Maximum Rocknroll 125 (1993 Oct)

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#43/Dec ‘86. Varukers, BGK, State Of Confusion,

Stetz, Crash Box, Dehumanizers, Creeps, Nasal Sex,
Billy & The Willys, “Child Abuse.”

#46/Mar ‘87. False Prophets, Misanthropic Charity,
Anti-Cimex, Cagalhoes, Ax/ction Records, Damage,
Face First, Brains Of Humans, “Prisons: Society’s
Greatest Crime.”

#47/Apr ‘87. Heresy, Ripcord, Electro Hippies,
L’Attentat, Condemned Attitude, Dissent, Nothing In
Particular, Capital Scum, Bomb, Useless Pieces Of
Shit, Quod Massacre, Desperate Minds, Manson Youth,
I Refuse It, Depo Provera, “Populism.”

#48/May ‘87. Mr T Experience, Wimpy Dicks, Opin¬
ion Zero, KGB, Insted, Unrest, Desecration, Shell
Shock, Gore, Subvert, Th’Inbred, Accused, “Jesse
Helms,” “HI Work Permits.”

#49/Jun ‘87. COC, Short Dogs Grow, Painted Willie,
Diddly Squat, Pin Prick, SAD, A Priori, Infection,
“Shred Of Dignity,” Flipside zine, “AIDS & The
Sexual Counter-revolution.”

#50/Jul ‘87. Newtown Neurotics, Bulimia Banquet,
Indigesti, Euthanasia, RF7, Lethal Gospel, Sedition,
Grumpforts, Screeching Weasel, “Putting On Shows
In The UK.”

#51/Aug ‘87. Isocracy, Nick Toczek, Stikky, SDI,
Ruido De Rabia, “Ideological Fanaticism.”

#52/Sep ‘87. Crucial Youth, Bad Dress Sense, Filthy
Christians, Baby’s Got A Gun, Fratricide, The Sins,
Krull, Bomp magazine, “Secret Govtt In America.”

#55/Dec ‘87. Culture Shock, The Web, Intense Muti¬
lation, Where’s The Pope?, Dan, Duck Duck Goose,
Stevie Stiletto, Fail-Safe, Hong Kong punks, “Draft
Registration,” “Thinking About Eating: Vegetarian¬
ism,” “Pacho Mama: Nature And Technology.”

#58/Mar ‘88. Firehose, Squandered Message, Sheer
Terror, CBMT, Zalozba FV, Will Shatter, Victor H of
Alchemy Records.

#59/Apr ‘88. Va Bank, The Plague, Foundation, Black
Uniforms, Damage, Four Walls Falling, Nazdor, Ma¬
jority Of One, “Inconnu & the Hungarian Under¬
ground,” “Pacifica vs the FCC.”

#60/May ‘88. Scream, Cowboy Killers, Flitox, Sub¬
terranean Kids, POW, Chumawamba on Northern Ire¬
land.

#61/Jun ‘88. Women’s Issue with Frightwig, Mecca
Normal, Yeastie Girlz, Burning Bush, Bitch Fight,
Ruth (Mordam) and Joanna (De Konkurrent), “Nicara¬
gua with Jane Guskin,” Positive Force DC sexism
discussion w/Cynthia Connolly, Amy Pickering, Alex
MacKaye, Guy Picciotti.

#62/Jul ‘88. No For An Answer, Panx Romana, Filthy
Few, Original Disease, Political Silence, Hate Crew,
Gna Gna, Boo Hiss Pffht, Steve Ignorant on Crass,
“Native Land Rights.”

#63/Aug ‘88. Crimpshrine, Dag Nasty, Christ On A
Crutch, God, Sockeye, Mental Disturbance, Weenie
Roast, Love Gods In Leisure Shirts, “Free Trade and
Acid Rain,” “Meese Is A Pig.”

#64/Sep ‘88. Flux Of Pink Indians, Walking Seeds,
Naked Angels, Hungry Trolls, Art Phag, When People
Were Shorter And Lived By The water, Sentimiento
Incontrolable, Boom & the Legion Of Doom, Wig
Torture, “Preventing Rape.”

#65/Oct ‘88. SNFU, Social Distortion, High Circle,
Les Thugs, Feed Your Head, Attention!, Fear Of God,
Spongetunnel, Oncle Slam, KBO!, Really Fast Records,
@narchy Conference in Toronto, “NYC Riots”, "The
End Of The World As We Know It.”

#67/Dec ‘88. Pagan Babies. Thatcher On Acid, Joyce
McKinney Experience, Adolescents, Murray Bowles
mimi-photo zine, “Federal Investigators and Your
Rights,” “Ed Meese and Pornography.”

#68/Jan ‘89. The Ex, Sham 69, Hotalacio, Last Op¬
tion, Herb Tarlicks, N5o ReligSo, Sonic Disrution
Theory, Sanov 1, SSDC, ‘Top 15 Albums Covers,” “A
Trip To Communist Cuba,” “Skins and Nazis.”

#69/Feb ‘89. Bad Religion, Annie Anxiety, Forgotten

Rebels, Decadent Few, Sick Of Intolerance, Breakdown,
False Hope, Youngblood, Media Children, “South Afri¬
can Political Landscape.”

#70/Mar ‘89. DOA, Spermbirds, Agent 86, The Walk¬
ing Ruins, City Indians, Seizure, Cadavres De Nifios,
“GG Declares Suicide.” “Eugene Gardens In East Ger¬
many,” Doug Minkler.

#72/May ‘89. Naked Raygun, 7 Seconds, Jingo De
Lunch, Die Trottel, Glee Club, SociedadViolenta, Alter¬
native Inuit, BFD, Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, Amnesia,
Hate X9, Blu Bus Records, “Big Mountain Relocation,”
‘Technology.”

#73/Jun ‘89. Crime, Fidelity Jones, Maggot Sandwich,
Jailcell Recipes, Bambix, Earth Army, The Dread, Organ
Donors, Dawn Of Liberty, No Alternative, “Nazi Resur¬
gence in Germany,” “Book Your Own Fucking Tour,”
“Nightline TV Discrimination.”

#74/Jul ‘89. Dissent, Moral Crux, Neutral Nation, The
Magnificent, Brotherhood, Bolt Thrower, Desperate
Minds, Bristol’s Kronstadt Club, TV Smith, “Mozam¬
bique,” “People’s Power: Two Decades.”

#76/Sep ‘89. Steel Pole Bath Tub, Tim Kerr, No Empa¬
thy, 3 Legged Dog, Underdog Records, Fiendz, Grue-
somes. Drowning Roses, Freaks Of Nature, Second
Chance, Funeral Swans, “Palestine, Israel and Intifada,”
“Anti Racist Action,” “Bum Your Flag.”

#78/Nov ‘89. Majority Of One, Ludwig Von 88, Slap¬
shot, Rocks, Berurier Noir, Society Gone Madd, Mistak¬
en Identity, Conspiracy Of Equals, Schpoostik Hospital,
Momido7, “Touch & Go Retro,” “Positive Force DC,”
Anti Racist Action,” “German Squats.

#80/Jan ‘90. Seein’ Red, Ultraman, Instigators, Libido
Boyz, Sacred Hate, Just Say No, Sugar Shack, Mark Of
Cain, Born Against, Pennywise, Provocative Punk Pro¬
ductions, Gutwrench, Jello Biafra on Terminal City
Ricochet’.

#81/Feb ‘90. Hard-Ons, Concrete Sox, Naturecore,
Blockade, Public Humiliation, 7 Minutes Of Nausea,
Colera, Rhythm Collision, Zero Boys, “See Hear,” “UK
Indie Press,” “Panama Invasion.”

#82/Mar ‘90. Nausea, Les Garcons Boucher, Antiseen,
Abs, Neanderthal Sponge, SS-20, Scared Straight, Oi
Polloi, Malachi Krunch, PAinful X-tremeties, Aku-Aku,
“Milkbone Collective,” Kevin Army, “Dirty Rotten
Press.”

#83/Apr ‘90. Jerry’s Kids.Dezerter, Helios Creed, Sami-
am. Decadence Within, Coffin Break, Alienation, Dry-
rot, Psycho Squatt, Red Letter Day, Headstrong, Bone
Shavers, Flagrants D’Eli, ‘The Shadow,” “War On
Drugs.”

#84/May ‘90. Cringer, No Use For A Name, DI, Sofa
Head, Industrial Suicide, Serial Killers, Citizens Arrest,
Radiation Sickness, First Strike Records, “Germany’s
Move Towards Reunification,” “Homelessness In Amer¬
ica,” “Old Aussie Punk.”

#87/Aug ‘90. Capitol Punishment, Mudhoney, Go!, Hip-
pycore. Jawbreaker, Polska Malca, Angry Son, AIM,
Richie Stotts, The Lost, Die Schwarzen Schafe, Intense
Mutilation, “Old Canadian Punk,” “Redwood Summer.”

#88/Sep ‘90. The Creamers, The Fixtures, Mega City 4,
Dead Ends, Dandelion Adventure, Maniacs, Fiendz,
Sludgeworth, Kolaborancji, Admiral, Crankshaft, Sleep,
MTA, Long Cold Stare, 8-Bark, “Iraq’s Boogey Man.”

#89/Oct ‘90. The Offspring, Glee Club, Indecision,
Sanity Assassins, Grant Hart, Monsula, Strike Out, Apoc¬
alypse. Subvert, Haywire, Corn Flakes, Scuffy Tear¬
aways, Dead Steelmill, “Subway Arts,” “Racism,” “US
Aims In Sending Troops to Saudi Arabia,” “Old Italian
Punk.”

#90/Nov ‘90. The Dwarves, The Radicts, Peggio Punx,
Inside Out, Silverfish, Voodoo Glowskulls, Nuisance,
Resistors, 2 Car Family, Special K, Ravings, Choke, 2
Million BC, 4Q.

#91/Dec ‘90. Poison Idea, Warlock Pinchers, Tijuana In
Blue, Headspring, Hacesja, Out Loud, Ultra Violet Eye,
Birth Defects, The Big Thing, “Gainesville Girls,” “Jap¬
anese Racism In America,” “Marlboro Boycott.”

#92/Jan ‘91. Citizen Fish, Citizens Arrest, Derelicts,

The Mummies, RDF, The Blisters, Black Bird, Colom¬
bian Neckties, Downside, Caustic Soda, Anodize, Zyk-
lon-B, The Gits, Comb, Intent, “US Provocation and
Iraqi Invasion,” “US Covert Military Supplies To Chi¬
na,” “NY and Berlin Squats.”

#93/Feb’ 91. Chumbawamba, Snuff, The Fluid, Les
Cadavres, Meat Shits, Psycho, D2D, Informers, “The
CIA In Italy,” “Paris Riots.”

#94/Mar ‘91. Karma Sutra, Laughing Hyenas, La Polla
Records, Mr T Experience, Internal Autonomy, Rats Of
Unusual Size, Herb Garden, CRI, Eye Hate God, “Skin-
tronic Zine,” “World War 3 Illustrated,” “War Resis¬
tance,” “New World Order,” “Jeff Paterson,” “War Cen¬
sorship.”

#95/Apr ‘91. Pegboy, Bored!, FOD, Nihilistics, Legend
Killers, Wholes, Wooden Horse, Jughead’s Revenge;
Penetrator, Willard, Ghoul Squad, Humorgod, Peaceville,
“Arab Lands And The US/Iraq Situation,” “Noam Chom¬
sky,” “War Resistance News.”

#96/May ‘91. “Soviet Punk” with Russian rock press,
Moscow Rock Laboratory, Naive, DSK, Cramp In The
Leg, Dumb, JMKE, A...Yee, ANCH, Newies, Auktsion,
Grazhdanskya Oborona, Sailors Silence.

#97/Jun ‘91. NoFX, Kortatu, Carcass, Gargoyles, Nip
Drivers, Nuisance, Johnny Puke, Uniform Rejection,
Comb, Recalcitrants, Puzzlehead, Strelnikoff, Straight
Youth, “White Nights,” “DC Demos,” “Culture Of Vio¬
lence.”

#99/Aug ‘91. Tesco Vee’s Hate Police, 411, Slum Tur¬
keys, Helmet, Sideshow, C/Z Records, Dionysus Records,
Dangerhouse Records Retro, Jobbernowl, Intent, Bush
League, Orgasmic Toilet Band.

#100 pt 1/Sep ‘91. Ill Repute, Flipper, Nukey Pikes,
Necracedia, Scherzo, Fitz Of Depression, Germ box,
Crackhouse, Burn, Engage, Commonwealth, Ruth
Schwartz, Voodoo Love Gods, Eye For An Eye, Ne
Luumaet, Red London, “Does MRR Suck?”, “MRR
Bibliography Pt 1.”

#100 pt 2/Sep ‘91. The Weirdos, VictimsFamily, Down
By Law, The Rotters, Rorschach, Northen Bushmen,
The Screw, Wheelchair Full Of Old Men Records, Just
Say No, Dogma Mundista, “MRR Bibliography Pt 2.”

#101/Oct ‘91. The Lunachicks, Specula, The Dread,
Pagan Easter, The Avengers, The Lost, Cowboy Killers,
Really Red, “Epicenter Zone and Blacklist Mailorder,”
“Report From The Moscow Barricades,” ‘The Trouble
With Revoltions.”

#102/Nov ‘91. Intense Degree, Jello on P.C., Gray Mat¬
ter, Nicky Garratt, One Blood, Bob of Vinyl Communi¬
cations, The Cruel Elephant Club, Words Of Warning
Records, The Fix.

#103/Dec ‘91. Sympathy For The Record Industry, The
Didjits, Phleg Camp, Apostates, Jesus Lizard, Jeff Dahl,
Urgent Fury, Strongbox, Eversor, Tripwire, Punishment
Park, TVTV$, “Devon’s Vacation,” “Hippy Pom.”

#104/Jan ‘92. Ian Mackaye, 23 More Minutes, Political
Asylum, Twisted Red Cross Tapes, Hammerbox, Full
Circle Records, Goober Patrol, Freak Beans, “SST vs
U2,” “The Business Of Punk.”

#105/Feb ‘92. Nation Of Ulysses, Screeching Weasel,
Bikini Kill, Surf Weasel, Scheleprock, The Dickies,
Burning Bush, Davy Jones Locker.

#106/Mar ‘92. Wat Tyler, The Cynics, The Deviators,
Verbal Assault, Philippine Violators, Slam Suzzanne,
Molodoi, “Women Regaining Control: Health Care,”
“Attica 20 Years Later,” “H.E.A.R.”

#107/Apr ‘92. The infamous April Fool’s issue with The
Fastbacks, Naked Aggression, Mono Men, The Richies,
Golpe Justo, Dawson, Cross, Nirvana, Blind Spot, “Safe
Sex,” “Popsicle Festival.”

#109/Jun ‘92. “Absolutely Queer” issue with Tribe 8,
Pansy Division, Bruce LaBruce & Vaginal Creme Davis,
Donna Dresch, “Queer Skinheads,” “Coming Out.” “Po¬
litical Fantasy & Manipulation.”

#110 pt 1/Jul ‘92. “Punks Over 30” issue with George

Tabb, Steve Ignorant, Joey Shithead, Ian Mackaye,
GG Allin, Tom Pig, Tommy Strange, A1 Flipside, Bob
Mould, Peter Plate, Boff Presley, Big Frank, Brian
Edge, Dale Stewart, Bruce Pavitt, Calvin Johnson,
Dave MDC, David Hayes, Dick lucas, Lawrence Liv¬
ermore, Mykel Board, Jeff Bale, Tim Yo, Doc Dart,
Murray Bowles, Glen Friedman, Greg Ginn, Jeff Pez-
zati, Jello Biafra, Joey RamoneMetal Mike, Pushead,
Ron Wright, Leesa Poole, Stephan Ielpi, Thurston
Moore, Ted Falconi, Vic Bondi, Dirk Dirksen, Ruth
Schwartz, plus Upright Citizens, “Nirvanification.”

#110 pt 2/Jul ‘92. “Bay Area Update” issue with J
Church, Wynona Riders, Gr-ups, The Aborted, Spe¬
cial Forces, Rancid, Bumble Scrump, Strawman, Pax-
ston Quiggly, Lung Butter, Good Grief, George Hated,
The List Man, Grotus, Jack Acid, Grimple, Juke,
Aaron Cometbus, Johnny Peebucks & the Swingin’
Utters, Eggplant, Gag Order.

#111/Aug ‘92. Huasipungo, Real Cool Killers, Flux,
Superchunk, Cosmic Psychos, Dr Strange Records,
Pollution Circus, Erica Beck of Boy Records, Shel¬
ley’s Children, Simple Machines Records, “Sexuality
& Fascism.”

#112/Sep ‘92. Steve Albini, Pain Teens, Nations On
Fire, Bimbo Shrineheads, Amen, Rattail Grenadier,
Sins Of The Flesh, TDF, Frogs Of War, Hedgehogs, Jo,
Severance, 404 Willis, Fobia Collective, “NY Punk
Clubs History.”.

#113/Oct ‘92. Jesus Lizard, Pete The Roadie. Svart
Sno, The Stalin, The Queers, Oswald Five-0, Dare To
Defy, Slaughter & the Dogs, Contempt, ‘Two Tales Of
The Americas,” “Professional Punx.”

#114/Nov ‘92. Vic Bondi, Leatherface, Jonestown,
Flaming Midget, Deconstruction, No Idea fanzine, 8-
Bark, SNFU, Moral Crux, PKRK, The Overcoat, Flam¬
ing Demonics, Malignus Youth, Total Chaos, Unborn-
SF, Transmisia, Hubert Selby Jr, “Election 1992: To
Vote Or Not.”

#115/Dec ‘92. Smut, Gas Huffer, The Gits, Underdog
Collective, The Undead, Bugout Society, Mind’s Eye,
Thighmaster, Public Descent, The Wallmen, The Boll-
weevils, Bad Genes, Lumpen Proletariat, Landfill,
Booby Trap, “Scenes From The Drug War,” “Avoid¬
ing The Draft.”

#116/Jan ’93. The Diesel Queens, Bush League, Af¬
firmative Action, Ken Sanderson, Genbaku Onanies,
Schlong, Karen Black, AOS3, Killing Time, Charta
77, Sleeping Body, Coprofilia, Are We Dead Yet,
Social Outcast, Godbox, "Getting The Point: An East
Bay Needle Exchange."

#117/Feb '93. New Bomb Turks, Gaunt, Antiseen,
Los Crudos, Naked Angels, Bivouac, Hell No, Souris
Deslinguee, Sour Mash, Oiler, Datapanik Records,
"Mad Ratts of Russia," "MDC in Russia."

#118/Mar '93. Long Beach punk: Red Aunts, Ken All-
Nite Rocker, Das Klown, Humpers, This Is Edwin;
Last Man Standing, Tsunami, Man Is The Bastard,
Didjits, Lou Giordano, Vicious Midgets, Dan & Dave
Punk, "Twist"

#119/Apr '93. Econochrist, Insaints, Blaggers ITA,
Spoke, Hasil Adkins, 16, Snair, Sham Pain, Spiderbait,
Spit Muffins, Shyster Shyster And Flywheel, Volpi
Vadoplyassova, "Marijuana".

# 120/May '93. Jawbreaker, Supercharger, Avail, Liik
Haas, Cockpit, Sugar Shack, Groovy Ghoulies, Lump-
in Proletariet, Fobia Estatal, Negu Gorriak, Dolf of
Trust fanzine, "British Anti-fascism".

#121/June '93. Tilt, Rancid Hell Spawn, Lockjaw,
Lookout UK, Crust, Facepuller, Infiatables, Positive
Greed, No Joke, "Emo Boy's Guide to Thrift Shop¬
ping."

#122/July '93. Sparkmarker, Grey Spikes, Smear,
Desert Culturel, Rhythm Collision, Subterranean
Records, Velocity Girl, Schwartzeneggar, Pleum, Pil¬
grims, House Of Faith

#123/Aug '93. Lungfish, (ego), Plainfield, Quincy
Punx, The Hidden, Bombs For Whitey, False Sacra¬
ment, Green Popsickle, Mersault, "Engagement Agree¬
ment"

#124/Sept '93. GG Allin, The Unknown, Ruts, Croc¬
odile Skink, Jackknife, Shumaker, Garlic Boys, Boll-
weevils, "Meat People”

#125/Oct '93. Chaos UK, Not So Happy, StandCo,
C.D.F.L., Bap, Disco Biscuit, Malachi Krunch, Blind¬
fold, Peter Bagge of Hate comics.

BACK ISSUE SALE: For every 3 you purchase, get a 4th one free!!

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#9/Nov '83. Crass, Jello, Peace Punx, Clitboys, Suicidal Tendencies. Disorder, MDC, Misguided, Proletariat, White Cross, FUs. #10/Dec '83. Long Beach scene.
Conflict, Septic Death, Bomb Squad, "From Skinhead To Godhead", RIP Minor Threat, S.C.U.M., Japan, 60's punk. #15/July '84. Siege, Tesco the Vinyl Junkie,
Apostles, Target Video. #17/Sept '84. Pushead, 76& Uncertain, Civil Dissident, Chumbawamba, The State, Knockabouts, RAF Punk, Body Count, WDM.. #18/Oct
'84. Dr Know, Chronic Disorder, Juvenile Truth, Human Being," Punk Gang Violence", Man’s Hate, Crash Box, Raw Power.

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WANNA SEND US SOMETHING?!?

We are downright reliant for contributions from our readers - scene reports,
interviews, news features, articles, letters - if you got 'em, we’ll take 'em. We have
a scanner - a nifty gadget that reads documents as long as they're neatly typed.
A type size of at least 10 pts is required, as our scanner is a bit myopic. It doesn’t
read handwritten corrections and poor quality photo-copies give it a headache. If
you absolutely must make a last-minute correction, use a light-blue correction
marker. The scanner is color blind and won’t get all bent out of shape. Typing in
all capitals is a childish thing to do and severely vexes our shitworkers, who must
retype the entire document. If you’re slick enough to have a computer, send it to
us on a disk. We can handle any 3-1/2 inch disk, as long as you tell us if it’s Mac
or IBM (and what word processing program it’s in). We make so much fucking
money, we can even afford to return your disk.

Interviews are a particularly touchy subject here at MRR. We want quality! Don’t
even bother sending us a review of your best friend’s band if all you’re gonna do
is kiss their ass. Here are some tried and true guidelines for you to follow. 1) Plan
your questions in advance, but allow for conversational flow. 2) Be controversial.
Attack that band for the fascist bastards they are - and don’t let them off the hook
when they pop off with something stupid. 3) Keep the conversation moving - let it
flow from topic to topic. Try not to do all the talking yourself. 4) Avoid taping
interviews in noisy restaurants, under freeways, etc. 5) Keep it concise. Transcribing
is a bitch, and the longer you go on, the more likely you are to get bogged down
in silly, meaningless shit. Try to get to the main issues as soon as possible. End
it as soon as the dialogue begins to disintegrate. Avoid one-answer questions. 6)
Try to get to the personality of the group. At all costs avoid this question: “What are
some of your influences?” That’s dull, dull, dull! 7) Graphics are important. $end
as much in the way of logos, lyrics, photos and artwork as possible. Give us
something to work with! Before doing an interview, call us and to check it out in
advance.

Scene Reports: Keep them short and to the point. Cram them with info... what is
there to do in your town? What kind of bands and venues? Think of it as a tour guide
for travelling punks, and include addresses for everything. Youth hostels, record
stores and other places of interest to punks are important information. Send us
nice photos, so we can make it look pretty.

Articles are somewhat rare here; that’s because not many well-written ones come
our way. Try to be thorough in your research. Pretend you’re getting graded. Not
all articles have to political or “heavy” social issues - we would appreciate a bit of
humor, as well. As much as it pains us to admit it, Ben Weasel’s “Punk Business”
article was a good example of what we’re looking for. If you’ve got an idea, call us
and talk to us.

Graphic Artists tend to be flakes, which is why we have such a tough time keeping
this ‘zine sufficiently artsy. 3end a sample of your work, as well as a rough sketch
of what you might do with the 10” by 16” centerfold or a cover. We’d also love to
run some comics in every issue.

Book Reviews may not always get published, but if you send one in that we find
interesting, we’ll be thrilled to run it.

Radio Stations that cover punk are occasionally featured in MRR. Send us in a
few paragraphs about your station, as well as some tasty graphics or logos.
Scum Pit is something that interests a rare breed of obsessive record collectors.
If you think you know everything or something about rare and collectable punk
records, send us in an article.

What’s the Scoop is not a silly, trivial thing. We very much want to know what
people in your town think about all manner of stupid questions. You need to tape
them, photograph them, and then transcribe it. If you loosen up a bit, you’ll have
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93.3FM

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105.5FM

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Ottawa, Ont

93.1 FM

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CKMS

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100.3FM

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KALX

Berkeley, CA

90.7FM

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89.3FM

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91.1 FM

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WDBM

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WPTS

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98.5FM

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Waukesha, Wl

103.9FM

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Chicago, IL

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CHOKEHOLD-Prison Of Hope-LP

STANDPOINT-CD

BREAKAWAY-EP

INSIDE OUT-reunion show

FUNCTION-EP/JACKHAMMER-EP

PROCESS-World Of Fire-LP

NEXTSTEP UP-Heavy-LP

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

STATUE-Filter The Infection-LP

BLACK TRAIN JACK-No Remorse-LP

JEFF BALE

POP-O-PIES-ln Frisco-45

PUBLIC TOYS-Anti Alkoholiker-EP

ANOTHER MAN'S POISON-Spit-45

IMPATIENT YOUTH-I'm Going To Explode-EP

SUPERKOOLS-Love Turns Grey-45

LAZY COWGIRLS-Another Long Goodbye-10"

DEVIL DOGS-Saturday Night Fever-LP

REFUZORS-I Think 1 Lost My Faith-45

SINISTER SIX-Pain In My Head-45

PLEASURE FUCKERS-Supper-CD

SUZANNE BARTCHY

TIGER TRAP-live

HUMPERS-live

ALL YOU CAN EAT-live

HOLE-Gutless-EP

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

L7-Gyne Lo Mein-45

LAZYBOYS-live

ELMER-live

ZIPGUN-Killer's Choice-EP

NAPALM DEATH-Nazi Punks Fuck Off-45

CHRIS DODGE

MR BUNGLE-The Stroke-EP

DEFORMED CONSCIENCE/SCOURGE-split EP

ENTOMBED-Wolverine Blues-CD

GRIEF-live/LOS CRUDOS-live

LESS MISERABLES-EP

STAN RIDGWAY-live,

F.O.D.-Schneller-CD/RF7-CD

FUMES-Knock Out The Axis-LP

SUPER DIAMOND-live

Going To Extremes=book

JOEDONOHOE

DEVIL DOGS-Saturday Night Fever-LP

PLEASURE FUCKERS-Snakebite-45

Answer Me-#3-zine

SEERSUCKER-Smokestack-45

DEFORMED CONSCIENCE/SCOURGE-split EP

IMPATIENT YOUTH-I'm Going To Explode-45

ERASE TODAY-The Economic Prison-LP

PAVEMENT-Stray Slack-LP

BLACK JACK TRAIN-No Reward-LP

GIRLS AGAINST BOYS-Venus Luxure No 1 Babv-LP

LALI DONOVAN

PIST-Destroy Society-EP

RATTUS-lst 4-CD

LOS CRUDOS-live

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

BIG BOYS-Skinny N Fat Elvis-CDs

V/A-Revive Us Again-EP

PHALLOCRACY-10"

CHICKENHEAD-EP

SEDITION-LP/RINGWORM-LP

ACID RAIN DANCE-LP

KARIN GEMBUS

UNWOUND-Fake Train-LP & live

ICONOCLAST-Groundlessness of Belief-EP

DEFORMED CONSCIENCE/SCOURGE-split EP

EXEDRA-#4-zine/Fenceclimber-zine

BEEKEEPER-EP/CRANE-EP

GAUGE-Soothe-LP

JAWBREAKER/CRIMPSHRINE-split EP

HEROIN-127LOS CRUDOS-live

SLANT 6/CUPID CAR CLUB-live

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

WALTER GLASER

V/A-Music For The Proletariat-CD

TSUNAMI-live

BIG CHIEF-Mack Ave Skullgame-LP

GUZZARD-Glued-EP

FUGAZI-Word-EP

SUDDENLY TAMMY-CD

WADE-Barely Human-EP

CATERPILLAR-Velvet Ears-EP

SEVERIN-Waste OfTime-EP

SMALL FACTORY/TSUNAMI-split 45

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PUBLIC TOYS-Anti Alkoholiker-EP

POP-O-PIES-ln Frisco-45/LAZY COWGIRLS-10"

ZEKE-West Seattle Acid Party-EP

FUCK BOYZ-Vs The Hawaiian Mafia-EP

MARIONETTES-Tick Tack-EP

IMPATIENT YOUTH-I'm Going To Explode-45

FUMES-Knock Out The Axis-LP

DEVIL DOGS-Saturday Night Fever-LP

KENT 3-Chromies-EP/FRIGGS-Bad Word-EP

REFUZORS-Think 1 Lost...-45/SINISTER SIX-Pain-EP

MICK KRASH

LOS CRUDOS-live

ICONOCLAST-Groundlessness-EP

LIFETIME-Background-LP

DRIFTWOOD-EP

GAUGE-Soothe-LP

HEROIN-12"

Girlfriend-#5-zine

DAMITOL-My Pal ChewToy-EP

STATUE-Filter The Infection-LP

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

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ZOINKS-Dump-Eye-EP 49 REASONS-Midnite Snacks-EP

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HELLBENDER-Couch-45 Ff-I'm Happy-45

HUMPERS-liVe FRUMPIES-Babies And Bunnies-45

POLITICAL Asylum-How The West Was Won-10" SAMIAM-live/J CHURCH-live

Jeff Bale

Michelle Belacic

Kim Carlyle

Suzanne Bartchy

Jerry Booth

Mel Cheplowitz

1 TIMOJHENMARK

Carrie Crawford

Paul Curran

DROP DEAD/CROSSED OUT/LOS CRUDOS-live
RATTUS-CD/RINGWORM-LP

PHALLOCRACY-IO"

CHOKEHOLD-Prison Of Hope-LP
GERMS-Cruising-EP

SPARKMARKER-live

BIG BOYS-both CDs

Answer Me-#3-zine

V/A-Revive Us Again-EP

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

Chris Dodge

Lali Donovan

Karin Gembus

Joe Donohoe

Gardner Fusuhara

Walter Glaser

DEVON MORF

Katja Gussmann

Lance Hahn

DROP DEAD/LOS CRUDOS-live

QUINCY PUNX-live

JOHN HENRY WEST/GOMEZ-live

NOT SO HAPPY/LAZY SUSAN-live

Answer Me-#3-zine

FACE VALUE-live

SUMMERS EVE/SMALL-live

HELLBENDER/M.I.J.-live

SCHLEPROCK/TBA-live

FUCK BOYZ-Vs The Hawaiian Mafia-EP

Harald Hartmann

David Hayes

George Impulse

Michelle Haunold

Ayn Imperato

Matt James

SMELLY MUSTAFA

Judge

Jux

MYRA MANES-I'm Into Death-LP

CUPID CAR CLUB-EP

SUPERCONDUCTOR-Hit Songs For Chicks-LP
NIBLICK HENBANE-Land Of The Brave-EP

SAD PYGMY-Sometimes Nightmares-EP

SUPERKOOLS-both EPs

POLITICAL ASYLUM-How The West Was Won-10"
STAR SPANGLED BASTARDS-EP

CUPID CAR CLUB-live

PSYCHO-Mass Consumption-EP

Mick Krash

Michael Lucas

Mike Macniel

Missy LaVallee

Ray Lujan

Timojhen Mark

1 NEIL NORDSTROM

Kim McGee

Mike Millett

ACID RAIN DANCE-Melting Resistance-LP

AGATHOCLES-Cliche-LP

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

EISENVATER-CD

Devon Morf

Neil Nordstrom

DOOM-The Greatest Invention-CD

CHOKEHOLD-Prison Of Hope-LP

Katy Odell

Owen Peery

JACK WITH KILLER-Mr Neil Can't Say-TP

NEUTHRONE-EP

DECAYED-The Seven Seals-EP

MANUMISSION-EP

Natasha Riggins

Bruce Roehrs

1 OWENPEERY

STATUE-FilterThe Infection-12“

LIFETIME-Background-LP

iMiuK nuuciibiuin

IVL11 Oul lUvi oui i

BLOWUP KIT/DONORA-split EP

UNDERTOW/SPARKMARKER/FARSIDE-live

Harry Sherrill

Steve Spinali

TURNKEY-King Mark-EP

FUNCTION-Trapped-EP/DAMITOL-EP

ICONOCLAST-Groundlessness-EP

GAUGE-Soothe-LP

Dave Stevenson

Jim Tracy

SHOTMARKER-EP

STIFF LIFE-live

Souzhe Vogts

Eric Wilson

1 BRUCE ROEHRS

DEVIL DOGS-Saturday Night Fever-LP

DUMMIES-Rock'n'Roll 2000-45

Winni Wintermeyer

Matt Wobensmith

RIP-OFFS-live/HUMPERS-live-EP

PLEASURE FUCKERS-Snakebite-45

Josh Wormley

Jeff Yih

REFUZORS-Think 1 Lost My Faith-45

NIBLICK HENBANE-Land Of The Brave-EP

GERMS-Cruising-EP/PUBLIC TOYS-EP

V/A-Your Invitation To Suicide-2xEP

Tim Yohannan

Sarah Zimmerman

V/A-Revolutie?-EP/ZIPGUN-Killer's Choice-EP

OXBLOOD-UnderThe Boot-EP

1 KEN SANDERSON

V/A-Revive Us Again-EP

DEFORMED CONSCIENCE/SCOURGE-split EP

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V/A-Music For The Proletariet-CD

BIG BOYS-Fat N Skinny Elvis-CDs

Ron Woacol

GODLESS-LP/UNWOUND-LP

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

CUPID CAR CLUB-EP/UNTAMED YOUTH-live

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Larry Livermore

Mike Bullshit

FUMES-Knock Out The Axis-LP

RATTUS-lst 4-CD/CHICKENHEAD-EP

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1 JON VON

DEVIL DOGS-Saturday Night Fever-LP

LAZY COWGIRLS-Another Long Goodbye-10"

Beth Johnston

John Book

COSMIC PSYCHOS-Palomino Pizza-LP

PLEASURE FUCKERS-Snakebite-45

Trent Reinsmith

John Marano

FRIGGS-Bad Word-45

DUMMIES-Rock N Roll 2000-45

SUPERKOOLS-ln My Way-45

KENT 3-CHROMIES-EP

Willem Woudstra

Jose Roman

LEGAL WEAPON-World Is Flat-EP

APEMEN/MONO MEN-split 45

1 TIM YOHANNAN

Federico Gomez

Julian Mapps

CHROME CRANKS-Way Out Lover-45

IMPATIENT YOUTH-I'm Going To Explode-EP

Naomi Hirakawa

Paul Ross

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO-split EP

NUNS-Live At Mabuhay Gardens-LP

DEVIL DOGS-Saturday Night Fever-LP

SUBURBAN PROPAIN-Emo Phillips Core-2xEP

Rod Luck

Chris Arnott

FUMES-Knock Out The Axis-LP

SUBWAY ARTS-Una Definizione Perversa-LP

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CHAMPAIGN
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Rhumba Box *
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W. ILL. Unlv. ♦
Ellnd Pig
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Virtual Gallery

HUNTINGTON, WV Marshall Unlv.*

0BERLIN, OH
STORRS, CT
PROVIDENCE
BOSTON
PHILADELPHIA
HOBOKEN, NJ

NEW YORK CITY _

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BALTIMORE The Rev

NORFOLK, VA
COLUMBIA, SC
ATLANTA, GA
AUSTIN, TX
HOUSTON

Oberlln College
Unlv. of Conn. *
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Khyber Pass
Maxwell 1 s
ABC No Rio *

# &11 ages show

Kings Head Inn
Nicky D’s
Dark Horse
Emo's ♦*

Catal Huyuk *

**18 & Over

Artist Till*

A Bones Here They Come

Allirmativ© Action Escape

A rsedestroyer /Contusion

Atomic 61 Complimentary Buckskin Holder T
Big Boys The Fal Bvis Cass/CD

Big Boys The Skinny Elvis

Blowout Kit/Oooora spM

BoUw ©evils Ripple

Bom Against/Universal Order o! Armaggedon
Breakaway Breakaway

BudeHam Nascuts Per Ser Cam O'OHa
Charred Remains (aka M.I.T.B.) Sum ol Men

Formal/Countrv Price
7* 2.60

LP 7.60

7*EP (Swed/Cd) 3.00

Circus Lupus

Crash

Damrtot

Dead and Gone
Dead Tree
Demise

Solid Brass
July 1993 issue
Damitoi

Dead and Gone

Dead Tree

The Essence ol Shit

Disorder/Mushroom Attack

D.O.A.

Dog Faced Hermans
Drop Dead/Rupture
Econochrist
ego. (aka (ego.))
Exhale
F.Y.P
F.Y.P.

Face Down
Failure Face
False Sacrament
Fill IV Submachine
For Love Not Lisa
Free Kitten
Frumpios
Fumes
Geko
Geko

Greatest Shits
Hum a Lite
split

Trained to Serve
Es Komrrt Von Selbst

Cass/CD
7*

7-EP
7*EP
7-EP

LP (Spain)

LP

LP/CD
print
7-EP

cassette 2.60

7-EP 2.60

7-EP 2.30

CD(UKZHofland) 8 55

LP+7’ 5.00

LP/CD(Holl.) 8.50/9.10

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7.75/10.05
7.75/10.05
2.30
1.95

2.70
2.30
3.00

4.70
6.15/8.10

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7-EP

Itching, Burning,Irritation 7*EP

Cooties
My Neighbors are Stupid
War ol Survival
Failure Face
Paradigm
spM

Solthand

Oh Bondage Up Yours
Babies and Bunnies
Knock Out (he Axis
Join My Pretty World
Probing the Gash...

General Fools/Shil K* split
Headtrama Sacred Space

So Little Deserved
Live At Leeds
Heroin

Groundlessness ol Belie!
Big Rusty Bails

Heavenly
Heresy
Heroin
IconodasI
III Repute
John Henry West
John's Black Dirt
Kingdom Scum
Lazy Cowgirls
Leather! ace
Less Miserables

7-EP

7*EP

7-EP

7-EP

7*

7-EP

7' EP
LP/CD
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7-EP

7-EP (Canada)
7*

7‘ (UK)

7-(UK)

12-EP

7-EP
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Golden Asshole Legacy LP
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3.00

2.30

2.60

2.85

2.60

235

230

1.95

2.60

3.60
2.30

560/7.80
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3.00

2.60
2.90
235

4.70
2.06

5.60/7.80

2.60

2.70
6.50
5.10

Minx
Love is Insanity

LP/CD (UK) 9.05/13.85

Love, Truth, and Honesty 2/92 8/92

Manumission
Mecca Normal
Medicine Man
Naked Aggression
New Bomb Turks
No Use lor a Name
Offenders
Oiler/Bakamo no
Old Man
Picasso Trigger
Pditical Asylum
Propaganda
Omncy Punx

Manumission
Echo/Fan ol Sparks
C'ead Mile FaiMe
Naked Aggression
Trying lo Get By
The Daily Grind
I Hale Myself
split

Middle Ground/Lace
Valentin ^Calling God
How The West Was Won
How lo Clean Everything
(ME)

Eiohlball Comer Pockel 7'

7-EP
7-EP (Belgium)
7-EP
7-

7-EP

10-EP

2.60
265
2.05
2.75
2.30
6.50
2.60

LP/CD 4.55/7.80

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7’ 3.00

7* 275

10-EP (Scotland) 4.90
LP/CD (Can.) 5.56/9.45
7-EP 2.30

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Rainforest

Intellectual
Touch A Go
Touch A Go

Underdog

Gravity

Consequen

Macaco

Vermilorm

Dischord

Scribble Ull.

Discontent

Theologian

Discontent

Desparale

OORYO

Konkurrel

HCR

Vermilorm
Spitbrdher
Sunney Sin
Theologain
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Perspective
Burrito
Very Small
Rust

Theologian

Enply

Open

Open

Poussin

Theologian

Sarah

Open

Gravity/Ver

Ebullition

Dr. Strange

Gravity

Project A B

Eerie Mat

SFTRI

Roughneck

Travolla R.

Machination

Ebullition

Jettison

Thrashing

Notghborhd

Sympathy

Fal Wreck

Rabid

Theologian

Top Drawer

Jettison

Allied

Fat Wreck

THD

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Redd Kross 2,500 Fans Can't Be Wrong

Rights Reserved/Asstactor 4

Rorschach Close Your Eyes A See Death

Rubber Sole
Scream
Scream

Self Help Mantra
Shd maker
Sixty Seven (67)
Slug
Spit boy
Sleet Wod
Slillmdion
Subhumans
Subhumans
Subhumans
Subhumans
Suburban Propain
Sugar Britches
Superconductor
Superkods
Swiz

Understand

V/A

Working Class John
Fumble

Still Screaming ♦

SeN Help Mantra
Shd maker
Bright Black
Hambone City
True Sen Revealed
Simple Men Who Like. . Hands
Slillmdion
29:29 SpM Vision
The Day Ihe Country Died
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Time Flies/Rats

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7-EP

Cass.

7-

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CD

7-

7‘EP (Canada)

V/A
V/A
V/A
V/A
V/A
V/A
V/A
V/A
Velocity Girt
Verbal Assaull
Versus
Voorhees
Wat Tyler
Zoni Geva

Bachelor Man
HH Songs tor Girls
In My Way
STCEJER
Understand
Blllleeeaaauurrrgghhhl
God's Chosen People
Music lor Ihe Proletariat
Revive Us Again
Son d Bllleeeargghl
Three Twelve Ninety Three

Wade Free Vancouver
We Love You!

Which World!

My Forgdten Favorite

Exit
Let's Electrify
Violent...
Sexless
Disgracetand

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7- EP

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7- EP (Int’l)

7* EP (France)
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7-EP (UK)
7-EP (UK)

7” (Japan)

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3.15
2.60
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9.40

1.95
240

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260

4.40
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2.60
9.00
9.45
9.00
9.00
3.90
260
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2.30
3.00
2.60
5.00
7.80
2.65
260
2.05
6.60
2.70

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2.70
6.20

7.50
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3.35

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Fallen Squi.
Como Caca
Rubber Sol.
Dischord
Dischord
Underdog
M anticore
Southern

Ebullition

Empty

Word d Mou

Bluurgl

Bluurgl

Bluurgl

Bluurgl

Asst. Prkchp

Theologian

Boner

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THD

AWA

Slap A Ham
Old Glory
Allied

Machination
Slap A Ham
Ebullition

Diesel

Hdlow

Slumberiand

Dokonkurrel

Remora

AWA

Damaged

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Dear
Maxi¬
mum,
We read
yourshitworker
of the month write-up of Ayn Imperato
(#123 August 1993) with interest and
disappointment. Ayn is a respected
individual in our community who ac¬
tively contributes to our movement.
We feel it is a dangerous precedent to
trivialize the achievements of women
in our scene. Your format immediate¬
ly turned her from being a strong
individual into a fluffy belly dancing
fuck bunny. Maximum reaches an in¬
ternational audience, predominantly
white males to whom your write-up
presents Ayn as a punk rock boy’s
“wet dream of the month”, rather than
an inspiration.

Intelligence and open sexuality
are not mutually exclusive, and one
should not be sacrificed at the ex¬
pense of the other (nor highlighted at
the expense of the other, as was done
in the write-up.) Our goal as women is
to show a complete picture of our¬
selves as human beings, not as ste¬
reotypes on someone else’s terms!

If you are going to be an “alterna¬
tive” magazine, as you claim, then be
a real alternative, not fucking Sassy
Magazine.

So, you can suck our collective
left one(s),

Miriam W., Mimi N., Sarah Z., Kirsten
B., Rachel S., Fawn G., Anna C.,
Daphne B., Sonia J., Marike S.

Dear collective left ones,

Most around here would agree
with your criticism and are plenty
pissed. The decision to run this was
made by a group (2 women & 2 men),
and was written by a woman. Go
figure. Tim

® Dear Suzanne,

This is regarding your
review of No Longer A Fan¬
zine in ish 121. You’re right, for
the most part this is a rad ‘zine, my
friend Mary-Jane and I were enjoying
it very much- it was ‘anti’ all the right
things if you know what I mean the
editor was so angry at homophobia,
religious nuts, cigarette smoking, etc
etc...fitting topics for today’s punk.
Even Green Day came in for some
criticism. Then we came to the article

Tales of Pace’, about how editor Joe
hates his job at Pace Club Cars. I
quote directly...

“Friday is retard day at Pace. A
gaggle of the Downs Syndrome pos¬
se shamble in (not unlike the zombie¬
like Pace customers, but at least the
‘tards have the sense not to buy any¬
thing). One time a guy with a melted
face shook my hand (even though I
hid behind the counter as I always do
when they come in). After they left I
sprinted to the bathroom to wash off
the retard germs w/ hot water. But I
was too late: my brow began to grow
and my jaw hangs forever agape.”
(Alongside a couple of caricatures of
(ha ha) retards).

This is not funny. This is fucking
sick. To see this shit get a good review
in Maximum is saddening. Take out
that one page and the zine rules, but
with this in, it shows Joseph Gervasi
up to be an ignorant, bigoted prick.
Bigotry doesn’t stop after racism, sex¬
ism or homophobia, or is this the last
form of prejudice it’s still ’cool’ to have?
(It has also been common to see
bands reviewed in MRR with such
adjectives as ‘retardo-rock’ or 'tard-
core’).

I know you get a ton of zines to
review, and it would be impossible to
read every column inch of each one,
so I don’t blame you personally. It
would be cool however if you could
print this letter or some sort of retrac¬
tion so people know what they’re buy¬
ing. I’m not urging a PC-style clamp-
down on people’s language, just say¬
ing that if someone is anti-racism,
homophobia and sexism they ought
to be able to make the connection and
be against all bigotry, you know, a bit
of consistency. Unless, of course,
they’re only interested in wearing
badges to show they’re aware of the
cool issues. Anyway, that’s all. Thanks
for your time.

Allan McNaughton/ Feeble Records/
186 Kingsheath Ave/ Glasgow G73
2DE/ UK

PS: If you print the letter, could
you also print this - the address listed
in Book Your Own Life for Glasgow
Music Collective is now out of date -
mail sent there will reach us but it’ll
take longer. Use either the above
address or c/o Jer/11 Holyrood Cres¬
cent/ Glasgow G20 6HJ/ UK. Thanks
a lot.

a ^ Heya Maximum Rock ‘n’
^J^Roll....

I thought I’d take a
^ moment and drop a historical
lecture to that Rabbi So-and-So from
that last issue. I’m quite positive that
my fellow MRR readers (or at least
those who buy it for the pictures) will
rebut his political philosophy. So, if I
may?

First off, the White Russians (be¬
sides being the inspiration for a drink)
were not seeking White Supremacy.
Those who were members of the White
Guard and so forth were the elite,
members of the class in Russian so¬
ciety that chose to speak French be¬
cause it was more civilized. After the
serfs were given emancipation (not
really, but that’s another lecture) by
one of Nicholas M’s predecessors,
Alexander, the privileged class of Rus¬
sian society (there were only two, rich
and poor, the middle class didn’t ex¬
ist) felt threatened because they could
no longer force people to stay on their
land and completely control them as
they had been doing since before the
Romanovs came to power. So, the
rich became the White Power, not
because they were fighting for White
Supremacy but because the royal col¬
ors were white and gold, attempting to
preserve their way of life.

Czar Nicholas II did not die be¬
cause he stood up for his White Sov¬
ereignty as you say. He died because
after abdicating his throne to the then
Menshevik/Bolshevik party and Pro¬
visional Government he was useless.
He plunged Russia into World War I,
a country that was slaughtered be¬
cause her troops didn’t have the weap¬
ons, food, clothing or desire to fight a
battle to bail out Nicholas M’s cousin.
When thousands of Russian troops
deserted “voting with their feet” as
Lenin puts it, the anti-czarist parties
suddenly had the support they need¬
ed. Nicholas ‘s great problem was
that he played at being a leader, dom¬
inated by his wife, Alexandra and
Rasputin. The man was indecisive
and when he was shot along with all
but two of his family outside of Ekater-
inaburg, it was because he was of no
value to the new regime.

One last thing, I’m sorry you re¬
gret your education. I’m fighting to get
one, I work two jobs, one 45 hours a
week and one 39, take classes every

night of the week and am trying to
keep my family together all because
my dad doesn’t believe that women
need an education. I don’t feel sorry
for myself, one day, I’ll have my law
degree and be able to practice human
rights law, with emphasis on Russia
and the tribes of the United States.
You have the right to believe in any¬
thing you wish, but before you speak
on it, you should know as much of the
truth as you can find out. How can you
ever hope to sway anyone into the
“truth” of your way if you don’t know all
the truth yourself?

Caroline/ PO Box 2758/ Merrifield,
VA 22116

O

MRR and all readers there-of:

This letter concerns
"the unjust review of my fan¬
zine, Feast of Hate and Fear.
Yeah.J know what your saying an¬
other kid with a broken heart from a
bad review. Not quite! When I say
unjust, I mean UNJUST. It .seems
that ‘The Judge” has taken to not
review my fanzine at all. What he
reviewed was my review section! He
writes, “Punk competes with industri¬
al and rap for reviews.” Why the word
competes ? Punk cannot live with or
settle itself with industrial or rap? Or
are you such an Elitist that you must
keep punk hidden from all others but
yourself. No. NO! I can’t be punk.. I
just can’t... boo-hoo... no matter how
hard I try to, the message that Skinny
Puppy puts in their music is just too
powerful. And rap...didyou notice that
the misogynistic bands I gave bad
reviews to, and good ones who rap
about the things we need to know, like
urban struggle and the need to uplift
the Black man. Oh, sorry ...you didn’t
want to hear that because your punk.
My mistake. Either way, why are you
so worried about punk “competing”
with rap and industrial. Out of 41 re¬
views only 6.. .that's right SIX out of 41
were rap reviews. Oh shit...out of 41
reviews only 2, oh my god...TWO
could be considered industrial. Of
which the nominees are (drum roll
please...) GODFLESH and TIT
WRENCH! Two band that MRR usu¬
ally reviews! Oh boy this is getting
good. So the fight is 8 against 33.. .punk
outnumbers the others almost four to
one. You see that was unjust!!

So I reviewed Option magazine

from London. God unmighty, I should
be flogged! Listen Judge, when my
‘zine becomes the punk bible MRR is
(no offense Tim Yo) and I receive
fanzines up the wazoo. I will review
them all, and stop with the magazine
reviews Once again the odds were
unfair anyway. Out of 33 reviews only
TWO were major magazines that's
outnumbering the majors 15 to 1. Hey
I just found more reviews at the back
of the fanzine that I forgot I wrote... so
add on four more to the punk side.

Now real quick are two answers
that I really want. The Judge can
answer them privately by contacting
me or write after this letter in MRR.
Hear are the two questions.

Why did you review my review
section and NOT my articles, that I
actually sat down to write. Instead of
a bitch, grunt, moan type of article
saying, “Fuck this, man! Fuck that,
bro!” You got articles that I put time
into and thought out. Whether you
agreed with them or not you could
have reviewed this. But, you didn’t
why not? Why the review section?

Secondly, just like other elitist
punks, I bet you go around screaming
and yelling, “Don’t sell out!” , “Fuck
the majors!” and you try your hardest
to keep it all D.I.Y., right? How can we
stay D.I.Y. when people like you ruin
things by giving answers away to ques¬
tions that D.l .Y. labels are giving away
free stuff. You see if I was a major
label and did that and you gave away
the answerto the mystery photo (which
yes, it was Bill Clinton when he was a
lad) I would understand, because like
you say... "Fuck the Major Labels!!”
But I’m just a guy who wanted to be
nice and give out free stuff to those
who had enough intelligence to get
one stupid question! Did you hate my
fanzine that much that you not only
tried to smash my ego... but tried to
hurt my pocketbook? Why do you
want me to be broke so bad? Not to
mention that the people who are now
wasting stamps to write in to a contest
that is null and void thanks to you! I
hope you are happy. But in the end I
guess I just might win. Why do you call
yourself The Judge, Why not use your
real name. This reason alone is why I
didn’t resort to name calling or put-
downs. Because using a total pseud¬
onym means exactly what you are a
nameless, faceless loser.

Yours
punkly (oops
I’m sorry I for¬
got I listen to
rap)

Adel Lazch Souto 156 Feast of Hate
and Fear fanzine (a socio-politico
‘zine)

P.S.- If anyone cares to see what
this argument was based over. Send
stamps (no cash will be accepted, cuz
I’m not trying to make a quick buck
here) to: PO Box 820407/ South Flor¬
ida, FL 33082-0407

To Maximum Rock & Roll:

I am writing in re¬
sponse to Mr. Ben the Wea¬
sel’s “column” in your August
’93 issue (#123), in particularthe com¬
ments made regarding Macondo Es-
pacio Cultural. This Weasel mentions
that the “owner of the club hadn’t
shown up.” It would have been intelli¬
gent for Mister Weasel to perhaps
have gotten out of “the van” and have
done some research. First of all, Ma¬
condo is not a club. It is a non-profit
cultural organization. The “hardcore/
punk” shows that go on here are an
effort on the part of the center to
involve the youth community in pro¬
ductive activities. These shows make
up a small portion of our yearly calen¬
dar, which consists of activities rang¬
ing from seminars on breaking the
economic blockade the U.S. perpe¬
trates against Cuba, screening of in¬
dependent films, and arts and crafts
workshops, to readings, art exhibits,
and so on. Secondly, the director of
our center is not, as Weasel assumes,
“a guy who runs (the place).” In fact,
our director is a woman. The actual
owner of the entire building, in which
Macondo leases one of seven spac¬
es, is a doctor by the name of Stephen
Dweck. The owner of the building has
nothing to do with our organization
besides collecting our monthly rent.
Could it have been that the Weasel
confused the person he or his agent/
promoter/booker spoke with for the
owner? The fact is that the person
who set up that particular show is
named Mark Rodgers. This individual
has set up shows on occasion with
our center, but he does not work with¬
in the infrastructure of our organiza¬
tion. (By infrastructure I mean sweep¬
ing, mopping, wiping walls, etc.) If this

is the individu¬
al that the Wea¬
sel is referring
to, let me make
it clear that he
does not own Macondo, run Macon-
do, pay the rent for Macondo, or clean
Macondo. In all fairness, I have heard
this person erroneously call himself
the “promoter” for this “club,” so I
realize that maybe the Weasel be¬
lieved this. I wonder if this is “the guy
who runs this club” that “has a history
of fucking bands around.” If so, I have
yet to read that “history.” Neverthe¬
less, this Weasel should have tried to
learn something truthful about the
place (Macondo) that he attacks be¬
fore writing his “column.”

On to the question of flyers. Since
Mr. Weasel is not a resident of Los
Angeles, I wonder how he expected
to know if his show had been flyered.
A Macondo worker made a flyer list¬
ing all the shows for April 1993, and
we distributed two hundred at various
shows, record stores, and punk bou¬
tiques. (I am enclosing one with this
letter.) On the flyer, a show with Su-
pertouch and Farside is featured, sim¬
ply because it was the first show con¬
firmed for April (10), and the real vol¬
unteers at Macondo set it up our¬
selves. A listing of upcoming shows
was included in non superstar sized
letters, which had the following: “bat¬
tered women’s shelter benefit-Sat.
April 3 / Jawbreaker-Sun. April 4 /
Screeching Weasel-Fri. April 9.” The
reason these shows were in smaller
letters, which might offend an ego, is
simply because these shows were
tentative. So if you add our two hun¬
dred flyers with the two hundred flyers
that Benny claims the “crazy” Screech¬
ing Weasel fan” made, you get 400
flyers circulating the Los Angeles area.

I did not personally see flyers by the
fan, or by Rodgers, who assured me
that he had made some. I cannot
confirm either. I also heard that KXLU
made mention of the Screeching
Weasel show well in advance. (KXLU
88.9 PM is a college radio station in
L. A.) I don’t see why the Weasel com¬
plains and tries to blame Macondo for
the 15-30 fans that showed up to see
the show. I might add that when it was
announced that the great Screeching
Weasel had weaseled out, about 10
fans left, leaving the support groups

Karp from Olympia, WA, and Kero¬
sene 454 from L A. to play in front of
about 20 people, plus the real staff of
Macondo. Maybe those tons of peo¬
ple in L A. that like Screeching Wea¬
sel just like to write letters. (Weasel
does say that the majority of his fan
mail is from L.A.).

The P. A. issue is a tricky one.
Macondo had its own P. A. system,
but it got stolen along with cables and
microphones. Honestly, Macondo
never had monitor speakers. In this
case, Rodgers was in charge of bring¬
ing the P. A. and monitors that Mr.
Weasel needs. He did bring them,
about 10 minutes after the Screech¬
ing Weasel van left. Now, it is easy to
point fingers. Benny should have in¬
formed himself about what he was
talking before writing about it. If any
band feels “fucked around” by Ma¬
condo, I invite them to write us (4319
Melrose Avenue/ Los Angeles, CA
90029). And if the problem is the
elusive guy that Weasel never men¬
tions by name, I don’t see why this
cannot be resolved. On the same
token, anyone that does not feel
“fucked over” by Macondo or this guy
should write to Macondo, Maximum
Rock and Roll, and especially Ben¬
jamin Weasel, just so he can get some
facts on which to base his comments.

I would really hate to think that Ben
Weasel writes about things that are
not true. Ponder the thought, and do
your homework. Sincerely,
Raymundo Tonatiuh Reynoso, Ma¬
condo volunteer/ 4319 Melrose Ave¬
nue/ Los Angeles, CA 90029

P. S. An apology to bands that
we have not called back. As some
people found out, our phone got dis¬
connected for quite a while. It now
works. (213-953-0615). Also, on a
racial note, Weasel writes “I witnessed
a Mexican boy of no more than nine or
ten ride by on his skateboard.” Did the
boy have a sign over his head saying
“I am Mexican”? Did Benny ask him
where he was from? (“Mexican” re¬
fers to a nationality.) Or did the Wea¬
sel commit the prejudiced folly of as¬
suming that any person that appears
Latino is from Mexico???

Raymundo,

My assumption that the young
boy was Mexican was based on info I
received that Macando is in a Mexi¬

can neighborhood. Coming from Chi¬
cago, I know better than to make such
assumptions about people who ap¬
pear to be Latino, so for that I apolo¬
gize.

I also apologize for neglecting to
mention the community center as¬
pects of Macando, of which I was
aware (I only sat brooding in the van
after the doors had opened and no
one had showed up with monitors). In
that respect, I’m sure the space is
quite adequate. For a gig, it’s kinda
lousy. The P.A. system was a total
piece of shit, and actually, one of the
Macando volunteers told our "manag¬
er” (who is our guitarist) that he didn’t
really know for sure if Mark would
bring monitors. My apologies for my
assertion that Rodgers runs the club,
it was an assumption on my part and
one that I made because he present¬
ed himself to Jughead (our guitarist/
booking agent) as the man who puts
on the shows at Macando.

But the bottom line is, 200 fliers
listing a band name in small letters
and a mention on one local radio
show is by no means adequate pro¬
motion fora gig in the second largest
city in the country. Rodgers showed
up late, we weren’t going to get a
soundcheck and he had been trying
to worm out of his deal with us (which
was 50% of the door - not the $400
guarantee that was reported in an
L.A. ‘zine, the name of which escapes
me).

Look, I apologize for making an
assumption about Macando when the
blame apparently should be laid in
Mark’s lap, but I still say that the show
was a fucking mess (when I got home,

I got several letters asking why we
cancelled our show at the “Anacon¬
da” in Santa Barbara). I’m still getting
letters from people asking when we’re
coming to L.A., and the people who
did show up seemed to have found
out about the gig through our MRR ad
and word of mouth. Maybe we’re just
not as popular in L.A. as I thought we
were (though Zed Records claims they
sell a ton of S. W. stuff; they never
heard about the gig or got fliers in
either). Anyway, all we ask for from a
show is a halfway decent P.A. with
monitors and a fair cut of the door. We
got neither at Macando and it was the
only show out of 32 that was so disor¬
ganized that we had to bail. (By the

way, our roadie, who tours with a lot of
bands, gave me the info that Rodgers
has screwed over many punk bands -
I believe him). I also believe the peo¬
ple at Zed, and the members of Jaw¬
breaker and Voodoo Glowskulls who
told me we should’ve played another
club. Next time we will. Ben Weasel

Dear MRR,

1 ) This letter is in re-

I sponse to the letter from “Bren¬
dan from NC” in MRR #123 (Aug.
1993) In general, I feel that sexual
relationships are private and that
friends owe it to each other to be
frank, even blunt, in telling each other
what actions make them feel uncom¬
fortable. However, Brendan made
some public accusations against me
which I feel I should address in like
manner. Although I am thankful that
he did not print my name, I realize that
because we live in a small town, and
I am the only “known” gay member of
a local band, it is likely that a lot of my
friends will know that Brendan is talk¬
ing about me.

Brendan shares a common mis¬
conception that homosexuals like me
are unable to express affection to¬
wards friends of the same sex without
trying to seduce them. The miscon¬
ception has homophobic overtones,
and I am forced to ask myself how
Brendan would respond to a woman
who wanted to “cuddle and hold
hands” (his words) when he came
overto herhouse. Would he think that
she too was harassing him? I am also
forced to ask myself why Brendan
sees such activities as cuddling and
holding hands as threatening, and
why he continued to visit my home,
hold my hand, and cuddle with me
without ever mentioning that it made
him feel uncomfortable (for clarity,
cuddling in this case apparently means
sitting close to each other on a couch).
To be blunt, I have as little sexual
interest in Brendan as he says he
does in me, and I consider my friendly
expressions of affection as just that—
— nothing more.

I will conclude with a word to

those friends i still have left-if I

ever do anything that makes you feel
uncomfortable, threatened, or in any
way displeases you, please tell me
directly and without hesitation. I re¬
spect that you are probably not at¬

tracted to me, but I refuse to censor
my every expression of affection be¬
cause some jerk like Brendan might
take it the wrong way. Remember that
something which seems to you to be
an attempt at seduction might seem

innocent and friendly to me-and

something which is appropriate in
some circumstances (hugging, for ex¬
ample), might be inappropriate at oth¬
er times. It’s up to you as a friend to do

your part by telling me-just as it is

up to me as a friend to respect your
wishes and do my best to try to antic¬
ipate what is acceptable to you.

One final note-it is impossi¬

ble for me to sign my real name to this
letter because of the nature of the
place we live. As Mike Bullshit ob¬
serves in a recent column, “disclosing
ones homosexuality is often physical¬
ly hazardous... in rural communities.”

I grateful to those in NC who know and
accept me (and there are many), but
there are also many who would use
written proof of ones homosexuality

as a basis for discrimination-“hide

what you have to hide, and tell what
you have to tell.”

One friend lonelier in NC

Dear MRR readers,

Joey Vindictive told an
excellent story in his letter in
M RR #123. At least that’s what
it seemed like to me, a story. I was at
the Fugazi show Joey spoke of, and I
did indeed witness first hand Joey
getting his head smashed against the
wall outside the theatre, maybe that’s
what caused his memory of the pre¬
ceding events to be a little foggy. Joey
told you about how Ian MacKaye didn’t
seem to care that people were getting
beat up so Joey heroically grabbed
hold of the microphone and told the
“interested and concerned” audience
about the problem. Oh yeah...then he
passed out some flyers.

However, what I saw was Joey
Vindictive climb on to the stage while
bouncers from the left and right seek¬
ing to remove him were waved off by
Ian. Then, Ian waved to the rest of the
band to stop, so he could hear Joey
talk. After that, Ian said something to
the effect of, “Joey says that the bounc¬
ers are beating people up, have any
of you seen this?” A number of people
started yelling and clapping, and it
was at this point that Joey pulled the

(for some rea¬
son, con¬

cealed) flyers
from under his
jacket and

threw them at the “interested and con¬
cerned” audience, making them feel
angry and foolish for believing him
when now it looked like all he really
wanted to do was pass out his flyers.

So Ian said, “What Joey really
wanted to do was pass out his flyers.”
And the show continued. Had I been
in Ian’s situation I would’ve done the
same thing. Hell, if I didn’t also see
people getting their asses kicked by
the bouncers I would’ve thought Joey
was the biggest shithead who ever
lived, which I don’t. I just don’t like
seeing people gain fame through stick¬
ing it to each other in MRR.

I mean, you don’t believe every¬
thing you read do you?

Jason Mojica/ 2427 So. 58th Ct./ Ci¬
cero, IL 60650

MRR and Joey Vindictive:

This is in response to
Joey’s letter in MRR #123
about his troubles at the May
28th Fugazi show at the Oak Theater
in Chicago. (Joey was outside the
theater passing out fliers for an up¬
coming show at a club he books when
he said he witnessed violent and un¬
necessary bouncing tactics by the
theater security. He bought a ticket,
made his way to the stage, told Ian
that security were being shitheads,
then threw out the rest of his fliers and
concluded his moment in the spotlight
with a very “punk” stage dive. He
contends that he then got his ass-
kicked by security when he left the
show and blames Ian and the band for
not taking his grievance seriously.)

First off, I have never met Joey
Vindictive, so I don’t think it’s fair of
me to say what his true motives were,
but I do feel the need to strongly
question his judgment. I did not see
any security violence that night, but
after reading Joey’s letter, I don’t doubt
that it occurred. This was not a venue
accustomed to punk shows, and it
would not surprise me if security was
completely ignorant on how to handle
one. I believe Joe saw what he said he
saw.

My version of what happened
when Joey made his way to the stage

differs from Jo¬
ey’s version.
Here’s what I
saw: Fugazi
was in the mid¬
dle of a song when Ian noticed that
this guy was trying to get his attention.
Ian stopped playing and so did the
rest of the band. Joey, if Ian was “too
busy having his ego massaged” to
listen to you, then why did he stop in
mid-song to hear what you were bitch¬
ing about? In your letter you made it
sound like Ian was totally blowing you
off and you had to rip the microphone
away from him. That’s bullshit. It did
not happen that way. Ian voluntarily
stopped playing to listen to you. Sure,
he might have been giving you atti¬
tude!, (I was too far away to hear any
of the short conversation between Ian
and Joey) but the main point is that he
did listen.

O.K., here is the part that Joey
Vindictive left out. After Joey spoke
on the microphone (My memory is a
little fuzzy on how Joey got the micro¬
phone, but it seemed to me that Ian let
him have it), Ian got the mic back and
asked if anyone had seen a bouncer
kicking ass. (did you forget to mention
this Joe?) He genuinely seemed con¬
cerned, but before this pseudo-inves¬
tigation went any further, Mr. Vindic¬
tive whipped out his fliers and let ‘em
fly. Then he dramatically stage-dove.
Like Joey said, Ian then made a sar¬
castic comment and the band started
playing their next song. End result of
Joey Vindictive’s “good-faith” journey
to Ian? 1) His grievance was not taken
seriously by the band nor most of the
crowd. 2) A real nifty Fugazi tune was
fucked up.

O.K. Joey, if you were trying to
stop the violence like you said you
were, I applaud and respect you, but
my question to you is this: “What the
fuck was Ian supposed to think after
you threw out the fliers and ran away?”
By doing that, it made it seem like your
sole reason for grabbing the audi¬
ence’s attention was to advertise your
show. You trivialized the violence and
injustice that you had just witnessed.
Why didn’t you hang around the stage
until Ian and the rest of us who hadn’t
seen anything got some answers?

You say that it is up to Fugazi and
the crowd to monitor shows. Well, it
seems to me that Ian, by giving you

the opportunity to address the crowd
and then attempting to pursue your
allegations, agrees with you on this
point but I’m afraid your little “show”
on center stage screwed up this joint
“police” effort between the band and
the crowd.

I think it sucks that you and other
people got beat-up that night and I
hope you win your law-suit, but before
you called Fugazi a bunch of hypo¬
crites, I really wish you had taken the
time to examine how your own ac¬
tions crippled your credibility.
NG/607 Catherine St./Ann Arbor, Ml
48109-1316

P.S. I don’t think Ian owes you
anything.

O Dear Max RnR:

My name is William Tynorand
I run Social Retardance
Records in Tempe, AZ. I have
grown to respect your efforts to pre¬
serve the D.I.Y. ethics of today’s punk
and underground music. One ethic
has been that anyone can do it, no
matter how low the budget is, as long
as the proper and most efficient re¬
sources are in your reach. MRR have
consistently encouraged young bands
to do it themselves by putting out their
own music on whatever format they
can, however they can. I believe that
it is widely known that cassettes are
the most accessible format available
to the listening audience of our sub¬
culture and several others around the
world. Plus, they are the most sensi¬
ble format to release music on, espe¬
cially if a band has limited resources
(money). My band, Alan’s Fear, pur¬
chased 200 22-minute cassettes with
boxes and postage to ship it from the
manufacturer for only $110.00 (55
cents per tape). We payed an addi¬
tional $60 to a local printer to have
printing done directly on the shell (it
would of cost us $32 if we wanted
labels instead). Of course, we are still
on the Kinko’s level, so creating the J-
cards was around $25. We duplicated
ourselves, tape by tape, on a tape
deck. Do you get it??? We did it our¬
selves!!!

I feel that it is a slap to the face of
limited budget D.I.Y. artists now that
your publication is not giving recogni¬
tion to cassette-only releases in your
review column. When you break it all
down, what is really being said is that

a publication that claims belief in the
D.I.Y. underground scene is now tell¬
ing bands and labels that they have to
spend a few hundred dollars more if
they want someone from your staff to
print theiropinions of their recordings.
Personally, I would prefer a 7" EP
over a cassette EP if both were avail¬
able for me to choose. But, then again,
I’m well off enough to own a stereo
that I can play and record vinyl to
blank tapes (many of my friends are
not that well off and all they own is a
tape player with a speaker or two). I
have received a few catalogs of record
pressing plants that the minimum or¬
der on 7" records is only 100 and cost
around $300 for the initial order and
$45 for each additional 100. Good
deal if I’m planning to release 1000
records, but still doesn’t compare to
the cassette prices I described above.

I hope that my letter is only one of
many that you receive on this issue. I
also hope that MRR will re-consider
doing tape reviews based upon my
and several other letters. I under¬
stand the problem of the shortage of
reviewers in your staff. Well, here is
one volunteer if you need help (I will
be doing reviews for Grind #5). Be¬
sides, shortage or not, why terminate
cassette reviews entirely ??? Thank
you,

William Tynor. Social Retardance
Records/ PO Box 25666/ Tempe, AZ
85285-5666

Wm,

For the zillionth time in the last
few years, I’ll reiterate why we aren’t
reviewing cassettes anymore. 1) Most
(not all) are shitty, either because a
band has recorded prematurely and
are generic as hell, or because they
sound shitty because it’s a practice
level recording. 2) The burnout rate of
cassette reviewers is much higher
than other formats, mainly doe to the
reasons stated in 1). 3) No one want¬
ed to volunteer their time to take over
the thankless job of previewing cas¬
settes when Chris Dodge gave it up,
for the reasons stated in 1) and 2). I
appreciate your willingness to help
out, but all our reviewers must be
local so that they can check in weekly
or more frequently.

That’s it. I ain’t answering any
more such letters. In the future, cas¬
sette producers can write their own

reviews and send them in to the Tape
Classified section. It’s cheaper than
mailing in a cassette, and you get to
announce your project to the world.
Tim

MRR,

Ben Weasel, I died
laughing reading your column
in #123. Hey, I’m a fat fuck (just ask
my cuddly boyfriend) and I fart lots
too. Hmm, you admit to doing it too.
Hmm, I give points for loudness and
longevity. Wanna fart together some¬
time?

Thornton Kimes / 6051 /2 So. Main #2
/Seattle, WA98104.

P.S. You can print the address
too. I’ll fart with anyone...

Dear MRR,

I am sure, by now,
'you’ve heard the rumor that
GG Allin is dead. This pisses
me off for a number of reasons. If GG
did, in fact, die of a heroin OD in NYC,
then he obviously wasn’t that profes¬
sional self destructive blood-letter we
all thought he was. He was a fucking
amateur pretending to be the tough
guy, the ball breaker, the man without
a brain. After all, he promised us he
would blow his goddamn brains out
on his birthday, then conveniently got
out of it by kicking his girlfriend’s ass
and getting tossed into the slammer
instead. He could have killed himself
any number of times in prison, but that
would have been too easy, and there
wouldn’t be anyone there to catch it all
on film. Because, when you really get
down to it, GG isn’t a punk rock hero,
he’s a fucking actor. He’s putting on
an act, and the pseudo wannabee self
destructive suburban tough guys have
to suck it up or admit its all a fake.
When GG got out of prison he was
hooked more into the commercializa¬
tion of his image than he was into
committing suicide. Hundreds of in¬
terviews started popping up, many of
them in mainstream publications. For
an outsider GG was certainly getting
a lot of press coverage, which he
catered to with the ahhh shucks man
this is what I do. The whole suicide
scam was another money making
deal, and the doubts everybody had
were justified. After all, GG could have
blown his brains out at any time, but
he didn’t have the balls to do it. And

this kissing ass in the interviews after
he got out of prison was so contrived
that the doubts about his suicide were
now compounded with doubts about
his really having been an outsider all
along. But what pisses me off the
most is if the rumor is true that GG did,
in fact, die of a heroin OD in NYC, that
I will never get the opportunity to see
him blow his brains out while bleed¬
ing, pissing, shitting, and singing to an
audience. I was looking forward to the
video, playing it in slow motion as his
brains flew through the air, as his
bodily fluids splattered innocent by¬
standers that one last time. I was
looking forward to the real thing, not a
rumor, or a bullshit OD.

Oberc/ PO Box 14252/ Chicago IL
60614-0252

Dear MRR,

This letter is in com¬
ment of the recent death of
GG Allin, the self-appointed
“King of the Underground.” I mean, he
did earn the title or whatever. But now
that he is gone, who is going to be the
new king?

I suggest my friend Jason Fuller
cause he’s a nice guy, and on his
recent trip to Illinois he bought me 3
albums: Irish folk with dulcimer, a
who’s who in jazz with Charlie Min¬
gus, and another one.

Jason doesn’t have any home¬
made tattoos of lizards and a middle
finger. But he is a good candidate for
the title. He can play guitar pretty
good and he can do impressions of
Johnny Thunders and Al Bundy. So
think it over and tell me what you
think.

Christian Smith/ 5512 Hames Trc
#561/ Louisville, KY 40291

Christian,

Have Jason shove a broken bot¬
tle up his ass and eat his own shit and
he’ll have my vote. -Matt W.

I Dear MRR,

If most MRR readers
| believe punk to be about do¬
ing constructive things they
are mistaken.

Punk ts was about tearing things
down (ie, Religion, Government, Rock
Star systems, fashion, school, rules)
This groovie supportive alternative
movement that has evolved from the

northern Cali¬
fornia punk
world is some¬
thing else.

When a
tadpole becomes a frog you don’t still
call it a tadpole. Punk is Dead
Mutt/ 477 Webster St./ SF, CA 94117

A MRR and Readership,

The time has come!
We have all sat around docile
for years bitching about what’s wrong
with this country. And that’s all that’s
been done bitching, sure change starts
from within, but now it’s time to take it
to mainstream Amerika. We must or¬
ganize and unite and take this country
back from the stuffed shirts and mil¬
lionaires. After all do you really be¬
lieve they’re operating in your best
interest, sheep. That is why I have
started the 6x3x9 Network.

The 6x3x9 Network’s function will
be to unite those like minded individ¬
uals who are truly ready to smash the
system and sweep the rug from un¬
derneath the fat cat politician feet.
Now is the time to get involved, if we
can get people off their asses we can
break all the boundaries. By starting
local chapters we can get our people
into office not a Republican or Demo¬
crat. I mean really what are we going
to do sit around and wait for the Liber¬
tarians to get their shit together. I think
not, the Revolution has begun and we
will prevail and once again the true
spirit of liberty will reign.

The 6x3x9 Network’s stance on
issues will be as such as the follow¬
ing.

Pro-choice on abortion
Legalization of marijuana if not
all drugs

Taxation of Religion (imagine
what that would do for our economy.)

No form of censorship will be
accepted.

Realistic political salaries (eg.
president $30,000.)

National Health Care for all with
incomes under $30,000 or combined
income $45,000.

Term limits (oh no, how will the
Kennedys afford to eat)

No foreign aid until we can afford
it.

No ban on gays in military
Eliminate the IRS and convert to
National Sales Tax.

Establish the
strictest envi¬
ronmental pol¬
icies in history.
Realize that
education is our most valuable asset.

If any or all of these ideas hap¬
pen to be your personal belief, I urge
you to contact me. We must start
networking now to insure our future.
The larger our contact list is the eas¬
ier it will be for us to get things done.
For instance say Tipper Gore is com¬
ing to your town to talk to your local
P.T.A. on Family Values, and you
want to demonstrate. You can use
your contact list to get ahold of fellow
6x3x9ers in your area and go out in
full force. The contact list can also be
very valuable if you perhaps decide
to run for local office, which I heartily
encourage you to do. There will be no
charge to join the network, although
if requesting literature or information
I do ask that you enclose a SASE. I
also want to hear from people in the
Atlanta area who are interested in
communal Living. So until then I will
continue to educate increase aware¬
ness through my music with the Ted
Bundys. Let the era of Revolution
Rock begin.

Aleister 6x3x9/ PO Box 1397/ Mariet¬
ta, GA 30061-1397

Dear MRR,

In your last edition
Mick Krash wrote about our
benefit compilation (against the
war in former Yugoslavia) called The
Dignity Of Human Being Is Vulnera¬
ble. The problem is, that at the end of
his review he gives the wrong ad¬
dress. He gave the address of our
designer and maybe we can handle
this but the street number is missing
too. So to all people who wrote to the
wrong address and to all people who
are interested in our project, here is
our correct address: Anti War Action
Foundation For Former Yugoslavia
(AWA Foundation)/ Simplon Post¬
bus 1513/9701 BK Groningen/Hol-
land/phone:31 -50-128776 fax:31 -50-
143313.

Also I wanna inform people more
about our compilation because Mick
Krash didn’t give complete informa¬
tion. With the album you’ll get a book¬
let (48 pages), full of information about
organizations in former Yugoslavia

where money goes to and artwork
from 32 people from all over the
world and ex-YU. Also in the booklet
you find out all about our AWA action.
Every band gets one page with art¬
work, lyrics and a contact addresses.
The history of the conflict from first
World War and contact list of peace
organizations from all over the world
and all over ex-YU that fight against
this senseless war. Also you'll get the
sticker “Honey I Blew Up The Neigh-
bors”--cool and cynical!!!

In USA it is distributed by Black¬
list and in Europe by De Konkurrent.
Also available on CD with same
songs, booklet and sticker!!! Any¬
way, contact us for further informa¬
tion!!! Constructive fight for peace!!!
Moki in the name of AWA Foundation

MRR readers:

I just wanted to drop
you a short note to let you
know a couple of things. First of
all, Six Weeks’ Split Personality EP
with Capitalist Casualties and The
Dread was reviewed last issue, but
the wrong address was given. The
correct address is 2262 Knolls Hill
Cr./ Santa Rosa, CA 95405. The EP
is $3 ppd. so buy it, okay? Only if you
want to that is...

Secondly, my band just came
back from tour and there are a couple
of flakes out there that I would like to
warn those of you who are planning
on touring about as getting flaked on
when you’re states away from home
really sucks and I would hate for
anyone to waste their time with these
assholes. The below mentioned peo¬
ple were all people that confirmed the
show with me and then when we
pulled into town, flaked out without
even bothering to call us to let us
know, therefore completely wasting
our time and short funds. I could
completely understand if these peo¬
ple had tried only to have their space
closed down or something like that,
but these people weren’t even con¬
siderate enough to let us know that
the show was! These people are
Tahni Hill in Amarillo, TX, Damon
Moore in Edmund, OK, and Zac Bun-
dalo in Milwaukee, Wl. You’ve been
warned.

Thanks and high-5s to all the
great people who helped out a little
shit band from Concord like us this

summer! Love,

Athena/ The Dread

To whom it may concern-
For several months
over the past year, Recon¬
struction Records in NYC had
offered a catalog/distribution service.
Because of legal disagreements per¬
taining to how things should be done
the solution unfortunately has been
to terminate this part of the store. If
you wrote requesting a catalog from
us this is the reason you have not
received one. Laziness is why the
ads have not been changed, so don’t
ask for one. Our apologies to anyone
who wrote for the mix up.

Rumors: Yes we are poor. No
we are not shutting down for good
yet. There is a possibility of this come
Dec. due to inability to pay the in¬
crease in rent. Just don’t assume
we’re closed come Dec. I know I may
have angered some in saying this,
sorry it’s the truth. Last week the front
door was crowbar-ed open and all
the CD’s and stereo equipment were
stolen, adding to our financial prob¬
lems.

That’s all, again sorry to anyone
we’ve inconvenienced. Good night.
Justine/ Reconstruction Records/216
E. 6th St./ NY NY 10003

Dear Maximum Rockin n
jg|L Bands, especially those that
Jw' hav th Book Your Own Fuck¬
ing Life,

th Lizard Lounge in Minneapolis
Minnesota got shut down. If u left a
massage and I didnt get back to u,
sorry, we were kinda busy getting
evicted. We probly wont be able to
help with booking again till late Sep¬
tember. In th meanwhile, theres a
place very similar called th 35th St.
Entry, doing shows almost twice a
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I don't think too man

ny people would
argue that society is rapidly falling apart
around us. Every day seems to bring this
more and more into focus, with more bro¬
ken people piling up on the streets, more
desperate and hopeless people resorting to
whatever means necessary in getting "wnat
they need", more and more "regular" peo
pie realizing they have no security for their
family. People are living in fear—fear of a
race war, fear of random violence, fear of
diseases, fear of crime, fear of an ever
growing economic depression, fear of each
other.

You can feel and see this on the streets,
see it on TV and in the movies, and see its
ramifications in your own punk scene. You
can even read about it here in MRR, where
more and more of our columnists seem to
be in the grip of the fear, shifting further
and further towards the right, towards re¬
action. You can see it in places like Epicen¬
ter, where people spend more time sniping
at and fighting with each other than they
do in trying to be reach out. People lose
perspective when times like these occur.
When idealists fail to change society, they
turn back inwards, taking out their frustra¬
tions on each other. When people are faced
with bleak economic futures, they don't
care about the real underlying reasons, they
just react towards the growing symptoms
of degeneration.

And if they did have enough clarity to
see the root causes, can they hold on to that
vision for long enough to both survive
semi-sanely and to articulate a creative al¬
ternative to the growing madness? It's
tough.

What solutions are being put out there
these days? If society is crumbling, what
can be done to re-establish sanity while
correcting the problems that cause this de¬
cay in the first place?

The very far right articulates a race
war, and you may have read about some
skinheads who were trying to set it off by
assassinating Rodney King, rap stars, fa
mous athletes, etc. They might have sue
ceeded too, given the height of racial ten¬
sion you can witness every day in any
decent-sized US city. Oh, and thanks to the
FBI's trumpeting of their plans, we can
now look forward to many more such at¬
tempts in the future.

The electoral right wants us to return
to the days of yesteryear, but after 12 years
of such policies, it just reinforced the rich¬
est in their positions of wealth and power,
leaving the rest of us—especially the poor
and tax-paying middle class-to dangle in
the wind.

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OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE SOLELY THOSE OF THE COLUMNISTS
. .. ..{THANKFULLY).. ARE NOT MRR EDITORIAL POLICY

The moderates, like Clinton, can only
compromise till the word becomes a jokeJ
They can try to stem the rate of decay, but
they certainly aren't able to address the!
causes of the malaise. Slow growth econo¬
my isn t the reason we re imploding; again J
it's onl^ a symptom, j ‘ 1

creative and optimistic, but those words
have almost become dirty in this reality.
Most people, when given half a chance,
want to be reasonable and are willing to
compromise (in the good sense of the word).
But like the sheep mentality we punks make

~ ^ man nu ip wmmm ^ un so °^ en ' people are also prone to

e anarchists have yet to figure out I being swept along by hysteria, by racist
a way to advance ideas into the realm of I and sexist baiting, by leaders who are self-
a mass ecohdmy. TheirII ish, short-sighted and cowardly, by fear. If
j scream their way into I enough people can come to terms with the
ideological tizzies that make them look I fact that this system is failing and can't
about as reliable as crackpot religious right I salvage itself, then perhaps we can move
zealots. II on to formulating ways of redividing pow-

re-establisning self-esteem. New age

Some feminists have discredited
themselves—allying with the right in at¬
tacks on free speech, while others have

ev ve turned tnemseives into easy
targets for anyone who believes we've gotl
to find commonality in order to present!
any kind of focused
five. ' • '^JJI

The militant left long ago cut their
own throats, but especially since the de¬
mise of the USSR, they have drifted off into,
even greater obscurity.

he electoral left has compromised
itself to stay in power in the few places itl
has gained access, but just as some of thej
individuals mentioned above have been
dragged along into further conservatism
by the times, so have they as a group.

So what am I getting at here, other!
ban to appear to be a nitpicking whiner
like all the other people I've ci ted ? First off,
it's important to recognize a few realities;
before there can be any expectation of a I
change in this inward self-destruction. Why I
are we in a sinking ship? People were able
to see that the form of communism prac-|
ticed in Eastern Europe had failed, it fell
from its own weight, from the disastrous!
gap between the rhetoric of what it was'
supposed to be and the everyday reality
most people faced. But why can't they see
what is going on in their own backyard:;
that capitalism is failing too. It isn't about]
too much violence on Tv, or too many drug
dealers, or corrupt elected officials, orskin-
heads or black gangsters. It's about a sys¬
tem that evolved from semi-democratic
origins into one where power and money!
determines everything, where profitcomes]
before humanity, where people have lost
any ability to control their own lives and
futures. Any solution other than a redistri
bution of wealth and power is only a band
aid. The real problem is hopelessness and
alienation, where cynicism, defeatism, and
isolation have taken grip, where we all
fight amongst ourselves for the crumbs
instead of realizing there is a whole pie outl
there to share.

If enough people can see that a future]
where anybody who*wants to can share in
ownership and control of their workplace,
home, neighborhood, etc, then a certain
pride and rationality can return. This is not
deology, it is common sense. If given a

erand re¬
remedies, organize3 religion, bourgeois
compromise, 24-hour-a-day TV sports, or
macho posturing aren't going to change
the real underlying causes of our collective
psyches' downward spiral. Stepping back
from the picture and looking at just how
the evolution of capitalism and technology
have combined to destroy the fabric of
society over the last century is the first step.
Agreeing that change must occur to really
give people control (and not iust in one
country, since this is a global economic
situation) is the next step. Then working
out a program that empowers as many
disenfranchised people as possible must
follow. Since political leaders are unwill¬
ing or unable to do so themselves, it must
come from below. It must be sane and
reasoned, devoid of bullshit rhetoric and
cry-baby mentalities, must be able to ap¬
peal to the unemployed millions, to the
underemployed millions, and to the mil¬
lions who are working but have no real
future cuz they're running scared, are mas¬
sively in debt, and are just one injury or one
lay-off away from lifelong disaster.

Obviously, it's not all that easy. But
when you're in a depression, economic or
psychological, you've got to step outside
the funnel to see the picture clearly, must
be able to assert a broader reality than the
narrow range of vision and possibility that
you're usea to or are being offered (and
nave come to accept as the only choices).
It's time to put aside the rhetoric of desper¬
ation and me-firstism, of fear and hate and
selfishness, and start building something
better than any of us alone—or in our little
sub-groups-is/are. Any
es/sug,
formuL

before we all kill each other or ourselves.

MEIBOM sura

ITRE

ONG!

Remember when you really got mad
it someone? There you were, all important
earnest. They treated you like dirt.

rye

Fu

ley didn't know
you. Fuck, were you pissea. You'd show
them. Just wait. When you're on David
Letterman and they ask for a favor. They'll
see.

"Who's calling?" you'll ask. "I'm
afraid you have the wrong number. I never
heard of you."

Boy, that'll teach them.

Then something happens. Suddenly,
you understand that person. Their actions
make sense. You regret being stupid in the
first place. And carrying a grudge in the
second. Keep that in mind before you con-
2. Ok,

demn me.

<ayr

yo

month. The first is about Camille Paglia.
For the few who don't know her, she's a
post-feminist writer. She makes the amaz¬
ing claim that women should be responsi¬
ble for their own lives. They should not
blame, incest, harassment or THE PATRI¬
ARCHY for their misery. Instead, they
should take responsibility for their own
lives.

She's one of my idols. An anti-femi¬
nist with the brains and balls to take 'em all
on. A fast talker who refuses to buy into the
"we're all victims" or "sex is baa" line of
mainstream feminism. She's a smart tough
woman who takes shit from all sides and
flings it back.

I get a postcard. A picture of Glenn—
in his blond wig and housewife dress—
with Camille Paglia at his side. A film he
made about her will open next week. She'll
be there. I can meet her! In person!

I'm invited to the opening party be¬
cause I've been in a previous video called
CAT FIGHTS. Glenn co-directed that one
with Christine Martin, a Master of Fine
Arts and Mistress of Domination. They
interviewed me as "a punk provocateur."
ARTLESS's single. Harass , was the theme
song.

The party will be upstairs at a Times
Square disco called LISA. During the next
week, I rehearse the line I'll use when I
meet the famous woman.

"Hi," I'll say, "My name is Mykel
Board. I've always wanted to meet you
because I've been compared to you more
than any other person except Rush Lim-
baugh. I picture her laughing, then sitting
down witn me at a little table, and discuss¬
ing date rape.

When the big night finally comes, I
put on my Beer Is Better Than Girls Are t-
shirt and take the subway to the disco. I
push through the teens behind the ropes.
They wave twenty dollar bills. I flash my
invitation. The male model type doorman
unclips the velvet rope and lets me pass. I
exchange my invitation for a ticket and go
into the club. On the first floor, girls with
long red fingernails slide down a spiral
slide onto the dancefloor. They scream in
disco delight.

I hike upwards to the second most
appealing aspect of the night: an open bar.

At tne end of the long staircase, is a
room. After my eyes adjust to the non¬

light, I see that I'm the oldest one there
(except for Camille, herself). Most of the
boys wear blue Levis and t-shirts designed
to show their breasts. The girls mostly wear
blue Levis, and t-shirts less designed to
show their breasts. Some of either gender
wear dresses.

Camille is surrounded by people of
ail genders. She leans back against the bar,
her eyes half dosed. She smiles and nods as
eople come up to her. Even though I re-
earsed my line, I don't have the guts to
just walk up and introduce myself. First, I
claw through the crowd to have a beer.
Next to the bar stands Christine.

The MFA aspect of her personality
loses itself in her loosely tied trenchcoat.
There's not much else; just a white pushup
bra and panties. White stockings too, held
up with Black garters— of course.

"Mykel" she screams, stumbling to¬
wards me. "Let me buy you a drink.

"I thought it was an open bar." I say
"It is! It is!" she answers. Then
she turns to thebartender. "Champaign for
Mykel— and Cheryl!"

Christine gestures toward the beauti¬
ful Afro-Philadelphian to her right. She's a
goddess. Skinny as a teenage Michael Jack-
son, and twenty times as sexy. Lesbo— of
course. The blood rushes between my legs.

Cheryl, it turns out, is a film director
who's also curating a The Other Side of
Feminism festival for the Alternative Muse¬
um on Broadway. I ask her about it. "Is it
anti-feminist?"

"It's gonna be funny movies, satire,
slapstick, stuff to laugh at." she says. "Of
course, it's anti-feminist."

I slug down my champaign and set
down the plastic glass, fascinated by the
Negress.

"More champaign for Mykel and
Cheryl!" yells Christine.

The bartender, obviously a friend of
hers, trots right over and refills our glasses.

Glenn now stands next to Camille,
His blond wig tilts slightly forward as he
estures about something. Camille braces
erself with both arms behind her against
the bar. Her feet push out in front of her,
gradually sliding farther and farther away.

Cheryl sees me watching and asks,
"Have you met Camille yet?"

"No," I answer, "I want to. I've been
rehearsing this line for a week. She's one of
my idolsr

"But first another drink!" shouts
Christine. "More champaign for Mykel and
Cheryl!"

As we drink, Christine talks about
Ms. Paglia.

"She hates me." she says. "She thinks
I only want her body. Annie Sprinkle wrote
that she should sleep with me. Now she
just thinks I just want to fuck her. It's not
true! I love her mind!"

I look toward the topic of our conver
sation. Camille now sits directly on the bar,
propping herself on one elbow. In one hand
she has a glass filled with yellow liquid.
The other drapes over the shoulder of a

young woman wearing a long black dress.

^Hey isn't that Sandra?' y asks the film
curator.

"Who's....?" I don't have time to com¬
plete the question. Cheryl run through the
crowd around Camille. I follow.

"Sandra!" shouts Cheryl.

"Cheryl!" shouts Sandra.

The woman who has been under the
arm of Ms. Paglia breaks away and em¬
braces the directress. Camille nearly slides
off the bartop reaching for her parting part¬
ner.

After a few minutes of discussion,
Cheryl comes over to me. "That was San¬
dra." she says, "She was in my first movie.

I made it when we were both in college. She
was a lot butcher then. Now she's Camille
Paglia's girlfriend! Imagine that!"

I look over and see that Camille has
regained a bit of composure. She still sits on
the bar, but now she's more vertical. The
mostly empty drink remains in her right
hand, and tne other again drapes over San¬
dra's shoulder.

"I don't think Camille likes me very
much, either," says Cheryl. "She wasn't
very friendly."

Considering the rising state of un¬
friendliness, I decide to make my move
before there is even more tension. Chris¬
tine gets me another glass of champaign to
fortify myself before the introduction.

I squeeze my way up to Glenn, who is
now surrounded by a little crowd himself. .
I tug on the side of his housedress.
"Introduce me," I whisper.

"Sure Mykel," he says.

Then, as he makes the introduction,
Cheryl walks up behind me.

"Camille/' says Glenn, "this is Mykel
Board. He was in the Cat Fights video."

Camille extends a limp hand, looking
over my head at the approaching Cheryl.

"I've always wanted to meet you," I
tell her, "because I've been compared to
you more than any other living person
except Rush Limbaugh."

My delivery is flawless.

"That's nice," she says addressing the
top of my head. "How do you really know
her?" she yells to Cheryl over my head.

And what kind of film was that anyway?"

Cheryl freezes. "It was a student film."
she yells, "Just an arty...."

I'm disappointed. Crushed. Here is
someone I've wanted to speak to someone
I've raved about. Idolized. And she cares
more about her stupid girlfriend. I came to
her in good faith and got treated like a used
Kotex. She'll see. Just wait till my column
comes out. See how much respect she'll get
in the punk community after that. Hah!

The disco music suddenly loudens.
The TV screens over the bar come alive. It's
the video. Glenn, in the same dress, wear¬
ing the same wig, interviews Camille in
front of a fountain. The video sound is off.
Instead, RuPaul's Super Model discos
through the speakers.

There is a scream. It's not a scream of
horror or joy, but one of complete frustra-

tion. It's the same kind of scream I feel
inside, but it isn't me who's screaming. It';
Christine.

Her trenchcoat is undone. The skin
between her bra and panties glistens with
sweat. She stomps her high heels up and
down. Pow! Pow! Pow! She barely k<
her balance between stomps.

"I'm getting out of here!" she yells. "
can't take it."

She points to Glenn.

"That boy was practically a Commu
nist. I taught him everything he knows
about anti-Feminism and the evils of PC-
ness. Now, he's the star and they're ignor¬
ing me. Just 'cause I'm a woman!"

She pushes through the stunned
crowd toward the exit. Cheryl follows
Christine. I follow Cheryl. We end up at
The Boy Bar, a homopalace on St. Marks
Place.

Christine knows the boy at the door
He lets us in without question or cover-
charge. She also knows the bartender.

"Champaign for Mykel and Cheryl!"
she says. It's getting difficult to stand.

We go downstairs to the dancefloor
There's a big stage, half lit, as if expecting a
performer to appear. One does. It's not
who they expect.

It's Christine. She jumps on stage and
starts shaking her hips. The trenchcoat slips
from her shoulders. The boys on the dance
floor quit what they're doing and watch.

Christine moves those special parts
that girls move. Dollar bills soon flap greeni-
ly from the sides of her underpants. The
champaign caches up with me. I crumple
against a wall. The next thing I know, I'i
home, in bed, not feeling too well.

In the morning, I call Cheryl.

"I talked to Sandra," she tells me,
called her this morning, but Camille an¬
swered the phone. It wasn't easy to get
through to her."

"That's ok," I say. "I wasn't interested
in talking about Camille anyway. She was
rude to me. What are YOU doing i

m

Joing tonight?

That's the end of the Camille part. I
haven't seen Cheryl again. I'm still trying.
But there's more to the story. See, last week¬
end was The Philadelphia Anarchist Conven
tion. Oy vey!

I leave from New York for Philly with
Donny The Punk and Eric, Donny's young
skinhead friend.

"I'm going 'cause I wanna get laid,
Eric tells me as we wait for the train. Ahh,
a true anarchist if I ever heard one.

When we arrive, Donny says he
would've never guessed it was an anar¬
chist meeting. It looks like a punkrock show.
The crowd is all colored hair and dirt, as
crusty as my knee scab,

"Where are the necktie anarchists?"
asked Donny.

"At home, writing leaflets," I tell him.

The first day's festivities are in a
church. I hang out with a bearded guy who
insists that I call him Joey Homicide. Since
he's got the beer, I do. Anarchist security
guards soon kick Joey and I out of the

church—* for drinking. Few things are as
ego boosting as being kicked out of an
larchy convention for unruly behavior.

I lose track of Donny and Eric as
make the rounds of the locals trying to
scam some more beer and find a place to
drink it.

That night, there's a punk show at
>unk frat (I'm not making this up) at the
xal university. Greeting the folks at th
frat door, are two attractive Mormons. Blaci
suits, white shirts and ties. I can't see what
they're holding. I suspect it's The Watch-
tower ot whatever Mormons use to spreac
the word.

As I approach one of them looks up.
"Mykel Board!" he shouts, "I can'l
believe you're here."

Just what I need: to be recognized by
Vlormons. Fortunately, they're not rea

to scam forty ounces of Olde English 800
I'm 2/3 of the way through it— and feeling
cinda good. I walk into where the bands
playing and sit down against a wall
punkarchists slam to the Mormon beat
This big guy sits next to i
a gap between his two front te
really friendly. Once seated, he fiddles
around in his backpack.

"I've got something for you, Mykel
He tells me, "something you'll really like. "
He pulls out one of those porno let¬
ters magazines and gives it to me. "Here,
this is just for you." He says.

I thank him. He moves closer.

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I decide it's time to leave.

"Don't forget me," he says as I stand
up. "Remember to write me. I'll kill you if
you don't write me. Remember, I think
you're great."

I leave the punkfest and ,
for another party at the Ramada
this drunk who just got out of jail— after
eight years. He says nell go anywhere for
a party. Anxious to take my leave from the
too friendly guy with the porno mag, I
get in the chunk's car.

We don't find the party, though we
spend at least five hours looking. God must
ae a drunk, because she takes such good'
care of fellow drunks. Somehow she gets
me back to the house of my pal Joseph G.
Thanks Joseph!) I sleep off the booze, wak¬
ing up with only a headache.

xhe next day, we head back to the
convention— this time in a parochial school.
Donny's cancels his workshop because no
body can find the room. Instead, I go to one
™ ''Queer Direct Action."

Julie, the former bassist of THE MORE
FIENZ and current white lesbian goddess,
leads the meeting. At first it sounds good.
Julie even says ^bisexual.' She also talks

about how bad those military and family
values homos are.

But the rest of the folks are creepa-
zoids from Mars.

A collegiate looking guy wears one of
those shirts with wide strips. He tells the
workshoppers. "We shouldn't fight those
big gay groups. It looks bad in the press.
They'll use it as a 'Divide and Conquer'
tactic. We have to support the mainstream-
ers as well as our own ideas. If they want
military, we should help 'em get it."

Imagine telling a roomful of anar¬
chists that they should support the military
and family values. Bound to raise a ruckus,
right? There is another side.

"I hate Catholics."

The speaker is a twenty something
crusty queer with dreds tied up directly on
top of his head. He reminds me of a Shitstu
that rich old ladies walk in the park.

"I've had enough." He says, "They
oppress me. Now it's time to oppress them.

I want to go into a church and punch some¬
body. That's direct action ana the best tac¬
tics."

So you've got half the folks wanting
to support the military and the other half
wanting to destroy religious freedom by
punching people in churches. A debate
begins as to which tactic is better. Isn't
there a voice of reason?

A big effeminate Negro stands to
speak, "Now look," he says, "some folks
are good at one thing. Some are good at
something else. There is no RIGHTway or
WRONG way. If you're good at organizing
for the military, that's what you do. If you
want to go and confront the church, then
THAT's what you do. All ways are valid.
It's like brother Malcolm said, 'By any
means necessary.'"

Before this I had a headache— now
nausea creeps up. JEEZUS! I don't want to
Dunch Catholics OR join the army. Brother
Malcolm was WRONG!

"Gee, you're good at mass murder¬
ing, so that's what you should do. You,
you're good at making swastikas so that's
what YOU should do!"

NO NO NO! The ends do NOT justify
the means. (In other words "by any means
necessary" is WRONG!) The means CRE¬
ATE the ends. If you go into a church and
:>unch somebody, then you justify punch¬
ing people as a tactic FOR BOTH SIDES!
How can you complain about fag bashing
i f you bash other people who have made no
move against you??r

As to working to join the military or
have domestic partnership???? State sanc¬
tioned two people relationships are as far
from anarchy as Berkeley is from Libertar¬
ianism—the military is worse! Those aren't
ends I want. Working for them is NOT
what I want to spend my time doing.

Is this the future of queer politics?
By any means necessary," along with
don't criticize the mainstream, itll look
bad in the press." Yuch!! Despite my crush
on the smart lesbo who tries to lead the
meeting, I leave, feeling sick.

Outside, I pass skinhead Eric, fero¬
ciously pacing the halls. He's wearing a t-
shirt that says Suck My Dick.

"This is supposed to be anarchy." He
says to either me or the empty hallway. "I
thought that in anarchy everybody gets laid.

I wanna go home."

I do too. I leave the whole convention.
But before I finish this column, I should tell
you the end of the story about the guy with
the gap between his teeth.

When I'm leaving the punk party he
comes over to me again. He gives me a
piece of paper with his address and phone
number on it.

"I really want to be famous, Mykel.
He tells me, looking deep into my eyes. "I'll
blow my way to the top. Really, I'll do
anything."

"Don't forget to call me." He says,
"promise you won't forget."

I'd promise to lay on railroad tracks if
he'd leave me alone.

"Sure," I tell him, "I'll call you. First
thing."

He walks up to me and kisses me.
Luckily, I turn my head or I would've got¬
ten it full on the lips.

"I've always wanted to meet you,
Mykel." He says, "Did you know that I've
been compared to you more than anyone
else in the world?"

"Except who?!" I yell at him. "You
forgot the EXCEPT part!!! Didn't you prac¬
tice that line?"

He doesn't get it.

ENDNOTES:

—> Twisted values dept. The April 93 issue
of IMPS MUSIC JOURNAL (70 Route 202N,
Peterborough NH 03458) reports about a
band called Deicide and a run-in they had
with Animal Militia , a militant British ani¬
mal rights group. They sent the band death
threats ana called in an airport bomb scare.
That wasn't all. At the club they played in
Stockholm, a bomb actually did explode. It
injured several people— but none of the
band. Typical animal rights, huh? Blow the
arms of innocent audience members, but
don't each chicken!

—> Riot Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrls redeem
themselves dept: My pal Donna sent me a
Riot Grrrl leaflet from DC. I quote Please
join riot grrrrlfor an afternoon of ladies' topless
croauet.... this is not a joke, this is serious fun
and completely legal!!! but don't forget your
sunscreen. Yowee Zoweee!! Couldn't they
have done that while I was in DC? There s
a protest I could really get behind!!

—> Zine kudos to Teen Fag (PO Box 20204,
Seattle WA 98102) for being the first homo¬
core zine to love GG Allin. In this issue
there is a complete transcript of the GG
interview on the Jerry Springer TV show.
Much better stuff than Geraldo. GG says,
"If you get raped at my show, you're prob
ably better off for it."

—> Speaking of 'Suck My Dick' dept: The
stripper goadess who sent me the blood-
soaked nude pix (remember her?) wrote to
me again. She said she was too poor to
publicize her change of address (and that

of her zine "Sneezing Jesus." She asked me
to do it here. Queen Itchie Von Shtupp has
moved to 1816 E. Helen St (A214) Tucson
AZ 85719. Now that I've done her the fa¬
vor-— it's her turn.

> Best ad for heterosexuality dept: I just got
the premier issue of the Made In Gay Amer¬
ica Catalog (2122 Salem Avenue, Roanoke
VA 24016). There are hundreds of homo
models inside including an oriental girl
and two Negroes. And oh, what you can

buy! It's soooooooooooooooo fabulous! On

the same time. On the bottom of the same
page is The Official GOAL Tee (shirt). What
does GOAL stand for? Why the Gay Offic¬
ers Action League, of course. You got it.

jacket that's "lavishly
gleaming silver studs, its impact is further
enhanced with a powerful crested eagle
motif in front and back." The price for thi
piece of punk pride: $900.

—> Baseball as metaphor dept. Looks like
there's a chance for a San Francisco vs. New
York World's Series this year. It's about
time! Sometimes the Yankees, like Boston,

from Minnesota

Baseball is a testof the obvious. You've
;ot two coasts with a blankspot in between,
'ankees vs. Giants. The Velvet Under¬
ground vs. The Grateful Dead. The Ra-
mones vs. The Knack. Matzo Ball Soup vs.
Tofu. Real Anarchy vs. No Smoking Fas¬
cism. Fuck you vs. Groovy Man. Ho ho, a
dream series. May the best city win.

0 B $E r v A Ti 0 n s

BETH JOHNSTON

I'm in hell. There's no other way to
describe it. The once pleasant and peaceful
Southern town where my parents live is a
vast cultural and intellectual wasteland and
a breeding-ground of bigotry, prejudice,
ignorance and hate. And Iha ve to live here
for a few weeks...?

All of thiscauehtme totally off guard.
I haven't lived in the area in over 4 years
and hadn't lived at my folks' place in over
10.1 remember thinking on the plane that it
would be kind of nice and quaint to go back
to such a simple place for a month. Now it
can't end soon enough.

I should have known something
wasn't right when I noticed how short-
tempered and rude people were behaving
in trie airport. And when the UPS guy
delivered a feminist poster I'd ordered, I
overheard him laughmg with my brother

about how ugly feminists are. Of course, I
wanted to chew them both new assholes,
but if I do that to everyone here who says
offensive, bigoted things. I'll have to take
on the whole town.

These aren't monsters. They're hard¬
working, god-fearing, churchgoing aver¬
age people. They live in a small town in
North Carolina. But somehow, change
seeps slowly into places like this. People
tend to feel, think, say and do things be¬
cause that's what the generation before,
them did. Few give any critical thoueht to
continuing that legacy of beliefs, mucn less
trying to change any of those attitudes.
And, I guess that people like me always
move out and get away early, rather than
staying and provoking any change in these
prevailing attitudes.

I feel particularly silly every time I
think about the fact that I had been work¬
ing on a column on how the negative stig¬
ma that surround being Southern (because
people think it's all small towns) needs to
die. I'm eating those words as I listen to 2
old men in line behind me at the post office
bitching about "lazy niggers on welfare."
When several teenagers start talking about
how the military shouldn't lift the ban on
gays- serving, I have to leave. I'll get stamps
another time when I'm feeling less stunned
and more confrontational.

What posessed me to even think that
I could write about how the stereotypes
about living in the South are unjustly neg-.
ve? They're carved seemingly in stone!
ien I realize it was easy — I was in a
foreign country at the time and I hadn't
been to myparents' town in 3 years. All the
ugly, rougn realities had been smoothed
ana clouded by memory and the passage of
time.

Reality hasn't just slapped me in the
face. It totally knocked me down. Of course
I have no place here. I never did. I'm glad I
never fit in. I hated this place from day one
and I got the hell out. But I also know I've
bounced around to all kinds of other places
where I never felt comfortable either. And
I'm moving again next month to make
another stab at finding a place to call home.
I've lived in lots of other places and it
horrifies me to think I ever actually lived
here. It feels like it happened to someone
else. Did I really go to school here? I've
always known the place was backward,
but I ve never heard so many bigoted state¬
ments in one day, like I have just in the last
few days. I really don't remember the com¬
mon atmosphere of prejudice being this
bad.

Maybe it's because economic times
are tougher. Fear has got to be playing a big
part in this too, because everybody and his
mother-in-law has amassed these virtual
arsenals of euns. From a sociological-stand¬
point, I understand that it's fear — of crime
or whatever— and perceived powerless¬
ness that motivates people to find scape-
pats to blame for their short-comings.
Vhat's especially sad is, they're all so
wrapped up in placing blame, that they

eo-

make no move to work on solving any of
their rampant array of problems. In light of
this. I'm not surprized that skinhead and
KKK gro~ are making a strong come-back
here lately. Bigotry feels good to despi
people. And it doesn't just stop the
cultivates a harsh contempt for other pe
pie that the adults here are spoon-feeding
to their kids. I think it's just this way that
prejudice and ignorance oecome as much a
part of a family tradition as their preference
for Budweiser or their loyalty to Ford or
Chevrolet.

Now the million dollar question is
how the hell could I have possibly wound
up like I am, after living so many of nr
formative years in this cultural Death Va'
ley?

£

Reading has recently taken me along
an interesting road. I've been reading more
and more into the history of the struggle for
gay and lesbian civil rights, equality and
liberation.

I guess that when I used to think of
gays, lesbians and bisexuals in history ’
would just recall all of the lists of "fa-
mousN people who were homosexual or
bisexual. That was never really satisfying
to me. Although I had heard vaguely o
Oscar Wilde, it was really only because he
served time doing hard labor due to his
attraction to men. It certainly never had
anything to do with what he had written.
Reading one of his books, "The Picture of
Dorian Gray", I now feel a little closer to the
man, to his world, to what he was all about.
His words are elegant, dare I say aristocrat¬
ic.

But that wasn't enough. I needed to
read more gay literature to Be satisfied. So
I got a copy of "Quatrefoil", a novel written
in 1947. The book moves very slowly in
relation to current gay literature, and at the
end of the story, just as the two men fi—ally
realize that they can live a life together-
BOOM! One is killed in a plane crash. Con¬
venient, yes, but even more sad when you
think that for decades that was the only
way to end a story with homosexual char¬
acters in it. You just couldn't allow them to
go on and have a nice, fulfulling life. You
just...couldn't.

So I wrote a kind of angry, kind of
upset letter to the publishing company ask¬
ing if they had any romantic gay fiction in
which the main characters didn't die. They
sent me their catalog and immediately I
saw a dozen books I wanted to read. Sure,
one was a Western, but the other two

weren't.

One was the biography of Leonarc
Matlovich, the man who organized and
was later buried under The Tomb of the
Unknown Gay Vietnam Veteran in the

the first gay man on the cover of Time
magazine, the first homosexual to bring a
real suit against the military to remain in

died of AIDS in 1987. His tombstone reads
"The government gave me a medal for
kilHrii

one.

He was just a normal, everyday man. He
did things, though, that correlate directly
to what is going on today to all of us g<
lesbians and bisexuals. (Thankfully,
eventually got over his racism, partially
due to contact withblacks during the Viet¬
nam War.)

Another of the books was nThe Men
With the Pink TriangleN, which is an ac¬
count of a homosexual Austrian man who
was sent by the Nazis during World War 2
to various concentration ana work camps.

to

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He spent 7 years in them, yet managed t
survive. His first person testimony is no
about pictures of dozens of mutilated bod
ies or gore, but rather just life. Life, as it
goes on, in a place where death is the pen¬
ultimate, where death is what a person was
sent there for . Like Ann^ Frank, his story is
agonizingly painful, yet full of hope. Per¬
haps because it was written 27 years later.
I don't know. But I now have a face, a view
in my mind. This is a very rare book, not in
its collectability, but in the fact that few like
it exist. How long will it continue still, that
we must be afraid to share our testimony,
our lives? When will the day be, thatwecan
be truly open, to ourselves, to our families,
to our friends, to our coworkers? Perhaps a
dose of history is required, to put our own
personal struggles into perspective.

An incredible book is the 530-page
"Making History" by Eric Marcus. It you
are gay or lesbian or bisexual and you want
to learn about courage, determination, re¬
sourcefulness, battles, wins and losses, go¬
ing to your local gay/lesbian bookstore
and buying this book wil prove to be very
rewarding. It's a collection of the oral histo¬
ry of the struggle we have faced, from 1945
to 1991. AboutSO people give their testimo¬
nies. People of both sexes, all colors, reli¬
gious people, non-religious people, femi¬
nists, journalists, parents, teachers, liber¬
als, conservatives, young and old (and even
older)...This book is simply amazing and
that's the last superlative! can find for it. It
presents many of the different faces that
make up the gay and lesbian community.
Community is what it's all about.

And how I go searching for more
books, though with my limited funds. I
have tasted of-the fruit of the tree of knowl¬
edge, gotten past yet another hurdle in my
own conditioning, and now I need to go

climb up that tree some more. Mike BS.
East Wind Community. Tecumseh, MO
65760. USA,

I woke up early this morning, ate,
took my vitamins and made up a nice, hot
mug of coffee. Then I grabbed my ciga¬
rettes and ashtray and went out onto Tim's
back porch and sat in the sun. It's a nice
porch, aside from the colony of spiders
who live out there, but they generally leave
you alone if you don't fuck with their turf.

When Tim had the upstairs apart¬
ment a couple of years ago, I was in town
for one reason or another on the fourth of
July. Looking out from that porch, you
could see the fireworks flying, and behind
them, the gaudy Christmas tree lights guid¬
ing weary travelers across the Bay Bridge.
Now, the guy who runs Alternative Tenta¬
cles has the upstairs apartment and I don't
think he'd let me up there to gaze at the Bay
Bridge at midnight. Well, it doesn't really
matter because the fourth of July came and
went before I got to San Francisco this year
and the view from Tim's lower apartment
is not too bad at all. Things look good, and
feel good, in this area of San Francisco at
night. They also, as I just discovered, look
real good in the morning.

You can see a good portion of the city
from the porch, and even if someone shows
up to paste things up or type things into the
computers, no one bothers going out to the
porch, so solitude is fairly assured.

I saw the steeple of a church up ahead
and a little to the right and I got a sudden
urge to go there. If there is a God, I don't
think I like him very much, and the moral¬
istic preaching that goes on in those joints
ain't shit compared to the moralistic preach¬
ing that goes on in the temple that is my
body. Regardless, the concept of churchgo¬
ing intrigues me a great deal. People are
always friendly and there is a certain com¬
munity spirit in the church that you get
nowhere else. Further, between the stained
glass, high ceilings and elaborate wood¬
work and statues, it provides a peaceful,
almost holy feeling in me just by me sitting
there.

Though I was baptized a Catholic, I
never was confirmed - you know, that rite
of adulthood they bestow upon you at the
tender age of thirteen or so. I was never
pposed to be able to receive communion,
but I did one time anyway.

This was back when I was around 13
years old and all the other kids on my street
went to the Catholic school that was at the
edge of the big field behind our neighbor¬
hood. I naturally felt a bit excluded, so on

the occasions when my friends went to
Saturday night mass, I would tag along
(admittedly for the purpose of sitting in the
balcony in order to try to peek down the
dresses of some of the more attractive fe¬
male parishioners) and though I was bored
by the priest's ramblings, I always became
quite excited when it came time to eat
Christ's flesh and drink his blood. Unfortu¬
nately, I just didn't have the balls.

Like I said, I'd never been confirmed,
so I wasn't supposed to participate in this
ritual, and my friends assured me that I'd
robably end up burning in Catholic hell if
did. I guess I finally decided that the
Catholics didn't know what the fuck they
were talking about anyway, what with all
their saints and whatnot, so one night I
gave it a shot.

I kneeled there and waited for the
priest to reach my side of the pew. I was
sweating heavily, convinced that the man
had some unseen powers which would
alert him to the fact that I was no Catholic,
and who knew what would happen then.
When he got to me, he shoved a stale old
tasteless cracker onto my tongue, his wrin¬
kly, bony fingers scraping the roof of my
mouth and almost causing me to gag. I
allowed the wafer to melt as is the custom.
Then came Jeez's blood.

Now, when I was around ten or elev¬
en, my mother had gotten on a church kick
and forced me to go the local Baptist church
for a period of about a year and a half. I had
tasted Christ's blood over there, but the
Baptists used grape juice. The Catholics
used wine. Jesus was apparently a hell of a
drunk.

It wasn't long before some of my
friends got alter boy gigs and secured the
key to the section of the church where the
wine was kept. The result was that my first
experience of getting drunk took place in
the back of a Catholic church, swigging
merrily from a bottle of the Lord's blood.

Tits, stained glass, a marble crucified
Jesus and wine. These are some of the hap¬
py memories that cause me to occasionally
yearn for a churchgoing experience. It al¬
most makes me undertsand why Dr. Frank
of the infamous MR. T EXPERIENCE has
gotten religion.

Speaking of local yokels and religion.
I've discovered that the religious nuts nere
in S.F. are worse than anywhere in the
country. I was here a mere three months
ago, and already things have radically
changed (of course, that y s sort of a given at
the MRR house).

People who I've spent time with, sort
of intimate time actually (I don't mean
sexually; as I pointed in the totally stupid
message I left on the punk bbs [which I now
wholly regret]. I've never yet acheived an
erection in the Bay Area, even when I wake
up in the morning and have to piss really
bad), now act as if I'm the BEN WEASEL -
MRR COLUMNIST!!! character that so
many believe I am. They should know bet¬
ter and it's a kick in the nuts to be treated
that way.

Worse, people who are in the busi¬
ness of selling punk records actually put
information on their products to discour¬
age potential buyers. People I used to be
able to talk to have shifted their views so
dramatically that I can't say anything to
them without creating some sort of rift
which makes communication impossible.
This kind of craziness can mean only one of
two things: either I've completely lost my
mind (I'm fairly sure thathasn't happened),
or some of the greatest people I've met in
S.F. have gotten religion.

Some people remain the same and
always will, though they're usually a lot
older than me ana thus, more set in their
ways. But man, it's like a sucker punch to
come into town and find that the few intel¬
ligent, questioning people in the Bay Area
punk scene have converted to a religion.
No more questioning, no more speaking
their own minds, nope, it's all come down
to the party line and they're not gonna
cross it

Aside from the studio work I did in
Hayward in the earlier part of the week,
I've barely left Tim's house. There's no one
to hang out with. There's no one who's
excited about sitting around and shooting
the shit, or walking around aimlessly ana
talking about doing great things. There's
no one to get all wired up on coffee with
and plot the taking over of die world. When
you Ve got religion, your world is all taken
care of. Arguing and questioning take a lot
of time and energy and when you've got
religion, you've gotta save your time and
energy for upholding your religion. When
you've got religion, you're never alone.
When yo u don't have religion, you're al¬
ways alone - no matter how many people
are around - and the only thing that makes
walking out the door worthwhile is the
possibility that you may run into someone
who's as fucked up and answerless as your¬
self.

I can't buy intoit, brothers and sisters,
and here's a juicy little secret for you: I'd
like to. I swear to god, I wish I could just
cruise along through life and go to shows
and hang out and tell little in-jokes that
only members of the religion understand,
but I can't. I mean, I fucking physically,
mentally and spiritually can't. Because as
miserable as I am some of the time, and as
much as I wish I could iust be fucking
normal, I don't believe that the wine is
Christ's blood and in my heart of hearts I
know that the wafer is just a wafer and not
Christ's flesh, and I know that toeing the
line and refusing to take a stand or be
confrontational isn't being a "team play¬
er", it's just a way to avoid looking stupid
or being disliked, or being know as a cranky
asshole who hates everything.

I've got no religion. I don't get drunk
in social situations or use other mind-alter-
ing drugs. Aside from professional sports
and an occasional late night show, I Keep
my television off. I am a member of no
collective. I have no hang outs. I dislike
most of the people I meet for their phoni¬

ness and their willingness to ride whatever
religious bus is coming down the punk
turnpike this week. I have nothing but a
few friends, the ability to bullshit my way
into convincing people that I can play a
guitar and sing, and the ability to write.
The friends thing will always be there, and
for that I'm thankful. The band thing will
die out within a couple of years because it
requires the types of social interaction and
political skills that I do not possess and that
1 despise. The writing thing may work out
if I can continue to get better, ana while I'm
not yet a great writer, I think someday I
might be. As you can see, I don't have too
much.

Religions charge me up. I'm fascinat¬
ed with them and on a purely surface level.
I'd love to be a part of a religion; maybe the
Catholic church, maybe some powerful
punk rock clique, I dunno. But underneath
all religions lie ugliness, ignorance and a
fierce hatred of anything new or contradic¬
tory to the pre-ordained belief systems that
are expected to be adhered to unquestion-
ingly.

The only group I'm a part of is my
band, and since we're all so different, we
never hang out with each other except when
we're on tour. No religion there, just a
common desire to play stupid punk tunes
to some people who hopefully are as fucked
up as me. (Of course, it doesn't work that
way, and every time we play a show, there
seem to be more and more people in the
audience that are religious freaks: the kind
of assholes I've avoided all my life; the kind
of people I would walk to the other side of
the street to avoid).

I wanna tell you about a guy I met out
here named Will, who works on the MRR
radio show. Will came over yesterday to do
the show while I was sitting around trying
to think of something to do. We talked
religion for a while. I don't even know why
it came up. I mean. I'd met the guy for all of
three minutes and we're discussing reli¬
gion like it's been an ongoing conversation
between us for years. Will was wearing a t-
shirt that said "Christianity Is Stupid". I
would've preferred "Religion Is Stupid"
but most people don't think of religion in
the ways I've just described it and would
probably get the wrong idea.

Anyway, Will has no religion, but we
talked about many of the things I've dis¬
cussed in this column and I got the feeling
that he too sometimes yearns for a religion.
Something to make you feel safe, to pro¬
vide you with the answers to unanswer¬
able questions, something to help you sleep
at night when your body wants to sleep
and your mind decides it wants to bring up
ugly, frightening thoughts. When you still
can't accept religion, even in your "darkest
hour", you have to resign yourself to the
fact that you're alone. So I sat and did the
radio show with Will and we talked about
all kinds of stuff and it was great. Then Will
walked off to be alone and I stayed here to
be alone, but it wasn't so bad, knowing that
I'd met someone I could relate to.

If you can accept the really, truly,
honestly factual facts of life: that no one's
going to help you, that you're probably
going to die a painful death while you're
wide awake and that life will still go on
after you're gone, if you can accept the fact
that the most we can hope for as human
beings is some occasional, real human con¬
tact with another, then the need for religion
decreases. Your boyfriend or girlfriend ain't
gonna make you feel any less lonely in the
long run, nor will your clique of punk
friends, your collective, or your weekly
A.A. meeting. You are alone, sucker, and
any religion you get that might make life
easier is also turning you into a fucking
automaton. If you wanna experience rea
moments of happiness, expect to experi¬
ence real moments of misery as well.

That's as far as my philosphizing goes.
I'm sure it's all been said before, and prob¬
ably much better, but apparently it needs

financing, production, manufacturing,
marketing, and distribution of your so-
called label, while allowing the smaller so¬
li on the record,
HRHJ 0 mm doallthework

while the people running the "label" serve;
as mere talent scouts. These labels are
really no more than record logos, thus I like
to call a spade a spade. If you aren't doing:
anything then you don't have anything toj
call your own. The "do-it-yourself" ethic
isn't about being co-opted by some corpo¬
rate label, and it certainly isn't about being
a stooge for these corporations. Do you
want to start a record label, or do you want)
to run a record logo? Part of doing a record
label is knowing the people that press the
vinyl, knowing the printer on a first name
basis. The experience of doing records will
never be complete unless you can say you
know every step inside and out.

- 9 As a side note, Crysalis recently re-

to be said again. If I were the religious type, leased a double 12” by Billy Idol. In the
I'd pray for the souls of those who have press kit Billy Idol's new records a re said to

be part of the "do-it-yourself" cyber-punk-;
techno ethic. The very ideology that has!
manifested against the corporate monolith

given in to the forces of their chosen reli
gion, but face it, it's useless.

However, if these people ever break
out of their protective religious shells, I
hope the ones who I thought I could call
friends will look me up and maybe hang
out with me on some porch or roof some¬
where looking at churches or houses or
people. Maybe we can talk about politics or
sex or punk rock, or maybe we can talk
about tne freedom that comes from not
being tied down to a religion.

B Y Thb

ffpA/T - k ^

Last time around I said I would _
doing a "how to" column on the produc¬
tion of records. Well as promised I'm about
to offer up everything I know. But please
do not take everything I say to be the only
way or approach. I only know what I
know. Three years ago I knew nothing,
and now I can only tell you what I've
learned in that time. If you are serious
about doing the record thing then you
should talk to other people and get their
advice. Dig?

But, before I start the techno crap I
would like to preface this whole column
with an ideological bent. It is my belief that
doing your own records or starting a record
label is a lesson in the "do-it-yourself" eth¬
ic. Personally, I'm a hands on kind of a

? erson. Get to know what you're doing.

ake control of it. Master it. Make it yours.
This approach stands diametrically op¬
posed to what I like to call the record logo
syndrome. Currently there are a lot of big
corporate labels that are willing to do the

is being subverted into a packaging gim¬
mick. Don't be fooled. "Do-it-yourself" is
a literal concept. It stems from the concept]
that our very existence is being swallowed
up by the corporate machine-society. The
machine does everything for us. It tells us
what to do, what to eat, how to dress, what:
to listen to, when to shit, and when to die.
Starting your own band or label or 'zine is
a small way of breaking this system down.
But it goes way beyond our music scene.
Supporting the "do-it-yourself" ethic

distributors. Italso means supporting small
business, avoiding chain stores ana giant
corporations. Support local business, de¬
stroy the mass production of the chain
store. The world is being homogenized.
Soon you will be able to go into a Mc¬
Donalds or a Lucky's or a Tower Records
anywhere on the planet. The whole world
is being turned into plastic. Part of the
adventure of traveling the world is seeing
the diversity. Support that diversity. Sup¬
port the community owned grocery stores,
shop at the local bakery, burn the plastic
supermarkets to the ground.

So anyway that's what I'm thinking
about when I talk of the "do-it-yourselr
ethic, I may well be anal about such things,
but I find the thought of a homogenized
plastic world incredibly revolting. The
information I am about to pass on is intend¬
ed to help decentralize the record business
as much as possible. Putting out records is
easy and if the desire is there it should go
smoothly.

Part I — Vinyl

As everyone knows the first step in]
the process is recording. I figure that is
fairly apparent so I'm starting the process
with a finished DAT or reel.

Absolutely, positively, no other way
around it, you have to have your record, be I

it a 7”, 10” or 12”, mastered at a mastering
Slant. Do not master a record at a pressing
>lant. DO NOT! Mastering is the actual
:utting of the grooves in a piece of lacquer.
This controls the sound. In the process of
mastering everything is basically remixed.
it a mastering plant it should turn out like
our master tape, but at a pressing plant
i nythine goes. I originally had my first
[three releases mastered at the pressing
lant. Since then I have had them re-
astered at a masteringplant. Mastering
is very, very important. Go for quality over
Tieap price.

I do my mastering at K-Disc as do
ost labels I know. Their phone number is
[(213) 466-1323. I also occasionally have
astering done at a mastering plant on the
ast Cost. Frankford / Wayne Mastering is
located in New York. There phone number
s (212) 582-5473. There are many other
asteringplants around. Justask the press¬
ing plant for some names or talk to other
labels. Then just call the mastering plant,
[tell them what you're doing, get a price and
ask for their mailing address. The whole
[process usually takes about five days,
though it can sometimes take longer.

Also, I know that at K-Disc you can
ctually make an appointment to be there
Hiile the record is mastered. That way you
an make sure it is done the way you want
[it and also it gives you a chance to see the
vhole process for yourself. I assume you
an do the same at other mastering plants,
[though this is only relevant if you live
omewhat near the mastering plant.

But, before you get something mas-
ered you need to choose a pressing plant,
personally use Alberti Records. I have
ever used anyone else and so I cannot give
ou much advice on which pressing plants
re better than others. The best thing to do
[is to talk to other people that do labels that
[you like and find out where they go and
^hat they think. I stared Ebullition Records
t Alberti and I like the fact that I can call
them up anytime I have a question or prob-
"em and get a reasonably straight answer.
They have always treated me well. I like
[the quality of their vinyl, though I know for
L fact that their prices are not the cheapest,
heir phone number is (213) 283-5446.

Bill Smith is also a pressing plant in
alifornia. A lot of bands and laoels do
tuff through Bill. He has better prices than
[Alberti, though I think the quality of the
records isn't quite as good. Most people I
know really like working with Bill Smith.

T le is really independent, and if you live in
alifornia you can go in and watch your
[records being pressed. His phone number
[is (310) 322-6386. Eric Wood from Man Is
[The Bastard has only kind words to say
’°bout Bill. That's good enough for me.

Nashville Records and United Press¬
ing Plant are probably the cheapest press¬
ing plants in tne United States. I mean their
[records are really, really cheap, but they
Iso have thepoorest quality around. Their
s are never black, but rather a semi-trans-
Iparent brown. I personally think their

quality is horrible, but like I said they are
really cheap. Nashville's phone number is
(615) 259-4200. Currently I do not have a
number for United Pressing Plant but a lot
of people use them so just ask around.

Rainbow Records is another pressing
plant in California. They are really, really
big. They do stuff for Relativity ana a lot of
the big ''alternative" labels. I have only
heard t>ad things about them. Most of the
time I think this has to do with the fact that
they give priority to big labels over small
labels. Wardance does a lot of stuff at
Rainbow. Rainbow's phone number is (310)
829-0355.

Erica Records is located in Ceritos,
California. They do everything from labels
to covers to inserts to vinyl. I know nothing
else about them, except that they are rela¬
tively expensive. Current did their LP,
which turned out awesome, at Erica. Eri¬
ca's phone number is (310) 926-8922.

There are probably a whole handful
of other record labels in this country. I have
only listed the ones I know. Ask around.
I'm sure you can find one in your area that
can do good work for a relatively fair price.
The same goes for mastering plants. Press¬
ing plants should be able to tell you about
places to have vinyl mastered.

As a side note, when people talk about
price differences between pressing plants
they are often referring to .01 to per
record. If you did a 1,000 records then the
difference is only about $10 to $30. There¬
fore, my position is use a pressing plant
that has the quality you want and that you
find easy to deal with. Shit vinyl and poor
service isn't worth a $30 savings. Trust me.

After you have chosen a pressing plant
you need to tell them that you are having
your record mastered at K-Uisc (for exam¬
ple) and then they will tell you where K-
disc should send the master to be plated
and processed. Alberti has a guy named
Greg Lee do the processing. K-Disc sends
my master lacquer to Greg Lee and then a
few days later Alberti gets the plates. Greg
Lee makes the plates from the master lac¬
quer. The only point is that your mastering
plant needs to know where to send the
master. Some pressing plants do their own
plates. This is a simple process, and usual¬
ly goes smoothly.

At the time of sending in your mate¬
rial to the mastering plant you should also
send in your labels to the pressing plant.
Don't forget that 7" and 12* labels are dif¬
ferent sizes. I've made that mistake. Usu¬
ally the pressing plants farm out the labels
to a printer in their area. So far I have
always had my labels printed through the
pressing plant. But it is possible to go
directly to the source. The only printer I
know that does labels is G & M Graphics.
Their phone number is (213) 466-1307. Ask
around for other label printers. Pressing
plants can help you out.

The next stage comes with the test
pressings. When you get your test press¬
ings listen to all of them on at least three or
four different turn tables. Problems such

as skips or defects are going to sound dif¬
ferent on different turn tables and so you
need to try a few out. Listen to them on a
real shitty turn table. That's the true test
And I almost forgot about reference disks.
Test pressings and reference disks are not
the same thing. Reference disks are made
from the master lacquer. They can only be
played four or five times before they dis¬
solve. Their purpose is to make sure that
the mastering job was good. Test pressings
are made from the master plates. Their
purpose is to make sure that the master
lacquer and plates were not damaged in
transportation or in processing.

In other words, if you get reference
disks you still need to listen to your test

pressings are badly damaged. I personally
never get reference disks. They are really

get reference disks and your test pressings
indicate a problem with the mastering then

test

processing
plant is good then this probably won't be a
•roblem. So reference disks are an option
ut definitely not a necessity.

Okay, that's it for this month. I'll
finish up with covers and inserts next time
around, and I'll try to cover any general
information that wasn't covered here. If
you have a question that I didn't cover then
feel free to write me at Ebullition Records/
PO Box 680/ Goleta, CA 93116 and I will

or in

up rb m n °

professor of vinyl, but rather just some
twenty-six year old nerd who happens to
love running a record label

OH HELL,

OH SMELL,
IT'S KATY
ODELL !!!

Sometimes I'm such a chickenshit, it
really makes me disgusted with myself.
Have you ever been afraid to say what you
believe because you know that it will make
others angry with you? I'm not talking
about just expressing a radical viewpoint,
such as saying all drug addicts should be
executed, but merely questioning the latest
"PC" beliefs. There are a lot of people,
including myself, who are unable to open¬
ly discuss or freely explore any topic sim¬
ply because if they try, everyone around
them will get mad, pack up their toy dishes,
and go play in someone else's yard - leav¬
ing the individual who dared to question
the status quo as much in the dark as before
and possibly very bitter.

Let me show you what I mean. I watch
Rush Limbaugh's show, he comes on chan¬
nel 44 right after Star Trek on Thursday
nights - so I'll usually hang out for another

half hour and watch it. And yes, I do enjoy
it. It's stimulating. Sometimes I get angry
and sometimes I iust laugh at it. Some¬
times, I have to aamit, I laugh along with
him. A lot of the things Rush says about
issues (particularly the environment) are
ridiculous. But some things he does really
well. One of them is having fun pointing
out various ways in which the "liberals^
act in a manner that is any way but liberal
- being the PC police. Rush isn't afraid to
say wnat he thinks, and that's becoming
increasingly rare.

When I first heard about Rush Lim-
baugh, it was from my parents. My folks
are very conservative in their beliefs, and
they get into Rush's radio and television
programs about as ardently as I do into Star
Trek. Whenever my family would discuss
something about which I disagreed with
them, they'd quote some joke made by this
Rush Limbaugh person. It annoyed the shit
out of me. I disliked the guy before even
hearing him. Then one day, I was at a
friend's house and they said they were big
fans of Rush and were going to watch some
videotapes of his show. Now, did I object
or leave? Nope! I was too curious. I had to
see this guy for myself. Well, I wasn't sur¬
prised to see that he was smug, obnoxious,
and held a lot of viewpoints that I didn't
particularly like. At one point he started
ragging on Sinead O'Connor - calling her a
whiny, stupid liberal who can't sing. He
went on at great length about how ugly she
was and showed a computer graphic of
how pretty she could look with a little
makeup and some long hair. I thought that
was pretty stupid - altnough I agree she's
an annoying cry-baby, I don't see how her
looks have anything to do with it. Rush was
specifically dealing with the incident in
which she tore up a picture of the Pope on
Saturday Night Live. He said it was a stu¬
pid, insipid thing to do. Then he did the
first thing that really impressed me. In
order to illustrate how silly she was being,
he tore uv a picture of Jesse Jackson.

WOW! This really made me sit up
and cheer. Yes, cheer. You see, this hap¬
pened shortly after Jesse Jackson had criti¬
cized Bill Clinton for contradicting Sister
Soulia. It was about Clinton calling a re¬
mark she made "racist". The response was
something to the effect that blacks are inca¬
pable of racism, since they're not a majori¬
ty. I didn't catch the news about it right
away, so I'm not entirely sure what hap-

f >ened. All I could be certain of was that
ackson was threatening not to endorse
Clinton's campaign. He seemed to be im¬
plying that the entire population of blacks
would not vote for Clinton unless he gave
the OK. There must be a lot of people
(including Jesse Jackson) who believe tnat
blacks can't think for themselves, and there¬
fore must look to Jackson to be told what to
believe. Because of the power Jackson
wields, everyone is afraid to offend him or
really disagree with him, for fear of being
officially labeled a racist. At the same time.
Spike Lee was hyping his movie "X". He,

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too, is able to make the media quake by

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twice and I still had trouble following the
plot. Spike Lee had the nerve to tell young¬
sters to "Skip school and see my movie"
instead of staying in school and reading the
book. If I don't like it. I'm a racist. If I think
Jesse Jackson is just the kind of worm to
stage his own lynching for the publicity.
I'm a racist. On the other hand, if I scurry
around trying to keep up with the latest PC
labels ("African-American" instead of the
,eneric and basically unoffensive "black")
'm just a patronizing closet-racist liberal.
Is it any wonder that people are getting fed
up? I'm telling you, I felt so relieved to be
able to laugh at the ludicrous situation.
And I admired Rush Limbaugh for havin
the nerve to be disrespectful towards a jerl
like Jackson. It had more shock value th.
any flag burning.

Like I said, I disagree with most of
what Rush says on his shows. But I enjoy
his show for the following reasons:

1.1 want to know wnat the other side
is saying. It's scary sometimes, but I can
handle it. We need to know both sides of
every argument and issue.

2. He's really good at pointing out a
lot of the stupidity the left, liberals, Clinton
administration, etc., are up to. Although he
uses it as proof that the right wing is correct
in every way, I still appreciate some of the
shit he calls people on.

3. He's sometimes really funny. (Of
course, I watch Robert Tilton for the same
reason.) One of Rush Limbaugh's favorite
jibes at liberals is to point out tnat we have
no sense of humor. This is true. How much
humor do you see in the issue of MRR?
Whenever we try to have a little fun, some
one complains that it's trivial, stupid, etc.
Just look at what people have said about
"What's the Scoop," "Very Silly Page," and
Mykle's column.

Now, it's no big deal that I watch his
show - as long as I do it at home alone. I've
tried to watch it with other people around,
but they whine and bitch so much that I
can't hear and have to turn him off. The real
dilemma came about last December, when
I decided that I really wanted to read his
book "The Way Things Ought to Be." I was
afraid to buy his book! I know, it's really
stupid - but I didn't have the nerve. I can
buy condoms in large boxes from the same
store a couple times a week without blush¬
ing. I can walk into a porn shop and pick up
a copy of The Spectator regardless of all the
leers I attract. I even once bought several
books on drug addiction including one
called "Kick Heroin" at Cody's - but I didn't
have the guts to go up to the counter with
Rush Limbaugh's book. I knew I was being
stupid - but I couldn't do it. Luckily for me,
I was able to read my parent's copy when I
went home for Christmas.

That's pretty lightweight compared
to some of the struggles going on in regards
to the First Amendment all arouna our

country. Expressing any viewpoint that
offends racial minorities, homosexuals,
women, nationalities, or religious groups
can get a college student suspended, a pro-
f essor fired, or any organization sued. I'm
lot just talking about calling someone a
nigger", but just expressing an opinion
not held by a group that feels they have
been discriminated against. For example,
like it or not, there are places in the Bible
that say homosexuals are sinners. For some¬
one to say that they believe the writings ~ r
the Old Testament about homosexuali v
can get them in serious trouble. This may
seem like a trivial thing to wony about for
those of us who don't give a shit about the
Bible or any religion, but some people real¬
ly do believe the welfare of their very souls

ment specifically calls for Christians to
spread their message and convert as many
people as possible. This is annoying to non-
elievers, but as much a part of religious

every time I get
to walk past some yahoo with a mega
phone screaming that "Fornicators, homo
sexuals, abortionists, drug addicts and
masturbators are all going to burn in
HELL!" But I'm not going to take away his
right to condemn me, Someday I might get

ship

a lot, and I hope they'll extend the same
courtesy to me

lumped into one of two categories along
with a bunch of other often completel;
unrelated issues? I'm talking about the Lei
and the Right, Democrats and Republi¬
cans, liberals and fascists, or just plain Us
and Them. Liberals, accordin)
pie, unanimously support a!
tion, abortion rights, gay rights, environ¬
mental concerns, gun control, and welfare
while deploring sexism, military, pornog¬
raphy, and prayer in school. On the other
hand all Republicans are pro-life, gun-tot-
ing, racist, sexist, Christian capitalists who
H| * ** *' ana think envi-

:al party-poop
ers. Does it ever occur to anyone that there
are pro-life feminists? How about all those
radical feminist lesbians who dig dirty
magazines? Isn't there some confusion

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condemn them? Just about every "radical"
left group from the Black Panthers to many
feminists and gays have upheld their con¬
stitutional right to bear arms and defend
themselves. Many of them join the NRA

death

Black

anti-semitism. A lot of the nuns, bishops
and priests who marched for Civil Rights
would be ardently anti-abortion. It is per¬
fectly possible for a member of the KKK to
give a shit about the rain forests. But this is
just too confusing for us. We can't even sort
our laundry properly, much less address
each and every issue as the individual con¬
cern it is. It's a lot easier to make up two lists
of positions to which we can subscribe, and
if everything comes out kinda dingy and
grey in the wash, that's just too baa.

A NEW BLIGHT ON THE CULTURAL
LANDSCAPE: PHONY PUNK FANS
Since I've no doubt been boring the
bulk of the readership with my discussion
of serious topics in the last few issues, I
guess it's time to return to a more basic
subject which is, in the final analysis, near¬
er and dearer to my heart: rock n'roll,
specifically punk rock. I don't know if
anyone else has noticed, but nowadays
practically every corporate asswipe asso¬
ciated with contemporary rock music who
is seeking to obtain more "street" credibil¬
ity is going on and on about how impor¬
tant punk rock is (or was), how much they
like (or liked) it, and how much of an
influence it has (or had) on their music,
their perceptions, their values, their life¬
style, their style, etc. In a few cases this
may well be true, since it is perfectly obvi¬
ous to anyone who has been listening with
any degree of seriousnous thatpunknas—
however belatedly—had a major musical
impact on currently trendy genres like
"grunge", heavy metal, hard rock, certain
types of guitar pop, industrial, and other
sorts of hard-edged music. And there are
more than a few major rock bands in recent
times that have been made up primarily of
bona fide punk rockers, such as DANZIG,
JUNKYARD, etc. But at least 95% of the
music biz people who are now claiming to
have once oeen "into" punk rock are bald-
faced liars. This is true not only of the
poseurs in awful old-style cheese metal
bands who wear RAMONES T-shirts on
stage, but also of college radio dorks and
the industry's legion of publishers, A & R
men, and rock "critics" who are now sing¬
ing the praises of punk. If a measly 1 /10 of
them had really liked punk rock back in
the late 1970s or early 1980s, as they are
now claiming, many seminal punk bands
would have sold hundreds or thousands,
if not millions, of copies of their records
when they first came out, and the under¬
ground scene as we know it would have

developed in a vastly different—and much
worse-way.

The truth back then was radically
different. Although it may seem incredible
in this day and age, playing a punk rock
record in 1977 for your "hippest" friends,
much less at a larger social gathering like a
party or a club, would instantly generate a
wave of incomprehension, revulsion, and
contempt, and provoke a loud chorus of
phrases such as^turn that shit off!", "what
is that awful noise?", "you call that mu¬
sic?", "how can we dance to that?", "you're
bumming us out", not to mention a stream
of personal abuse and occasional threats of
bodily harm. Out of all the alleged coun¬
tercultural rebels I was then associating
with in my hometown (Chicago), only three
(besides myself) liked punk rock right from
the outset. For the record, they were Terry
Nelson, a DJ on college radio station
WZRD, Phil Wong (who first introduced
me to the first RAMONES album), and my
perennial and still active drinking buddy,
Chris.) This suggests that the proportion
of those who liked it within trie general
population was even more miniscule, as in
fact it was. And remember. I'm talking
about 1976 and 1977 here, which means
that I'm referring to classical punk records
with great pop melodies—e.g., GENERA¬
TION X's 'i ou r Generation", or some¬
thing by the RAMONES or CLASH—not
tuneless ultra-thrash from 1985. I'm talk¬
ing about records that nowadays seem
incredibly accessible, if not positively tame,
by comparison with some of the noisy
ugliness that has since come down the
pflce. But the audiences in those days in¬
variably responded as if one was screech¬
ing chalk across a blackboard.

That was the sad reality of the situa¬
tion, and a mark of just how much "rock"
musicjiad degenerated between 1968 and

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gay disco called
"La Mere Vipere". Otherwise there was
nothing, until some more or less establish¬
ment clubs started booking the bigger tour¬
ing punk acts in the hope of making mon¬
ey. In short, given the unbelievably lame
musical standards of the times, even the
most commercial-sounding punk was per¬
ceived as an incredibly fast, chaotic, and
noisy monstrosity. Consequently, it alien¬
ated and offended almost everyone who
heard it. Despite the fact that it actually
represented a partial throwback to earlier
forms of primitive rock n'roll—psychotic
rockabilly, early British invasion stuff, 60s
garage punk, the STOOGES—most listen¬
ers found it far too radical and extreme for
their tastes. For almost all of them, hearing
punk music was an overwhelmingly neg¬
ative experience that they had no wish to
repeat. There was only a tiny handful of
people in every major city who found it so
inspiring that it ended up changing their
lives forever. I was, perhaps unfortunate¬
ly, one of those losers and miscreants.

One measure of the hostility which

>unk provoked was the almost uniform
iismissal of it by "hip" rock critics and
music magazines. With a few exceptions,
many of which appeared in the opportu¬
nistic British music press which was al¬
ways on the lookout tor a transitory "Next

music critics characterized it as a mindless
new stylistic fad fueled by amateur bands
who couldn't play their instruments and
made a horrible, atonal, and "unmusical"
noise. Lester Bangs was one of the handful
of rock journalists who understood that it
wasinpartthpsevery features which made

culturally significant, "but most of his col¬
leagues tripped over each others' feet in an
effort to ridicule, devalue, and express con¬
tempt for this primitive new type of music.
That should come as no real surprise, since
most of the latter had made their reputa¬
tions promoting veteran 60s acts or, even
worse, the kind of bland corporate mid-
70s rock, including "progressive rock" and
mellow stoner rock, which punk was re¬
acting and rebelling against. The very same
publications that had lavished praise on
the cultural changes wrought by the late
Is hippie psychedelic bands had become,
within halt a decade, the chief obstacles to
further cultural and musical transforma¬
tion. Rolling Stone was perhaps the worst
offender. Its authoritarian editor, Jann
Wenner, and the bulk of its regular stable
of big-name critics (Dave Marsh, Ben Fong-
Torres, Jon Landau) positively detested
punk as a form of music and cultural ex-

those 60s values which they Felt had fill
duced the "only music that mattered,
maaaan". Chuck Young, Chet Flippo, and
Greil Marcus were among the rare excep¬
tions, and Young eventually ended up
* ^ of the

rebellious behav¬
ior patterns associated with punk. In short,
well over 95% of the rock critics associated
with the music biz contemptuously dis*

thank God!—leave no lasting traces on the
development of rock and pop music.

Within a few years, or course, the
growingimpact of punk demonstrated that
all these overpaid stuffshirts were entirely

they had long since become. Some of them
may have been able to preserve a shred of

ha d since seen the errors of their ways.
That would have been the honest and no¬
ble thing to acknowledge (as musicians
like Ray Davies and PeteTownshend, ear¬
ly critics of 1977 Britpunk, both later had
e guts to do), but more than a few of
these critics, assuming that no one would
remember, adopted the tactic of pretend¬
ing that they had always appreciated the

significance and value of punk. Well, I'd
like to put all these assholes on notice.
Those of us who were ostricized, ridiculed,
physically attacked, and otherwise perse¬
cuted for being early fans and proponents
of punk aren't about to let them get away
with that bullshit. They might be able to
fool the new wave of "Deadheads" in the
Lollapalooza generation, but we older
punks are never going to let them falsify
the historical record in such a grotesque
fashion. And the same goes for all the
college radio schmucks wno are now des¬
perately and belatedly seeking to obtain
credibility by telling everyone just how
much they've always loved punk rock,
blah blah blah. In fact, from now on I'm
personally going to go out of my way to
expose these phony baloney shits whenev¬
er they start blathering about punk in a
public forum. Even if only a few thousand
people currently pay any attention to what
we say in MRR, I'm at least going to try
and make sure that their bogus claims are
refuted and that these corrections will be
entered into the historical record. So with¬
out further ado, let's begin this process by
discussing three recent books that have
recently appeared about "punk rock" (in
one form or another).

The first is a book by Clinton Heylin,
From the Velvets to the Voidoids: A Pre-
Punk History fora Post-Punk World (New
York: Penguin, 1993). Heylin is a British

writer who has

enned bio-

Thompson and Sandy Denny! More re¬
cently, he edited an anthology of "new"
rock criticism, which actually included
pieces by a handful of real underground
journalists. In his mind, at least, all of this
makes him eminently qualified to pontifi¬
cate on the entire prehistory of American
punk rock, and who am I to argue since
Richard Hell and Lenny Kaye both wrote
rave blurbs for the paperback edition? But
you know what a bunch of snot-nosed
brats we punks can be. We have little or no
respect for our elders, including former
punk icons. As it happens, Heylin's book
is filled with all sorts of fascinating details
and interesting anecdotes about the early
proto-punk and punk scenes in New York
and Cleveland, many of which were ob¬
tained straight from the mouths of key
participants. This alone makes the book a
treasure trove of punk history and a worth¬
while addition to anyone's collection of
publications about punk rock. And Heylin
does manage to evoke some of the excite¬
ment and nostalgia of those early days,
which is in itself quite an accomplishment
in this jaded era. Perhaps most important¬
ly, in his discussion of the seminal Cleve¬
land band ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS,
out of which later emerged such disparate
outfits as PERE UBU ana the DEAD BOYS,
he highlights the central musical division
that has always existed within the ranks of
our miniscule but contentious scene. I'm
talking about the division between those

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who were attracted to "punk" primarily
because it provided them with the free¬
dom to experiment musically and break
down the stylistic walls or genre limita¬
tions erected by industry concerns for com¬
mercial viability (the "artists"), and those
who loved punk music—for its own sake—
because it stripped down rock n'roll to its
most primitive basic elements and thereby
recaptured its rebellious, anti-social spark
(what I would term the "rock n'roll pur¬
ists").

To Heylin's lasting embarrassment,
he falls squarely within the former catego¬
ry. He is one of those misguided intellectu¬
als and aesthetes who views music prima¬
rily as an "AAAHRT" form, and his per¬
sonal tastes run toward a degree of musi¬
cal complexity and experimentation which
I consider fundamentally antithetical to
the spirit behind three-chord punk rock.
After reading this tome, it is impossible to
imagine him owning a large collection of
classic punk rock singles, much less regu¬
larly listening to such crude, primitive
music. Like many mainstream critics, he
goes out of his way to laud pretentious,
arty wankers like PERE UBU, but is openly
contemptuous of "fuck art, let's rock" ex¬
ponents like the DEAD BOYS. To my way
of thinking, such attitudes are anathema.
But our disagreement goes far beyond a
mere question of musical taste, because I
believe his aesthetic values are absolutely
alien to the true spirit of punk, despite the
fact that a number of influential artistes
(spoken with a contemptuous sneer) and
musical virtuosos associated with the ear¬
ly punk scene had similar values and tastes.
Needless to say, these latter are not the
ones that I look up to or have any use for.
Regardless of what Heylin may believe,
the RAMONESand DEAD BOYS captured
the chaotic energy and rebellious attitude
of punk rock far more than did angst-
ridden, self-indulgent "musicians" like
Tom Verlaine and David Byrne. The es¬
sence of punk rock, as John Holmstrom of
Punk magazine once rightly pointed out,
was an amateurish lack of professionalism
and a bad attitude. Along with others who
don't grasp this fundamental reality, Hey¬
lin should stick to writing about artists and
serious musicians, and leave punk rock to
the bored, pissed off, and alienated
"youths" (of whatever age) who regularly
generate a raucous ruckus on stage and, in
the final analysis, make up the lion's share
of its audience.

And speaking of the RAMONES, a
semi-official biography of the group has
just been published by Jim Bessman, Ra-
mones: An American Band (New York: St.
Martin's, 1993). As with the Heylin book,
this one is chock full of details about the
background of the individual band mem¬
bers and the developmental history of the
group itself. And again, it contains a lot of
Firsthand reminiscences by the protago¬
nists, in this case the RAMONES and their
influential supporters in the press and on
the radio. For tnese reasons, it makes for a

the music industry trade magazine Bill
board, has produced something very akin
to an extended press release. It is, in many
ways, a long overdue exercise in hype, if
not myth-making. Although I have my
doubts, it may be that Bessman has been a
big fan of the RAMONES from the outset,
or that he was somehow involved in the
punk scene before obtaining his current
position in the biz. Unlike the Heylin book,
however, his biography lacks any real crit¬
ical perspective, it just gushes on and on
about how great the RAMONES are, and
however much one might agree, it's hard
to take a book too seriously that repeats all
I superficial pop sociology cliches
g., the suburban boredom that

not without a sense of humor and more
than a grain of truth, that the RAMONES
have become punk's equivalent to the
GRATEFUL DEAD! The entire work is
filled with these sorts of superficial analy¬
ses and comparisons, and in that sense it is
like dozens of other industry-linked treat¬
ments of rock bands. But Bessman's is

selves very funny, both intentionally and
unintentionally.

Last but not least, there's now a bqpk
out by the East Bay's most exasperating
rock journalist, Gina Arnold. It is cleverly
entitled Route 666: On the Road to Nirva¬
na (New York: St. Martin's, 1993), and
displays all the virtues and shortcomings
of her article-length features on a larger
scale. As per usual, it's an extremely evoc¬
ative, beautifully written, and highly per¬
sonal piece of prose, and unlike most of her
fellow "alternative" rock critics she really
makes youbelieve that rock n'rolkhanged
her life. I'm certain that it has, because the
sense of awe and wonder that is character¬
istic of all obsessive rock n'roll fans is very
effectively transmitted via her writing. No
one who is equally obsessed-—and remem¬
ber, I am a person who loves rock n'roll
more than my girlfriend, more than Coca
Coca Classic, more than engaging in his¬
torical research, and practically more than
all the rest of life's wonders put together-
can fail to be deeply touched by certain
passages herein, in part because these pas¬
sages will so closely parallel or reflect rneir
own feelings and experiences, Arnold's
basic problem, as I indicated in another
column several months back, is that she
has utterly mainstream college radio tastes
but, for reasons which still escape me,
fancies herself to be on the cutting edge of
underground rock. In her chapters on the
alleged S.F., L.A., and D.C. punk roots of
the corporate "alternative' 7 rock she so
adores, for example, she drops hints all
over the place suggesting that she was a
regular attendee at punk shows in the San
Francisco Bay Area. This is, to put it blunt¬
ly, a bogus claim. Not only is it belied by

the incredibly skimpy and half-hearted
coverage she gives to S.F. punk, but I know
from firsthand experience that she hardly
ever went to punk gigs around here. How?
Because I've attended somewhere between
600 and 1000 punk shows in this city since
my arrival in the summer of 1979,1 never
forget a face, and I don't remember ever
seeing her. (About four months ago, some¬
one finally pointed her out to me, and she
looked completely unfamiliar, which is
not the case with tne core of regulars I still
recognize from those halcyon days.) If she
did go to punk gigs, it must have been to a
handful of relatively grandiose shows (at
places like the Temple, the Farm, the VIS
Club, or the I-Beam) featuring the more
famous punkish bands (like the DEAD
KENNEDYS, X, or her heroes, the RE¬
PLACEMENTS), the kinds of gatherings
where one can easily get swallowed up by
a mass of fair weather or wannabe punk
fans. She certainly wasn't hanging out on a
regular basis at the Deaf Club, 330 Grove,
the Valencia Tool and Die, the Sound of
Music, the Mab, and numerous other tran¬
sitory holes in the wall where most of the
really underground gigs were held.

Should anyone have any lingering
doubts about this, it will become clear as
soon as they take note of the bands she
focusses on in this book. Although she
drops the names of or briefly discusses
several seminal punk outfits (the PISTOLS,
the AVENGERS, the RAMONES, BLACK
FLAG, the WEIRDOS, etc.), she doesn't
profile any of the more obscure under¬
ground punk bands, past or present. In¬
stead, she devotes the oulk of her space to
relatively lightweight and commercial col¬
lege radio stuff like the REPLACEMENTS,
R.E.M., BIG STAR, FUGAZI, JANE'S AD¬
DICTION, PEARL JAM, NIRVANA, and
the Lollapalooza tours, not to mention
Subpop, tne wimpy pablum on the K label,
and the "indie rock nerds" who served as
college station DJs before going on to work
for major labels. Don't misunderstand me.
I think the first REPLACEMENTS album
and their Stink 12 M EP are great, and that
Ian is an unusuallyprincipled fellow (even
though MINOR THREAT will always re¬
main his most significant band, as even
Arnold acknowledges). I also like NIRVA¬
NA and was really impressed with Never¬
mind. But let's face it, no matter how "rad¬
ical" some of the above groups may have
seemed in relation to prevailing college
radio standards at the time of their vinyl
debuts, not a single one of them can be
considered—then or now—to be on the
cutting edge of the punk underground.
Indeed, most of them aren't really "punk"
at all, regardless of what definition one
chooses to adopt. Not by a long mother-
fucking shot. Yet this relatively commer¬
cial and mainstream drivel is precisely
what Arnold has always gotten all slack-
jawed and dew-eyed over, if this book and
her weekly columns are any indication.
Moreover, practically every time she actu¬
ally mentions or discusses current punk

bands, her information is misleading if not
downright erroneous. Can anyone forget
that she described the DWARVES as a
"grunge" band in a recent column? Many
more such gaffes could be chronicled if
one went back and reexamined her arti¬
cles, though this is the only one I am able to
remember off the top of my head. Every¬
one makes occasional mistakes, of course,
but when it comes to lesser-known punk
and garage bands Arnold is obviously ven¬
turing into musical and cultural territory
that sne knows very little about.

The main thesis of the book can be
summed up in the following illustrative
passage: "Without punk rock there'd be
no college radio, no SST records, no Cure.
Madonna couldn't be going around in her
bustier, and Sonic Youth wouldn't be on
Geffen. There'd be no Replacements with¬
out punk rock, and certainly no Lollapal-
ooza Tour." Now that would really be a
shame! What would all of us punks do if
not for the excitement generated by Lolla-
palooza? Life just wouldn't be worth liv¬
ing if phony baloney sexpots like MA¬
DONNA weren't traipsing around in their
underwear! Sarcasm aside, this is one of
the most pathetic arguments in support of
the value of punk rock that I've ever had
the misfortune to encounter. It would be
positively ludicrous if its implications
weren't so horrifying. Is this what all of
our efforts over the past fifteen or so years
have really boiled down to? That we've
bulldozed a path for shitty, pretentious
acts like JANE'S ADDICTION to follow on
their road to success? If such things consti¬
tuted its sole "accomplishments", punk
would have an awful lot to answer for. If
you ask me, not a single one of these things
represents any sort of accomplishment.
On the contrary, they represent a perver¬
sion and degeneration of everything punk
once represented (and still represents, at
least in part, to those of us who are diehard
fans). Trie fact that Arnold doesn't realize
this provides the most eloquent testimony
imaginable of her failure to recognize and
appreciate the true value and spint of punk.
Seen in this light, it is all the more difficult
to take her incessant post-facto paeans to
punk rock seriously. At the moment, the
only thing they are inspiring me to do is
pick up a revolver. The sole remaining
question is whether I should point it at her
or myself.

In any event, I for one am getting sick
and fucking tired of all these johnnie-come-
latelys who are now claiming to be big
"experts" on the subject of punk rock. If
truth be told, what most of them know
about the history of punk after 1978 could
barely fit into a thimble. Yet they are ob¬
taining lucrative book contracts and estab¬
lishing a measure of credibility among
those who are too young or too ignorant to
recognize their errors and contest their
analyses. With each passing day. I'm think¬
ing more and more about writing my own
book on the subject. If all these Know-
nothings can get away with it, why

shouldn't someone who has been intimate¬
ly involved in the scene for almost two
decades throw their hat into the ring? This
is becoming all the more necessary, since
these days even most so-called "punks"
have apparently forgotten what punk was
originally all about.

FOR THOSE ABOUT TO PUNK OUT,

I SALUTE YOU ' ^ I

This month has been a particularly
good month for punk releases. In fact,
wouldn't even know where to begin ex¬
cept for the fact that one of them is the best
punk album since SNAIR's great debut.
I'm talking about the HUMPERS new CD,
Positively Sick on 4th Street, (That's a
hilarious parody of a BOB DYLAN album
title, for all you ignoroids out there.) Let
me begin by quoting the brilliant liner
notes by Flipside's own Martin McMartin,
which will give you some idea of the over¬
all spirit of the thing: "The disc you hold in
your creepy little hands can redeem you,
babies! The Humpers wanna take ya on a
bad trip back to the future, where young,
loud, and snotty are the buzzwords of a
new degeneration. They wanna make ya
puke on ail your arena-rock excess and jam
that fashion statement you're try in' to make
right down yer throat You wouldn't want
these guys near your liquor cabinet or
your fat little sister.. .The Plumpers are real.
Ready to crack you in the skull with a big
punk rock and wash you in the blood of
rock 'n' roll. They're hungry and you're in
their way." I couldn't have put it better
myself. What we have here is an album full
of crunchy garage punk blasts with more
than a nod to the DEAD BOYS, HEART-
BREAKERS, and MC5, among others. "Soul
Surgeon" is one of the best punk songs I've
ever heard—and that's saying a helluva
lot, considering the hundreds of thousands
I've heard in my life-—and "Murder City
Revolution" and a host of others aren't far
behind. With nary a single duff cut, the
inclusion of a couple of tracks from their
singles, a strong cover of the MC5's "Rock-
;t Reducer No. 62", and a nice stream of
f shut up'"s at the end, I can't think of a
single reason not to rush right out, buy this
disc, and crank it up to full volume. The
first time I heard it I was mighty impressed,
but now that I've played it over two dozen
times some tracks on it actually give me
goose bumps. Let me make it real simple.

If you're not bowled over by this record,
don't even try to pretend that you ever
liked pure punk rock, you fucking poseur.
No shit. And guess what, they're even
better live.

Speaking of punk, check out the new
CHAOS UK IT EP, 100% Two Fingers in
the Air Punk Rock. I've always liked this
band, but this is undoubtedly their best
release in years. "A Swindle" isablistering
uptempo attack on punk sellouts, and has
a great alternating dual vocal bridge. "Wall
Street Crash" and both parts of "Ronnie
was a Rebel" are also exceptionally catchy
punkers with a nice "fuck you" feel, and
here are lots of funny intros. In short, this

whole EP is...well, it's punk as fuck. I also
saw these jokers live a couple months ago
in an Oakland warehouse, and they were
definitely the real thing. Why can't there
be more bands like this around here? We
need 'em more than ever nowadays.

No one can talk about punk this month
without mentioning the new QUINCY
PUNX EP, Get the Humans. It's got as
much biting satire and side-splitting hu¬
mor as their debut, as well as the same
snotty, garagey feel. But I like the music
much better because they slowed the tem¬
po down to punk (as opposed to thrash)
speed on three songs y'Part of the Prob¬
lem", "Fuck You if You Can't Take a Joke",
and "Beer Brigade"), which makes it alot
easier for an old fart like me to jump around
to the beat. I dare you to keep a straight
face while listening to the retarded dia¬
logue from the infamous episode of "Quin¬
cy* which opens this EP.

Two issues ago I somehow forgot to
review the latest WRETCHED ONES EP,
Johnny Burnout, which is on the Force
Majeure label instead of Headache. I apol¬
ogize profusely, but I'm so busy these cfays
that I sometimes lose track of things. In any
case, the title track and "Wretched Girl"
are particularly fine examples of this band's
chunky working-man punk style, with its
gruff vocals ana distinctive guitar breaks
(courtesy of B.T.). The display of besotted
obsession on the latter track is genuinely
touching, as it's the sort of sensitive love
song that one wouldn't expect to hear on a
WRETCHED ONES record. Another win¬
ner from the New Jersey "power drink¬
ers", who supposedly have an album on
the way. I just wish they'd get enough time
off work to come out to California, since
there's some dedicated West Coast power
drinkers that would love to see them live.

Speaking of Joisey, there's also a new
NIBLICK HENBANE EP out on Head¬
ache. The three originals are driving, fairly
catchy Oi numbers, although the produc¬
tion is a little muddy ana "America" is
marred lyrically by the kind of misplaced
patriotic pride that seems to be omnipres¬
ent back East. (I love lots of things about
America, too, such as the individualistic
ethos, the Constitution, and the psychotic
popular culture, and I share their revul¬
sion for violent criminals, but there may be
some worrisome subtexts herein despite
their explicit dissociation from neo-Nazi
types.) Be that as it may, the music is pretty
darn good, and this time around they've
decided to make HERMAN'S HERMITS
wish they were never born. Like all Head¬
ache records, this one is low-fi and 33rpm,
which means you really have to crank it up
to get the full effect.

One of the big surprises this month is
the new EP by the CAMPUS TRAMPS, a
British garage punk band with plenty of
pop hooks and guitar punch. It includes a
sort of RAMONES tribute ("Raise Hell
with Riff Randall"—I trust you all remem¬
ber the movie "Rock and Roll High
School"), but the outstanding cuts are on

the B-side. Both "Condition" and "Glad
You're Gone" have irresistable melody
lines and choruses wedded to real dirty
guitar breaks. This release is on a Japanese
label (1 +2 Records), but it's definitely worth
picking up if you can find it somewhere.

As for live shows, the big surprise of
the month was the ADICTS gig at the
Berkeley Square. I was never a Dig fan of
the ADICTS in their earlier incarnation,
even though they had some very catchy
singles, and was singularly unimpressed
by their gig in San Francisco back around
1984. In met, right after they took the stage
at their recent show, I told someone that I
expected that they would suck. It turned
out, however, that they made me eat my
words. They were really great, what with
a set full of hook-filled melodic punk blasts,
funny between-song commentary, and an
energetic stage presence. Check 'em out if
they come through your town. The other
recent highlight was the brilliant audience
baiting by Matty and the other FUCK-
BOYZ in tne course of a set opening for the
MENTORS. The latter were as stupid and
boorish as ever—they haven't changed one
iota over the years—but, as incredible as it
seems, their fans have actually degenerat¬
ed as the years have gone by. Even so, I like
to see 'em about once every five years.

IF YOU WANT YOUR ROCKIN' OB-
NOXIO-PUNK RECORDS AND CDs RE¬
VIEWED IN THIS COLUMN, SEND
ALONG AN EXTRA COPY c/o ME TO
MRR.

A girl comes to Berkeley because she':
sick of the small town where she grew up
and the narrow-minded people tnat live
there. She wants to enjoy all the freedom,
experience all the excitement that she's sure
she's been missing. She meets some cool
people who hang around Telegraph.
They're way cooler than any people she
ever knew before. They're in bands, they
publish zines, they organize protests and
fight with thepolice. They also like to drink
a lot of beer. Tne new girl wants to fit in, so
she drinks a lot of beer too. A year later
she's an alcoholic, spare changing on the
street. Her former friends ignore her when
they see her.

Another girl comes to town and has
trouble getting a job. She hears that a lot of
punks work as prostitutes, or, as is com¬
monly said these days, sex workers. She
decides to give it a try, and at first, every¬
thing goes well. She makes loads of money,
and she kind of gets a kick out of realizing
that she has power over men, especially the
kind of men - businessmen, school princi¬
pals, cops - who used to make her life

miserable. She gets so into being a whore
that pretty soon she only hangs out with
other whores. Somewhere along the line
she starts doing cocaine, and then heroin.
Eventually she turns into such a junkie that
she gets fired from her job at the massage
parlor, and has to start turning tricks on tne
street. The cops find her body in an alley.
She's been beaten to death. The killer is
never caught.

A boy moves to the city from a rich,
mostly white suburb. His parents are rac¬
ists, and so are most of the Kids he's grown
up with. He realizes how wrong that is, so
he resolves to never judge people by the
color of their skin. Partly to save money,
but also to demonstrate the level of his
commitment, he rents a place in a mostly
black part of town. He listens to a lot of rap,
dresses and tries to talk like a cross be¬
tween Ice Cube and Chuck D. He gets
along okay with some of the local kids, but
whenever he's more than a few blocks from
his house, he gets called names and some¬
times shoved around by black kids who tell
him to get his white ass out of their neigh¬
borhood. He tries to explain that he's on
their side. Sometimes they listen, but one
night a gang beats the shit out of him and
puts him in the hospital. When he gets out

who are preparing for race war.

Joe is a left-winger, practically a com¬
munist His friends mostly march in dem¬
onstrations or write articles explaining
what's wrongwith the system. But he wants
to do something more real, so he gets a job
at the local factory, with the idea that he's

tbor union. But in order to communicate
with them, he figures he has to approach
them on their own level. So he joins the

they stop in for a beer after work. He even
takes to watching baseball and football
games so he'll be able to keep up with the
conversation. Ten years la ter, Joe still works
at the factory, he's married to a woman he
met at the bowling alley, they've got two
kids and another on the way, and he puts
away at least a sixpack of Budweiser every
night. If anyone mentioned labor unions in
his presence, he'd probably laugh or make
some sarcastic remark.

When Susan was in college, she got
involved in the prisoners' rights move¬
ment. She would help them me lawsuits
demanding better living conditions, or to
appeal their convictions. In the course of
her work, she wrote regularly to a number
of prisoners, and visited many of them as
well. She ended up getting romantically
involved with one prisoner, and when he
got out, she startedliving with him. All of
her friends told her that the man was no
good - he had, after all, been convicted of
both rape and murder - but he swore that
he'd been framed because he was black
and the victim was white. Susan believed
him, some of the time. Other times, when

she didn't believe him, she rationalized
that whatever he might have done, it was
only because he'd had such an unhappy
life, because he'd never been loved. Sne
was sure her love could make the differ¬
ence. Today she still lives with him, but he
only comes home once or twice a week,
usually to demand money or tell her what
a bitch she is. He doesn t beat her up as
much as he used to, but her nose is perma¬
nently bent to one side, and she's lost part
of the hearing in one ear from past beat¬
ings. Her old friends have given up trying
to talk her into leaving; mostly they donT
even see her anymore.

John came to Ann Arbor to attend the
university. He was the first person from his
family ever to go to college, and everyone
was excited that someone from their little
town had been accepted to such a presti¬
gious school as the University of Michigan.
iohn felt pretty good about it too, but he
wanted more out of life than just to be a
good student. He started hanging out with
tne punks that went to his school, and that
was cool. Then he started meeting other
punks who didn't go to school, and thought
people who did were posers. John didn't
want to be a poser. He moved into a punk
house where nobody worked or went to
school. He had a hard time keeping up with
his studies because everybody stayed up
all night listening to music and getting
drunk, and they'd laugh at him when he'd
try to go to bed at midnight because he had
class tne next day. Gradually he gave up
trying, and he flunked out after his second
semester. He also lost his scholarship. He
managed to scam some money out of his
parents before they found out; after that he
mostly got his food from dumpster diving.
The punk house got evicted, and after John
ran out of couches to sleep on, he ended up
going back to his home town. He works
midnights at 7-11 and drinks a lot.

What do all these stories have in com¬
mon besides the fact that they're true (some
facts have been slightly altered to protect
people's privacy)? Simply this: if you don't
already know somebody who's met a sim¬
ilar fate, sooner or later you almost certain¬
ly will. Some of these stories go back as
much as twenty years, others are still un¬
folding as you read these words. What
happened to these people will happen to
many others, might even happen to you,
for one main reason. They thought they
were expressing their sympathy for the
oppressed and down and out members of
society by becoming oppressed and down
and out themselves.

Punks are especially susceptible to
this sort of thinking. More than any subcul¬
ture since the 1950s beats, punks tend to
romanticize failure, to see themselves as
beautiful losers, doomed visionaries, shoot¬
ing stars on a collision course with disaster.

I've given a lot of thought to why this
might be. i he best conclusion I can come
up with is that most punks come from a
relatively sheltered and privileged envi¬
ronment. Yeah, yeah, I know some of you

had to make do without your own TV set or
car or Nintendo, and some of you might
even have been forced to hold an after¬
school job to support your record buying
habit, but face it, the great majority or you
who read this magazine are white and mid¬
dle class, if not upper middle class.

Just by virtue of the fact that you're
able to read these words, you've already
got a head start on a significant number of
your fellow Americans. Millions of them
are functionally illiterate, meaning that they
couldn't read this if they wanted to, and
many millions more read with such diffi¬
culty that they don't find it worth the effort
to tackle anything more demanding than a
lottery ticket or a street sign.

So what, you say? Just this: in a soci¬
ety so inequitaole as ours, where violence
and brutal injustice are as much a way of
life for some as unchallenged comfort and
luxury are for others, any reasonably sensi¬
tive person can't help but feel a little dis-
combobulated by the constantly conflict¬
ing realities of life in modern America.
Cognitive dissonance, some might call it:
nothing seems to make enough sense.

One way this disorientation common¬
ly expresses itself among the more privi¬
leged classes is a feeling of life being mean¬
ingless and unreal. From the insulated co¬
coon of a safe suburban home, where the
harshness of the inner city is reduced to
images on the video screen, it's tempting to
think that somewhere, somehow, people
are doing things that matter more, tnat
others are experiencing life in a way that
you're not capable of.

And some people are, but in most
cases they're not the pimps and drug deal¬
ers and whores and beggars and drunks
and junkies. Having been at least a few of
those things myselb I can testify from per¬
sonal experience that those of you whose
own hardship has been limited to not hav¬
ing cable TV or not getting to go out with
the pretty blond girl next door are not
missing anything out there in the harsher
world.

So am

land, be always
of course not. I'm saying, god help me, a
version of what my mother always told me:
ou don't have to roll around in the mud to
now it's dirty. And you don't need to get
beat up by the cops or your pimp or get
thrown in jail or die an early death from
drugs or alcohol or general self-abuse to
live a meaningful life. Believe me, enough
trouble will find you without your having
to go look for it.

And now the continuation of an on¬
going diatribe, on a subject I'm getting
more and more annoyed about. Recently a
fellow columnist, namely Jeff Bale, and nis
girlfriend got attacked by two young black
men with guns. I know some of you will
say that I am racist for even mentioning the
skin color of the attackers, but only some¬
one with the their head up their ass could
fail to acknowledge that there is an awful
lot of black-against-white street crime these

1 1 saying stay there in suburban
vays sate and never sorry? No,

T

ki

days. Yes, I know there is also a lot of black-
on-black crime, and I know that American

person with a sense of decency is appalled
at what our country has done and contin¬
ues to do to its black citizens.

So what's
what rm;ge!ftIhgS:
people (except, of course for those who are
actually out in the streets beating and rob¬
bing), but at the mush-brained white liber¬
als and wannabe radicals who think they're
doing black people a favor by glorifying
the guns and gangs subculture as some
kind of emblem of rebellion. A gangbanger
is no more than the lowest form ofcapital-
ist scum; he (usually he) does exactly the
same kind of things as the corporations
punks are always bitching about, only with
a lot less finesse and a lot more visible
blood.

Why is it when Reagan or Bush or

'hy ■pH

Clinton drops some bombs and kills a few
civilians to help make the international
environment sate for corporate investment,
our ultra-radical punks are ready to riot in
the streets, but when some cocaine gang
does a drive-by on innocent civilians, it's
no big deal as long as some rapper can
come up with some cool rhymes about it?
Yeah, 1 exaggerate a little, but not much.

When I see a young black person in
gangbanger apparel, I usually get out of
the way. Maybe I'm being paranoid, but
I've lived in big cities much of my life, and
that's what experience has taught me. When

people in

on t feel

quite as paranoid, but I don't go out of my
way to make friends with them either. 1
basically think, what losers. Paying all sorts
of money to wear the logo of a mostly
white, multi-zillion dollar corporation that
drastically fucked over the mostly black
city of Oakland (I don't mean by taking the
team away, who gives a fuck about that,
but by scamming the city out of more than
20 million bucks that could have gone to
real human needs), yeah, that's really hip.
Maybe next year McDonald's or Pepsi log¬
os wilt be the total hiphop look.

But what really gets me going is when
I see hipsters and intellectuals and out

should know way better. But instead they'll
contort themselves into unimaginable con¬
tradictions explaining why it's all right f
Ice Cube or Ice-T to talk aoout bitches ar
hos and killing people who aren't the right
color, or how Public Enemy can dis on fags
and sell out to a major label and spout the
most inane pseudo-intellectual crap and
not only be taken seriously, but be consid¬
ered revolutionary.

One thing I'll agree with black radi¬
cals on: white people are responsible for
most of the ills in black society today. But
today. I'd say that would-be radicals and
revolutionaries among the white race are
doing as much harm as the old-fashioned

segregationists and racists who are slowly
but surely fading away. Every time you
give serious credibility to a moron like Ice
Cube, you are insulting the black race. Sure,
the guy can bust a good rhyme and he can
be funny as hell. But that's what he is: a
clown, with few if any principles (well, I
can recall one, as the man proclaimed on an
NWA record: "Life ain't nothin but bitches
and money"). Taken as a song and dance
man, an entertainer, he can be great. As a
spokesperson for black people, ne belongs
up there with Amos and Andy (young
people, ask your parents).

The same goes for most of the other
rappers commonly held up as sterling ex¬
amples of revolutionary black culture. No,
I don't mean this to be an attack on all rap
music; I know there intelligent and respon¬
sible rappers. But every time dingbat white
wannabes kick down their money for one
of the more idiotic releases, they're helping
to destroy the genre, not support it. Think
of it this way: pick the most moronic, use¬
less example of a punk band and then
imagine what would happen if they sud¬
denly became wildly popular outside of
the punk scene. Sold millions of records, in
fact. Don't you think that would have a big
effect on the punk scene too? The better,
more intelligent bands would be shoved
out of the way and quickly forgotten as all
the corporate bucks flowed toward the
bands who sounded most like Spike Anark-
ie and the Fucken Shitz. (Yeah, I know
many of you think this has already hap¬
pened, and you may be right.)

So what's this all have to do with Jeff
Bale and his girlfriend getting attacked by
young black men with guns? Maybe not
that much, except that violence and guns
have become extremely romanticized of
late, and some supposedly very hip punk
rock types have been among those doing
the romanticizing. I've had a gun held to
my head on several occasions, by both cops
and robbers. I've seen a kid get shot by a
cop, and a cop get shot by a kid. I found
none of this particularly pleasant. And I
seriously wisn the hard-edged self-righ¬
teous posers who strut around the punk
scene as if they were waiting for their race
transplant to take hold would go the fuck
back to Orange County and the other rich
white suburbs they came from, because
they sure as hell are contributing nothing
but shit to our urban environment.

Now, on a more pleasant note, for all
you bona fide wimps out there who are in
on my well-known conspiracy to destroy
punk rock by stripping it of its all-impor¬
tant AGGRRRREbSION: our band, the Po-
tatomen, has completed a 7-song demo
tape that's got to be the weakest, most
feeble thing ever released under the gener¬
al heading of punk rock. It's even too wimpy
for Lookout; that's why it's a demo. Acous¬
tic guitar, bass and drums, and three dorks
who can't sing attempting catchy little
melodies about life, love, death, and Eure¬
ka. $2 postpaid; no high quality stuff here,
it's taped over other old demo tapes. PO

Box 11374, Berkeley CA 94701.

I've also been asked to mention that
the Bay Area's own Punk BBS, aka Cool
Beans, has moved to Frisco and has a new
number: 415-648-7865. Or 415-648-PUNK.
If you don't get enough of my and Mykel
Board's ravings in MRR, you can find more
there. I tried getting Ben Weasel hooked up
to the BBS when he was out here, but
within two minutes he was insulting ev¬
erybody on the network, and five minutes
later, he was challenging the system oper¬
ator to a fist fight. A first for me in BBS-
land, I must say.

And lastly, Phyllis of RAOOUL has
been bugging me to help her in her quest to
become famous by mentioning her in my
column. OK, Phyl, you've had your fifteen
seconds. Yeah, I know it used to be fifteen
minutes. Things move faster in these won¬
derful 90s.

1 was watching the popemobile the
other day careening into Denver with sev¬
eral thousand fanatical kids in tow. Al¬
though the foam mi ter headgear was doing
qu i te a brisk business wi th the same crowd,
l wondered how much of his message they
were buying. The same Catholic Church
that preaches humility and cha rity has more
real estate holdings than any other organi¬
zation on the planet. The same church that
teaches "all people are equal in the sight of
God" won't even allow their women fol¬
lowers into the priesthood. Although the
church preaches an alleged morality of the
highest order, the Vatican in Rome has the
largest pornographic coll ec tion in the world

. I can just see these guys now."Father

Brown this is filthy disgusting smut ...the

world is an unsavory place.by the way

let me have a closer look at Miss Septem¬
ber." The same church that follows the

commandment "Love thy neighbor" has
thought nothing of subverting it when it
came to neighbors who looked different,
spoke different or worshiped different.
Likewise "thou shall not kill" didn't apply
to "savages".

I know all these kids in Denver can't
be brain dead although at least then they'd
have an excuse. Hopefully, maybe they just
ditched a few too many history classes. I
think idealism and the need to want to
make a difference are important qualities
in any human but blind idealism is wasted

energy-1 know a guy with a megaphone

at the 24th St Bart Station who's past the
point of no return on that one thank you
very much! Why anyone would want to

worship the leader of these "politics of
hate" is beyond me. When I want to sub¬
vert all my self respect and lie down with
dogs, I'll look you up pal, OK? It's no turn
on for me to hear that overdone message
about "traditional values", which, trans¬
lated for me, means a time when I couldn't
vote, speak or think. Hey, that's just what I
had in mind for you, now that you mention
it!

Yeah the Pope What a guy.My

K lmother had pictures of every pope
e last 200 years plastered all over her
house. The ole ''Shrine-O-Pope" syndrome
that! think is genetically inherited by every
Italian Catholic....it's like one of the prereq¬
uisites or something. That combined with
the gold spray paint that adorned every
light fixture, every plastic plant, every pic¬
ture frame. She was the girl with the Midas
touch, but strangely, none of this seemed to
touch her. She died a bitter old lady in a rest
home, her only visitors the cockroaches
that shared her lonely table.

I myself was raised a good Catholic
girl. I went to Catholic school for twelve
years—yep— twelve guilt-ridden years of
marital bliss with Jesus-twelve years of

bad haircuts and bad wardrobes *-years

spent watching Sister Mary Anastasia at¬
tach one of my classmates with his own belt
to the schoolroom chair and then proceed
to lift him "heavenward" by the bottom of
his ears. I remember I had my first inkling
of "gee, maybe they're full of shit" when
one day after an exceptionally long lecture
bv Sister Mary Rose addressing "the Next
Coming of Christ and Your Role in the
Picture, I said "excuse me Sister Mary
Rose but I'd rather be the head guy you
know? I mean why be a nun and wait on
these old priests when you could be a priest
and have 'em wait on you?" Her answer,
and don't forget this was a woman who
held a PhD in Biological Science and played
basketball better than any guy I knew, her
answer was "because Christ was a man". I
mean, that was supposed to be the end of
the conversation! Let's face it, if Mary can
get pregnant without having sex, Christ
can be a woman! Needless to say, I lost the
faith quite rapidly after that but the guilt
that accompanied the Church's teachings
wasn't as easy to dispel.

Particularly for women Catholics,
guilt was thought of as "your cross to
carry". If you married a guy that broke
every bone in your body on his weekend
binges, it was your fault because you must
have done something to upset him—never
mind that the guy might be off screwing
your best friend—a good Catholic wife
stood by her husby—even if he "strayed".
Of course, if I had tried the same thing the
same church that was so understanding
about "men's frailties" would rear its ugly
head at me and advise me of my excom¬
munication.

My own mother refused to leave my
father because of this double standard. The
guy liked women, period. I used to come

home at 4 am when I was 17 and try to
sneak in the house shitfaced and incognito.
Most of these times, my mom was in the
kitchen with a iug of wine, usually about
halfway demolished (her and the bottle)
trying to play solitaire thru her tears. On
those nights 1 wanted to drive a stake thru
my fathers heart like he had driven one into
hers , she had become such a wreck. But
you see, with her Italian Catholic back¬
ground, she could never have been at peace
anyway because, according to those be¬
liefs:

It was her fault he was cheating

It was her fault the marriage was a
disaster

It was her fault she had breast cancer

It was her fault she was an alcoholic

It was her fault she had one kid in a
nut-house and another in prison
It was her fault, dammit, because a good
Catholic bore their crosses!

My mom didn't leave the marriage or

the Church-she chose to leave theplan-

et instead. But of course, to die a Martyr
really was the best way to go according a a
church that teaches that you'll get your
reward in heaven, while you wallow in self
pity below. (And while you're wallowing,
would you mind giving us a small dona¬
tion?)

That whole guilt trip seems have
caught on like crazy. Every time I pick up
the paper I see signs of it. Look at the guy ■
who testified to killing a elderly guy for no
reason, then turned himself into police out
of guilt after his weekend binging. He said
"It had started to bother me". My question
is, why didn't it bother him while he had
the gun to the guys head?

Or the guy that was shot in the face
during a bungled robbery attempt one
morning at his grocery store. After under¬
going three hours of surgery to remove the
bullet, he was back at work the same after¬
noon! When the news media asked him
what on earth he was doing, he said "I do
not die so I work...I work until I die". Oh
brother, this guy must have had a Catholic
childhood!

Or how about that feisty gal in Ma¬
nassas, Virginia, who cut off her nusbands
penis, then tossed it out the car window,
-ater, out of guilt (that good ole Christian
know how), sne tells the cops exactly what
she did and where they can find the stray
dick, inevitably convicting herself in the
process. (The Manassas DA issued a state¬
ment saying "I think we will have enough
evidence to bring this to a Grand Jury ...
whoa, I guess so!—I wantta see the pictures
first though just to really convince me,
OK?)

Of course, as my Catholic upbringing
has taught me, out of pain and suffering
comes good, and it appears they are right
this time. I know that '*poor rapist" in Ma¬
nassas thinks so....I heard that ne's getting
a penile implant thrown in for kicks during
the 91/2 hour surgery.

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by Michael Utilitarian
Police on horseback, clubs at
the ready, lined up in front of the
San Jose church. A wrought-iron
gate, a chain-link fence, and the
army of police seperated the fanat¬
ical religious zealots of Operation
“Rescue” from the angry crowd of
pro-choice activists outside. This,
the kick-off rally for O.R.’s week-long “Cities
of Refuge” seige on women, their doctors,
and abortion clinics, was a wake-up call to
all who’d mistakenly thought that the battle
for abortion rights was over. The “right-to-
life hoe-down,” as I’d heard it unaffection-
ately called, had begun - and once again, the
bully-boys of O.R. were playing their games
at the expense of women.

The campaign in San Jose (located in
the southern San Francisco Bay Area) coin¬
cided with O.R. activity in 6 other U.S. cities,
with the right-wing woman-bashers hoping
to shut down clinics from coast to coast, July
9-18. However, Bay Area pro-choice clinic
defenders prevented Operation ResKKKue
from doing anything but humiliate them¬
selves in front of the national media. This
was in spite of efforts by the San Jose Police
Department to help O.R. try to destroy the
lives of women, and in spite of the pitiful
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on O.R. and constantly praised the police,
incorrectly accrediting cops with keeping
the clinics open.

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of womens’ physicians who perform abor¬
tions, waving their bloody-fetus posters and
passing out “Wanted for Murder” leaflets,

CANADIAN

PUNKFCST

_ '93 _

by Tony Crosgrey

I went out to Marmora (An
hour from my hometown) to Spi-
derland Acres to see The Birthday
Punkfest ’93. It had been adver¬
tised as the ultimate party, and I
for one will not argue that fact.

The birthday boy was an eccentric
(fifty-seven) year old punk rocker who
calls himself Spider, drives a hearse and
works with a purple mohawk at the Tren¬
ton Air Base. The guy needs a big Punk
Rock medal pinned right through his nose.

He put his house up for mortgage to
throw this 30 plus band event, paying
seven thousand dollars for the carnival
rides alone. He built his own covered stage
on the back of his house along with plans

by Donny the Punk

Hundreds of anarchists (a precise
count was impossible since there was
no formal registration) from the East
Coast and Midwest gathered in Phila¬
delphia for the Mid-Atlantic Regional
Anarchist Gathering (MARAG) July
30 for four days of workshops, performances,
networking, and general anarchy. Most of them, as
far as I could see, were punx, including hordes of
crusties. Most of the crusties seemed interested
only in the free (if monotonous) vegan food and
lodging, cheap entertainment, and the opportunity
to get drunk together, but there were enough
serious folks there to attend 59 scheduled work¬
shops on topics ranging from the peasant revolt of
1381 to methods for free global phone links.
Organizing, squatting, prisoner support, and sex-
related issues were the most common workshop
topics.

The gathering was originally supposed to
take place in a rented public school, but the city
backed out 2 weeks before the gathering (and was
sued by the local American Civil Liberties Union
affiliate) and the site was moved at the last mo¬
ment to the Friends (Quaker) Select School on the
weekend and the First Unitarian church on Friday
and Monday, both comfortable surroundings. The
@ coffeehouse at 4722 Baltimore Avenue in West
Philadelphia was crowded during off-hours
throughout the period. With entertainment at still
other sites, getting*around was a major obstacle; at
least the weather was pleasant.

There were no demonstrations, direct ac¬
tions, or arrests as far as-I know, and no police
interference.

For an @ gathering, it was pretty well orga¬
nized, with a helpful 34-page conference booklet
(though one of my workshops was assigned to a
room without a number, so it took me a half hour
to locate it and nobody else showed up) but every-

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OCTOBER, 1993
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SAN JOSE From Page 1 Col 1

complete with the doctors’ photos. Pro-choice
people came out to show support and harass
O.R. back. They seemed barely able to take
a dose of their own medicine, as California
O.R. director Jeff White demonstrated ever-
so-brutally in one doctor’s neighborhood. He
angrily grabbed a pro-choice woman by the
shirt who was verbally confronting him. Al¬
though the media got this telling incident on
film, it did little to help her when the O.R.-
sympathetic cops arrested the woman in¬
stead of White.

Although O.R. was literally being
chased all over the South Bay, and getting
angry pro-choice women and men in their
face at every place they stopped, the help
they received from the cops seemed to in¬
crease as the week in San Jose went on.

One of the pro-choice follow cars - which
was tracking O.R.’s every slimy move - was
cornered in a cul-de-sac by some of their
thugs, accompanied by plain-clothes cops
who flashed badges. Fortunately, the follow
car escaped, and the pig cars smashed into

each other, but it was clear that the cops
were actively assisting the O.R. attack. When
Operation ResKKKue did finally try to block¬
ade a Los Gatos womens’ clinic (which was
not even performing abortions, by the way),
the police put more effort into harassing and
arresting pro-choice activists than stopping
the illegal clinic blockade. The linked arms
and angry energy of clinic defenders kept the
doors of the facility open..

That night, however, the police did
their worst. Randall Terry, fuhrer of the
O.R. Reich, was speaking in the S.J. Civic
Auditorioum and an angry crowd of pro-
choice people were being kept at bay by
police outside the hall. A few people were
arrested, and one man was hospitalized while
in custody when the pigs refused to give him
his prescription medicine. He was told, “we
should’ve just taken you out to a field and
shot you.”

O.R. continually lied to the media, des¬
perately trying to make themselves look
successful. They weren’t. They failed miser¬
ably, and it was more than obvious when
they tried their final, feeble attempt to shut

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for another bigger show next year. I even
heard a rumour that he might be building a
indoor concert dome, along with turning the
bam into a commune type squat. After the
lame commercial bullshit of Lollapalooza it
was great to see someone doing something
independently positive for a change.

The bands in no order: From Mar¬
mora, Aftermath; from California, Vooddo
Glow Skulls; from Chicago, Mob Action;
from Montreal, Grim Skunk, Megalo, North¬
ern Vultures, Raw Energy, Damaged, Blood
Sausage; from Edmonton, Drool; from Tor¬
onto, Suckerpunch, Armed & Hammered,
Mr Zero, Mad Hatter, Hardground, The
Snow Dogs, Social Assistance, Ulcer, Raw
Sewage, Blowhard, Random Killing, Bron-
tocrushrock, Bunchofuckingoofs, P. W.
Freak, Goblynz, Politikill Incorect, X Va¬
cant Lot, Bittergrin, Shark Graffiti, The
Templars and many more stand by acts.

Spider even paid the famous U.K. Subs
to fly over from England. They were a great
bunch of guys who on the first night of the
party invited me to drink some of Spider’s
home made brew with them. One of the guys
from the U.K. Subs was (forty-seven) years
old. I hope when I reach there age I’m still
kicking it like them.

I always hear people saying that there
is nothing to do anymore. I guess those
people don’t knowlabout Spiderland Acres.
The all weekend party was great, lasting till

5-o’clock each morning, and then starting
all over again with some all night party guy
from Random Killing waking us up for more.
It was really good to see everyone cleaning
up garbage and beer bottles. All the bands
played for free (Including The U.K. Subs),
so during Mob Actions’s set someone passed
around a hat, so they could afford to get
back to Chicago. A group of people from
Toronto called Black Scorpion Productions
helped spider with the band organization,
and security end of things. Although they
looked mean as hell they were really nice
people. Excluding dogs I didn’t see any
fights the whole weekend. I heard there was
some guy on PCP who was freaking some
people out. Thankfully I never managed to
run into him. It was a good time, considering
all the different types of people there. From
Skinheads, to punkers, to deadheads. I talked
to a girl named Kelly who hitch-hiked with
a friend from New Brunswick. Another guy
read about it in the California magazine
Maximumrocknroll and came up from Cleve¬
land Ohio. The farmers and townspeople of
Marmora were great giving punkrock freaks
directions, water and some even cooked
breakfast Sunday morning.

I hope Spider can afford to do this
event again soon. With some more word of
mouth and better advertising Spiderland
Acres could turn out to be the dream Spider,
and the rest of the punkrock community is
hoping for.

down a clinic in San Mateo on the last day of
their campaign. A relatively small crowd of
them, including some local loonies and at
least one Nazi skinhead, descended on the
well-defended clinic and met with strong
resistance. Their blockade failed to close the
clinic, as clinic defenders kept a corridor to
the door wide open for patients, and many of
the O.R. vermin - the bald fascist among
them - got the displeasure of being pulled,
carried, and dragged into the street by pissed-
off women.

Although “Cities of Refuge” was yet
another flop for the psychotic fanatics of
Operation ResKKKue, it was by no means
the final battle in the fight for women’s
liberation and access to health care like
abortion. These pigs are multi-issue, and are
especially homophobic, racist, and classist.
They are becoming more extreme in their
tactics, as indicated by rising clinic violence
statistics. They are becoming increasingly
sneaky, too - a day after the campaign in San
Jose ended, O.R. pulled a surprise blockade
of a clinic. Although they did not prevent any
abortions, the absence of clinic defenders
points out that the pro-choice movement can
never turn its back on Operation ResKKKue
or any “pro-life” fascists. If you want to get
involved, or want contacts of radical pro-
choice people in your area, contact BACORR
(Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive
Rights,) 750 La Playa #730, San Francisco,
CA. 94124 U.S.A. (415) 252-0750.

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As of this issue Maximum Rock and
Roll will be selling interests in buying Bill
Clinton’s foreign policy decisions. It’s quite
economical and shares are starting at
five bucks, even less than what you could
pay for the new Fugazi record. Buy Bill
Clinton? "That’s impossible!’’ you say. No
it ain’t impossible, it’s been done already!
Only the people with the current brag¬
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The Cuban American National Foun¬
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grants who were booted by the Commu¬
nists in the 1950s’. These people have done
pretty well here in the States, although
they still yearn for the day when they can
return to enslave their pinko country folk
in the name of big business, like their
families did when Cuba was still "Amer¬
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the 21st century looks something like this:
Socialized Healthcare and Food - No. Fruit
plantations, casinos, and export economy
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These characters bought Bill Clinton

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for merely $125,000, much less than what
one pays for an expensive, middle class
house in the US. It was back in 1992 when
Clinton was proving to the American elec¬
torate that he was no pot-smoking, draft-
dodging, commie lover. It was clear that
Clinton needed machismo, a tough im¬
age. More than that, he needed cash.
CANF had the cash. But there was a price.

The price was an endorsement of the
Torricelli Bill. The bill, which is now law,
tightened the 30 year U. S. embargo against
Cuba. U.S. companies and their foreign
subsidiaries are prohibited from doing
business with Cuba. Foreign companies
who trade with Cuba cannot trade with
the U.S. for up to a year. The overall effect
is that Cuba is being isolated and stran¬
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of the world’s most advanced, is in disar¬
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side effects, however, is that Cubans have
taken to riding bikes as a primary form of
transportation since oil is in short supply.

The U.S. has very little to gain
through this policy. Clinton says he wants
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rally around Castro proportionately to
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Cuba, while certainly not the civil liber¬
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So send in that cash! I figure that
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Joking aside, there are 300 people
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strike aboard the bus in order to call
attention to the embargo. Customs offi¬
cials (apparently trained in my old neigh¬
borhood in West Oakland) slashed the
two front tires and stole the battery. The
official reason is that the bus was not
humanitarian aid.

The hunger strikers have endured
daily temperatures of 100 degrees and
more, surviving on Gatorade and water.
They have also endured psychological
warfare in the form of Customs officials
eating ice cream slowly in front of the
bus. When the local press came out to
cover the story, Customs swore they had
seen the strikers eating granola bars and
McDonalds food.

So far, the national media has been
largely silent (with scattered exceptions)
as civil disobedience around the globe
has called attention to the ordeal. But at
this writing the hunger strikers are there,
the people of Cuba are still surviving the
embargo and we still have a "liberal"
president in the pockets of the same peo¬
ple who brought us the Contras in Nica¬
ragua and Death Squads in El Salvador.

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thing ran late Saturday’s lunch coincided with
workshops and there was a lot of grumbling over
the many rules issued by the organizers (Phila¬
delphia Troublemakers & Anarchists—PTA),
which included bans on smoking, drinking, drugs,
recruiting for political parties, eating and drink¬
ing outside the cafeteria, haranguing and huck¬
stering. I asked around but never did Find anyone
who knew what “huckstering” was; my home
dictionary says it means selling or peddling, but
a big room was set aside for just that. I had to
smuggle coffee into the building just to stay
awake so I could conduct my workshops. The
worst of both worlds: too many rules and not
enough organization. Attendance was free,
though $15 was requested as a donation. The
meeting to train a security staff-was canceled but
there were no major incidents apart from bottle¬
throwing outside the punk shows.

As a “member of the press” (defined to
include all freelancers and zine writers, so that
sometimes it seemed that half the people in the
workshops were “press”) I was required to wear
a press sticker at all times, prohibited from
taking pictures inside (I’m guilty, but I did get
permission from those photographed first) or
making sound recordings (guilty again), and
required to leave any workshop if requested by
participants. Fortunately nobody asked me to
leave any of the four workshops I was leading.

For entertainment there were $3 punk
shows on Friday and Saturday at Pi Lam, de¬
scribed as a punk rock frat at the Ivy League
University of Pennsylvania; listed to play were
Police State U.S., Zen Butcher, The Abreacts,
Blatherskite, 2.5 Children, Bimbo Shrineheads,
More Fiends, Deformed Conscience, Kitsch
Chao, and National Wrecking Company. There
was also an open mike night at Calvary Church
on Friday, a “Ska Soul & Skinhead Reggae
Dance Hall” just off Philly’s famous South Street
sponsored by the anarchist/left-radical Mayday
skinhead crew from New York, and a perfor¬
mance night Sunday at Calvary church promis¬
ing local artists Thom Dura (flamenco); Michael
Dura; Redfeather, Rick Sieber & Juan Avila
(indigenous arts); Big Mess Theatre; and The
Bastard Finders (experimental improv). There
was a lot of confusion over whether the rules in
the booklet applied at entertainment events.

In the mornings there were supposed to be
general, area, and special interest meetings and
networking, which the organizers emphasized as
a major purpose of the gathering, but neither I
nor most of the attendees managed to get up early
enough to go to them, and I missed the whole
Monday session, much to my chagrin, since I
was scheduled to lead a workshop on Sexual
Anarchism for that reason.

The four workshops I did conduct went
very well, and the ones on Punk Attitude and
Subculture, Surviving Jail, and Nudism were
well attended, with the latter group conducting a
nude march throughout the gathering site. I sat in
on an informative lecture on skinhead history
and an unfocused and dull workshop on Sexism
and Male Oppression, but I can’t say how typical
my experience was, only that I enjoyed the
relaxed gathering and the company of fellow
anarchists.

It’s about time
I said “nyah,
nyah, nyah; I told
you so” to all of
my left-of-center
friends who voted
for Clinton against
Bush thinking that
it would amount to
some kind of pos¬
itive change. Be¬
gin by tackling US
foreign policy,
taking inspiration
from the daily
news.

Ostensibly, a multi-national coalition of military
forces under UN direction is intervening in Somalia on
America’s lead for “humanitarian reasons,” to secure the
distribution of food to Somali civilians in order to keep
them from starving to death under conditions of rival
warlord chaos. But NPR News (the August 7 broadcast
in particular) made a few points clear. First, while US
troops on the ground are a sizeable minority of the
overall UN force (the majority of troops coming from
Pakistan, Egypt and other Third World countries in
classic Sepoy fashion), US troops are a big majority in
the “theater of operations” (to include offshore Naval
forces, bases in the region, etc.). Second, the US forces
pack the greatest firepower, possessing the most sophis¬
ticated, technologically advanced weaponry. Finally,
the US is providing the entire logistical support for UN
operations in Somalia, meaning that we deliver and
distribute all supplies for the UN intervention. Now if I
supplied most of the muscle and force, not to mention all
of the material, to beat you to a bloody pulp, I might very
well claim that it’s being done in the name of “the
community” for “your own good.” Let’s hope you’d be
smart enough to see through such a lie.

A number of sources (NPR, LA Times etc.) indicate
that the major objections to UN/US military operations
in Somalia are coming from the various international
relief agencies trying to feed the Somali people. It’s
making their efforts extremely difficult. What’s more,
US troops have all but given up driving anywhere in
Somalia to protect food and/or troop convoys, preferring
to fly by helicopter. And no wonder, given that four US
soldiers were killed by a mine and other US troops
travelling with them were ambushed on August 8. Of
course, Somali casualties are more than comparable; 5
dead from ambushing a convoy August 7, 7 dead for
shooting at a helicoptor on August 10. At least 5 Somalis
were injured when those dam UN “peacekeepers” opened
up on an August 12 rally of several thousand Somalis in
Mogadishu who were peacefully protesting the US/UN
intervention. Also on August 12, the UN/US staged a
massive show of military force in Somalia to intimidate
the natives. The UN “keeps the peace” in Somalia about
as well as the LA police “kept the peace” with Rodney
King. Aug lOth’s Chronicle reported that the Pentagon
was looking for a graceful way to exit Somalia, even as the
State Dept was saying that “no one ought to be putting a
time fix on the operation.” Can anyone spell “quagmire?”

Originally, UN/US military action in Somalia was
to “neutralize” General Mohammed Farah Aidid, a mi¬
litia/clan leader whose forces were accused of killing 24
Pakistani soldiers in ambushes on June 5. On August 15,
fully armed UN/US forces staged a “cordon-and-search”
weapons sweep of a small block in Mogadishu which
Somalis suspect was actually a practice run to grab
Aidid. Four people were arrested but so far, no General.
Aidid remains “at large” to this day, hiding in the densely
populated neighborhoods that support him in the Somali
capitol of Mogadishu, and issuing defiant statements
denouncing and taunting both the US and UN. Publicly,
the likes of Admiral Howe are claiming that Aidid’s base
of support is shrinking, with Speaker-of-the-House Fo¬
ley stating that it is necessary to clean up this last pocket
of resistance so as to avoid future casualties. US officials
call Aidid a megalomaniac with a lust for power. Private¬

ly, the Pentagon has admitted that the US is in no hurry
to get Aidid, given that nabbing or “liquidating” him
would mean house-to-house fighting in Mogadishu,
with consequent heavy American losses. So this deadly
cat-and-mouse game goes on. Relief agencies contend
that, with so many “peacekeepers” focused on Aidid,
chaos is making a comeback in the countryside. What’s
more, US military actions under UN auspices have made
a national hero in Somalia out of someone who would
otherwise be considered a petty, murderous thug.

The US continues to throw its weight around in the Third
World as witness the continuing quarantine of Haiti,
blockade of Cuba and tit-for-tat with Iraq. But lest we
think that the above examples are merely international
involvements inherited from past American administra¬
tions which Clinton, bless his draft-evading heart, is now
saddled with, consider the Balkans. While our allies in
NATO have stated that they want the UN to approve of
any military actions against the Serbs, the US has been
unsuccessfully pushing this relic of the Cold War into
unilateral intervention; into air strikes against Bosnian
Serb artillery positions to break the siege of Sarajevo.
And the Clinton administration has stated publicly that
the US has not ruled out an independent military attack.
Our present. Democratic president has not only taken up
past conflicts with a vengence, but he appears to be
itching to start new ones as well. Perhaps it would have
been better if he had inhaled.

So, whatever happened to Bill “Time For A Change”
Clinton? Why hasn’t he become the “Kennedy of the
‘90’s?”

Frankly, Clinton’s foreign policy is a little too
reminiscent of the Kennedy style for my tastes, what
with JFK’s initiation of the Viet Nam war, Bay of Pigs,
Cuban Missile Crisis brinksmanship, and subsequent
approval of CIA attempts to assasinate Castro. Some
political pundits have suggested that the Democrats,
often labeled weak on defense, tend to overcompensate,
out-militarizing even the Republicans to prove that they
believe in a strong America. Crap. The Democratic Party
has been the party of war consistantly now for almost a
century. Wilson in 1917, FDR in 1941, Truman with
Korea in 1950, Kennedy with Viet Nam in 1962 as
mentioned above; the Democrats have initiated US in¬
volvement in most of the major wars, and many of the
minor ones of the 20th century. That’s because they are
the left wing of the US ruling class, capable of disciplin¬
ing the American working class through patriotic nation¬
alism into supporting, and dying for, US capitalism’s
imperial adventures abroad.

Now, before you dismiss me by pigeon-holing my
argument under the label “same shit, different pile,”
consider for a moment that I did vote. I voted Peace and
Freedom up and down the ballot, out of nostalgia, with
the occasional Libertarian thrown in for spice. But when
it came to president, I voted for Clinton. The way I see
it, I spent 10 minutes in 4 years making it a little bit harder
for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. Unlike
the rest of the liberal/progressive/left community how¬
ever, my illusions ended there. Ten minutes in 4 years is
all anyone should spend on the electoral process. And
band-aids for a cancer is all that anyone should expect
from those 10 minutes.

I also recognize that nationalism has been the bane
of the working class. The shattering of the social demo¬
cratic Second International into competing, patriotic
national socialisms by the First World War; the brutal
Stalinist reality of “building socialism in one country ;”
the establishment of Leftist national-socialist regimes
with subsequent, successful socialist revolutions; Hun¬
gary in 1956; Czechoslovakia in 1968; Sino/Soviet and
Sino/Vietnamese border disputes; Viet Nam’s invasion
of Kampuchea; the demise of Leninist-style national
socialism in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union
due, in part, to resurgent nationalism (Baltic states, the
current bloody civil war in the former Yugoslavia, etc.);
thus sloganeering that there is “no war but the class war”
seems glib and facile, even as the necessity for working
class internationalism in the face of global capitalist
consolidation becomes urgent.

International working class solidarity could put a
halt to US interventionism, but something can be done in
the short run that is as effective, if a bit short-sighted.
Encouraging insubordination and mutiny in the US
military itself would hamper America’s imperial ambi¬

tions quite nicely. Few realize that it was not the US
peace movement alone that pressured the US govern¬
ment to withdraw from Viet Nam. Literally, the US
military’s rank-and-file was in rebellion against its offic¬
ers. When they didn’t refuse to go out at all, patrols in
Viet Nam often walked a few hundred yards into the
jungle away from base and simply camped out, avoiding
all contact with the enemy. Officers who put their troops
in danger frequently wound up dead from “friendly fire,”
or “fragged” in the middle of the night with a fragmen¬
tation grenade. A conservative Pentagon estimate claims
that 1,016 officers were “fragged” in Viet Nam, which
amounts to about 2% of the commissioned officer corps
at the time. Many Black soldiers were in open revolt,
smuggling arms state side for the militant Black nation¬
alist movement in this country. This, on top of rampant
drug use and generally low morale, had the Pentagon
fearing that the US military might crumble from within,
as the Pentagon Papers reveal.

Fleet Week is just around the comer here in the Bay
Area, to “honor” our boys (and girls) in uniform. Last
year around this time, the Blue Angels strafed San
Francisco with noise, giving me workday fantasies of
seeing one of them plow into the Trans American pyra¬
mid, a city skyline landmark. Now, if only Fleet Week
could be turned into Mutiny Week...

NEWS-IN-BRIEF

The GEORGE ARMSTRONG CUSTER “GENO¬
CIDE, WE DELIVER” AWARD goes to the Indian
Health Services of the Federal government. It seems that
the Shoalwater Indians, confined to a mile square reser¬
vation at the north end of Willard Bay, are threatened
with extinction. Now numbering 150 out of an original
45,000; the tribe is 90% poverty stricken with an individ¬
ual life expectancy of 45 years. Since 1988, of 26
confirmed pregnancies, 17 have resulted in miscarriage,
stillbirth, or death of the child within a year. Coinciden¬
tally, the tribe’s reservation is exposed to state spraying
of “ghost shrimp” to protect oysters, pesticides from the
nearby Weyerhauser paper mill and cranberry growers,
not to mention an abandoned county dumpsite originally
used by the military. Could the tribe’s problems be due
to the environmental assault it faces? Oh no, says the
Indian Health Services, which became aware of the
Shoalwater’s problems in 1990 and hasn’t done any¬
thing since. The IHS also claims that the nearest clinic to
the reservation is 25 to 30 miles away, when its actually
82 miles to the north, in Taholah. Tribe members have
been threatened by neighbors connected with the above
mentioned industries, so if you’d like to help the Shoal-
water out, contact Friends of the Shoalwater, PO Box
85022, Seattle, WA 98145.

Speaking of Haiti, remember Clinton’s use of
Bush’s Haitian internment policy as a campaign issue?
He promised to give the refugees, many of whom are
HIV positive, asylum. Just another campaign promise,
because Clinton still confines Haitian refugees fleeing
the Haitian military government at Guantanamo Bay in
Cuba. What’s more, he’s tightened the naval blockade of
the island, as well as the international boycott of Haiti’s
military regime, in order to force the reinstatement of
democratically elected President Aristide. Overthrown
by the military, Aristide is the Clinton’s administration
only hope of stemming the flood of Haitian’s fleeing the
island. Hence Clinton’s frenetic efforts to return Aristide
to power, to include high pressure negotiations with the
ruling Haitian military. But the island’s military regime,
while agreeing in principle to Aristide’s return, has been
dragging its feet on carrying things through. So recently,
some news reports have surfaced accusing the Haitian
army of involvement in drug trafficking. The New York
Post reported that the same engineers and doctors recently
trained in Panama after the US invasion are ready to help
“build a new Haitian nation.” Clinton has done nothing to
dispel the current media attention given the Haitian refu¬
gees which has strong currents of homophobia and racism.
Instead, he has remarked that it may be necessary to have
a multi-national presence in Haiti, to “guarantee democ¬
racy.” Looks like Clinton is prepping for an invasion of the
island, which even Aristide has said he opposes. In all
probability, it's gonna be a multi-national military inter¬
vention sponsored by the UN which will conveniently put
an end to the Haitian refugee problem for the US. Clinton
learned from Bush that it's savvy to have the UN “seal of
approval” on American imperialism.

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anarchist-libertarian/ animal rights fan¬
zine which is done by me and Santiago
from NERHEI NAATZA with the help of
various people. There are 3 issues out
right now, I guess more by the time you
read this. It’ll be printed in Hebrew, so it
won’t be of any use to most of you.
Hadashot Hapropaganda Ha’anarch-
istit is an anarchist/ animal rights zine
with 1 issue out. Ba’mahaze is an alter¬
native music political mag, and Avar is
an alternative music zine covering most¬
ly “indie” bands from abroad. The oldest
zine of 'em all which is still going is
Hakol Shkarim , a pack of different
views like anarchism, situationism, an¬
imal rights, feminism, and radical theo¬
ries.

Non-punk bands that may interest
you: PLASTIC VENUS was one of the
most popular noise bands here, playing
lots of gigs until they left for England in
search of greener pastures. They have a
self titled LP. out on the Third Ear label,
but it is not far from being sold out.
ZIRNEI TZFAT are a noise band signed
to a big label, very well known over here.
They have a CD/ cassette out. NIS-
REFET are an “aggressive but melodic”
noise band including Avi Pitschon (ex
NOON HEH) as the vocalist. They should •
have a demo soon. SADRANEI HA-
DESHE are an HC-influenced (at least
they said that) noise band. SALEH has a
mini LP out on a German label, but
they’re a bunch of right-wing fuckers
and deserve to be boycotted. They play
generic death metal. Unholy Bands from
the Holyland is a compilation on the
Third Ear label featuring Israeli death/
doom/ grind bands such as AMEXEZ,
SALEH, HORGUE, CEREBRAL COMA
and PEOPLE. PEOPLE is a cool band
who combines in their sound lots of
musical genres with non-serious lyrics
and attitude, which is a breath of fresh
air in the copycat-style bands so pre¬
dominant in that scene. MORTUARY,
UNDERTAKER, BIBLICAL HELL and
SUSBSTANCE FOR GOD are just some
of the new metal outfits’ names.

I won’t write in details about Isra¬
el’s political situation (you better read
books, newspapers and magazine arti¬
cles or even write us for more in-depth
information), cause any information will
become obsolete until this get printed,
as things happen here in a really fast
pace. We are here just hoping that the
peace talks with our neighbor countries
and the Palestinian delegation will lead
to diplomatic relations and peace agree¬
ments from all the sides involved in the
conflict, and Palestinian autonomy, that
hopefully will become an independent
country. I don’t have many addresses
right now, but you can write to me if you
are interested in any of the aforemen¬
tioned bands or ‘zines. and I will pass it
on. My address (also NERHEI NAATZA,

suburbs and other ignored places, with
the will to create something more than
the average death/thrash bands or hype
noise/ Seattle/ grunge thing.

SARTAN HASHAD from Jerusa¬
lem are probably the most popular punk
outfit here. They played several gigs with
“respected” underground bands and also
supported The Exploited when they
played here in March ’93. They probably
have a demo out by the time you’re
reading this. Their music is influenced
heavily by early 80’s UK punk. KURU
BLOFF VE’HAIETUSHIM are also very
popular with the punks here, as they’re
from Ganei Tikva, which is the place
with the largest concentration of punks
in Israel. They play a slowish kind of
punk, kind of Conflict playing at
A.P.P.L.E. pace with a slightly metal
influence. They also recorded a demo
which is probably out by now. Also from
the Ganei Tikva/ Riron area, 2 bands
keep things going: OI VA’AVOI (kind of
early HC and slowish punk sound), who
with RURU BLOFF opened for G.B.H.
when they played Tel Aviv in April ‘93
and PUNRCARE (peace-punk type of
music). The oldest band of the current
punk crop is probably NERHEI NAAZA,
the band I’m in (a bit of plugging here)
from the upper Galilee, playing together
since 1990 but only managed to do 3 gigs
so far. We play satiric political hardcore-
punk and we have a demo out. Hopefully

bands split up, with the members being
drafted in the army (which is compulso¬
ry here) and eventually most of them lost
interest and went on with their normal
lives. But from then on, the next gener¬
ation of punkers took things forward,
most of them influenced by anarcho
punk/ oi/ Britpunk and also from early
HC bands, coining from not-so-wealthy

we’ll record a new one in the summer.
PUBLIC DOMAIN are from Haifa (Isra¬
el’s 3rd. biggest city) and play very good
early 80’.s DC hardcore kind of music.
EPIDEMY A are a band lined up by
Russian immigrants, with anti-authori¬
tarian texts in Russian, Hebrew and
English. They make a cacophonic, fast,
noisy music. GEISS HAMISHI is a brand

This may be the first ever Israeli
scene report, as the scene was almost
nonexistent for the most part of the last
one and a half decades. Punk came to
this place in the late 70’s, but there
wasn’t really a scene as far as I know,
only trendy rich Tel Avivans who copied
what the media thought was punk. In
the early 80’s, people used to call every
type of unpopular music punk, so it’s
hard to know really if there were any
punk bands at all: new wave, industrial,
electronic etc., it was all called punk
here. Hardcore? I guess nobody knew
what the fuck it was.

But from the mid 80’s and on, some
bands like THE A, TWISTED, THE A
SIGN BRIGADE and NOON MEM arose
specifically in the Tel Aviv area. NOON
MEM were pretty popular around ’89/
’90, and they even released a live demo
called The Final Ada , but they split up
months after that, and also the other

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gade) and N.L. ‘zine is: Federico Gomez/
Kibbutz Lehavot Habashan/ D.N.G.E.
12125/ Israel.

It’s happy time tor another fuckin
scene report, so hello from the fun and
sun-fried hell that San Juan, Puerto
Rico has become of late. Global warm¬
ing,-anyone? Anyway, I’m (safely?) en¬
throned in an office of a-major banking
corporation that shall remain nameless
in order to protect my meager high-
paying part-time job in their computer
division. Boredom's everywhere, so l’m-
typing a little something for ya. This
scene report reflects my tastes and prej¬
udices so why don’t you people write to
the address at the end of this article. Or
better yet, come down here to see the
sights, eh?

First off, get a goddamned map of
the world and locate where the US is
(myth: that geographically, most Amer¬
icans don’t know where the fuck they are
located), then go to Florida (follow me on
this one, OK?). Putyour finger south and
you go to an island named Cuba, one of
the last surviving socialist states in the
world. Two islands to the left you’ll find
a little tiny winy bitty island called Puer¬
to Rico, alright? There we are “Thirty five
by. .100 miles of stinkin’ island; the Pixies
said about us, charming eh? Anyway,
fou just located us so you’ll know at
east where the fuck PR is, right?

For those of you who still remain
reading this, a little histoiy lesson, and
local politics brief. Puerto Rico (or PR) is
a colony of the United States, taken from
the decaying Spanish Empire in 1898. In
1952, the US figured out they would let

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us make a constitution and let us vote
our own governor! Still, we are a colony
of the US, only now it’s called Common¬
wealth, and the neat thing is that we
have US citizenship and passports, blah,
blah, blah.

There are three political currents:
statehooders, who want PR to become
the 51 st state, and are currently in pow¬
er; populares, who want the status quo;
and independentistas, who want inde¬
pendence for PR.

This briefing done, on with the real
shit. My involvement with the scene
started around ‘86 or ‘87 when I began to
see what I’ve read in many periodicals in
the US or the UK, but never quite marked
its presence here. I mean PR, aside from
the salsa, bomba, plena, and related
tropical-sounding stuff (which could be
for a neato “world music” MRR expose,
right?), PR gets rock’ acts that are top 40
gone downhill (Air Supply, REO Speed-
wagon, Chicago, some lame commercial
heavy metal (Whitesnake, Metallica), and
recently some really decent rap shows
(Public Enemy, Cypress Hill). Some ear¬
ly attempts to bring punk rawk and new
wave muzak in the 70’s and 80’s were
marginal.

I remember the Ramones playing
on a beach concert, and I think in ‘83 I
saw Wall of Voodoo/Bangles/Producers
show. The closest thing to punk or hard¬
core that arrived was when Agnostic
Front played last year.

Right now the radio stations that
play American music play either lame
techno crap (not even real techno!), pa¬
thetic 70’s progressive rock shit, 60’s
rehashed retard music, and lame stoop-
id heavy metal. There are some cool
shows on the radio, I’ll talk about those
later.

Since ‘87, I started to witness the
first punk rawk acts from PR. Names like
SUBCULTURE UNDERGROUND, NO
MORE, SHAM PAIN, HYOPOCRITE
SOLUTION, CARDINAL SIN, SEKERand
CORRUPTED SOCIETY started make
inroads in the punk, hardcore, and
thrash genres. Most of them made cov¬
ers butthen they started to create their

own music, as
witnessed by
the House Ar¬
rest compila¬
tion 7” EP
done by Com¬
puter Crime
Records (94
Osborne Ave/
Norwalk, CT
06855). I
think that
compilation is
sold out but-
you can get
7 s by HIJOS
DE NADIE.
SHAM PAIN,
and GOLPE
JUSTO from
Computer
Crime at the
address above

for $3 each or so.

Shows were done in the San Juan
area and in the west coast area of the
island. Steps, La Casona, and Shadows
were the first places in the San Juan
area that catered to us and closed after
a while.

Then another wave of bands rose to
replace the ones that didn’t survived the
trials of being a punk rawk band. GOLPE
JUSTO, HIJOS DE NADIE, DEATH¬
LESS, RESISTENC1A, VOLCANIC, UN¬
DAMAGED, EPIDEMIC YOUTH, NON¬
POINT FACTOR, and others were mak¬
ing progress. Then around ‘89 the scene
suffered a major split when punks be¬
came skinheads, and clashes between
punks, thrashers, and skinheads start¬
ed at shows. The achievements that the
scene had done at the time went quickly
down. After the fights, drugs, bands
leaving town and lack of interest has
sent the scene downhill.

Come ‘91 and ‘92 and another set
of bands rose from the ashes: WHISKER
BISCUIT, DREAD, VIRAGE VOIX,
CRACKHOUSE LEGACY, DESCOJON
URBANO, DUNDERHEADS, RECHAZO
SOCIAL, CRACKERJACK, ENGRAVED,
HUMAN LEFTOVERS, SKAPULARIO,
ALRAZ, EJERC1TO ROJO, LAIGLESIA
ATOM1CA, PIES NEGROS, NALGADA
DE ORO, TRATOINJUSTO, and others,
tried to make sense of it all, and four
places for shows: CasadeTeo, La Tea, La
Casona, El Cuadrilatero, and Fantasy
Pub, but to mixed results. Of those, only
El Cuadrilatero and Fantasy Pub are
still standing.

It’s 1993 so the survivors so far are:
SHAM PAIN, GOLPE JUSTO, AL RAZ,
EJERCITO ROJO, LEGACY, THE
BURNING FACES, HIJOS DE NADIE

(back from a 2-year hiatus), SKAPU¬
LARIO, PIES NEGROS, FUERZARAPA-
DA, NALGADA DE ORO, CRACKER-
JACK, NONPOINT FACTOR, CRYPTA,
DEATHLESS, XACROSA1NT, INCON-
FORMES, and others. So, let’s get on
with who plays what kind of music.

Punk is not dead here, just taking
a break. Joel Valentin’s TRATO INJUS¬
TO was probably the best and the last
local punk band to play their version of
what happened in ‘77, but their guitar
player “Iron” Javier married and left for
the US, and the band broke up. Joel has
vowed to get a band when he comes back
from a vacation in the States in July.
Suspects for Joel’s new band include a
memher from local punk outfit DREAD,
and other unknowns. RECHAZO SO¬
CIAL DEATH SOCIETY, PSYCORE, and
D.O. X QLO are sleeping but Juanco and
Francisco from RECHAZO SOCIAL are
trying to put together a new band called
LO PODR1DO (c/o Francisco Rosado
Urano 28/ Wonderville/ Trujillo Alto, PR
00976) but they’re too fucked up to even
practice for this new project. Perhaps
the new keepers of the punk flame are
NALGADA DE ORO (c/o Jorge Gonza¬
lez/ Calle 23 Num. 1325/ Urb. Montee-
carlo/ Rio Piedras, PR 00924) whose
“power trio dynamix” (lofty term!) are
punk rawk somewhere between the But-

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thole Surfers and the Dickies- INCON-
FORMES (c/o Herman lrrizarry at Calle
4 F-1.3/ Lagos de Plata/ Levittown, PR
00949) are a bunch of... well, noncon¬
formists. They probably are the most
political of the lot since they are part of
PR’s Independence Party.

Ska is fashionable here, and is
attracting a hell of a lot of people. RE-
SISTENCIA started the trend, but broke
up. But don’t despair since PIES NE¬
GROS (clo Werener Rodriguez/ Box 2/
Caba Rojo, PR 00623), a ska band from
the ashes of NO MORE, is putting a 12
song tape out on Fuera De Orden Records
($6 to: PO Box 1333/ Hatillo, PR 00659).
PIES NEGROS used to be a ska a la
Operation-Ivy, which is captured on their
tape, but recently, they added a killer
horn section from hell. Also in the ska tip
is SKAPULARIO, who, like PIES NE¬
GROS, was bom from the ashes of NO
MORE and FRONTSIDE GENERATION
but they started with their own horn
section already. SKAPULARIO (c/o Luis
M. Perez Bailon/ Box 3480/ Marina
Station/ Mayaguez, PR 00681) tends to
have a higher profile than PIES NE¬
GROS but the former plays covers and
the latter works out more original mate¬
rial, but both are good bands. No release
from SKAPULARIO yet but if they do
one. I’ll let you know. CRACKER JACK
(c/o German Glenview Gardens/ Calle
W-23, Casa Q-7/ Ponce, PR 00731) from
Ponce also delivers some good ska.

Thrash gets airplay on a local radio
station FM 106.9. It’s called Alto Volta-
je, and it airs Mondays from 10 PM. to
midnight. You can reach the guy whose
name is Papo at (809) 723-6999 or (809)
723-9210 at the show’s time. Sorry, 1
couldn’t find his address at press time,
but he runs a label called Brutal Noise
Records (PO Box 607067 BMS 323/
Bayamon, PR 00960) which specializes
in thrash. So far he has three groups
there: CRYPTA, DEATHLESS, and they
are planning the second NONPOINT
FACTOR (c/o Rob Calle 6 S-21 Her-
manas DaVilaA/ Bayamon, PR 00959)
release. Their first is available thru the
band. Papo can also tell you about plac¬
es and stores that cater to thrashers on
the island. On the thrash department,
CARDINAL SIN, one of the oldest thrash
band, somewhere in the States still try¬
ing to ink a record deal. Hang on to your
egos boys, you’ll get that major label deal
one of these days, right

On the other side, one of the coolest
thrash outfits is called LEGACY (c/o
Candido J. Oliveras at F-29, Bo, Santa
Rosa/ Hatillo, PR 00659) and are a hard
working bunch of long-haired geniuses.
I hope they get a demo out soon.

Local punk funksters household
sex god legends WHISKER BISCUIT left
the island too, looking for a recording
contract in Florida. Rumor is that they
are keeping busy washing dishes be¬
tween gigs and no approach from any
labels, so far. There are some clowns
who call themselves SPANISH FLY cur¬
rently in exile in Boston studying in
Berklee school of muzak. Rumor is that

these
two
metal-
f u n k
meister
misfits
(yeah,
right)
are com¬
ing to
play in
t h e
sum¬
mer.

And as
always
the local
herd
who fol-
1 o w
Head-
bangers
Ball, Al¬
terna¬
tive Na¬
tl o n , _____

Pearl Jam, and The Red Hot Chili Pep¬
pers and other nauseaous creations will
be there to kiss their butts and pay high
priced shows while ignoring the local
talent. Local hopefuls DREAD are in
coma after playing a local socialist pa¬
per’s anniversary where the lefties pulled
the plugged on them because they were
using obscene language. How more PC
could you get? FOBIA ESTATAL is alive
and well after their 7" on their own label
Fuera De Orden. Their follow-up will be
recorded during the summer for a fall
release.

Meanwhile, hardcore is alive and
well, thank you, and the only two bands
that still deliver the goods are GOLPE
JUSTO (c/o Marcella Calle 123 BT-10
Jardines De Country Club/ Carolina,
PR 00982) and SHAM PAIN (Calle 7 C-
19 Metropolis / Carolina, PR00987). Both
bands are in the final stages of the
followups to their debut 7"’s on Comput¬
er Crime, but no word of them as of yet.
The only thing for sure is that they’re
gonna be on tape since vinyl was moth-
erfucking killed, and no one’s buying
here. GOLPE JUSTO’s Sagon left the
band, and CRACKHOUSE’s Georgie
Castro took over the guitar chores. HI-
JOS DE NADIE are back from the dead
from a two-year silence from their El Puto
Sistema 7" EP on Computer Crime. New
line up, the only original member is
singer Peter Lopez, ana now they sound
like Bad Religion. They are planning a
follow-up but don’t hold your breath.

HASTA LA MUERTE (c/o Carlos
Solano/ Calle 27 F.O. 824/ Rio Piedras,
PR 00921) features ex-members from
PSYCORE, SHAM PAIN, and AL RAZ
and serve their music fast and hard.
There’s also a new band called ARRO-
GANCIA COLECTIVA (Write to Abdel L
Lopez/ Urb. Cataluna Calle 5 C-17/
Barceloneta, PR 00617). There’s some
guys who play hardcore, grunge and
groovy who called themselves MONIG-
OTES (c/o Manolo Acevedo/ Anselmo
Martinez 158/ Hatillo, PR 00659). FAL-

TA DE JUICIO are a band from the west
side who play hardcore.

Skinheads are alive and well in PR
and there are three bands that cater to
them, in addition to the ska bands.
There are AL RAZ and FUERZA RAPA-
DA (both can be reached at 1485 Ash¬
ford Ave. Box 401-S/ Santurce, PR
00907). EJERCITO ROJO (c/o Cesar
Juarbe/ Florida 116/ Isabela, PR00662).
The three are socialist, nationalist oil
music, but they don’t cater to nazis. In
fact, they’ll love to kick nazi ass that
come through the neighborhood. Of the
three, AL RAZ is the one that nearly has
a demo completed, and a skinhead ‘zine.
Write to them and expect it soon.

OK, weird motherfuckers out there
are still reeling from the first DESCO-
JON URBANO release, the Cinco Siglos
De Miseria tape on Fuera De Orden ($6
and still available at Box 1333. Hatillo,
PR 00659). Their follow-up entitledLos
Hijos De Cain still has members of SHAM
PAIN, and TRAIO INJUSTO in the line¬
up and it’s expected for a July release.
The good news is that the new material
is much more aggressive and heavier
than their first tape, and yes they still
use that damn drum machine and sam¬
plers. The bad news is that one of the
guitar players, David Castro, is leaving
the band for college in Syracuse. Will
DESCOJON URBANO’s loss become
Syracuse’s gain?

CRACKHOUSE, local purveyors of
fine grungy garage noisy workouts, have
broken up. Singer Ralph was becoming
a nuisance, guitar player Georgie Castro
left to Golpe Justo, and the band col¬
lapsed on itself. But fear not, Emilio
Velez, the other guitar player, has formed
a new band with former his former sing¬
er on Fleshfield, Phillip Padilla, and with
DESCOJON URBANO’s Jose Roman on
bass and nasty electronics, to form THE
BURNING FACES (c/o Phillip Padilla/
Urb La Mela Calle A107/ Isabela, PR
00623), a trio who sounds much like a
mix of Sonic Youth, Swans, Bauhaus,

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MC5 and Stooges. THE BURNING FAC¬
ES are planning to release a tape soon.

Are you still with me? Whew!, So
many band names, right? Well, as al¬
ways, don’t patronize places that have
outrageous cover prices, rip you olf with
stupid lip-sync acts, watered drinks, full
of supermodel wannabes, and insist
they’re the ’’underground” like Metropo¬
lis. If you like stupid dance music and
don’t mind homos, lesbians, or bis, a
good place to go Thursdays is Krash,
since the cover is $1 and the watered
drinks cost $1 all night. That place still
causes me reality checks by the minute.
Anyways places in PR that caters to us
include Fantasy Pub phone (809)792-
7572 at Puerto Nuevo, 10 minutes from
San Juan, and El Cuadrilatero phone
(809)868-4259 at Aguada a good 80
miles west of San Juan. Also on the west
side of the island check out the Long
Branch Pub (809)890-7776, in nearby
Aguadilla, it’s a good place to check out
ska and reggae bands, but the owner
doesn’t like punk or hardcore bands.
Also for ska bands is Don Pablo in
Isabela at (809)872-2933. La Tea Orig¬
inal in Old San Juan catered to punks,
but died, RIP, but apparently shows are
being done in a place called El Escenar-
io down at San Sebastian street, so call
at (809) 722-0385 and find it for your¬
self.

A final note to all of you who want
to spend your parent’s money, and want
a good excuse to come down: DRINKING
AGE IS 18 YRS OLD. Perfectly legal, no
lies, no shit. Straight-edge’s fucking
nightmare; especially that 90% of the
local scenesters smoke, drink, and do
drugs, so y’all underage beer-guzzlin’
bozos, this is your paradise right within
US jurisdiction. But watch out, the cur¬
rent fascists in power have activated the
National Guard to cooperate with local
police on stupid drug raids against the
people in public housing. One of the
latest ones, the government reportellly
spent $500,000 on personnel and equip¬
ment to get only 5 small-time dealers.
Youir taxes at work, yes sir! Sometimes
the assholes like to surprise you and give
you a traffic violation ticket to meet the
quotas, 75% of them are worthless, or
have the wrong information, according
to a recent investigative report.

You’ll find some thrashers.and even
some punks in the Plaza Las Americas
mall in Hato Rey, but the local rent-a-
cops don’t like any rabble in that mall.
The best bet is to find them on weekend
nights near Pigeon Park in Old San
Juan, and also in front of Don Pablo and
El Batey in Old San Juan, In the west
part of the island you can find some
ionghaired weirdos at the Long Branch
in Aguadilla getting drunk senseless.
Wat A out for the police, both local and
state, they like to bust people “who don’t
look right”, they give you a lecture, if you
are lucky, they give you a beating, if
you’re not.

Cool places to eat: El Mexicano, two
cheap Mexican fast foods in downtow
Rio Piedras, one near the University of

Puerto Rico, the other next to a funeral
parlor (nice touch!), near the Cupey mini¬
bus route. They got a big and mean
vegan burrito for PC’s in tne house for
$2.25, and for those who like meat,
they’ve got pork, chicken, or beef burri-
tos for $3, well worth the wait, along with
the guacamole and other worthy Mexi¬
can treats. Say hi to Ulysses for me. For
hardcore Puerlo Rican cuisine in Old
San Juan, check out El Siete restaurant.
Generous portions of food, rice, beans,
cuchifrito galole for a cheap price. I think
it’s somewhere on San Francisco street,
ask the ever friendly Old City guards (the
green ones) tor directions.

Read EstilePuerto Rico zine ($2 at
PO Box 1333/ Hatillo, PR 00659) for
interviews and articles about bands,
politics, and events, not only on PR, US,
and UK, but also in Latin America and
Spain. It’s written in Spanish, but in
MRR #121, Michele Belacic liked it, so
write and ask for the latest copy. Labels
take note!! this ‘zine gives you free ad
space in exchange of promotional mate¬
rial, so let PR know you guys exist.

There are several good zines
likeEniznikufesin zine ($ 1 at Box 5111,
Ponce, PR 00733-5111). It covers hard¬
core, grind, thrash, and socio-political
commentary along with BMX freestyle
reports. Enthroned zine covers death
metal, grind, and noise ($3 c/o Rafael
Bracero/ Calle 22 BB4, VillasS De Cas¬
tro/ Caguas, PR 00725). There’s a new
one coming out called Ekinocio (Box
6336 Sta Rosa Unit/ Bayamon, PR

rock band’s set in their festival because
they said an obscene word), but they do
a really cool news coverage dishing you
the dirt and corruption of the local, and
US governments. El San Juan Star is a
daily affair, but despite their right-wing
pro-big business attitude, they have a
nice political coverage too. In fact, the
Cerro Malavilla affair, one of PR’s great¬
est political scandals, was uncovered by
a SJ Star reporter. El Nuevo Dia is the
island’s ass-kissing government lackey
(its owner has a key position in the
government’s ruling party), avoid it like
the plague. Last, but not least is El
Vocero , a paper best described as a
cross between The Twilight Zone, Fango-
ria, National Inquirer, and Dragnet on
crack. They cover crime, UFO, and goiy
stories, ana their pictures of people killed
in crimes and accidents are a gore fan’s
wet dream. They have on their staff,
probahly the best investigative reporter
on the island, a gringa called Maggie
Bobb, who regularly exposes govern¬
ment fraud schemes and the like. Their
pictures and headlines are usually good
fyer material.

For clothes, check out the Salva¬
tion Army store in Old San Juan, or the
one in Stop 15 in Santurce. Those are
the ones that carry the coolest used
clothing, and 8-tracks, used records and
CDs Cool record stores: there are none,
really. Mail order is the law, usulally
unless you want to pay $15 or $16 or $19
for a CD.

Hey losers!, I mean bands and la¬

00960-9006) that will deal with a lot of
local coverage and cool photos.

Local Papers Dept.: For local polit¬
ical shit, check out these papers: Clar-
idad , El San Juan , El Diaio , and El
San Juan Star. El Diario is a newly-
created weekly newspaper, and it’s the
only one that’s trying to get the full
picture on the DIY scene in P.R. Clar-
idad, a weekly paper, suffers from ex-
trelne left-wing PC-ism (they cancelled a

bels, Melba Miranda has a good show
Fridays at 3 PM showcasing rock, punk,
and hardcore, and she needs your con¬
tributions so write and contact Melba
Miranda (Punto De Fuga c/o W1PR 94 .AM
Box 909/ Hato Rey, PR 00919) to get
some exposure on Puerto Rico. She also
promotes shows from time to time. Give
her a good offer, or don’t bother ‘cuz
she’s real selective about who she picks
to promote. Tell her I sent you.

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Who, me? I play bass and program
stuff for BURNING FACES and sing and
(again!) program stuff for DESCOJON
URBANO. I also write for Estilo Puerto
Rico , and help to run Fuera De Orden
Rekords. This report’s dedicated to Bruno
Szollosi from Are You A Man Or Are You
A Mouse ‘zine in France, and to Jeff Spaz
from Computer Crime Records, who was
the first to capture on vinyl the PR DIY
thing. This one’s for you guys and sorry
for the delay.

Meanwhile interested (ing) and
smart femmes and guys into punk/HC,
industrial, spastic jazzcore, goth, noise,
blues, and related shit can send me
records, cash, photos, tapes, interviews,
recipes, CD’s, nudie pix, and yourself to:
Jose Roman at 923 Demetrio O’Daly/
Rio Piedras, PR 00924. Latin Anlerican
readers write since I can deal with either
Spanish or English with no prohlem. No
nazi rightwinger scumbags need to ap¬
ply. Later.

Hello everybody, it has been awhile
since there was a scene report, on the
dutch hardcore/underground scene, in
MRR. Ooops excuse me, I’ll introduce
myself firsth. My name is Willem and I’m
doing a fanzine Freak Out. But more
about my zine later. As I said before,
there wasn’t anything about the Dutch
scene in MRR and so I decided to try to
write a report. There has happened a lot
around here. So I won’t bother you with
stories about the policebrutality I’ve ex-

E erienced lately. Maybe some of you
ave seen the “the hague-riots” - a hu¬
mungous utter policestorm - with the
pigs beating up students, with such a
rage that it looked like a fucking civil
war. And still the police chiefs don’t
understand “all these violence against
honest working policemen”, Bullshit! But
as you might know, policebrutality is
everywhere and the pigs are everywhere
the same. By the way, if you ever been
beaten up and/or have experienced po¬
lice brutality, write it to me and I’ll put it
in an upcoming issue, in an article about
policebrutality. My address is at the end
of this scene report.

Well what has happened in this
area (Friesland) lately. Leeuwarden, the
capitol of this area and also the place
where I live, has got a new squat. It’s
named Krawalle and it’s at de eewal. I
forgot the number but you can’t miss it,
thanks to the great paintingjob at the
front of the building. There are not many
squats left in this area. Everybody, who
remembers the mighty Wolthers Noord-
hoff building, shouldn’t see that place

now. It’s something inbetween a parking
place and a garbage dump. OK lets go on
with the music.

Bands It’s a shame but a few good
bands have split up. DUST DEVIL, AM-
NISIA, BOD and KING S EVIL are all
history now. But some of them have
formed a new band, and so the empty
spaces are filled with promising refresh¬
ing bands.

New bands: Harold T (ex-BOD) and
Harold P.(ex-amnisia) have formed DEUX
EX MACHINA, a noise project featuring
a ‘plugged’ drummer. NO ANAL INTER¬
COURSE better known as N.A.I. have
won a big contest (De Kleine Prijs Van
Sneek) and played on a streetfestival in
Leeuwarden. They have also released a
lOtrack tape which is available for $5.00
from Sixma van Andlawei 17/ 9047 VH
Minnertsga/ Holland. It’s hard to believe
that these guys are about 17, 18 years
old. N.A.I. makes music that sounds
inbetween Victims Family, (old) No Means
No and/or Primus. People who like these
bands should owe their demotape! An¬
other great band from this area is SEX¬
UAL O.C.D. (Obsessive Compulsive Dis¬
order). They make techno-death-thrash.
There were rumours going round that
this band was split up, but that were
jealous lies. That person will under¬
stand it, by now, that I know who he is.

So be afraid. SEXUAL O.C.D. is

alive and kicking, due to the fact that
they will have a lot of gigs soon. On the
11th of September they will even sup¬
port Morbid Angel in Bergum. They are
busy working on their first rael demot¬
ape. Ok, there was a demo released
before, but that one sucked as hell! (I can
know it ‘cause I was the vocalist/throat
around that time for SEXUAL O.C.D.)
But now they are a lot more serious and
so I’ll expect a great tape. By the way, I
left the band about a year ago. If you
want to know more about SEXUAL
O.C.D. they sell great T-shirts too - write
to ‘em atTaling 22/ 9843 GG Grijpskerk/
Holland. DISSECT a -fucking A- grind-
death band from Alphen a/a Rijn have
released their debut CD. Forget about
bands like Napalm Death, Terrorizer and
others, and get this great CD. They re¬
leased 2 demos, which are also great,
but I don’t know if they are still for sale.
Write ‘em at c/o: Vincent Scheerman,
Ruisdaelstr 89/ 2406TD Alphen a/d
Rijn/ Holland. If you are more into the
doomy/Joy Division side of music, you
should check out LIQUID CHERRY
CHILD. I don’t know so much about
them, I only know that I like this bands
demo entitled “One Sweet Surprise” and
that they come from Groningen. Con¬
tact: Meerpaal 133/ 9732 AJ Gronin¬
gen/ Holland. Talking about a town where
everything happens: Groningen. Gronin¬
gen is a city where you can find all types
of music and people too! Of course
Groningen is best known for it’s youth
cult club Vera, a place with a band
history bigger than the holy word, to give
an example. People who read the fanzine
reviews should know their fanzine by
now Vera Krant. But there are also a

helluva lot great bands in Groningen
Too. THE MOONLIZARDS have released
a new album, by the time you’ll read this,
the 7 s of THE FIREBIRDS and THE
BEAVERS, both released on the Kogar
label, will be re-released, cause the first
edition was sold out within 3 weeks! 500
copies of each! Excellent! THE FIRE¬
BIRDS and THE BEAVERS are only two
of many 60’s punk-based bands from
this city. December last year there was a
‘rumble-festival’ in Vera featuring THE
ASCONA BROTHERS, FREA & THE
DACTARIS, THE KRONTJONG DEV¬
ILS, GREEN HORNET, THE BEAVERS,
THE MICROSURFERS, ROK N UGH!,
THE MAD COWBOY EXPERIENCE, THE
FIREBIRDS (all from Groningen) and
THE PERVERTS from Heeijan sdam. If
you like bands like The Heaacoats and/
or Sonics, you’ll like THE PERVERTS
too. They have released a great demo,
with 5 trax and soon there will be some¬
thing on vinyl too! THE PERVERTS/ De
Hoef42/ 2995 VT Heeijansdam/ Hol¬
land. By the way, this sixties kind-of-
thing lives in the whole country. If you
like surf music, than you should have
the 7" by THE APEMEN. It’s an EP with
4 splashing tracks, released on the fab¬
ulous Kogar records.

Labels: Well, I already mentioned
them a few times Kogar records. This
label was formed by recordshopowner
Jan Kooi, a wellknown guy in the “psy¬
cho 60’sscene”, he’s also doing a weekly
radio show Primetime Radio and he
does a smalL fanzine called Prime Time.
He is a very busy person. On his Kogar
label were 3 releases ‘till now THE FIRE¬
BIRDS Margaya EP and THE BEAVERS
Nancy, You're a Square 7" and THE
APEMEN Invasion of theApemen. In the
near future there will be some interna¬
tional releases too. And you should look
for the 7"s of THE BEAVERS and THE
FIREBIRDS on Get Hip records.

Leeuwarden, remember the place
where I live, also has got its 1st real
underground label. Teen Scream
Records. It’s is a Rockabilly/Psychobil-
ly-label, which had a great debut with
the UBANGI 4 T The Red Hot Rod EP
featuring 2 of their own songs and 1
cover of the Cramps classic “Human
Fly”. Ooooh shit I almost forgot the label
addresses: Kogar Records / PO Box 985/
9700 AV Groningen/ Holland. Teen
Scream Records/ PO Box 4078/ 8901
EA Leeuwarden/ Holland.

Fanzines: There are not so many
good fanzines in Holland. In Leeuwar¬
den there are 3 fanzines. Fuzz, a big
sponsored fanzine featuring bands like
MEGAKRONKEL and Dead Moon. I’ve
only seen issue 1. From issue 2 it will
have another name. Flashhouse , made
by the (former ?) member of Cauteror, is
a nice fanzine from which I’ve also only
seen issue # 1. There should be an issue
#2 too, but I’ve never seen it. It’s made by
Christiaan Verwey, who also writes re¬
views for Opscene. And of course my
own fanzine Freak Out! I formed it in
March 1992 but since #8 it is done in
English instead of Dutch. In my latest

issue are featured: Lumpoin Proleteriat,
Rot, SEXUAL O.C.D., SYPHILIS, THE
MONSTERS, N.A.I., HOLESHOT and
THE GUILT. There are also articles on
Ray Dennis Steckler, reviews and the
story of our friend Ed Gein “The Original
Norman Bates”. Issues are $ 2.00 each
or $ 6.00 (incl. comp, tape with 12 freaky
bands!) OK that’s all for now. Keep the
underground alive and all of you who are
in bands, write to me. I love it to get lots
of mail. Bye bye,

Willem Woudstra/ Freak Outfanzine/
Weaze 29/ 8911 LL Leeuwarden/ Hol¬
land

WASHINGTON

Aloha once again. This is John
Book back in the pages of MRR, I haven’t
done a scene report for over a year since
I’ve been extremely busy writing for my
zine (Intensity) and the other zines and
magazines that I write for. Sure, the
mainstream is looking at punk like a
delicious ice cream cone, but then again
they look at bands like Pearl Jam, Spin
Doctors, and 4 Non Blondes as “the”
standard. But before I blab off meaning¬
less poot, I’ll get to the point.

When I last wrote I attempted to
cover the entire Washington State, but
when the whole Seattle thing exploded
then it got to be chaotic trying to cover
new bands, zines, places to play, etc.
Since there was a scene report from
Olympia a few issues back, this time I’ll
cover the small scene we have here in the
Tri-Cities.

The Tri-Cities is a small, laid back
area about 200 miles southeast of Seat¬
tle, a four hour drive. It consists of three
cities: Pasco, Kennewick, and Richland,
and the biggest event we have here is the
Hydroplane races every July! Oh, how
people go crazy over stupid boats going
up and down a river. This area is prima¬
rily known for the Hanford Nuclear Plant,
a place where everybody (or someone
you know) seems to work there.

Musically, most people know the
Tri-Cities for DIDDLY SQUAT, who re¬
leased a few tapes and a 7" before split¬
ting up in 1988 or thereabouts. Drum¬
mer Eric Akre moved to Seattle and
ended up playing for everyone from Gal¬
leons Lap to Christ On A Crutch to
Killsybil, and his present band Treepeo-
ple. He even played the occasional show
with his sister Carrie in Hammerbox.

With boredom setting in, some peo¬
ple decided that there had to be some
action in this area, and thus there are a
handful of bands worth mentioning.
SMALL, not to be confused with the
Small on the East Coast, has been around
for almost three years and continues to

wreck havoc with their great live shows
and very intense music. Their debut
album, Finished One , received some de¬
cent reviews and they’ve played with the
likes of SUPERSUCKERS, THE
PUTTERS, The Stench, Black Happy,
and All You Can Eat. A second album is
currently being put together and should
be out before the end of the year on
Mysophobic Records (more on them lat¬
er).

Another band getting a lot of re¬
gional recognition is MAYBE DAYS.
Jaime Humphrey (vocals), MattThomp-
kins (bass), Steve Tietsort (guitar), and
Eric Stout (drums) play some great punk/
pop with an emphasis on punk, with
some honest lyrics that don’t immedi¬
ately hityou upon first listen. Humphrey
is a powerful vocalist who has been
compared unfairly to Hammerbox’s Car¬
rie Akre too many times, but they ail take
it with stride. Their debut album, also on
Mysophobic, is due out before the end of
the year.

ONE EYE OPEN have been togeth¬
er for less than a year and yet they’ve
already gained a loyal local following for
their upfront music, somewhat in a Sea¬
weed or NoFX vein. All four members
just graduated from high school, but
ages aside this band is extremely good,
and if they stay together for two to three
years they will be a force within the
underground. They just released their
first cassette-album called Bitter , which
can be had for $7 ppd from 4711 W.
Metaline #82/ Kennewick, WA 99336.
They are willing to play anywhere in the
Pacific Northwest, so drop them a line
and see what’s up.

PUZZLE have been playing a lot of
shows lately, and vocalist Jason La-
Barge has a stage and vocal presence of
Henry Rollins, but without the ego and
large tattoos. A demo tape has been in
the mixing stages for months, but it
should be near completion by the time
this goes to print.

A band who could’ve been called
“punk as fuck” was CROWN, a six piece
whose relentless attack was kept to the
stage. No demo or 7" came out of this
band, but with each and every show they
played like it was their last. They deserve
a mention for just existing in an area
where conformity is hip, and they didn’t
give a fuck what people thought of them.

A new band called COMMON CIR¬
CUS just started playing shows, and I’m
definitely going to watch these guys.
There’s a slight industrial edge to what
they do, or maybe it’s Helmet, but all I
can say is that they’re loud and damn
ugly. Hopefully they’ll have some music
out soon.

If you’re an out of town band and
would like to play here, here are a few
contacts for booking. Mysophobic
Records is a record label and concert
organizers who have brought down
Fugazi, Sweaty Nipples, Supersuckers,
Green Day, Gas Huffer, Red Aunts, Schlo-
ng, and Buzzov-en (among others) in the
past twelve months. Guy Fusman,
Michelle Fusman, and Stuart Chase are

able to book any bands who can guaran¬
tee a good turnout, but since the Tri-
Cities isn’t a big area (and there are no
clubs here) they can’t book a show every
day of the week. So write to 365 N.
Arthur #A-68/ Kennewick, WA 99337/
(509) 783-6434 and maybe they can
hook you up. For smaller venue shows,
contact Jeff Marcum at Virus Produc¬
tions (509) 627-4147. Jeffs been doing
shows for a short time but has managed
to bring down Bone Cellar, Old Man,
Sicko, Sinister Six, The Fumes, Steel
Wool, Atomic 61, Sore Jackson, and
Killsybil to do shows.

As for actual places to play, choices
are limited. There’s the warehouse lo¬
cated on the Benton/Franklin County
Fairgrounds, where 1800+ people
showed up to see Fugazi in their only
Eastern Washington date (partly due to
Mysophobic’s wise ways). In Richland
there’s the Tri-Cities Hoedown Center,
which is exactly what you think it is.
Capacity is about 250, and the sur¬
roundings are simple enough for a damn
good time (some of the best shows in this
area have been held in this small place,
Bone Cellar’s show in February comes to
mind). All shows here are all ages, as the
clubs and bars here are kept for country
hicks and karaoke madness. Since the
whole “alternative music” explosion there
has been a lot of jocks and stupid 15 year
old girls with massive makeup coming to
the shows lately, who think that mosh-
ing is so fucking radl I remember a guy
asking me at the Hoedown “oh, is this
where the mosh concerts are?”, and
those that were around me said “oh,
mosh contests!” The guy walked off with¬
out blinking. Then there are the sluggos,
the big necked jocks who try to practice
their latest Pearl Jam moves in the pit,
and it’s downright irritating. I’m sure
this is a familiar story for everyone who’s
reading it. but anyone who plays here
will no doubt have a good time.

Thrift stores: There are the usual
Goodwillis and Salvation Army’s every¬
where, but there are two particular stores
that must be looked at. In Pasco there’s
the Pasco Thrift Center, where there’s
loads of clothes to choose from, some
decent stereo equipment (I bought an
excellent Montgomery Warm turntable
and a radio/8-track tape receiver to¬
gether for $12!), and some peculiar
records. In the city of Kennewick there’s
the St. Vincent de Paul, whose selection
of stuff far surpasses the store in Pasco.
Very cheap stuff all around, and I was
able to score a copy of the Zoom!
soundtrack album for a mere 50 cents! I
had this album as a kid and almost
pissed in mv pants when I saw it again.
There are also quite a few pawns shops
in Pasco with their own odors, the more
stink it is the better your chances of
finding something good.

Food: If meat is your thing, the Tri-
Cities is your kind of town. McDonald’s,
Burger King, Wendy’s, Taco Bell, Taco
Time, Taco John’s, you get the idea. No
vegetarian restaurants like there are in
Olympia, but lots of Asian food places

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that may suit your tastes. There is one
health food store that carries a lot of
healthy goods, but they seem to change
their name every two months so if you
arrive here check out the phone book
first.

also starting a mail order service through
my zine, some of the local shows, and
through my newsletter, so record labels
or bands: send a promo copy of what you
got, wholesale prices, and a SASE, and
ril get back with you. If I don’t want to

Records: There are no record stores
here, but if used records is your thing, go
to R&P Records on 5 S. Dayton in Ken¬
newick. When Mudhoney played here
two years ago, store owner Tom Johnston
said they bought a lot of serious crap, the
kind of crap you’d find covered with dust
at Goodwill.

And to be honest, there’s nothing
else to do here, one reason why everyone
moves when they can. But those of us
who choose to stay here, we do what we
can. And what I do is my zine called
Intensity, which unfortuntely is the only
local fanzine. I’ve been doing this thing
all by myself since late 1990 and have
interviewed such folks as the Mono Men,
Napalm Death, Tad, Hammerbox, Rikki
Tikki Tavi, The Mummies, Stymie, Tree-
people, Dirt Fishermen, Public Works,
The Derelicts, Gas Huffer, 7 Year Bitch,
and many others. Issue #15 is being
made as I write this, and so far it will
feature chats with Sinister Six, Cage,
Juliana Hatfield, For Love Not Lisa, and
Sicko. Issue #14, due out very soon, is
my tribute issue to Melvins called I Love
You Melvins: rah. Rah, RAEl!. I’ve been a
fan since October of 1986, and this is
just my way of saying thanks for seven
years of great music. As for stuff I review,
anything goes. From punk to hardcore
to hip hop to noise to funk to Hawaiian
to whatever, we’ll review it. Vinyl is pre¬
ferred, but we’ll also take CD’s, demos,
and videos. If anyone sends product for
review, please send a SASE so I can send
you a tearsheet of the review upon pub¬
lication. I’m not rich, and this would
help out a lot. If you’d like a sample copy,
send $2.50 plus 5-29 stamps to Intensi¬
ty fanzine/Attn.: John Book/ 2502 W.
Opal St./ Pasco, WA 99301-3352. I’m

sell it, I’ll still review it. If you don’t want
a copy of the zine but would like to check
out my newsletter, Brutal Words, sim¬
ply send a SASE and you’ll get the next
edition.

The Tri-Cities, as I said before, is a
small area and there are a lot of ignorant
people who think this is just a passing
fad. For many it is a mere phase, but I’ve
been involved for almost three years and
don’t plan to go away for a long time. As
the famous saying goes, “it’s a nice place
to visit but I wouldn’t want to live there”.

Before I end this report, I would like
to mention a few things about one of my
favorite bands from Seattle. As some of
you already know, The Gits’ vocalist Mia
Zapata died in Seattle on July 7th. She
was strangled to death and was left lying
in the middle of the street. As of this
writing they have no idea who the assail¬
ant was, but regardless of who did it, it
was a stupid and pointless death.

I mention all of this because for two
years, I wanted to see The Gits perform
in concert. Sure, they played at home in
Seattle countless times but a four hour
drive (and another four to go home) isn’t
my idea of fun. But when I heard they
were playing here on July 3rd, at the
Hoedown, I made it clear that I would not
miss this show for anything. Social Rit¬
ual and Sicko opened up, and then The
Gits played like no other band. Drum¬
mer Steve Moriarty was in fine form, and
Mia was singing with more rage than the
studio versions of their songs. The first
song, “Spear & Magic Helmet”, was my
favorite and throughout their one hour
set they tore shit up. Unfortunately most
of the crowd were outside creating their
own 4th of July fireworks display, but
those who witnessed this show left

speechless. I wanted to tell Mia how
much I loved her music and her voice,
she sang with such honestly, but I was
too chickenshit to approach her. I’m not
sure why, maybe I confused the rage of
the lyrics with the kind person she was.

I wanted to thank her for giving me a lot
of great music. Instead I spoke with
Moriarty and guitarist Joe Spleen^ and
they were happy I liked it. I left with a
smile on my face, and I remember Mia
laughing with the band as they per¬
formed some new songs. A week later, I
found out that Mia died three days later
after their show here. This Tri-Cities
date was the last of a 10-date mini tour,
and in a few days they were going to hit
New York City for the New Music Semi¬
nar, as well as the East Coast for their
first concerts there. My first Gits show
became their last show ever, since they
have decided to not continue The Gits
without Mia. You always read about
certain people’s last shows, but never
think you’d be a part of one. I was a part
of this, and it feels weird. The pictures I
got of the band are hard to look at, and
it's a shame that life has to be so fucked
up. But life truly does go on. In closing,
I would like to say thanks to The Gits for
the great music. I’m sure a lot of people
were touched by your songs as much as
I was. To Mia: I thank you for having the
courage to say what you felt without
remorse. The world has lost another
great person, I never got to meet you and
I never got to say thanks. So wherever
you are, I say Mahalo Nui Loa from the
bottom of my heart. This is John Book
hoping for a less hectic world.

Cleveland news, local bands WHAT¬
EVER... who sound like sorta Agent
Orange/good T.S.O.L., (7222 Thomc-
liffe Blvd/ Parma, OH 44134-5363), has
a new tape out I think it probably costs
about $6 ppd, they have a 7" coming
soon also. THE UNKNOWN, local pop-
core heroes, have a new tape out, (4080
Woodside Dr/ North Royalton, OH
44133), its $6 ppd. The UNKNOWN are
great fast pop-punk every bit as good as
Big Drill Car or Green Day. A forthcom¬
ing Cleveland HC comp 12", FOR THE
PEOPLE, with the likes of STATE OF
MIND, GRAIN, SPLINTER, HARRIET
THE SPY, ENDURANCE, LIFEGAME
and others should be out mid August.
Contact Tim, (PO Box 35156/ Cleve¬
land, OH 44135), who also does This is
Not a Picture Perfect World fanzine
and he’ll have some answers... LIFE-
GAME has a demo out its $3 ppd.,

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TIT ^ r f * i

(35601 Keller Dr? Avon, OH 44011), I
hear they’re the upcoming hardcore
bands in Cleveland. DRILL KITTY has
been playing out a lot they remind me of
early Lemonheads, they have a demo, I’d
guess it’s about $3 ppd., (c/o A.Hilliard/
15443 Foxboro Dr/ Middleburg Hts, OH
44130). WEST SIDE MARKET is still
around and now has Brent Collins and
John Long from the defunct band, ONE
BEAT OFF, in it. I heard they were good,
but I have not seen them. STALEFISH is
still around, but lacking in the singer
dept. John Turk of OBO, might be sing¬
ing for them... DIE TRYING is still in the
planning stages, but has a little promise.
RINGWORM has a new CD out I think.
The SECRET AGENTS also have a new
tape out.

Both INTEGRITY and FACE VAL¬
UE are touring the US and Europe I
think this summer, good riddance. OUT¬
FACE just got back from Europe Thurs¬
day, I don’t have any details on a new LP
or tour though. The UNKNOWN by the
way are touring the Midwest in the late
summer so if they play in your town
make sure you go see them.

I’m not to hip on the fanzine front
I know ones that are out include, Fuck-
tooth (1298 Som #130/ Mayfield Hts,
OH 44124), This is Not a Picture Per¬
fect World, Riot, Scratch, Love Bunny
Press (c/o Rev John Sharpton/ 2622
Princeton Rd/ Cleveland Hts, OH 44118),
Trigger Cut, Dead End (106 Shriver
SE/ Massillon, OH 44648), Force Fed,
Crunchface and a bunch in Oberlin,
(Fenceclimber/ Fake/ Bulldozer/ PO
Box 342/ Oberlin, OH 44074). I’m sure
I left out a bunch, because it seems like
everyday someone's starting one up. Most
cost $1 or a few stamps, I’m sorry I just
have a few addresses...

Places to play, Grog Shop, college
crowd, $9 if you're under 21. Euclid
Tavern doesn’t do many shows except
for like Tar or John Spencer Blues Ex¬
plosion. Phantasy’s last show there was
Screeching Weasel, and Quicksand in
March, but I don’t think anyone else will
be playing there though. Peabody’s
Down Under was so mad about the
Dwarves/Flipper/Ed Hall show, in which
the Dwarves broke a guitar on some

kid’s head, I don’t think many bands will
be allowed to play there. If anyone read¬
ing this has a show booked there, be
warned under 21 is charged $2 more, in
addition to $2 that Ticketmaster charg¬
es. So your show will probably be about
$ 14, punk rawk huh? Also get ready for
very violent bouncers. Fuck mem. Flash¬
es really sucks too, I mean really sucks.
To play, a band has to audition with a
bunch of bad metal acts on musician
night. If you get a show you’ll play with
a bunch of loser bands. Also the door
sucks, on the way in you are asked
which band you are there to see and that
band is paid in accordance to how many
people come to see you. But, if you are a
new band or a small band and can’t
bring in at least 50 people, you’re fucked.
Also they have stupid lights and a huge
stage, metal up the ass. Mama Joe’s
Pizza in Kent had Bom Against, and
Lincoln but I didn’t have a chance to
make it there, I think Rorshach is play¬
ing there in August. The Canton YMCA,
(216-492-0862, [I think], 4009 Harrison
NW/ Canton, OH 44709), has also been
putting on shows like Endpoint and I
heard Earth Crisis might be playing
there, my friends say it’s cool, but I have
yet to go there. In Colombus Freakin’
Pizza is putting on shows with like Far-
side, Endpoint and Into Another and
other cool bands. The AYF in Findley
has put on a few shows. Network in
Dayton still puts on shows, they did the
More Than Music festival and everyone
from Green Day to Citizen Fish to Youth
of Today to Bom Against has played
there for like $5, great place. Rebo’s in
Dayton also has shows I think Destroy
or Naked Aggression played there, I’m
not sure though. Also Sudsie’s in Cinci
has put on a few bigger shows, Jesus
Lizard, Warzone, Cows, etc.

Places to hang out at— Arabica is a
good place to meet people, but you be the
judge of the people. Huntington Beach
is also an okay place to hook up with
skaters and other assorted teenage mal¬
contents, it’s on Lake Road in Bay Vil¬
lage. Also Taco Bell on Columbia in
Westlake or Dunkin’ Donuts in Rocky
River on Center Ridge is where I usually
go when I’m not working. Coventry in

Cleve¬
land
Heights
has a
bunch of
people
hanging
out, the
times I’ve
been
there
they
haven’t
been too
cool.
Coventry
also has a
punk for
sale/
record
store that

doesn’t have any cool records or shirts.
Big Fun in Coventry has real cool stuff
like old toys and novelties for really
cheap. I don’t know any places to skate
and I haven’t really seen any skaters
lately, but I also don’t go out that much.
Shattered Records on Lorain in Cleve¬
land, has a good selection, but 7"s are
usually $4.00+! Schnieder’s Bike in
Cleveland on Lorain also has a good
selection of Vans and Airwalk and skate¬
boards and stuff for pretty tame prices,
cool people work there. Chain Link Ad¬
diction in Lakewood has a lot of punk
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Eamon Kilbane and Brad Foran also
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Well, that’s it for my first scene
report. I’m sure that I’ve probably left out
a lot of people and spelled some stuff
wrong, but oh well. If you want me to
include your band, send stuff! As you
can see Cleveland is slowly recovering
from its many problems like lack of
venues, violent skinheads, racism and
ignorance. There seem to be more people
willing to help out with trying to put on
shows, doing fanzines, and starting
bands, it’s hard to keep track of and the
fact that I work a full-time job every night
until 2AM, doesn’t help. There are still a
bunch of bands around like OXYMO¬
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INSECURITY, CRAW, THE LARRY
BIRDS, POSTER BOY, KILL ALL THE
DRUNKS, BRANIAC, CIGARHEAD, and
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hear. If you want to get in touch with me
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ppd. Spencer and I might be doing a little
distribution or a. label in the future, or
even putting on shows, please get in
touch, we’re about 70 minutes from
Newspace, and 40 minutes from down¬
town Cincinnati. To anyone who ordered
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soon. My fanzine, Giggiefest, is out now,
with NoFX, Lag Wagon and WHATEV¬
ER... it’s a buck ppd. or stamps... Write
to me, Ben/ PO Box 666/ Oxford, OH
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to get label interest, whether it be major label
or Indie. To always work at it and to enjoy
ourselves. And to thank all of our fans for their
support.

MRR: Any closing comments?

Stark: Labels, promoters, radio stations,
fans, anyone, please contact us. To our fans,
our tapes our $5.00 ppd. Our first tape is
“Ice.” It has four songs. Our newest release
is Misery and Suffering. We also have T-,
shirts. We love to create and perform our]
music. We hope you will become a QUEST j
fan. Thank you. (P.S. Don’t quit your day job.)

You can contact QUEST OF THE
MOON BREED at: Quest of the Moon
Breed/ PO Box 2/ New Haven, CT
06501, or call: Stark: (203) 562-3499
or Matt: (212) 721-1653 .

Interview with
Stark, singer/percus¬
sionist of industrial
v\band from CT, QUEST
OF THE MOON BREED .

QUEST OF THE
MOON BREED, Connect¬
icut's stand-out indus¬
trial band, was spawned
in a dark basement in
December, 1991* Sing¬
er/percussionist Stark,
along with singer/per¬
cussionist Matt, pound¬
ed out tribal beats on old
drums and scrap metal,
and chanted into a tape
recorder, as a dim light
bulb cast shadows of
man and metal onto the
cobweb-infested rock
walls.

Soon, guitarists, a
keyboardist, computer¬
ized samples, and a
drummer were added,
with incredible results. It
is now June, 1993, and
QUEST’S live shows,
which include a bizarre
and intense stage show.

percussion with metal pipes, signs, junkyard
scrap, and circular saws. Also, there’s guitar,
bass, keyboards, samples, and a drummer.
Together we play Industrial/Hardcore/Tech-
no/Cyber-Punk music, to give it a name.
MRR: Could you explain what some
of your songs are about?

Stark: One of the songs is called “All In The
Family*” which is about a terrible thing called
incest that happens to a lot of people, more
than most people think. It’s about the actual
rape itself. “Fashion Monkey” is about peo¬
ple who dress in the latest fashions and listen
to the hippest music and are the center of
attention, but they’re really fakes, and using,
boring losers. *1 Want To Kill God Is about
a personal of being locked inside a mental
institution when I was a teenager.

MRR: What would you, personally,
say your influences are, musically
and lyrically?

Stark: I grew up listening to bands like Devo
and Madness untill I stumbled onto this thing
called “Punk Rock.” Some favorites are the
Exploited, Dead Kennedies, G.B.H., Black
Flag, Fear, Sex Pistols, Nausea, Jesus
Chrust, Skinny Puppy, Ministry, Crass, Peter
Gabriel, Lyrically, I write about what f see or
what I’ve experienced, which is usually the
darker side of humanity.

MRR: Who is In the band, and what do

Caffeine Disk put it out. It’s.been getting a lot j
of attention nation-wide. It features 13 local
alternative bands. Cut 13 is our song “AH in
the Family. ” Some local bands I like are Blind
Justice, VMJ, and Malachi Kainch, and oth¬
ers. We’ve heard about a lot of positive
response about our cut on the CD across the
States.

MRR: What do you think about Nirva¬
na and alternative music in general
becoming mainstream, and the no¬
tion that these bands are "selling
out”?

Stark: I think when people say “they sold
out,” it’s envy. Who is someone to decide
what someone else should do with their band
or career? Being in a band is like having a job
and if a better job offer cgmes along you
should take it. Yes, there might have been
some down sides to a contract on a major
label, but I think that’s changed a lot now. It’s
definitely better to get your music to a greater!
audience, and to have financial backing. And
if you stay true to youself, then all the better
to you. I think it’s great to have intelligent
people like Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye
getting more acceptance than some of the
idiots that are out there now.

MRR: What are QUEST’S plans for the
future?

Stark: To continue forward, to create new

INTERVIEWS

by

Devon Morf

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G: So you want to do a collection of farts on tape?

MRR: Certainly.

C: Yeah, we’ve down a new one it's called “Fartyard B

MRR: Anyway, how did this tour come about

C: I don’t know, how did it come about?

G: Victor...

V: I booked it.

G: It’s all his fault.

M: V.D.

V: I picked up the phone and dialed some numbers a
thing you know, we’re on tour.

C: That easy.

V: That easy. It’s better than sitting at home.

M: Book your own life, you should try it yourself. I guess
that we’re a legendary rock band as well.

MRR: How do you feel about the tour so farf

to the rest.

MRR: There was a problem with the van
right?

C: Right, we shot three rods from the engine and bat
stuck at a truck stop for five days.

D: Which was horrible.

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nightmare...

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lease on life” and I said, “Well the money better be good because I don’t relocate for nobody.
(laughter)

(laughter)

MRR: How do you feel about the reaction
you’ve been getting?

C: Brilliant, brilliant.

G: Yeah, it’s good

M: It’s alright, except there’s loads of Americans every¬
where, that’s the only problem, they ruin it.

C: It’s been coo. All the people we’ve met so far have
been brilliant.

M: A couple people
thought we were Sham 69
at a couple of shows.

C: Sex Pistols at one, Gab-
ba got mistaken for being
Johnny Rotten.

M: That’s alright, Bear got
mistaken for being Jimmy
Purcey and that’s the worst part.

C: The worst part was when I was mistaken for being
what’s his face...?

M: Lydia Lunch.

C: That’s it.

V: Buster Bloovessel.

(laugher)

MRR: (to Victor) So how did you end up
joining the band?

V: I dunno.

G: C’mon, tell him the story, he kicked and begged at
our practice room door until we finally let him join.

V: More like they came over on a trans-Atlantic flight and
begged me to join. Gabba says to me, We need a new

MRR: So are you gonna be living in Britain?

V: Well, I was until I had to come back because my visa ran out

C & M: We’re commuting.

G: We’re doing our three month apprenticeship over
here. Um,...Vic’s mother’s lovely; she looked after us,
she did some cooking for us. What else can we say about
her?

M: Jimi Hendrix.

G: She likes Jimi Hendrix.

M: This means nothing to this question, does it?

MRR: Right, so we’ll keep that in. So what
about the Michelle Shocked cover that rips off
a cover of yours? What’s up with that?

G: She won’t say anything about it, like she says it was
a complete coincidence, but she was on tour with MDC.
M: She was stripping...

G:... playing some crappy les¬
bian songs or something like
that...

M: ...dropping pool balls up
her bum.

G: So she’s on tour with MDC
and we give MDC one of our
records, so she must have seen it and the next thing we
know there’s a record out.

C: It didn’t take an IQ of 5 million to put two and two
together.

M: I don’t know, maybe she just remembered she had a
photo of her getting arrested and thought it would be a
good idea... (

G & C:...to put it on the cover and name it “Short, Sharp
Shocked.’’

M: The little rascal.

G: But I heard the punks in New York used to spit on her

M: First British people ever!

when she walked down the street.

M: Yeah, she was releasing an LP <

C: We wrote to the record compand
ripping off the Chaos U.K. coven
back on the LP? The record comS
of "Great minds think alike, by
G: Therapy was the last banc
it’s called? “Short Sharp Sf
(laughter)

C: Of course, they’ve neverjj
either..

(laughter)

MRR: I heard a rumor that th^
smelled so bad that you had \
to that?

G: Oh, it’s mad how rumours ge^
(laughter)

MRR: Yeah, I'd heard yotj
though people really likedfl
and when you had to come ^
flight that shuttled only airlir

(laughter)

G: The first time we came we came on a 3 !
worse than we did.

V: Maybe it’s just some vicious rumour cr^
lack of fans.

C: We had Mower in the band at the time,

D: He still does hum a bit.

G: Yeah, so we go on this Russian airline, got 1
there, stunk it up. First foreign punk band.

.but it got canceled.
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C: (laughs) _

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D: He lives at the sarp
C: He eats pot noodl^
photography courses
G: He takes all our p|

D: Yeah, he does.

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MRR: What made
G: Hew just got too nfl
you go beyond that.]
warnings... then he g^
tickets home becausS^
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G: After leaping intoj
(laughter)

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D: We split the bang!
(laughter)

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MRR: So were
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G: Yeah, we all hac
M: One of them is
G: Beano’s here.

C: He’s not here noj
G: Why did you wa
C: Skate Muties stall
to you. Totally rippe
MRR: So back to

idays?

Sftnd he doesn’t do anything except eat pot noodles.

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i A level in photography. He’s doing alright for himself.

. records.

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jjohol. You can only go so farand then
varning, then two warnings, four
\d loses his passport and all our
In his shirt and is so drunk...

nearly all the shows.

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^r or we’re gonna have
^ said he’d get his act
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fanzine called Sick Teen, folks.

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G: Playing for beef
M: Pizza slices!

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C: We’re drivir
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C: False PropheS
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M: Crucifix, they
C: Johnny Thunjj
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years ago European bands were a lot more popular here. Nnowadays it seems

tA into American pop punk bands. , _.

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a lot of the old punkies are coming out.
wanted to come.

t of the woodwork along the way?

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MRR: (To Gabba) So wh^
in your guitar case this tL
case full of toys back
tour)

(laughter)

G: How’d you know abouj
M: A dead body.

G: Cats, little kittens.

M: More toys.

G: All your toys.

(laughter)

MRR: Are you gonnS
the kittens?

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smuggle lots of pitbulls
D: We haven’t got the r
^ M: We’ll be smuggling

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even at all?

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D: We’re gonna have a]
M: Bankruptcy.

C: Out of house and hofj
M: We’ll be hungry and

MRR: (To Marvin) S ]
replaced by Beki ac

C: He’ll be on death rov
D: Hopefully.

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gonna break

to jail and be

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MRR: Because of your phone
bill?

M: Yep, funny enough.

(laughter)

G: It’s because he’s a car thief.
V: It’s because he’s a crap
criminal.

G: He’s a car thief, that’s the
only reason he’s going there.
D: He steals cars and drives
them into shops, but he does
it drunk so he gets caught.

G: But you haven’t asked us
what happened to Beki.
MRR: Oh, what hap¬
pened to Beki?

C: She got a malignant stom¬
ach disease. It eats away at her
stomach lining and every now
and then they have to cut about
the stomach and replace a bit of
it. So basically, touring kills her
so she can’t do it. When we came
back from Ireland she was in the
hospital forages. So basically she
had to go. It was her choice, not
ours. I’d still like to have her in the
band.

D: Then this poor fool (Marvin) joinei
M: I lost a raffle! '

V: Oh what a fool he is.

M: Oh what a fool I have been. I’ve learn^
learnt to respect the boys. I’ve only been
months now.

(laughs)

MRR: Oh, so that explains why you
Red Hot Chili Peppers shirt at yod

M: That’s my girlfriend’s.

G: He’d never heard of them until the GilrH
M: Honestly. I just like stuff like Deep Purp,
V: Crucifix. ^

M: Is Crucifix that band that plays fast?

V: Yeah, what do they sound like? 1

M: They sound like old Nausea. Vic was in t!j
D: Are they fast as well?

M: They’re fast as fuck.

(laughter)

C: They must be punk as fuck then.

M: Can you say ‘fuck’ in Maximumrocknroll?
V: As long as you’re not gender specific. i
C: You can say ‘cunt’, can't you? *

M: Nope.

C: Why’s that? Is is not PC? All I want to
Yohannan didn’t come up and say hello at Q

MRR: He wasn’t there.

C: Why?

MRR: He was probably playing Risk.
(laughter) i

MRR: Do you want to talk about thq

V: It’s a load of shit. All the songs on it are ril
songs and you’re a fool if you go out and cSf
it. 1

d to love it though. I’ve
nto punk for about two

were wearing the
r Gilman show.

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at band as well.

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know is why Tim
ilman.

new record?

•ped off from other
ay good money for

G: But it has good production and it’s a

Dit punky. It’s called

/ 00% Two Fingers in t i
on the cover. It’s quiti
M: It’s crap, I’m not o
G: It’s good, buy it.

MRR: Anything e,

G: We’ve got a split
C: There’s a LP on Cffi
G: For the next yea~
singles.

C: There might be s<
America. For the kid
MRR: Is there a r
G: Yeah, we’re tryi
C: We’ll do it when
the offing as well.
Japan in the near
MRR: When
shows do yoi(

C: About five. J
G: We do a pari
C: Always.

G: We did one II
It was at some
free. 400 peop
M: They found
(laughter)

MRR: Anythi
V: To the kids of
M: Also to the
V: Thanks for
G: Yeah, sue]

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prove hazar
MRR: Wh<

M: Nothing

le Air Punk Rock. It’s got a picture of moi
3 nice, it’s six tracks,
n it.

se coming out?

With Deathside coming out.
in Japan as well.

^-and-a-half I think we’ll just be releasing

pme re-releases as well for the youth of
;. For the little young boys.

European tour planned?

to organize it.

we get back home. There’s a Japan tour in
|f that’s of interest to anyone who’s going to
future.

you have played Japan, how many
normally play?

ust the major cities,
y gig as well.

st time that went on all morning. It was brilliant,
small dive in Tokyo and we let everyone in for
e got sent away,
put who was playing.

ng else?

Maximumrockn’roll, lighten the fuck up already,
fceople who work at Epicenter...
lothing!
k the shit out of my asshole,
bss white kids shouldn’t play with punk. It could
jaous to their health,
it happened with Epicenter?

INTERVIEWS

V: Basically, they put out a message of how they have this community center a
say “Look, we just pulled into the city and are stuck here with no place to si
information."

M: Basically, when we were stuck in Ohio and they were totally sarcastic to me 1
G: We had no money.

M: We needed addresses and phone numbers to get things sorted and they just'
G: We could hear them put the phone down and laugh.

MRR: Didn't you try calling MRR?

G: No, we only had that number.

M: Basically, she was like “What the fuck do you want me to do about it?" All the
In the end, we had to go through people like Chris MDC.

C: I’m sure they’re all nice boys and girls really.

M: In a few years we won t have to worry. I’ve seen em all come and go. In th<
(laughter)

MRR: Do you want to talk any more shit?

C: I wrote a letter to MRR that didn’t get published. (Never received it—Tim)
released, which was a total shoddy work of bullshit. The letter was intended to baj
but it didn’t get printed. The record should have never been released as a 12|
compilation of 7" singles with bands from all over the world doing punk rock co

nd want to help the
eep” and they go

pcene. So we call up and say
i Sorry, I can’t help you, call

basically told us t

d fuck off.

: uck I wanted wa

I some information from her.

two months I’ve

Seen in punk rock.

Dean for putting out^on different singles and next thing we know he comes outg
V: With this beautiful cheesy cover on it.

C: A fucking dreadful cover, and a lot of people associate that with a proper
rip off scam. Don’t buy it.

'here was a split
ically set the fact
I was really piss
ters. We sent a tafi
with this fucking

2" with Raw Noise that was
^ straight about certain things,
ed off, it should have been a
e of crappy recorded stuff to
2" with our band and his...

Shaos U.K. recordi

ng. It’s not, kids. It’s a fucking

MRR: Hav’
you guys e{
had change

C: It hasn’t chf
V: Same attituS
G: Look at Agi
C: A lot of bar
changes in the
G: Oh yeah! 1
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edition of 200U
he does 1(

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back and h
C: People
MRR: So, j
guys were'
couple day]
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C: I reckon
reputation pr<
bless us.

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people are sc
we were years
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behaved ourset
M: He’s only be|
here.

G: So do the pu|
(laughter)

C: “Smash up

MRR: Which
smashing ex;

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M: The other vj
sawing the wal
(laughs)

C: That was
MRR: So d
another 10
C: Why not?

you received any criticism for
together as a band? Considering the line-up

i Considering the amount of time it’s been, there hasn’t been that much of a change at all.

kw many line-up changes they had.

/ear, period. And look how long we’ve been going, 13 or 14 years. We’ve had like two line-up
that bad.

sperate Attempt Records is another one we want to bring out. We want to have a word with him.
Jit was meant to be a limited edition of 1000. As soon as he got the DAT tapes he put it to a limited
[know. He gave us 200 records and expects us to be thankful of that’s what he gives band when
n0 though, so we went fucking hell and got $250 and 75 singles. We figured that was a fair amount,
[e-releasing it without asking us or paying us anything. We were gonna release that ourselves.
|and Mushroom Attack. We heard Mushroom Attack didn’t want to do it and asked for their tapes
IRand has gone ahead and pressed it. I think he’s becoming a bit dodgy.

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INTERVIEWS

"I am a tree, you are a flower,
let's go to the sun..."

n Interview with. Not So Happy by Devon Morf. Not So Happy are an enthu-
Siastic and energetic hard core band from El Paso Texas. They are Mike/
vocals. Sergio/guitar, Ernie/bass, Pudge/drums and Mark & Rob/roadies.
We hooked up on a day off of their first TJ.S. tour. This interview occurred that
night in the tiny lightless living room of my flat. The glow from the snow off my
roommate’s television enabled just enough light for us to see each other...

INTERVIEWS

MRR: So when exactly did Not So Happy form?

M: It kind of started with this mess around band I used to drum for called
the Yodeling Pigfuckers. We didn’t know how to play anything we just yelled
a lot.

E: Noise core.

M: They asked Sergio, Not So Happy’s guitarist if he wanted to come jam with
them. So Sergio saw me drumming and him
and Ernie used to always jam together and
they were thinking of starting a
band. Serg somehow got my num-
ber and he called me up one night
and said, "Hey Mike, you want to
drum for our band?” I said, "I suck,
but I have a friend who’s a
drummer who’s re¬
ally good." He’s said,

”0h yeah, what’s his
number?" So I gave
it to him. The very
same night I called up
Pudge and I told him

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about it. Pudge was
drumming for his
dad’s band who play Mexican music * at parties, cover tunes, so he’s all "I
don't know." So I said why don't you just try out? So we called up Serg on
party line and said let’s get together and jam and see if everything works out.

So that was it, they started outed out jamming.

P: Me and Serg used to jam a lot. We’d jam until like three o’clock in the
morning and then we’d ,-i ♦ . "1 • J _ r

have to go to school the trie air is Kina 01

next day. So his mom

would be calling to my house so we’d keep on playing so we couldn't hear
the phone ring, or we’d just turn off the ringer.

M: The reason they need to start the band was because that very same
weekend they had a show. They had a show set up but they didn't have a
band. They kind of just picked up Pudge and I. When they first started
jamming they had 99 Red Balloons.

P: McRad, the Out¬
casts.

M: They even had
Danzig cause they knew it, so they played it. Then they asked me if I wanted
to sing for them just for this one show. So I said all right. So we got together
and there it was. We started out and had our first show three days after and
it was all right. For three days we practiced intensely. I used to work so
practice wouldn't start until one in the morning and we’d practice to three.
Then we’d go out eat
burgers and go to sleep.

MRR: Was it a big show?

M: About thirty people
going, "Who the hell are these guys?"

P: It was in the winter too.

M: Everyone were wearing jackets and blowing on their hands.

P: There were big barrels with fires in the them.

S: We were in the truck trying to warm our hands up.

P: We had the motor
running and everyone
was sticking their
hands through the window so they could feel the warm air.

MRR: So how did your nick names come about?

M: On our demo Mike is Oznob. We were just bored.

P: Mine’s been since I was small.

M: He’s always been pudgy. I used to called myself Buddy Oznob in our screw
around bands with our roadie Rob. Oznob is Bonzo backwards,

S; -n, W o.™up«h„„, m, conscience is

P: We try not to get the people too burned out on us.

E: but the month before we took off on tour we said we weren’t gonna play
any more shows.

P: But the whole month we played shows.

M: We played shows every weekend. P: We just keep on being asked, "Do you
guys want to play?" "Do you guys want to play?"

E: We said we weren’t but...

M: We needed the practice, so there!
P: We need the practice, we needed
the money.

MRR: How’s the scene in El Paso? Is it
difficult to get shows? Have there
>been any problems?

M: No there haven’t been any real
problems except with the cops.

P: And gangsters.

M: Whenever we
play backyard par¬
ties sometime gang¬
sters show up. May-
f - be they’ll get rowdy.

trlZit \KIP VP QnnPT P: It’s cool.1 mean, lean
LJlLCLL V V JLO IJUk/Ol kind of appreciate it now

that I’ve seen several other scenes. Because of all the shows we’ve played so
far we haven’t played to over sixty people.

M: Well Flagstaff.

P: Flagstaff was one of the best shows. At home we’re used to like one or two
hundred. Good turnouts, crowds like crazy.

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cool 1 iris is no ° ut ° f town bands -

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people like crazy. They’ll come out in flocks. Just local shows do well on their
own with a hundred people on average.

P: But it’s harder to get shows for bigger bands that come in because the
promoters have their favorites, I guess the bands that really kiss the
promoters ass are the ones that get to play.

M: I guess all in all it’s a good scene.

MRR: Earlier when

i

I see myselfi

the air... A shortage of human

we talking it seemed
there was almost

some rich punks versus poor punks controversy.

M: Yeah it’s weird, there’s all these rich kids that have this mind set that
"We’re more punk than you” because they can buy more things. They’ve got
the money, they flaunt it around, they get all these tapes and stuff. They think
they know it all.

S: There’s always new peo¬
ple.

E: With their hundred dol¬
lar Doc Martens. You know
they haven’t been in the scene because they’re all new faces. They think
they’re more punk than you because they have all this shit. It’s like whatever.
M: A good part of them are just lost in the fashion.

MRR: What other problems are there?

S: Getting raided, cops

beings, an abundance of slimey reptiles. AHKXcop.fhat

J come with the chopper

and they throw the light on us and around six other cop cars will come in
and start looking for alcohol.

Mark: They get really drastic like that one time they had military police, they
had tear gas, dogs, a paddy waggon.

Rob: And it was a back yard show! They had like ten cop cars come in.

P: It was kind of funny when it first started, we were about to play and this

a dinosaur... I decidedm ^*^*"”'till

only two cops who had just got there. They said if you turn it down
everything will be all right. The band didn't stop playing and everybody’s
like "Fuck the pigs! Just keep on playing!” So they just kept on playing and
I guess the cops got scared ’cause there were around eighty people in that
back yard so they took off. The next thing you know all these cops come in
yelling, "Everybody go home! Now!"

M: It wasn’t the military police, it was the SWAT team. They walked in.

they a U thought they were Arnold
5L]fLCL Schwartzenegger and stuff. It was cold

/ and they were shoving all the kids around

and yelling, "Fuck you! Yo want me to beat you up!"

E: "You want to go to juvenile hall? Or, ’’ You want to go to county jail?"

M: So everyone said, "Let's get out of here” and that’s how the show ended.

)ur roacue iujd. \

guilty

Rehab. I said just put
whatever down.

M: We called him Rehab because we were hanging out with these guys from
this other band one night and Serg was just sitting off in this corner by
himself. Back then he was really skinny and he looked really pale and stuff.
E: His hair was all fucked up.

M: So the drummer from the other band was all, "What’s up with that guy?
Did he just get out of rehab or something?"

MRR: So how many years ago was it that -inr\ -i /

the band formed? “[O OUfe/ll ± L L V

M: It was around Thanksgiving of '91. -L /

S: The first show was the 29th of November.

M: Today’s my birthday! I turned twenty today.

MRR: Wow, happy birthday. So you play locally much?

INTERVIEWS

We even played this show at a high school gymnasium. The kids didn’t get
too out of hand, they’re just the way they are. It wasn’t gonna be that bad
but the cops had to overlook everything. They had them posted in all the
areas in the gymnasium.

E: It was a good show though.

M: At first when people started slamming the cops were ^ telling every¬
one to stop it. But after a while that got
the idea. "Oh, that’s what they do, OK.

MRR: Are there many bands in El Paso?

E: Now there are, there's a bunch of cool
bands.

M: Before there weren't that many. In our
area there is us, Faction-X, Ju¬
dicial Crud, Stressed Out.

E: There used to be a bunch of
really cool bands from the old
scene.

S: Like Three Blind Bats.

E: Zombie Chest Cold. They’re both old school El Paso punk bands.

MRR: What about fanzines and stuff?

S: There’s a lot.

M: But they’re really under-

ig the cops were telling every- MRR: So how far will the tour take you

take a look

ay. in our

around, there I lay

my Side speechless am I

ground. Not that many from El
Paso actually know about them.

MRR: So had you guys ever played out before this tour?

M: We played one show in Albuquerque...

E: With Naked Aggression.

S: It was a last minute thing.

P: It was cool

S: We packed two bands into the
back of a Nissan pick up
P: And drove straight.

MRR: Really? They drove you guys
out there?

M: No we drove them because the axle of their van broke off but they
managed to make it to El Paso. They needed to play Albuquerque the next day
so we said we could get them out there. So we went with them and it was cool.
The opening band was this
band called the Wads. They
were local and they had the
wide singer. He looked like
he weighed a ton or something.

P: And he had the best looking girl.

M: She had this really hour glass figure!

P: And he was all over her.

M: We played next and then
there was this band called An¬
cient Chinese Penis from Okla¬
homa. They were cool. They tore it up. We played in this bar. It was bad
enough that it was a bar but right next to the place was a place called El Rays
where They Might Be Giants was playing. So that’s where the whole crowd
was at and we played in front of winos or something.

P: About ten people, mostly the other bands. It was good though.

M: Kirsten the singer for Naked Aggression was losing her voice so she was
writing on this little dootle pad
where she would write stuff down
and tear off the piece of paper. And
that’s how she’d talk to us. She was writing at about 30 miles per hour. That’s
how she’d communicate.

MRR: But she was able to sing.

something between my hand and his and it was ten dollars. He said, "Good
show, here’s some gas money." It was so cool.

M: We’re definitely gonna thank him on our next 7".

E: He was cool.

M: The people there were really cool and nice.

MRR: So how far will the tour take you?

E: Arkansas.

M: Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Through
Colorado to Amarillo then Oklaho¬
ma and Ft. Smith then through Tex¬
as and back. So that’s like two more
weeks.

MRR: Are you doing okay as
far as money and stuff con-
O n sidering you’re just selling
a demo?

E: It’s been okay we’ve been making enough for some gas money.

M: We’re surviving.

E: The thing that sucks is when shows get cancelled. You don't have anything
to do and you feel like playing.

M: Everything’s okay except
for Mark's constipation and
Rob’s smelly feet.

(laughter)

MRR: How about your tattoos, where’d you get them?

P: In Corona.

M: Johnny for Old Nick he set us up with these guys T.J. and Steve. They got
us really good deals on out tats. Because we’re on tour and stuff and low on
funds _

MRR: When do you think the
i *1 7" is gonna come out.

SiS I m not sure s ° metime

when we get back. We think
the cover might be a photograph of the tattoos on our legs.

MRR: Is it expensive recording in El Paso?

M: No it’s not. We know this guy who recorded our demo who’s really cool
and records for twenty dollars and hour. And for each hour you buy he

gives you ten minutes of
free set up time. When
we recorded we bought
up to an hour of free

time.

E: He does a good job too.

P: He’s really cool, he tells you if a take sounds like shit.

E: "You guys fucked up, do it
over."

S: "You’re timings off.”

P: The man’s honest.

MRR: At the back yard show I saw Not So Happy play at in El Paso there
seemed to be a lot of gang graffiti in the neighborhood...

M: Yeah, there’s a lot of that.

E: Yeah, down the street from there are these big projects which are really
bad. They even have check points to go in and out. They have cops

There’s like drive boys every
i other day.

I M: So it’s pretty weird that we
came out of there. We’re sup-
ing each other, but we re not! In-

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a cool show. It was the first out of town experience.

MRR: So how’s this trip been so far? Where have you played?

M: Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff, back to Phoenix, a show out in Corona and one
out at Lake Isanor. The shows were all right. One of the shows in Phoenix was
with Naked Aggression and they remembered us and that was pretty cool.
E: The best crowd was in Flagstaff.

M: We played with the Dread Primitive
Tribes and this band called Trinket.

E: We met this old man there Tom Ellis,
he was about like 60, somewhere around there. He was sitting on the side of

posed to be smoking pot and shoot-
stead we’re playing weird music and everyone says, "wow" after they see us.
P: Everyone says the same thing, "You guys are crazy!" "I don't know, it's not

% punk rock it’s just

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*MRR: Anything else?

M: Go to our shows if we go to your town.

E: Give us a try.

M: Give us a try. A lot of people have been really hard on us.

MRR: Why?

M: "We haven't really heard of you guys, I can’t guarantee any kind of show
or anything." That’s what I heard a lot of times I called. I ran up three phone

bills trying to get shows and ended
up with only a few shows. So it’s
been pretty tough. But we’re try¬
ing. We’re having fun. It’s a lifetime experience. Any closing words Pudge?
P: The end.

or anything." That's what I heard a lot of 1

hard to move on nothing's

M: With his wife! They were moving around to our music.

E: Afterward, he was all. "Good show, guy!" and I said "thanks." Then we
loaded or stuff to the back of the stage and another band was
setting up and he came up to me and shook my hand and I felt

left for me...

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MRR: Give me a little history lesson on Blindfold...What's the lineup and give me some
influences. Hans: BLINDFOLD started out in December of 1991. Jan and I also played in a band called
SPIRIT OF YOUTH,and we still play in it actually. Wim and Chat’n played in a band called P.R.K, and they

so they asked us to join in... They quit
•tour with ONWARD, and did plenty of
njdrums, and Hans-guitar. Major influences are:

P.R.K meanwhile. We have a 7" out on PMA Records, did
gigs... The lineup is: Jan-bass, Wim-vocals, Chat
ENCOUNTER, DOWNCAST, EARTH CRISIS, APOLOGY, TROUBLE^ COC, etc...too much too
mention! MRR: Most bands usually end up forming because a group of kids have a
certain "message" to
convey or spread to the

with your head in the sky and looking dow ego trip and hurt ini

stabbing people in the back, against jealous^S^^^^gff^estroying the hardcore so
we live in. We also have a pretty big mouth on staglPSip there are too many smokers
them know what’s up with smoking and the damage it causes to JI8RR: Th

straight edge scene in the U.S. in the last few years has really chat

starting to be a very important part of hardcore. How would you describe the HC/SE scene in Belgium?
Has it also changed likewise? Hans: It has also changed over here. More straight edge bands are around at the moment.
About political bands, it's no problem, there are enough of those around here... The question is: How political are they? They are
against slavery, corruption, violence, etc... But they still have their piece of meat every day, they still do their drugs every weekend,
they still smoke everyday, and support slavery, corruption, violence, etc... They still have their daily portion of alcohol, and are
driving around in their cars drunk and fucked up, and are a danger to the enviroment. Politically aware is with a clear head! Anyway,
BLINDFOLD is not a political band, though we know what’s going on in this world. The hardcore scene over here is great... Cool
audience and good friends are the things that the scene keeps going on. We are not killing each other in the pit here... We enjoy
the bands normally! MRR: Is BLINDFOLD a hardline band? If not, why? If so, do you think it is necessary to
take direct action on those who do not abide by your standards? Hans: No...We re not a hardline band because
hardline is mostly associated with violence and homophobia and we’re not like that. Direct action is cool if it’s for liberating animals
or helping innocent creatures in general, be it humans or animals! If I witnessed a rape on the streets, I would beat the hell out
of the rapist... Sometimes violence can be justified, but that’s my personal opinion, not the band's. Direct action is not necessary
on those who do not abide by your standards... Talking is the first step! MRR: “Religion is a spirit/mindlbody killer, and
the worst drug of all Cup there with T.V. and money) and to accept the mindless dogma of religion is to put
responsibility for all things on a “higher” entity instead of where it really belongs, on the individual.” Do
you find this quote to be true~ (Quoted from Kelly from the band, RESIST) Hans: Well in a way, yes... Religion
can be a total mind-body killer, especially for the weaker kind of people. But people with a stro nger will and mind are not taking

or believing blindly everything they see or hear. Some situations have to stay on the i-“—

individual thing, and not on the "higher” thing, if you know what I mean. I can admit that I
was very into the whole Krishna thing a while ago, but I have seen too much bullshit to be |

100% in it... There’s too much $$$$ involved in it, and nothing spiritual (almost nothing), still
every person can do whatever he/she wants, we have no right to shut someone out I
because he/she is religious or non-religious! People still think that BLINDFOLD is a Krishna |
band, it’s NOT !!! MRR: Do you think the problem of sexism is getting worse j
as time goes on and do you think sexism will always exist as long as females
have vaginas and men have penises? Hans: I hope it will disappear totally which
will be a hard thing, I guess. The right education from childhood on is the key... We all have I
learned at school that the female is lower than the man, and with growing older we see this
is not the right way, but not all people see it that way... I still know people who are beating
the shit out of their wives everyday, the commercials on T.V., newspapers, mags, etc. are
serving us the wrong view of the female, she has to be beautiful, tall, cool, the slave of the
man and the children, etc. There are still countries in this world where females can’t vote,
religions are also the helping hand in all of this. For example: The the Islamic religion where
the female has to walk far after the man, where she can’t show her hair, face, arms...

Whenever the man wants, he can make children or beat her! Also, the Christian faith has
some of the same aspects, to show their wife that they re the leader, the same shit! This
hasn’t anything to do with penises and vaginas! Just fucked up mentality! I hope the situation
will change very soon. We have to ban words such as slut , bitch , etc...Also, fucking I
hip-hop bands play a big part in the sexism thing. Youth believes what these fuckers (ICE
T, ICE CUBE, PUBLIC ENEMY, PARIS, etc.) say! MRR: After reading Enemys’\

Voice (socialist straight edge fanzine from Germany),the meaning of
communism has changed for me. i had many misconceptions about |
communism. One is that it's freedom limiting. The more I read into the real
idea of communism,the more I realize how good it would be if it was
exucuted correctly, all the problems it would solvee. Are you a communist
and if so, what attracted you to it and give me the basic idea of communism I
and how it work. Hans: No one in the band is a communist. I also had misconceptions
about the whole communist thing, it would be cool if all the workers could unite with each I
other and fight the real problem called Capitalism... There are still too many workers who
are kissing their bosses ass, without knowing he makes a lot of money on your sweat and
blood, some workers have to work in unhealthy enviroments, do dangerous jobs for that
little amount each money each month. If an employee dies, the boss will recruit a new one... |

You’re just a number! Organization is the key but I’m not a communist. I just like the idea,
that’s all! MRR: Do you feel that straight edge is more of a personal “keep it
to yourself" choice or do you feel it's more of a political move or what do
you think about straight edge? Hans: Straight edge is a thing you can share with
people. Straight edge is a thing to resist some of the fucked up rules this society gives us.

Straight edge is more political than some people may think, a good resistance starts with
a clear head, with a drug-free mind and body. I don’t believe in the so-called rebellious !
punkrock attitude, believing in that anarchy shit with dope in your veins, alcohol in your blood, and smoke in your lungs. But about
keeping straight edge for yourself, it's such a great thing to share... We re all straight edge in the band, but not everyone is
expressing it... the one member more than the other one, but no one is ashamed about it, no one is afraid to be called ^^9^
edge". We started out as a straight edge hardcore band, and it will stay that way! Or else, it’s no longer BLINDFOLD! MRR: This
is the end of the interview where you get to either thank or diss people, give any last comments, announce
an up and coming 7", or make a funny joke. Which one is it? Hans: Well, thanks a lot forthe interest in us as a European
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A NOISE
COALITION

Article by Joe Donohoe

On Saturday evening, June 12th, eleven bands from
Santa Cruz, California gathered at the Komotion
Performance Space in San Francisco and did the not
always plausible. With a minimum of ego interference,
surly fans or attitude of any kind, the mostly unrecorded
underground artists, played eleven consecutive twenty
minute sets that flowed as smoothly as Kentucky bourbon,
spreading good will, information and inspiration in the
space of six odd hours. The show proceeds were to go in the
way of funding the Standard Cooperative LP compilation,
which should be available as you read this. This record was
dreamt up pursued and realized by the bands featured on
it and crosses class, gender and racial boundaries.

Like other independent regional production efforts,
(Dischord and K Records come to mind, idealistically if not
musically), Standco emerged as an answer by a young
community to an older community’s indifference or
outright hostility to their sounds and ideals. Most Standco
bands are loud, dissonant and punk in attitude, something
that seemingly bothers those who have economic and
political power in Santa Cruz. Angst and social protest
doesn't go well with the sea side town’s image of being a
mellow resort. Perhaps it is because of this Standco bands
have been consistently hassled by police, as have clubs
which have dared to allow them to play. A series of all age
performance spaces like the Cafe Chameleon and the
Abattoir Gallery have been harassed and eventually closed
by city ordinances over the last few years. In spite of all this
the scene as been amazingly resilient producing fanzines
like The Unmentionable, Miscreance, Hangy Thing, Hectic
Times and Baker's Dozen, drawing in bands like Ruin,
Jawbreaker and Oiler, and, of course, getting the funds
together for the Standco LP. The above mentioned
difficulties were among the factors leading to the decision
to hold the Standco band marathon in San Francisco.

“Komotion was chosen because it’s very hard to locate
an all ages performance space in Santa Cruz,” Eiso
Kawamoto of Baka Mono told me over the phone “we
organized the gig with Komotion through Jeff Denbroder.”
The way the show was set up each band had five minutes
to set up and fifteen to play. On stage were three guitar
amps to choose from, one bass amp and one drum kit
though each drummer brought his own snair. According to
Komotion hand Judge, the show broke more than even.

Standco though is more than just a record a group of
regional bands have managed to put together. Mike
Schmeidt, the bass player for Hedgehog, sees the collective
as a “way of building community around an art form". In
conversation he spoke highly of it's democratic nature and
what he and others get out of it. "It’s a great support system
for the music scene down here, if somebody fucks me over
when I have my bass fixed the word gets out and people
know not to bring their equipment to that somebody. We

All photo credits Jessica Frye

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are not elitists, anybody is welcome to attend our meetings
and anybody is welcome to start something else if they
want to.”

In Standco’s organizational structure everything is
based on consensual agreement, nobody’s the boss. “Eiso’s
pretty much the impetus,” Mike admitted “but that’s
because he’s chosen to take responsibility for the money
end of things and it’s something that all of us agree on this
point.”

Every Standco band’s got a certain signature sound,
despite their divergent stylings, something that marks
them with the flavor of the Central California Coast like
sea fog in eucalyptus trees. It's evident in the hard rocking
of Fiend Master Freak and the esoteric melodies of Dark
Horse Candidate. Part painfully strong emotion, a bit of
desperation maybe and desire to bring about change in
one's world. “The subtitle of the Standco LP is ‘Noise
Coalition’ that’s because we all have our roots in punk and
we’re all really noisy,” Eiso explained.

The bands on the Standco LP are Fiend Master Freak,
The Vicious Midgets (now deceased), Mustard, The Blown
(now gone), Hedgehog, Baka Mono, Taildragger, Pile, Dark
Horse Candidate, The Candy Apples, Cara de Nada and
Captain Crunch (now broken up). Joining them for the
show were T&T and Spaceboy who will possibly be on
Volume II which, it is hoped, will contain some spoken word
as well as music. Standco: A Noise Coalition can be
obtained (possibly, though at this point it’s not sure)
through the Profane Existence and Black List mail orders.
If not at these addresses (to be found elsewhere in the
magazine) then P.O. Box 1658, Standard Cooperative,
Santa Cruz, CA 95061.

Photos: Above T&T; left Spaceboy; below Standco meet¬
ing with members of Baka Mono and Fiend Master Freak, Jeff
Denbroder ,organizer in foreground with Stephanie from Baker's
Dozen fanzine.

Previous page: Top- bottom Dark Horse Candidate,
Hedgehog and the drummer of T&T.

INTERVIEWS

M;#'

Ha/f of what is now Baka
Mono used to practice in my living
room when I lived in the Santa
Cruz beach flats. I would come
home from work to grab a sand¬
wich and pick up some homework
and the whole house would be
rattling from Paul and Eiso's amp
with Richie’s drums. They were
very noisy and very loud. Most of
our neighbors didn’t get it for
some reason and would call the
police to get them to shut up.
People felt that Slumberfoot, as
they were then known, couldn’t
play their instruments. I don’t
know why.

Since that time I graduated
from school, moved to San Fran¬
cisco and Slumberfoot has be¬
come Baka Mono, one of the pre¬
miere bands of the Santa Cruz
Standard Cooperative, a DIY col¬
lective made up of the surf town’s
punk community (see article). The
present line up is Eiso Kawamoto
on vocals and guitar, Paul Hischi-
er on guitar, Dan Martin on drums
(Richie’s departure from Slum¬
berfoot provoked the forming of
Baka Mono) and Sean Dorn on
bass. They are one of those hand¬
ful of bands that are playing punk
rock for the future and not the
| past, drawing on Big Black, Sonic
Youth, The Damned, Bad Brains,
The Swans, the Velvet Under¬
ground and Steel Pole Bathtub as
influences.

Eiso is one of the most native¬
ly gifted guitar players I know and
Paul, Sean and Dan are no slack¬
ers on their instruments. This in¬
terview was conducted and tran¬
scribed by Joe Donohoe and took
place after the Standco Show on
June 12th at Komotion.

Paul: Are you ready to start the interview
Joe?

MRR: What is it about Santa Cruz?
What are your intimate feelings
about your town?

Eiso: Intimate feelings? It was great while
it lasted. Oh we’re getting past tense,
small town, small town corruption.

MRR: Boring! Somebody bring up
something more provocative.

Eiso: The good is about food, food is
great there.

MRR: Tell me about Standco and
the record.

Eiso: It’s a cooperative of twelve bands
but we’re expanding to include T&T and
Spaceboy who aren’t going to appear on
the record. Basically we all got together
last summer and planned it out. We
played gigs to get the funds. The record
should be out in a week or so.

MRR: Is it going to be just vinyl or
are you putting out a CD too?
Eiso: Only vinyl. I don’t even own a CD
player. I couldn’t play our own record if it
were a CD.

Sean: Put it out on the poor man’s format.
Eiso: It’s cheaper that way.

MRR: How are you going to dis¬
tribute it?

Eiso: It might go through Flapjack
Records, which is Hedgehog’s new label,
and be distributed on Dutch East India
and Rough Trade in Europe.

MRR: Where is Flapjack located?

Eiso: Menlo Park. They’re a bunch of rich
people who’ve got money to spend.

MRR: Any bands in Santa Cruz
besides Hedgehog and Johnny
Peebucks that have anything re¬
leased?

Eiso: The Candy Apples have got a single
out and we have a split 7 ” with Oiler. A lot
of bands have demo, tapes out.

Sean: Basically the whole point of this
show and the whole point of this compila¬
tion is that none of these bands have ever

really been heard outside of Santa Cruz|
and we’d like to see ’em get exposed.
Eiso: Three have broken up already.
Sean: Fiend Master Freak and the Vi-1
cious Midgets have been around for three I
and five years now and almost no one
outside of Santa Cruz has heard of them, f
To refer to any of these bands as new |
bands in comparison to other bands
means nothing since they’re all new out¬
side of Santa Cruz.

MRR: Well until now have any of
these bands toured outside Santa
Cruz?

Eiso: We do. Hedgehog has. The Candy
Apples tour. Fiend Master’s going to be
touring.

Sean: Yeah everybody’s touring this
summer. You see the thing about Santa
Cruz is everything’s in this protected bub¬
ble. Everybody can just talk to everybody
and it’s comfortable and it’s easy to stay
there and not want to go anywhere else.
Paul: We all sound like the Urge la pop¬
ular world beat band among the
hippy yuppie set!

Eiso: (laughing) Santana.

MRR: The Standco bands all seem
really enthusiastic about what
they're doing, something notably
lacking in the scenes up here.

Dan: Enough about Standco! Ask some
questions about us, the band!

MRR: Okay. “Baka Mono" means
“stupid shit” in Japanese right?
Eiso: We changed the name to “Eli
Mono”. “Eli" means smart.

MRR: But “Baka Mono" means
“stupid shit", it's what your mom
used to call you right?

Eiso: No she called me “Baki Mono". It
means "little monster”. It’s better than
the last band name we had “Squealer”.
Paul: Ohh “Squealer" is better than
"Baka Mono”. "Baka Mono” actually
means “ Smash Eiso’s Head into a Bloody
Pulp with a Cinderblock” in Serbo-Crao-

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tian.

MRR: What are your eventual
goals as a band?

Dan: We want to get signed to Capitol.
Eiso and Sean: No we don’t!

Paul: I want to be a housepainter.

Sean: We’re in a band so that we can
make sound people everywhere, as near
as the guy was tonight, go “ I clocked you
guys at 115 dbs and our PA isn’t strong
enough. I’m going to have to patch it for
the vocals only.”

Paul: That was nice of them to work
around us.

I MRR: Komotion's cool.

! Eiso: I liked it a lot. The Komotion people
came up to me and said “Wow, Santa
Cruz punks are the nicest people in the
world. None of this ‘Where’s my fucking
beer’ stuff." We brought our own you
see.

MRR: Do you guys still do the
song “Puschuger”?

Eiso: No, not really.

MRR: How about “Speed Don-
I key”?

I Eiso: Sometimes.

I Paul: Rarely.

I MRR: Where do you guys get the
I cool names for your songs?

I Eiso: We couldn’t come up with a name
for this fucking band. Sean just wrote a
I list of names, a long, long list. Everything
on the first demo, is Sean’s lyrics. He just
gives me lyrics and I sing them. I don’t
even remember what they are. “Whereis
| my life/My life’s in a bar."

MRR: How do you come up with
your music? What comes first?
Sean: I’d say a third of them we come up
with collectively, just jamming. A lot of
them Eiso has guitar parts for that we can
tinker around with.

Eiso: Well take “Kansas" for instance. I
tried to teach the band this rift.

Paul: It was a terrible rift.

Eiso: It was this pop punk thing about this
dumb girl. Well she wasn’t a “dumb" girl,

I take that back, she was a smart girl but
it was a dumb situation.

Paul: She dissed Eiso.

Eiso: She dissed me.

Sean: And we dissed the emotional con-
j tent of the song.

Eiso: Sean ended up turning his bass amp
! down and we did it really minimally and it
sounded really good.

MRR: Do you and Paul still have
I your amp wars or have you out-
[ grown them?

Paul: We’re pretty equalized.

Eiso: Yeah we each have four speaker
equipment. I have a hundred watt head,
j Sean’s got a Peavey head he built a
I cabinet for.

Sean: We all have a hundred watt capac-

I ity [to say nothing of the Dan's
I drums!

| MRR: You use a lot of effects. Do

you think that dilutes the intensity
of your music?

Eiso: I want to get more effects for the
vocals. I’m getting bored with the vocals.
Dan: How about sex questions?

MRR: Do you have groupies?

All: No.

MRR: Is Eiso your sex magnet?

Paul: Yeah he gets us little goth boys.
Sean: Pre-pubescent death rock boys.
Actually I think it’s Paul and Dan that do it.
MRR: How long have you (to Paul
and Eiso) been playing together?
Dan: They’ve been together three years.
Eiso: Yeah three. We used to play with
Richie, the drummer from the Candy Ap¬
ples, who is really a good drummer, but
we couldn’t get along because we
couldn’t find a bass player. The big mis¬
take in Slumberfoot was that we tried to
write songs and without a bass player it
just sounded better unstructured.

Sean: Yeah but Sllumberfoot was fa¬
mous for being the loudest, most unlis-
tenable, most unstructured band ever.
Eiso: Baka Mono's much better orga¬
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Paul: Sean’s the sinew that binds it to¬
gether.

MRR: Do you think as it stands
now that your music is tuneless
noise or is there structure to it?

Eiso: There's structure to it.

Sean: Actually to me Baka Mono is a real

challenge because.how shall I put it.

It's a genre about heavy, improvisationali
guitar noise. There aren't a lot of bassl
players who play the bass as an instru¬
ment in and of itself. Noise bands espe-i
dally. There's great bass players in punk
like Mike Watt but they're exceptions. It's
really difficult to play bass against noise.
I'd love to father some children with Kim
Gordon but she's so minimilistic.

Eiso: And she's married.

MRR: Why do you go for the whole
DIY thing instead of trying to land
an MCA contract, seeing how you
put all this time and energy into
this band?

Eiso: Because we suck.

Paul: Because we're a bunch of fucking
losers.

MRR: It's not an idealistic deci¬
sion?

Eiso: Well we won't play the Catalyst.
Dan: The Catalyst are a bunch of fucking
fascists. The Catalyst wants a monopoly
over the music scene, (various mum¬
bles are heard from the musi¬
cians)

Eiso: If you can't say anything good about
something don't say anything.

Paul: (dryly) Shut up Eiso.

Sean: Santa Cruz is a small town and
there's a club there which has complete
control over the city council and any per¬
formance space that encourages the kind
of cr eative developmen t of bands like the

Standco bands to happen are squeezeT*
out by the Catalyst and its influence. You
can list a dozen places where bands used
to play, The Cafe Chameleon, the Bulk
Head, The Catalyst has orchestrated po¬
lice harassment of these places until they
cease to exist.

Eiso: Small town corruption.

MRR: But Santa Cruz tries to
present itself as being so liberal.
Paul: That's a facade.

Eiso: There's plenty of liberal fascism.
Paul: It seems liberal because the college
is there and all the hippies that hang out
there make it seem that way.

Eiso: The college has gotten so Republi¬
can. They cancelled Porter Day because
of a flier that said there would be a
"smoke-in". Porter administration just
said it's off.

Paul: They want to get on the good side of
the UC Regents while still seeming "pro¬
gressive".

MRR: Why do people pretend to
Ibe so politically aware then?

Eiso: Because that's the way it used to
be.

(All comments about the Cat¬
alyst, in all objective fairness,
have not been balanced out with
the clubs' side of the issue, yet
stories about the alledged shoddy
behavior of the Catalyst are le¬
gion and not to be too easily dis¬
missed.)

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of Nagoya?

T: We’ve only played in Tokyo twice. We've
never gone to any other places.

MRR: Do you have any new records
coming out soon?

T: We are planning to make a split EP with
S.D.S. but I’m not sure when. But we weill
make a new demo in the near future.

MRR: Will the split be on MCR?

T: No, maybe we’ll make it on our label.

MRR: Do you have any other future
plans? Tours?

T: We would like to play anywhere but we have
permanent jobs so we’d be unable to take many
days off work. So we couldn’t make a lonf tour.
So if we go anywhere it’s only for one or two
shows. But if someone in America called our
band we’d go there someday.

MRR: Is there anything you want to tell
the readers of MRR?

T: Yes, but it’s not about C.F.D.L. I just released
a split tape of four Japanese bands, it includes
D-Starve, Future Now, Furan and Hakuchi, so if
someone want’s it please order it from my
address. It’s available.

MRR: Do C.F.D.L. have any merchan¬
dise available?

T: Right now we have nothing available but
Yumikies of MCR will make our T-Shirts soon.

MRR: Any final comments?

T: If someone want to hear our band, please
write a letter to one of our members addresses.
We don’t have any stuff now but well tape our
stuff for you. If possible though, please send a
blank tape for us to put on songs on for you.
Thank you for your interest.

C.F.D.L. may be contacted at the
following addresses: Takeshi Ohtsu,
#2C Poplar House, 2-1281-1, Shinogi
Kasugai . Aichi 486, Japan; Hiroshi
Ohtsu, 143Hayashiima, Kasugai, Aichi
486, Japan; "Hisahiro Naito”, 1-18-20
Uchiyama, Shikusa-ku, Nagoya 464,
Japan .

MRR: Takesh, when you lived in Britain
for a year last year did the band stop?

T: Yes.

MRR: Hiro, did you play in any bands
during Takesh's absence?

H: Yes, I played in two bands Future Now and
one other. But I’ve left those bands now.

MRR: Takesh, when you were living in
Britian did you make any contacts with
British punks to have C.F.D.L. tour
Britian?

T: I made many contacts with British bands but
we made no plans for C.F.D.L. to tour Britain.

MRR: What message do C.F.D.L.’s lyr¬
ics have?

T: Our message is to make people start thinking
about many issues. Start to question many
things. Currently we are thinking about racism,
and I’m thinking about vegetarianism. So we will
be singing about racism and vegetarianism from
now on.

MRR: Do you sing about racism in
Japan?

T: No, racism all over the world, because when
I was living in England I was discriminated
against by some English people. I never thought
about racism before I went to England, but now
I’ve started thinking about it.

MRR: The other night at the C.F.D.L.
live show there was nearly a fight be¬
tween two people, but you (Takesh)
intervened, is violence a problem at
shows in Nagoya?

T: Violence is a problem, but not so big.
MRR: How many records have C.F.D.L.
released?

T: We’ve released one EP entitled “Atrocity
Exhibition," a split EP with Dischange and one
live EP. The first EP we released under the
name Crazy fucked up Daily Life but we think it’s
not the same band.

MRR: Has the band ever played outside

An interview with Crazy Fucked
up Daily Life by Devon Morfand Naomi
Hirakawa. Translated by Eri Ohtsu.

This interview took place on April
9th at a family restaurant, not unlike a
Denny’s, somewhere in Nagoya.
Present at the interview were Takeshi
- vocals, Hiro - Guitar and Naito their
amazing drummer (who secretly lis¬
tens to Greenday & Pansy Division).
(Yuichi - bass was absent becuase he
doesn’t have a phone and was unable
to be contacted.)

MRR: When and how did the band
form?

T: The three of us, Hiro, Naito, and myself, used
to be in a bassless band called Atrocity Exhibi¬
tion. We had a second singer and bassist about
five years ago. Then we changed our name to
Crazy Fucked Up Daily Life and we released our
first EP called Atrocity Exhibition, but we broke
up after our first release. Then we made a new
band a few months later with a new bass player
and a new sound but we called ourselves
C.F.D.L. again. So we started this incarnation
of the band about 3 years ago.

MRR: How did you chose the name
Crazy Fucked Up Daily Life?

H: It’s a Disorder song.

MRR: Naito, how many bands do you
drum in?

N: C.F.D. L. is my main band. I also play in Rabia,
Gibbed, Out of Touch, Abraxas.

MRR: How do you find time to work?
Do you have a job?

N: Yes, making elevators, so my private life is
limited. It’s work, practice, live shows.

MRR: What type of jobs do the other
members have?

H: I work in an iron factory.

T: I work at the record store, Rock’n’Rol! Swin-

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WITHOUT MUCH LUCK. THAT
LUCK CHANGED WITH THEIR
LATEST IP ZUBIABELTZEZ.
(WHICH MEANS SOMETHING
LIKE "THE WHITE IN
BLACK”). WITH ZUBIA
BELIZE2. BAP WERE UN¬
FAIRLY RE-NAMEO BY ONE
BASQUE MUSIC JOURNAL-
IS1“BAP BRAINS."WHAT IS
FAIR TO SAY IS THAT THEIR
OWN HAROCORE STYLE IS
MORE VARIEO. IN GENERAL
SLOWER ANO MORE POWER¬
FUL THAN BEFORE. ANO
DESPITE THEIR YEARS.
THEYAREONEOFEUROPE'S
FRESHEST. FUNNIEST ANO
MOST ENERGETIC BANDS
LIVE. INTERVIEW WITH SHY
BAP MEMBERS DRAKE-
BASS. MIKEL-ORUMS.
J0MES-6UITAR. ENEKO-
VQCALS BY PAUL ROSS.
MRR: YOU'VE BEEN GOING
FOR A LONG TIME. SOME 8
YEARS OR SO. ANO YOU
MUST HAVE SEEN A LOT OF
CHANGES IN THE GROUP
OURING THAT TIME. HOW 00
YOU LOOK BACK ON ALL
THAT NOW? WELL IN MANY
SENSES IT'S MORE OR LESS
LIKE AT THE BEGINNING.WE
STILL WRITE SONGS INTHE
SAME WAY. THE ONLY THING
IS THAT WE'RE OLDER.
WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE EX¬
PERIENCE. WE PLAY MUCH
BETTER ANO WE DEMANO
MORE PLAYING LIVE. WE
DEMANO MORE DISCIPLINE,
CONTINUITY. THE PROBLEM
WITH A LOT OF BANOS HERE
IS THAT THEY APPEAR ANO
OISAPPEAR QUICKLY. MRR:
IT MUST HAVE BEEN OIFFI-

CULT FOR YOU AS A BaNO BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN PLAYING YOUR TYPE OF MUSIC FOR A LONG TIME ANO UNTIL
RECENTLY HARDCORE'WASN'T AT ALL POPULAR INTHIS COUNTRY. BUTWE'VE BEEN QUITE WELL ACCEPTED. BECAUSE
WHEN WE STARTED THERE WEREN'T PUNK. HARDCORE GROUPS OR GROUPS SINGING IN BASQUE. ONLY ROCK ANO POP
NOW PEOPLE ARE QUITE INTO HaROCORE HERE SO IT'S EASIER. BUT BEFORE THE FACT THa.T WE SUNG IN BASQUE
HELPED US WITH SOME PEOPLE. MRR: WHAT IS THE WORST MISTAKE YOU EVER MaOE AS A GROUP? DOING THE FIRST
COMPILATION LP (THREE SONGS ON CJIUJEBaOJS A LUCHAB IN 1986) WE DIO WITH A, RECORD COMPANY IN BILBa.O
JUST WHEN WE started. IT Was ATOTaL Failure. WE'D BEEN QUITE EXCITED. YOU KNOWWE THOUGHT IT Was amazing
A RECORD COMPANY SHOULD TAKE INTEREST IN US. BUT IT SEEMED LIKE THAT GUY JUST WANTED TO SELL AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE. KEEP US HAPPY WITH THE RECORD. WITHOUT PAYING R0YA.LI1ES. HE WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A
MOVEMENT THa.T WaS ON THE UP. MRR: WHICH WOULD YOU SAY IS THE BEST CONCERT YOU HAVE EVER DONE? THE BEST

have probably been in our hometown andoain in the "Caztetxe”(souai centre), its a small place, very

HOT. ANO THEY LIKE US A LOT. THEY KNOW US REaLLY WELL AND IT_BROWS.APA.fil FROM THAT, ON THE LaST TOUR
AROUND EUROPE. IN FLORENCE. ITaLy. THE SOUND WAS REaLLY GOOD. WE COULD HEaR WHaT WE WERE PLayING
CLEaRLY WHICH IS REaLLY IMPORTANT. AND WE PLAYED WITH KINA (THE ITALIAN GROUP) WHO WE HaU PLayED WITH

5 YEARS BEFORE HERE IN

REMEMBEREO EACH OTH-
ER.WE GOT ON WELL ANO WE
L1KE0 THE ATMOSPHERE IN
THE CENTRO SOCIALEAU-
TOGESTITO (SELF-ORGA-
NIZEO SOCIAL CENTER).
MRR: ANO THE BEST
GROUPS YOU'VE EVER
PLAYED WITH? THERE ARE
A LOT...SCREAM. K!NA.[
GROUPS HERE IN THE!
BASQUE COUNTRY LIKEl
ANASTESIA, GROUPS IN|
CATALONIA (SOME UNIN¬
TELLIGIBLE NAMES!).
KARKAXA. MRR: HARO¬
CORE TOOK A LOT OF TIME
TO TAKE ON HERE. PEOPLE
HAVE ALWAYS PREFERREO
SLOWER 77 STYLE PUNK
WITH SKA INFLUENCES.
WHY NOW? BECAUSE EV¬
ERYTHING ARRIVES LATE
HERE! NOW WE'RE SEEING
AN AMERICAN INVASION.
IN ALL ASPECTS. NOT ONLY
IN HAROCORE. IT'S INTHE
WAY PEOPLE DRESS. THE
WAY THEY EAT RIGHT OOWN
TO THE WAY THEY SHIT. BE¬
FORE WE GOT A LOT OF
BRITISH BANOS ANO VERY
FEW FROM THE STATES;
NOW IT'S THE OTHER WAY
ROUNO. MRR: 010 YOU
EVER FEEL ISOLATED
PLAYING HAROCORE? NO.
BECAUSE WE ALSO HAO
SKA SONGS! MRR: SOME
PEOPLE TALK OF BAP AS
THE "BASQUE AMBASSA¬
DORS OFHAROCORE.“SHIT
THAT JOURNALISTS IN¬
VENT! THEY DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO SAY SO THEY COME
OUT WITH THAT CRAP.
MRR: WHAT ABOUT OTHER
BASQUE HAROCORE
GROUPS? THERE ARE
GROUPS. BUT FEW WITH
RECORDS.. ANIMA IBILI.'
FINI FAN. KARKAXA....
CLOSE TO WHERE WE'REl

OONOSTIATHERE'S A PLAC CALLED BUENA VISTA
SQUAT ANO THERE ARE A LOT OF GROUPS... BAR-
RAKOS. FOR EXAMPLE. THEN IN LLOOIO NEAR
BILBAO THERE ARE A FEW GROUPS- CLGSE. THEY
HAVE DONE A RECORD. ANO THEY'VE HAO THIS
LIKE METAL. HAROCORE "SCHOOL" GOING THERE
FOR AGES. IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT FOR HAROCORE
GROUPS HERE... HARDLY ANYONE COMES TO SEE
THEM. THEY OON'T GET WELL KNOWN. AH. ANOTHEN
THERE'S NUEVO CATECISMO CATOLICO; THEY'RE
LIKE A UNION OF THREE GROUPS WHO SPLIT UP.
HERE THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCURE FOR
GROUPS.... THEY NEED MONEY FOR PRACTICE
PLACES.TOMAKE RECORDS, LOTS OF PEOPLE GET
BURNT OUT. MRR: I OON'T AGREE. IF YOU LOOK AT
WHEN HAROCORE STARTEO IN OTHER COUNTRIES
THERE WERE PROBABLY A LOT LESS FACILITIES
THAN NOW. I SEE THE PROBLEM AS BEING ONE OF I

WHAT NEW DIRECTION TO TAKE. HERE GROUPS
COPY MUSIC ANO IMAGES FROM OTHER COUN¬
TRIES TOOMUCH.ANO PEOPLE ARE STILLSTUCK
WITH THIS REALLY REPETITIVE SOUND. THEY
THINK THAT HAROCORE IS JUST ABOUT MAKING
NOISE. NEWER ANO MORE ORIGINAL GROUPS
LIKE NO MEANS NO OR FUGAZI USE GAPS OF
SILENCE ASWELL.YEAH.IT'S DIFFICULT.ATTHE
MOMENT THERE AREN'T A LOT OF REALLY ORIGI¬
NAL GROUPS IN GENERAL. IN ANY CASE IT'S
IMPORTANT WHATEVER YOU DO THAT YOU LIKE
WHAT YOU'RE PLAYING. EVEN IF IT S JUST AN¬
OTHER VERSION OF SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN
DONE IN THE PAST. MRR:WHY 00 WE ALWAYS GET
MUSIC FASHIONS LATE HERE IN THE BASQUE
COUNTRY? BECAUSE IT'S AN OVERLOOKED
COUNTRY. WHEN WE STARTED YOU COULDN'T
EVEN FINO ACIRCLE JERKS RECORD FOR EXAM¬
PLE. YOU HAO TO WRITE OFF TO THE STATES FOR
IT. NOW YOU CAN BUY IT. EVEN IF AT EXORBITANT
PRICES. NOW SUDDENLY WE GET A LOAD OF

GROUPS LIKE STIFF LIT

II Lt MNbtKb, t'hll HA.Vt I

IflEEN PLAYING FOR YEARS

Iano are nowquite jaded

AND WHO JUST COME HERE
TO TRY ANO MAKE A LITTLE
MONEY. MRR: TELL MRR
{READERS ABOUT THE
"6AZTETXES" (SQUATTEO
|CENTRES). LITERALLY
"HOUSE OFTRE YOUTH").
■WELL THEY'RE MAINLY|
{CULTURAL.CENTRES,
■MOSTLY USEO FOR CON-
ICERTS BUT WHICH ALSO I
TRY ANO GIVE SPACE TO
YOUNG PEOPLE. THEY'RE
ALSO USEO FOR PHOTO
DEVELOPING. PRACTICE!
STUDIOS, PRINT SHOPS,
ho MAKE LEATHER GOODS.
ITHERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN|
A TRAOITION HERE ON THE
I PART OF THE CHURCH TO
FIND SPACE TO ATTRACT
YOUNG PEOPLE. PROVID¬
ING LEISURE ACTIVITIES
ANO SO ON. THEN ABOUT
TEN YEARS AGO PEOPLE
ISTARTEQ SAYING "WHAT'S
■WRONG WITH THE MINISTRY I
OF CULTURE. THEY ORGA¬
NIZE LOADS OF THINGS.
SPENO A LOT OF MONEY
AND THERE'S NEVER ANY¬
THING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
TO GO TO OR TO DO?" SO
YOUNG PEOPLE STARTED
ho OCCUPY BUILDINGS SO
THAT THEY HAO SOME¬
WHERE TO GO. THEY CRE¬
ATED THE "GAZTE ASAN-1
BLAOAK" (YOUTH ASSEM¬
BLIES) TO ORGANIZE ANO |
COORDINATE ACTIVITIES.
NOWAOAYS ALMOST ALL I
GAZTETXES HAVE CON¬
CERT HALLS. WHICH IN¬
CLUDE A BAR TO PAY
COSTS. THEN T-SHIRT
MAKING WORKSHOPS.
SPACES TO ORGANIZE
DEMONSTRATIONS. MEET¬
ING PLACES ETC. MRR:8UT
RECENTLY THE 6AZTETX-

Instructions: read the black part, then the white part. Thanks.

EOPLE HAVE SAIO "WELL AT LAST
YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING DECENT!"
WHILE OTHERS THINK WE'RE A BUNCH
F GRANDPARENTS... SOME
RIENDS SAIO IT WAS A LOAD OF
SKIT! MINO YOU. WE 010 NOTICE THAT
AT OUR NEXT CONCERT THEY WERE
RIGHT ATTHE FRONT DANCING. MRR:THE
QUESTION OF THE CENTURY. WHY IS
SPEAKING BASQUE. AND NOT SPANISH.
SO IMPORTANT TO SOME PEOPLE
HERE? BECAUSE WE DO SPEAK
SPANISH A LOT OF THE TIME, BUT OUR
PARENTS'PARENTS SPOKE BASQUE
BEFORE ANYTHING ELSEANOOUETO
RANCO'S DICTATORSHIP (IN SPAIN
936-1975.MORE OR LESS)THERE
WAS THIS INVASION OF ONE CUL-
URE BY ANOTHER IN WHICH THEY
MPOSED THEIR LANGUAGE. WE
KNOW OUR LANGUAGE AND WE OON'T
SPEND ENOUGH TIME TRYING TO RE-
ITALIZE BASQUE. A LOT OF PEOPLE
WHO KNOW BASQUE JUST ENO UP
SPEAKING SPANISH. MRR: THE OF-
ICIAL VIEWWOULO BE TO SAY THAT
NOW THAT THE DICTATORSHIP HAS
FINISHEO WE LIVE IN A VERY DIF¬
FERENT SITUATION ANO THERE IS
EVEN INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT OF
BASQUE—THEY OQ COURSES IN THE
LANGUAGE.... YES. THEY OFFER
SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT IT'S
VERY TOKEN. THE ONLY NEWSPAPER
WHICH IS ALL IN BASQUE, £6Y/M/i£-
IA. OOESN'T GET ANY SUPPORT
HARDLY AT ALL. WHILE THE OTHERS
OFTEN 6ET A LOT. THEY'RE ALWAYS

|SPEAKING ABOUT

HELPING BASQUE
LANGUAGE BUT THEY
OON'T 00 ANYTHING.
BEFORE IT WAS OFFI¬
CIALLY BANNEO. BUT
NOW IN SPITE OF THE
MARGINAL FREEOOM
WE HAVE IT'S ACTUAL¬
LY WORSE... THERE'S
LITTLE CONSCIOUS-
I NESS OFTHE PROBLEM._

HamiMBBiiwiiflil

MRRrHOWWOULO YOU OESCRIBE THE BASQUE COUNTRY TO AN OUTSID¬
ER? IT'S A COUNTRY WITH SEVEN PROVINCES. THREE ON THE OTHER
SIDEOFTHEPYRENNEES(THE FRENCH STATE) ANOFOURONTHISSIOE
(THE SPANISH STATE). OF THESE FOUR, ONE IS THE NAVARRESE
KINGDOM, WHICH SOME SAY IS PART OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY. ANO
SOME SAY ISN'T.ONE PROBLEM IS THAT BECAUSEOFTHE NATIONALIST
STRUGGLE, ALLTHE PRISONS HERE ARE FULL OF POLITICAL PRISON¬
ERS. THERE'S A TRADITION OF STRUGGLE AND REPRESSION HERE
THAT AFFECTS EVERYBODY. THOSE PRISONERS FOUGHT FOR INDE¬
PENDENCE IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THAT
REALITY ISN'T REFLECTED ON THE STREET—IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO
EXPLAIN. MRR: 00 YOU THINK THAT THE BASQUE COUNTRY HAS ANY
SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE IT VERY DIFFERENT FROM
OTHER PLACES? I OON'T THINK IT'S THAT DIFFERENT NOWADAYS. (WE
EAT VERY WELL!) I MEAN. WHAT IS BASQUE CULTURE? THE PELOTARIS
(A BALLGAME VERY POPULAR HERE). THE STONE-LIFTERS? IF YOU
LOOK AT THATSIDEOFCULTURETHEONLY THING THAT YOU COULD MAKE
OUT OF IT ALL IS THAT WE'RE A BUNCH OF GORILLAS. IF THAT'S BASQUE
CULTURE THEN.... I THINK THE BEST OF BASQUE CULTURE IS THE
LANGUAGE. NOTHING ELSE. MRR: ON THE IP TITLE TRACK "THE WHITE
IN BLACK" YOU MENTION YOUR WORRIES ABOUT THE LACK OF COMMUNI¬
CATION. .‘.YEAH, IT SPEAKS ABOUT THE MED I A. MRR: BUT NOW THERE
ARE MORE THAN EVER BEFORE. YEAH. BUT ALL THEY 00 IS COVER UP
MORE AND MORE ANO EXPRESS WHAT THEY WANT TO. OUR LP COVER
REFLECTS THAT. MRR: ONE ARGUMENT AGAINST THAT WOULO BE THAT
IT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO BUY SO... NO IT'S WHAT WE ALL BUY. WE'RE
ALL MIXEO-UP WITH THAT SHIT TOO. WE BUY THEIR PAPERS. THEIR TV
ANO ALLTHEIR LIES. JOURNALISTS ARE JUST ABUNCH OF LIARS. MRR:
SO YOU ENJOY INTERVIEWS THEN? NOT A LOT. OFTEN YOU ENO UP
SAYING THE SAME. IF YOU HAVE A GOOD CHAT THEN IT'S OK, BUT A LOT
OF TIMES JOURNALISTS COME ALONG WITH THEIR PREDETERMINED
IDEAS ANO JUST END UP WRITING SOMETHING USING WORDS NO ONE
UNDERSTANDS. MRR: INTHE LOCALMUSIC PAPER EL TUBOMU CAME
OUT WITH ONE ISSUE PRESENTING YOU AS THE BASQUE VERSION OF
BAD BRAINS... THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF THING WE DON'T LIKE
THEY PUT REGGAE COLORS ON OUR PHOTO ON THE COVER JUST TO SELL
MORE COPIES OF THE MAGAZINE. BAP CAN BE CONTACTED VIA: BA-
SATI0ISKAK/APARTADQ1686/20080 QONOSTIA. 61PUZK0A/ SPAIN

DON'T GET ANYTHING. WE JUST
BASQUE COUNTRY IS VERY 01
VERY SIMILAR. IN FACT WEWE
ES THERE WERE. PERHAPS 1
SCENE AND YET HERE.EVEN
OFTEN FINO SOMETHING GAIN
OR HAS BEEN. AGAZTETXEJ

INTERVIEWS

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Interview By Rod Luck
Location: Club Space Fish f Orlando Florida
I have just witnessed another amazing Disco Bis¬
cuit Show here at the fabulous Club Space Fish in
Orlando, Florida where I am trying to get a few
quick words with the sweaty, smelly and
seemingly drunk Biscuit Boys.

MRR: Who are you guys and what do yall do?

DB: I’m David Gage, guitar, vocal and bad jokes. I’m Mike, I play bass
a lot, play keyboard sometimes and sing when Dave will let me, I’rn
in charge of the good jokes. Ed, Drums, No humor and it’s
my birthday.

MRR: Happy Birthday Ed. That was some performance,

I think Balls out would best describe it, What was that
Yager Music stuff you guys were doing every
song.

Mike: That’s a tradition with us. I hit this cheesy “Synthetic
James Brown” sequence on my keyboard and anybody
in the audience that wants to can join us on stage for a shot
Yagermeister. It enhances the total biscuit experience.

Dave: Without it, it’s like trying to watch a 3-D
the glasses

Ed: It’s not really my birthday
MRR: Please describe your music?

Dave: Hard, Fast, Melodic, Drunken yet somewhat intelligent
Mike: We are influenced by the music we were brought
up on. Adolecents, G.I., Scream, Buck Pets, Soul Asylum,

Bad Brains, Descendants, All of that good stuff mixed in with a
southern twist and sauteed in a fine cooking wine over mushrooms.

MRR: You guys have all played around in other bands«^r^^
Ed: Dave and I played together in Bloody Mary and then Dave left arf
formed the band Dope. Mike played in an all keyboard hardcore ban-
named Damage and played bass in a band called Mother Mary and
the Chicken Roudolettes, but we were all signed to Space Fish
Records (a Florida-based Independent record label). We
shows and together and finally all ended up in Disco Biscuit together.

Mike: Its like the Space Fish Brady Bunch thing, but this isihe best
band I’ve been involved in yet.

MRR: How can people get your stuff?

Dave: We have tapes, CDs, stickers, posters, hats, t-§jpirts and a
breakfast cereal all available From Spho Mail Order/

122, N Orange Ave/ Orlando, FL 32801, or call (407) 839-1361
Mike: We are also looking forward to touring so gives us a call
book us. Please.

MRR: Why should somebody buy your krap
instead of somebody else’s krap.

Ed: Because we don’t sound like Pearl Jam, or the CJ
Peppers and It’s my birthday.

Mike: Buy it because it the right thing to do, like eating
oatmeal and wearing condoms, but not at the same time
because you’ll get car sick.

MRR: Any last words before I pass out from your fume
(They ate at Ron’s LA Taco's before playing tonighT*

Dave: Legalize hemp, pro choice, freedom of choice, freedom
speech, play hockey.

INTERVIEWS

New Haven’s unslayable
hardcore ensemble, Malachi
Krunch is the group most of¬
ten mentioned in the unscien¬
tific “Band This Week” poll of
which New Haven bands are
most respected by their local
musical peers. Taking their
name from a stock-car colli¬
sion in a classic “Happy Days”
episode, MK are
equal parts un¬
derground car-
toon f scream
therapy. Elm
City patriotism,
d i s g r u n 11 e d
youth grown up,
and harsh politi¬
cal commenta¬
tors with battle-
axes. Their lat¬
est record, This
Will Be OnYour
Permanent
Record , is a
shared single
Mi

liSill

MAGGOT. They
also have a track
on the Blood
From the Streets of New Ha¬
ven compilation on the Caf¬
feine Disk label. Malachi
Krunch is also on a split LP
American Realities (1990), the
other side of which features
Teo's previous band, SOLD
ON MURDER, and is a tribute
to that group’s murdered lead¬
er, John Robinson.

Paragraph headings be-

low are taken from song intros
blurted out during the Mala-
chi's latest krunch at cafe
nine, where this interview was
held: “Mention that we’re at
the table with the mayor of Fair
Haven, Chino Claudio.” That
night they jammed unexpect¬
edly with Cafe Nine owner
Mike Reichbart, who barreled

through a cover of FEAR's “I
Love Living in the City.”
“They're honest, they re¬
hearse every week. You’re not
going to meet a nicer bunch of
guys," Mike said after his punk
performance debut. “Malachi
Krunch is one of the few
groups that really has the abil¬
ity to transport emotion
across state lines. They're the

only punk band I would ever
hire; They say it all." •

, MALACHI CRUNCH are:
1 Jim Martin, vocals; Teo
Means, guitar; T.S. Wolf, bass;
F. Scott, drums; Wally, occa¬
sional hired gun.

WE’RE GOING TO DO TWO
SETS — IKNOWYOU’RE
il REAL FUCKING HAPPY
"" feiHwABOUT
THAT

Teo: Don’t get
into the history. It

F started when I
was four, man.
Jim: it started in
’89 on a drunken
;i : road trip to Bos¬
ton. We were
sick and tired of
the supposedly
'posit ive '
straight-edge
hardcore scene
inCT then, which
wasn’t really
positive at all.
We’re from the
old school of
1 punk rock. The
line-up is 100
percent New Haven and now has
been in existence for two years (ex¬
cept for recent recruit Wally). Before
that, there’ve been 19 members. And
I’m the only original member. Our
genre is, I think, too fast and too
chaotic for a lot of the new kids to
I follow—we’re not rap-grunge crap.
Wolfie: From hanging out at Ron’s
Place, watching HOT BODIES and
THE SAUCERS, to Brothers out in

gill

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INTERVIEWS

sst Haven,

:Ozone, I’ve actualiywBPWP
most every band in New Haven. Yet
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talked to John Hinckley while he was
stalking Jodie Foster around Yale. I

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MUGGED IN NEW HAVEN

Jim: We think it's really sad that
they’re tearing down this whole
block. They’re tearing (legendary
Crown Street pub of the 80s) Mrs.
Murphy's down, did you see that?
t««. Yeah, I got a brickfrofn It.

when they get there, th
pointed.

I'D LIKE TO SA
TEO'S FEET REALLY Dm
STIIMX

Jim: I don’t know how to play any-

\

thing. Teo plays it all. I have a lot of
things in my head; I do about 80
percent of the lyrics, and Wolfie and
Teo do the rest. We write about peo¬
ple we know, where we live, the
fucked-up things that we do.

Teo: I wrote most of the music we're
playing now. Wolfie’s the pragmatist
of the band, Jim is the preacher, and
I think of myself as the artistic influ¬
ence.

Jim: We have a good 15 originals. But
we're in a kind of frustrated state
because the number of membership
changes makes it tough, having to
teach people the same stuff over and
over. Other bands say to us, ‘How do
you expected to get signed?’ We
don’t. We released all our records
ourselves. I don't think bands should
wait around.

IT’S THE WARRIORS! THE
WARRIORS! THEY DID IT!

FUCK THE WARRIORS — IT
WAS MALACHI KRUNCH!

Malachi Krunch always lets out a
bodily fluid somehow when we’re in
the car coming back from a show,
whether it be puke, shit or snot. And
we’ve got to stop and clean it up.
We’ve been playing in New York ever
since we started. We're known in

.. HP

nationally more than in our own state.

I found out today that we’re on high
rotation at the only alternative radio
station in Alabama. And we get
played a lot in Rome, Italy, on this
pirate radio station. They play us in
Tokyo. Our Canadian tour was can¬
celed because the guy who set it up
said the club was burned down by the
Montreal Hell’s Angels. We’re doing
a mini mid-west tour thing in late
June. Before I was even in a band I did
a lot of work for bands, as an artist. I
got hooked into the scene that way.
I’ve roadied for NAUSEA in Europe
and I understand now there can be a
worldwide scene. I trade a lot of
records with other countries. Bands
we like and affiliate ourselves with:
(America) PUBLIC NUISANCE. THE
DENIED, BLANKS 77, THE WURST,
THE PIST, MORAL CRUX, IMPULSE
MANSLAUGHTER. WRETCHED
ONES. DEFORMED CON¬
SCIENCE. DISRUPT. REJUVE¬
NATE, SOCIAL OUTCAST. (World)
CHAOS UK, 2000 DS, SUICIDAL
SUPERMARKET TROLLEYS. SPLIT
PIGS and any other band who gives a
rat’s ass.

Contact Malachi Krunch by call-
203-772-2859 or writing them c/
iky Twinkie Communications/
PO Box 1271/ New Haven, CT
kfl650 i _

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1993 New Haven Advo-
. Original article by Chris
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I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream For "Hate!

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Who Is This Fee Hag?

fy Matt James

So you just blew the money you earned from your
Tower Records clerk job on Shampoo Planet or some Henry
Rollin’s “poetry," thinking you were going to find some
answers. Let me be the first to tell you forthe last time, sport,
there aren’t any. All this talk about “Twenty-Nothings,”
“Posties," the “zero Generation” and “Xers" (unless you’re
a Raver, man) is complete bullshit. Hell, a lot of people even
think that Peter Bagge (pronounced Bag, not Baggy) is some
kind of spokesperson for this foresaid “generation group.” I’m
not just talking about Clearasil poster babies orthe local chapter
of tne 90210 fan club either. “Sassy” magazine n has already
labeled Peter Bagge’s Hate comic book “ uncanny, ” and who am
I to disagree? Those kids at Sassy are the ones making the
bucks while I, after all, only work for a ‘zine (try putting that
one on a resume). Anyway, I’ve got to admit that I got more
than a little excited when I found out P. Bagge, understudy
Robert Crumb and creator of Neat Stun and Hate, was
make a stop in my home town of Berkeley as part of the
ball” tour along with Eightball creator, and MRR bad
recipient, Dan Clowes (pronounced Clah-ohs).

To see Peter Bagge s artwork for the first time is to be
ed by the vaguely familiar. Take one look at a classic piece such
“Vomit Glossary" and you’ll begin to see why. While a portrait of
one “spewing chunks” is nothing new to anyone who’s seen the
at the Chameleon Club, or ridden on public transportation for that
Bagge outdoes the rest by including the painfully honest “ Driving
Bus," where some green-faced loser is pictured with his head where
to-be, with a white-knuckle grip along the rim of an industrial sized toilet
between man and machine that hasn’t been seen since “ Big Daddy" Roth
Rodders. Now, gather up all this energy, spread it out about twenty pages

o

going to

review

assault-
as the
some-
bathroom
matter,
The Porcelain
it’s not-supposed-
bowl creating a merger
silk-screened his first
or so and you should have
idea of what it’s like to read an

a rough, if not accurate,
issue of Hate.

Hate is now on its twelfth issue and has been coming out
since 1990. It deals with the day-to-day exploits of Buddy
Bradley, a twenty-fouryear old book store employee who, well,
does very little of anything. Well, he winds up managing a
“ grunge” band, and manages to snare a few girlfriends, but it’s
nothing likeT.V.’s “Seinfeld." Hate is, um, politically incorrect
and completely autobiographical, well, sort of.

“With Hate , when I started that I had a good idea for it,"
Bagge said while slumped over a cup of coffee at a Berkeley
cafe. “ By that point, and that was three years ago, I was in my
thirties, was married, had a kid, had a house, and this whole
lifestyle that I had been leading for the previous ten, fifteen
years, all of a sudden was completely in my past. It was history
for me, especially when I had a kid. In that lifestyle, what I'm
talking about is like I made a lot less money, lived this whole
thing where you move. All the misfits from high-school move to
cities and college towns and try to reinvent themselves, you
know. I was one of those."

“So now that it was all behind me I was able to look at the
whole segment of my life completely objectively, so for me the
stories in ‘Hate’ are nostalgic. The basic inspiration there are
things that happened to me, orthat I witnessed, in my past. But
at the same time I didn’t want it to be a nostalgia book as far as
the general public was concerned. I didn’t want it dated, have
it suck in 1980 and have Buddy pogoing to The Buzzcocks and
things like that (laughter) ahm, and it’s easier to keep it up to
date."

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“That’s why I find it very ironic how
much people, at, I guess your age (22),
have taken Hate to heart, and there’s
nothing wrong with that but, it’s very
much like 'this is our comic, this is about
us,’ because this is about stuff I was
doing fifteen years ago (laughter)."

EICHHORN?

The fact that Bagge is now 35, mar¬
ried, and father of a two year old daughter
has not hindered the accuracy of his pen.
Hate seems “right," like when Buddy

writes a "surprisingly accurate” review of
the band he manages without ever seeing
them play. When I point this out to him, he
laughs, adding “right! And Denny Eich-
horn reviews records that he doesn’t
even play. He just wants to get free
records , he's that guy that does the
comic book Real Stuff. He writes articles
and reviews for local papers up in Seattle.
And he just wants to be on the mailing list
of all these record companies, and he’ll
review everything he gets, but, some of it
he admitted to me he doesn’t even listen
to (laughter). He just looks at the cover
and says "hmmn.”

DWARVES AS RESEARCH

Like virtually every success story,
timing was everything. In his attempt to
keep his comic book current, Bagge, who
lives in Seattle, managed to ride-in that
same wave that added Nirvana, along
with Right Said Fred and Ugly Kid Joe, to
the pages of Rolling Stone , or at least
Creem, where he is known for his depic¬
tion of the Seattle “scene."

“With the rock and roll (issues), its
been so long since I’ve been to clubs and
hung out much, and hung out with musi¬
cians, that I was worried that things might
of changed drastically, that if I didn't start
to do a little bit of hanging out that it would

seem hopelessly dated like, ‘where ‘ya
been Bagge?’ I just asked around, I asked
some friends of mine 'do you practice
with a band, or do you have friends that
practice?’ I had a lot of tips but people
kept telling me about this one band in
particular who I never heard of. They
were called Sick And Wrong, and from
their description they sounded like the
stupidest band (laughter) in the world. So
I said ‘that’s perfect, that’s perfect.’”

“ Plus, I pretty much told Bruce Pav-
itt of Sub Pop what I had in mind. I said ‘I
want this band to be really dopey that I’m
gonna write about, can you take me to
see any dopey, idiotic bands so I can get
some ideas?’ So he took me to see The
Dwarves and The Supersuckers (laugh¬
ter). ’’

“ So that was enough. It was enough
to see what people were into now that
they weren't five years ago. Even that
wasn't very different. It's like things
haven’t really changed that much, as far
as I could see. It was almost like it wasn’t
even necessary for me to even research
that, ‘cause that’s the only research I
did."

MORE DUMB JUNK

The thing that became of this "re¬
search," the band who would become
“Leonard And The Love Gods," were of
course taken by the media to be Nirvana.
Namely, because all the band’s mem¬
bers, with the exception of a “Greg,"
were named “Kurt.”

“At the time I wrote the story, Nirva¬
na wasn’t a household name. They were
just another Seattle band, so to speak.
And the reason I picked the Kurts is it
seemed like, reading the backs of record
covers that my friend at Sub Pop would
give to me, and also musicians that I’d
meet who played in Seattle bands; I was
struck by how many Kurts there were. It
seemed like every band had one Kurt, so
I thought it would be funny if I had a band
where everybody’s name was Kurt, but
by the time the book came out, in just
those two, three months, Nirvana like
was, literally, they were a phenomenon. ’’

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They’d (the media) make a joke
about ‘I Scream For Heroin!’ (The Love
Gods’ “hit") because by that time, which
again I didn’t know, Seattle had become
famous for being a real heroin capital
amongst the rock ‘n rollers. Like, I knew
a few junkies, but I had known a few
junkies everywhere. I wasn't making a
specific joke about Seattle being
awash in it, it just turned out to be
true! ”

GARAGE PUNK

Groin Thunder is the name
of The Trogg tribute album (on
the Australian label Dog Meat),
and it’s decked out in a full
color Bagge disaster scene.

Bands featured on the album
include The Cheater Slicks,

Thee Headcoats, and The
Devil Dogs, which seem to
typify the sort of musical
combo that would fea
ture Bagge’s twisted
sense of proportion.

“The first thing I
did a cover for was a
two sided 45, for a
group called the
Mad Daddys from
New York. I think
everything I’ve
done covers for
is just really
loud, grungy,
garagey punk
rock (laugh¬
ter).

Don’t
take a
Bagge
cover
though, /otfe
a s ' j
some
sort of
offi¬
cial
e n -
obas

some degree or another, to something
I was listening to when I was a
teenager twenty years
ago, you know?
I’d just as

listen to The Troggs than a Trogg tribute
(laughter). You know, what’s the point?”

“ I thought all this grunge stuff those
Sub Pop guys were putting out was a
joke. I couldn’t believe people took all this
stuff that seriously. You know, if you are
sixteen, it’s all new to you, so that blasting
loud rock and roll is just something
that a sixteen year old is
more inclined to
want to listen
t o .

mark

of the mu¬
sic contained
within.

“I’m kind of burnt out on
that kind of music, but I can understand
why people always want me to do covers
for that kind of music because my artwork
tends to suit it. I mean, this is going to
sound really stodgy, it all reminds me, to

listen to
the stuff in its
original form. I’d rather

You
ktvy
I’ve
got a
k i d
that
screams
all day so
the last
thing

want to lis- ■
ten to is
something
that’s all
screechy!
(laughter).”
ODDBALLS
When you con¬
sider a comic book
• like Hate , or any
underground comic
or cartoonist, you’ "
begin to notice how
strange the whole con¬
cept is. I mean, comic
books are supposed to
be about saving the world
and Hostess Twinkie ads,
right? And then there’s that
whole solitude aspect of the
thing. Unlike actors, comedi¬
ans, or directors, the comic
book artist has complete con¬
trol throughout the entire cre¬
ative process, involving no one
but himself.

"Most cartoonists tend to be a
lot shyer, and they much prefer
being by themselves. They’re like
George (from Hate). They tend to be
loners and that’s kinda how they be¬
came comic fans in the first place, just
sitting at home reading comic books
instead of going outside and playing
baseball and, feeling- up girls and being
normal (laughter) and then that leads to a

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profession that entails juat staying at
home, scritchy-scratchin’ away in your
cubbyhole, which I guess in some ways
sounds pathetic and to some people
sounds like an awful way to be, but I find
it an ideal. Whenever I have to work with
other people, it gives me the creeps.”

This might be changing, however,
as Bagge confessed that he
has wound up be
coming

feds

with

LOVE-HATE

It might be true that Hate signifies
only one of Robert Mitchum’s tattooed
fists, but in reality Bagge seems to be
a well balanced, together
person, who
might

e r s ,
largely
due to
t h
“ Buddy
Bradeley
Loo k-A-
Like” and
“Win A
Date With
Stinky” con¬
tests, where
fans sent
pictures saying
how much they
were like the
characters in
“Hate.” Then'
again, I could nev¬
er imagine his atti¬
tude turning around
completely.

“Whenever I do
signings I’m always
struck at what odd¬
balls our readers are. In
San Francisco yester¬
day, it was like, ‘look at
these people’s hair!

These people are a
mess!’ (laughter). And you
could tell most of the time
they’re probably very shy
and hemmed-in, they proba¬
bly all got beat-up in high
school, and that’s why they
migrate to places like San
Francisco, you know, where
everybody’s an oddball. But
when they come up to Dan and
I at a signing, I guess they feel
like they know us from reading
our comics. They’ll start acting,
you know, like nutty and wacky.
It’s like hilarious ‘cause they’re not
used to being that way, and they’re
just so quirky and weird that some¬
times I’m almost embarrassed that
this is my public!"

day-to-day than most of us. Known for his
plug section in Hate , I asked him if there’s
anything he’d like to recommend.
"Well, I might be preaching to
the choir by plugging stuff like the
obvious, you know, Yummy Fur,
Cud, Real Stuff, Naughty Bits,
and Dirty Plotte. There’s just a
whole buncha alternative com¬
ics. I would just urge people to
try to hold their nose and go
into a comic shop and look
for the alternative section
and just give everything you
see there a chance."

Time having run out by
this point (Bagge now be¬
ing late for an autograph
session), I asked him
what gets to him. What
does Bagge hate?

“ I have person¬
al reasons to hate
mainstream comics. I
mean, I didn’t even
like them as a kid.
The way it domi¬
nates this busi¬
ness, and how the
fluctuations of
business, which
is all caused by
this insane col¬
lectors mar¬
ket, always
winds up hurt¬
ing alterna¬

tive comics.
Even
though
we’re not
part of
that at all,
because
we’re
trapped
in that

be better
with dealing with the

w e
tend to suffer.
You know, at the caprices
and the whims of all these idiot
collectors who buy these horrible comics!
I hate mainstream comics with a pas¬
sion!”

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Hello, America.
This is Mad Prof. Mike
with the Headbanger
Movie Review.

And what, pray
tell, is a Headbanger
Movie?

A HEADBANG¬
ER Movie is a movie
(but never a fit ml) that
depicts, or better yet
encourages, anti-so¬
cial behavior. These
are movies your Mom
and Dad didn't want you to see, or would only grudgingly let you see. More
often than not, you had to sneak out of the house to see them, or secretly
watch them on the Late Show with the volume turned way down so no one
would hear. These are the movies that major video chains usually don't
want to carry, but pretty often, a major studio blockbuster can be a
Headbanger film as well. After all, JURASSIC PARK depicts a mighty
saurian devouring a lawyer, something we'll hopefully be seeing a lot more
of in the future. ALIEN 3 had a cast of grumpy space skinheads, and BRAM
STOKER'S (really COPPOLA'S) DRACULA showed the world that you can
be really cool and be a vampire, especially when the Vampire in question
is played by none other than the guy who channeled Sid Vicious.

A headbanger movie is a movie that embodies the spirit of punk rock,
heavy metal, and above all else, Pro Wrestling! That's right. These are the
movies that are ferocious, larger than I ife in execution and i n theme, greater
than the whole of their parts. These are the movies that appeal to admirers
of not only Joey Ramone and Lemmy Kil Imeister, but Gorgeous George and
Hulk Hogan as well. Headbanger film makers include everyone from
Shinya Tsukamoto, the Japanese shock trooper auteur who created the first
true punk rock/industrial cyber bash, TETSUO: THE IRON MAN to James
Cameron, the guy who spends bijillions of dollars to create the celluloid
equivalent of slam dancing.

So without further delay: our review for this month, John Frankenhe-
imer's 1979 monster flick, PROPHECY, currently available on Paramount
Home Video.

Why PROPHECY?. It's not a very obscure movie, nor is.it a recent
video release. Why bring up this dead horse?

I dusted off PROPHECY to gain a sense of completion in my life. Back
in the summer of '79, when I was out a young Punkster, there were so many
great Horror movies released that the trend made the cover of Newsweek.
The article covered ALIEN, PHANTASM, THE fOC, DAWN Of THE DEAD,
HALLOWEEN, and a bunch of others, including PROPHECY. I made a vow
to myself, out of loyalty to the Horror film to see every one of those movies.
PROPHECY was the one that got away. It never played in any of the
neighborhood theaters where I lived, only out in the 'burbs. A few weeks
ago, I saw a listing for PROPHECY on a TV station I don't get. . . so here
we are. With our video review of the month.

It's truly hard to believe John Frankenheimer directed this movie. It's
really clumsy and lumbering and pretentious and has none of the suspense
you'd expect from the guywho directed THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
and SECONDS. PROPHECY is just a plain old monster movie. It's okay as
a plain old monster movie, but it just ain't the amazingly cool monster
movie Frankdenheimer is capable of making. Maybe, someday, he'll give
the genre another crack, but considering the critical boots to the head he
got when PROPHECY came out, it's doubtful he'll touch another horror
script with a ten foot pole..

The plot concerns a giant, mutant bear munching and crunching the
heads off folks in the Maine woods. It's the result of Mercury poisoning from
a nearby paper mill, which is kind of a disappointment. I'd rather have a
radioactive, A-Bomb powered bear any day. Maybe a Japanese mutant
bear that shoots beams out of its eyes and fights Gammera, or something.
But I digress. There's a really dumb subplot about the plight of Native
Americans as foiled against the mutant bear rampage. Ana of course...
some old indian dude has to think the mutant bear is a reincarnated Indian
spirit...blah, blah, blah. None of the Major Indian parts are played by real
Native Americans. Armand Assante plays a noble activist in the worst sort
of Hollywood-clenched-jaw-far-away-look tradition, thereby undermin¬
ing whatever point the movie has to make. "White man law no good!"

But I kind of liked PROPHECY. It was so dumb, I couldn't help but
feel some affection for it. Sort of like a neighborhood dog I used to play with
who used to roll over when it was told to sit. You can't help but find that
kind of idiocy endearing. And how can you not love a movie that stars
Robert Foxworth and Talia Shire as a couple of young, dedicated EPA
investigators? Their ominous, scenery chewing discusions of the evils of
mercury poisoning are done in the finest tradition of TV medical shows.
Like the Native American sub-plot, whatever the movie has to say about
mercury contamination gets negated, because the lines that address the

issue could fit comfortably in the mouth of Chad Everett in an episode of
Medical Squad,or whatever show he was on.

And, hey, the mutant bear is kind of neat, too. It's downright scary
in some shots, and in others, it's ridiculous looking. But for the most part,
it looked pretty good. One of my favorite shots was of a guy in a bear suit
grabbing hold of a kid or a midget made up to look like Foxworth and try
to eat him. That was kind of cute.

Well, I'm glad I've finally seen PROPHECY. Stephen King has said it's
one of his all-time favorite guilty pleasure movies. I think its one of mine
now, too.

For all its faults,on our Headbanger scale of 1 -4, PROPHECY gets 3
headbangs.

* * *

Alright, it's time to lay something to rest once and for all.

When ALIEN 3 came out last summer, I hated it. I truly did. But I was
blown away by the incredible monster in that flick, a combination of a man
in a suit and a series of rod puppets digitally super-imposed and integrated
with live actors. Amazing.

I saw ALIEN 3 the first day it came out, with a bunch of complete
nitwits in the audience, who were rude, gabbing throughout the flick, just
being real pains in the ass. One shit-heel a few rows away was sucking on
sunflower seeds so loudly, I couldn't hear the fucking dialogue. The place
was too packed for me to go over and tell him to stop or he'd be sptting out
his teeth instead of the seea shells, and that just made me all the more pissed
off and unhappy.

I started to wonder if I hated the movie, or the audience I was stuck
in. So a few weeks later, I went to a little mom-and-pop dollar theater to see
ALIEN 3 again, to give the movie another chance, and to see those amazing
monster effects.

Second time around, I liked ALIEN 3 a lot. It had beautiful shots,
brilliant use of wide-angle lenses, and by golly, the monster seemed better
able to carry the show. Don't get me wrong, it still had a shaky script, and
director David Fincher, whose only experience before ALIEN 3 was music
videos, really didn't do much with the actors.

I still hadn't made up my mind completely.

When ALIEN 3 came out on video, I rented it and I hated it.
Everything that worked for it the second time around came across as
garbage on the small screen. The beautiful shots, the incredible monster
effects, the wide-angle lens work all went swirling down the tubes, and all
we're left with is the chaff of Fincher's inexperience. The first ten minutes
of the video release are letterboxed (shown in the ratios of a movie screen)
to accommodate the opening credits and some computer file readouts.
Then, BAM! We're stuck with amputated shots where we can't even see
some of the characters we hear on the soundtrack. We can't even see the
damn monster most of the time. The rod puppet Alien, which looked
ferociously real in 70mm, looks like a rod puppet (by golly!) on TV.

So, after three shots at it, six hours of my life making up my mind, I
can give a concrete decision about ALIEN 3 on our Headbanger scale of 1 -
4: on the big screen, with a well-behaved audience, it gets 3 headbangs.
In a theater full of shit heads, it gets 1 headbang. On video, it gets 1 and a
half headbangs.

There. Can we go home now?

* * *

I'll never forget one of the most frightening experiences of my life,
when, as a college freshman, I met an enclave of maladjusted yanoos,
suburban larvae of what Menken called the "Boobwahzee," who were
exactly like the maladjusted yahoos in all the Judy Blume books I'd read.

I mean, Jeez, all of a sudden these unearthly beings I'd just assumed to be
fictional were sitting around me in the flesh.... Y'know, the-really-rich-kid-
who-takes-a-lot-of- drugs-so-his-distant-father-will-notice-him... the-fat-
girl-who-sleeps-around-a-lot-so-she'll-be-accepted...the-sensitive-artistic-
girl-who-really-wants-to-be-a-painter-buthis-parents-won't-let-her.... There

was even a token black guy. I think his name was "Link," or something.

I decided to have no more contact with those people. I didn't want
to get sucked into the role of being the-happy-go-lucky-Punk-Rocker-kid-
whom-the-cute-girls-go-to-for-support-ana-whose-wild-and-free-lifestyle-
gets-him-tragically-knifed-in-the-last-chapter.

The whole experience was very disconcerting... sort of like sitting
down to share a pizza with the Yeti.

I bring all this up because the movie POISON IYY is sort of like a Judy
Blume book from Hell...and it's unsettling in the way that my meeting of
the enclave of breathing cliches was. It's a happy tale of murder, suicide,
the death of the American family, all rather disturbingly photographed and
executed (shot for shot!) like an ABC Afterschool Special on acid.

The plot concerns Drew Barrymore as Ivy, coming into a family and
making like a teenage slut cuckoo bird, trying to make a happy little nest
for herself by seducing Tom Skerrit, the family's father. Also, we have
Cheryl Ladd as the sickly, dying mother, kept cooped up in an attic sort of
like the wife in Jane Eyre. Ladd gives a really good performance as a
California beauty whose best days are behind her...but the person who

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steals the show hands down is Sarah Gilbert, from the TV show Rosanne,
as the rather messed up sensitive girl who befriends Ivy and lets her in to
her family. She really carries the movie...even through its more hokey
moments.

POISON IVY is no great classic, but its just twisted enough to make
you fidgety while you watch it, and it gets 3 respectable headbangs out of
4. Check it out. And watch out for those cliche people. They're out there,
I swear. I think it has something to do with those shipments of pods I've seen
going into high schools and college campuses.

Once I was at a panel of Horror writers in Boston. I can't remember
which Horror writer it was—I think it was William F. Nolan—who said that
one of the most terrifying experiences of his childhood was seeing
PINOCCHIO on the big screen.

I have to agree. PINOCCHIO is a great headbanger film, full of malice
and evil and terrifying images, making it a perfect film for children. This

movie confirms my belief that Disney hated children, and I can't wait until
they thaw the old tart out from his tomb under Tomorrowland and get him
maxing sicko movies like this one. If the Imagineers can't do that, maybe
they can at least revive his HEAD, so we can get back to the nitty-gritty
basics?

You know the basic story...a wooden puppet comes alive and wants
to be a real boy, has adventures along the way. But what makes PINOC¬
CHIO so sick is now grown-ups are presented... except for Gepetto, they're
all evil monsters, with big, grinning, looming faces that take up the whole
screen, ready and eager to exploit children at the drop of a hat... be it to sell
them, enslave them, or take them to the punk rock party palace of Pleasure
Island so they can be turned into jackasses. And tne scenes with Monstro
the Whale kick butt on anything Spielberg did with JAWS.

So, by all means, see PINOCCHIO with your children. But if your kids
can't sleep at night, don't blame me.

PINOCCHIO gets four big headbangs.

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Reviews by: Hara!

Hartmann (H

Greil Marcus

, Trent Reinsmith (TR)

Ranters and
CrowdPleasers, Punk in Pop
Music , 1977-92 (Doubleday,

1540 Broadway, NY, NY
10036)S22, 438 pages.

Rock criticism is a tricky
thing to get right. Often times
the only thing a critic does is
prove how big his ego is and
how small his knowledge of
the subject is. Only two peo¬
ple have pumped out consis¬
tently well-written criticism
and study of music, Nick
Tosches and Lester Banes.

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few that lie on the edge, some¬
times worth reading, some¬
times just worth skimming
over. Never worth ignoring,
like say...Dave Marsh.

This book is by no means
a complete history of punk,
but an overview of what
moved Marcus at any given
time. As he says in his pro¬
logue, “I made no attempt to
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write about everything...1 tried, in the moment to write about what moved me,
scared me, disguisted me, made me and so many other people feel so priviliged
to be present when, in some nightclub now long gone, rumor turned into fact. ”
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Village Voice, California, Threepenny Review, Artforum, Interview, LA Weekly,
and RA W.

Some folks may say that Marcus has missed a lot in this book, and they
would be right if he had not justified in his focus in the prologue. He seems
fixated on a few groups and. repeatedly invokes their names, records, and
performances in his essays; those bands and people are THE SEX PISTOLS,
GANG OF FOUR, ELVIS COSTELLO, THE CLASH, NEW ORDER, X-
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out my copies of these records and search for new meanings and enjoyment I
may have missed in the past. Any book or writing that can move you to act is
good writing and Greil Marcus did just that for me.

Another thing that may be noted is that Marcus returns to the above
mentioned bands from start to finish of this book, reinforcing my oft stated
opinion that there is no good music being made these days.

Some other essays of note are focused on SONIC YOUTH, PUSSY
GALORE, STAN RIDGEWAY, Rock Death in the 70’s, BIKINI KILL and
LORA LOGIC.

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in music and can approach other people’s opinion’s with an open mind. And
don’t expect to find an essay about the BUTTHOLE SURFERS, even though
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1+2 Sampler. Mostly unreleased, feat. J.Dhal/Mono Men/Fastbacks/YFF/
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JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION/CRYPT STYLE CD
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ACID RAIN DANCE - “Melting Resistance” 12”

This record rules! Very metallic hardcore not unlike CON¬
CRETE SOX but more urgent and powerful. The necessary
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go over the edge a few times. Too bad there’s only 5 songs, but the
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MINDS - “Behind The
Mask” EP

I don’t know if this will be
taken as a favorable comparison,
but musically, “Death From The
Neck Up”, Side 1, sounds like BIG
BLACK - garage-ish, and distorted
in just the right way, but rawer and
punker. It ’s nota bad combination,
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CHAOS UK. Lyrics are refresh¬
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pf eadt sMg

on the inside of a hella cool poster. Includes anti-CD rant that
>rovides even more to read (bear, hear!!) (SB)

Looney Tunes, Top Flat, 23 The Esplanade, Scarborough, N,
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endurance test to see if you can make it through this ex-D.I./
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musical “horizons”. I bowed out before the Tom Araya guest
vocals and KINKS covers (KS)

(Triple X)

AMBUSH - “Ocean of irrelevance” EP

Once heard them compared to AMEBIX, although I see the
similarities, I don’t think it’s entirely fair. Decent enough for being
in the slow vein, but doesn’t carry itself as well as someone like
AMEBIX. Nice package - cover, Ivric sheet etc. (TM)

(Antitrott Records, Admiralstr 37,1 Berlin 36m GERMANY)

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■P :X - “Cleansing/Prayer”

Yeah I know I’m a meanie but this slab sucked harder than
ny I’ve listened to this month. Side B can’t make up its mind on
whether it wants to be a SONIC YOUTH noise piece, wymins
inusyk, jazz or ska and settles for all the worst of each genre while
“Cleansing leans in a more rock direction it doesn’t really take the
FUG AZI-ish style abstract lyrics very far. Well, if nothing else, the
band can say they were compared toFUGAZIand SONIC YOUTH,
see Pm not that mean. (JD)

(Ann Hairston, PO Box 73282, Washington, DC 20056)

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ANOTHER MAN’S POISON - “I Spit On M;

A new English band in the COCKSPARRER mold, which
ain’t nothin’ to sneeze at “I Spit” is a rousing, anthemic mid-tempo
Britpunk track with a piercing, trebly guitar bridge that’ll curl
your hair: the flip is a much faster blast with a chorus of thousands.
Great record. (JR)

(Steve Bvatt, 14 Mint Road. Wallington, Surrey SM6 OTY, EN¬
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ASKANCE - “You’ll Never Be the Mannequin” EP

The booklet forewarns a comparison to DOWNCAST be¬
cause of the layout lyrics, and music, (ie white guilt). If I were one
of those people who like to dis other people who actually stick their
neck out and attempt something sincere (no matter how overdone
it is) then Pd write a jaded review and compare them to DOWN¬
CAST. I’m not and I won’t. Cool lyrics, rad writing bits, great
music, and great layouts. They aren’t that far musically from
DOWNCAST but a bit more melodic. That makes them a hit more
interesting too. Don’t be apologetic about your release it’s really
good! (OP)

(Catheter Assembly, PO Box 4785, Richmond, V A 23220)

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT - ‘’American Paranoia and more”
CD

Bay Area thrashers return with a CD re-issue of their Pus-
mort LP with a couple demo tapes throw in for good measure. For
the most part the bonus tracks are merely different versions of
songs that are on the LP. While they were a good band and
everything, I’m not sure this amount of posthumous attention is
deserved., but a decent release nevertheless. (TM)

(Bitzcore, Postfach 301407, D-20324 Hamburg, GERMANY)

BAD INFLUENCE - “New Age Witchhunt” CD

I’ve been into a lot of the stuff Skuld has put out in the last
year or so, and that holds true here. This cool CD reminds me a lot
of both ZYGOTE andBLISTER, That same sort of droning sound,
but which is far from duD. Intelligent lyrics, and decent looking
packaging. I think this is one of the better things that I’ve heard this
month,(LD)

(SJ^iId Releases, Schelmengraben 59, 7016 Gerlingen, GERMA-

BAD INFLUENCE/SHARON TATE’S CHILDREN - split EP
BAD INFLUENCE is a kind of d&rk rock mosh infusion with
a bit of ROLLINS BAND thrown in, STC: organ going full-on,
spoken vocals kick into a driving song filled with depth and appeal.
I really dug this. (SL)

(42 Records, Steinstr 7,7000 Stuttgart 1, GERMANY)

BASTARD SQUAD - “Show’s Over” LP

A fine record of Australian hardcore. This is the follow up to
the 1989 LP “Hardcore Revolution” and it’s got all my favorite
things: it’s fast, it has loads of hooks, and sing-a-long choruses
galore. I like this. (LD)

(Bastard Squad, PO Box 651, Mordialloc 395, AUSTRALIA)

BEEKEEPER. “HumanTorch 5 ’ EP

Not as heavily FUGAZI-oriented as I would expect after
seeing them live. Here, the sound takes on a LA- based DISTORT¬
ED PONY/OILER type grindy, percussivy, noisiness with in¬
stances of Chapel Hill-derived poppisms. Okay, so the guitar
octaves and declarative vocals are still there, but the playing and
production mixes all the desperate elements into a tasty whole.
(HD)

(Magna Tine, PO Box 2576, El Segundo, CA 90246)

BIG BOYS - “The Skinny Elvis” CD

This is the first part of two in a CD combination that is an
absolute necessity to own. (And I’ve never said that about a CD)
This contains the tracks from their “Frat Cars” EP, their tracks
from “Live At Raul’s” and the impossible to find and absolutely
wonderful “Where’s My Tov^l” LP. These guys were one of the
best bands to ever exist. This earlier material tends to be more on
a pop side and hasn’t evolved into their wonderful blend of
hardcore funk on the later stuff. Also this CD will cost you about
$10.00 vs the upwards of $200 for originals of the vinyl. (LD)
(Touch and Go, PO Box 25520, Chicago, IL 60625)

BLACK TRACK JACK - “No Reward” LP

East Coast straight edge anthemic punk rock that’s refresh-
ing in its lack of pretension as it is in the amount of upbeat, but
honest, energy it pumps out Some stock straight themes (anti¬
trendiness, just say no etc.) but presented in a fresh and intelligent
way. Great production and playmanship as well. Check out lyrics
for “This is the Way” “She found compassion... Jin a Peta maga-
zine...Jthe world is so cruel now she boycotts zoos/And she feels
brand new with her little ankh tattoo.” Ail ankh tattooed people
now can make fun of baseball caps and sneakers. (JD)
(Roadrunner Records, PO Box 70-1340, Flushing, NY 11370)

BLOODLOSS - “Broke/Hair of the Future”

This is a great fucking band! Side one features a relentlessly
twisted countrified psycho-punk epic with lots of time changes,
saxophone and other wonderment. The second song has more of a
straightfor ward rock sound in the style of the STOOGES or MC5,
and both just generally rule. I don’t want to know the story behind
the cover photo. (EW)

(Belltown)

BOSS HOG-“Girl+” CD

Although anything with Jon Spencer in it is probably all
right by me, this disappoints in the same way a Snickers just isn’t
a meal. Only one of the five songs has the reckless blues trash that
Fve come to expect - it’s so far reserved it’s like being uptown
instead of where the action is. Great bust on the BEASTIES
though.. (TM)

(Amphetamine Reptile, 26451st A ve So, Minneapolis, MN 55408)

iniililf

i

ising Bay Area explosive hardcore. (FA)
(Teamwork, PO Box 4473, Wayne, NJ 07474)

BREAKAWAY - EP

This record was recorded in
1990, and it was supposed to be out
by 1991,1 guess the labels decided to
finally put it out after all this time. 4
excellent energetic tight straight edge
songs with crunching moody vocals
that makes you pump up the volume
to the top. A great improvement
from their previous 7”. BREAK¬
AWAY is no longer together, but
Joey and Jeff are now in SECOND
COMING, so be aware of the prom-

BUCK09-EP

Fun, tight ska-punk that sounds like a good cross between the
UPTONES and VOODOO GLOW SKULLS. Good musicianship
and fun lyrics. There aren’t enough bands like this around these
days. A real treat. (PC)

(Silver Girl Records, 3027.5 Adams A ve., San Diego, CA 92116)

BUGM AN/CL A Y - split EP

BUGMAN is simple, fun, 3-chord punk with angry vocals.
Sounds kinda East Bay-ish. CLAY is a similar sound, with clean,
distorted guitar, mid-tempo pace and hard to hear whiny vocals.

(AI)

(Anyway Records, 1992 B N. High St, Columbus, OH 43201)

THE BURNING SENSATIONS - “Cuzima” EP

A really good, musically varied debut recording from this
Fresno band. Mostly heavy, punk stuff with some funky bongos.
Lyrical topics covered basically boiled down to how fucked up
everything is. Cool release. Hope to hear more soon. (MM)

($4.00 ppd: Burning Sensations, PO Box 3808, Pinedale, CA 93659-
3808)

BY ALL MEANS-EP

Okay so this is all in Italian, so I can’t figure out what they’re
talking about. From the cover and the enclosed leaflet, I assume
that they’re straight edge, and into animal rights. Quite adequate
powercore, with lot’s of different speeds, and sounds. Pretty de¬
cent. (LD)

(Inaudito, A.V. Parmentier 22,75011 Paris, FRANCE)

CARPE DIEM - “Carpe Diem” LP

Really good catchy punk-metal-hardcore from Barcelona.
You can compare them to some others Spanish bands such as LA
POLLA RECORDS or BARRICADA. Lyrics in Spanish, I do
speak Spanish, but I can’t understand what they are trying to say.
I don’t know, but their lyrics sound like fantasy dreams tome. (FA)
(Tralla, Ap.Co.:39-l 19,08080 Barcelona, SPAIN)

CATERPILLAR - “Velvet Ears/Ronald And Romilar Jag”

Wow! This isn’t bad at all! It has the same overblown melodic
emotional outpouring that makes some DC bands so keen. Every¬
thing on this seems totally maxed out on ten and in your lace, hut
in a great way. (WG)

(Compulsiv)

THE CHAMPIONS - “Once and Future King” EP

Some metallic riffs thrown in with some melodic parts, all at
mid tempo speeds make for a really good hardcore release, and this
is that. This band toured with EARTH CRISIS and, sorry to dispel
the rumors, are militantly pro..... choice. Now if EARTH CRISIS
were so militantly pro life would they tour together? Would
SPITBOY tour with the DWARVES? Anyway the song “Hangers”
is a pro choice song and is a fuckin great song musically . The lyrics
are kinda unpolished, but at least their hearts are in the right place.
(OP)

(Moo Cow Records, 38 Larch Circle, Belmont, MA 02178)

THE CHARMS - “Fertility/Bessie Brings The Ribbon Home”
Alternative rock with various influences, and artwork by
Raymond Pettibon. I couldn’t tell which song was supposed to be
the A-side, which obviously isn’t a good sign, but it’s OK. (MC)
(Brujo Records)

KEMOvS

CHERUBS - “Dreamin’/Mr. Coy (live)”

It takes some kind of mysterious third element in order to
sing ‘WeaminVis great” and not sound like some whacked hippy
(well, I guess DEBBIE HARRY did it), and while some might
attribute this unidentifiable element to the singer’s KEITH RI¬
CHARDS gravel-ly T smoke three packs a day but Em a singer
anyway, OK’ attitude,Tm not gonna commit myself* “Mr. Goy”
sounds nothing like the studio side — where RICHARDS-siyle
vocals are trashed for an all out scream-fest/CRUST-intro. Punk !

(MJ)

(Unclean Records, PO Box 49737, Austin, TX 78765)

CHIC38ShQ9DEAD- 4 ®veryt^^

MustGoPEP

Mandatory at $1*00 post¬
paid!!! Miami’s “Smash and
Grab” scam kings knock out six
hits from their demos: “Short*
fuse,” “Chickenhead Won the
War Today,” “Born to Lose,”
etc- Spirited pre-hardcore L.A,
FLAG/GERMS-style and
sound, with outrageous lyrics.
Fans of BLATZ take note... (KS)
($1,00 ppd: Four-and-a-Half
Finger Records, 4787 SW 154

Ave, Miami, FL 33185)

CHLOE -Shaman/Leech”

PERSONALITY CRISIS ‘93???? Mid-tempo punk and
rock and punk rock that fringes out on the rock side but pulls back
in from the solos and metal riffs with catchy choruses and swag¬
gering garbley vocals. Limited to 750, (KS)

(Cinder Block Records, PO Box 1234, Allston, MA 02134)

CHOKE 66 - “Number 11/Turning Point”

The chorus of “#11” sounds like the singer is being electro¬
cuted as he screams “the pain!” repetitively against the emo-core
backing music Pretty funny the first time, but... As for the other
song, I dig the up-tempo music but they bust into a cheesy spoken-
word arsiy hit that makes it sound really comical, I duniio, man.
If you’re really emo then go for it, (PC)

(Youth Rendition, PO Box 34372, Detroit, MI 48234)

CHOKEHOLD - “Prison Of Hope” LP

We got a promo copy of this record about 2 months, and
every time I went to the MRR house I’d listen to it. The first time
I loved it, and now after about 50 times I like it twice as much. The
time has come for CHOKEFUCKINGHOLD, my view of hard¬
core has been changed for good, 1993’s hardcore has arrived, and
CHOKEHOLD is the best proof of it. This isn’t powerful music,
this is power itself turned into vinyl, 9 intense angry songs that
make me dream about seeing CHOKEHOLD live. Incredibly well
written political lyrics about female exploitation, racism, AIDS,
and hunters, “To Kill A Coward” (anti-hunting song), I may not
agree with it but l see their point Definitely one of the best of ‘93,
(FA)

(Conquer The World, PO Box 40282, Bedford, MI, 48240)

CHRIS HANLEY AND NO CLASS - CD

Mutant garbled MINISTRY meets MOTORHEAD in a
basement, topped with deathy-Satan vocals. A solo project and/or
a full band, this isn’t clear from the packaging, but this does
produce interesting results. (KS)

(Locomotive Records, 5350 N. Lincoln #103, Chicago, IL 60625)

CHROME CRANKS - “Way Out
Lover” EP

A slow ache that builds to a
throbbing pain. LAUGHING HYE¬
NAS blended with MELVINS witha
dash of the STOOGES for flavor.

(MH)

(Sympathy)

CONTROL FREAK - “Emmas’
IXi^ad/Sucker’’

Bad grunge metal. Was ready
to slag it hard but side A. saved the)
Enough punk out and slight varia¬
tion on that side prevented me from
suggesting an iron to straighten out
the grooves on this otherwise fine
frisbee. (JD)

(Cavity Search Records, PO Box
42246, Portland, OR 97242)

COSMIC PSYCHOS - “Palomino Pizza” LP

A decent new record by Australia’s finest “Shut Up” has the
slow creaking twisted guitar intro - accelerating into utter mayhem
- burning and churning - they want your skull. The instrumental
track works well. The folk-rock acoustic number at the end doesn’t
Refer back to “Custom Credit” (from “Down on the Farm”). This
album pales in chihparison. The punk rock world is looking for¬
ward to the next outing. (BR)

(AmRep, 2643 First Ave. S„ Mpls., MN 55408)

CRAIN-EP

A great three song 7” which
combines the best parts of HAM¬
MERHEAD and some of TAR’s great
guitar and bass blur. However the
CRAIN stuff maintains a much raw¬
er, and a quite unique sound. Great
(LD)

(Compulsiv, PO Box 15188, Phila¬
delphia, PA 19130)

CRIME - “Terminal Boredom” LP

Slick glossy covered bootleg of a live show drca 1977 at the
Fab Mab. Sound quality of a dubious quality but pretty consistent¬
ly raw performance of 9 tunes including the 4 songs from the first
two singles and unreleased stuff (with “Diilinger’s Brain” and the
singles songs in common with the “San Francisco’s Doomed”
release). These guys sounded like they took the basic NY DOLLS
model and injected it with lotsa W. coast derived viciousness/
nihilism to create a brand new creature. Historical shit this. (HD)
(Out of Darkness Records)

CRIMSON DYNAMO - “La Chienne/Ei Rio”

Pub rock stuff (sung in FRENCH). Manic a la NICK CAVE
or the early POGUES. By no means hardcore, but decent none the
less. (RL)

(3 Rue Saint Maurice, 6700 Strasbourg, FRANCE)

LOS CRUDOS/HUASIPUNGO - spUt EP

I just saw both of these bands a couple of times recently and
I can say beyond a shadow of a doubt LOS CRUDOS are my new
found heroes. Killer HC in the early to mid 80’s style sung in
Spanish. Their songs have such a genuine feel to them that it
reminds me that this is what punk is all about to me. The HUA-
SIPUNGO folks tracks are their best to date, and have an equally
sincere message and attitude, and I now know what “grandes
pechos (falsos)” means. Fucking amazing! (LD)

(Lengua Armada Discos, 2340 W. 24th St Chicago, IL 60608)

the cupid ear club, m.p.

I CUPID CAR CLUB - EP

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er stand the fuckin’ NATION O’
ULYSSES, I was surprised that this
band (containing 3 of the 4 N.O.U.
members) is, in fact totally awe¬
some. All the trashiness of that band
with more down-to-earth punk rock
song structures and the super-
groovy Kim Thompson on backup
vocals. One to play very loud and
pogo in the bedroom when yer
mum’s gone out (How’s ffart for an
obscure lyrical reference?) (PC)

(Kill Rock Stars, 120 State Ave. NE #418, Olympia, WA 98501

D-STARVE - “Destroy a Person’s Dreams” EP

More of the frantic Japanese hardcore we’ve come to expect
- Five song debut from a band who call themselves “almost
defunct”. Make of that what you will. Limited to 500 copies for no
more than 800 yen, I’m sure it’s already impossible to find. (TM)
(Y. Matsuda, 4A 29-6 Chikusa 3, Chikusa Nagoya 464, JAPAN)

DAMITOL - “My Pal Chew Toy” EP

This starts out like WIDER and then goes into more typical
s.e. type hardcore (though they have a song that’s a critique of s.e.
in a really intelligent way) and then more melodic stuff. I like this
alot because the vocals are that screamed/sung really passionate
kind. The lyrics and the samples make this better too. Newer
insights on fairly standard topics keep your attention. (OP)
(Discontent Records, 2401 W. Layton, Milwaukee, WI53221)

DEFORMED CONSCIENCE/SCOURGE - split EP

DEFORMED CONSCIENCE follow up their 7” EP with
more powerful and raging hardcore, heavy on the bass end rifling
a la CRUDE SS (I swear “End the Pain” has the same intro/riff as
CRUDE SS’ “Destroy Capitalism”) with NEGATIVE AP¬
PRO ACH-style vocals. The SCOURGE side is perhaps a bit
premature-basic punk but so snotty you can almost hear it drip on
the tape!!! (KS)

($3.00 ppd: Spooned Records, PO Box 10221, Scottsdale, AZ
85271)

DERELICT HOTEL-EP

Great, white hot,
searing guitar playing which grabs
your attention right from the start
with just the right mix of melody,
feedback and noise. No lyric sheet so
you can’t really tell what they’re
singing about. This was recorded in
someone's basement which might
explain why thedrumssoundsothin.
Otherwise, a great release. Better
than anything Am-Rep’s put out re¬
cently, (MM)

(D.Wilson, 1720 N.5th St., Philadelphia, PA, 19122)

THE DEVIL DOGS - “Saturday Night Fever” LP

Okay neophytes. The DEVIL DOGS plan on fuckin’ with
your little mind. This is the real shit, straight outta the NY/NJ
wasteland. It’s all live, all sweaty and powerful raw, these cats
might be the most underrated band of the last ten years. After five
LPs and six 7"s, all the squares who haven’t got the joke should just
go home. Every track on this album is great - it’s just one “Big
Fuckin’ Party” from start to finish. Get it!! (BR)

(Crypt Records, Hopfenstr 32,2000 Hamburg 36, GERMANY)

THE DIE MOTORS - “Chains/Two Headed Dog”

I met Kai from this band. He was a very nice guy who agreed
to send me some German hardcore and hiphop, or at least catalogs,
not available stateside. Being the honest guy that I am I prayed to
the Holy Vinyl Goddess that this would lie good so as not to piss off
potential contacts. “Chains”, which is rap influenced hardcore,
gets murdered by the keyboard (maybe it’s a German thing I
wouldn’t understand) but the Roky Erickson cover on side B was
really good. Ballsy psychedelia just like what the 13th FLOOR
ELEVATORS were famous for. Nice gatefold. (JD)

(Mermaid Records)

DIRT CLOD FIGHT » “Hunting Le$son”LP

Better than a lot of stuff Flipside’s been putting out, they start
their aural attack with a beautiful mixture of distortion and
melody. Still when I hear this stuff I have to wonder whether the
band is bored or brilliant. Often a quick look at the lyric sheet tells
me which. They didn’t do it for me nor did the singer’s vocals. Come
on, the world isn’t as exhausted as everyone thinks it is. Still, this
band bears more listening. Pretty cover art (JD)

(Flipside Records, PO Box 60790, Pasadena, CA 91116)

DIRT MERCHANTS - “Mindfuck/Beware of Dog” EP

Two pretty decent songs coming from the “we’re as arty as
we’re heavy” school. Side one is like taking one segment of a DRIVE
LIKE JEHU and condensing it to one song. Side 2 is like a more
upbeat rockin’ version of “100%”, Not ground breaking, but
pretty fuckin’ great for a live recording. (LH)

(U-Hold, 1 Craigie St, Ste. 8, Cambridge, MA 02138)

DONKEY “You’re Under Contract
Dude!” 2xEP

Easily one of my favorite
records this year. If you like THE EX
or THE DOG FACED HERMANS,
then this should be in your record
collection. Musically adventurous
without losing an ounce of intensity.
Lots of raw power without being re¬
petitive. (JT)

(Wormer Brothers. Villa Zuid Zaan-
dammerstraat 84,1531DS Wormer,

!»CTJiJKJMiV JL/o )

DONORA/BLOWUP KIT - split EP

I’ve heard the rumors about DONORA and they are true.
They fiickin rule. Really thick, tight, and heavy. They sound like a
more melodic LINCOLN. Not too melodic though, it’s right on the
edge of melodic and...um...not melodic. It’s an instrumental song.
BLO WUPKIT sound more like MIND OVER MATTER. They are
melodic and dissonant and really tight which makes it work, unlike
some bands who go too nuts and sound like shit. The production on
both songs is awesome, making this simply brilliant. (OP)

(City of Champions Records, 811W College Ave, State College, PA
16801)

DOOM- “The Greatest Invention” CD

The last time this label and band collaborated the result was
an impressive and stylish gatefold LP. This time we get a very
impersonal CD bereft of lyrics, pictures, or anything, A real
shame considering this is probably their best release yet The
heavy DISCHARGE influence has worn off a bit allowing for a lot
more creativity including exploration into other styles of hard¬
core, There’s a definite attempt to be noisier and the production
is nice and raw. Don’t give up on them yet (NN)

(Vinyl Japan, Seiwa Bldg 2F 4-9, 7 Chome, Nishi-Shinjuku,
Shiryuku-Ku, Tokyo, JAPAN)

DREAMS MADE FLESH - -Degenerate Renegade” EP

Catchy, melodic, mid-tempo rock with punk influences
and guitar hooks galore. Both male and female vocalists can really
sing. Excellent release.(MM)

(Interplanet Records, 5 Dale Ct, Stoneham, MA 02180)

THE DUMMIES - “Rock and Roll
2000” 45

Wow! These cretins from
Pennsylvania excrete hard-nosed
punk-rock that’ll shoot your gen¬
itals off. It’s fast, unrelenting, gui¬
tar powered, mudcaked and ap¬
proved by GG ALLIN. You hot¬
rod poseurs from the northwest
take heed - these incorrigible
youths will run your ass off the
road. In “I’m Going to Hell” the
DUMMIES sing “There’s nothing
in fhis world that’s important to
me ‘cept my guns and my booze + lotsa naked ladies.” Now these
guys have their heads screwed on straight! See you in hell. (BR)
(Bag of Hammers, PO Box 928, Seattle, WA 98111)

EISENVATER - CD

GORE-type instrumental bits combined with speedy grind-
core and a tip of the hat to the SWANS and GODFLESH. While
it’s easy to make comparisons, they’re definitely not a copycat
band. The intermingling of styles keeps it fresh and original with
a lot of powerful heaviness and a dash of brutal speed. For people
who like to be attacked from all sides, (NN)

(We Bite, PO Box 10172, Chicago, IL 60610-0172)

ERASE TODAY - “The Economic Prison” LP

HUSKER DU, THE RAMONES, SLF and NAKED RAYGUN.
Add BIG COUNTRY and early WIRE to that and I think you’ve

class consciousness in a country where it’s always close to the
surface anyway. Some good stuff from the the north of England.
(JD)

(Erase Today, 64 Sedbei gh Ave, Blackpool, Lancashire FY4 4DQ,

ERWIN + THE 2 DAYS - “Some People” EP

Warning: This record contains dangerous jazz weirdness
coupled with raw gitarre + encrusted singing! A woman sings one
part, a saxophone damages your cerebellum. Some moments are
like TOM WAITS, Le. melodic. (BR)

(Christian Bold, Liitzowstr 5,8-100 Augsburg, GERMANY)

FACE VALUE - “Kick It Over” LP

This is one of those bands with really bitter lyrics, quasi -
“Tony The Tiger” vocals and they do a BLACK SABBATH cover
to bootTruthftilly I didn’t like this very much and thought in parts
that it kind of dragged it’s feet; it’s powerful, but not in way that
motivate, or excites. For fans of macho-metal moshy stuff you
might like it better than I did. (LD)

(PO Box 1426, Medina, OH 44250)

FALSE SACRAMENT - “Paradigm”-EP

Last recording from the original ‘California’ line-up of FALSE
SACRAMENT, with the band continuing with the original “orig¬
inal” members from Virginia-confused? O.K.! A total headswirl of
bizarro stop-and-start rock-blast-bridge-noise-in tricate-fest topped
with Wendy’s haunting vocals. (KS)

(Very Small records, PO Box 2174, Berkeley, CA 94702)

Ff - “Pm Happy/These Things Happen”

A great power pop punky thing-ee here. Reminds me of THE
FIENDZ and THE DOUGHBOYS. Catchy tunes, nice harmonies.
Simply Sweet. (RL)

(Grind Records, PO Box 235, Garfield, NJ 07026)

FIGHTERS - “Give ‘Em the Busi¬
ness” EP

Up beat, entertaining “easy
punk”, with a sense of humor. Excel¬
lent sound bytes to start each side. I
like it. (KK)

(Rocco Rees, 2427 So. 58th Ct, Cice¬
ro, IL 60650)

FIZZY BANGERS-“Pop A Wheelie”
EP

ffOMtS

Okay, they’re from Hollywood so I was expecting to leave this
knee deep in cheese and I was right. Your basic second rate REDD
KROSS in terms of music. It’s catchy. It’s retro. It’s not especially
memorable. Dumb high school joke lyrics in a “Bill And Ted’s”
kinda way. Mostly moronic, but the song about Hot Dog On A Stick
is pretty funny. (LH)

(Dionysus, PO Box 1975, Burbank, CA 91507)

FLAG OF DEMOCRACY - “Schneller!” CD

F.O.D. has always been a favorite of mine but despite more
than a decade of frantically thrashing about, they still remain one
of the most underrated trios in punkdom. What we have here are
23 songs recorded live with decent sound quality. I recognize all of
the songs hut the first-time F.O.D. listener probably wouldn’t be
able to decipher half of what’s been created in this chaotic thrash
gumbo* A treat for diehards - a threat to rookies. (CD)

(Bitzcore, Postfach 304107, D-20324 Hamburg, GERMANY)

FOREGROUND-EP

Driven yet boring §E-sounding songs. It leaves me with the
same feeling I get after listening to SCHERZO. (KG)

(A Step Further Records, 123 Gauthier Terrbonne, PQ, J6W 5G2,
CANADA)

FORKEYE - “Grinning Skull/Perfumed Metal”

Reading the song titles, I thought this was more Neil’s deal
than mine, but FORKEYE attack with such a JESUS LIZARD-like
force on the A side, I thought it was JL themselves. The B side is
similar, but a bit less explosive. Vicious. (WG)

(Human Condition, 34 Westfield Rd., Edinburgh EH112QB, UK)

49 REASONS - “Midnight Snacks” EP

Garagey popcore with the East Bay sound, although the
band is from South Carolina All three songs have their share of
hooks. Recommended. (MC)v ; -

(49 Reasons 1840 Hampton St. #6, Columbia, SC 29201)

FRANCES GUMM - “Cruella” CD

First track is the killer. Great melodic punk sorta like early
SOUL ASYLUM. The rest of the disc ranges from similar (though
less inspired) songs to bland rock. Still, catchy tunes outweigh the
others and this is pretty good for a first outing. (LH)

(Land Speed. Box 7365, Fairfax Station, VA 22039)

FREE KITTEN - “Oh Bondage Up
Yours” EP

Sure, it’s full of big names
(Yoshlrai-BOREDOMS, Kim Gor-
don-SONlC YOUTH, Julie Cafritz-
PUSSY G ALORE), and, sure, they
cover X-RAY SPEX. but I’m per¬
turbed when bands put a complete
throw-away on the B side of a 7”. I
mean, you have so little space, why
not really, really use it? (KG)
(Sympadiy)

THE FRIGGS - “Bad Word For a
Good Thing/Friggs Theme”

60’s punk like an underpro¬
duced early GO-GO’S. Innocent
surly garage fuzz meant to be noth¬
ing more than its face value...so!id,
catchy, concise and fun. Perfect for a
“Beach Blanket” movie. (CD)
(Telstar Records, PO Box 1123,
Hoboken, NJ 07030)

FRUMPIES - “Babies and Bunnies”
EP

I heard their Gilman show
was a disaster-scene played with
practice amps and two-times as
many members — whatever.
“Whatsbisname The Frumpies”
makes me want to chuck-it-all, get
my wanton ass to Olympia and
pledge my allegiance to the greatest
band since CALAMITY JANE. Of
course, they’d send me right back,
broke fdth an open wound in my
chest. Yuck. As it stands, “Babies and Bunnies” is one great
garage-punk EP (featuring members of BIKINI KHX and BRAT-
MOBILE), but I want more! (MJ)

(Wiiija Records, 130 Talbot Rd, London, UK)

FRUMPIES - “Babies and Bunnies” EP

Hands down one of the worst bandsI’ve ever seen, at a bar,
no less. All of the major media hype revolving around this scene
makes me cough up hairballs as well. In a perfect world, this would
be in the cut-out bin at K Mart. Does this mean I’m banned from
the Olympia scene? See you at the brewery.(DH)

(Wiiija Records)

FUCKBOYZ - “Versus the Hawaiian Mafia” EP
A mutant mixture of punk and
always, the lyrics are clever, funny, and have really off-ldlh
themes, andlike usual the music changes tempo or!
when I start getting into it. I want to like these guys’ music mo
than I do, but if you’re warped (like Tesco) you might really $
on it. Maybe if 1 took some mind-expanding drugs...(JB)

(Last Resort, c/oM.Luv,2864A24thSfc,f ” . m

FUGAZI - “Ritalin Summer” EP

Some bands say they don’t mind being booted, as long as they
get some copies of said boot. Hmm. Well, here are two glorious
songs lifted from FUGAZI’s demo from 1988. I’ll let you find out
which they are. (KG)

(Virtual Records)

FUMES - “Knock Out the Axis” LP

I like these guys and they have, here, an excellent LP. Faster
paced punk rock with blazing guitars and strong LAZY COW-
GIRLS-ish vocals. The entire LP rips from one excellent track to
the next A lyric sheet would have been nice. Still, highly recom¬
mended. (KK)

(Empty Rees, PO Box 12034, Seattle, WA, 98102)

FUNCTION - “Trapped” EP

It’s kinda hard, heavy, and moshy, but I don’t get the feeling
that they want to rip my head off or that they are part of a silly
heterosexual white male club so It’s fine with me. Yeah it’s on
CRISIS and it’s hard, but it’s got a really good groove to it and it
doesn’t sound too generic. For hardcore fans this is a must, (OP)
(Crisis, PO Box 5232, Huntington Beach, CA 92615)

GAG - “A Friday Face With a Friday Smile” EP

That ahtsy noise-core that only the UK can manage to pro¬
duce properly. Similar to, but more chaotic than DOG FACED
HERMANS or HUGGY BEAR, With 8 songs in there, you’]
bound to like some of it. I like the 4th part of the 7th »
personally. (PC)

(Voice of Shade, PO Box 972, London S.E. 0PD, UK)

GAUGE - “Soothe” LP

There’s a lot about this record that reminds me of IIOO _
who, by the way, is one of my fave bands today,! think it’s the r
cool way the bass and two guitars have this rad interplay act
going on. There are even hints of CIRCUS LUPUS-l think it’s ....
weird chords. Vocals are full of expression, in a STILL LIFE sort
of way. Definitely a record I’ll put on again... (KG)

(THD, 2020 Seabury Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406)

GERMS - “Cruising Studio Ses¬
sions” EP

Four prime cuts of unreieased
vintage studio GERMS. These songs
have been bootlegged a few times
already so this is nothing but anoth¬
er chance to nab them if you didn’t
before. Incredible material that ac¬
tually sounds decent The only tiling
missing is “Lion’s Share” that was
actually used for “Cruising”. (CD)
(some sneaky twerp’s bedroom)

GIRLS AGAINST BOYS - “Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby” LP

All I really know about this band is their first album.
Compared with that this is much of more of a guitar driven outing.
On the one hand, it’s much more accessible in a rock sorta way.
But I kinda miss the ambience of the earlier stuff. Real good
sounding recording. But not especially exciting. (LH)

(Touch And Go)

Heavy, fast-paced, 3-chord fun. Political lyrics. They even
do a Conflict cover. I’d be the last person in the world to compare
female vocals to APPLE (‘cause everyone does) but she sounds
exactly like Jae (this is good ‘cause she rules). Kool kool kool one
here to put in yo hot little hands. (AI)

(Tribal War Records, PO Box 20012, Tompkins Sq. Sta., NY, NY
10009)

GREEN STREET - “Were You The One?AVouldn’t It Be Fun¬
ny?”

Two musical questions that bring to mind a third; Why
don’t more bands play *77 style punk, Possible answers; 1. It’s not
1977 any more. 2. Unlike “alternative” rock it requires talent. This
Chicago band make an impressive debut with two solid tunes.
They crank up the guitars and play ‘77 style punk with a Mid west¬
ern flair. (MC)

(Green Street, PO Box 578539, Chicago, IL 00657)

GUT-“Platypus” EP

This alternates between heavy post-punk and more contem¬
porary punk rock; it's pretty powerful either way, but seems to be
lacking, maybe it’s focus. Strong musicianship, though. (WG)
(Powernap, 24181/2 W Main, Houston, TX 77098)

GUZZARD - “Glued” EP

This was very kool to listen to. Lotsa chucka-chuka-chuka
guitar stuff. Catchy guitar on side A, up and down musical
mayhem. Side B is a little odder, but still good. Recommended, but
I like my goldfish unglued, thank you very much. (AI)

(AmRep)

HAND OVER HEAD - “Goliath” EP

One of those records that you wonder whether the speed is
33 or 45. Can’t tell what they ’re saying exactly Side A seems to
abound with biblical references and Side B repeats again and
again “I’m not afraid.” I think they listen to a lot ofNeurosis. (JT)
(ASP,PO Box 4200, Corpus Christi, TX 78469)

HAZLEWOOD - “They Slaughtered Smalt Children” EP

Not sure of this disc’s origin, either a New Zealand thing or
improbably, a Belgium band that’s influenced by the whole
EXPRESSWAY label The druinless, experimental nature of this
firmly plants this in the aforementioned NZ label. Best song is
fEbey slaughtered small children” which reminds me of the last
JEFFRIES/MUIR collaboration in its swirly SYD BARRETT-
isms and grating, colliding tinhorn guitars, tape loops et. al. The
rest of the disc doesn’t quite hit it on the head like this tune. (HD)
(Turbulence, Lostraat 34,2220 Heist-op-den-berg, BELGIUM)

HELLBENDER - “Clocked Out/Couch”

These guys sound like DAG NASTY with a tad of emo
influence. The A-side didn’t do much for me, but the B-side is a
great slower groovin’ emo pop anthem. Worth it for the great B-
side. (RL)

(Behemoth, PO Box 874, Lindenhurst, NY 11757-0874)

HEROIN -12”

Well, goddamnit, of course I love this record. It’s fast, angry
hardcore from San Diego that somehow maintains melodies and
hooks you with interesting, cool, manic parts. What’s really neat is
that this recording has a bunch of junk in between songs. Junk like
weird stuff that was caught on tape during this session. It all adds
a rad haphazardness to your listening... (KG)

(Gravity, PO Box 17052, San Diego, CA 92177)

HOLE - “Gutless” EP

Call me out of it, but I’ve never
heard HOLE before. They're great!

Maybe this parallel has been drawn
before but they sound just like THE
MUFFS or maybe THE MUFFS
sound just like HOLE. Dreamy
creamy wonderftil full throaty fe¬
male vocals that I worship. This
brought to you courtesy of a UK
radio show in March *93 and April
‘93. Excellent sound quality, but it’ll
cost you...$7.98 purchased at Amoe¬
ba’s in Berkeley. If it’s any help the proceeds go to Frances Bean’s
College Fund Records.) (SB)

(no address)

HORACE PINKER - “Knives, Guns & Ammunition” EP

Sun drenched Arizona melodicore I)IY 7” EP. Need I say
more? I think not (DH)

(Rhetoric Records, PO Box 82, Madison, WI53701)

HORCHATA- “Humane Restraint” EP

Interesting, odd-beat stuff here that comes together. Very
bassy, danceabie and original. Vocals sound like RUSH. That gives
it, well, a distinct sound. Kool. I like it. (Especially withstraitjackets
on the cover). (AI)

(Mind of a Child Records, PO Box 1586, Findlay, OH 45839-1586)

HOT BOX- “Girl Like You/Eternal Life”

“Girl” is a tasty, atmospheric hook-laden number with loud,
TELEVISION-like guitars which I find absolutely irresistible.
“Life” is a bit more countrified, but otherwise has all the same
appealing qualities. A very promising debut. (,TB)

(Vagrant, 7507 Sunset Blvd. #206, L.A., CA 90046)

HULLABALOO - “Regurgitator” CD

HULLABALOO claims to be able to fuck your brains out,
but their total lack of hook-filled rhythms and tuneage makes me
believe that they can’t fuck at all. This release is filled with the sort
of self-indulgent, arty, ugly noise (with treated vocals, horns,
keyboards, etc.) that invariably makes me wish that those who
decided to inflict it on the world had died a premature death. The
only redeeming quality here is the garage aesthetic, and a couple of
the songs are relatively straightforward and unmarred by disjoint¬
ed doodling (like “280”), but I can’t think of a better argument in
favor of JUDAS PRIEST and AC/DC (whose songs they butcher
herein) than this. So awful that even Amphetamine Reptile wouldn’t
touch it. (JB)

(Musical Tragedies, PO Box 12034,

Seattle, WA 98102)

HYPOCRITICAL SOCIETY -
"Pyre" 2xEP

Slow-to-mid tempo hardcore
that’s chunky, hard and painful.
Reminiscient of many current Cali¬
fornia slash-and-burn outfits. (TY)
(Timo Schroder, Hebbelstr 29,30177
Hannover 1, GERMANY)

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ICE - “Making Up For Lost Time” EP

Four funny tracks from this Orange County band. I don’t
know if I should cry or if should laugh. Their music is fun. it's punk
mixed with funk and slow rock with really simple generic riffs, and
vocals ala BUG OUT SOCIETY and YUPPICIDE. Their lyrics

the fun of it, and it’s on Ringside records—’’Records you can bob
and weave to n savs Evan, (FA)

(Ringside, 17860 New Hope St #A-171, Fountain. Valley, CA
92708)

ICONOCLAST - “Groundlessness of Belief’ EP

With a more raelodically layered sound then their previous
stuff, this record includes some excellent songs with matching
production. Very tight coherent structure helps to direct the
energy and sentiments and it all seems to resonate a frustration
both internal and external in focus. (MK)

(Ebullition, PO Box 680, Goleta, CA 93116)

ILL REPUTE “Big Rusty Balls'* LP

I feared the worst I was wrong. Nardcore veterans return
with a healthy dose of kitchy power pop punk. Is this the same

just a coupla years ago? (DH)
(Dr Strange)

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IMPATIENT YOUTH - “Tin Go¬
ing to Explode/Don’t Make Me

■■■ Anexceilentreturntothefray
after almost a ten year absence. This
record rocks harder than the band’s
debut way back in the halcyon days
ofSFpunk.BillRay Martinis joined
by Suzy Mae Martin on bass & vox,
and Curt Anderson on drums and
vox, delivering a solid effort

■■■1 ly DAMNED meets THE STOOG¬
ES. Locals are looking forw ard to IMPATIENT YOUTH’S return
to live shows. (BR)

(Billy Ray Martin Music, PO Box 4171, Sunland, CA 91041)

JACK MEAT AND THE UNDERGROUND SOCIETY - “Load¬
ed in Candyland” EP

Their self proclaimed originality describes them as 10 other
American bands inside their bio. What a waste of paper anyhow.
Pretty fucking mellow. All riffs I’d heard before, another band
with nothing important on their minds. An over abundance of
bands, we pay the price. (SM)

(Trash Can, Makasiinikuga 5,61800 Kauhajok, FINLAND)

JACKHAMMER - EP

Ballsy, angry, introspective, hard edged emocore. And I
don’t mean little balls. I mean huge, floppy rhinoceros balls. The
kind worn by the multitudes of other ham-fisted guitarrorists of
the post-straight edge ilk. Four mean, but not lean, most
soundtracks that are destined to be the cats meow in suburban SE
scenes across the midwest (CD)

(Initial Records, PO Box 251145, W Bloomfield, MI 48325)

JOE CHRIST & BIGGER THAN GOD - “Acid Is Groovy, Kill
The Pigs” EP

How cool...a 7” movie soundtrack. CHRIST & GOD flail
thru four post-hippy, trippy, pseudo-psych dirges. Three originals
and a LOVE cover (“Signed D.C.”). cover art by veteran freak Joe
Coleman. One of those things you have to be in the mood for to
appreciate. (CD)

(151 First Ave, #77, NY, NY 10003)

JA WBREAKER/CRIMPSHRINE
split 45

Yay! Someone finally put out
“Better Half’, the best song from
JAWBREAKER’S first demo. But
don’t ask them to play it live-they
won’t! Thfe CRIMPSHRINE song

(“Sanctuary”) was on the “Caution”
EP before, but the sound quality is

'

Food NotBombs,thouj^.Whoknows

person.) It’s an awesome song, of course. Find out why yours

HH
(PC)

(Skene!, PO Box 4522, St. Paul, MN 55014)

THE KEEP “Tonic Puppy” EP

THE KEEP go through musical styles like nothir
which means lean really dig a pop-punk song like “Go Dov
“Now” (which have the energy of a BUZZCOCKS’ singftfl|
really cringe during die improvisational, CREAM-like “Toil
Sonic Mucky” or “Fletche Discovers Mars.” Aaron Probe told
that Ron of Ratfish Records decided to record them “jamn

(Ratfish Records, PO Box 1869, Cambridge,.

KENT 3 - “Chromles” EP

Spastic chaotic punk with a strong GERMS feel. Very cat
andraw,Gr^at!{MH)

(Bag of Hammers, PO Box 928, Seattle, WA 98111)

KINGS OF FEED BACK/O.B.E. - split EP

' t lOby’relmdk and they’re wacked, setting at the flood gaf
twisted murder psycho bands. This shit rocks, total wall of
throb throbbing noise! I am sure there neighbors are waf
them. Kill kifl I

of raw maggot infested meat. (SM)

(Immortal, PO Box 221, Boston, MA 02123)

KREAMY ‘LECTRIC SANTA - “Supergroup 2000” EP

Trashy garagey lo-fi noise pop. Hand colored cover, I
stuff inside. This here is the world’s first vinal 7” CD. Fun.
(Paddvwagon Jive, PO Box 55891, Miami, FL 33255-8911)

L7 - “Gyne Lo Mein” EP

gPretend We’re Dead” & “Shove”
man radio. Not bad, but what’s the point? (MM)

(no address)

LEGAL WEAPON - “The World is
Flat” EP

; Arising from relative non-
existence LEGAL WEAPON is back
(one of the original early 80’s CA
bands) with a tough single. Hints of
FEAR blend with the MINUTE
MEN while Kat Arthur’s vocals put
L7 in the gutter. Angst-ridden and
edgy. (MH)

(Last Resort Records, PO Box 2986,
Covina, CA 91722)

LAZY COWGIRLS - “Another Long Goodbye” 10”

Glad to see these guys back, tho I don’t think these 4 songs
(not 3, as it says best A bit slowed -

down, a bit unenergetic, but their protopunk sound faces the real
WMjj fefliey try coveting THE REMAINS (mid-60’s great

ITIME DEFONCE - “Anarchy in Pink City” LP
Well, so much for those snide comments I made about
French bands last issue! Here’s a great hardcore band with
melody, power, good (non-moaning) vocals, songs that don’t all
sound the same, cool packaging, and what appear to be hard-
political lyrics (in French).Pleaseallow me to eat my
avec frites if possible, and all hail the mighty force of
hardcore. (EW)

BP 5058 31033, Toulouse Cedex, FRANCE)

LESS MISERABL1S « EP

If my name was Bluto, I
would name this record “Popeye”
cuz it keeps beating my ass. In a
marked improvement from their

er and older material. If the
AVENGERS first formed today
and sped up a lot, I think they’d
sound remarkable similar to this.
Eloquent, intelligent lyrics and hy¬
peractive, hair-singeing hardcore are a fine combo. So why in
tarnation did they have to break up? (CD)

;|TrivoIta Revolts Records, PO Box 423592, San Francisco, CA
94102)

LIFETIME - “Background” LP

“and the award for the idosiH^Pi|lliHSIMR„. „—
to (drumroll please).. .LIFETIME” (the crowd goes nuts). This
record is sooooo good, miles above their previous 7”. Let me start

. were. LIFETIME has a really heavy, deep, low
end sound on one guitar that makes them much better than that
t New Age so you think it’s typical, but for what
BBBB jBMBMi a woman in the band and apparently someone
in the band is gay. It may sound petty to mention those things but
it’s a definite progression from the heterosexual boy-core that
■Mor hardcore. (OP) ,* '&'■§;

VE, TRUTH & HONESTY - “The Impossible Dream” EP
This band from Belgium play melodic hardcore that sounds
like they’re from America: at least they could have fooled me. The
music isn’t all that original, but it is good. (MC)

(Jeroen, PO Box 90,8500 Kortrijk, BELGIUM)

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LOVE BATTERY - LP

This sounds Uke the TREEPEOPLE meets NIRVANA.
Everything about it screams, sounds, tastes, feels, smells, and
reminds me of SUB POP. Kind of like reviewing a BAD RELI¬
GION record. It sounds Uke a SUB POP record and it is, what a
surprise! (OP)

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M.L.O.D. - EP

This fuckin’ rocks! A mix of LIFE BUT HOW TO LIVE IT

MONA LISA OVERDRIVE which is kinda corny. Still, a good
band that’s heavy without resorting to mosh parts. (LH)

(Far Out Records, Seestrasse 109,8002 Zurich, SWITZERLAND)

MAGGOT SLAYER OVERDRIVE/CORPUS VILE - split I P
The perfect album for anyone with spikey hair, nappy dreads
or anything about themselves remotely crusty. Two-fingers-in-the-
air, ale-swiggin’, fuck-all U.K. hardcore. A new addition to the
RDA of any stenchy or aspiring-to-be stenchy folk. (GD)

(MCR UK, PO Box 1313, Bath, BA13TJ, UK)

MAN OR ASTROMAN - “Supersonic Toothbrush Helmet” EP
Twangy instrumentals reminiscent of LAWNDALE
(who?). At home in the garage or on the beach. Actually some
people speak on side B. Nice full odor cover. (MM)

: College Dr., Nanaimo, BC, V9R 5Z5,

CANADA)

MARIONETZ-“I’m Weljraum” EP
What a fun bunch of guys these
MARIONETZ are. Formed in 1978
in Germany, they carry on with a
tradition ofsweetharmonies and lilt¬
ing pop-punk similar to the PARA¬
SITES from New Jersey USA. It’s so
soothing to hear safe music amidst all
these angry punk bands today. Fast-
backs fans take note, (BR)
(Incognito,Hochfirstr23,70178Stut-
tgart, GERMANY)

MEDUSA-“X-Rated” CD

The members of this band are named Cathrine, Mona, Siri,
and Wenke. Is this an all womyn band? Should that matter? This
is kind of an alternative rock thing. It did not appeal to me nor did
it make me cringe. From Norway. (DH)

(Beri Beri, Marschner Str. 32,2000 Hamburg, GERMANY)

MISERY INDEX/PRIMITIVE
TRIBES-split EP

MISERY INDEX does an in¬
teresting song that drips of NINA
HAGEN. I like it. PRIMITIVE
TRIBES does a rough mid-tempo
punk rock groove thing. This spUt is
a cut above your ordinary 3-chords
+grunts=way kool punkage. Worth
gittin. (AI)

(Cactus Prick Records, PO Box
27142, Tempe, AZ 85285)

THE MONOMEN/THE APEMEN -
split EP

Every ten years there seems to
be a revival of ‘60s garage and surf
instrumentals. This is the latest of a

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bands offer good material, but then
again in this genre you can’t go too
far wrong. Collectors of the genre
will want to pick this up. Serious
collectors may want to pick up a bank
loan. (MC)

(Demolition Derby, HOLLAND)

MOTHER FIST * “All the Lessons” EP

A four hanger here. Hard driving tempo, simple; straight
aheadpunk ala RAMONES. With one hell of a Uckety split smoky
sausage finger lead guitarist! To much bedroom rock, but still an
angst punk rock feel here. (SM)

MOTHERLOAD “Buck Toothed Dream” CD

The second release from the most underappreciated power
pop punk band in the land. Geof has lixed every broken van that’s
ever passed through Spokane for years now. They can giveSCHLO-
NG a run for their money in the alcohol abuse department Yes,
they’re good friends. Yes, they rule. Word. Watch for a full
lengther on Empty next year. (DH)

(Trench Records, PO Box 40041, Spokane, WA 99202)

MR. 1000 - “She's Coming Home/Rain Water”

This output is D€*isii but not completely devoid of guts of
any kind. There are some nice subtle hooks (and some not so subtle
ones) which hold it all together pretty admirably. I really liked
singer Joyce Raskin’s vocals, she sounds akin to Exene Cervenka
but I believe she has more range. (JD)

(69 Hope St, Providence, RI02906)

MUDHONEY - “Touch Me, I’m Sick/Mudride”

Is another release of this song really necessary? Don’t get me
wrong, I mean, it was cool when Matt Dillon sang “Touch Me, I’m
Dick,” but a demo of a song that received this much play? Well,you
know — ‘saw it-didit-nailed thatdoor shut’ Blue vinyl, but does
it really make a difference? (MJ)

(Diseased Discs, no address)

MY NAME - “Wet Hills and Big Wheels” CD

Chunky Seattle rock in the vein of ALICE IN CHAINS or
PEARL JAM.(MH)

(CZ Records, 1407 E. Madison #41, Seattle, WA 98122)

NAKED I - “Anus Horribiius” CDEP

I’m not too sure how to describe this. Every ‘hip’ ‘alterna¬
tive’ style is explored, and done fairly well actually. Umm... the
production is excellent, it’s not wimpy... is it possible that this is
‘middle of the road’ hut in a ‘good’ way? I guess, Geez. (DH)
(Wake Records, 3 Moorland Terrace, Torrington, EX3S 8DD,
ENGLAND)

NECK DEEP-EP

This is of that SoCal musclecore breed. Chugga-chugga
guitars and moshable tempos with forced angry vocals. Much akin
to the whole Nemesis sound. The kind of music that’s perfect for
baseball caps, oversize shorts and Beefy-T’s. (CD)

(Insta-noise Records, PO Box 894, Huntington Beach, CA 92648-
0894)

NEUTHRONE - “As the Grey Skies QjteiiedO^

Well, this is a tough one to call - while overhearing someone
else playing it at 33rpm,I insisted it was meant to be played at 45.
You guessed it, I was wrong. Although I think it sounds better at
45, it’s good metallic grind in the vein of GRIEF or the like. (TM)
(Genet Records, PO Box 447,9000 Gent 1, BELGIUM)

NEXT STEP UP - “Heavy” LP

NY style hardcore meets NY style post-hardcore metal
grunge. The title says it ail, and it sunk to the bottom of my pile.
(TY)

(Shadow Records, 947 Twilight Dr, Baltimore, MD 21236)

NIBLICK HENBANE “Land Of The Brave” EP
All the latest Headache releases seem to be
pattern-—excellent oi/punk music with your usual drink/l
lyrics, and then at least one really stoopid nationalistic song,
at least they’re not nazis. (TY)

(Headache, PO Box 204, Midland Park, NJ 07432)

NOOSE /STRONTIUM DOG -split EP
Oh the angst! Oh the tortured lives
quick (but not quick enough) run through “gloomcore” cliches
without adding anything interesting. NEUROSIS on a year’s sup¬
ply of downers and high-school poetry notebooks. (JT)
(Malignant, 23 Broadway St, Wooloongabba 4103, AUSTRAIL-
IA)

NUNS - “Live at Mahuhay Gardens” LP

Whilethe NUNS rode the wave of punk in ‘77, they never

their reputation. It sounds like was recorded off a Walkman
only “Suicide Child” comes oft the record with thrills intact For
fans. (SS)

(Out of Darkness Records)

OXBLOOD - “Under the Boot” EP

Oi, oi, oi! Authentic boot boy music with power and venom
coupled with the vision of the N.E. USA skinhead movement
People who share the love for good music and beer, (i.e. TfiB£
WRETCHED ONES) don’t even have to embrace ail the politics.
Good band. (BR)

(Headachs, PO Box 204, Midland Park, NJ 07432)

PAVEMENT - “Stray Slack” LP

This is fantastic! A band I’ve always loved on record
WENT sound pretty incredible on this live recording. Old songs as
far back as “Box Elder” sound great up to date with full band. Good
quality recording from their Brixton Academy show with SONIC
YOUTH. Funny, I remember them really sucking live... (LH)
Cnoaddress)

: : X ;

PEAR/THUD split EP

Both bands are Dutch and play melodic punk with good
vocals. My favorite song is “Thanks Keith” by PEAR-a really
catchy number with funny lyrics. I’d recommend this record for

.*““,■■8,1°",(pci

•••

(Kelt)

PENELOPE TRIP - “Hammerhead” EP

Kinda reminds me of the VUE CHERUBS with no oomph or

or two this band could beat the top of the ‘alternative’ press’charts.

<sl> I_• l■ m

m

(Munster Records, Apdo 18107,28080 Madrid, SPAIN)

PENNYWISE * “Unknown Road” LP

Now that BAD RELIGION has signed to Atlantic Records,
you can listen to this band and pretend they’re them—which won’t
be hard as they have that “Epitaph” sound. While not as intellec¬
tual lyrically, the themes are similar, the song structures echo BR,
and outside of slightly peppier playing, double bass drums and an
occasional squawky guitar lead, this is essentially the BAD RELI¬
GION formula. (TY)

(Epitaph)

PHALLOCRACY - “Vulva Crunch” 10”

Huge fucking surprise here- with the cardboard bare-bones
packaging, Xerox handwritten lyric sheet -1 was prepared for
minimalist three chord punk. What I got was a serious headclean¬
ing - discordant guitar leading into furious hardcore. Totally solid
production and a mastery of getting things done quickly (no song
over 1:56) - this is the shit. Hunt this one down - you won’t be
disappointed. (TM)

(At Your Servicks, PO Box 20161, Barrie Ontario, L4M 6H2,
CANADA)

PILL BOX - “Holly/Sinister”

I sort of like this. Musically it’spretty good. Sort of a mix of
raunchy guitar stuff and the CYNICS or something along those
lines. ’‘Sinister” is the real A-side as “Holly” is marred by pretty
corny vocals. The songs themselves are pretty good though with a
cool guitar sound. (LH>

(Get Hip, PO Box 666, Canonshurg, PA 15317)

THE PLEASURE FUCKERS -
“Snakebite/Haven’t Got The Time”
Here’s another amazing re¬
lease fTom a great Spanish punk
rock band. It’s actually a re-release
of some stuff that was severely lim¬
ited in 1991. Lucky us. There is an
excellent original song “Snakebite,”
which punks along at a fast clip with
hooks and all. The flip is a PAGANS
cover done with a lot of respect and
guts. Very good record. (BR)
(Crypt Records, Hopfenstr 32,2000

Hamburg 36, GERMANY)

PLEASURE FUCKERS - “Supper Star” CD

This CD is on the Crypt label, which can only mean one
thing—raunchy garage punk. Andsure enough, that’s what we’ve
got here. The P-FUCKERS are a band based in Spain (though
most of the members have non-Spanish names), and this release
showcases some amazingly great punked-out garage cuts (like
“Pink House Club”, “JustLike Your Mom ’, “Nos Van a Desinfec-
tar”, and the title track), interspersed with somewhat less compel¬
ling 60s-influenced, bluesy, or trashabilly numbers. Everything is
raw as hell, the singer has a voice as imposing as his bulk, and there
are lots of satirical sexual themes. All in all, a minor drunk punk
classic. (JB)

(Crypt, Hopfenstr 32,2000 Hamburg 36, GERMANY)

POLITICAL ASYLUM - “How the West Was Won” 10”

“I’ve Got a Name” is a catchy authentic song in a FUELy
vein of things. But ultimately that doesn’t detract from the hell of
annoyingsingingand trite political lyrics on the other 5 songs. One
side is all acoustic and features an odious rendition of HUSKER
DU’s “Don’t Wanna Know if You Are Lonely” which prompted
made me wanna take this record and melt it into a new ashtray.
(PC)

(Allied, PO Box 460683, SF, CA 94146)

POLITICAL VERMIN - EP

Everything you would expect from a one-sided live flexi of a
Polish grindcore band. Sounds like the soundtrack to a ten car pile
up. Now if only I can find a copy. (NN)

(Andreas Focker do Golla-Tenholdt, Hans-Kruse Str. 21, 5900
Siegen, GERMANY)

POP-O-PIES - “In Frisco/Squarehead”

Both of these mid-speed punkers were recorded in one take,
and both have an off-hand humor that makes for a light, breezy
record. While not up to their classic “Truckin’”, it’s still nice to
have these guys back. (SS)

(PO Box 426464, San Francisco, CA 94142)

PORCH - “Expectorant/Iceberg”

Is it prerequisite to mention that these folks are from PRI¬
MUS, SISTER DOUBLE HAPPINESS, and SAMIAM? It reminds
me in places of early (pre-sellout) PERE UBU. (JT)

(Alternative Tentacles)

PORCH - “Expectoraunt/Ice Berg”

It’s a celebrity band, now that’s an original idea to get signed.
Not! What a bunch of weak sloppy shit, avant guard art rock, as
punk as an insurance salesman. Total VICTIMS FAMILY, NO
MEANS NO rip off. I am waiting for the DEAD KENNEDYS clone
band myself. Hey, would PORCH want to challenge me to a
wrestling match? (SM)

(Alternative Tentacles)

PORK - “Wicked Ways/Things to Do”

Three women who remind me of The AVENGERS, albeit an
ultra-raw version of that sound. “Wicked Ways” sounds like it was
written by Penelope Houston 15 years ago, and it’s pretty good.
(MC)

(K, PO Box 7154, Olympia, WA 98507)

PRE-HISTORIC/ALLENA - split CD

Split disc from SWEDEN here. PRE-HISTORIC is your
basic pop punk in the SCREECHING WEASEL vein. Pretty good
with “Graveyard Party Blues” standing out with it’s cod guitar
lines. ALLENA is arty techno-ish stuff in the TUXEDO MOON
vein. Not my cup o’ tea, but there is some decent echo-ee jangly
guitar stuff (early CURE) thrown in. (RL)

(Wounded Records, Box 193,612 24, Finspang, SWEDEN)

PRESSURE 28 - “Get Ready/Up Yours”

Straight-forward PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES

Oi that lacks the crass charm of that band* Just when it seems they
might have something intelligent to say, they belt into “Up yours,
Up yours, I ain’t listening”. Not the kind of guys you want to
challenge to a game of Risk. (KK)

(Kev, Flat 2, Stanley Place, Salop Road, Oswestry, Shropshire,
SYll 2 RG, ENGLAND)

PRIMITIVE TRIBES - “While No
One Was Looking” EP

An aggressive post-hardcore
that’s got some straight ahead HC
mixed with a swirly, psychdelic sound
that reminds me of late 70s UK post¬
punk and 80s anarcho-punk. Lyrics
are excellent, tough—sometimes
sung, sometimes ranted. Hard to be¬
lieve they ain’t Brits. (TY)

(Dave 201, PO Box 803, Flagstaff, AZ
86002)

PROBLEM CHILDREN - “Kids Next Door” CD

Where I used to live, these guys were the best semi-local band¬
it was so great to see they’re still around - they’ve dropped off the
pace a bit, but they’re still true to form on tracks like ‘Hunters’ and
‘Left for Dead’. Made my day to read the lyrics to ‘Ugly’ and
Jaime’s message to the majors... Still kicking ass! (TM)
(EnGuard, 1671 St Hubert, Montreal, PQ, 4Z1- 3Z1, CANADA)

PROCESS - “World of File” LP

A record which definitely sounds like it’s from So. Cat
Powercore which concerns itself with animal rights and emo stuff.
If you’re into bands like 411, FARSIDE etc. then this is probably
for you. (LD)

(Conversion)

PSYCHO - “Mass Consumption”
EP

Boston’s buddies of blurr
punch through seven monstrous
pre-grind whirlwinds. Musically
this is my favorite of their recent
offerings. Vocally they throw in a
twist with the use of a pitchshifter
to simulate the demons from “Evil
Dead”. Fast & croopy. I had the
pleasure of finally meeting ’em re¬
cently and I just gotta tell all of you
who think they’re twisted and evil
that they’re some of the nicest pussy-

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(Thrash Records, BP 1291,76068 Le Havre Cedex, FRANCE)

PSYCHOPLASMA - “Zegunda” CD

Wacky Finns kicking out punk a shade not too far removed
from FRANK ZAPPA or WALL OF VOODOO, especially in the
vocals. Unfortunately, like those artists, it occasionally dips into
self-indulgent rock, but cranks up enough for a fun listen. (KS)
(Gaga Goodies Oy, PO Box 47, SF-13211HML, FINLAND)

PSYCHOTIC TURNBUCKLES - “Crazy Times Ahead” EP
Here’s a lackluster effort from these Australian knuckle¬
heads. It consists of mundane watered-down STOOGES riffs sung
in fine crotch-rock style. Slightly Better than AEROSMITH.
There’s a hint of RADIO BIRDMAN influence here, but it just
doesn’t get off the ground. (BR)

(Sympathy)

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| PUBLIC TOYS - EP

Excellent traditional, sing-a-
I long punk from Germany, with
strong vocals and excellent rhythm
guitar. At times a perfect 10 on the
head-bouncing scale, other times not
quite so good. Impressive, overall.
(KK)

(Teenage Rebel Rees, Gerresheimer
Str. 16,40211 Diissetdorf, GERMA¬
NY)

RF7 - “Traditional Values” CD

Are they back? Did they ever go away? Whatever the story
is, this disc showcases their almost-semi-sorta classic brand of
early ‘80’s SoCal punk. 16 raw, rocking anthems with that old,
thick Posh Boy style production. Sounds like Lemmy singing for
a punk band with that scurvy-ridden pirate voice. Solid, memora¬
ble, punchy and punky. Maybe the geezers will even come out to
play soon!?! (CD)

(Screaming Skull Records, PO Box 136,240$ Glendale Blvd, LA,
CA 90036)

RATTUS - “Levytykset 1981-1984” CD

All of the records they did with the Poko label in the early
eighties (obviously). Everyone should know they were one of the
top Finnish bands ever - just about everything they put out kicked
ass in a major way, and these were among their better records. It’s
tracked in reverse chronological order, which is a pain as their
earliest stuff is their best, but without a doubt this has been getting
the heavy playing time with me. (TM)

(Poko Rekords Oy, PO Box 483, SF-33101 Tampere, FINLAND)

RAW POWER - LP

This is the new LP coming from a band that put out some of
the best records: fast, with just a tinge of metal, and the most
amazing shrieking vocals, gone is the trademark “mouse trapped
in a combine” screaming, and added is a heavier i.e. “mosh” metal
direction, altho’ to their credit this is considerably better than their
last few releases. Some partsare actually quite good, and if they can
lose the hints of METALLICA I’d like it even more. (LD)
(Rosemary’s, Corso de Tinton 6, 50122 Firenze, ITALY)

REFUSED- “This is the New Deal” CD

5-song EP from Swedish straight-edgers meets at the cross¬
roads between US Hardcore and RAW POWER. Metallic leads
drive punchy Vtwisty “speedcore”, where the lyrics-in English
tread familar territory. A good one. (KS)

(Burning Heart Records, Box 33,737 21 Fagersta, SWEDEN)

REFUZORS - “I Think I Lost My Faith/Jim Jones”

The very best of the new batch of Bag of Hammers releases.
The REFUZORS are a bunch of late 70s punk vets who recently
recorded these cuts. They still have a nice dirty garage sound with
memorable hooks and primitive guitar leads. The A-side grabs you
by the throat right away; the flip is a slower, more seductive thing.
A triumphant return. (JB)

(Bag of Hammers, PO Box 928, Seattle, WA 98111)

RIG - “Warthole” EP

Pretty heavy stuff here. If HELMET sounds a bit too much
like METALLICA these days, RIG’s full power attack may get
your adrenalin pumping in a more direct, punkish way. (WG)
(Unclean, PO Box 49737, Austin, TX 78765)

RITUAL DEVICE - “Henge” LP

I began listening to this without even looking at it and had it
pegged as a Touch and Go-ey thing like JESUS LIZARD and low
and behold, it’s produced by a JL guy. Although it’s a bit long, this
has a similar twisted, warped, mutated energy fused with dark
power. A forceful deal* (WG)

(Redemption Records, PO Box 3244, Omaha, NE 68103-0244)

RINGWORM - “The Promise” LP

Rather metallic straightedge-sounding songs that follow the
rules too closely to bring any fresh air to this genre of music. Sounds
like it could have come out on Revelation six years ago. No lyric
sheet-I don’t know what’s being related here. (KG)

(Incision Records, PO Box 3103, Bellingham, WA 98227)

ROPE-EP

An emo version of BIG BLACK doing a noisy, noodling cover
of early PiL? An art rock Touch & Go band raped by JAD FAIR?
I don’t know what it is, but it scares me. (CD)

(Fear Of Pop Music, 3871 Piedmont Ave, Box 312, Oakland, CA
94611)

SAD PYGMY - “Sometimes Night¬
mares” EP

SAD PYGMY pays very basic,
straightforward, riffy punk rock
with sassy female vocals. Energetic,
though uninspired. (SS)

(PO Box52621, Houston, TX77052)

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When I got this CD I thought that the lyrics were going to be
really bad because of the cover which has a small kid with a beer
fyJP Wssi«Mt:M«i titey’f<e OK. My favorite s^agis “Life”, a sarcastic-
song about Jesus. Musically they are in a BAD RELIGION/NOFX
vein, same riffs, but they add a little more to their lyrics. Have now
changed their name to TEN FOOT POLE. (FA)

(PO Box 3237, Simi Valley, CA 93093)

SCROG > “Learning Compromise” EP

Art damage, dirged out muppets. Complete depression
whining and screaming vocals. A very unstable vocal range.
Hobbit lust music. Heavy, dark, full sounding guitar riffs that fall
into a void of squeaky art rock bridges. Solid asa 100 pound anvil.
NEUROSIS beware! (SM)

SEERSUCKER - “Smokestack”
jfjEP

Heavily influenced by MUD-
HONEY and SONIC YOUTH.
Same edgy guitars and screamed-
growled vocals, same pauses and
phrasings in the songs. Well done,
but.... (MH)

(Worrybird Records,. PO Box
95485, Atlanta, GA 30347)

SEVERIN - “Beagles, Beagles” EP

First things first I've always hated SupPop ‘singles club.” I
don’t like the making of a record to make collectors pay big bux
later on. I think it sucks. OK, on to the band, more of SEVERIN’s
twisting pop. Sounds kinda like some of the bands these people
have been ip. That’s not a bad thing. So there you have it—
SEVERIN, SupPop, Single o die Month! Snatch it up, dude! (SL)
(SubPop) . fcyu/;-■ r 1 ! - ' H*'■

SHORTY-“Kaput” EP

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“Kaput” is a noisy, pounding song with a nice chunky bass sound*
altho’ it pales in comparison tpthe version of VAN HALEN “Hot
For Teacher”. Which is pretty hilarious and a damned site better
than the original. (LD)

(Skin Graft, PO Box 257546, Chicago, IL 60625)

SHOTMAKER - EP

some neat guitar and bass interplay
hear** the problem comes with the

me

SHOVELHEAD - “Promises” CD

I swear there must bea book written “How to get that Seattle
sound”. These guys could have published it. Thick sounding rock
guitars with a mix between DANZIG and Robert Plant on vocals.
A year and a half ago no one would have even considered playing
this shit. One more reason I fucking hate NIRVANA. (OP)
(Static Records)

SINISTER SIX - “Pain In My Head/

I Can Only Give You Everything”

SINISTER SIX’S third single
is okay, while completely unremark¬
able—“Deloused” is much better!

The band chose a mediocre original
for the A side, but they chose a truly
classic song to cover on the B—it’s a
60s garage punk masterpiece. This
version is acceptable, but if you’ve
never heard THEM’s version, do it
People, you must give Van Morri¬
son’s sin|pjpiQ it a listed .

times the grit and one hundred times the soul. (BR)
(Get Hip, PO Box 666, Canonsburg, PA 15517)

SLUG • “Hambone City/King of Ghosts”

Fuck this band, overrated junkie noise! A bad imitation of
PUSSY GALORE! (SM)

(Sympathy)

SLUG - “Hambone City/King of Ghosts”

Continuing in their tradition of making Los Angeles a safe
place again, SLUG belt out two blasts from their new trimmer line¬
up. Straight ahead punch from one of my favorite (sloppy) L.A.
bands. I was wondering if Sympathy would ever put out a good
record again. (LH)

(Sympathy)

SMASHING PUMPKINS - “Trick or Treat?” EP

Basically a boot of their 1st single with another rare track
tacked on. Your typical hair flinging (see picture) image rock under
the banner of “cutting edge”. Destined to succeed JANE’S ADDIC¬
TION as the “most offensive” next big thing. Not bad for commer¬
cial rock, just don’t sell it as something else. (RL)

(no address)

SMILE-“Resin” EP

This record was recorded live in a living room—10 punk
points, boys and girls. First song starts with a sappy acoustic jam—
ooh! Minus 2 punk points. Then it kicks into aNIRVANA-Iikerock
ou, full-on alternative rockt—aargh!—minus 2 more punk points.
What saves this is its punk feel, untouched raw live energy that
makes its way onto this record. Keeping score? 4 punk points ain’t
so bad, and heck. I’ll even let them off the hook for no lyrics. (SL)
(Jester, PO Box 1564, Tustin, CA 92681-1564)

SOLACE - “Forms Burning Cold” EP

I like the combination of emotions and politics. Its usually an
either or kind of thing. Either you get boring, over introspective
unemotional political rhetoric. SOLACE does well
«, ie personal political without falling into the U2 craphole.
It does have a lot of heavy metal sounds, and the singer’s voice
sound like Paul from MONSULA. (JT)

($3 ppd: Moo Cow, 38 Larch Circle, Belmont, MA 02178)

SOMETHING TO BURN/PRIME SINISTER - split 45

A .split 7” from Germany, the STB side is mid-tempo, artsy
punk with depressing, cardboard box vocals. The PS side is a more
70’s album rock sound with a little more “singing” and way too
much lead guitar. I found both sides rather boring. (KK)

(Moe Town, Muggenhoferstr. 39,8500 Niirnberg, GERMANY)

5--t

SPONGE-EP

Hey, where’d that trumpet come from? The quietest band to
ever sleep on my floor does the melodic pop punk thing, and does
it pretty well, at that. They even delve into light ska on this, which
they did not do live. The trumpet is a welcome addition. (DH)
(PO Box 62436, Colorado Springs, CO 80962)

STANDPOINT-CD

Holy fuck!, this band has everything, this is fucking great
STANDPOINT where have you been ail my live?. There is enough
of everything here, you can fucking mosh with “Folded Sight”, or
you can relax with a more melodic tune like “Denial”. Really heavy
and moshi music with a lot of tempo changes that goes beyond
what’s been done in the hardcore SXE scene. Intelligent lyrics
about racism, censorship and women’s rights. Great DIY produc¬
tion, you gotta love it!. (FA)

(52111th. Ave. NW., Waseca, MN 56093)

STAR SPANGLED BASTARDS - “Leftovers/Corinthian Leath¬
er” 'll

More of that generic 90’s melodi-mosh that still fails to excite
me. MONSULA get in a bike crash with J CHURCH. In other
words: “Lance-core”, if you will. (PC)

(Wrocklage, 361 W. Short St., Lexington, KY 40507)

STATUE - “Filter The Infection” 12”

Revelation has come a long way from BOLD’s “Speak Out”.
They have really been able to pick great bands lately. This record
is the best record I’ve heard all year! No Shit Really competent
musicianship without being overindulgent or losing intensity and
sincerity. It’s melodic, heavy, and full sounding much like LIFE¬
TIME, but with way more passionate sounding vocals and awe¬
some lyrics. They have really dynamic changes like POT VAL¬
IANT when they go from a really soft and quiet part to a harder,
louder part The music is moody and it tells a story. This is the kind
of record that changes people’s lives. Put it on a shelf with “Can I
Say” by DAG NASTY and “On” by VERBAL ASSAULT - listen
to it when you need a kick in the ass. (OP)

(Revelation)

STEEL WOOL - “Simple Men Who Like Working With Their
Hands” LP

Raging country-ish guitar stuff a la early SOUL ASYLUM
or CORDUROY. Some ballads thrown in, as well as some garage
stuff. Great sound, but no tunes. Not one tune stuck with me.
Disappointed. (RL)

(Empty, PO Box 12034, Seattle, WA 98102)

STENGTE DORER - “Siste Reis” CD

25-song retrospective of this happening Norwegian band,
spanning the last five years. Like SO MUCH HATE, excellent
melodic metal-tingegd hardcore with impassioned shouts. One of
Europes best Highly recommended!!! (KS)

(Beri Beri, Marschner Str. 32,2000 Hamburg 76, GERMANY)

STUPID FUCKING HIPPY - “River/Meadow”

Leave it up to Columbus, Obio-ans to still create lysergenic
and or strung out odes to whatever. Think druggy MONSTER
MAGNET stuff and sometimes SPACEMAN 3. Both songs are
long with long quiet strummy sections then kicks in with wall of
noise wah guitar (representing the “peak” maybe?). Cool low-fi
ness, precociously derivative and certainly more deserving of your
attention than the SPECTRUM record. (HD)

(Eardrop Productions)

SUBURBAN PROPAIN - 2xEP

Posthumous double 7” fromNdrth Carolinasfll
band. First song is about a mediocre Flipside review (Imagine
that!) DIY punk/pop/core/emo (pronounced Hey Moe!) by the kif

and for the kids. Or should I say ‘young adults’? Support this label
(Assorted Porkchops, PO Box 4022, Wilmington, NC 28406)

SUBWAY ARTS - “Una Definizione...” LP

A strong female vocalist belts out an album’s worth of
competent thrashers here, and while crisper production would
have helped, altogether this is still a solid effort with even better
lyrics. (SS)

(Genet Records, PO Box 447, B-9000 Gent 1, BELGIUM)

SUPERCONDUCTOR - “Hit Songs For Giris” LP

Super beefy garagecore with powerful rhythms and floppy
leads. Like walking around for a hour with a diaper full of poop.
NIRVANA sodomizes DUH. Contains one of the best lyric sheets
I’ve ever seen. Two thumbs up (my butt), (CD)

(Boner Records, PO Box 2081, Berkeley. CA 94702)

THE SUPERKOOLS - “In My Way/Down, Out & Gone”

raunchy, punk fricken rock. Beats the fuck out of 99% of LA’s
bands! (SM)

(Word of Mouth, PO Box 25656, LA, CA 90025)

SUPERKOOLS - “Love Turns Grey” EP

Loping 60’s-style garage punk. Vocals are a little like BILLY
CHILDISH with fuzzed-distorto guitar adding an appreciated
vintage sound to both songs. (MH)

(Dionysus Records, PO Box 1975, Burbank, CA 91507)

SURGERY - “Trim, 9th Ward High Roller” EP

Six new cuts from New York’s “Bad Boyz of punk.” “Kickin’
Around” kicks mtyor ass while “Brother Remington” is the
soundtrack to your next suicide attempt This is my last review, I’m
glad it is for a good record. (ML)

(AmRep, 26451st Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55408)

SWEET DADDY - “Salami Mayo Samson” EP

Decent pop stuff in an under-produced TOO MUCH JOY
way with a touch of a Texas drawl (reminiscent of the REIVERS).
Good pop, but the lyrics get too silly in a sickly sweet way some-
times* (RL)

(Twin Triangle, 5725 Tangiewood Dr, Corpus Christi, TX 78412-
4541)

SWIZ - “Rejects” EP

Probably anyone who at one time was and/or still is a fan of
Washington DC’s SWIZ is going to be happy to hear these two
songs (“Sorry” and “Slide”) on a 7”. Both are from the October ’87
recording session for the long-out-of-print “Down” EP. Great HC.
(KG)

(THD, 2020 Seabury Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55406)

THERAPY? - “Have a Merry Xmass” EP

THERAPY? covers the UNDERTONES song “Teenage
Kicks” and the U2 song “With Or Without You”. The question is
would anyone on the planet enjoy listening to this piece of shit?
(MM)

(no address)

THURNKEY-‘‘King Mark/Two”

. Twisted emo stuff a la DRIVE LIKE JEHU. Pretty tuneless
stuff that didn’t do it for me. Lacks the power that makes this stuff
work. Oh well. <RL)

(Titanic, PO Box 4674. Boulder. CO 80306)

TOOL MASTER - “Loose Cannon” EP

Heavy rhythmic dirge the way I like it. Slow and catchy to
put your body in motion. A little bit of MELVINS with maybe just
a dash of KILLDOZER on the last track where the singer drones
on about how he’s been pissed on. Good stuff but hard to mosh to.
(NN)

(Static Records, 235 High St., Leetonla, OH44431-1125)

TOTAL CHAOS - “We are the Future” LP ;

One person I know merely stated “Oh Dear” when confront¬
ed with this - it’s DISCHARGE all over again. Huge spiky hair,
songs like “Fuck the System” - there’s definitely no beating
around the bush here. Good in a way, weird in another-TOTAL
CHAOS are in it for the “rebuilding of the punk movement”.
More power to‘em. (TM)

(Chaos Records, PO Box 2725, Chino CA 91708)

TOTAL PASSOVER - “Eat My Moneymaker” CD

I totally fticked up here, the guy who put this out sent it ages
ago, and I lost it. lie’s been writing, we’ve been saying,’’Next
issue.” I suck. Funny rocking punk with silly and quite funny
lyrics, and a certain emphasis on being Jewish (pro).Quite good,
quite funny, and definitely worth checking out. CUB)

(Final Jeopardy, PO Box 8973, Welch Ave. Station, Ames, IA
50010)

TOTEX/SHOCK TREATMENT-split EP

The TOTEX (from Germany) song is slower-paced, tradi¬
tional punk with an emphasis on the guitar and ominous vocals.
UK’s (not Spain’s) SHOCK TREATMENT deliver three Oi-
sounding songs with vocals that are actually intelligent and inter¬
esting. PC oi, neat. (KK)

(Andreas Flicker, Dr. Hetzger Str. 7,46325 Borken, GERMANY)

TRUMAN’S WATER - “Hey Fish” EP

I can’t believe anyone thought this warranted vinyl. I don’t
know if it’s supposed to be grunge or splunge or whatever those
wacky .kids in LA are up to these days, it just sounds like some
lousy punk rock and, even worse, “experimental sound collage” to
me. This is their second record, with a live LP forthcoming, so
obviously somebody somewhere likes them. (EW)

(Drunken Fish, 8600 W. Olympic Blvd, LA, CA 90035)

TULIPS - “Jack Mag” CD

First full length player from these Boston punks & skins
(figuratively speaking). The A-side of the “Choco Pig” EP is here
and eight other gems sure to curl your toes. Walls of noise collide
with melody and hooks galore. This is what the JESUS & MARY
CHAIN tried to do early on but failed. Good shit, (ML)

(Sonic Bubblegum, PO Box 35504, Brighton, MA 02135)

TWITCH - “Jedi/Wick”

Excretions PRIMUS-FAITH NO MORE swill with ME-
TALLICA-ish rifling and bad songs about being a Jedi knight, go
figure. (HD)

(Depression, PO Box 219 Battle Creek, MI 49016)

UNIVERSAL VAGRANTS - LP

Definite “psychedelic revival” here, fairly uptempo and root¬
ed in mid-Sixties blues-based guitar bands from the era just before
die Age Of Wah-Wah. It’s pretty good for what it is, at least they
don’t let the length of the “jams” get too out of hand. Probably still
not one of the best 500 records ever made from this genre. From
France. (EW)

(Get Hip Records, PO Box 666, Cahonsburg, PA 15317)

UNWOUND - “Fake Train” LP

This band has really grown into their own sound. Much more
so than any previous release, their influences come off as their own,
not something borrowed. They’ve stolen and weaved a tight weap¬
on out of it all. Fuck if I didn’t say to myself “Buy this record,
dummy.” Driving, screaming, pounding, it didn’t leave a single
inch of me untouched, truly a joy to feel and be filled by their
sounds, ideas and images. (SL)

(Kill Rock Stars, 120 NE State #418, Olympia, WA 98501)

UNWRITTEN LAW - “Blurr” EP

For fans of total adrenalin rock-n-roll hardcore. (They even
have a fan club) Marked with long drum rolls and eye-squinting
guitar solos, these fast paced sOngs seem to drag on a bit. There is
a B AD RELIGION vocal influence felt as well as a hint of newer
sounding SCREAM. (MK)

(Red Eye Records, PO Box 16717, San Diego, CA 92176)

URBAN DK - “Denial” CD

Gruff, oafish punk rock with a cynical/sarcastic outlook and
an oddcollection oflyrical viewpoints. From the venomous “chick
brush off” tunes to paeans to beer drinking, the singer’s penis and
even some “fuck fascism” tunes. Just leads one to believe that
maybe critical and consistent thinking is not their forte. Any way,
the music is a bad version of the WRETCHED ONES, DK’s,
somewhat generic and not exactly raging. (HD)

(PO Box 163, Winthrop Harbor, IL 60096)

VANDALEN- CD

Despite the spooky “sprockets” cover this is a collection of
pretty straight ahead melodic punk. Mostly in the vein of mid-
period DAG NASTY or something, it’s not really my favorite kind
of music. Not horrible or anything. But a more raw sound could
really inject some life into this band. (LH)

(Teenage Rebel Records, Gerreshjeimer Str. 16,4000 Dusseldorf 1,
GERMANY)

VERSUS - “Let’s Electrify” CD

I got this thinking, “finally a great record by one of my fave
bands from the far East Coast.” But to my surprise it’s only six
songs. A teaser! Still great melodic punk sort of like last years
TREEPEOPLE or. dare I say, HUSKER DU? Don’t be fooled by
the METALLICA record cover. Great! (LH)

(Remora Records, 272 E3 #1, NYC, NY 10009)

WASHINGTON DISEASE - “No
Need To Care” EP

Wow, 12 songs from Norway’s
W.D., I haven’t seen a 7” with 12
songs in a long time, it’s really im¬
pressing because the sound quality is
not as bad as I expected it to be,
extremely fast early hardcore ala
MINOR THREAT. Straight to the
point lyrics in English dealing with
greed, racism, friendship, violence,
etc.I don’t know, but I can’t tell the
difference between songs—they all sound the same to me. (FA)
(X-Cluded, Martin Kvist, Aasm. Vinjesgt 12, N-3725 Skien, NOR¬
WAY)

WABBIT SEASON - “WabBit Twacks” CD

Soundinglike a garagey version of APPLE or THE THROW¬
ING MUSES. Distorted guitar heavy alternative rock every once
in a while breaking into a RAMONESY punk tongue in check vein.

(Wabbit Wecords, PO Box 3735, Wallington, N.J. 07057-3735)

WET - “Eating Out Is Fun/Magic Forehead Vision”

The A side here is a wacky ode to oral sex, backed by a raw
basic HEADCOATSy stomp. The flip is more of a garage punk
anthem. Good female vocals and a nice Kozik cover. Worth a jam.
(WG)

(Rise, 3201 Heims, Austin, TX 78705)

WHITE FLAG/TESCO VEE - split
EP

WHITE FLAG lets loose with
their ultra poppy brand of punk on
“Everything Means Nothing”. The
melody is so good the BANGLES
could have a hit with this! The flip
has Mr. TESCO VEE doing a slow¬
er but faithful-to-the-original ver¬
sion of the GERMS “Manimal” On
(very sharp) sawblade shaped vinyl.
(MH)

(Musical Tragedies, PO Box 12034,

Seattle, WA 98102)

WITH AUTHORITY - EP

You have to be impressed with a band that recorded and
perhaps live in a town by the name of Gnaw Bone, IL! New Yawk
HC vocal sound. Harder than thou or just constipated? Nah, it’s
quite listenable - like the faster, harder then slow and dirgey, tre
hardcore. Suzanne’s formula for fame and glory: move to New
York. (SB)

(Peer Pressure Productions, 4023 Lucerne Rd., Huntsville, AL
35802)

WIVES-“Grinding” EP

A slip of paper came with this record saying “Red Records
is pleased to announce the release of a 3-song 7” by NY’s WIVES.
The WIVES are an all-female trio from lower Manhattan whose
music has been described as ’smart post punk’ (Jim Santo, Alter¬
native Press), ‘Chunky power pop’ {ScrewMagazine), and ‘Freaked
out thrash punk’ (overheard at a show). This EP, produced by Don
Fury, is Red Records’ first ever release. Please listen and enjoy.”
I says (and I quote) “Ahh, potato salad never dries on the skin tight
enough.” (SL)

(Red Records, PO Box 2313 Peter Stuy Stn, NY, NY 10009)

Y-FRONTS - “No Response” CD

More anthemic metallic punk from these guys. Along the
lines of TIDE INSTIGATORS. Very sing-along-able, but the pseu¬
do funk bass rifling really turns me off. (RL)

(Hidden Force Music. Kopneldamn29.3012 LGH 4. GERM ANY)

VoVTH G of * £
mo

YOUTH GONE MAD - “It’s Spread¬
ing Again” EP

Melodic New York
style punk, alternating between male
and female vocals. The sax on side b
adds variety. It sounds better than
you’d think. Their best release. (MM)
(Campary Records, Friedrichstr,
110, 4000, Dusseldorf 1, GERMA¬
NY)

ZEKE-EP ■■■■■■■ppilH

Don’t know about the name, but ZEKE rocks-out in terrain
somewhere between, say, THE MONO MEN and, urn, THE NEW
BOMB TURKS, which means that they’re influenced by virtually
tons of other bands. “Value Pak” had me silt MjjM
shouting “Six Pack” for the chorus, what-the
‘alternative’ paper would call the mysterious, uni
“barn-burner”, don’t say you weren’t warned. (MJ)

(1711 Bellevue Ave #8, Seattle, WA 98122)

ZIPGUN - “Killer’s Choice” 45
Sounds like a STOOGES/SIS-
TER DOUBLE HAPPINESS kinda
trip with some hardcore beats from
the rhythm section on one side. Nice
vocals, but the musicianship doesn’t
justify the length of the “jams”. Not
terrible, and shows signs of future
promise. (EW)

(Musical Tragedies, PfTBbx 12034,
Seattle, WA 98102)

ZOINKS! - “Dump-Eye” EP

Man, you would think they were from Benicia or something.
It’s catchy, but they sure do wear their influences on their sleeves.
There’s CRIMPSHRINE-ish parts. MONSULA-ish parts.
SCREECHING WEASEL parts. These lyrics about smoking have
got to be a joke. Real basic recording helps give the pop songs a raw
edge. (LH)

(Satan’s Pimp, 1409 Tonopah St, Reno, NV 89509)

V/A - “A Scream From The Silence Vol II” LP

A cool D.I.Y. project: A comp album featuring 10 bands -
each band pays $50.00 for 50 copies and the label sells the other 500
copies. Offer only open to bands who don’t have vinyl out already.
A good way to get heard outside of said bands hometown. “This
piidipeat, but how do the bands sound?”, I can hear you asking

yourself. The variety of genres make it hard to review or give an
overall feel, cos we’ve gotdance-ish (quite good!) to grind. A sample
of the goods: WIDE, STILL THE SAME LEGAL AXION, JOB-
BYKRUST, and EXTINCTION OF MANKIND. (SB)

(Looney Tunes, Top Flat, 23 The Esplanade, Scarborough, N.
Yorks Y0112AQ, ENGLAND)

V/Ai “Beauti&dMtfilc toThirtw Blows To” EP

RIG is speed industrial thrash that is way kool and danceable.
It throws in some righteous melancholy guitar things. F.Y.P. is

with “ohohohoh”s. ROSEMANY’S BILLYGOAT has a slight
DK’s feel with the gitter harmonics and Jello-type vocals. This
record also sounds good on 33 rpm (slow + industrial drag) (AI)
(J-Sin Records, PO Box 10055, Torrance, CA 90505)

V/A - “Electric Carnival” CD

This cool French-produced international compilation focuss¬
es primarily on previously unreleased 60s-inspired material, wheth¬
er 60s punk, garage pop, or neo-psych. As with most underground
neo60s comps, it contains a mixture of outstanding punkish rockers
(like the cuts by WILLIE LOCO ALEXANDER, LA SECTA, the
EMBRYONICSJyeah!],DEAD MOON, theDIRTEEZ, the CRYP-
TONES, and an oldie from the OUTTA PLACE), decent but
undistinguished stuff,’ and wimpy throwaways. Several of the*
bands perform covers, and the CD comes with a nice insert with
info and pics of the bands. (JB)

(Kinetic Vibes, c/o Philippe Petit, 8 pi. des Marseillaises, 13001
Marseille, FRANCE)

VERm

1

“Fieldburn” CD -
A comp, from Eugene, Or. of, I guess, Eugene-ish bands. All
genres are covered here from hardcore to college rock. Standouts
are the UK-ish indie pop of the PEARL DIVERS and the GITS-
ish FLYPAPER. (RL)

(Pro Arts, PO Box 5792. Eugene, OR 97405)

V/A - “Fuck Rush Limbaugh” EP

On this compilation PUBLIC DESCENT provides a major
noise assault with melody parts sprinkled in. Very good. SOCK-
EYE offers a sing along novelty number “we are circumcised”.
TURNBUL A.C. attacks with up-tempo stop short hardcore quite
pleasant actually, they follow with “dirt boy”, a little slower.
HALLUCINATION REPAIRMEN drum and scream all over the
place. Ouch! The listener needs nerves of steel for the comp. (BR)
($3 ppckJFR/Chkken Pharmaceuticals, PO Box 234, Little York,

V/A - “Grunge Lite" CD

The final exploration of Seattle’s grunge pop. Total disco
elevator easy listening muzak. You know the end is near sight.
This disk rounds off a list of hits by mass appeal stars NIRVANA,
PEARL JAM. ALICE IN CHAINS, MUDHONEY &many more.
Mellowed out on to a sequencer even mom and pop will like! Hell
now, you can have your teeth cleaned by a grunge dentist It’s
pathetic, repulsive, over zealous and sure fire hit to sell a few
hundred thousand units. Sara must bare the curse of C/Z Records
now! (SM)

(C/Z Records, 1407 E. Madison #41, Seattle, WA 98122)

V/A - “Intolerance” EP

This is a really cool 12 page comp about racism. 4 Straight
Edge Italian bands, including OPEN SEASON, with really good
straight forward hardcore; CHEMICAL POSSE, with a fast
short song with cool lyrics; IMMORAL MAJORITY is probably
the best band on the 7”, with a song against fascism—great tight
hardcore; BY ALL MEANS, with their heavy slow and fast sound.
Italso includes an explanation about what the record is about, and
the lyrics are translated too. Recommended. (FA)

(Aarghh!!, Via Del Voltone 11,41100 Modena, ITALY)

V/A - “It Came From Jay’s Garage” LP

Jay likes ‘77 punk, and likes to have bands play at his “pad.”
You know the kinda place I’m talkin’ about, like you’re so drunk
you ain’t gonna listen to shit except the words “beer-run,” but
nevertheless wind up singingsomesongyoucan’tquite remember
the next day. THE SPONGES, JIM DESMOND, BARBIE ARM Y
or SPIES WHO SURF could be the soundtrack to one of “those”
nights, but is it as good sober? (MJ)

(Moving Target Records, 330 Hudson St, New York, NY 10013)
V/A - “Julep” CD

A second collection of recordings from the famous Yoyo
Studio up in Olympia. A good range of songs and bands here
makes for a much more interesting comp. Like most comps, I fast
forwarded through a majority of it, but standouts included CUB,
YOUNG GINNS, KARP, SLANT 6 (a capella and all), ADICK-
DID, CHOREA and TIGER TRAP. Cool. (LB)

(Yoyo Recordings, PO Box 10081, Olympia, WA 98502)

V/A - “Let’s Make the Wiener Kid Sing His Song!” 2xCD

This is a TCI sampler featuring 40 songs on 2 CD’s. The
labels represented are Skene!, Sonic Bubblegum, Crackpot, Sta¬
ple Gun, Big Money Inc, Bar None & Project A Bomb. Of the 37
bands on here I like HEM1 & DOG FACED HERMANS best
Nicely priced at: (DH)

($7 ppd: Adrenalin, 1263 Donohue Ave, St Paul, MN 55104)

Uinta H

A comp from Europe with lots of American bands. MONSU-
LA, SCHERZO, YOUTH BRIGADE, and THE VAGRANTS
from the US and GRUSCHENKO, DER HOLLE, and BLUMEN
AM ARSAH from Europe. There’s a European RORSCHACH
that sounds nothing like the US RORSCHACH. MONSULA’S
songs were a recording student’s project so the mix is terrible but
for good versions they are on “Sanitized”. The VAGRANTS song
“Used” is the best track here. SCHERZO turns out some SAMI AM
sounding numbers. All in all it’s pretty enjoyable. (OP)

(Beri Beri, Marschner Str 32,2000 Hamburg 76, GERMANY)

V/A - “Lion City Hardcore” CD

Free CD that came with issue 88 of the BigO magazine.
Although the magazine is mostly major label schlock, the CD is
nothing but Singaporian hardcore. Pretty consistent quality wise
although most bands follow the straightedge formula. Outstanding
songs from ENRAGE and VOICEOUT, also includes UNITED
BLOOD, STOMPIN’ GROUND, SOULFIRE and 5 others. (TMj
(BigO, Options Publications Pte Ltd, PO Box 663, Robinson Road,
Singapore 9013, SINGAPORE)

V/A - “Music For The Proletariat” CD

The Allied Recordings All-Star Musical Circus lays down 26
tracks of refreshing, energetic, new-fangled, finger snapping dit¬
ties. All corners of the punk universe were scoured to bring you
such acts as BUZZOVEN, FIDDLEHE.4D, JAWBREAKER,
PISSED, SCHW ARTZENEGGAR, STRA WMAN, WAT TYLER,
TRENCH, and a plethora of others. Equally refreshing whether
you’re a working man or a lazy ass punk. (CD)

(Allied Recordings)

V/A-“Offside” CD

A run of the mill collection of punk, metal, hardcore and
thrash from a buncha Swedish bands. It’s all fairly disposable
except for a few happening breaks from SVART SNO, THE SUN,
and STROBE (must be something about bands that start with “s”).
Okay. Not worth writing home to grandma about Maybe “it’s a
Swedish thang...you wouldn’t understand.” (CD)

(Wounded Records, PO Box 193,612 24 Finspang, SWEDEN)

V/A - “100th Gig” 12”

DOA open with a version of “Death Machine” so uncannily
like the LP version that it might well be just that MIGHTY
MIGHTY BOSSTONES remind me of every other boring generic
reggae band in the world. COWBOY KILLERS offer a good,
energetic hardcore song and a lively dance-funk-dub “remix”
thingie with a punk song hidden somewhere underneath. Who
decided to put these songs side by side inside this plain white cover,
I guess we’ll never know. (EW)

(no address)

V/A - ‘Penis Cow Boy Comp #1” EP

A cool DIY 7” project with four bands from Austin. One side
has NOODLE and ANDROMEDASTRAIN attd both sides remind
me of the dearly departed W'ynona Ryders. Side two has the harder
sounding TABITHA and SNOWBALL. SNOWBALL steals the
show with “Hell Machine” an epic poem about low-riding impalas.
(Bunkhouse Records, 912B Elizabeth, Austin, TX 78704)

V/A-“Plug” CD

11 bands, 23 songs, 74:16 minutes long CD from Ottawa. I
think this CD is to long and only half of it is worth listening to. There
is a little bit of Rock ’n Roll, Punk, Ska, Pop, and even Country
music on it. The most talented bands are THE AGE OF FAITH, MS
GESUS.FURNACEFACE, UNCOMMON SOCIETY. SKATTER-
BRAINS, and NEANDERTHAL SPONGE. Some of these bands
sound so commercial that I wouldn’t be surprised if I saw them on
MTV. (FA)

(One Handed Records)

V/A - “Reality Control” LP

One unbelievably inspirational D.I.Y. project. I mean, we're
talkin’ recycling record covers from thrift shops, gluing each and
every one, folding and screen printing each one. So each record is
an individual masterpiece! Great music from RUGBURN, SPARK-
ER (a reasonable like facsimile to ska), WAD, HAN-SHAN,
AGENT 94 (wayyyy cool), and DARAKA (featuring spoken rant
“Burn Your Docs”, worth getting for this alone..). (SB)

(5970 Birch #2, Carpinteria, CA 93013)

V/A - “Refugees From Romper Room” EP

The DIY 7” EP comp lives on. DIXIE WASTE (TX), HUMU¬
NGUS (TX), STEAMIN’ CUP O’ JOE (AZ), & ALCOHOLICS
UNANIMOUS (OR). The HUMUNGUS song; “Learn to Say Fuck
You” is the standout here, substituting ‘LMNOP’ for ‘1234’. A.A.
get honorable mention with “I was a Teenage Straightedge.” (DH)
(Baloney Shrapnel Records, PO Box 6504, Phoenix, AZ 85005)

REVIVE US AGAIN

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of a Mttif.tfmifUm Wortrf

V/A - “Revive Us Again” EP

A Belgium compilation with
a mix of bands from with Europe
and the United States. For the most
part, this is hard hitting, fast paced
hardcore with a few grinding tracks
thrown in. Including the AG ATHO-
CLES, MEDICINE MAN, RUP¬
TURE, HIATUS, MAN IS THE
BASTARD, EXCREMENT OF
WAR and NATIONS ON FIRE. The
stand outis the AGATHOCLES with
their sing along anthemic “get off

your ass”, good stuff. (MK)

(Machination Records, c/o Jeroen, PO Box 90, 8500 Kortrijk,
BELGIUM)

V/A - “Revolutie?” EP

A split between two Roma¬
nian underground bands (the first
documentation of such) on limited-
edition red wax. PAN SAMENT
verge between glam and rock, where
TECTONIC charge out five speedy
thrashers with a very Swedish flair a
la MISSBRUKARNA or HUVUDT-
V ATT. This new label is run by Liik
Haas, and is dedicated to exposing
new bands and scenes the world over.
Right pit! (KS) ....

($6.00 ppd: Tian An Men 89 Records, Antipodes Souterrains, 28
rue de Soultz, 67100 Strasbourg, FRANCE)

V/A - “Squatt Toujours!” EP

A crazy live document of two .

French hardcore units. RABIA are
totally frothing stuff, with Italian-
hardcore-style rock breaks betwwen
the jackhammer formula. SEA
SHEPARD congeal less ‘songs’, but
then go totally great with over-the-
top noise and shouts that carry things
through—outside of a kind of point¬
less DOOM cover. I -ots of political
literature fills this out...but all in
French! (KS)

(Lacroix Audrey, 12 rue Gaston Plante, 45100 Orleans, FRANCE)

V/A - “3-12-93” EP

The packaging is rad for this.

Fan boys/grrls can fold the cover
different ways to put your favorite
heroes on the front cover. Hero’s to
choose from are SINKER, JOHN
HENRY WEST, MANUMISSION,
and NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING.

The JOHN HENRY WEST song
sounds SWIZish and is much better
than their 7” songs. SINKER do a
slower number with an IGNITION
feel to it. MANUMISSION and NOT
FOR LACK OF TRYING sound more straight forward like HER¬
OIN. The idea of this comp seems to be that jaded people who think
they’ve seen it all are missing some really good new bands, like the
ones who played in Santa Barbara on 3-12-93. (OP)

(Ebullition, PO Box 680, Goleta, CA 93116)

V/A - “Trost” CD

Previously a cassette only label, venturing into the world of
CD’s with a comp of all their cassettes. As with most comps of this
nature, there’s a variety of styles and quality here - from quirky
noise to polyrhythmic thrash. There’s a non-pretentiousness to this
that really won me over - Tracks from DEADZIBEL, TOBI OR
NOT TO BE, THOSE WHO SURVIVED THE PLAGUE, and
SNAKKERDU DENSE and 8 more. (TM)

(Andreas Hollering, Schonbrongasse 16/6, A-1080 Wien, AUS¬
TRIA)

V/A - “Your Invitation to Suicide” 2xEP

The NOMADS, GORIES, and HONEYMOON KILLERS
lead a pack of bands covering material by proto-rocker Alan Vega
of SUICIDE. Styles vary as do results, but each band certainly
brands their tunes with an individual stamp. An enjoyable novelty
for fans. (SS)

(Get Hip Records, PO Box 666, Canonsburg, PA 15317)

von Morf, (JG) Joseph Gervasl

THE MOTHERFUCKERS - video

THE MOTHERFUCKERS want to be the next G.G. ALLIN, "but not
to the extent of eating or throwing shit!” What are we left with? A buncha
clods throwing food like third rate BUGOIJT SOCIETY and playing some
metallic) “rockin’” hardcore. They say in their press pack that their cover
charge is “less than 5 bones so the real underground fucks can afford to get in!
(and have more money for beer!”, but enclosed is a flyer for a $8 show with
G.B.H. Best of all, when the oafy singer spits on someone off camera he
actually apologizes. I never heard the G.G. ALLIN he claims to emulate
apologize after any of his wild on stage antics. G.G, Lite? G.G. with a smile?
Don’t send money for a video, priority mail them Clue. (JG)

(Christopher Grunert, 4765 S. 26th, Milwaukee, WI53221)

“Hated”

from start to funeral; but probably not as long or
HPjjjJNi Podd Phillips who won a Time Warner’s Fust
Production Grant for this project and went on to work with New Kids on the
Block. There’s interviews with everyone from ALLIN’s brother Merle, AL*
UN’s high school teacher^ current amlex band members^fans and ex school

his arnbG.G. smearing shit on hisTace, G.G having a woman piss in his mouth
fora birthday present (while he simultaneously vomits), G.G.shoving a banana
up his ass at a NYU spoken word performance, and G.G.on Geraldo. There’s
also a number of interviews with ALLIN where he reveals curious insights as
to his life he lived. Often be even comes across as more human than the monster
he’s painted as being, and you actually start to like the guy, but then he goes and
beats up a woman in the crowd with no provocation and you’re back to square
one. Over all, almost everything you wanted to know about G.G. but were
afraid to ask (or witness first hand). Great production, footage and sound. The
open casket funeral footage is priceless. (DM)

(Film Threat, 2805 Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, CA 91505)

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A-KONTRA #7-11/93 / $3.00 ppd
8x11 1/2 - printed - 56 pgs - Czech
It’s amazing how good zines from Central Europe can
be, and this is one of them. This issue carried an
interesting article on the Peter Bergman, founder of
the Black Hand, and spokesman for Animal SOS .There
is also plenty more on the world wide anarchism
movement.. This zine is always hardcore, and worth
picking-up if given a chance. (HH)

PO Box 552 / 170 01 Prague 7 / Czech Republic

AIM YOUR DICK #2/ $ 1.50 ppd
8 1/2 x 11- copied- 38 pgs

This fucking rules!! I don’t even know how I am going
to fit all I want to say about this zine into the small
space allotted. This is a compilation of essays which
span topics such as environmental racism, confront¬
ing gangsta rap, pro-abortion, and many others. Don’t
be afraid of this; it is enlightening, entertaining, and
absolutely clear in its presentation. These women
have gone out on limbs before with certain issues, and
they have no intention of stopping. Radical, brilliant
and rhetoric-free. It’s the thinking woman’s zine.
Enough said? (SZ)

PO Box 4655 / Berkeley, CA 94704-0655

AIMLESS #2 / $0.75 ppd
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - copied - 46 pgs.

Touted as the MTV Gangster issue, I wasn’t sure what
to expect. The slant this has taken is to give us the
inside scoop on the trendiness of suburban gangster¬
ism, in a negative context, much of which there is good
cause in doing. This in no way explores the youth
culture of rap or of the gangster nor poses any pro¬
found social questions of this phenomena. BUT it does
put down the silly macho bullshit that goes along with
wanting to be a tuff guy gansta! Which is cool. Other
short stories, poetry, and reviews not connected to the
theme. Fucking annoying handwriting in places - go to
Kino’s and rent an Apple folks! (SB)

1015 Nokomis St. / Clearwater, FL 34615

ALARM #7 / $10 year or what you can afford
8 x 1/2 x 11 - offset - 24 pgs
“A revolutionary ecologist newsquarterly” from the
Northeastern US. Lots of useful info and anecdotes
from Earth First!ers around the world. Written by and
for serious, full-time ecowarriors, so I can’t criticize
them too much for their tendency to slip into snooze-
inducin’ rhetoric and jargon. Overall very informative
and hopefully will be an inspiration to many. (EW)
PO Box 804 / Burlington, VT 05402

ALTERNAZONE #2 / $1 ppd.

5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 20 pgs.

Great sense of humor, inspiring writing dealing with
gender, and an identity all of its own. Fairly small, and
handwritten, but I can’t help but feel good when I read
this. Just get it, OK? (MW)

Patricia K. /14 Loyalist Ct. / Markham, Ontario / L3P
EA9 / Canada

AMERICAN SALAD BAR #3 / $2 ppd

5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 52 pgs.

A really cool idea for a fanzine here. Not only are there
interviews with a wide range of bands (Velocity Girl,
The Cows, etc.). But included are cooking recipes

from bands like Kicking Giant, Truman’s Water,
Jesus Lizard and Beat Happening. Awesome! (LH)
ASBHG / PO Box 250207 / New York, NY 10025-
1533

ANSWER Me! #3 / $4.00 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - offset - 132 pgs.

Probably the best glossy zine presently in existence. I
shouldn’t be surprised at how many people hate this
periodical but I am. Dismissed by a Ben is Dead
reviewer as “that pathetic upper class white trash
couple” the Goads, who put this out, are a little bit
more than such an Alternative Culture oxymoron.
Their intelligence is evident if you can read subtext
(see “The Judas Priest Suicides”). Are they racists?
There’s an interview with Boyd Rice but they feature
A1 Sharpton too. Are they homophobes? Maybe but
they talk to NAMBLA. Sure it’s mean spirited but at
least its honest. 100 Suicides (including Hitler, Abbie
Hoffman and Hemingway) rocked. Also “Prank calls
to Kevorkian.” (JD)

Goad to Hell / #666 1608 N. Cahuenga Blvd. / Holly¬
wood, CA 90028

ARNIE #5 /$2.00 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - printed - 24 pgs.

Very well done, great layouts. Follow the adventures
of the comic character Amie as he pursues the revolu¬
tion. Heavy anarchist/class war leanings. Interviews
with Schwartzeneggar, and an especially enlightening
one with Chumbawamba — watch as they backpedal
on their “ideals” — thrill as they defend The Blaggers

(signing to EMI) with the “message to a larger audi¬
ence” crap, and be stunned by the inane comment “the
MRR white middle class reaction against dance music
is really racist...” Yep. Chumba fans should definitely
give this a read. Luckily Schwartzeneggar offers a
different perspective on similar themes. Also has
record/zine reviews. (GF)

16 Palairet Close / Bradford On Avon / Wiltshire,
BA15 1US/ England

BABY SPLIT BOWLING NEWS Volume 3, Num¬
ber 5 - $4 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 44 pgs.

A lot of the truly insane people in this world never
actually get locked up. Either that or I just don’t get it.
Bowling. Babies. Physics. Glossolalia. Yeah. (TJ)
PO Box 7205 / Minneapolis, MN 55407

BOBBY IS FRED #1 / $6year sub
6 x 11 - copied - 8 pgs

This is an all-text experiment that actually works
really well. Most of the zine is devoted to short
(sometimes absurd) Q & A sessions with bands. But-
thole Surfers (the best). Jawbreaker, Muffs, Distorted
Pony. The writing seems spontaneous and offbeat,
never forced. And you get, as an added bonus, a
healthy dose of cynical, funny as hell, fuck major
labels, fuck Sub Pop attitude. (DS)

Word of Mouth / PO Box 25656 / Los Angeles, CA
90025

BUTCHER SHOP #2 / $ 1 pp
(8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 20 pgs
Short, readable political zine. This is the “Drug Issue”
and features pro-hemp and anti-drug testing articles,
plus anti-Operation Rescue material and info on the
Chicago 7 trial (hey, better late than never). They do
a good job of concisely presenting basic information
on these topics, the drawbacks being that many of you
will already know most of this stuff, and that between
the large typefaces and the vast expanses of blank
space, there’s not a lot to read here. (EW)

2117 Lyndale Ave S. / Minneapolis MN 55405

CANDIVA CULTICAT #1 / $4.00 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - offset (glossy cover) - 140 pgs.

This zine from Winnipeg is as bizarre as the name (the
name requires more explanation than I have room for
and I don’t think, even then, that I’d get it right). Large
chunks of this scarcely classify as a punk or under¬
ground mag - they review a Bryan Adams/Steve
Miller concert for Chrissake - but there’s ample stuff
on the thriving Winnipeg zine culture and hardcore
show reviews, as well as the interesting articles on life
in Winnipeg (“Ratman” and “Johnny Sizzle”) to make
up for that. Sex performer positive stuff on the Jane
Jones Circus and Lisa Lipps et al. Canadians have a
strange sense of humor. (JD)

PO Box 44027 / Redwood Center / B2-1155 Main St.

/ Winnipeg, Manitoba R2W 5M3 / Canada

CHEERLEADERS #1 / $2
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 44 pgs
“Art” and “commentary” on cheerleaders, from Spaz,
whose stuff you may have seen in other zines. Person¬
ally, I guess I don’t find much interest in his analysis
of cheerleaders or its relation to punk culture, as it

famzine reviews

seems obvious to me that it is done+>y some feminist-
fearing guilt-stricken white boy. Spare me. (ML)
Spaz / 5812 Darlington Rd / Pittsburgh, PA 15217

CHEESE LOG #5 / 500 plus 2 stamps
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 36 pgs.

Yes, the title says “cheese”, but I didn’t find it cheesy
at all. In fact, it’s really quite good! Intelligent pieces
on female competition, AIDS, the USPS, and a million
fuckin’ things to do on a rainy day. All it needs now is
a coloring book section and we’ve got a weekly reader
for punks! Not really, but this has an irresistable sense
of humor and is way fun to read. So when are you
gonna order this? (MW)

PO Box 802 / Fairport, NY 14450

CHILDREN OF THE VOID #2 / $2 ppd
(8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 64 pgs
The next step in the evolution of the queerzine? This
great zine focuses on unity between punks and assort¬
ed misfits of all sexual flavors, done by a varied group
of folks with some good things to say. Savage letter
war with Teg (Bundle of Sticks), erotica of various
sorts, F Defective interview, intro to Wicca, Rainbow
Gatherings, plus interesting art and graphics through¬
out. (EW)

PO Box 286 / Paramount, CA 90723

CLOWNHEAD #1 / $.50 ppd.

5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 24 pgs.

Nora doesn’t like clowns much. And neither do I, just
like pets and comics. That’s kinda what this zine’s
about, and lots more too. Like stories about popularity,
90210, jobs, parks and “girlie stuff.” Lots of little stuff
and definitely worth the price. (JX)

PO Box 156 / Warrenburg, MO 64093

COB #1 /$ 1.00 ppd
8x11 1/2 - copied - 28 pgs
A completely hilarious zine! Tons of band info. Swill
being the dominant one, the others Sloth and the
Downers, plus Kotter and the Sweats. There are some
record reviews, but mostly just plain fun. More Twinkie
Talk! (HH)

4310 Old Orchard / Box 7 / Montreal, Quebec H4A
3B4 / Canada

COFFEE & HASHBROWNS #2 / $1 ppd or trade
8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 28 pgs

Interesting but kinda undernourished zine built around
No Solution and Skankin’ Pickle interviews, plus ads,
reports on the editors’ love lives (prognosis appears
bleak), cigarette reviews, lots of blank space, and
more, but maybe not as much more as there could be.
A good short read. (EW)

12206 Plumbrook / Houston, TX 77099

COLON ON THE COB #2 / $2.00 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 50 pgs.

I generally try to avoid gender essentialism, as it can
be a fairly loaded topic, but I will say that the amount
of zines I receive of this nature are predominantly
from guys. This one’s from a woman, Stella Cult,
which goes to show you that gals can be every bit as
much fans of the acetylene torch to the genitals sort of
thing as the hairier half of humanity. True crime,
Candiru, Agathocles and John Wayne Gacy. I think
we should all be thankful for American Liberalism ™,
if it weren’t for A.L .™ guys like Gacy would be
hanging high and then who would these editors inter¬
view? (JD)

5218 Theodore St. /2nd Floor / Maple Hts., OH 44137

CONTRA FLOW June / Free with IRC
8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 24 pgs.

New and cleanest looking issue of this publication
doesn’t have so much political news as general infor¬
mation on current issues and tactics from a leftist/
anarcho position. Included is a very interesting article
on the High Tech Prison attacked by the RAF. (LH)
56a Infoshop / 56 Crampton St. / London SE17 / UK

D #3 / 2 stamps or trade
8 1/2x5 1/2 - copied - 24 pgs
This zine revolves a lot around music, with interviews
with Laura of Superchunk, Come, Sebadoh, Royal
Trux, some comics and reviews. Simple, but inexpen¬
sive, so you can’t complain.(ML)

Adam and Lari /14723 Botany Way / N.Potomac, MD
20878

DIESEL #1 / $2.00 ppd
7 x 8 1/2 - copied - 20 pgs.

A thoughtful first issue covering a range of personal/
political beliefs. Its always interesting to read what
men have to say about their position in culture and how
they feel about issues such as rape and sexual harass¬
ment - and this is no exception. A big thumbs up, read
it and respond. (CC)

Ryan T. Kegley / Foster-Martin 301 / Bloomington,
IN 47406

DISHWASHER #10/$1 ppd
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 28 pgs
This is the “comix issue”. I had a friend who suffered
a nervous breakdown from his dishwashing job, and
after reading this. I’m sure he’s not the only one. This
zine has become a legend of sorts in taking a bad job
and turning it into a great read. The contributions here
range from weird to hilarious, but altogether, awe¬
some! (ML)

PO Box 4827 / Areata, CA 95521

DREGS #7 / $5 ppd
81/2 x 12 - offset - 46 pgs

This is the “fear” issue, where along with the usual
reviews and interviews (Ministry and Mudhoney for
instance), bands are asked what they are afraid of and
also an interesting report of the Reading Festival.
Don’t let the slick cover scare you away...the inside is
down-to-earth and easy to read. (NR)

PO Box 110/ Liverpool / L69 8DP / England

DROP OUT #1 / $ 1.00 or .50 p ppd or trade
8 x 6 - copied - 16 pgs

Cool little journal style zine from Scotland. The editor
shares his thoughts on life in general and experiences
of going on road trips to BMX contests and all the
mishaps and moments that occur while on the road

with friends. Handwritten and decent layout. Can’t
wait to see more. (MA)

Allan McNaughton /186 Kingsheath Ave / Glasgow
G73 2DB / Scotland

EASILY GROSSED OUT #2 / $2 ppd. world
6x8 1/2 - copied - 40 pgs.

I'll try to be as objective as I can be, despite the fact
that this person is presently crashing on my floor. This
is a great queer punk zine, and one of the only ones of
its type to focus on hardcore. Music, that is. Refresh¬
ingly non-elitist with a shitload of energy and enthu¬
siasm, this blows away most zines by kilometers.
Interviews with XHomo PosX queer str8 edger Jason
from Kill the Robot zine. Capitalist Casualties, and
Christ on a Crutch. Incredibly cute drawings and a
great disposition make this a must. (MW)

Gwenael Rattke / 3 Rue Isidore Louveau / 35700
Rennes / France

EYE NINE #3-10 + 2 stamps
A tree grows in Raleigh, North Carolina. Brief, charm¬
ing interviews with Jawbreaker and Fragrant Cloud.
Plus politics, comics, burrito hijinks and, yes, a Dis-
chord ad. Every growing boy needs stamps. (TJ)
2213 Mariner Circle / Raleigh, NC 27603

EYE OF THE KUDZU #8 / $1 plus 2 stamps
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 32 pgs.

Great little zine here! I mean, it’s not exactly type-set
or slick or anything, but it’s got such a great attitude to
it. Zines with distinct personalities are definitely ahead
of the pack in my book. It’s got a few lists and a
Jawbreaker interview, but wait - there is a cool piece
on racism, cute cartoons, fun drawings, and personal
stuff too. Sincere and inspired, this is. (MW)
Priscilla Grim / 502 Stovall St. SE / Atlanta, GA
30316-1518

FACTSHEET 5 #48 / $3.95
81/2 x 11 - offset - 96 pgs

As always, indispensable if you are of the mind to
shop for zines by mail or are seeking out the unusual.
But... the contents and styles seem to be so much of the
editor’s opinion and not so much a sourcebook like F5
of old. Change the name or start numbering from the
beginning of your term, R. Seth. It’s just not the same.
(NR)

PO Box 170099 / San Francisco, CA 94117-0099

FLIPSIDE #85 / $3.00 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - newsprint (color cover) - 156 pgs.

Well, I grabbed this on the strength of the cover alone
- what a fucking great cover. It’s their Japanese Inva¬
sion issue -although interviews with the Boredoms,
5678’s, and Teengenerate make up the Japanese con¬
tributions. As always, a good read - their biggest issue
yet -1 may not always agree with them, but I definitely
always read it cover to cover. (TM)

PO Box 60790 / Pasadena, CA 91116

FOREVER AND A DAY #6 / $1 ppd.

7 x 8 1/2 - copied - 24 pgs.

Passionate, angry, & intense. Oftentimes defensive,
assuming you don’t understand or share the editor’s
sentiment. Contains various writings on things that
piss this person off & lots of the word “fuck.” Also
interviews Bill Barbot of Jawbox. Sometimes a bit
disjointed in thought, thus making ideas hard to fol¬
low. Emotive & dramatic in an almost detached way?
However, definitely worthwhile. (KC)

1912 Electric Ave. / Bellingham, WA 98226

FRUG! #3,4,5/ 50p cover price, overseas “write for
details”

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - many pp and more each issue

I have many questions about this zine. How do they
manage to put it out every month? Who the hell are
Huggy Bear? Lots of long interviews, gig & record
reviews, all written in this manic uptempo style that
addresses its readers as “pop kids” (is that supposed to
be sarcastic?) and addressing every conceivable niche

, If'AMZlHE REVIEWS

of “indie” from the crustiest DIY to the most-hyped
corporate chart-toppers (these'three issues feature a
massive Buzzcocks interview, plus coverage of bands
like INXS, Eugene Chadboume, NoFX, Samiam,
Suede and others like them). I think maybe you have
to be British to really understand, but it’s a lengthy and
interesting read at any rate. (EW)

1 Mellon St / Newport, Gwent NB9 1EP / S. Wales /
UK

GEEZUZ #8 / $2 ppd.

81/2 x 11 - copied - 19 pgs
This is really stupid at times - there’s just enough good
stuff to make it worth reading. Interviews with the
Butthole Surfers and Peter Bagge, Ed Gein’s tips for
serial killers, STD stories, reviews (comics, shows,
zines, sound) OK, but not nearly as good as they think
they are. (DS)

297-810 W Broadway / Vancouver BC / V5Z 4C9 /
Canada

GIRLFRIEND #1 / $3.00 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 40 pgs.

I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to relate but since
I promised here’s the review. Girlfriend is an SF zine
that, for the most part, covers the drag culture in all its
manifestations, with quite an agreeable sense of hu¬
mor. Tips on DIY makeup for “fags and dykes”,
rundown on deviant art and where it can be found, a
homage to the closed Club Uranus and the era it
represented to some, Joan Jett Blakk’s presidential
campaign diary, an examination of drag in and out of
the mainstream and some girls discuss environmental
responsibility. Well put together. (JD)

POBox 191781 /SF,CA 94119-1781

GLOSSOLALIA #2/4 stamps
8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 70 pgs.

Pretty standard zine fare to be found here. Big zine
with long interviews with Beth from Oiler and the Red
Aunts, featuring such topics as masturbation and yeast
infections. Also record and show reviews, commen¬
tary on local LA scene stuff, and fiction. (ML)

2041 N. Vermont #402 / Los Angeles, CA 90027

GOLGOTHAS - ROLLER COASTER/ $5.00 ppd
8x11 1/2 - offset - 72 pgs - Greek
This zine is a combination of two separate zines doing
one issue together. And the content is completely
about bands. Riot Grrrl, Danzig, Night Stalker, Hon¬
eydive, Blue Cheer, etc... It’s a well put together zine,
also with plenty of record reviews. (HH)

Bill Pavlides /17 Pindou str. /132 31 Athens / Greece

HANGING AROUND #5 / $4.00 ppd
8 x 11 - offset - 68 pgs - Swedish
Besides the shitty photos of muscleman Glenn Danzig
I liked this zine. It’s mostly for the leather jacket
crowd; band info on Anti Cimex, Reptile Smile,
Kazjurol, plus others. Lots of reviews and ads. What
else? Article on Charles Manson, reproductions of
Giger paintings, and plenty of sex. (HH)

Patrick Carlssen / Hunnemaravagen 11 / S 374 34
Karlshamn / Sweden

HECTIC TIMES #5 / $6
81/2 x 11 - copied - 44 pgs

As of late, Santa Cruz and surrounding towns seem to
be brimming over with young bands. This zine high¬
lights their talents and ideas from art to music to
skating. Twelve bands transfer these to audio on the
accompanying cassette. While most stick to tradition¬
al hardcore or punk. Candy Apples and Herbert stuck
out for original material. A cool idea. (NR)

PO Box 2652 / Santa Cruz, CA 95063

HELLBOUND #7 / $1 25ppd
7 x 8 1/2 - copied - 40pgs

One of my favorites this month. Out of Olympia, WA.
Funny, total nonsequitur stew. Name your favorite
marsupial, A story about Canadian border crossings
gone awry, Abe Lincoln cartoon, Mexican fast food
survey. Interviews with Wool and Shrinkwrap. All

done with a wry sense of humor. Get the picture? (DS)
1001 Cooper Pt Rd SW / Suite 140-194 / Olympia,
WA 98502

HIGH ON PROPAGANDA TILL I DIE #3 / $ 1 ppd

or trade

4 1/4 x 11 - copied - 32 pgs
One of those real inspiring zines, “an unfolding story
about two people who spend their time off from being
bored in complete anger.” Short, articulate articles and
cool artwork about the problems of being an intelli¬
gent anarchist punk in suburban LA. Very worth¬
while. (EW)

PO Box 4453 / Laguna Beach CA 92652

HILDA June ’93 / $2 and 2 stamps
7x8 1/2 - copied - 48 pgs.

Named after a very nice chicken. Sparse (not wordy or
pretentiously elaborate) yet very full of life & obser¬
vation. Has sort of a melancholic air- uplifting &
depressing in the same breath. A very personal &
interesting ‘zine that contains lotsa neat & strange
dreams & journal entries... fragments of this person’s
life in solid little chunks. Does a good critique of Jerry
Mander’s book In the Absence of the Sacred, that deals
w/ technology. Overall, honest in thought & feeling.
Very wonderful. (KC)

Cia Catherine / PO Box 1205 / Olympia, WA 98507

HOLOCAUST #2 / $2.00 ppd
8 1/2 x 11 - offset - 24 pgs.

Without a doubt I take great pride in being straight¬
edge and vegan, and I find myself always defending
my stand and decisions to friends and acquaintances.
After reading this, I can see why some people have a
negative reaction towards straight-edge and vegan¬
ism. This zine comes across being elitist and judgmen¬
tal with opinions caught up in rhetoric and sloganeer¬
ing with no real foundation. Also the anti-abortion
stance is fucking disgusting. I found myself wonder¬
ing what in the hell are these people thinking. Brain¬
washed by Christian propaganda? Fuck this piece of
shit. (MA)

321 1/2 Westcott St #3 / Syracuse, NY 13210

JAVAMAN #10 / $1.25ppd
81/2 x 51/2 - copied - 20 pgs
This came off as sincere, but too literary and artsy for
my tastes. There’s some prose (painful) and unfortu¬
nately some poetry (excruciating). A good article
about the American Indian Movement (but why did
you have to end the thing with a call to WRITE to
Clinton - duh!) Benicia and Sacramento city tours
Cometbus style but without the sense of adventure that
Aaron generates. (DS)

229 Baker St / Benicia, CA 94510

KICK IT OVER #31 / Canada &USA- $2.50 /
Australia $3.50/UK £1.50
8 1/4 x 10 3/4 - newsprint - 48 pgs.

An “anarchistic” ‘zine that doesn’t throw its politics
around too rhetorically or righteously for me. Articles
on the auto’s effect on community, responses to the
wars in former Yugoslavia, demarchy, etc. Perhaps
not as challenging for the die-hard politico, but great
for the not-as-politically-versed person (i.e. me). In
other words, it doesn’t get caught up in crazy terms &
it’s not like reading a poly-sci textbook (thank good¬
ness). Cool discussion of men’s accountability in
gender roles. (KC)

PO Box 5811/ Stn. A / Toronto, Ont M5W 1P2 /
Canada

KILL THE ROBOT #5 / $1.00 ppd
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 38 pgs.

A full zine dedicated to the thoughts and feeling of a
gay, vegen, hardcore guy. It’s not a bad zine, quite
intelligent, in fact, but mostly seemingly random
thoughts are thrown together. The read is interesting,
but you may find yourself turning the page without
remembering what you’ve read. So the writing style is
a bit hard to comprehend (or it is if you have a pea-
brain like me...there, beat you to it!) (SB)

13605 Glenhurst Rd / Gaithersburg, MD 20878

LAST OF THE HIPPIES #? / $2.00 ppd.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - printed - 24 pgs.

This is actually a reprint of the Booklet put out by
Crass in their “Christ the Album” box set. It’s already
been reprinted in a book form, but this is a great way
for people who may not have picked up the vinyl (the
booklet didn’t come with the CD reissue) - definitely
a seriously good read for anyone who hasn’t already
seen it. (TM)

D.S.4.A. / Box 8/82 Colston Street/ Bristol / England

LITTLE BOOK OF REVOLUTION #9 / $2.00 yr.
or trade

7 x 8 1/2 - copied - 12 pgs.

Short and sweet, one guy’s reflections in comic strip,
collage and excerpt form. A nice little bit on why he’s
anti-copyright and pro-cheap art. If you’re into ex¬
ploring the spiritual aesthetic of motorcycles with a
Hunter S. Thompson flair - this is for you. (CC)
Brooke / 116 W. Barrett Avenue / Richmond, CA
94810

KNK #2 - $2 ppd. (airmail)

6x8 1/2 - copied - 20 pgs.

Punk zine from Lithuania, with info on Latvia and
Albania—yes, Albania!—to boot. Man, if you think
it’s hard to be in a punk band in America, read this.
These guys play in TV factories, cemeteries, aban¬
doned schools, you name it. Something tells me they’re
not in this to be trendy. Check it out. (TJ)

PO Box 899 / 3014 Kaunas / Lithuania

KUMQUAT #3 / 2 stamps
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 32 pgs.

Another in the “personal” zine category, this is a brief
but entertaining look into someone’s life. Aside from
a relatively lengthy interview with the Gr’ups, you get
your standard zine fare of reviews, clip art, and such.
Of special note would be a cool editorial on the
overrated bay area punk scene, and two stories dealing
with job-seeking adventures. A bit self-absorbed, but
still original and nice to read. (MW)

305 Bridgewater / Bloomington, IL 60108

LITTLE BIG SISTER #1/ $1 ppd + stamps
5 1/2x8 1/2- copied- 30 pgs
Ah, memories! This zine took me right back to 1986
when I lived in the middle of Delaware and had no
friends or inspiration. If you feel isolated in a shitty
environment, get this zine as fast as possible, it will
cure the pangs of sadness. This zine can inspire you to
action with really good essays on how to put on shows
in the middle of nowhere, the evils of “live action” tv
shows, interviews with Shotmaker and Excursion
records. This zine made me very happy and hopeful
that there are still people who are doing things for their
scenes, no matter how small they are. (SZ)

9 Glenelg St. East / Lindsay, Ontario K9V 1Y5 /
Canada

LOOSER POTENTIAL #2 / $1 ppd.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - copied - 30 pgs
Sappy but nice zine that mercifully avoids musical
commentary. Some funny stuff as well as a piece on
amateur video editing were pluses. “The Sorriest Job
I ever Had” by Rachel Asgoth was a worth while but
depressing autobiography. (JD)

A Havel / PO Box 84 / Belleville, KS 66935

MALA RAZA #1 / $3.00 ppd
8 x 11 - offset - 56 pgs - Spanish
This is one of those Euro-zines that easily blends a
good riot with a good punk show. It interviews the
bands Etsaiak, SNFU, Acme and The Bastards Of
Metal. There are also articles on Palestine, Squats,
Life Without God, plus more. Also has ads and record
reviews. (HH)

Apdo: 6037 / 50080 Zaragoza / Spain

MANOR FARM #2 / $2 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 48 pgs.

Interviews w/ Ben Sizemore (Econochrist), Policy of
Three, Snapcase, Avail, Native Nocf, & the NJ Women

6 AIDS Network. Also contains an intense suicide
attempt account & a chilling rape story (why was the
way she dressed in high school mentioned?). A cool
‘zine w/ lotsa variety... but really, the opening “animal
rights” cartoon sickened me. As a deer as it sodomizes
(rapes) a hunter, it says, “Here’s your deer meat,
asshole!” Should I find this funny? This is just a
comic, but still, the power implications disturb me.
Once I turned that page, the ‘zine was quite good.
(KC)

c/o OB / 711 Raritan Ave. #18 / Highland Park, NJ
08904

MAYBE #1 / $1.38 plus $.75 postage
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 30 pgs.

This reminds me of the activity books parents some¬
times buy their children for long car trips-lots of short,
upbeat stories, games and anecdotes. There’s even a
survey to rank which was/is better... Adam Ant or Billy
Idol, Trojans or Lifestyles...kinda nice. (CC)

Lisa / 2311 38th Avenue / San Francisco, CA 94116

MOSH HARD #10 / $1.00 ppd or trade
8x11 1/2 - copied -12 pgs - Spanish
A totally cool attitude zine, this issue’s emphasis on
the band M.T.A. Other band info. The Harries, Mr.T
and The Screaming Vikings (not nirvana). Yeah, trade
something with this dude, definitely worth it! (HH)
Urano 1409 Col. Nva.Linda Vista / CD. Guadalupe,
N.LCP 67110/Mexico

MY GOD SHAVES #1 / $1 ppd or 4 stamps
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 56 pgs.

This zine has pablum-flavored interviews with Crain,
Circus Lupus, Fugazi, and Rain Like the Sound of
Trains, but the true draw of this zine is the personal
stories. This is done by someone who seems to have a
somewhat troubled existence, and the writing here is
at times painfully honest. Mostly when dealing with
his struggles fitting in as an Afro-American at his
school, and problems with his friends. There’s also a
travel diary and music reviews...I hope this zine keeps
on with less focus on music and more on Corey’s
observations, but you should check this issue out
anyways. (ML)

Corey Kittrell / 603 Liberty Pike / Franklin, TN 37064

NO SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO SERVICE #3 / $1

7 x 8 1/2 - copied - 12 pgs

Pretty cool stories, and it’s just the right length to
finish in one sitting. Gettirtg past the introduction,
there are only a few opinions in this zine. The center
flipped open to this obnoxious comic about inserting
tampons with no arms. Then there are stories that I
liked reading. At the very end is the most creative
thing I’ve come across for decorating your Christmas
Tree: a Bill Clinton cut out Riot Grrrl doll, w/ cut out
clothing. It makes Bill look cute. (JW)

Rocco Publishing / 2427 So. 58th Ct. / Cicero, IL
60650

NOISE FEST #4 / 40P/$1.00 ppd/trade
5 1/2 x8 1/2 - offset - 40 pgs.

A dedicated “grind/punk zine”, if you’ re one for genre
labels. Standouts are well-done interviews with Todd
of Misery, Sarcasm, Embittered, Drop Dead, 121
Bookshop & Anarchist Centre, and Counter Informa¬
tion newsheet (who were interviewed by mail).

If you haven’t caught on yet, this covers anarchist
politics and social change (alright in my book!), but
questions and answers can tend to be similar at times.
Well done scene reports from Belgium and Turkey,
describing the state of their countries, as well as the
scenes within them. (SB)

15 Ashborne Gdns / Bradford BD2 4AE / UK

NOSEBLEED #8 /$1 ppd
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 28 pgs
“Independent voice of Rock Against Fascism”. Lots
of cartoons of mean-looking skins, who I guess are the
“Anti-fascists” we’re supposed to be rooting for. In¬

terviews with NOFX, Fugazi, Bad Manners, Gang¬
sters, and much deserved slagging of Blaggers ITA.
Overall, they may be against racial prejudice, but
they’re still, well, skinheads. (EW)

37 Chalfont Rd / Malahide, Co. Dublin / Ireland

NOTHING #1? / $1?

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - copied - 40 pgs.

This zine is really straight edge (one page is nothing
but X’s). It has a lot of potential but I think could have
pushed his interviewees further - he asks good ques¬
tions but doesn’t follow up enough. There’s a great
interview with Sean of Positron zine (homoXpos) and
interviews with Near Season and Daltonic. I’ll admit
I’m not too into the SXE boys club thing, but this zine
is pretty good. (ML)

Tre McCarthy / 597 Pleasant St / Marlboro, MA
01752

THE OHM CLOCK #1 / $3.00 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 36 pgs.

All the way from Las Vegas, Aaron Garland, a friend
of Sick-O who puts out Nice Guys Finish Last does
this. Pretty competent first effort. Good interview with
Man is the Bastard, strange syntax and spelling aside.
Piece on Wagner, the Kraut composer; Robert Ward,
the guy who puts out the ambiguous Fifth Path cul-
turezine, Egyptian symbology and an interview with
Kingdom Scum. (JD)

PO Box 43894 / Las Vegas, NV 89116-1894

L’OREILLE CASSEE #1 / $???

81/2 x 12 - copied - 34 pgs - French
Yes, they rave about New Bomb Turks in Europe too!
As well as news about touring American bands, you
get plenty of stories and reviews about French bands
like the ever present Bubble Beer, all in a punk cut-up
style. (NR)

17 B Avenue Jacques Chastellair / Residence lie 2000
Apt. 242 / 76000 Rouen / France

OUR STRUGGLE #2/ $4 ppd
8 1/4 x 11 3/4- copied- 46 pgs
This issue deals primarily with European edge. Inter¬
views with Encounter, Blindfold, Onward, Short-
sight, Nations on Fire and Open Up. What is good is
the format of the interviews where very similar ques¬
tions are asked to each band. This really helps a reader

famzihe reviews

grasp what is unique about European Edge, and where
one band may intellectually shine through. Very com¬
prehensive. (SZ)

Tom Lang/ Pidingweg 33 / A- 5020 Salzburg/ Austria

PANTS THAT DON’T FIT #3 / 250 + stamps
(prefers trades)

5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 24 pgs.

Well-done and to-the-point, this is a small zine mainly
focused on bay area punk. Interviews with Raooul and
Fuzzzone, and pieces on Frida Kahlo, the Black Pan¬
ther Party, Sesame Street punks and more. Fun, with
a light sense of humor, and well worth the quarter.
(MW)

612 Laurel Ave. / Millbrae, CA 94030

POOL DUST #19 / $1.00 ppd
8 1/2x11- offset - 46 pgs

Here’s another good issue from this skate zine out of
the Seattle area. Tons of photos, (skate) scene reports
from Hawaii, Spain, and North Carolina, short stories,
opinions, music news and reviews, along with a fea¬
ture article “6, 588 Miles In The Life Of...” dealing
with the authors skate sessions along the West Coast,
and more packed between the silkscreened cover with
the back inside cover being a fold-in job much like
what you’ll find in a Mad magazine. (MA)

PO Box 85664 / Seattle, WA 98145-1665

POTLUCK #3 / $ free +2 stamps
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 32 pgs.

Lots of variety here from this Arkansas zine. From
tidbits on a veg holiday to feet to July 4th to computer
nerds. There’s also stuff on 7th grade, the unconscious
and friends. Oh, and an interview with Groundwork.
Good job. (JX)

2600 Charter Oak / Little Rock, AR 72207

PUBLIK ENEMA #5 / free
81/2 x 11 - copied - 16 pgs

This is an anarchist/crusty thing. Mostly reprints from
other zines. Stuff on prison riots, LA riots, rants on
punk rock, a travel journal, and an excellent chronol¬
ogy of rock star deaths. I had my doubts about all the
reprints, but it’s all well done and funny and there’s
enough original stuff to make it meaningful. A fun
read. (DS)

Skot / 25686 Nugget / El Toro, CA 92630

PUD CHAIN #3 - $2.50 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 116 pgs.

Well, I’m fucking impressed. This zine is thick enough
to smother a rat. Really good in-depth interviews with
Tonie Joy of Vermin Scum Records and a DIY blues-
man named Mr. Guy, plus a dead-on column advocat¬
ing an alliance between hardcore and rap. Fat and for
real. (TJ)

Plastic Fork Distribution / 1107 Sevemview Dr /
Crownsville, MD 21032

PUNK IN MY VITAMINS #3 / $3.00 ppd.

4 1/4x5 1/2 - offset - 64 pgs

This is the kind of zine that will make you want to get
off your ass and do one yourself. Very Cometbus-ish
in style, personal stories, cigarette reviews, comics,
art, clippings etc.. The high points for me were “Re¬
uben the Naughty Clown”, “E. Coli Served Here” and
the Tiger Trap interview. There are also words on Star
Trek and a Greyhound story that were both trouble¬
some to read due to the funky layout. Other than that,
PNMV should be your bible. Comes with a Karp/
Mundt split cassette. (MA)

Vem/120 State Ave NE #241 / Olympia, WA 98501

PUSH #7 / $ 1 ppd.

5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 24 pgs.

An 18-year-old’s realization of things explored &
captured on paper. Formerly Paralyzed. Gots a local
San Diego feel to it, despite the fact that the editor now
lives in glorious Berkeley. Interviews w/ the Ch6 Cafe

6 924 Gilman St., Furley, 2600 (a ‘zine for hackers &
freakers), etc. Kinda disjointed w/ things suddenly
starting & ending. Has a nice homemade sort of feel to

■ <?AMZIHE REVIEWS

it w/ handwritten doodles & words mixed w/ type.
(KC)

Alex Coolman / Box 633 ASUC Store / Bancroft &
Telegraph / Berkeley, CA 94720

R.O.N. #2 / $1 + 2 stamps or letter / junk
81/2 x 51/2 - copied - 24 pgs
Hearkening back to the days of long long ago when
zines were labors of love with scissors and glue stick,
R.O.N. satisfies that zine craving. Editor Milton talks
about his job, home life, waiting in line for Spinal Tap
tickets and more. He’s also written a book, Twen Tee
Too , which can be yours for a measly dollar. (NR)
625 S. Oak Park Ct. / Milwaukee, WI 53214

RAPID FIRE #11 / $1.50

8 1/2 x 11 - offset - 52 pgs

50%-50%. On one hand it’s got some really cool
hardcore ideas (straight edge), and at the same time
there’s articles talking about where to ride your dirt
bike. Do 1 live in Vermont? I must emphasize that the
article on the “Hardcore Unity Show” was a highlight,
and the coolest story. I would like to see more articles
like this. The photos were cool, but some of the things
written were not what I expected to see in this zine.
(JW)

RD #2 Box 3370 / Bristol, VT 05443

READ IT # 7 / $2.00 ppd.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - copied - 24 pgs.

Ironic I’d get this, as they defend Blaggers decision to
sign to EMI, whereas I slagged them a few issues ago.
Separate issue though - this is a great zine - good
political slant, in their editorials, questions asked in
the interviews (Blaggers, NoMeansNo, and Corpus
Vile) and a huge number of zine and record reviews.
Great coverage of the riots in Hartcliffe Estate as well.
It’s their last issue under this format - so get it now!
(TM)

D.S.4.A. / Box 8/82 Colston Street/ Bristol /England

ROLLERDERBY #12/ $2.50 ppd
8 1/2x11- printed - 28 pgs.

A little pricy but well worth it for the cover alone. The
best part is this series of interviews with various
women (such as Lydia Lunch, Kim Gordon) about
body image which is very telling about how fucked up
we still are about the subject. But there’s also cool
reading on NH neighbors, and a show that turned into
a race riot (of sorts). An afternoon of enjoyment.(ML)
PO Box 424762 /’San Francisco, CA 94142-4762

ROTTEN FRUIT #20 - $1.50 ppd.

5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - copied - 60 pgs.

One of the best zines I’ve seen here, even if it did take
a year to come out. This is of the “personal” variety,
put together by four childhood friends. Interview with
a 17-year-old girl about her abortion, travel fantasies,
goofy erotica, art, clippings. Sharp layout, too. (TJ)
816 Coss Circle / Westerville, OH 34081

RUCKUS #2 / $1.00 + 3/stamps
8 1/2 x 11 - newsprint - 40 pgs.

Cool. Apparently the girlz at Ruckus got the shrine
dedicated to them that they deserved from the millions
of rabid, devoted fans (read: those of us who worship
a mighty awesome girl punk zine..). Can you believe
that they didn’t know if #1 was good and should they
put out another? Well, set them straight on that one and
now we have #2. An insightful cultural ran of books
and movies worth checking out(looks like they have
good taste..) Excellent interviews - all of them -
Fastbacks, Velocity Girl, Tribe 8, Patti Smith, The
Women Of Disclosure, Tons of Attitude (or is that
tons of attitude?) Good graphics (bold and comix as
well, what more could a girl ask for?) Hey you, girl,
send contributions to the following: (SB)

136 Julie Dr. / Glenview, IL 60025

RUST BELT# 16/$ 1 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 32 pgs.

Don’t know about the zine, but the trick “Pretentious
Existence” cover idea was cleaver. Basically a wanna

be offensive kinda zine that doesn’t really get offen¬
sive (or funny) enough. Band slagging, fad slagging
and anarchist slagging is what you’ll Find inside. And
a Quincy Punx interview thing. Maybe if it was
cheaper...(JX)

PO Box 50384 / Minneapolis, MN 55405

SECOND GUESS #7 / $2 ppd
81/2x5 1/2 - copied - 50 pgs
This is a nice package of stuff, but there’s a naive
quality to the writing - nothing really grabbed me.
There’s a good summer vacation log with an account
of the infamous Insaints show at Gilman, various
ramblings about the Bay Area, a Bukowski reprint, a
personal essay on sex, and some scams. It all comes off
as too clean, both graphically and content-wise. Next
issue is on cassette, maybe that will be better. (DS)
PO Box 9382 / Reno, NV 89507

SHADOWS AND TALL TREES #5 / $1.50 ppd
8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 28 pgs.

Some pretty strong sentiments lie within. I like it when
people state the simple (and often not so obvious)
truths of their lives - and there’s plenty of that here!
Inspirational words on why be involved in this whole
punk thing and the relevance of chicks up front, as well
as some rather angsty despair. Interviews with Mouth¬
piece, Unbroken, Lifetime and 2 Line Filler. Do it and
send him your comments. (CC)

Dave Natoli / 63 West Bridge St / Oswego, NY 13126

SHOELACE FANZINE #5 / $1.75 ppd
81/2 x 11 - copied - 34 pgs

This is majorly a music (all kinds of alternative stuff)
fanzine, punctuated by the graphics of Jeff Gaither.
You’ve got your show reviews, record reviews and
interviews, all blending together to make a nice read.
(NR)

PO Box 7952 / West Trenton, NJ 08628

SKINHEAD TIMES #10/ $2.00 ppd.

11 x 17 - newsprint - 12 pgs.

Fuck this - fuck the whole jock mentality, fuck cliques
that parade how cool they are by all conforming to pre¬
approved social mannerisms, dress, politics, lifestyles.
Might as well be Christians, ooops, that’s okay too,
well, whatever. 0 points for original thought. Miss
Skinhead 1993? ugh. (TM)

S.T. Publishing / PO Box 12 / Dunoon Argyll / PA23
7BQ / Scotland

SKINTONIC #14 / $4.00 ppd
8x11- offset - 40 pgs - German
A zine for hardcore/ska skins that ain’t racist, or
sexist. This issue has info on the bands Special
Beat(ska), Ohl, Beck’s Pistol and Daily Terror. Also
articles on the art of tattoos, gay skins and the scene in
southern Germany. Plenty of ads and reviews. (HH)
PLK 077 581 -C / 1000 Berlin 44 / Germany

SLUG & LETTUCE #30 / FREE
Newspaper - 4 pgs

How can I cut on something sooo short; easy! This is
too short. Basically it’s like reading nothing but a
bunch of reviews; and they threw a few articles in
between the classifieds, photos, and business ads.
Question: Why is it that every picture of NY punks,
they all have mohawks? (JW)

Christine / PO Box 2067 / Peter Stuy. Stn / NY, NY
10009

SMORSYRA #15 / $2.00 ppd
18 x 11 - newsprint - 32 pgs - Norwegian
This is zine/paper is devoted completely to anarcho-
politics, and revolutionary resistance. Plenty of arti¬
cles on fascism and the violent struggle to smash it’s
current popularity. Also plenty of info on other world¬
wide struggles, including the Crips in LA, Native-
Americans in the Brazilian rainforest. This zine had
some interesting photos not usually seen in the Amer¬
ican press. (HH)

Pilestr.30c / N-0164 Oslo 1 / Norway

SOUND OFF #3 / $ 1 ppd. or trade
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - offset - 24 pgs.

Writings & politics that are helpful for those who want
to learn more about the essence of “politics” or the
struggle at Big Mountain, yet not too basic for the
“knowledgeable.” Contains an interesting rant reject¬
ing white male guilt. I question if one can really reject
the greater resources available to a “privileged” gen¬
der or race? Anyhow, this ‘zine also has a good
interview with Leaving, well done ‘zine reviews, and
various other rants and raves about one’s existence
here on earth. I like. (KC)

Dan Gatewood / 3432 S. 45th St. / Milwaukee, WI
53219-4819

SPUN #2 / $ 1 ppd or trade

5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 16 pgs

Good zine with cool graphics. Punk rock, old TV

shows, snowboarding, wordy article on how dancing

to house music will psychically save the world (I’m

not sure, but it has to do with Wittgenstein). Eugene

address, but lots of LA-area contributions. (EW)

PO Box 40021 / Eugene OR 97404

STOOL #2 / $1 ppd.

8 1/2 x 11 - newsprint - 48 pgs.

Really nice looking zine! Interviews with 16, 7 Year
Bitch and O from Fluf. Pretty decent interviews and
loads of reviews. Even a few porno reviews for the
insecure. (LH)

625 East 4th St. #261 / Long Beach, CA 90802

STORM WARNING #26 / $2.00
81/2 x 11 - newsprint - 15 pgs
I’m always skeptical of zines that use words like
“Imperialism” that have been taken over by leftoid
RCP idiots. But this really won me over. It’s basically
a critique of military intervention from Vietnam vets
(who know what they’re fucking talking about). Arti¬
cles on Somalia, Iraq, Cambodia, and the “new colo¬
nialism.” A cool poster centerfold. In all, serious
analysis without the stuffiness of some mags that
cover the same ground.(DS)

PO Box 95172 / Seattle, WA. 98145-2172

STYZINE #13/ stamp or trade
4 1/2 x 6 - copied - 32 pgs

FAUZIHE REVIEWS

One of those “intensely personal” zines. Editor inter¬
views his friend. Short first-draft type ramblings,
reviews, discussion of various kinds of turds, skate
photos, Dischord ad. How far wrong can you go for
one stamp? (EW)

5021 N Central Ave / Indianapolis, IN 46205-1057

SUSPECT DEVICE #18 / $4 ppd
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 48 pgs.

This zine comes to you chunk full of interviews and
reviews. The interviews for the most part are well
done, entertaining and include chats with: Pseudo
Hippies, Another Fine Mess, Obscene Females,
Threshold Shift, Victims Family, The Krayons, Wat
Tyler, Joeyfat, Glue, Face to Face and FC St. Pauli.
Add to this lots and lots of record reviews and you’ll
have loads of music reading. (JX)

24, Windbrush Rd. / Southampton / Hampshire SOI
9DD/UK

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8 1/2 x 11 - offset - 28 pgs.

As they said in the accompanying letter - they’re
trying to breathe life back into the Seattle scene.
Seems like they’re off to a great start - in depth
interviews with Jawbox, Tar, Pain Teens, Quincy
Punx, some interesting letters and tons of record
reviews. Not really groundbreaking, but the layout
makes everything easy to read. I’ll heed your warning
about the East Bay. (TM
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TRUK PEZ #7 / $2
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The little zine with the weird name is still at it! Nice
intelligent interviews (Hanson Brothers, Mangos) and
plenty of reviews of books and records round it out.
Send in a picture of your favorite Pez dispenser and
win their hearts. (NR)

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“I’ll bet this is a great zine!” I thought when it flew into
my hand. The ads are in English, which are about the
only words I can read, besides band names. Great
artwork and photography. If you can read German,
then you should buy this and send a translated copy to
Josh, so I can read it,and not just enjoy the pictures.
(JW)

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TURD JOURNAL #1 / $1 ppd or trade
5 1/2x8 1/2 - copied - 28 pgs
I usually don’t go for zines where most of the graphics
are lifted from old hygeine textbooks and ads from
ancient Life magazines, but this one is actually cool.

Funny Calvin & Hobbes parody, great spoof on the
overdone “scams section”, memories of the local Com
Festivals of the editor’s childhood, and more. (EW)
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TURNING THE TIDE Vol. 6 #4/ $2.00 ppd.

11 x 14 - newsprint - 12 pgs.

I’m normally not one for political zines, not enough
info, too much rhetoric, but this is an exception.
Interesting pieces on the recent arrests in LA about the
potential bombing of the First African Methodist
Church, Leonard Peltier, US political prisoners, and
some quite thought provoking letters to the ed, and a
bunch of other goodies. (LD)

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8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 52 pgs.

Poetry, Fiction, humor and other literary delights in an
extremely well-laid-out format. Not a zine, but one of
those “intellectual” publications that’s dying to be¬
come a “magazine”, but doesn’t have the flair or
originality to pull it off. I suppose these types of zines
have their place, but not in my zine collection. (MW)
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VOX CANNIS #7 / $2.50 ppd
8 1/2 x 11 - copied - 24 pgs
This issue’s theme is death, a topic of interest to
everyone. In this installment you’ll Find well written
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practices of various cultures, ‘near death’ experiences
of the staff, and, by far the most interesting, (and more
bizarre than it sounds!) an article on early medical
education in America, plus comics and a bit more.
Undoubtedly one of the more interesting zines I’ve
read lately. (MA)

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WHIRLYBIRDS #10 / $.50 + 2 stamps
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 - copied - 28 pgs.

Well, pretty much a music zine with stuff about
records and bands. For example, interviews with Avail
and Bad Trip and some record reviews, show reviews
and a piece about Green Day. If this is want you then
send a couple quarters to...(JX)

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WIND CHILL FACTOR #9 / $1.00 ppd
8 1/2 x 11 - newsprint - 40 pgs.

Chicago area anarchist periodical with news o’plenty
and some cool articles on hacking, graffiti, defining
autonomous struggles etc. The Jerk First! (EF! paro¬
dy) piece on responsible sexuality and the wads of info
on Black Cross (inmate support) happenings around
the world are great.Truly something for anyone inter¬
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WITHOUT FUTURE? #1 / $3.00 ppd/trade/demo
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The editor, Jorge, needs your mail folks! See, he’s
trapped in Portugal and needs a lovin’ jesture like, oh,
maybe a demo tape or a zine? Come on, be a pal. This
first issue (although apparently the last?) has some
good interviews with the likes of Sofahead, Hiatus,
and Agathocles, with questions that deal with the
usual important topics like racism, religion, anarchy,
and the death of vinyl. A bit on the death penalty
(check it out to see the slant), and reviews. Somewhat
of a sloppy layout, but punk! Don’t forgot to send
Jorge a care package!!! (SB)

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YEAR ZERO #2 / $3.00 ppd.

8 1/2x11- offset - 36 pgs.

Fucking great zines. I still believe that zines should
have the personality of their contributors, and zines
like this prove why. Snotty, abrasive and generally
punk editorial policy makes for a zine that stirS things
up without relying on easy reactionism. Interviews,
reviews, editorials - and a hilarious back cover make
this worth many times the price. (TM)

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YELLO SUBMARINE #5 / $2 ppd
5 1/2x8 1/2 - Copied - 40 pgs
Very readable mix of clippings from various sources,
a mixture of informative political material and weird
true news stories, all generally pointing to an anarcho-
atheist perspective. Highlights include articles on the
homeless in NYC, Bob Black, Ace Backwords, and a
great article listing various people who have commit¬
ted wildly antisocial acts over the last decade because
God told them to. (EW)

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YAKUZA #4 / $2.00
8 1/2 x 11 - printed - 54 pgs.

Friendly, well written zine, interviews with some
interesting folks - Shrimper Records, Vomit Launch,
travel tales from Cynthia Connolly and others, plus an
article about Operation Rescue. Kind of a different
look at the small punk/indy scene, some voices you
might not have heard before. Also has way too many
reviews. Nicely done. (GF)

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ZAP #70/71 / 4DM
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A German hardcore zine covering mostly US bands.
Glossy. Graphically clean. Some politics. I don’t
speak German. (DS)

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Poetry, art, and lots of reviews.

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Interviews with Superball, Affirmative Action, Por¬
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ASSPICKERS BIBLE #1 / $ 1.00 ppd
Comb, clippings, stories and opinions.

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Reviews, opinions, Coffin Break and material taken
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CHUMPIRE #18 / S.A.S.E.

Thoughts on cancer, reviews and a bit more. I’m
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CLOG 31 $2.25 ppd

Half-sized art book from the pen of Jeff Gaither. Nice
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“Directory of Women-Orientated Alternative Music

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Opinions, reviews and an erratic layout.

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EXCITABLE UNDERWEAR # 1 / $ 1.00 ppd.
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Fitting name for a cook book. Vegan and vegetarian
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HOPSKIPANDAJUMP #1/2 stamps
Rhythm Collision, Glue Gun, Jawbox, Mickey Finn,
and no personality.

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HOT BUTTERED GEEK #2 / 2 stamps
Opinions, clippings, and Cure lyrics (Why?!?).

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HUMANITY HAS BECOME A BAD JOKE #2 /
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Racism, religion, abortion, rebellion going far bneyond
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Lots and lots of talk about sex. Sure to make some
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Pranks, lists and stories.

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6 mini-zines in one nice little pocket-sized package.
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MAGNA MURDER MANIFESTO #1/1 stamp
Cool zine straight outta Memphis with the intent of
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MASS REVOLT #8 / S.A.S.E.

Stream lined, compared to previous issues. Thoughts
and reviews.

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MISERY AND VOMIT #4 / $3.00 ppd.
Independent comic with contents being a mismatch
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good.

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NUMBER 37 #? / .70 cents
This is a short story, and that’s all I can say because
it couldn’t hold my interest for one full paragraph.
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PATHETIC LIFE #l-#5 / $1.00 ppd.

#1 has interview with Identity Unknown, stories,
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PEOPLE WORDS #1/2 stamps and .25 cents
Really cool. Thouhgts on nightmares, jump rope, a
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works as a coloring book as well.

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PEPPY’S ENEMA #1 / $1.00 ppd or 2 stamps
Interview with Joe Queer, opinions, clippings and
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PISS POT #1 /$1.00 ppd
Columns, recipes, reviews and comics.

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PLASTIC CONSPIRACY #3 / 2 stamps
Opinions, clippings and reviews. What’s with the
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POSEUR #2/1 stamp

Clippings, opinions, TMNT fan art and a comic.

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POWER TO THE PEOPLE #1 & #2 / S.A.S.E.

A zine that looks at life on the San Diego bus system.
Interesting.

Erik Knutzen / PO Box 232741 /Leucadia, CA 92023

PROZAC #2 / .50 cents ppd

Ronald Reagan on the cover (is this 1993 or 1983?!?)

and opinions discussing the standard stuff.

805 So 7th Ave / West Bend, WI 53095

PUFF #3 / 2 Stamps.

The “Disgruntled Employee” issue. Opinions, vent¬
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Koresh pin-up.

Joseph Gervasi / 142 Frankford Ave. / Blackwood,
NJ 08012

RADIO RIOT #26 / S.A.S.E
Lifetime tour diary, opinions, and words on every¬
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RAGGEDY ANARCHY’S GUIDE TO VEGAN
BAKING AND THE UNIVERSE # 1 / $3.00 plus 2
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Vegan recipes for cookies, cakes, cobblers and more,
plus a little bit of politics thrown in for reading during
the times when you’re waiting for your food to bake.
Go vegan!

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RODENT #2/2 stamps or trade
Cool zine consisting of opinions, well written with¬
out getting caught up in rhetoric and sloganeering.
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THE ROGUE #4/2 stamps or .60 cents ppd.

Show reviews, comic strios, quick article on the
Flood of ‘93, animal rights, and columns.

2013 Oliver PI / Winter Haven, FL 33884

THE SHMINKLE REPORTS #2 / $1.00 ppd.
Clippings, opinions, photos of Endpoint, Life Game,
skating, but the price is a bit steep for the content.
812 West Dr / Sheffild Lake, OH 44054

SKALICIOUS #2 / $2.00 ppd
Just like the name implies, this is a ska zine. Inter¬
views with Hepcat, Skankin Pickle, The Scofflaws,
news and clippings.

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THE SOCIAL DRINKER #2 / $1.00 or trade
Dane steps, dating, live reviews, art, hiarious stuff.
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STATIC #1/1 stamp

Places to go in Memphis, opinions, clippings and
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PO Box 41384 / Memphis, TN 38174
SUCK #1 / $1.00 ppd.

Opinions, reviews and interviews with Muffs and
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TEEN REVOLUTION PACK #1 / $2.00 ppd.
Stickers, poetry, flyers and copies of Pro-zine, Lila,
and catalog.

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TOXIC FLIER #8 / $2.00 ppd or $ 1.00 and 3 stamps
Interviews with Chaos U.K., Poor Excuse, fliers,
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UGLY AMERICAN #2 / 2 stamps
End result of too many drugs.

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UGLY AMERICAN #3 / S.A.S.E.

Quick read. A comic and a couple of opinions.

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UNDER THE VOLCANO #14 / $1.00 ppd.
Quicksand, Tar, Pere Ubu, Cop Shoot Cop, reviews
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UNDERGROUND CHAOS #1 / $1.25 ppd.

GG Allin, Bloody Mess & The Skabs, and reviews.
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URBAN RAG #15 / .75 cents ppd
Record reviews printed in blue ink. Woo-hoo!

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40 WORDS $2/ 60 WORDS $3 MAX-CASH ONLY!!!!

CHIBA DOWA’S new 7” single on red vinyl.
Dumpster Rock at its finest!! Send $3.50
ppd. to Roughshod Records c/o A. Jarvis,
P.O. Box 53, Bloomington, IN 47402.

SUPERCHARGE YOUR MIND! Legal (if
you’re legal), powerful, portable, available
now. Details by mail. Pledge your allegiance
to the Altered States of America, Box 38114-
223, Houston, TX 77238. Experience the Rev¬
olution!

S.M.D. 9 SONG 7” Southern California hard¬
core $3 ppd. Money order or cash only to:
Maury Vasquez, 8807 Arma St., Pico Rivera,
Ca 90660

INDUSTRIAL/NOISE—WANTED, vinyl
needed from the following bands: White-
house, MB, SPK, Sutcliffe Jugend, NWW,
TG...Will trade or buy. Send sale/trade lists
as well as want lists. Michael C. 428 Broder¬
ick Street, San Francisco, CA 94117. (415)
775-9479.

PSYCHEDELIC GLUE SNIFFIN’ HILL-
BILLIES-35 minutes of indescribable hallu¬
cinatory head warpin’!! Whalin’ soundtrack
by Helios Creed and Charles Manson!!! A
must have for collectors of cool stuff!!! Check
or MO to: Face Attack Films, PO Box 16434,
Baltimore, MD 21217.

RARE BRITISH PUNK/ 01/ HC set-sale
1500+ items, Abrasive Wheels, Zounds. Want
list service. Please send IRC for catalogue:
Elista, 157 Common Rise, Hitchin, Herts,
SG4 OHS, England. Tel (0462)433089.

I WANT TO JOIN or start a full time band
with plans of touring & recording constant¬
ly. I’m 20, & have 3 yrs experience singing for
hardcore & weird sounding bands. I would
like to be a Black Flag/weird /Fugazi sound¬
ing band. It is all I want to do. Willing to
move!! Brian Mack, 9191N. 103rd St, Scotts¬
dale, AZ, 85258.

FREE CATALOG: Punk,Rock,Thrash,Metal.
Over 400 items. LP’s, 7”,CD’s,Promos,T-
shirts,Memorabilia.Something for everyone
Misfits,Metallica,Megadeath,Guns N Roses
+ many,many more. Stamp appreciated/Not
required. Spastik/Cthulu, 428 Broderick St,
San Francisco, CA 94117.

DC AREA NOISE BAND, Elegant Mess de¬
but LP, “After the Roaches Eat the Poison”
7 dollars ppd. US, foreing 10 US dollars, well
hidden cash please. IG Records, Suite 130,
6006 Greenbelt Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20770.

PUNK, HARDCORE & JAZZ. Chaos Wed.
overnites/Thurs. morning 2-4 AM on Wake
Up Screaming-2 hours of DIY, non commer¬
cial programming at WUSB Stony Brook,
90.1 FM. Bands, labels, bike parts manufac¬
turers send your latest releases for airplay,
I’ll try and get you a sticker. Wake Up Scream¬
ing c/o Tom, 11 The Crescent, Babylon, NY
11702.

CORRESPONDENSE WANTED: 19 yr. fe¬
male wants to write to punks all over Eu¬
rope. Looking for places to stay next year,
willing to return favor. Vegetarians if possi¬
ble, no sexist, racist, homophobics. Into Brit¬
ish, Swedish, Japanese, Punk, HC, Crust.
Into trading records & information, becom¬
ing friends and learning. Please write: Emily
Hunger/10190 SW Inez/Tigard, OR 97224 '

GHOST STORIES, encounters with the su¬
pernatural, scary adventures and other tales
of freaky shit that has happened to you
needed for Halloween theme issue. We pay
in copies and good vibes only. A Day In the
Life Of... POB 94221, Seattle, WA 98124.

KAAL/ New Punk Fanzine #zero: Chris
Jones (ex- Verbal Assault)/ Born Against/
Punk Posters/ Punk Reviews/ Punk Cook¬
ing/ Yuppie Comic/ and not much more!
Only $2 (surface) or $3 (air) postpaid every¬
where Cheap! Write for wholesale prices!
Kaal/ Ravenhorst 26/ 3833 WD Leusden/
Netherlands. Also out! Too Unlimited mu¬
sic by Seein’ Red on limited 7”!

NEW ENGLAND. We are the Johnny Bra-
vols,aband. Please write us a letter. Thank
you. Eddie Dyer/ 38 Wedgemere Dr./ Low¬
ell, MA 01852

PUNK REKERDZ! Old fart needs to sell a
collection amassed since 1979! I need to “get
off the grid”, pay off stupid credit ventures
and refocus!! Five pages of 7”, 12” + misc
sizes & shapes. Soul to soul prices. Send
stamps (2 if you can) to John D., 120 State
Ave NE Suite 257 (it’s a post office box
oday!) Olympia, WA 98501-8212

GOLDENROD RECORDS - representing the
finest of San Diego’s music with releases
from Custom Floor, Fishwife, Hemlock, Rust,
Heavy Vegetable, Powerdresser, Radio
Wendy, and some other great stuff we can’t
advertise. For list send a stamp to: 4186-A
Sorrento Valley Blvd., San Diego, CA 92121

SHORT STORIES WANTED for a book type
thing: True, Love, Horror, Teenage angst or
self indulgent type stuff- I don’t mind, just
get your ass in gear and send me a story:
Bridget, 23 The Embankment, Bedford,
MK40 3PD, England

FREE CATALOG of Anarchist and Atheist
books and pamphlets. See Sharp Press, P.O.
Box 1731, Tucson, AZ 85702-1731

SMALL TOWN RECORD reviews needs your
help!!! I am starting an underground inde¬
pendent free zine for record reviews only.
The first issue is already done and waiting
for your order, (two 290 stamps please) I am
also looking for contributors! Please send
me your new records or demo tapes and I will
review them for you for free! I would like to
make this as big as possivle so please help
me! 15 W. Galer St. #3, Seattle, WA 98119-
3352

ATTN. FREIGHT-HOPPERS! I am in dire
need of some information! I am looking for
maps, freight routes, maps of major stations,
and tips or pointers. I live in Seattle, and
would like to receive info for the Northwest¬
ern and West coast of Amerikkka. Please
help! DanHolzer, 15 W. Galer St. #3, Seattle,
WA 98119-3352

I HATE YOU #1 OUT! Int. w/ C.O.M.B.,
punk/crust/noise reviews, discordia, fringe
shit, zine + concert review, Evil Monk com¬
ics, death art. 16 pages...free, give your
stamps. Looking for crust/noise bands for
future issues! SXE & DIY death metal also
welcomed. Contributions=free ad. Free 40
word classifieds. Zines, labels, bands, punks,
write! 13543 S. Kerry Ln. / Lockport, IL
60441-9132

STARTING A ZINE. Looking for bands to
interview- preferably skinhead bands but
other bands will do. Looking for ska, oi,
punk, hardcore, etc. I’m also looking for
people to write articles. Absolutely no rac¬
ists, sexists, homophobes or nationalists.
Willy, 200 Gibson Street, Berea, OH 44017.
(216) 243-3218.1 can do interviews by phone.

“THE PENIS IS A violent body part” or so
say censors. Please send me a photo of your
(your boyfriend’s) penis for a project on cen¬
sorship. Most places will develop photos of
nudity as long as you’re not doing anything
“vulgar”. Poloroid photo okay. Photos will
not be used commercially. Send them today!
Shane, P.O. Drawer O, Los Altos, CA 94022

HELP! SEARCHING FOR the” drummer
We’re a heavy, progressive, melodic, noisy,
hallucinogenic, sonic, energetic troop from a
college town with a thriving scene. We’re
friendly, dedicated, open minded, laid back
and responsible. We listen to Sonic Youth,
Neurosis, Alice Donut, Trenchmouth, Voi
Vod, Monster Magnet, old Swans, old Floyd,
King Crimson and much more. If interested
contact Brian or John at 516 McCourtie
Kalamazoo, MI 49008 or (616) 385-4961

OCTOBER 93 - traveling America for 6 |
months, want to meet up with people (any¬
one please) to hang out with, and to make
new friends from all over, anywhere. Inter¬
ests (though irrelevant) include hardcore,
skating, hip-hop (no gangster bullshit - hon¬
est) Please write - Anton, 17 Thornwood Ct.,
Carlisle Rd., Buxton, Derbyshire, SKI 7 6XZ,
England

GG ALLIN & ANTISEEN 7” PS. Violence
Now” +1. Cover is autographed by GG - first
name only! $7 USA/ $9 world. “Troubled
Troubador” 7” PS. GG with his acoustic
guitar $5 USA/ $7 world. Skeeter, 3212 Birch-
wood Avenue, Wyoming, MI 49548.

GG ALLIN MAILORDER CATALOG. In¬
cludes: tapes, CDs, stickers, records and t-
shirts. Over 20 different items. New items
coming in always. Please send 2 290 stamps
for a great catalog. Vomitose, 3212 Birch-
wood Avenue, Wyoming, MI 49548. The Mis¬
sion goes on!

SALE/ TRADE: MISFITS 12” picture disk,
Dayglow Abortions “Two Dogs Fucking”
CD, both Meatmen flexis, both Minor Threat
original 7”s, Dwarves boot 7”, tons of GG,
Sub Pop, Riot City and more. Write for free
list updated monthly. Paul Holstein, 1515
Sashabaw, Ortonville, MI 48462. Will buy/
trade for Star Wars cards, rare GG, Dwarves,
Dayglow Abortions vinyl.

IN SEARCH OF MARC BENEDICT. The

girl you first met at the Angle, last saw at
Bleecker Bobs owes you a two-year-old apol¬
ogy. Where are you? Someone please tell
me...Tonianne, 589 Marcellus Road, Willis-
ton Park, NY 11596.

HAVE GUITAR, WILL TRAVEL! 23 year
old musician ready to move anywhere to
form or join a serious original band. Some of
the bands I like are: Neurosis, Bad Brains,
Amebix, Lard, Ministry, Steel Pole Bathtub,
Jawbreaker, No Means No, Grotus, etc... I’m
trapped in Birmingham, Alabama and ready
to vacate ASAP!!! Call John at (205) 939-
3519.

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ATTENTION LUNATICS!!! “Fanatic” is¬
sue #3 out now!!! Interviews with El Duce
(The Mentors), Rev. Ivan Stang (Subgenius),
Mary Vivian Pearce (John Waters film star)
& Tiny Tim (part 2), & more!! Bands send
musick for reviews! Send $1 to Fanatic, PO
box 9021. Peoria, IL 61612.

OUT NOW. “IT S ALL ABOUT...” flexi with
Sleeping Body, Lazy Susan, Stand Up and
Phleg Camp $2 ppd in US, $3 world. “Inne-
braska” comp tape with Sideshow, Slide,
Bamboozle, FOH and Backwood, 2 songs
each $4 ppd in US, $5 world. Payable to
Brian Tontegode, Familyman Records, 4007
Lindsey Circle, Lincoln, NE 68524.

BODIES IN THE STREETS, black flags fly¬
ing, Jesus tripping on acid pissing in his
pants and saying fuck all you followers and
fuck authority. The CNF video is only $15
ppd to CNF, PO Box 9152, Virginia Beach,
VA 23450.

ALCOHOL FUNNYCAR, debut 7” on Rat-
house Records desperately wanted. Also seek¬
ing: Rathouse Records 7” comp! (featuring
Alcohol Funnycar, Gits, 7 Year Bitch, D.C.
Beggars). Write: Neal Agneta, 138 Fifth Av¬
enue, Gloversville, NY 12078.

GOVERNMENT ISSUE fans check this out.
The lost years (88-92) of John Stabb on a 70
minute tape of pop and punk called “The
Ultimate Experience.” First 25 orders get
free flexi. Send $8 cash to D.S.I. Records,
POB 346, Dunn Loring, VA 22027.

BOOTLEG SCUM-We have all the current
titles at 5 bucks a pop! Send a stamp for the
catalog and/or a sample of your product
(foreign 2 IRC’s) Outlaw Punx! Moonshine
Rees., PO Box 2183, Hawaiian Gardens, CA
90716-2183.

LESBIAN/BI WOMEN: I am distributing an
IMPORTANT health survey for a non-profit
organization. Please send address to: Lesbi¬
an Health Project c/o Angela, 225 Cliveden
Dr., Newtown, PA 18940-1313 for a free,
postage paid copy. It matters!

$3.50 FOR THE first, $3.00 each additional
(U.S.) Dead Image 7” (clear, hand #), Earth
Crisis 7”, Endpoint-Idiots 7” (2000 pressed),
Lifetime 7”, Mean Season 7”, Ocean of Mer¬
cy 7” (red), Ressurection first 7”, Strength
Alone 7”,Strife-My Fire... 7”,Strife-Mandel
7”, Structure 7”, Unbroken 7”, Worlds Col¬
lide 7”, Gasolene 7”. List alternatives. MO’s
to Shane Lamers. Pressure Point Records,
880 Martin Ave. #5 Fond Du Lac, WI 54935
(414) 923-5547. Send stamp for complete
list.

FINNISH AND US HARDCORE and punk
videos. Also record auction of rare US and
UK punk and HC. For list send SASE or IRC.
Specify if you want video or record list or
both. Nick c/o Ramos 430 E 14 St #2RE NY
NY 10009

RAREPUNKRECORDS. CD s, tapes,shirts,
stickers and buttons at reasonable prices!
The best in new and old from:Vice Squad,
Blitz, Subhumans, Conflict, Misfits, Social
Distortion, Dickies, Bad Religion, and hun¬
dreds more. Send two stamps for huge 10
page catalog to - Dr. Strange Records, PO
Box 7000-117, Alta Loma, CA 91701. If we
dont have what you want, we’ll steal it.

DO NOT READ!! I’m starting a zine and
would like help! Please send records, tapes,
poems, letters, even movie reviews. Persons
who send stuff will get a free! copy. Write to
“ AL 3302 Eckhart Ave. Rosemead CA
91770

LOOKING FOR EARLY ISSUES of Comet-
bus. Will trade something for it or send you
something if you just xerox it for me. Lisa D.
PO Box 71266 Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Hi

EVERYDAY I DRAG MYSELF home by lips
over gravel and glass shards, and when I get
to my PO box, the mail is addressed to Justin
Corbet c/o Burly Fanzine (or visa versa mind
you). My Burly Fanzine is available for two
Washingtons and fifty cents ppd. I’m looking
for correspondence, contributions to my ‘zine,
other zines who want to be on my distro, and
people to write and say “what’s up?” Send all
hate mail, letter bombs, small dead animals,
and incriminating murder weapons to: PO
Box 53, Kenilworth, Illinois 60043.

$3.00 PPD (US) As it Stands 7”, Just Cause
7”, Spirit of Solitude comp. 7” (w/Frame-
work, 3 others), Transcend/Majority of One
7”, Regress No Way comp. 7” (w/Nations on
Fire, 3 others), Uprising demo. $6.00 ppd.
Intent-Drift LP, Voice of the Voiceless LP,
Next Step Up LP. $7.00-pic disc, $9.00 CD-
Only The Strong comp. LP MO’s to Shane
Lamers, Pressure Point Records, 880 Martin
Ave. #5 Fond Du Lac, WI 54935. Eat a dick.

HEY, IT’S ME AGAIN, just letting you know
that me and a friend are putting on shows at
a cool local place and we’re looking for punk,
HC, and sXe bands to play. I’m also looking
for any sXe stuff, like shirts, ‘zines, 7” or
demo tapes that I could put on my ‘zine’s
distro. By the way, ads in my ‘zine are as
follows: $5 for full page; $2.50 for 1/2 page;
and a buck for anything less. Classifieds &
personals are free. Send to PO Box 53, Ken¬
ilworth, Illinois 60043.

JUST OUT! The new issue of (Almost) Noth¬
ing But Records Reviews with a free cassette
of a radio sex interview. Plus “Attack of the
Killer Bisexuals,” video, record & tape re¬
views galore. $2 from NBRR, PO Box 137-M,
Prince Street Station, New York NY 10012.

LIKE TO TRAVEL WITH NO MONEY? The

World For Free is a travel organization that
helps people share houses and apartments
with others— all over the world. You can get
information and a membership application
for a long stamped self-addressea envelope
to: The World For Free, PO Box 137-M,
Prince St. Sta, New York NY 10012.

I NEED THESE 7” RECORDS. Antman,
Gas Huffer/ Supercharger, Gorilla-Heinous
7”, Kings of Rock-all, Mercyland-all, Jani¬
tor Joe-H’mong, Mule-Machine, Poison Idea-
Punish, Surgery-Not going & Feedback, Vi¬
olent Tumor, Abused, Fix-Vengeance,
Germs-Lexicon + lots more. Got tons of
Swedish to trade. Will buy too. Patrik Jons-
son, Ekgatan 12 A, S-595 33 Mjolby, Swe¬
den.

HELP! Need more contributions for my zine
“Wax”. Please send poetry, literature, art,
tapes, records and interviews. P.S. all riot
grrls write me! Riot Boi! 3193 North Delta
Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770.

FUCK MY ASS! Desperately need Answer
Me! #1. Will pay dearly or trade something
snazzy. Name your price, shithead! Joe, Box
153, Back Bay Annex, Boston, MA 02117.

| MAIL PIRATE SEA MONSTER wants you
to walk the plank. Come on in, the waters
fine! Sea monster never sleeps but anarchy
au-go-gos with mixed drinks in the geyser
downtown. Fill my mailbox with fun stuff
and I send you pearls from the deep. Don’t
bore the sea monster or it keel hauls you. Ha
ha: Pirate Sea Monster c/o Sin School, 212
Union St., #501, Providence, RI 02903.

WANTED: Fugazi - videos, flyers, posters,
etc. Have very large list to trade. Also; Green
Day, Jawbreaker, Superchunk, and other
cool bands. Send flyers and get same amount
back. Please send lists, etc. P. Ward, 98 Forbes
Rd., Westwood, MA 02090.

ENLARGE YOUR PENIS! or your ego by
having your articles, art, cosmic, opinions,
band bio, tapes, 7 ” and your local drug prices
printed and reviewed in the upcoming issue
of Thrall Zine. We are still looking for bands
to interview so write us! We really enjoy
XXX stuff! Jason Bruce, PO Box 71, Murillo,
Ontario, POT 2GO, Canada.

TRADE/SALE; Cock Sparrer - Shock Troops
LP, Chaos UK - Short Sharp Shock LP,
Chaos UK - singles 12”, X-Ray Spex - Germ
Free LP, Infa Riot - Still Out of Order LP,
also Blitz, Partisans, Subhumans, Ejected
and more. For lists write: Paul, 66 Park
Road, Shirebrook, Mansfield, Notts, NG20
8JR, England. Wants: Shades Apart - 2nd
LP, Faction - both 7”s, Underdog 7”, etc.

RECORD CATALOG - Send us a 29 cent
stamp, and we’ll send you a catalog of cool
stuff, with many out of print titles. 500+
artists, thousands of titles! Cheapskates
Records, 1576 Getwell Road, Memphis, TN
38111. No foreign orders please.

GG IS DEAD, his biography isn’t. Urgently
need detailed accounts, pix, flyers, etc. In¬
clude signed permission. Credited, returned.
Many unanswered questions, can only finish
with your help! Now or never, keep it alive -
no bullshit artists. Also buying/ trading GG
audio, send list/ wants/ prices. Thanks ev¬
eryone! Joe, Bix 153, Back Bay Annex, Bos¬
ton, MA 02117.

SCREAMING BLUE haired banshees, space
vampires with mohawks, meninblack, god¬
dess poets of the gray lagoon, guitar bashing
heroes, I need your rantings, dreams, inco¬
herent babbling and undying devotion. Con¬
tact: Rodney Route One, Box 564, Bookline,
MO 65619.

GOING...GOING.. .out of print! Rock/Punk/
Metal/ Alternative cassette and CD-cut outs
and deletions fore sale cheap. Last chance
before they’re out of print! Free catalog. Just
write: Infernal Racket Studio 101, PO Box
443, Owosso, MI 48867-0443. (Overseas send
IRC.)

W/M , 38 YR. in prison and looking for
someone to write. I’m lonely and would like
someone to talk to. No games, sincere people.
Age and looks don’t matter as long as you are
sincere. Write: James David Caylor #84981,
Arizona State Prison, PO Box 8200, Flo¬
rence, AZ 8523203080.

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CHICAGO SUBS: Beware of Greg Me****
AKA Roland Rock*** He is a 40 year old
bassist but also a crybaby, sniper, psycho
who fu*ked over bands like Pootly Nautch,
Wretched Fiend, Squids...He lives around
villa park. Spread the word.

I WANT DICKS - Hate the Police, Deep
Wound - EP, Minor Threat - EP, SOA, Husk-
er Du - both EP’s, Wierdo’s - Nutron Bomb!
P. Burke, POB 1029, Hanson, MA 02341.
(617)294-8326.

SWM STUCK in collegiate hell seeks cre¬
ative correspondence from grown up females
of any age. Likes pop punk, anti-folk, slow-
core, lots more. Send letters, photos, or any¬
thing else of interest to: S.W. Black, 7827
Hampson St., Apt. C, New Orleans, LA 70118.

BEST OFFER: Adverts “One Chord”, Big
Black “Rema-Rema”, Big City Comp. EP
(early NYHC), DOA “Hardcore ‘81 1 ’ LP,
Fugazi “Song #1” Sub Pop (green), Misfits
“Beware”, Mondo Stereo comp. LP, Monster
Magnet “lizard Johnny”, Partisans LP, Pigs
“Youthanasia”, 7 Seconds “Skins”, Ultra vi¬
olent “Crime”, Undead “Nine Toes”, Viola¬
tors “NY Ripper”, Virus “Stepping Stone”,
Zounds “La Vache”. Send to: Glen, 106 4th
Ave., Apt., #3, Bradley Beach, NJ 07720.

AUSTRALIAN GIRL coming to live in US
for 12 months needs instant mates. People to
take me around the scene and possibly ac¬
commodate me for a short while: Chicago,
Houston, New York, DC, Seattle, LA and
especially San Francisco. Music fanatic. I
would really appreciate help! Leaving Sep¬
tember 20th. Call Sarah Mac quickly at: 61-
03-428-3646.

HOWARD STERN - looking for episodes of
TV series. Especially want stuttering John/
Pauly Shore interview. I’m looking for
MST3K episodes as well. If you can help
write: Joe Hunter, PO Box 59132, Dallas, TX
75229. And Ill try to make it worth your
while. Baba Booey.

DRUMMER wanting to form hardcore band
in Hamilton area. Had some experience. Need
angry guitarist(s), bass player and singer.
Little experience necessary. Want heartful
effort. Teens or early 20’s. I like Agnostic
Front, Op IV, Napalm Death, No
Comment...Seriously want responses, all will
be answered. Dan, 23 Donegel PI. Hamilton,
Ontario, L9A 4Z6, Canada.

LOVE TO FUCK? So do I - so I’m devoting a
whole issue (#3) of my zine “Patti Smith” to
getting off. I need fantasies, true life stories
and fiction and poetry that bends gender,
knows how to spell and gets me wet. You’ll
even get a free copy if I decide to print your
shit. How can you resist? Leah, 32 S. Flagg
St., Worcester, MA 01602.

7”S POPE GUNS Vol. 3 $25, Minor Threat
1st $40, Sub Pop stuff: Fugazi $65, Rapeman
$30, Nirvana $80, Rolllins Band $25, Big
Chief $25, Mudhoney Sonic $20, Tad/Pussy
$20, Subpop 200 Box $30. (916)441-0441. Or
Craig, 1331 Q. St., Sacramento, CA 95814.

ELI H. IN W. GERMANY (the Understand¬
ing Baboons, Chocolate Quick, Misfits, 1987
punk rock crush)? Sorry! I lost your address.
Please send it again. Zannah, 285 Concord
Street, Gloucester, MA 01930.

APPEAL TO REASON fanzine #1 is finally
out! Interviews with XRemainX, Struggle,
Born Against, Vic 108, Farside, and Not For
The Lack of Trying plus opinions and arti¬
cles. $3 cash ppd (sorry, it’s thick). 11864
Julius Ave., Downey, CA 90241-4612. Send
contributions (articles, poems, opinions, pho¬
tos, interviews, scene reports, artwork, ab¬
solutely anything!!!) for an upcoming issue.
Thanx!

STILL ANGRY -“Unlucky #13 out now w/
Ironside, Manhole, Dogfight, and propagan¬
da from the happy brain washers at Elitist
Pos HQ for $2 ppd. Also book, zine, music,
cigarette and drug reviews/info #12, 80 pgs
with Neurosis, Andromeda Strain tons of
anger, spite and misery. We trade distro and
always want to hear form new hardcore and
punk bands. Demos! 102 A. East 52nd/Aus-
tin, TX 78751. Known for pissing you and
your mommy off.

CAPITALIST CASUALTIES and The Dread
split EP entitled Split Personality out now
on Six Weeks Records!! $3 ppd to 2262 Knolls
Hill Cr., Santa Rosa, CA 95405 USA Over¬
seas $5 ppd. Six Weeks is dedicated to unap¬
preciated punk and hardcore bands and fans
everywhere!!!

FUCK OFF. I desperately need the following
vinyl: Funeral Oration “Communion” LP,
Lip Cream - anything, Depression (aus) -
anything Confuse “Nuclear Addicts”, Mot¬
ley Crue 12 ” on Leathur Rees., Hit Fist “Flat¬
tened Face” EP, Gauze “Equal. Distort” +
EP’s, and any other cool old Japcore. Send
price lists to: 2262 Knoll Hill Cr. Santa Rosa,
CA 95405

TRADE/SALE (All originals, No bullshit).
Artificial Peace/Exiled 7”, Mad: Fried Egg
7”, Vox Pop: Like Yer Mom 7”, SOA: No
Policy 7 ”, CFA: Parasite 7 ”, Deep Wound 7”,
TK: Message 12” + others, Minor Threat: 1st

6 2nd 7”s, Bad Religion: Unknown LP etc
tons more! ($1/IRC for massive catalogue!)
Wants Vomit Pigs 7”, Mad: Eyeball 7”, Nor¬
man & the Hooligans 7”, Subhumans: Sick-
oids 7”, Cock Sparrer: Runnin’ Riot (w/ps)

7 ”, Expo Hurts Everyone comp 7 ”, Bud Lux-
ford Presents comp LP’s, Dream Police: de¬
mise 7” etc 70’s & early 80’s punk rock from
all around the world! Write to: A.A.R. c/o
Jukka, P.O. Box 174, SF-11101 Riihimaki,
Finland

MASSIVE RECORD collection sale. Lemon
Kittens, Christian Death, NWW, Current 93,
MB, Whitehouse, Throbbing Gristle, Gism,
Big Boys, Misfits/Samhain. Plus many more
items, lots of rare comps, LP’s. Something
for everybody, Industrial. Punk and many
rare items. Sale good til list is sold. Write for
lists, Jasper Burns. 36 Stanton Rd. #3,
Brookline, MA 02146 or. call 617-738-4281.
Before 11:00 pm any day.

IN BETTER NEWS, the first checks went
out from the benefit Crimpshrine LP on
Lookout, $200 to the Berkeley Free Clinic
and $200 to Food Not Bombs. And the
problems with the t-shirts has been taken
care of. Thanks, Aaron.

EFFECTIVE PROMOTION can happen on a
small scale. Put the free press to work for
you. Cost-effective, save on mailings. Tom,
816 Hillview Heights Suite U-3, Nashville,
TN 37200.

UNDERGROUND COMEDY? We don t need
no stinking underground comedy ! Okay, but
you don’t get to laugh your ass off as Dr. X
adn the Invaders slam the shit out of every¬
thing from advertising to politics in the down
and dirty “Kaos Radio and the World Fart¬
ing Championship”. 25 minicassette. $5.00
U.S. $6.00 universe. The Halidome, Box
50495, Henderson, NV 89016

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT? Fuck
capitalism! Smash facist! Get off your lazy
asses destroy the fucken system! Yea I get
into tunes like Shitlickers, Asocail, even some
Sex Pistols, write to my zine! Central Dis¬
ease #1 out now. Contact: PO Box 085504
Racine, Wis 53408 - 5504

7” AUCTION: Gorilla Biscuits (yellow), Side
By Side “your only...”, Insted “We’ll
make...’’(yellow), Bad Religion “rock-n-roll”
boot, SSD demo boot(007/200), Unit
Pride,FEAR “fresh flesh” boot (252/300),
Unity “you are one”, Misfits “Horror Hotel”
boot (32/300), Infest, No For An Answer.
Operation Ivy “Lint the king” (white 10/
110). All records first pressing and mint
condition. Send your bid, name, address and
phone number to: Wax Auction, 2200 Wil¬
low St., Suite D Box 305, Signal Hill CA
90806.

CRIMPSHRINE/JAWBREAKER SPLIT EP

on Skene records was done without our per¬
mission. We gave them the song in 1991 for
an 8 band double 7” benefit compilation for
homeless shelters. The song surfaces two
years later on a 2 band 2 song non-benefit
ripoff single, with what I’d written about the
benefit removed from my artwork. Really
lame.

WANT FRIENDS. I’m 16 and would like to
meet cute punk girl my age to write with and
one day meet. I like Oplvy, Green Day,
Cringer, Bosstones and other forms of ska,
punk, and socially unacceptable music. No
nazis, racists or skinheads. Will write back
without a doubt. Send pix. Andy 82 Park¬
way Little Falls, NJ 07424 Love my sis.

WOW! FINALLY ISSUE #2 of Scum out!
It’s got Social Outcast, Publik Descent,
Bugout Society, Lumpin Proletariat, Dogma
Mundista, Yuppicide, and lots more! Plus
stuff on Anarchy, yourself, punk, and life!
Don’t forget this comes with a tape and
bonus punk rock stuff! Send $4 USA or $5
world or trade. Scum Zine PO Box 7051,
Jupiter, FL 33468-7051 U$A.

RARE PUNK RECORDS, CD’s, tapes,
shirts,stickers, badges for sale at low prices.
10 page catalog with greats such as - The
Adicts, Bad Religion, Vice Squad, Misfits,
Crass, The Dickies, and hundreds more. Send
two stamps for catalog to: Dr. Strange
Records, PO Box 7000-117, Alta Loma, CA
91701. If we don’t have what you want, we’ll
steal it!

PUD CHAIN #3 IS NOW OUT. Features
interviews with Berserk, Butchery, Tonie
Joy (U.O.A. and Vermin Scum Records),
Kingdom Scum, Moon Pie, Mr. Guy, Power
Trip, Round Flat Records and Violent En¬
counter. Also: art, articles, classifieds, col¬
umns, letters, poems, reviews and stories.
116 pages. $2.50 ppd to Plastic Fork Distri¬
bution, 1107 Severn view Drive, Crownsville,
MD 21032.

LCLAS.S.IOEOS.

INTROSPECTIVE FEMALE (19) seeks cor¬
respondence with open minded individuals
world wide. Interests include poetry,
Bukowski, Rollins, Burroughs, Siouxsie, The
Damned, Hammerbox, Marilyn Manson, and
New Model Army. Contact: Molly/6787 Bay-
shore Dr./ Lantana, FL 33462-3901

DIY MAILOUT’ If you’re in the UK and
want to receive regular updated lists of var¬
ious UK HC/Punk distributers, simply send
us your name and address. Completley free,
without obligation, and very cool!! Armed
With Anger, PO Box 487, Bradford, BD1
4UZ. UK.

UK PUNK FOR SALE/SWAP: UK releases-
punk- ‘76- ‘93. All originals. All for sale or
swap for US originals. Also videos, gigs,
interviews, etc of the following bands: GBH,
SLF, Pistols, Damned, Ramones, Clash, Dick¬
ies, Dead Kennedys, UK Subs, Exploited,
ANWL, Sham 69, Addicts, PTTB, Siousxie,
Adam & Antz, Buzzcocks... TYour list gets
mine. Over 500 LPs. 12”, 7’, etc... Over 350
hours of Punk footage...Nine in a row... Fuck
our Gracious queen.

LEATHER JACKET- selling my brand new
leather jacket in black. It size medium, and
it’s in perfect conditions. Sold for $70.00/
$75.00 with s&h. Sebastian Marin/ 261 West
Park Dr./ Miami, FL 33172 or call 1 (305)
227-3609 thanx!

CONTRIBUTIONS FREE ZINE. Yes, con¬
tribution will get you a free zine. I need a lot
of gothic and punk pictures for my zine. I
also need to get in touch with underground
gothic bands, so that I can interview your
band for my zine. Please write to Seba’s/ 261
West Park Dr./ Miami, FL 33172 USA.

RHYTHM COLLISION thanks the follow¬
ing people for a cool tour: Madhatter’s,
Strangebrew, Killer Schrews, Bollweevils,
88 Fingers Louie, Jeremy Pickett, Chaos,
Well Fed Men, Patchwork Suzie, Matt Rapid
City, Jimmy Hoffa, Cold Crank, Mental Land¬
scape, Via, Driftwood, Dink, Bombsite, Meat
Sisters, Friction, 35th St Entry, TS, Derrick
and Bob, Finny’s Crew, Brad Hilscher, Taco
Bell and everyone at the gigs.

SALE: X-Ray Spex, Husker Du, Vandals,
Damned, Buzzcocks, Dickies, Drones, 7 Sec¬
onds, Pistols, Stranglers, Agent Orange,
Screwdriver, Bad Religion, Boys, CH3, Cir¬
cle Jerks, Sham 69, Hogan’s Heroes, Margin¬
al Man, MTX, Raygun, 999, Nirvana, Only
Ones, Salvation Army, Subhumans (Canadi¬
an), Senseless Things, Uniform Choice, Youth
Brigade, Kraut, UK Subs, BH Surfers, low
prices (really!) SASE PO Box 865/ Agoura,
CA 91376.

GIRL, 19, seeks correspondence with cynics,
agnostics, deviants, miscreants, and disgrun¬
tled intellectuals. Dark, twisted sense of
humor a plus. Into Vonnegut, Abbie Hoff¬
man, thoughtcrime, reptiles, sloth, lust, and
other assorted deadly sins. No goths, Chris¬
tians, or sheep. Write to: 100 Rose Dr/ Co¬
lumbia, SC 29205.

700 PUNK ROCK (HARD & SOFT) records
set sale list, and Borderless Countries Tapes
is still crankin’. Free catalog of 27 tapes with
170 bands, all HC (no grunge, no metal) from
‘82-’86. Chris BCT, PO Box 16205, San Di¬
ego, CA 92176.

INCARCERATED WHITE MALE- looking
for someone for a special relationship built
on trust- honesty and caring for each other.
Love most music, especially rock-n-roll.
Good looking- have no kids, but am a wid¬
ower. Interested in a new friend, penpal- or
even more? Please write “Fred John Coryea”
BV 7173 Drawer K/ Dallas, PA 18612-0286.

NO JOKE “Into My Words”- 3 punishing
tracks guaranteed to make you wanna jump
around with your teeth gritting and your
fists clenched. Available for $4 from Crown
Records PO Box 162/ Clarendon Hills, IL
60514. Shirts $11.50 Posters $3 (payable to
R Sklenar)

BEST OFFER: Black Market Baby “Sense¬
less” LP, Angry Samoans “Queer Pills” 7",
Wasted Youth “Reagan’s In” LP, Pussy Ga¬
lore “Groovy Hate Fuck” LP, Victims Fam¬
ily “Son of Church Card” 7", China White
“Dangerzone” 12", False Prophets “Good
Clean Fun” 7", Kraut “Adjustment” LP
(orig.), OHL “Heimatfront” LP on Rock-o-
Rama, Motorhead s/t picturedisc (1977
g Chiswick), Red Rockers “Condition Red”
o LP, Angelic Upstarts “England” 7”, Bids to:
r Glenn, 106 4th Ave., Apt. #3, Bradley Beach,
i NJ 07720.

TRADE/ SALE- 7”s: Fugazi ( Sub Pop #52
w/ cover lyrx) or Minor Threat- “Filler”
(Green cover), MDC- “John Wayne” (B/w
cover) LPs: Choas UK- 1st, Partisans- 1st,
Abrasive Wheels “Marching”, Wasted Youth
“Reagans”.... wants: Teen Idles (stocky cov¬
er), Detention, Zero Boys- “Living in the
80’s”, Nihilistics- 1st 7’ (originals), Stalin-
“Trash”. Ph (206) 742-6368 Jason/ 4206
228th St SE/ Bothell, WA 98021 USA.

I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU, JOEY! It’s
me, Stacy. We met at a Fear Show in the 7th
Street Entry in Minneapolis. Have thought
of you constantly. Please, if anyone knows
him or where he is, write me. Joey was the
drummer for LA’s Wasted Youth & I think
his new band is called Sugar Tooth. My
address is 182 7 LaSalle #5/ Mpls., MN 55403.
Please write Stacy Stage. Thank You!

TATTOOED, PIERCED, SCARRED or oth¬
erwise body modified people. We’re putting
out a one-time zine on body adornment and
need material. Send photos and writings
about your experience. Interested in your
reasons, reactions from others in society and
anything you feel is important. Send address
and stamp contributions if you want a fin¬
ished copy. David/ PO Box 19096/ Cincin¬
nati, OH 45219.

SALE: SO A “No policy” (2nd Press) $50, MT
“Filler” (Red) $40, Iron Cross “Hated” $35,
Stalag 13 “In Control” $30, Drones “Further
Temptations” $40, Blitz “Voice of...”$25, X
Ray Spex “Germ” (hard insert) $35, Abra¬
sive Wheels “Marching In” $25, Armed Cit¬
izens “Makes Sense” $20. Post paid, need
AYS. John McFeely/ PO Box 973/ Levit-
town, NY 11756.

LONELY WHITE MALE incarcerated in
prison needs a pen pal. Unusual sexual be¬
havior okay. Musical interest mostly heavy
metal. Outside interests include horses and
camping. Please write! Allen Colvin #95492,
Arizona State Prison-Florence, P.O. Box
8200, Florence, AZ 85232.

CHEAP HARDCORE, punk, and alternative
CDs, Cassettes, and video. DKs, Naked Ray-
gun, TSOL, Substance, Swans, Live Skull,
Disease, MOD, Iggy, Gov’t. Issue, Rattail
Grenadier, Wiseblood, etc. For complete list¬
ing, write to Marz, P.O. Box 68722, India¬
napolis, IN 46286.

RECORD AUCTION. RARE, ORIGINAL

pressings. Feederz “Teachers”, Poison Idea
“Pretentious Assholes”, Really Red “Fear”,
Septic Death 12”, Heresy “Never Healed”,
etc. Details: #918-62 0 Jarvis Street, Toronto,
Ontario, M4Y 2R8, Canada.

BEST OFFER: Youth Brigade “Possible” ep
(mint), Negative Approach 7” (mint), No
Alternative “Backtracks” 7", the Insane “El
Salvador” 7” (No Future), Sticks and Stones
7” “Saved”, (Onslaught Mandate), Die
Kreuzen “Gone Away” 7”, Jawbreaker
“Whack & Blight” (white marble), McRad
1st LP, Unsane Jungle Music 7” (PCP) and
“Concrete Bed” 7” (Glitterhouse), No Choice
“Sadist Dream” 7” (Riot City), Fang “Enjoy
The View” 7”, Vibrators “V2” LP. Bids to:
Glenn, 106 4th Ave., Apt. #3, Bradley Beach,
NJ 07720.

JOHNNY THUNDERS and the Dead Boys
are gone but Road Vultures live on! NYC’s
sons of rock. “Fire it Up” the CD and Cass.
Featuring Cheetah Chrome on three tracks.
Info: Road Vultures, 23 Lexington Ave. #318,
NYC, NY 10010

DON’T ASK ME SKATEZINE #6 is fin¬
ished. Send $1 for a copy. Photo and written
contributions are always welcome. Don’t Ask
Me, 8647 Cox Road, Indianapolis, IN 46221.

SUBMIT WORK: Lovely, Ugly, Minds Not
Alone show. Xerox books, fanzines, photo¬
copy/mail-art & related work. Exhibition to
be held in conjunction with the 10th Annual
Olympia Film Festival; (includes perfor¬
mance, spoken word, and B movie fringe
fest.) Nov. 5th - 14th. Deadline Oct. 1st. No
returns, multiples editions welcome (for dis¬
tribution.) Participants receive zine-style
catalog of show w/ legal size SASE and
$1.00. Send to: Minds Not Alone zine show,
c/o Olympia Film Society, Attn: Rachel Frost,
218 1/2 W. 4th #B, Olympia, WA 98501. Info:
(206)352-0852.

OUT NOW! INTENSE 7 song CD from Min¬
nesota’s Standpoint. Definitely check it out!
$7 ppd US / $8 elsewhere. Cash or m.o.
payable to Rich Lassahn or Will Hanson.
M.B.S. Records, 1609 Lacota Lane, Burns¬
ville, MN 55337.

DRUMMER WANTED by Blind Spot. Send
tape along with letter to: Blind Spot c/o
Springtime Records, 18760 E. Amar Rd.,
Suite #164, Walnut, CA 91789.

NYC HELP ME. I’m looking for Chris Cag-
giano of Last Minute Productions or the
band Rat-at-Rat-R. Any info appreciated.
Also welcome are people to form a grindcore
band like Killdozer. c/o Suite 111, 72 Van
Reipen, Jersey City 07306-2806.

E-MAIL USERS: SEND ME mail! I like
Jawbreaker, Rocket From the Crypt, Tree-
people, Samiam, Superchunk, Dinosaur Jr.,
Descendents, Goo Goo Dolls, Drive Like
Jehu, NoFX, Juliana Hatfield, baseball (es¬
pecially the Red Sox) and dirty jokes. J.
Clark @unhh.unh.edu.

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BLOND HAIR, BLUE EYES, 29 yr. old male
just moved to K.C. looking for correspon¬
dence (preferable female). I’m into 60’s ga¬
rage, ‘77 punk, early 80’s HC, comix, poetry,
V.U., Devo, Ramones, Seeds, Bowie, X,
Stones, Billy Idol, Rollins, etc. Write to New
Wave Dave', 619 W. 10th St., Apt. 301, KC,
MO 64105.

PEOPLE AGAINST RACIST Terror pro¬
duces “Turning the Tide,” grassroots bi¬
monthly tabloid of antiracist activism, re¬
search and education. Recent special issues
focus on Environmental Racism; Sexism and
Homophobia; and Prisons. $2 sample; $7.50
sub; PART, POB 1990, Burbank, CA 91507.

HEY JERKY! Want a rad punk zine from
Canaduh? Issue one of Littlebig Sister zine
out now! Inside you’ll find interviews, reci¬
pes, articles, pranks, etc. Send about $1 and
postage to: 9 Glenelg St. east, Lindsay, On¬
tario, Canada, K9V 1Y5

LOOKING FOR love, but will settle for less.
Lonely 16 yr. old girl into art, poetry, philos¬
ophy, manic depression, tarot cards, and
learning about Wicca. Write to me, bare your
soul, tell your life story, send pictures, any¬
thing! Amanda, 10126 Foxchase Dr., Love¬
land, OH 45140

BORED FEMALE, into role playing,m com¬
ic books (Sandman, Death, The Crow) Vam¬
pires, gothic-punk lifestyles, cemeteries, and
anarchy. Listens to Ministry, Cure, Siouxsie,
etc. Send me anything. Write!! Please!
Mandie, RD #2 Box 133, Martinsburg, PA
16662.

MELLOW, 19 YEAR OLD female stuck in a
shitty southern Oregon town seeks reloca¬
tion to ????? Pre-requisite: coffee shops with
smoking sections, bands, decent diversity,
drug scene. I am into a wide variety of music
(Smiths, the Cure, NoFX, Ministry, NoMean-
sNo, the G’rups,etc.) Please help me get out
of this boring tourist town. Write to: K, 593
Fair view, Ashland, OR 97520 with tips or
just to write.

x TRUTH x ZINE x And Journal. New zine
straight outta Florida. In our first blow to
your skull we have an interview w/Porcell
from Shelter, pictures of Shelter, 108 and
Worlds Collide, articles on sex, vegetarian¬
ism, and other poison-free lifestyle
topics.Send $1.50 and a stamp to Truth zine
c/o Dean Hutchinson, 4486 Diamond Circle
E., Sarasota, FL 34233.

DISILLUSIONED MEDIA will put you on
the roll call of the Gods and send you lots of
free tapes, zines & stuff if you send a photo of
you solemnly standing naked in front of a
McDonald’s for a nightmarish clip-art book.
The sign must be visible behind you. HA!
6509 White Post Rd., Centreville, VA 22020.

TRENCHMOUTH SUPERMODEL #2 is out

now. Interviews with Redd Kross, Ramones,
The Aquanettas, and Type O Negative. Plus
alot of record reviews and the usual imma¬
ture garbage. Send $2 (U.S.) and $3 (else¬
where): T.S., P.O. Box 932, Middle Island,
NY 11953

FREE SKA CATALOGUE: Hepcat, DHC,
Busters, Toasters, Scoff laws, Skunks, Ger¬
man ska imports (No Sports, the Frits), ska
singles, Skinhead Times, t-shirts, patches &
more! Send a SASE to Moon Records, P.O.
Box 1412, Cooper Station, NYC, NY 10276.

NEW SKA RELEASES from two of Califor¬
nia’s best ska bands: Hepcat, Dance Hall
Crashers! Send a SASE for free catalogue,
info on ska tours (including Skalapalooza!),
upcoming releases & more! Moon Records,
P.O. Box 1412, NYC, NY 10276.

YOU WANT BOOTS, we got them & cheap!
Have L7, Jesus Lizard, Helmet, Deswcen-
dents and more. Send SASE envelope for
whole list. Brad, PO Box 82, Madison, WI
53701.

I JACK KILLED JILL: Where are you? I saw
1 Jack killed Jill live in LA and loved them.
Does anyone have any info on this S.F. band?
Do they have a 7”, cassette, are they playing
in So. Cal., pics, names of band members,
address, record company, anything?? I am
interested in anything by or about Jack Killed
Jill. Please help. Pete, P.O. Box 1932, Up¬
land, CA 91786

27 YR OLD MALE punk individual would
like to hear from humans anyone anywhere
about anything. Into all kinds of music. Also
want to meet fascination open minded fe¬
males for companionship and fun. Send let¬
ters, pictures, whatever. J.G., 4400 N.E.
Broadway #1122, Portland, OR 97213

PIT’SBULL RECORDS/Demolition Derby
is looking for European only distributors or
mailorders to carry its stuff. On the label are:
Fruitcake (USA with Mike from the Drunks
With Guns), First Things First (Germ), No
Tomorrow Charlie (B), Panty Boy (Hoi),
Drunks with Guns, Mummies, Supercharg¬
er, Monomen, Apemen... Future releases with
Gaunt, Beavers, New Bomb Turks, A-Bones,
Man or Astroman, Huevos Rancheros, Bun¬
ny Brains, Antiseen, Down By Law, Stran¬
gulated Beatoffs, Teengenerate (Japan), Vice
Baron, Graeme Jefferies, Twerdocleb, Splin¬
tered and tons more. For more info write to
Kris Verreth, Tervuursestwg 1H, 1820 Perk, ■
Belgium Fax 32 2 751 57 85

SUBMIT TO ABUSE: Abuse #4 need your
“Experiences with the dead, death and dy¬
ing” Submissions can be any length, or me¬
dia. Write for more info. Deadline: Mid-
October. Also accepting video and audio.
Abuse, P.O. box 1242, Allston, MA 02134

BUKOWSKI AND SERIAL Killers #2: This
is the magazine of non-fiction, prose and
poetry that the State of Texas will not let
convicted serial killer and Death Row in¬
mate Henry Lee Lucas read because Texas
prison officials consider it ‘detrimental to
his rehabilitation’, citing ‘graphic’, ‘deviant’
and ‘criminal’ act of necrophilia, homosexu¬
al activity and sado-masochism. But you can
read Bask #2 because you aren’t serving time
in the Texas prison system. Send $5 (checks
to Bobert W, Howington) to Homemade Ice
Cream Press, POB 470186, Fort Worth, Tex¬
as 76147

TRADE!! I HAVE: G auze, Lip Cream, Gism,
Outo, S.O.B., Hijo Kaidan, Confuse, Sekiri,
Comes, Execute, Laughin Nose, Swankys,
Genbaku Onanies, Stalin, Cobra, Nightmare,
Gil, Gudon, Gastunk, Death Side, many Jap
records! I need: old Texas punk, old N.Y.H.C.,
old L.A. punk records! Send your list! Mas-
ayuki Kowawa, 3-5-30, Minato, Wakayama-
Shi, Wakayama, G40, Japan.

SPOONFED RECORDS is starting a distri¬
bution. 7”s only. Hardcore, grind, crust, sxe,
punk, trash etc. bands and labels send sam¬
ple (if possivle) and wholesale rates. Also, I
welcome most trades,Tor spoonfed releases,
please write first: Thanks. Spoonfed records
mike edwards- Spoonfed Records, P.O. Box
10221, Scottsdale, Arizone 85271

BANDS! EVER HEARD OF Flint, Michi¬
gan? Boycott that fucking place! The book¬
ing hippy, Joel, denies bands playing priv-
iledges! Facistfuckwad! Shit is king. Grunge
is “in” and if you don’t sound like Pearl Jam
then “Like, dude, you suck.” Marky Mark
dictates their fashion. Do you really want to
come here? Fuck no. Boycott that pussy pim¬
ple redneck town!

FLINT, MICHIGAN. ANOTHER FEW words
around that inbred, six-toed, screw your
cousin, shotgun rack of a hillbilly fart town.
Did you think I was fucking kidding? Fuck
Flint, Michigan. Fuck the Capitol Cafe/ the¬
ater (the only venue in town), fuck Joel Rash,
fuck the neanderthal sound guy metal head
Motley Crue wanna-be’s. Boycott Flint.

BOB (EX-REACH OUT). I gave you a blank
shirt for you to make me a Reach Out shirt a
long time ago. I would appreciate it if you
would send it to me with or without the
design on it. It was a grey fruit of the loom
size XXL. Thank you. Eric Fortner, 3876
Oakes Dr., Hayward, CA 94542.

TEXAS PUNK RECORDS for sale/ trade
Vomit Pigs, Hugh Beaumont Experience,
Huns, Cringe, Nervebreakers, Hates, Really
Red, Loco Gringos, Cherubs, Hot Klub comp,
Glorium, Bloodstains comp, etc. Sample of
my wants: Horton Heat “Big Little Baby”.
Ejectors “Hydrohead”, Bobby Soxx “Hate”
and video from Theatre Gallery and the first
Clearview Club in Dallas. IRC/ SASE or call,
Axis, Box 33033, Austin, TX 78764-0033.
(512) 445-6423.

WANTED (BUY/ TRADE): Abused 7 ”, Anti¬
dote (US) 7”, Bad Religion 7” & 12”, Blood
Circus 7”, C.I.A. 7”, DOA “Watcha” 7” &
12”, Deadbeats 7”, Defnics 7”, Dils “Class”
7”, Fastbacks 12”s & 1st 7”, Fix 7”, Freeze
7”, Gears 7” & LP, HOF 7”s, Husker 7”s,
Lewd 7”, Naked R. 7” & 12”, Normals 7”,
Randoms 7”, Really Red 7”s, Savage C. 7”,
Shattered F. 7”, Soundgarden “Hunted” 7”,
SSD 12”s, State 7”, Stepmothers 7”, Tad
“Ritual” 7”, Toxic R. 7”s, Victims 7”, Zero
Boys 7”. Write PK, Kuormaajank 2 A 16,
33700 Tampere, Finland.

TRADES: AOF ‘WHAT’’ 7 ”, Ebba Gron
“Ung” 7”, FalseP. “Good” 7”, HOF “Death”
7”, Lazy C. “Loretta”, Mob 47 7”, Toxic R.
“God Bless”, OOO 7”, Bastards “Maalima”
“Nukketeatteri” 7”, Tampere “SS” 7”,Pult-
ti 7”, Pupukuusikko 7”, TK 7”s, Riistetvt 7”
& LPs, Necros LP, Russia Bombs comp LP,
Hardcore 83 comp LP, Shitter ltd 12”s, etc.
Write PK, Kuormaajank 2 A 16, 33700 Tam¬
pere, Finland.

DAGNIR, WHERE THE HELL are you?
When I tried to write to you a while ago my
letter was returned. It’s been a long time but
I still want to communicate with you even if
Children of the Void is dead. If you get this
message please write immediately and let me
know where you are! Brad, PO Box 415,
Upland, CA 91785-0415.

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AMERICAN PSYCHOBILLY/ neo-rockabil¬
ly record label looking for bands with demos
to make a compilation LP. Send demos and
letter about your band to: Devilkicks Records,
1100 Masonic Ave. #1, San Francisco, CA
94117.

GOTHIC GIRLS, TAKE ME WITH YOU!

Send me your picture. Freak me out! Just do
something. Write me. Damon, 933 Lane-
wood Drive, San Jose, CA 95125.

SPOONFED RECORDS IS starting a distri¬
bution. 7”sonly. Hardcore, grind, crust, sXe,
punk, trash, etc. bands and labels send sam¬
ple if possible and wholesale rates. Also, I
welcome most trades for Spoonfed releases.
Please write first. Thanks, Mike Edwards,
Spoonfed Records, PO Box 10221, Scotts¬
dale, AZ 85271.

TO M.R.R POETS, musicians, movie makers,
artists, etc. My staff and I are putting togeth¬
er a ‘zine project. We need contributions of
poetry, music, artwork, vid’s, etc. All items
will be appreciated and kept for future ref¬
erence on the ‘zine. Send to: Alligator Bash
Productions, 1409 Center St. 2A, Pekin, IL.
6155 No fuckin’ rap shit or poseurs!! thanx

7-SECONDS! - I desperately want any 7-
Seconds material. Demos, 7’s, EP’s, tapes,
LP’s, videos. I will pay good money for any¬
thing by 7-Seconds. Please respond to Jamie
Larson W. 1425 Lawrence Dr. Spokane,
WA. 99218.

CULT OF THE DEAD COW drops the coolest
t-shirts in the world, ever. No shit. All orig¬
inal full-color designs to freak your brain
and to make you go “Zow!” $1 for catalog:
cDc communications, P.O. Box 53011, Lub¬
bock, TX 79453

THE RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST— The fort¬
nightly publication supporting the individ¬
ual’s survival, responsibility, rights, and self-
reliance. For geriatrics and twenty nothings
alike! Sample copy $2. Send check or cash to
A1 Human, P.O. Box 664, Lowell, NC 28098.

All PEOPLE FROM EUROPE. I’m looking
for correspondence. If your political or what¬
ever write Jakssen Aristizabal Grafton Job
Corps Center 191 Westboro Road P.O. Box
575 North Grafton, MA 01536 USA. Thanks
Write name and address clearly o.k. Bye

I HATE MEN. I am completely fed up with
the male population. So this is your time to
defend your gender, before I lose all hope. All
1 need is one nice guy out there to prove me
wrong. Amanda 10126 Foxchase Dr. Love¬
land OH. 45140

FOR SALE: Plasic Idols, Coldcock, Monks-
LP, Protes Bengt EP, Sham 69, Eyes, Really
Red, TST, Ejected, Blitz, Process of Elim.-
comp, Chaos UK, Subhumans (UK), Stains/
MDC, plus many more. Send stamp if within
US please. TK, 6601 Pyle Rd, Bethesda, MD
20817

YOUR REAL DAD Communications new
address: P.O.Box 1501, Sarasota, FL 34230-
1501. Post office fucked up so please send
returned mail to the new address.

MY SKELETAL HAND IS groping...seeking
Misfits records. Patrick S., PO Box 235, Jack¬
sonville, IL 62651-0235. Call (217) 245-5717.

TEMPLE OF LILITH- tongue of the serpent
#2 out now- $3 cash or stamps only. Member¬
ship info. $1. Mail-network interested in the
erotic, occult, and gothic. Open forum of
ideas and creative work. Box 1483 NYC
10009-1483

THE DAMNED, “promo poster” for 1st 7”,
New Rose/Help, (original line-up). $10 ppd.
tubed. Skrewdriver, poster, promo for “All
Screwed Up” Lp. $10 ppd. tubed. Unnatural
Axe, 7 ”, Tonight We Fight/Three Cord Rock.
$10 ppd. Cash or Money orders only to D.G.
P.O. Box 46881 Mt. Clemens MI. 48046 In¬
quiries SASE.

IS YOR REFRIGERATOR RUNNING? En¬
gine fanzine looking for submissions for an
upcoming pranks issue. Stories and how-to
tips from the political to the pointless. Of
course all who submit geta free copy to show
their friends and family. Your mother-ship
connection. Engine / P.O. Box 640928 / San
Francisco, CA 94164 - 0928

GG FANS: Live Audio Youngstown, OH—5/
23/93. Also coming soon The GG Allin File—
All GG Fanzine, for sale or trade 40+ pages of
GG Propaganda collected over the years.
Also get in touch w/me if you are selling GG
shit...will buy anything by him or trade/have
other live shows etc. RAT-391 Protzman Ave.
#3, Morgantown, WV 26505.

17 YEAR OLD GIRL, bored, looking for
people to write. Into a whole lot of shit,
Doors, Screaching Weasel, Subhumans, Sis¬
ters of Mercy, DK, Murder Inc. Music isn’t
the only thing that matters, exchanging
thoughts is more important. Alex, 3949 Nor-
brook Dr., Columbus, OH 43220.

SKA IN JAPAN: Looking for rudie/punk/
skin in Japan willing to keep me up on
Japan’s ska scene - also exchange Japanese
ska records/CD’s/skazines for US/Int’l ska
releases/skazines. Contact: Steve Shafer, 115
East 89th Street #2D, New York, NY 10128
USA.

LOOKING FOR SxEx Stuff! Token Entry
1st 7" & 1st lp, Rest In Pieces 1st 7" & 1st lp,
Wrecking Crew 1st 7", Wide Awake 1st 7",
Project X 7”, Unit Pride 1st 7", 2nd 7", Unity
7", and More!! Also I want X-Mark Swatch!!
And new or used t-shirts. Send your list and
price (incl. ppd)!! Naotaka Hiiragi, 3-58-5
Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151 Japan.

WHAT, ME WORRY? Fanzine can try to slap
a smile on your face. Bands please send press
kits, zines I will trade. 50c + 2 - 290 stamps.
#2 with gameface and rise. #3 with farside.
lets put happy back in hardcore. Jimmy,
1013 Ridge St., Freeland, PA 18224-1007. No
horsey sauce does not mean yes horsey sauce.

AIMLESS ZINE #2 has stories, thoughts,
reviews, ideas and a cool Jawbreaker inter¬
view. #3 has information on MTV gangsters,
a crossword and other cool iunk. Get one for
2 stamps or trade, or both for $1 ppd. and a
cool letter or contribution. (Aimless, 1015
Nokomis St., Clwtr., FL 34615)

SPANISH/PORTUGUESE language music
needed for radio show. Hardcore punk,
thrash, ska, techno. Send list for tape trade.
Violadores LPs (Argentina) for sale: Radio
Ruido / Jeff Wilson, Hampshire College Box
1677, Amherst, MA 01002 USA.

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STARTING ROCKFIGHT Punk zine, we’re
looking for any contributions, short stories,
articles, scene reports, interviews, poetry,
thoughts, ideas, drawings, photos. Send stuff
for review, zines, comics, books, records,
demos, practice tapes, videos, homemade
movies. We like letters, too! (Shane c/o Rock
1st 7”, Fight, 213 Avanda Court, Clearwater, FL
.0 ppd. 34616)

SALE/TRADE: Dangerhouse, T&G, Texas
stuff (v/a-Trend, hates, NCM, etc.) Necros,
Effigies, Damned, Crass, Poison Girls, Vile-
tones, Comps, Pistols Promo Pack, Sham 69
promo, Viletones, Kiss Autographs, Bad
Brains-Rock... Test, Much More. Need Killed
by Death 2, 4, 6, 8, Huns, Eat, Bobby Soxx,
Clash, Culturcide, Dishrags, X (aussie), Vic¬
tims (aussie) etc. Randy, 3468 S. 119th, W.
Allis, WI 53227.

BANDS! !! We book shows at Ridge Street on
the NorthSide. 350 Capacity Max. (can do
smaller/bigger shows) P.A. available, other
venues available. Mostly punk/HC, but open
to other genres. Nuclear Winter Productions,
P.O. Box 243, Winnetka, IL 60093.

NUCLEAR WINTER Prods. Distribution.
We distro zines, music, whatever you got.
Everyone send in their promos, can do con¬
signment, or payment upfront. Punk, HC,
Ska, thrash, etc. Write for list. Send stuff to:
P.O. Box 243, Winnetka, IL 60093.

NUCLEAR WINTER #2 out now! 8 Bark,
Capitol Punishment, Blanks 77, Velcro Soul,
The Hidden, The Fiendz, Social Outcast,
Articles, reviews, news, band reports, col¬
umns, and all that great Punk fare. 64 fuck¬
ing pages!! $3 ppd. #1 is $2 ppd with the
Undead, the Vindictives, Resist, Engage, lots
more, 48 pages. #3 out soon. Nuclear Winter
Fanzine, P.O. Box 243, Winnetka, IL 60093.

23 YEAR OLD Bi Punk Male looking for
people to hang with write to, etc. in the Bay
Area - still I like pen pals, so even out of the
area is cool. Gay, straight whatever. I’m into
walking about and talking, seeing bands:
Fugazi, Cockpit, Spitboy, Jawbox, Fuel, Pin¬
head Gunpowder, and much, much more.
Please write to: Sean, 362 N. 11th St., San
Jose, CA 95112. Save me from isolation!

YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER heard of the
Fighters, so it would be pointless to blow a
bunch of money on a big ad, right? Anyway,
we’ve just put out our first 7" called Give ‘Em
The Business. It’s a 4-song EP, so if you’ve
got $3 and want a neat record, try it! Rocco
Records, 2427 So. 58th Ct., Cicero, IL 60650.

OCCULT PHOTOGRAPHER. Nicholas Syr¬
acuse presents his 1993 collection of infa¬
mous dark/ occult images. Send for free
catalog of these original, limited edition
prints. Love and Terror Photography. PO
Box 25913, Alexandria, VA 22313.

DR. CRAZY MIKE - Self professed do-good¬
er and counsellor of young girls? Bukowskies
answer to Dr. Ruth? 22 yr. old Canadian-
skinhead lost in the Czech lands. Into vege¬
tarianism, boxing straightedge, Ayn Rand,
and deciding your future. Grab a pen and
search your soul. You can trust crazy Mike.
We all love crazy Mike. Join the crazy Mike
fan club today! Dr. Crazy Mike, Prague 4
KRC Ruzinovska 1159/4 14200 Czech Re¬
public/ weird photo gets weird photo.

2 CL ASSIPJEDS «smhs«®

WANTED: Mummies “That Girl” 7” and
rare/ colored wax 7”s, Pavement “Slay
Tracks” 7”, Nervous Eaters “Just Head” 7”,
Madder Rose “Headstrong” 7”, Huggy Bear
“February Fourteenth” 7”, Luna “EggNog”
7” and many other similar items. Also orig¬
inal sixties garage/ beat singles. Write to:
Stephen, 202 Carnmoney Road, New-
townabbey, County Antrim, BT36 6JX,
Northern Ireland, UK.

FAMOUS HARDCORE OF PUNKLAND

zines #3 Psycho #4 Negative Approach #5
Sons of Ishmael #6 Impulse Manslaughter #7
Agnostic Front. $1 each postpaid. (Outside
US/ Canada add $2 airmail). Craig Hill, POB
987, San Carlos, CA 94070. Cash only.

FAILURE FACE 6 song 7”, $3 US, $4 for¬
eign. Burrito Records, 3421 SE Micanopy
Ter, Stuart, FL 34997.

RORSCHACH “Remain Sedate” t-shirts, XL
only $6 US $8 foreign, Bob, 3421 SE Mican¬
opy Ter, Stuart, FL 34997.

THE HERETIC FROM LIMA fights
back...impenitent individualist, iconoclast,
self-destructive, self-isolated, anti-authori¬
tarian mortal seeks penfriends. I hate the sun
I love the moon. Living in a never ending
nightmare...no up and no above. Actually 23
and working in a squat. Into Dead Can Dance,
Snuff, DRI, Bad Religion, Disorder...Rafael,
Munkegata, 7, 0656 Oslo, Norway.

LOOKING FOR QUEER PUNX in Southern
California. Yeah, I know you’re out there,
closeted or not. If you’re a queer into the
Dead Kennedys, Damned, Ramones, etc., and
feel isolated from both the modern punk
scene and the “gay lifestyle”, write me; I
know I’m not alone. This is for real. Send
gags, hate mail and even genuine responses
to: Brad, PO Box 415, Upland, CA 91785-
0415.

ATTENTION! I’M STARTING a distro. in
conjunction with my label. Please send stuff
for consideration. Will trade my releases for
yours. No racist, sexist, nationalist or ho¬
mophobic stuff. Include lyrics with all sub¬
missions. No ripoffs! Struggle Records, 34
Benton Court #B, SI, NY 10306.

ART REVOLUTIONARY’S handbook. Out¬
line for a complete and total revolution in the
arts: music, art, film, writing, etc. Taken
from the monthly “Musea”. 30 pages, illus¬
trated, $5 ppd. (Free copy of “Musea” with
every order). Send check to Tom Hendricks,
4000 Hawthorne #5, Dallas, TX 75219-2223

WITHIN EVERYTHING are small corners
untouched by the corruption of man and his
wickedry. It is inside these where worlds of
mystery abound and realities are created
and explored. I’m a white male, 37, youthful
in soul and hungry for the quest. I seek a lady
for this dance of the pen. Michael Howard,
POB 8200-50788, Florence, AZ 85232

HELP! I’M LOOKING for material from
Christ on a Crutch, Outo, Zyklon-B, Disarm,
Atoxxxico, Subvert, Stikky, Candlemass,
Znowhite, Glycine Max, The Plague (II.),
Citizens Arrest, and Life Sentence. If some¬
one has any format of these and wants to sell
‘em or record 'em for me, please, write to:
Jamie Keefer, 13931 White Oak Ridge, Han¬
cock, Maryland, 21750. Thanx.

QUICKSAND WHO? Quicksand was origi¬
nally named Moondog! Demos on a 7”, red
vinyl. $4 ppd. Moondog, 2820 Delavan Drive,
Dayton, OH 45459.

SERIOUS COLLECTORS: I’M STARTING

a store for collectors of punk, hardcore, new
wave and oi from 1975-1985 at 90 9th Street,
San Francisco, CA 94103. (415) 626-3867.
Buy, sell, trade. Looking for European punk
esp. 12 to 12, 7 days a week.

HELP ME! I GOT STUCK with 100 copies of
the Moondog “Demos” on a 7”. I need to get
rid of them. They’re $4 ppd. Moondog, 2820
Delavan Drive, Dayton, OH 45459.

I PHALLACY “AGAINST IT” EP .pissed off,
1 energetic NYHC! Available now! 3 songs, 3
bucks ppd. Struggle Records, 34 Benton Court
#B, SI, NY 10306.

ONCE IS ENOUGH... a collaboration of lx
zines. Interested? Send article/graphic to be
reprinted or zine (all credit to artist) and
we’ll send you a complimentary copy. Just
like that!!! To: O.I.E/ 653 Galti'er APT. 104/
St.Paul, MN 55103Patch~s $3.50 each Post-
Paid!! ! Misfits, Exploited, Black Flag, MDC,
Fear, Crumbsuckers, Nitzer-ebb, 7-Seconds,
Cows, OpIV, KMFDM, Aggression, Crass,
Discharge, Skulls, Bolt Thrower, Oi!, NIN,
Skinny Puppy, Damned, Ramones, Ministry,
Anti-Pasti, 2-Tone, Madness, Specials, Send
$3.50 Each patch to: Jeff Hill 1186 S. Dia¬
mond Bar B1 vd. #106, Diamond Bar CA 91765
(714) 449-3229 Call or Write for your free,
complete catalog.

PATCHES $3.50 EACH Post-Paid!!! Mis¬
fits, Exploited, Black Flag, MDC, Fear,
Crumbsuckers, Nitzer-ebb, 7-Seconds, Cows,
OpIV, KMFDM, Aggression, Crass, Dis¬
charge, Skulls, Bolt Thrower, Oi!, NIN, Skin¬
ny Puppy, Damned, Ramones, Ministry, Anti-
Pasti, 2-Tone, Madness, Specials, Send $3.50
Each patch to: Jeff Hill 1186 S. Diamond Bar
Blvd. #106, Diamond Bar CA 91765 (714)
449-3229 Call or write for your free, com¬
plete catalog.

STICKERS $1.00 EACH post-paid!!! Mis¬
fits, Exploited, Black Flag, MDC, Fear,
Crumbsuckers, Nitzer-ebb, 7-Seconds, Cows,
OpIV, KMFDM, Aggression, Crass, Dis¬
charge, Skulls, Bolt Thrower, Oi!, NIN, Skin¬
ny Puppy, Damned, Ramones, Ministry, Anti-
Pasti, 2-Tone, Madness, Specials, Send $ 1.00
Each Sticker to: Jeff 1186 S. Diamond Bar
Blvd. #106, Diamond Bar CA 91765 (714)
449-3229 Call or write for your free, com¬
plete catalog.

PLEASE CHECK OUT our list of stuff, most¬
ly 7”s, some “fanclub” stuff, as well as other
indie bands. Just drop us a line and our list
will get out to you. New: Couch Potatoes 7”
UK ltd 500 $4/ DOA White Noise 7” $9/
Ramones Live Fast and Punk 7” $9/ Judge
WNYU 7” $9/Germs What God Means 7” $7/
Misfits/Septic Death 7” $7/ please add $1
post, for up to 4 7”s/ make payable to E.
Kwan not Andorra Records/ PO Box 3021/
Montebllo, CA 90640. Foreign, write first.

T-SHIRTS $13.50 EACH shirt Post-Paid to:
Jeff Hill 1186 S. Diamond Bar Blvd. #106,
Diamond Bar CA 91765 (714) 449-3229 Call
or write for your free, complete catalog.
Official Hooligan, Maltese Cross, Dr. Mar-
thens. Blitz, 2-Tone If you don’t Dance, Dance
Craze, Specials Skank, Last Resort, Too Muck
Pressure, Skank Lie To Ska, Toasters, Crass,
Sex Pistols, Anarchy, OpIV, Black Flag.

ATTENTION ALL FANZINES !!! Social Re-
tardance Records plans to release several
intense AZ punk records in the near future.
We need a bigger promo list!!! Send 2 differ¬
ent issues for consideration. Please include
info on circulation, ad rates, and preference
of formats (tapes ?).If considered, an Ernie’s
Rubber Duckie 7" is on the way. POB 25666
Tempe AZ 85285-5666.

ATTENTION ALL RADIO PROGRAMS!!!!

Social Retardance Records plans to release
several records of Arizona punk rock. We
need a bigger promo'list!!! Send a tape copy
of your punk/underground show with info
inluding preference of formats (tapes ?). If
considered, the Ernie’s Rubber Duckie 7" is
on the way. POB 25666 Tempe AZ 85285-
5666.

MEMBERS OF POSITIVE FORCE D.C. are

setting up a zine to create a listing of DIY
organizations across the country. If interest¬
ed please send us a brief description of you
group (and a picture of yourselves if you
want), $1.00 and a stamp (for your copy) to:
John Gurr (west) /1910 Grove Street / Boul¬
der, CO 80302 or Allison Chang (east) / 7428
Oskaloosa Drive, Derwood, MD 20855.

RUINS CAFE #4 is out: interviews w/Couch
Potatoes (UK), Mr. Bill’s Temper, Glow
Spookies, dozens of pen pal ads, reviews, a
long story, poetry, this ish is the best so far,
better and larger than before, neat layout.
Our pen pal ads are Free: just send your
name, address, list of bands (optional, up to
15), and comments (up to 100. words) to:
Ruins Cafe, PO Box 3162, Montebello, CA
90640. Please make whatever payable to E.
Kwan. For a copy of the zine, please send
$2.00 ppd. in US or stamps equivalent, $4.00
World (or 8 IRCs)/Canada: $3.00 (or 6 IRCs).
Due to printing/post costs and a larger issue,
48+ pages, please note price change, thanx
for your help in covering costs. Cheap layout
ad rates, desperately needed adverts, please
write. Everyone w/a penpal ad, thanx. it’s in
this issue.

NECESITO MUSICA DEIDIOMA espanol/
Portuguese para radio programa, estilos
hardcore punk, thrash, ska, techno. Manda
lista para intercambio de cassettes. En ven-
ta; LPs de Los Violadores (Argentina). Radio
Ruido / Jeff Wilson, Hampshire College Box
1677, Amherst, MA 01002, USA.

I BELIEVE IN SATAN. Looking for pals
into GG Allin, Skinny Puppy, The Dwarves,
GWAR, Upside Down Cross and Slayer. Also
into the occult, B-movie horror flicks, and
kinky sex. Serious inquiries only! Write Maria
Vasquez, 12667 Meadowbrook Ln., Poway,
CA 92064. No bigots!

“DAVE GILCHRIST” from Innisfail Alber¬
ta owes me $100 for records I sent him. Do
you know how I can get a hold of this guy?
Trent Reeve, 24 Guelph St., Kitchener, On¬
tario, Canada, N2H 5WG.

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I’M GOING HOMO!! Going homo is a
queerzine for homo dudes (punx, anarchists,
etc.) into non-mainstream gay culture. Please
send short stories, essays, comix, rants, b&w
art, and original funky photos to: Stephen
Dedalus/G.H., P.O. Box 3403, Tucson, AZ,
85722. Issue #1 is out now! Send me two 290
stamps and get yours today!

RECORDS FOR SALE! Over 200 albums
and over 200 EP’s, most selling for $4-$8.
Please send 2 stamps (Canadian or Ameri¬
can) or an I.R.C. to: Trent Reeve, 24 Guelph
St., Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, N2H 5WG.
Over 35 satisfied customers served!

BAD POOTS fanzine needs contributions
for the first issue. All hardcore/ punk bands
and zines send shit for review, free issue
guaranteed. The zine should come with a
split 7” with Quadiliacha and Johnny Deep¬
er. Send ads too. Write to: Will Greene, 7236
Thornhill Ln., ATL, GA 30328.

HAVE YOU EVER WANTED to learn about
pagan religion? I’m the person you want to
talk to. I’ve been learning a lot lately and
would like to share my thoughts. Learn more
about this ever growing and largely misun-
derstoo religion. Serious inquiries only!
Maria Vasquez, 12337 Meadowbrook Ln.,
Poway, CA 92064.

DOES ANYONE KNOW what happened to
Steven Gardiner (Sten Asassination)? This
friend of mine said he related to G.G. Allin as
Charles Manson did the Beatles and said he
would follow G.G. Allin to Hell (in MRR). I
am starting to believe he’s no long with us.
Anyone who knew him please get in touch!
J.R.: PO Box 840, Marshfield, MA 02050.

RARE 80’S PUNK! Over 300 LP’s and 7”s of
early to late 80’s punk, hardcore, and reggae
up for sale. All vinyl is in very good condi¬
tion. LP’s start at $6 ppd., 7 ”s start at $4 ppd.
Entire collection $2,500. Also available: live
Dag Nasty, Rites of Spring, all Agent 86
releases, DC comp., more. Send SASE (that’s
self addressed stamped envelope) to: Play¬
house Mailorder, PO Box 166, Eugene, OR
97440

MONTY PYTHON ZINE out now! Mr. Pit ti¬
er is pleased. $1.75 in USA. 750 + 860 stamp
in Canada. $2.75 everywhere else. Loads of
Python & Python-like stuff. Write Sive Mof¬
fat, 3555 Don Mills Rd., Unit 6-129, Willow-
dale, ON, M2H 2N3, Canada.

G.G. ALLIN, AMERICAN HERO. B. 1956-
D. 1993. Classic Richard Kern photo. Last
known sitting. Now on t-shirt (black). L, XL,
$13.00 ppd. ($17.00 Foreign). $1.00 or home
porno pix gets you infamous Empire of the
Damned catalog. Checks and money orders
out to Empire of the Damned, PO Box 20360,
NY NY 10009.

DUM DE DUM. sXe, veggie, silly girl wants
mail to fill her boyfriend’s box. Into Monty
Python, Infest, Struggle type bands, Pea¬
nuts, sheep, E.O.W., films, Born Against,
satire... Also need books/ info on vegan nu¬
trition. Siue, 3555 Don Mills Rd, Unit 6-129,
Willowdale, ON, M2H 3N3.

BLOODLINE “KRISHNA CAN Suck It!” 7”
wanted. Will pay money or trade. Contact me
now! Dean, 1417 Chesterton Lane, Madison,
WI 53701.

BANDS, HELP!! I’m a recording intern look¬
ing for bands to record at great pro studio in
Indianapolis. I’m into Punk/ hardcore/ indie
music. The studio is cheap and I work for
free. Call Me!! Jeff the Intern (317)842 4955.

HYPOGLYCEMIA! There are zines about
coffee, sex, drag racing, The Bradys...Why
shouldn’t I do one about my blood sugar
levels? Fledgling zine seeks submissions (sto¬
ries, articles, comics) by, for, and about peo¬
ple with hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, and
diabetes. Are your hands always shakey? Do
you have to eat every three hours? Write!
Punk Pancreas / P.O. Box 2244 / Olympia,
WA 98507

“NOWADAYS PEOPLE know the price of
everything and the value of nothing. - Oscar
Wilde. None Dare To Call It A Zine issue one.
Interviews with the Goats, Ian Mckaye, Chris
Toliver, Rust, and Chris Hall. The starving
artist, tunnel vision, consumerism...send
$3.00 to Chris Gregorek / 229 N. Kenwood
Ave. /Baltimore, MD 21224

“NOTHING IS MORE frightening than ig¬
norance in action.” None Dare To Call It A
Zine issue one. Interviews with the Goats,
Ian Mckaye, Chris Toliver, Rust, and Chris
Hall. The starving artist, tunnel vision,
consumerism...send $3.00 to Chris Gregorek
/ 229 N. Kenwood Ave. / Baltimore, MD
21224

I NEED PEN PALS. Pm a 13 year old punk
into Social Distortion, Youth Brigade, Filth,
Screeching Weasel, GG Allin, Ramones, and
Blanks 77. Everyone send stuff for my zine.
Bands send tapes for comp. Send stuff to:
Matt, 245 17 Ave. NE, St. Petersburg, FL
33704

HONEYWELL - 7” out now. It’s really good,
trust me. In the works, Julia 7”. $3U.S./$4
CAN* Mex/%5 Europe/$6 World PPD-
S^llout Records, POB 178009, San Diego, CA
92177-8009. With a little love, anything is
possible. Be positive. Check or M.O. payable
to: Derek Passerotti.

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LOOKING FOR people into the Luna Chicks,
NoFX, GBH, V.H. of Karen Black, Muffs, 7
Year Bitch, into trading, flyers, photos, tapes,
etc. Also looking for any Terror Train, Bo¬
rax, Dwarves stuff. Billy W / PO box 39158/
Balto, MD 21212

FOR SALE/TRADE Japanese hardcore:
Deadless Muss-1 will 7” (15), 5 years LP (25),
Vulgarity Kids - 8 in flexi (15), Deadline -
flexi 7 in (15). Chicken Bowels- 7” (15). Send
trade list if interested. John Abram. 346 N.
La Jolla Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90048 (213)
'“"V5166

19 YEAR OLD KID starting school this fall
in Eugene, Oregon. Looking for correspon¬
dence around Oregon and anywhere else.
Into Rorschach, ABC Diabolo, Heroin, etc.
Please get in touch. Steinur, 25 West High¬
land Dr., Seattle, WA 98119

JUST OUT! The new issue of (Almost) Noth¬
ing But Record Reviews with a free cassette
of a radio sex interview. Plus “Attack of the
Killer Bisexuals,” video, record & tape re¬
views galore. $2 from NBRR,POBox 137-M,
Prince Street Station, New York NY 10012.

LIKE TO TRAVEL WITH NO MONEY? The

World For Free is a travel organization that
helps people share houses and apartments
with others— all over the world. You can get
information and a membership application
for a long stamped self-addressed envelope
to: The World For Free, PO Box 137-M,
Prince St. Sta, New York NY 10012.

SAMPLE PRANK CALL ‘ZINE $1 & self
addressed stamped envelope. Attn: Cooter /
P.O. Box 8093 / Bloomington, IN 47407-8093

16 YR. OLD sXe skating loser. Living in
shithole needs correspondance with punk
types. Like ska, punk, hardcore, rupaul, and
masturbation. Will write back. Girls please
write. Eugene / 524 Mill Rd. / Goldsboro, NC
27534. Sarah Michaels sucks!!

16 YR. OLD hardcore punk living in shit
town seeks others. Prefer girls. No racists or
homophobics. Gauranteed to write back.
Send all hate mail, love letters, and sperm
samples to: Nuke / 362 St. John Church Rd.
/ Goldsboro, NC 27534

SUCK MY CUNT- Male lesbian seeks dorky
punks, flaming homos and circus freaks for
pen pals. I’m into the Dwarves, David Let-
terman, Nell Carter, GG, Screaching Wea¬
sel, Dayglo Abortions, giving blow jobs, Bad
Religion, Fiends, Descendants, Monty Py¬
thon, Richard Brautigan, Creamers, your
mothers underwear drawer, etc.. .Write: Rich
Bitch / 4959 Frontenac Road / Trumansburg,
NY 14886

TOXIC FLYER FANZINE issue #8 out now
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FOR SALE: Three’s Company 7” (Simple
Machines/Merge/Leopard Gecko). Very rare
tour single from the summer, 1990 tour of the
same name. One song each from Superchunk,
Seaweed, and Geek (pre-Tsunami). Several
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Land Speed, P.O. box 9232, Chapel Hill, NC,
27515-9232.

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YUCKYBUS WRECKIDZ wants Punk/HC/Funk/Ska/Req-
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GG ALLIN, Detroit, 6/6/9—, one of his last shows ever.
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preteramy video; from their tour. Can you help r Joe
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Five-Eight (Incredible!), and Shudder to Think.

BANDS! SEND DEMOS FOR COMP. All kinds of music. The
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THE UNDERTOAD - dreamy, relentless, psychedelic, punk.
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COMPILATION TAPE the World in Punks vol. 2. 60 min.
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G.G. ALLIN'S LAST interview on VHS and audio. Video
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I CANADIAN CHAOSMONGERS: Need reliable contacts for
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NEED VOIVOD EUROPEAN '93 tour shows: Marquee,
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108 CASSETTE that includes the demo, talking and a live
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KILLING JOKE/SIOUXSIE LIVE & demos wanted. Voivod
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VIDEO- PSYCHEDELIC GLUE Sniffin' Hillbillies- 35 minutes
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JANE'S ADDICTION video last show ever Hawaii 9-26-91
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GILMAN ST.: Does anybody video tape shows at Gilman?
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BEASTIE BOYS and Cypress Hill Video live in California
1992 Excellent Quality total time 120 min Send $20.00
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE video with two live shows
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quality Total time 110 min Send $20.00 cash or MO to
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SMOG MONSTER - "Spinout" 19 song cass. only - $5 or
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FROM DEATH METAL TO HC: Kill Again zine wants to hear
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OCT 4 • Wichita JUGGERNAUT

OCT 5 • Boulder FOX THEATER

OCT 6 • Albuquerque T. B. A.

OCT 7 • Tucson D.T. PERF. CNTR.

OCT 8 • Phoenix LIBRARY CAFE

OCT 9 • San Diego CASBAH

OCT 10 • Los Angeles JABBERJAW

OCT 11 • San Francisco KENNEL CLUB

OCT 13 • Portland SATYRICON

OCT 14 • Seattle OFF RAMP

OCT 15 • Spokane MOTHERS

OCT 16 • Boise CRAZY HORSE

OCT 17 • Salt Lake City DVQ

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DIESEL QUEENS vs WSAWTS

A Battle of the Bay Area's Best Pervo-Punk Bands
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Do-It-Yourself Resource Magazine #2, 1993-1994
A COUNTRY BY COUNTRY/STATE BY STATE
LISTING OF PUNK/HARDCORE/INDIE
BANDS, ZINES, PROMOTERS, LABELS,
RADIO, VIDEO, FOOD, LODGING, ETC.

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