parade/ Bellvue Heights, mm
5050/ Australia.

Adelaide has two thrash -oriented radio
shows that are always on the lookout for

>4 ><.>v X • i** ! X • ! • ! T iT - Ui • «< - vi ■ • V* vtr-:

Radio Show/ 5 Triple M.F.M./ 56 M
Road/ Norwood* S.A:, 5067/ Australia, ana*
“Overseas, Underground* Radio Show/ c/o
Simon Butcher/ P.O. Box 126/ Oaklands
Park, S.A, 5046/ Australia.

There are 3 fanzines still in operation at
the moment, and the addresses are as
follows: DNA c/o Harry Butler/ P.O, Box
136, RundIc~Mafl/ Adelaide, 5*A*. 5000/
Australia: Smash It Up Fanzine e/o same
address as l^adio Show: and Communica-
tion Newsletter e/o Simon Butcher, same
address as above,

DNA is Australia's longest-running
fanzine and covers a wide variety of news,
reviews and gossip. Smash It Up covers &
wide range ol information, and usually has
some good photos in it, and Communica-
tions is really only a newsletter, but makes
interesting reading curd features forthcom-
ing events, i.e. f shows, tours, etc.

Up in Whyalla, Music Not Money Tapes
have released several compilations and the

Whvalla band 'VlClQUS RUMOURS can be

Well, that just about finishes the local

gether. Finance was raised by doing a scries
of benefit shows under the name of the

Corpse Club. All persons involved have done
a fine job, so stay tuned. Thanks, ana
remember communication equals unilica-
tion. Peace through thrash, Simon,

Sydney There's tons happening i n the
$cene over here sol thought fmighnill you
in, J here arc lots ofbandslhothola and new)

Meanwhile, the poor old SPUNKBUBBLES
are getting banned from venue after venue
lor.no apparent reason. Maybe it has some-
thing to do with their theme song “Suck Me
Off and Gargle It\

, Brisbane punks CRUCIFIED TRUTH
have an EP out called Communication re-
leased by themeeivos and very good. The
hand are having trouble keeping drummers
but plan to go into the studi > soon. You can

DEATH; SENTEN^

bangers slamming
gether and getting c
where it’s at - unity within the scene.

And speaking ot unity, or lack of it, the
big problem with the Sydney scene is the way
the older punks or real hardcore dudes
(studs, bools, radical hair) act like a stupid
lucken tribe and won't tolerate any bands or

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age. Tons of

but because „

fheiu iclpthes mmm iitrtoaiiSlie ^punKs: xpiss
them off without even havingalisten to what
they, have to say. ( think this sucks big eggs.

Anyway, a nasty . incident happened
this month with Sydney's best hardcore
unit, MASS APPEAL. They were playing at a
suburban pub and during their set the local
bikies and rednecks kept chucking beers on
them, one of which: landed in guitarist
Brett's amp and blew it up, after 6 songs.

jet; thd record, t-shirts, stickers etc from

LO ; Box 558/ Hamilton 4007/ QLD/ Aus-i
fcmliasr- •••■• •

KIDS, 1NCHMEN, ROCKS, ’STIFLED

SCREAM* etc,

• ;. : ': x The:, Melbourne . hardcore is •: thriving;
Reactor:;:;::Records;:de^ J ^^ +1 ^ w: ^ Ux ^-
charts with releases
(Refl ections ; LIY

dominating : the" indie

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CONDEMNED; 1

• ■■■ - There are heaps of fanzines to buy the
best ones being; Rise Above c/o Waterfront
Rccords:L: :P^fat jyc "Treatment/ P.O. Box

■ 1216/ Windsor did] / ViC„7 shH On Bris-
/ F<0. Box 5o8/ Hamilton 4007/
M Consumer Sunk/ 8 .Central Ave/
lodTTO/U/ VIC,: : One World / P.O: Box
8809/ Symonds St/ New Zealand,

: : Hope you found this of interest Unite
and keep the scene strong.

Craig e/o Waterfront Records/ 1 1 9 York St/
Sydney 2000/ Australia

With over 200 mean punks at the gig,: things
got tough for the rednecks* Perhaps these
dicks won't cause any more trouble.

Melodic punk band THE VULTEES
have just released a hew sirigle/“Kick It OuU
on Waterfront Records. They draw heavily
on early English punk fS.L.JF,, Clash) and
sound like the Clash meets a later 7 Sec-

onds. They toured Melbourne recently and
did shows with VICIOUS CIRCLE, with new
bass player G&ty Phillips (not in photo)..,
Popukir punks THE HARD-ONS are gradu-

S&S& m i m p

‘All Set to Go’’ on Waterfront (see address).
They have a video getting played on all the
stations and their Smell Mv Fing er mini
album has just been released in America.

„ _ Also recently signed to Waterfront are
at hardcore- Bird-

RRHH __ a great version of

Skate to Heir, These guys play on Manly
Beach While skateboard e)&ibi^

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San Jose Mercury News

she knew about such Ante. . " 0 sn ^

was wearing a Boston Celtics T-shiri

A group of young Soviet punks decked out in
black leather and studded bracelets mocked
some of the Soviet groups’ music with stum-
bling versions of Russian folk dancing. Gans,
25, who sported a Mohawk, and his girlfriend.
Witch, 16, said they didn’t like these “official
Soviet groups. They liked the Sex Pistols.
Meanw K;1 e one person who was essential ffX
- 1 - went unnoticed

IAN PUNKS ON ^^other guys are Venna
I “My name tsTarvo, a k ban ds in Tallinn.

1 and Villu. We’reone u’VL Uwglh to throw things
I punk is the 8 ,e ^," bu X onW pop star in the

I a M t0 pul . al1 your P ants down and offer you
u!Sl hard L qU !! t, . 0ns! ye,,s an art student in a black

8UNDAY MIRRO R. June 21. 1987

PUNKS.
YUPPIES
AND

LOTS OF
■OCX
AND Mill

I T’S not certain what the 1
Russian word for Yah Is— j
but there has to be one.

For, alon* with Western pop I
music. Soviet youth have ac- I

S uired a taste for aping other
Western ways— like punks and |
yuppies, and rock and roll.

Punk is considered "absolutely I
brilliant” and there are 10 punk
bands in Tallinn on the Baltic
coast.

Three lads called Tarvo, Vcnno
and Villu make up one of them
and they reckon punk has “the

K ower to overcome something 1
y breaking with traditions.

But Tarvo believes the only I
real star in the Soviet Union is
Gorbachov, who is already bet-
ter than the people before him.

Punk used to be a bad word in I
Russia. Now the groups are
largely left alone by the police.
They aren’t hauled In so often,
and can even perform in public.

Gorbachov explained the new I
liberalism by saying: “We have |
irrevocably begun the transfor-
matlon. We cannot go back."

I Rock Addicts Said
To Need Music 'Fix' |

I Moscow

. Rock fans who do not get a I
I regular "fix” of music develop
1 trembling hands and an unstable
I pulse as if they were drug addicts,

| according to a Soviet psychologist

“If you completely isolate them I
for a week from such music, they I
feel worse, their irritability rises, I
| their hands start to tremble and I
their pulse Is unstable," said G. Al
Aminev, a staff member of Bashkir- 1
la University in the Volga region.

Some rock fans who took parti
in an experiment to see how long I
they could go without music could I
not last even three days, he said.

"Reproducing music at a cer-l
tain sound level has a very strong |
narcotic effect,” he said.

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Buckingham Palace phone number on ft, why it abo
included four-letter slogans, was it aff hype for their
debut 12' Suicide Girl , what's their link wtih the Sex
Pistols, why did they smash up the town hctff in
Belgium during a recent European gig and make the
front pages of the Belgian National Press, why. why,
why. . .

MRR: Why did Baby** Got a Gun get together?

J: We set out to annoy as many people as we could
and make as much money as possible, and it s
working, ha!

MRR: What did you think about all the press
surrounding your promotional posters?

G: The press we got in the national papers said that
we were perverted punks. Who are they to call us
perverted'? It's them that print racist and sexist stories
to try and start trouble In the inner cities. There's
nothing perverse about us, we re just the most
honest band around in the UK at this moment in time
and the authorities can't handle the truth.

MRR: What do you tttfnk about the queen and the
monarchy?

G: The whole idea of the Buckingham Palace phone
number on the posters was to show how easy it is to
irritate the narrow-minded people in authority. We
hate everything the royal family stands for. We're
not anatchists, we just cc&Yt stand the fuckin' dated
British mentality, there's no need for a royal family,
they suck.

MRR: Does politics influence you music?

R: Does it fuck, our music is influenced by Budweiser.
MRR: What's the music scene in the UK like?

R: The music scene over here is at an all-time low.
The few good bands that do exist don't get the
coverage they deserve. The British music press are
only good at putting things down, they can fuck off.
We can't be bothered with all their bullshit. You get
one or two good writers with a bit of suss, but that s
not enough. A good example of the UK press is the
way they handled the Beastie Boys, they tried to
brainwash the British youth into thinking the Beastie
Boys were something anarchic and exciting, when
all they really were was a bunch of rich little wankers
out to make a fast buck.

MRR: Do you consider yourselves a punk band?

G: Punk rock means absolutely nothing to us. We
hate the word punk. It just seems like a convenient
label for the press to use. Why should we be lumped

in with something that happened ten years ago? If 1
anyone puts a label on us, they must have shit for|
brains.

MRR: What makes Baby's Got a Gun stand out from|
other UK bands?

J: Were young, fresh, exciting, honest and fun.|
That's what separates us from everyone else.

MRR: You seem to cause o disturbance everywhere!
you go. H this Intentional?

G: Of course * is. The whole idea of t he bond is to I
annoy, and annoy we do We re not annoying the
kids, it's older people that can't handle the honesty,
It's older people who re causing the upset, it's them
who write the stories and ban the gigs. They're j
scared , and It's amusing.

Influences?

R: We don't really hear the Influences coming I
through in our music, other people outside the band
do. We have favorites though. Slayer, the old TV |
series The Avengers, Batman, Stupids. Perfect Daze,
Anthrax, Zodiac Mfndwarp and the Love Reaction.
American TV comedies, Ramones, The Dolls.

MRR: Ambitions?

J: To make as much money as Bruce Springsteen, to
buy our own flats and to enjoy life before we re too
old,

MRR: What happened in Belgium?

R: We played in a massive town hall, marble
staircase, etc. We got loads of free drink. When we
went on we were pissed and just having a laugh with
the audience when some little cunt started throwing j
drink over Jacqui and Garry, so Garry hit him over the
head with a bottle. After the gig someone was
hassling me, so really everyone was bugging us.

I Even our manager, Jock, punched the souna|
I engineer. So after another crate of beer we had a I
| bottle fight back stage, the whole back area was I
| covered in food and broken glass. It was a giggle, I
| that's the way we are, a bit of fun, but like we've I
| already said, some people are easily offended.

| They stopped all the expenses, not just ours I
| Nobody got any money. Next thing we were [
| headline material in the w Beigkan press.

| MRR: Hew did you menage to gel an the Sex Pistols |
j label, MBC?

I G: M9C Records fe owned by Jock McDonald. He I
1 used to be in a band with Johnny Rotten's brother. [
I He also used to be Public Image's promoter. He's I
I now In the Bollock Brothers. We sent him a demo|
| and he loved it so much he came up to Scotland to [
I see us in action. We blew his mind and he signed us |
■ that night. He took us over to Europe a couple of |
1 times for some showcase gigs. Now he's just |
I released our debut 12", Suicide Girl . We re the first [
I band MBC have signed. The only other stuff on the |
| label is by the Sex Pistols and Generation X.

Contact Baby's Got a Gun at the following I
I address: 7, Cathcart Place/ Hay market/ Edinburgh |
JEHII 2HD/ Scotland. UK

THING S , W E1 Q -VE

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| Johnny Thunders, Stupids, beer. Emma Sams,

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| Jacqui Crane (Bass): The Ripchords, The Cichlids, |
| M.O.T.O., Moral Crux, Ramones.

[Garry Borland (Vocals): Slayer. SOD, Stupids. |
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relevance.

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February of '86. So as not to be heaped with the current crop of •metal-
core" or "speed- core* bands, the band layed low for their first five
months of existence, developing their Intense sound. When the band
finally surfaced to the public, the rigorous practicing paid off. They
played with such tightness and ferocity that a large local following of
punks, skaters, and metallers emerged.

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seven song demo. A rough mlxof these seven songs was sent to Pyshead.
who was so Impressed upon hearing It, offered them one side of a split
LP with Holland's Neuroot.

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bass, and Eugene (17)- drums, the music they create Is fast-paced and

aggressive hardcore with a metal edge. Fratricide cites such
bands as Crucifix. Metalllca and the positivo spirit ombraced by
7 Seconds and Mllnor Threat as Influences. Besides spending
countless hours practicing and writing new matorial, the band
spends a lot of their time skating together, and drinking large
quantities of Jolt cola. Dan and Eric both hold full time employ-
ment. while John and Eugene both continue their final high
school years.

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shows In the Vancouver area, and out of town with such bands
as D.R.I., Death Sentence. Nomeansno, Dehumantzers and
Beyond Possession.

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ILLINOIS

CALIFORNIA

An interview with Barry Stepe. guitarist with
the group Naked Hippy. Barry is no stranger to the punk
scene as he s been in other groups both in the subur-
ban Chicago area: Negative Element ( x) and in
downstate Illinois: Electric Cool- Aid, Chips Patrol .
Caustic Defiance, Constant Vomit and now Naked
Hippy. This interview took place through the mail in
June 1987. Interview by Tom " almost the ' Best, Chi-
cago.

MRR: Why the name NAKED HIPPY? Does it mean
anything?

B: It doesn't mean anything. It's an old private joke. My
brother. Chopper, and me were watching the Charles
Manson movie and we saw the family swimming in a
waterfall. nudelChoppersays. ’Oh no! There's nothing
worse than Naked Hippies!' We kind of took it from
there.

MRR: Where do you usually play? And how recep-
tive is you audience towards your material?

B: We play all around Peoria. Illinois which looks like a
giant zit on the map. We've played in Chicago.
Champiagn. and Decatur but haven't made it out of
state yet. People dig us but the metal kids seem to like
us the most but it's strange cuz we' re not heavy metal
at all.

MRR: How long have you been together? How did
the group form?

B. We formed about a year ago from the dreaded
disease called boredom. We're not looking to hook up
to Enigma to release a compact disc, we just enjoy
playing — period.

MRR: What are some of your songs?

B: Our songs vary in lyric topics but none of them are too
serious. Some include ’Fast Food Pigout*. "Naked
Hippy for President' and ‘TV Set'. We have about 20
originals but we can be temptedto jam "Purple Haze'
and "Interstellar Overdrive' if we're feeling psyche-
delic.

MRR: Any tape or record coming out in the near
future?

B: A demo tape should be out soon but we don't have
any plans for records yet. You can write for details.

MRR: What or who are some of your influences,
musical and non-musical?

B: The Fugs. 10-96, Ramones, Beefeater. Bow Wow
Wow. Slayer. Raw Power. Gravedigger. MC5. Beatles
and everything else in between.

MRR: Do you have any political philosophy?

B. Heck. I just follow the basic Yippie philosophy that
politics should be fun and that we are all leaders. I
don't have any specific politics yet (I* m too young) but
I do see the need for change and reform. I'm far from
being a republican but also far from being communist.

MRR: Or all the groups you were in In the past, which
was your favorite or most rewarding?

B: Negative Element was the most fun and received
the most attention, so that has to be my favorite. My
alter ego as drummer for Constant Vomit is also fun
because nobody seems to quite understand where
we're coming from.

MRR: What do you think of “straight-edge" espe-
cially in light of all this “Say No to Drugs” advertising?

B: "Just say Maybe.'

MRR: How's Sparky? (Sparky was Negative
Element’s first vocalist)

B: I got a letter from him yesterday. His bald head Is
doing fine in the mountains of Louisiana.

MRR: Closing comments?

B: We desperately need a change In punk rock. Get
out your thinking caps and make It fun and exciting
again.

NAKED HIPPY is Shayson - vocals; Barry - gui-
tar; Jeff - bass; Dan - drums. Contact address: 104
Greenbriar Court/ East Peoria, Illinois 61611/ USA

We are the SINS. Started in 1981 in Detroit,
Michigan -- currently residing in Southern California.

A lot of people say we sound like the early
Saints. Some say the Dead Boys, the MC5, a jazzy
Sex Pistols, a punk Yardbirds. Some of our music is
extremely chaotic, some is more subdued. We take
a lot of chances live. People say our music is
negative, withdrawn, blue. So be it.

Our lyrics are personal, with an abstract
approach befitting our musical approach. We don’t
sing about animals, vegetables, minerals. Contras,
anarchy or skateboards. We are not into "unity” of
"the scene". We see ourselves and punk rock as
part of the larger musical continuum. Whether it's
Discharge or Duke Ellington, it's all music. Punk rock
didn't appear out of nowhere.

We are: Shaman - voice; Randy Stain - drums;
Daniel Simpson Day - bass; Tony Fate - guitar.

We don't merchandise anything except
records. Which means, if you want a SINS t-shirt,
make it yourself. Our latest record is a 16 song LP
called Beginning From The End on Squirtdown
records. $6 postpaid.

Other recordings: Mood Music 8 song 7" (Black
Noise) $2.50; Message from the Underground 18 song
cassette album (Black Noise)... Plus cuts on Another
Shot for Bracken compilation LP (Positive Force) and
Sudden Death compilation LP (Smoke Seven) plus
assorted tape compilations.

Address for correspondence: THE SINS c/o
Squirtdown records/ P.O. Box 7761/ San Diego, CA
92107.

P.S. Bikers are starting to come to our shows, so
watch who you slam with.

FRANCE

WE , KRULL , are a three piece band,
which ,Toy~TKe time you lead thiA,can
be heard on the third international
compilation Lp "1984" [on the trench
label NE W O/AUE )"

THE name of our band may Aound a
bit "metaliAh" , and the muAic we play
AometimeA too , ok, it 1 A a bit of a hard
to deAcribe that Atuff . . .let 1 a Aay
KRULL playA faAt Apeedcore , but , after
having heard ua you're allowed to
find other wordA (Write to ua to tell
them ! ) .

OUR muAical taAteA include a large
amount of thraAh t core bandA [MINOR
THREAT ;D . R . I . fVEAV KENNEDVS ; STUP1VS ;
VICIOUS CIRCLE; POWE RAGE ; HEI MAT- LOS ;
C.O.C; . . . f ,but alAo Aome heavy metal
bandA [IRON MA I PEN; ANTHRAX ; ...). It’ A
really too bad Auch talentuouA muAici ■
anA toAe their time by too often
promoting a AexiAtf faAciAt or Aatanic
hype and gain a large popularity and
even a blind acceptance and a Atupid
worAhip among unaware kidA .

IN our AongA , we are not pretending
we can change or improve Aomething
enormouA in our contemporary world,
but,aA o^ten aA we can, we try to be
optimiAt^c l poAitive while never -
theleAA Ataying realiAtic.

In our AenAe,no one haA got the right
to preach or to devellop theorieA
becauAe it’ A obviouA no one poaacaa ca
the very truth. So , if the kidA are
JuAt AtnAible to our lyricA .and then
uAe their own brain to do what they
perAonnaly think active C poAitive
without blindly obeying to a perAon
behind their back, it’ a ok.

tue (me you !

IN ” VIOLENCE IN THE SHOWS", we uAe
a direct Apeech adreAAed to the peo-
ple who at any time can meAA up our
gigA when we juAt wan* <un and need
communication . it' * important for uA
to Aay: "So pleat*-! M # becauAe we are no
copA and we do ft 0 * *° become

copA.We let the redneckA become con -
AciouA of their stupidity and react
in conAequence. We do hope fightA C
brutality will one dau entirely end
in the concert hallA between
SELVES, then, we can expect everyone
to adopt a peaceful behaviour -cn
hiA everyday life.

OUR mid-term projectA are a video
clip and probably a Aplit vynil with
TRASHMEN POGO or PAR K AGE [they both
are ao greatl) .

BESIDES rocking our reApective
inAtrument, our parallel activitieA
are fort

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HdP INTERNATIONAL (whoAe UaI pro-
duction il a Elicit GEEZ- from Japan-
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filmA for record Jacket printingA
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SWEDEN

FILTHY CHRISTIANS probably donl belong to
the best known Swedish bands but are interesting as
they are one of the bands In the forefront of a new
wave of Swedish hardcore. This time the Influence Is
not DISCHARGE, a main influence for severed years,
but fast noisy thrash Le. HERESY, NAPALM DEATH,
LARM etc. The band formed Feb 85 with a different
name and another bass player. Today the band
consists of Pdr ThuneH - vocals; Daniel - guitar;
backing vox; Ola * drums; Gregory - bass, So far this
band has no releases to their credit but a $p» 7* with
J6nk$ ping's GANX has been recorded and wffl
probably hit the lights In May/June. Over to the
Interview*

MRR: What’s the meaning of your name? Why did
you choose it? Tell us what your lyrics and
statements deal with? Are they of a more personal
nature than political??

FC: We don't like Christian people very much so
that's the reason we chose the name. Organized
religion is crap but we suppose it's OK if you have a
more personal belief. As long as you don't harm
anyone you can believe in what you want. You can
also see us as FILTHY CHRISTIANS cos in Sweden
you're a member of the state church from the day
you're baptised. And as we are 4 blasphemys we
are FILTHY CHRISTIANS.

As a whole our lyrics deal with trying to live in
harmony with humans, animals and nature, but we
also have some more personal lyrics that deal with
what we think about HC bands that turn macho metal
and change their attitudes just to earn some money.
MRR: What do you think about the communication
between Swedish bands, zines, etc.?

FC: We don't think it's as good as it should be. The
fact is that we have better contact with foreign
bands and people, but maybe that is because the
music we play, ultra fast hardcore, never has been
popular in Sweden.

MRR: So how come you play so fast and extreme?

That's a funny question. We started to play fast
because there were not any fast bands around and
we decided to change that. Also we are very
influenced by fast bands like LARM, HERESY, CRYPTIC
SLAUGHTER (by the way please answer our interview.
If you're not in our zine it will be worthless). As we like
HC it was quite natural to start a band of the same
kind and not a pop-band. And our beliefs are the
same as punk/hardcore.

MRR: What can be done about generic lyrics? Do
you think lyrics still gain or hove ever gained any
effect?

FC: Well you could write the lyrics with some more
fantasy and not fucking 4 line lyrics like DISCHARGE
etc. Maybe the lyrics had more effect earlier. Now
we think it has a moro personal effect. What we
mean is that if you sing “stop all wars" the wars won't

stop anyway, but for an example two of us have
become vegetarians and that's because of lyrics
from certain bands (thanks CRASS, CONFLICT, etc. for
making us aware).

Punk is a threat toward the commercial music,
HC/punk bands for example, make cheap records
and do gigs just for travel expenses. If more people
discover this it would be a bigger threat than it is
today against commercial music, etc.

MRR: As I see it there are a hell of a lot of (good)
bands In Sweden, but not enough audience, or
places to play. Why do you think that is?

FC: The reason why there is not much audience is
probably due to the fact that Sweden is so big and
places to play are spread over the whole country
and people are so lazy and poor. The solution is to
show how easy it is to set up gigs. In fact there are
many bands, but unfortunately they don't get
appreciated if they have not released records.

MRR: What is it like living in a town like Falun with
almost no other punks around except for the FC
members? And what do you do apart from playing?
FC: It's really boring but on the other hand it is good
because we have to do things ourselves and not rely
on others. When we are not working with the band
we are involved with activities like zines, compiling
tapes, skate, drink etc. We also try to put on some
gigs now and then. Besides we ll build a half pipe this
spring.

MRR: As for gigs I know you've not played out much
earlier, but there are plans for some kind of a
European tour this summer. Tell us about it.

FC: Yes, we have plans for a so-called "inter rail tour"
in Europe this summer. That means that we are going
by train because it is a pretty cheap and good way
of traveling. Hopefully GANX from Husqvarna will
come with us. We are probably gonna visit West
Germany, Holland. England, and Italy. We will be
leaving in the end of June and will be out a month.
We have made the tour with help from bands and
people that we know in these countries.

It will really be a low budget tour. We re only
asking for $50 and food and a place to sleep each
gig. With these prices we will hopefully cover the
ticket prices.

MRR: What are your opinions about the core of
Sweden compared to other countries? As a
difference toward many Swedish punks you seem to
care and listen to a lot of foreign hardcore??

FC: There aren’t many new bands in Sweden but
those who form are usually good. When you
compare Sweden to other countries it seems like
there's more protest marches and things like that in
other countries. When I (Per) have been abroad at
gigs I've seen a lot more people at gigs, a lot more
slamming, moshing and stage diving and people in
general seem to appreciate the bands more. Of
course we care about foreign HC and listen to it, but
the new Swedish bands dare to do something new
instead of the usual boring DISCHARGE hardcore that
has been so popular over here. So nowadays we
also listen to a lot of Swedish hardcore like RAPED
TEENAGERS, GANX, ROVSVETT. DTR. NO IDEA.
HERRAIS, etc. We like to think that the Swedish scene

is in a positive direction right now as a lot of good
bands are forming. The negative aspects are too
much drugs and mindless people destroying gigs.

MRR: What do you think about the recent metal
influence in punk/HC? Can something good come
out of that?

FC: About the metal thing, we see that there's two
sides to metal. One positive and one negative. The
positive thing is that a few of the bands actually have
good lyrics and attitudes cos we don't think their
music is most important. Bands like COC, SACRILEGE,
etc. can play whatever they want as long as they
keep their old beliefs. Metal also brings some
variation to hardcore. The negative stuff is that some
bands are sexist, violence-inspired, fascist and have
disgusting attitudes in general. This is something we
don t need in hardcore. One of the worst things a
hardcore band can do is to change their earlier so
good attitudes and lyrics to ridiculous black metal
stuff.

MRR: You've plans to put an EP with J6nk6ping's
GNAX? Can you tell us about it, songs etc. How
come you decided to share it?

FC: We re going into the studio the 4-5th of April
because we are not at all satisfied with the demo we
made. FILTHY will probably have 6-8 songs on their
side and we II see about GANX. The reason why we
decided to do a joint EP is that we didn’t want to do
one of our own at once, but instead share it with
some other Swedish thrash band. The choice fell
opon GANX -- a band we really like and respect.
They were also the only ones we could find without
any records out.

MRR: You seem to be involved with a lot of other
projects. As for instance, some of you were in
PROTES BENGT and some play in an industrial band.

FC: Yeah you're right. PROTES BENGT is only a joke
band that some of the members have besides
FILTHY CHRISTIANS. We have released a 32 song EP
that sold out a long time ago but there are plans for a
new EP called Babs Is Dead (Interviewer's note... for
those who didn't know. Babs is my nick-name... At
war with Protes Bengt)! We also have an industrial
band and this nice (???) band call themselves
BLOODSHAME. Arvid Tuba, a local cult figure, is
involved and he's a real maniac. It can be really
really fun to make some industrial noise between F.C.
rehearsals.

MRR: Any final words?

FC: Yeah, thanks to all the people that have helped
with gigs for the tour and to you Babs for the interview,
Karl “Over the Top" and to all people we
communicate with. Without you we'd be nothing. I
(Per) have lost the addresses of Vernon Blake
(Tampa, Florida) and Frank Pearn so if you read this
please drop me a line. OK. Please feel free to write of
any cause. If anyone wants the demo or buy our
comp tape ($3) write. For demo send blank tape &
postage. I. Per, would also like to trade splatter
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EUTHANASIA interview by His to Eronon, logo by F.

Waarakangas ; photo by M. Koivuluoma
MRR: Why the name EUTHANASIA?

E: We chose that name, though we aren't supporters ot
euthanasia...

MRR: What is the current line-up and tell something
about the guys?

E: Line-up is Martikainen - screaming; Keijo - bass; Myky
- drums and Timo - guitar. Keijo and Myky are working
at central hospital in Kajaani (our hometown). Martika-
inen is at school and Timo at home. We three are not
punx according to the general view, only Martikainen
is a punk. We don't play our music with studs and
mohawks, do we?

MRR: You are one of the only fun-bands here in
Finland. Are you totally bored with these "preach-
ing" bands?

E: We’re fucking bored of the bands who are singing
about the same subjects. You can take a point of
view on other subjects, not only war/ cops/ society-
standards. Example alcohol — using and sociality
of punx could be taken as a point of view just as so
many other subjects. Only the imagination and
examining of the things that happen around you is
needed.

MRR: Something about songs?

E: Timo makes the music and Martikainen makes the
words. Also Myky has done one song.

MRR: Have you any musical influences and favorite
bands?

E: We've only one common Influence, that is Dead
Kennedy* (R.I.P.). Markku's favorite band is Peer Gynt.
Keijo listens to all kinds of music. Timo listens to thrash
and speedcore bands and Martikainen is crazy for
domestic bands like Radio-Puhelimet and KTMK.

MRR: Your home town Kajaani, what kind of place
is it and what are the people's attitudes about you?
E: Our hometown is peaceful and the attitude has
been very favorable. In this town, unemployment is
very bad.

MRR: Any plans for the future?

E: We are going to do a studio-demo soon. Also we
must do new songs. If there are people who want to
write us. the address is: EUTHANASIA c/o Jarkko Marti-
kainen/ Vdindmoisenk. 24 A 12/ 87100 Kajaani/ Fin-
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BAD DRESS SENSE are a relatively new band on
the UK HC scene and are one of the UK’s best kept
secrets. Musically, they delve heavily in a melodic
approach, influenced by the likes of groups such as
Dag Nasty. Descendents. etc. This interview took
place with Ed Shred (guitar) and Nick Shnozza
(vocals) in Ed's kitchen. London, in April '87. Absent
members were Jason Twitch (drums) and Pauly Pizza
(bass). Interview by Dave Ross.

MRR: OK, what’s some background stuff on the band
and what are you about?

Ed: Well, there's 4 of us, and we fall out a lot!

MRR: How do people accept you, as far as having a
different approach to music and lyrics than most of
the current gang of UK HC groups?

Ed: OK, Daves now returned from making a cup of
tea -- scamming as usual!!

MRR: You're one of the few groups here looking for
musical inspiration in anything other than metal. To
me, it reminds me of reverting back to the roots of
punk music...

Ed: The reason about metal is that I just don't like it at
all, and I can't play lead breaks!! I like bands like The
Ruts. Bands like Dag Nasty are completely inspired
by The Ruts - you can just tell! Also Mike Hampton
(Embrace/Faith) told me! (Top groupie, this guy!!).
Yeah, melody is very important in our songs. It's very
hard to find good thrash bands around these days, i
mean that band you played me today -- The Worst
C82 New York HC) - just totally blew my head off - it's

politics and war when you're not going to change
any of that anyway. You'll never in a million years
change it. You're just gonna change the view of a
few punks. I mean anyone who is clever enough will
see that it's not cool to have atomic bombs or eat
meat, so there's not much point singing about it.

Nick: Also we're a lot more sincere than most bands.
Ed: Yeah, I'm not doing it for other people. I'm doing it
for me - it's just observations.

MRR: OK, give examples of how you incorporate
that into your songs.

Ed: "Cynical Smile" is a song about how people fuck
up with each other cos they don't say what they
mean. If you say what you mean, you can
sometimes help the situation so much more than if

Ed: I dunno. Since we evolved our "new* style, we
haven't really played that many shows outside
London. Before we were pretty much "hardcorish"
like the Stupids or Depraved, and people liked us
quite a tot.

Nick: People still think of us as what we were formerly.
People who've heard the Peel Session like us a lot, so
we're much more subtle in our approach...

Ed: ..And accepted by the masses!!

MRR: Do you ever get grouped with the Stupids, and
does that worry you?

Ed: Yes we do, and I personally like it.

Nick: I'm not against it, cos it generates us publicity.
Alright, so we're a bit like the Stupids due to Edward,
but it's not like we re an out and out copy band and
we sound bugger all like them. People now accept
that we're different, but we re friends with them...

Ed: Yeah ~ if it wasn't for the Stupids we wouldn't be
together as a band, so there's them to thank for it,
cos Tom got me into it all.

MRR: You've been together only a year, and
already you've done a studio session with John Peel
on BBC Radio 1 , along with the likes of Jimi Hendrix,
The Smiths, The Damned, The Cure and a lot of
famous bands. Which tongue went down whose
pair of trousers??!

Ed: John Peel fancies me! Acutally Peel is really
bored with a lot of the music that is going on at the
moment, or the Indy scene here at the moment. So
he's actually starting to play a bit more American
stuff and now he's starting to go a bit bonkers about
the Stupids and us. and bands like us, 'cos we are
different to the independent shitty scene. He's into
getting stuff for airplay, so bands can send stuff to
Radio 1 .

MRR: Has MRR attributed to his realisation of
Hardcore?

Nick: Yeah, it is to the Peel show. Kent got us a bit
more recognised here. Also...

MRR: ... And enabled you to get into Possessed/ Voi
Vod gigs on the music press guest list!! How do you
set yourselves apart from other UK HC bands?

Ed: We don't have to, we are!!

Bobby (DC Groupie!!): I don't htink you guys even
sound that "hardcore*.

MRR: Do you think HC is a necessary label then?

Nick: Yeah, cos if you didn't have HC. you'd just be
labelled 'punk* and you'd be grouped in with a toad
of shit.

MRR: Do you think that's bad that if you're
immediately labelled "punk", that it has a real
negative connotation on you?

Ed: Yeah -- 1 think it s pretty boring to say I don't like
labels, I mean HC to me isn't ANTI CIMEX or bands like
that, or DISORDER. It's just tuneful melodic bands, like
BAD BRAINS, ADOLESCENTS, EARLY DK's. Punk in
England, to me is nothing but a bunch of shithead
dicks, hanging around getting drunk and trying to get
into gigs without paying, and then totally destroying
them once they get in!!

MRR: Now I get the impression that it's happened!...

Ed: Yeah!

MRR: Do you have any aspirations with the band?

Ed: Yeah, I want to get a whole lot of records out, so
when I die I can say that I did something in life!

Bobby: So when you have kids they can say ’Oh
Jisten to what Dad did: Dad you were shit!!! That shit's
realty lame!!!*

intense thrash. It's early stuff, and you can tell. Early
Gang Green, Jerry's Kids - It’s just better than the shit
that's around now.

MRR: So what do you think has gone wrong?

Ed: Just more unintelligent people getting involved in
it I guess...

MRR: So what do you reckon it'll lead to?

Ed: Well, It's already led to it - just a bunch of shit
bands!

MRR: Do you think the scene has much hope in the
future?!! (Sounds drastic, huh?!!)

Ed: There's always gonna be enough bands around
to please. There's always gonna be shit bands and
good bands, as long as I can listen to the good
bands. As tong as the vital things stay alive, like the
fact that you can come over and live off me for a
few months!! (Which is about as true as Ed is good
looking!!) As tong as the INTERNATIONAL SUPER BAND
can play with Gl in Birmingham!!

MRR: Do you get criticism for having an "American
Sound” (Please note that this phrase is applied rather
loosely.)

Ed: Yeah, but I don't give a shit, 'cause I prefer
American music anyway.

MRR: What sort of things are you trying to get across
lyrically? You are definitely in favor of personal stuff
than a political attack...

Ed: The thing that affects most people is the way they
react to other people, right? The way they treat each
other. I think that's far more important and more
instant as far as changing things. So many people go
to punk gigs and they're like "Oh you're not an
anarchist band, so you must be shit." Then they go
and see CHUMBAWUMBA or something who are
obviously a good band, with good intentions, and
then they go out and fuck one of their friends over,
and people do it all the time. It's just like not having
respect for shit. It’s not worth singing about Anarchy,

you keep things hidden. "Life's Demand" is about an
incident where a friend of my sister’s died when she
was 17. and she lived her life well, and there's just so
many people who waste their lives while they've got
it. The only thing life demands of you is that you live it,
and so while you're alive you might as well do that,
instead of wasting it.

MRR: What sort of things give you the most
inspiration in general life? Is it things that have
happened in the past, or things you look forward to?

Ed: Yeah, like the tour in America with the Stupids was
really cool and when I got back to Washington DC I
wrote about 4 songs, 'cos it was just like 4 weeks of
the best feelings, it was really great. Just like
experiences really get you going to write songs.

MRR: Nick, because Ed writes almost all the lyrics, do
you have much of a problem trying to express his
viewpoint?

Nick: Not necessarily. Now I know him better than I did
originally, and I know what he's on about. He more or
less tells me what it's about, and I'm getting more into
it. The more I think about it, the more his songs affect
me.

Ed: I can sing a song how I know it's written, and he
can interpret it as someone reading the lyrics would
interpret it. So it's good, cos it’s interpreted before
anyone actually listens to it.

MRR: So what have you got out of being in the band?

Ed: A car aeriel in the head! !

Nick: Travelling around England with the lads, being
stuck in service stations til 6 am, breaking down in
snow, etc.!! It's down to experience isn't it? No matter
what. Living life in the fast lane!!

MRR: OK, tell us about the Bangles!!!

Ed: Well it happened a while ago, I was jamming in
my room, and Vicki strolls in and she goes "Hey
dude, what's up? You should maybe play C minor

NEVADA

instead of B." And I'm Ike "Yeah, that's cool!!" so we
wrote "Walk Like An Egyptian" together!! (Suuuure!!)
You know, they come round and sleep in my bed
sometimes!!...

MRR: And they kick you out and you sleep in the
kitchen!!

Ed: Yeah, that’s right -- with Susanne!!

Nick: I'll have Michael!!

Ed: The Bangles are rad, they're just the best. (True,
true!!)

MRR: Have they had an influence on BDS in any
way?

Ed: Well, there was one song called "Standing in the
Shadows" before Nick was in the band, inspired by
"I'm in Line."

MRR: What effect do you think having U.S. bands
touring here had on the UK scene?

Ed: It gives everyone a chance to be cool and
pose!!...

Nick: Hang out with the bands!!

Ed: It's good, we just get to see some good bands for
a change, bands who have been around for a long
time. It just revitalizes everything for a couple of
months.

MRR: Do you think local bands write better songs
because of it?

Ed: I dunno -- they probably start playing a lot better.
In England tho’, people are more into copying what
English bands do. rather than what bands like
Scream do.

Nick: The U.S. bands are a lot more into It. They're
more into the crowd also than U.K. bands.

MRR: So there's a lot more spirit in their set?

Ed: Yeah.

MRR: OK, any cheerio's?

Ed: Wei first we have a 12" out with 7 tracks on it ($7/
£5ppd) and we'd like to thank Vinyl Solution for doing
the record, and we'd like to thank Shane from Manic
Ears for not beating us up and we ll do a record with
you soon oh little man!! Thanks to Kent Jolly, the
Stupids and anyone who has helped us and likes us.
MRR: And every DC band for ever existing!!

Ed: Yeah!! And thanks to Tim...

All: Yo!!...

Ed: HANNON!! Oh yeah - 1 want to ask Martin Sprouse
publicly why he has put that picture of him in "Easily
Amused" when it's not him -- he's just a tall skinny
wimp!!

MRR: According to Tommy Stupid!!

BAD DRESS SENSE c/o Vinyl Solution Records/ 39
Hereford Rd/ London W2/ U.K.

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MRR; Grog, whon I first mot you it was in tho lato 60’«. and
I wont over to your house in Fairfax with Lenny Kaye (of
the Patti Smith Group) and saw your Insanely massive
record collection. You had Just about every obscure
record from that period....

Grog: I might have thought I did, but I've added a couple
of hundred thousand since then and the want list is still
growing.

MRR: That’* an Interesting thlng-that back in the late
60’«, a lot of us thought we knew most of what had come
out...

Greg: We were naive Idiots,

MRR: At that point, I knew you through a fanzine you did
called Molo Navigator , which has gotta be one of the
first 2 fanzines ever, right?

Greg: Right. It started around the same time as Crawdaddy,
who were on the East Coast and we were out here... about
a year-and-a-half before Rolling Stone started. Up to the
point Rolling Stone started, there was a kind of rock'n'roll
underground fanzine press, but after they came along
there were only theso big moga-tablolds. Tho fanzines then
reappeared a few years later. In the beginning I was so
Idealistic. I was Insulted that Rolling Stone took the ap-
proach they did. and so I quit the buslnesi They asked me
to come aboard and be a part of it, and I said “This Is all
wrong - and I'm getting out of this.

MRR: When did you start Bomp fanzine?

Greg: 1969 or 70. 1 put it out for a couple of years up here,
and mostly it was Just distributed among rock critics ( 1 00 or
so copies) who worked for Creem or Rolling Stone and
didn't feel they could air ail of the things they thought in the
format of those magazines. So Bomp was a forum where
people like Charlie Gillett, Grlel Marcus. Dave Marsh. Lester
Bangs— all those klnda guys who came along and started
writing about music In those days-could talk about the
things they really cared about and argued about— where
the rock press was going, where the music was going, why
things were getting so lame in the 70's. Ed Ward, who was
the music editor at Rolling Stone at that time, thought what
we were doing was really important, so they sent Annie
Liebowitz out to take pictures, and did a big thing on rock
fanzines at that point. Bomp wasn't the only one at that
time, maybe a dozenorso were coming out— but this piece
really brought me a lot of attention and got me a Job offer
to move to LA and work for United Artists, editing their In-
house magazine and doing other shit. That was the end of
' 72. and Bomp was already established as a magazine, and
continued as such for another couple of years before I got
the Idea of turning It into a record label.

MRR: And whon did your store in North Hollywood begin?
Greg: Much later. Bomp was a magazine, and I worked
other Jobs which I then quit to concentrate on Bomp. I
started the label In late 74 tt was meant to be Just a
collectors label, where we'd Just sell records to subscribers.
I had no Idea that could ever become an alternative
distribution network or anything at all like what we have

now. Over the course of tho next sevoral yoars I got involvod
with the Flamin' Groovles and went on tour with thorn all
around Europe and got to meet a lot of the people who In
the very near future would go on to start things like Stiff
Records. These wore the pooplo I was tatking with, sharing
Ideas, and wo all felt tho samo way— that something
neodod to happon. So I felt very encouraged about mak-
ing records, and spent a lot of time in NY working wit h bands
that were starting the scene at CBGB's. I workedont ho label
for a couple of years, strictly underground, and then whon
the New Wave thing explodod. and tho Sox Pistols hap-
pened and all of that, it soomod to mo that I wanted to try
doing what my friends at Rough Trade In England were
doing— to make the records available to people who
wanted them. The major record outlets weren't doing that.
We had a mail order business through the magazine for
yoars, but wo expanded that by gotting In records from
England and indies from America, and tried to distribute
those to stores. And because we needed a larger area to
operate this from, we got a little storefront In North Holly*
wood and had a shop In tho front and warehouse In tho
back, and put out the magazine there— and it was really
great. Every weekend we'd have whoever was In town—
Blondie. Sex Pistols. Damned-come out and do an auto-
graph party at the store and thousands of people would
come and it was agas. That was 77-78. Afterthat we closed
the store and moved to a larger location In Glondale. There
was no more point In the store, as Jem and people like that
were getting the records into the major storos and people
weren't coming. Actually, all throughout the history of the
store, it was a failure to get poople to experiment with new
artists. They wanted the now EMs Costello or now Damnod
or the new Clash record, and we'd say ‘Well if you like this,
check out the new Lurkers'. but thoy didn't want to know.
So why carry a thousand difforont onos that no ono will buy.
so we c iosed down that experiment. Then wo got out of the
distribution business. I've been In and out of a lot of different
businesses, trying to feel my way Into vehicles that would let
me accomplish things that I thought were necessary.

MRR: Recently you did a club, right?

Greg. Right, the same sort of thing as what you're trying. It
gives you a whole new perspective on what can be done,
a whole new Involvement with bands and to understand
their problems better. You get to watch and encourage
upcoming bands and even nurture them by putting to-
gether the right kind of bills. So all of that was a creative
experience, and I discovered afew bands that I've gone on
to make albums with. I also ’learned that having a club Is a
good way of gotting media attention, getting visibility for
something way out of proportion to what it really is. The club
was the size of this little room, and we'd cram 100 people
Into It. yet we got a full page picture In People magazine,
and magazines ail over the world were sending reporters—
I saw pictures of the club In Spain and ttaty—completety out
of proportion.

MRR. tot'* go back a little. Fanilne-wUo, Bomp had a big
Influence on mo, for a couple of reasons. One, because
of lt« (especially atthetlme)amazingcoverage of things
that were going on or had gono on, and because It wai

acommunlcatlonvehIcte.lt came along at a time when

rock'n'roll wai really hurting, and bridged a gap and
helped us through— kept a lot of us who still believed in
tomethlng connected. Don't you mlsi doing that today,
or it It something you got out of your »y*tem?

Greg: What I miss Is that sense of a community that I was at
thecenterof and was able to help focus, what you'redolng
with MRR now. I can't dot hak-ySiyre doing it. tt was the right

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fed up with how stupid things were getting, and there was
no way to know how many of us were out there or to share
energy. That mag was able to get all those people together,
create a market of a couple of thousand people so inde-
pendent records could start to come out, all of that hap-
pened during that unique time and I was realty privileged to
be there and to visualize some of the possibilities and make
some of it happen. But that was then, and I don't realty see
an opening for myself in that arena today as a writer. I find
myself very frustrated when I try to articulate how I feel
about things, I just start spewing out negativity. I want to
believe in something, but when I look at MTV or anything
that's happening out there, it makes me ill. So I find solace
in just making music that I think is really good and stands on
its own.

MRR: When you began your label, you did a lot of power
pop, and then some early punk stuff like the Zeros and
Weirdos, and then eventually did bands with a more 60’s
Influence, but now lately you've started again with stuff
in a more modern punk vein. Where do you individual
tastes lie?

— I DON’T WANT TO WORK
WITHARROGANT, EGOTISTICAL
PEOPLE WHO WANT ME TO
MAKE THEM STARS. I JUST
WANT TO DO MUSIC FOR
PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN WHAT
THEY'RE DOING 'CAUSE IT’S
THE RIGHT THING TO DO.-

Greg: That's a good question, because you have to assume
that anybody who has an independent label is using his
tastes as a guideline. But you can't really get away wtoth
doing that. My tastes are very broad. I like a lot of really
wimpy pop stuff that I would never put out but like hearing
on the radio. I like a lot of really weird stuff, a lot of hardcore
punk stuff. 4Q's jazz, a lot of stuff that isn't really the most
appropriate things for me to be professionally involved with.
But as a label, Bomp was much broader than it should've
been, because I'd have a punk record next to an Iggy Pop
record next to a 20/20 record, and I really didn't have the
resources to market all these types of music, so the label
kinda collapsed around 1980.

MRR: Why?

Greg: Actually, what killed it was the first real success we
had, a record by the Plimsouls and Unknowns and Josie
Cotton, all of which got picked up by major labels and sold
really well and I lost money on all of them. I began to see how
much money you have to lose to make a hit. We could really
go into the economics of this forever and really open some
eyeballs on what happens when you work with the major
labels and the actual flow of the money and who gets it and
who gets fucked. I found out by getting fucked, and I said
I don't want to do this any more. I don't want to work with
arrogant, egotistical people who want me to make them
stars. I just want to do music for people who believe in what
they're doing ‘cause it's the right thing to do. I was getting
all these phony Hollywood bands who wanted to be the
next Plimsouls, and they didn't understand that the Plimsouls
had heart and they didn't coming along with their stupid
haircuts. So I just decided that I going to redefine myself as
a record executive and have a label that specializes from
nowon. I wanted to find an area that was pure, that hadn't
been corrupted, and also where I felt I had some expertise,
so I went to the 60' s punk thing -I'd been doing the Pebbles
and High Times compilations for some time-and started to
find a few bands were trying to do this kind of music, so I
thought, going back to the spirit of the old Bomp, let's
create a movement, let's create a scene, let's give all these
people some encouragement and see what happens. I
really thought that the honesty and idealism of 60's music,
given a focus and outlet, could grve rise to some of those
attitudes in the young people out there.

MRR: Doesn't hardcore fit that description?

Greg: Granted the hardcore people were trying to do a
similar thing at the same time, but that wasn't for everybody
and that there were a lot of people who didn't want to slam
or beat each other up and wanted something else to
believe in and that the 60's music could offer that. So I
started the Voxx label, and at first I wanted to be so purist

$4 a record, mono or stereo, black & white covers. That
quickly went by the wayside, but all along I've kept the
intent pure— bands who are doing it for the wrong reasons.

I won't work with them- if they aren't doing it because they
love it. because they have to do it whether they get heard
or not. It was exciting for me— if you want to stay in business
year after year and have the resources to still do things, you
have to put out stuff that sells, but if you're an individualist
you have to put out stuff that pleases you and keeps your
enthusiasm up. The 60' s thing was great for a few years
there— it was fresh. But now it's getting kinda old hat and
although there are a few still interesting bands (especially
out of Europe), I think that as a movement it's proven to be
a blind alley, the kind of people who took it over are so
fashion-conscious, are so intent on projecting a certain
stylized idea of what the 60' s were, rather than picking up
the spirit of creativity that I don't want to be associated with
it. and wash my hands of all the conformism, the ’Let's look
like primitive cavemen and hold up our Voxx guitars'. That
is not the 60's...

MRR: Having gone through all of that, do you now feel
lost and disillusioned?

Greg: No. not at all, because while the creativity of that
movement was fading, another movement was taking
shape. I don't know how you define it, there are no
buzzwords yet. but bands like the Lazy Cowgirls really ap-
pealed to me from the first time I saw them. They have
everything that's essential in rock'n'roll— 60's, 70's. 80'$.
even 50's-timeless rock'n'roll. It works. There are plenty of
bands like that around the country, there are plenty in L.A.
right now. It's kind of an underground scene right now, it's
not trendy, they don't have large followings right now. but
they all are in the best spirit of what I've always liked, so I
thought let's bring back the Bomp label for these kind of
bands and keep the Voxx label pure. I'm open to any kind
of music for Bomp. and what I'm looking for is the essense of
that act— are they doing something exciting to me. It's a
chemistry that you feel, like when you meet a girl. You can't
really reduce it to a formula.

MRR: You've alluded to being able to “create a scene". ..
Greg: You can. you know that. Guys like us have proven it.
Those of us who have survived one or two or three genera-
tions of rock and roll have learned a few lessons from it.
Scenes always start with what I call the vanguard audience ,
the handfui of people out there who are never satisfied with
what's going on and are always looking for something
better. So a new idea comes along and those people seize
upon it and play around with it and mold it into something
that takes shape. Then more people are attracted to it. and
pretty soon it's a whole scene, but then those people move
onto something else.

—WOW WE HAVE A TREMEN-
DOUS ALTERNATIVE INDUSTRY
THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE 10
YEARS AGO. IF THIS NETWORK
HAD BEEN IN PLACE IN 77,
MAYBE THE CLASH WOULDN'T
HAVE SIGNED TO CBS, MAYBE A
LOT OF THE ORIGINAL HYPOC-
RISY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
ROOTED INTO THAT SCENE.—

MR^Dont yo u e v c» r f «» e I th ato n c

degenerate, that everything revolutionary eventually
becomes what it originally opposed?

Greg: Worse than ever. That makes me want to kill. The only
way out of this trap is for people to take control of the scene
themselves and not give in to the first impulse to sell out to
money. Each generation has the chance, they create
something new and revolutionary, the big corporations
come along and offer them money. It takes a little longer to
sell out each time, and there's always a few more who
don't. Now. we have a tremendous alternative industry that
we didn't have 10 years ago. If this network had been in
place in '77. maybe the Clash wouldn't have signed to CBS.
maybe a lot of the original hypocrisy wouldn't have been
rooted into that scene, maybe all the punks wouldn't have
gone disco dance-ortented 2 years later. That was a really
big blow to me. I believed what was happening in the 70's

was revolutionary. Ididn'tthink it was just weeding out a few
glam stars from a couple of loser punk bands as everybody
now looks back on it as. I think that it' s our job to be in control
of these movements, because if we don't have some kind
of understanding of what's happening around us. some-
body else who undrestands things very well in economic
terms will come in and set things up so that by the time we
wake up it's too late.

MRR: That’s an important and painful lesson to under-
stand, but unfortunately it seems that every generation
has to go through the same trial and error routine, even
if there are people who’ve gone through it before and
are trying to point out the pitfalls...

Greg: I'm an idealist, and don't believe that we're just
blindly repeating cycles. I think that every individual has to
go through a period of maturation. You start with naivete
and idealism and work your way through all the bullshit and
get tempered by experience, but as a society we can pass
along lesons we've learned. We have a hip power structure
in control of the alternative music scene now, very dedi-
cated people. So a band coming along today doesn't
have to break all the ground that was broken 1 0 years ago.
They can read MRR. go to some of the labels. If a band
co mes to me they don't have to learn a lot of lessons. I g uide
them. I see getting older as a kind of opportunity.. ..with
each generation that comes along. I have a chance to
apply things I've teamed in a slightly different way at a
slightly different position in life, like coming around in aspiral.
It's doing the same things, hanging around with bands in
clubs, but 20 years ago sitting here with you I'd go ‘Wow, I'd
like to start a fanzine. * Now I can maybe help people to do
what they need to do better. This is happening on a very
broad scale, there are people everywhere who' ve teamed
these lessons, and I think we're getting better all the time at
whatever this thing is. this revolutionary thing. It's only
changing people, it's getting people to take responsibility
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MRR: About record collecting. ..are you still a fanatic?
Greg: Well. no. I've got enough. I was never a record
collector like some of these guys who, once they have a
record will never let it out of their hands or gotta have 2
copies— one to play and one to look at. That's not in my
mentality; I want to hear the stuff. There were many, many
years there when there was very little good new music beng
made, so feft you could go back in the past and find great
exciting stuff, and now there's a whole industry in finding
stuff in the past in any form of music. There's more 50's music
coming out nowthan there ever was then. So. I'm collecting
tapes, swapping tapes with people, getting the records I
don't have. I'm selling off some of my records that don't
mean anything to me. They mean a lot to some people—
the prices on some of them are absurd. I find that a record
collection is very time consuming, but worse than that, it
takes up so much space that you can't move, you can't
have a life. I have to spend so many hours updating my
collection, reading all the lists, putting down what I have
and don't have— I still haven't listened to 99% of the records
I have. I'm still not done indexing the ones I got in the 60's.
It's ridiculous. But having the collection has allowed me to
go back and find a tot of these great songs that nobody
knew about and put together compilations, and this is a
whole field that I helped create too, visualize out of noth-
ing— why can't we do this ourselves? If we waited around
for the big companies to reissue that, we'd never know
about this vast punk legacy we have from the 60's.

MRR: In the next couple of years are you gonna start
chronicling 70’s punk the same way?

Greg: No, I don't think so. Those people are all still around
and are doing a pretty good job of reissuing their own stuff.
It's down to you in the 90's to put out all these obscure one-
shot bands.

MRR: You did the distribution thing for quite a while. Are
you still a* it?

Greg: We haven't been a real distributor since about 1981.
It's a tricky business. I was only ever in it because no other
distributors were interested in this type of music, but there's
a good network of people out there now. Getting them to
pay you is something else again. I could get into the horrors
of what you have to do to get paid in this business, but it's
still easier than trying to do it yourself.

MRR: But you do still do a mailorder?

Greg: Yeah, but that's kinda dying down, mostly people in
Europe. It's weird— our audience..we sell 60's reissues, neo-
n's bands, and hardcore. ..that's all those people want.
They would not buy a Stones reissue, it has to be an obscure
band like the Swamp Rats or Reagan Youth, but nothing
else.

MRR: Coming into the present now, you're dealing with
bands like the Raunchettes....

Greg: The Bomp label reopened this year with a new roster,
including one by Stiv Bators. He kind of inspired me to get It
going again. He came back out of nowhere and said “Let's
do a record. ' I've got to give him credit. Whenever he's had
a major label deal, he's always said, behind their backs.
“Let's fuck these guys. I'll make records on the side' or “As
soon as I can get out of my deal. . . ' He always believed in the
independents. Hejust made a record withthe DeadBoysfor
a guy back in Ohio who was their road manager. He's
always given back to the people that have helped him. So
he came backand we did a record, the Raunchettes came
along, the Lazy Cowgirls, The Holy Sisters. I've got a band
back east called Lord John who are kinda more 60's. And
I'm looking from there to go further. If I can find bands in any
genre that have heart and good music, I'm open to It. I'm
a little hesitant on how to approach hardcore because
obviously I'm from a different era and it's not my scene. I
can't be a pioneer in that field, and can't even take a
leadership role, but I do have a labelwithagood reputation
and the marketing and distribution skills to get a record out.
so I'm looking for bands that want to be with a label that
believes in rock'n'roll.

MRR: How old are you now, Greg?

Greg: Thirty eight.

MRR: And you’d still call yourself idealistic?

Greg: Oh yeah. It's something you can't get out of your
system.

MRR: You’ve written a lot of tracts In Bomp and other
places where you still believe in the possibilities of youth
counter-culture effecting change. Actually, this is an

-THERE ARE PEOPLE EVE -
RYWHERE WHO'VE LEARNED
THESE LESSONS, AND I THINK
WE'RE GETTING BETTER ALL
THE TIME AT WHATEVER THIS
THING IS, THIS REVOLUTION V.
ARY THING , IT'S ONLY CHANG-
ING PEOPLE. IT'S GETTING
PEOPLE TO TAKE RESPONSIBIL-
ITY FOR MAINTAINING THE
SCENE OR CULTURE OR WHAT-
EVER GIVES THEM SATISFAC-
TION— NOT TAKING IT FOR
GRANTED OR LETTING IT BE
AKEN AWAY FROM THEM.—

aside, but are back issues of Bomp still available?

Greg: Yes, the later ones, the more substantial ones run
around $3. The early ones are really pointless to have unless
you're a collector. If people are interested, they should just
send in for our mail order list.

MRR: I hope people will do that, to get a historical
perspective...

Greg: I think it was the prototype for the kind of magazine
that MRR has become, but the type of stuff you're talking
about is generations apart.

MRR: We’ve covered 60’s punk in a minor way, but we do
refer to it a lot in a minor way as a reference point.
Greg: You do, you have been very supportive. Even though
it's not your primary thing, you have reviewers who can
evaluate it in its own terms, which I can appreciate.

MRR: And also show an historical connection, which is
both good and bad. It’s good for people to know roots
and go back, but at the same time they become self*
conscious and imitative.

Greg: Yeah, that's the pitfall, but I've always believed that
without knowing the roots you can't go forward. I don't
know why, but it's just been an article of faith for me. You
don't have enough information if you're left on your own.
There's really no substitute forthat naive innocence that kids
come along with.

MRR: Do you go out to shows much?

Greg: Very rarely. There isn't really much happening. If there
was a c lub like Gilman St in L. A. . I'd hang out there. I like clubs
where there's a see ne. I don't like clubs where you dress up.
parkyourcar. pay $5, stand in line to buy $3 drinks, and hang
out with a bunch of idiots watching horrible bands. It just
doesn't appeal to me. I don't like most of the bands in
Hollywood. It so showbiz, and everybody's trying to get a
record deal, and it's not my kind of thing.

MRR: We’ve been working on a list of all the local punk

—IF THERE WAS ACLUB LIKE
GILMAN ST. IN LA., I'D HANG OUT
THERE. I LIKE CLUBS WHERE
THERE'S A SCENE. I DON'T LIKE
CLUBS WHERE YOU DRESS UP,
PARK YOUR CAR, PAY $5, STAND
IN LINE TO BUY $3 DRINKS, AND
HANG OUT WITH A BUNCH OF
IDIOTS WATCHING HORRIBLE
BANDS.—

bands, and have found that there’s about 200 of them,
which is pretty amazing. Even though there’s hardly
anywhere for them to play, they're out there.

Greg: They're everywhere. I was in Holland recently and
staying in this tiny little town 50 miles outside of Amster-
dam with a population of 1000 people— and there was
a punk club there with 5 bands playing. It was great.
MRR: So where does it all go from here, Greg?

Greg: I don't know. I've stepped down from... I've become
a 60' s kind of guy, I live for the moment, (think it kind of makes
sense to do what's right for now and let the future take care
of itself. You can get too into trying to force things to
happen, and then become unresponsive to changing situ-
ations. I spent years trying to force certain scenarios...
MRR: But you were just advocating that before...

Greg: It all depends on how you apply it. You can help a
movement happen, but you don't help it happen by visual-
izing it down to the last detail before it's even started, and
then refuse to accept antthing that doesn't conform with
that. There's a tot more energy in something that's happen-
ing . and you beco me a part of t hat and then know when to
become assertive and when to go with the flow. So I'm
going with the flow now. but I'm not just accepting what-
ever comes along. It's hard to put into words. This is philoso-
phy now. this is how your mind works, how you make
decisions in your life, and I try to hone my instincts so the
things I do are right in themselves and that the rest will take
care of itself. Twenty years from now there could be some
completely incomprehensible type of scene going on, but
if it's cool I want to be a part of it. Getting from here to there
will take care of itself. Now I'd like to know where you think
it's all going.

MRR: I don’t know, but I do know I always see warning
signs. Having gone through the 60’s, I know where some
things lead, and that especially applies when money
moves into the scene and how cooptation and exploita-
tion takes place, how that affects the labels, the bands,
the zines, the clubs, every aspect of independence. So
when I see these warning lights

I go crazy. I wish I could say that through MRR we could
counteract those things, but we aren't. There were a lot
of warning signs about the fascist aspects that would
grow in the punk scene a long time ago, and unfortu-
nately most of those things came true. Just because we
recognize it, write about it, and try to make people
aware doesn't mean we actually have the power to do
anything about it.

Greg: That must be very frustrating. You want to believe that

if people are shown the choices they can make tho right
one.

MRR: At the same time though, the punk scene is more
real now than it's ever been because it's got all these
problems. Rather than being an elitist thing set aside
from mainstream society, It's a microcosm of all the
problems within mainstream society. It's challenging,
and I feed on that. But where it goes, I don't know. I do
know that every time I've become really disillusioned
about things, something has come along that's really
relnspired and reenergized me.

— OUR GENERATION HAS

g ALLY COPPED OUT, IS OUT
ERE MAKING MONEY, BE-
AMING BOURGEOIS

SHOLES.—

Greg: Isn't that what keeps the democratic process alive,
by being threatened, by people working out for themselves
tho moral Issuos and making tho right cholcos

MRR: Forlnstance, with this clubhere It's a whole new ball
of wax. There's a lot of attitudes that both bands and
people who come here display that really make me
want to kill, and yet the process of trying to get people
to take responsibility for themselves Is a challenge that
when It does pay off makes it all worthwhile. A lot of
people Involved here are great. They're growing, they
give a shit, and hopefully this'll be something we can
hold up as an example. We can't say "This is haw it's
gonna be", but what we can say Is "Here's something
we're trying and It’d be great If people in every commu-
nity could try It, which would lead to a whole new
resurgance. If there's a good club, then the bands form
and last.

Greg: I learned that same thing with tho cavern. Just having
a club creates bands. There were about 100 bands that just
came Into being to play my club. And they disappeared as

soon as tho club closed. Don't youthlnk it's Important to got
pooplo Involvod In the process of living out the attitudos that
are Implicit In whatever. . . you neod to work things out In life,
and you loam by going through tho problems.

MRR; Allhough It’s helpfulto deal with it on this scale, but
the problems are not Insurmountable and people can
find out that they can bo passionate, they can create,
and have victories. That's roally important.

Greg; This is what they should be learning In high school-
how to run a society. But what about musically, there
doesn't seem to be any one dlroctlon.ovon In tho hardcore
scene— they’ro doing everything from motal to punk to...
MRR: Well, my musical biases aside, I Just want to see it
grow qualitatively as well as quantatively. But when the
mentality gets stup!d...and the style takes precedence
over values.. .We have to keep reiterating the Initial
values, of why things happenod before, how can we
prevent that from happening again. What do thoy have
to fight to protect.

-•I DON'T KNOW WHAT VAL-
UES THE PEOPLE FROM THE
7 0'S HAVE BROUGHT INTO
BEING, THEY DIDN'T HAVE
MUCH TO BEGIN WITH-NO
PAST, NO FUTURE, DESTROY.
WHOOPEE.-

Grog: Their right to party.

MRR: My biggest disappointments come when the
"older" punks give up the fight, cease tasking responsi-
bility for what they started.

Grog: That was ono roason why l had such troublo keoplng
tho magazine going. As a ono man job it was Impossible,
and I couldn't find the people who were willing to put In the
work. Guys liko us from our genoratlon have help bring a lot
into being, but if there wore moro of us... Our generation has
realty copped out, is out there making monoy. bocomlng

bourgoois assholes.

MRR: Same as the 77 punks, who did the very same
bullshit.

Grog; In dofonso of tho 60's. I think a lot of pooplo did koop
thoir values. There are institutions coming into being, espe-
cially hero In northom California, whore some kind of a
working socialism Is vlsiblo I don't know what valuos tho
pooplo from tho 70's havo brought into being Thoy didn't
have much to begin with— no past, no future, destroy.
Whoopee.

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Peaceful Coexistence . A fanzine, political zine.
or any zine. is a hell of a lot of work. When I pick up a
completed issue of my zine. I ask myself. "How did it
take so long to do this?" But it always manages to
take me 2 months longer than expected to put an
issue together. This only heightens my respect for
those who put together zines that come out on a
regular basis, such as MRR. If you think doing a zine is
easy, do it! And when I complete an issue, I wonder,
"Will people like it? Will they buy it? Will I be able to
pay the bills that have come from it?" I only sell my
zine for 25 cents, so I have to expect to lose money,
but how much will I lose this issue? So you may ask,
"If putting out your zine is so troublesome, and you
have so much to bitch about, and you lose money,
why do you continue to do it?" Well, I’m glad you
asked that question. Because a few people enjoy
my zine. Yes, a few. How do I know? They tell me so,
they write me letters, and some even, yes, gasp,
donate money.

In my city, my zine would seemingly appeal to a
large and wide variety of folks. Yes, lots buy it out of
curiosity, that's fine, but our scene alone numbers
125-150 loose-knit people, maybe even 200. And it
seems that they all would climb over one another to
support the only zine in this scene. I mean, it's only 25
cents, lots of interesitng reading, what more would
you ask? If I was in the position of a zine reader or
"punk scenester," rather than a zine editor, I know I'd
support the only zine in town. Yet, some of these
people who can buy a 12-pack every night and all
the dope they want, can't even come up with one
thin quarter to help out the "scene." But many do -
and that’s why I do it.

I enjoy the communication with people. I enjoy
meeting people through the mail. I enjoy talking to
bands and organizations, and I enjoy expressing
myself. These are all things that happen when you
do a zine. So that's the story. Specifically, Peaceful
Coexistence is about social life, musb life, political
life, and of course, life life. It is available for 25 cents
and 1 stamp (and any other donations you'd like to
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more to give people an idea of why it exists. So try to bear with
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you’ll end up with something that you yourself feel good about, and
something that will inspire honesty in others as well. That's what
Subculture is for us. We try to empty as much of ourselves onto its
pages as we possibly can. This isn't always easy. Saying and doing
what you feel isn't exactly something that’s encouraged in
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jjijii: You’ve probably noticed.

’Fanzine’ probably isn’t the right word for this project, but then words
jig like that don't go very far. There are interviews and reviews and
things of the fanzine nature, but I really don’t feel like a Ian*. I like to
think of Subculture as being on a different level; not a political level, a
human level. I say this because I think that when people put
themselves on a political level they tend to put themselves on a
pedestal above others. To me, this is the same thing as looking down
on someone because of their race or sex. It would be nice to see
people start thinking of other people in terms of humanity and not in
terms of isms and institutions.

Subculture publishes sporadically, mostly because of the lack of
money and labor. I don’t know if Subculture will ever be a regular
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places it can be bought from people I trade with (Another area I’m not
so hot in.). Post paid prices are: Subculture no. 1 (Blood Lake,
Diatribe, the Committee Opposed to Militarism and the Draft, 76%
Uncertain, etc.) 2 dollars post paid in North America, 4 dollars
elsewhere. Subculture no. 2 (Beefeater, Dick ( ex- Subhumans, now
Culture Shock), Final Conflict, etc.) 1 dollar and fifty cents post paid in
N. America, 3 dollars post paid elsewhere. Both issues are on gloss
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ran thefollowing program. The show originally was produced antjl aired
on CBC in Toronto, Canada. The core of the information summarized
here has been accumulated by the Christie Institute in Washington, DC,
as part of their ongoing watchdog effort and law suit against the “secret
government ”, the shadow government that appears to be running the
foreign policy of the United States outside the control of both the people
and their elected representatives. For more information on the Christie
Institute’s work, we strongly suggest you write to them and help finan-
cially support their investigations. The organized Right has most of the
money and connections these days, and it’s rare ana wonderful when
small voices of reason and sanity dare speak up for all of us. Their address
is: Christie Institute 1 1 324 North Capitol St NW / Washington, DC 20002.
Now, on to “The Secret Team”.

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Recently, the top leader of the Contras came to Washington.
Adolfo Calero is a former Coca-Cola bottler turned guerilla, campaigning
to overthrow the government of Nicaragua. This week he sat before the
television lights and cameras and answered questions from Senators and
Congressman as Robert Owen andRichardSecordhad beforehim. There
will be new faces before the camera this week, and likely more informa-
tion confirming that the White House itself was running guns to the
Contras against the wishes of Congress. But as the Iran-Contra scandal
draws closer to the President, as prosecutors get ready to lay criminal
charges, are the investigations really getting to the bottom of the affair?
Today “ r% " 1 w ^ A "*‘“ Al “

people support it. But they have been existing as a group, as an
enterprise, now, basically for over twenty-five years, and no one has yet
stopped them.

Daniel Sheehan has been invetigating the secret team for
the last three years. He is the attorney for a Washington-based

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even bigger picture of intrigue going back almost thirty years, that
behind the secret activities of Oliver North was a secret team, a small.

wing goals and for personal gain.~ Sunday Morning producer
Wattoms presents the bizarre story of the Secret Team.

Many people in Washington are watching these televised
hearings, not so much with wonder and amazement at their revela-
tions, but more as a harmless soap opera. Take Jack Terrell, for
example. I sat with with him on Wednesday morning as Contra
leader Adolf a Calero gave his testimony. Jack Terrell was sometimes
laughing, sometimes angry, pointing out to me where Mr. Calero was
faking or fudging his answers. Jack Terrell knows the Contras very
well. Until about a year ago he was a mercenary, training them to
fight against the Sandinista government of Nicaragua. JackTerrell
is no bleeding-heart liberal. He describes his politics as two steps to
the right of Attila the Hun. He says there’s much more to the Iran-
Contra affair than the American public is likely to see on television.
TERRELL: It’s not the questions they’re asking of the witnesses, it’s
the questions they’re not askingof the witnesses that get into the real
meat of the issues. What is the reason why a shadow government and
private-sector initiative got involved? Because in the basement of
the White House you have people that were contracting people to
basically run our foreign policy — retired Air Force and army,
military. Marine people, former Generals, former CIA operatives.

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than either of the government inquiries. Sheehan lias a first-rate
track record. It was the Christie Institute which took on the Karen
Silkwood case some years ago and won. It also won a case forcing an
environmental clean-up after the Three-Mile Island nuclear acci-
dent. And Daniel Sheehan has good contacts from his days with
investigative lawyer F. Lee Bailey. Daniel Sheehan has found that
probing the Secret Team has eerie parallels with W aterga te because
already he has been guided, and helped, by high-placed informants.
SHEEHAN: Actually, there are a small handful. Some inside the CIA
who have seen this operation functioning now for many years. They have
become convinced that it is out of control, that it has actually undertaken
to perform assassinations of officials who have undertaken to investigate
them. They’ve undertaken assassinations of American citizens who have
come to learn about that, and who are attempting to expose them. This
is what bothers a number of the people who are so-called “deep throats.”
There’s a dozen people who most folks would assume would never talk
about this stuff. But they’ve seen it happen, they’ve concluded that it’s
out of control, that it’s got to be stopped. They’ve been trying to figure out
how to do it without, wnat in their view, without damaging the national
security apparatus. That’s their objective. And they know, if they don’t
come forward, that there’s a danger that the whole national security
apparatus is going to be wrecked by this type of scandal.

The Christie Institute’s allegations against the Secret Team
are contained in a 45-page affidavit. When Iread it, my jaw hit my
chest. Bits and pieces of information about members of tins shadowy
group have filtered out in America’s major dailies and investigate
journals. But the Christie Institute seems to haveput it all together.
The broad spread of the story is breath-tal

On May 30, 1984, a terrorist bomb exploded during a press
conference at a contra hideout in La Penca, Nicaragua. Eight
people — including a 11 S. journalist — were killed lUenty eight
were seriously' wounded

ABC cameraman Tony Avirgan was evacuated to a hospital in
the United States, with a gash in his side the size ofa tennis ball
and covered with shrapnel wounds. After his recovery, Avirgan
rejoined his wife Martha Honey, in Costa Rica. Tbgethei; they
investigated tlie fences behind the La Penca bombing, and dis-
covered a shadowy network of C I. A. operatives, contra leaders,
Cuban American terrorists, and right-wing mercenaries.

"ily any definition, t/x'se Defendants,
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organized (rime, bid on a glolxd scale.”

Daniel Sheehan

Ucner.il Counsel, Christie Institute

ve put it ail togethe:
iking. Daniel Sheehan is
basically arguing that America’s foreign policy has, for the last
quarter of a century, been effectively run by ultra-right wing men
inside and outside th e Central Intelligence Agency, together wi th a

The resulting lawsuit by' the Christie Institute exposes the men
behind the contras — m<*n such as Ridvard Secord, Tlveodore
Sliaddey, Albert llakim John SLnglaub, and John Hull, all
specialists in “dirty wars.” These men were the “Secret lam"
behind the Reagan Admiiustratioris illegal deals with Iran and
with the contras.

Ihe Institutes charges are currently being heard in a US.
District Court in Miami, and arc* contained in a lengthy affidavit
filed in tlie case. The affidavit reveals that the La Penca bombing
is merely one incident in a long history of worldwide criminal
activity by these defendants, activity that includes thousands
of assassinations worldwide, massive drug smuggling and illegal
arms shipments.

The Institute has been granted broad legal authority under
tough federal anti-crime statutes to subpeona documents and
witnesses to prove an “enterprise of racketeering activity" reach-
ing back 25 years. Moreover; the suit implicates high-ranking
Reagan Administration officials in ilfegal actions.

Ihc Christie Institute, free from the political pressures on the
Special Prosecutor and Congressional Select Committees, is pur-
suing the kill truth behind the Iran/Contra scandal. This indudes
criminal activity by the Secret Tfcam in Cuba, Southeast Asia,
Vietnam, Chile, Iran, Libya, and currently in Central America.

The Institute's legal, investigative, and public education strat-
egies have five common goals: ( I ) justice for the La Penca victims;
(2) impeachment of culpable government officials; (3) dis-
mantlement of the Secret TPam; (4) the end of the contra war;
and ( 5) restore our G institution by creation of an enlightened
United States foreign policy based on law and morality
lb succeed, a national consensus must be forged: A strategic
consensus that "dirty wars" must stop. A moral consensus that
terror; drug trafficking, and assassination can never serve the
cause of democracy

For a copy of the Christie Institute affidavit outlining the
history of the Secret Tfcam, send $10 to Christie Institute.

ow government.” They call
Ha ^

Now the same names keep popping up.

Some people call them a “shad<
themselves ‘The Enterprise.’’ Washington lawyer Daniel Sheehan
calls them “The Secret Team.”

SHEEHAN : The Secret Team is a kabal, or tight-knit enterprise of men,
former high-ranking people in the CLA covert operations, weapons
experts in the Pentagon and others who have found that they share an
ultra-right wing political perspective. Rabid anti-Communist political
perspective which they have carried into their public and private lives in
a way that they function independent of our government now and will
carry out this secret war against socialism anywhere in the world
whether or not Congress supports it or whether or not the American

began because, in May 1984, one of the Contra leaders held a press

; filming

flash, uh, hearing

ing an echo in my ears

that went on for quite some time, that sounded like the echo of the single
clang ofa bell. I felt that my hair and skin were burning. I tried to make

my way to the door, which, the moonlight coming in from the door was the
only light, and the floor was slippery with blood and parts of peoples’
bodies, and it was just absolutely horrible groping through that darkness
and the smell of burning flesh.

Tony Avirgan survived, but eight people were killed that
night. American reporter Linda Frazier was one of them. The bomb
blew both her legs off, and she died in the dug-out canoe which was
slowly taking her to the nearest town, and the nearest hospital. Tony
Avegon, maybe to avenge the deaths of his colleagues, decided he had
to find out who was responsible for the atrocity. Daniel Sheehan, at
the Christie Institute in Washington, took the case on. At first, the
law suit was considered frivolous, a light-weight challenge. In
January this year, it became a heavy hitter, because a U.S. District
Court, under the Racketeering Act, gave Daniel Sheehan subpeona
powers, almost like a mini Grand Jury. A few weeks ago, Daniel
Sheehan began taking depositions in San Jose, Costa Rica. One of
the first to give testimony was the Contra leader whose press
conference was bombed in 1984, Eden Pastora. Since that bombing,
he’s gone back to being a small businessman. Tony Avirgan, and his
wifeMartha Honey, found that Eden Pastora’s statements confirmed
their suspicions about who was behind the bombing.

HONEY: For the first time, he came out, absolutely crystal-clear, that
he’s totally convinced it was done bv a combination of CIA and N.S.C.

it, and he finally said, George Bush.

Eden Pastora believes he became a target because he refused to
go along with the CIA’s plans, he wouldn’t do what he was told. Three
months before the bombing, he’d gone to Washington and had some very
tense meetings with high officials.

PASTORA: We went to speak to Oliver North, McFarlane, and other
functionaries of the National Security Council. It was very interesting.
I think it was there that my death sentence was signed, when McF arlane
knew we weren’t going to be easy to reign in. It was in the White House.
McFarlane had an imperi al attitude. I felt that I was talking with the
representative of an
Empire. Later we were
told that Oliver North
had said they were sick
and tired of us, annoyed
with us, and we know
what Empires do with
annoying people.

Theodore Shackley was once the CIA’s head of covert
operations, and he doesn’t talk to reporters. He did, however, write
a short letter to the New Y ork Times in March. He denied he was a
participant in the Iran-Contra activities, but he did admit passing
on, in 1984, a message from Iran4o the State Department that the
American hostages in Lebanon were alive and could perhaps be
ransomed for money. This was the message that started the whole
Iran-Contra affair. As for Mr. Shackley ’s basic attitudes towards
covert operations, it’s interesting to read the report of a 1984

government

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rila warfare, and anti-terrorist operations,” which coi
to “apparent opportunities in Mozambique, Angola, Afghanistan,
Ethiopia, El Salvador and Nicaragua.”

In the last several weeks of Congressional testimony on the
Iran-Contra affair, Theodore Shackley has been directly linked to
people, and companies, who helped sell arms to Iran and to the
Contras. One man who has watched that part of the hearings with
special interest is a man who spent twenty-five years in the CIA, a
man who worked for Theodore Shackley in Viet Nam. His name is
Ralph McGeehy.

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sort of a medium b

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lot of time in the offices, he never got out in the sun. I feel he’s a very cold
individual. His one interest in life is what is good for Ted Shackley.

Ralph McGeehy says in those Viet Nam days, he and Theodore
Shackley, and the other ClA men, were brainwashed, and dangerous,
zealots.

MCGEEHY: The world was presented in direct black and whites, that
we’re the good guys and theyVe the bad guys, and we have to do every-
thing possible to destroy the bad guys who were destroying religion,
democracy, justice, liberty and freedom around the world, and therefore,
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Lawyer Daniel
Sheehan started with a
simple question: “Who
bombed Eden Pastora’s
press conference?,” and
three years later he
ended up with a lawsuit
against almost the en-
tire Secret Team. There
are twenty-nine names
on the cover of the com-
plaint. Daniel Sheehan
went through some of
the names with me, and
their alleged crimes.

SHEEHAN: Amac Galil
is an anti-Kadaffi Libyan
terrorist. He’s a profes-
sional assassin, that not
only blew up all the jour-
nalists at La Penca, but is
known for working with
the Secret Police in Chile
assassinating opponents
to that regime.

John Hull is the

millionaire American — — — — _ .

rancher who, for some twenty-five years, has lived in Costa Kica having
a huge ranch of some eight thousand acres. He’s the power in northern
Costa Rica, he was the main liason from the CIA to the Contra forces on
the Southern front. , _ __ _ .

John Singlaub, Ronald Joseph Martin, Sr., James McCoy, are the
individuals who are engaged in the direct provision of arms to the
Contras, these are gun-runners and smugglers. John Singlaub, more
important than the rest of them, is also the president of the World Anti-
Communist League.

Thomas Posey, Rafael Chichi Quintero. Quintero is a man of
many hats. He’s primarily a professional assassin. He may be the actual
main assassin for the Secret Team that runs the teams of assassins.

Thomas Clines, Theodore Shackley. Thomas Clines is the Dep-
uty, actually, to Theodore Shackley. Theodore Shackley is the man, the
Major. He is the man who runs the Secret Team in the field. He is the
man in the shadows, Theodore Shackley. #

Is Shackley involved at all, in your view, m the present
Contragate scandal? , . . _ . .

SHEEHAN: Well actually, in the cpmplaint, he is set forth as the major
ramrod of the whole operation. He is the boss of this criminal syndicate,
that actually coordinates the gun-running, the purchasing of all these
materials. He has kept himself in the shadows, but the fact of the matter
is that he will be revealed as having been the major boss running Clines
and Secord. He’s run them for many, many years. These guys don t have
the wherewithall to run an operation, basically, without the genius ot
Theodore Shackley. *

to

Congress, spending
“watch lists,” virtual
lists for death squads
to the people we
worked with in other
countries, anything. . .

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things.'

MCGEEHY: Oh yeah.

You did?

MCGEEHY: Yeah. I
supervised, in Viet
Nam, the “preventual
reconnaissance”
units, which were as-
sassination teams.

When he
speaks in public
about the Secret
Team, lawyer Daniel
Sheehan doesn’t pull
any punches. He
labels them “mer-
chants of terrorism,”
organized criminals
on a scale larger than
life, dealing whole-
sale in narcotic
drugs, illegal weap-
ons and violence. Mr.
Sheehan says senior
members of Amer-
ica’s intelligence es-
tablishment agree

with him, because early on in his investigation, one of them came to
him to pinpoint the guiding members of the Secret Team.
SHEEHAN: We had a fortuitous visit from a former military intelligence
agent, who came to us and he said “Don’t you realize who the people are
that you’re dealing with here?” But we didn’t know whether to pretend
to be very knowledgeable, and therefore very stupid, or to say, like we
always ao, “No, we don’t know much more than the American people
know. What’s the facts?” And he said, “I will tellyou who they are, and
when you undertake your investigation, you will discover what they are.
The people you want,” he said, “are Theodore Shackley, Thomas Clines,
Richard Secord, Albert Hakim. Rafael Chichi Quintero, and a man by the
name of Eric Von Marbod. What you have here, is an ongoing criminal
enterprise which has gone on since 1960.”

The Secret Team was born at the time of Cuba, when Ameri-
cans woke up to find that a Marxist government had sprung up on
their doorstep. Washington’s response was the failed invasion of the
Bay of Pigs, and “shooter teams”, making murderous attempts to get
rid of Fidel Castro. In his speeches and interviews, lawyer Daniel
Sheehan’s long list of allegations against the Secret Team tracks a
quarter of a century of murder and mayhem. But it beginshere, with
Castro’s Cuba. Sheehan’s fellow investigator is a Jesuit priest, Bill

DAVIS: Theodore Shackley and Thomas Clines, who at that time were
in the CIA, began to set up programs that would harass Fidel Castro. In
the process, they accepted certain criminal activities, even setting up an
assassination team.

The Defendants:

The Dirty Dozen and More

SHEEHAN: This particular group had the extraordinary authority,
given to them by this Secret Group of National Security Council people,
headed up by the Vice President of the United
States, to carry out the slaughter, murder, of the
political leadership of the Cuban government.

DAVIS: Their program, which was known as
“Operation Mongoose,” run out of southern Flor-
ida, was eventually shut down because they were
found to be bringing drugs back in . But rather than
being prosecuted, some of these folks were simply
shifted to other parts of the world, and specifically
with Shackley and Clines, they went to Laos.

SHEEHAN: By 1966, Theodore Shackley and Tom
Clines were peculiarly supplying air power to a
man by the name of Vang Pao, a major opium
trafficker in Laos, who was engaged in a three-way
war with two other men for control of the opium
trade in Laos. Tom Clines supervised the air war.
gave air power to Vang Pao. They actually figured
out a way of dropping bombs on these drug dealers,
for Vang Pao. The man who ran the air operation
for Vang Pao, under Tom Clines, was ayoungMajor

in the Air Force by the name of Richard Secord.

DAVIS: All of Vang Pao’s rivals got assassinated, their rival gangs got
put down, and the opium trade was more or less
monopolized. Then some of the profits from that
opium trade were used to set up assassination
teams and to do assassination training in Laos, of
the Meo tribesmen, the Hmong tribesmen. They
were trained in assassination techniques, again of
course, with the rationale that we are stopping the
communists, the Pathet Lao.

SHEEHAN: Well, the next step was actually a
more expansive operation outside of Laos. They
established a thing called MAG V SOG, or the
Special Operations Group which was set up in
Vien Tien, Laos, and this was under the supervi-
sion of General John K. Singlaub. But in fact,

Theodore Shackley and Clines ran the operation,
and they expanded the secret assassination
operation, the secret war that had been in Laos,
into Thailand and Cambodia. That went from
1966 to 1968.

In the end of December, 1968, a young
Marine Corps recent graduate of the Naval Acad-
emy, joined the Special Operation Group in Vien
Tien, a man by the name of Oliver North. In 1969, Theodore Shackley
was transfered to become the Chief of Station in Viet Nam. They
established the now-infamous Phoenix Program.

They carried out the political assassination ofsome
additional sixty thousand, non-combatant civil-
ians .

DAVIS: The next step for some of these people,
briefly, they came back to the United States in 1972
and 1973 to be head of Western Hemispheric affairs
and of course that was during the time when there
was a program to stop Allenae in Chile. In 1975,
these folks then went to Iran. That’s why this new
escapade in Iran, of selling arms and so on, did not
simply start with some of our people dropping in
out of the blue, with their cake and their bible.

They went back to part of an infra-structure that
they were well aware of because it had been set up
some years before.

SHEEHAN: The man who was the director of their
operations in Iran was a man by the name of E dwin
P. Wilson. His assistant was Frank Terpel. These

Major General John SingLiub (Ret.): Openly
the contra's chief fundraiser Extreme rightist
head of the Vforid Anti-Communist League
(VtACL) In late 1960’s, worked with Secord,
Shackley, and Clines as Commander of Special
Operations Group that conducted political
assassinations in Southeast Asia.

Thomas Clines: .Major contra arms supplier Former CIA official
who served with Shackley during Cuba and Laos operations.

Was Edwin Wilson’s CIA case officer In 1984, as head of EARCO.
pleaded guilty to filing QLse invokes in scheme to overcharge
the IVntagon.

Albert Hakim: lranian-bom US. citizen. Arms dealer and con-
sultant to KATSCO. Partner with Secord In Stanford TWinology
a breker in weapons sold to Iran and the contras.

Maj. (Jen. Riduird Secord (Ret. ): Key figure
behind secret Iran and contra operations, Fkw
missions under Singlaub during CIA's covert
air war in Laos In 1960's. Embezzled millions
of dollars as a top Pentagon official overseeing jj
Middle East arms sales in late 1970’s. Partner
i with Shaddcy Clines. Hakim, and convicted terrorist supplier
Edwin Wilson In EflSCO, Egyptian Air Thnsport and Service
j:j: Corporation, an arms Sides company Photo: US. Air Force

Robert Owen: Private liaison for Oliver North to the contra
resupply network. Helped plan assassination attempt against
Eden Pastora. While running guns to the contras, he received
a 550,000 State Department grant to distribute “humanitarian’’
aid to the contras.

countries, Saudi Arabia or other places, for $30 million dollars, its “re-
placement” value. And then all they had to do was give the $20 million
dollars of the original manufacture cost back to the
Pentagon, they were satisfied. And it was this
incredible source of $10 million dollars per plane of
excess black funds, that they could use for a secret
black operation. They made millions of dollars on
that and used that EATSCO operation as a front for
smuggling weapons, for examine, to Samoza in Nica-
ragua. And even when Samoza fled, in July 1979,
ana went to a place called North Key in the Baha-
mas, Shackley and Clines sent their people to visit
with him again, and re-establish the contract, now to
continue to sell them the military equipment in their
new incarnation as the Contras.

Chichi Quintero was the supply officer,
Shackley, Clines, Secord and Hakim supplied the
weapons to the Contras. This phase went from July
1979 all the way to June 1981. In June 1981, of
course, is when Ronald Reagan authorized the
Central Intelligence Agency, under his new Admini-
stration, to fund and support the Contras directly.
That went on from June 1981 all the way to the end
of 1983, when they were caught mining the harbors. In fact, it was
Theodore Shackley’s operation to mine the harbors,
physically, in Nicaragua, and there’s a Seal Team
Six that he runs, a secret covert operation, of assas-’
sins, actually. They mine the harbors. When the
CIA was ordered to get out of the operation, the CIA,

people carried out the assassination of man^ ogpo-

Thcodorc Shackley: Key supplier of weapons
to Nicaraguan dictator Somoza after U S. aid
cut-off in late 1978. Since 1961, directed OAs
secret wars and assasslnatkm programs against
Cuba, Law, Metnam, Chile, and Iran. Former
OA Deputy Director of covert operations world-
wide under George Bush.

Adolfo Caloro: Nicaraguan Head of the FDN, the largest contra
gnxiping. Helped created illegal amis pipeline to John Huffs
Costa Rican ranch. Helped plan La FPnca bombing and assassina-
tion attempt against Pastora. Frequent guest of Pres idem Reagan.

nents of the Shah of Iran between 1976 ana

That operation generated a peculiar resistance on

the part of the Central Intelligence Agency that had not authorized it,
was not supervising it, and they began to dismiss
people from the CIA who were in covert operations.

You recall that history with President Carter
moving the people out of the covert ops in CIA.

They began to put pressure on Theodore Shackley
to get him to stop some of his operations. The fact
is tnat they did not stop him; that what he did was
he formed a private company, in which he joined his
partners with Edwin Wilson, Richard Secord and
Eric Von Marbod. They formed a company origi-
nally known as the International Research and
Trade Corporation, which later became EATSCO,
the Egyptian -American Transport and Service
Company. This Company, through the good offices
of Eric Von Marbod, who had been the Assistant
Secretary of Defense ? filtered to that Company all
of the contracts to ship all of the weapons to Egypt
in the Camp David accords.

DAVIS: With millions of dollars being raked off in
a variety of ways, and the most common way was
that they would buy materials from the Pentagon
at their original cost and then sell them abroad at
replacement cost.

SHEEHAN: You purchase an F-14, for example, from the United States
Pentagon for $20 million dollars. But you could sell it to one of the oil-rich

Bill Casey, simply went back to Shackley and Clines
and the Secret Team, and said, “Look, you used to
supply the Contras before we came in, just continue
doing it again.” And they did. And the Secret Team,
along with Oliver North and Rob Owen, continued
to supply the military equipment, weapons, etc., for
the Contras.

And so they would move the planes and the
military equipment down through LaPongo. into the
Costa Rican ranch, and load up with 600 thousand
pound loads of cocaine, and fly back into the United
States, coming right back up the same channels that
they had cleared through the radar, to allow them to
bring these guns to those who were the “moral
equivalent ofour founding fathers”.

DAVIS: These folks are on a very heady trip because
they see themselves as the saviors of Western Civi-
lization, and of course, when patriotism and profit mix, that’s a very
heady combination indeed. What we feel has been going on was that the
1 1 ' 1 * ' 1 ' 1 1 ' " 111 .'j"" " privatization, the gradual privatization of U.S. for-
eign policy, to the point where now it has become a
major criminal enterprise.

This avalanche of facts and allegations is
a stunning indictment of the Secret Team and the
politicians who either condoned it, or let it run
amok. But, is it just too good of a story to be true,
too cut and dried, too neat? Daniel Sheehan is
used to people being almost overwhelmed by the
story or America’s ‘Shadow Government.”
SHEEHAN: The fact is that 75% of this is a matter
of public record. There are hearings that have been
held by Congress. Once you talk to people that work
for Congressional subcommittees that have looked
into this, that have done confidential investigations
to ascertain what is going on, there is documented
evidence of about 75% of these types of operations.
The remainder of them, we have direct eye-wit-
nesses to some of them, who participated, who are
attempting to obtain immunity now.

But why would you believe this informa-
tion, since we all know, in this business informa-

John Hull: US. and Costa Rican citizen. Central
figure in plots to kill Pastora. CIA contract opera-
tive. Manages contra training base and airstrip
in northern Costa Rica, a transfer point for
% weapons and cocaine smuggled between the US.
" and Centra) America. Photo Julio E. lainez

tion is generally dis-information?
SHEEHAN: Well

Thin Posey: Director of ultra-right. Alabama-
based organization named Civilian Military
Assistance ( now Civilian Materiel Assistance),
a group that openly recruits mercenaries and
ships weapons and cxpfoslvcs to the contras.
Helped plan assassination attempt on Pastora

Rafael “Chi Chi’’ Quintero: Supply officer fi»r weapons provided
to the contras by La IVnca defendants waking with Shaddcy.
Clines, Secord, and Hakim. Professional ritfu-wing assassin
and member of original “Shooter Tbim” to assassinate Fidci
Castro. Helped coordinate contra resupply fiijdils to Nicaragua.

Pablo Escobar: Cokwnhian drug ford. Major
source of cocaine shipped through John Hull’s
ranch. Sponsored a $1 mlllkai contract on the
life of former U S. Ambassador to Cokwnbia,
Lewis 1km hs. Photo: fl Dempo/Sigma

, the fact of the matter is, the
information we’ve gotten, we’ve had to undertake to
confirm it, we’ve had to go to other sources, and we’ve
gone to some of the individuals themselves, who are
astonished that we know the information. For ex-
ample, in finding out who some of the pilots were
who were flying the narcotics and the weapons,
when we’ve confronted them, they’ve said “How in
the world did you know who I was?”

Daniel Sheehan talks of the “dark history” of
the Secret Team. In recent times there has been one
dark incident that has been explained — Water-
gate — and one veiy dark incident that hasn’t — the
assassination of President Kennedy. When he
speaks in public, Daniel Sheehan sometimes gets
asked if there is anything to link these haunting
events with the Secret Team.

SHEEHAN: Let me give you one very special ex-
ample of an issue that arose during the Watergate
investigation. You all remember that very
extraordinary conversation of March 21st, where
President Nixon was discussing the Watergate in-
vestigation with John Dean. Nixon said to John
Dean, “John, I want you to go to the CIA and have them tell the FBI to
get out of this investigation. John Dean said “Mr. President, what am

I going to tell them?,” and he said “Tell them, all the Mexican stuff will
come out.”

John Dean didn’t know what that meant. He later was asked
what that meant, and they asked this question of a number of people
during the W atergate hearing. One of the people they asked this question
ofwasMr. Halderman. They said “Mr. Hal derman, what was ittnatMr.
Nixon was talking about when he said that ‘all the Mexican stuff would
come out?”, and Mr. Halderman said “Oh, they were talking about the
assassination of President John Kennedy.” At which point, everyone
looked at each other in the room and said “What the hell was that? and
went on to another subject.

One inquiry into the Kennedy assassination concluded that
there was some evidence to suspect a conspiracy group of organized
crime and Cubans, but it didn’t say that these were the same Cubans
the Secret Team had used as a “shooter team” against Castro a few
years before. So much for the past. What about the future?

Former CIA Agent Ralph McGeehy believes the Secret Team
is alive and well and heading for a new sphere of operations — the
Philippines.

MCGEEHY: Yes, very definitely. You already have Singlaub out there
with private offices, working for the World Anti-Communist League. You
have the Reagan Administration approving in a Presidential finding, $1 1
million dollars I believe, for CIA operations. You have, for the last couple
of years, the alerts going out to the U.S. media of the dangers to our bases
in the Philippines because of the successes of the New People’s Army.
Now you have occurring in the Philippines the death squads, they are
receiving virtually official sanction. I think President Aquino has given
one of the groups official sanction. All of this reinvigorates, or re-ener-
gizes, re-groups, the Secret Team back into their positions of either pri-
vate or governmental roles.

Then
there’s
the ques-
t i o n ,
does the
United
States
have a le-
gitimate
mtelli-
g e n c e
service
a n y -
more, or
does it
just have
a Secret
Team of

“Ram-
bos”?
who an-
s w e r
only to
them-
sel v e s
and jus-
tify their
actions
by invok-
ing the
magic
word, of
“patriot-
ism”?

Cowboys
a n d

This is a question which really bothers another former CIA man.
Senior Analyst David McMichael.

MCMICHAEL: Well, the whole notion of who is a patriot is a very
vexed one. We find tnat Dr. Johnson’s famous phrase “Patriotism is
the last resort of the scoundrel,” in the case of this Contra affair,
Oliver North has made it the first resort. This gets down to the heart
of the question in the national interest — who defines the “national
interest”, what is the “national interest?” In the case of Nicaragua,
for example, what pledges are guarantees against the creation of
Soviet bases in Central America and so forth, that one needs to get
from a country like Nicaragua? I personally believe that these
guarantees are easily achieved, there’s no real problem with it.

We then take a look at the means employed to pursue the national
interest, and in the case of Nicaragua, no reasonable person can argue
that the employment of state terror, atrocity, murder, piracy, arson, all
of these things which have occurred, none of these are at all necessary.
The national interest of the United States can best be served by adher-
ence to international law, and for that matter, by obeying our own
domestic laws. . _ _ _

In the Congressional hearings, Richard Secord said that the
Christie Institute lawsuit, which names him as one of the 29
defendants, was the most outrageous faiiy-tale he had ever read.
Robert Owen, on the last day of his testimony, condemned it as
scurrilous. To Daniel Sheehan, this simply means that his quarry is
on the run, and running scared, and he intends to chase them with
all the power his federal subpeona will give him. The leaders of the
Secret Team are on a crusade against Communism. Daniel Sheehan
is on a crusade too, to open up the history of the Secret Team, to root
it out, destroy it, and put control of national security back into the
hands of elec ted officials. His stickers and his buttons say “Save the

Constitution, Stop the Secret Team,” and he’s serious.

SHEEHAN: The fact of the matter is, that because of this Secret Team,
which has been functioning in the bowels of our government for twenty-
five years, the United States has not been humiliated, we have been
blackmailed. And who is it that doesn’t know what we have been doing?
Is it the Russians? Do you think it’s the Cubans? Is it the Nicaraguans?
It is you, and it is me.

What is crucial in all of this is whether the Congress of the United

conspired with current and ex-C.IA. officers , ex-military personnel ,
right wing Cuban exiles and drug smugglers, and “ultra patriotic
fanatics who are really calling the shots. The fact is, the Constitution
is being systematically violated by those who are sworn to uphold it,
and their cohorts — all in the name of fighting for what America stands
for. If these people are allowed to continue their activities, and only a
few of them get their wrists slapped, then, in effect, there will have
been a coup aetat within the United States, and Congress will have
been a party to that subversion. Like it or not, a military dictatorship
{ see article from the S an Jose Mercury News below) was even part of

this conspiracy, along with assassinations, drug smuggling, ana
countless other illegal activities, all done with the knowledge of the
highest officials in the country. Can it happen here ?

INo rth and the

’secret government’ I

I Martial law plan
I among work of
Reagan advisers

J By AJfonso Chardy

I Mercury New* Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — Marine Lt Col. Oli - 1
yer North helped draft a plan in 1984 to I
I impose martial law in the United States in I
I event of an emergency, inspiring a sharp I
Protest by then-Attorney General William!
French Smith, according to government I
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BREAKDOWN - cassette

Fucking brutal! Totally aggro cutthroat NYHC with I
some metallic licks thrown in. Lyrics are in the pissed
.off/fed up vein. Ferocious shit! (WG)

($4 to Carl Porcard, 23 Mohawk Rd., Yonkers, NY
110710)

REVIEWERS

(JB) Jeff Bale
(Dog) Dogtowne
(RG) Rob Glaser
(WG) Walter Glaser
(DH) David Hayes
(RS) Ruth Schwartz
(SS) Steve Spinal!
(MS) Martin Sprouse
(TV) Tim Yohannan

I Send MRR your record or tape for review.
Ilf possible, send*2 copies of records (one I
■ for review, one for radio airplay). With
[tapes, only one copy is necessary, but it
(must be a "for sale" tape to be reviewed. [
[The address is: Maximum Rock'n'Roll
P.O. Box 288
Berkeley, CA 94701

I Mixed with the gore tunes, there’s a surprising
ffiSK sensitivity?*" sLbjSs

Kii'mfrw' aSffrrskEf. - Air asss

I speedmetal. (TY)

I ( Combat Records) — —

I ARTLESS - "Boy With A Cunt” 12"

I don’t know if it’s due to premature senility, living in j

■ Berkeley, or just plain spitefulness, but the older I get
Ithe more I find myself agreeing with Mykel Board’s

■ views. Maybe it's because the world sucks, and nothing]

■ the namby pamby peace punks do is going to change it.

■ Anyway, here we have 6 raunchy, bui structurally

■ diverse punkers and thrashers dealing with some of
iMykei's favorite themes, including self-righteous
I vegetarians and radfemme thought police. I almost died
I laughing when I first heard "Sisterhood is Powerful" so
[I'd have to say this is a great mean-spirited record. (JB)

Starving Missile c/o M. Just, Therese Giehse-Allee
*0 r VI r 8000 Alunich„ 83, W . GERMANY)

[berry pickers-Tp

A bit disappointing. The singer has Jagger down to I
| a tee, and the band has a mellow STONES Jduesy sound'
Hike outtakes from the Rolling Stones Now LP. Live.

I they really rave, but here's it's pretty laid back. Roll
over CHUCK BE!RRY. (TY)

I (Dionys ius, P. O. Box 1975, Burbank CA 91507)

| BLAST! - "It's In My Blood" LP

I A pretty bleak picture painted here. On one hand.
BLAST! demands we not be led, that we awaken and
fight, yet on the other hand they inform us they're
| withdrawing into solely self-oriented gratification.
lHmmm. Trie music is in the FLAG-rhythm hardcore
I we've come to know, tight and powerful lurching stuff.

[ss9 Records, P. O. Box 1, Lawndale, CA 90260)

BOOM & THE LEGION OF DOOM - "Skate Thrash |

Grind/Detroit"

Side A is a quick, short thrasher with
undecipherable screaming, while side B is an enjoyable
mid-tempo basher. Not bad, but nothing overwhelming.

[D egres sion Records, P. O. Box 19, Battle Creek, MI |

I BOOM BOOM BAND - "I Want to Live" 45

A one sided single, this track is sort of a mid-tempo
garagy rock tune, sounding like how a 1976 midwest
pre-punk might do it, but it's new and a rarity. (TY)

[Bob Gold, 1101 Marseille Dr. #102, Miami Beach, FL
33141)

BRAIN DEAD - "The Brain that Wouldn’t Die" LP

Their second LP, this one moving away from more
generic hardcore into experimentation with funk, rock,
pop, but all with an edge, as well as more standard punk
fare. Lyrics are again above average, a good effort.

(BROKEN TALENT - cassette

, Trash-a-mundo punk from CN. 23 tunes of good
sound quality include "San Diego McMassacre, Shemp
Conquered the World, and "Get off the Stage. (RG)

1 ($4 to TPOS, 20 Station Rd., Brookfield, CT 06804)

[CAPITALIST ALIENATION - LP

DRI-ish approach, though sloppier and with trashier I
[production. Little in the way of melody, long on raging |
I noise and bitter political lyrics. French speakers by
birth, the lyrics are in English. From Montreal, Canada.]

1 [no ^ addresss)

[ciIAIlT'GANl^^Mondo Manhattan" LP

Weird. After four obscure garage singles in the late
I ’70s, these guys resurface with a video movie soundtrack
I LP. They ao punk, garage, funk, blues, disco — one of
those wonderful mysteries. (TY)

I (Lost Records, 361 Canal St., New York, NY 10013)__

With their scary/humorous moniker. I was expecting
metal, but these dudes play some cool straightforward
mid-tempo to slow punk tunes. Strong material. (WG)
J81£.NJE ; J70th_St., Seattle, WA 9811%)

[ CONTRAS - "Cyphers in the Snow" LP

Their name is meant to reflect their musical (not I
their political) views, meaning a basic guitar rock band.|
The tempo is mid, a bit of pop and country meets an |
early punk sound. More often than not, they sound too
M ' ... t h e y’d be

. (TY)

4 , Minneapolis, MN |

eariy punK sound, more onen tnan not, tney <
clean for me. If they were really contra, t
todav's RAMONES, not the REPLACEMENTS.
(Whittier Records, 5301 3rd Ave. So., Minneaj

[CRINGER - "The Vinegar Tasters" cassette

Some pretty hot stuff here, about half thrash, half
slower melodic punk with rich guitarwork. Lyrical
sentiments are mostlv in the "peace and freedom"
category. This is AOK! (WG)

320_Arboi^Vitae, Apt. 4, Los Angeles, CA 90045)

fDAVI^NUDLEME^^raEWILD BREED - EP

From the same folks that released the insane
I MPYimn Rumble compilation, a collection of all-Mexican
1 60 V garage baans. Now this slice of life — basically
I Nudlemen is touted as a genius or a madman, probably a
combination of the two. and has this suburban garage
band backing his ranting. Try imagining WILDMAN
FISHER trying to front the LYRES while both parties are
out of their skulls on PCP. A stone gas. (DOG)
j (Dennis Hopper Records, no address)

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tan, sbj enure atf .

nircTT&TaS ffsra:

ksBSlS;? ‘S' ! »'5”S ! rovrB r ,a 8 .on Hall, and .* |

itriple Tr V° R e n c d o^s, Sm ^ 15 plywood Blvd. #282,
a CA 90028) —

I ED GEIN’S CAR - "You Light Up My Liver" LP

This live at CBGB's album will appeal to MISFITS
fans, fans of melodic punk, and malevolent folks
everywhere. Non-stop power, lots of tunes, and sarcasm
galore. VERBAL ABUSE, move over. (TY)

[QCelluloid^330 Hudson St., New York NY 10013)

I Rockabilly meets the RAMONES, meaning ultra-fast
rockabilly with powerful as hell drive and retardo lyrics.

I Fnrt nr ^ U t*nr L rtnr r ♦ 1 1 f f 4 1% 4- nnlir n n 1 i Ir n 17 lirir

war,

FALSE PROPHETS - "Implosion" LP

Produced by Giorgio Gomelsky (of YARDBIRDS
fame), and "produced" it is. Horns, lots of very laid back
instrumentation that serves as a backdrop for Stephan's
ravings, as well as lots of musical styles running into
each other, lurching into punk and back out. I think too
much of the power is sacrificed in the name of variety, 1
but other's less influenced by stylistic purity might buy it.

(Alternative Tentacles, P. O. Box 11458, San Francisco,
CA 94101)

fLECK^O^DROO^^assette

Pretty good garagy punk but what rules here are the I
straightforward thoughtful lyrics which conquer
religion, homophobia, and more. Good sentiments.

($1 to box 1403, Meaford, Ontario, NOH 1Y0, CA>

GRAVE-DIGGER FIVE - "The Mirror Cracked" LP

. °J? e Jive side, one studio that is mainly outtakes from I
their first LP of years ago, as well as a cut wUh Paula

The ^MO R LOT H q r a h ail H ^ * c 2 ans who went on to be [
ine lvlUKLOCHS, and they do your basic 60's nunk stuff I

all^narly and uitra-cool/OK Vusic,vcry sh^rp cover! I
j^Jccoi^s^O Box 7112, Burbank. CA 91505)

God these guys are great. After two 7"’s and this,
their second album, they've moved from blissed-out
thrashers into a harder, less definable full bodied sound.
Some of the structures here remind me an awful lot like
some SST or Touch and Go band like KILLDOZER,
SCRATCH ACID or DINOSAUR. (DOG)
[(Rabid_Cat_Records, P.O. Box 49263, Austin, TX 78765)

BRICATED LOVE BAGS - cassette

I ^ songs were sentences, these guys are

I spitting out fragments because their short electronic

ItV/ordinTry.fwGj ** unfinishcd - Not bad, just out of |
|_($2_to Box 4024, Bayonne, NJ 07002)

INOONE'SALLIE^^cassett^ 1

- Clean powerful thrash from this new Bay Area band.
ICan't comment on the lyrics (none provided) but they do
I rip, shred, and all that. (WG) 1

OFFSPRING - "I'll Be Waiting/Blackball"

What a pleasant surprise! Instrumentally varied,
kick-ass punk with personal lyrics, both tracks camping
out in the same area as early material by the LEFT .
What's more, there are hooks, nifty guitar breaks, and
more than a little arranging skill. Highly enjoyable, and
recommended. (SS)

(5544 Apia Drive, Cypress, CA 90630)

PREMATURE BABYS - "Lie, Cheat, and Steal" EP

Some basic garage thrash with socially relevant
lyrics here. Punk "musicians" won't be blown away by
the talent and originality, but this is very energetic and
fun. (WG)

1 490?6) SSi ° n ReC ° rds ’ P ' °* Box 19, Battle Creek > MI I

PSYCHO SIN - "You Axed for It" EP

I Primitive production and an almost terrifying
rawness make the highly distorted thrash on this one
actually connect in a distinctive way - much in the way
that TERVEET KADET did it years ago. The more i
experimental tracks, with lyrics over arums, are less
effective, but this is one unusual, interesting record. 1 1
like it. (SS) * 1

|_(j_7j__3rd_Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302)

| RANCID DECAY/MRTBUpJGL^^pmTassettr

■ RANCID DECAY plays tight, raging speedcore with
I power and complex structures, while MR. BUNGLE
I serves a buffet of sounds from reggae to metal to funk,

I ^c.. which totally rocks. Cool stuff here. (WG)

I $2683)* Pb Riola> 15641 Pensacola St., Westminster, CA

REST IN PIECES -

. . These New Yorkers sound like New Yorkers - a I

nn" 0 w’ Hc gry <J aggressive powerful HC assault with "fed
fcrrceM NYHC?™WG) C bUt " 0t overbeari "g> J^t

|^a n ncis S co, P CA h 94li2) 1716 ° Cean AVe " Box 5L > Sa n

| ROTTIN^^IUMANS ,,l ^TuckedPlJ^Tarr^Triv^

cassette

T„.,.5 listerin 8 innovative metal punk from San Jose. I
ifikelf. (DH) C ° Ver ° f 3 C ° Ver ( " Psycho Chicken") and l|
l($ 2 t0 _ 575 s - Market St., San Jose, CA 95113)

[ m „o.^ hes ® J g . uys claim to be inspired by DRI, but this is I
mostly mid-tempo metalpunk with so-so lyrics and lotsa I
guitar tweedling. Yeah, IPs powerful, but they should!
spark. 15 (W(;f erossover and put on early DRI for somef

^MrJful^RecordsJ*. O- Box 66682, Houston, T X 77006)

SINATRAS - "Tater Tots Again?" cassette

,. Kicking off with a rad cover of the Sesame Strppfl
I these guys blaze out some driving melodic Dunkl

with buckets olr energy present. Rad shit.SwG) P !
(Degression Records, O. 6ox 19, Battle Creek, Ml[

■ Full-on, straightforward powerchord punk very
Isimilar to the RAMONES, who seem to be a big
I influence. Catchy and driving stuff, so pinheads (ana
I Steve Spinali) should take note. [I did. It's on my Top 15
I- Ed.] (WG) F

| ($4 t° P. Q, Box 234 Livingston, NJ 07039)

mcJcord 6 S »;S5« P S , “- l i ;S™ a s te ?. n<l 'r pounding

J^£2-i2_^_^lr713 Glacier Pass, De lafield WI 53018)
[SOMETHING REALL^OFfSsIVE - cassette

Fast energetic tuneful punk from the Aloha State.l
reminds me a bit of the FREEZE. Not sure about thel
| WG*’ ,ncludes a tune called "Pussywhipped." Hmmm.l

106815) SC0 “ MacKenzie > 234 0hua #340, Honolulu, Hl|

I STIKKY - "3 and a Half" cassette

Insanity. 39 loony thrash tunes which would make

I the most serious hardass punker crack a smile, and at
15.10256410 a song, it's a real bargain. Song title of the
I month: "Skinheads Move to Hungary." (WG)

| ($1.99 to 637 Hubbard Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95051) 1

SONS OF ISHMAEL - "P.M.D.A.S

Two years after the "Hayseed Hardcore" EP and
some lineup changes, the Canadians SONS return. This
is a great album of sociopolitical thrash and the lyrics are
right on target. And ves, the cover of "Stairway to
Heaven" is priceless. (DU)

(Over the Top, P. O. Box 99, Guilford, CT 06437)

SUBURBAN DEATH TRIP - cassette

Great creative punk with loans of \ nn “ v . ati n °J' Ut ?" < i
»Ub &“*in.tSSS»K3SS?“ No. generic b,

?jg»T "sc.g CU,, IA 52240)

SUDDEN IMPACT - "No Rest From the Wicked" LP

Metal damage, leads, and metal structures
overwhelm whatever non-cliche aspects remaining.
Pretty driving, but hard to take or sift through to get any

(Diaboi ic f Force . 3 Stuart Ave., Willowdale, Ont. M2N
1A9, CANADA)

^/^^•Ne^^orkCity Hardcore 1987" EP

Seven highly moshable tunes here, all showing some

k f n the°NY e "h C ard^ attutudef’the^s muc^more 6 of a human

quality that's replacing the naive "unit^Rjr iHiitl ^^a e

f£pr»»f|l- B !ide" ,C 1)V S?DE, BOLD. w’aRZONE,

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V/A - "Step Forward #1” cassette

Three bands share this tape: L

"^TSkln^fh^ShiUUd^^inr^assette

I SQUAT, and more. Another righteous rad tape from this

($4*to a *Flush Production, P. O. Box 1050, Richmond, CA
94802) _

THC - "Christian Brainwash" cassette

Crossover stuff which leans a little more to the
metal side. Powerful, hoarse vocals, can’t decypher the
words, but "Punk Virgin" sounds a bit suspicious....(WG) I
($3 to Lance, 5320 Arbor Viate St. #4, Los Angeles, CA
90045)

I V/A - "Cryptic Compost" cassette

wl,h\?n “ SOTv&lfsI/VE*!™ “"sEN'TENcf'

FRATRICIDE, and a slew or Canadian bands. Worth]
($3 eC t k o n |inakin, ( 'pP ) 0. Box 2633, New Westminster, B.C.

V3^SL7CANADA^^^^ iiii(i| ^^ i ^^^^^^^ —

V/A - "Head on Straight" cassette

Don't let the posi-punk title scar « y ou v^ u I ? n ^ * l E s
fucker rocks hard with acts like PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE, HALF OIF. and FALSE LIBER 1Y.

^ 4*^0 PY S A y Records 2 , 3 * 900 Azalea St., Oxnard, CA_93030)_

I VERMIN FROM VENUS - "Attack of the Killer Virgin

Prom Queen LP

Old fashioned punk both in musical style and lyrical
I content, mainly dealing with getting fucked (take that any

H^rea"k )U Records,^L^00 Rosanna Cir., Las Vegas NV

89117)

I VICTIMZ OF SOCIETY - LP

VICTIMZ pride themselves on their highly sarcastic,
r'fuck-vou" lyrics and high-velocity thrash attack. A
lvarietv of topics, from abortion and nuclear war to
Imartians, is covered with adequate musical, punch and
I fair production — but the attitude is the mam attraction

(Drain* Bm Records, 2109 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago,

I lL 60631)

VILLAINS - cassette

Totallv enjoyable^ stuff from the ^crooks^^ catchy
lia-t _ '““ L ‘ 11 ~~ t * ,vo

[ V/A - "I'll See You In the Pit" cassette

rockin’ m
Way I ‘
(Scott

IDltuiY tui u T, *

n* mid-tempo punk with oodles of energy
Martin/ ll^i Mitchell #6, Tustin, CA 9:

and drive.
92680)

What a wicked co°tcon^ featuring the
DESECRATION, SONS OF ISHMAEL, Llr L
SENTENCE, antf many more. Pnme cholce No

tWtowVld%n dT k Ho ? ri44 e Forest A ill Road, Toronto,
Ontario. M4V 2L9 CANAD A)

| V/A - "Live at the CAB" cassette

First off, you get 7® ke l? l ^ , sh Sw. M They've T bcenl
BIRTH recordedt live at Jakes last ^stiow \v h o they!

around forever and yet no one seems io * even a uttrel

si.. sU Ro S a,|

^ISUAl^IFFERENCE - "This is the Time" cassette

i Some good original singalong straightedge thrash

from AZ. Ihey mix it up well, plenty ^ke^STALAG
I nositive lyrics you can relate to. If you like
I UNIFORM CHOICE, etc. check em out! (RG) at
($ i. 50 c/o Steve Toledo, 1917 W. 2nd St., Mesa, AZ
S 5201)

f\VHE>T" PEOPLE WERE SHORTER AND LIVED NEAR
1 WATER - EP

. Great thrash cover of the KINKS’ "Dandy", a couple
I of slower tunes with a good snotty-sounding vocalist, and
a recitation of the Gettysburg Address set to ominous

I sounds. Enjoyable. (T* 7 '

[(Trace Elements, 172

10009)

I a i ttuauun ui tuv ^

I sounds. Enjoyable. (TY)

1 " 172 E 4th St. #11D, New York, NY

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ACTIVE MINDS - "You Cun. Clop R Your Ep »

x«'<iD'K b ;«!i'"L'bS s ; c roS «§§

ana mcownFR and DRI. Side one consists of

abmit a half-dozen rippers and rants, while the flip is one

gEAa » 8 * i ? ™sss’«.

[active RESPONSE - cassette

Yet another positive/straight-edge act from the

SoCal area. You've probably heard something like this I

before, but it still sounds darn good, even to jaded ol me.

WG)

'~2 to 23704 President Ave., Harbor City, CA 907

III

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AGEN - EP

Around since '82, this is AGEN's first solo vinyl, and I
their sound harkens back to pre-hardcore days while
there’s plenty of power here, there are plenty of tempo
changes, hard postpunk sounds interspersed between tne
punkier parts.

(53 Records, Stortebekerstr 15, D-2810 Verden, W.
GERMANY)

I ARM THE INSANE - ” Virus” EP

Fairly decent thrash, though a bit herky jerky at I
times. It's tight, but the construction and lack of
tunefulness make it seem fairly generic. One tune,
though. ’’Self Destruct," does stand out in its
forceTuIness. (TY)

(Reactor Records, P. O. Box 623, Cumberwell 3124 Vic., I
AUSTRALIA) 1

| DRAGSTERS - ”I’m Not an American/Land of the

Giants”

. Highly produced power pop that’s got a good beat,
interesting lyrics^ and a homogenized sound that removes

interesting lyrics, an
any real guts. /TY)

I (Union City, ENGL

AND)

BOSOS - ”Dar Tiden Inte Stammer/Lurad Ingen...”

The pop-punk on this 45 shows more of a vocal
orientation in the melodies and background choruses, but
the guitar sound is sharp and interesting. ”Dar Xiden
Inte Stammer", a commentary on South Africa,” is
especially bracing. Fine record. (SS)

(c/o Stefan Gustafsson, Hedvagen 8, 352 8, 352 49
IVaxio, SWE DEN)

^ROKE^BONE^^nTradeMnTDeatin?^"

A seven song slab, very powerful sound, metalcore,
etc. Can't tell wnat they're singing about and no lyric I
. sheet. Professional hardcore, leaving little room for fun
or humanity. (TY)

I (RFB, ENGLAND)

CHICKEN BOWELS - ’’Keep Our Fire Burning" EP

The fast HC on this six track EP has all the energy,
gruff vocals, and power you'd want. It's also very I
repetitive and just on the verge of genericenss* -- 1
especially when those guitar leads kick in. "Lie &
Truth” is hot, though. (SS)

(No address, JAPAN)

CHUDOKU - flexi

A very bassy instrumental sound with the occasional I
intrusion of synth underpins melodic female vocals on
this three track flexi. One song: is slow, moody, and long; |
the others completely forgettable. (SS)

(No address, JAPAN)

^OMPOS MENTIS/POWER AGE - split EP

1 C.M. are from New Zealand, play fast punk a la '78
on three tunes, all of which are socio-political attacks.
You probably are aware that POWER AGE come from
South Africa (4 EPs out), and play highly political punk.
The new drummer here wasn't broken in when the
I recording took place, and it shows painfully. (TY)

1 'Out of Order Records)

COSMIC PSYCHOS - "Lead Me Astray/No Money"

A really powerful mid-tempo cruncher on the
A-side, heavy on guitar and bass, a no-ietup job. The
flip is a slow droner that failed to hold my attention
despite its occasional outbursts. (TY)

(Mr. Spaceman, P. O. Box 548, Pasene Vale, 30494
Victoria, AUSTRALIA) |

I COWBO^OLLER^^assett?

Four rather ferocious tunes here, fast angry punk I
with spastic high pitched vocals. Pretty hot twisted
material. (WG) 1

{$3_to_80_Brynglas, Newport, Gwen t, S. WALES, UK)

Distortion x - "ei Topo" lp

1 This album of gruff, terse hardcore contains morel
than a few moments of gritty diversity where
DISTORTION X has a chance to demonstrate its
wrenching, dischordant style. Compositionally, this
record lacks the good cuts it needs, but there s good
power and aggression here. (SS) . , .

(Sonic, Georg Treber Strasse 58, 6090 Russelsheim, W.

I GERMANY) 1

|EXPLOITED - " Deatl^Befor^Diniionor^lUP^

■foi^ Yo c gotta ,!? a P d t0 Wattie and co., they do keep the I
J a ,h- Same old hooks, still pissed-off political lyrics, P and

lr,niHH^ Vin K g , P T k tun ? s * Lotsa thrash, some pretty
■ repetitive, but they continue to add some varietv as thev 1
lhave over the las/ several releases. On thf otficr hancM

lfe s ... gott ? kee P doin g this - I mean, can vou VaS
IWattie with a skate punk look? (TY) " y imagine |

|^Rou£h__Justice, ENGLAND)

EXTREMES - "From Both Sides" LP

1 . 77 style punk that only on two or three songs rises!

into a musically inspiring pitch. Lyrically caustic
appraisals of Both world politics and poser-punk

a^eaf^ent^TY) 3 m ° rC CUt * ing ,oose ’ this would make|
[(Cleopatra Records, AUSTRALIA)

|GBI^^^No , ^ee^ > t^Panicr^TF , "^™^^^™ * l "™™ B “ l

Lots more variety than usual on this release. There
[are some songs reminiscent of the GBH of yore, but
[they've slowed down their thrash on others, added a lot
Imore melody, and even have a couple of non-thrash
tunes. Can't say if it makes for a better overall record,
but they're at least opening up. (TY) 1

I (Rough Justice, ENGLANl))

| GARLIC BOYS - flexi

Despite their hilarious name, this one is justl
mid-tempo pop : punk served up with solid guitars and!
rockish edges in the occasional lead breaks. "Cocky|
Rock Boys", with its catchy vocal chorus, is the|
standout; the other two songs just sit there. Okay, but|
not mandatory. (SS) 1

^ No^addres^jAPAN)

GOOGOL PLEX - "Nail a Lie to the Counter" EP

Messy, fast, gruff, loose, riffy HC thrash abounds on
I this hignt energetic EP — it's really a non-stop,
high-velocity assault with gritty instrumentals and raw
vocals. It's also quite distinctive and very, very hot. (SS)

I (No address, JAPAN)

[heIMATLOs7kROMOZO>^ 4 - split LP

I HEIMATLOS delivers in many punk styles, all of I
Iwhich are done with a special ^'cut above feel ~

I whether thrash, classic, snort or long, they attack.
IKROMOZOM 4 are also a tight, aggressive unit whose
I combination of wicked thrash and goofy stuff between

I tracks gives them a TOY DOLLS feeL Hot record! (TY)

| (Reseau Alternatif, Nounours Roizes, 23 Rue du
IMarecha, Joffre, 92/00 Colombes, FRANCE)

|HEMMUNGSLOSE EROTIK - "Nackt Im Wind" EP

Sounding like COCKNEY REJECTS to some extent,
this band's 2nd EP delivers '79-type UK punk with
spirited beat, choruses, and lots of spunk. Above par.

[|R^llaar, Vossacker 2, 6800 Hagen, W. GERMANY)_

[IDIOTI - EP

A varied EP with four songs on the pop-punk side.
Three are pretty decent '77-pop style, ana one is a bit
hike a folk tune set to a beat. Not exhilirating, but okay.
(TY) J

(G. Obradovic, Strahingsen Bana 43, 11106 Beograd,
YUGOSLAVIA)

[JIVE TURKEY - "Goodbye Johnny Ray"

Rockin’ pop in an English mode, but made palatable]
bv the guitar predominance and a novel sense of melody. |
The chorus on "True Blue" is wonderfully catchy, and
the other two tracks hold their own with a mid-tempo,
bouncy style; an obscure comparison, but the sound is
I very much like Australia's KELPIES. Good. (SS)

(Fair Oak Farm, Huntshaw, Tornngton, Devon
1 ENGLAND) I

TSws^An^^icnTKisscd Her"/ "Rockawav Beach"/ ^■POLITICAL ASYLUM - "Someday" 12"
J Let s Dance

I admit the thought of a RAMONES cover/tribute
* j c mi n H c like a cood idea, but this Australian
conficuraTiotf S made up of some bigger bands there like
the Faints aSd PAUL KELLY, doesn't kick as hard as
it should -- so vou end up with a limp shadow of the
RAMONES. (DOfO

(Big Time, AU^STRALIA)____^__ m __ mi[| ^^^^^ m

JOKERS - flexi

A two song, one-sided flexi that mysteriously
appeared in a NEW ROTEEKA EP. Pretty much rock
punk, and not too exciting, folks. (TY)
(Ne^ B—|

rKYOAKUKYOJINDA^^Kill^in^ilP^El^^^

I A five pointed star on the front cover, costs ¥666.

I released June 6 - hey wait! - this must be satanic rock!

I This is one of those cases when I’m glad I dont
I understand Japanese; one side is a godawful drone with
I some woman screaming, the other side has three tracks
I in HC, pop-punk, and post-punk styles respectively. Poo]

I poo. (Ss)

I (No address, JAPAN)

Very calm peace punk sounds, to the poi
sounding like the CArTAIN AND TENNIELE
SECONDS (slight exaggeration, Kevin). A cou]

4 Kilt nVOfall tHlC 1C <

point ofl
E or 7

_ _~uple of

tunes have' some verve, but overall this is snooze
material. From Scotland. (TY)

(We Bite Records, Moltkestr 15, 7400 Tubingen, W.

| PRIME VIL^^Xhicken Factory"LI^^^^^^^^

After releasing one of the neatest garage singles ofl
hast year, "Saw My Name Written on a Tombstone" I
l(included here), the Primevils went on to record this
lalbum which showcases both sides of their musical |
[styles. You get some fantastic, catchy
linstant-garage-classic songs as well as some slower,
[dirge-y drone songs. Great record. (DOG)

(Greasy Pop Records. PO Box 136 Rundle Mall, Adelaide
IsOOO So_uth_AUSTRALIA) 1

[FUR^lANlS^^On^te^he^dMEP™™"

Like their last EP, this one is not manic at all. One j
|punk tune, one pop tune, and a disco tune. Maybe this is
wacky in Sweden, out I don’t get it. (TY)

1 (PM Records, SWEDEN)

mjBRICATE^GOAT - "Plays the Devil's Music" LP ■REJECTED - "Final Offence" LP

The best of the lot - the best name and the best
I music. The "Goat" manages to make a hideous, noisy
rumble that can make you hum i along. ^Rcahv weird, very
I much inspired by the BUTT HOLE SURFERS and the I
RESIDENTS. They go from harsh and painful to strange
land fun but it keeps you listening throughout. (DOG)
(Black Eye Records, GPO Box 211, Sydney|
1 AUSTRALIA 2001)

MESCALEROS - "She Hits Me/I've Been a Fool"

50’s and '60s influences here ranging from rockabilly
and R’n’B. but with a '70s rock'n’roll delivery like
LITTLE B6B STORY or something. Dated, but it raves.

[Gymnote Mission c/o Didier, 7 Ave Royale, 69001 Lyon,
ANCE) .

1

MY BLOODY VALENTINE - "The New

Record by.,
EP

Pop-punk with good drums and guitars, sappy vocals
I that detract quite a bit. Add a different vocal track and
you'd have the strength of a good JESUS AND
MARYCHAIN release. (TY)

j (Kaleidoscope Sound, ENGLAND)^__ m __ i

MURDER MURDER SUICIDE - "Christians" 12"

An anti-Christian rage here, sort of like the first I
CRASS 7" but set to a more post-punk mood.!
Nevertheless, it's as biting and pointed. Both male and I
female vocals, nice harmonies on the flipside, though the I
dance beat on one cut and the "prettiness" on another!
make them difficult to handle until the guitar and drums |
kick in. (TY)

(Major Records, P. O. Box 236, Pt. Melbourne, Vic 3207,1
AUSTRALIA) 1

iNAnTA^EATI^^ScunrnLP

Hey, if you absolutely hate tunes in your music and
I vocals you can't understand at all, this album s for you.

I Verv fast, very metal-influenced, very gruff and very
political. Sorta like old DISCHARGE meets every
modern speedmetal band. (TY)

(Earache Records, P. O. Box 144, Nottingham N63 4GE,
[ENGLAND^ — ^

[NE\^CHRISTS - "The Black Hole"/" Addiction"

Not quite as hard and loud as their other releases
Ibut because they've shifted their gears a little the sound
Ihere is less Detroit-stvled rock and ^J^^e slower,
moodier that resembles the best of the FLESHEATLRS
and the GUN CLUB. (DOG) ^ _ 1# . .

(Citadel Records, P.O. Box 316, Darlinghurst,
AUSTRALIA 2010)

For the most part, this is mid-tempo English type
Ipunk, though every now and then a bit of thrash creeps
|in to remind you ft's not 1979. Decent, but not powerful
lor catchy enough to be really memorable. (TY)

|(Spew Records, Sydney AUSTRALIA)

^^EPTILE^A^DAW^^^AfterTheTlagiie^doubl^^S

Their sound lurks somewhere near the STOOGES
with a dash of early SAINTS to spice it up. Songs do go
on^nd on^ but I guess on the right drugs you can hang

SM-70 - "Uber Dem Fensiets" EP

SM-70, hailing from W. Germany, opt for short, fast
songs in a messy inrash mode. It's a style that s familiar,
and you can bet there's loads of aggro and a pummelling
sound from track to track - it's also, t despite its
effectiveness, a trifle too common
impression. Still, it's^ good.^ (SS)

(Je‘ns Walter,
GERMANY)

to make a major
dralslourgsteig 45, 1000 Berlin 28, W.

| SAD SOCIETY - "Contaminate/ Ambition"

This band’s sound here is rockin’, but their punk
sound is pretty muted by smooth production, which limits
the power ana accents the pop. A bit too polished. (1 Y)
(X-Cert, 29 Durar Dr., Clermiston, Edinburgh EH4 7HW,
SCOTLAND)

SCREAMING FOETUS - "Protest from the Womb" EP

A hilarious sleeve introduces four HC numbers along I
I fairly predictible lines: mid- to -fast tempo, shouted
vocals, messy guitars, mosh intros, and no melody
whatsoever. The energy's cool, but more originality is
needed here. From South Africa. (SS) 1

(Common Ground, P. O. Box 490, Laguna Beach, CA|
92652)

ISHALA - "Hard and Loose" flexi

A four-song rlease. doing very bouncy and
'77 punk. Distinguishing features are a really
guitar and good snarly vocals. Cool. (TY)
fGreat Junk Records, JAPAN)

catchy

fuzzed

| SHELL SHOCK - "Self Defence" EP

Terse, speedcore riffing energizes this fast,
to-the-point trio of songs. The abrasive vocals are quite
good, and the guitarwork aims for original reworkings of
the basic 'core figures we've come to expect from this
genre. Verdict: a top-notch example of the style, though
not exactly my cup of tea. (SS)

1 (Explosion, JAPAN)

| SOUP DRAGONS - "Can’t Take It No More" 12"

More of their BUZZCOCKS imitations, though it'sl
I not any more rockin' on this live recording than their I
studio material. They do indulge in a cover of "Purple
Haze", which is HENDRIX on white bread. (TY)

I (Raw TV, ENGLAND) 1

SPUNKY BOYS - "Kids are Alright" EP

The rambunctious pop-punk on this record has a
pleasantly tough powerchord instrumental sound (abetted
By sloppy, but good arrangements), and screamed vocals
over the whole tiling. The two songs on the A-side rock,
while the one on the flip is less special. (SS)

(Strawberry Records, JAPAN)

STREBERS *- "Oga for Oga" 12"

V/A- "Future Now" flexi

This flexi comes with the first issue of Future Now
UK zine and features one song each by HERESY,
STUPIDS, and DEPRAVED (now called VISIONS OF*
CHANGE). All thr je songs are great, each with its own
style of thrash, all backed by high energy and good
intentions. (MSV

(Future Now, Flat 2, 10 Beech Ave., Sherwood Rise,
Nottingham, NG7 7LL, ENGLAND)

Echoes of ASTA KASK and 6-10 REDLOS
reverberate through the eight tracks on this fourth I
release from this Swedish band. Melodic, driving!
pop-punk is the order of the day, and it’s handled with!
style and verve. Nice choruses, powerful instrumentals!

- a good showing. (SS) _ 4 , . I

XhicKen Brain Records, Box 3016, 125 03 Alvsjo,|
WEDEN)

| THUG - "Dad"/'’Thug"

A noisy and confusing blast of electrical air that I
throbs and throbs like a bad toothache, the only thing I
.could come close to comparing it to would be CABARET
VOLTAIRE'S "Nag Nag lVag' p era. Great. (DOG)

(Black Eye Records, GPO Box 211, Sydney,

1 AUSTRALIA 2001)

TOTALITAR - "Multinationella Mordare" EP.

TOTALITAR, with a grinding HC guitar approach I
and a tasteful speedcore edge, pummel out five tracks on
this one. The closest comparison I can think of is
ANTI-CIMEX, and the vocals on this one manage to !
convey a real sense of urgency and power. Very strong
release. (SS)

(Andreas Lonnvquist, Jarnvagsgatan 4, S-824 00

Hudiksvall, SWEDEN)

| V/A - "Not the Comfy Chair" cassette

A six band comp which features the catchy punk of
ALLIGATOR PARADE, HALF OFF's powerhouse
thrash, and GOV’T THRASHER'S hot noise. A hot
consistent tape. (WG) _ _ „ T1 „

($5 to Andrew Heppinstall, P. O. Box 110, Whyalla 5600,
^ ia, AUSTRALIA)

1 South Australia
I V/A - Omunibus Vol.2" 8" flexi

NEW DRUGS, the 5678's, SHUFFLE, and another
I band whose name is in Japanese present cowpunk,|
SHIRELLES/DOLLS-style early '60's stuff, and '77 punk.
Weird mix to say the least, though the SHUFFLES'sl
"Working Class" has SHAM catchinlss. (TY) 1

I (Shinkankakuha, JAPAN)

| V/A - "Raw Cuts Vol. 3" LP

!« This selection of neo-'60's bands covers Germany.
I Bands like LEGENDARY GOLDEN VAMPIRES the
I CHUD, BEATITUDES. SHINY GNOMES, and more 5 drop
all over the turntable for your delight. Nothing too raving

I here, lust fifty mike doses. (TY) s

(Satellite Records, ENGLAND)

V/A - "Snarl" cassette

Really powerful garage rock n roll with lyrics that
unpretentious but not dumb. Sound like '76 era pub
I rock n roll with some '77 hindsight. Title track is an apt
anthem.

|i^Fnnge, Box 670 Station A, Toronto, Ont. Canada M5W |

ULTIMO GUBIERNO/RUIDO DE RABIA - split LP

. .. Th .i s < J U0 T P. f Spanish bands demonstrate a remarkable I
similarity to Finnish bands from '82 or so. U.G., with '
their ultra-fast, messy thrash sound, is reminiscent of i
that first BAStARDSf EP; R.D.R, with more extended

firsf ri> riJ hv U R IKTI U TVT C S aV,'u 8°" eral *tvle, recalls the
first LI by RIISTETYT. Althogether, rather like a blast

J? e P 3 ^’ al ? d recommendable for the U.G. side. (SS)

^PAIN)^ Garcia L °P ez > A P d - 2163, 09080 Burgos,

UP FUXX - "Play the Wanton Punk Rock" EP

This is simple, three-chord punk with basic
production and messy vocals - all played in a moderate i
tempo. The four songs here sound uninspired and rather
monochromatic, though I did like the harmonica break in
"Control U." (SS) * 1

I (No address, JAPAN)

[y^AMPIRETLGVERS^

Three songs, all good garage/'77 punk with good
■production. Pretty decent lyrics, too, highly caustic
■towards retardo-punk attitudes. Cool. (TY)

|(A. Conrad, P. O., Sunnybrook, Brisbane 4109,
l AUSTRALIA)

[v/A^^Attaque" EP

An all-Japanese release for those who can't locate |

Musfso ^'rkTOa'-f, «°» r d Kc r rsEgf* D S

I thrash’ material, nothing lame but little awesome from the

(jTngTe "Hop © 1, BP 136, 94733 Nogents, Mazne,
IFRANCE)

c»-o A.f amn § ood comp of Icelandic acts ranging from I
SOcftVFTTTtt A 11 ; 1 ? t t ?M m Jvt. A C NT nvcnt j onal £ oc * sounds.l

pitbdv PADifr ? U ^ T AD inn AN, and the DAISY HILL|
stand out as the best.. (WG) 1

lc 5 EL 0 AND) danUmUS k ’ Alfholsve 8 ur 3° a > 200 Kopavogur,

^V/^^^WasteSausagn^^" l ™™ l, ^^™ l ™ , ™" —

A grand collection of Australian sludge/noise bands.
Great names too - BUSH OYSTERS. PURPLE
VULTURE SHIT, LUBRICATED GOAT. Aiso includes
the last track ever by the now defunct GRONG GRONG.

(Black Eye Records, GPO Box 211, Sydney,
lAUSTRALIA 2001) J J

[V/A - "Where Birdmen Flew" LP

criminal!, SaENTisTs5 F Xd V mor S e. *As ^ny ^S
bootlegs claim Austrohan addresses, this release claims
rr i\ b ¥. t *J on * he surprised if no one’s home. (TY) I

LjTa zDevil Records, 18 Taylor PI., Fitzroy GA 303 06) 1

|VULTCE^^Kkk It Out"/"Live or Die"

I °f m y ^ av orite young, unknown Australian

I bands. They have the same Kick and drive of a group like ■
I the HARD-ONS but they're not as goofy. More somber in
I the sty ie of the GUN CLUB or DREAM SYNDICATE.!
I(DOG)

Yy^' n^^T R, ecords . P.O. Box A517, Sydney South 2000
IALS1RAL1A)

| WARNERS/BYGONE ERA - split EP

The BYGONE ERA sound is just that, '78 all the
way, relying on a steady and fast punk beat. WARNERS
too are a blast from the past, with gruffer vocals and
more rock-type guitars. Two songs each. (TY)

(Onslaught Records, P. O. Box 35-469, Browns Bav,

| Auckland, NEW ZEALAND) ’

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