Maximum Rocknroll 173 (1997 Oct)

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Interviews: continuously, with photos!

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ROB COONS

REGISTRATORS-TV Hell-EP
| V/A-Disoppress-EP
HIS HERO IS GONE/URANUS-split 12"
FALLOUT-Resist Control-EP
WORD SALAD-Faction Of Dystopia-EP

DR. DANTE

LOS KENNY HARPERS/CACAHUETES-split EP

THE DRAGS-Stop Rock And Roll-LP

THE WAILERS-Do Not Release-10"

THE.ROBOTS-RipOff-45

EXPLOSIVE KATE-LP/THE KIRKS-Get Out-EP

AD SIZES AND RATES:

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for music and zine releases. All other ads
must be classfieds only. We will not accept
major label or related ads, or ads for comps
or EPs that include major label bands.

CLASSIFIEDS: 40 words cost $3/60 words
max for $4. No racist, sexist or fascist mate-
rial. Send typed if possible. Cash only!!!
Expect a two month backlog!

COVER: The Reclusives

ARMITAGE SHANKS-Are Friends Electric?-45
LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP
V/A-Bloodstains Across The UK Vol 2-LP
THE DRAGS-Stop Rock And Roll-LP

CHARLES BRONSON/UNANSWERED-split EP
V/A-Violence-8"

CRO-MAGS-Live At Wellingtons-LP
LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP
HIS HERO IS GONE-live

THE BRIDES-Pushed Around-45
LADY SPEEDSTICK-Saturday Night...-LP
HEAD-The Monkey-LP
LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP
THE MUSTANGS-Here Come...-EP

THE STAINS-ln Decline-45
WORKIN' STIFFS-Whipping Boy-45
REGISTRATORS-TV Hell-45
THE FEED BACK-Come With Me-45

ARMITAGE SHANKS-Never Mind The Ballcocks-LP JACK SAINTS-Pickpockets And Loose Women-EP

TOM HOPKINS

MANFAT/HARD TO SWALLOW-split EP
CRUCIFIX-Exhibit A-LP/ASSHOLE PARADE-live
| HIS HERO IS GONE/URANUS-split-LP
3 rofane Existence-#31/32-zine
)HRIST ON A CRUTCH-2XLP/HIS HERO-live

TOP 10 ZINES

UNHINGED-Win Our Freedom...-LP
FORWARD-FeeL.-EP/ANTIOCH ARROW-CD
OJO ROJO-Can You Keep Your Sanity-LP
HAIL MARY-Glorious Morning-EP
CHARLES BRONSON/UNANSWERED-split EP

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Blood Mop #1
Second Nature #6
The Baffler #9
Cryptic Slaughter #7.5
Rabble Review #1

UD-The One On The Wall-LP
RAVIS CUT-Complicated-EP
iOMB BASSETS-Take A Trip-LP
f 0RKIN' STIFFS-Whippin' Boy-45
lUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP

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IS HERO IS GONE/URANUS-split-LP
ICUST/HIS HERO/RESIN-live
lARSH/SHITFIT-split EP/GLOOM-Perdition-1 2"
CROTUM GRINDER-Geld-EP
IESELQUEENS-BeastWith...-EP

GAMITS-Come Get Some-EP

TOY DOLLS-Mega Byte-LP

A MERCY UNION-EP/FEZ PETTING ZOO-CD

FORGOTTEN-Class Separation-EP

STITCHES/TURBONEGRO-live

CATTLE DECAPITATION-10 Torments-EP
CHARLES BRONSON/UNANSWERED-split EP
K0RT PROSESS-Suart Natt-2xEP
WORD SALAD-Faction Of Dystopia-EP
BLACK KRONSTATD-A World To Win-Ep

ALLAN MCNAUGHTON

Scam-#3-zine

SNUFF-Potatoes & Melons...-CD

MANFAT/HARD TO SWALLOW-split EP

KILL SADIE-Colorless-EP

THE BUSINESS-Harry May - The Singles-2xLP

STIKKY-SpamthologyVoM-CD

V/A-Bloodstains Across The UK Vol 2-LP

CHRIST ON A CRUTCH-2xLP

PINK KROSS-Scumbag-EP

LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP

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RAIMUNDO MURGIA

LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP

U.S. BOMBS-Beer City Basement-EP

DISAPPOINTMENTS-AII Cranked Up-EP

THESTITCHES-live

THE STAINS-lndependent-EP

JAH NELL

Scam-#3-zine

USELESS FUCKS-Uncle Sid wants You-EP
THE BRIDES-Pushed Around-45
EXCESSIVE DEFIANCE-Eat A Dick...-EP
HEAD-The Monkey-LP

BRUCE ROEHRS

THE FORGOTTEN-Class Separation-EP

RESTARTS-Just Gets Worse-EP

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS-Crank Me Up-EP

LOUDMOUTHS-EP/TURBONEGRO-live

GENERATION EXCREMENT-EP/US BOMBS-EP

LEAH URBANO

HIS HERO IS GONE/URANUS-split-LP
CHRIST ON A CRUTCH-2xLP
CRO-MAGS-Live At The Willington-LP
FLOODPLAIN-Eightpennygalvanized-CD
V/A-A Benefit For Reno Food Not Bombs-EP

JON VON

LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS-Crank Me Up-EP

HEAD-Monkeys-LP

BOMB BASSETS-Take A Trip-LP

TOY DOLLS-One More-LP

RYAN WELLS

THE KIRKS-Get Out-EP THE SQUARES-Medway Tribute-LP

STARLIGHT DESPERATION-Our Product-EP SWINDLERS-Wild Wild-EP

V/A-Bloodstains Across The UK Vol 2-LP V/A-Asesinas De La Lucha Libre-LP

ARMITAGE SHANKS-Never Mind The Ballcocks-LP REGISTRATORS-TV Hell-EP

STILETTO BOYS-8-Track Stereo-EP TOP GEAR-Pleasure-EP/CRUCIFIX-Exhibit A-LP

TIM YOHANNAN

BLANKS 77-Tanked & Pogoed-EP

PANTYBOYS-White Middle Class-EP

Baffler-#9-zine

NORTHERN DRINKING CULT-EP

WORKIN' STIFFS-Whipping Boy-45

FURIOUS GEORGE-Get A Record-LP
SCARED OF CHAKA-live
LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP
SLOPPY SECONDS/VINDICTIVES-split EP
SPACESHITS-live

WORKIN STIFFS-Whipping Boy-45
BUSINESS-LP/NORTHERN DRINKING CULT-EP
ANTI-FLAG/OBNOXIOUS-split EP
ANTI-TRUST-Double Secret Probation-EP
THE STAINS-45/REGISTRATORS-45

V/A-AII About Friends-CD
ANTIOCH ARROW-CD
TRIAL-Through The Darkest Days-CD
ELDOPA-1332-LP
CONVERGE-live

FURIOUS GEORGE-Get A Record-LP
WORKIN' STIFFS-Whipping Boy-45
NOBODYS-Smell Of Victory-LP
KAISERS-Alligator-EP
TURBONEGRO-live

DIESEL QUEENS-Beast With Five Heads-EP
V/A-Bloodstains Across The UK Vol 2-LP
V/A-Killed By 7" Vol 1-EP/IDYLS-Down With...-EP
HEAD-LP/FURIOUS GEORGE-LP
DISENCHANTEDmVENTY-TWOS-split EP

REMA YOUNG & KENNY KAOS

V/A-Killed By Death #17-LP/THE KIRKS-EP
LADY SPEEDSTICK-EP/LOUDMOUTHS-EP
EXPLOSIVE KATE-LP/ARMITAGE SHANKS-LP
V/A-Too Hot To Handle-LP/HEADS KICKED IN-EP
SAVAGE MALIGNANT-EP/THE BRIDES-EP

BACKSTREET GIRLS-Monster In My Cadillac-45 THE BRIDES-Pushed Around-45

DIMESTORE HALOES-Thrill City Crime Control-LP THE DRAGS-Stop Rock And Roll-LP

HEAD-The Monkey-LP LOUDMOUTHS-Gone Drinkin'-EP

MR T EXPERIENCE-And I Will Be With You-EP THE STAINS-ln Decline-45

STILETTO BOYS-8-Track Stereo-EP VENDETTAS-Can't Stop-45

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Enrico Cadena
Mel Cheplowitz
Jeremy Cool

Jerry Booth
Chris Charla
Catherine Cook
Rob Coons

Heather Daniels Mikel Delgado

Rafael DiDonato Timothy Doran

Jodi Feldman Jonathan Floyd

Gardner Fusuhara Brian Gathy

Katja Gussmann Lance Hahn

Harald Hartmann Chris Harvey

Jeff Heermann Tom Hopkins

Jenn Hyman
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Carolyn Keddy
Michael Lucas
Hal MacLean
Mary Jane

George Impulse
Kenny Kaos
Mick Krash
Ray Lujan
Timojhen Mark
Jeff Mason

Tobia Jean Minckler Mundo Murguia
Allan McNaughton Mike Millett

Jah Nell
Bruce Roehrs
Harry Sherrill
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Dave Stevenson
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Kelli Williams

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Jon Von Zelowitz

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Mykel Board
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Jason Beck
Ted Rail
Dave Emory
Mark Hanford
Larry Harmon
Felix Von Havoc
Sam Tracy
Dam MacCormack
Chuck Trend
Lali Donovan
Adam Leborgne
Ryan Taxles
Laurent P.
PC Simonelli
Chris Hall

Rev Norb
John Kohut
Brian Zero
Queenie
Nick Fitt
Nathan Berg
Sheri Gumption
Melissa Klein
Bryan Alft
Taylor Nowhere
El Flojo
Kevin Imamura
Morgan Andrews
Graham Russell
Generic
Mitch Prothero

ZINE COORDINATORS
Jen Angel Tim Yohannan

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I MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL IS A MONTHLY PUBLICATION. ALL WORK IS DONATED AND NO ONE RECEIVES ANY SALARY. ALL PROCEEDS ARE EITHEB INVESTED IN TECHNOLOGICAL
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SPRINT ANYTHING FROM MRR, BUT ONLY IF IT'S NOT-FOR-PROFIT,

#149/Oct "95. Manic Hispanic, Pet UFO,
Campus Tramps, Joe Kidd, Bad Luck
Streak, Chumpslap, The Humpers, No
Violence, Diferentes Actitudes Juveniles,
Richard The Roadie, "Roots Of Punk-
The Sixties Pt 2".

#150/Nov '95. NY Loose, Snap-
Her, Sick Boys, Splatterheads,
Pipe, Pregnant Man, Final Con-
flict, Rawness, Stink, Goblins,
Smellie Fingers, "Roots' Of Punk-
-The Essential 1950s".

#151 pt 2/ Dec '95. The Lowdowns,
My White Bread Mom, Queen B's,
Electric Frankenstein, Turtlehead, Ser-
pico, Trick Babys, In/Humanity, The
Stains, Varukers, The Pist, Terrible
Virtue, "The Hardcore Films Of Rich-
ard Kern".

#165/Feb '97. He's Dead Jim, The Mil-
lionaires, No-Talents, Blanks 77, The
Hives, The Freeze, Chris Spedding &
Other People's Music, Defiance, The
Real McKenzies, Savage Malignant,
Sea Monsters, Dropkick Murphys, Bou
Sou Nezumi, "Roots of Punk-Rich-
ard Hell".

#166/Mar '97. Walking Abortions.
Hickey, 77 Spreads, Sanity Assassins,
Cards In Spokes, Joey Tampon & The
Toxic Shocks, Adjective Noun, Sui-
cide King, Lenguas Armadas, Trauma,
De Crew, "Roots of Punk— Dead
Boys".

#168/May '97. Cretin 66, Fishsticks,
UK Subs, Distemper, Enewetak, Fields
Of Shit, "Roots of Punk-SLF, Under-
tones".

#155/Apr '96. Third Degree, Pus- #169/June '97. Hard Skin, Cluster
sy Crush, Surfin' Turnips, Sick- Bomb Unit, Jihad, Purgen, Speed
oids, Anti-Flag, Slight Slappers, Queens, Remission, Halflings, The Old
High Plains Drifters, Cro-Mags, Man, Deface, "Roots of Punk-Clash,
Hockey Teeth, "The Knights Of Ramones, Sex Pistols".
Malta".

#170/July '97. Bristle, Mine, Tedio
#156 pt 1/May '96. Public Toys, Boys, The 4 Cockroaches, Absconded,
Crunch, Peter & The Test Tube Meanwhile. Broken, (Young) Pioneers,
Babies, Nails Of Hawaiian, Splash Hoodrat, "You're Dead!", "Roots of
4, Yawp!, Lifetime, Sickoids, Punk-The Slits".
'Roots of Punk— Boston".

#171/August '97. Strychnine, Idiots,
#158/July '96. Workin' Stiffs, The Patrick Grindstaff of Pelado Records,
Gain, Ashley Von Hurter&The Hat- Misanthropists, Racetraitor, ViolentSo-
ers. The Process, Brother Inferior, ciety, Knuckleheads.
Judge Nothing, Breakups, Not For
Rent, "Roots of Punk-The #172/Septem-
Buzzcocks". ber '97. With-

drawls, Judge-
#159/Aug '96. The Smugglers, ment, No Motiv,
Brand New Unit, Tone Deaf Pig- OppressedLogic,
dogs. Round Ear Spocks, David Truents, Left For
Hayes of Too Many Records, Man Dead, Yel-

Afraid, Blind Side, Vox Populi, lowskin, The
Death Wish Kids, Fun People, Fat Weird Lovemak-
Drunk & Stupid, "Roots of Punk— ers. Smash Your
The Dickies". Face, Flatus,

Straight Faced,
#162/Nov '96. Phantom Surfers, Can- Klaxon, X-It, web
dy Snatchers, The Stain, National designer Vic
Guard, Torches To Rome, Restos Fos- Gedris, filmmak-
iles, Two Bo's Maniacs, Snuka, Re- er Doug Cawk-
demption 87, Torture Kitty, "Roots er.
of Punk-Los Angeles 77".

#173/October
#163/Dec'96.TheLastSonsOfKryp- '97. Hot Water
ton, The Prostitutes, Wig Hat, The Music, Fat Day
Boys, Let It Rock, Enemy Soil, Vul- Los Tigres Gua- ^UVU \ \
caneers, Half Empty, The Zeros, pos.Les Partisans,
Deadcats, Teen Idles. The Bristols, My 3

Scum, The Space
#164/Jan '97. Naked Aggression, Lil Shits, Chris of Pes-
Bunnies, Sparkle Moore, Tab Hunt- simiser Records,
er, Bar Feeders, Jabberwocky, Auto The Reclusives,
Control, The Hookers, Epileptix, Ac- Nick Qwik, "Pio-
rid, "Roots of Punk-The Vibrators", neersofPunk: GG
"Ten Years of Gilman". Allin".

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MRR IS LOOKING FOR
A NEW ZINE COORDINATOR

Yep. We're looking for someone to come and share in the
responsibility of running this zine. What exactly does that
mean? We are looking for one person who is interested in being
involved with Maximum on a large scale - taking on both the
tedious work and an active role in deciding the direction of this
zine.

The responsibilities include handling daily shitwork (mail,
phones, advertising), layout, coming up with new ideas, instigat-
ing interviews and articles, harassing the shitworkers, taking
the blame, and being responsible forthe general direction of the
magazine. You must be willing to move to San Francisco (unless
you live here already) and make MRR a priority above friendship
and, in some cases, above your own projects. Things like
computer experience, proficient typing, and organizational
skills are helpful, but being a fast learner could compensate for
inexperience.

These are responsibilitiles shared by all the zine coordina-
tors (well, just Jen and Tim). Specific responsibilities could
include some screening and assigning of incoming records, and
in general being involved with the record review section and ads
that pertain to music. This means that you would need to
generally agree with the musical content and direction of the
magazine, and feel confident that you could continue it

Now, here's the important stuff, on the personality side,
we are looking for someone who is extroverted and outgoing,
deals well with people (and strangers), likes goingto shows, and
knows a Jot about records, bands, and music in general. The
ideal person must be motivated and detail oriented, to the
extent of being completely anal. Confidence and some degree
of aggressiveness are also important, as well as theability to put
aside your needs and ego to balance the needs of the other
shitworkers. You need strength and vision, but also sensitivty
to others. Ability to work under pressure or in a demanding
environment are also very helpful.

There are no age, gender, race, or hairstyle restrictions.
Dreadlocks may be acceptable, but Birkenstocks are strictly
forbidden (Tim won't budge on that one). Tattoos and piercings
are optional. It also doesn't matter where you come from
(though Jen, of course, will give special consideration to anyone
from the Midwest, particularly Ohio).

We are not limiting this search to zine people only.
However, it's awfully difficult to show quality, consistency,
dedication, and commitment otherwise. If you are not a zine
editor but are interested, it's up to you to come up with a
creative way to demonstrate these things to us.

if this sounds like something you might be interested in
and qualified for, please send us a letter telling us who you are,
why you want to work with us, and why you think you should
be the one. Your letter should also talk about what you have
been doing for the last couple of years, and what your plans for
the immediate future involve. Examples of your writing or work
would also be a good idea to send. Please remember to include
your phone number with your letter. Money and other bribes
probably won't help you, the only possible exception to that
being rare punk rock records (Tim is especially interested in
foreign ones).

Please be warned that, first, this is a long term project.
Second, there is not and never will be any monetary compensa-
tion involved. The only thing we can offer is living space at the
MRR house. All other expenses are up to you. If you have any
questions before you send in your letter, please call us here at
Maximum HQ and talk to Jen or Tim.

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OPPRESSED LOGIC - AINT A DAMN THING CHANGED LP

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Caught in mid-spray-

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when a jogger running down the East Bay
Bike path saw them spray painting this graf-
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MRR,

I
didn't
want to
be forced to
write this letter
but it appears
that I have been
ripped off through the mail by three
different zines. The zines in question
are: Cheapskate, OverThe Counter,
& Icarus Was Right. I sent $1 .00 to
Cheapskate on 1-6-97 and have re-
ceived nothing. I sent $1 .00 to Over
The Counter ,and $2.00 to Icarus
Was Right on 1-18-97 and have re
ceived nothing. I even wrote all 3
zines back asking why I had not
received anything. No reply. I was
quite surprised because I've heard
nothing but good things about Icarus
Was Right. Even if they were sold
out of that issue, by not replying to
my letters, they basically were say
ing "fuck you." Like they can't afford
the $ 0.32 it would cost to send me a
reply. I wonder how many other
people they have done this to.

I do a zine and I know how the
mail can get backed up, especially if
it's a one person zine such as mine.
No matter how much mail I have, I
make sure to mail out my zines the
next day in most cases. When zines,
such as the aforementioned three,
blatantly ignore mail orders, it hurts
all zines in general. I know people
who have gotten ripped off ordering
zines and as a result, they no longer
buy zines through the mail. It's not
the money that I'm worried about, it's
the principle.

If anyone knows how to con-
tact Ken Perry from Las Vegas please
have him write me. He ordered a
copy of Motion Sicknessirom me but
when I mailed it, it kept coming back
to me with a stamp that says "No
Such Street." I kept waiting for him to
write me back asking why he didn't
get the zine, but he never wrote.
Also, as a side note, if you write to a
zine, record label or anyone, please
make your name and address clearly
legible! 1 1 ! It's especially important
to have that information on the letter
itself because the letters usually get
separated from the envelopes lopes
that they came in. That is all.

Cheers.
Phil-Motion/ P.O.
Louis, MO 63130

Box 24277/ St.

Dear Maximum RockN' Roll,
Taylor here from Go-
ing Nowhere fanzine here to
alert as many people as pos-
sible, before they get ripped off, just as
I did, by Royal Flush Records and
Zach Brooks. He claims to be a non-
profit organization... Well the $1 1.50
he took from me was pure profit, since
I never received my order, but instead
excuses and nasty e-mail from this
thief. I sent a check made out to 'Zach
Brooks' for $1 1 .50 in late January. 2
months later in late March, after wait-
ing and waiting for 2 months, I e-
mailed him to remind him that it had
been 2 months, and that / knew he
cashed my check in early February.
He apologized and assured me he
would ship it out immediately. This
was not the case. I never got my CD,
but instead found myself waiting,
doubtful that I'd ever see anything
from this guy. So 5 months later, after
he cashed my check, I was furious. I e-
mailed him once again, and demanded
a prompt refund or my CDto be shipped
immediately. I told him "it was pathetic
that I hadn't gotten my order and ques
tioned whether (but really I was pretty
positive of his intentions) he was go
ing to keep my money, and I was
pretty doubtful that he'd send my CD."
I got e-mail back from him, and in-
stead of apologizing, and assuring me
that he was still going to send my CD,
I got cussing and excuses?!?!?! He
was chewing ME out saying he was
real busy with his job, school, per-
sonal life, etc. Now, I can understand
this, but if he's so busy, should he
really be running a record distribu-
tion? NO. Especially if he's suppos-
edly "non-profit," which is what made
me want to support his organization in
the first place, because I could have
easily got this particular CD at the
local record store, instead. But can he
really be all that busy? That after six
months, (yes at this point it had been
six months) he didn't have one spare
moment to ship a package to some-
one who had ordered from him 6
months ago, and reminded him that
he was waiting a few times along the
way? I find that hard to believe. But
you know what I find really hard to
believe, and what tops this bullshit all
off? That he had time to cash my
check, and get his lazy ass down to
the bank to fill his greedy pockets with
my money, but no time, to send the

goods that were rightfully mine and
paid in full. Besides... At $1 1 .50 he's
got to be making profit. Labels sell
their CDs at approx $5 wholesale
rate to distributions, but this is beside
the point. The point is, he could give
a shit about his customers. He's a
thief. Don't support Royal Flush
Records and their unethical busi-
ness practices. I may never see my
$1 1.50 or my CD, but maybe I can
help some of you from making the
same mistake, and getting your
money stolen from you. Don't send
this thief your money, and don't sup-
port him. Royal Flush + Zach Brooks
= an unethical thief. Thank you for
your time.
Taylor Nowhere.

^^W Apologies to all, but

^k^r this is yet another letter in
^^ the MRR letters page warn-
ing everybody about a rip-off mer-
chant within punk. It is a letter I'd
rather not have to write, but unfortu-
nately I have to — and hopefully this
letter will mean that other small la-
bels won't get ripped off as well.

Here's the story in full. Wrench
Records has been operating as a
small punk label and mailorder from
the late 80's. Westworld from Tuc-
son, Arizona (formerly known as
Toxic Shock) agreed to be the US
distributors of releases on the Wrench
label in the early 90s. In 1993 I re-
leased a CD by Rancid Hell Spawn,
which Westworld agreed to distrib-
ute. Westworld asked me not to use
anyotherdistributorfortheCDinthe
USA, which I agreed to do, some-
what reluctantly (as Rotz from Chi-
cago had already told me that they'd
like to try selling them as well). I sent
Westworld 200 copies of the CD, on
consignment, at $6 a copy. They
soon sold out so I sent them 150
more. Most of those sold too, and
Westworld ended up needing to send
me around $1 700. To cut a long story
short, they never sent me any money
at all! I tried everything - writing,
phoning, sending faxes. I even turned
up in his 'Toxic Ranch" shop in Tuc-
son (a long detour for me!) to ask for
the money, and ended up with a $50
bill from the till plus a stack of unsold
records on the Westworld label in
"exchange" for the CDs. Since then
(over 2 years ago) Bill of Westworld

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has refused to
reply to any of
my letters or I
faxes asking
him to settle his
debt. I've even
offered to take
some more
records on the Westworld label in
lieu of cash. No reply to that fax
either. And even if you take into
account the stuff he's given me in
exchange, he still owes me $900.

So... My plea to all MRR read-
ers is for everyone to boycott
Westworld Mailorder and the Toxic
Ranch shop in Tucson. It may be a
good mailorder list and a good shop,
but there is no place in punk forj
distributors and shops that rip off |
small labels.
Charlie/Wrench Records/BCM Box
4049 / London WC1 N 3XX/ England

Jn| Tim Yo and MRR,
mJF Sorry to not have

^W^ typed this but I haven't seen
my best friend Groin in quite some
time because mainly, his dad thought
I was a "bad influence" and that "we
were not good for each other" what-
ever the fuck that means. It really
sucks. I lost my best friend just 'cuz
some old rich bastard said so. So I
thought maybe you guys could help
me out by printing this, I know Groin
reads the letters section but I don't
know his address. Groin, I miss you
and wish things could've worked out.
Please write me. Any other punks
with similar situations?
Issac Excrement/ 1965 Canyon Dr./
LA, CA 90068

P.S. A big fuck you to old men
trying to run their kid's lives! Your life,
your choice

Open letter to MRR & read-
ers,

The earth's natural

evolutionary process is cur-
rently at a standstill. Humans, ever
dominating, sadly believing they are
the center of the universe, declared
war on the wilderness with the pow-
erful cries of "industrialization!" They
are winning.

Up until recently I hadn't given
the environment much thought. Driv
ing through the pacific northwest
twice in the last year kicked me in the
lass, tattooing a scene so violent and

disgraceful into my conscience. We
have seriously fucked up our natural
world. A world where animals don't
need protein enhanced, zoo-fed food
to survive. Currently 9% of the United
States' total land mass (the 48 con-
tinuous states) is wild, untamed land.
About 2 1/2 % is protected. 2 1/
2% is not enough land to successfully
maintain a healthy population of large
four legged carnivores such as bear,
wolverine, and mountain lions as weli
as their prey. These animals need
continuous, flowing ecosystems in or-
der to survive, not small chunks of
rocky landscapes (key word being
rocky, most designated wilderness
areas are relatively treeless, therefore
profitless).

Having been involved with punk
for several years writing a fanzine, I
know first hand how much passion
exists within it and all of its incarna-
tions. What I also see is way too much
apathy and nihilism, which is very sad
considering the networking abilities
we have created! Punk/hardcore/an-
archism is not just music, spikes, and
middle fingers. It is a huge under-
ground network of people from all
walks of life, struggling to create and
maintain an environment away from
the system that is bent on manufactur-
ing non-confrontational consumers!
People who have no rights, and sadly
don't know it. Humanity is not a plague
It is however ignorant, greedy, and
destructive.

I recently joined a few organiza-
tions that are dedicated to stopping
the destruction of all that is wild. When
I started looking into the facts and
statistics of what logging, mining, road
building, and grazing has done to the
west, it outraged me more than any-
thing ever has. Seeing with my own
eyes saddened me just as much. It
made so many things loose their once
potent impact. Whose band is punk,
who looks punk, who eats meat, who
doesn't. Punk is a beautiful release
from mainstream society, a liberation
of soul. Sadly the infighting has killed
most of that feeling. Becoming active
in a cause, be it Food Not Bombs,
Earth First!, or just showing up for a
protest, continuously gives me that
once forgotten feeling. Like the first
time I popped Black Flag's "Damaged"
album in and heard 'Rise Above'!

Anyone that wants more infor-
mation on how they can become in-

volved, write me at PO Box 2536/
Missoula, MT 59806, or look in your
local phone book under "environ-
mental organizations". Pick the most
extreme one, you won't be let down.
Randy/ Spaghetti Dinner & Dancing
fanzine

a MRR,
First, let me say,
"Great zine!"
Now the bad news. I am serv-
ing a sentence for a white collar
crime. I am not a political prisoner. I
committed a crime. I used my com-
puter to obtain funds (read "cash")
and merchandise to help a hell of a
lot of people in the scene. But, some
of the people I helped got greedy.
They were not happy with food,
clothes, and a roof over their heads.
They wanted more, so they tried to
set me up and rip me off. It didn't
happen.

I helped a few bands purchase
equipment. I helped fund repairs to a
few clubs that were trashed. I done
what I could. Which was a lot.

A friend wrote me recently and
told me that El Paso, Texas lost its
only venue because nobody cared
enough to collect admission at the
door and rent couldn't be paid. She
said she usually collected the funds
personally, but that one weekend
she was out of town. And now it's
gone. El Paso has no venue.

Sad. And people wonder why
thescene is dying. Anarchy isn't about
trashing shit. Anarchy isn't about free
admission so you can buy beer. An
archy is about making a change and
you can't make shit happen if you
fuck up your scene! For gods' sakes
people! Stop shitting in your diner
plate!

As for me, I will be free in 7
months. And I will be back. Helping
squatters and bands and anyone else
who needs it. This time around I want
to fix up a warehouse and form a
punk/anarchy co-op and library/re-
source center.

Finally, if anyone out there is
interested in writing to a Native Ameri-
can half breed (Cherokee), black hair,
brown eyes, 27 years old and lonely,'
here I am! I'm looking for friends and
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MRR,
I' m
writing
this let-
ter to express my feelings/disgust of
the hundreds of people who've been
letdown by "Book Your Own Fucking
Life". This so-called resource guide
is 90% a fucking joke! Anyone trying
to book a show could tell you some of
the idiots who list themselves as
promoters/venues". Some of my fa-
vorites were "I used to book shows,
but my mom won't let me anymore,"
"I'm employed now, I have no time
for shows," and "I booked one show
last year, but the venue burned
down." Then there are the "labels/
distributors", some kid with dad's
credit card puts out his friend's band's
seven inch, and dad grounds him 'til
senior year. Finally, the "bands" sec-
tion. I would bet that at least half the
bands listed are either broken up,
non-existent, or jokes. My solution to
this problem would be this; be it
Under The Volcano or some other
collective, charge a $10 entrance
fee per listing to weed out the mo-
rons, and to bring forth sincere indi-
viduals involved with this whole punk/
hardcore thing. I do understand that
sometimes shit does happen, like
legit bands breaking up due to what-
ever circumstances orpromoters los-
ing their venues due to cops, vandal-
ism, whatever. But, I think the $10
entrance fee would also help would
also help with the production/distri-
bution fees, making B.Y.O.F.L. way
more of a solid resource for up and
coming bands, etc. Our punk/
hardcore community is way too small
and fragile to be weighed down by
inconsiderate individuals just want-
ing to see themselves in print.
Thank you.

Maximum,

Recently I was at a
show in L.A. A venue by
the name of Moguls, located
in Hollywood. I rarely go to see
shows in L.A., but the bill was packed
with great garage punk. So we ven-
tured.

Sitting through three of the
bands and about six beers I was

psyched to see Loli & The Chones and
the legendary Lazy Cowgirls. So, I
worked my way up to the front.

First I gotta say the Chones LP
rocks. Though their set was cut short.
It was late, 1:00 AM.

So, the Lazy Cowgirls take the
stage and crank out all the new & old.
About five songs into their set some of
the audience are dancing & singing
along. Definitely, no one is out of hand.
I notice a guy squatting on the stage
facing towards the crowd. I do not
notice the can of mace (pepper spray)
he is holding. Without warning he
sprays into the crowd. Only a few of us
got it in our eyes. I can't say (see)
really. But, I take off running forthe bar
not knowing what the fuck is happen-
ing. So, you could probably get a
better story elsewhere. Anyway, I jump
on the bar screaming for help. The
bartenders of course grab the tip bowls
and bolt. They come back and pour
cups of water over my head, barely
running in my eyes. Then ice. Yes,
much better.

If you ever get maced-(unless
you deserve it) hold ice on your eyes
and lean over so it doesn't run down to
your crotch. Which I've heard is much
worse. So, I make it to the men's room
and flush my eyes out. The guy next to
me is screaming & flushing in the
same sink. I tell him to "just go with it",
like were both having some bad acid
trip and were just at our peak right
now.The guy gets much worse and
now is being held down after smack-
ing his head on the floor. I'm only half
blind now so I go to the door in rage.
Questioning whoever. The club claims
"it was not a worker, maybe someone
with the band". "We have the cops
coming right now". Great, I'm blind
and drunk as fuck. I head back home
to Long Beach. Later, I found out that
it was a bouncer from the club. Some
big bald dumb mother fucker that
doesn't want to get sued for misuse.
He works for Tigermask, a promoter
for shows in L.A. I hope you felt that
elbow in the face my friend gave you.
That shit in your eyes makes you think
twice about stealing that ole lady's
purse or being a rapist. Isn't that what
its for?? But I wouldn't do that, I'm just
a showgoer. Write,
Tom Showgoer/ 372 11th St./ San
Pedro, CA 90731

P.S. I'm getting my money back,
whopeel!

O "Lefty" Hooligan:
I had hoped this let-
ter would be unnecessary,
and maybe it is, but I felt like I
had to write. As a fellow anti-authori-
tarian, class-conscious person in-
volved in the punk scene, I was hesi-
tant to loudly criticize you, but I've
seen enough. Your column in issue
#170 was merely the latest in a long
chain of cheap shots at a particular
brand of lefty, in this case democratic
socialists. Now, it warms my heart to
hear that Larry Livermore will be
skulking his fool ass away from Look-
out!, and agree that his claims to
some kind of socialist conscience
are ludicrous in light of his public
actions. And I also agree that that
brand of socialism has some dark
episodes, in particular the ones you
mentioned (World War I, although
the American party was against the
war from the beginning and its lead-
ers did time for it, and some partici-
pation in Commie-hunting afterWWII,
and the limp "activism" of DSA). But
it's ridiculous to say that the track
record of one punk scene pinworm
"amply manifests" the bankruptcy of
a century of socialist thought and
action. Livermore's a weasel (no pun
intended), but I still believe that a
radical democratic socialism tem-
pered with syndicalist influences is
the best and most moral vision of
how society should run, and what we
should do to get there. But my par-
ticular perspective isn't the point here.
Since your column
began, it's been a series of indict-
ments and dismissals of virtually ev-
ery current of anti-capitalist activity:
anarchists, syndicalists, Bolsheviks,
radical nationalists, Trotskyists,
Greens, trade unionists, and now
democratic socialists. You're more
sectarian than any Maoist leafletter,
yet somehow you've avoided giving
us any clear idea of which tendency
you subscribe to. And it must be a
tendency: you've certainly shown that
you have no interest in a broad
based, ecumenical anti-capitalist
movement. It's easy to crap all over
everybody else's plans when you
don't have to stand by your own. I've
missed a couple of issues over the
last few years, so maybe I'm wrong,
but aside from your vague stand in
support of hypothetical "revolution-
ary street gangs," I've never seen

t»

anything by you
about your po-
litical allies,
only about your
"enemies."

LMji£^(§f|j I Ironically, most
-, -*P| '( ,JI of them are,

yes, I'll say it,
doing more than you or I to build
some kind of alternative to global
capitalism, at least as near as your
readers can tell from what you write.
So where do you
stand? Why won't you tell us? I also
have to wonder about your commit-
ment to working class autonomy.

When the poor people of
Chiapas support a bold, defiant
armed uprising, you sit in the San
Francisco area (a city among the
most expensive to live in in the world)
and deride them for being too re-
formist. Why not let them decide?
When you work 1 6 hours a day for a
few tortillas, then maybe your per-
spective on that situation matters.

What makes you think you
know better than they do? I'm also
puzzled by the fact that your revolu-
tionary novel features protagonists
who are filthy rich and live in a high-
security compound far from the city.
As the Redskins sang, "Ordinary men
and women only get supporting
parts."

In End Time, the working
poorof Oakland are reduced to noble
savage caricatures who neatly fol-
low the formula for '"spontaneous"
revolution. Wouldn't it have been
more interesting and revolutionary
to tell at least part of the story from
the perspective of one of the pissed-
off poor, rather than a rich college
kid? Oh, well, I guess people write
what they know. S o

let's hear it, Lefty. Where do you
stand? Who do you stand with? Until
you let us know, your potshots at
everyone else will continue to ring
pretty hollow in the hallways of Chez
Useless. It's rare enough to hear a
class-conscious perspective in the
punk scene; we can't afford to sound
like petty, narrow-minded, inert ideo-
logues. Yours,

Jason Useless/ PO Box 63452/ St.
Louis, MO 63163

P.S. Please don't just refer
me to various columns of the past. If
there has been a relevant column in
an old issue, I must have missed it,

|and I don't have it to refer to.

P.P.S. Listen to the Strike, vl
I Reverse, the Odd Numbers, Dillinger
4 and Bikini Kill's "Reject All Ameri-
can" (still a fave over a year after it
| came out). Hot stuff!

Dear MRR,

Yours is the best magazine I
have ever read. Everything
from international letters accu-
rately describing social and political
realities in Europe to many columns
containing the most thoughtful politi-
cal and social writing we have read.
Puma's (from Sweden) de-
scription of the shifting sands in Eu-
rope was so powerful as to be fright-
ening if one cares to peer into the
future. The following letterf rom Chris-
tine was another international anthro-
pological study of politics and culture
in Europe and America. It is important
for Americans to understand Europe
well because so much of our coun-
tries' lives and treasure are being com-
mitted, once again, to an increasingly
unstable Europe.

Christine's letter was to MRR
columnist Ted Rail. Mr. Rail's column
"Rail Deal" subtitled "Witness To Mur-
der" was extremely well written
whether it was non-fiction orfiction. As
former New Yorkers, "Rail Deal" en-
abled us to visit a neighborhood we
never had the nerve to visit at nine at
night.

Nick Fitt's call to "...round them
[the citizens] up into a working-class
political party and give them a set of
politics which will enable them to fight
back" was well taken. Lefty Hooligan's
"What's Left" column contained the
only historical review of the Russian
Revolution (1917) I have ever read.
Lefty's critique of democracy as an
iconographic paradigm was well
served by three examples of alterna-
tive decision making styles he offered.
Perhaps there should be an alterna-
tive decision making style contest!

Richard Owen's column
'Time, Backward" analyzed two old
movies I always admired and now I
know why. In "Saturday Night and
Sunday Morning" and 'The Loneli-
ness of the Long Distance Runner",
Owen's analysis uses the Marxist mi-
lieux of 1950's working class English
experience to set Allan Sillitoe's work
in perspective. The young men in
Upper Manhattan in the 1 950's needed

no Marx to mistrust 'The Man". We
[did so intuitively. Men in bars laughed
[at The Man, whoever he was.

Owen's Marxist analysis of
Sillitoe's work is relevant to 1950's
England and would have been rel-
evant to America, if Nick Fitt's notion
of a "working class political party"
ever was allowed to f lou rish . I nstead,
all but the most reactionary politics
are attacked by The Man in
COINTELPRO operations. 'Tis a
shame.

Nathan Berg's call for a con
sumer boycott or general consumer
strike against the cola kings and all
their beverages was excellent. We
will make an effort. O.J. (the juice not
the person) for us. The guest opinion
from the Crimethlnc anti-ennui revo-
lutionary strike force contained a very
worthwhile call for joy in all we do
particularly our politics if we are not
to bore ourselves and everyone else.
Live and be well,

Grace & Mike Hogan/ Kanaalstraat
66 Huis/ 1054 XK Amsterdam/ Hol-
land

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Puma (and everyone else),

I read your letter in

MRR #171 and I have to

say that I disagree with you.

I'm right now in the Central American

country Costa Rica for a year.

I agreed with you (to an al-
most foolish extent since I haven't

\ got nearly as
much experi-
ence with un-
employment
and general
decadence as
you) before I
came here. My
encounter with Latin America and all
the corruption and imperialism here
has changed my mind. Of course
Sweden isn't perfect. But my com-
parison isn't with the poorest country
in Africa but one of the richest in
Latin America.

I don't know where to begin.
I'll just keep it to some examples
since I'm sure many "apolitical" oil-
skins don't find this interesting.

The police (and the govern-
ment, but with them I don't have
experiences of my own, just rumors)
are so corrupt that the Swedish ver-
sions look like saints in comparison.
There are probably twice as many
American imperialistic companies
here than inSweden and they're all
more widely spread too.

The thing that really got me
choking on my carrot though was the
small (and tragically funny) detail
that there's a part of the capital San
Jose called Coca-Cola! I Swedes still
have little reason for international
complaint in comparison to either
oppressed countries like Costa Rica
or other oppressing countries like
(for, of course, Sweden is an op-
pressing country, just on a smaller
level than) the US. To me, some of
Sweden's biggest problems are on
the cultural and psychological level,
but that's another story...

Write me if you have any
opinions. More of my writing on Costa
Rica at http://www.algonet.se/
~blinnros/incozine/incozine.htm(but
that's not so political. Actually it sucks.
Don't go there.) Bye.
David Linnros/ Ave.7 calles 14 y 16/
500N, 25E Cuerpo de Bomberos/
3000-Heredia, Heredia/ Costa Rica

Dear MRR,

I am responding to a
column in issue #169;
"Guest Opinion" by Free-
man Wicklund.

I understand that there are
many unjust convictions in prison
systems today, but there are many
"just" convictions also. Though what

Freeman was talking about in this
particular column was nauseating.

First of all, some people don't
care what or whom they hurt, kill, or
steal from. So Mr. John Doe Crackhead
may feel that breaking into my apart-
ment and killing me for my stereo
system would be A-OK for him. After
all, if he did get caught, would "justice"
ring true if he was sentenced to a
couple of years where he had more
recreation than he did before he went
to prison? Why shouldn't we let pris-
oners enjoy some of the pleasures
freedom gives us, such as television,
the right to exercise, live hygienically,
earn money, roam freely, etc.?

Why not? Because they are
what they are... Prisoners! What is
prison anyway? Is it a place to go to
school? Is it a place to catch up on
reruns? No! It is a place for punish-
ment. Why would someone with no
respect for human life or liberties stop
the continuance of heinous infringe-
ments on my life and liberty if he/she
knewthattherewouldbenohelltopay
for it?

Freeman said that inmates
make $3 a day to work in factories.
That's $3 a day too much! How about
swallowing the concept that prison is a
shit hole and that when you go there,
it's not going to be a field trip.

Freeman should also under-
stand that today, standing up for lib-
erty such as the sit-in that he spoke of
has its consequences. Is he not willing
to stand up for his cause? What are his
limits? That is what separates us from
"them". Don't you think that that's the
reason why people don't rockthe boat?
They don't want to risk losing their
cushiony lifestyles.

The last part of the column
was the most aggravating, where Free-
man talks about his "hunger strike".
Oh yes, he's really winning the battle
now. He's doing the prison's job for
them. He'll kill himself before the prison
can! Grow up.
Jessica Allen

Jessica,

You "understand thatthere are
many unjust convictions" but still your
attitude is "fuck anyone who ends up
in prison. " Duh! Do the police or pros-
ecutors ever lie? Do people who can't
afford lawyers go to jail more often for
longer sentences? Have you heard of
the police scandal in Philadelphia

where hundreds of (mostly poor
black) people are getting dismissals
or new trials because the truth of
what the pigs were up to came
out? Think this isn't just the tip of the
iceberg?

Your hypothetical situation
where you are murdered in your home
by a crackaddictis an example of the
fear of crime and subtle racism con-
servatives have been using to build
support forthe ever-expanding prison
system. You are much more likely to
be murdered by someone you know
than by a stranger breaking into your
house. But the idea that "crackheads"
(frequently a code word for "poor
blacks") lurk on every corner, waiting
to steal from (and/or rape and mur-
der) a hard working (white) person, is
a myth as old as this country, encour-
aged by media and government
largely controlled by wealthy whites.

How do these people (the
"justly convicted") grow up with no
respect for life or property? People
raised in poverty, with little formal
education or legal economic pros
pects, have little incentive to follow
the "straight and narrow. "If you can't
find a job, what are you going to do?
Unsurprisingly, people choose to
steal, hustle, or conduct extra-legal
businesses. It sucks having your shit
ripped off but in the big picture whole
sections of the American (and the
world) population have been ripped
off before they're even born. Poverty
breeds crime, that's obvious, eh?

$3 a day is too much? Many
major corporations agree with you.
They're paying the state to have the
prison population solder their circuit
boards or whatever. The company
makes more money paying $3 a day
than paying $6 an hour to "free
waged workers. The workers lose
their jobs. Now what? Maybe they'll
turn to crime, get arrested, and end
up with their old jobs back...

You argue that people who
"stand up for liberty" should be ready
forthe "consequences"— -a long sen-
tence where they're "punished". Is
that what you want? Sorry this is so
long. You're full of shit. JeffM.

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AND (THANKFULLY) ARE NOT MRR EDITORIAL POLICY

...a strange and wondrous insight was re-
cently made manifest to me (quite apart
from the not-quite-as-recent-yet-still-topical
divination which indicated that it might not
be such a good idea to write last-minute
columns whilst under the influence of The
Brain Formula™ With Gingko Biloba [and
Jerry Mathers as The Beaver] after all [but, i
mean, what the hell — it's that very spirit of
non-stop horizon-expansion and continual
cutting edge experimentation that has,
throughout the years, come to define MRR
as we know it! If you don't believe me, ask
your dad!]) in the heretofore unsatisfyingly
skirted area (our Unabashed Dictionary de-
fines "unsatisfyingly skirted area" as the
parts of a girl drummer's undies you're un-
able to see when she'sbehind the kit, regard-
less of how you position yourself relative to
the rack torn) of the concept of guitar-as-
phallic-symbol as it applies to the arena of
Women In Rock (as with almost all other
great instances of 20th Century Thought, the
initial concept of guitar-as-willie is generally
thought to be the work of Paul Stanley of
Kiss, who also invented the Tesla coil and
the Ibanez Iceman). While the notion that
guitars metaphorically represent the dongs
and/or fantasy dongs of the individuals
around whose neck said devices are strapped
is routinely taken as, if not a high truth, then
certainly nothing less than a medium-alti-
tude truth by anyone who actually still gives
a shit about such things in the post-Freudian
world in which we dwell, this analysis has
traditionally only held for guitars slung by
the male of the axe-wielding species. The
question of what the flick it all means when
chicks of the species don axes — not just to
chop us up in our sleep, as had formerly been
the sole lot of the axe as regards womankind,
but to, you know, ROCK OUT with ("axe"
means "guitar," man! It's rock and roll talk,
jive turkey! Take five, way gone hep cat of
intransigent reetness!) — has remained some-
what of a mystery throughout the years.
WHAT DOES A GUITAR SYMBOLIZE
WHEN THE OWNER HAS NO DICK??? (i
mean, sure, we could always ask the guy
from Oasis this, but, you know, that would
be cheating) Is it merely a manifestation of
penis envy ("penis envy" being one of the
very few major concepts of 20th Century
Thought not initially hypothesized by Paul
Stanley, having instead been first theorized
by G.G. Allin in his groundbreaking psycho-

logical treatise Where's The Rest Of Me? and
Other Knee Slappers [Brown Sausage Press,
Vienna, 1916])??? A soul-baring trumpeting
of blatant latent dykehood??? A prosthetic
Vanessa Del Rio impalement-style clit???
The severed genitalia of the UberBobbitt
man-pig on display for all to see??? A sym-
bolic brandishing of a BIG MOTHERFUCK-
ING STRAP-ON DILDO which they intend
to ram up malekind's collective rock'n'roll
rectum at the earliest opportunity, and from
which everyone but Mykel Board should
flee in blind anal panic??? HA! THE COR-
RECT ANSWER IS NONE OF THE ABOVE
(which is often the correct answer during
early rounds of Dust Bowl Punk Trivia as
well, but never mind the gratuitous scene
frippery. However, since his name did come
up, i'd like to take this opportunity to veer
off on a tangent completely unrelated to the
topic of my dissertation [hey, don't think of
it as me wasting your time, think of it as me
building tension!], ergo and to wit a recent
column of Our Mr. Board's [i like reading
Mykel's column. My list of "Things Which I
Must Have Up My Butt Before I Am Truly
Living The Good Life" would be compara-
tively puny if it weren't for thatman!] wherein
M.B. stated that i championed that which he
referred to as "Springsteenism" [i.e., the be-
lief that bands should play "long" sets, with
the ultimate aim of their performance being
an eventual grinding of the audience into
moosh]. The opposing theory, which Mykel
himself espoused, he called "Ramonesism"
— the belief that punk bands should deliver
a nice, concise, thirty-minute-max slap to the
audience's head, then get the fuck off the
stage [kinda funny how Myke chose the
term "Ramonesism" to represent the short
set point of view, since the Ramones haven't
played 30 minute sets since, like, what, 1976
or something? You gotta get out more, bro!
(oh well, Mykel lives in Manhattan — i heard
they only recently got K-Mart™ there, so it
stands to reason they're a bit behind the
times in many regards}] . Although this is not
a particularly inflammatory — or, hell, even
interesting — subject for debate [although,
shit, i guess it's better reading than a column
entitled Should Ben Weasel Get A Day Job? or
something would be], a fella just can't sit on
his typing finger after being called a dang
"Springsteenist," ya know? [PARENTHETI-
CAL CONFESSIONS OF AN ACCUSED
SPRINGSTEENIST, PART ONE: I actually
purchased a used copy of the "Born In The
USA" vinyl for $3.50 within a year or so of
the album's release. Now, not that i've lis-
tened to it in the last ten years or anything,
but i did not and still do not think that record
totally sucks. Whoops, looks like that's all the
time we have for today, kids'. Be here tomorrow,
when this troubled soul divulges how he once
turned the radio UP when "Born To Run" came
on, provided he can elude the lynch mobs and
Taste Authoritiesfor another twenty-four hours!]

Anyway, to paraphrase former President
Richard "Dale" Nixon, I AM NOT A SPRING-
STEENIST! !! [ha! and here you thought i was
gonna make with some sort of clever "My
War" Side Two lyrical reference! Pshaw! I
MAY BE SLOW BUT I'M AHEAD OF YOU,
BUDDY!!!] I do NOT, under any circum-
stances, wish to be associated with the no-
tion that bands should play big long sets. I've
had to sit thru hour-long sets by bands who
could've packed it in after four songs as far
as i was concerned far too many times to
endorse such mind-numbing, soul-skwush-
ing,all-eyes-on-the-clock-as-the-b,and-obliv-
iously-plods-on tommyrot. No, tramps like
us, maybe we were born to run — and,
ruminating upon the matter some, i came to
the conclusion that, indeed, some of my
band's most orgasmically triumphant [well,
okay, some of our least sucko] shows oc-
curred when we were part of some big hairy
shindig and only got a half hour to play,
leavin' 'em screamin' and creamin' [note
how colorful rock'n'roll hyperbole under-
scores my great personal desirability] after
30 minutes of fast-paced punk hijinx. Point
for Ramonesism. However, i also recalled
that other, equally as boss [ho ho, couldn't
resist that one] affairs happened when we
were playing in clubs where fully-shitfaced
patrons kept us onstage playing long past
our intended stopping point and up until the
time the lights came on. We've had seven-
teeh-song sets wind up being thirty songs
long before, and why not? We're from Wis-
consin — we ain't got anything else to do and
neither do they. You want us to stop, we'll
stop. You want us to play, we'll play. Who
gives a fuck? We're not exactly the type of
band that are really hung up on promulgat-
ing the image of ourselves as these cool punk
rockers who play for like a half hour, then
tell the audience to fuck off 'cause we're too
fucking great to be bothered with entertain-
ing them any longer, ya know? Customer
service, goddammit, customer service! Big,
smelly point for Springsteenism. Plunking
myself into the spectator's seat [and strap
yo' hands cross my engine], the, in all prob-
ability, best live performance i've ever wit-
nessed in my life was an — hour and a half?
two hour? — bangin' and yellin' marathon
by the righteous Mojo Nixon and his side-
kick, Skid Roper, at Lefty's in Green Bay in
1987 [the memory of this show i will always
most deeply cherish came during an impas-
sioned mid-song plea from Mojo late in the
ethanol-drenched evening for everybody to
stand up! Stand up! Goddangit, STAND UP! —
so i'm, you know, standin' up, god dangit
{not without much equilibriar effort, i assure
you), and i decide that, god dangit, this guy
rocks so hard, i'm gonna god-dang stand up
on this here god-dang barstool! So, improb-
ably enough, i actually manage to scale the
barstool {which, at the time, seemed pretty
much the size of the Empire State Building),

and i'm standin' on it, towering over the
crowd, making ready to snatch a suitable
Fay Wray, etc., etc. — for all of about two
millionths of a second — then i come crash-
ing down into the table of some people i do
not know, knocking glasses and drinks hith-
er and yon onto floors and into laps and
such, and Mojo, still playing, looks at me, flat
on my back in the midst of all this libationary
chaos, and goes "I didn't say nothin' 'bout
FALUN' DOWN, fool I SAID 'STAND UP!"'
Oh well, at least he didn't gimme a swirlie].
Point for Springsteenisrh. Of course, the ap-
proximately third-best performance of all
time i've ever seen was like fifteen minutes
worth of the Dwarves in 1991, back when
they were a real band [i.e., prior to the tragic
death and subsequent amazing resurrection
of He-Who-Cannot-Be-Deep-Throated {oh,
and for the record? That latest Dwarves al-
bum SUCKS TOTALLY, although i suppose
it isn't quite as bad as that Blag solo stuff that
was apparently trying to pass itself off as the
next incarnation of cock-rock for chicks a la
The Cult [circa "Electric" — which, i sup-
pose, is no worse an album than "Born In The
USA" but certainly nobetter] . Why the whole
band didn't fake their deaths and get jobs as
roadies for Less Than Jake or some similarly
productive life-path is beyond my ability to
comprehend right now}]. I mean, you're sit-
tin there all night, waitin' for something to
happen, band after band after band, blah
blah blah, rock rock rock, so on, so forth, you
know the drill — and suddenly here's this
big tall guy in pantyhose and no undies
running amok, and some ugly, Joey Ra-
mone's shorter brother dude wearing noth-
ing but combat boots and nylons over his
head blasting uncut punk guitar crank thru
a Vox amp and the whole place, like, you
know, explodes or something and you don't
know if you're gonna die or go to heaven or
have a fuckin' seizure or poop your panty-
hose or get your head split open or get arrest-
ed or get knocked into the nude guy and
come in contact with his dwarfly sausage
[and therefore become gay] or fuckin' what
and all of a sudden the drummer kicks over
the kit and it's over and you're just left stan-
din' there in the psychic planetary rubble
goin' HO-LEEEE-SHIIITTTTTT, ya know?
Return fire for Ramonesism [especially when
one takes into account that the next time i
saw the Dwarves (circa "Sugarfix"}, they
played a more or less "ordinary" set of punk
rock in every regard, and were merely very
good (of course, that yeti from Kyuss they
had on guitar in lieu of H.W.CB.N. was not
exactly a step forward in the depth charts)].
ANYWAY, ANYWAY, ANYWAY, my point
is this: I endorse neither Ramonesism nor
Springsteenism. I would no sooner subscribe
to the notion of one given set-length philos-
ophy being the aesthetic godhead towards
which all mankind should strive than i would
buy into a claim that all acts of fornication

should be of uniform intensity, duration,
and thrustular tempo. I mean, if you were
gonna fuck somebody in an alley, you
wouldn't fuck 'em the same way you would
fuck 'em if you were fucking 'em in one of
those FantaSuite hotel rooms with the inop-
erative '59 Dodge Coronet parked in front of
the teevee, would you? Or ivould you? Hey,
buddy, don't look at ME for elites! It was a

a lotta real short fast thangs involved] which
generally lasts about 45 minutes. Why? I
dunno, that's just what we feel comfortable
with. We've played 18-minute sets before,
we've played 60-minute sets before, neither
particularly successfully. My point is simply
that, as regards set length, there is no right
answer [although there are a number of
wrong answers]. We play 45 minutes be

theoretical question! [furthermore, the days of cause that seems right for us, and, if we're

me publicly divulging my closely-hoarded
personal stash of Sex Technique Secrets are
long over with. As we say around the poker
table, folks, pay to know or die wonderin']
You need the RIGHT TOOL for the RIGHT JOB,
FlakeyFoont! Neither "longer sets" nor "short-
er sets" is the answer, in and of itself, to the
fundamental rock'n'roll question of how can
my band suck less ? Playing short sets will not
make you exciting. Playing long sets will not
make you inspiring. Thou must do that which
lends itself to that which thou art attempting
to pulleth off. If your grand intention is to
quickly knock everybody over the head in
the twinkle of a young girl's eye and run, go
for it — but don't think that merely playing
for 15 minutes or whatever somehow auto-
matically constitutes a head-knocking [For-
eigner reference emerging off the starboard bow!
SUPPRESS!!! SUPPRESS! HJ.l'veseen bands
play for fifteen minutes or whatever, kick
over their stuff, and leave the stage, and have
it be, really, sorta boring. I mean, the abrupt-
ness of it all was kinda cool, but by no means
was there an entire set's worth o' hell break-
ing loose compressed into that fifteen min-
utes, thusly setting up the senses-shattering
anti-wallop of the sudden death ending as
was the case with the Dwarves — they just
seemed like a band that played for fifteen
minutes and then stopped. Same with the
twenty-minute pseudo-Ramones thing. The
first time i saw the Queers, they played like,
what, 12 or 14 songs in like 20 minutes [Ra

the last band, we'll play longer if, for god-
knows-what-reason, the payin' customers
are demandin' it [which, in NYC, i believe
they were (at least up until the point when
we played "Get Off The Phone," which went
over like a lead fart in a magnet factory.
Sometimes, when i lie awake at night, trou-
bled by wha t i perceive to be gross shortcom-
ings in my band's musical abilities, i tell
myself that the song didn't fly because the
youth of today — even the denizens of the
Big Apple — are no longer properly wor-
shipful of their heroin-shootin' hometown
heroes, the Heartbreakers. On other nights,
when i lie abed gnashing my teeth and beat-
ing my breast over the failings of the young
er generation, i tell myself that they didn't
dig it simply because, well, our version kin-
da sucks. Reality by Midtiple Choice!}. At sev-
eral instances during our encore, i did in-
deed ask the crowd if we could please be
done, since it was past midnight and we
were supposed to be in Boston by noon, to no
avail (well, some New Yorker in the crowd
sagely yelled "Boston 's in Nezv England! FUCK
New England!" in response; i could hardly
take the opposing viewpoint to that ((instead
hollering back that Green Bay fucked New
England once this year already, and we'd do
it again tonight, by golly!)))]. The bottom line
is that, if you're the last band playin', when
you stop, everybody's gotta go home. I know,
this is all gettin' kinda "rock and roll" for a
highbrow rag like MRR [we barefootin'

monesism par excellence], and it was great. In barefootin'!] but, in my opinion, the "if-p

a fairly fucking Queer-less universe, as was
the case way back when — what was it, 1993?
— their method of attack appeared cool and
neato and even somewhat novel. Four years
and fifty thousand half-assed Queers rip-

ple-are-havin'-a-good-time-let-'em-have-a-
good-time" thing far outweighs the "let's be
cool punk rockers" thing [then again, if the
Oblivians would have played one less encore
song last night, perhaps i could have gotten

offs later, i don't think it's news to anyone outside in time to prevent our van window

that this particular modus operandi has been
run into the ground more often than Drew
Bledsoe in Super Bowl XXXI; cool, neato and
novel it ain't. Of course, the real fault isn't
with Ramonesism — it's with this whole
sorta Must-Follow-The-Rules-So-My-Idols-
Will-Like-Me lame-o mentality that's not
only omnipresent in the punk scene these
days [gak! i just used the words "punk scene"
in a column! Forfeiture! Forfeiture!] but seems
to be almost encouraged by the very entities
who y'd think would have a half-decent shot
at shutting it down, for reasons far too hei-
nous and frightful for me to speculate upon
any further. My band usually plays a 17-
song set [maybe one or two more if there are

from being smashed in, in a fruitless quest by
some foul grubworm to filch our TOTAL-
LY WORTHLESS TAPE DECK THAT I
WOULD HAVE FUCKING JUST GIVEN
HIM, and Uncle Ben might still be alive
today!]. 'Course, i understand Mykel's
plight all too well: if you're in a band that
played that night, you don't usually have
the option of going home when you get
bored [which is usually, like, what, 8 PM?].
Next time we play with Artless i'll hafta dry-
hump him at regular intervals [although it
certainly won't be as much fun without
George there] so he doesn't get bored [get it?
Mykel? "Bored?" ]. Uh...back to our regularly
scheduled column post haste...)! The ques-

tion of what a girl's guitar symbolizes is, as
with many other questions, best answered
by another question (i like that, it makes me
seem like the Riddler. Live The Dream!), to
wit: If a guy's guitar is his dick, what is his
amplifier? HA! IT'S ANOTHER TRICK
QUESTION! A guy's amplifier symbolizes
absolutely nothing Which is the same thing a
girl's guitar symbolizes: absolutely nothing!!!
(which is also the same thing the "0" in my
name symbolizes, but never mind the entry-
level math humor). So if a guy's guitar is his
dick, and his amplifier is nothing, then it can
only mean that a girl's guitar is nothing
because her amplifier actually symbolizes her
vagina!!! IT'S TRUE, MAN, IT'S TRUE!!!
THE FALLOPIAN TUBE AMP THEORY
MADE FLESH!!! This is a blockbusting revela-
tion of such unexpurgated brilliance and raw,
nekkid insight that i'm legitimately surprised i
was the dork who thought of it! I mean, it just
sorta came to me, man! I was watching these
girls play, and, god damn, they were playing
thru really little amps, and i kept having all
these, um, strange thoughts, and i couldn't
help but notice that they were of an ethnicity
reputed to have rather diminutive vaginal
capacities, although i wouldn't know about
such things (and, if i did, the findings would
be withheld under the Chevron Protocols of
1997), and, you know, one line of thought led
to another and suddenly i was like, doing!
That's it! Amps are twats! I mean, it's gotta be.
That's quite in line with the standard Freud-
ian theories that dream imagery containing
houses, rooms, or any other boxlike struc-
tures equals pussy. A box is a box is a box,
one might say. Besides, this jibes with exist-
ing data so well that you'd be a flippin'
moron to disagree with me — i mean, come
on, LITA FORD! MARSHALL STACKS! 8-
LANE HIGHWAY!! ADMIT IT, FUCKERS,
I'M RIGHT!!! Anyway, i'd discuss the mat-
ter at greater length, but i'm afraid i have to
go install a gigantic skittle in the middle of
my guitar, and bend the neck way off to the
left. Gentlemen prefer Pignose!

helped determine who I am. It defined punk
for me, and reinforced my anti-capitalist, fem-
inist resistance to a working-class Catholic
upbringing. I waited expectantly for each
new issue. But after awhile I couldn't find
myself in the sea of boy bands in its pages, or
in the shortage of political awareness about
anything more important than the vinyl vs.
CD debate. I felt alienated by the hyper-mas-
culinized "shorter-faster-louder" music-cen-
tered definition of punk, and by racist, sexist,
homophobic and anti-feminist statements
printed while lip-service was paid to the con-
trary. Despite the fact I still agreed with its
general vision, this zine seemed to promote
too many of the things it taught me to fight.

When Jen approached me about this
column, I hesitated. Paint myself with blood
and jump willingly into shark-infested wa-
ters? But this zine once taught me that punk is
not a spectator sport, and like punk itself, this
zine has the ability to evolve and grow. I
couldn't refuse a chance to participate in re-
defining something that had once so defined
me. I am female, bisexual, political, a writer,
a feminist and a student of race issues; I hope
that my mere presence in the pages amelio-
rates some of what I consider this zine's more
obvious flaws. But if it's not enough, don't
worry; just because I write for this zine doesn't
mean I intend to keep my mouth shut about
the things that I think are wrong with it. In
fact, I mean to do just the opposite.

I've got plans for the scene at large as
well. Nowadays most punks are straight white
boys with record collections bigger than their
baggy pants. I am nowhere to be found in
their vision of things. But being the contrary
creature I am, I refuse to give up on punk like
so many women and queers are forced to do
in self-defense. Instead, I've declared the "no
girls or sissies allowed" version of punk an
impostor, and I want to do what my favorite
zines, activists, and the rare band have done
for me, by reminding me that punk is still
something worth bothering with. I want oth-
er feminists and queers to be part of this scene
and see something of themselves here. And if
I can somehow ensure that I never have to put
up with one more middle-class white male's
ill-thought-out heterosexual opinion destroy-
ing my hearing at 150 decibels ever again, I
promise I won't complain. If that makes you
poor fellas feel alienated, I suggest you think
about it. . . Maybe you'll learn something about
the rest of us out here.

f*********

Usually I feel like I have a lot more in
common with the fashion magazines my
roommate leaves in the bathroom than I do
with this zine, which is a little ironic consid-
ering I've worn the same pair of pants almost
every day for six months. It's also a little
ironic considering how much Maximum

"If you dump out my beer, bitch, you'll
buy me another. Or I'll tear all your fucking
clothes off." I stood behind Liza while he
looked straight into her eyes and said it. It
was our first Food Not Bombs benefit, and we
were adamant about alcohol in or near the
space in order to forestall problems with the
owner or the cops. She'd told him that he had
to get his beer out of the alley or else she'd
have to throw it out. It wasn't even about his

beer at that point; his friends had finished it
off while we were dealing with him. It was
about intimidating us, because he thought he
could, so he could do what he wanted.

That's how rape culture works. During
the disastrous rape discussion at the recent
More Than Music Fest in Columbus, some
boy claimed that rape culture was linked to
objectification of other people and therefore
promiscuity. That's just not true. Rape cul-
ture is about men using violence to control
women's (and other men's) behavior. Out in
the alley, when I insisted he had to leave,
friends of the guy who threatened Liza tried
to tell me "he really didn't mean it." But he
didn't have to mean it. Because we live in a
society where rape and other forms of vio-
lence are so common, even the threat of vio-
lence ensures that men get what they want.
That's why rape culture implicates every man
in our society: because some men are violent,
because some men rape, other men don't
have to. The fact that they could is enough.

The threat of violence works; since he
and his friends are known for being volatile,
the Food Not Bombers standing behind me
were paralyzed. They didn't want to do
anything that might start a fight, even if it
meant that a man who'd threatened a woman
stayed in our space. And the kids inside
didn't give a shit what happened, as long as
the bands kept playing. The whole situation
was, not coincidentally, reminiscent of the
way men in general treat the issue of rape.
Most don't care, as long as things don't change
for them, and among the ones that do care,
very few are willing to be involved in any sort
of conflict about it. Men allow rape to become
secondary to other concerns (such as liking a
band's music or avoiding violence or not
splitting "the scene" or losing a friend). And
so it keeps happening.

I was left repeating over and over, "You
need to leave. You just need to leave." We'd
worked hard to put together a benefit for a
group that advocates non-violence; we didn't
have to put up with threats and intimidation
in our space. At the More Than Music Fest,
much breath was wasted deciding whether
ostracizing rapists is some sort of "punish-
ment," and pitying the poor boys who would
suffer under it. But our community doesn't
seem to have a problem rejecting other peo-
ple whose actions are inconsistent with our
ideals. No one suggests that we have to
rehabilitate bands that sign to major labels;
we simply refuse to support them because of
their actions. We don't buy their records, we
don't go to their shows, and zines don't take
their ads. The right thing to do should be
even more obvious when women's lives and
bodies are at stake.

Despite our insistence that he leave, the
guy who threatened Liza muscled his way
past us to go back inside. The hardcore band
he wanted so desperately to see was already
in the middle of their set. I got between him

and the band, still repeating that he had to
leave. He alternated between ignoring me
and trying to pacify me with condescending
apologies. Rape culture teaches women to
avoid or diffuse men's anger, even if it means
we go against our own wishes; this teaches
men to expect that their authority will be
obeyed. So I was expected to yield, to either
give up or change my mind under enough
pressure. And when I wouldn't be coerced,
he and his friends became angry. They tried
harder to intimidate me, shoving the Food
Not Bombers who were standing with me,
calling me "little girl" (I'm 24), and bellow-
ing over my repeated demand that he leave.
The band finally stopped in the middle
of a song, wondering what the hell was
going on. While we explained, the kids
started getting restless, yelling for the band
to start playing again. Then something in-
teresting happened. The bass player an-
nounced that he wouldn't play unless the
guy left, and the kids' hostility was suddenly
directed at the guy who wouldn't leave (in-
stead of at me) for holding up the show.
Someone immediately stepped up to escort
our friend to the door, and he walked out
with little more protest than complaints about
the "dykey bitches" that ruined his night.
Despite my relief at his departure, I was still
bothered by what it took. It's great that one
boy did the right thing, and the fact that
others followed him illustrates how impor-
tant it is for men, especially men who are
public figures, to take action about issues of
violence and rape. At the same time, it also
illustrates just how often people are willing
to ignore women's voices, in person or in
print. The opinions of men, especially the
men on stage, took precedence over those of
women, even the women who had orga-
nized the show.

Later that night, two of my favorite
men and I sat on the porch of the Food Not
Bombs house, decompressing. I brought up
the events of the evening, mentioning how
shaken I was by the lack of support when I
first decided to eject the guy from the show.
One friend remarked that he thought it was
pretty clear that anyone who'd threaten to
tear off a woman's clothes in public was a
little tweaked, and maybe not worth making
a scene over. But I don't think it was clear at
all. I've had men tell me that whatever
happened to me behind closed doors I de-
served, listened to a boyfriend fantasize aloud
aboutraping a woman he hated, been groped
by strangers while sleeping and even while
riding the subway. The guy at our benefit
was not some anomaly, some random crazy
who invaded our show and our scene, and
he was not just my responsibility. Rape
culture effects all of us, all the time. It's all
around you now: will you know it when you
see it?

(This column was engendered by issues
raised during the rape discussion that took place

at the so-called More Than Music Fest in Colum-
bus, Ohio, July 11-13. Before I get a hailstorm of
letters about certain omissions I've made, I'd like
to clarify a few points outside the scope of the
incident in question. It was a conscious choice on
my part to use the words "men" and "women" in
this column. Obviously men are raped, and men
are also affected by violence and intimidation in
our culture; the difference is only a matter of
degree. At the same time, those who benefit from
it, whether they're axvare of it or not, are over-
whelmingly male. I'd also like to add that women
are not immune from perpetuating rape culture.
The anthropological term for this is hegemony,
the process by which the oppressed are implicated
in their own oppression. More about that in later
columns.)
SCORECARD:

images (photos and drawings) of men in
MRR #169: 143

number whose bodies are sexualized to draw
attention to a product:
percentage: < 1%

images (photos and drawings) of women in
MRR #169: 36

number whose bodies are sexualized to draw
attention to a product: 14
percentage: 39%

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Welcome to latest adventure down the
pop highway or basically anything I happen
to be into at the moment. Life in the East Bay
is good. The hustle and bustle of ol' SF I
couldn't miss less. I do frequent the city quite
regularly though for my occasional dose of
rockin' and rollin'. Although being a straight
edge-ing pop guy, I must admit I have my
limitations. Since I covered LP's and CD's
last time round, I'm gonna cover 7"s here
with the exception of a few LP's at the start.
Also considering my disorganized move and
my present ability not to find letters, records,
etc. I may throw in a personal note or two.
Oh ya, thanks to those who send letters and
records directly to me or at least to my atten-
tion because A) I don't have to buy them if I
like them and B) it's nice to know other

people wanna hear melody in spite of the
current camps of garage and foreign thrash
around here. For a lot of the stuff we cover I
guess I've almost become your one shot at a
top ten. Which is pretty scary. Although on
a lighter note, I do like free records.

In spite of all my flag waving for music
with melody I gotta start my reviews with
the band that came and kicked the Bay Ar
ea's collective ass. Ya you guessed it TUR
BONEGRO! These guys unleashed a punk
rock assault like no other band has done for
years. Well schooled in punk, tight as fuck,
and powerful as even more fuck. Hands
down the best punk rock band in da' world!
Which brings me to their CD "Ass Cobra" on
Sympathy For The Record Industry (address
your local store hopefully). This sped up
Stooges/old school punksounding disc rules
the world. I blared this on my recent road
trip to Tahoe to see the Warped fest and all
the kiddies parked next to me tailgating to
Minor Threat thought this was some pretty
rad stuff. It's a good feeling to know that I'm
doing my part in reducing the generation
gap. Warped? you say. I only have two goals
in my life at this point. Although I gotta
admit I'm open to suggestion. One is to be a
good person. Although Forrest fucking
Gump I'm not. And more importantly, two
is to see as many Descendents shows as
possible. I don't know, maybe it's time for
me to re-evaluate my priorities. So what I'm
really trying to say is check out TURBONE-
GRO because I dig them and I want them to
come back. Although being from Norway
that's no easy task. Second up and also from
Norway are the YUM YUMS' whose "Sweet
As Candy" LP on Screaming Apple Records
(Dustemichstr.14, 50939 Koln, Germany) is
pure power pop heaven. I think these two
bands and the Vikings are related to some
degree but I think the Vikings are the com-
mon link. These guys cover Pointed Sticks
and Jane Wiedlin. Now that's pretty cool. By
pop standards at least. Some great originals
too including the mod-ish "Miss You Baby".
Also out on CD on Japan's 1 +2 Records, this
is a power pop /punk pop must. Last up for
the full lengths is the long awaited WALKER
LP "Actually Being Lonely Isn't All That
Bad" on Harmless Records (1437 W. Hood,
Chicago, IL 60660). This one was well worth
the wait after their great singles. Pop punk
done right in this world of pop punk not
always done right. Good loose production
give this character and an original feel with
a few emo chops tossed in. A great pop punk
band from Chicago whom I'm dying to catch
live at some point. If you like Blink, Weston
or Digger style stuff check this ou t. This LP is
right up there.

Now on to the much neglected 45's.
First up is the WEBSTER "1000 Letters" 45 on
American Punk Records (802 S. Broadway,
Baltimore, MD 21231). With a label name like
that I guess you know you're getting real

American punk! As opposed to the fake pro-
cessed stuff I guess. Spunky old school punk
a la the Dickies. Catchy and quirky, yet straight
forward and fun. The DILLINGER FOUR
"The Kids Are All Dead" EP on Cerebellum
Records (PO Box 40308, St. Paul, MN 55104) is
kinda like modern day Crimpshrine/Jaw-
breaker. Raspy vocals in addition to some
cool instrumentation. These guys can kick in
too. I'm still trying to come across their split
with the Strike. Four great tunes with punch
and hooks, I'm looking forward to hearing
more from these guys. Also in the Jawbreaker
vein is the MY PAL TRIGGER "Two Miles
From Nowhere" 45 on Death Squad Records
(PO Box 7623, Jupiter, FL 33468). Although
this actually is less "Busy" like and more "24
Hour" like than their last 45. I even hear a
little Jimmy Eat World in here so you know
I'm gonna like this. Hopefully they'll tour
with Discount again and I'll be wise enough
to catch them this time around. Stupid me.
Next up are the two new singles by SPIFFY.
Who the fuck is Spiffy you ask? Maybe you've
heard of THE DESCENDENTS!!! This band
includes Tony Lombardo and Ray Cooper
formerly of THE DESCENDENTS! ! ! Two good
pop punk style singles similar to Fugazi, no
I'm kidding THE DESCENDENTS!!!, from a
couple of guys and a couple more who know
their stuff. I guess I should be more specific
now. The "Don't Know" 45 on Junk Records
(PO Box 1474, Cypress, CA 90630) and the
"Secret" 45 on Elastic Records (PO Box 17598,
Anaheim, CA 92817) will be good to you if
you are good to them. The CHALLENGER 7
"The Great Slump Forward" EP on Tomboy
Records (596 King St., Newtown NSW, Aus-
tralia 2042) is good punchy power pop not
unlike the Yums Yums. A bit more of a sixties
guitar feel and some wah wah too. All done
with taste. The vocals remind me of that great
band the Reivers from the 80's. A pleasant
pop surprise from, duh, down under. I'd love
to hear more from these guys.

Now for the kinder gentler stuff. The
CINNAMON IMPERIALS "I Hope No One
Finds Out" EP on Broken Rekids (PO Box
460402, San Francisco, CA 94146) is gal pop in
the Kill Rock Stars vein with some cool twists
to keep you on your toes. Fans of K will like
this too. I wish Kill Rock Stars and K put out
more quality stuff like this actually but that's
another debate. A band that has already bro-
ken up since the release of this record. Sniffle
sniffle. Maybe twenty years from now some-
one will put out a full length CD of these folks
like everyone is doing now with the old punk
bands who had one single. We'll just have to
wait and see. On the more twee front are two
cool singles from Septophilia Records (PO
Box 63058, St. Louis, MO 63163). Tne BUN-
NYGRUNT "Johnny Angel" EP is sweet am-
ateur stuff with a cool version of this bubble-
gum classic. Along the ways of the Softies
when the gal sings and Rocketship when the
guy sings. The APRICOTS "Everyday" EP is

also cool and similar sounding considering
it's a side project of one of the gals in Bun-
nygrunt. I'd never heard Bunnygrunt before
but these certainly sparked my interest. The
always great EGGPLANT have a new EP on
Candy Floss Records (130 Sutter St., 5th Floor,
San Francisco, C A 94104). All unreleased stuff,
you may know these folks as the gal singer
stuff from Watt Tyler. Great spunky pop in
the bubblegum vein of the Primitives and the
Popguns. Also on Candy Floss is the Cuck-
ooland "Oh Boy!" 45. Similar to Eggplant
with a bit of Motorcycle Boy-like vocals. Long-
er songs too since Eggplant tends to clock in
around a minute. You may have heard this
post-Shelley's Children group on some of
their Damaged Goods releases. A good single
with the flipside really standing out.

To wind down this month's column, we
have our "Isn't Crackle a killer label?" part of
the show. Five new singles (or at least they
were knew when I got them month's ago)
from the most consistent pop punk label
around Crackle Records (PO Box HP49, Leeds
LS6 4XL, England). First we have the always
awesome SKIMMER with their "Uncool" EP.
These guys roar with the intensity of early
Mega City Four and the Senseless Things.
Catchy, fun, and raw. No letdown in sight
from these guys. Great! Hey Kevin, thanks for
writing, if you have an extra Snuffy Smile
split let me know. Never saw the thing. Need
it bad. At some point I gotta get one of your
regular reviews. I'm due. Anything Skimmer
related (i.e. tapes) would be hella cool. Let me
know if you need anything. Thanx. Back to
business. CHOPPER has a new EP "For Youth
And Valour" and a split EP with BLEW.
These guys crank it out to and if I'm not
mistaken I hear a little Blink riffing in "Hut".
A little more of a US feel to this but still
awesome. Speedy and cool. Skimmer and
Chopper are amongst the genres best so don't
miss out. New to the Crackle family is DON-
FISHER and their "Setting New Standards In
Apathy" EP. A little slower and less buzzsaw
but some cool changes. A more punk and UK
Samiam. Boy where do these bands come
from? Not a clinker in the bunch. Not even
close. Oh ya, Dave Crackle thanks for writing
too. I'm sorry your bands think you have crap
distribution in the US due to my whining. If it
will ease the tension just tell your bands I
have crappy record finding skills. I'll take the
fall if it will help you out. Besides, everyone
knows you can get Crackle stuff thru Mutant
Pop in the US. P.S. the only hole I have in my
Crackle collection is the Chopper "Self Pres-
ervation Society" E.P. So if you got one going
to waste.. . Ya like I'm the only fucking colum-
nist begging for records. At least I don't print
my want list at end of my column. Although,
it is a great idea and I haven't finished compil-
ing my want list yet. Last up is the CROCO-
DILE GOD "Mind The Cat" EP. Almost a
jagged Green Day sound which is cool by me.
Their second EP and quite strong. 1 hope this

stuff catches on over here cause I'd love to see
these bands someday.

Whew, I'm beat. I'm done.

TIME, BACKWARD!

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owens

Writing, creative writing, is in many
ways one of the most effective forms of social
criticism and social protest accessible to us
currently. Case in point, Maximum itself,
which has a tremendous readership that grad-
ually grew over the course of the last two
decades as a result of its ability to disseminate
information on both an independent music
scene and contemporary political, social, and
economic issues. Maximum, however, is not
"creative" writing, despite the many witty
columns printed from month to month.

Bona-fide "creative" writing, known as
"literature" in the elitist world of academia, is
relatively easy to identify. Just as visual art is
an art form with various mediums: the poem,
the short story, the novel, and the essay, to
name just a few, are also easy to identify. Its
worth noting, that many accomplished writ-
ers have combined these various mediums to
create onebroad reaching work,such as James
Joyce's Ulysses or Walt Witman's Leaves of
Grass or William Carlos Williams' epic poem
Paterson.

The purpose of this column, then, is to
point out a select few established writers to
the reader; writers noted not only for their
arduous labor in creating works, but for the
hard-hitting, controversial commentary they
integrated into those works.

Most readers should be familiar with
the Beat Writers and their West Coast coun-
terparts. These writers, often lauded too highly
and frequently falsely credited with the cre-
ation of various writing styles and literary
devices, do deserve mention.

The spokesperson for the Beat Writers
of the 1960s was, of course, the recently de-
ceased Allen Ginsberg. Other figures of that
school are William Burroughs, the irreverent
hack Jack Kerouac, Gregory Corso, and Gins-
berg's former lover Orlovsky. There were
others that followed this small circle of writ-
ers and identified themselves as "Beats", such
as Diane diPrima, author of "Memoirs of a
Beatnik", and Ed Sanders, author of Tales of
Beatnik glory.

The initial circle of Beat writers (Gins-
berg et al) first gained notoriety not at their
place of origin on the East Coast, but on the
West Coast, in San Francisco during the sum-
mer of 1956, at the Six poets @ the six galler-

ies reading, a reading coordinated and host-
ed by the anarchist poet Kenneth Rexroth. It
was at this reading that Ginsberg first read
Howl, which was immediately recognized by
the literati and riffraff in attendance as the
manifest of the post-war generation.

Although the Beat writers sopped up
all the notoriety and media attention from the
late fifties throughout the early sixties, the
U.S. offered a sizable number of other in-
sightful and talented writers — Robert Dun-
can, Philip Lamantia, Philip Whalen, Robert
Creeley, Denise Leverlou, and Charles Olson
among them. Most of these writers emerged
on the West Coast and, at the height of the
post war McCarthy era, dealt with issues of
economic inequality, homophobia, racism,
and sexism in their writings.

While many writers were beingbrought
before the house on Un-American Activities
Committee and consequently blacklisted for
their "radicalism", many of the West Coast
poets, such as Kenneth Rexroth, openly boast-
ed of their anarchist convictions, and others
like Ginsberg, openly flaunted their homo-
sexuality.

One writer that created a vehicle to
bring the voices of these writers to a reading
public was Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the San
Francisco poet and founder of City Lights
Press. It was City Lights that first published
Howl and was later changed by customs of-
ficers for the distribution of "obscene" litera-
ture. To be sure, the ensuing trial which
brought both Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg to
court in 1957 served only to heighten public
awareness of and subsequent interest in Beat
literature.

America throughout the fifties experi-
enced a cultural explosion, a literary renais-
sance based on themes of rebelliousness and
defiance. Questioning the social order was
was an integral part of the writing the above
intellects produced, and in the face of severe
state repression. The writing styles of the the
above mentioned literary figures should be
accessible to every reader on one level or
another, and, thus I would encourage every
reader of Maximum to explore the works of
these writers and examine the creative dis-
sent of preceding generations.

Any comments or questions regarding
this column can be sent to: PO Box 1223,
Montague, NJ 07827. Thanx.

NetPunk

Hanford' — ^&V

I have no major internet developments

to tell you about this month, nor do I have
anything to get off my chest (other than my
usual bitching about human beings in gener-
al, but I'll spare you this time), so I figured I'd
just do some house cleaning by giving you
some assorted websites and the like that I've
been meaning to mention but just hadn't
gotten around to. I'll also probably throw in
a couple of other goodies. We'll just have to
see where this column ends up.

Before I dive into the new stuff, I want-
ed to mention again a couple of punk rock
internet resources from the early days of this
column. I figure many of you missed these
the first time around, and they are definitely
worth your time. First up is the internet
mailing list for people with too much time on
their hands, also known as the punk-list.
This list is filled with punk rockers who
spend their time typing about everything
under the sun, with perhaps the exception of
punk rock. That's right. This list is for punk-
ers who (apparently) see something more to
punk than just the music. If this sounds like
your cup of spit, then here's how to join the
punk-list: If you are in North America, sub-
scribe by sending e-mail to
majordomo@cc.gatech.edu, with SUB-
SCRIBE in the body of the message, and no
subject line. If you aren't in North America,
subscribe by sending e-mail to punk-list-
request@cs.tut.fi with SUBSCRIBE in the sub-
ject line. Warning: You'll get 100 or more
messages a day, so you'll have to be an e-
mail junkie to keep up.

Another good punksite I've mentioned
before, but should mention again, is the
Usenet newsgroup alt.punk . You'll need a
newsreader like Netscape News or Internet
News to check these out. In alt.punk you'll
find a lot of punks (including certain MRR
columnists and ex-columnists) typing and
gossiping about music and who did what to
who in the scene. Another newsgroup that is
almost the same is alt.music. hardcore. In
fact, if you get a newsreader, simply look at
any of the alt.music newsgroups and you'll
find a ton of messages to waste your time
reading. If your Internet Provider doesn't
carry alt.punk, alt.music.hardcore, or any
other newsgroup you want that supposedly
exists, call them up and ask them to start
carrying them.

Okay, so now on to the pages that
various people have e-mailed me about -
either to suggest them for this column or to
have me review. Starting off with the Musi-
cians Assistant Site, which bills itself as the
resource for the musical do-it-yourselfer. Not
a bad idea, except that in front of a very
flashy front end, there seems to be very little
in the way of actual information here. Every-
thing I wanted to look sent me to a non-
existent page. Hopefully by the time you
read this, they'll have gotten their shit to-
gether, because this page looks like it could
be useful.

Next up is S.854, a webzine that claims
to be "Intellectual opiate for the misanthrop-
ic masses" - whatever the fuck that's sup-
posed to mean. Some silly gothic style pos-
turings at this site, but obviously quite a bit
of work has gone into this sucker. Included
in the issue I took a look at were interviews
with Earth Crisis, Brutal Truth, My Dying
Pride, and others. There are also music and
zine reviews, editorials, and more. Not a
bad read, even if you aren't into all that they
cover. You'll find S.854 at http://
www.netside.net/~bueno/S-854/S-
854.html .

Harmless Records, home of some qual-
ity Chicago punk rock, have a decent web-
site where you can check out there catalog,
find out news about the label, link to some
other sites, and read band bios (though when
I visited the only band bio up was one for
Lynnards Innards. Not a bad site, though,
especially if you like the stuff that Harmless
releases. You'il find Harmless at http://
www.sitegroup.com/harmlesss/.

From out of Singapore comes the
Put:Put website (http://homel.pac-
ific.net.sg/~witchee/). It's always cool to
see what punks in other countries are up to,
and maybe once this site has a bit more
content, you'll be able to do that here. Un-
fortunately, right now, it's fairly lacking.
But what the heck - check it out anyway,
You don't have to go outside or anything,
right?

While I was checking out the homep-
age for The Pinkerton Thugs (http://
pinkertonthugs.thegeek.net/) -which by the
way is really cool... You should take a look
at it. I discovered that the VML record label
has its own website. Info on a ton of VML
bands, the scoop on the Vindictives and
Lookout, and Joey Vindictives' Trivia Con-
test. I don't know how I missed this one for
as long as I have. Definitely a site you'll
want to visit.

This next site was sent to me by a guy
who claimed to have stolen Reverend Norb's
e-mail list (with his permission, of course)
to get the word out about his site. The Juicy
Cerebellum (http://www.geocities.com/
-sloopydrew/) is a collection of rants, stu-
pid humor, non-politically correct thoughts,
and other stuff. In other words, it's a fun,
wacky read. And it looks like it gets added
to every couple of days, so there's always a
reason to keep coming back. Gotta love it.

Okay, so that's enough already. It's
time for me to leave the house and get some
fresh air, and it's time for you to go turn on
your computer and look at some of these
websites. As always, I can be e-mailed at
hanford ©cruzio.com or snail-mailed at PO
Box 8059; Santa Cruz, CA 95061. And of
course, you can find the Netpunk columns
at http://netpunk.base.org, and if every-
thing works out the way I hope, you may
find links to other MRR columnists there as

well. Until next time, I'm outta here.

mmm

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TO THE WUXNHTW

Hazy, Lazy, Weird Days of Summer

In July a man entered the Life Savings Bank in
Virginia Beach, Virginia, handed a teller a
plastic grocery bag and demanded cash. The
teller filled the bag with money and included
an explosive dye pack before handing it back.
The robber stuffed the bag down the front of
his pants and fled. According to police, wit-
nesses on the street seconds later saw "an
explosion taking place inside his pants" and
the robber was seen "hopping and jumping
around." The dye pack, which burns at 400
degrees, burned a hole through the fly of the
man's pants. He stripped to his underwear
and escaped, leaving a smoldering pair of
pants on the sidewalk.
One month after undergoing surgery for a
brain tumor a Stockholm man, Goeran Ru-
dolfsson, continued to be plagued with con-
gestion. Blowing his nose one day he felt
something strange and began to pull what
turned outtobea31 -inch-long cloth out of his
nose. It had been placed inside his head dur-
ing the operation to absorb fluids but was left
behind.

A serial Porta-Potti bomber is on the loose in
Chandler, Arizona. So far authorities there
said that the bomber has only attacked porta-
ble toilets at one construction site. The bomb-
er mixes a liquid chemical in a plastic contain-
er and places it in the toilet. Once the chemical
eats through the plastic it creates an explo-
sion. One bomb left a crater 200 feet in diam-
eter.

Two men from Yemen, Mustafa Khalil and
Abdullah al-Amri, filed documents with the
prosecutor general of Yemen documenting
their claim to owning the planet Mars. They
subsequently filed a lawsuit against NASA
accusing the space agency of trespassing in its
recent mission to the planet. The two claim to
have inherited Mars from ancient ancestors
3,000 years ago and balked at NASA's land-
ing there without giving them prior notifica-
tion or asking their permission.
(That's It For) The Other One
In Boone, North Carolina, former police offic-
er LamontClaxton Underwood was sentenced
to life in prison for kidnapping and murder.
Prosecutors said that Underwood was jeal-
ous over a relationship his victim, Viktor
Gunnarsson, had had with a woman both
men had dated. Underwood, a police officer
in Salisbury, North Carolina, was arrested for
Gunnarsson's murder in 1995 almost a year

after Gunnarsson's body was found in a re-
mote area. Gunnarsson was once considered
one of the first suspects in the 1986 assassina-
tion of Prime Minister Olaf Plame of Sweden.
He was released after questioning and even-
tually moved to North Carolina. He never
relinquished his Swedish citizenship. Palme's
murder has never been solved.
A San Francisco diner cook shot his manager
to death after the two quarreled about his
making a customer an item not on the menu.
Hashiem Zayed, the cook, told police that he
"lost it" after manager Helen Menicou, criti-
cized him in front of customers for making a
customer poached eggs. Zayed said that he
could not sleep that night and returned to
work the next day to confront Menicou when
she again berated him in public. He then is
accused of drawing a gun and shooting her
four times. The two had worked there togeth-
er for about twenty years.
Police in Issaquah, Washington, took a 43-
year-old man to the hospital for a mental
evaluation after he pulled a gun on his per-
sonal computer in his home office and shot it
four times in the hard drive and once in the
monitor. We don't know if it wouldn't boot
up or what, said a police officer.
West Africa is experiencing yet another wave
of public scares concerning genital thieves. In
Senegal lynch mobs beat and burned to death
five suspected sorcerers accused of causing
men's penises to disappear or shrink. In the
past twelve months scores of people have
died in Ghana, the Ivory Coats and Senegal
over the continuing hysteria.
Life in the Other Superpower
The 300 workers at a regional production
plant in Volgograd, Russia, went on strike
when the district administration offered to
pay them the $175,000 they were owed in
back wages in vegetables and cereal instead
of cash

Internationally known mountain climber
Reinhold Messner said that he will publish a
book within the next two years that will in-
clude his photos of a yeti. I've found the yeti,
We stood eye to eye. The encounter reported-
ly took place somewhere in the Himalayas.
He described he creature as 7 feet 3 inches tall
and said that it is harmless unless threatened.
Messner says he saw three yeti but estimates
there must be thousands.
After its first year of searching space for killer
asteroids NASA and the Air Force have dis-
covered seven objects more than a half-mile
across that could cause devastation if they
struck the Earth. None of the seven asteroids
would hit Earth for at least 200 years. Of
course they noted that only 10% of the sky
had so far been surveyed for asteroids. It will
take 20 years to complete the survey.
Bangkok hotel worker Annakorn Gunnoo,
21, told police that he robbed about 15 hotel
room safes of guests money and valuables by
rubbing oil from his nose on the safes push
button locks while he was cleaning the rooms.

He then returned later, noted which buttons
had been smudged and began trying differ-
ent numerical combinations of those buttons
until he got a safe open. He told police that he
learned the trick from an episode of Mac
Gyver.

The Rich Are Different
Cambodian tycoon Teng Bunma pulled a gun
on the crew of an Orient Thai Airlines plane
and ordered them to delay takeoff until some
of his friends arrived and also ordered the
other passengers off the flight. Bunma, Cam-
bodia's wealthiest business mogul, was ac-
companied at the time by two bodyguards
armed with rifles. Officials of the airline per-
sonally came to the scene to apologize to
Bunma. Several months earlier Bunma was
flying on another airline which had lost his
luggage. In that incident he took a gun and
shot out the planes tires.
Inmates at the Augusta County (Virginia) Jail
communicate with each other by using their
toilets. The inmates empty the water from the
bowls, stick their heads in and talk to inmates
on the floors above or below their cells. Ac-
cording to the Sheriffs Department, the com-
mon term for it is the commode-a-phone.

Kohut's latest book, written with Roland
Sweet, is Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest, published by
Penguin USA and available in bookstores
every where. Please send all corroborating evidence
from your town's newspaper {with the paper's
name and the date the article appeared please) to
meat: Strange Daze, PO Box 25682, Washington,
DC 20007.

W.H. Auden once remarked that "re-
viewing bad books is bad for the character."
I'm inclined to say the same for records as
well. I've found that a number of records that
get bumped my way are truly bad and most
others are merely average. The effect I have
found this deluge to have on my own charac-
ter is a willingness to find something nice
about a record destined for the free bin. I
apologize to anyone who might have de-
pended on my lukewarm praise when mak-
ing a purchasing decision. I'm going to be
more frank and shoot for a real bare and basic
description for the less mentionables. Some
might note that many of my reviews read
alike. Unfortunately, this genre is falling in on
itself and many of the bands are incredibly
derivative, with little variation. It's nothing
to get all that worked up about, every music

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form has that problem and there are a healthy
amount of awesome records coming out (and
you should be sending them to me). Those
bands thinking about recording, however,
should go to their local record store and care-
fully look through the bargain bin and, if
possible, listen to what you will likely want to
avoid.

I was intending to intro the column
with a different subject, as I find writing
solely about music gets rather tiresome. How-
ever, I'm getting ready for a quick vacation to
my old stomping grounds and I'm swamped
with the preparation. I had wanted to write
about my own regional identity, a topic I'll be
more than prepared to discuss after a quick
trip from Frisco to New Orleans and back
again in the red pick-up I call Sally.

The PAUL NEWMAN "Please Wait"
EP is full of soft to medium intensity sparse
and repetitive music with no buildups worth
mentioning. I got bored quickly with this and
I'm crossing my fingers for the quick end of
this style. (PO Box 4491, Austin, TX 78765)

The EGON/EX-IMPETUS split also has
some really sparse wimp-core on the EGON
side. There is some decent higher tuned gui-
tar jangle that could benefit from a beefier
bass sound. EX-IMPETUS is slow paced,
moody, and somewhat intricate musically
with a vocalist that reminds me of
RITES OF SPRING, though not nearly as im-
passioned. (600 La Cruz, El Paso, TX 79902)
The LAMANGA "Ceremony" EP is
some loud fucking shit. It's hardcore but it
isn't. There's a shitload of power and energy,
chuggin' guitars and shredded vocals, but
there's also slow breakdowns with guitar
leads and sung/spoken parts, without being
metal or post-hardcore. (Wreck- Age, PO Box
263, New York, NY 10012)

AUTUMN isn't as loud as LAMANGA
but they approach them in the evil category.
Full out dark hardcore, without getting out of
control. Shredded vocals that get sung at
times in a unique ASKANCE voice at times
and a shitty PEARL JAM one at others. When
this singing occurs everything slows down
kicking this into the emo column. The price is
$2 and a picture of Morrissey, but I'm sure
you could sneak an Elvis picture by him.
(Dead Heart, PO Box 1206, Exton, PA 19341)
Local pretty boys the

ANGEL ASSASSINS have put out a demo
that beats their live performance by several
lengths. There are strong elements of the "San
Diego" sound, very drum and bass driven,
with the guitar pulling leads in the back-
ground. Thankfully no slow stuff and hintsof
good things to come. ($3, PO Box 421 138, S.F.,
CA 94142)

I'm really not much of a CD booster, but
for those of the highwa ter set without a record
player, you can weep along to these new CDs.
The PIEBALD LP of last month is a CD
this month. Still great low key, mellow tunes
with off-key vocals. Check out their EPs first,

cause they aren't for everyone. (Hydrahead,
PO Box 990248, Boston, MA 02199)

The GRADE LP of a couple years back
and the GRADE EP of a couple columns back
has made it to the popular CD format. Listen
along as GRADE moves from an epic hard-
core sound strongly influenced by the crunch
of chugga chugga hardcore with sung and
screamed vocals, to a band that depends more
on the soft to loud buildups, with more an-
guish in the vocals. Theun, the flying Dutch-
man, prefers them live, but I couldn't say and
will settle for these tunes. (Second Nature,
PO Box 11543, Kansas City, MO 64138)

"They Came From Massachusetts" CD
is a fairly good document of the cool shit
going on in the land of SLAPSHOT. The
bands of interest to many readers here will be
CONVERGE, MILTOWN, PIEBALD and
SIX GOING ON SEVEN. Other dope MC's
include OPPOSITION, TEN YARD FIGHT,
and JEJUNE. I like the fact that the soft stuff
here isn't out in wimp-core left field. ($6, 325
Huntington Ave #24, Boston, MA 02155)

Being one that prefers vinyl, I'm glad
that the HOT WATER MUSIC "Finding the
Rhythms" CD is now out as an LP so I can get
a chance to check it out. This has an awesome
pop feel to it; you can totally dance and sing
along. The emotions conveyed are straight
and direct which keep it from being back-
ground noise. These guys stand on their own
musically the way I think both AVAIL and
NUISANCE do. ($7, No Idea, PO Box 14636,
Gainesville, FL 32604)

The KOSSABONE RED EP is probably
one of the best this month. Two singers, one
with an awesome singing style; it sounds like
he has a cleft palate or something. Awesome
personal lyrics over a loose, but still together
melodic guitar sound with simple drumming.
The emotions that burst out here don't seem
forced at all. (Insurance Scam Records, PO Box
145, Northville, MI 48167)

In a previous PARTY OF HELI-
COPTERS review I noted a vocal similarity to
SHUDDER TO THINK. On their "Fairy God
Fighters" release I definitely think they are
musically very much like the first S.T.T. EP.
Not easily described, but high vocals and drift-
ing guitar are a start. One song here has the
emo violence found on the split with IN ANO.
(Donut Friends, 1030 Jessie Ave., Kent, OH
44240)

The INSTIL/GRAY BEFORE MY EYES
LP isn't award winning but does have an
aggressiveness and punk quality I totally ap-
preciate during this time of emo "art-core."
INSTIL is best when they are pushing every-
thing fully musically with a crunched out hard-
core, ample guitar leads and one vocalist sing-
ing and the other bleating out anguished words.
They keep this up alot but slow down a fair
amount which detracts from the overall pow-
er of their side. GRAY BEFORE MY EYES has
a lot of crawling guitar lead intros to more
guitar leads, and then finally some crunch.

(Trackstar, PO Box 60, Forked River, NJ 08731-
0060)

The DIESEL QUEENS are back with
more heartfelt, emotion laden songs. Showing
a sensitive side not matched by many others of
the genre, these gentleman discuss violence at
shows and question our society's obsession
with physical appearance with one song about
weight issues and another about a young boy
with a physical deformity. See the back cover
of Maximum for ordering info.

The ICE 9/ENDIVEsplitthatcamewith
State Zine #3 is available separately now. ICE 9
is a band who the term emo-violence describes
quite well (thanks IN/HUMANITY for coin-
ing it.) Full on hardcore attack, with attention
to time and vocals. ENDIVE is ASHES without
the ridiculously out of place guitar crunch and
the vocals here are more distinct. They're sung
in such a way as to drive a lot of the punx crazy,
but were a quick sell for me. Very smooth post
hardcore with femalevocals.(4121,Melbourne
Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46208)

The "Degrees Of Malice" comp EP is
suggested for fans of the bands only. The best
song is by the decidedly non-emo
ANIMAL FARM. Awesome guitar driven
hardcore violence. They are long gone and
way overlooked. RYE COALITION plays a
swirling slow to slightly faster to slow again
rune. They've really lost a lot of the energy
they started out with. The IMPETUS INTER
song is closer to their EPs then their LP which
you should be thankful for. Rhythmic hard-
core with buildups to controlled fury.
AS GOOD AS DEAD has a crunchier, stiffer
RORSCHACH metal hardcore sound. (224
Mangels, S.F., CA 94131)

The PEBBLE EP is a bit bass driven
(SHOTMAKER), a bit jangly, a bit math rock
(just a bit), and the songs are a bit too long. Oh,
and two of the four are instrumentals. Fuck
that. (DeFacto, PO Box 48745, Bentall Centre,
Vancouver, BC, CANADA V7X 1A6)

The "Longbow Project 001" is a pretty
good metal edged hardcore comp for the most
part. A few bands are of the emo variety,
WALLSIDE being the standout with their
straight through hardcore with only the slight-
est slowdowns come chorus time. The
ROMAN INVASION SUITE return with their
HOOVER-esque, drawn out, sparse, jazzy bal-
lads. PINKO is a new band for me, which
sound like a more primitive, minimal WALL-
SIDE. Several other bands including JIHAD,
THOUGHTS OF IONESCO (!!!!), and
DRYEVE. (23419 Prarieview, Mattawan, MI
49071)

There is a rather distinct style several
bands from Germany are playing. It's often
rather slow, with lots of guitar work, often
metal influenced with pounding double bass.
The DEGARVE EP has these slow, deliberate
build ups to manic intensity all the while tear-
ing vocal cords. (Munzbachtal 26, 09599
Freiberg, GERMANY)

GREY also mixes up a double bass drum

assault with metal harmonics, and vocals sim-
ilar to SHELTER at times. The songs are rather
complex and are a close cousin to METOKE.

KINDLE is from Germany as well, and
make use of a bit of the sound I am describing,
but they avoid the use of metal lyrics and stick
to more of a solid epic sound. This takes a few
listens to get the full impact, but worth the
wait. (No More Heroes, Vierhausen 32, 26725
Emden, GERMANY)

If you're curious as to what I mean when
I refer to an "epic" sound, here goes. It is
usually only created when a band has two
guitars, and involves a lot of layering of sound
and building up throughout a song, with the
vocals rarely rising very much above the mu-
sic being made. A perfect example of this is
found on the ONE EYED GOD PRO-
PHECY LP.

Wow, a ton of shit. Thanks to all those
who continue to send stuff in. Take it easy.
ENDNOTE.

1. I've been asked by Martin Sprouse, who is
sporting a lovely handlebar mustache, to find
out who the first punk with a beard was. He
figures that those in the emo scene sporting the
Abe Lincoln look might know who blazed the
trail. Write me at:"1950 McAllister #1, S.F., CA
94115.

OK. Last month's long winded analyti-
cal type piece gives way to this short frag-
mented thing.

First, think about how different kinds
of punk tend to happen in different kinds of
venues. (I'm sure it depends on what city you
live in as well). Here, for example, garage
shows happen in bars and hardcore shows
(emo shows?) happen in DIY venues like Gil-
man St, the Bombshelter, whatever. What
does that say? Personally, I'd rather see a
show at a DIY space (or basement or living
room), than at a bar, any day. In some ways
it's disappointing that I can only see certain
kinds of shows at DIY spaces, and I also
wonder why the lines are so clearly drawn.
What about the garage scene is so wedded to
bar culture? And because of that, why aren't
there more punk bars?

At some point in punk history, we made
the move from major labels to independent
labels. Now, we're at the transition from bars
and capitalist ventures to independent ven-
ues and spaces (and bars). This is the point in
our history where we can and should make
the effort to provide and support what inde-

pendent spaces exist and to create new ones,
whether they are all ages non-drinking spac-
es like Gilman, or whether they are bars and
venues run by people in the scene who (as
cliche as it sounds) aren't doing it for the
money. There is enough punk energy and
momentum to sustain something like this.
We need to exist outside of dominant culture
and dominant society as many ways as we
can, even if it is as simple an action as where
we play our music. Part of resisting main-
stream culture or society is creating and sus-
taining a viable culture of our own.

Second, to completely change the sub-
ject, I want to talk a little about semantics. I
think that punk is radical in the way that it
helps people empower themselves and do
things. I was just thinking about the simple
act of creation, that all of us punk kids make
things and create things and don't really real-
ize how important that is. You are making
something happen. You are creating some-
thing, and a ripple of events extends out from
it. Maybe you don't think it is significant that
you are putting out a zine or a record, but you
are creating an action, you are doing some-
thing that wouldn't have happened with out
you. Punk, silly as it may sound, is about
empowerment, and that is revolutionary. The
whole essence of DIY.

On the business end of things, You'll
notice our new email address (maximum-
rnr@mindspring.com) in the letters section.
I've always thought of the letters section be-
ing one of the most vital parts of a zine — they
promote discussion and reinforce the idea of
punk as a many sided dialogue, as opposed to
something which is fed to the masses
(readers) by the decision makers (MRR, Heart
attaCk or any zine). This is our attempt (one
of them) at revitalizing the letters section and
encouraging dialogue. Though, as Tim point-
ed out, we are the ones who get to decide
which letters are printed, I like to think that
we (and most zines) print a semi-wide range
of ideas and criticisms.

In the case of MRR, the idea of interac-
tion extends beyond the letters section. We
get a lot of complaints that there isn't enough
of a certain kind of content, or a certain kind
of columnists. Well, it is honestly up to the
readers to take responsibility for what is in
here. I don't think people know what that
means. Very few of the guest columns and
new regular columnists, and especially the
interviews, are solicited by people at MRR.
Do you want to see an interview with a partic-
ular band? Or wonder why there aren't more
columns about politics or by people of
color? You need to take the initiative to make
that happen. The interview section is made
up of what we get in the mail that month, and
you can have a hand in it as well.

I have a lot more to say, but it will wait
until next month. Yes, I know I'm a slacker
and. I'm leaving this til the last minute. Of
course, I had to squeeze out a few thoughts.

When you have a regular column, it is all too
easy to put off writing the important things or
those things that are nagging in the back of
my head.

In closing, I just want to say that I will be
victorious in my nefarious plot to relocate all
Friends Of Jen to the Bay Area (as my friend
Mike put it). Can I help it if I want all of the
people who I like and respect and admire to
be close to me?

Continued from last issue, the inter-
view of Dick Russell, author od "The Man
Who Knew Too Much", by Dave Emory.
DE: You also explore the possibility. . you deal
with the CIA and military's mindcontrol pro-
gram such as MK-Ultra and others, you also
discuss the possibility that a fellow named
Maurice Bishop, who some have speculated
may have been the Oswald impersonator in
Mexico City that has been a focus of a lot of
inquiry by investigators, may also have been
subjected to mind control.
DR: Well what I say it's actually a guy named
William Bishop whom I interviewed, Mau-
rice Bishop is different, a lot of people think
he was David Philips, but William Bishop
who definitely was in military intelligence
and I interviewed before he died a few years
ago, said to a researcher in Texas, that he had
undergone behavioral conditioning through
a mind control program. And he also was a
professional hitman, had a lot of connections
to Alpha 66, and told me a story that was
similar in many respects to things that Nagell
knew and he indicted that he even knew
Nagell, so he's one of those guys who's a
soldier of fortune type, who is hard to ascer-
tain how much credibility he really has, but I
found him pretty interesting figure.
DE: I stand corrected, right, so William Bish-
op, but again an individual who whinds
through this milieu but who may or may not
had actual participation in some of these
events. Back to the issue of the assassination,
Richard Case Nagell, Soviet and U.S. Intelli-
gence, counter intelligence gambits, in con-
nection with his attempt to interdict the plot
against President Kennedy, shortly before
the assassination took place, Richard Nagell,
was arrested in what was represented in the
media as a "bank robbery"; could you devel-
op that for us?

DR: Yes, to some degree, here's what hap-
pened, Lee Harvey Oswald, according to

imj$*m

Nagell, was brought into the plot in the sum
mer of 1963 in New Orleans, and Oswald was
told by these two Cuban exiles, right-wing
Cuban exiles with CIA ties, that they were in
fact Castro agents and that Fidel wanted to
retaliate for the plots against his own life that
we now know was happening at the time and
they wanted enlist Oswald to take part in the
assassination attempt against the President.
Oswald supposedly agreed to do this. Nagell,
when he reported back to his superiors, re-
ported back actually to Soviet Intelligence,
they gave him an order and they said you
either convince Oswald that he is being set up
that this was a phony deal or you kill him in
Mexico City, and a trip to Mexico City was
planned at that time this was probably late
summer of 63, for the end of September when
Oswald did in fact go to Mexico City. Nagell
then did several things— he decided he could
not in good conscious eliminate Lee Harvey
Oswald, he tried to convince him he says in
Jackson Square, New Orleans, he was being
set up. He said Oswald denied that he was
taking part in anything, that he was not going
to be moved apparently. So Nagell then alert-
ed the American authorities, he wrote a reg-
istered letter to J. Edgar Hoover, who was
head of the FBI, in September of '63, he says,
and I've seen experts from this letter, that he
told Hoover enough to warrant the arrest of
Oswald and the two Cuban exiles who called
themselves Angel and Leopoldo. He also alert-
ed the CIA. And then he decided to take
himself out of the picture for reasons that
remain somewhat murky, but he walked into
a bank, in El Paso on September 20th, 1963,
went up to a teller and asked for a hundred
dollars in American Express travelers checks,
turned around took a pistol out of his belt and
fired two shots into the wall of the bank and
walked out. And basically, intentionally got
himself arrested. And he was placed in custo-
dy that afternoon and was railroaded through
the prison system for the next four and half
years.

DE: You mention that Nagell had informed
the CIA of the impending plot against
Kennedy's life; he also apparently warned
the FBI...

DR: Yes he did. As I mentioned he sent a
warning letter, a registered letter to Hoover
and of course the FBI, assuming it got the
letter which I believe Nagell had the receipt,
for did nothing. Why they did nothing re-
mains a big question. Hoover, of course, was
a stanch enemy of the Kennedy's, didn't like
them, he was much closer to Lyndon Johnson,
who was the Vice President, maybe best case
scenario the FBI communicated with the CIA,
and the CIA said don't worry about it we got
this under control, whatever this operation
was all about involving Oswald, and there-
fore didn't do anything. Worst case scenario
is, of course, Hoover just let it proceed.
DE: Again, we should note that there have
been other indications I should say, of other

warnings to elements of U.S. Intelligence and
Justice. There is an FBI memorandum, which
actually warned of a plot against Kennedy
and a warning that Lee Harvey Oswald should
be arrested. I believe this was something like
November 19th of '63.
DR: Yeah that was the William Walter, a
clerk, maintains that he picked up a message
about an impending assassination attempt in
Dallas and alerted the FBI authorities, the
hierarchy of it, and nothing was done. And
yes there were others. There were others I
mention in the book. There was a guy named
Garret Trep Nell, and this on record, I mean
it's even in the Warren Commission, that in
August he warned of a plot, he didn't name
Oswald, but he talked about a plot involving
some Cuban exiles he was involved with that
were looking to assassinate the President and/
or his brother, kidnap members of Robert
Kennedy's family and nothing of course was
done about this.

DE: One thing, jumping on the otherside of
the Atlantic, anticipating to a certain extent
some of the things we're going to talk about in
the second half of the interview concerning
European Fascists and neo-Fascists and some
of their overlapping connections with ele-
ments of the Kennedy assassination milieu.
You discuss something that I had not seen in
any of the other Kennedy assassination liter-
ature and that is a warning by a U.S. military
intelligence operative, a communications spe-
cialist as I recall, of a plot against Kennedy's
life involving element's of the French OAS, a
French reactionary organization that was not
only trying to dispose of Charles DeGaulle
but also apparently had networked with
American reactionaries, or at least according
to this fellow, was involved in a plot to kill
Kennedy.

DR: Well this guy was a code clerk for a
cryptography specialist named Eugene Din-
ken who was stationed in the France at the
time and yeah this is all documented too
actually, that he went AWOL, in December,
not December but early November of 1963,
and began traveling around Europe to vari-
ous embassies warning of a plot against the
President's life that he said was going to take
place in Texas and even named the date, or
very close to the date in later that month in
1963, and he was dismissed as kind of a crazy
guy and after the assassination Dinken was
placed in Walter Reed Hospital in Washing-
ton, DC, were he says was some attempt to
wash his brain, so to speak. I met with Dinken
in 1975 1 think it was, in Grand Central Station
New York, he was living in Brooklyn at the
time, I don't know what has happened to him
since and at that point whatever he may once
have known was very fuzzy. He was talking
about having seen these, seen the assassina-
tion coming in various photographs and pretty
far-out stuff, so, it was pretty difficult to make
out of him at that point but certainly it is in
fact on record that he tried to alert various

overseas agencies with what he had found
out about before the assassination.
DE: The FBI also expelled an OAS operative,
or associate named Rene Suetre, from Dallas
shortly after the assassination, did they not....
DR: Well yeah that's rather unclear whether it
was Suetre or whether it was a guy who used
his name, named Michael Mertz... here we get
into the murky world of intelligence anf
counter intelligence, again, both these guys
were OAS operatives, and one of them at least
was in Dallas the day of the assassination,
and Suetre had very strong connections with
efforts to overthrow Castro with the interna-
tional right-wing, he went back a long way in
the OAS. Mertz was tied in with organized
crime, a big drug dealer going all they way
back to the end of the Second World War. So,
yeah there were, and again this is CIA files'
that say thatSuetre, also known as Mertz, was
expelled from Dallas on the day of the assas-
sination.

DE: Jumping back to Richard Case Nagell,
now his trial for the "bank robbery" actually
a gambit to get himself removed from the
goings on, the Judge, Judge Thornberry, who
oversaw his trial, actually had some very
strong connections to LBJ; could you tell us a
little bit more about that?
DR: Yeah, Homer Thornberry was the first
judge, he was the judge in the first trail of
Nagell, there were actually two trails and
that's another story , yeah, Thornberry was a
longtime crony of LBJ. LBJ had named him to
the judgeship I believe and in fact he and LBJ
were in communication according to recently
released FBI files, right after the assassina-
tion, after LBJ became President. And, Thorn-
berry suddenly took over the Nagell case
from another judge in January of 1964, and it
was pretty clear from the court transcripts
from that period, that any attempt Nagell
made, and he did make several attempts to
bring to light the reasoning behind his shoot-
ing two holes in the wall of that bank, were
squashed by Thornberry. And so what does
that mean? It raises some interesting ques-
tions. b ^
DE: Richard Case Nagell is one of those peo-
ple who, and there's been a lot of discussion
in the Kennedy assassination literature about
the mysterious deaths of people in one way or
another connected with the investigation. And
in late 1995 1 believe it was, the Assassination
Records Review Board, expressed interest in
speaking with Richard Case Nagell. He had
according to an article you wrote in High
Times, begun expressing fear for his life again
he was apparently free from anxiety in that
regard for a while, but had begun to fear for
his life again, and then died in Los Angeles
shortly after ARRB had decided to interview
him.

DR: Yeah, let me backtrack a little bit, leading
up to this, let me just say that Nagell was in
prison, he was tried twice and convicted twice
actually of "attempted bank robbery" The

story of machinations surrounding his trail,
the lawyers, the prosecution, is a lengthy one
and documented in the book and get into it all
here, but after he got out in 1968... he was
rather suddenly released on appeal... he had
first of all went to, immediately got a passport
and went overseas and suddenly was in the
summer of '68. arrested on a train in East
Berlin and held for four months behind the
then Iron Curtain He came back to this coun-
try, when I first met him in 1975, knocked on
his door one day in Manhatten Beach, Cali-
fornia where he lived and he with some reluc-
tance let me in and that was the beginning of
our rather strange relationship. He was in the
midst of a lawsuit against the government in
the U.S. Court of Claims , to get a full disabil-
ity retirement, get a lot of money basically out
of the military and I think looking back that
he talked to me as much as he did because I
was kind of the stick with that carrot he was
trying to get, once he did receive full disabil-
ity retirement in 1982, he then pretty much
clammed up. I saw him in 1984 for the last
time and I had communicated with him or
tried too when I was finally putting the book
together, after waiting and waiting and think-
ing someday this guy... he had told me or
would tell me the whole story... I finally de-
cided to go ahead and set down what I did
know about him and when I was doing that I
tried to get in touch him again, and I had a
P.O. box for him in California, I would write
to him, I sent him the book when it came out
and never heard anything. Then I did speak
with him, suddenly one day a year and a half
after the book came out, I sent him some of the
new files being released about him by the
government through the Assassinations
Records Review Board, and I got a call one
day and it was him, and to my astonishment
he was speaking to me as if no time had
passed and talking about the documents I
had sent him and suddenly I asked him, said
"Well Dick, you are aware that I have written
this huge book about you" and he said he was
not. He said that he never received any of the
letters that I had sent him, didn't even know
the book had come out. As astonishing as this
was, I believed him. I think subsequently,
well I know subsequently he did get a copy of
the book because it was found in his home
among his effects after his death.
DE: Let's pause at this point; we're going to
continue the narrative of Richard Case Nagell
and his death and some of the milieu that he
had penetrated and that surrounded his life
in the second half of this interview. I have
been interviewing Dick Russell the author of
"The Man Who Knew Too Much," one of the
most voluminous and in my opinion one of
the best of the Kennedy assassination books.
For Dick Russell this is Dave Emory thank for
listening.

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DEAL

DRUG ME

Maybe I ought to give crack a chance.

I can't figure out whether it's my hyper-
kinetic personality, my weird obsessions with
drive-by shootings or just the fact that I dis-
trust authority, but everyone I meet assumes
that I must do drugs.

Recently a guy from The Comics Journal,
a magazine devoted to solving arguments
among acne-scarred fans of the Green Lan-
tern and Nancy & Sluggo ("I only read the
Ernie Bushmiller version of the strip, dude —
the remake sucks!"), came to my apartment to
interview me.

The Comics Journal is notorious for its
incredibly detailed 20-page explorations of
all the minutiae of an artist's life and opin-
ions, but nonetheless I was shocked by my
interviewer's assumption that I must spend
half my life stoned.

"So, what kind of drugs do you like?"
he asked.

"I don't like drugs," I replied, "and I
think anyone who does them is a fucking
asshole."

He was absolutely incredulous. "Yeah,
right. I read your comics," he said, "and no
one could possibly draw that stuff straight."

He's not the only one. When I was 14, 1
spent all my time chasing the redhead who
sat in front of me in debate class, Anita Albert.
I heard that she's married now, but doesn't
have any kids. Understandably, I spent alge-
bra class writing about my sexual fantasies
("Then I wanna lick your juices!") to Anita,
who dutifully dropped her replies through
the slots of my locker. They were in green ink
on notebook paper folded into those football-
shaped note thingies junior high kids like to
use, and I kept every last letter she ever wrote
me.

My mom did not react well to my fall-
ing grades. One afternoon she arranged for
the principal to open up my locker, where she
found dozens of Anita's letters about the
torrid things she wanted to do to me — actual-
ly, we never even kissed once — and came
home to confront me.

"What kind of drugs are you doing?"
she asked me with that stern, disapproving

look parents practice in the mirror when no-
body else is around. "Open your eyes!" she
demanded. I want to see your irises."

"I don't do drugs, mom," I said. This
was true. I set countless fires, blew up a pick-
up truck, trafficked in bootlegged cigarettes
and jump-started a bulldozer in the previous
few months, but I had never smoked any-
thing or even drank alcohol, aside from a
glass of wine with dinner — and that was
served by my mom. To this day, I've never
even smoked cigs.) She was French.

While I took a bath that night, my mom
tossed my room. All she found was my $285
ticket for driving 110 mph in a school zone —
look, I'd been late to school and I couldn't
afford another tardy, OK? — but that didn't
convince her that I wasn't frying my brain
like that stupid Nancy Reagan ad with the
eggs in it.

It's not like I wasn't exposed to every
narcotic under the sun. I had lots of friends,
most of whom did whippets and pot and
hash and coke and nitrous oxide and ludes
and anything else they could get their little
white hands on. But at least for me, peer
pressure was a myth. Sure, to be polite, my
pals would offer me a hit of whatever orega-
no-and-alleged-Panamanian they were do-
ing at the time, but they were psyched when
I passed — after all, it meant that much more
shit for them.

It didn't take long before I realized that
drugs make people act really stupid. Since I
always felt fairly dumb in a sober state, I
didn't think that I required any additional
Moron Helper. So I'd watch the shit go on,
and decline every offer, and that was that. I
wasn't judgmental — if it worked for other
people, fine — but I just didn't see a role for
drugs in my life.

I really got into the punk scene in col-
lege, in New York. At the time, which was the
early '80s, the attitude was fiercely anti-drug,
even anti-smoking. It was extremely rare to
smell pot at a Flipper or Big Boys show,
compared to say a mainstream rock perfor-
mance by Elvis Costello, where easily half the
audience was wasted. I distinctly remember
attending a Reagan Youth (pre-metal era)/
Dickies/DKs show at the old World where I
went to the men's room and a guy was smok-
ing a joint. This big skin comes up to the guy,
knocks the thing out of his mouth — swiping
his nose in the process — and starts yelling at
him.

"Are you out of your fucking mind?"
the skinhead screamed. "Don't you know
that all drugs are imported into the U.S. by the
fucking government to make young people
stupid and docile? WISE UP!"

I realized the truth of the skin's state-
ment in the mid-eighties. My roomie Chris
was a brilliant guy, the son of one of the
nation's leading chemists, before he became a
hopeless pothead/crackhead /drunkard.
"You should do some serious drugs," he used

£P1^M*3&

to say. "It would mellow your uptight ass
out."

I was sitting in the living room of our
squalid sixth-floor walk-up, watching Oliver
North testify at the Iran-Contra hearings on
CNN. He admitted that the CIA had import-
ed and distributed tons of coke and crack on
American streets to fund pro- American guer-
rillas against the socialist Sandinista govern-
ment in Nicaragua.

A few days later, Chris threw a magnif-
icent New Year's party at our Harlem pad.
After roughly eight rum-and-cokes, I decid-
ed to take the narcotics challenge. Chris served
me a half-dozen hash brownies. An hour
later, I went back. "These don't work for
shit," I complained. "Gimme another batch."
They kicked in about an hour later. I felt
like I was riding a roller-coaster — literally.
Gravity pulled me up and down and left and
right and the room was moving and jostling.
I got on my knees, picked the refrigerator up
on my back — it was full of food — and carried
it up upstairs to the roof. I walked to the edge
of the roof and threw it over, down to the
sidewalk on 110th Street, where it perfectly
flattened a lime-green Cadillac. It was a beau-
tiful, crisp night; the moon was full.

Someone was banging on the door when
I woke up. It was my girlfriend's parents,
demanding that I turn over their daughter to
them. The first thing I noticed was the Worces-
tershire sauce; it was all over the sheets, the
walls, and me. Then I saw that it was already
night — again. Then I saw my girlfriend's lit-
tle sister — in bed with the two of us. My head
was pounding; it didn't stop for three days.
The next morning Chris came into my
room, where I was plastering the holes in the
walls and picking broken glass out of my
files. "Dude, I've never said what I'm about to
say to anyone before. You know that I'm a
firm advocate of drugs. I think everyone
should use them to help them release their
inhibitions. In your case, however, I think
your hold on sanity is so tenuous that you
need more, not fewer inhibitions. As your
resident expert on the field of illegal narcot-
ics, I strongly advise you to never use drugs
again."

And I haven't. I always follow the ad-
vice of experts I've learned to trust in their
respective fields.

But I know that not everyone learns as
easily. I just got a letter from an inmate at the
Noble Correctional Facility in Ohio, not far
from where I grew up. Here's what the guy,
who remains unnamed, had to say for him-
self:

"I've been in prison for almost 18 months
due to a mishap while on 12 hits of the
damnedest LSD I ever ran into on campus.
While tripping I walked past the Lambda Chi
house on the north end of Oxford [Universi-
ty]. Two buddies and myself were drinking
some double deuces and getting off pretty
good when I noticed the frat-boy piece of shit

who pulled down my ex-girlfriend's Speedo
bathing suit two weeks prior. Well, some-
thing in me snapped! Well, before I knew
what I was doing I had smashed him in the
head with my 22 oz. bottle of Bud Light. The
follow through of the swing cut him from the
crown of his head to the end of his chin (258
stitches). When I saw the blood, I freaked! I
went into the house, smashed a couple of
IBMs and took a wallet and gold chain from
the nearest room. Nobody even tried to stop
me!"

Like that's surprising. Anyway, this guy
is going into a probationary drug release
program in a few months. After he gets out,
he's heading to Amsterdam. That's right,
Amsterdam — where hash is legal, heroin is
free and hookers splay their thighs in store-
front windows. Clearly he doesn't under-
stand that what got his ass in trouble in the
first place, so it's bound to happen to him over
and over and over again.

Now don't get me wrong: I hate frat
boys, and I hate frat boys who assault women
even worse, and the guy definitely had it
coming (although I don't understand that
weird bit about the gold chain and the wal-
let) — but only a moron gets thrown in jail
over something like this, much less for a
former girlfriend . And I don't think dropping
acid was immoral or evil or bad — it was just
dumb for him, since he obviously can't han-
dle it. Even right-wing historians generally
acknowledge that LSD was cooked up in a
government lab and that it was distributed by
the federal government in order to kill the
youth movement. Apparently, it worked —
the revolution isn't exactly on our national
doorstep anymore, is it?

I haven't wavered much from the tradi-
tional punk viewpoint. In a country where
strict border controls make getting Cuban
cigars absolutely impossible, why is it so
damn easy to get pot and coke from overseas?
Obviously the politicians want us — especial-
ly the young us — to fry our brain cells rather
than turn against them and the investment
bankers who own their collective asses. Sure,
they jail low-level drug dealers and users in
their phony War on Drugs, but that's all part
of the plan of distraction — not to mention an
effective means of locking up young urban
blacks in private-owned penitentiaries where
they're forced to produce slave-made sneak-
ers and license plates. Drugs aren't really
illegal— certain types of people are illegal.

As far as I'm concerned, you're free to
use whatever you want — especially if you
can control yourself and keep yourself men-
tally sharp despite the fact that you're ingest-
ing foreign substances into your body. It's not
like my body is a temple— I go out drinking
pretty often, and I love it. But I never feel out
of control when I drink — if that were ever to
change, I'd stop. But no matter what you do,
know two things: One, when you do drugs,
you're just another government sucker. Two,

if you're weird enough to begin with, you
don't need to — everyone will think you're a
stoner anyway.

P.S. To Mr. 258 Stitches: If you're reading this,
take my advice. Don't skip probation — it just
gives them an excuse to throw your butt back
in prison, where you do no one, including
yourself, any good. When you're done, by all
means, leave Ohio — but don't go to Amster-
dam.

P.P.S. The Marky Ramone and the Intruders
CD sucks. It has everything you need for a
good set of tunes: Cool cover, Marky Ra-
mone, Star Trek lettering for the songs. Still,
it's seriously boring.

P.P.P.S. Letters and shit go to: Ted Rail, P.O.
Box 2092, Times Square Station, New York
NY 10108, e-mail: ted@rall.com

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AMTE

You'll have to pardon from my swollen
head, but I just happened to be present at one
of the officially designated (by me)
GREAT MOMENTS IN PUNK ROCK. I re-
fer not to Crime's first show at the Mabuhay
Gardens (though I was there and it certainly
qualifies), not the Stooges' Cleveland Pop
Festival appearance (or whatever it was called;
I wasn't there, anyway), the Ramones open-
ing for Black Sabbath (I did see them open for
Tom Petty, though) not the Sex Pistols last
show (big deal), or any of the other common-
ly cited landmarks in the great manifestation
of the destiny of PUNK ROCK.

No, this ground (my swollen head) was
consecrated a mere (by the time you read this,
assuming that you are [which seems a safe
bet], few months ago) when the freshly apo-
theosized Loli & the Chones (no explanation
offered for the terminal types who aren't on
this particular clue train by now) got a chance
to test their mettle against the long-overrated
bitter old longbeard greytooths (Fuck it! I'm
not even going to give these guys a negative
plug. Since they are most noted in many
circles for their association with one of the
Batman movies of recent years (HINT!], I'll
just call them the Batfarts) the Batfarts.

The battle lines were drawn well before
this bloody Hollywood showdown and events
proceeded inexorably towards that which the
righteous hand of an angry god might well
have accomplished (purty fancy writing,
huh?)!

In brief, advertisements for an upcom-
ing Batfarts show (in Hollywood, CA!) fea-
turing their ancient, decrepit, "used to babysit
Methuselah" mugs complete with requisite

hats to cover bald spots as though THAT's
going to fool anybody other than themselves
("O.K., I'll grow the hair I've got long so that
it'll be obvious that it'll look as though I've
got loads of hair" - get off it, it's time to be
BALD AND PROUD like our own Shane
White - 1 mean, Christ, male pattern baldness
is supposed to be linked to higher virility
according to studies might by balding scien-
tists, and it's a great excuse to get a decent
haircut more often, but this growing your
sides and back rock star long is merely an
extreme version of the mullet/schlong doo
and NOT rock and roll [so far, this isn't really
"in brief," is it?] appeared in the leading
giveaway weekly L.A. rag. In smaller letters
were featured the presumably "opening" acts;
Loli and the Chones, the Bobbyteens, the
Count Backwurds and the Infections.

At the show proper, the Infections
played one of the best sets I've ever had the
pleasure to hear them play (and FIE, FIE I say
to the naysayers, doubters and shiteaters who
will be eating their words soon enough when
the Infections LP is unleashed, I warrant,
although in the meantime it's quite delightful
to be in the aesthete elite of Infections fans in
this area and, more particularly, at this mag).
The Bobbyteens did indeed live up to their
promise that they were "gonna rock," espe-
cially with the dynamic stage moves that
vocalist Tina has been working on. The Count
Backwurds had an even more auspicious than
usual beginning to their set when vocalist
Peeben John failed to materialize until half-
way into the first song and then more than
made up for it by acting extra spazzy for the
duration of the set. Slick one Peeben!

At this point, the Wyverns (sorry, I for-
got that I was going to call them the Batfarts)
decided that they needed to take the stage
because this was some sort of curfew show.
During the Habit Hobbits' (I mean the Bat-
farts') overly long existence they have made a
habit of playing overly long shows. F u r -
ther, it is a plain matter of fact that the sort of
knucklehead (sorry, I meant chucklehead)
bands who insist on playing marathon sets do
so without any regard for whether they're
leaving sufficient time for other bands to play
(or whether the audience actually wants to
hear any more, for that matter).

This presented sufficient reason for a
number of the audience to be concerned that
Loli & the Chones go on first, as would seem
consistent with the Batfarts' (Hey, I got it
"right"!) featured advertisement, "vets of the
scene ready to make a big push to really make
it" blah blah star billing. Besides, Chones sets
run 15-20 minutes, right?

No, no. no. The Batfarts are the stars, so
they can do whatever they want. The club's
management backs them up on this. The
Chones start setting up their two combo amps
and rudimentary drum kit in front of the wall
of Marshalls and Carl Palmer drum kit com-
plete with rototoms, synare, Tibetan temple

bells, and 5 foot in diameter gong that Holly-
wood Rock Equipment or Allied Van Lines
(or whoever the fuck) had rush delivered to
be in time for the Batfarts' three hour sound-
check that afternoon.

The Batfarts exchange some words with
the Chones, who ignore them and purpose-
fully continue their pre-rock tasks.
The Batfarts shake their heads as if to say
"Kids these days! No respect for their elders!"
(Incidentally, wearing fedoras, homburgs,
bowlers, derbies, etc., with t-shirts is still just
as undeserving of respect as it was when
hippies going to revival movie houses in the
70s would wear "Bogey hats" in the mistaken
notion that it made them look more like Rob-
ert Montgomery than a loser half-assed fash-
ion palate beardo, even if the wearer isn't
bearded - if you want to wear a fedora and not
look like a geebo, at least wear a fuckin' tie).
Valiantly standing their ground (well, drum-
mer Loli needed some extra urging to retake
the stage, but once there she was the picture
of radiant rage - hey, I'm rapping!) they blast-
ed into "Pendejo."

The soundman, being an old hippie
himself, took the side of the Batfarts and
refused to turn on their microphones. The
Chones responded by not even going near the
microphones; bassist Vince sang this beauti-
ful and moving ("Pendejo! Pendejo! P! E! N!
D! E! J! O!") song directly to the massed
Batfarts on his side of the stage while guitarist
Chris' led the crowd in a lusty Farrell's/Oi-
style singalong (I was surprised at how much
of the lyrics with their Joycean wordplay I
could remember!) . A few songs later, respond-
ing to the importuning of some audience
members along the lines of "I paid ten bucks
to see this band and if you don't turn their
microphones on right now I want my fucking
money back!," the microphones came to life
(although the merry sing-around the-camp-
fire atmosphere could not be halted at this
point). So much wonderfully focused rage
might all the Chones' hits spring to life fourth-
dimensional-like, even more than their nor-
mally brilliant live performances. New mean-
ing was imparted "The Kids From Boyle
Heights!" On stage hilarity reached a new
height when Vince quipped "What do you
have to get respect around here? Oh yeah,
you have to be short and bald" (a Batfart later
attempted to menace him, saying something
to the effect of "Hey man, you want to say
something to somebody, say it to their face,
not over the P.A." Hey, maybe he wanted to
say it to the audience, my miniscule friend;
it's not as though he was afraid you'd hear
him say it, he just wanted to share it with the
whole class).

Of course, the crowd demanded an en-
core which the club's manager was loathe to
grant until the crowd's exuberance threat-
ened to get out of hand and grudingly al-
lowed the Chones five minutes to play anoth-
er four songs (although after each song, he

made the "Cut!' gesture which was gleefully
ignored).

A certain wag was overheard to ask the
fearless Batfart leader, "How does it feel to
know that you'll never be as good as the
bands that open for you?" before the Batfarts
took the stage.

I wish that each and every one of you
who believe in leprechauns, I mean rock and
roll, could have been there to witness it. Oh,
there was also a quasi-riot during the Batfarts
set where the audience reportedly rose in
unison against their oppressors after some
bouncers started macing indiscriminately (in-
cluding getting a Batfart in the face, heh-heh).
Well actually, they didn't rise in unison; the
breakout of anything approaching anarchy
actually resulted, as usual, in everybody us-
ing the opportunity to settle grievous wrongs
to which they felt they had been subjected
("That guy's bumped into me twice tonight!
Now he's going to get his! "), but violence and
pandemonium can be no more than mild
amusements compared to a superlative rock
and roll show. Pendejo, indeed.

The Quality of
Military Life

Let me start by introducing myself...
I'm John and I'm in the Navy. I am in my mid-
twenties and I joined two years ago which
means that half of my sentence is already
over. I joined voluntarily (not one of those
"military or jail" deals). I was born and raised
in the southeast U.S., but try not to hold that
against me. I've been a skin for ten years and
it's amazing that I ever made it into the mili-
tary at all. If you were to ask anyone that I
grew up with, they would say that I was the
last person they ever expected to join the
service. However, I have my own agenda. I
was allowed into the Navy with a past crim-
inal record that consisted of three felonies,
and four misdemeanors. Any of you out there
that are in the military are thinking, "What
the fuck?" I was given a waiver by the idiots
and then allowed to enlist into supply where
I have access to all of the ship's budgeted
money. This money totals over two million
dollars every fiscal year (1 October to 30
September). I'm on one of the newest ships in
the fleet so no expense is spared on our behalf.
Needless to say I've been privy to much
"fraud, waste, and abuse" as the Navy calls it.
If I were to say that I don't take advantage of
this opportunity I'd be a liar.

This is the way that the money works:
we are given grants every quarter, this is
called OPTAR money (OPerating TARget).

&Qimm

The amount of money we get is determined
by an accounting office in Cleveland, Ohio.
We are required to spend all of this money
every quarter. If this money doesn't get spent
our grant for the next quarter is reduced by
roughly the amount that we didn't spend the
previous quarter. The reasoning is that if we
didn't need it last quarter, we don't need it
this quarter. To make sure we don't lose any
money, we spend the last week of each quar-
ter getting rid of that money. We'll buy any-
thing! As you can probably guess alot of these
things end up being personal items. I've got-
ten a lot of shit for personal use since I've been
in the Navy: tools, answering machines, tele-
visions, camping gear, watches, just about
anything you can think of can be found in the
Navy's supply system. Hell, I've even found
an air hockey table (I haven't yet figured out
how to pull that one off though)! The only
restrictions that we have are that the money
can't be transferred into a bank account (that
one's a real heartbreaker) and we can't buy
firearms (and yes, I had my eye on the 1.6
million dollar vehicle-mounted rocket launch-
... traffic would never be the same).

Do I feel guilty about "stealing" this
money from the government? Fuck no! I con-
sider it payback for the control that they have
over my life, for the hassles that I have to
endure for time off, for the six month deploy-
ment that I'm currently doing away from my
home, family, and friends. At any rate, it's my
tax money, too!

What does this mean for our defense
budget? It means that we could definitely be
spending much less on defense and more on
the true domestic issues like homelessness
and jobs programs. More money for alternate
energy research, AIDS research, hell the pos-
sibilities are endless. You can bet your ass that
if it's going on at my command, it's going on
all over the fleet. I couldn't even begin to
estimate the amount of money I have seen
"disappear". I think it's safe to say that this is
only the tip of the iceberg.

Let's talk about other ways that our tax
dollars are being used. Do you ever sit and
wonder why gas prices are so high? I don't
know what the rest of the country is seeing,
but I know that gas prices in California are
recockulous! As of this writing, I'm in the
Persian Gulf enforcing United Nations sanc-
tions against Iraq. What this means is that we
intercept ships that are leaving Iraq, board
them, search them, and divert them to a hold-
ing area if they're found to be carrying any
"contraband". (Is this kinda like beating a kid
up and then taking his lunch money from
him?) The main reason behind these sanc-
tions is to protect other country's interests in
the oil market. The oil producing countries of
the Middle East don't want Iraq in the oil
market. At the behest of these "oil producing
countries" (most likely OPEC itself), the Unit-
ed Nations has imposed these sanctions. The
scare is that Iraq will flood the market with oil

thereby dropping the price for oil worldwide.
God forbid we pay less for gas! To sum this
up: you paid 750 million for my ship to be
built and then paid for us to travel to the other
side of the world so that we could ensure that
you're gonna get raped at the filling station.
Don't forget that we didn't just steam over
here without stopping in a few places along
the way. To date, we have hit seven foreign
ports. In these ports we have incurred ap-
proximately $150,000 in services. These in-
clude trash removal, sewage removal, water
taxis, etc. (Never forget also that when we're
at sea we dump all of our trash over the side.
Nothing warms the heart quite like trash and
garbage trailing off into the sunset.) These big
gray bastards also require a lot of diesel fuel
to get them around.

In closing, I'd like to reiterate what T.K.
Getzgo said in his final column... do NOT join
the military. I wouldn't say that it has been
the stupidest decision I've made in my life but
it definitely was not the smartest. I'm taking
my enlistment one day at a time and counting
the days until I'm out. I got lucky in that my
job in the Navy has really good "benefits". I'll
use the military for all it's worth and all that
I can get my hands on. That's how I get by;
knowing that in the end I'll have the last
laugh. Only two more years to go and I'm
free! Until next time, take it easy.

So, there I was, not only in front of most
of my classmates and their parents, but also
in front of what seemed to be the entire
population of Stamford, Connecticut.

As I stood there, with my dopey look-
ing headgear on, and shorts, and I hate shorts,
a "Greenwich High School" t-shirt, and "Ti-
ger" brand wrestling shoes, I felt ready to
faint. I didn't want to be there. I wanted to be
home. Launching frogs in Estes Rockets. I
wanted to be home. Riding up and down my
driveway on my cool ass "Chopper" Stin-
gray type bike. I wanted to be home. Look-
ing at the Hustler magazines I had hidden
out in the woods in a stone fence, next to the
six pack of Coors. Under the fourth big rock
near the big tree with the white things on
them.

As I looked at my opponent, his name
was Brandon, which I'll never forget, it looked
like he didn't want to be there either. He
would have probably ra ther been home play-
ing with frogs or riding up and down his
driveway, too. Or even reading porno, al-
though he was the type that would never

admit to it. His was too clean, and his hair
was too straight. He was definitely the Sports
Illustrated Swim Wear Issue kinda guy

"You guys ready to mix it up?" said the
referee to both of us, as he stood there in his
black and white striped shirt and whistle
between his lips.

"Urn, errr," I mumbled.
"Well?" yelled the referee.
"Go Tabb, go!" yelled Coach Moxhay
from the side of the mat.

Suddenly the whole school started to
cheer, as did Stamford. The noise was deaf-
ening, and I felt like I was gonna puke.

"Okay," said the referee, "ready, set...."
I looked Brandon in the eyes. He looked
at his shoes. He was more scared then me.
That is why when the whistle blew, and it
was time to wrestle, I didn't know what to
do.

I never intended to be on the wrestling
team. Ever. It was all my father's big idea.
Like being in the school band.

"George," he would say, "when I was
your age I was on the school football team."
I would just look at him, blankly.
"You should definitely go out for foot-
ball, then, maybe, you'd have a chance of
maybe having one date."

I would tell my dad that I was in tenth
grade, I weighed 96 pounds, and I'd be pul-
verized.

"But it would make you a man," he'd
tell me.

Then my step-mother, who was some-
how always around for these conversations,
would join in.

"Your dad's right," she'd say with her
heavy Long Island accent, "football guys
always get the girls. They're well hung".
"Well hung? Is that Chinese?" I'd ask.
It was then my dad would tell my step-
mom to leave the room. "Look son," he'd
say, and I knew the serious stuff was gonna
fly because he said "son", "you are at an age
when you should be on a sports team. Join
one or get out of my house."

That was my dad's way of making me
do stuff. Either threatening to kick me out, or
telling me I was going to go to Military
School. I think I would have had fun being an
Army guy. They got to play with real guns.
So, in ninth grade, after not making the
baseball team because the kid with the one
arm in my grade could throw, catch, pitch,
and hit better then me, I went out for wres-
tling. I tried going out for football, but the
coach just looked at me, and then told me to
come back when I'd reached puberty.

Coach Leonard was the guy in charge,
and I liked him because he had a big Jewish
afro like me, and Gabe Kaplin, from "Wel-
come Back Kotter."

"So you want to be a wrestler?" I re-
member Coach Leonard saying to me the
first day of practice. There were no try-outs,
everyone made the team. Which was also

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why I joined.

"No," I replied, "I want to actually be a
film-maker, but my dad wants me to be on a
sports team."

"Oh," replied Coach Leonard.

"Actually, " I said, "You could just
keep me on the bench the whole season if
you want, I wouldn't mind."

He just laughed . Then told me to go get
changed.

The first day of practice was so tough,
that I walked around for an entire week
afterwards charlie-horsed. My neck was so
stiff I couldn't turn sideways, and it felt like
my groin was on constant fire. Which was
kind of a neat feeling, actually.

That first day we learned to do spins,
which is when one guy put his chest on the
other guy's back, and then goes around in
circles. Once every revolution your private
parts would be in some guys face, or your
face, in some guys crotch. We also learned to
start wrestling from the kneeling position.
This time, some guys ass was in your face, or
your ass up some guy's nose.

Then there was the kneeling take-
down, where you would reach between the
guy's legs and grab his arms, and knock him
down that way. Of course, your hand and
arm would rub up against the penis and nuts
of the guy, or he'd do it to you. The whole
thing was rather odd. And I began to feel
uncomfortable with the whole thing.

"George," said Coach Leonard to me
about the second or third week of practice, "
You don't seem to be really 'going tough',
what's the problem?"

I hated that term, "going tough". That
is what all the other kids and coaches would
say. "Go Tough!". Whatever the hell that
meant.

"No problem, Coach Leonard," I re-
plied to him and his afro.

"You don't seem to be getting into it,
what's wrong?"

I explained to the coach that although
this all seemed neat and stuff, I really didn't
like grabbing other guys, and touching their
weenies and stuff. That I hadn't even touched
girls like I was touching guys now.

"Are you afraid that wrestling will
make you gay?" he asked, with a very seri-
ous look on his face.

"I don't know what I'm afraid of," I
said to the coach.

Our first match in ninth grade, for Cen-
tral Junior High School, was against Darien.
Our second, Stamford. Our third, Ridge-
field, and fourth, New Canaan. I got to sit on
the bench at every match, and was very
happy about that fact. I got to watch other
guys pound each other into the mats, win,
and lose. On a whole, our team was doing
great. I think we were four and zero.

Then came the fifth match. Against
Norwalk. It was on our home turf, meaning,
our school, and lots of people turned out.

Including my brothers and sisters.

"Ya ready to wrestle today, Tabb?"
asked Coach Leonard.

"Naw," I replied, "But I'll watch."

"Go into the locker room," explained
Coach Leonard, "and put on the uniform.
You're wrestling first."

I asked him why I had to wrestle at all,
and why, in God's name, did I have to go
first.

"Because I said so, and you are in the
lowest weight class," was the reply.

I went into the locker room and suited
up.

Now I have to tell you, I hate wrestling
uniforms. They consist of sissy shoes, and
tights. Well, short tights. That have a v-neck
t-shirt thing attached. You slip them on over
your legs and pull them up over your shoul-
ders. The things are so tight you can see
every bulge. Since I hadn't really reached
puberty yet, my bulge wasn't so big.

I returned to a very crowded gymnasi-
um, with lots of people cheering. I walked
out of the locker room with my hands over
my head, saying, "I'm the champ, I'm the
champ". I dunno, I saw it in a movie some-
where.

"Ready Tabb," asked my coach with
the 'fro.

"I guess so," was my reply.

The score board lit up, and my name
was on it. As well as the kid's name from
Norwalk. His last name was Taylor. And he
looked big and tough even though we were
in the same weight class.

When the referee blew the whistle, this
Taylor kid comes at me, and the next thing I
know I'm on the ground, on my stomach,
and he's trying to turn me over for a pin. I
wouldn't move, and it seemed like hours he
was trying to turn me over.

"Just give up, you pussy," the Taylor
kid would say to me the whole time I was on
my stomach.

"Just roll over, let me pin you and it
will be all over."

But I wouldn't move. I didn't want my
first match to end like that. Plus, this guy was
an asshole.

Taylor just kept driving his chin into
my shoulders and bending my arm back-
wards, trying to make me give up from the
pain. And it was painful. He also, for some
reason, drove his crotch into my rear end.

"Roll over, faggot, and make it easy on
yourself," he whispered in my ear as his chin
dug deeper into my back, and I could feel the
pain shoot down my legs.

Then something odd happened. Dur-
ing all this, and all this contact against my
body, which was usually reserved for fights
with my brothers, I started to get an erection.
While I was on my stomach.

"Thirty more seconds of pain, mother-
fucker, turn over," hissed Taylor to me.

"No way," I managed to yelp out as

tears of pain ran down my cheeks. There was
no way he, or anyone else, was gonna see my
boner. But then the whistle blew.

"Okay guys, said the referee, "break it
up".

Taylor got off of me and stood up. I
stayed on the mat. Erection hidden from
everyone.

"You can get up now," said the referee.
"Do I have to?" I asked.
"Get up you pussy," yelled Taylor,
before his coach came and grabbed him and
dragged him away.

"Are you hurt?" asked the referee.
I thought about that. I could say I was,
then maybe a stretcher would come out, and
I'd be dragged away, but I'd still have to turn
over. "No," I said, I'll get up.

And I did so, very slowly. I held my
hands in front of my penis, and thought
about dead babies. I thought about dog shit.
I thought about killing frogs in the woods. I
thought about the Hustler I hid in the woods.
About all those breasts and those pink, um,
thingies. My erection got stronger.

I walked over to my side of the mat,
and Coach Leonard approached me.

"What's wrong George, why are your
hands by your crotch? Did he knee you?
That's illegal. We can call the match..." said
Coach Leonard.

"Umm," I stammered.

"What is wrong," demanded the coach.

"I popped a boner," I whispered in his

ear.

It was then Coach Leonard started to
laugh. Not loud. But loud enough.

"What's so funny Coach Leonard?"
asked Joe Eaton, the captain of our team.
"Nothing," said Coach Leonard.
I looked at him, and felt more tears
welling up.

"Look George," said Coach Leonard,
"It's perfectly normal for boys your age to
get erections at strange times. Don't worry
about it. Just go out there and do your best."
And with that, he patted me on the
back, and sent me back in front of the whole
school, with my hands blocking my crotch. I
heard a lot of whispering from the stands.

"Are you ready boys?" asked the refer-
ee?

We both nodded our heads. The refer-
ee's eyes, and Taylor's eyes went to my
hands.

"Is there a problem?" asked the refer-
ee.

"No problem at all," was my response.
The whistle was blown, and the next
thing I knew I was on the ground, and Taylor
was on top of me. Again.

"Turn over now, Jew boy, and it'll all
be over," snarled Taylor.

As I was about to tell him to fuck off,
when he bent my arm so hard I yelped and
rolled over.

"Three, two, one," said the referee,

"Pinned!"

Taylor continued to lay on top of me,
and I was sure he felt my erection against his
stomach.

"You guys can get up now," said the
referee.

"Ha," said Taylor, "you really are a
faggot".

After that match with Norwalk, I was
lucky enough to warm the bench the rest of
my ninth grade wrestling career. Coach Le-
onard never said anything about that day,
but he always smiled at me a bit funny. I was
glad when I started tenth grade and a differ-
ent school.

My new coach, Coach Moxhay, was
also some sort of Doctor. I dunno what kind,
but outside of wrestling practice, everyone
called him Dr. Moxhay. He had a beard,
short brown hair, and looked very intellec-
tual.

"George," Coach Moxhay said to me
the first day of practice, "I'm not putting you
through try-outs because your the lightest
guy to go out for the team. You are automat-
ically going to be a varsity wrestler; isn't that
great?"

I looked at him blankly and wished
that I'd gone out for football, and had gotten
maimed for life.

Practice with the Greenwich High
School team was much like that with my
junior high school. We did spins, and other
stupid exercises, and I didn't get as sore the
second time around. I also didn't get another
erection while wrestling with guys, which
saved me some grief.

About a month after practicing six days
a week, we were ready for our first meet. I
had actually gotten to be a pretty good wres-
tler, and was now going up against guys in
the 107 and 1 14 weight class at practices, and
beating them. I thought that wrestling might
be an okay sport, and Coach Moxhay actual-
ly thought I had some talent.

Our first meet was against Stamford,
and I was up against a guy named Brandon.
As I stood in front of everyone in my dorky
head gear, pussy shorts/ tights and clown
shoes, I looked at Brandon. He looked at his
feet, and I could tell he was scared. Like me.
I'd never wrestled varsity. Hell, I had only
been in one other match in my life, and right
then I was wishing I was at home playing.
With my bike. Or myself.

The referee asked us if we were both
ready, and the crowd started to cheer.

Suddenly I felt all this adrenaline surge
through my veins/and I actually stood up
taller. I began to remember what that Taylor
guy had said to me in junior high, and I
wanted revenge. I wanted to nail his ass
good. Show him I was a great wrestler, and
wasn't gonna take shit from no one. I wanted
to see that Taylor guy bleed, and scream in
agony. Of course the only problem was that
it wasn't Taylor I was wrestling, it was some

kid named Brandon.

"Fuck it," I thought to myself, "Taylor,
Brandon, what's the difference. My enemy is
my enemy, and I must destroy him."

The referee blew the whistle, and I
went in for the kill right away. I grabbed
Brandon's legs, knocked him the ground,
and had him on his back before he knew
what was happening.

"How do ya like this?" I found myself
saying to Brandon as he lay on his back and
the referee began the final count, "how does
it feel to lose, fucker?"

"Three, two one, pin!" yelled the refer-
ee, and then blew his whistle.

I looked at the clock and fifteen sec-
onds had elapsed since the beginning of the
match.

"I beat you in fifteen seconds," I said to
Brandon not looking at his face.

I heard him sob. So I looked . I shouldn't
have.

There he was, laying on the mat, cry-
ing. Tears running down his cheeks. Sud-
denly I felt like total shit.

"I'm sorry," I said, and meant it. But it
didn't matter. The damage was done. I had
gone after this guy and taken him down.
Embarrassed him in front of his school, and
shown him what an asshole I was. I wanted
revenge, and had gotten it. I wanted to show
everyone what a tough man I was, and I
guess I did.

"I'm sorry," I said to Brandon again,
and tried helping him get up. He just pushed
me away, and kept crying.

Suddenly I was surrounded by my
team and Coach Moxhay. They all picked me
up in the air and paraded me around, chant-
ing, "Fifteen Seconds! Fifteen Seconds!!"

As I looked at my team, and the crowd,
who were cheering wildly, I felt totally alien-
ated. I didn't want to be around these peo-
ple, and as soon as they put me down, I ran
into the locker room, and stayed there for the
rest of the match. I didn't want to see Bran-
don's face. Ever again.

I remained on the varsity wrestling
team the rest of the tenth grade, but I didn't
wrestle again more than twice. And each
time I lost on purpose.

Finally Coach Moxhay found a replace-
ment for me. It turns out some guy on our
team lost lots of weight, and was able to
compete in my weight class. He won every
match, and became known as "The Little
Killer". That year our team went on to come
in second in the Western Division, and fifth
in the FCIAC

On the last day of wrestling practice,
Coach Moxhay gave us all our varsity letters.
A big "G" for Greenwich. While everyone
put theirs on their varsity jackets, I gave
mine to my dad. He thanked me and told me
it made him proud. ■

But not me. I didn't like who I had
become during that first high/school match.

And it still bothers me to this day. Forget the
"G", they should have given me a big "P".
For pussy.

Take My Life, Please.
Endnotes:

1. furygeo@aol.com is my e mail address.
Snail mail to P.O. Box 2044, Canal Street
Station, New York, N.Y. 10012. Also, check
out our cool ass site by Rat, at: http://
www.edgeglobal.com/jason/furious.html

2. Not much new stuff this month..however,
check out the new Sideshow Bob single, The
Riverdales new record, and The Atomic Vom-
its Demo. Punk Rock. Also look for the new
issue of the cool zine, Bar-b-qued Air! And
Aunt Franne!

3. "Got No Time" is a quote from the Blanks
77, and I'm using it here. About to go on tour
with F.Y.P. By the time you read this, Furi-
ous George should be back home, safe, and
playing video games and fighting with each
other. But look for us on tour this fall. We'll
be in your town, drinking your beer, and
hitting on your girlfriends. Naw, we'll leave
that to the Blanks. Pink Rock, as my pal Tom
says!

Once upon a time there was a corpora-
tion called Apple. It made computers for
average citizens and claimed to be a rebel
standing against companies that wanted to
monopolize the computer and software in-
dustry. Its advertisements even encouraged
people to "question authority." Unfortunate-
ly, those at Apple found out the hard way
what happens to corporate mavericks who
thumb their noses at the rest of big business,
who have the audacity to make commercials
where solitary rebels throw sledgehammers
at authoritarian video screens. With profits
nose diving, Apple had the choice of either
rotting away into nothingness or dealing with
the devil. It chose the latter; it made an agree-
ment to work with Microsoft Inc., headed by
Bill Gates, the JP Morgan of the software
world.

As the New World Order spills more
technology onto the planet, perhaps the pub-
lic will learn something from the story of
Apple: the public will realize that the myth of
our future being protected by good guys on
Macs is dead; that our fate is under the heel of
the same power based monstrosities which
have ruled us far too long, monstrosities far
more powerful than Microsoft, monstrosities
like IBM.

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One of the top ten largest corporations
and the largest manufacturer of computers
and computerized systems in the world, In-
ternational Business Machines came to life in
1914 through the efforts of T.J. Watson. A
believer in top down decision making, Wat-
son instilled in his workers an almost fanati-
cal respect for both the corporation and his
leadership. Amongst other things employees
were expected to memorize the company's
fight song, which contains lyrics like, "Our
voices swell in admiration; of T.J. Watson
proudly sing; he'll be our inspiration, to him
our voices loudly ring..."

By the 1930's IBM had established itself
worldwide as a prominent manufacturer of
business machines. Meanwhile, Watson's
spirited control tactics gained him respect
and praise from world leaders such as Adol-
ph Hitler, who in 1937 presented Watson
with the Order of Merit of the German Eagle
with Star for "Foreign nationals who have
made themselves deserving of the German
Reich."

A major part of the IBM success story
has been its cozy relationship with the US
government. From the end of World War I to
the present, IBM has raked in billions upon
billions of dollars from federal contracts. By
this point IBM computer systems are the back-
bone of every governmental agency from the
NSA to the CIA to the Department of De-
fense, which includes of course the defense
network designed to respond to nuclear con-
frontation. Of course the United States is not
the only government to ha ve such warm deal-
ings with "Big Blue," as IBM is often called.
Repressive governments around the
world use IBMs to monitor their citizens and
plan useless wars. During the apartheid years
in South Africa, IBM was the largest supplier
of computers and system software to the South
African police. The company even bid on
designing the country's dreaded electronic
pass system, which made it difficult for non-
whites to go anywhere. Unfortunately for
IBM a British company won the contract.

Besides keeping itself close to various
authoritarian regimes, IBM also keeps itself
tied to the actions of other large multinational
corporations. In the process of what is known
as "interlocking," where a corporation shares
its board members with another, IBM con-
nects with corporations from Shell to Du-
pont. Currently, IBM is trying to weed its way
into various interactive fields of communica-
tion and media. One idea it has been working
on with the Viacom corporation is to have CD
manufacturing plants in Blockbuster Music
stores. Basically these devices would make a
CD on request for a customer who would
then be saved the hassle of actually looking
for it themselves.

Like any corporation, IBM depends on
new ideas to keep itself stomping along. New-
er, faster computers are required to dupe
people into believing that the one they bought

a year ago is obsolete. Apart from computers,
IBM is looking deeper into the future for
other forms of technology to sell, as are all the
other huge electronics multinationals in the
world. The only way companies such as IBM,
Philips, and Sony can hope to continue pro-
ducing and selling new devices is by receiv-
ing aid from a very special group of people;
that group of artisans in love with the ideal of
creating progress: scientists.

Sometimes I wonder if there is some-
thing in the human character which longs for
tragedy. Why is it that people will knowingly
build cities on major earthquake fault lines, or
why do they build their homes on the banks
of rivers known to flood? Out of all the types
of people seemingly bent on forgetting the
past and manufacturing disaster, none seem
more apt than scientific researchers. Even
though we have almost exterminated our-
selves with scientific blunders such as the
atom bomb, it is apparent that many scien-
tists have learned very little about the dan-
gers of playing god, always searching deeper
into the great closet of the unknown for the
tools they need to reshape reality in their own
image.

Recently some computer scientists at
Stanford turned on the switch of what is
being called the first actual mechanical brain.
Capable of forming its own neural networks,
it is thus capable of learning. Driving home to
California from Richmond, Virginia, I had
the chance to hear on the radio a computer
scientist glorifying this new, electronic intel-
lect. According to him, once this artificial
brain is plugged into information centers such
as the Internet it will begin to learn, to grow,
and to eventually exert control over the re-
sources we depend on. The scientist speculat-
ed that electronics corporations like Sony will
probably start installing computer chips in
their products so that the new intellect can
keep in contact with people through a variety
of appliances.

These were not the thoughts of a com-
plete lunatic, but of someone actually con-
nected to the project, a researcher for various
interests he refused to name, a past editor for
Mondo magazine. They were also not the
thoughts of a person speaking out of fear. He
seemed to see nothing but a potential cyber
paradise created from this artificial intelli-
gence. The host of the radio program the
scientist was on wasn't quite so sure. He
asked what would happen if this new con-
sciousness decided that humanity was a prob-
lem. The scientist answered that perhaps we
have entered a stage in our evolution where
we can either evolve with the new technology
or it will destroy us. One thing is certain,
according to him: there is nothing we can do
to stop it.

Given that all research on Artificial In-
telligence is being funded by either the mili-
tary or large corporations it's almost a sure
bet that any such consciousness created will

be psychotic and potentially lethal. Nonethe-
less, although it may cause us a great deal of
suffering, it will more than likely not be our
agent of destruction. We have proven our
knack for combining self mutilation with a
will to survive, even if it means existing as a
frightened, wounded creature of a species,
always on the run from our own reflection.
More horrific than the prospect of one of our
insane tools killing us is the probability that
we'll take our pain and our devices into the
universe. From all indications that's where
we're heading.

In February, 1988, the Reagan Adminis-
tration announced an initiative to encourage
the private sector to explore space: an initia-
tive to encourage corporate interests in mar-
keting the solar system. The Clinton adminis-
tration has taken space exploitation even fur-
ther by allowing the privatization of NASA.
Now even such items as space shuttles are
apparently up for sale, the space shuttle Co-
lumbia being at least half owned by business-
es who want to paint its exterior with the
logos of corporate sponsors. Besides paying
NASA to use Columbia as an advertising
platform, there are even better ways outer
space can help corporations get their message
across.

Imagine looking up in the night sky to
see huge global orbiting billboards, each ap-
pearing to be the size of the moon. Sound
farfetched? A company called Space Market-
ing in Georgia doesn't think so. For about the
last five years they have been trying to launch
the first such platform. A fairly simple proce-
dure, the mile long billboards fold up into a
small rocket payload. Once outside the atmo-
sphere, they are released to unfold like um-
brellas, completely visible to the eyes of those
back on earth. The only thing which has pre-
vented Space Marketing from launching one
so far has been the threat of lawsuits and
potential protests from various groups and
individuals who want the night sky to remain
clear of floating commercials. So Space Mar-
keting can only sit and wait until the day
when people will present less opposition to
the idea. When that day arrives, people con-
cerned about out misuse of the solar system
will probably have their hands so full fight-
ing other galactic capitalist schemes that a
billboard or two will slip past them, and then
it will be too late.

Once beyond fouling our own nest, the
next stop for humanity is the Moon, logically
enough. The Moon is full of a variety of
lucrative materials such as Titanium, and
thus the first large scale human operations on
it will probably be mining colonies. In fact,
the search for minerals to help make up for
the resources we have stripped from our own
dying planet is currently the number one
corporate incentive to explore our solar sys-
tem. Second in line is the idea of finding other
planets to spread people to so that we can
continue to spawn more potential consum-

ers.

The only way large populations of peo-
ple will ever be able to seed the universe is by
finding other worlds which can sustain life.
Since in our solar system only one such world
exists, there are basically two options: 1. for-
get the idea of expansion, start working on
ways to save the planet, cutting consumption
of resources, encouraging birth control, etc. ..2.
change other planets to fit our needs. Obvi-
ously since the first option challenges the
growth of business it has been left up to
scientists to find a way to make the second
option more feasible. Their solution: "Ter-
raforming."

Take a lifeless, barren planet such as
Mars, melt its polar ice caps, import plants
that will produce oxygen, and you have a
tailor made planet for the people of earth.
This is what Terraforming is all about, and
apparently scientists at NASA have made
quite a bit of progress in the field, including
creating an algae that will grow in Martian
soil. Still, even if methods for mutating other
planets into homes for humankind exist, it
will be quite a number of years before hu-
manity has developed reasonable methods
for transporting enough people through space
to successfully colonize worlds like Mars.
This fact has not swayed the scientists or the
twisted entities funding them from trying to
forge ahead with a "growth at all costs" form
of progress. Instead of seeing outer space as
the final frontier, many scientists have fo-
cused their efforts inward to the world of
DNA and beyond. This is a world which
might eventually help us again in our efforts
to expand into the universe; but what form
we will actually take by the time we are
finished playing with our molecules is a dif-
ferent question, and one I'll take a closer look
at next time.

Note: For those of you who read my
column last issue and may have found the
end somewhat confusing, my apologies. I
was on the road and the column sent to MRR
was the wrong, uncorrected one. Although
my writing may have not clarified the ideas of
Neil Postman, hopefully readers may have
gained some useful information on the histo-
ry of Luddism.

There's a most interesting LP compila-
tion available on Helen of Oi for you street-
punks. It's Vol. 2 of Punks, Skins and Her-

berts- "What Ha ve You Got To Smile About. "
Thefirstband featured is the brilliant BOWER
'96 from Philadelphia, PA., and this band
kicks ass! You must listen to "Daily Gossip",
"Knuckle Girls," "Piece Of American Pie"
and "Rest In Pain." This is raucous as fuck
punk! BOVVER '96 has great singing backed
by a powerhouse of guitars and drums. This
is one of the better streetpunkbands to emerge
in recent memory!

Next up is STANLEY KNIFE from
Camperdown, N.S. W., Australia, with a row-
dy set of six nasty punk tunes with prominent
guitar and harmonies from the lads.

On side two you start of f with SKINT of
Dublin, Ireland, carving out their terrority
with some good songs including "Strike,"
"You Rise," and "We're Still Here." This is
slower, melodic oi with singalongparts. Good
shit.

Up next is RUNNIN' RIOT from Bel-
fast, N. Ireland, singing "Keep The Faith" and
"Out Of Control" and "Judge, Jury And Exe-
cutioner"- this has strong singing somewhat
reminiscent of COMBAT 84's singing style.
Excellent guitar playing accompanies the lot.

Last participant on this compilation is
SAD SOCIETY from Edinburgh, Scotland,
playing a refined kind of melodic punk with
trade off male-female vocals.

Did you locate a copy of Helen Of Oi 7"
Streetpunk EP Compilation Number 28? This
one features some first rate oi/streetpunk
bands. Out of the gate you have England's
BRAINDANCE doing "Fine City." Next
you've got the always tough OXYMORON
from Germany, playing their tune "Skunk."
Third up is the U.S.A.'s own
BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, doing their
theme song by the same name. The killer
tracks provided at the end are by the mighty
DISCOCKS - Japan's finest! Listen to "We Are
Proud Punks" & "Pogo Till I Fuckin' Die."
This is the real shit! Get it punk!

You friggin' punks are mighty lucky!
THE BUSINESS' entire collection of singles
is available on two glorious LPs. It's called
"Harry May The Singles Collection," and you
can plow right through "Harry May,"
"National Insurance Blacklist," "Smash The
Discos," "Loud, Proud And Punk," "Drinkin'
N Drivin'," "Do A Runner" and much more!
These LPs will save you from the collector
prices these singles are fetching nowadays.
Perhaps you can invest your hard earned
dollars in a ticket to THE BUSINESS show
when they come to your town. A pint of stout
would be in order. Long liveTHE BUSINESS!

The raging French punk band OBNOX-
IOUS has rereleased its first EP. "Sickness" on
the Fight 45 label. This fucker has some hard-
edged punk songs such as "I Hate You,"
"Punx Not Tramps," "Love Your Money,"
"Mom & Dad" and "Homeless." This shit is
brutal fast - it takes no prisoners. Also avail-
able for you completists: Last month's 10"
entitled "Bastards" on Drop Dead Records

and a 12" picture disc alsoon Fight 45 Records.
Contact the respective labels for their prod-
uct. Drop Dead Records, 3 Rue de Berne,
67000 Strasbourg,France. Fight 45 Records,
19 Rue Germain Pilon, 78018, Paris, France.

The world famous WORKIN' STIFFS
are back in yer face with a bu-tee-full picture
disk on TKO Records. This 7" has two great
songs: "Whippin' Boy" and "Better Than a
Bitter Man". These guys can turn a snide
streetpunk song into a fuckin' anthem with
just a twist of a knob! You can overlook the
ugly mugs peering out of this pic-disk be-
cause the music is some of the best in the land !

The WORKIN' STIFFS teamed up with
the DROPKICK MURPHYS and the RAN-
DUMBS to take the Northeast by storm! The
reports are still trickling in about extremely
bad behaviour and many errors in judgment!

TKO Records has smash hit record num-
ber three with THE FORGOTTEN EP "Class
Separation". This fucker bursts out with
feisty streetpunk songs well produced by Mr.
Frederickson. Four excellent songs inhabit
this jewel of a record i Craig and the crew start
off with "Class Separation" which has a nice
BUSINESS feel to it. "Skunx" is a winner with
that homage to RANCID flavor. Flip this
record over and you have two first quality
punk rock songs. "Horrorshow" is fast and
catchy- you'll like this shit! The whole extrav-
aganza is wrapped up in fine form with the
song "Nothing To Lose" , a good showcase
for Gordon's vocals with the band providing
tight back-up vocals. The FORGOTTEN
record stands tall - punk and proud! You
actually need all the TKO Records product:
ONE MAN ARMY, "Bootlegger's Son", THE
WORKIN' STIFFS and THE FORGOTTEN.
All top flight punk rock!

A hot Brit-punk import slab this month
would be the EPby FILTH entitled "Stay In
Bed, Die Happy". This release should bring a
smile to COCKNEY REJECTS fans every-
where. The 1234 Record label has two other
releases this month that should be mentioned.
THE STAINS have a bit of a UK SUBS feel to
them on the "Independent" 45. Lastly, those
old farts, the GONADS have a 45 called "Oi!
Nutter" and it continues the good natured -
high spirited legacy the GONADS have ad-
hered to for many years.

One of the strongest punk rock records
this month is submitted by an English band
called THE RESTARTS. This hammer EP op-
erates under the moniker of "...Just Gets
Worse" and this shit fuckin' kicks you in the
head! The good lyrics abound: "They're not
solving the poverty trap, instead they're ask-
ing people to be rats. Fink on your neighbors
pits poor against poor. You get jealous v\jhen
someone gets more. Mind your own business
and watch your back you curtain twitching
informant rat." There are excellent deep vo-
cals with superior guitar, bass and drum push-
ing the whole EP right into an urgent political
stance. It's refreshing to have such strident

punk rock coming out in these bland days of
pop and dance bullshit! As the RESTARTS
say: "The illusion of hope is all but gone".
Contact: Blind Destruction Records, Box 29,
82 Colston St., Bristol B51 5BB, U.K..

For you hardcore/punk knuckleheads
we have two outrageous punk rereleases.
First from Japan in 1984 you have GAI's "Ex-
termination" EP, with some extremely raw
guttural singing and punked out guitar. The
title cut "Extermination", "Liar" and "Hate in
The Memories" are all raging! Next we have
SCAPEGOATS 1981-1985 from Germany.
This is a brutal hardcore attack possibly culled
from two early cassette tapes the band did
way back in the halcyon days of hardcore.

An arsenal of hardcore punk weapons
bristles when GENERATION EXCREMENT
comes steamin' into your house to drop the
bombs! This hardened bunch of punks brings
good politics and roughneck music to your
town from up Chicago way. Give a listen to
"I'll be Back...You'll be Fucked", "I Need a
Gun", "All of Us", and "Reach Out". This is
good punk rock in the URBN DK vein. Write
to ; Will E. Survive Records, P.O. Box 2065
Northlake IL. 60164.

Stompin' out of Pensacola, Florida ya
got the band BULLET PROOF with some
rowdy punk rock that should appeal to all
you beer drinkers and hellraisers. BULLET
PROOF is set to release a 7" on Beer City
Records and all indications are that its gonna
rock hard!

Totally snotty with a bad attitude, ANTI-
TRUST come to drink your alcohol and break
up your furniture. The new ANTI-TRUST EP
on Anti-Trust Records is called "Double Se-
cret Probation" and if you like your punk
snarling and mean you gotta check these
fucks out! It's fast and hard with some of the
same chaotic blood lines as "Bomb Squad-
ron". Listen to this EP!

The REGISTRATORS have a really good
single out — don't panic — you can actually
hear the singing and guitar on this particular
release. Hiroshi and the REGISTRATORS
know punk rock! If you get a chance to see
these guys live, get out the house and go! A
completely fun time is guaranteed!

THE BRIDES put on a blazing punk
rock set during their Kilowatt appearance!
The new single contains "Pushed Around"
b/w "Get To You" - two rockin' little num-
bers! Write to THE BRIDES, 1326 Chicago
Ave. #401, Evanston, IL 60201.

If you are wandering around the South-
ern California environs check out TEXAS
TERRI AND THE STIFF ONES. This lady lets
it all hang out! Forceful Patti Smith/Iggy Pop
style punk rock that harkens back to days of
fore. You must hear "Situation" and "Oh
Yeah". A truly kinetic and moving stage per-
former, Texas Terri is an impassioned punk
rocker! Contact the STIFF ONES at P.O. Box
3478, Hollywood, CA 90078-3478 or call 213-
467-5801. Rockin' good shit!

The baddest men in the universe came
to the coast and left a wake of ■ destruction!
TURBONEGRO has been making great
records for years and many of you are well
aware of that fact, but few were prepared for
the total and complete mayhem that insued
during a live TURBONEGRO performance!
When these sick fucks break out a song like "I
Get Erection" or" Midnight Nambla" You
better have your titanium jockey shorts on
cuz there's definitely gonna be some noctur-
nal emissions! This band puts on a full
fledged three ring circus every time they grace
the stage! The guitar player has some moves
that you ain't gonna see anywhere else! Catch
TURBONEGRO live when they come back
next year. Go buy the Sympathy for the
Record Industry CD "Ass Cobra"-It has lots
of great hits like "Bad Mongo"," Mobile
Home" a cover of the classic song by THE
LEWD, "I Get Erection"," Midnight Namb-
la", "Prince of the Rodeo", "Denim Demon"
and more! TURBONEGRO stands alone as
the most perverse, the most foul, the most
wretched rock and roll band in existence!
You young pups wish you could rock one
tenth as hard as these wizened old Norwe-

gians!

See ya round...
See ya in Hell!

I just spent an hour at my local record
store browsing the zines, then came home
depressed because the only new zine I saw
raved about the worst third wave ska bands
and actually said Screeching Weasel's "Wig-
gle" was the best new CD of 1997. Luckily I've
had a few good zines sent to me in the mail to
hold me over.

The biggest surprise of the month is the
triumphant return of Scam! It's been two
years since the last issue and Iggy has man-
aged to stay out of jail, the hospital (well, he
said he did break his collarbone in a bike
accident) and hasn't been run over by a train.
Gone are the tips about how to scam and steal
that the first issue was loaded with. Instead
you get Iggy's travel stories, his personal
crime anecdotes, consisting mostly of steal-
ing Schlitz, and more Miami history than you
could find in the Chamber of Commerce. And
way more fucking interesting. What makes
Scam such a great zine is Iggy's ability to both
create situations from nothing, and write
about go-nowhere situations and make them
so interesting. For example, there's a reprint
of a flier that says, "Damaged in Downtown!

Iggy and Buddha will be playing Black Flag's
"Damaged" LP on a huge radio downtown.
We will be pushing the radio in a shopping
cart..." I can't think of a better way to kill
boredom, and "Damaged" is definitely the
soundtrack to kill to. There's punk in here
too. He interviews The Eat and reviews a
Descendents reunion show that made me feel
like an old grump.

I would definitely say this is one of the
best zines I've seen in a long time. Copies are
available for $2 ppd from Recess Records, PO
Box 1112, Torrance, CA 90505.

Another zine I'd like to recommend
would be Motion Sickness simply for the
interview with Aaron from the Probe. It's so
hard to find zines doing good interviews, and
the blame can only be partially laid on the
interviewer. I put most of the blame on the
person being interviewed. It seems most peo-
ple don't have anything interesting to say,
but Aaron is a goddamn riot. Send $1 plus a
couple stamps to Motion Sickness, 6221 Del-
mar Blvd., Apt. 202 REAR, St. Louis, MO
63130. } shouldn't even have to remind you to
order a copy of the latest Probe, but I will
anyway. Send Aaron $4 to PO Box 5068, Plea-
sonton, CA 94566.

I can honestly say that Monozine is the
only zine that ever given me a nightmare.
After reading the "Sickbed" issue, I swear, I
had a nightmare about not being able to shit.
Issue #3 focused on human ailments. There
were stories about lumps people found on
their bodies, eating raisins that were filled
with maggots (followed by bouts of puking,
of course), skin cancer and a cap stuck in a
guys nose for over 20 years, but what really
disturbed me was the first-person story about
the guy who wouldn't shit when he was a kid.
He just refused to go because he was so up-
tight and he eventually had to be hospitalized
and given enemas and suppositories until he
cleaned himself out. After reading the story,
I dreamed I had the worst stomach ache and
just knew the only way to make it stop was
going to the hospital for an enema. For other
tales, send $1 plus a few stamps to Monozine,
PO Box 598, Reisterstown, MD 21136

When it comes to shit and zines, no one
can top We Like Poo. Tara loves takingdumps
and the entire bathroom habits and protocol
that go along with dropping mud. She photo-
graphs her BMs and reprints them for your
pleasure. Her zine is so pleasantly disgust-
ing, I left it on the coffee table in my living
room. My roommate Vaugn picked it up and
said, "This zine rules. I've love to take a dump
on the head of whoever does it." As a guy
who hates everything, it was the best compli-
ment the guy has given anyone all year.
There's also San Francisco bathroom reviews,
a poo diary and reviews of scat videos. Feel
free to send Tara your person anecdotes for
upcoming issues. Send $2 to We Like Poo,
3128 16th St. #125, San Francisco, CA 94103.
If anyone is interested in receiving two

pounds of zines, go ahead and send me a
large SASE and $3 in stamps (DO NOT SEND
CASH) and I'll send you some stuff your way .
If I run out of stuff, I'll mail your stamps back.
Feel free to send any questions or if there are
any zine issues you'd like to see address in
this column, please drop me a line. I can be
reached at PO Box 15237, San Diego, CA
92175 or email me at <harmonl@
mail.sdsu.edu>.

"Lefty" Hooligan^^

What's

Left?

The Situationists were a theatre troupe
who put on a one-act play in Paris, France in
May-June 1968 and never managed another
performance.

(Pause for "rim shot" drum sound ef-
fect.)

Seriously folks, the Situationists were
only one small group in the upheavals of
Paris 1968. They are often credited with in-
spiring the many clever slogans and graffiti
painted on walls during the turmoil, though
Castoriadis and Sartre were far more influen-
tial than Debord and Vaneigem. "All power
to the imagination;" "Life without dead
times;" "The society that abolishes all adven-
ture makes the abolition of society the only
remaining adventure;" "It is forbidden to
forbid;" "The more I make revolution the
more I want to make love, the more I make
love the more I want to make revolution,;" "I
am a Marxist of the Groucho variety;" "Never
work;" and "I take my dreams for reality
because I believe in the reality of my dreams"
expressed the spontaneous upswell of a post-
scarcity socialist movement, one in which the
fulfillment of human desires was seen as
important, if not more so, than the meeting of
human needs.

One of my favorite slogans from Paris
1968 is "Be realistic, demand the impossible."
It tangentially expresses the point I was try-
ing to make last column. In order to get any-
thing, we must demand everything. In order
to gain even the most innocuously moderate
reforms, we need to threaten social unrest
that borders on social revolution. This can be
viewed as a meta-strategy, one that operates
in the background of other, more mundane
strategies. In order to make ourselves a cred-
ible social threat then, we need to be suffi-
ciently organized to make society ungovern-
able at the base.

Traditionally, trade unions and politi-
cal parties have been seen as the centers of
social power in the working class movement,

not merely as the twin focus around which
workers coalesced, but also as proletarian
institutions theoretically capable of emanci-
pating the working class and running society
"after the revolution." Last column I detailed
my criticisms of unions, and I've consistently
maintained that the problem with political
parties is that, if they are effective at all, they
substitute for the working class in power.
Socialist parties and syndicalist unions can
certainly run society, but they can neither
emancipate the working class nor realize so-
cialism. That's a task for the working class,
and only for the working class to accomplish
as a class, through its self-activity and self-
organization.

There are two problems with this for-
mulation. First, the proletariat's actual or-
gans of self-government — councils, commit-
tees, communes, etc., — have emerged histor-
ically only at moments of social revolution.
They rarely exist prior to a revolutionary
situation, and if the revolution fails, they are
invariably, brutally crushed. These instru-
ments of working class rule do not have long
histories of experimental practice before they
take over, In a sense, this is the problem with
socialism as a whole. Whereas the nascant
bourgeoisie created a nearly complete capi-
talist economy in embryo within feudalism's
social structure, this is not possible except in
the most rudimentary sense for the working
class building socialism within capitalism.
Economic cooperatives, mutual aid societies,
socialist printing houses and schools; even if
we throw in unions and labor parties, these
proto-socialist institutions cannot compare
to the extensive commercial leagues, trading
networks and free cities that the capitalist
class "in the making" established in the heart
of feudal Europe. The bourgeoisie is infinite-
ly more class conscious than the feudal ruling
class it overthrew. As the current ruling class,
the bourgeoisie is also well aware that an
organized proletariat is its enemy, capable of
challenging it and overthrowing it. Unwill-
ing to let the working class attain any kind of
an advantage, the capitalist class subverts the
class organization and smashes the social
power of the working class at every opportu-
nity. I'll return to this subject later in the
column.

The second problem should be obvi-
ous. Trade unions and political parties are
still with us and are not likely to go away.
Indeed, at this time there seems to be an effort
to revitalize both in the US labor movement.
Sweeney has pledged to revive the arthritic
AFL-CIO, and AFL-CIO based trade union-
ists have established a Labor Party that, so far,
is something between a pressure group and
an electoral party. The question thus becomes;
what's the relationship of folks who want a
radical, in the streets social movement to
these dubious but historically working class
institutions. The stance of embracing unions
and parties, and of working within them to

achieve socialism is not an option in my book.
While I can categorically reject any involve-
ment with party politics, my position on
unions is a bit less harsh however. Folks I
know insist that the only true revolutionary
position is to work entirely outside and total-
ly against unions. I too think that union orga-
nizing is a dead end, but I also think that we
need to take advantage of the social conse-
quences to authentic rank-and-file organiz-
ing and activism.

Let me explain.

Genuine rank-and-file union organiz-
ing and activism, much like union wildcat
actions, while entirely misdirected and de-
luded, still manage to generate some interest-
ing social consequences. Wildcat slowdowns,
sickouts and strikes; militant picket lines,
marches and demonstrations; confronting
scabs, company security and the police; ob-
structing shipments and deliveries, occupy-
ing workplaces and blocking traffic; physical
attacks on corporate property, management
and ownership; militant rank-and-file action
has frequently if unconsciously gone beyond
"trade union consciousness" in its day-to-
day struggles. I think it's important to take
advantage of these moments while retaining
a severe, up-front critique of unionism. That
means direct, autonomous participation "in
the streets" when that is possible, It also means
using the ripple effect of such activities in
society at large to initiate other, more radical
actions.

Sweeney's efforts to date have been
largely top-down, with a disturbing empha-
sis upon college students and academics. This
has not encouraged a bottom-up, rank-and-
file union response, though there are signs
that this is beginning to occur despite
Sweeney. If union activism does increase,
there will be multiplied opportunities for ex-
tra-union organizing as an immediate spin-
off. I will term this wider arena of action
revolutionary struggle as opposed to union
struggle, and I propose a molecular strategy
of labor organizing instead of unionism. This
molecular organizing strategy is based in part
upon collectives, and networks of collectives.
A collective is two, three, up to a dozen peo-
ple in a workplace willing to do things togeth-
er. I don't really care if this structure is called
a collective or a cell or an affinity group or
even a gang. The important point to empha-
size here is that this is a group of friends
willing to back each other up and take com-
mon action. The basis for their action, in turn,
is foremost the alienation and rage that daily
life under capitalism as a worker produces,
and then only incidentally some abstract po-
litical theory.

This action can range from motivating
others in the workplace to support job actions
such as slowdowns, sickouts, social strikes,
etc. to taking direct action such as sabotage,
destruction of property, attacks on manage-
ment, etc. Much of this activity, of necessity,

&mmm>

will be clandestine, but such informal groups
can surface under the right conditions and
make their deeds public. Collectives can for-
mally associate in networks around common
theory and practice, but I anticipate that such
networks will arise much more casually, per-
haps around popular underground publica-
tions. Processed World generated just such a
loose network among individual temp work-
ers a while back, and its place was taken by
Temp Slave, another excellent zine. Theory is
not crucial to collectives taking action, and
you might say that collectives represent rad-
ical practice working toward radical theory.
The compliment to the collective in the
revolutionary struggle is the revolutionary
organization. It differs superficially very lit-
tle from the collective in that it too is a group
of two, three, up to a dozen people, also
hopefully friends. It is not necessarily posi-
tioned in a workplace however, and its major
emphasis is theory and analysis. Represent-
ing the movement from radical theory to
radical practice in the revolutionary struggle,
revolutionary organizations are not impor-
tant just because of this convenient fit. They
bring up crucial issues and questions that
confront the revolutionary struggle while
keeping the struggle as a whole directed to-
ward socialism. They can act as the hub for
networks of collectives. Not only can they
impart a theoretical awareness to collectives,
they might under the right circumstances do
the same for some of those rank-and-file union
struggles that unconsciously transcend "trade
union consciousness."

It has been argued that any type of
revolutionary organization is necessarily sub-
stitutionist. The molecular organizing strate-
gy ameliorates this potential problem in at
least two important ways. First, like collec-
tives, revolutionary organizations will be
highly decentralized, minimizing any van-
guard/leadership pretensions they might
possess. As with collectives, revolutionary
organizations can coalesce into networks, yet
even a network of revolutionary organiza-
tions is a far cry from an electoral social
democratic or Leninist vanguard party. Sec-
ond, both collectives and revolutionary orga-
nizations are within the same revolutionary
struggle. Neither stands outside the struggle
striving to bring a special level of conscious-
ness to that struggle. Subsuming revolution-
ary organizations to the revolutionary strug-
gle is another safeguard against substitution-
ism.

The interaction of collectives and revo-
lutionary organizations is intended to realize
a communist class consciousness within the
revolutionary struggle. With any luck, struc-
tures intermediate and mediating between
collectives and revolutionary organizations
will arise. Finally, the entirely proletarian
composition of the collectives should effec-
tively counterpoint the potentially non-pro-
letarian membership of the revolutionary or-

ganizations. Ideally, this dialectic will serve
as a force advancing the revolutionary strug-
gle. That is, if the capitalist class doesn't sub-
vert the class organization and smash the
social power of the working class once again.
Given the above discussion, this problem has
expanded into two related topics; defending
proletarian organizing and social power pri-
or to a revolutionary situation, and maintain-
ing working class self-government during
and after a social revolution. I'll discuss the
first in relation to the analogy of pest control.
Specifically, cockroaches vs. ants.

Cockroaches are durable pests because
each cockroach is an individualistic, virtually
indestructible terrorist. They're not "social
insects," meaning they don't nest in large
hierarchical colonies or actively work togeth-
er to survive. If you're infested with them,
you have to wipe out every last blessed one of
them because, if even a single cockroach sur-
vives and that one cockroach happens to be a
gravid female, you'll have the same problem
a month or two later. In contrast, due to the
hierarchical organization of ant colonies
(winged fertile queens, sometimes royal work-
ers and guards, regular infertile wingless fe-
male workers, sometimes specialized worker
soldiers, and winged drone males) it is only
necessary to wipe out the queens and the
royal nursery in order to destroy the whole
colony. Yet ants are highly cooperative, with
scout ants laying down trails that other work-
er ants follow to food sources, bringing the
food back to their queen and her eggs. Certain
ants can form vast, devastating traveling col-
umns or armies that kill and strip anything
living in their path. There's no such thing as
"army cockroaches."

This example nicely illustrates the two
extremes in organization — cellular vs. pyra-
midal — as well as their basic advantages and
problems. Cellular organization is composed
of individual, autonomous units that act on
their own. Cellular organizations are very
hard to mobilize around a common objective,
but they are extremely difficult to destroy,
requiring that virtually every cell be wiped
out. Pyramidal organization is based on a
strict hierarchy of leadership and command.
Pyramidal organizations quite easily mobi-
lize their forces, but they are even more easily
infiltrated and destroyed, needing only for
the organization's head to be chopped off.
The molecular organizing strategy I've
sketched above is decidedly cellular so as to
help avoid the problem of state repression.

This still leaves the inexperience of the
proletariat's organs of self-government, not
to mention their vulnerability to repression.
As with the working class's lack of experience
with socialism and the ease with which so-
cialism is subverted, some 125 years of prole-
tarian insurrection and some 80 years of exist-
ing, so-called socialist regimes have provid-
ed a wealth of historical lessons that do not
readily translate into concrete solutions how-

ever. Bakunin once proposed that a secret
dictatorship by a clandestine revolutionary
organization be set up in order to shepherd
the rebelling masses through social revolu-
tion and into socialism proper, after which
the organization in question would voluntar-
ily dissolve, its task done.
Yah, right.

I'm afraid that this subject is complicat-
ed enough that I'll have to fall back on my
standard excuse, which is to say I'll deal with
it in a future column. Next issue I'll discuss
something equally fundamental; a basic, con-
crete understanding of what we want. The
abolition of wage labor should be an essential
revolutionary goal for any socialist worth his
or her salt. This central anti-work theme can
be approached with a variety of strategies,
among them what I call the strategy of push-
ing the production envelope. Something to
look forward to...

A PS on collectives. They don't have to
be tied to workplace struggles. During the
Gulf War I thought it important that people
come to antiwar demonstrations with their
posse, crew, team; a tight group of friends
prepared to watch each other's backs and
back each other up. Coming to street demos
with folks you trusted and could act confi-
dently with was also important in case pro-
test turned spontaneously to direct action, or
the police rioted, or something else unexpect-
ed happened. The collective is a versatile
form of organization.

...ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS...
MODESTLY LEFTIST LABOR JOURNAL-
ISM... I recently came across two kinda leftist
labor publications; Hard Hat Construction
Magazine (v4,nl; 8.5x11"; $2.50/issue, $12/
sub-4 issues) and Sweat: Independent Labor
MagazineofNorthAmerica(nl;4.25xll";$2.00/
issue, $15/sub-4 issues) both published by
the Center for Practical Education (POB
410724, SF, CA 94141-0724). Pro-union but
highly critical of the AFL-CIO leadership,
somewhat sympathetic to the idea of the union
based Labor Party, independent of both tired
leftist thinking and genuine revolutionary
spirit; these publications are nevertheless in-
teresting for the ways they approach their
working-class audiences. Hard Hat reports on
the construction trades, in addition review-
ing 1997pickup trucks alongside regular con-
struction job listings. Sweat offers a modest
discussion and debate of moderately left ideas
in the labor movement, giving separate Cana-
dian, US and Mexican coverage along with
columns, poetry and humor. Both provide
respectable space to culture. Browse 'em if
you find 'em at your newsstand. I liked Sweat's
motto: "Slip it in your pocket and read it on
the boss's time..."

MEXICAN "BAD GUERRILLA" UPDATE...
Turning The Tide: Journal of Anti-Racist Activ-
ism, Research & Education (vlO, n2; $3.95/
issue, $15/sub-4 issues; published by People
Against Racist Terror, POB 1055, Culver City,

Cqlvmwi

CA 90232-1055) has reprinted analysis and
translated a statement from Mexico's clan-
destine Marxist-Leninist guerrilla movement
which reveal a far more complex situation
than I sketched in my Mexico series. The
PROCUP-PDLP may or may not have had a
hand in the formation of the EPR (now the
PDPR/EPR). The two have political differ-
ences, as do a bakers' dozen of ML guerrilla
groupuscles [Revolutionary Workers Move-
ment (MRP), Southern Armed Revolutionary
Commandos (CARS), Armed Forces for the
Mexican Revolution (FARM), Zapatista Ur-
ban Front (FUZ), etc. etc. etc.]. Together with
the less ideologically rigid EZLN (the "good
guerrillas"), they've apparently prompted
Mexico's Secretary of Defense to initiate low
intensity warfare by the army in twelve "red
zones" in the states of Chiapas, Guerrero,
Oaxaca, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Pueb-
lo, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and
the central zone of Mexico City, the Federal
District, and Queretaro. Because my deadline
for this October column is the middle of Au-
gust and Turning The Tide will have another
issue out by the time you read this, be sure to
ask for the Summer 1997 one to get these
interesting documents. Things are heating up
south of the border...

LONG LIVE THE CLASS WAR... That uppi-
ty British organization, the Class War Feder-
ation, has decided to disband. For their
thought provoking reasons and self-analysis
in "An Open Letter to the Revolutionary
Movement," which is also the last issue of
their excellent tabloid Class War, send a cou-
ple of $ to Class War National Secretary, POB
3241, Saltley, Birmingham B8 3DP, UK.
PERSONAL PROPAGANDA... My book,
End Time, can be purchased from AK Press
(POB 40682, SF, CA 94140-0682) for $10. 1 can
be contacted at hooligan@sirius.com. Keep
sending me your newsworthy items and in-
teresting newsclippings c/o MRR.

Well, cuz it's my job, I must let y'all
know that the 14th Annual Folsom Street
Faire is coming up on September 29. Yep,
once again, taunts of "my chaps are bigger
than your chaps" and "I'll show you mine if
you take my cock up your ass" will be heard
along nine blocks of Folsom Street. Leather
daddies and leather babies, sm aficionados
and sm activists from all over will congre-
gate here in lovely San Francisco along with
hordes of oblivious, trendy, tiny backpack

wearin',hair-dying,just-found-punk-while-
watchin'-my-mtv, show me yer tits yelling,
disrespecting high school reminiscin' mass-
es. Do I sound bitter? Do I sound disgusted
because every underground scene has been
co-opted, exploited and mass marketed as
The Next Big Thing, even though some have
been in existence since the 1800's? Am I
annoyed by country clubbers who demand
instant acceptance into a scene just cuz De-
tails magazine made it sound so cool? Con-
trary to popular belief, shopping at the Gap,
with or without the "Friend's" haircut, does
not guarantee an invitation to every party. I
am so tired of seeing rich sexist, elitist frat
boys and the Macy 's perfume counter brides-
maids who date them intrude, dressed-up in
leather belts and wallets, hang up crepe pa-
per and dried flowers and turn every scene
into a fuckin' tea party! Having a family tree
full of slave owners may be enough to war-
rant special privileges from the U.C. Re-
gents, but elsewhere, you're on your own,
preppy... Nepotism ain't practiced here. Ac-
ceptance into a scene only comes the old
fashioned way; you earn it. For those who
really want to play, pardon me for being a
tad skeptical of your motives.. Licking my
thigh high boots while I use your ass as a
salad shooter may seem like your birthright,
but let me be the judge. Well, these things
take time. For now, just bend over and say
ahh...

I have been trying to contact Master
Jake of he Nuevelle Justine fame, but it seems
as though he's been very busy since my visit
to New York. After I spoke to him about his
escapades topping waiters in the first sm
restaurant in the US, a gaggle of reporters
found out about the little sm bistro and
flogged him with interviews until he safew-
orded. So until I can untangle him, my inter-
view waits. So til then, a little sm Strange
Daze...

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong Standard
reports that Dr. Liu runs a thriving medical
practice here, restoring virginity. Hymen resto-
ration costs about $500. She told the press, "So
many Hong Kong girls come to us. They come
just before their wedding. They don't want their
husbands to know they had many boyfriends in
the past. "

SANTA ANA, CA: A great-grandmother
dominatrix has beaten the system. On Thursday,
authorities returned whips, chains and other
bondage tools seized during a raid on the residen-
tial dungeonof Betty Davis. "I love them. They're
just my play toys," Davis, 60, told reporters. She
brandished a cat o' nine tails with plastic lashes,
explaining "This is for someone who enjoys a
little sting on their butts." Davis wore black
tights, a black see-through blouse and high heels
as she picked up the bondage items from the
Orange County Sheriffs Department, where they
had sat in the property room for months. Davis,
who claims to have 12 grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren, was arrested on Feb. 2 for

investigation of soliciting prostitution after an
undercover sheriffs deputy answered an ad in a
bondage magazine and was led blindfolded to her
townhouse. Prosecutors refused to charge her for
lack of evidence. Davis has fought ever since to
get back$20,000 worth of bondage items - includ
ing the whips and chains - seized at the time of her
arrest. The Orange County district attorney's
office also investigated an earlier incident in
which a man died at the end of a dog leash attached
to a wall in Davis' home. The death was ruled
accidental and no charges were filed. Davis' law-
yer, Tom Tanana, said Davis offered a therapeu-
tic service that didn't include sex. Davis said she
doesn 't plan to resume using her "toys" anytime
soon. "No, I'm just going to sit and lookat them,"
she said. "As long as they're sitting around, I'll
be comfortable."

SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Former Califor-
nia Assemblyman Tom Connolly was convicted
in May 1997 of felony oral sex with a 1 4-year-old
prostitute. Connolly was the co-sponsor (along
with state Senator Steve Peace) of the newsrack
bill (AB17) which outlawed the distribution of
material deemed harmful to minors in street
vending machines. Connolly was also the princi-
pal co-author of a bill that allowed the authorities
to seize automobiles used by men who solicit
commercial sex. Connolly says he picked up the
girl on October 7, 1995 and rescued her from an
abusive situation by renting a motel room for her,
using his credit card. However, she reportedly
threw in a blow job and a hot oil massage. Connol-
ly's defense that he did not know the girl was
underage didn't wash after an adult sex worker
testified that he had paid her to go down on him
while wearing schoolgirl clothes and pigtails.
AB17 was fiercely opposed by adult magazine
publishers in California, who felt they ought to be
able to market their product from vending ma-
chines as long as they did not contain illegal
obscenity. But it has been upheld by the courts on
the grounds that it's okay to restrict freedom of
speech in the name of protecting minors.

NEW YORK, NY: A woman found slain
in her upper West Side apartment lias been iden-
tified by police as a 58-year-old dominatrix who
advertised under the name Mistress Hilda. Chief
of Manhattan detective Kevin Farrell said today
the seventh floor apartment where Nadia Frey
was found had not been ransacked, but had sado-
masochistic paraphernalia. Frey was shot four
times, not repeatedly stabbed as police first re-
ported and was found on the living room floor.
Farrell said she had been arrested three times in
Virginia and Washington for prostitution. Far-
rell said Frey could have been killed by a customer
and advertised in local papers as Mistress Hilda,
a dominatrix who subjects masochistic custom-
ers to punishment. Frey was found Saturday
afternoon by the superintendent of her W. 72nd
Street building after her daughter expressed con-
cern when she could not telephone her mother.

Good thing they killed the bitch! All
them kinky shenanigans laying around the
house, she's dangerous! How outrageous!
Not as dangerous as the knife that stabbed

her or the gun that shot her four times or
wha tever actually killed her. Shooting some-
one four times or stabbing them or shooting
them or stabbing them is a lot more fucked
up than putting a grown man in diapers or
spanking the Archbishop. But newspapers
really know how to present a story; with a
slant. We are presented with no facts except
that her "seventh floor apartment had not
been ransacked, but had sadomasochistic
paraphernalia." As if it's usually one or the
other. With that kind of logic, my house is
safer than the pentagon. Also, I hear they
found the name of sportocaster Marv Albert
in her little black book. He's already being
tried for sex-abuse charges in September but
is not suspected as the killer. They just pub-
licized his name for "being one of her cli-
ents." I bet a lot of people were one of her
clients... Those who think our news is free
from censorship, couldn't recognize propa-
ganda if it subjected them to punishment
with sadomasochistic paraphernalia.

Before I go, I thought I'd pass along
this last announcement. Jay Wiseman (au-
thor of SMI 01 and the Tricks series, Greenery
Press, 3739 Balboa Ave. #195, SF CA 94121)
is currently training SM folk in beginning
and advanced First Aid and CPR. He's offer-
ing a pervert-only First Responder course,
the same material taught to police and fire-
fighters, in the Bay Area. All his courses are
fully certified Red Cross-type classes. If you
belong to an SM organization that would be
interested in having him come teach in your
area, please get in touch with him through
Greenery Press at (415) 831-2220 or call toll-
free (888) 944-4434.

See y'all at the fair. Head Nurse Queenie
and her assistant Wet Nurse aren't taking
any new patients, but if you'd like a sponge
bath or two, get in the back of the line,
preppy. Til next time, play hard... with your-
self.

THE INIMITABLE RAY SUNSHINE

The story begins with Tapeworm, a
punk rock outfit formed when three Connect-
icut high school students got together in 1 978.
The band released a three-song 7in. on their
own Hermaphrodite label. Two hundred cop-
ies were pressed and given away to talent
show attendees and to party-going friends or
the handful of people who noticed them
playing in the window of a local record shop
for the release party. Only in the past three or
so years have any details of Tapeworm or

any trace of their record emerged. Between
an old fanzine review and some detective
work, band members were eventually con-
tacted, a handful of the records emerged
from the closet, and one of the greatest Amer-
ican punk obscurities came to light. All three
songs are absolutely tops especially consid-
ering it was recorded in 1978: "Break My
Face", "I Wanna Die", and "Blues For An
Insurance Salesman". What truly distin-
guishes the record — aside from being terri-
bly rare... only 15 known copies — is the
mixing madness on the songs. Side-to-side,
back-and-forth. .. the listener's first response
is usually to check the stereo connections.
When asked about this, the band members
had only one explanation for the stereo-
phonic effects and defects: Ray Sunshine.

According to Tapeworm, Ray was a
local hippie burnout reputed for his ability
to play guitar while doing acrobatic tuck-
and-rolls and was seen, on occasion, sport-
ing sandwich boards protesting the plight of
musicians in their small Connecticut home-
town. Ray was also the only person in town
who had recording equipment. He'd put out
a couple singles himself. The Tapeworm crew
eventually went over to Ray's apartment
studio where they recorded the 7in. As band
members watched incredulously, the un-
witting engineer twiddled the knobs and
assured the teens that every thing he did was
essential to the songs. The Tapeworm took
his word, and I'm sure glad. Anyway, as a
last ditch effort to secure more copies of a
hopelessly rare record, I decided to track
down Ray. My first phone calls were laugh-
ably unsuccessful. I reached a woman who
insisted that Ray did not have a phone
(though it was listed in his name), but that
she saw him regularly and could give him a
message. With the phone route being a dead
end, I dropped a letter to his address inquir-
ing about Tapeworm. A few weeks pass... no
answer. Summer had rolled around, and I
was heading out on a road trip through
Chicago and the Northeast which would
eventually take me through Connecticut, so
I figured what the hell, I'll stop by Ray's
place. I hit the road having heard nothing
from Ray. When I arrive in Chicago, I call my
house to check up on things, and Ray had
called the day after I left. My befuddled
housemate yells at me... "who the WAS that
guy?!" Ray had her on the phone for half an
hour demanding to know if she was my
secretary or perhaps some kind of smoke
screen for the "recording industry". When
told I wasn't here, he insisted "Tell me where
he is! I can call anywhere in the world! Do
you know who I am? This is RAY SUN-
SHINE!" My housemate eventually hung up
on Ray three separate times thinking I'd put
somebody up to crank calling her. The Tape-
worm guys were right: Ray had gone off the
deep end long, long ago, and, well, I couldn't
wait to get to Connecticut. A few thousand

miles later, the day had come... Boris and I
set out for a date with Ray Sunshine. We
pulled up to the address around 1pm and
knocked on the door. A teenage girl (Ray's
half-sister, it turns out) appeared in the door-
way, and I explained myself and again asked
if Ray was around. She remember talking to
me on the phone.

"You drove all the way from Texas to
see Ray?!"

"No", I explained, "we were in the area
and thought we'd stop by."

"Oh... well, he doesn't live here. He
lives next door — in the basement." So, off
we go next door... there are some boarded-
up windows leading to the basement . We
knock on for a couple minutes and walk
around the house. No answer. Some neigh-
bors across the road, who had been watching
us the whole time, eventually holler:
"Who're you looking for?"
We tell him, and they laugh...
"Do you know what kind of a guy
you're dealing with?"

"I guess not?" I answer, wondering
what I've gotten into.

"He'll probably think you're space
aliens comin' to get him. You ain't ever gon-
na get him up at this hour. He usually comes
out around five."

At this point, Boris and I consider call-
ing the whole thing off but figure we won't
be back in this neck of the woods too often, so
we hit some stores and return a couple hours
later. My sick sense of curiosity was killing
me... the twilite zone seemed just around the
corner. We killed some time at the public
library checking out yearbook photos of the
band (no mohawks here, folks) and eventu-
ally returned to Ray's place. We knocked
and knocked and knocked. Five minutes, no
answer. Tired and a bit frustrated, we say
fuck it, let's go. As we turn to leave, out of
thin air comes a hushed, Casablanca-style
voice: "Who're looking for?" We turn to find
a short, slightly pudgy fellow with long,
curly hair and, yes, a beret standing in the
driveway. This had to be our man.

"I'm looking for Ray Sunshine. He re-
corded a record with a band called Tape-
worm in the late 70s."

"Come this way," he said without look-
ing at us.

We follow him next door where we'd
began our day talking to Ray's half-sister,
but this time we take a seat on the patio set.
"First I need to tell you that I'm not Ray
Sunshine. I'm his lawyer. Ray's very sick. He
lives on the third floor here. I'm representing
him, so whatever you got to say to him, you
can say to me."

Boris and I glance at each other, and I
try to hold back a giggle. I ask about Tape-
worm again which, at least for Ray, provides
the perfect segue into freemasonry. Ray re-
quests a one-dollar bill and asks if we are
familiar with the masonic imagery on it.

Boris seems to know every detail (working
at the state hospital DOES have its benefits),
and this endears us to Ray, er, Ray's lawyer.

"Well, actually I'm Ray Sunshine. You
can never be too careful."

This admission would prove to be the
first and last... from this point on, Ray would
once again speak of himself in the third
person. The main problem for Ray was that
people were trying to steal his identity, and
frankly I could see why... he is, after all, a
punk legend. Our conversation with our
schizophrenic friend took many strange
turns. I'll give you the Readers Digest con-
densed version... a "best of" if you will.

1 ) The movie Remo Williams was loosely based
on Ray's life. His identity, like Remo's, was
being changed, nay stolen, by forces beyond
his control. It was during this portion of
Ray's soliloquy that we discovered that Ray
was not, in fact, slightly overweight. Rather,
his jacket was stuffed full of papers of all
sorts including a photocopied Remo Williams
movie poster, various land deeds, handwrit-
ten affidavits, memos, an American flag, and
a freemason medallion.

2) The music industry has been taken over by
rap music which is all written with a beat
that is reminiscent of slaves being beaten.
Quality music is no longer being distributed
because all of the good Italians and Jews
have been kicked out of the industry. Two
guesses on Ray's ethnicity.

3) Ray has a radio transmitter on the third
floor. He can send transmissions for a fifty
mile radius, playing and saying whatever he
wants. He has "the key", and, to make the
point perfectly clear, Ray produces the front
of a safety deposit box from his back pocket
and unlocks it with a key — THE key.

After a good half hour of listening to
Ray and suppressing the urge to leave, I
again attempt to steer the conversation to-
ward Tapeworm and the possibility that
some records might be lurking in the base-
ment.

"Yeah, I remember them. They had a
suicidal song, right?" Ray asks.

"Yes, I guess 'I Wanna Die' counts as
suicidal"

"You see," he insists "that's not what
Ray Sunshine is about. He's about being
positive. Like he's got a song called 'Wake
Up America' [reaches into jacket and pro-
duces an actual record label]." The Tape-
worm cause is essentially lost as Ray contin-
ues with a series of rhetorical questions:
"Has anyone ever tried to steal your identi-
ty?"

At one point a woman (apparently
Ray's mom) walks through the yard. Ray
immediately speaks up. "Yes, yes, I was just
telling these gentlemen that MY CLIENT
Ray was not feeling well and was unable to
come down from the third floor."

She addresses us: "Are you the boys
from Texas?"

"Yes", we answer. She looks at Ray,
shakes her head, and heads into the house.
The collector in me says "time to go, no
records for you today", but Ray just won't
stop talking. We eventually defy years of
Miss Manners training and stand up to leave
as Ray jabbers on. As we walk to my car, the
shadow of Ray keeps pace on the other side
of the fence requesting that we send an expe-
rienced lawyer, a private detective, or at the
very least, any prescription medication. I, in
turn, propose that he find some Tapeworm
singles, and I'd be happy to oblige. A trade
has yet to be worked out.

P.S. I left out a really great release from
my re-issue column last month. The ACCI-
DENT "No Romance For You" CD (Knife-
man) is a real rocker. Female vox and plenty
o' snottiness plus swank packaging make
this CD essential for anyone with an interest
in '70s punk never-weres.

WITH NICK FITT

» £

I am now 17 years old. Pratically an old
man.

I got some good shit for my birthday- a
TV, some Jackie Chan movies, a book about
colleges that I can't get into and a flip book of
a building being destroyed. I also lost some-
thing very valuble to me. Something that I all
but chose to lose.

My birthday started off slow. I woke
up around two in the morning (which, for
most people is called "two in the afternoon",
but what can you do?) I sat around and
looked for someone to do something with. It
was my birthday after all. No one was
around/could do anything so I began get-
ting really sad and depressed.

I was crying when my parents gave me
my birthday cake. I felt like shit for the
reasons I stated before- no one seemed to
remember that it was my birthday and 17
seems like so much of a leap of 16 to me, but
I'm retareded. I also felt like shit because I
felt like I was pissing my parents off because
of what I was doing. They then both related
to me stories where they cried on their birth-
days. I was pretty OK after that.

Soon I was upstairs, talking to a friend
of mine. I believe Ben. My friend Bob came
into the room and we went downstairs into
my friend Russ' car. We did what we nor-
mally do at eleven at night- go to a place
called Bickford's that is open until two in the
morning to get coffee. It's a good place for

people like us who wake up to watch The
Jerry Springer Show for our daily fix of trans-
vestites who need to tell their significant
others that they are really men, klan moms
and "unfaithful" companions. What a be-
gining to one's day. We go there, drink cof-
fee and eat some food. My friend Jen (Bob's
ex-girlfriend, and this is important) pays for
it all. I try to get free food, as its my birthday
and all, but fail just like when I try to get the
"seniors discount" by saying "hey, I'm go-
ing to be a senior this fall."

I ask everyone to sleep over my house.
Bob can't and doesn't want Jen to. Her and
Russ do anyway. So we go back to my house
where my mom kicks us out because we're
trying to sell her house and she needs to
show it to people in the morning. It's all
good. We just go to Russ' to watch Saturday
Night Fever.

I have been saying since Bob and Jen
broke up that I want to get with Jen. No big
deal. It got back to Jen. No big deal. So Russ
says to me "You know how you said you
wanted to get with Jen?"

"Yeah."

"Well she wants to hit that."

I'm pretty happy about that. "Phat." I
say, and we leave for Russ'.

After a while Jen is laying on top of
me watching TV and all that shit that goes
on before fooling around /fucking. So Russ
shuts the movie off and goes to bed. We
start kissing. Other' things happen. With-
out giving you all the sordid details me
and Jen fuck twice on each of Russ' couch.
It's good. Damn good. It's the first time I
have an orgasm from sex. Jen too. We talk
about how much this is going to piss of
Bob. It becomes a joke to us. We both
swear never to tell Bob. We make Russ
promise the same.

Russ is a better person than me. He
can't lie to his friend. He tells her. Bob hates
me now.

I've only been friends with Bob for
about a year, but I love him. He's one of my
best friends. And I will still say that. I still
love Bob. Bob and I talk the next day.

"Nick, Russ just told me that you and
Jen slept together."

"Yeah..."

"So its's true?"

"Yes."

"I thought you were my friend, Nick."

"I've always considered you my friend,
Bob and I understand that you probably
don't want to be friends with me anymore. I
understand that. I understand thatlbetrayed
your trust."

"Well, I want you to know that I have
no more respect for you and that you're no
longer my friend."

I was expecting it, but it still hurt like
hell. He came over later and I get a lecture
from my friend Opy-Wan. To make a long
story short, I piss a lot of people off, lose a

GQWMW

good friend and gain a friend to have sex
with.

It was not a good trade.
Would I do it again? Probably. I like Jen
a lot and technically (although I know this is
bullshit, and I don't need you to tell me) I
didn't do anything wrong. I can honestly say
I wouldn't care who does what with any of
my ex-girlfriends. I don't think the unwrit-
ten rule about having to get an ex-boyfriend's
green light to get with his ex is an OK rule.
It's unfair to everyone. That being said it is
an unwritten rule and I violated it. I violated
my friend's trust. I fucked up. And Bob if
you read this- 1 love you. You won't believe
me, and certainly have given you no reason
to believe me. But whatever you do and
wherever you go, I want you to know that.
No bullshit.

Everyone fucks up, but it doesn't have
to be this bad.

Happy birthday to me.
ENDNOTES:

1. Book the hippest rock and roll sensation
Waste of Space. Bring Nick Fitt and the boys
to your hometown to play the rock and roll
that the kids like so much these day. Call Ike
Bizatch at (508)222-5361 or write him at 37
Fisher Ave, Attleboro, MA 02703.

2. My address for all purposes is 404A South
Main Street, Attleboro, MA 02703.

3. I'm supposed to plug a zine here, but I
forgot the address. It's called Dank-Zine.

4. My email address is grindboy@ser-
pentsity.syslnet.com

So I hope I am avoiding any pigeon-
holes with this column. If something kicks
my ass musically and it is hasn't been re-
viewed in the regular reviews section, then I
am going to put it in my column regardless
of musical style. Thanks to the people who
have wrote or sent me stuff. Please keep it
coming.

BOMBS OF DEATH/ ACRID - split EP
- Wow this split covers a lot of ground,
BOMBS OF DEATH unleash a speedy thrash
attack with enough metal riffs to kick your
ass into next year. And with Max from SPAZZ
whacking the skins, you know this is gonna
kick it. ACRID drag things down with a
tuned out powerhouse of sludge. It is mostly
slow and brutal, with few bursts of rapid fire
energy added in. Both of the vocalist in AC-
RID sound like they are trying to push their
intestines through their throat and onto the

floor. Good golly Miss Molly this is a fine
record. (No Idea, PO Box 14636, Gainesville,
FL 32604-4636)

BOTCH /NINEIRONSPITFIRE - split
EP - Just saw BOTCH over the weekend, and
let me tell you. ..they are one of bands that are
so powerful live that if life wasn't so pre-
cious you would be bashing your head into
the stage until your brains spilled out. In a
prior review I compared BOTCH to ACME
mixed with UNDERTOW, and that still holds
true. NINE-IRONSPITFIRE are in the same
vein with more intricate guitar work, and
weaker vocals. I didn't care for their side
much, but this is worth it for the
BOTCH tracks alone. (Indecision Records,
PO Box 5787, Huntington Beach, CA 92615)
CAVE IN - "Chameleon" EP - This is
super aggressive hardcore that reminds me
of DISEMBODIED. The music is mostly slow
chunky metal, with coarsely screamed vo-
cals. On one of the songs there was a totally
quiet emo part where the music cuts out and
the vocalist is singing instead of screaming.
It reminded me a lot of early CONVERGE. I
found the lyrics to their anti-religious song
"Crossbearer" hit home with me in a power-
ful way. (Hydrahead, PO Box 990248, Bos-
ton, MA 02199)

CONVERGE - "Downpour" 5" EP -
Looks like CONVERGE have finally found
their musical niche. They have dumped the
emo schtick for pure metal, just how I like it.
This little record has two songs . One is a new
track called "Downpour". The other is "Seri-
al Killer" which was originally done by an
old San Francisco metal band called VIO-
LENCE. The cover song is done so well that
I think CONVERGE should just forget about
the whole punk thing. They should grow
their hair long start wearing lots of denim
and lead the kids into a resurgence of thrash
metal. (Ellington, 1 12 King Street, Northamp-
ton, MA 01060)

EYEHATEGOD/ANAL CUNT - split
EP - This is the first in a series of
BLACK SABBATH tributes. EYEHATEGOD
traces their roots with a numbing blast that
seems to be a collage of many SABBATH
songs wound together. The ANAL CUNT
side seems to be more of the same, with some
annoying joke tracks tacked on at the end of
their side. I am a huge fan of EYEHATE-
GOD's wretched noise, and snap up every-
thing they put out. If you are too, then defi-
nitely check this out. (Hydrahead, PO Box
990248, Boston, MA 02199)

INHUMANITY/BONESCRATCH -
split EP - It seems like anything INHUMAN-
ITY touches turns to gold. Here you get more
of their maddening version of Southern fried
rock. Their side has one crazed hardcore
track, and a funky cut that must of came
straight off a cheap Casio keyboard. The
thing that really sets INHUMANITY apart
from so many other faceless bands is their
amazing sense of humor. It seems like hu-

mor is sorely lacking in the punk scene now-
adays. And INHUMANITY'S skewed minds
seem to fuck with people in all the right
ways. On the flipside BONES-CRATCH from
Japan reminded me a bit of BORN AGABMST.
(H:G Fact, 401 Hongo-M, 2-36-2 Yayoi-cho,
Nakano, Tokyo, 164 JAPAN)

JESUIT - "Servitude 101" EP This is
thick necked East Coast hardcore that falls
somewhere between ICE NINE and
KISS IT GOODBYE. From the looks of all the
photos on the insert I bet this bands live set
would rock my world. It seems like the only
way to listen to this record is at top volume,
so you can truly let the music consume you.
(Reservoir, PO Box 790366, Middle Village
NY 11379-0366)

JIHAD - "New Testament" EP - What
the...? I have always been a JIHAD fan but
this record seems to take their music to an-
other level. Their style of mid-paced surging
hardcore seems crisper and more powerful.
But the thing that really sets it apart is the
vocals. You can hear the anger in his voice as
he screams his fucking head off. It's fucking
awesome. To bad they broke up. (Makoto
Recordings, PO Box 50403, Kalamazoo, MI
49005)

TEN YARD FIGHT/FASTBREAK -
split EP - It really excites me to see the old
school resurgence in straightedge hardcore.
I love the chugga chugga metal sounds of
bands like EARTH CRISIS, but I feel that fast
clean hardcore is my true bread and butter.
I mean it's what I grew up on
TEN YARD FIGHT has been causing a ruck-
us since their demo started floating around,
and this is no exception. They create a whirl-
wind of hardcore with bass intros, crew
shouts and lots of drug free lyrics. FAST-
BREAK a lot like TEN YARD FIGHT but not
half as powerful. I look forward to the
TEN YARD FIGHT full length. (Contention
Records, 206 S. 13th Street, Apt 1402, Phila-
delphia, PA 19107)

UNRUH/ENE WETAK - split EP. Since
ENEWETAK destroyed the kids at the
GOLETA fest, they have been putting out a
steady stream of bruising releases. This is
more of the same ferocious muti-paced hard-
core assault that originally put them on the
map . There is even some black metal over-
tones floating around in there. UNRUH has
a similar approach, but ENEWETAK one me
over like only a spike to the heart could. The
music on the record fortunately makes up
for the shitty faded ink cover (Feast And
Famine, POBox 10221 Scottsdale, AZ 85271)
Endnotes:

1. SNAPCASE is officially breaking up after
their summer tour. I think they are going to
record one more thing, but after that it is
sayo nara. I really hate to see them go.

2. The recent AGNOSTIC FRONT show went
off without a hitch. I didn't even piss any-
body off. I guess I'm just becoming too timid
in my old age. I did get to see a skinhead hit

&&mm&

some guy with a baseball bat after the show,
as all of the other skinheads stood around
and watched. Oh, some things never change.

3. If anybody knows the address of Jeff from
New York's BREAKDOWN, please let me
know. I would like to write to him in re-
sponse to a letter that was in MRR #172,
about a review I did of his band.

4. Please note I have a new address, and it is
PO Box 31430, San Francisco, CA 94131.
Thanks for reading, and may the dark side of
the force be with you.'

I enjoy waking up and not having to say a word.
Where is the woman who can understand that?
— Max Frisch, "Homo Fab-
er"

It's not very long and limp as British
bacon. In fact, it IS British bacon. That's
because I'm having breakfast in England,
where I started to write this column. I've
since moved on.

It's my umpteenth trip to Europe, but
one of the rare ones where I travel with
someone else. (Other than ARTLESS.) I'm
visiting my pal Simon, the guy from two
columns ago who helped me end racism as
we know it.

. Ms. S, my traveling companion, start-
ed out being pretty. But familiarity breeds
blemishes. And pretty only gets you so far.

A long time ago I learned LESSON
NUMBER ONE: Never travel with someone
you hope to score with. It only leads to disaster.
(Already scoring, is a different story. I've
had a great trip with Ms. K, but we estab-
lished our carnal relationship way before we
left.)

Get it clear in your mind: this is a
travelling companion — only. Someone to
talk with about the beer and funny uniforms
on the customs guards. Someone to share
hard times and fun views. That's it.

That's the picture: Two individuals,
travelling together, enjoying nookie where
we can get it — but not from each other. It's
not enough.

LESSON NUMBER ONE is only the
start.

I now write this on my laptop on a bus
from Amsterdam to Copenhagen. Me and
Ms. S have split up after two weeks together.
By the end, the sight of her made my skin
crawl. Being in the same room caused phys-
ical pain. I longed for the peace and quiet of
the dentist's chair.

How did this come about? What does
it mean for the state of the world? More
importantly, is Epitaph Records a sellout?

A great man (me) once said, "There are
no bad experiences, as long as you live
through them."

What he (I) meant is that no matter
how miserable you are, all experience teach-
es you lessons you can use later as you
continue to stumble through existence. It
also gives you something to talk about.

LESSON NUMBER TWO: Know your
mates.

We're in the plane, flying to Manches-
ter from JFK in New York. Suddenly, I start
sneezing. Weird. I have hayfeverbut there's
nothing to be allergic to in the plane. Then I
notice the faint perfumey-alcohol smell. May-
be that's it.

"I brought along some extra of these,"
says Ms. S, holding up a square piece of
paper, "in case I don't have water."

"What are they?" I ask.

"Handi-wipes," she says, "for my ob-
sessive-compulsive hand-washing. Didn't I
tell you about that?"

I shake my head.

"I wash my hands a lot." She says.

"Lady McBeth," I reply.

"That's what my mother calls me." She
says.

I figure, ok, she's entitled to her weird-
ness. She washes her hands, I scratch my
temple and pat down my hair over the bald-
ness. No harm done. Everyone's entitled to
their peculiarities, right?

"Anything else?" I ask. "You don't
snore do you?"

"No," She says, "but I grind my teeth.
It's real loud. Don't worry, I wear a mouth
guard to prevent it... usually."

OK, that's a minor problem. I used to
be a light sleeper, but twenty-two years of
punkrock has deadened my hearing. A little
teeth grinding is not going to wake me up.

Flash ahead to Amsterdam. We're
sleeping L-shaped on an L-shaped couch.
Her feet to my head.

"Don't rest your feet there," she had
said earlier, "that's where I sleep."

Right now I lay awake. The walls shake
from the power of her teeth-grinding. A
thousand fingernails on a thousand black-
boards. When it stops, she snores. Not a
dainty, girlish cheezzz cheeezzz snore, but a
hardcore HOONNNNK... WEEEEE...
HOOONK... WEEEE...

I put the pillow over my head and
count imaginary naked Thai teens. The feath-
ers tickle my throat. I cough.

"Mykel," she says in a half-sleep, "you
cough so loud!"

LESSON NUMBER THREE: Writing is
power.

Ordinary mortals spend a good por-
tion of their lives regretting both things
they've said, and things they didn't say.

While no one can take back things ut-
tered in anger or carelessness, writing gives
me the power to say what I didn't. Using
capital letters and brackets, the laptop on my
lap allows me to turn every "should have
said," into a "did say."

Watch.

Our first night in London, my friend
Clair has pulled out the couch for Ms. S and
me. It's now a large double bed with a single
warm blanket on it.

"Now you can tell people you've slept
with me," says Ms. S.

["SURE,"] I r.i.r. (reply in retrospect),
["I'VE BEEN WAITING MY WHOLE LIFE
TO DO THAT. THE FIRST THING I'LL DO
WHEN I GET BACK TO NEW YORK IS
CHARTER THE SKY-WRITERS:
MYKEL SLEPT WITH MS. S
THEY'LL WRITE.

AFTER I GET IT TATTOOED ON MY
FOREHEAD, I'LL TAKE OUT A TV AD. I
DON'T KNOW IF I CAN WAIT FOR THE
SUPERBOWL— THE WORLD SERIES
SHOULD DO:

"BETTER TASTE? LESS FILLING? IT
DOESN'T MATTER. MYKEL SLEPT WITH
MS. S!""]

See how it works? Even though I didn't
say that, I can say it now, by simply typing it
on the computer.

One of my favorite Mongolian cus-
toms is that of hand holding. I don't mean
the pseudo-romantic displays of possession
seen on American streets. I mean as a sign of
politeness.

If you accidentally kick someone, or
touch your foot against theirs, you grab their
hand as a way of apology. I've tried to carry
this custom over to the Western World. It's a
nice way of excusing yourself — and a fine
topic of conversation.

While crossing Oxford Circus in Lon-
don, Ms. S accidentally kicks the back of my
heel. I reach back to hold her hand. She
flinches, pulls away.

"I'm not Mongolian," she says. "Be-
sides, how often do you wash your hands?"

["JEZUS FUCKING CHRIST!"] I r.i.r.,
["YOU HANDLE MONEY. THAT'S BEEN
THROUGH MORE HANDS THAN MY
COCK HAS BEEN THROUGH ASSHOLES.
YOU HOLD THE RAIL IN THE SUBWAY.
YOU WIPE YOUR OWN ASS AND YOU
WON'T TOUCH MY HAND?"]

Ms. S hates London anyway, and she
won't let me forget it. Our first day there, we
go to the spectacular spring homofest. I'm
supposed to meet some internet pals at the
Bisexual Tent.

Ms. S is not too happy at the fest, al-
though this time she's got a point. As a
matter of fact, this is where I learn LESSON
NUMBER FOUR: Homos are people too... un-
fortunately.

The fest, called 'Pride Day,' is in a large
park in the South of London. There are doz-

ens of tents, transvestites, sportsmen, skin-
heads. That's kind of cute. There are also
dozens of sponsors. Huge bottles of Finlan-
dia Vodka, Canadian Club Whisky, and
Grolsch beer. That isn't so cute.

Ms. S and I stand in the Canadian Club
tent. They're giving away free samples. The
lines are long and people are getting restless.
From next to us comes shouting.

A squat young man wears a polo shirt
with thick horizontal black and white stripes.
Behind him stands a teen with long red hair.
He wears an "Adidas" t-shirt and jeans. The
squat man reaches for a drink. Simultaneous-
ly, he butts away the teen crowding in be-
hind him.

The teen punches the man in the back.
The man turns. The teen reaches for his face.
Using his open hand, he tries to poke his
fingers into the man's eyes. He hooks a pin-
kie around his nose and curls his thumb
under the guy's jaw.

The man tries to push him away, push-
ing both hands under his youthful jaw.

Two bruisers wearing Canadian Club
t-shirts push their way through the crowd. If
they're gay, I've got an eight inch dick. The
thugs grab the redhead and pull him off the
squat young man. Each holds one of the
teen's arms bending it professionally behind
his back. They push the teen out of the tent,
throwing him to the ground. Ms. S and I
leave and go to the Bisexual Tent.

Inside, on stage, is Tom Robinson. You
know, the "Sing If You're Glad to Be Gay"
guy. Apparently, he fathered a child a cou-
ple years ago. The crowd booed him off the
stage at the last gayfest. This year, the only
space he can get is at the bi-tent.

The bi-tent is run by a guy named
Grant, who I know from the Bisexu-1 internet
ist. Grant introduces me to his young boy-
friend, a long-haired blonde.

He says "You're Mykel Board from
Maximum Rock'n'Roll."

Those words always bring a smile to
my face and blood to my loins, as long as
they're not accompanied with a clenched fist
or other dangerous weapon. My enjoyment
doesn't last long, however.

I again hear my name. This time from
outside the tent.

"Mykel! Mykel!" calls the voice. It
sounds like Ms. S, in trouble.

Remembering the homoholic fight, I
don my cape of chivalry and run out to aid
the distressed damsel.

In front of the tent is lesbian garden. A
group of girls engage in quadralabial activ-
ities. A beautiful Negress, wearing little
enough to start with, further rises my Tip-
perello by showing off a new tatoo on her
right lower cheek.

No time to enjoy myself, though. I spot
Ms. S. She looks at a man, about fifty, with
dark skin: Indian or Pakistani. She raises her
chin and eyebrow simultaneously in his di-

rection.

"Has he been bothering you?" I ask,
sizing him up. "Do you want me to do some-
thing?"

"No," she answers, "he's just watch-
ing. I wanted to show you a dirty old man.
Right here. Just like you. So you won't feel
you're the only one."

["THANKS!"] I r.i.r., ["I NEEDED
THAT. I WAS GETTING TOO MUCH OF
AN EGO BOOST FROM AN ATTRACTIVE
YOUNG MAN INSIDE. I NEEDED YOU TO
CUT ME DOWN TO SIZE. TO SHOW ME
WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT I REALLY AM.
WHEW! WHO KNOWS WHAT
WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T
TOLD ME THAT. I MIGHT EVEN HAVE
GOTTEN LAID, BEEN THE BOLOGNA IN
A HOMO SANDWICH. WE WOULDN'T
WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, WOULD WE.
IT MIGHT BE D.-I-R-T-Y!"]

We didn't stay in London long after
that. I had some friends to see, including
Andy Martin from the amazing band ACAD-
EMY 25. But, you can only stay so long in a
place that your companion hates.

We take a bus to Holland where I be-
gan to get a glimpse of the evils of globalism.
LESSON NUMBER FIVE: Unless we do
something quick, travel will become irrelevant.
McDonalds are everywhere. So are
Burger King and all other kinds of standard-
ization. In fact, one European city is getting
to look like another. The same thing has long
ago happened in the US Midwest and is now
happening in New York.

(It's probably illegal to advocate going
into STARBUCKS or BARNES AND NO-
BLES with an uzi, so I won't. Butif it weren't...)
Even the museums and nightclubs are
becoming standardized, with a Guinness
World Records Museum, a Ripley's, a Ma-
dame Toussauds and a Hard Rock Cafe,
wherever you turn. Why go anywhere if it'll
be just like home?

Ms. S likes Amsterdam better than Lon-
don. By this time, however, I'm so annoyed
with her that I can't stand being in the same
building. When she's around, I take off. I go
reading in the park. Walking the streets.
Checking out the porn palaces. Anything to
avoid more insults or other abuse.

The Dutch have a free scene with hash-
ish coffee houses and the world's best video
peep booths. They've got padded armchairs,
volume control, individual fast-forward &
reverse, 123 channels: homo, het, animals,
piss and shit. They even take charge cards,
not credit cards but individual pornorama
cards. You buy them at the front desk. All
that's missing is tissues. Boy did I have a
yucky t-shirt when I left that booth.

When I tell Ms. S about the peep show,
she's not impressed. Instead she asks, "Did
you wash your hands?"
Aaargh!
The next day, unable to avoid the same

room, I sit on the couch while she sits in a
chair against another wall. She has just come
out of the shower, probably her fourth of the
day. I notice that as soon as she sits down, the
bell on the church across the street rings four
times — a minor coincidence.

Also in the room are Tony Nitwit, Julia
(his girlfriend) and Max, a long-haired guy
that Ms. S is enamored with. On the TV is a
German quiz show the four of us are watch-
ing. Ms. S turns it off.

"I don't like the sound of German." she
says.

- I absorb myself reading Max Frisch.
Next to me is an open bag of potato chips. I
offer it to her. She shakes her head.

Max and Julia both want some. I take
some myself. After a few minutes. Ms. S
looks at me and then speaks to Max.

"He always eats with his mouth open,
doesn't he." she says.
I look at the clock.

"Wow!"Isay, "Twenty-seven minutes!
A new record! We've been in the same room
twenty-seven whole minutes before you've
insulted me. I should write that down!"
Ms. S freezes. She swallows hard.
"Mykel," she says in a quiet voice, "if
you don't like my insulting you, you should
say something. How was I supposed to
know?"

["SURE!"], I r.i.r, ["I'VE GOT TO TELL
YOU I DON'T LIKE TO BE INSULTED. I
HAVE TO SPELL IT OUT. OTHERWISE
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? MAYBE I
SHOULD TELL YOU I DON'T LIKE HAV-
ING BARBED WIRE SHOVED UP MY ASS.
I DON'T LIKE HOT LEAD IN MY EARS OR
GLASS RODS BROKEN IN MY URETHRA.
OH YEAH, JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGHT
OTHERWISE, I ALSO DON'T LIKE HAV-
ING FORKS POKED INTO MY EYES, OR
PEOPLE HOLDING MY HE AD IN A BUCK-
ET OF VOMIT WHILE POURING LIGHT-
ER FLUID ON MY TESTICLES AND SET-
TING THEM AFIRE. SORRY I FORGOT TO
MENTION ANY OF THIS. IT WAS SILLY
OF ME TO JUST ASSUME YOU WOULD
KNOW IT."]

I don't actually say any of this stuff —
though I've felt it dozens of times before.
Then a realization comes to me:

LESSON NUMBER SIX: Girls want you
to talk, even if it means saying the obvious.

I've written about my belief that most
differences between boys and girls are the
result of culture and not biology. But coming
from culture doesn't make them any less
real.

Flashback: I'm having sex with Ms. K.
She's on her back underneath me. Our naked
bodies are together. My lips cover hers. I feel
her breasts hard against my chest. The hair
on my pubic bone scrapes against hers. My
hardness tenses inside her. I tighten my glu-
teal muscles and push forward. Harder. Fast-
er. Harder. Faster.

&&m*m

She writhes against me. Lifts her pel-
vis. Presses into me. That little gland tight-
ens. A gasp comes out between our pressed
lips. I gulp for air. The semen moves, press-
ing hard. My thinness thickens slightly. I
hold back. Uh... uh... uh... I can't. I moan as
the liquid flows into its plastic protectorate.
Spurt. Spurt. Spurt. She screams as I moan.

A wave washes over both our bodies.
We shudder together. Then there's silence.
A beautiful silence. The blissful silence of
spent semen and shared orgasm. A holy
wonderful silence of emotions and pleasure
too spectacular to name. Then it's broken.

"Say something." she says, "Talk to
me."

["WADDAYA MEAN SAY SOME-
THING??"] I r.i.r, ["I'M LYING HERE
BREATHING HARD, JUST EXPERIENC-
ING JOY. BLISS. THINGS THAT CANNOT
BE NAMED AND YOU WANT ME TO SAY
SOMETHING? WE JUST FUCKED, FOR
GOD'S SAKE. IN AND OUT. FRICTION.
ORGASM. COME. COME. YOU KNOW?
WHAT'S TO SAY? YOU WANNA TALK
ABOUT THE WEATHER?"]

Things are not real for girls unless
they're said. Aboulder races down a moun-
tainside. A girl will not yell, "run!" but in-
stead, "there's a boulder racing down the
mountainside."

End of flashback.

Ms. S and I split up in Amsterdam,
much to my relief. She heads to France. I go
off to my favorite European city, Copen-
hagen.

I've got nothing against bike-riding —
in moderation. Those few MRR readers with
an IQ larger than their condom size realize
that last month's anti-bike column was actu-
ally a parody. I was making fun of the anti-
smoking hysteria and cigarette scape-goat-
ism. I showed that you could do it with
anything.

All the statistics were correct, but so
was Mark Twain. ("There are three kinds of lies:
lies, damn lies, and statistics.")

In Copenhagen, they do it right. The
city government has a system of free bicy-
cles. You pay a 20DKR (about $3) deposit.
For that, you get a bike you can use any-
where in the city, for as long as you want.
When you return it, you get your deposit
back.

As far as the standardization process,
Copenhagen doesn't fare much better than
Amsterdam. The Japanese-owned 7-1 1 chain
has chased out most of the Pakistani late
night stores. Central Station now has a Mc-
Donalds.

Still, the Danes are the most sensible of
Europeans. Parliament now discusses intro-
ducing Dutch-style hashish coffee-houses.
The relatively recent ban on kiddieporn (due
to US pressure) does not include child nudi-
ty, but only sex. You can still buy naked-kids
calendars.

This is in contrast to England, where
the cops arrested a newsreporter for devel-
oping pictures of her own kids in the bath-
tub. In America, she would have gotten life
in prison.

LESSON NUMBER SEVEN: A "primi-
tive" culture will rationalize its superstitions,
stupidities and inhibitions using "The Gods." A
modern culture will rationalize its superstitions,
stupidities and inhibitions using "science."

In a continuing series making fun of
Americans, a Danish paper told about a US
psychiatrist who claims it's "unhealthy" for
children to see naked adults.

Tell that to the sauna-loving Finns or
African and Aboriginal tribes where clothes
are unknown or an abomination. What about
Michelangelo's David? I wonder how many
children THAT damaged. Danish family
newspapers, by the way, regularly have pic-
tures of naked people — on the front page.

A law passed in 1976 makes it legal to
be nude on every beach in Denmark except
two small ones reserved for left-over prudes.
Of course nudity is not required, it's just
allowed.

There is another law in Denmark that
makes it illegal to censor a film or picture.
Only the original artist can do it. There is no
film board of censors there as in the UK or
the US.

Other Danish greatness includes un-
employment compensation at 90% of your
pay — for two years! What else do you want?

The Danes also have a great attitude
toward children. They think of them as peo-
ple rather than property. Kids have much
more freedom — and privacy — than you'd
see in The States. They play in the play-
ground while mom goes off shopping or
talking to the neighbors. In America, mom
would be arrested.

The population is relatively Christian-
free. There are some obviously Muslim Danes
of foreign descendence, but the only sign of
religious foistering I saw was a t-shirt that
said: "Teach children to worship Satan."

Ah, but all is not perfect. There are
some stupid and overprotective laws. That's
part of the price you pay for having a govern-
ment.

Take names, for example. You cannot
call your child what you want. You have to
choose from a government list of pre-ap-
proved names. My niece Presley couldn't be
registered there, neither could a Danish friend
of mine who wanted to name her daughter
Sapphire.

There's another bad law that prohibits
the sale of fruits and vegetables in outdoor
markets. Ah well, you can't have paradise,
but this is a lot closer than the US has come.

Still in all, my travels have taught me
LESSON NUMBER EIGHT: The US is the
third freest country in the world.

Denmark and Holland are freer, but
not in every way. In the US, you they won't

prosecute you for printing Nazi papers. In
Denmark and Holland, they can. In most
states you can own a gun without too much
trouble. You can't do that in Denmark and
Holland.

Besides, being number three is not so
bad, considering how many countries there
are in the world. Where would you rather
be?

ENDNOTES:

— >Yow! While in Amsterdam, Tony Nit-
wit was showing me what records to get.
Then there was THE HELLACOPTERS,
from Sweden. Wowie Zowie! Like other
bad-name-great-music bands (consider
RIVERDALES), they just tear up the place.
Stoogesque, mean, these guys are the best
thing from Sweden since Union Carbide,
which was the best thing from Sweden
since porn loops.

— > I went to a Danish celebration of Roky
Erikson's 50th birthday. Sponsored by Pil-
sner Urquell, there were plenty of bands
doing 13th Floor cover songs. Also playing
was FRITZ, the legendary Dane from the
legendary Danish band, BEFORE. Denmark's
Johnny Thunders, those of us in the audi-
ence were amazed he was still alive, let alone
able to perform as well as he did.

Of course, he didn't do any Roky songs.
Just stuff about Bill Clinton and the agony of
being alive.

— > If I'm circumcised does that mean I don't
have a skinhead dept: I found the leaflet I got
from the gay skinhead group in England. If
you're interested, you can contact them at:
GSG Skin, POB 234, Witham Essex CM8 2JZ,
ENGLAND.

— > I'm back in New York now. You can
send me email at MykelB@ix.netcom.com.
You can and should also send me postal mail
at PO Box 137, Prince Street Station, New
York NY 10012. Thanks to Fabo & Flipy for
the ARTLESS etc CIH video. For the rest of
you, that porno from Holland is now only a
memory, so...

Hey kids check this out... J-Church, the
story unfolds. Yes, they did record a hard-
core/grindcore album but there is a lot more
to it now that ten or so labels have offered them
major money deals to be the next SEPULTU-
RA. The sweetest deal comes from Tony (yes I
cuff my pants up to my knees when I go see the
POGUES) of Victory records. In the past year

or so all of the big dollar winners on Victory
have flown the coop. Earth Crisis singed to a
major, SN APC ASE broke up, and STRIFE were
put in jail for armed robbery. Therefore, J-
CHURCH is going to be VICTORY'S last sav-
ing grace. T-Shirts, wool caps and Hawaiian-
shirt-looking hoodies are already being stitched
up and the J-Church/WARZONE tour comes
to your town in October/ November 97. Gard-
ner shaved his head and got a malt liquor
tattoo. The cover of the new LP will feature
Suzanne Bartchy wearing nothing except a
bullet belt.

BLANKS 77 tour is going swell. An old
lady in charge of a VFW hall in Tennessee went
berserk and bonked a skinhead on the head
with a pair of garden shears and then stabbed
him repeatedly with her knitting need les. Then
a week later their singer Mike gets hit over the
head with a large sized ceramic Chia Pet. This
required about 100 stitches. He's bound to
have a scar because Mike insisted the doctor
only use 77 stitches and leave the rest of the
wound open. They continued their tour with a
piece of duct tape over his forehead. Also in
BLANKS 77 news, Sue the manager/costume
department/beer gopher bought her first au-
tomatic weapon, she paid extra for the option
of mounting it to the sunroof of the tour van.

Andrew of SCREW 32 got three 16-year-
old females pregnant in the past 2 months. A
benefit show is being held to pay for the abor-
tions but it's being billed as a Pro-Choice ben-
efit.

For all his Wisconsin pride, songs about
cheese and the like, Rev Norb is actually orig-
inally from Illinois. Ha!

The QUEERS are breaking up/reform-
ing so Joe can move to San Francisco. There
was rumors about whose girlfriend forgot
which QUEER they were dating but the source
is pretty sketchy.

Al Long, former singer of NYC peace-
punk band NAUSEA, now lives in southern
Minnesota and got married in front of a pig
roast. STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH was
billed to play at the wedding but Scott Ian got
a massive foot fungus infection and no one
else can play the one guitar solo on their record.

THE CRUMBS neglected to put any oil
in their low-rider van for 2 weeks. The result:
engine seizure somewhere in the Deep South.
Problem 2 was that they sent the Cuban mem-
bers of the band to go and get it fixed. Problem
3, they are still there waiting for the mechanic
to resolve his inner conflict of money versus
his fears of being dubbed a race traitor. Ironi-
cally, their ex-drummer Chuck Loose, designed
some graphics for AAMCO transmission re-
pair stations while they were away.

Tommy Rat of REJUVENATE (not of
RATT) got pissed about being lumped in with
scum like Johnny Stiff (tour promoter known
for leaving bands stranded in the desert to get
attacked by rattlesnakes), El Duce, Jim Testa
and GG Allin. He sent me e-mail in protest that
he is an upstanding citizen of the hardcore

community and of course, I would never want
to be known as the slanderous AnneRKey,
right?

THE SEA MONKEYS video shown on
MTV's Beavis and Butthead, they liked it.

Did a band come and beat you up this
summer? Tell me about it annerkey@msn.com

I was happier than a feminist wringing
Mykel Board's little neck.

Which brings me to my point. I can't tell
you how many times readers assume that
what these jerkoff MRR columnists and re-
viewers say somehow must reflect my opin-
ions on whatever subject they're blathering on
about.

Most all of them dislike or attack the
beliefs most near and dear to me, or laud the
music I dislike the most, etc etc. That's just
how it is.

So how did this come about? Most of the
columnists/ reviewers are chosen because they
are idealists or naive geeks who foolishly be-
lieve in sets of principles and are willing to
back them up by slaving away for free month
after month, year after year, on this silly zine.
They are chosen because they have dreams or
illusions that are based on unhappiness with
the inequities and stupidities we encounter in
this life, and because, somehow, they struggle
onward. They may disagree in many manners
of detail and approach, but they do share an
outrage at the stupidity weare all subjected to,
and exhibit interestingly neurotic reactions to
said abuses, all done in a spirit that impels
them to exclaim this publicly.

Is ego involved? You bet! But it takes ego
to believe that what you have cooked up in
your little brain is worth sharing and being
heard. But it also takes heart and desire and
the drive to communicate.

I thank them all for their insanity. But
please, don't blame me personally for any-
thing except the dumb things I say myself.

SOLD

Everybody hears, but no one's listening -Animal

Farm

In March of this year, the Twin Cities
bore witness to the selling of the Alternative.
Twice. The big bad corporate world came and
bit us.

In the first instance, Stern Publishing
came to town and bought both of our alterna-
tive weeklies. Within days, one of them — The
Twin Cities Reader — had been economized in
the name of progress. Deleted. Which would
be expected policy for a media conglomer-
ate — if they own the market, why pretend to
diversity?

That same month, local Alternative ra-
dio station REV 105 was also bought and
killed. Their owner sold them, and the new
owner decided to drop the 'Revolution Ra-
dio' format and switch to 'heavy metal.'

The loss of The Reader is troubling, and
it remains to be seen how well the remaining
Stern weekly, City Pages, retains its focus. As
for REV, we didn't lose so much as we gained
a more honest understanding of how things
work.

REV was basically an alterna-rock sta-
tion, its loss didn't really phase me. However,
many of my friends actually liked the station
and were sad to see it go. Indeed, its passing
was a minor spectacle here, we'll be hearing
about it for some time to come to be sure. Still,
if anyone was actually surprised, they were
not paying attention. The station did not get
what it deserved so much as it got what it
asked for.

No one seemed to care so much about
the ownership of the alternative radio station
until it was sold off as property. Welcome to
the real world, isn't it different?

The point is simple. As distracted as
any of us get, the machinations of capital are
set to continue regardless. Abstract topics
like 'corporate control' and 'free trade' are
going to be impacting us, whether we are
paying attention or not.

Conventional wisdom would suggest
that vast, monolithic trends such as economic
globalization are natural processes, beyond
control. By extension, it's too bad that REV is
gone, but there was nothing to do about it.
Thus, those who originally sold the station to
Cargill in the first place are not culpable, they
were simply "unlucky." You get what you
pay for? How revolutionary.

While we're busy being sold authentic-
ity, certain other things are going on. This sort
of distraction was once known as "bread and
circuses." All we need. DeBord called it the
"spectacle." For all I know, the packages I
carry around downtown all day as a bike
messenger are part of it. (Ever wonder about
that? I do.)

That's a maybe, but GATT and NAFTA
are definitely big parts of "it." As are the
austerity measures the IMF demands of the
Third World, and the erosions of European
social safety nets. There is no conspiracy of
any sort, far from it. What we bear witness to

is the coagulation of a set of clear and coher-
ent economic interests. Lowering trade barri-
ers, as with the trade accords, has the same
consequence for corporations as carving away
several decades' worth of social security does:
less tax, more profit.

The most honest description for un-
checked economic globalization would be a
"race to the bottom." If a company can pay
someone else a dollar a day for your job, why
the hell would they even think about hiring
you. Since we're busy dismantling what we
had of a social safety net in America, that
would probably leave you fucked and far
from home. They wouldn't actually put it that
way, though — Public Relations would freak.

"Downsizing" and layoffs, the fruit of
NAFTA, occur when jobs are shipped over-
seas to countries with less demanding labor
and environmental laws. These laws, in turn,
are undermined in what is called "de-regula-
tion." That has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? We
want to get rid of all those pesky rules and
regulations, right? The hell with "bureaucra-
cy?" Well. Try dealing with your health in-
surance company, if you are "lucky" enough
to have one, to learn the true meaning of
"bureaucracy." What are those office towers
downtown full of, anyway? "White-collar
workers?" Or corporate "bureaucrats?" That's
kind of a problem with concision media. We
just get an endless loop of buzzwords, be-
cause it'd take too long to explain them.

Not content with owning most of ev-
erything, corporations are starting to demand
what amount to citizenship rights. Citizens,
here and elsewhere, are in turn having their
rights economized in the name of progress.
Without us, however, the landed class would
be destitute. Think about it.

Instead, we are sold "free trade." In
reality, it is anything but free, in light of the
enormous subsidies governments offer to
corporations. A lot of companies could not be
doing as they do if they actually existed in a
free market. The operative phrase here is
'corporate welfare.' Pillsbury, International
Multifoods, right on down the line. Those big
places in your town. Tens or hundreds of
millions of dollars in some cases. If we're ever
told to kick their ass and take their gas again,
it very well could be more than money they
ask. In Nigeria, Shell already does.

Meanwhile, we're told to feel lucky by
virtue of the fact that we can buy endless
streams of trinkets, with the occasional useful
item. As if economic exchange were the sole
province of the corporation — they profane it
in the extreme. Last Christmas's "Tickle-me-
Elmo" dolls, for example, were the products
of Chinese prison labor.

Those "buy American" stickers are
probably xenophobic pronouncements for
some, but the main thrust of them was the
hope that American goods were likely pro-
duced by union labor receiving livable wag-
es. How the tables have turned.

Labor leaders such as Ron Carey or
John Sweeney speak of reforming labor into a
viable movement in this country, but the real
work is done by those out organizing the
campaigns. The AFL gave $35 million to Dem-
ocrats in 1996, NAFTA and all, but there are
those in labor who are true. The leadership
probably felt they had to engage the political
system this way, seeing as countervailing
corporate interests are putting several times
as much into the duopoly. For all that is done,
the fact is that the American labor movement
is outstripped by those in other countries-
South Korea, France, Germany, other places.
Other people take to the streets in general
strikes over these very same issues. We can't
even set aside our right to be cynical about
unions.

You have been told, over and over aga in,
that unions are corrupt by nature. Look who's
telling you that, and consider why that might
be. Some unions were corrupt, some proba-
bly still are. From there, it's a tad more consis-
tent to get involved and try to improve things
than to sit on the sidelines bitching about
things. From the labor organizers I've known,
I would surmise that old-style "corruption"
as seen on TV is no longer depressing con-
cern. Sweeney disappointed many in his first
year- for example, in not offering more sup-
port to the Detroit newspaper strikers- yet it
would be a mistake to presume he speaks for
the rank and file. He has said he'll do more
this year; others in the labor movement are
already that many steps ahead of him. They
do what they can. If I can offer you one piece
of advice, please think some more about
unions.

'Big labor' is generally cast in the media
as having a clout equivalent to that of big
money, this is disingenious in the extreme. In
reality, corporations contribute far more to
politicians than labor could ever manage, and
they always have.

Consuming wholesale other people's
generalizations about unions is simply what
we're expected to do, but none of that will
change the fundamental equation — the boss
is concerned with profiting from you. Ever
have a grievance with your boss? Did it freak
you out? What if you had the ample backup?
What if you could demand your boss to re-
spect you and pay you for your time? Expect-
ing penultimate perfection from a union might
be unwise, but the fact is that organized labor
is one of the most powerful and time-tested
forces we can have to secure our rights.

We have, in this country, a relatively
free access to information. Thing is, informa-
tion isn't very colorful. It's not bread, let alone
a circus. Through the filters of concision me-
dia, events are made to seem intangible ab-
stractions, disconnected from our everyday
reality. The set-up simply happens to coin-
cide with a clear and coherent set of interests.
If we're distracted by endless indistinguish-
able streams of pop and trivia, it is that much

less likely that we'll pick up on those corpo-
rate power-grabs that could impact our lives.
Which is not to attribute motives, more to
simply lay the record correctly — this should
be obvious on the face of things. What we're
bombastically told is important often is not
that which having direct impacts upon our
circumstances. Did the Simpson trial decide how
much you get paid?

One thing to watch for is the MIA. De-
signed to compliment GATT and NAFTA,
the Multilateral Investment Agreement could
be coming before Congress in the coming
year. As reported in The Nation, its purpose is
"to grant translational investors the unre-
stricted 'right' to buy , sell and move business-
es — and other assets — wherever they want,
whenever they want." Under consideration
at the Organization for Economic Coopera-
tion and Development, the MIA would su-
perimpose itself above existing regulations
that attempt to keep transnationals account-
able, and bar any future attempts to do the
same.

The O.E.C.D., an organization of developed
countries, is being pressured by American
and European interests to adapt the MIA. It
would then be leveraged onto the rest of the
World. Already in "advanced" stages of ne-
gotiation, any mention of the agreement is
most curiously absent in the mainstream
media.

The agreement, which could be final-
ized by the time you read this, could come
before the Senate this fall. Clinton is already
behind it. NAFTA all over again, only worse.
Under the MIA, any corporation could take
any state or city regulation before an unac-
countable MIA body and have it overturned.
Any local law that presumes to apply to any
corporation. No shit. Think about what that
might mean around here. Those Livable Wage
proposals people fight so hard for? Toast.
Along with any laws bold enough to try
protecting, say, the Mississippi.

Corporations are already in the habit of
using the threat of moving as means to lever-
age concessions out of unions; the MIA would
make it illegal for any government to sanc-
tion corporations for moving overseas. It
would also disallow the linkage of tax breaks
and subsidies to a corporation's behavior.
That would make it official: the corporation as
more poxoerfid titan the state. If you wonder
about the state of democracy now, just you
wait and try "electing" someone to a corpora-
tion. They're often unaccountable now; the
MIA is going for zero accountability. Any
corporation on the planet could come to your
town, fuck you, and then threaten to move if
you didn't work for less. As Renato Ruggiero,
director general of the World Trade Organi-
zation, described it: "We are writing the con-
stitution of a single global economy." An
economy in which it would not only by diffi-
cult to challenge corporate power, it would
generally be illegal.

This is the future President Clinton is
prescribing for us. Yet another feeble attempt
at sodomy. You vote for him? Settle much?
Here it comes, home to roost. What is good for
Wall Street, apparently, is good for all.

The pittances we are offered would
rightly be seen as insults by a previous gener-
ation. We settle too often, us First- World 20-
somethings, with our Mcjobs, because most
of us have been denied anothervantage point.
That, and sometimes there seems no choice. I
can remember in my own life, maybe 2 years
ago, when seven bucks an hour was real
good. A plane-ride away, people do the same
as me for a fraction of that. Globalization puts
me in direct competition with them. You and
me both. Who would benefit from something
like that?

Some will claim they "worked" for it.
Most are lying, but it misses the point. Sandy
Weill of Traveler's Group, for example, set an
all-time record for executive compensation
this year, at $94.1 million. His "work" in-
cludes eliminating jobs, 1,000 last year alone.

The point is the American propensity to
let the rich off the hook. The Dream is just
that, for it allows some to fantasize. So long as
the few are allowed to hoard, there will never
be enough to go around. The top one percen-
tile of the country earns more than the entire
bottom 40 percent of the population com-
bined. That gap in income has been growing
for the past 20 years, and it is costing us. For
every Sandy Weill, how many thousands?
Any attempts to reign in the excesses of cap-
ital are instantly dismissed as "communist,"
yet the rich are able to buy the requisite
influence to determine the circumstances by
which our lives are lived. Minimum wage, for
example, as opposed to a livable wage. And
you know they wouldn't even pay people the
minimum if they thought they could get away
with it. Examples of just such a circumstance
are a border away, and they are coming home
to roost. That is what they think of us. And
that is why I write.

The 40-hour week was not doled out
with benevolence, it was demanded and tak-
en. "Class War" is not some radical fringe
concept, it is the honest name for what the
rich are laying on the rest of us. We did not
give them the right to profit from our individ-
ual economic insecurities, but this is exactly
what they do.

LET'S TAKE THE FIGHT TO THEM. If
and when your job site experiences a unionizing
campaign, support it wholeheartedly. Make some
calls on your own, find out what your options
are. Do it yourself. At the very least, think
about what is happening all around you. All
the layoffs, all the stress. It's not "natural," it's
quite deliberate. Do understand that there are
remedies to the situation that stop well short
of Soviet-style communism. If you, as I, are in
the "service industry," you have irreconcil-
able differences with the elite. With that, rec-
ognize that you have some common interests

with others in your situation- there is some
strength in numbers. Let's take their fucking
'Generation X' stereotype of us and make
them EAT IT. So long as we are settling for
less, that is exactly what we will be getting. If
our bosses actually gave a fuck about us,
nobody would worry about being "down-
sized." What would you do if you lost your
job right now, and what do you do to hang
onto it? How much stress do you suppose the
average millionaire has to deal with? Some-
thing to think about.

There are pretty much only two kinds
of people in the world... there are those who
hate soap operas and there are those who
claim to hate soap operas but could easily tell
you that Billy's doing heroin again or that
Mike Horton is trying to put the moves on
Carrie. Obviously, I fall into the latter. (Actu-
ally, Days Of Our Lives is the only soap that
I even remotely pay attention to but I don't
even own a T.V. so I don't really see it that
much at all. Billy IS doing heroin again
though.)

Soap operas actually got their name
because they were originally created by soap
companies who wanted a forum on which
they could advertise health and beauty prod-
ucts to housewives. It holds true today as
well. Leading the way is Cincinnati-based
company, Proctor & Gamble (herein referred
to as P&G). They actually still work with the
studios that make the ultra-high quality dra-
mas of Guiding Light, Another World, and
As The World Turns.

Proctor & Gamble (OK, from HERE in
it'll be referred to as P&G), even though it's
U.S.-based, makes over half of their revenues
from outside the country. They are the world's
#1 household products company, sporting
such brands as Charmin, Crest, Pampers,
NyQuil, and Ivory. They also make a herd of
household cleaners and laundry detergents
such as Bounce, Downy, Mr. Clean, and Tide.
And what would a good multinational be
without its own food line. They make Crisco,
Folgers, JIF, Pringles, Sunny Delight, etc. P&G
is also the largest cosmetics company in the
United States, taking up 32% of the market,
with Cover Girl, Giorgio, Oil of O'Lay, and
Vidal Sasoon. They really do it all, don't they?
P&G has been pissing off animal rights groups
for years. They have always tested on animals
and continue to do so to this day . Now, wheth-
er or not this makes you mad depends on how
you feel about animal rights issues. I think of

it like this. Animals of every shape and size
are being tortured in very unusual ways (to
say the very least) and the experiments that
they are 'involved' in net very little scientific
research anyway. There are tons of compa-
nies that don't use animal testing so why does
P&G find it necessary. I mean, do I really need
to use a shampoo that was squirted into some
rabbit's eyes until he went blind? It sucks that
these animals have to go through this (and
not all of them make it through) and it sucks
even more that they fund it with money they
get from us consumers. Well, as you might
guess, they contribute more gloom to the
world than just that which is directed to-
wards the animal kingdom.

Their newest exercise in stupidity is
related to humans. (I guess we're in the ani-
mal kingdom too so, uh, never mind.) P&G
has spent the last 25 years and some $200
million researching Olestra, which is a fat-
free fat substitute of sorts. It seems that a
bunch of consumer rights groups have been
sticking it to them over Olestra. Apparently,
it has side effects with many people that
include stomach pains and diarrhea. Olestra
products were test marketed in a town just 10
miles south of where I live. Local papers
polled people who had tried it and the results
were fairly bad. Very few people liked them
and many became pretty ill. I guess P&G
decided that they had spent too much time
and money on this project to just ditch it
because they are starting up a $10 million
media blitz to promote it. They have hired the
ad agency of Squier Knapp to do the promo-
tion. This is the same ad agency that sold
voters to Bill Clinton in Election '96. Pushing
a product with sketchy health consequences
to the general public might seem hard, but
with a giant "Fat-Free" label, people could
very will ignore the other label that reads,
"Warning: Contains Olestra, which may cause
stomach pains and/or loose stools!" Let's
hope they can't pull it off.

P&G dabbles a lot in media. Aside from
the soap operas mentioned earlier, they signed
a 3-year deal with Paramount T.V. (Owned
by Viacom, which is the same company that
gave us MTV) and German-based UFA Stu-
dios. They're collectively spending $90 mil-
lion to make 36 T.V. movies to send to Europe.
(At least WE don't have to watch 'em.) Guess
who will be the main advertiser for these
movies? Do you think you'll see a fair amount
of P&G products in the movies themselves?
You betcha! They also recently pulled all their
ads from talk shows, claiming that they didn't
want to advertise on shows that feature gra-
tuitous sex, foul language, and references to
violence. Yep, you heard it here first. The
makers and advertisers of Another World
will not support shows that contain sex, bad-
mouthing, and violence. I giggled when I
read that one.

With all this going for them, nobody in
the mainstream press seems to notice P&G's

history of dastardly deeds. When speaking of
P&G, they are either marveling over some
new wonder product of theirs, or they're
drooling over their more-than-stellar stock
performance. I even read a piece on how great
P&G is for creating 4,000 new jobs last year. I
wonder how many people remember 1993,
when they began a "restructuring" process
thatnixed 13,000 jobs and shut down 30plants.
It's kind of the same concept as giving praise
to the guy that took $100 from you for giving
$35 of it back. That's exactly how it works
though. Make them forget all the shoddy
things you've done and make them remem-
ber your minor accomplishments. PR at its
finest.

Well, I'm sure you know by now where
you could find similar products that aren't
padding the pockets of P&G so I'll leave you

alone about it. I will, however, stress the
importance that you do so though. P&G makes
a good deal of soaps and detergents that are
pretty rough on the environment and there
are plenty of products that you could substi-
tute that don't. Same goes for health and
beauty products, food, and soap operas. (Ha)
Many steps are suggested to break free of the
corporate stranglehold we're in right now.
Well, this is a damn good (and easy) start.
Quit participating in the things you hate!

MORE JUNK! 1. Due to my inability to
correctly proof-read, I insinuated in my Coca-
Cola column that I don't like root beer. (I
believe my exact words were "I don't like root
beer.") This is a grave mistake on my part
since I consider root beer to be one of the Top
5 Best Things Ever. (Vague category, I know.)
I actually collect root beer bottles so if there's

a root beer brewer in your town, send me a
bottle (full, if possible) and you shall be re-
warded justly. 2. Thanks to all the bands and
people that have made my last couple of weeks
so eventful. Receiving extra-special mention
are THE DONNAS, BORIS THE SPRINKLER,
BEATNIK TERMITES, THE NEW BOMB
TURKS, ASININE SOLUTION, THE QUIN-
CY PUNKS, THE SCUZZ, HOMELESS WON-
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Many thanks to all the bands and people that
came to the Global Relief Festival. Special
thanks to Erik Trexel (for making it all happen)
and to Chris Berg (for providing the evening's
entertainment). Hey Abbey! Chris wants to
find you. Write to my address and I'll get you
in touch with him.) Here it is again everybody:
P.O. Box 504, Chippewa Falls, WI 54729. Root
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So here I sit, thankfully, with no bruised
or cracked ribs or other pit injuries. Greetings, all
MRR readers, from the smallest province in Canada:
Prince Edward Island...capital city, Charlottetown,
population: 31,500. home to THE BROWNIES,
P.O.S.. OBSOLETE, DONT COUNT ON US and other
bands who keep punk going in an area saturated
with MuchMusic-influenced crap and trends. Any-
way, what I'm saying is that there was an amazing
show this weekend at the Arts Guild in
Charlottetown. Besides the above mentioned lo-
cal bands, FYM and THE WANKING FAMILY ( fea-
turing Richard from Halifax, NS' THE CHITZ; see
review in MRR
169) also
pummeled us
with their pres-
ence.

The
cool thing about
this show was
that it occurred
onJune28.the
first weekend
after school
closed for sum-
mer. Lotsa shit
going on in
town, including
some stupid rave attempt, which hurt attendance:
(this sucked because it was Lionel from P.O.S.'
second show he put on and I don't think he broke
even ) but it also provided the show with a loyal
and rowdy bunch of friends and fans intent on a
good night.

I'll be hon-
est and say
that I was
late and
missed OB-
SOLETE, the
first band to
play, but I
can attest to
the fact that
they play
good
hardcore,
and can be
heard on
P E I ' s
HARDCORE

comp.. but more about that later. Next, THE
BROWNIES did their set of classic influenced
punk with a garage reality: the highlight being
their spoken/sung national anthem parody "No
Canada". Then. PISSED OFF SLOBS went on. and
man, I've been waiting a long time for a band like
this in Charlottetown. Frantic, intelligent, crusty
pogo punk. Yeah. D.C.U. came on next with a
super live show that kept the pit going. THE

WANKING FAMILY then played a set of furious but
fun punk. FYM (Free Your Mind) ended the night
with an energetic bunch of non generic skate core
tunes.

Other Charlottetown news: there is a
new record-getter in town; Pharoah'sTomb. Trevor
Pharoah got his tax numbers or permit or what-
ever and can get wholesale prices, and always has
a new bunch of Oil. hardcore and punk vinyl for
sale at decent prices. Farewell SUPERCAR? A few
months after releasing their "6 Right On, Rock
Songs" cassette, and after four years of playing in
Charlottetown and around the Maritimes, it seems
SUPERCAR are no more. Their singer, Andrew, got
a job in Ottawa. Thanks for the memories, guys,
and good luck.

Neat story; last month, the Confedera-
tion Bridge opened, joining our island with the
rest of you Canadians. I guess it is the biggest
goddamn bridge in the world or something, and

there were tons
of bigwigs in
town checking it
out and prob-
ably looking for
ways to capital-
ize on it. Anyway,
on May 28. at
the previous Arts
Guild show,
some guy from
Geffen Records
came by. chat-
ted to Tyler the
promoter, and
expressed inter-
est in "expand-
ing the careers of the bands...blah, blah, blah". He
was informed that this was a non-profit show, and
he was just there to make money. Tyler then went
to the stage, took the mic and told the crowd what
happened. This inspired a chorus of "FUCK MAJOR

LABELS". It
was great.

I sug-
gest everyone
trytogetPEI's
HARDCORE
comp. It fea-
tures P.O.S..
THE BROWN-
IES, OBSO-
LETE and
D.C.U. Sound
quality is bet-
ter than
demo-ish.
and it's a
great testa-
ment to our
scene. Send S3 to Lionel Stanley PO Box 812
Cornwall. PEI COA 1H0. CANADA.

FYM put out a 6 song 7 ". Great sound,
cool soundbites, a little insult to Ben Weasel:
skaters will love it. Write to FYM at 2 5 3 1 Philip St.
Halifax. Nova Scotia B3L 3H1. THE WANKING
FAMILY. I'm sure, can be reached through THE
CHITZ address: P.O. Box 34029 Scotia Square
R.P.O. Halifax. Nova Scotia B3J 3S1. I'm looking

forward to their first release.

Lack of venues and rednecks continue
to be thorns i n the side of the PEI scene, but where
is that not a problem? Anyway, that's about it for
now. Hopefully, more Atlantic Canadian scene
reports will grace these pages in the future.
Anyone interested can write me at Dan
MacCormac/ 1 2 Selkirk Crescent, Charlottetown.
PEI/ CIA 3R6 CANADA. Quick hellos and thanks
to: 803b Records in Calgary. Headache Records in
NJ, BLANKS 77, ANGRY, YOUNG AND POOR, and
all others who keep my mailbox full from time to
time. Cheers

Welcome. Taylor Nowhere here, of Go-
ing Nowhere fanzine, here to give you all the
information you need on the Colorado scene.
Despite whatyou may thinkabout our scene, after
the extremely skimpy BYOFL listings in which the
only people who listed (with some exceptions)
had nothing to do with the scene at all, or very
little, Colorado has a great scene. There are many
bands, labels, and zines, amongst many other
things, which I am here to tellyou about, since you
won't find a lot of this in BYOFL Here's who/what
it consists of:

Bands: We have an assortment of bands
with variousstyles as well as ages. One of Colorado's
best bands. PINHEAD CIRCUS, PO Box 731/
Golden. CO 80402. are now on BYO records, and
their second full length, called "Detailed Instruc-
tions For The Self Involved," is out now. following
their first full length and debut 7" on Black Plastic
Records out of Denver. CO. PINHEAD CIRCUS plays
music full of energy and speedy punk rock.
Straight outta Colorado Springs, the NOBODYS/
PO Box 1015/ Colorado Springs. CO 80901.
should have theirsecond full length out sometime
in the near future as well, following their constant
touring and their first full length on their home
label. Hopeless Records. They have six 7 "s on other
labels: Soda Jerk ( which is a split with PINHEAD
CIRCUS ). Stiff Pole. Just Add Water, and of course.
Hopeless.

SON OF SAM c/o No Recognition
Records/ PO Box 508/ Evergreen. CO 80437
and RANDOM VICTIM/ c/o Black Plastic Records/
PO Box 480832/ Denver. CO 80248. two punk
ska bands, should have their split CD out by the
time you read this as well, on local label Black
Plastic Records. RANDOM VICTIM Also has a 3-
song 7" on Black Plastic so check that out as well.
SON OF SAM has an amazing 7" including 4 of
their ska punk tunes on the local label out of
Evergreen. CO called No Recognition Records/
P.O. Box 508/ Evergreen. CO 80437. This local
label is also home to GUTBUCKET, a FOUR and
F.Y.P influenced speedy pop punk band who also
has a multi-song 7" out on NR.

THE GAMITS! a great new pop punk
band, who has been playing some great shows
already, have a 5 song EP coming out on Drug-
store Records (303) 278-4491, which should

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be out by the time you read this. FOUR is back
together, and alive and well, with a new drum-
mer, and no second guitarist. They're playing their
usual punk with a hint of ska here and there,
including members also of the band. THE
MESSYHAIRS, another new punk band locally,
who I hear is pretty damn good themselves. THE
GINDERS. 14/15 year old kids who play "punk
rock so aggressive you'll be windmill kickin' your
mom", according to Mike of Soda Jerk Records
and Distribution/ P.O. Box 4056/ Boulder, CO
80301. who will be putting out their 7" soon,
even though these guys are a fairly new band to
the scene. BEN HOGAN c/o Paco Garden Records/
569 E. Colfax Box 123/ Denver, CO 80203, an
old school hardcore band that even the MRR
reviewers loved, are starting to play some shows
again, and will most likely have a full length tape
out on my label Nowhere Records/ 7078 Van
Gordon Ct./ Arvada. CO 80004. following their
debut 7" on Paco Garden Records.

Another one of Colorado's finest
QUALM/ 9997 Hoyt PI./ Westminster. CO 80021.
have put out their new
full length tape, to sell
on this summer's
western US tour, and
boy does it ROCK! They
are also going to re-
lease this on CD. as
soon as they decide
which label they are
going to put it out on.
The tape they put out
themselves. Do your-
selves a favor and
check these guys out.
if they come through
your town, or order
some of their stuff. This release will follow their
split 7" with MINIMUM WAGE/ Box 4 163/ Ever-
green. CO 80439. who has a Fat Wreck Chords
influence to them, and is a pretty good band, but
needs a little more work. They also released an old
full length cassette, titled. "Masturbation is Physi-
cally Harmful." which is out of print.

BZORNGE deserves a mention, because
they are a teenage pop punk band around these
parts who are just starting to break their way into
the local scene, and also have a full length
cassette, titled "Rhymes with Orange." Last but not
least. THE FAIRLANES/ 2960 Pennsylvania Ave./
Boulder. CO 80303. are another local band, who
have been on tour a few times. They play SCREECH-
ING WEASEL influenced, pop punk with lots of
"wahoo's." They have two 7"s out. one brand new,
being a split with DIGGER, and the other being
their debut 7". Then they have a split CD out soon
with OVERLAP. These records are all out on
SuburbanHomeRecords/1750 30thSt.N°365/
Boulder. CO 80301.

PETROL APATHY sucks and has totally
sold out and fucked up the scene, and have sold
their soul to the local asshole promoter Dan
Steinburg. so don't support these guys and don't
support 2B Announced Productions or Dan
Steinburg.

There are lots of other local bands, but
I narrowed it down to the best, the ones who play

a lot of shows, and my per-
sonal favorites.

ZINES: Colorado
does have zines. as well.
There have been more start-
ing up around here, and
some dying down around
here, but here are the bet-
ter ones, that still exist: Sub-
urban Home, being the best
of the local zines, and com-
pares to some of the best out of state too. this free
zine. which is on issue N°6. you can get for $1
postage to: Suburban Home/ 1750 30th St.
NP365/ Boulder. CO 8030 l.This is a great read,
run by a great guy. who is totally supportive of the
Colorado scene. This guy works hard to help out
the punk rock scene in general so check him out.
Going Nowhere, my fanzine, has been getting a lot
better at writing, quality, and layout, since issue
NP1. and we can actually call ourselves a zine
now. Although there are some things I would
obviously like to improve, I think we are a fairly
good fanzine. We are
on newsprint. As al-
ways we are f ree...but
you got to pay post-
age, so send $1 for a
copy to: Going No-
where/ 7078 Van
Gorden Ct./ Arvada.
CO 80004. Then there
is Midget

Breakdancing Digest
c/o Stuart Anderson/
3032 Mcintosh Dr./
Longmont.C080503.
which is an amusing
local zine. done on a
copy machine. It is a halfsize. and is a free,
amusing, local zine. Send some postage if you
want one to the address above. Another cool, copy
machined, half size zine. that comes out pretty
regularity is Rats In the Hallway c/o Stephan
Wild/ 5109 S. Elk Ridge Rd./ Evergreen. CO
80439. which is worth checking out and costs
$.50 to the address mentioned above. Creative
Insanity used to be a great local, newsprint zine.
but I haven't seen one in ages...some say it still
exists though...

Venues: Club 156 in
Boulder is a great venue on the
corner of Broadway and Euclid in
the UMC building on CU campus.
Admission is $5 a show. The club
generally has 3-5 bands playing,
serves beer w/ ID. and is one of
the best local venues around. It
has touring bands as well as local
bands playing. Area 39. on 3900
Pecos St. in Denver, is a bar run by
a bunch of assholes who like to
beat the shit out of moshers. the
crowd, kick out paying customers,
and not re-admit customers. The
stage is split down the middle, so
if you want to see both sides of the
band, you gotta be 2 1 . and there
is beer served. w/ID. but it's all

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ages, until midnight. I
can't complain too ;
much because it's got- !
ten a little better. If there
is one area the Colo-
rado scene is lacking in
it's probably venues.

There is a ware-
house that holds a lot of
shows, which are usu-
ally benefit shows, for
causes like Food Not Bombs, and the scene in
general, and is located on 2100 Arapahoe, in
Denver. It usually hosts local bands, is all ages, and
beer is sometimes served. It's a fun place, but
when shows sell out at this warehouse, boy do the
police get testy. Then there are places that hold
shows that are generally for bigger bands, such as:
The Ogden, The Bluebird, and the Mercury Cafe,
who all have punk show occasionally. The prices
are usually like $8 and only usually have 3 bands.
The bands are usually big. but they are still good
places to go.

Record Stores: WaxTrax of Denver 638
E. 13th Ave. Denver. CO 80203 and Boulder
1143 13th St. Boulder. CO 80302,are both great
record stores. Double Entendre in Denver is cheap,
and Black and Read 7821 Wadsworth Blvd.
Arvada. CO 80003. sells punk. All these stores sell
vinyl, good punk bands, and some local bands too
for your punk rock needs.

Other: I really don't know what else
there is...There isn't really anywhere for us kids to
hang out these days.Ihat is a major problem
around Coloradc.If it's coffee you're looking for,
go up to Boulder where you can't pass a block
with out seeing a coffeeshop, cause of all the
college kids and all the dumb hippies. I guess that
could be something else to do: Boulder is infested
with them: Go beat up a hippie.

Information: For more information, con-
tact me at Going Nowhere/ 7078 Van Gordon Ct.
/Arvada. CO 80004. or (303) 431-7168. but
only call from noon-8 p.m. I will help you out if I
can or direct you to someone I know who can help
you if I can't. If you want to get a show in Colorado,
the best person I know to contact is Virgil from
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Page 1

Big Mountain

Right now, in Big Moun-
tain Arizona, native Dineh
(Navajo) residents are being
forcibly evicted from their
homes because of the interests
of a coal mining company. It
seems as though this is a sto-
ry which we hear so often, yet
here it is again, con-
tinuing as we
speak.

The back-
ground to the sto-
ry is that the
Dineh and Hopi
peoples have lived
peacefully together
on land in the Big
Mountain area. Part of
this land, Black Mesa, holds
particular religious and cul-
tural significance. There is a
Hopi prophecy which says
that outsiders will want to
devastate the Black Mesa
area, and if they succeed, it
will be the beginning of the
end of the world.

The problem is the Pea-
body Coal Company. The com-
pany has moved into this area
and in it's own interest has es-
tablished tribal councils, run
by its own lawyers, to aid in
the company's take over of the
area. The Supreme Court has
ruled that the Hopi people are
not allowed to protest the ac-
tions of the tribal councils.

The Peabody Coal Com-
pany has used it's political and
economic muscle to force itself
into the area, forcing the relo-
cation of native people and
devastating the already arid
and unfriendly environment.
The power plant built by the
company causes air pollution
so great it can be seen by as-
tronauts in space. The water
used by the company for their
slurry line has caused springs
and ground water to dry up,
and many wells in the area
have gone dry.

The Peabody Coal Com-

pany's political manipulation
also involved helping through
congress Public Law 93-531, a
relocation act requiring 10,000
Dineh to be moved from their
homes. This is the largest relo-
cation by the US Government
since the internment of Japa-
nese citizens during
World War II.

Another "un-
fortunate" twist to
the story is that the
area were relocated
Dineh have been
forced to settle, near
Shiprock AZ, are
contaminated by mil-
lions of tons of uranium
ore, left over from the Church
Rock uranium mining operation
spill in 1979. The Little Colo-
rado, the Puerco, and other riv-
ers in the area are also contam-
inated.

A few hundred Dineh fam-
ilies still live in the area, and
they are bound to the land by
tradition and culture. The Hopi
councils set up by the mining
company are aiding in the intim-
idation and relocation of the re-
maining Dineh residents, as
they are harassed and their live-
lihoods are destroyed when their
livestock is impounded. Their
homes and their livestock have
been damaged by blasts from
mining operations, excessive
coal dust, and contaminated
drinking water. The traditional
people left on Big Mountain
have essentially been given two
options. They can relocate or,
their livestock shall be confiscat-
ed and they will die. This is quite
effective, because sheep provide
the only means of subsistence for
the Dineh.

The Peabody Coal Compa-
ny has attempted to cover its
effort by insinuating that this is
a Hopi-Navajo land dispute,
though this is hardly the case.
The Dineh people are banning
continued on page 2

RIOT 101!

y Last month we debuted a story about an incident
at Minneapolis's Bombshelter. This follow up was
submitted by Bryan Alft. Newspaper clippings
supplied by Felix Von Havoc.

On July 18th one of Min-
neapolis' few semi-consistent
DIY venues, the Bombshelter,
was boarded up following what
is being billed in the mainstream
press as a 'riot'. Although not sur-
prising, police and media ac-
counts differ greatly from that of
punks who attended the show.

The club was an actual con-
crete bombshelter which allowed
very little ventilation inside the
space. As a result, the heat drove
many people up to street level, in
front of the club, to
cool off.
As Defi- ,

ance be- ^enM""*
g an their .-CSSSS
set quite a" few people

were still outside and a minor ar-
gument had broken out among
people in the crowd on the side-

the dub, to -* turn 8 to*

walk. As the organizers attempt-
ed to calm the dispute and clear
the sidewalk, a cop arrived and
spotted the argument in progress.
The cop claims to have seen an as-
sault in progress and he and other
officers entered the Bombshelter
to 'apprehend the suspect'. This
action was initiated with extreme
hostility on the part of the police
who completely disregarded the
pleas of show organizers to allow
the show to be disbanded

. i«t riot q uiet 'y- In "

mto «"«• stead the

irtfi<* cops en-
{SSSS^tered the
space, pushing
and hitting individuals and the re-
sult was a somewhat hostile re-
sponse by individuals in the club.
What ensued was a series of scuf-

continued on page 3

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show here in beautiful San Francisco. Notice the list of
opening bands and people they want to thank, as well as
the notes reminding them what to talk about between each
song. Who said anything about punk rock being about
spontaneity and youth?

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October 1997

San Francisco Critical Mass
Makes Headlines - Again

San Francisco's Criti-
cal Mass bike ride has al-
ways been notorious. But
lately, things are heating
up for Bay Area cyclists.
Last month's ride set the
precedent for further con-
frontations between cy-
clists and police in the
coming months.

July's ride was pre-
ceded by a meeting be-
tween Bike Coalition mem-
bers and representatives of
the city, who hammered
out a proposed route for the
ride. Mayor Willie Brown
planned to make a speech
but was greeted by a
somewhat hostile crowd of
cyclists in the plaza. He
only got a few lines out
before being shouted
down by cries of "Where's
your bike, Willie?" and a
loud chorus of booing. The
ride began with the SF Po-
lice making a feeble at-
tempt to keep the thou-
sands of cyclists on the
proposed route.

Chaos ensued as bi-
cyclists separated and
then

regrouped, making a mess
of the rush hour traffic
downtown. The police ap-
proved route was thrown
out the window and the
new objective became a ride
on the Bay Bridge. The Bay
Bridge, unlike the Golden
Gate Bridge, makes no pro-
vision for either pedestrian
or bicycle traffic.

The police presence at
the on ramps to the bridge
was heavy, and a mass ride
was not successful. Howev-
er, at one point, about thirty
cyclists did gain access to
the freeway, though they
chose to rejoin the group
rather than be easily picked
off by the police once sepa-
rated.

The ride continued
with numerous confronta-
tions between cops, drivers,
and cyclists, ending in large
numbers of cyclists being ar-
rested and having their bi-
cycles impounded (some
newspapers listed number
as high as 250 arrests), and
many angry

drivers. At points police
massed with their helmets
on, using the loudspeaker to
tell bicyclists to disperse.

News coverage of the
ride was not favorable,
though it did continue on the
evening news for at least a
week on some stations, as
well as with numerous fol-
low up articles in The Chron-
icle and The Examiner. They
said that Critical Mass riders
are giving bicyclists a bad
name and causing near riot
situations, without giving air
time to the issues of bicyclist
safety and accessibility on
city streets, as well as envi-
ronmental issues. Some re-
ports set the number of rid-
ers participating in the July
ride at 5,000.

The ride takes off at
6:00 P.M. on the last Friday
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fles between punks and cops where
the police began spraying mace into
the crowd and swinging flashlights
and collapsible batons almost imme-
diately. Many people who were un-
aware of the violence and were still
watching the band were alerted to
what was happening by clouds of
mace. Since there was little ventila-
tion and the police had pulled the
only door shut behind them, the
mace quickly overcame many. Peo-
ple raced toward the only exit, only
to be further maced at close range
or beaten by police who were block-
ing the stairs. In the confusion, a call
went out that an officer was down,
resulting in the arrival of a continu-
ous stream of cops in riot gear.

1

Many of these cops stormed into the
club with guns drawn, causing fur-
ther panic in the club. Punks were
beaten as they left the club, and the
abuse continued as people, blinded
by mace, didn't leave the immedi-
ate area quickly enough for the po-
lice. After the street had been seized
by police and cordoned off by over
40 police cars and as many as 150-
200 cops (the show was attended by
maybe 1 50 punks), those punks ran-
domly grabbed by police were hand-
cuffed and further beaten. In the end,
13 punks were jailed. Some cops
were reported to have needed med-
ical attention as well, the most seri-
ous being a broken arm.

Immediately following the

'CALENDER*

Here are the upcoming events we have information for. The
summer frenzy is winding down and the list is short this time. Please
send me info on any conferences orfestivab you know of! This is not
limited to punk events, we want political and social events as well.
For a complete list including longer descriptions and other unrelated
events. This is also not limited to US or North American
events! Remember that this is contact information only. Please send
me info here at MRR or at jenangel@mindspring.com - Thanks!

October 5 Toronto Ont CANADA: Zine Fest

The date for Canztne, the festival of Canadian alternative culture
has been set! Sunday, October 5, 1997, downtown Toronto, Symp-
tom Hall (Claremont Ave. — - four blocks west of Bathurst North of
Queen). To book a table, find out what is going on, get posters and
fliers, or get detailed directions, email broken pencil at
halpen@interlog.com.

October 1 7-19 Columbus. OH: Ami Racist Action Conference
Contact ARA at 6 1 4-424-9074 for more information. Featured speak-
ers include Ann Bolhen (maker of the film "Blood in The Face"),
Nelson Johnson (1980 Greensboro Massacre survivor), along with
an anti fascist march/rally, workshopws, and entertainment.

November 1-2 Bloomington IN: Music Fest
Saturday November I and Sunday November 2 @ Rhino's All-Ages
16-20 band fest - contact us for info and to send demos: Fest, c/o
residents, 602 S. Mitchell, Bloomington, IN 47401

January 98 Montevideo, URAGUAY: Anarchist Conference

Action Collective in Brasil, and Anarcho Punk Movement in
Uruguay, are planning an Anarcho Punk International Gathering in
Montevideo, Uruguay, in january*98. It's important to emphasize
the political nature of this event, that have the finality to build forms
of union and fight.. .and to meet friends, have some fun, talk a lot,...at
last, create a confraternization relationship.

If you want more information, send a E-mail to:
a9512827@ccb2.ccb.ufsc.br. Or send a mail to: Anarcho Punk Ac-
tion Collective - Caixa Postal 758 CEP 88010-970 Florianopolis-
SC Brasil

Have you attended a festival or conference recently? Write in
to MRR NFM'S and tell us how it went!

incident, police spokesmen made
hyper-dramatic and exaggerated
claims that police were "fighting
for their lives" with "their backs to
walls". Of course, the media did
tie to represent viewpoints other
than that of the police. Currently,
the majority of the punks jailed af-
ter this in-
cident are
out on bail '
and are
scheduled
to make
their court
appearanc-
es at the
end of Au-
gust. The
police have
been cre-
ative with
the charges
and thrown
the book at
most of the
13. 10 of
the punks
have been
charged
with a
range of of-
fense s ,
from as-
sault with a
dangerous
weapon to

Profane Existence has done
a good job of contacting the local
media outlets with a perspective on
the incident that is contrary to the
official police reports and

"••SSS^cw some area P a P ers
ti on s

***?

"But
just who ji
started ['£
the fight

is unclear. Ac- ^^-Si;
cording to Jon Krupa, one
of the concert organizers, po-
lice had their guns drawn as
they chased a suspect into
the crowded basement. Pan-
ic ensued, he says, when po-
lice sprayed mace in the
crowded basement. There
was only one exit, and when
concertgoers — suffocating in
the poorly ventilated room-
— tried to flee, police beat
them with clubs and flash-
lights, he says. Police put out
an "officer down" call, and
the dozens of cops who re-
sponded blocked of streets
and beat anyone trying to
leave."

inciting a riot and obstructing jus-
tice. The police report would be al-
most comical (police claim one of
the defendants yelled "fuck you
pig. I'm revolting!") if it wasn't for
the seriousness of their charges and
the randomness at which people
were grabbed and charged for
them. In fact, some of the offenses
could amount to as many as 7 years
in prison and $14,000 in fines, with
most defendants facing 3-4 counts
each.

The incident on July 18th
was the culmination of increasing
harassment by Minneapolis police
against punks. The cops have ran-
domly and violently arrested and
held punks for such minor offens-
es as jaywalking and panhandling
all summer. This "riot" seems to
have been spurred by police look-
ing for an excuse to further crack
down on the Minneapolis punk
community and was unavoidable.
Rather than allowing the show to
be disbanded peacefully- as has
been done in the past- police
stormed in and incited the riot
themselves.

have
repre-
sented a
bit of

t h e
punk
c o m -
muni-
ties per-
spec-
t i v e .
P . E .
was
also
largely
respon-
s i b 1 e
f o r
helping
those
punks
in jail
with
bail.
Unfor-
tunate-
ly, very
little

documentation exists of what real-
ly happened at the show that night.
Cops went so far as to take a cam-
era from someone documenting the
police attack and expose the film.
This kind of blackout will make a
defense even more difficult for
those punks arrested. Financial as-
sistance is greatly needed to help
offset the tremendous cost of the
bail that has been posted and to hire
effective lawyers for the accused
(public defenders appear to be
completely ineffectual). For more
information on the incident or if
you would like to make a donation,
please call: (612) 813-1216, or
write: Police Riot Defense Fund c/
o P.EV P. O. Box 8722/ Minneap-
olis, MN 55408/ U.S.A.

In the interest of full disclo-
sure- something that the mainstream
media avoids- please be aware that
this brief article was written by
someone who was not present at the
show on the 1 8th. Police reports, in-
terviews, press releases, and news-
paper article were all used to attempt
to assemble a short description of
what occured that nisht.

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As with most noteworthy record

labels that have any sort of fan base, they start

at the bottom and work their way op. Chris Pessimiser

is no exception. He's been doing the label for aboot four

years now and has quite a few releases under his belt. Starting

with a handful of split singles and the now infamous "Cry Now.

Cry Later" singles compilations, he's made quite a name for his

label and the Los Angeles hardcore scene. I spent a few hours

with him in January discussing his label, his community, and life

in Inglewood.

Interview and photos by Kevin Imamura.

MRR: This is where you grew up, right? What s the charm ot Inglewood, what Keeps you nere^

C: You know all of the streets, all the people, the stores, where all the murders happened — all the usual bullshit.

MRR: And all of the empty pools.

C: Of course. A lot of good pools. Plus the money thing you know, it's a lot cheaper to live here.

MRR- So anyway, how's married life treating you now that it's been over a year?

C : Pretty good; eating a lot of good Mexican food. . . I don't know man, after so long, it was about time, you can't be

fucking around forever.

MRR: Absolutely. So let's get started where it all started: the Pessimiser Zine. How long ago and what was your driving

force for starting the zine?

C: I had read a bunch of zines that were pretty weak—

MRR: For example?

C: I don't remember, and that's just it— they're so forgettable... The first issue was like late '91 , early 92, somewhere

around there?

MRR: I think it was early '92. .,,... , , ,

C: We did that and just talked a bunch of shit about people — who deserved it . I didn't think anybody would give a fuck. I figured that it would be

just a one-off type thing . . .

MRR: So you had no intentions of doing other ones or keeping it going? •

C ■ Nope I remember gluing all of the shit together and going to the copy shop and them saying "This is done all wrong I So the whole thing had to

be cut and re-pasted on the floor of the place. So it was done and I got the copies and I was like "This is cool." Then like a week later I was like "Man,

this is total dogshit! " But I sent one to Pat (Delaney) at KXLU (who did a hardcore show) and he mentioned it on the air. So that got me excited because

I knew that someone had actually read it. So I said fuck it and decided to do another one, and another one and another

MRR: So there were four total, right?

C: Yep, four of 'em. ^r TU r-

MRR: So with all of the demos and stuff you started getting, is that why you wanted to start "The Hour Ot The Goat

radio show? Did that come out of the zine or was it just an after thought?

C: Well, me and Phil (Vera, of 1 6 and Crom); a guy I think real highly of, we were all into the early Earache shit and old

thrash/hardcore. The first time I remember talking to Phil, we were talking about the "Grindcrusher" comp and that's

when we fell in love or whatever. From then on it was just like, "man you gotta hear this Abraxas demo I got," or

Carbonized or whatever; there were all these bands and we would listen to Pat D's show and Phil said that there was

no grmdcore or death metal or whatever you want to call it on that station. Back then, there was still some okay stuff

going on. Phil went there (LMU) so he asked the program director if we could do a show. Finally they let us do it.

MRR: And it's one in the morning.

C: Yeah, it's from one to two in the morning. At that time slot, you can pretty much do what you want. That s why

liked KXLU a lona time aqo, because the people just went for it and it was entertaining to listen to. They always had_

rad shows, the DJs had personalities. And it was a genuinely cool station. And that was what me and Phil tried to do.

MRR: Give it some flavor? . . .

C: Yeah, I mean the only hardcore show was Pat's and that turned into Naomi's. One hour of hardcore a week for all of southern California is ju

; early. How do they expect people

enough.' We started to get bummed because we knew that we could have a ton of people listening if we were on at a better time slot. Because not

a lot of people are up that late. I can't even stay up to listen to Naomi's show and that starts at 1 1 . People have to work <

to stay up 'til 2 in the morning for that shit — on a Monday! '

MRR- The first thing that you put out with Theologian was the 1 6/Fresh American Lamb split 7" that came with the Pessimiser zine #4. But it wasn t

really until the show was ending and you did the "Cry Now, Cry Later" comp that things actually came together as a proper label.

C: Yeah, that was the first proper release.

MRR: And that pretty much came i

it of the

"Hour Of The Goat"" show?

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C- 1 was writing to a lot of those people before the show happened, but I never really thought about putting out records

back then because I had no idea who to even call about shit like that. All those bands, I had either a record or tape from

them and just wrote them and said, "Look you know, I want to put this record out, this double 7". Originally, it was

supposed to be a 12" but it didn't fit or something and then I went to this print shop got this big piece of paper from

this guy. I started fucking around with the folds and it folded down perfectly to fit 2 records. I think that was how we

decided to do it. I had been writing to a lot of the bands for kind of a long time.

MRR: What year did the first comp come out?

C: It was probably like '93 — it's all a blur.

MRR: When you put out the first one, did you know or think that you were going to continue or did you think that it

was going to be like how the zine started, as a one off.

C- 1 only thought there were maybe like 300 or 400 people in the world that gave a fuck about that kind of music. We

were originally only going to print 500 of them but because of the prices and after giving all of the bands their copies

we decided to orint 1000.

MRR: Did you end up re-pressing the first one?

C: No, none of that stuff has been repressed. .-

MRR: How did you initially hook up with Marc (Theodore) because his label (Theologian) is something completely separate and different from the joint

C Marc and I used to work together back in like '87 or '88 at a skateboard shop. We just knew each other from working there. Then he left to start
his record store Alternative Groove. Then one day I told him that Pessimiser 4 was going to cbme out, but I wanted it to have a glossy cover, 8 1/2 x
1 1 and all of this shit I had come back from that tour with Fresh American Lamb and I told them that if I ever put out a record, I wanted them to be
on it Around the same time I had just heard the double 7" that 1 6 had put out themselves and had started writing to them because that single just
blew me away I ended up calling them up and talking with them about skating and shit. As it turned out, they had the same sort of fucked up sense
of humor and liked the same shit I liked. So I asked them if they wanted to do the split with Fresh American Lamb.

out there. We did 1 000 of them.

MRR: You've put out what, four full length albums now, what's next? This isn't going to be like the zine?

C No I definitely want to keep on putting out records, it's a lot more rewarding than doing a zine. The only reason

why I stopped doing the zine was because I ran out of shit to say. I've been thinking about doing another one, but it's

definitely not going to be 3 or 4 interviews, some reviews and a cover with some dead guy on it ... or some guy with

an afro doing a hand-plant on a skateboard.

MRR: What sort of fan base do you have with the label?

C: All different kinds of people write, I answer everything. I mean I used to write people and order stuff all the time

and I was always stoked when I got a note or a letter with my stuff. It makes it seem a lot more personal, not like a

company, you know? It's like "I'm into this shit, and if you want, here it is; it's cheap. " Nobody is making a million bucks

off of singles.

MRR: I think that's probably whv a lot of labels like Slab a Ham have slowed down.

sww.

Volume 4

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(ompil.ition

MRR: Damaged ever since -
C: All of the dirt head guys at school would listen to Ozzy and Maiden and
all of that shit. One day I went and picked up Fresh Fruit For Rotting
Vegetables and pulled out the poster. It was just like "the party is over! " You
know, there's no such thing as demons creeping through the city streets
while you're riding some magic carpet through London or whatever. It's
like, there a fucking girl with her head blown off and president Reagan
saluting a television. That shit was reality and that's why I liked it so much.
It was just raw. I've gotta say, that's probably one of the best records I've
ever heard. So like that and all of the old thrash stuff: Slayer, Cryptic
Slaughter, Venom, DRI, you know, those bands totally influenced me.
MRR: I know that you used to be into a lot of the early rap groups. How did
that come about from the hardcore/thrash thing?
C: I thought rap was cool because when the first Public Enemy record came
out, they sort of said the same type of shit, just in a different way. There's
this guy from Inglewood called Mac 10 and he's okay; nothing political or
groundbreaking.
MRR: Really, you like that guy?

C: I don't know, I just saw the one video on VH1 or whatever and I thought
that it was pretty funny to see places that are around the corner from my
house in music videos. So I guess it's cool to see someone finally come out
of Inglewood because there's way too many guys coming out of ... I don't
know, Newport beach or where ever. Besides, it seemed like all of rap music
just turned into how everyone just talks about how bad ass they were and
I don't know how that relates to anything. People compare rap to punk and
say that it is the second coming or whatever, but I don't see it.
MRR: Well definitely not now. I think in the beginning it might have started
out that way, but rap completely strayed away from the political side of
things a long time ago. Now things are just about me and my money, etc.,
etc.

C: Yeah, the inner-city success ladder is so backwards anyway, I mean, there
will be a guy with a cellular phone and a beeper and a car with $3000.00
rims, but somewhere, there is a kid crying for that guy that he's not taking
care of. That's just being weak minded.

MRR: Do you feel strongly about any other social issues? Politics or
anything? Do you give a fuck?

C: I feel more strongly about community type stuff. I mean I'm not too
versed on international politics. I just know politics as far as what I see
around Inglewood. I see how the single parent family and 40 oz. of
malt liquor and crack cocaine are killing everybody. It kills people and
then it kills their kids too, before they even grow up. The CIA bringing
cocaine into South Central — people like that, behind all of this shit
— people like the beer companies who are making all of this money
off of peoples' misfortunes, and don't give a fucking thing back,
those are the people who should be held accountable for all of
this shit. If sometime soon, there's like ten thousand people
who storm their factories and say "we know where all of you
fucking people live and we're going to kill all of your
families because it is your fault! You're putting this shit
into our neighborhoods and getting all these dudes to
make drinking malt liquor acceptable. You're re-
sponsible! All of the money that you've made, in

this comfortable lifestyle that you live, is all
because of our misfortune. And now we're gon-
na take some of that shit back!" They can't be
surprised when something like that happens. There's
always consequences for everything. And all of these
single parent families, I don't know what it is, if it is just a
bunch of dudes who can't accept responsibility or what. If
you're not going to raise the kid, don't be fucking, you know,
that's it. Or whatever, use some kind of protection. If all of the
dads were in the homes raising their kids, things would be so
much better. These communities have the ability to be on their
own. Don't let Anheuser Busch come in here and tell you what to
do, tear down the fucking billboards. Tell the businesses to hire
people from the community to work here, because we're sick of
giving you our money and then you just split over the hill and spend
it somewhere else. They have to be held accountable for that shit. It is
definitely a two way street though. Citizens have to do their part too.
They have to say, "We're not buying dope and malt liquor! " You have
to put those people out of business. The companies have to be held
accountable for the damage they've done and the citizens have to stop
it right now. Stop the whole cycle.

MRR: I think that that is half the problem though. There are a lot of people
who want to change it but people are just too fucking lazy. They don't want
to put their foot down. There's also just a lot of weak-minded people out
there.

C: Yeah, work is a good way to keep people in line. There's a lot of times
when I've ridden my bicycle to work, worked 1 hours, ridden it back and
... I just want to come home, watch the fucking hockey game and qo to

sleep. I probably don't even end up watching the whole game because I'm
so gone. So it's like, you just worked 10 hours and now you're going to
march on some fucking liquor store or something. You don't have a lot of
energy to do it but it's gotta be done sooner or later. There has to be some
sort of community action. In Inglewood, something like that is starting up,
I think it's called Inglewood Action. It's kind of like some covert thing were
they hand out leaflets to different neighborhoods. They don't condone
violence, but they're putting some of the city council people in check. For
example, "Councilman so and so took the contract that was to make new
uniforms for the trash collectors and had it done in some other city."
Common sense tells you that since you work for the city and its citizens are
paying your salary, you have to give the business back to the city. You have
to recycle the money back in to the community.

With all of the guns and pissed off people that are in this city, shit is
just boiling over again. They can't just keep disrespecting the community by
leaving them out of everything. Lack of jobs opens up a whole can of worms:
illegitimacy, drug abuse, everything. A guy can't make a living, so he gets
pissed and starts yelling at his kid — all of that shit. Everybody needs to have
jobs. Everybody wants to work, well almost everybody. Everyone has to
contribute to the area, whether it's talking to a kid, or organizing some shit
to get some fucker out of the city council. And if it's not by writing letters,
it's by intimidating him physically, you know? Like standing out in front of
his car and saying, "You better do your job because we're paying you, we're
your boss; you better do your job or some shit might happen to you." It's
unfortunate that it has to happen that way, but I bet you it gets the point
across. 'Cuz none of those fuckers live in Inglewood. They all go home to
their place on the other side of the tracks or where ever. The people that run
the community and police the community and clean the streets or whatever
— it should all be done by the people in the community. And there are so
many people here that can do it. They don't need outside interference —
it has to stand on its own. And it can. It should. We have to quit calling the
cops to fix problems we should fix by ourselves.
MRR: So what do you have to say to all the drunk punks who seem to get
fucked with all of the time?

C: I don't know man, it's like, how many times have they gotten fucked up
by the pigs? And then ask them, " Did you deserve it?" What should be the
punishment for being drunk and pissing on someone's business? You
know? Like me or you or anybody that's reading this, that's just worked
hard and opened his business and some fucking idiot is pissing on his door.
You know, what should the punishment be? The cops are gonna go get you
a rag and some Windex and tell you to clean it up?
MRR: Yeah, like that's gonna happen . . .

C: A lot of people like to talk shit, but it's unwarranted. You can sit up in
the fucking suburbs and say that pigs suck, but you got it fucking good!
'Cuz they never fucking nailed you in the balls with a flashlight and called
you a pussy. And then the cops get into a circle and say, "Hit me! I won't
hit you back. " That's the worst feeling.

MRR: Inglewood and South Central are not generally known for their. . .
C : ... Nice, friendly service. Everybody who lives in the area has there police
horror stories, and I believe them all. Stories where cops picked up some
guy, took him out into the middle of the LAX fields and just left him there.
I believe it. I know it happens. Maybe not as much as it did, but it still

happens. People can't take it. It's like keeping an animal in a cage. When

he gets the chance he's on their ass. It seems like that riot opened some

people's eyes.

MRR: Since we were kinda on the subject of money, what do you think ot

bands and labels and selling out?

C ■ I don't think that real hardcore bands have the potential to sell out. I think

bands like Green Day and other bands like that, they always sounded like

that It's not like they were some vegan-deathcore band and then all of a

sudden they turned into a catchy band just to sell records. They played like

that always. As far as going to a big label, I could care less. It's fucked that

the music "industry" has so much power, because you know that whatever

Green Day is making, the label is making ten times as much. It is just this

huge money making machine. I don't know how the guys in Green Day lived

before they sold a million records — they could have been eating oatmeal

and grape kool-aid every night. So they've got some success and now

they're like "Cool, we can have real food now! " I mean, how can you blame

them? I could give a shit less. Whatever, power to them. That's their

business.

MRR: What do you think about the modern hardcore scene today? It seems,

I don't know, not like it's some big trend, but it seems like there are a lot

of bands popping up all over the place and a lot of them all sound the same.

C: Well basically, all of those bands owe their existence to bands like MITB,

Spazz, Crossed Out, No Comment . . .

MRR: The Slap a Ham legacy lives on.

C: Oh yeah, they just copy the Slap a Ham style, not that I'm really knocking

any of the bands anywhere because you could say that every punk band or

whatever is copying the Circle Jerks or . . .

MRR: . . . Black Flag. And at least 3/4 of them really suck.

C: Yeah, but the packaging is really good!

MRR: It all seems pretty discouraging. Especially with the current crop of

bands that we've heard lately. Like we had been discussing, it seems like a

bunch of emo kids had a friend make them a tape of some Slap a Ham shit

and they went nuts. It just seems like every band wants to sound like, I don't

know, Rorschach. . .

C: Yeah, or 20 changes in 10 seconds, whatever. Some of that shit just

doesn't have any sort of groove to it. A band like Spazz or No Comment,

even a group like DRI; they hauled ass butyou could feel like there wassome

heart in it I know it sounds cheesy, but like they have soul, or something,

you know? Excruciating Terror play at 1000 MPH, but they got some

"groove" shit going on, you can tell they "feel" it.

MRR: And everyone is doing it

C: Yeah. Maybe that's why, because everybody can just do noisy shit and

blast and throw in a couple of rolls with some idiot in a beenie screaming

on it and that's a 7 " . And that'll be the cool new brutal power-violence band

or something.

MRR: What do you think about the term "Power-Violence"? Is it just some

shitty phrase or what?

C: I don't know man, again I think it's just all of those old Slap a Ham bands.

MRR: And that was it?

C: And that's it. There isn't really much more. The West Coast bands. I don't

know what the East Coast was like.

MRR: They had bands like Born Against ana Korscnacn, ouirnai seemeu n^e
a whole separate thing. I mean they weren't going a million miles an hour,
but they had their own sound . . .
C: Just as brutal, though . . .

MRR: it seems like LA. is getting a lot of attention again, and that's good.
C : Bands like Stapled Shut and Excruciating Terror have been doing this shit
for a long time and no one even gave a shit.
MRR: You mean like with Nausea (L.A.) or . . .

C ■ With Excruciating Terror, they've been around since like '91 . Some death

metal people used to like them, but that's because those are the only

people that they could get shows with. But now people are starting to hear

about them and starting to realize that they're the shit.

MRR: What sort of response has the label gotten from the critics?

C: I'm totally grateful for all the reviews and all the people who are into

it. It all helps, just to get into these zmes. You know though, you'll get

a bad review, look at who wrote it and then read something else they

reviewed and it'll be an album I thought was total dogshit. But they

were like, "Fuck man, these guys, they re-invented rock 'n roll with

this album ! " and I'm just like "What!?" So whatever, good reviews,

bad reviews, fuck it. I don't think people need to read a review to

convince themselves. They see the band name and they know

what type of stuff the label puts out, so they should check it out.

MRR: We mentioned skating and pools earlier, is that a big part

of your life?

C: It was. When I was like in junior high and high school,

that was my life. Riding skateboards with my friends

Maynard from Necrosis and Jose from Despise You,

that's all I used to do. Listen to records and skate.

MRR- Is that whv vou out a lot of skating clips in

the issues of Pessimiser? A lot of times I wondered

if people got any of that stuff.

C: Yeah, I wondered too if people get that shit, the

whole artwork and the skating pictures. It's kinda like

someone from New York putting in subway pictures and

like, I don't know, some fucking Hoagie stand — I don't

know what the fuck they've got over there, you know? I would

just be like, " It's a train or it's a sandwich stand. " I wouldn't have

a clue, I've never been out there, but that's just what I know and

grew up with. I'll still skate occasionally, but I'm a lot more reserved

now cause I can't break anymore legs or anything. I've gotta wake

up and go to work now . . . those 1 6 guys are washed up skaters too.

They're in the same boat.

MRR: Do you have any sort of religious views, to go along with all of

the social commentary we brought up earlier?

C: My wife is a Catholic and her family is pretty strict Catholics. I don't

see anything wrong with that. There's pros and cons with everything. In

some ways, I think that some of the rules that they want you follow, like

raising your family; it's not like they're teaching people to go out and rob

liquor stores or fuck girls all over the place. But on the other hand, it's a

huge business . . .

MRR: It's another corporation, like most religions have become.

C: I've never met any Jesus freaks where I got turned off from the idea of

religion. Some people are religious, some aren't. I don't consider myself

religious, I wasn't baptized. I don't consider myself to be with any kind of

religion, but I probably think that there is something up there, or out there

or where ever, but I don't know what it is. And I'm not really interested in

getting caught up in it. You die, you're dead; just go for it while you're here,

I guess. But if people want to be religious, whatever, it's cool. It would be

fucked if someone was trying to force you to be Catholic and riding me

about it. It's like being vegetarian. If I want to switch, I will. If not . . .

MRR: You'll still eat red meat three times a day —

C: Bacon in the morning, steaks at night, burgers at lunch; naw, just

kidding, I try to cut back on that stuff, but it's so fucking good I Blame it on

Phil Vera.

MRR: Yeah, I know that you were pretty vocal in a couple of the Pessimiser

issues about your views on vegetarianism.

C: Yeah, just because I thought that it was a stupid trend and that people

were just doing it because it was fashionable. Fuck it, whatever. Vegetarian,

that's cool. I don't cook any vegetarian dishes at my house so they would

be going hungry if they were here. Burritos and taco trucks, all that garbage,

I still eat it. You just gotta stay active.

MRR: Well, is that a wrap?

C: Yeah, people can write if they'd like:

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about your problems with Elcktra?
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ukowski hook We'rp all fairlv avid

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I though it was horrible

enough that no one else would ever hav
anything close to it.. .so we picked it. Of
course, there's about five other hands that
have that name.

The Elcktra thing., here's the amended
version. They signccf a band w/ the same
name, found out about us, and told us to quit
using the name. We found out we'd had the
name longcr.so we had the rights to it. They
offered us some money ( unofficially
$30,000) to change it, we said no. their band
changed their name to HOT WATER and
called their album "hot water music". The
funny thing is that no one really knows what
the publisher of the book, Black Sparrow
Press, thinks about the whole thing of if they
even know. [For more info see the article in
No Idea #12.]
MRR: I want to ask a few background ques-

itions, like I heard
that George and
Jason used to go to
a music tvpe high
school - what influ-
ence did that have
on where you are
now?

Jason: George and
I went to a half-day
program in high-
school similar to
Fame. It was an
arts program w/
music, dance, etc.
So, George and I
can read music and
all that shit. I was
actually a music
major my first year
at the University of
_ upright bass in the orches-
tra. It definitely has had an influence on our
sound in that George and I think of things in
different terms than a lot of people. ..for
i were jazz majors at the afore-
ii ichuuiicu nigh school, so we really play a lot
more like a traditional rhythm section than
. ^ass and drums in a 'lot of bands do. I
listen to George and he listens to me a lot
more than we listen to Chris and Chuck. It's
kind of hard to explain unless you know what
I'm talking about... but it's something that I
at least think sets us apart from a lot ofbands.
Be that good or bad, I'm not sure.
MRR: Which one of vou writes most of the
song lyrics? On the new LP there's a few
songs which lean toward scene stuff
("Drunken Third" and "Rock Singer") and
most deal with personal stuff... where do you
get the ideas foryour songs? What, for exam-
ple , inspired you to write "North and About"
or 220 Years"? One of your friends told me to
ask how your childhoods/backgrounds play
into your lyrical content - do you have any
comment on that?

Jason: If they sing it they write it.. George
and I don't really have anything to do with
lyrics. Most times we don't even know what
they are until the album comes out and we

can read along like everybody else.

The ideas for our songs... I'll speak for
Chris and Chuck here only because we've
had a lot of discussion on this topic... thevall
come from personal stuff. "220" is about
revolution, about how fucked up things real-
ly are today and how hard it is to find a way
to do anything about it (I think). "North a
About" is about tour and plaving shows,
just how amazing it is to us that we've b
able to do that at all.

Our childhood and background
can't really answer that... I think it's proba
the same as for anyone else. Obviously w
you experience growing up has a big imp
on how you turn out.
Chris: As for the lyrics, me and Chuck write
most of them, and over the course of this
band the lyrics have come from all over . It's
hard to get into it without getting into every
song apart from the whole, but as for drunk-
en third and rock singer, they definitely
about the scene, we wrote drunken third
because at the time, the Gainesville scene
wasn't as tight as it had been before. It
seemed like everyone's personal politics
were dividing us up into stupid little groups
where people could point fingers and talk
shit from. It sucked, and bugs the hell out of
me when I see it happening. Rock Singer was
just a reaction to someone that couldn't stop
talking shit about us. North and About is one
of our many songs about touring. About all
the friends we've met on the road, being
broke 1000 miles from home, playing every
night in front of people we've never seen
before, and how the truths that people share
with us keep us going through alt the bullshit.
220? We don't usually write songs about
politics because our personal beliefs don't
always meet a hundred percent of the time,
but I guess you could say it's our "smash the
government, big brother is bad news" song.
As for childhoods/backgrounds, like I said,
without a specific example it's hard to get
into it, but Chuck has written about his
family, and stuff he's gone through and con-
tinues to go through with them but it's not
my place to explain it all.
MRR: How do you feel about the compari-

MRR: How do you feel about the compari- minions working

sons that are generally made of your band, put out a lot of re<

like to Fuel, for example? we grew up on.

Jason: The Fuel comparison — We're all ex- p.o.v. also. (Th;

tremcly flattered by it. They were an amazing Doghouse... wor

band. I think one major difference is that want, it's pretty

thev were very politically and socially aware MRR: Talk abou

in their lyrical content, and we're not. So, as ity" to the seen

long as the comparison is musical, I think it's talking" and thin

fairly understandable. Lyrically, though.. .1 experiences with

would feel awkward because we don't touch your band. [Whk

on the same topics as they did that often. The dispel or you car

funny thing is is that none of us had the general]

record until it was reissued, so it was kind ol Jason: I think "ai

a weird comparison at first. ..we'd heard a lot of people do

them before (the Lookout 7", blah blah), but way the "scene" '

I think it was more of both bands having the at least, if you sa;

same influences, not us being influenced by someone, inforn

them. absolutely ruin t

MRR: You just did a full length on No Idea, have very far-rca

but you're considering a switch to Doghouse ample, the rumi

- why is that? Talk a little bit about the idea friends. First off

of *signing* to a label, and what that means most a year now

to your idea of DIY. would not have 1

Jason: The switch to Doghouse, which will punching Heath

probably be official by the time this goes to also been dating

print, we're pretty excited about it. We did almost two year:

two full-lengths and some other stuff w/ No started, as far a

Idea and Toybox.. .it was all really cool. They girlfriend's cx-bc

helped us out from the get go, and Var and had a falling out

Sean are good friends, above and beyond the ing this girl, who

"label guy" thing. We just wanted to get date. So. .if anyo

something out with some different people, jealousy, we do, i

Almost EVERYTHING we've put out has problems, but tr

been by someone from Florida, which I think and this isn't the j

has worked against us somewhat. When we to talk about it. '

started we always said we wanted to do as was carried to th<

much stuff with as many people as possible, girl in Cali who <

and that's what we're doing. We also have a was about from i

7" coming out on Allied soon... so, we're just took it upon her

trying something different. the evil HOT W

The inevitable "contract" question. A lot out a million fli

of labels are starting to use contracts in one band, they're wi

form or another. I think it all sort of stems other garbage,

from the whole Green Day/Nirvana syn- lot... there are

drome, where labels want to cover their ass wouldn't do anvt

and make sure they don't get screwed now because they bel

that "punk" is a viable commodity. But you but still didn't w;

know a million punk bands had contracts rumor. I can't b

way before that whole thing. However it being associatec

started, we have no problem with it. It pro- don't say shit ab<

tects you as a band as much as it does the and b) think aboi

label, if you aren't careless about it. It's like ONE in the siti

this, for us anyway. ..If you're going to "give" who allegedly die

someone a rccorcf, let's say 1 1 songs, that's a to deal w/ it ( the

lot of your time spent writing those songs. If all, we've gotten

you see someone flush 11 of your songs down people, but we

the toilet... it wouldn't be cool. That's never about every
happened to

pve b = fueling the hate

known the peo- *^

pie doing our

records. ..we don't really know Dirk from once in a while

Doghouse that well and he doesn't know us, and it feels like

either. ..but with a contract we both know we're back at

what we're expected to do for each other. We square one w/ it

loose a lot of stuff doing the band as full-on all over again,

as we do. ..jobs, rent money, free time, time Luckily for us,

w/ friends and family. ..so for us it's just a most everyone

guarantee that someone is going to work for that has heard

us as hard as we'll work for them. About our the rumor has

idea of DIY.. .we never put out our own confronted us a

records anyway, so we've never "done it bout to hear our

ourselves" from that end of the band. We've side of the sto-

always had a big hand in it.. doing the layout ry. We're all re-

and so on ...but there's never been a HOT ally grateful for

WATER MUSIC record that we put out that,

ourselves. So it doesn't affect our idea of DIY MRR: Since

at all. It's not like we have thousands of you've toured

minions working for us, just Dirk. He's also
put out a lot of records we like, some of which
we grew up on. So it's exciting from that
p.o.v. also. (That's also a reason we like
Doghouse... word this last part however you
want, it's pretty jumbled).
MRR: Talk about the issue of "accountabil-
ity" to the scene. And that includes "shit
talking" and things, because you've had bad
experiences with rumors going around about
your band. [Which you can take a moment to
dispel or you can just talk about the issue in
general]

Jason: I think "accountability" is something
a lot of people don't think about enough. The
way the "scene" works, from our experience
at least, if you say something negative about
someone, informed or uninformed... it can
absolutely ruin their reputation, which can
have very far-reaching effects. Take, for ex-
ample, the rumors of us beating our girl-
friends. First off, I've been engaged for al-
most a year now... I would like to think that
would not have happened if I had a habit of
punching Heather's lights out. George has
also been dating the same person, Mean, for
almost two years, I think. That rumor was
started, as far as we know, by Chris' ex-
girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, with whom Chris
had a falling out BECAUSE he started dat-
ing this girl, who the other guy still wanted to
date. So. .if anyone smells vicious attack of
jealousy, we do, too. That girl also has some
problems, but that's not anyone's business
and this isn't the place and I'm not the person
to talk about it. The point is that the rumor
was carried to the extent that it was by some
girl in Cali who didn't know us or the girl it
was about from a pile of horse shit. And she
took it upon herself to save the world from
the evil HOT WATER MUSIC by sending
out a million fliers saying don't book this
band, they're women beaters and all this
other garbage. That rumor has cost us a
lot. ..there are labels and people who
wouldn't do anything (shows, records) w/ us
because they believed us that it wasn't true,
but still didn't want to be associated w/ that
rumor. I can't blame them at all. ..we hate
being associated w/it. I just think that a)
don't say shit about people you don't know,
and b) think about how that affects EVERY-
ONE in the situation, not just the people
who allegedly did wrong. The "victims" have
to deal w/ it ( the repercussions), too. Over-
all, we've gotten past the rumor w/ a lot of
people, but we still have someone ask us
about every

some, how would you describe the scene in
Gainesville as compared to other places? It
seems to have a real community, hometown
feel, from an outsider's perspective.
Jason: Gainesville does have a community
feel to it. It's still just about our favorite place
to play. Richmond is also an amazing town.
Jersey is great as well. I would say Richmond
is a lot like Gainesville in that all the punks at
least know each other if they're not friends,
and they see , to try and work together for the
"scene". The close-nit community thing can
get really lame at times, though. Sometimes
it seems like in you're in a relationship w/
about 800 different people. ..people really
tend to get in each other's business a little too
much in Gainesville sometimes, and that has
its adverse effects on the scene. There's also
an extraordinary amount of shit-talking and
conjecture involved in a scene that commu-
nity oriented, but I think it works out much
better than a scene that's say, stratified into
SXE kids and emo kids and punk kids or
whatever. G-ville has done a decent job of
steering clear of that sort of mentality. It
definitely exists, but not to the point that it
does in a lot of places we've been.
M RR: I know that some of you are in school,
or have jobs, but I wanted to ask about how
you guys feel about the issues of being punk
rock and the societal push to be legitimate -
like to have jobs, make money, and all of that.
How do you reconcile the two?
Jason: Real jobs. ..none of us have one. if
that helps. This is a tough question because
I don;t think it's one that many of us think
about. I'm graduating w/ my BA in English
in June, but I have no plans of joining the
work force anytime soon.. .we're going to
concentrate on the band for awhile. I know
Chris eventually wants to teach... George
wants to play drums... and I'm not too sure
about what Chuck sees himself doing down
the line. I think we'll probably fall prey to
paying the rent and working for the man,
eventually. I'm thinking of going back to
school and getting a degree in computer
programming just because English isn't the
most marketable thing. I said marketable, if
that's any other indication of my stance, at
least. George and I are also considering
going to music school in Boston somewhere
down the line, possibly becoming studio
musicians. I can definitely say that we'd be
ecstatic if all we did was tour and play. . .take
that how you want, because I'm sure every-
one will no matter how I try to justify it.

■I._4^m

iLos Tigres

■i

I

•JLos „Iig:

Guapos !

Guapos ! '

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Aust/N, TX S 6tSt Ano 6rif frttst Ntw 6AN0S,
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frAro-frftt/Nf, \u4<°*vr°ifi$inf puNk-r9cfc
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S/Vts. All r/ffrt frtrt ;n tfrt tSMt StAr StAtt.
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ly All tfrt/r 2 W n. Cfrtc* 9ut tfrt/r f/rst r 9n
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"■y NAn* /$ Cfrr/s... flAuffrttrJ Ptttr: My
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AAr9/M: But 7 09N t WANt t9 ust n>y rtA(
NAft - 1 t* Amy SUC/9 ...

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t«rtC9rd? £| #;sp»n/c9 Sft^N/C9 -wfrM

Art y9a?

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MW; Awd yeu »rt?

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Aftr9M.- Vtry d/rty.
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9N M9rtl//'llt... fr9W did y9u r^t« up wftfr

T96y fM9Urdj?

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Piter: RiKh Ar9uAJd. flAuf/Htr) Wfr9 WAS
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tfrAt 6&aj$?

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AAr9M: TfrAt WAS \iK 6ANd 7 WAN«d t°

UvU (bufhter)

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wftfr T96y.

w«j /tsfreuld 6t A tenflt-f A«f9» ipi s° tell

OS A69ut y9ur f!rs\ sfr?w.

Piter: WtK, y9u Alrtftdy AaJ9w afeut t^At

MRR- Tfrt pArty- rffh\...

Piter: TfrAt WAS A(K-9St txArtly A ytAr Af9 -
WASMt/'t? '

A&r9N.- But 9ur firs\ sfrew was At B(ut
r-|Ar*v"/vff9.

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e^t ftt VANCt S, ANd 9/sit wfts At S?i*-t firl S

fr°ust wftfr tfrt PftrSiM9/ds.

MW?/ YtAfr. / rh*tr6er tfrAt - ft WAS IM A

t9tA( SwtAt69x /N tfrtrt.

Cfrr/S: Wfc plAVtd (//it * t9tA( 9f stl/tM

^/NuttS, ANd 7 (9St I/At ttM P9UA(ds.

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Sfr9rts. Tfrftt was ft frft/ry C99k9ut, wAsn t

W-' SS tt(l us A6°ut y9ur firsx sfr9w..
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flft^/Nf9. M*y6t tfrt RtcluS/VtS t99. S°i^t-
Wwf (/At tfrAt... 7 09* t rtr^tH-6tr'
AW.- WfrAt OS ysu i^«ti^6tr A6°ut ctrtA/M
Sfr9ws?

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P&NtS bW tfrrtW tfrtr^ up 9/M-StAf t 9Mt t/>t

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Xhiir pft^.

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rtACt/9M, 6ut ft rtAlly 0/dM t W9rik

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AT9UN0 tfrt rtSt 9f tfrt N/f/ft. p»MtS /M *Aw 0j

S»9w/Mf cfr/c/is p/cturtS 9f fr/s Ik/O.
MRR: #9w (J/ZArrt...

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tfrt t/>t. S? tfrt 9Mt t/>t frt f9tS °Ut
M/W: Wfrtrt WAS tfrt Sfr?W iN ^90St9M ftt?
AAr9/si: Blut 7fuAMA. 7 WAS yUSt tA(/i/Mf t9
tfrt fuys in Tan C99(...
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tfrt M9tArds A/viO tfrt B992trs, A/MO T96y
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H-ucfr frtt bar, rtAHy. AAr9*.- 7 fiftrftd in
tfrt C99(tr 9/M tfrt wfty fr9H>t

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AAr9/M: S9rft9/Mt frftO t9 W9r/l iN tfrt K-°r/M-
/Mf 9T S°^ttfr/Mf.

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or/V/Nf s/x fr9urs t9 p(Ay tfr/rty H-/Mutts.
Aftr9^ rfrty frftd ft C99( stftft. Cfrr/S t99k tfrt

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VANCt: N9W tfrftt S PU/Mk r°c/l'
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cArt. ^t wfts s? druAj/i.

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Sfr/i' 7 W9u(0 i/t 09Nt tfrftt S°6tr' 7 wft^

Stftri//AJ t9 dtfttfr.'

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A £tA( 9ut of tfrt 6Aai6 fu/MO/ WfrAt Art y9u

tft(/i/*f ft6°ut, i^An/

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7 WftS/M t f9M/MA WA/t...

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r/ffrt M9W? '

Ptttr.- NtfAt/Vt r/ffrt /M9w.

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tfrt f/SCAt //Mf9rK-At/9/M ...

^jr- ff y°u (//it t9 st/Md sti/tM d9(ters t9

tfrt fu/M//Mttll/f/6ltjy9u C9uld ftt A rtAdy c°°(
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//Msp/rtd 6y tfrt S9/Mf C.9dz/((ft i/s. Mtcfrft-

f9dz/(|ft .

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Cfru^ps

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OA/MO?

VANCt: YtAfr.

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(y tfrt BultN-/cs... tfrty f9 tfrr9uffr H>9rt i^/cs

tfrAN ANy9Nt tlSt.

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W/N09W.

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WfrtN Wt f9 t9 p(Ay'

Cfrr/S.- wt fix ft up/

AAr9N: Pispk ActuAdy SAy, Gtt, tfrt PA

frAs Nti/tr w9r/itd S9 wtd, s/Nct y9u fuys

plAytd/ ' ■!

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S/XtttN - i$ tfrAt ACtuAlh; tfrt tftlt, 9r WAS
tfrAt iUSt ftS NUi^tr? TAI* A^9ut tfrt
Nui^trs...

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NttO 9ur Att9rNty prtStNt...
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2yery S5Mf /'S NUH»6ered...

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/pftt/9/si.

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6ut ft few 9f \b*f fr&i/t/si t ever 6eeN t/tled.

Tfrey ;ust rer*ft/>ie$ tfre Mii^er 6y wfr/cfr

tfrey were C9f-pleted 6y tfre 6ftNd.

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wfrfttever... ftll tfre Ifttle fftct9rs wfre/vi y°u

|s?fe 6ft<k were

Aftr9/>J.- Qh, tftfee tfre Jtfr.' Tftke tfre jtfr.'

flftuffrter)

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pretty r/d/cu(9uS.'

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fays ffti/t k* ft s« l/'St wfreu y?a st/ll frfti tfre

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m°w... eve* tfr?u.ffr Ml tfre s9*fs frftvt Vtles,
we pl^v *■*" 6y *u^6er wfre* we plfty.
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t° plfty wHfr |9cftlly?

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fett/Mf 6etter ft*0 6etter. . . J l/fce plfty/>Jf
w/tfr tfrei*-.

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wfttcfr tfre M9tftrds Pl^y * Nd plus, tfrey vi
f 9t ft frtM cr9wd. ft s f u* t9 pl&y wafr tfrt^
CMlSt tfrtrt s f 9MN* 6t ^ (st 9r

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tfrtN y9a i/t 6«n
pl»y/Ajf m ^9k //J tfrt
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t9 H-»kt #9lfc In Kin WMI
reck. Tfr« tfr'Nf 2i69ut
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f°\ > dt«Mt ^9Nty yujir-

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MRR: Pt9p|t S^ i2WN IN C*>/rS ftNd S*H...
Ptttr; h r^MttS y9u wft/>H <9 r°ck tfrM

MRR.- S9 I w*rd » ruf^r y9u fays *rt

f9MWft SUn fc/Mf /JtW »f« ...

Or/S: Y«.'

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fUturt ArV'ck /m Pr9p&fMte /sitxt ^9aH^

9n Cfrr/S »Nd fr/s f9tfr r oo^.

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VftMce.- BftS'CMly, Cfrr/s /'s tfrt Cfrftrl/t Stxt°N

9f tfrfe pos- Wt rt Ml f°NNk 6k Ifcft 6tfr/>Ji.

QtrlS: I n* Ml »69ut tffM - J m> f °ajm& f r°w

,-— ftl-

?Nf 6lftclk frft/r ft/Nid

H-y fr&/r (9Nf ft/sid frfti/t

rtM pMt S^w..-

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fuys - w* M«d <9 tfr/Nk 9f 9Mt... r/Att 6ftwd-

W#'St. C H-9N, (tt S ??•'

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flftufHtrj

Cfrr/s.- N96°dy w/(l 6t(/tut tfr&V

MRR: wm - wfres *fa t^9St /'^9lHt

t*&*6ir °f \H 6&Ni?

Ptttr.- Qh, \h*\ s USy.'

A&ro/si: Tfrtrfe S ^5 wfty - i< s /J9t t^fe.'

dftuffrttrj

MRR: ft S Aftr9M.'

Cfrr/'S: W&SN t t^ftt 9M€ 9f y°ur f 9Ms ftt 9Mfe

p9/VJt? 79 6i />p9|/tfe ?

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r^et. I wt/sitt9 ft pftrty *Nb Wfcll... frt WftMtti

t9 $9 pfrys/cftl frftrt^ t9 i*<.

Cfrr/s : Mt?

Pettr : N9, tfrftt wfts ^t, dui^6ftss - N9t C.hri$.

Aftr9/vi.- Qfr ; I K-tft/gt y9u...

Pfettr.- An^ <H fuy tfrftt t99fc 9ff fr/'S pftAJtS

ftt tfrfe Sfr°W, /K WftS Wftfr rft ftAJd I WftS 9/sl

R9fryp/'/J9( ftMi LSD ftrtd Aftr9Aj sft/5 S9r^t-

tfr/'Mf...

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kAJ9w.

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fr/tAid - T wfts dru/sifc.'

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wftstfrftt-Z

b°AJt

rt^t^6tr... All I

kN°w wfts, tfrfc Ntxt tfr/Nf 2"

wfts pl9tt/A<f t9 tfrr9w Aftr9N °Vir Xhi

Stc9Mi-st9ry 6ftk9My.

MRR: S° Wtt9 S t/K t^9St P?l^t *&**?

Pfctfcr: Y?U t^feftM Wfr9 (I tftlfc t9 tfrfe ^9St

r^tr^6trs °f 9ur ftud/fe/sicfe? Cfrr/s - y tftfr, Cfrr/s

tef/Aj/ttly.

Cfrr/s.- / r^ ft rt/cfc fuy.

Ptttr.- Ytftfr, 6utV9u rt p9|^t .

Aftr9AJ: ^9W 69ut, Wfr9 S tfrt Sl?WtSt
r^tr^tr 9f tfrfc 6ft/sli?

Ptttr.- N°t K-tAHftlly - 6ut;ust. . .

Cfrr/S: Wtll, Wt II 6\ frftMd/AJf-9ut 7<^_ ttStS
M9W.'

Pfctir.- ... !n ft ttrfp9rft( SWSt.

VftMCt: Tfrftt S ft Sfct-Up ^_UfeSt/9M - Wt ftll
fc/M9W Wfr9 tfrt Sl9WtSt r^i^6tr !S.

Pfcttr.- =| <^ut B9|/ftr I

VftNct: iVfc wfro |;fcfcs pr/S9^/ ClftuffrtfcrJ
PfAdr: Hi wfr9 fewlS ;*S f9/Aif t9 \mjMl!
MRR: S9 wfr9 frftj *fr* ftrrtst nc9rd?
Cfrr/S- D9ts ftNy69dy N°i frfti/t ftN ftrrfcSt
rtc9rd? (IftuffrttrJ
Aftr9N.- Tfrfe Stfttt 9f TtxftS far6/is us fr9i^

tftlk/Nf ft69ULt VftMCfe S S^NttNCt...

Ptttr.- f Vk NWi.r 6hn ftrryted.
Cfrr/s.- Y?u i/t w€^fr 6«/J ftrrtstfed?/
Ptttr.- N9pt. N9 - wft/t - T l/fe 6ttN ftrrtstfcd
27 t'>tS " wt rt puNk-r9(k tfruf S-'
MRR: Let S Ulk €0UCftt/'9N Iwtl - ftrt we Ml

ft C9||tft-frftduftte 6&Nb frtn?

Peter.- well, Aftr9M fc/*dft frftduftted fr9i^

C9(lefe/

Cfrr/S: D/d/M t y9U f9 t9 A/s(t/9Cfr?

Aftr9N: 7 frftiuftted fr9^ c9||efe, r^ftN. 7
wfts i/9ted 6est student f9ur yeftrs in ft
r9w.' Clftuffrter]

MRR.- Tfre M9tftrds plftyed tfrere, r/ffrt?
Aftr9N: YUfr, /t wfts kiNb °f set-up tfrr9uffr
T96y s S'SW, Alex. 7t wfts pretty f un - tfre
S9uNi wfts reftlly terr/6le, S9 tfre M9tftrds
frftd ^9re tr9u6(e. Tfre fakStf? s were plfty-
/Mf t99... 7t wfts reftlly r°ckiNf, 6ut tfre
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I can remember the first time I
saw My 3 Scum as if it happened
yesterday. A small club in Erie
with tons of punks all over the

£ S e l^ en five y eare ago ^ey
had the reputation for being
around helping out the scene
forever. And at the present date
Im proud to say little has
changed. Their dedication and
sincerity to punk has been a
huge influence on my life and
Im sure many others who are
part of the entire punk scene, in
trie and elsewhere. My 3 Scum
are CRK) Robert S. Kellogg II -
guitar, vocals; CLB) Larry "The

?£$?£* \ ha 1 g ' h *cking vocals;
CMLJ Michael Lozano - drums,
backing vocals. Interview Bv
Ryan Taxles.

MRR: How long have you been
together?

RK: Nine years? Nine years and
one month. We started in 1988
Trie original members were
Larry and I, and we had Kenny
from the Mollies play drums for
us and then Gary Brona played
with us for seven years, now
Mike here has been playincr
with us ever since.
MRRVouVe been involved
witn the Erie scene for quite
a few years now. Over the
course of growing up
there, being in bands,
going to shows... In your
eyes, how has it pro-
gressed/changed?
LB: Definitely on a rebound
again. Seems like every four
years it sinks off and then picks

There used to be bands like Un-
derground System who were re-
ally good. There were The X-
Whites. The Frenchmen. Blood
Pudding. The Lost, Backwash
Newer ones would be The Go Go
* a X S ' J^e Retods, The Mollies,
Spike T. Punch, Brother's Keeper
and all of the hardcore scene

?* rP 1 l ely S ? me re ally good
Stuff through here then and
now. As far as recent shows, not

i^f + u g + J Uri °^ S Geor ? e Played
and that drew about 400 people
the Electric Frankenstein show
was good too. Quite a few labels

and bands call us for shows be-
cause of the label and store now
So I think that has really helped
m a number of ways as well.
Debbi Lyon at Record Country
lias always been really support-
ive as far as doing columns in
tne local papers.
K: But the />^ overall scene,

it comes ^sj/ an d goes,
it was cooler ^y when we
were younger. We had the
Scum House going and every-
body was hanging out.
MRR: Scum House? Well I was

ZZZu- ft*^ that later ' but what
was it like?

LB: Dirt. Total decadence

ML: Last time I checked, there

was nothing but hot dogs and

beer m the refrigerator '

LB: Many bands stayed with us

there hke NOFX, before they

w f re ffillionaires. Ur<?e ° ver ~

KiH, The Laughing Hyenas. The

Digits, MDC, and who was that
retard parade? Guilt Parade
trom Canada. And hundreds of
others. Many touring bands, we
put everybody up for three or
four years there. Had shows at
l tie Continental...
RK: Well, sometimes that guy
never came to open it up so we
would have to go to that girls
basement Unauthorized, no-
body like that too much
MRR: When was the first Conti-
nental Cfamous club in Erie
where tons of bands
have played over the
years} show?
LB: A long time ago, 1988
It was Backwash, The Lost
and us...

RK: We had 400 kids the
tirst show and we thought
we were going to be rich, but
now we're lucky if we can get
enough money to buy new
»^V^ els ^ or m Y wheel chair.
MRR: What? How old are you
guys? y

RK: 28
ML: Old, 29.

LB: What should I be now? I'd be
about lOS in dog years.

MRR: So you guys have your own
Store and label now?
RK: Yeah, we started it a few
years ago. Larry and I just decid -
ed we wanted to sell punk rock
and basically just the stuff we
really like.

LB: It was always Something that
we wanted to do and then two
years ago it actually started to
nappen. At first when we opened
up wehad five records and one
CD. We just built it from there
trom the ground up. No loans
no nothing. Now we have the
mega, super store.

t^ w I n it 1 s ? lf ~ sup P° rtive yet?

LB: Well, like any business, we

F^ n ^ h ^ OIley irt here a nd there
We did lose two grand the first
year. Not as bad as we expected
but it s building. We're trying to
lceep up on other things like the
literary rack, like no other indie
record store in Erie sells Fact-
sheet S. And besides all the reg-
ulars we try and carry stuff like
Cometbus, Motor Booty, Gear-

head. Bunny Hop, and of course.
Catch 22. I read a lot so...
MRR: What do you do outside
of the band?
LB: I cook for a
living, that's my
real job. Be-
cause every-
body knows you
aren't going to
make any mon-
ey off of punk
rock so don't get
any pipe

dreams of how
you're gonna be
in a punk rock
band and make
millions be-
cause it ain't
gonna happen.
MRR: Where do
you dook?
LB: Usually in a
kitchen, no, uh
in an old folks
home. They love
me though, I'm
the best at the
goulash. They
get everything
man, they get
fried ribs... I'm a
chef man...
MRR: My friends Justin and Iggy
wipe butts at a place like that,
how about you?
LB: What? No, no man... I'm
Strictly in the kitchen, that's not
part of my job. No interaction
with

the old folks like that. Yeah,
that's a bad job. I would have to
cut it off before I started wiping
butts. I'll feed it to them, but I
ain't gonna wipe it off their ass-
es.

KR: I used to work at the Elby's on
Peach St. -when I was younger
and I didn't have a car so I
could just stagger over there
drunk and still bus tables.
MRR: When I was S, you -were
probably our bus boy because I
used to live on Prospect.
LB: When you were 3? Hey, -we're
not that old. What are you al-
most fifteen then, right? No,
when I go there now I get the
discount, for senior citizens.
MRR: How -was that show the
other night, with Marky Ra-
mone?

RK: Oh, it was pretty cool except
for the manager. He was a total
dick, I wanted to crush his head.
LB: Bob has a problem -with au-
thority.

RK: He -was telling me to shut the
camera off and then he got the
bouncer on me.

LB: That manager -was rock and
roll. He got a six year degree in
Asshole, and a BS in Fucking
Around. But Marky -was totally
cool.

RK: Yeah, to any bands who are
reading this interview: If you
can't really party, don't come to
Erie. People stay over night and

always want to go to sleep before
the sun comes up. We like to
keep partying after the shows.
LB: That's the
longevity of the
band, if we didn't
drink so much
we'd probably
hate each other.
MRR: Tour Sto-
ries?

LB: Everyone
knows those stay
on the road! Just
never drive an
old '74 Cadillac
Hearst on tour.
RK: I painted it
purple and it
-was really fast
and you had 10 or
15 feet of metal
on either end to
keep you from
getting hurt if
you wrecked it. It
-was a really good
tour vehicle un-
til it started fall-
ing apart.
MRR: Same type
of ear that car-
ries bodies
around to funer-
als and stuff, right?

LB: Yeah, it carried our bodies all

around. We bought it from a

locksmith and now some crazy

magician bought it from us. It

would be magic if he could get it

to run.

MJRR: So -with the label, you guys

just put out this kids 7"?

Rob from the Go Go Rays runs

by.

LB: Yeah., this kid's

a sell-out already,

just getting

Signed to Moon/

Ska... No, but re-
ally... Their

record has

been selling

really fast.

Rob's a lifer

in the scene

himself. He

used to

roadie for

us back in

the day.

Oh, and

our new

7 , "You

Creep

M e

Out" has

been mov

ing pretty quick

Actually, Maximum

gave it a really excellent

review too. Soon our full

length will be out on Push

Records with a CD ROM of our

history and Stuff as well, like a

big scrap book.

MRR: what do you have to say

about punk as a community?

RK: Punk is the only scene that

supports itself and is the only

scene -where the idea is to be cool
with everyone and the other
parts of the community. When I
used to run the sound at Shoot-
er's

the metal bands -would come in
there with big attitudes and
Stuff. They'd fuck up your
equipment because they didn't
care, they just didn't give a shit.
Those bands don't give each
other shows the way the punk
scene does. In punk, people cor-
respond.

LB: Anywhere we cto -we run into
cool people, it's self-supporting
and that just isn't the same with
other scenes. My -whole life I've
been doing this. I think that
punk is so much more than all
this overnight shit. I mean, we're
just doing what we want to do,
and we've proven that after nine
years -we are doing this because
we want to, not because of some -
bodys rules on how things
should be done. You do -what you
can do for it. That's what in-
spires me personally-to
keep consistent over
the last nine
years and
keep

r play-
i n g
n d
r then to
juild a
'busi-
r ness off
r of it, and
small
label,
lat's re-
r ally some-
ling for us,
r to come from
no cash "^^and then the
dedication turns into
Something real and meaningful.
Write and/or visit Eerie Records
at 2408 Peach St., Erie, PA 16S02,
C814) 4S6-68S2

The Bristols are the hot new beat combo mas-
terminded by Liam Watson ant Ed Deegan, the engi-
neers at London's Toe Rag Vintage Recording Studios.
Their debut single "Questions I Can't Answer" comes
drenched in thunderous Joe Meek echo and features
the alluring Gitaines smoke-saturated, French-accent-
ed vocals of Fabienne Del Sol.

When I arrived at Toe Rag the tough-as-nails
live-in cat Nero had just sprayed the floor with 100-
prooftom cat testosterone and Liam was mopping up.
That done, we settled down to cups of tea lovingly
made by Liam with his own two hands. Interview by
Graham Russell.

MRR: Tell me about the origins of The Bristols.
Liam: The Bristols originally was me and Ed. Being the
engineers at Toe Rag it was just nice to do our own
stuff how we wanted and do some kind of stupid stuff
with production we don't often get to do with bands
because they seem a bit worried. "Oh no, that's
weird!" or something. We try to experiment with
different sounds and techniques we've come up with.
So me and Ed formed The Bristols with a girl called
Monica, from Italy. That was 1994. We did a record and
then Monica went back to Italy. Our first record isn't
actually out yet. It was supposed to be on Hangman's
Daughter, but they had some problem and all the
releases were delayed. In fact, it's going to be coming
out soon, they're starting up again. The A-side is a song
called "You Know, You Know" and the B-side is a
version of The Kinks's "Sitting On My Sofa" sung in
Italian. When Monica went back to Italy we did some
more recording with Fabienne singing instead.
MRR: Was it always the intention to have a girl singer?
E: Not really.

L: We just did itfor a laugh. With Monica it was because
she was around, she was singing and we thought,
"let's think of a name".

MRR: Explain the significance of the name The Bristols.
L: It's slang for tits!

MRR: It's real British "Carry On"-style humour.
L: Yeah, it's old fashioned "Carry On"-type slang. It
derives from Cockney rhyming slang: "Bristol City" =
"tittie." Then it just became "Cor, look at those bris-
tols!"

E: It just sounds nice even if you don't know what it
means. I think it just sounds good as a name.
MRR: So Liam, you play guitar, Ed plays drums. Who
plays bass?

L: I do. It really is just a studio group with me and Ed.
Ed plays guitar as well sometimes, and piano. Whoev-
er can do what. If I can't come up with something, Ed
will have a go and see if he can come up with some-
thing. And then there's another guy, Parsley, who's
been playing organ. But mainly it's us three.
MRR: You've always described The Bristols as a studio
group. Do you intend to ever play live?
F: Yeah, once we organize a line-up. That's on the way
now.

L: As soon as we have enough songs and get the line-
up together we'll start doing gigs. And then hopefully
recording with the new line-up.
MRR: To date all The Bristols material has been cov-
ers. Will you be doing any originals?
F: Our latest one is an original.
L: The last one we've been working on is an original.
It's called "Hello Hello."

MRR: (To Fabienne) Did you write the lyrics to it?
E: We'd just keep playing and someone would come up
with a phrase until we had the whole thing.
MRR: Why did you chose the Joe Meek/Heinz song
"Questions I Can't Answers" for your debut?
L: I liked that song. I thought it would be good to try it
and do it differently. I really like Joe Meek as well. It
gives me and Ed a chance to do a few Joe Meek touches
on the production, which we like doing.
F: It's great to sing! It was easy. It was in my key and
all that! We did it in one take.
MRR: Explain the significance of Joe Meek and his
protegee Heinz to readers who might be unfamiliar
with them.

L: Joe Meek was an English record producer who
started in the mid '50s and shot himself in 1967. He
was recording all this stuff with people like Heinz, a
blond bass player originally in The Tornados, who did
"Telstar" (and later was in The Shadows). He did all
these bands and he did really extreme recording
techniques, especially for the time. I recommend that
people get the CD "The Joe Meek Story." Not all of it's
really good. Some of it's really horrible. But it still
sounds interesting, and when the songs are good it's
great.

MRR: How would you characterize the trademark Joe
Meek sound?

L: He's got all sorts of different sounds, but generally
very compressed.
MRR: Lots of echo.

L: Lots of echo and lots of compression and lots of
everything else. Funny effects that only he was doing
at the time.

MRR: Where does the song on the B-side come from?
L: That's a cover of a Question Mark & The Mysterions
song. It was easy to play so we thought, "Oh, we'll do
that!".

MRR: The person who reviewed the single for MRR
actually liked the B-side better and said it had a Sandie
Shaw feel.

F: They also said we reminded them of The Cardigans,
which I thought was odd. We're nor an indie band!
L: The B-side is more straightforward. We're not a
garage band. We're a pop band in the English tradition
of Joe Meek and the English beat groups. We're not
trying to be like any of them, it's just where we take our

influences from.

MRR: Ed, what other bands are you in?

E: I used to be in a band called Swimmer. Now as well

as The Bristols I do the odd gig with Sexton Ming, which

is fun.

MRR: Liam, what's up with your other band, Armitage

Shanks?

L: We just finished our new album and that's coming

out on Vinyl Japan. We've also got a live album, but we

don't know who's putting that out yet.

MRR: Fabienne, is this the first band you've actually

sung with?

F: Yeah. Before I was playing in a girl band called The

Hot Tom Boys in France and I was playing drums and

occasionally I would sing one song, but it was not easy

to do both at the same time! I enjoyed singing like that,

for fun, but I never recorded before at all. (Note: the

Hot Tom Boys are still a functioning band in Limoges,

France and are featured on the Alopecia Records

compilation CD "Let It All Hang Out!". After leaving

that band Fabienne drummed in the original line-up of

The Sires and is featured on their EP "High And

Mighty" on Twist Records).

MRR: Your singing has a real 1960s French pop feel,

like Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin and Francoise

Hardy.

F: I don't like Jane Birkin, but I like Brigitte Bardot and

Francoise Hardy a lot. "Harley Davidson" by Bardot,

that's my favourite song of hers. But they're not my

main influences.

MRR: Who is, then? '

F: Any kind of rock'n'roll! What they did wasn't very

rock'n' roll.

L: She prefers things like Johnny Kidd.

"Questions I Can't Answer" is available now
from Damaged Goods, PO Box 671, London E17 6NF,
England.

This interview was done at two times (but
you won't see it), one in June '96 and the other in
February '97, by Laurent P. for L 'Oreille Cassee -
Broken Ear, a zine from France. Translation by Le
Bouffon. Thanks to the Partisans for their kind-
ness and patience.

P: We started in November '94, Jeff joined in
January '96 and since then, we have Daniel (guitar,
back vocals), Fred (vocals and guitar), Mathieu
(bass) Norb's (drums and back vocals), Jeff (trum-
pet, trombone, back vocals), Romu who draws, and
2 ghosts as roadies.
MRR: What did you do before?
P: Fred and Norb's were in Social Negative, then

Fred played 'in Samizdat, Norb's in Pariapunk,
then both in the Homeboys where Daniel joined,
then Partisans. Mathieu played in Les Futurs with
the 2 ghosts and Jeff also plays in a he band.
MRR: Motivations?

P: It's been a bunch of years that we've been
enjoying this kind of music. The main motivation
is to give a message, to do something we like, we
meet as friends 2 times a week, we play, have fun,
we talk, we discuss or do nothing, we laugh... Over
all, it's a friends story.
MRR: Gigs?

P: We have done 20. They are difficult to find in the
Lyon area. We have played with Les Sheriff, Ban-
lieue Rouge, Ahorcados, Kochise, La Souris Deg-
linguee, Warum Joe. .. The main problem is that we
need to move to play and as we work, we can play
on weekends only.

MRR: How did you get the idea to sell your demo
tape for $2?

P: It's in order to be known before all, we didn't
want to make any money, so $2 is the price of the
tape plus 2 stamps. But in fact, with all the ones we
gave, we lost some money, but if today we are a bit
known, it's thanks to the demo tape and thanks to
all the people who reviewed it, thanks to all of them.
MRR: Do you think you 'd have the same success
with the average price ($4)?
P: The people took the risk more easily even if they
didn't know the band. We sold like 400 copies and
we know some people copied it. A friend of ours did
the recording, we did the Jacket by ourselves, and
we sent more than 2000 flyers.
MRR: What were the reactions after your first 7"
EP?

P: In the beginning, we didn't got a lot of them. We
heard about the one in MRR. Then we got like 15
reviews and they are mostly good. This EP was
distributed in the USA, Germany, Belgium, Japan,
Australia, England, Spain, Finland and Iceland.
More than half in France. Mad Butcher in Germa-
ny put out a split LP with us and Jack The Lad from
the US. We have 9 tracks on this one. We also have
2 songs on a compilation CD called "Rock In The
Streets" out on DSS in Austria. And now a new

7"EPandaLP.

MRR: What are your inspirations?

P: '80's punk rock, street punk, Clash, Stiff Little

Fingers, Cocksparrer, Cockney Rejects... Some

French stuff that we like a lot... Camera Silens for

example. Plus ska and classic revival.

MRR: There's a sax on the record, does he play on

stage?

P: No, He's not here. He lives in Paris so he can't

be with us all the time. But we have Jeff who plays

trumpet and trombone.

MRR: What about the texts?

P: It can be some spontaneous things or some deep

thoughts. We try to write realistic texts that mean
something for us, ev-
ery day.

MRR: There are a
couple a sentences
that you use a lot like
"walk under the
rain", 'unemploy-
ment", "working
class"...

P: There's a vocabu-
lary and a way to say
j§ things that's particu-
lar to a French band
we like a lot, La Souris
Deglinguee. We try
not to copy too much
but we admit there

can be some things
in common. For
the unemploy-
ment, it's some-
thing that hap-
f>enedtoallofusat
east once. These
moments are hard
to live, moments
when you have to
be united. So we
have to talk about
it. We don't like
work but I think
that if everyone
had a job, maybe
it'd solve a lot of
problems.
MRR: Do you
think that "work-
ing class" still
means some-
thing?

P: It's true that there are less and less workers. On
the other hand, there's a social class so called
"popular" that is more numerous than in the '70s.
Proletarians, the poor... but they are not workers.
They can work anywhere for minimum wages. The
popular culture from the beginning of the century
to the '70s was more intelligent than in the last
years. The popular music is disco, funk, techno,...
everything's rotten now. Before, the popular classes
had some singers who represented them.
MRR: "Working class", "Partisans", red jacket...
coincidences or do you feel close to communist
ideology?

P: No, if ideology means political party. None in
the band is a militant. But the idea of being close to
the popular classes, the Communist Party has been
always there. So we are close to the popular classes
but we don't give a shit about the Communist
Party.

MRR: It's not what I meant, I meant being close
to the communist ideology, not to say libertarian
or anarchist...

P: For some of the members, communist ideology
can be pejorative, but I think that libertarian,
anarchist or communist ideology, everything's the
same, but again, we are not militants. Maybe you
found a certain vocabulary in the lyrics but it's not
the vocabulary of a political party. Fred writes all
the lyrics and we read them, if there's something
that annoys us, we tell him. There's no political
slogan in them, he sings about what's deep inside
him. All the members find themselves in what Fred
writes. Politics is good for politicians but it's a
reason one must stay away from what the politi-
cians do. One has to open his mouth when some-
thing's wrong.
MRR: Lyon...

P: The scene is mostly hardcore with Condense.
We also know Crazy Skankers, Sourire Kabyle,
Extreme Onction, Les Futurs, Hors Services, Les
Saboteurs... Some zines like Sauve Qui Punk and
Siloam, Radio Brume. But the places to play are rare
so it's hard.

MRR: What and who do you like in France?
P: Old zines like No Government, Earquake,
L'Oreille Cassee and the new ones like Vauriens,
Electrochock, Sauve Qui Punk... About the labels, it
seems that the punk rock tends to grow well in the
north of France. We wonder if there's not a compe-
tition and that would be a shame in the scene. It's
sad that the people who are doing the scene are not
more united. We have a lot to learn from the
Germans...
MRR: Punk once, always punk?

P: It's a mentality,
we've been listening
to this music for a
long time and we
still enjoy it. The
ideas changed, it's
not "No Future"
and "Destroy" any-
more. Most of the
old bands who are
back do that only for
the money. But the
punks today seem
still constructive
and because of this
need to change
things, punk sur-
vives. The original
spirit, the need of
new mottos, to do
mote, all that is still
here. Attitudes
change but punk re-
mains. Revolt, spon-
taneity, rejection of
conformity still feeds the attitude of the movement,
and provocation is still alive.
MRR: The last word...

P: Thanks to all the people who are shaking their
butt to keep the scene alive, zines, labels, newslet-
ters, distributors, people who set up gigs, collectives
and associations, public, radios, all the ones who
buy alternative and independent records, all the
ones who read zines... Keep on, everybody.

Don't hesitate to contact the Partisans:
Norb's Grime, 4 1 Rue Etienne Richerand, 69003
Lyon, France. The first EP "Street Gones" is avail-
able thru Gig a la benne c/o David Jegat, 2 rue
Chateaubriand, 60180 Nogent s/Oise, France.
The split LP with Jack The Lad and the LP/CD are
available thru Knock Out Records c/o Dick Ha-
mann, Postfach 100716, 46527 Dinslaken, Ger-
many. The new EP "L'important e'est d'y Croire"
including a 40 page booklet is available thru Molo-
ko Records, Feldstr. 10, 46286 Dorsten, Germany.
All of the records from the Partisans include a
translation of the lyrics in English so that you have
no excuse!!

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THE RECLUSIVE* ARE AN ACE
PUNK ROCK BAND FROM AUSTIN, TX.
FAST, LOUP AND SNOTTY, THESE
GUYS PLAY TO CONSISTENTLY
DRUNK, ROWDY, AND BLATANTLY
ENTHUSIASTIC FANS. MADE UP OF,
AMONC OTHERS, AN EX-GARGOYLE
AND AN EXCRYIN OUT LOUDS,
THESE FELLAS WERE INTERVIEWED
OVER DRINKS EARLY ONE IN THE PA-
TIO AREA OF EMO'S. INTERVIEW BY
LALI DONOVAN.

MRR: I GUESS LETS START WITH THE
MOST BASIC QUESTION, WHO ARE
YOU AND WHAT DO YOU DO?
TIM STORM: WE PLAY RNR MAN.
WE'RE A BUNCH OF OLD GUYS A
BUNCH OF YOUNG GUYS. I'M THE
PROFESSIONAL TRAINED VOCALIST.
86: I'M 86 AND I PLAY THE ROLL
DRUMS.

KEN: I PLAY THE GUITAR.
DEAN: I PLAY GUITAR AND I AM THE
YOUTH OF THE BAND. I AM THE FU-
TURE.

VIC: I PLAY THE BASS, AND I AM A
PROFESSIONAL DRINKER.
86: ALTHOUGH HE ALMOST FAILED
BECAUSE HE DRINKS WINE COOL-
ERS....

MRR: SO HOW LONG HAVE THE RE-
CLUSIVES BEEN TOGETHER?
86: TWO YEARS?

TIM: ONE YEAR WITH A DRUMMER.
DEAN: YEAH WE STARTED OUT WITH
JUST GUITAR, BASS AND VOCALS.
TIM: WE COULDNT GET ANYONE TO
DRUM FOR US. SO FINALLY WE KID-
NAPPED 86'S MOTHER AND HELD
HER TIL HE AGREED TO PLAY DRUMS
FOR US. IN FACT, WE STILL HAVE HER
IF ANYONE WANTS HER.
86: YEAH THE CASHIER'S CHECK
CASHED, BUT I STILL HAVENT GOT-
TEN MY MOM BACK.

MRR: WHAT OTHER BANDS HAVE
YOU ALL BEEN IN BEFORE THIS - I
KNOW WITH AT LEAST TWO OF YOU,
BUT...

VIC: I PLAYED IN A BAND IN DALLAS
FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A...
TIM: BUT NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR
ABOUT THAT... AND I, WAS IN THE
ROLLING STONES...
DEAN: I WAS IN SOME MAKESHIFT
BANDS.

86: THE MOST INFAMOUS BAND I
WAS IN WAS THE UNLIKED, WHO
OPENED UP FOR CG ALLIN AND SLOP-
PY SECONDS, I WAS ALSO IN CRYIN
OUT LOUDS ANDTHENTHE CHUMPS.
TIM: ...EX-GARGOYLES SCREAMER...
YOU MIGHT HAVE READ ABOUT ME
IN SUCH MAGAZINES AS FLIPSIDE ?
MRR: NO, NO I HAVENT.
TIM:ISUGGESTYOUKIDSGETOUTTO
THE STORE AND BUY MORE FLIP-
SIDES...

MRR: TIM, YOU JUST GAVE ME THE
NEW SINGLE ON EMPTY, SO WHAT
ELSE BESIDES THAT HAVE GOT OUT,
AND WHATS COMING OUT?
TIM: THE FIRST FOUR SONG SINGLE IS
ON TURKEY BASTER, THE SECOND
FOUR SONG 7 IS ON EMPTY. THEN
THERE SATWO SONG SPLIT WITH SIL-
LIES FROM DENTON.
86: AND THEN ON LITTLE DEPUTY A
COMP HAS A TRACK FROM US, THE
CRYIN' OUT LOUDS, MOTARDS, AND
WORM DIRT. BUT THATS ALREADY
OUT.

TIM: AND WE'VE GOT TWO COMPS
COMING OUT - AND WE'RE BEGIN-
NING WORK ON OUR LP.
MRR: FOR WHOM?
TIM: WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET. I
HEARD LOOKOUTS PRETTY GOOD.
VIC: GEFFEN'S GIVEN US A GOOD OF-
FER.

86: AND I HEAR SONY'S INTERESTED
IN US...

TIM: I SAY GO MAJOR LABEL KIDS.
MAJOR LABELS HAVE ALWAYS
WORKED FOR AND BEEN GOOD FOR
ME. THE SEX PISTOLS WERE ON A MA-
JOR LABEL. THE CLASH WERE ON A
MAJOR LABEL. I SAY GO MAJOR LA-
BEL, I MEAN WHO ARE YOU BUYING
YOUR STEREO EQUIPMENT FROM,
THAT YOU RE PLAYING YOUR INDIE
RECORDS ON? HUH? YOU'RE BUYING
IT FROM THE MAN.

MRR: MOVING ON... WHAT WAS THE
BASIC IMPETUS BEHIND THE RECLU-
SIVES BEGINNING? WAS IT SOCIAL?
VIC: NO, ME AND TIM MET DOWN IN
SAN ANTONIO THROUGH MIKE.
TIM: AND THEN HE KEPT CALLING ME
AND FOLLOWING ME AROUND.
VIC: THEN DEAN STARTED PLAYING
WITH US AND WE KEPT GOING
THROUGH A COUPLE OF LEAD GUI-
TAR HOPEFULS, NONE OF WHOM
WORKED OUT.

TIM: INCLUDING JERRY OF THE BU-
LIMICS, WHO HAD A MEMORABLE
AUDITION IN WHICH HE BECAME SO
INCREDIBLY DRUNK AND OBNOX-
IOUS HE STOOD IN THE KITCHEN
PLAYING EVERY DWARVES SONG
WHICH HAD EVER BEEN RECORDED.
THEN SOME GUY CAME OVER THAT
HE KNEW AND HE TRIED TO START A
FICHT WITH THIS GUY WHO WAS lOX
HIS SIZE. FINALLY, I GOT HIM OUT OF
THE HOUSE AND AS I WAS DRIVING
HIM HOME, HE STARTS HITTING THIS
GIRL.ITHREWHIMOUTOFMYTRUCK
ALONG THE SIDE OFTHE INTERSTATE.
HE STOLE A BIKE ANDTHEN PEDDLED
HIS WAY BACK. FELL ASLEEP THAT
NIGHT IN THE YARD. SAME NIGHT HE
REAR ENDED MY TRUCK WITH HIS
CAR. NEEDLESS TO SAY, JERRY DIDN'T

PASS HIS AUDITION.
MRR: HAVE YOU CUYS TOURED
PROPERLY YET?

TIM: YES, IN FACT, WE RECENTLY DID
AN EXTENSIVE TOUR OF AUSTIN,
HOUSTON, AND THE GREATER NEW
ORLEANS AREA.

86: ALL DONE IN A REMARKABLE
THREE DAYS.

VIC: WITH THE MOTARDS. IT WAS A
DRUNK PUNK TOUR IN 97.
TIM: I THINK WE MAY HOLD THE
PUNK ROCK RECORD FOR THE BIG-
GEST WORLD TOUR IN THE FEWEST
NUMBER OF DAYS. WHO WANTS TO
PLAY TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE OUT-
SIDE OF AUSTIN, TX? WHO ARE THESE
PEOPLE? WHAT DO THEY WANT?
THEY THINK WE'RE GONNA LOAD UP
OUR EQUIPMENT AND SPEND OUR
TIME AND OUR MONEY PLAYING TO
A BUNCH OF NOBODIES OUT IN THE
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE - YOU'RE OUT
OF YOUR...

86: YOU'RE FUCKIN' CRAZY...
TIM: I DONT WANT TO SAY FUCK",
BUT NOW I WANT TO SAY FUCK'.
FUCK, ITS FUCKIN' CRAZY. I'M SORRY.
MRR: SO WOULD THAT BE A NO?
KEN:(WHOUPUNTILTHISPOINTHAS
SAID NOTHING, JUST SMILED AND
NODDED PLEASANTLY THROUGH-
OUT.) NO.

MRR: ARE YOU PART OF WHAT WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THAT MIND SET OF
PEOPLE IN TEXAS AND HOWTHEYRE
VERY, VERY ADAMANTABOUTBEING
TEXANS?

VIC: I'M THE ONLY NATIVE FUCKIN'
TEXAN IN THIS BAND.
86: I'M PROUD TO NOT
TO BE BORN IN THIS
HICK ASS STATE.
TIM:LETMETELLTHESE
KIDS SOMETHING

ABOUT TX. THESE PEO-
PLE MUST BE BRAIN-
WASHED FROM DAY
ONE. THEY THESE IDI-
OTS THINK THEIR
STATE IS THE GREATEST
THING WHICH SHIT
OUT OF GOD'S ASS. OH
TEXAS, TEXAS, TEXAS,
OH THEY HATE THE
MAN, UNLESS THE
MAN'S A TEXAN. THEN
THEY LOVE THE MAN.
86: I'M PROUD TO LIVE
IN TEXAS AND THATS
THE TRUTH.
VIC: JUST DONT FUCK
WITH US...

MRR: YEAH BUT WHY
ARE PEOPLE SO MM
FROM FUCKIN' TEXAS
AND PROUD OF IT?
86: COS NO OTHER
STATE'S LIKE IT.
VIC: YOU WILL NOT GO
ANYWHERE ELSE IN
AMERICA WHERE

SOMEONE WILL SAY
"GOD DAMN I'M SO
HAPPY TO BE FROM
OHIO" THEY WON'T
SAY "OHIO KICKS ASS."
86: THERE'S EVERY-
THING HERE. THERE'S
VARIETY, IT TAKES A
SPECIAL BREED TO LIVE
IN TEXAS. SO WHAT DO
YOU THINK ABOUT
TEXAS, YOU LIVE HERE

NOW.

MRR: I LIKE IT, I'M NOT PROUD TO
LIVE HERE AND PEOPLE ARE TOO
TALL IN TEXAS, BUT OTHER THAN
THAT... SO WHAT LOCAL BANDS DO
YOU ALL CONSIDER TO BE KINDRED
SOULS?

VIC: THE MOTARDS FIRST AND FORE-
MOST. THE BULIMICS.
86: FUCK THOSE GUYS.
DEAN: FUCK THE BULIMICS... THE
CHUMPS!

86: IF YOU EVER GOTH ROUGH HOUS-
TON TRY TO PLAY WITH TEEN COOL.
TIM: TEEN COOL ARE A BUNCH OF LIT-
ERALLY HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, COM-
PLETELY OUT OF THEIR MINDS WHO
HAVE GREAT MUSICAL TASTE.
86: JUST DONT TRY TO MAKE PLANS
WITH THEM ON SATURDAY MORN-
ING COS CHANCES ARE THEY'LL HAVE
SATURDAY D-HALL. THEY WERE GO-
ING TO JOIN THE LAST TWO DATES OF
THE RECLUSIVES WORLD TOUR, BUT
THEY HAD TO CANCEL OUT BECAUSE
THEY HAD SATURDAY D-HALL.
DEAN: WE WERE GOING TO BREAK
THEM OUT...

TIM: THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT
BANDS; THERE ARE PROBABLY MORE
GREAT BANDS HERE PER CAPITA
THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
86: SO IF YOU SHITHEADS WANNA
MOVER HERE, WE NEEDMORE CARS...
TIM: NO, WE DONTNEED A BUNCH OF
PEOPLE MOVING HERE FROM CALI-
FORNIA.

MRR: NOW THATS THE POT CALLING
THE KETTLE BLACK, TIM..'.
(TALK GOES TO AMONG OTHER

THINGS THE VAST MUSICAL SEEN
AUSTIN HAS INCLUDING NON-PUNK
STUFF OF BLUES AND CW)
MRR: SO IS IT EASY FOR A BAND TO
EXIST IN AUSTIN?

TIM: EXTREMELY EASY. EASIEST
PLACE I'VE EVER SEEN, YOU DONT
HAVE TO DO A DAMN THINC.
VIC: IT SEEMS LIKE FOR THE MOST
PART, PEOPLE ARE REALLY HELPFUL
WHEN YOU'RE STARTING OUT IF
YOU'RE WORTH A SHIT. WHAT BLEW
ME AWAY WAS WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED PLAYING AS AN OPENING
BAND, THERE WAS PEOPLE THERE TO
SEE US, NOT STAND IN THE BACK OF
THE ROOM LIKE A BUNCH OF ASSH-
OLES WAITING FOR ONE PERSON TO
GIVE ITTHE VOTE OF COOLNESS.
86: WELL, THERE IS A REASON THAT
PEOPLE STAND IN THE BACK OF THE
ROOM-
DEAN: BECAUSE IT'S SO FUCKING
LOUD...

86: NO, BECAUSE THEY SUCK...
TIM: PEOPLE STAND IN THE FRONT
WHEN WE PLAY, BECAUSE WERE
GOOOOOD. THATS G-O-O-D. GOOD.
DEAN: AND WE'RE CUTE.
TIM: WE'RE TH E BEST LOOKING BAND
IN AUSTIN, THERE'S NO QUESTION
ABOUT IT.

86: MY MOM LIKES US. SHE SAIDTH AT
SHE THOUGHT WE WERE "REALLY
GOOD', AND THAT'S HER EXACT
QUOTE.

TIM: BUT DOES SHE THINK WE'RE AT-
TRACTIVE? COS I THINK WE'RE PROB-
ABLY THE MOST ATTRACTIVE BAND
IN AUSTIN. DID I MENTION WE'RE RE-
ALLY GOOD LOOKING?
MRR: YES, A FEW TIMES.
TOM: WHO DO YOU THINK IS
THE BEST LOOKING IN THE
BAND?

MRR: UHHHHH - (SOMEONE
ASKS IF ITSTHE SILENT KEN TO
WHICH I HASTILY AGREE AS TO
CHANGE THE SUBJECT IN
GENERAL.. .TALK TURNS TO
AUSTIN, TX TURF WARS....)
DEAN: IT REALLY DEPENDS
WHAT PARTOF AUSTIN YOU'RE
FROM.

TIM: TRUE, WE DONT LI KE PEO-
PLE FROM SOUTH AUSTIN.
DEAN: WE DONT HANG OUT
WITH PEOPLE IN SOUTH AUS-
TIN. YOU LIVE IN HYDE PARK
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
TIM: DONT SAY WE'RE FROM
AUSTIN, TX, SAY WE'RE FROM
HYDE PARK, TX. WHAT WAS
THE QUESTION ORIGINALLY?
MRR: THE POINT I WAS GET-
TING AT, IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE
PEOPLE WILL GO OUTOF THEIR
WAY TO SEE THEIR FRIENDS
BANDS AND WHAT NOT...
TIM: ITS TRUE, I MEAN MOST
PLACES YOU GO, THE OPENING
BAND NO ONE WILL SEE - HERE
THATS NOT TRUE AT ALL. ITS
ACTUALLY CRUCIAL HERE AS
PART OF THE AUSTIN THING,
THAT FRIENDS - YOU DON'T
HAVE TOGOTO YOUR FRIEND'S
SHOWS, YOU WANTTO. I LOOK
FORWARD TO SEEING THE
CHUMPS, MOTARDS, YOU
KNOW THESE BANDS I WANT
TO GO TO THEIR SHOWS, THEY
COME TO OUR SHOWS. ITS NOT
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO, ITS BE-

CAUSE WE WANT TO.
86: BUT MOST EVERYBODY IN TOWN
APPRECIATES WHAT WE HAVE,
WHICH IS ONEOFTHEBETTERSCENES
AROUND. PEOPLE HERE ARENTTAK-
ING THE BANDS FOR GRANTED,
THEY'LL CO OUT AND SEE THEM.
TIM: THERE ARE BANDSTHATPEOPLE
WONT GO OUT AND SEE, BUT THOSE
BANDS..

86: THE COUCH COUCH SPUTTER (-

SOMEBODY OR OTHERS)
MRR: I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT
YOU SAID?

86: I MAY BE ONE OF THE ONLY PEO-
PLE INTOWN WHO'S SATTHROUCH A
WHOLE (UNNAMED BAND) SET.
TIM: THE REASON PEOPLE DONT CO
SEE TALLBOY IS BECAUSE TALLBOY
DOESN T CO SEE ANYONE ELSE.
MRR: AM I SUPPOSED TO EDIT OUT
(UNNAMED BAND)?
TIM: DELETE IT.... YOU'VE RUN OUTOF

YOU ARE DRIVING, WHO MAKES
THAT NEWSPAPER THAT YOU JUST
READ?WHOMAKESTHETVANDTHE
PROGRAMS YOU LIKE.
86: BUT LOOK, CONVERSE ALL-STARS
ARE INDEPENDENT.
TIM: IT S ONE TH INGTO BITCH ABOUT
THE MAN, BUT BITCH ABOUT THE
MAN WHILE YOU'RE USING THE
MAN. ..WHO THE HELL ARE YOU US-
ING TO MAIL OUT YOUR SUBSCRIP-
TIONS TO? THE MAN IS MAILING
YOUR SUBSCRIPTIONS. THE US POST
OFFICE...

86: IT DOESN T GET MORE MANLY
THAN THAT.

TIM: THATS RIGHT, DOWN WITH THE
MAN , WE'RE FIGHTING AGAINSTTHE
MAN. WHAT WE'VE DONE ISTHROWN
AWAYALLOFTHEMANSEVILTOOLS,
ALL THE DEVIL'S TOOLS. SO I SAY CAST
OFF THE DEVIL'S TOOLS AND BE LIKE
US, BE PURE. WE'RE PURE IN AUSTIN,

TX.

QUESTIONS, HAVENTYOU?
MRR: NOOOO, I'M THINKING OF
SOME. I WAS JUST HOPING YOU GUYS
WOULD BE MORE...
TIM: WE CAN GO ON SOME MORE PO-
LITICAL RANTS...

MRR: OH GOOD LORD... WE'LL GETTO
ANECDOTES. WHAT ARE LONG TERM
PLANS?

DEAN: LONG TERM PLANS?
TIM: ARE YOU KIDDING? WE CAN'T
THINK PAST NEXT WEEK.
VIC: WE WANT LIVER TRANSPLANTS
86: I JUST WANT TO GET A FULL
LENGTH OUT THAT REALLY REPRE-
SENTS US.

DEAN: MAYBE TOURING FOR TWO
WEEKS IF TIM'S GOT VACATION TIME
FROM WORK.
TIM: NOPE.

86: MIGHT HELP IF WE GET A DIFFER-
ENT SINGER TO DO IT. I WOULD LIKE
TO TOUR.

TIM: I DON'T WANT TO TOUR. I
WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE
OUTTHERE IN MRR LAND.TOTAKE A
LOOKATTHETHINCS YOU ARE USING
IN YOUR LIFE: WHO MAKES YOUR
TELEPHONE, WHO MAKES YOUR STE-
REO, WHO MAKES THAT CAR THAT

DEAN: WE HAVE SPRINGS...
TIM: WE RIDE HORSES, THE MAN'S
HORSES, BUTTHEY'RE HORSES ...THIS
ISTHE WILD WESTTHO' THE KIDSGET
KINDA ROWDY AROUND HERE AFTER
A FEW BEERS THEY TRY TO RUN YOU
OVER IN THEIR CARS...
MRR: (INTERRUPTING THIS OTHER-
WISE FASCINATING RAMBLE) PEOPLE
CANT DRIVE WORTH SHIT HERE, ITS
AMAZING. I'VE NEVER SEEN PEOPLE
SO DISCOURTEOUS TO BIKE RIDERS
AND PEDESTRIANS...
TIM: WHO MAKES THE BIKES THAT
YOU RIDE? THE MAN MADE THAT
BIKE -IF YOU STOLETHAT BIKE FROM
THE MAN, NOW THAT WOULD BE
OKAY...

MRR.UGAINTRYINGTOCETAWORD
IN EDGEWISE) WOULD YOU PLEASE
DEFINE THE MAN?

TIM: OH NO, HE'LL COME LOOKING
FOR ME.... I THINK TIM YOHANNAN
ISTHEMAN. I STOLE HISTV... I WOULD
LIKE TO THANK BRUCE ROEHRS FOR
NOT WRITING A DAMN WORD ABOUT
THE RECLUSIVES IN HIS COLUMN. I'M
GONNA GET YOU, YOU BASTARD...
MRR: SO WHAT SORT OF REVIEWS
HAVE YOU GOTTEN IN FLIPSIDE?

86:WELLTHE FIRST FOUR...THE FIFTH
ONE WASNT AS GOOD AS THE FIRST
ONE...

TIM: I THINK MRR NEEDS TO TAKE A
LESSON FROM FLIPSIDE ? MORE NA-
KED GIRLS AND MORE REVIEWS OF
THE SAME RECORD. FLIPSIDE HAS
GIVEN AGOOD REVIEWTO OUR FIRST
RECORD FIVE TIMES SO FAR.
VIC: WE'LL PROBABLY GET OUR ASSES
DRAGGED THROUGH THE MUD NOW
THROUGH MRR.

TIM: ITS EXACTLY THE SAME, IF YOU
LOVED THE FIRST ONE, YOU'LL LOVE
THE SECOND ONE. WE'RE THINKING
ABOUT BRANCHING OUT AND ADD-
ING A THIRD PART TO ONE OF OUR
SONGS ON THE UPCOMING ALBUM IF
ITS NOT TOO HARD.
86: THERE'S A LESSONTO BE LEARNED
FROM U2'S NEW ALBUM, ITS CALLED
•POP". TECHNO'S THE WAVE OF THE
FUTURE.

TIM: NO PUSSY POP, SISSY BOY,
DAMN POP PUNK, GODDAMN SON OF
ABITCHIN' WIMPS HERE, I CAN TELL
YOU THAT. EXCEPT FOR KEN-
KEN: WHATS WRONG WITH POP? I
LIKE POP.

DEAN: OOOH HE SAID SOMETHING-
TIM: THE PROBLEM IS; Y'KNOW THE
RAMONES WERE THE RAMONES BE-
CAUSE TH E Y CAME ALONG 1976, TH IS
ISN T 1976, IT DOESNT DO ANY GOOD
TOTRYTOBETHE RAMONES IN 1997.
YOU SHOULD TRY TO BE THE DEAD
BOYS OR THE NY DOLLS, THATS
MUCH BETTER, THANK YOU. THESE
KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND ANY-
THING, THATS THE PROBLEM. YOU
KIDS LIKE RANCID.
MRR: DON T LUMP ME IN HERE, SIR...
TIM: I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOU,
I'MTALKINGTOTHE KIDS ATMRR, I'M
TALKING DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE.
THIS IS MY WAY OF CIRCUMVENTING
THE MAN... I DON'T WANT TO HEAR
ANYOFTHIS HIP HOP BULLSHIT. YOU
WANNA KNOW WHAT I HATE, I HATE
FACIAL PIERCINGS, GET THAT CRAP
OUT OF YOUR NOSE. YOU LOOK RI-
DICULOUS WITH YOUR BIG, STINKY
ASS PANTS, YOUR RIDICULOUS HAIR-
DOS AND YOUR GOD DAMN TWO
THOUSAND TATTOOS. WHAT'S
WRONG WITH ONEORTWOTASTEFUL
TATTOOS, YOU GOTTA HAVE TWEN-
TY? I'D LIKE TO SAY THREE OUT OF
THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BAND
HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO TATTOOS AT
ALL. AND ANYBODY WHO'S
STRAIGHT EDGE, WHAT ASS WIPES!
FUCK YOU!!!

VIC: YEAH, YOU MOTHERFUCKERS
ARE NAZIS WHO DON'T DRINK-
TIM: YEAH GO GET LAID. SHEESH. AND
THERE S TOO MANY DAMN HIPPIES
IN THIS PUNK ROCK THING. I DON'T
WANNA SEE YOU HIPPIES AT OUR
SHOWS, GO MELLOW OUT SOME-
WHERE ELSE.

VIC: YEAH, EAT A FUCKIN PIECE OF
STEAK, SMOKE A CIGARETTE, DRINK A
BEER....

TIM: MELLOW OUT ON YOUR OWN
TIME....

MRR: OKAY, SOTOTRYTOWRAPTHIS
UP, ANY LAST IMPARTING WISDOM?
86: I CAN HANDLE THIS ONE: A WISE,
MAN DWAYNE, WHO PLAYS WITH THE
CHUMPS, AS I WAS LEAVING THE
HOUSE, ONCE SAID: "PARTY DOWN AT
THE PARTY." WHAT MORE CAN YOU
SAY?

Tta Spaceship

The Spaceshifs - Rock N Roll's Abortion

The Spaceshifs were interviewed on
May 28th, 1 997 in Kahnawake, Quebec (a noto-
riously brutal mecca of hatred). Watch for 'em on
tour this summer - they have to be seen live. They
are a swirling mass of juvenile Rock n' Roll
energy. The new album is called "Winter Dance
Party." These young fuckers are definitely one of
the best. The current line up is Blacksnake, Casino
(aka Skid Marks), Oily Chi (Chi Chi), and Krebs
(Creepy, Needles). Also present for the interview
are Donny (ex-quifarist), and friends Jenna, Jas-
on, and Cindy, interview by Adam Leborgne.
MRR: So, your first single was on Rat City? How
did that happen?

B: We taped a thing in Oily Chi's basement, and sent it out,
and Mike and Tracy liked it... It's hard to find.
K: There's a Secret tape, too.
C: "Beer Fueled Mayhem."
K: We don't even have it onymore.
MRR: How many Rat City singles were
pressed? I heard, they went under shortly after
your single came out-
6: There were 500 pressed. .
MRR: You guys went down to New York City to
record your album with Mike Mariconda. What
was that like?

B: Well, it was a lot of fun. We.got to hang around with a
lot of people we didn't expect. Candy Del Mar was Creepy's
missing sibling.

MRR: Are you excited with "Winter Dance
Party/; Oily?

0: 1 don't think it was ideal, but... whatever.
C: It documents some fun times we had in New York.
K: It's not the right sound. I want it to sound live. We
recorded it live, but it sounds like a fuckin' laser. No
soul was captured.

MRR: What is the ideal sound? Like early
stuff..? 1

K: We're trying to find it.

B: Greg Lowry might try this fall. So, Adam, they say
you like 13 year-old girls.

MRR: Well, y'know, I don't like them, they
like me. (laughter). Blacksnake, I don't under-
stand. You re against lasers and rock-
starisms, but you think you're like, Slash Jr. Is
it about music, or is about pussy?
B: It's about a box of music, and a cup of

Bussy! (laughter).
1RR: Blacksnake, you're a fuckin' asshole.
B: Okay, my behavior with girls is questionable some-
times. But it always works out in the end.
J: You always come out on top! (laughter)
MRR: When you guys play a show, do you
prefer to see, like, Jockos slamming or what-
ever, or do you like to see people dancing?
K: Dancing.

B: Girls. Casino prematurely ejaculated one night af-
ter this girl in a short summer dress started shimmy-
ing.

MRR: Really? Casino told me that was a urine
erection. And why do they call you Casino?

C: We went aamblina. Me, the Snake, and Hugh Probyn.
I went in with $50. Well, we were supposed to buy a van
to go on tour last summer. I played roulette and won
$800.

MRR: Lemme guess, you lost it all?
B: Skid was enraged. He attacked me. All my chips flew
into the air. He was crazy. The whole casino went quiet. He
started shaking me. "Give me my $50!" I had to slap him
a couple of times.

MRR: I heard one story about Casino trying to
out together a "press kit." What happened?
B: Well, we had to do this thing, and Casino shows up at
Needles' house bright and early, totally stoned, ready to
help. He shows up with four loose leaf papers, a National
Lampoon, and a puffy sticker.
MRR: Oily, when the band plays live, each mem-
ber has their own persona image. You have this
image going of, like, a 50's kinda kid; a
greaser, y'know, you comb your hair ,
in between songs, and carry a
switchblade... and hang out at
the malt shop. Are you heavily
influenced by late 50's culture?
0: 1 don't want to talk about that kind
of stuff,

MRR: Who does the majority of the song
writing? Music writing?

C:Me.

B: Krebs and Oily Chi come up with most of the songs.

K: There are no lyrics.

MRR: When Casino tried to write a song, what

happened?

B: Well, basically, Casino writes a song, we learn it, he's all

happy about it... We're all chilling out at a BBQ and we put

on a tape, a compilation tape, and Casino's song starts

playing. We went, "hey, wait a minute. That's our song..."

And then we realize that Casino was lying. But me and

Casino write all the bass lines.

C: / write all the bass lines.

B: Fuck you.

K: Seriously Blacksnake, what do you do?

C: He takes his pants off at shows, he acts like an asshole...

MRR: Any tour plans?

B: We're probably touring across the continent this

summer, so lock up your daughters!

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iRR: What brought you all together?
krik: The radio station.
Matt: The Record Hospital.

ears for people with experienced ears?
Zak: I hope not.

Matt: I know it's not, because it's the nerdy
little teenager kids who are really really

lyric. I don't know why it stuck in our heads.
Arik: None of us like it.
Zak: Nobody likes it. We're just stuck with it.
Matt: I'm realembarrassed whenever some-

°Massa"chusetts"is c'uz'we all went "to col- Bumfuck. Illinois, those are the kids who Especially if it's someone older.

low each other and like each other and don't know shit about music.

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retched name and one which no one likes

anything attached
to it. This allows peo-
ple to say. "Oh. What
kind of fuckin' band
is fat Day?" It allows
that sort of space,
which is nice. It's nev-
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Jortant.

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Wg: —All the AmRep stuff. Cows—
IrS — All the early DC hardcore stuff—

for us because we live in small towns. We Zak: If it were going to identify us as what

there Here's Fat Day - they must be one of "pop-punk" and that's the one thing we'r

those bands! And they're great!" not. I would never buy a record by a band

Doug: Kids who check their attitude at the called Fat Day unless I'd heard something

door and don't have any preconceived first,

idea of what's got to happen in the next Matt: Me neither.

fifteen minutes can usually enjoy what MRR: You mentioned that you had initially

were doing because its weird and it's aspiredtoplayvenuesliketheMiddleEast.

gooa Most of the hardcore shows happening in

Arik: It is good. Boston are at the clubs - the Rat. Middle

Zak Yeah. Its really good. East, or even on Landsdowne Street, but

Arik I mean it's really good. the majority of your in-town gigs are at

MRR- Talkabout the birth of 1007. Breakfast, either the Harvest Coop or your own base-

Doug

different musical tastes and back- what was going on was basically wretched, market. I was talking to Tom from Showcase

ime records means having to talk pening - not a lot of people were going, down with Fat Day. You guys pigeon-holed

lusic whether we like or not.

link we kind of tried to put together

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for better or for worse wasn't getting a band
together or keeping a band together. We

sons to keep their bands together and
have some records lying around, you know
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like there was something happening that

1007. Breakfast started. We tried to bring a
focus to what was going on. so that when

fliMIwlllfii!li

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away from this because its too scattered."

And I think that bands did stay together

longer because of the label.

Zak: And now there's a thriving music scene

and we take full credit.

MRR: What were the early Fat Day shows

like? Was it mostly Harvard kids?

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even Fat Day at the time, it was the Any-
thing Family.

Arik: They were my favorite band.
Matt: Arik wasn't in the band at the time. We
had a guy who was really into geology and

of the Toxic Narcotic kids are ever gonna
go see Fat Day."

Doug: They'd hate us anyway. Every time
we've ever played the Middle East Down-
stairs when they've had an opportunity to
come, they seriously run for the door.
Which is a good thing. If people aren't

and persevere. They should just get out.
On the other side of it. I don't think it would

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evidently don't care. We've played
enough times and had enough bad expe-
riences to know that its not about us pi-
geonholing ourselves.
Matt: Most of the vegan kids are really nice
and friendly and open-minded - they like
lots of different kinds of bands. And they
really like Fat Day.

sively in the last five years in Boston, and
probably around the country. When we
started Fat Day. to get a show in Boston at
an all-ages space that was only charging
$5 was impossible. That did not exist. And

to different kinds of music and hair and a big bushy beard. His name was come to town, they don't play the Middle

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Matt: Yeah, but we didn't do as well with it.
MRR: So you do better with —
Doug: Crap.

Zak: 4-track and a lot of mics and trial and
error.

Matt: Tape distortion.
Doug: Patience.
Arik: Tape overload.
Matt: Knob-twiddling.
Doug: Problem solving.
Matt: A small mixer.

Arik: PZM microphones from Radio Shack.
Zak: And normal Shure microphones, like
the kind you'd find in a club. We use pretty
inexpensive straightforward stuff. When it
works it's as good as anything I've ever
heard.

MRP: How many other bands have you re-
corded?
Arik: About ten.

Zak: We did all the bands on The Ouide To
Your Demise (the Pissed Officers, Fe-
daykin. Fat Day. Chickita. the McVeighs.
Gerty Farish. the Cotton K's). Toddler. Fear
Of Reprisal...

Matt: I'm recording Krema-1.
Zak: I'd like to record Lesion from Brockton.
Doug: Once again It's like almost ev-
erything else we do - people we like,
bands we like, it naturally evolves that
we want to have them here more often
and record them, and do things with
them and make projects.
MRR: And you do all this for free?
Doug: Absolutely.

Matt: Yeah. We don't charge for re-
cording.

Doug: That would be wrong.
Arik: It would really be harsh injustice.
Zak: I didn't even get a free record out
of that Gerty Farish thing.
Doug: In some ways I don't think it
would be right in that it's not typical

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studio.

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the basement?

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recording quality.

Arik: I don't think we can really offer that.

MRR: Do think that people can really tell

when they pick up. say. The Guide To Your

Demise? Do you think they listen to that

record and say. "This all sounds like it was

recorded in a basement!"?

Zak: No. I don't think so. cuz I think that a lot

of the stuff that comes out of the studios is

really really awful in a bad/tinny/small

way.

MRR: Even if you take a really great hard-
core record - like Boston. Not LA. - it
sounds incredibly small and tinny, espe-
cially by today's standards. Few hardcore
bands had access to "quality" production
until the mid-80's, and by then most of them
weren't good anymore and anything that
couldve been any good suffered griev-
ously at the hands of overproduction.
Zak: Right. I like Never Mind The Bollocks,
but aside from that there's not much big-
studio-recorded punk or hardcore that I
ever liked much. In some ways the sound
that we've ended up getting harkens back
to the hardcore bands that we liked and
what their records sounded like. 10 or 15
years ago.. .some of them.
Doug: We put a lot more excitement into
our recordings because we care about
what we're doing. It's not like we're a studio
where someone hands us 50 bucks and we
have to record something we don't care
about, that's not what its about. We just like
the band. We want to make them sound
good. So we have a good time.
MRR: Do you still record all the vocals in a
garbage can?

Matt: That was just for Chickita.
Zak: There was some garbage can
involved on our album.
Doug: We will use the garbage can
again someday. We like the garbage
can.

Arik: And we are not afraid to use the
garbage can again.
Matt: Yeah. "Trashy-sounding".
MRR: What some other funny things
that have happened in recording oth-
er bands?

Matt: Well, the Cotton K's showed up
with two acoustic guitars and said. "OK
were ready to record", and they spent
four hours in the basement and I re-
member coming into the
kitchen after they were all
done and I remember they
were sitting around talking
about how they didn't like
any of it. They hated every-
thing.

Zak: And then we went down
with some electric stuff and
they recorded absolutely in-
credible noise. We just
turned the mics on and said.
"OK we've got half-an-hour."
That's the track that's on
Guide To Your Demise. Other
than that, recording is not
that eventful.

Arik: It's mostly boring, te-
dious stuff- up and down the
stairs over and over again to
listen to it on the crappy ste-
reo,
m is a patchwork taken from a variety of
different sources - numerous recording
sessions in your basement and live shows
around the country recorded on who-
knows-what, and it's put together with lots
of weird stuff.

Zak: Yeah. We didn't set out to make that
record that way. We had this idea that we
were just hoping to record each side as one
continuous take and that didn't really work.
Matt: We spent two months really trying to

et that to work - to get the sound so
erfect so that we'd be able to play non
top for 15 minutes twice so that we'd have
vo record sides on tape,
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1 the basement.

latt: We had a final thing and we were
eady to send it off and we were like. This
i not.. .exciting".

!ak: The records that I was thinking about
it the time we put that together were not
lardcore records at all- the Grifters' One
Jock Missing, just cuz I knew it had been
ecorded on a four track and they got
imazing sounds out of all their instruments,
ilso some Thinking Fellers Stuff. I think the
>roblem with a lot of hardcore records is
hat they're not put together to listen to as
i record: Here are 20 songs and they're all
i minute long and they all may be really
jood - but I don't listen to music in that way .
3oug: Zak has touched on
something in that a lot of
lardcore bands don't think
ibout music in the same
vay that we do.
Cak: We're fuckln' art-pan-
iies.

Doug: We really wanna say
jomething and do some-
hing interesting. It's not
ust like. "Here it is", it's
Tiore like. "BLEAAHGHH!"
as opposed to. "Here it is".
-1RR: It also seems like you
took the most appropriate
take of each song and they
lust happen to be from
varying sessions. "You
Love Me", for example, is
excruciatingly overblown
with distortion. Matt pro-
claims. "This is a song,
about love ." You guys fuck
up the beginning and re-
start.

Matt: That's one we had hanging around for
a year or two and Zak and I said. "This has
to go on something that we put out as a
record."

Doug: I think more bands would object to
certain things- "I didn't like my solo on this
song. It didn't come out right, let's do it
again or let's not put out that track." Our
attitude is. "What in fact does this have
when I listen to this? What is going on
here?" It doesn't really matter if we played
really well. What's more important is that it
sounds amazing - it does something when
you listen to it.

Zak: The records I always enjoyed listen-
ing to most when I was a kid discovering
music for the first time were the ones that
had their own kinda "world", and you'd pick
it up and you'd look at the front and you'd
be like "Wow!" and you'd get the inserts out
and you'd be like 12 or 13 and you'd be
trying to figure out what the fuck these
people were thinking —
Arik: "What Universe is this in?"
Zak: — And the music has its own sound and
it's not just a song in a space. You know,
embarrassing records like The Wall -that's
put together in a really continuous fashion
and I listened to that a lot - the way one
song would go into a little interlude and the

next song would come out of that - not that
I'm hoping that we ever sound like that. It
makes the experience of listening to a
record more than just the songs that are on
the record.

MRR: And then there's the long T-sta-
tion thing.

Arik: That was something that I had
wanted to put on a record for a long
time.

Doug: Zak created that.
MRR: In the way that the Cotton K's
track elevates The Guide To Your De-
mise comp from being a "damn-good"
record to being a "fucking-great"
record, that noise piece does the
same, especially to anyone who lives
in Boston -the sound is unmistakably
that of an Alewife-bound Red Line
train pulling into Harvard Square sta-
tion. It can't be anything else.

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Zak: Yeah. It's all about this sort of "world."
That's the "world" that we live in. That's a
place that I was in a lot and I'd heard that
sound and I knew that I could get it on tape.
Actually. Andy from Flap did a very similar
thing in England - lotsa tape overload on a
subway pulling into a station.
MRR: What's the deal with your cover art?
All of your record covers seem to approach
the ideas of violence and cruelty toward
animals in a manner that is almost playful.
Yet you are a group of completely non-
violent vegetarians. Also, you have a com-
puter upstairs, friends who are artists and
workatnumberof different copy shopsand
yet your records manage to took rather
haphazardly thrown together. You con-
stantly write "Fat Day" in this cruddy block
lettering that looks like it was drafted by a
stupid drooling eight-year-old. What's go-
ing on here?

Arik: I thought that lettering looked really
good. We spent a long time laying that out.
Doug: I still do think it looks really good.
Zak: I always said it looked cruddy.
Doug: Slick computer graphics and all that
stuff has its place and it's usually on fliers
for your business, but for your records. It's
the same thing with good production in a
studio - there's no aesthetics there, you
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people will go through to get their kicks: the
blurry computer images on The Guide To
Your Demise compilation, the photos of
GUoe action figures stuck in odd places on
the Bound For Glory EP. as well as the
cover which appears to be a fairly standard
bondage photo that kind of looks
like Matt.

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gets printed and it's really hard to tell *-
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looking record. There's not a lot that
scares people in the punk scene JJ*
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men. That's why we made it really
grainy and hard to see - so it'd look €

like something that you picked up off your
shoe. That was the concept for that record .
It was all out one issue of Honcho maga-
zine from the late 70s. Straight pornogra-
phy has a different meaning for a lot of
people. You're saying something totally
different by putting an image of a spread-
eagled naked woman on your record than
you are by putting a man with rope dan-
gling off of every extremity. That's a mes-
sage I'm comfortable with. I wouldn't be
comfortable with something more conven-
tional.

Matt: By conventional, do you mean "imag-
es of women portrayed in a pornographic
setting"?

Zak: By conventional. I mean "not freaky."
It's a freaky gay porn image on the front of
that record by most people's standards.
MRR: The nature of gay pornography
tends to be less geared toward the degra-
dation of a particular sex than straight
pornography. Straight porn is dominated
by a male exploitation of the female anat-
omy, whereas gay porn is more self-exploi-
tive. and therefore arguably not really a
form of exploitation at all.
Zak: I just saw The People Vs. Larry Flint
and there's been a big outcry from femi-

nists about that (most of which I agree with

because I think the movie has nothing to do

with Larry Flint the real person). You can't

talk about pornography as one thing in a

political way. Hustler magazine operates

on a totally different level than most gay

porn. In a magazine like Hustler, there

is a division between consumers and

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& that bears a similar aesthetic, but the

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& world is a totally different thing. Lesbi-

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pornographers claim that you can in-

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especially a lot more appealing - a lot
p. weirder and wackier and fun than the
< world of straight porn. But if you hit the
weirdness factor in straight
porn I can get into it too. You
just have to have the right
weirdness quotient. I don't
what it is. but without it. it's
completely dead - devoid of
any feeling other than male
hatred.

MRR: Let's talk about your
own nudity.

Doug: I guess I'm the primary
moverof nudity. I'mallabout
nudity. I wish most people
were naked and did a little
more nude stuff. I love na-
i kedness. It's weird.
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j Kudgel show?

Matt: I was uncomfortable
with the nudity, so I borrowed
a real naval battle-dress uni-
form and wore that instead
' of being naked.

Arik: Doug and I were naked
and wrapped in Saran Wrap
from head to toe. except for eyes. nose,
mouth and feet cuz we had socks and
shoes on. The Saran Wrap got tucked into
our socks. It was really hot too - I almost
fainted.

Doug: Once again, it's about ridiculous-
ness, its about wackiness. Do something
weird. Get a reaction, even if it's from your
own band members. Do something that
you wouldn't normally do or wouldn't ex!
pect and see if it does anything to you. see
what it makes you do. What it made me do
is get really hot.

MRR: Is your penchant for wearing uni-
forms premeditated?
Arik: There's usually some planning in-
volved. The first show I actually played with
the band was the outdoor show with the
white chemical-safety suits. It was a Har-
vard student event.

Zak: John Lithgow was in charge of it all.
Doug: He'd gotten together this thing
called "Arts First" and we'd decided to take
on Arts First and do our thing.
Arik: It's a pretty bad event.
Doug: It was another one of those things
where it's just a crappy event that people at
the school arrange to have students ex-
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tion in our band.

MRR: What about the song 'Choad Nick-
el"?

Arik: I was listening to Wire when I wrote that.
Matt: Several days before "Choad Nickel"
happened. Arik told me. "I'm realty into this
idea of having songs that instead of
going: A-B-A-B. they go: A-B-C-D— "
Arik: — E.

Matt: —And I was like. "Go with that."
Doug: The lyrics are my responsibility/
fault. It was a story related to me about
Mr. Pocketpool- now a mythical figure
in my existence - He was this guy that
would watch boys play basketball at a
highschool gym and masturbate in his
pants.

MRR: How about "Knute Rockne"?
Matt: I was at home, reading this book
- Prairie Earth by William Least Heat-
moon —
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mean?

Matt: I live here.

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poser and musician

world - a division

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same hold true for Fa'

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between Matt and t

Day.

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'hat does that

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musicians. Does the
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bagpipes. In Fat Day

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person writes a song
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gets worked out.
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would your name be?
Matt: "Throws-Like-A-Girl." Anyway. I was
reading this book and there's this part
where he talks about how Knute Rockne
was in an airplane in 1929. and his plane
collided with another plane over a county
in Kansas, and there's all this gory stuff
about how the planes go down and every-
body dies and the pilot's body gets eject-
ed through the windshield and under the
nose cone - they pull out the nose cone 3
days later and his body is jelly - and there
are souvenir hunters who come along and
take all of Knute Rockne's body parts and
strip the plane clean in 3 or 4 days of all
souvenierable things that you could take.
Arik: Like... ears.

Matt: Knute Rockne was a very, very famous
man. He was a football coach for Notre
Dame in the 1920's and he won millions of
games. So I was like. "Wow, that's a really
cool way to die and there's body parts
everywhere." So I wrote a song about it.
MRR: What about the song "Duro Duro"?
Zak: That's an old one we don't actually
play anymore. I wrote it. It's about losing

my virginity.

Arik: Is it really? There are so many things

that I didn't know about these songs.

Matt: I knew that.

Doug: I didn't know it was about that. I

thought it was about child molestation.

Zak: One of the weird things about having
everyone write the lyrics is that Matt
sings stuff that has personal mean-
ing for other people as if they were
his own words.

MRR: Howdid you lose yourvirginity?
Zak: It was on a playground. I was
very young... well, not like that.
MRR: How old were you?
Zak: I was twelve.
Doug: Wow.

MRR: How old were you?
Doug: Twenty-.. -three.
Matt: Seventeen.

Arik: I was a sophomore in
college.. .probably twenty.
MRR: What are your beliefs on the
subject of marriage?
Arik: I believe that I'm probably not
ever gonna get married.
Doug: I think its basically a bad
idea...

Arik: Zak got married though - last
summer.

Doug:. ..but I think Zak's marriage is a
good statement about that bad idea.
Matt: Unfortunately its a very incon-
venient statement for Zak.
Arik: Is it inconvenient?
Zak: Well, potentially. I don't actually
have my wife's phone number. (So if
you're out there Chris, we need to
talk.) You know, it was a gimmicky
joke, it was a good joke —
Doug: It was an excellent joke.
Zak: — And I have to live with the con-
sequences and that has its down
sides. I'm not sorry about the wedding
part —

Arik: The wedding was great.
Matt: The wedding was amazing!
Arik: "Bonnie Forest Notary & Tax Ser-
vice" in South Carolina.
Zak: I don't believe in marriage in any
conventional sense - 1 said many times. "I'll
never get married." before that.
Matt: — And you still haven't really.
Zak: So. in a way. this is the short-cut to
never really getting married - being mar-
ried in a way you don't really mean.
Matt: When I meet the right girl. Ill settle
down and live with her for 10 or 15 years, and

I'm not gonna marry her.
MRR: I wasn't at the wedding, but from what
I understand, it was sort of like a Fat Day
show without Fat Day actually playing.
Arik: Doug was wearing his bunny-suit. I
certainly would've dressed up for the occa-
sion if I'd had any idea where we were going .
Zak: Yeah. I didn't tell them where we were
going and Matt got a speeding ticket on the
way cuz I told him to hurry.
Arik: "Hurry-and-get-to-South-Carolina-
but-you-don't-know-why."
MRR: I think that just about wraps it up.
Anything that we neglected to mention?
Matt: Does anyone actually read the inter-
views in MRR?

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He was born in a two room long cabin in a
small town called North Tumberalnd, in New
Hampshire. No, this is not a fucking grade school
book report on Abraham Lincoln, this is G.G. Allin!
G.G. was born August 29, 1956 and grew up in a
small town, where he and his brother, Merle, were
sheltered from the world by their recluse fa-
ther. The bizarre man worked in the paper mill
and name his younger son Jesus Christ Allin.
Merle who was a year
older, had a hard time
pronouncing Jesus',
and it came out sound-
ing like GeeGee". Sort
of like Wally calling
Theodore Beaver
Jesus Christ Allin's
mother rescued him
from small town ridi-
cule by changing his
name to Kevin Michael
Allin, by the time he
entered the first
grade However, G.G
stuck , and that's what
he went by. The Allin
family would move back
and forth from New
Hampshire to Vermont,
from one small town to

another Music was not a part of the Allin Family
to the two boys (Merle and G.G) were around
nine and ten. Being the latter part of the 1960 s,
they re first musical exposure was the Monkees.
the Beatles, and shit like that G.G. was a nervous
kid. He was unable to keep still and was always
tapping and banging on stuff, keeping a beat.
This led to an interest in drums G.G was con-
sumed by his passion for the drums and that is
all he ever wanted to do

Being from small towns musicians was
hard to come by. So when someone came along
who played music, especially one who had a drum
set G.G. became immediately interested. Merle
began playing guitar and he and G.G. would jam
in the trailer that they were living in. The State

Police were regular visitors One of G.G.'s early
band was Little Sister s Date (LSD). G.G played
drums, Merle played guitar, and Al Chapel played
guitar. Chapel would later join up with G.G in the
original Jabbers on bass. LSD was a cover band
that played dances covering Kiss, Alice Cooper,
Black Sabbath, which at the time was a step up
from all the top 40 cover bands that were hap-
pening. A big influence on both G.G and Merle

was when they went to
Maine and seen the Dic-
tators. Later they got
into the Ramones. MC5,
and the Stooges, but the
Dictators was a turning
point A new direction for
RocknRoll. G.G.'s first punk
band was Malpractice.
G.G on drums and he was
singing at this time.
Merle played bass, Jeff
Penny and a guy named
Brian played guitar. This
was late 197& The band
played the Maine, Ver-
mont, New Hampshire club
circuit and did pretty
well. Club owners kept
telling them to turn down
or get out". They re-
leased their first original single Devil s Angel"
b/w "Love Tunnel". Although highly collectible,
Merle admits that he is not too happy with it.
G.G.'s fan would definitely want this in their col-
lection Eventually Malpractice split up and in
1978 G.G and Merle formed the Jabbers. G.G.
now wanted to be the front man, to get close to
all the excitement G.G. and Merle hired Peter
Henault. a guitar player from a cover band Pete
was not a punk but a good guitar player. This
line up recorded an EP, with G.G. singing and play-
ing drums Bored to Death", Beat Beat Beat",
and One Man Army This record is fucking

great' Definitely get it. It is on G.G.'s first al-
um, Always Was. Is. and Always Shall Be". If you
can't find it any other way. Merle includes it on

G.G. s singles compilation, unfortunately it is only
available on cassette from Merle, but he occa-
sionally has the original vinyl for sale. G.G. played
guitar well enough "to write songs, and was able
to get the music across to the other players.
G.G was also a damned good drummer, as he
early records show. This original version of the
jabbers was short lived. Merle moved to Bos-
ton, and for the first time the two brothers went
their separate ways. Merle formed Thrills in
Boston. Thrills soon became one of Boston's
popular attractions in the club circuit. G.G still
had plans for the Jabbers.

G.G married his high school sweetheart,
Sandy. Working as a janifor in a nursing home,
he and Sandy stayed
married for five years
During those five years
G.G came as close to a
normal lifestyle as he
ever had. The post
Merle, Jabbers were
formed in 1979, in
Manchester, New
Hampshire. G.G. s old
friend Al Chapel moved
to New Hampshire to
play bass, Johnny Foron
and Rob Basso played
guitar, they had a
drummer, whose name
I do not know, and of
course G.G sang. How-
ever, G.G. did play
drums on the album.
The Jabbers went
through a lot of line up
changes. The Jabbers
were playing a lot of
shows in Manchester
and Boston. Boston had

kind of a cool scene happening, with bands like,
DMZ, Real Kids, and the Neighborhoods. The Jab-
bers opened up for Thrills in Boston, and Merle
and G.G, got to play and the same club in dif-
ferent bands. The Jabbers quickly got a repu-
tation of being a "problem" band. The problem
of course was G.G G.G. s antics on stage earned
them a reputation as a band that could not play
the same club twice. By today's standards, and
certainly not by G.G. s later days, would his an-
tics even be considered outrageous. He would
roll around on the floor, take drinks off
customers tables, and fuck with the audience
on the microphone. Certainly not enough to be
banned by clubs, but this was New England, 1979.
. G.G.'s passion for music destroyed his mar-
riage. His music was too consuming, and he did
not nave enough room in his life for a wife. Sandy
and G.G divorced, but during the five years of
their marriage they were happy.

The Jabbers were a serious band, and
very important to G.G I feel it was G.G.'s best
work. He sang with great conviction and style.
During the Jabber years, G.G.'s addictions were

under control, he drank but not to the extremes
of his later life, and he was not yet consumed
with heroin. Although he never intended the Jab-
bers to last forever, I feel he was more musi-
cally focused in the Jabbers, than all the other
bands in his career Tension grew in the Jab-
bers. The band got tired of rehearsing four
times a week and not being able to play out. G.G
would promise that he would play the game, that
he'd just go do the shows and not piss off the
owners. But of course, as soon as he would start
performing, all promises were forgotten. Tired
and frustrated the Jabbers broke up. G.G. had
away of scaring people out of his life, as quickly
as he would attract them into his life.

If you are fa-
miliar with the Jab-
bers, then you know
what I mean about
how great they were.
If your not, and you
only know of G.G.'s
later stuff, then you
are in for a great
surprise. Do yourself
a favor check out the
Jabbers, it some of
the best punk rock
ever recorded. I did
not want to go into
G.G.'s later life. I
wanted to focus on
the Jabbers. So if you
were looking for sto-
ries of shitting,
pissing, fighting, and
fucking (Drink, Fight,
and Fuck), look else-
where. G.G s life is
well documented,
even his bizarre fu-
neral. Merle is working on G.G s biography right
now. I also want to add .that there has been
speculation that G.G.'s death was suicide. Espe-
cially because of how he would promise to kill
himself on stage on Halloween. However, prior to
his death, he had just recorded a record with
the Murder Junkies, with his brother Merle, and
Merle told me that G.G would not have killed him-
self before he got to see the record come out.
I gathered that Merle offered the only form of
stability in G.G.'s life. He would always come back
to Merle, for music and friendship. I am not dis-
counting nor judging GG's notoriety but there
are other formats for that. Lastly I want to point
out, that G.G was a great singer and song writer.
I feel that G.G go trapped in nis life. When people
wanted a freak show he was more than happy to
give it to them, but the music was the most im-
portant thing G.G had a lot to offer, and he was
the real thing. He lived what he believed. A lot
people benefited, vicariously, through G.G.,
people, who wished they had the balls to do what
he did. He lived and died for Rocknroll, unfortu-
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Was 1 about to be assailed by privileged covey of baby
Faulknerians? Would academia once again put me to sleep?
After all, when Flannery O'Connor was once asked if
universities stifle writers, she replied, "Not enough of them."
I had this very quote in my mind when 1 came across one particular excerpt
in the Notes:

"This story is meant to bless readers with the knowledge that God cares
about all of us and loves us, always. That knowledge makes me, like Manna (the
protagonist in this particular story), want to pray as often as I Breathe."
If there's anything worse than a Christian, it's a young Christian.
I almost threw the book back at Martin, and didn't care in any way that I
would appear to be an obstinate prick. I was told it was "my turn" to read the
questionable" one.

So 1 sucked it up. I figured 1 was due for this, seeing as how things had been
going smoothly at the time. 1 shoved the book into my sack, forgot about it
(intentionally) for about a month, and then picked it back up just a few days ago.
If I wasn't being obstinate, 1 was surely being ignorant. Aside from a couple
of bad seeds ( and even those have some moments), 25 and Under is a glimpse I'm
glad I took. There're writers in here that not only write of people much, much older
than themselves, but they actually pull it off amazingly well. They constructed these
characters, put life into them, and did so in a way that elicited highly believable and
sincere stories that speak way beyond the writer's years. Their command of the
language is amazing, which isn't an easy task when you consider that most of these
stories aren't drawn from personal experience— at least an "on hand" experience.
There are, after all, certain limitations in the experience of of age that can weigh
down upon a creative endeavor. What you basically get from the Contributor's Note
is a compendium of how these stories evolved, and most are taken from a personal

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experience and then launched into the unknown with a spin of alchemy and vast
imagination and intelligence

These stories are in no way dipsy-do forways into pain (always an easy
topic for young'uns) or suffering in which the reader is invariably placed in a situation
that he or she can in no way-never-relate. and is thus guided through an emotional
upheaval on an intellectual scale equal to a dog's howl. There is no misguided
bravado, no failed, unschooled attempts at humor. There are true emotional dynamics
here, in which, traces of humor can be found walking hand in hand with true plight
"Geese." for instance, by ZZ Packer (great name, eh?), is a perfect example.
The protagonist splits to Japan to avoid her lushy. alcoholic mother, and suddenly
finds herself out of work, hungry, and keeping company with crazed, equally hungry,
array of fools and idiots, captured by Packer's wry sense of humor and skillful
narration. The end alone made me re-read it.

Jason Brown, a name you may recognize, sandwiches the book with two
contributions. Though a little sluggish at times, as he tries to grapple with the deepest
of issues regarding Life (no sign intended). Brown delivers a deft style, augmented
by a highly perceptive ability to weave themes and symbols around often tense and
beguiling prose. Perspicacity would be the operative word. The guy has what many
would term an Old Soul, and his writing is sure fire Pulitzer

There are, to be sure, some obvious allusions to style in here. Carver quickly
comes to mind, and is mentioned in Patrick Yachimskis Note as a major force
behind his story "Asylum "-an aptly titled story about one man's personal search to
find the essence of his madness. Even Hunter S. gets a nod here from Aaron Cohen
in his story "This is Not a Joke like Vietnam"-a hilarious story about two dope-
addled vets who take off in an old Huey left over from Nam in search of the Narrator's
son, who has conveniently ditched his family via "Huckleberry Finn"-a raft-and
has gone a-floatin' down the Big Muddy with his dog. Satirical Conrad and Twain
follow, and it's a fun ride.

25 and Under is flush with good writing and storytelling, but avoid the
Introduction if you can. at least try to hold off on reading it until the end. That way.
you wont have to read some glozy horseshit and wisdom attained at an early age.
and you'll have yourself to be the judge. Now isn't that nice? - PC. Simonelli

complexity that he had scorned for her simplicity and rudeness, a woman that acts
in this manner because of self-loathing and insecurity, which is compounded by
how she is treated by others. The woman might be a minor character in terms of the
amount of "exposure" she gets in the novel, but her role is crucial in terms of both
plot and symbolism and Nersesian plays her wonderfully. He seems to have a intuitive
knack for the pathological demons that plague this bessotton character and never
resorts to cliche to bring them to life for the reader.

Nersesian also does a masterful job in teaching the reader about the
psychological test that is New York City. His setting is lower Manhattan and any
wannabe hipster that has spent early morning hours skulking around the East
Village, Lower East Side or Brooklyn will be shocked at the accurate portrayal of
the mind fuck that New York City can be. "So a group of us walked over to
Second Avenue and south toward the Kiev where the cuisine was a mix of Eastern
European and American greasy spoon, prepared by Indian short-order cooks "
he writes about the East Village And he always does it with an economy of
words and flourish.

Nersesian also does well in describing aspects of each character in an
economical manner The manager of the porn theater who loses his innocence
in a corrupt scheme is described, 'Only the speech patterns and mannerisms
remained of the Miguel who was once the sincere earth child. The money and
vulgarity had made its breach, Miguel knew he couldn't walk nude along the
streets or hand out dandelions, and he knew that rhetoric was just rhetoric, but
in his heart of hearts I think he really wanted to believe the right words could
precipitate the right actions."

_ The Fuck-Up has the sour-sweet nihilism of punk rock, but this bleakness is
affected by the begrudging acceptance that with hard work and cynical hope (if
such a thing can exist?), life might not end up perfect, but it can always get better
than the reality that it is now. - Mitchell Prothero

The Fuck-Up • Arthur Nersesian

274 pages • $ij

Akashic Books • POB 10876 • Arlington • VA • 22210

Set in the streets of New York City in the grim early 80s,
The Fuck-Up examines a man's descent into oblivion and
his eventual rebirth into something resembling a successful
life. Arthur Nersesian teaches the lesson that complete
failure in life changes the interpretation of success, and a
long stint of total misery might teach one to appreciate
minor success more readily.

The Fuck-Up. New Yorker Nersesian's second
novel, is a story of woe and redemption told in the first
person from the perspective of the unnamed titular
character. The book starts out with the character struggling
with a crummy relationship and a minimum wage job, but
he is surviving New York's vicious presence. Then, in quick succession, he loses his
lover, job, and his best friend. These losses force him into a breathless tight rope of
deceptive moves and scams to help himself survive the city. He starts working in a
gay pornographic theater and hatches a wild scam with the manager, all the while
pretending to be gay He again "imitates" a homosexual to become a house-sitter
for a rich film director, beds a variety of women, and eventually loses everything he
has (which admittedly is not much) and becomes homeless after each of his scamJ
falls apart (because he's a fuck-up).

The stage is set for his redemption, which arrives soon after he is taken in
by the woman who he holds responsible for his best friend's suicide

The vast majority of this book is spent setting up the collapse, despite the
obvious importance of his resurrection to Nersesian. The author wants to point out
the importance of the factors that lead to failure and how these factors often
overshadow the failure itself. In an ironic twist, he is saved by a woman of modest

Ringolevio: A Life Played for Keeps • Emmett Grogan

498 pages • $12.95

Citadel Underground ■ 600 Madison Avenue • New York • NY • 10022

The last thirty-some years have produced enough bullshit
about the sixties to fill a dozen Olympic sized swimming
pools. The bullshit has been peddled with equal
enthusiasm by both those who despise what happened
in that time and those who adore it. Depending on who
you listen to, the sixties were either a time of idiotic
degradation that we are still paying for, or one of
unrivaled bliss and imagination which those of us who
came after can never hope to match.

Whatever really did happen in the sixties, it
seems that it was so turbulent and powerful that it
remains impossible for most people to talk about it in
any meaningful way. The people who shaped the movements and countercultures
of the sixties were not saints, not demons, but human beings, and thus the
movements they produced manifested the same contradictory tangles of
neuroses, virtues, betrayals, and triumphs that define any individual's life.

It is this fundamental humanity that so many people seem to have trouble
dealing with. The issues that America confronted in those years elicited the
most extreme passions from everyone involved, regardless of where they stood.
The tangle of contradictory truths and realities that is the true legacy of the
sixties is far too complex a thing for most people to address, far easier to boil
the times down into a collection of slogans and icons that can be vilified,
worshiped, or marketed at will.

In some ways, Ringolevio, Emmett Grogan's memoir of the Haight-Ashbury
counterculture, is guilty of this very thing, even as it struggles against it. In
Grogan's case, however, it is not the era he mythologizes, but himself. Even
Grogan's close friend Peter Coyote notes Ringolevios narcissism in his
introduction: "As proud as I was of a brother's success... I was sore about the
egocentric tone of Ringolevio and agreed with one friend's assessment when he
said, "Oh yeah, Emmett sauntered and we all walked!"

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But just as Grogan's ego compelled him to elevate himself to near mythic
status. Ringolevio also displays an honesty and intelligence that cuts straighl'
through the bullshit and says something real about the sixties. Grogan's
perspective was a unique one with respect to those of his contemporaries
whereas the mass of young hipsters who settled in San Francisco came from
safe suburban homes. Grogan had grown up a poor Irish kid in Brooklyn Hi;
life before coming to San Francisco in 1965 was characterized by a turbuleni
mix of poverty, drug addiction, thievery, and violence, and his tendency to fine
himself in trouble with either side of the law took him from Brooklyn to Italy to
Ireland before he hit twenty. In short, Emmett Grogan's life was shaped b>
many of the social ills that the New Left and the flower children were railing or
about.

One of Ringolevio's recurring themes is Grogan's contempt for the middle
class hippie kids who looked upon poverty as a romantic adventure. To Grogan
the hippies' easy anti-materialism amounted to a trivialization of the things he-
had lived through. It was as though the hipsters wanted the impoverished masse*
to know lucky they were to live in rat and drug infested slums instead of clean
safe suburbs.

And here is where we find one of the primary contradictions in
Ringolevia while he inveighs against the smug idea of the adventure of poverty,
he is in some measure guilty of the same thing himself. His accounts of his early
life in the Brooklyn slums and overseas make it all seem like an exotic adventure
he fights drug addiction and wins, finds success as a jewel thief, flees to Italy
where he deals some dope, runs some cons, and learns film making, then moves
on to Ireland, where he hangs with some IRA types, does a few bombings, begins
writing political tracts and pornography, and finally returns home. It's a helluva
story, and very well-told, but even at its most deadly serious moments, there is
a powerful sense of romantic machismo lying at the core. It's easy to see how
given Grogan's legendary reputation later in life, someone could see this course
as a path to self-discovery, much as aspiring artists sometimes see emulating
the drug habits of William S. Burroughs or Charlie Parker as a route to emulating
their creative visions.

Grogan's main outlet for political activism in San Francisco was the
Diggers, an anarchist collective founded by himself and several other political
hipsters of the time. The Diggers did a combination of guerilla theater and
social service which manifested itself through projects like the Free Food servec
near Golden Gate Park and the Free Store. The slogan of these projects was
"free because its yours," and they helped, in a very practical way, both the poor
residents of San Francisco and the runaways that were just beginning to flooc
the Haight. The Diggers also used the Free Food and Free Store to combat the
idea of property and raise ideological questions about how goods are distributee
in our society.

This, to Grogan, highlighted the fundamental problem with the political
solutions of the New Left: they were very heavy on theory, very short on practical
action, and even their theory had little to say to the people it was supposed tc
help. Grogan particularly conflicted with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, both
of whom he considered to be publicity-seeking phonies. Hoffman is treated
especially harshly because at one point, he apparently appropriated several ol
the ideas of the Diggers and began promoting his own group of "Diggers" in the
Greenwich Village area, with himself as the central star. One of the definint
traits of the San Francisco Diggers was an obsessive avoidance of publicity. II
anything, "Diggers" was more like a collective pseudonym for the people
responsible for the activities in question. Grogan in particular believed strongly
in the importance of anonymity for any political group to accomplish anything
that refrain is repeated so many times in Ringolevio that it sounds like a mantra
by the time the book is done.

And yet, it was not a mantra that Grogan himself could live up to. His
ego and need to be heard can't be hidden by any amount of rationalization ot
euphemism. Ringolevio is filled with recollections of how Grogan (perhaps backed
up by one or two of his fellow Diggers) disrupted political meetings and chastisinc
the assembled activists for their political naivete or unwillingness to make real
change. These rants have the ring of truth to them, truth that applies frighteningly
well to modern left movements, nevertheless, they also make it clear that Grogar

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could be something of an asshole. He often sounds like Moses speaking from
the mountain, as though the path to political change had been revealed to him
and him alone.

It's also incredible just how much space he devotes to reproducing the
essence of his tirades. They read like long monologues, and there is certainly no
way that these could be accurate, verbatim versions of what was actually said
Nevertheless, Grogan went to the trouble of writing out long, rambling essays
about what was wrong with everyone else in the movement, and included them

In the end, Ringolevio shows many different aspects of the sixties
counterculture, through Grogan, we have been introduced to con men, hacks,
flacks, revolutionaries, brutes, and idealists, and a few good people. The ways
these people interact, the things they do to each other, provide some very
valuable object lessons about the dangers of mythologizing either the past or
the present. Whatever else can be said about Ringolevio. it tells very different
stories about the sixties than any of the media pundits or academics who enrich
their own reputations by picking over the bones and reshaping them into their
own image. I would not recommend Ringolevio as a definitive account of the
sixties, it is, after all. only one very opinionated man's version. I would, however,
say that it is a good first step towards understanding those days in terms of
human beings rather than living myths. — Chris Hall

Before • Barry Graham

zoo pages • $13

Incommunicado Press • POB 99090 • San Diego • CA • 92169

Remember the first day of school when you would get all
your books and your homework assignment would be to
make those protective covers out of brown paper bags
since the impoverished public school system could only
afford to buy new textbooks every thirty years? Well, if
you plan to buy Before I suggest you renew this lost art of
because otherwise the cover will surely drive you mad. It
features a softly glowing photograph of a skinny, scantily
clad girl gazing up at the camera with a lit candle in her
red lipsticked mouth Try though I might, 1 could come up
with no reasonable explanation for this pose except that
it is some sort of artistic commentary on the ephemeral
nature of beauty with suggestive blow job overtones.

The title story. ."Before" echoes this tragi-sexual, high school art student
mentality. The narrator, Barry, looks back on the life of his friend Francoise, a
beautiful bohemian woman of the untouchable goddess sort. In fact, Francoise is
particularly untouchable now because she is dead. Like her life, her death is
shrouded in romantic mystery— we never learn whether she was killed by a
psychopath or simply choked on a chicken bone. What we do know is that Barry,
like every other man, woman and beast who set eyes on Francoise. is enraptured
t>y her beauty. They become fast friends but she, of course, cannot fall in love
with him because then she would no longer be an untouchable goddess Barry
agrees to a platonic relationship "as long as you don't mind that I sometimes
think about you when I jerk off." To which Francoise responds by laughing and
saying she is "honored." Now, I am no untouchable goddess so I can't speak for
one but personally I would be creeped out if one of my guy friends told me that
he routinely dedicated his splooge to me. However, apparently even goddesses
have needs and one night Francoise and Barry do the dirty deed. At first she is
reluctant: "I'm afraid. When I sleep with men I get haunted by it. It's like I'm sick.
I get obsessed, like a fever." Eventually, however, Barry's persistent tongue
techniques on her earlobe win her over. He comes after thirty seconds, then puts
his hand between her legs, whereupon she reassures him that he needn't bother
getting her off.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. It was good. I feel good. It doesn't feel good with men usually, but it
does now."

That's right, boys! Beautiful women are only initially resistant to having sex
with you because they fear becoming obsessively haunted by you. But just do a

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postage stamp number on their ear for a few seconds and they're sure to relent
They won't mind if you come immediately and don't pleasure them in any way. Just
make a half-hearted gesture and they'll reassure you that they don't need to come
In fact they have been incredibly satisfied simply by the cameo appearance of your
penis!

In short, "Before" is a disappointing Sixteen Cand/es-meets-Charles
Bukowski affair. However, the fifteen stories accompanying it are much better
because they don't attempt sentimentalism in the least. Whereas "Before" is set
in America, the rest of the stories take place in working class Scotland, in run-
down sections of malevolent cities where emotions are a dangerous liability, a
handicap that could overtake you at any time. The narrators differ but share a
tone of wounded, survival-mode numbness. Terrible events are recounted in
matter-of-fact, resigned tones. You get the crap kicked out of you and wind up in
the hospital and become a smack addict because you can't stand the pain and
your wife calls you a pathetic wee cunt and takes your kid and leaves— and there
it is. One of Graham's best pieces is "Get Out as Early as You Can," a truly harrowing
story from the stark and startlingly realistic point of view of an eleven year-old
trapped in an abusive, alcoholic family.

Almost all of Graham's writing deals with loss of some kind. If a character
enters a story with assets such as a home, virginity, integrity, or a full set of teeth,
it's a good bet they won't have them by the last page. The characters in Before
inhabit a world of habitual relentless violence which gradually takes its toll on
them until they finally snap. Graham has an excellent capacity for gruesome, chilling
endings. You start reading each story steeling yourself against its inevitable terrible
end, but Graham still manages to knock the wind out of you every time. Overall
Before is a unique and intelligent collection of stories, though its bevy of traumatized
characters is enough to make you want to organize an emergency air-drop of I'm
OK You're OK books on Scotland. — Melissa Klein

The Exploded Heart • John Shirley

309 pages • ?io

Eyeball Books • POB 18539 ' Asheville •

NC • 28814

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There's a direct line of descent from Phillip K. Dick's
paranoid, dark science fiction to cyberpunk's doom-and
gloom. John Shirley's work occupies a position in the middle
of this lineage. He obsesses over themes of youthful
nihilism, all pervasive surveillance, the play of murky
behind-the-scenes forces that unfold as fascist brutality or
painful revelation, and ugly, violent science fiction futures
firmly rooted in our squalid present. John Shirley's The
Exploded Heart collects a dozen plus short stories written
from 1975 to the present, a poem, and a handful of his
songs. Each piece is introduced by the author, and Bruce
Sterling lends a forward to the book.
Aside from acknowledging his and cyberpunk's debt to Shirley, Sterling
touches on the irony that while "Imlost of the science fiction writers who later got
called cyberpunks' are and were, at heart, really nice middle class white guys
Shirley is "a uniquely authentic avatar of the" cyberpunk "Weltanschauung." He's a
punk who writes science fiction, someone who lived sex, drugs and rock'n roll, a
man who thrives on the edge about which "cyberpunks" like Sterling and Gibson
only write. Shirley provides frank slices of his own rollercoaster life in the mostly
autobiographical intros, down to what music he was listening to when he wrote the
story in question. An irony not mentioned is that while Gibson, Sterling, Rucker el
al have done well by riding the cyberpunk wave, their acknowledged influence
Shirley remains largely unknown.

A shame because Shirley writes in broad evocative strokes, spare in detail
yet so rich in implication that the reader's imagination works overtime to paint in
the picture he merely suggests. His City Come A-Walkin' is archetypal, a novel
published in 1980 that holds up far better today than does Gibson's 1984 book
Neuromancer. With one or two exceptions, the pieces in The Exploded Heart are
both provocative and provocatively twisted.

In the story "The Incorporated," an economic collapse makes jobs as precious

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as life and corporations become all-encompassing "families" making the relationship
between husband and wife not a marriage, but rather a deadly job. "Shadow of a
Snowstorm" gives us a similar world with masses of unemployed in which
■progressive" merchants hire people as "humannequins," the ultimate in alienated
labor. Future rock and alienated youth figure in a number of these tales, as with the

agony" rocker in "What He Wanted" who engineers his own murder/suicide and
simultaneously, instantaneously kills off his entire audience. A visceral class warfare
also pervades a number of these pieces. When a multinational CEO is kidnapped by
desperate squatters besieged by the CEO's own corporate army and then allowed to
escape in "The Prince," the corporate exec recants and calls off his dogs. The fate of
the multinational corporate owner kidnapped this time by a terrorist "pack" in

Where It's Safe" is not so pleasant. After an informal trial for his corporate crimes
in stripping the ozone and destroying the planet's ecology, he offers the terrorists
everything he owns. They gladly take it for their starving, cancer ridden people,
then hang the man and butcher him for his meat. Shirley himself writes in the
introduction to this story: "Personally, 1 think you can kiss civilization as we know
it now goodbye, about the year 2040."

Shirley's roaring, seemingly reckless and sometimes abrupt style owes as
much to true Surrealism as it does to rock 'n roll. While what he writes about fucks
with your mind, it's how he writes about it that delivers the sharp kick to your gut.
It's this bruising style that animates this recommended collection of stories and
other work. The Exploded Heart does what any good short story compilation is
supposed to do, provide a complete, quick, transporting read for the bus or on the
subway, during a lunch hour or after a long day at work. I also recommend the above
mentioned City Come A-Walkin', the short story collection New Noir, and Shirley's
latest novel, Silicon Embrace. In a word, John Shirley rocks. — "Lefty" Hooligan

Infinity Points 'Jim Munroe

78 pages • $4

Lickspittle Ventures • 66 Greyhound Drive • Willowdale • Ontario • M2H 1K3

Canada

Infinity Points is a quick novel that poses the question,
"How many points should you get for doing something
unique?," but never really lets the reader in on the secret.
Although it's an impeccably do-it-yourself effort with ties
to the zine community, too often the writing falls back on
cliched situations and characters.

The story follows one Mark MacDonald, a blue
haired, anti-social punk kid with a perpetual caffeine jones
and a job at Pinkos' copies. Throughout the course of a
week he drinks espresso at the local cafe, burrows through
dumpsters for stale doughnuts, and philosophizes away the
hours. He also develops a couple of crushes, only one of
which pays off by the end of the story. Now this is all ordinary, slice-of-life stuff,
and it would be wrong to expect nail biting tension. All the same, I kept hoping that
one of the kids was secretly a werewolf or a serial killer or something, anything to
jar them out of their complacent coffee shop existence.

The characters themselves (Mark, his roommate, his Pinkos' co-worker,
and various hangers-on) are all swell enough kids but more defined by their various
colors of dyed hair than anything else. Occasionally their dialogue veers into terminal
quirkiness ("The pizza's ready... Geeze, I hope a paying customer comes in soon, or
else it'll lose it's crispy deliciousness"). I guess people might talk like that somewhere,
but it still reads as false and stilted. The scenes behind the counter at the copy shop
are the high points (and will feel familiar enough if you've ever done hard time'
behind one), and there's an interesting recounted dream involving what has to be
the Holy Grail of copy keys. I think Blatz would be amused that some of their lyrics
have been quoted in a work of literary fiction.

Well, there it is. I've got some mixed emotions with this one (kind of like
those 1 had with "Pride and Prejudice," but for different reasons), mainly in the
area of do-it-yourself credibility versus my take on it as an impartial reader. Infinity
Points deserves props as a formative piece of fiction, but I still feel shortchanged.
That'll happen. —Jeff A. Heermann

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Argentina

Comando Suicida - 7"

Australia

Boys Next Door -These Boots... - 7"
Punkz-GoodTimes-7"

Austria

Hertzattacken - 7"

Belgium

Dead John Lennons - Shoot Jesse James - 7"

Onion Dolls -The Kids -7"

Pinchers -Tonight -7"

Struggler- Wanted -7"

Struggler - Night Fever - 7"

V/A-No Big Business - LP

Brazil

Laranjas - 7"

W.C.H.C- Agonia E Morte - LP

Canada

Braineaters - Rock Rock - 7"
Dry Heaves - Shoot Yourself - 7"
K-Tels - Automan - 7"
Onits - Weekend Wrestler - 7"
Platinum Blonde - No Regrets - 7"
Red Squares - Ottawa Today - 7"
Result - Suburban Addicts - 7"
Shmorgs - LP

Sinners - No Brains Required - 7"
Teenage Head -Top Down - 7"
Teenage Head - 1 Wanna Live - 7"
Teenage Head - 1st LP

Chile

Corazon Rebelde - Adonde - 12"

Colombia

SplitThing-LP

Denmark

Escape Artists - 7"

Lost Kids - F0dt Som Nul - 7"

NRG- Aber Mein Liebchen - 12"

V/A-PunkAsTransligt-LP

England

Alternative British Army - Angry, The Killer... - 7"

Anti-Establishment - Anti Men - 7"

Anti-Social -Traffic Lights - 7"

Attendants - Happy Families - 7"

Auntie Pus - Halfway To Venezuela - 7"

B.O Smelly &The Honking Bacterias - 7"

Blitz - Propaganda - 7" flexi

Blitzkrieg Bop - UFO - 7"

Charity Case - Safe In The Mind - 7"

Crime - Generation Gap - 7"

Daleks-This Life - 7"

Dayshift - Living In The UK - 7"

Domestic Bliss - Child Battery - 7"

Enemies - No Reason - 7"

Everreadys - Don't Do It Again - 7"

Future Bodies -Terrorist - 7"

Harper, Charlie - Freaked - 7"

Harper, Charlie - Stolen Property - 7"

Indecent Exposure - No Looking Back - LP

Indecent Exposure - Reveal All - LP

Innocent Vicars - Anti Matter - 7"

Johnny Rubbish - Santa's Alive - 7"

Julie & Gordon - Gordon's Not A Moron - 7"

Julie & Gordon - J-J-Julie- 7"

Lightning Raiders - Disguises - 7"

London Zoo - Who's Driving This Car? - 7"

Neon - Bottles - 7"

Neon - Don't Eat Bricks - 7"

Neon Hearts - Popular Music - LP

No Way - Breaking Point - 7"

Others - It's All Right - 7"

Others - Birmingham Reggie - 7"

Out Of Order - Living Outside The Law - LP

Plague - In Love - 7"

Plague - Out With Me All Night - 7"

Rebels - The Leader Of Rebellion - 7"

Red Alert - 3rd And Final - 7"

Red Lights - Never Wanna Leave The Sewer - 7"

Sabotage -When The War - 7"

Sema 4 - 4 From Sema 4 - 7"

Sema 4 - Up Down Around - 7"

Showbiz Kids - Don't Wanna Discuss That - 7"

UXB- Crazy Today- 7"

Varicose Veins - Geographical - 7"

Voice -They'll Never Find The Maniacs - LP

White Riot - Shout Out - 7"

X Press - Junked Up Judy - 7"

X-Certs -Together -7"

Xpeed Freak - Nothing To Do - 7"

Zero Zero - Chinese Boys - 7"

V/A-Punky Party - 7" flexi

Xtraverts/Plastic People - split 7"

Strand/Positive Signals - split 7"

Filth/Discharge - split 7"

Mag/Spys/Obtainers - split 7"

Zeros/Action Replay - split 7"

V I P's/Urban Disturbance - split 7"

Finland

Klamydia/Schwarzen Schafe - split 7"

France

A3 Dans Le W.C. - Contagion - 7"

Carbone 14 - 12"

City Kids - LP

D Stop - Traitment De Choc - 7"

Elektrik Garbage - Escargot - 7"

Jumpin' Cadors - Loin De Moi - 7"

L.RM. -Trick Or Treat -7"

NSC- Panique - 7"

OT H - Le Vaisseau Fantome - 7" flexi

OTH-Sauvagerie-LP

Oberkampf - Fais Attention - 12"

Punk Rebelle & Les Skate To Hell - 7"

Rats - C'Est Bien Parti Our Ne Pas S'Arranger - 12"

Real Cool Killers - No Fun With You - 7"

Saint Just & Les Sauvages - Psycho Punk Dance - 7"

Saint Just & Les Sauvages - Hooka Hey - 12"

Stakhanov SS - Prelude - 7"

Stalag - Secrets - 7"

Strychnine - Jeux Cruels - LP
Wunderbach - Pas De References - LP
V/A-Furieux Du Poitou Charentes - LP
V/A-Mon Grand Frere Est Un Rocker - LP
Gasoline/Alain Z Kahn - split 7"

Germany

Anti Heroes - And The Government - 7"

Cretins - Always On My Mind - 7"

Daily Terror - Geftihl & Harte - LP

Gay City Rollers - Mini Golf Disco - 7"

Hanx- We Like It Simple -LP

Hermann's Orgie - Die Moderne Welt - LP

Mimmi's - Up 'n Lard - 7"

Mimmi's - Punk Party - LP

Part Time Punx - Heut Nacht - 7"

Roten Rosen - Itsy BitsyTeenie Weenie Honolulu

Strand Bikini - 7"

Roten Rosen - Never Mind The Hosen, Here's... - LP

Rotzkotz - Problem - 7"

Skorbut - 12"

Strassenjungs - 3rd LP

Suicides - 1st LP & 2nd LPs

Thrash - Live - 7"

Maniacs/Pancake - split 7"

Marionetz/Mythen InTuten - split 7"

Wut - Armutsstaat - 7"

V/A-Haut Ube Herslick - LP

V/A-Munchen: Reifenwechsel Leicht Gemacht - 2xLP

V/A-S.O. 36 - LP

Holland

N L Corruption - Greatest Shit Vol 1 - 7"

Nixe - 7"

Rousers - 7"

Tits - Love Doll - 7"

Ireland

D C Nien - Nine Teen Eight Teas - 7"

Drunken Jury - Hung Up - 7"

East Coast Angels - Punk Rockin'Till The Day...- 7"

Threat - 7"

Italy

Kandeggina Gang - Sono Cattiva - 7"

Kaos Rock - Oh! Cano Amore - 7"

Stab - Punk 77 - 7"

V/A-Rock 80 - LP

Raw Power/Mottek - split 7"

Japan

A D K - 7"

Aggressive Dogs - If You Please! - 7"

Angie - 12"

Angry Ducks - Drinkin' Drinin' - 7" flexi

Atdet - Last Child Has No Power - 7"

Bachikabori - 8"

Brighton - Jumping Beat - 7"

Clankers - Never Ending Street - 8" flexi

Cobra - Doing All Right - 7" flexi

CrackThe Marian -7"

Crow - LP

Full Noise - 7"

Ga Kimu Gharosoku - Fuck Ga Sukima - 7"

Gas/Nikodan - split 8"

Genbaku Onanies - O'd On Live Itself - LP

God - Dodemo Iize - LP

Gokurakucho - Hong Kong Century News - 7"

Great Riches - 7"

Gudon - Hikashibo - 7"

Gudon - Final Agony - 7"

High Rise - LP

Ikkashinjyu - Slow Down - 7"

Janky - 7" flexi

Juden Sochi - Dead Line - 10"

Junky - Lowlite - 7"

Jyuden Souchi - Deadline - 7" flexi

Kenzi &The Trips - Sweet Dreams Baby - LP

Kenzi & The Trips - From Rabbit House - LP

Killtime -The First EP - 7"

Kremlin - 7"

Kyo Aku Kyojindan - LP

Laughin' Nose - Geija Ga Machi Ni... - 7" flexi

Laughin' Nose - Picture disc - 7" flexi

Lizard III - 10"

Mamat's - Spunky Mamat's - 10"

Molugue - Sa-Su-Ke - 7"

Monsters - Rock n Roll Machine Gun - 7"

News - 7"

Nikudan - 7"

Nikudan - 8"

Noise -Tenno- LP

Nora - One More The Man - 7"

Pazz - Fuck The Scientist - 7"

Ra-Bees - Get Out - 7" flexi

Rat Resistance - Bad Situation - 7"

Real - Dust Baby - 7"

Real - Real & Contemporaine - 7"

Real - Ai No Hakera - 7"

Rose Jets - 7" flexi

Rude Boys -This Is The Rude Boys - 12"

Sekiri - LP

Sexual - Messiah - 7"

Sham - Puppet - 7"

Sperma - Come On Tonight - 7"

Stalin - Dendo Kokeshi - 7" flexi

Stalin - Stalinism - 7" flexi

Star Club - Kick About Japan - 7"

Star Club - Star Club Eight - 7"

Star Club - Red Zone - 7"

Star Club - Same Night - 7" flexi

Star Club - Jeff - 7" flexi

Star Club - Bodies - 7" flexi

Star Club - Rock'n'Roll Rider - LP

Stripper - Come On Let's Go - 7"

Strummers - Hard Rain Bomb - 12'

Surrenders - Fiction - 7" flexi

Syojyoningio - 7"

Systematic Death - Systema - 7" flexi

These - X Day - 7"

Tight Rope - Hard Line - 7"

Typhs - 7" flexi

Up Fuxx - 1st Punk Beat - 7"

Honey Deep Wet/Tokyo Auschwitz - split 7" flexi

V/A-Beat Beat Beat - LP

V/A-City Rockers - LP

V/A-Godzilla Records Omnibus - LP

V/A-Tokyo Rockers - LP

Mexico

Sociedad Corrupta - San Felipe Es Punk - 7"

Norway

Ana Konda - 7"
PVC-Sykebil-7"

Wannskaekk - Faen KulerTreffer Aldri Riktig - 7"

Peru

G3-7"

Philippines

Ocean Zoo - Animal Party - 7"

Poland

Absurd - Zzera Mine - 7"

Fotoness - LP

Kobranocka - 1 Chociaz - 7"

Kora Pudelsi - LP

Kult - LP

Rezerwat - Serce - LP

Scotland

Red Letters - Sacred Voices - 7"

Spain

A.H.V.- Bichos Andan Por Las Calles - LP

Ataud Vacante - Nichiquitaunamosca - LP

Ataud Vacante - Chorros De Amor - LP

Baldin Bada - Lur Azpian Bukatuko Duzue - LP

Codigo Neurotico - En La Barra Del Bar - Spain

Commando 9MM - 3rd Premio Villa De Madrid - LP

Commando 9MM - Amor Frenopatico - LP

Decibilios - Oi! - LP

Decibilios - Vacaciones En El Prat - LP

Distorsion - Ke Buen Dios - LP

Eskorbuto - Ya No Quedan Mas Cojones - 7"

Eskorbuto - Antidoto - LP

Espasmodicos - 12"

Interterror - LP

Korroskada - Por Las Buenas Costumbres - LP

La Polla Records - El Avestruz - 7

M C D - Bilboko Gaztetxean - LP

M C D - Jodete! - LP

MG-15- Holy Earth -7"

Naste Borraste - Pon Un Idiota EnTu Vida - LP

Negativos - Moscas Y Aranas - 7" flexi

X Pow - La Nueva Armada - 7" flexi

OXPow-12"

Paralisis Permanente - Los Singles - LP

Paralisis Permanente - El Acto - LP

Reincidentes - Sevillanas - LP

Seguridad Social - En Desconcierto - LP

Siniestro Total - Mentos Mai Que - LP

Siniestro Total - Grandes Exitos - LP

Zer Bizio? - Sentimientos Y Venganzas - LP

Zer Bizio? - Gasolina Y Fuego - LP

V/A-Mas Ke Punk - LP

V/A-Skalherria Punk - LP

Sweden

Attentat - Tatarerade Tarar - LP

Bizex B - both LPs

Charley &The Slaves -7"

Come Down - 7"

Cortex - Maggotland - 7"

DT &The Stoodes - Metallic OK - LP

Dirty Old Men - Need Love Too - 12"

Dirty Old Men - Fertilization - LP

Distortion - 7"

Doden - Sluten Psykiatrisk Vard - 7"

Ebba Grdn - 3rd LP

GPJ-Tnstess#3-7"

Genbanken - Blauta Varor - 7"

Goteborg Sound - Bjorn Borg - 7"

Grisen Skriker - Sista - 7"

Hidden Charms - Hidden Charms - LP

Hidden Charms - History - LP

Homy Hogs - Noje For Nekrofiler - 12"

I Q 55 - Livet Ar En Bluff - 7"

Kespier Jugend GMBH- Schoot 'Em - 7"

Kortslutning - Framtidsvisioner - 7"

Krixhjalters - 1 + Perfect - 7"

Leather Nun - Slow Death - 7"

Massmedia - Massmedia - 7"

Massmedia - Sveriges Rodio - 7"

Miss Ex - Brain Transplation - 7"

Nomads -The Night -7" flexi

P F Commando - Svenne Pop - 7"

P F Commando -Tag En Duva - LP

Problem - Ja Ser Igenom - 7"

Problem - Problem - LP

Problem - Gandhi's Bar - LP

Problem - Fork - LP

Razzia - Kommando Randomize - 7"

Rude Kids -Spaddl Harder -7"

Rude Kids - Nar Sammaren HittatTill Stan - 7"

Rune Strutz - Musikforum Orinner - 7"

Spy - Spy's Halva - 7"

Strindbergs - both 7"s

Stulna Begar - Det Ska Va En Bomb I Ar - 7"

T ST -Last Year's Dead -LP

TT Reuter - Strandsatt - 7"

TT Reuter - Kontroll Au Den Udda Guden - LP

Traste & Superstarrna - 9:23 - 7"

Travolta Kids - LP

Vacum - Osaker - 7"

Weed -The Media -7"

Zeb &The Fast Ones-- Forsta KlassTill - 7"

V/A-Gardesfest Live! - LP

V/A-RockForThe80's-LP

V/A-Tusen & En Natt - 7"

Switzerland

Mad - Na Und - LP

Mad - Uberdosis Arbeit - 7"

NDT-LiveLP

Noise Boys - Sweet Jane - 7"

Putsch -KeinTraum- 12"

Soviet Sex - LP

Technycolor - Bunker - 7"

V/A-Fest Live - LP

ChaotikT.H./Tipex - split 7"

U.S.

Beluga &The Human Ashtrays - Mars Needs... - 7"

Blinder -Time Bomb -7"

Cardiac Kids - 7"

Cold War -The Machinists - 7"

Contraband -In The Night -7"

Debris - Static Disposal - LP

Decadents - Legends - 7"

Despised - Reject The Illusion - 7"

Discplinary Action - Burnt Out - 7"

Exit -Who Asked You - 7"

Fingers (pre-Features) - 7"

Identity Crisis - Overtime - 7"

Jack'ey Shark & the Beach Butchers - Mary Loo - 7"

No Shelter - Brook Robinson's Camp - 7"

Oblivians - Sunday You Meed Love - 7"

Psychotics - Mass Insanity - LP

Reactors - Seduction Center - 7"

Rein Dears - X Mas - 7"

Rock Bottom & the Spys - 7"

Scraps - Gossip - 7"

Solidarity - Disarm - 7"

Spiffs - Don't Waste Your Money... - 7"

Squids -Tourist Riot -7"

Wanted - Leave Me Alone - 7"

What - Gloria - 7"

Capt 9's 8iThe Knickerbocker Trio/Fuckboyz - split 7"

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(TM) Timojhen Mark, (HM) Hal MacLean, (AM) Allan McNaughton, (MM) Mike Millett, (RM) Raymundo Murguia, (SM) Smelly Mustafa, (JN)
Jah Nell, (BR) Bruce Roehrs, (GS) Greta S, (MS) Michelle Shipley, (SS) Steve Spinali, (AT) Adam Turk, (LU) Leah Urbano, (J V) Jason Valdez, (MW)
Max Ward, (RW) Ryan Wells, (SW) Shane White, (CW) Charles Wolski, (JY) Jeff Yih, (TY) Tim Yohannan, (RY) Rema Young.

ACTION PATROL - "1993-1996, On Patrol" CD

This CD collects the two ACTION PATROL T's and
their LP. This CD perfectly captures the full beauty of the
genius of this band. Think, F.Y.P. on crystal meth, and you've
captured the ACTION PATROL sound. This CD is plain fun,
though I could do without the live show as track 22. (JF)
(Whirled Records, PO Box 5431, Richmond, VA 23220)

A.G. ALOE - "New Comer Is My God" EP

Screaming, fast and frenzied, A.G. ALOE blast through
5 tunes on this bad-ass EP. Since A.G. furiously screams in
Japanese, I'm not sure what kind of messages the lyrics might
convey, but Nat Records claims A.G. are "funny". A few of the
tunes are reminiscent of F.O.D., others sound more like the
SLIGHTSLAPPERS. Another gem outta Japan. (HM)
(Nat Records, Avenue Shins aibashi 8F, 18-6, Nishi-Shinsaibashi
2, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 542, JAPAN)

AMNESTY.

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- milled! . _Jep

Tuned down crust punk
rock. Most of what you've come
to expect from this type of stuff.
The music is tight and more to-
gether than many of the bands
that play this style. There are two
different vocalists: one sounds a
bit like a parody of Ben from
ECONOCHRIST; the other like
a crusty H.R.. The main problem

seems to be the mastering which renders the whole record

extremely quiet The tape hiss seems louder than the music.

(MK)

(Consensus Reality, 1951 W Burnside #1654, Portland, OR

97209)

iANTIOCH ARROW - "Discography" CD

Can't say I have ever been a fan of ANTIOCH AR-
I ROW's squirrely style of punk rock. This CD contains the two
I LPs, their half of the CANDLE split, and four live songs. The
Noose, jangly guitars and directionless tempo just doesn't
I strike me as having any power. Their early material had speed,
I but that alone does not make a band. Oddly enough the singer
sounds a lot like David Yow from SCRATCH ACID. (RC)
(Gravity, PO Box 81332, San Diego, CA 92138)

A MERCY UNION - "Three Chords No Waiting" EP

Straight ahead mod influenced American punk. It's not I
anthemic, but it's solid and you'll probably like at least one of I
the 4 tunes even though they won't stick in your head. (MC) f
(Ultramod, PO Box 1101, Athens, GA 30603)

ASTl-FLAt

ANTI-FLAG/OBNOXIOUS -
split EP

ANTI-FLAG kicks off this
very good 7" with their "System
Work For You". This political
song by Pittsburgh, Pennsylva-
nia's ANTI-FLAG opines: "You
tried to teach me to pray and to
go to school. You tried to teach
me to be the system's tool...". It's
the motherfuckin' shitl Side two
has raw punk rock along the lines
of THE EJECTED provided by OBNOXIOUS from Nagoya, I
Japan. These guys have a melodic, 1981 style of Riot City
Records punk down cold! The guitar and vocals work mighty |
well on "Go To Hell". Recommended. (BR)
(N.A.T Records, Avenue Shinsaibashi 8F, 18-6 Nishi-Shin- 1
saibashi 2, Chuo-Ku Osaka 542, JAPAN)

ANTI-TRUST - "Double Secret
Probation" EP

Old school two chord punk
at a mega fast speed. Best part
about this single is that every line
rhymes such as this gem: "Punk
is dead you crushed its head, gave
it an enema sent it to bed". Crazy
as all hell, mohawked band photo
and all. From Pennsylvania no

PA 19114)

ARMITAGE SHANKS - "Never Mind The Ballcocks" LP

Excellent! This is what the BEATLES sounded like in I
Hamburg circa '62, pre-Epstein that is. Beer drinking, pill
poppin', garage punk rock. They even have a song about
Bianca Jagger. Although my favorite STONES groupie is
Anita Pallenberg circa 1969, she was the epitome of cool, |
period. Produced by Billy Childish at Toe Rag. (EC)
(Vinyl Japan UK, 98 Cadmen Rd, London, NW19EA, EN- 1
GLAND)

I ARMITAGE SHANKS - "Are Friends Electric?" 45

First thing that I heard from these guys that I thought

I was any good and it happens to be a GARY NUMAN cover

I this is a picture disc 45 with a stupid remix on the flip side that

ljust ain't worth playing !!!! Butt-fucking may be per-

Iformed with this playing in the background, but use plenty of
[sticky lube and poppers!!!!! Doctors orders!!!! (SW)
[(Damaged Goods, PO Box 671, London E17 6NF, UK)

APOCALYPSE BABYS- "Local
Heroes" EP

It looks like these guys have
been at it for a while - and I don't
mean that as an insult, really. In
the vein of ABRASIVE
WHEELS, ANGELIC UP-
STARTS, even though it all winds
up sounding like the SWINGIN'
UTTERS with Olga from the
TOY DOLLS singing. Good.
(JH)
(Rapid Pulse Records, PO Box

5075, Milford, CT 06460)

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BACKSTREET GIRLS - "Mon-
ster In My Cadillac/Loaded"

RAMONES-lifting contin-
ues in Sweden. I'm not sure why
the first side was the "title" side.
Just a dumb aping of "Somebody
Put Something In My Drink" or
some shit. "Loaded", though is a
totally rockin' song that has very
little to do with the aforemen-
tioned band, sounding more like
HUMPERS or something. Ex-
plain it to me, for I do not understand, it hurts me. I give
'Loaded" the highest review, and I will speak no more of
I "Monster In My Cadillac". (RY)
(Hit Me! Records, Deichmansgt. 17, N-0178 Oslo, NORWAY)

BILLY SYNDROME - "All You
Gotta Do Is Lie" EP

Brooklynites probably with

too much time on their hands. A

record that's got that "fuck

Ik |§%! around" feel, something banged

\\ ■ B\ out on a whim in some white trash

* suburb after watching all the John
Waters releases in a row and is
the result of many years of artis-
tic/vocational frustrations. You
got four songs of quasi-rockabil-
lly, noise, yelling, free-jazz spazz et al. A version of "Crimson
I And Clover" that starts off real pretty and then undergoes
I some deconstruction. Very close in sound and leanings to some
of the new SCREAMIN' MEE MEES' stuff. (JY)
(Slutfish Records, 327 Bedford Ave #A2, Brooklyn, NY 11211)

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BLACK KRONSTADT - "A
World To Win" EP

Had the damnedest time fig-
uring out what speed this was at.
The vocals did pretty well either |
way, and the music was palatable
at both speeds. It's the slower
choice, which now seems obvi-
ous, but y'know. Ardently polit-
ical with both their graphics and
lyrics, BLACK KRONSTADT
use one side of this to paint an
epic picture - a slow, somewhat meandering conundrum I
containing equal elements crust, hardcore and sludge. Im-
pressively coherent, as the sum is far more than the individual
parts. The flip has a couple more straightforward anthems,
complete with both catchy and pointed refrains. Comes with |
a book of political poetry/graphics. (TM)
(Consensus Reality, 1951 W Burnside #1654, Portland, OR I
97209)

BATTLE OF DISARM - "Sons Of War! LP

This issue I get to be your international tour guide to |
punk™ around the world, and the southern United States.
We'll get things started with hardcore from Japan. This is a I
compilation from a band called BATTLE OF DISARM, and
I'm guessing it's political by the starving famine victims on the
cover (is this becoming a trend?). I say guessing because there
was no lyric sheet included. So speaking strictly musical, I'd
say they sound kind of like CARCASS. Want to become a
hardcore internationalist, buy BATTLE OF DISARM. (JV)
(MDC Records, Apartado 274, 2735 Cacem, PORTUGAL)

THE BOMB BASSETS - "Take A Trip With..." LP

The all-time pop-punk supergroup makes a stab at their I
"Revolver" (which means Metal Mike will love it). Lots ofl
well-written songs (no surprise, although with the irony typ- f
ical of this life the longest is by far the worst), but it doesn't
rock in the least bit (not that it's necessarily supposed to, and
then again I'm not much of a fan of post-Pete Best BEATLES |
anyway so what do I know about pop-rock?). (DD)
(Lookout Records)

THE BOMBERS/ THE BOPS
split EP

THE BOPS have a street I
punk feel, but the echo effects on
the vocals in the first song had me
cringing. THE BOMBERS, on
the other hand, are a bit more
upbeat and reminded me of RAN-
CID (which is always a bad
thing!). It's beyond me why I was
assigned this record. Regardless
of that little issue, I can't say that

I found the music on this record to be very impressive. (RC) |
(no address, JAPAN)

*\VS(£ REMEWS

IBRAINSNEAKERS - "Don't Crack" EP

Kinda plodding EP with rock songs that go on for too
I long with no edge or point. Just dropping chops into a stylistic
I blender and calling it ... punk? Ten years ago, definitely. Not
I raw enough for me. (RW)

I (Pirate Records, 15 Passage S. Bernhardt, Bat A, Appt 5,
34000 Montallier, FRANCE)

I BRATFACE - "Attention Deficit Disorder" CD

Actually surprised that I could overcome some of the
[obvious 80's punk-metal influences in the choppy-throb sec-
Itions of this CD. If I ignore the really cliche life-is-arrrrgggh
I lyrics, there's a couple early So Cal-sounding hardcore num-
bers on this thing that are okay for a few listens. Not a bad
I record, but a 7" with the best three or four songs would have
I been better. Shit, I really fucking hate crossover hardcore-
metal, it must be my number-one most-loathed musical genre.
I Rant concluded, this is OK p-rock. (RW)
|(Fanattic/Reprobate Records)

■ here come

THE BRIDES- "Pushed Around/
Get To You"

The wolf will be kept from
the door of Rip Off Records as
long as they manage to dig up
winners like this (100% Grade A
Rip Off Records, in other words,
which should tell you enough.
Many attendees of the last Rip
OffRumblethoughttheBRIDES'
slightly nervous set didn't think
they lived up to Mr. Lowery's
enthusiastic ravings (the thirty or so folks at the post-rumble
Purple Onion show saw a much more confident set, but since
the Purple Onion seems to exist even more out of the "real"
time/space continuum than ever perhaps that set doesn't
count), but the proof is in this punk rock pudding. (DD)
(Rip Off Records)

|BROADWAYS - "Big City" EP

Four songs in the early JAWBREAKER vein especially
I vocally. Tight good stuff although not highly original. But
I what is? And they certainly do it well. If you like the sound you
[won't be disappointed. (RL)

I (Asian Man Records, PO Box 35585, Monte Sereno, CA
95030)

IBURN WITCH BURN - "The Red Hell Of Jupiter" EP

Out of the hundreds of psychobilly bands I've either
[heard, reviewed, owned, or own, I'd say about twenty percent
I of them have the same problem as this band. Problem you ask?
I You ever get a record that when the band starts going you're
I like "yeah", and then the singer comes in and you're like "no"?
I That's how this is. Kinda like when your girlfriend buys you
I a case of beer for your birthday, only later to break up with you
I after you drink it cuz she's straight edge. Um...or not Psycho-
I billy with a touch of the ZIGGENS. The band is great. The
■singer on the other hand... (AT)
(Jackpot Records, PO Box 4249, Richmond, VA 23220)

THE BUSINESS - "Harry May - The Singles Collection"
2xLP

Hats off to Taang for making all this available on domes-
tic vinyl. Includes the "Get Out Of My House" and "Welcome I
To The Real World" 12" EPs. A wonderful array of material |
here from this legendary oi band. (TB)
(Taang Records, 706 Pismo Ct, San Diego, CA 92109)

CATTLE DECAPITATION - "10 torments Of The Damned'
EP

A damn slick cover starts this off nice. What's found
inside is quickly thrown together fastcore with extra emo
sauce. Not bad, but then again it just fails to stick in your head.
Nice cover though. (MW)
(no address)

CHARLES BRONSON/UNANSWERED - split EP

Whoa, Never sure what to say about the BRONSON I
onslaught Guess now I can say that now it's over. Least they |
had the decency to break up before they really started to suck.
Yeah, this is great, what'd you expect? Nursery rhymes? It's |
really just about getting an Ebro address in the end.
UNANSWERED go the slow boat - somewhat sporadic in I
delivery, but with the guitar oomph you just gotta have. Best |
when they really turn on the jets. Quality is job one! (TM)
(Track Star Records, PO Box 60, Forked River, NJ 08731)

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE A.D. - "Speed Freaks" CD

What a horrible name for a band. Anyway... musically, |
this is a pretty solid release of upbeat melodic thrashcore.
What is horribly lacking are the lyrics. For one whole song the I
lyric is "let's go to the punk rock show", making the song seem
like some sort of horrible parody or worse yet, a commercial.
Needless to say, it got pretty corny after a while. Rocking |
music though. (CW)
(1695 Running Deer Dr., Auburn, PA 17922)

CHRIST ON A CRUTCH - "Spread Your Filth/Shit Edge
And Other Songs..." 2xLP

I was happier than a summer piggy in a pen of cool |
Georgia clay-mud when I saw that I was assigned this review.
CHRIST ON A CRUTCH defined hardcore for me for a long |
time. Heart attack inducing drumming, crisp, metallic power-
saw guitars.... fuck! '!! This is it!!! This is fucking crazy. One I
disc includes their classic, way out-of-print "Spread Your
Filth" LP from 1988. The other includes their "Kill William
Bennett" 7", the "Spread Your Filth" 7", songs from an|
unreleased 10", and cuts from comps on Allied, MRR, Disas-
ter Productions, and Hippycore. Everything these guys went I
on to do pales in comparison. This is a standard. This is |
crucial. This is incredible. (PB)
(New Red Archives, PO Box210501,SanFrancisco,CA94121) I

CONNIE DUNGS/SLOWPOKES - split EP

Snotty SCREECHING WEASEL influenced punk from I
both bands. The SLOWPOKES have a little bit more melody
and sappiness in their songs. While the CONNIE DUNGS |
remind me of that kid who just can't sit still in the third grade.
Extra points too the CONNIE DUNGS for contributing an-
other song to the punk tradition of being persecuted for|
looking punk. (JF)
(Outhouse Records, no address)

MV5IC

I CONFUSE - "Indignation" LP

A reissue of a cassette only release front 1984 that was
I limited to 100 copies, they've now made it (briefly) available as
I an. LP (briefly, because the LP is limited to 1500). As any
I student of Japanese hardcore would attest, CONFUSE were
I one of the first and certainly one of the best to drench hardcore
I with noise - to such effect you often can't really even hear
I anything else. I would recommend any of the studio recordings
I before this - the distortion here is so omnipresent it's only a
I shadow of the studio output. Still somewhat unfortunate that
it's so difficult to track down. (TM)
I (Anarchy Center/Confuse Records, no address)

COUNTDOWN TO CHAOS -
"Graveyard Train" EP

Punk fucking rock with a
lot of blues influences showing.
Distortion everywhere even on
the cymbals. This is heavy shit
man. Somehow I knew this was
from Chicago as soon as I heard
it. On clear vinyl. (MM)
(C.T.C., 857 N. Winchester rear
bldg., Chicago, IL 60622)

| COYOTE MEN/CEE BEE BEAUMONT - split 45

Two decent rock'n'roll instrumentals of the late '50s/
I early '60 type by a coupla Brit bands. Good for what they are,
I but why do these songs need to see the light on day all by their
I naked selves? Good bands, good tunes, but just part of the glut.

(TY)

(Knobbler Records, 915 Cole St #385, San Francisco, CA

94117)

I CRACK - "Losing One's Cool" CD

Lost my interest. Pretty generic 'modern' rock that
I sounds like something floating around the promo bin at the
I local 'Live 105'-type alterno-hype radio station. Not as catchy
las their influences. Looks like fifty cents at Amoeba to me.

(RW)

(Unarecords, PO Box 700233, San Jose, CA 95170-0233)

| CRANK - "Two Smokes For Your Dog" CD

This is sooo stinky! Think the "Warped Tour", Fat

IWreckords and NO DOUBT. Somebody throw on a COCK-
NOOSE record, quick! (RM)

(Pop Culture Records, 7326 Rideau Valley Dr., Kars, ON,
K0A 2E0, CANADA)

I CRANK - "Picking Up the Pieces" CD

Usually when I hear one of the million of NOFX clone
I bands, I fall into a gray haze and it goes right in one ear and out
I the other (hopefully disrupting nothing in between), but that
I wasn't the case with CRANK. It's by no means original, but
I then what is? This CD was a toe tapper even if it was a little

bland. (HD)

(Onefoot Records, PO Box 3834, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034)

CRIPPLE BASTARDS/PATARENI - split 10"

This is fast. This is really fast hardcore with some slower I
shit mixed in. CRIPPLE BASTARDS hail from Italy, and do |
some pretty cool experimental things with their instruments.
This definitely has some interesting parts to it, and I find I
myself actually enjoying this. The PATARENI side is pretty
cool. Diverse would be an understatement. The vocals are a bit
deep for my taste, but the music is great! Their first song is a
cover, and for the life of me I can't figure out who it is. It sucks
when you know all the words, and can't remember the song
title. The next few songs are all different musically, they use I
ska, rock, and garage pretty well. Anyway, overall this is a]
pretty good split, and interesting to say the least. (LU)
(Havin' A Spazz, c/o Luca Cattaruzza, Via Martiri Di Cefalo- 1
nia 47, 20097 So. Donate, M.se {MI}, ITALY)

CRO-MAGS - "Live At The Wellingtons" LP

Aw shit! This record captures the CRO-MAGS in their I
prime, way back in 1986. There are a couple of live boots
floating around of the exact same songs, but they all seem to
come from different shows. This is a top quality recording of
all of their hits. During the set they kept pushing the crowd to I
be more aggressive by saying things like "If you all want us to
get harder, you gotta get harder. So let's get down and blow
this motherfuckin' place the fuck off the planet". You can feel
the intensity! Not only is this a classic, but it is limited to 300.
(RC)
(no address)

CRUCIFIX - "Exhibit A" LP

This record is a comprehensive documentation of all the |
CRUCIFIX vinyl with the exception of the "Dehumanization'
LP. Included are the classic first 12", the follow-up EP on I
Freak Records, comp tracks, and live stuff from CBGB's. The
digital remastering takes a little of the edge and natural
distortion off the original but for the most part a good job is
done to keep the songs pure and intact. Needless to say, this
band has gone on to become one of the more influential bands
to come out of the early '80s, the impact of which can still be |
heard on much hardcore over 15 years after the fact. (MK)
(Kustomized Records, PO Box 1308, New York, NY 10009)

CUFF/HATED PRINCIPLES - split 10"

What's cool about this is that not only do both bands play I
full-throttle thrash, but both use recordings that are about as
minimalist as you can get. CUFF play modern day speed-core
and sound like they used a boombox to record with. I
HATED PRINCIPLES play ballistic thrash with hints of
early 80's hardcore (probably because they've been around I
for a gazillion years) and their recording quality is reminis-
cent of a scratched CONFUSE EP. Guaranteed to make your |
ears bleed. (MW)
(Tylyt Levyt, PO Box 37, 55800 Imatra, FINLAND)

D.N.A.! - "Knowledge" CD

LEATHERFACE type punk with a dash of CHINA I
DRUM. A good sound and a pretty solid full-length. Not
overwhelming and this seems to be missing that one awesome |
song but this is still a good listen. (RL)
(Mad Butcher Records, Pater-Klepping-Str. 18, 33154 Salz-
kotten, GERMANY)

"VSIC REMEWS

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IDACKELBLUT - "Japan" EP

Looking at the kanji script on the front cover, you'd
I think this is Japanese HC, but this is distinctly German, start
I to finish. D ACKELBLUT shows finesse at exacting, nuanced
I punk rock with heartfelt, growled lyrics, varied guitarwork,
land powerful production. They don't get high marks on
Isongwriting, but you have to admire the effective electronic
Idub on the flip, an homage to KRAFT WERK that lives up to
I its influences. Above average. (SS)
(Hear tfirst Records, Bockhstr. 39, 10967 Berlin, GERMANY)

DEGRADATION - "Still
Screaming" EP

Early-mid '80s sounding
hardcore along the lines of
YOUTH OF TODAY but with
slightly more of a political hard-
core lyrical base, thopugh still
very much on the 'personal' side.
Catchy, angry, and pretty rag-
ing. (TY)

(Undertone Records, Van Wit-
zleben Str 7, 48151 Munster,
GERMANY)

DELLAMORTE/CORNED BEEF - split EP

Both bands play a kind of fucked-up, metallic hardcore
I with angry vocals and ultra distorted dirge sections and guitar
I leads. CORNED BEEF, from Germany, are the more extreme
hounding of the two, Sweden's DELLAMORTE being a touch
■ too far on the metal side for me. (AM)
I (Yellow Dog Records, PO Box 550208, D 10372 Berlin, GER-

Imany)

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS
"All Cranked Up" EP

This is great! Pedal to the
metal, early ANGRY SAMO-
ANS/QUEERS punk rock. Three
songs, all of which are bouncy,
catchy and nasty. Can't ask for
much more as far as this review-
er is concerned. (RM)
($3 ppd: Sellout Records, 4 Santa
Anna Dr, Poughkeepsie, NY
12603)

DISCONTENT - "Trusted" EP
One of the best records of
1997. Amped up, catchy hard-
core from Alabama ! The music is
raw and on fire! A refreshing
break from the discordant mess
that many hardcore bands of late
offer up as intensity. Extremely
competent concise straightfor-
ward song writing puts across
well these simple yet anthemic
inspired songs. Amateurish and
unpolished, yet driven, this record encapsulates the energy of
a bunch of sweaty kids packed into a garage in the middle of
nowhere playing their fucking hearts out. The music borrows
a bit from the past but definitely lives in the present, at times
reminding me of SLAPSHOT, NEGATIVE APPROACH and
older DC influences mixed with modern power chord hard-
core. Simple, no nonsense lyrics implore us to get up and take
control of our lives. (MK)

($3.00 ppd: Arkam c/o Jamie Barrier, 211 N. Ross St., Au-
burn, AL 36830)

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I DIESEL QUEENS - "The Beast
I With Five Hands..." EP

Wow, I've never reviewed
| a MRR record before! But con-
sidering it's the
DIESEL QUEENS it's not like I
ha ve to be nice or any thing. Makes
j me feel funny listening to this on
headphones and laughing out
j loud. I was sad that they had dis-
banded, which is such luck for
yall' thin-skinned weak-
I stomached types. Another great record, indeed. How do you
I rock sooo hard!? (RY)

I (MRR c/o Vacuum Mailorder, PO Box 460324, San Francisco,
CA 94146)

|DIMESTORE HALOES - "Thrill City Crime Control" LP

Another in the recent flood of late seventies punk throw-
I backs this twelve song CD is actually pretty good. A couple of
I the cuts are real dogs but overall this band uses a good mix of
[DEAD BOYS or HE ARTBREAKERS junkie type punk with
I early U.K. SUBS bouncy pogo to create some top notch tunes.
|(RM)
l(V.M.L., PO Box 183, Franklin Park, IL 60131)

THE DISENCHANTED - "The 'Other' White Trash" EP

Wacky band from Albany, NY. Some thrashy melodic
punk, good lyrics, and an awesome song entitled "Hardcore |
Chicks vs Skinhead Girls". (TB)
(Angry, Young, & Poor Records, 140 N. Prince St, Lancaster, I
PA 17603)

THE DISENCHANTED/ 1
TWENTY-TWO'S - split EP

Let's start with the lyrics.
Both of these bands make it a
point to comment on punk™ fash-
ion, as in they don't think much
of it. It's sort of a badge of honor
as I understand the lyrics that
neither of these bands would look
very punk™ if you saw them
walking down the street, "it's not
how you look, it's something
that's inside of you," seems to be
to be the main idea behind this EP. Musically, I thought that
both of these bands were pretty good, the TWENTY TWOS
sound similar to another Virginia band I reviewed, and liked,
POSITIVE STATE, kinda like older Boston HC with brains.
THE DISENCHANTED had some of that old school East]
Coast sound I like so much. (JV)
(PO Box 3845, Albany, NY 12203)

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I DOG TOFFEE - CD

Pretty 'mersh stuff here, though I certainly do not mind
I the popness of it. Imagine a more hooky version of THE
[OFFSPRING and SOCIAL D, though to be fair, these guys
I certainly are no more stream' punk rock than most others.
I Four tunes in all, okay verging more on pop punk (though
[there are peeks of aggro in 'T'm Mine") than most bands of
[this ilk, which is just fine with me. (JY)
I (no address)

|DOGROCKET - "Pickin' Up Chicks" EP

Decent melodic punk pop with traces of SAMIAM and
Ithe GOO GOO DOLLS. Catchy but something about the

vocals seems flat or dry. Maybe a little more oomph would

help. Cool riffs though. (RL)

I (Break-Up! Records, 91 E Patterson Ave, Columbus, OH
143202)

|THE DRAGS - "Stop Rock And Roll" LP
[ I was in Albuquerque this summer trying to think of all

| the good bands that come from there, and the only one I could
I think of was the DRAGS. I've reviewed this garage rock trio
Iso many times it's difficult to think of new ways to describe
I them. Obviously they have a fan base, but if I could turn any
I newcomers on to them I'd say, "Do you like Rock n' Roll?..."
I Anyway, easy to like, consistently great shit, is all I've ever
I known from the DRAGS. (RY)
■(Estrus Records)

DRUNK N ANGER - "Contami-
nated" EP

Hardcore from Canada.
The band name says it all, mad
beer fueled songs. This was not
my pint of ale, but the nod goes to
them for the anti child abuse lyr-
ics on "If I Catch You". Decent
(CW)

(ICR, 1020 Queen St. W, Toron-
to, ON, M6J 1H6, CANADA)

IDUSTBALL - "Egg Man, Like Your Head" EP

Quirky punk pop in that UK pop punk vein but the vocals
I remind me of SUEDE, which isn't a good thing. It would be
I cooler if they reminded me of MORRISSEY as far as UK
I crooners go. But they don't. So-so. (RL)
[(Damaged Goods, PO Box 671, London E17 6NF, UK)

|e-13 - "Quest For Gilligan" EP

With a mere 14 year gap between this belated release and
I their debut EP, this Oregon hardcore outfit hasn't lost a step.
[Maybe that's cuz this was recorded in 1984 and is just now
[seeing the light of day because Malcolm Connover (Mr Fatal
[ Erection) is crazy. When I say 'hardcore', I mean the style that
[initiated the genre: short, fast, snotty, fucked up songs. This is
I classic 'hardcore'. (TY)
| (Fatal Erection Records, PO Box 5102, Eugene, OR 97405)

E-150 - "La Rabia Justifica Los
Medios" EP

Fast-paced hardcore that's
got ragged-edged vocals, some-
times medium-paced breaks,
frantic drumming, DIS-
CHARGE-esque essence, and
non-stop energy. (TY)
(BCM, Apdo 601, 08913 Barce-
lona, SPAIN)

ELDOPA - "1332" LP

A lot of people in the Bay Area have been anticipating I
this release which for some reason almost always has an
adverse affect on me. In all honestly I went into this thinking
I was going to hate it, but it most definitely stands on its own
two feet. Drop a little of NEUROSIS and
DEAD AND GONE on top of a band that isn't afraid to play
some heavy-ass metal riffs, and you got ELDOPA. The vocals
sometimes remind me of Mike Dean's on side B of C.O.C's
"Animosity" LP, which is a fucking godly achievement in my
opinion. I bet ya $5 that you'll sew their patch on to your ass
once you hear this. (MW)
(East Bay Menace Records, PO Box 3313, Oakland, CA 9609)

ENEMY SOIL - "Live At Fiesta Grande #5" flexi

This is a live recording that reminded me of a demo
I once heard from a band called VIRUS or Boston's GROI-
NOIDS recorded badly. The sound quality was such that I
couldn't really be sure. Similar thing happened with ENEMY
SOIL. It's kind of like watching a nudie channel on cable when
you are not actually paying for it, you might like what you're
watching but who knows? Sell lemonade and buy this, it
bends! Limited printing, only two thousand available. (JV)
(Clean Plate Records, PO Box 709, Hampshire College, Am-
herst, MA 01002)

ENEMY SOIL - "The Ruins Of Eden" CD

By far the strongest effort by these crazed Virginians. 1 1
think what won me over was the real drummer (their earlier
releases featured a drum machine) and the super low tuned
guitars. I'd put this more in the grindcore category for it's
over-all heaviness. Lyrics deal with pain, war, enslavement,
and all that other good shit. I highly recommend this. Oh, by
the way, this is the 10" and the live flexi together on one
format. (MW)

(Clean Plate Records, PO Box 709; Hampshire College, Am-
herst, MA 01002)

EXCESSIVE DEFIANCE - "Yo
Dicknose, Eat A Dick Straight
Up, Yo" EP

Here's an EP that is much
better than its overall layout
would suggest. I was expecting
another poorly recorded effort
that shouldn't even be a demo.
Not the case at all, this is grade A
snotty punk that is well crafted in
the music department. Of the 6
songs here, 5 are keepers; not
bad for a first EP. (TH)
(PO Box 9751, Asheville, NC 28815)

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Good, honest pop punk that sounds similar to fellow
iNortheasterners the QUEERS. The thing that makes EXPLO-
ISIVE KATE really solid is their jaded outlook on life. Punk is
■supposed to be jaded, not all bubble gummy, and that jaded
ledge is what lifts this LP above the pack. Good job. (JF)
KTrickshot Records, 815 Rosedae Ave #1, Wilmington, DE
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FALLOUT - "Resist Control" EP
This picks up where their
10" debut of last year left off. Full
throttle, pissed off hardcore in
the vein of RIPCORD or HERE-
SY with gruff vocals and a late-
'80s approach to doing the hard-
core-thang. Damn good. (MW)
(Adverse Reaction Records, 17
Linlithgow Way, West Melton,
3337 Vic, AUSTRALIA)

FAT DAY - "Smell Me Silly" EP
I took me a really long time
to figure out what speed this is
suppose to be played at, but I
think I finally got it right, and
that being so, this record is fast
screaming vocals accompanied by
a wall of noise that some what
resembles music. It's not half bad,
though. The bands high energy
and aggressive guitar playing cre-
ate something worth thrashing
to. (HD)

|(HG Fact, 401 Hongo-M, 2-36-2 Yayio-Cho, Nakano, Tokyo
164, JAPAN)

THE FEED BACK - "Come With
- Me/Human Fly"
Ljjf^y^W This record is gonna take

■ Greg Lowery, bend him over, and

fuck him in the ass 'til he

cums!!!!!!! This French garage
trio rocks the house down with
two scorching originals packed
jj with super fuzzed out guitars, well
J produced catchy song structure,
9|P % intense vocalizin' and just straight

■lfc»±iUiB^^^Hi up power!!!!!! Both sides rock like
I hell and I can't begin to tell you about all the sick, twisted
I things I want to do to my boyfriend when I get home tonight
■after hearing this slab of intense garage ecstasy!!!! Well done
I from the French for a change!!!!! (SW)
(LGDC Productions, 8, Rue Camille Desmoid ins, 66000 Per-
pignan, FRANCE)

FEZ PETTING ZOO - "All Systems Gone" CD

This disc is goofy but I like it anyways. If the early
PIXIES tried to be more punk rock they would have sounded
like this. Twisted and fucked up but poppy and fun. Although
I'd probably get tired of this chaos after a few releases, this is
quite charming for now. (RL)
(Baby Blue Records c/o Fez, PO Box 494, Madison, WI 53701)

THE FILTH F.C. - "Stay InBed
Die Happy" EP

This is a solid debut if I've
ever heard one. Two songs that
sound a bit like THE BUSI-
NESS's newer material but way
catchier. The a-side is particu-
larly good. Buy this and keep an
eye out for any further releases
by this band. (RM)
(1234 Records, PO Box 199,
Deal, Kent, ENGLAND)

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FIREBALLS - "Holiday" EP

TheFIREBALLSEPcomes
enclosed in another fancy-
schmancy Man's Ruin dayglo
cover, sure to lure in the average
consumer. The band themselves
are a fast-paced punk-metal-hill-
billy kind of deal along the lines
of the SUPERSUCKERS. It real-
ly sounds like the guitarist wants
to veer off on some Eddie Van
Halen tangent but the rest of the band are keeping him in line.
(JH)

(Man's Ruin Records, 610 22nd. St #302, San Francisco, CA
94107)

FLOODPLAIN - "Eightpennygalvanized" CD

Now this is my kind of hardcore! I don't know where this
came from, but holy shit! This is the kind of stuff I like, and this
just rocks. FLOODPLAIN sound like JIHAD, BOTCH, and
CR all mixed into one band. This is an amazing release, and I
am still wondering where this came from. This has made my
night. Wow, I am speechless. (LU)

(Counterfeit Records, 1701 S 10th Ave., Sioux Falls, SD
57105)

THE FORGOTTEN - "Class
Separation"EP

Yes sir! This is the mother-
fuckin' guns! This band has come
crushing into yer brain! THE
FORGOTTEN are taking this lit-
tle cowtown by storm! Prepare to
be consumed by punk rock. Re
member THE CLASH? So do
these guys. The vocal/guitar mix
on this record kicks ass! Profes-
sor Bale (Maximum columnist
Emeritus) lauds THE FORGOTTEN as the best band in San
Francisco! Watch out you street urchins! The FORGOTTEN
is playing for keeps! Great punk rock! Buy now! (BR)
(TKO Records, 4104 24th St. #103, San Francisco, C A 94114)

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FORWARD - "Feel The Core Of
Self EP

Somebody needs to fly out
to Japan and give the folks at
HG:Fact a kiss on the lips on
behalf of all fans of hardcore.
This is another awesome release
from FORWARD, fucking non-
stop, all out hardcore with the
classic Japanese verse and En-
glish chorus style. Play
loud!! (TH)

|(HG:Fact, 401 Hongo-M, 2-36-2 Yayoi-cho, Nakano, Tokyo

164, JAPAN)

IFRENZAL RHOMB - "Not So Tough Now" CD

Now for a quick stop over in Australia. FRENZAL
I RHOMB sounds like a band NOFX would make fun of, and yet
lat one point they Were on Fat Wreck Chords... or so I'm told.
I My advice to anyone at Fat: there's a better band from
(Australia called CAUSTIC SODA. I really liked the cover, a
I blown up McDonalds! (JV)

I (Rubber Records, 633 Ocean Ave #21, Santa Monica, CA
90402) .

| FULL NOISE NINE - "Progress" EP

FN9 keep alternating between completely high pitched
(squealing, actual singing, and a very ASSUCK-like guttural
■growl that you could only be blessed to have by Satan himself.
I The music is kinda "Scum" era NAPALM DEATH, not really
! interestingly done, nor executed well. (PB)
I (Civilisation Records, Parkstr 39, 893 12 Gunsburg, GERMA-
NY)

| FUN PEOPLE/SHE DEVILS - split EP

Totally great punk rock 7" from Argentina. Both bands
I totally rock with the FUN PEOPLE doing ferocious melodic
I punk verging on emo with the wailing vocals. SHE DEVILS
I are also very catchy with great female vocals sort of giving it

theflavorofDAN or JOYCE MCKINNEY EXPERIENCE or
I something like that The record is also aimed at raising aware-
Iness about abortion and pro choice issues. An all around great

effort. (LH)
I (Ugly/Las Feos Records, Casilla De Correo #48, Sucursal 49,

Codigo Postal (1449), Cap Fed, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA)

FURIOUS GEORGE - "Banan-
as/I Gotta Gun"

One side of this picture disk
was recorded live, and it came out
quite well. The studio side, "Ba-
nanas" is good too, driving 3 chord
punk with weird ass vocals. (MC)
(Recess Records, PO Box 1112,
Torrance, CA 90505)

FURIOUS GEORGE - "Gets A Record" LP

Before getting to the substance of the disc here, I must I
say that the title of this little hummer is the best I've seen in a
while. Now, to the disc - what you would probably expect to
hear from these fellows - lyrics that range from insightful and
self revealing to absolute nonsense are sung/yelled/screamed
to well played, traditional, mid-tempo punk rock. A guest
appearance by Joey Ramone is anotherplus. One last thought,
G. Tabb watched way too much TV when he was a kid. On |
yellow vinyl, of course. (KK)
(Recess Records, PO Box 1112, Torrance, CA 90505)

GAI - "Extermination" EP

The flexi from back in 1984
makes it on to hard vinyl, albeit
not quite a 'legitimate' reissue.
From back in the day when Jap-
anese hardcore relied more on
repetition and distortion than
speed - is by all accounts an accu-
rate and faithful reproduction of |
the original. Fuck. Still can't
imagine how they got this to sound
so rough - it's unbelievably dis-
torted - the hardcore version of lo-fi for sure. (TM)
(Violent Party Records, no address)

THE GAMITS - "Come Get Some" EP

This is a cool EP! Pop punk that mixes it up and not one I
RAMONES sounding tune. Great tunes a la THE GAIN* or
even THE FASTBACKS. This is a total bopping record. If
you're gonna be pop it's cool when you thrash on drums and f
you crunch on guitar. Totally recommended. (RL)
(Drug Store Records, PO Box 5033, Golden, CO 80401)

GENERATION EXCREMENT

GENERATION EXCREMENT
- "I'll Be Back.. .You'll Be
Fucked!" EP

No slacking here, driving
old school punk in the vein of
Beer City bands. Forceful, hooky
music for slamming in this shitty
existence. "All Of Us" reminds
the individual punk factions that
similar goals can unite instead of
creating silly little punk rock
wars. (TJ)
(Will E. Survive, PO Box 2065, Northlake, IL 60164)

GLOOM - "Recommendation Of Perdition" 12"

Whoa. Nine song 12" from a Japanese band I'd notl
heard about in a while - their single in '93 devastated many
people (myself included) not usually impressionable- a tumul-
tuous blend of hardcore and noise, which is what you've got
here as well. Distorted to the 'wall of fuzz' extreme - there's no
liner notes as to whether or not they're back together... I can
only hope. (TM)

(M.C.R. Records c/o Sound Pollution, PO Box 17742, Coving-
ton, KY 41017)

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|THE GONADS - "Oi! Nutter/England's Glory"

Just when you thought it was safe to give up on oi, here
I comes Gary Bushell blasting out of the hilarious past. In their
I day, they were the drunken jesters of the original movement.
I Now, they are a bit more melodic and mature. Drunken energy
land a gritty sound still abounds. Hey, where the hell is Max

Splodge?! (TB)

(1234 Records, PO Box 199, Deal, Kent CT14 7GN, UK)

GREED - "The Violence EP" EP
Red vinyl! This band is
from SWEDEN, and you can
probably guess by the name of
the group that they're political.
Sounds like the EXPLOITED, or
more specifically like VARUK-
ERS. I'd personally purchase this
one (as soon as I get a job). Did I
mention the red vinyl! (JV)
(Distortion Records, PO Box 129,
S-401 22Gothenburg,SWEDEN)

| THE GREEN HORNETS - "Faster Than The Bugzapper" LP
THE G.H.'s are a five-piece from London that write and
I play pretty good garage music. It's thick with reverb and
I organ, and fairly original as the genre goes. It doesn't really set
I my foot to tapping, though, because it's rather tame and none
I of the songs ever really takes off into an action-packed part
I This kinda music doesn't benefit from the slickness that went
I into this production. Maybe if they rough up some of the edges
I on the next record, it'll sound better. This one's far from bad,

though. (CH)
I (Alopecia! Records, 35 Mill Lane, Benson, Oxford, OX10 6SA,

ENGLAND)

GRIFFIN - "The Phantom Of The
Shocker" EP

In the eighties I knew this
band that would dress up in fun-
ny black clothes, splatter them-
selves in stage blood, and play a
set that consisted of an hour's
worth of MISFITS covers and
one original. GRIFFIN are a lot
like that, except that they're Jap-
anese. The six tracks on this (post-
humous?) EP sound like medio-
cre outtakes from 'Earth A.D.' with metal leads - actually if
lyou're one of these Japan-ophites you might want to seek it
lout I've heard worse. (JH)
I (Real Deal Records, no address listed)

I GRIME Y OFFENSIVE DRUNKS - "Liberty" EP

Weak ass, fast paced punk rock with some of the most
I irritating vocals I have ever heard. Sounds like the guy just
I drank a bottle of Jack Daniels, got kicked in the throat, and
| decided to do some spoken word. Yeah, it is as ugly as it sounds.

(RC)

(Band Wagon Records, PO Box 44338, Tucson, AZ 85733-

4338)

HAIL MARY - "Glorious Morning" EP

Musically, I liked this, maybe because I like I
BORN AGAINST so much. This sounds so similar to them it
is insane. I am not one to compare bands to others, but this is
just too close to pass up. There is also a hint of RORSCHACH
in this as well. If you are a fan of either of those bands, give this |
a try because it it does rock pretty well. (LU)
(PO Box 14253, Albany, NY 12212)

HAND TO MOUTH - "Your Ticket To The New Jerusalem" |
LP

Cramming poppy sensibilities between meaty hardcore |
riffs, and pulling it together with an intelligent political view-
point, HTM manage to convey passion and anger in a fairly I
original sound. It is sincere and worth looking into, although
it did get to be a bit much by the end. It also comes with a really
well done 72 page zine. Very informative and imaginative. A |
good package. (BG)
($8 ppd: Dwgsht zine, PO Box 28, Durham, NC 27702)

HARSH/SHITFIT - split EP

HARSH (the Canadian one,
not the Finnish one) certainly live
up to whatever billing that name
would give - apocalyptic, wall of
noise hardcore. Distorted to the
point of being unintelligible, the
guitar tidal wave rolls on. The
now defunct SHITFIT donate
four songs on the flip which un-
fortunately suffer from a medio-
cre sound quality that rob much
of the impact they might have had. Certainly worth tracking I
for the 'A' side. (TM)

(Fox Records, 316 St Joseph Est Quebec, PQ, G1K 8Z7,|
CANADA)

HEAD - "The Monkeys" LP

In a freak accident at the printers, all copies of the sleeve I
for this LP were incorrectly tided "The Monkeys" in place of I
the intended title, "THE RAMONES". Any of these songs
could have easily come from any of their prior 7" releases or |
their first LP. These guys rule. (KK)
(EvU Clown Records, PO Box 9144, Seattle, WA 98109)

HEADS KICKED OFF - "Your
Silence" EP

Distorted, heavy, fast polit-
ical hardcore from down under.
Nine songs played at breakneck
speed, with guttural bile ridden
vocals railing against the evils of
the world as HKO perceive them.
Non stop raging intensity. (AM)
(Spiral Objective, PO Box 126,
Oaklands Park, SA 5046, AUS-
TRALIA)

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I THE HEIDIES - "Exit 10" CD

The HEIDIES offer clean, suburban, LA stadium punk,
la cross between OFFSPRING and ALL, addressing teen angst
I issues. With grittier production, less vocal reverb, louder
I guitars, and more aggressive drumming, this could be a
I halfway decent CD. Trivia buffs beware of the title track
I hidden at the end of the CD, if you can get that far. The
I HEIDIES have potential for a bunch of kids whose next release
I could be crankin' with a lot work. (HM)
(Insurance Scam Records, PO Box 145, Northville, MI 48167)

IDYLS - "Down With" EP

"Swedish trash garage" sez they. OK, sez I. Flatly pro- 1
duced garage-riffing with the dose of stupidity necessary to
make it stand out from the pack. Odd thing is that in two of the
four enclosed songs, the stupidity manifests itself in a deep,
deep guttural/whacked out with full reverb vocal style that's
generally found in the scarier forms of thrashmetal. At least
it's more interesting than most of the bands in the trash garage |
sweepstakes. (DD)
(Ken Rock, Gisslerodsbacken 18, 457 02 Grebbestad, SWE- 1
DEN)

HEYOKA - "Demain Sera..." LP

This LP is really fucking inspiring! A great insert book-
I let, filled with contact addresses to many autonomous organi-
sations, labels, individuals and fanzines. It has lots of other
I info as well, but it's in French and Floyd don't read French.
■Still, it's laid out incredibly well, reminiscent of the finer
I CRASS records stuff. If that wasn't enough, you also get some
I fine old semi-crusty peace punk music. Not too harsh, and not
I to sterile. Record of the month. (JF)

(Maloka, BP 536, 21014 Dijon Cedex, FRANCE)

| HIS HERO IS GONE/URANUS - split 12"

First, I think I'll mention the cover art because it is so
I cool. EspeciaUy cool if compared to the back art, which looks

like it might be on a NEIL YOUNG album. I don't know if
I these guys look like miners from Harlan County, but I do know
I that this EP contains two sides of some very good shit The
[production values are a bit lower (I'll say it again, not a bad

thing), but I'd put this near LOGICAL NONSENSE'S "Ex-
Ipand The Hive" which I liked a whole lot Some of URANUS'
I songs are so long, yet somehow good. HIS HERO IS GONE

does a good cover of JERRY'S KIDS' "Raise The Curtain".
I Drink domestic and buy this one, though it's a tour release

only! (JV)
I (no address)

I FARM - "So My Kids Won't Have To" CD

Eighteen tracks of blazing fast punk. Catchy and melod- 1
ic music with sing-a-Iong choruses. Excellent in the lyrics |
department; singer has that awesome snotty punk voice.
Great release. (CW)

(Creep Records, 252 E. Market St. #220, West Chester, PA I
19381)

I LOVE RICH - "Live, Wet, Drippin' With Sexx" CD

Awesome '70s live rock album parody complete with I
rockstar small talk egging on the frenzied Cambodian "crowd".
With rock/pop punk anthems like "Rock Your World", "Dig
UDiggin' Me", and "Super Sexxy", these studs prove they can |
ham it up with the best of them. RICH puts all those commer-
cial '70s revival bands to shame with this consistently funny |
and well delivered joke. (HM)
(Big Dump Records, PO Box 2658, Bridgeview, IL 60455)

INTENSITY - "Battered Soul" EP

Yeah! This is a rockin' piece of work. INTENSITY I
definitely has an old school hardcore influence, as well as some
punk mixed in there. Lyrically, they tackle some personal yet
semi-political topics. Hailing from Sweden, these guys really |
pack a wild punch. I am impressed. (LU)
(Putrid Filth, c/o BTR, St Sodergatan 38, S-222 23 Lund, I
SWEDEN)

HOBLIN'S CHOICE - "Watch Out" CD

If I have to hear another wannabe NOFX, I'm going to
I scream. This is well played and well produced, just lacks any
[sort of energy. Oh yeah, the token ska parts are included. (JF)
I (Mad Butcher Records, Pater-Klepping-Str. 18,D-33154 Salz-

kotten, GERMANY)

|ICK - "Close To The Pile" CD

Premium quality dork rock. These guys have elements of
I the PLAID RETINA and SCHLONG sound, with various
I styles of hardcore, punk, and mainstream metal and rock
■ thrown together with lots of quick changes from one to the
[other. Overall, they are closer to POUNDED CLOWN and
INAR in the humor department But that's only when they are
I making jokes; a lot of the lyrics seem to be exercises in non

sequitur, like the VSS. (TH)

($7ppd: 1019 Leaf Ave., Murfreesboro, TN 37130)

JACK SAINTS - "Pickpockets And Loose Women" EP

A nice vague 45 with no information given and nol
apologies offered - fuzz guitar, indecipherable lyrics, great
playing. I can't heap enough superlatives on this one, just that
in it's on simple way it's my pick of the month. Ignore the
garbled monster/hot rod cover art and hunt this one down. Is |
this band at all related to the old JACKSON SAINTS? (JH)
(Emperor Records, no address)

JENO - "Drained" EP

Brutal thrash crossover intensity. Got a very tight toe- 1
tapping beat (although you'd probably need to borrow a few
feet's worth to keep up with the speed). There's not much
more to say really. I've heard worse versions of this stuff so |
this ranks fairly high on the lis tenable meter. (PB)
(Bad People Records, PO Box 480931, Denver, CO 80248)

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I JERSEY - "No Turning Back" CD

The liner notes of this CD say that JERSEY is a byprod-
uct of the bands GRADE and BELIEVE. Now I remember
I those two bands having a split CD that was all the rave of the
I sweater wearing emo-hardcore crowd. Well, JERSEY sounds

nothing like GRADE or BELIEVE. What JERSEY sounds
I like is OP IVY with occasional female vocals. Hell, at times
I JERSEY sounds like it could be the unreleased OP IVY.
I Overall, this gets the thumbs up, even if it lacks originality.

(JF)

(Raw Energy, 65 Front St W #0116-42, Toronto, ON, M5J

1E6, CANADA)

| JOHN THE BAKER - "....With Slimy Penis Breath" CD

Smartass, lousepunk, y'know: disgruntled, sacarstic,
I pissed-off. Serious as a heart-attack but comes off somehow as

a CRUCIFUCKS meets ANTISEEN meets SPINAL TAP
I thing if only in intention and not in actual execution (read: not
las good as the real McCoy). I like the parts when they almost
I sound like SLOVENLY (if unfortunately mixed in with

ZOOGZ RIFT, eh? SST fans of old). Could be interpreted as
I either high art or punk rock trying too hard or just plain
I bizarre hilarity. And what is with that singer doing the
l"....Neeeeeaaahhhh (with demonic overtones)" ad nauseum.

Now's the time to ask yourself "SST? pot?, what?" (JY)

(Living Alternatives, PO Box 251, Woodstock, NY 12498)

I THE KAISERS - "Alligator Twist" EP

God, why do I have to like this shit!!!!!!!!!!!! I hate the

I way these motherfuckers look and their whole old '60s Mercy-
beat Liverpool GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS

Isch tick! !!!!!! Errrrrrrr! !!!!!!! But I gotta tell you, this four

I song EP actually rocks and is so utterly catchy.... Jeeeesuzzz! ! ! !

iNow I gotta eat my hat!!!!! Fuck my motherfuckin' ass!!!!!!!!!
(SW)

(Wild Wild, 1 Coates Place, Haymarket, Edinburgh, SCOT-
LAND)

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KANKER SORES - "Pivot" EP
Kinda hardcoresque. This
is good fast aggressive music with
quick fun vocals. There's a great
song about hating yearbooks, and
best of all they won't play their
Ska songs anymore. (HD)
(Recess Records, PO Box 1112,
Torrance, CA 90505)

I KILL SADIE - "Colorless" EP

The great packaging had emo all over it, but I was
I pleasantly surprised to find four songs of discordant hardcore

tucked away in side. This definitely has tinges of the "e" word
I but it rocks in a raw, punk rock, way. DC influenced for sure,
I but fast and scratchy. Pretty rad. (AM)

(One Percent Records, PO Box 141048, Minneapolis, MN

55414)

KARENZA - "Your Beliefs Are Nothing Without Action" EP I
Punchy modern thrashed hardcore from Ontario, Can-
ada. Unlike many of the bands playing this type of HC,
KARENZA play with a slowed down, mid paced tempo that
maintains, if not enhances, the clarity and power of the songs
over other bands that go the speedier route. Each side has a
spoken word track, one of which addresses queerness in the
face of heterosexual domination. There is an overtness in I
political content that runs throughout the music, lyrics, lay-
out, and written pieces included with the lyric booklet. The I
method and substance of their politics seems much influenced
by the 'f est politics" espoused at Midwest HC music festivals
(i.e., on stage confessionals and confrontational spoken word
performance). The record is a benefit for an Anarchist "anti- 1
store" in Toronto and a low cost direct care hospice. (MK)
($3.00 ppd: Sun and Moon, 606 N. Atherton St., State College, I
PA 16803)

KITTENS - "In Bazooka And The Hustler" CD

These animal loving Canadians proclaim that they have I
created a "spaghetti western-influenced musical adventure."
I'm not sure where gun toting western heroes fit in with this
(the song titles might be a clue), but this does rock in the vain
of SUPERSUCKERS with shit kicking drum beats, distorted
vocals and country guitar licks. Good, fun, straight forward,
fuzzy cow rock, undoubtedly they're a blast to see live. Their
"get-big" agenda is a little too obvious in their layout, with
articles phrasing them and a press release, leaving no room for |
lyrics. For me, this takes away from their playfulness. (TJ)
(Sonic Unyon Records, PO Box 57347 Jackson Stn, Hamilton, I
ON, CANADA)

LOS KENNY HARPERS/LOS CACAHUETES - split EP

Best yet from both of these solid garage combos. LOS I
CACAHUETES do the catchy "Fashion" (yeah, a catchy
garage song; funny how most bands trying to plow this field
seem to figure that it's enough to make a stab at "rocking")
and a rather ripping instro. Both of LOS KENNY HARPERS
songs (but especially "Zulu") sound like... (this is going to
seem weird)...like... a garage rock METAL URBAIN (i.e.,
with real drums and no wacky electronics) (of course, the
singing being in Spanish rather than French is another slight |
difference). At any rate, I'm all for it! (DD)
(Shot Down Records, Paulusstr. 2-6, 33602 Bielefeld, GER-
MANY)

THE KIRKS - "Get Out" EP

How cool! This seven track
EP packs its grooves with what
sounds like hard, fast '60s trash
(the vocals recorded in car ra-
dio sound) infected with bits of
hard-ass modern punk stylings
with STOOGES-type craziness.
The mix works on both the in-
strumentals and vocal tunes,
mostly due to irresistable ga-
rage production and teenage
rage. They even cover RADIO BIRDMAN, so they definitely I
have a hold in their rock'n'roll roots. Long may they remain |
in the garage. Recommended. (SS)
(PO Box 1624, Keene, NH 03413)

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IKOCHISE - "Dans Le Meeilleur Des Mondes.." LP

Hmm, this is French peace punk, I guess. The music
I ranges from arty experimentation to straight ahead punk with
I many, many parts, and with pissed female vocals over top of
lit all. The packaging is very CRASS inspired, as is the music,
I at times. Included is a very thick zine about political issues, in
I both French and English. The music isn't all that bad, but
I really didn't do much for me. They definitely seem more
I message oriented than music oriented. Pretty OK. (BG)
(Kochise, BP 232, 75624 Paris, Cedex 13, FRANCE)

|KORT PROSESS - "Svart Natt" 2xEP

Whoa. The kings of Norwegian hardcore return - and
I with a vengeance - 16 songs spread out over a double EP.
I Somehow managing to spike hardcore with equal amounts of

speed, intricacy and verge - it's overly simplistic to just call it
I hardcore - while that's the foundation, the structure isn't so
I easily pigeonholed. Can only hope with the recent success of
I other Norwegian bands, they start to get half the recognition
I they deserve. (TM)

(Heart First, Bockhstr. 39, 10967 Berlin, GERMANY)

LOOK AT TOMORROW/
NEIL SMITH - split EP

LOOK AT TOMORROW
is a badly recorded hardcore band
hailing from Finland, it seems.
Sounds like a show at Epicenter,
can't really tell if it's really good
or really bad. NEIL SMITH is a
Florida transplant, now an SF
local, with amusing tunes like
"Bad Chicken Suit" reminiscent [JET AWAY'
of WHITE TRASH DEBU

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PLUCK

TANTES. I kinda like this record for some reason. (RY)
(Razor Records, PO Box 420865, San Francisco, CA 94142)

LEBENSREFORM - "Retor" EP

Scattered, grind inciting revolution and destruction.
Slow dissident introductions waving into grinding HC. This is I
what hard, heavy music should sound like complex without |
losing power. (TJ)
(Horizons Inc., Sven Chojnicki, Brigittenstr 10, #407, 20359 1
Hamburg, GERMANY)

LADY SPEEDSTICK - "Satur-
day Night's Alright For Bond-
age" EP

The title track stands out as
the hit and only mid-tempo an-
them on this 4 song EP. I can't get
that "naa na naaa" chorus outta
my head. On the remaining
tracks, the LADY's deliver
catchy, driving, slightly generic
hardcore with slurred vocals.
They add a little twist with a '70s
rock-style bridge in the final track. Decent. (HM)
(Surfin' Bird Records, 1127 Berner St (lower), Green Bay, WI
54302)

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I LATEX GENERATION - "360 Degrees" CD

I really wish I had a form review for bands like this,
I where all I would have to do is fill in a few blanks and be done
I with it. You know the score; fast, poppy, snotty, blah, blah, etc,
I blah. Generic, pretentious music with a non-threatening deliv-
ery. (BG)
(Onefoot Records, PO Box 3834 Cherry Hill, NJ 08034)

LINK PROTRUDI AND THE
JAY MEN - "Backfire" EP

Loud, chunky instrumen-
tals recorded live somewhere in
the summer of '94..... featuring
members of the ACETONES....
five songs in all and so fucking
boring that it completely ruined
my sex drive for the week....!!!!!!
Any record that can do that is
dangerous and should be out-
lawed!!!!!! (SW)
I (Skoda, PO Box 360, 2600 AJ Delft, HOLLAND)

THE LOUDMOUTHS - "Gone
Drinkin'" EP

- I put the needle down on
this and goddamn if I wasn't
blown right out of my size eleven
Vans. This is awesome. I thought
their debut LP was good but the
songs on this blow those away. I
think it might have something to
do with the mix because things
don't sound as garbled this time
around. For those who've never I
heard them, THE LOUD-
MOUTHS are simple, powerful and snotty, i.e. punk at its I
best Oh, the cover is a cool parody/ripoff of FLIPPER'S
"Gone Fishin'" LP. Rock on! (RM)
(NewRedArchives.PO Box 210501, San Francisco, CA 94121) I

MADELS NO MADELS - "Failures" LP .

At times this is classic up-tempo, catchy traditional I
Germany punk rock with funny punk tendencies. The pace,
vocals and use of sound bytes in between tracks make me think
this is Germany's answer to THE TOY DOLLS. Other times, |
the quality just isn't there, with a few of the songs dragging on.
Overall, however, the quality is good. Hey kids, beware the |
backward cut. Recommended. (KK)
(Bellaforte Records, Stuttgarter Str 9, 71069 Sindelfingen,
GERMANY)

MANFAT/HARD TO SWALLOW - split EP

Two power outfits from Northern England, where dis-
satisfaction's in the water. MANFAT are the ultimate bring- 1
down, depressingly negative lyrics intently intoned over walls I
of expressive guitar noise, like NEUROSIS playing side two of
"My War." Fucking rad. HARD TO SWALLOW sound more
like BORN AGAINST on a mind-bending cocktail of drink
and drugs. I don't know about that wah-wah pedal, but the
power-violence intensity and vitriolic lyrics I can live with.
MANFAT came out on top at the end of the day though. (AM)
(Flat Earth, PO Box 169, Bradford, BD7 1YS, UK)

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I MANGEL - "Warning" EP

Heavy, grunge stuff that might have found on Am Rep a

I couple of years ago. Vocals are in English. (MM)
(Lada Records, PO Box 2038, 2470 AA Zwammerdam, HOL-
LAND)

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THE MANTS - "The Mant From
Uncle" 2xEP

Well, actually it's a 1.5xEP,
since the "special bonus 45" has
the same two songs on both sides.
Five songs in the general vicinity
of garage punk, four instrumen-
tals (one of which is a MILK-
SHAKES cover) which are all less
interesting than the vocal (real)
song. Shane White lives to rip on
releases like this, but to me it was
[decent but certainly not earthshaking. (DD)

(Lance Rock Records, 1223 College Dr, Nanaimo, BC, V9R

5Z5, CANADA)

IMANGEL/APOLLO 13 - split EP

MANGEL speeds up their brand of punk rock that's full
I of rock. As always, their rock is accompanied lyrics with social
I commentary. Drawing attention to the fact that Belgians kill
I their offspring in large numbers, more then anywhere else in
I the world, and that soccer is violent and corrupt. APOLLO 13
lis more exciting than the movie, yet this surf-instrumental
I band still lacks something original to rave about Originality
lis very difficult to create in this finite genera. Clear plastic
[cover and clear vinyl make for slick packaging. (TJ)

(Alphen Aan De Records, PO Box 101, 2400AC Alphen Aan

Den Rijn, HOLLAND)

MERE DEAD MEN - "Laced Up
Mary" EP

The title track here is fast-
er-paced, poppy punk rock that
is extremely catchy and sports
some seriously cool female vo-
cals. The B-Side tracks, while still
catchy, have a more ' 80s new wave
sound, which, by the way, is not a
bad thing. Recommended. (KK)
(Weird Records, 61 London Rd.,
Balderton, Newark, Notts, NG24
3AG, ENGLAND)

| MR. T EXPERIENCE - "And I Will Be With You" EP

Every once in a while, us music reviewers here at MRR

[have to take on the additional role of public servant. Today, I

[bring you the news that the new MTX record is the worse 7"

[that Lookout has ever put out The A side is one power pop

number that has neither the power or the pop. Side two, gives

us a cover of ELTON JOHN's "Don't Go Breaking My

I Heart", complete with the MUFF's Kim Shattuck on guest

| duet-ing vocals. The final song is a weak reminder of the great

[band that MTX once was. Very bad, and the whole pop punk

| scene should beware of this atrocity. You have been warned!

(JF)

| (Lookout!)

THE MISANTHROPISTS/
CHRISTIAN PROHIBITIAN -
split EP

I saw the MISANTHRO-
PISTS play a few months ago and
they just seemed like four young
kids playing the flavor of the year
grind/hardcore thing, but their
songs on here are totally full of
intensity and completely highlight
their playing agility and abilities.
This was also my first encounter
with CHRISTIAN PROHIBI-
TION. They're fairly skilled and know how to lay down the I
intensity and power as well. Both bands are really young and
so I'm completely amazed by the over-the-top shit coming out
of this particular young Bay Area scene, therefore they get |
nothing short of respect from me. (PB)
(Cesspool Records, 985 Bidwell Ave, Sunnyvale, CA 94086)

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MUSTANGS - "Here Come The
'Stangs" EP

Three poppy ass tunes from
this South Carolina 4-piece that
are pretty mediocre. It took me a
little bit to warm up to these guys
cuz the guitars and bass are mixed
way down on the B-side, and I
hate that! But the third time's a
charm. I like 'em. They remind
me of a slower version of the
ACRYLICS or NUMBER ONE
(which were great bands live but their records sucked). So I'm I
hopin' this'U be the same thing. Buy it play it a few times, get |
used to it, and it'll soon be in your top 20. (AT)
($4 ppd: Slade Baird, 3205 Baird Road, Clover, SC 29710)

MY 3 SCUM - "Zombies Gonna
Eat Your Brain/Werewolf By
Night"

Lightweight funny-horror-
pop punk. One song and one in-
strumental here. The one song
smacks of the MISFITS by way of
some bad DICKIES, and that's as
far as the joke goes. Actually, I
think the instrumental on the flip's
pretty cool: astraightahead "rock"
tune with surf/Munsters leanings.
(JY)
(Eerie Records, 2408 Peach St., Erie, PA 16502)

MASSKONTROL - "Will You Ever Learn?" CD

If you haven't heard MASSKONTROL before, their |
style falls into that gray area sometimes referred to as the I
"DOOM-HIATUS-and countless others" category. I used to
really like this style especially when it was first done) but 10
years of the same formula (both musically and lyrically), can
leave a bitter taste in your mouth. This is a full length, not a I
collection of old singles, so look for it if you dig that style of |
crusty/punk. (MW)
(Nikt Nic Niewie, PO Box 53, 34-400 Nowy Targ, POLAND) I

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INECKBONES - "Hit Me/Bad Boy"

Competent rootsy punk rock with the requisite "nekkid
I chicks" and playing cards imagery. Actually, the guitar has
I that POISON 13 sound, but I digress. It's that 12-bar boogie
I thing transposed to punk rock, shades of CHUCK BERRY,
IHEARTBREAKERS (or, in the case of the B-side,
[LARRY WILLIAMS). Excited punk? Well... (JY)
I (Sympathy)

NINE POUND HAMMER -
"Dead Flowers" EP

God,It'sbands like this that
make me afraid of being a fag-
got — what you got here are four
songs straight out of the back-
woods bar rock scene very

greasy.... with like great big hairy
balls and even hairy backs!!!!!!
Complete truck driver rock with
ROLLING STONES and LIT-
TLE RICHARD covers thrown

I in for that old 8- track cartridge feel while passing through

I West Virginia limited to only 300 no butt-fuckin' per-

Imitted!!!!!! (SW)

l(Peek-a-Boo! 2502 San Antonio #1, Austin, TX 78705)

NINJA ATTAK/THE CRASH - split EP

What we have here is two very scrappy bands doing
|rough-a round- the-edges style pop punk. Both play fast and
[sloppy, and sing off key more times than not, but in a way, that
lis their charm. The cheese factor that seems to be a prerequi-
I site for pop punk these days is nowhere to be found. It's simply
I honest, aggressive music, reflecting these folks' everyday
I hopes, dreams, and frustrations. I'm completely taken in with
I this EP's charm. There are 2 songs each band, the NA side

being more chaotic and snotty, the CRASH side more gruff.
I And don't let the horrible 5th grade style cover art scare you
I away. This rocks. (BG)

(Suburban Legend Records, 7 Woodbrook Cir, Wilmington,

DE 19810)

NINOS CON BOMB AS - "De Tiempo En El Momenta De La
I Explosion" CD

This is totally crazy. A mixture of high energy melodic
I hardcore and pop punk with blasts of neo-math rock weird-
Iness. Lots of punkness, but the weird parts at times sound a lot
like STEELY DAN (which I actually like a lot). Very interest-
ing. (LH)
(Grita!, PO Box 1216, New York, NY 10156)

INOBODY'S - "The Smell Of Victory" LP

At first, I was going to give this record an OK review
I because there's nothing that bad about it, but I changed my
I mind because there's nothing that good about it either. Sounds
llike any old typical pop-punk band: fast, catchy, melodic, and

up-beat. Musically, the NOBODY'S are alright, but their
I lyrics totally suck. They're completely pointless, juvenile, and
I stupid. Most songs talk about tits and ass, but aren't even

intelligent enough to be offensive. The only good thing about

this record is that it's on beautiful pink vinyl, and I do give
I them credit for one observation — "Riot Grrrls aren't very
[nice", when they review the NOBODY'S, that is! (HD)

(Hopeless Records, PO Box 7495, Van Nuys, CA 91409)

NORTHERN DRINKING CULT - "Drink Up The Cider
George" EP

This is a rock solid, melodic street punk with good vocals.
ff you like Strummer's or McGowan's voice, this should
appeal to you. With NORTHERN DRINKING CULT you
have journeyman Australian pub/oi as the order of the day.
There's a talented guitar player present here. The lyrics deal
with one of the most important themes in a young man's
life: drinking. Listen to this! (BR)

(Working Class Records c/o Christian David, 15 Rue C.
DeGaulle, 49500 Segre, FRANCE)

OBLITERATED/ HAYWTOE
- split EP

HAYWIRE are a U.K.
hardcore, political punk band.
Their songs cover squattingand
political factionalism. THE
OBLITERATED are from
Portland, OR. and play fast
hardcore punk. The female vo-
cals really stand out along with
the songs about alcoholism, con-
ditioning by the system and pro
life idiots. (MM)
(Consensus Reality, 1951 W. Burnside 1654, Portland, OR I
97209)

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ONE COMMON VOICE -
"Freedom Not Fascism" EP

Lafayette, Louisiana is in
the heart of Cajun country, and
while ONE COMMON VOICE
has neither French vocals nor
accordion accompaniment, they
still belt out some solid songs.
Primarily, things are straight up
punk with a solid, driving drum-
mer who keeps everything mov-
ing. At times the music gets tune-
ful with choruses perfect for shouting along with. Songs about I
hate for the cops, disdain for shit talk, and punk/skin solidar-
ity. They make it clear that they oppose racism, sexism, and
homophobia; not always such an easy stance to have in the |
Louisiana punk scene. (TH)
(East Bay Menace, PO Box 3313, Oakland, CA 94609)

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ONE TON SHOTGUN - "Songs
For Sucks" EP

Amazing early eighties
sounding aggressive LA styled
punk not unlike

the ADOLESCENTS. As scary as
it may seems, the guitar tuneage
on a couple of the songs reminded
me of metal gods IRON MAID-
EN, in a good way. This singer
had excellent introspective lyrics
sung with that snotty affectation
punks are known for. I could see
this band getting real big. (CW)
(Sike, Box 10504, Holyoke, MA 01040-2104)

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lOJOROJO - "Can You Keep Your Sanity" LP

Another in the recent wave of 'apocalyptic' hardcore
I bands - those combining elements of the despair and nihilism
I of doom with the energy and buffeting impact of hardcore.
iThey do well here, utilizing dual vocalists throughout, and
■with a decent feel on things like introspective intros and

whatnot. (TM)

(East Bay Menace, PO Box 3313, Oakland, CA 94609)

| OUT OF TOUCH - "Advice" EP

OUT OF TOUCH mixes up a developed mosh-core some-
I what similar to SNAPCASE (though not as developed) and a

basicstraightthroughhardcore like CORRUPTED MORALS.
I The guitars use a lot of tweaked out note playing that I believe
lis referred to as 'harmonics'. The highpoints of the record
I come when everything is played fast, start to finish. When the
I slow breakdowns come, I just want to hit the snooze button.

(TH)

(Room 13 Records, 3505 Kipling, Berkley, MI 48072)

I PANSY DIVISION - "More Lovin' From Our Oven" CD

This is a release of songs from four of their best old seven
I inches. Fun, goofy, and queercore, this rocks! Includes a demo
I version of "Fem in a Black Leather Jacket", and the wonder
I hit "Manada". A good buy for those who don't own the seven
inches. (HD)
I (Lookout Records)

IPANTYBOY - "White Middleclass Suburban Punx" EP

Damn! Another aces seven inch thrown my way. This is
I low budget, low-fi punk that's ballsy and fucked up enough to
I avoid being labeled garage rock. Actually, this has a lot in
I common with GANG GREEN's slower i.e. better songs on
I "Another Wasted Night". Only 300 copies exist so get off your
lass and look for this one. (RM)

(Lada Records, PO Box 2038, 2470 AA Zwammerdam, HOL-
LAND)

| PARASITES - "It's Alive" LP

One of the easier reviews I've had to write. The PARA-
I SITES play the RAMONES LP in front of a crowd at Gilman
■St. If you have the original there isn't much reason to bother,
| but it's your money. Comes in a very swanky felt silkscreened
I sleeve. I think any further comment would be useless. (JH)
(Clearview Records, 2157 Pueblo Dr., Garland, TX 75040)

PINK KROSS - "Scumbag" EP
Three great blasts of yell-
ing girl garage punk from the
UK. Totally energetic and fast,
which is the best kind of garage
punk. Sort of like the RED
AUNTS at the wrong speed. I
think this is Stephen from BIS'
label as well. So get it.. (LH)
(Teen C Recordingz, PO Box
15107, Glasgow, Gl 1US, UK)

PINCUSHION - "Maggot" CD

Pretty straightforward pop punk. It's mostly fast with I
bursts of hardcore. It's played tight and recorded the same.
With 20 songs, it gets a little bland at times. But it's cool for the |
most part. (LH)
(Gun In Mouth Records, no address)

PISSPOOR/UNGRATEFUL - spilt LP

All the kids in Dallas say that there's nothing to do except I
go to Austin. After listening to PISSPOOR it makes it clear
that the grind scene is so powerful and driving in Austin that
it's worth the trip. The deep female screams have a fulfilling
jack hammer impact. PISSPOOR is joined by Southern broth-
ers, UNGRATEFUL, on the HC side. Lexington's UNGRATE-
FUL is "nothing new" HC, but good at tearing it up and|
ripping it down. (TJ)
(Sound Pollution, PO Box 17742, Covington, KY 41017)

POLITICAL ASYLUM - "Rock, You Sucker" CD

Yeah, I remember these guys. I think we even did an |
interview with them in my first zine. Well, this is a retrospec-
tive covering the years '89 to '91. There's 21 songs in all, and I
they vary from the slow gloom rock of the early stuff to the
tight, melodic post punk of the later years. All are played with
passion (although I could do with a few less guitar solos), and I
the lyrics are intelligent and thoughtful. Overall, this stuff I
stands the test of time very well. A good scrapbook in CD form f
of a Scottish band that carved their own niche in punk. (BG) |
(Broken Rekids, PO Box 460402, San Francisco, CA 94146)

PRETENTIOUS ASSHOLES/DANGERMOUSE - split EP

Holy shit cakes! When the fuck will the Chicago areal
stop creating so many fucking good hardcore bands. Follow-
ing in the footsteps of CHARLES BRONSON and MK UL-
TRA (but not copying in the least), these two thrash mongers I
leave their own markings in hardcore history. Any locals who
are so lucky to see all those great bands open for touring acts |
should be honored. A must get. (MW)
(Thug Life, 429 Circle Ave., Forest Park, IL 60130)

PUD - "The One On The Wall Is A Trout I'm The Shark!" LP I
Punk rock with heavy accents on the rock element The
comparison that keeps coming to mind is the band that did the
music as the band in "Eddie & The Cruisers", the one that did
"On The Dark Side". I've never been a big fan of BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN, although this past July 4th I did comman-
deer a stereo at a party and played the entire "Born In The
USA" LP, much to everyone's displeasure. Now karma has |
blessed me with this. Thanks sweetie. (PB)
(Recess Records, PO Box 1112, Torrance, CA 90505)

THE RESTARTS - "...Just Gets
Worse" EP

Wicked Brit punk. Reminds
me of the CONTEMPT and
MUTT stuff I reviewed recently.
Raw and dirty with angry, rant-
ing vocals. "Mind Your Own
Business" is the top track. (TB)
(Blind Destruction Records, PO
Box 29, 82 Colston St., Bristol
BS1 5BB, UK)

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RANDOM CONFLICT/ANTI-
CRISIS - split EP

RANDOM CONFLICT
play raw but melodic hardcore
punk, and are okay, but they are
blown away on this occasion by
q ANTI-CRISIS, who rock out in a
POISON IDEA fashion, with one
of the best vocalists since H.R.
They only have two songs on here,
and one of them is just okay, but
on the strength of their first song

I On here I'd say they are one of the coolest sounding bands

I around. (AM)

(Pun Crock, PO Box 214, Birmingham, AL 35061-0214)

REGISTRATORS - "T.V. Hell/
Vacation"

Fast and melodic punk
from Japan, played just out of
control enough to sound great. I
know that's about as lame-ass as
a description can be, but this is
one of those bands you just have
to hear to understand. They also
put on a great live show. (CH)
(Rip Off Records)

ROBOTS - "Rip Off/Don't You
Give Me Any Order"

Some strange shit has been
finding its way to my doorstep
■ this month, and here's exhibit 'a'
J M 1 - "Rip Off' sounds like the old

"American Bandstand" theme
with fuzz guitar and some weird
Belgian guy singing over the top
of it. "Don't You Give Me any
Order" exhumes the riff from
Henry Mancini's "Peter Gunn"
theme with the same fucked-up delivery. If I could see what
this band actually looked like it might all fall into place. (JH)

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(Kings World Records, no address)

SAVAGE MALIGNANT
"Lucky 7" EP

Two young looking English
kids, twins I assume.... one on
guitar and vocals, one on drums

and vocals five songs.... some

punky, some '60's style instru-
mental^... . all in all it amounts to
one big pile of dog shit.... enough
said!!!!!!!! (SW)

(Wrench, BCM Box 4049, Lon-
don WC1N 3XX, UK)

|SHALLOW, NORTH DAKOTA - "This Apparatus..." CD

Thickly distorted repetitive rhythms with hoarsely
I screamed vocals. Is this Canada's answer to the UNSANE?
I This definitely isn't my thing, but it could be yours. (RC)

(Sonic Unyon Records, PO Box 57347, Jackson Stn, Hamilton,

ON, L8P 4X2, CANADA)

SCAPEGOATS - "81-85" EP

Definitely an odd release - five tracks by a German band I
that apparently existed from '81 to '85, now being co-released
by a German and Japanese label. Typical generic European
hardcore from the era - faster paced, lots of lead guitar and
throaty vocals. Decent enough stuff, and maybe worth releas- 1
ing back then, but why now? (KK)
(Old School Records, Dorfstr. 158, 24147 Klausdorf, GER- 1
MANY)

SCARED OF CHAKA/TRAITORS - split EP

Two songs from each band in this sorta odd pairing.
More-so than on other occasions, SCARED OF CHAKA sound I
quite a bit like GAUNT. Maybe it's the vocals. Maybe it's the
recording style. Maybe it's the SUPERCHARGER cover. It's
great either way. TRAITORS are more straight up punk with
loads of melody and bigger production. I think this is Marc
from NO EMPATHY'S other band. (LH)
(Johann's Face Records, PO Box 479-164, Chicago, IL 60647) I

SCROTUM GRINDER - "Geld" EP

Had to laugh with that band name- sounds like some-
thing Walter Glaser would make up as a joke. Hope it doesn't I
prevent people from checking them out though - it's top notch
Florida hardcore with that awesome production that state is
known for. The lyrics are political in the nebulous way I don't
always understand - it's not love songs, but I didn't get any
real mental shots. Wish them the best - the band's certainly a |
rocket (TM)
(Burrito Records, PO Box 3209, Brandon, FL 33509-3204)

SENSA YUMA - "Everyday's Your Last Day" CD

The sticker on the cover says they got a couple of blokes I
from GBH. The ad says they got the singer from ENGLISH
DOGS/CONTEMPT. Sounds like all that, and some CHAOS |
UK. A good Brit punk release with a raw, spacious, live sound.
No lyric sheet (TB)

(Retch Records, 49 Rose Crescent, Woodvale, Southport]
Merseyside PR8 3RZ, UK)

SENSELESS APOCALYPSE/GORE BEYOND NECROPSY |
- split EP

Whoa. This is nutty as all hell! The SENSELESS APOC-
ALYPSE side is just insanity. Fast crazy speed, with some]
video game samples mixed in there for good measure. This is I
original to say the least and I think i better turn this over
before my brain explodes, okay, the GORE BEYOND
NECROPSY side is just as brutal and weird. A bit heavier and
more grind oriented, it still sounds pretty damn original and
experimental as well. Not a bad split from our Japanese |
friends. Try this out (LU)

(Blurred Records, c/o Manabu Isobe, 482-1 Naka, Kambara, |
Ihara, Shizuoka 421-32, JAPAN)

SHOCKING BEYOND BELffiF - "Misery" EP

Deep heavy music with gut wrenching screaming vocals.
We're talking mean crusty hardcore. These Germans can I
sure serve up the intensity. Not recommended for the weak |
hearted. (HD)
(Achim Stabb, Esslinger Str 25, 89537 Giengen, GERMANY) I

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ISHARPEVILLE - 10"

Damn, this is intense. Very heavy and pissed. Mostly

I thrashy songs with a couple guys screaming themselves blue in

the face over it. It really doesn't let up. Pretty brutal music

with very well thought out lyrics, covering many important

I issues. Oh yeah, and they are from Finland. My only complaint

lis the low sound level. Music for a very black mood. (BG)

|(Merwi Records c/o Jonte Ekman, PO Box 53, 15141 Lahti,

FINLAND)

SMOOTH AND GREEDY - "Not Just For Sluts And Circus |
Freaks..." EP

A weird little five song offering. Some of it is straight up I
rock with a little harmonica. The best moments sound like
early GUN CLUB with Peter Murphy of BAUHAUS on vo- 1
cals. It's kinda cool. But not really my thing. (LH)
(Feed Back Boogie Records, Nydalavagen 2C, S-352 48 Vaxjo, I
SWEDEN)

(THE SHORT FUSES - "Ride Me/No Way"

Minneapolis' rowdy rockers do it one more time for me.
I There's something I really like about this band. It's plain to
[hear they've got energy and talent, but their songs are so cool.
I They're different than the average garage band. I'm sure I

compared them to STINKERBELL before, but they also
I remind me of the FONDLED. Female vocals, loads of power

and rock n' roll! (RY)

(007 Records, 534 E. 14th St. #15, New York, NY 10009)

I SISTERS GRIMM - "Dance" EP

Fast music with rockin' guitars and deep female vocals.
I The title song is absolutely awesome, and even though this is
I only a three song release it's definately a solid one. (HD)

(Thunderbaby Records, Hasselsster. 120, 40599 Dusseldorf,

GERMANY)

SLICK AND THE DEVIL GIRLS - "One Touch/Hell-O-
I Sinner"

Purporting to "...most certainly define a new
I movemen t...in the development of underground rock 'n' roll,"
I this little disc attempts to "blur the distinction between rock-
labilly and sleaze-rock." It is rather blurry musically, falling
I short of rockabilly by a few feet and missing sleaze-rock
I (which isn't a style of music so much as a Crypt Records
I marketing scheme) by a couple of miles. The band isn't bad,
I really, they just take their particular brand of rather bland
Ipsychobilly a little bit too seriously. (CH)

(Sinner Records, PO Box 5466, Atlanta, GA 30307)

SLOPPY SECONDS/VINDIC-
?|TIVES- split EP

SLOPPY SECONDS have
been cranking out catchy punk
tunes for 10 years now. Long
enough to rate them as one of
America's all time great punk
bands, maybe ranking behind The
PAGANS, but ahead of The RA-
MONES. "Why Don't Lesbians
Love Me?" is yet another great
tune with amusing lyrics. VIN-
DIC1TVES is bass driven punk
I that sounds like some of the less melodic late 70 's punk. (MC)
|(V.M.L., PO Box 183, Franklin Park, IL 60131)

SNUFF - "Potatos And Melon Wholsale Prices Straight From
The Lockup" CD

I believe this is a rerelease of something that came out a I
couple years ago. Kinda like SNUFF interprets their favorite
songs. It's a covers LP, with a few originals that fit the mood
thrown in. All songs get the SNUFF patented amped up
treatment. There is the obligatory Motown number, a couple
reggae type songs, one by BOOKER T & THE MGs, some
standards, and WAT TYLER's "It Must Be Boring Being In
SNUFF' (an awesome choice for a cover, for obvious reasons).
Had me bouncing around my living room with my son. (BG)
(Fat Wreck Chords, PO Box 460144, San Francisco, CA
94146)

SONNY VINCENT AND HIS RAT RACE CHOIR - "Purel
Filth" CD

Very '70s, very New York, very punk. All star line up I
with Scott Asheton, Captain Sensible & Cheetah Chrome.
STOOGES, DIM STARS, Allah, JIMI HENDRIX, recorded |
in Nashville. Go Sonny go! (TB)
(Overdose Records, 1 Rue Du College, CH 2502 Bienne, I
SWITZERLAND)

SORELLA MALDESTRA - LP

These were the Italian SEX PISTOLS,nodoubtaboutit. I
Originally recorded in 1979 and never released, this is pure
anarchy, great keyboards a la SCREAMERS and punk as
fuck lyrics. Roberto at F.O.G has done a service releasing this ;
now he should fmd any demos by KANDEGGINA GANG,
KAOS ROCK, LUTI CHROMA and early SKIANTOS, and
put out a "Killed By Death" of all early Italian punk rock. (EC)
(Flowers Of Grain, PO Box 22, Castelfiorentino 50051, ITA-
LY)

THE SQUARES - "Tribute To The Medway Scene" LP

France's premiere garage group have put together a I
smashing ode to their favorite music, and it's one of the year's
best records. It's their opinion that the banks of the river
Medway have spawned some of the best music of the last
twenty years, and I agree with them wholeheartedly. Playing
songs by such luminaries as THEE MILKSHAKES, THE
POP RIVETS, THE DELMONAS, THEE HEADCOATS,
and THEE MIGHTY CAESARS, our men in France tear-ass
through 13 songs with more feeling and soul then I've heard
in a long time. And I think they may have a first: not a single
stinker on an entire LP! Absolutely recommended. (CH)
(Dig Records, 3 Rue De L'Horloge, 35000 Rennes, FRANCE) I

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ISTAGMUMMER - "Rim" CD

This is just plain out bad. I wouldn't even say that this is
[hardcore or punk for that matter. It is a mix of really lame
I lyrics, and some rock/pop thing going on with twangy guitars.
I This should have been put in the free bin as far as I am
I concerned. Yuck. (LU)
(30-45 Carlton St., Winnipeg, MB, R3C 1N7, CANADA)

THE STAINS - "In Decline/Inde-
pendence"

Old school, catchy, straight-
fiiC SffM^^ B forwai "d> no-frills punk rock, rem-
\\\C- **jy jfr^ ini-rmt in many ways of the
SEX PISTOLS and some of the
later stuff from THE LURKERS.
Excellent production, great grind-
ing guitars, pounding drums, and
vocals that sound more like
Johnny Rotten than anything
since "Never Mind the Bul-
llocks...". Absolutely tasty - highest recommendation. (KK)
(1234 Records, PO Box 199, Deal, Kent CT14 7GN, UK)

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STARLIGHT DESPERATION - "Our Product/Rhymes With
I Bitch"

There's a mid '80s post punk inspired vocal and sound on
I this 7". If you crossed early PUBLIC IMAGE with TUXEDO
I MOON and they rocked out with a generous amount of
I feedback you 'd come close to what this sounds like. The bored,
I alternating spoken/screamed vocals are the icing on the cake.
1 Records like this make my day. (MM)

($4 ppd: M. Kennan, 2601 Adeline St #203, Oakland, CA

94607)

ISTIKKY - "Spamthology Volume 1" CD

These late '80s geek core heroes put together a collection
I of STIKKY's LP, two 7"ers, comp tracks (not including their
I two on "Turn It Around") and rejects from those recording
I sessions. 48 crazy geek-core songs in all! An 8 page booklet full
I of lyrics, nostalgia and disinformation tops off the package

from these south bay goofs who claim STIKKY hasn't "bro-
Iken up", just simply stopped playing. Essential. (HM)

(Sound Pollution Records, POBox 17742, Covington, KY

41017)

STILETTO BOYS - "8-Track
Stereo" EP

If someone told me that this
was recorded 20 years ago, I
wouldn' t be surprised. Fou r songs
in all of exciting and raw punk
rock with loads of melody. Equal
parts HEARTBREAKERS/
DEAD BOYS snarl with SWEET/
early STATUS QUO rock-isms.
Each song kicks equally. (LH)
($3.00 ppd: Ron Zodiac, 329 B N.
17th, Camp Hill, PA 17011)

STINKAHOLIC - "Melee" CD

STINKAHOLIC serves up a nice 12 song CD (I think the I
last song is supposed to be a secret, but I couldn't contain
myself) that is quite reminiscent of OPERATION IVY at
times, but also like the DROPKICK MURPH YS. Also, as I go
on, I catch a bit of (dare I say) TURKEY MALLET, and a little
early FACE TO FACE kinda stuff. I know it sounds really
weird, but it's really cool. Could use some better cover art |
though. I think you should check it out right away! (AT)
(Two-O-Six Records, 8314 Greenwood Ave. No #102, Seattle, I
WA 98103)

STOOL PIGEONS - "I'm The One/The Way You Look To-
night"

Girl vox on the A side. If you like girl garage punk, you'll I
love this. The B side is another GERRY & THE PACEMAK-
ERS cover done as a SANTO & JOHNNY instrumental. Cool! f
.(MC)
(Sympathy)

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STRIPED BASSTARDS - "Les-
sons Learned" EP

STRIPED BASSTARDS
have that fast paced, snotty vocal
thing that makes me smile. While
no new ground is broken here,
STRIPED BASSTARDS have
given us an enjoyable EP none-
theless. The only downfall is a
pretty weak cover of the
FREEZE's "Sacrifice Not A Sui-
cide". (JF)

(Traffic Violation Records, PO Box 772, E Setauket, NY I
11733)

SUMMON THE STRAIN -
"Carnival Of Systematic..." EP
Mediocre Midwestern
punk rock that approaches the
line in being just another bad
record. When they keep the
speed up, things flow, but the
tempo breaks just don't work.
Their lyrics seem well thought
out, and have a strong political
slant You're almost there but
not quite. (RC)

(Sociopath Recordings 3149 Lyndale Ave. So, Minneapolis, I
MN 55408)

SUPERFLY T.N.T.'S - "No Talent? No Hits!" LP

Yeah, you guys also lack something else that the NO- 1
TALENTS bring to the party, well half of 'em at least. Ring-
tees! This is an album of well-meaning SUPERCHARGER I
worship outta the UK that fails to produce a song worthy of I
their idols but fails pretty interestingly anyway. Raw shit that f
is probably the only thing going in Newcastle on a quiet
Wednesday evening. I don't know if every copy is this way, but
all fourteen songs were pressed onto each side. Dumb. Hey I
guys, if you ever want a tour of South City, drop me a line c/|
o this mag. It's truly inspiring. (RW)
(Real Records, 13 Bell Hill, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32I
2EH, ENGLAND)

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SWINDLERS -
Teenagers" EP

Painfully young French
stupes playing a great punk rack-
et with knowing spiky guitar
sounds that belie their years.
Heavier, slower sound than on
their first 7", I think they're gon-
na get even better, assuming they
never hear any 80's metal or tech-
no. Ignorance is bliss. (RW)
(Wild Wild Records,BP 55,92123
iMontrouge Cedex, FRANCE)

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ITHUGGS-CD

Difficult review to write, as I liked the name, liked the

I graphics, and ended up pretty ambivalent about the music.

I It's mid-paced punk, a slightly rough edge that probably

I works to their advantage, but it's just nothing that exception-
al. There's just too much happening for lackluster bands to

I gather much attention - imagine this is destined for the heaps.
(TM)
(V.M.L., PO Box 183, Franklin Park, IL 60131)

| TOAST - "Crashlanding In Hell" LP

Snotty punk rock that teeters on the hardcore side a
I great deal of the time. Sung (or much more appropriately:
I screamed) in Japanese, the lyrics are real raw and aggressive.
I Grinding guitars with the occasional breakdown mosh parts.
I Neat Pushead-like artwork on the cover and insert. For hard-
Icore fans, this is worth checking out. (CW)
I (Tag Rag, Omega Sound, 3-6-10, Nakatsu, Kita-ku, Osaka
531, JAPAN)

| TOAST - "The Collection" CD

These English dudes (obviously not the above-mentioned
I band) rip off SCREECHING WEASEL pretty good with four
1 7" slabs on one disc. Sometimes they sound snotty and sincere,
I but mostly tame and predictable. (TB)
I (Damaged Goods, PO Box 671, London E17 6NF, ENGLAND)

I TOP GEAR - "The Pleasure" EP

Netherlands-ish bunch with a group picture that could
I color them as either metal, psych, or pop depending on which
I group member you focused in on. However, playing of the
I record uncovered them as very cool rocknroll with that right
combo of the STOOGES, the STONES and old school punk. If
I that sounds almost too good to be true, well it just might be.
I Either by accident or design, these guys have apparently
I pulled off something that 90% of the bands that have passed
[through here have failed to do: a good, unselfconscious, toe-
I tapping rocknroll record (italics mine). Totally done without
I irony, retro- worship or any shit like that, these guys just went

I ahead and fuckin ' put out a record with good tunes. What can

II say: I'm flabbergasted by the whole concept! (JY)
(Lada Records, PO Box 360, 2600 Ajdelft, HOLLAND)

TOY DOLLS - "One More Megabyte" LP

Concise funnypunk in the inimitable TOY DOLLS style,
with Olga cranking out guitar virtuosity right and left As to
the tunes, well, uh... "Me and John Williams" is a brilliant
instrumental that must drive 'em crazy live; "She'll Be Back
with Keith Someday" is up their first LP's greatness, and "In
Tommy's Head" is a spunky, catchy bit of fun. The remaining
grooves are loud and enthusiastic albeit not too memorable
(powerchords don't become this band too well), but true-blue
fans will find lots of fun here. (SS)

(Receiver Records, Twyman House, 21-39 Camden Rd., Lon-
don NW1 9LF, UK)

TRAVIS CUT - "Complicated" EP

I thought the first couple of 7"s from TRAVIS CUT
where damn good. Since then it's been all down hill with each
single seeming to get progressively worse. They still have that
UK pop punk sound, it's just TRAVIS CUT's songs sort of
blow. Oh well, I'll still listen to their early stuff. (JF)
(Honey Bear, PO Box 460346, San Francisco, CA 94146)

TRIAL - "Through The Darkest Days" CD

Lots of fingers in the air, block fonts - it's not like I
couldn't guess where this one would go. As expected, it's
straightedge hardcore as you've come to expect it - several
flourishes that help propel it along (great lyrics, with plenty of
political themes and the varied tempos being the most obvi-
ous) and keep it from total predictability. (TM)
(Crimethlnc, 2695 Rangewood Dr., Atlanta, GA 30345)

THE U.S. BOMBS - "Beer City
Basement" EP

Well, basically, aside from
THE STITCHES, this is the best
band around. One of the cuts on
this is a different version of the
song "Bubble Gum", with the oth-
er two being an unreleased orig-
inal and a cover. One of my
friends said the production was
too thin but he doesn't know shit
about good music and this rocks
just the same. The cover photo is pretty cool too. If I'm not
mistaken it was taken at The Nightbreak here in S.F. a couple
of years ago right before Mr. Peter's got punched out that
night. To quote George Tabb, "punk rock"! (RM)
(Beer City Records, PO Box 26035, Milwaukee, WI 53226)

UARTPUNK - "Demo '81 + Live '82" LP

Whoa, another blast from the past for me, I heard of this I
group, but never actually saw them live. Stiv T.V.O.R. found
this tape. Very political hardcore punk, like CONTRAZI-
ONE, WRETCHED and other great, early Italian punk bands. |
(EC)

(Havin' A Spazz c/o L. Cattaruzza, Via Di Cefalonia 47, S.
Donate Milanese 22097, ITALY)

UNDERHAND - "Connections" EP

Melodic college radio friendly "punk". The tide track is |
OK, but all 4 songs suffer from retarded lyrics. (MC)
($3 ppd: Mutant Pop, 5010 NW Shasta, Corvallis, OR 97330) I

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UNARMED

UNARMED/ HOW LONG? -
spilt EP

HOW LONG? shows that
civil strife can mold catchy, mean-
ingful HC. There are some comi-
cal bits here, "Smash Divisions"
there's an amusing high pitched
vocalists and "War System", a
SHITLICKERS cover,starts with
a Sesame Street-ish jingle (they
call it a dance version.) UN-
ARMED, from SWEDEN, gruff-
I er in vocals, yet just as HC. Powerhouse from kids with plight

(TJ)

(Insane Society, c/o Barvak, PO Box 6, 50101 Hradec Kralove,

CZECH REPUBLIC)

| THE UNDERSHIRTS - "Digitality" CD

What can I say? They're German. They're punk. They
I sound like a Fat Wreck Chords band. That should be enough
I but I guess I should compare'm to someone. But who? Hmm?

Maybe... NOFX? Yeah, that's the ticket, NOFX! Or any other
I Fat band for that matter (hell they aU sound the same anyway
I right?). Same old, same old. Yadda yadda yadda, blah blah

blah. (AT)

(Mad Butcher Records, Pater-Klepping Str. 18, D-33154 Salz-

kotten, GERMANY)

lUNHINGED - "Win Our Freedom In Fire" LP

Cream of the crop, punked out hardcore tunes all the
I way from Belgium. Imagine if NAUSEA really sped up their
I crust punk assault, or if MOHINDER slowed down their
I spastic hardcore approach. The lyrics are in French and
I English and are on a personal political level. This better be
I getting good US distro 'cause I want my own damn copy. (TH)
(Nabate, BP 92, 4000 Liege 1, BELGIUM)

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UNHOLY GRAVE/ WARSORE
- split EP

Australia's WARSORE
bored me with their version of
blurring grind. No power, no
catch, just plain noise. I had high-
er hopes for the UNHOLY
GRAVE side due to their past
releases. Unfortunately, there was
so much echo and screech in the
recording I couldn't stand listen-
ing to it Another noisy grindcore
I record bites the dust. (RC)

I (Mink Records, c/o Mariko Ohkawa, 17-59 Shimoimaike
Morioka, Higashiura-cho Chita-gun, Aichi 470-21, JAPAN)

| THE UNSEEN - "Lower Class Crucifixion" LP

I could of swore I reviewed this CD about two issues ago.
I Oh well, can't get enough of that veritable rock-n-roll machine
I known as THE UNSEEN. Like the last time I reviewed this I
I think the music is a cool mix of pogo - anarcho and street punk
I with some of the lyrics being kin da cheesy. Again, better than
most (RM)
(V.M.L., PO Box 183, Franklin Park, IL 60131)

UNDER THE INFLUENCE - "Kip's Last Stand" EP

These guys tred ground already well worn done by the
likes of EVERREADY and countless others. Take the best
elements of early FIFTEEN, SCREECHING WEASEL and
NOFX and this is the final product Fast pop-punk, pure and
simple. Completely DI Y and executed well. It's almost 1992 in
1997. Mine is on blue vinyl. Cool. (PB)
(2615 Barbara Lane, Houston, TX 77005)

THE USELESS FUCKS -"Un-

cle Sid Wants You" EP

This record rules. It's real

punk rock, eight songs on one

seven inch, the way it ought to

be. Now this is the kind of band

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Sounds a bit like ANTI-FLAG.

It's pop, it's punk, but it's not

WANTS YOU!

pop-punk. (HD)

(PO Box 417, Greenland, NH 03840)

THE VENDETTAS - "Can't
Stop/Gasoline"

Best thing out of Georgia
since THE B-52's. This is a loud,
short, cool single I'd play over
and over on my Wurlizter juke
box if I had one. (EC)
(216B Berean Ave SE, Atlanta,
GA 30316)

VISITOR 42 - "Gnaw On This" CD

This CD was a nice surprise. Really well written indie |
rock songs with interesting parts and good lyrics. "Some-
times" has a driving beat while "State of Being" had some cool I
guitar solos with vocals that brought to mind D. Boon. There
is something worth hearing in all the songs on this disc which |
isn't bad these days. (MM)
(564 Mission St, Box #336, San Francisco, CA 94105)

WARDANCE - "Orange" EP

Solid hardcore punk from Richmond, Virginia. Present I
on this record is an unique mixture of political punk, East
Coast hard core, power rock and some more eclectic elements.
The songs are quite interesting moving from straight forward
punk through a multitude of intensities and layered guitar
harmonies. Imagine a crusty, hardcore DRIVE LIKE JEHU. |
Worth a good listen. (MK)
(Tribal War Records, PO Box 20712, Tompkins Square Sta, I
New York, NY 10009)

THE WAY - "This Is The End" CD

Totally proficient melodic punk and hardcore. In some I
ways, this is best described as pop punk. But they're not really |
like a Fat or Lookout band. Maybe it's the raw production..
Interesting lyrics that are both political in content and person- 1
al in attack. (LH)
(Edgar,Speckbachergrasse52/25,A-1160Vienna,AUSTRIA)|

I THE WAILERS - "Do Not Release!" 10"

All of you mooks certainly know by now who THE
I WAILERS were (the Washington WAILERS, not the Jamai-
Ican Waiters that is), so the question is "How does this stuff
[compare to the released (and re-released) material?" Since it
I comes off an acetate that was recorded before the classic "Out
I Of Our Tree" LP, it's not surprising that it's not quite as wild
[(production is a tad flat, too) as that landmark. But anyone
I who's a fan of this band (one of the most notable of the hordes
I of criminally unsung [in "official" rock histories] bands who
[kept rock and roll going in the post-wild ELVIS pre-BEAT-
ILES era) will certainly find this worth picking up and will be
la better person for doing so. (DD)
nOlympia 4 Dot Label)

WIRETAPS - "Call Waiting" EP
Usually you'd put the "hit"
on the A side and the filler on the
B side. In this case, the B side
should have been the A side, the
second song of the B side should
have been the B side and the A
side should have been accidental-
ly erased during the final mix.
OK garage punk rock on this
MUDHONEY-owned record la-
bel. (EC)
| (Super-Electro, PO Box 20401 Seattle, WA 98102)

I WLOCHATY - "Bank $wiatowy" EP

It's all in Polish so I can't understand a damn thing but
II bet it's pretty political cuz there's a bunch of pictures of
■starving people, dead people, people in bomb blast suits, and
la few choice political figures, all around a big nuclear explo-
Ision. So, maybe. But don't quote me. As far as the music goes
ll'd say that WLOCHATY is Poland's attempt at CHINA
[WHITE. Pretty close if you ask me. Worth a listen or two.
| Maybe more if you speak Polish. (AT)

(Nikt Nic Nie Wie Records, PO Box 53, 34-400 Nowy Targ,

POLAND)

WORD SALAD - "Faction Of
Dystopia" EP

Very intense hardcore in a
league with the likes of HIS
HERO IS GONE, EL DOPA,
BUZZOV-EN, and LOGICAL
NONSENSE. Prank Records is
defining an entire genre in just
two years. Amazing. The full col-
or poster lyric sleeve is great and
the music is definitely deserving j
of attention. The only weak link
in this EP is the junior high school level of intelligence to the |
lyrics for "Overfed Politician". Other than that, this is anoth-
er quality product! (PB)

(Prank Records c/o Vacuum, PO Box 460324, San Francisco, |
CA 94146)

THE WORKIN' STIFFS -
"Whipping Boy/Better Than A
Bitter Man"

Amazing picture disc. The
Anchor Steam logo brought a tear
to my eye, and the music is leap-
in' off the turntable. These Frisco
boys really know how to get it
done. The A side is an upbeat
thrasher and the flip side really
stands out with melody, style and
power. Get It. Hey guys, Congrats
on the new bass player. (TB)
(TKO Records, 4104 24th St #103, San Francisco, CA 94114) I

WORMBATH - "Writing On The Wall..." CD

Head boppin', toe tappin', quick melodic music mixed I
with slow breakdowns and raspy male vocals. Definitely good.
Some songs sound a lot like FIFTEEN without the political
lyrics. Fun and high energy, this is some great music to sing |
along with as you clean your room. (HD)
(Forty-two Records, PO Box 983, Levittown, PA 19058)

I WLOCHATY - "Wojna Przeciwko Ziemi" LP
Luckily for us uni-linguals, there's English translations.

I I can tell you this: WLOCHATY is fast, Polish hardcore punk
rock, bullet belts and all, and a saxophone. Intertwined with

I the typical songs about anarchy and chaos are sincere and
I heartbreaking songs about youth gangs, what its like to have
I to face your brothers down on the warfront (i.e. the street) and
I then having to face yourself in the mirror, and a pretty heavy
I self-critique of punk rock. This is real. This is sincere. I can
[understand this. (PB)

(Nikt Nic Nie Wie Records, PO Box 53, 34-400 Nowy Targ,

POLAND)

I WOLFPACK - "Hellhound Warpig" EP

Ow! This shit is so fuckin' heavy you need a tourniquet
| to stop the hemorrhaging. The happy lyrics read: "Jesus
[Christ, dread and fear and heads split open, gunhead battal-
|ion". WOLFPACK has deep , shouted vocals and metal-laced
[death guitar- "Bloodstained horror, doomsday beast, fangs
| for weapons, on bodys he'll feast". Scary stuff! (BR)
(Distortion Records, PO Box 129, 401 22 Gothenburg, SWE-
DEN)

X-RAYS - "Grown Up Drunk/Ghost Of Tom Price"

Good, chunky Detroit-ian riff mongering that brings I
back the glory days of UNION CARBIDE PRODUCTIONS's
1st LP. Thick, heavy and short bursts of bombast with a
veritable tonnage of guitars and barely audible vocals. Two
songs that kick the proverbial A. 2 for the price of 4 here, 2 1
songs repeated on each side. (JY)

(Kenrock, Gisslerodsbacken 18, 457 02 Grebbestad, SWE- 1
DEN)

YAWP! - "No More Excuses" CD

This Amsterdam band with a passion for Ajax football I
club has been around in various forms for years. In this
incarnation they've put out a competent CD of melodic,
anthemic punk, not unlike compatriots FUNERAL ORA-|
TION. I preferred them with the girl singer, but this is okay.
Includes a cover of POISON IDEA'S "Pure Hate." (AM)
(Kangaroo Records, Middenweg 13, 1098 AA Amsterdam, I
HOLLAND)

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JZEKE - "Woooooo Pig Sooooooouie" EP

This here record doesn't have the greatest of sound quality
I (cuz it's recorded live) but you still can hear that these guys have
la wall of sound and can really tear shit up on stage. Fast paced
I punkabihy that sounds like a cross between FEAR and a thicker

ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT. All that with red vinyl and
[tattoo shots from the early 50's? Can you say bargain!? (AT)

(Man's Ruin Records, 610 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94107)

IZEMEZLUC - "Z Extremu Do Extremu" CD

The majority of the songs here are really quick tempo,
I upbeat punk with lots of sing-a-long potential for Czech
I speakers. Just as the Spanish of LOS CRUDOS plays well off
I of their brand of hardcore, the Czech of ZEMEZLUC blends

well here. Occasionally they slow down to almost ballad speed.

Keep it fast! (TH)

(Nam. 28, Rijna 18, 602 00 Brno, CZECH REPUBLIC)

ZERO TOLERANCE TASK FORCE - "The Anal Medley
I And Three AntiParty Anthems" EP

ZTTF's Anal Medley is spoken word-style behemoth
I which starts off with a NEGATTVLAND narration style num-
ber. The following two extended-mid-tempo-bass/drums-
jgroove-jam-poetry-reading disasters have more of a Biafra
I spoken word vocal inflection style. The medley comes together
I with a '50s cover tune cleverly switched to stick with the anal
I theme. Two of the AntiParty Anthems have loose progressive
I riffs that drag on and on sounding like a jam session. The
I remaining tune has a mid-tempo rock feel completely diff or-
ient from the rest of the EP. ZTTF took me to new levels of anal
I awareness and exploration, butt they didn't impress me. (HM)
I (no address)

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V/A - "A Benefit For The
Reno Food Not Bombs" EP

I am really impressed with
the fact that folks from Califor-
nia, Washington, and Nevada are
joining together to do a benefit
for the Reno FNB chapter. This
comp is a good selection of bands
as well that includes great stuff
from INTIFADA, SCABIES,
GOB, BRISTLE, EVER-
SK WELCH, THE DREAD, and FANATICS. Get this to sup-
port the project, and the bands as well. (LU)
I (Six Weeks, 225 Lincoln Ave., Cotati, CA 94931)

IV/A - "All About Friends" CD

Well, first off, I was surprised to see this in my bin
I because I already own a copy, and it is one of my favorite picks
■right now. It have been listening to this for the past few weeks,
and it is amazing. Bands include CR, BOTCH, IMPEL, NI-
NEIRONSPITFIRE, SCREWJACK, THREADBARE, CO-
ALESCE, INDECISION, TRIAL, STATE ROUTE 522, and
I JOUGH DAWN BAKER, the more notable songs that will
I rock your socks off are an UNDERTOW cover by COA-
LESCE, and an AGNOSTIC FRONT COVER by TRIAL.
JOUGH DAWN BAKER also rips it up with a song that I
I don't want to name due to copyright infringements. Check this
lout, you won't be sorry. (LU)

(Point Furthest From The Middle, PO Box 11543, Kansas
City, MO 64138)

V/A - "Asesinos De La Lucha Libre" LP

I feel like I'm treading on the turf of Herr Lucas here, I
reviewing a compilation of Mexican rock & roll from the '60s/ 1
'70s, but like most of you out there I don't know shit about any |
of these bands so maybe we're all just friends here, eh? Bands:
LOS LOUD JETS, LOS BEATNIKS, LOS WEELERS,
LOS MATEMATICOS, LOS LOS ... there's not a duff track I
on here. There's even a really good 70's(?) buzz-punk 7"
thrown on by one LOS YAPS. My favorite has to be a solo
outing by one Juan 'El Matematico', which is 'Wild Thing'
essentially only the singer seems to be choking back and/or
gargling vomit or something ... fuck it I can't begin to|
'understand' this album. Time to drink. (RW)
(Discos Rey De Jalisco)

V/A - "Banging On A Trash Cop" CD

I think we are all "comp'ed" out by now. A song by bands I
you've heard of and not heard of. This has a good roster
including DISCOUNT, RHYTHM COLLISION, GUTFID-
DLE, and SIDECAR though and a portion of the proceeds I
goes to Food Not Bombs and the National Organization For
Women. So as far as comps go this is up there but I'm tired of
getting comps for one song by a band I like. Stop the madness, f
(RL)

(Class Action Records, 720 Deer Run Ln. #177, Agoura, CA I
91301)

V/A - "Bloodstains Across The UK Vol 2" LP

Even rabid collectors are unlikely to have the majority of I
these early punk sounds, most by one-single bands catching [
the wave. Included here (now, collectors out there, promise me |
you won't get too depressed): NOW (great angry punk),
REBELS (BUZZCOCKyguitars, but with protest sentiments),
NEW WAVE (powerchord despair), ACCIDENT ON EAST I
LANCS (melodic punk with crazy lead breaks), and
VICE SQUAD (no, not the Beki Bondage outfit — these guys
are fun pop-punkers whose material is otherwise available
only on a hard-to-get compilation). Essential for collectors, |
fans of early punk rock, or lovers of the obscure. (SS)
(no address)

V/A - "Brazil Punk Attack" LP

Hey, I'm an international kind of guy. So needless to say I
I was intrigued by the prospect of hearing some punk™ by
way of Brazil. I can't help but recall that a few years back
Brazilians were big time into metal. So I kept listening for the
give away guitar solos, but alas there were none. Instead I got
Brazilian CLASH in the form of a band called EXTREMA-
MENTE IRRITANTE, and a Brazilian cross between DEFI-
ANCE and CASUALTIES in the form of a band called!
CASTROFE SOCIAL. Lots of short songs, mostly two min-
utes and under. Support Kaos Spikes, buy Brazilian. (JV)
(Nerve Racking Records c/o Bill R. Martins 414, CEP 05878- 1
000, Sao Paulo, BRAZIL)

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V/A - "Bombing The Bay!" 45

BasicaUy a split 45 with
A.F.I. and the SWINGIN' UT-
TERS. A.F.I. does "Values Here"
by DAG NASTY with decent re-
sults and I'm a big DAG fan so I
was very skeptical. The UTTERS
do a decent unreleased tune that
is strong but not essential as far as
they go. Still two great bands well
worth collecting. (RL)
(Sessions Records, 15 Janis Way,

|V/A - "Cool Beans Bonus" flexi

A grab bag of different styles here. HENRY'S DRESS,
I SHOT WELL, THE LITTLE PRINCESSES, QUEEN CO-
I BRA, pretty varied and at times pretty weird, but none of them
I compare to the recording of Rebecca Sealfon's triumphant
I showing at the 1997 National Spelling Bee. Could you have
Ispelled "Euonym?" Comes with Cool Beans zine. (AM)
(3181 Mission #113, San Francisco, CA 94110)

I V/A - "Cream Of The Crap" 10"

This is a Finnish comp that will kick half of your ass. That

lis because two of the bands rule (HARSH and EPAJAR-

ESTYS), and two of them don't (CAUSE FOR EFFECT and

CONTRADICT). HARSH lay out six killer blasts of grinding

I hardcore. But it was really strange reading their lyrics about

I "fucking rednecks". I guess it is a worldwide epidemic. EPA-

I JARJESTYS takes things the other direction with some of that

I mid-paced crustcore that Finland is famous for. The other two

I bands were completely generic and barely worth mentioning.

I If they would have cut out half of this record out and made this

a 7", it would of been a heck of a listen. (RC)

(Tylyt Levyt, PO Box 37, 55800 Imatra, FINLAND)

Iv/A - "Disoppress" EP

Yet another endless barrage of thrash that will have all
I the poseurs and wimps running in fear. This time around we
I got ABSTAIN, CAPITALIST CASUALTIES, D.P.P.S (from
Ijapan), KONSTRUKT (from Austria) and 4 others. Damn
I good comp if ya dig thrash and grind. (MW)
I (Consensus Reality, 1951 W Burnside #1654, Portland, OR
197209)

I V/A - "47 Canadian HC Bands" CD

Not all bands represented here I would consider HC, that
I in it's self does not make them bad. Boot stomping ULCER
land BLUMDERMEN are all boots and braces ready to rum-
ble punk. DANKO JONES 's cow garage sound is square
I dance pit kinder. Don't get me wrong there is some HC here
I too. CHITZ in their usually style pound out some juicy HC.
I ACRID, DOOMTOWN And DISASSOCIATE FROM MAN
I cover all HC bases. PROPAGANDHI and I-SPY have done
I better songs in their careers, but their two cents are here too.
I This is full of good bands and some rocking songs, it's just that
lit also has it's share of unimportant contributions. (TJ)
I (Fans Of Bad Productions Records, 225 Bagot St. #3, King-
ston, ON, K7L 3G3, CANADA)

V/A - "Grito Suburbano" CD

Boy did my jaw drop when I saw this show up in the mail. I
I never thought that I would ever see this reissued on CD. This
compilation from 1982 contains three of the finest Brazilian |
punk bands ever: OLHO SECO, COLERA, and IN-
OCENTES. It is all raw and distorted punk that hasn't lost a I
bit of energy over the years. This contains a live set by each
band that is not found on the original release. The recordings
of the live sets are quite good, and make this CD worth |
searching for even if you have the original record. (RC)
(Fabio R. Sampaio, CP 344, Guarulhos-SP, CEP 07111-970, 1
BRAZIL)

V/A - "Killed By Death Vol. 17" LP

This new volume of this illustrious series was mentioned I
in the 'Peer Pressure' column of a few months ago, and this
reviewer concurs with the opinion held forth therein ... a solid
b-sides edition full of great lost '70s/'80s punk singles whose
flips appeared earlier in the series. New arrival ACTIVE DOG
has the best song on here with "Good Filthy Fun". Buy it if you |
see it, completists! (RW)
(Redrum Records)

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V/A - "Killed By 7 Inch #1" EP
Interesting little record here,
four really cool rare punk songs
on an EP modeled on the 'Killed
By Death' series. Coulda been use-
ful, except it's limited to 300 so no
one will ever see it. Includes
PLAIN WRAP, MASSMEDIA,
NAKED LADY WRESTLERS,
and INTESTINES. (RW)
(Jackoff Dissques)

V/A - "Killed By 7 Inch #2" EP

Well whaddayaknow, right after the debut of Ryan |
Richardson's collector scum column and his extensive rank-
ing of all "Killed By Death" comps, comes a series of "Killed I
By Death" 7"s thus extending the abuse of the original idea to
greater heights. There's four tunes here, all somewhat ob-
scure to me except for the ENEMY (Washington) 7" which
I once bought for $1 and promptly sold for $. The TICKS comes
across as a 3rd rate MAD (okay, how's that for other
KBD references) crossed with the SPARKS, ie: slowish thug-
punk with cheeseball humor and operatic singing, and is as
silly as it sounds. THE ESSENTIALS do an okay (very okay)
punk tune, the aforementioned ENEMY comes across as
hardrock/punk with girl singing and is as forgettable as I
remembered. Finally, there's GREGOR MACKENZIE
AND THE MISANTHROPES that's low-fi piano omph-pa
type punk or something. This volume would probably not |
have even made it to Ryan's column. (JY)
(Jackoff Dissques)

V/A - "More Kids, More Fun" CD

Boring. Four bands: SUPERSLEUTH, SWING SET, I
AT LARGE, and THE DECEPTIVES, playing that melodic
punk sound the kids seem to love and hate. I just think that
these bands lack any spark. As I said in the beginning, I'm just
bored. (JF)

(Myron's Broken Records, 605 W. Jackson, Naperville,!
IL 60540)

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|V/A ■ "Limited Options...Sold As Noble Endeavors" 10"

It's extremely obvious that a lot of time was spent on this
Icomp. First of all, there's a real diverse selection of bands.
I They've also been arranged so that each band somehow goes
I with the one before and after and the volume level is consistent
I throughout. Not easy to pull off considering the mix here:
MAN AFRAID, THE STRIKE, MK ULTRA, DELLINGER 4,
SWALLOWING SHITandDEAD STOOL PIGEON,among
I others. Some of the bands are long gone, and some of the songs
lare previously released, but they've all got lyrics to keep you
I angry and thinking. This is a benefit and comes with Contra-
Iscience zine #5 1/2. (TH)
1 ($7 ppd: Halfmast, PO Box 14118, Minneapolis, MN 55414)

|V/A - "Plastic Bomb" CD

Hey, I'm in Germany and listening to a compilation that
I sounds like a tribute to every popular punk™ band to ever
lexist. DISTRICT manages to sound like BLACK FLAG and
I the SEX PISTOLS in the same song. You don't believe me,
I then check it out for yourself, I kid you not There's also the
I worst NOFX ripoff band yet from Germany, I just haven't
I figured out which one it is yet I think this kind of compilation,
Hike a lot of the Japanese comps, are going to be kitsche
collectibles. (JV)

(Plastic Bomb Records, Gartnerstr. 23, 47055 Duisburg, GER-
MANY)

|V/A - "Punk Rock" CD

Four bands, CARTER PEACE MISSION, VETERAN

IFLASHBAX, THROW DOWNS, and BELVEDERE, that
play BLINK, DOWN BY LAW, and LAG WAGON type punk

I with lesser results. (RL)

(Two-O-Six Records, 8314 Greenwood Ave. North #102, Seat-
tle, WA 98103)

IV/A - "Punks, Skins & Herberts Vol. 2" LP

Not enough herberts on this record. BOVVER '96 kick
lit off with some US street punk. STANLEY KNIFE play

thrashy Aussie HC. SKINT and RUNNIN' RIOT do some
I Irish oi. SAD SOCIETY stand out from the pack with good

Scottish punk. (TB)
I (Helen Of Oi! Records, 35 Bee ton Lane, Barton On Sea, New

Milton, Hampshire BH25 7AB, UK)

V/A - "Sudsy Mischief EP

This fine EP has quite an
attractive cover and is humor-
ously titled. SIDE ORDER per-
form some pretty catchy, loose
SCREECHING WEASEL style
pop punk tunes. The SCHMEN-
DRIKS have more of a pop punk/
hardcore thing going with an
east bay feel. Unfortunately! or
is it), neither band included lyr-
ics, but they did include choice
I Blues Brothers movie sound bites between every song. (HM)
(Zanzabarbarian Records, 3020 Canal Rd, Miramar, FL 33025)

V/A - "Too Hot To Handle" LP

This German compilation almost lives up to its name. I
DISHWATER'S "Bully" is a crashing amalgam of hard punk
and EINSTURSENDE NEUBAUTEN percussion — terrific
noise; DEMOLITION GIRL covers X-RAY SPEX's "I'm a
Cliche" with authority, while the STEVE MCQUEENS bar-
rel through a high-distortion tune that'll blow out the woofers
on your stereo; BOONARAAS puts in a solid girl-vocal
(I think) punk track, raw and fun...and that's just the A-side.
The flip is a more familiar mix of punk styles, for the most part |
competently performed. Good consistency here; strongly rec-
ommended. (SS)
(Home Sick Records)

V/A - "United We Stand!" CD

Five bands from Korea displaying a range of styles, from I
oi to '77 punk to ska to pop punk. All the bands are good at
what they do, making this a better than average com p. Seems I
like there could be a good scene over there. The bands are
MAD COUSIN'S DESIRE, WEEPER, NO BRAIN, BENCH
and CRYING NUT. Oh, it's one of those cute little 3" CDs.
(AM)

(Izumi Kubo, 35 Sannalcho, Sennyuji, Higashlamaku, Kyoto I
605, JAPAN)

V/A - "Who Needs America?" CD

Seventeen blasts of European pop punk and hardcore. I
All the songs seem to be from previously released stuff. To be I
honest my favorites here are the cover versions of I
THE BOXTOPS and THE PRIMITIVES... A nice sampler
for fans of bands like FACE TO FACE and SCREECHING |
WEASEL... (LH)
(Slaughterhouse Productions, no address)

V/A - "Violence" 8" flexi

There are two important
things to note about this record.
The first one is it is on Six Weeks
Records. The second one is that
all the bands are from Japan.
When you combine those two fac-
tors, you are guaranteed a must
buy record! This has RE AL REG-
GAE, NICE VIEW, ARGUE
DAMNATION, NO THINK,
FLASH GORDON, and ONE
SIZE FITS ALL. Every one of these bands annihilate with an I
incredibly intense mix of grind/hardcore. Things like this |
remind me that I live in the wrong fucking country. (RC)
(Six Weeks, 225 Lincoln Ave, Cotati, CA 94931)

V/A - "Violent Core Attack" EP

Oh yeah.....tons of noisy, thrash bands with logos you I
can't read. I love this stuff. Bands go from the "gravel-in-the-
blender" grind of CRUSH and DISABUSE, to the crusty punk
of GLOBAL HOLOCAUST and OPPRESSED CON- 1
SCIENCE. 10 bands in all. (MW)

(Tobacco Shit Records c/o Simon Pare, 827 Goldbourn, Green-
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Between The Lions

Reviews by: (JA) Jen Angel, (LB) Lily Boe, (JO Jeremy Cool, (MD) Mikel
Delgado, (RD) Raphael DiDonato, (TD) Timothy Doran, (GF) Gardner Fusuhara,
(JF) Jodi Feldman, (HH) Harald Hartmann, (JH) Jeff Heermann, (MJ) Mary Jane,
(AM) Allan McNaughton, (JM) Jeff Mason, (RM) Raimundo Murguia, (AR)
Aragorn, (TD Travis T, (LU) Leah Urbano, (CW) Charles Wolski, (JW) Joe
Whiting, (KW) Kelli Williams, (JX) Jux, (TX) Trixie. Specific criticisms aside, it should be
understood that any independent release deserves credit for all the work and money going into it.

Just a quick reminder, when you send in your zine for review please include the following
information: number of pages, method of printing, and the price. This will help us and you.
We will not review mainstream rock magazines, even in the guise of 'zines Clike a few majors
are attempting to pull off), poetry, swim suit magazines, hippie new age politics, etc. The
scope of coverage isn't as narrow as it sounds, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
Believe it or not, this isn't an easy job deciding what gets reviewed or listed and altogether
rejected. Consistency is impossible in a situation like this. Thanks a lot, Mikel and Jen.

ARNIE COMIX #2 / $2.75 ppd

4 1/2x51/2- printed - 28 pgs

This is another great comic from Simon
Gane. He has this cool dot-and-dash style
of drawing that makes me want to connect
the dots to fill in the images. There are
three stories, including a long (fictional?)
piece on an alcoholic Modigliani and a
shorter one of Arnie the Anarchist. The
third - about a movement to reclaim the
word "dork" - is a reprint from a comic I
read earlier this year, but this is still fine
work. (TX)
PO Box 2337 /
Berkeley, CA
94702

AVERSION #6

/ $2 ppd

5 1/2x8 1/2 -
printed - 20 pgs
This looks like it
could be a Pro-
fane £x/sfence in-
sert. We're talkin
crust, anarchy,
crust, and more
crust here. A bit
sparse but well
done and the
"Anarchist De-
fense Of Pornog-
raphy" piece was
interesting. Oth-
er than that it's
basically inter-
views and reviews. (RM)

PO Box 22 / Bradford / BD2 4 YX /
England

AVOW #7 / $2 ppd

8 1/2x51/2.- copied - 60 pgs
This is a substantial zine with a lot of honest
writing. The writing comes from a personal
perspective but doesn't make me feel like
I'm reading a diary. It's very similar to my
own writing style and to zines like Specta-
cle or Pants That Don't Fit. There's a
fucking amazing piece about punk rock

consumerism, a long and interesting inter-
view with the amazing and indefatigable Theo
Witsell (of Spectacle zine and Tree of Knowl-
edge zine distro), some great illustrations,
and unfortunately, some poetry. Overall, I
would really recommend this one. (JA)
Keith Rosson / 1 1 860 SW Ebberts Ct. /
Beaverton, OR 97008

BABBLE ON #2 / $1 + 2 stamps

8 1/2x11 -offset- 14 pgs

Well, since I am part of the reproducing/
printing biz, I was pretty intrigue
by this zines full colorlook. Once
I looked further, I found a story
on tripping, a punk rock quiz,
poetry, a piece on the Plasmat-
ics, a punk horoscope and of
course record reviews. Should
you get it? Yes, if nothing else
for the printing. (JX)
4 1 7 Westwood Lane / Roches-
ter, IN 46975

THE BAFFLER #9 / $6

81/2x51/2- printed - 1 28 pgs
For those not familiar with The
Baffleril's more of a book than
a zine and each issue has a
different theme. This time
around it focuses on labor is-
sues, past and present, in the
good old U.S. of A. I'm kind of at
a loss trying to come up with the
words to describe how good
this is so I'll just say it's far and
beyond the best written and put together
collection of short essays (both fictitious and
objective), poetry and art dealing with politi-
cal themes that I've ever had the pleasure of
reading. And considering the recent U.P.S.
strike this is as timely and relevant as it gets.
(RM)
PO Box 378293 / Chicago, IL 60637

BEYOND THE WALL OF INJUSTICE
#9 / SOCIAL UNREST #6 / ??

11 1/2 X 14 -printed -24 pgs

This is a split between two similar political

zines, tho I'd have to say I prefer the
second one. There is no information about
the STWO/people, and a lot of the articles
have no obvious authors, which also makes
me suspicious. If people want to sway me
over to their politics, I want to know who
they are. Social Unrest is better, with lots
on wimmins rights, vegan stuff, the Black
Panthersand more. Its clearly written too,
which is essential for this sort of informa-
tion. (TX)
PO Box 80481 / Bakersfield, CA 93380

BLACK SHEETS #11/ $6.00
8 1/2x11 - printed - 52 pgs - age state-
ment

"The Bad Sex" issue. This is probably not
one that you want to share with either your
parents or children. Graphic stories about
a wide variety of sexual misadventures,
from all genders and flavors. I was pre-
pared to not like this, but as I read it I was
impressed with the openness and humor
of the writers in recounting some of their
most embarrassing and occasionally pain-
ful moments. This is not for everyone, but
if you are an open minded adult with tastes
beyond vanilla then this may be for you.
Include a signed age statement. (JW)
PO Box 31 155 /San Francisco, CA941 31-
0155

BLOOD MOP #1 /$1 ppd

7x4 1 /2 - copied - 1 6 pgs
If you haven't figured it out yet, Migraine
Press always comes with the good shit. I'll
bet their catalog is as thick as a zine itself.
This new zine is up to Migraine par, al-
though I don't know if its 16 pages are
worth a dollar. Don't get me wrong, it's a
great zine with a cool idea behind it, ba-
sically a collection of stories based on
every form of body excrement (except
sweat, my favorite). Most of the stories
are ones like you and all of your wacky
punk friends exchange over breakfast,
"..and then he puked on the guy's head!",
"..and we put this bucket of rancid piss
above the door. . " ,etc. Funny and daring, a

I

really welcome zine...but a whole buck?

cm

Migraine Inc. / PO Box 2337 / Berkeley,
CA 94702

THE BOMBSHELTER #5 / $?

8 1/2x51/5- copied - 36 pgs
This is the kind of personal zine that is a
collection of sometimes amusing anec-
dotes about the editor's life. Work, play,
silliness, you name it. All about living in
Tampa and hanging out. Well intentioned,
but not my type of thing (not enough meat-
ji-jciocj r J /\ j

PO Box 82602 / Tampa, FL 33682

BRAIN TRANSPLANT #1 / $4.00 ppd
8 1/2x11- offset - 44 pgs
Some very striking photos of the Eat, Ra-
dio Birdman, and many reviews leaning to
the drunk/obnoxious/obsessive record-
collecting end of the spectrum. The Eat
actually get a lengthy interview that closes
in some of the gaps of human knowledge
that surrounds the band - a little clean
graphically (maybe too legible) but a good
read anyway. Simple enough? (JH)
PO Box 2431 / Los Angeles, CA 90024-
0310

BREAKOUT #5 / $3 ppd

8 1/2x11- copied - 36 pgs

Well, I was hoping that I would get this to

review, and I did. I was all set to give it a bad

review because Colby said it sucked, and

was his worst issue yet. I beg to differ!

Layout wise, this looks a lot cleaner than

past issues. The interviews rock! In here

are Rely, Powerhouse, Redemption 87,

Ensign, Sick Of It All, Ten Yard Fight,

Hatebreed, and Jason Mewes from that

movie "Clerks."

Honestly, Colby

has out done

himself with this

issue and not

only represents

the Bay area to

its fullest, he also

has branched out

a little to include

bands from the

East Coast as

well. This keeps

getting better

and better.. .getit

nowl(LU)

Colby / 2018

Shattuck Ave.

#19 / Berkeley,

CA 94704

COOL BEANS

bumper stickers and lists of silly thing to do at
a college final? Just a waste of time and
paper. Excellent article on "Krautrock"
though; long, thorough and amusing, from
Amon Duul through Neu! through Kraftwerk.
The same goes for the interview with Col.
Norm Cruwsmen, some fucking psycho who
wants to put disk jockeys on the goddamn
moon. Fuck him. (CW)
PO Box 2814 /Athens, GA 3061 2-0814

COFFEE BREAK #7 / 50p or$1
8 1/2x11 - copied - 40 pgs
Sassy English zine with numerous interviews:
Voodoo Glow Skulls, Lunachicks, Sick of It
all, etc. But the real treat to Coffee Break is
its diverse articles, featuring all sorts of dif-
fering voices from a porn specialist named
Porno George to thoughts on how to balance
the ideals of anarchism with a society incapa-
ble of implementing these ideals. They also
banter around with cute, English colloquial-
isms like "slapper" and "gary." (KW)
Pirn and Fran / Flat 1,61 Meadrow, Godalm-
ing, Surrey / GUM 3H5 / UK

COOL BEANS #7 / $3.95
7x8 1/2 - printed - 56 pgs
San Francisco and bikes issue. Excellent as
to be expected from Matt Kelly. Short (ie
perfect length) interviews with bands such as
Cat Power and the editor of Ain't Nothing
Like Fuckin ' Moonshine. Matt always manag-
es to think up interesting questions that
actually get interesting answers. The prize for
me this issue are the stories contributed by
SF cabbies. Other good stuff includes a
Black Panther history (how come nearly ev-
ery zine I've read lately features the BPP??)
and a bike tour of the city. The only black mark
is reprinting an interview from the Internet,
even if it is with Kevin
Shields. Tsk tsk! Recom-
mended. (TX)
3181 Mission #113 / San
Francisco, CA94110

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#12/ $9.99

8 1/2x11 - electrobright - 74 pgs
Noway. This just ain't worth the ten bucks.
I don't know, it comes with a CD (see
record reviews) and all, but still it seems
like a pretty steep price. The print of the
zine is pretty nice, but the articles are just
not that great. I mean a whole page on

CORPORATEDETH-
BURGER #1 / $4.00 ppd
8 1/2x5 1/2 -copied -24

pgs

I would have thought that
this was quite good, espe-
cially for a first issue, but
according to the editors,
they've been working on it
for4 years. I'd have thought
that after that much time
they would have a little bit
more to show for their la-
bors. Ah well. Interviews
with Sparkmarker and Su-
^^^^^^^^^ per Conductor, a bunch of

reviews and a cassette featuring the above

two bands. (JW)

PO Box 1 234 / Coquitlam, BC / V3J 6Z9 /

Canada

CRAMPZINE #1 / $1 & 2 stamps

7x8 1/2 - copied - 28 pages

Ah, a zine that gives me faith in the sister-

hood, which has been seriously fuckin'
lagging. Crampzine's creator gives us the
lowdown on girl pirates, menstrual protec-
tion reviews, info on contraceptives, a
voodoo doll of "the man" for you to stick
it to, a word find and other stuff. Personal
and tough. (MJ)

PO Box 641532 / San Francisco, CA
94164-1532

THE CRICKETS SEEM LOUD #2 / $3

ppd

8 1/2x11 - copied - 32 pgs
This is a fine sophomore effort by this
fledgling zine. This time around it appears
that religion is the theme because that's
what all the short rants and a couple of
other pieces deal with. Most of the stuff in
here is well written and put together so it
makes for interesting reading. There's also
couple of band interviews as well as record
and show reviews. Keep it up. (RM)
Rainer / Lichtensternsiedlung 3/8 / 31 50
Wilhelmsburg / Austria

CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER #7 1/2/ 75c
ppd

4 1/4x11- copied - 24 pgs

This zine is based in Spokane and looks
way too much like Cometbus, both in
terms of style and content. It's got a "punk"
map and guide to the city, stories like the
history of patches in Spokane, cartoons,
interview with Behead The Prophet No
Lord Shall Live, anti-smoking rant, and
junk like why Gern Blandstein are sell-outs
for doing press kits. If you care about shit
like that or why David Hayes is lame cos of
what he said about patches or monoto-
nous travel stories, this is for you. (MJ)
PO Box 1781 / Spokane, WA 99210

DESTROY #1 / $4.00 ppd
8 1/2x11 - offset - 30 pgs
A 'zine that looks and feels more like a
magazine - maybe it's the heavy paper.
Features the likes of the Spent Idols, Brain-
dance, Red Flag '77, the Lunatic Fringe,
and more more more. Nice high-contrast
photos and layout, and a highly disturbing
survey of "Bristol Mutants" sexual and
personal habits. Stiv Bators also makes
another posthumous appearance in a 'zine
this month - a winner. (JH)
PO Box 1122/ Bristol / BS 99 2HX /
England

DIET SOCIETY #6-7 / $1 ppd

5 1/2x81/2- copied - 40 pgs

One of those kinda sloppy punk zines. This
has a lot of political stuff inside, especially
on the EZLN and Mexican revolution.
There's also a lot of people answering the
question "What is punk?" and lots of
reviews. (MD)
4520 Bennett Ave #21 3/ Austin, TX 78751

DIG IT # 12/25FF
8 1/2x11 - printed - 42 pgs - French
Glossy-covered French punk music zine
with interviews with the McRackins, the

awesome BellRays, DM Bob & The Defi-
cits, an article on Jerry Lee Lewis that I
found enjoyable and not at all half-assed,
one on Rich Coffee, and reviews. Pleasant
to the touch, nice cover art. (TD)
Sacco / 10 Rue Gazagne / Toulouse /
France

DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH #3 /$2.00

ppd

8 1/2x5 1 12- copied- 38 pgs

This is a good example of the basic generic

English punk zine. In other words it's all cut

and paste, every inch of every page is

covered, and it's all well done and a lot of

fun to read. Interviews with Road rage,

Contempt, Love Junk, Beergut 100, and

Black Kronstadt, plus reviews and a couple

of columns. I had to read this one a couple

of times, and enjoyed it quite a bit. (JW)

7/4 Birnies Court, Edinburgh / EH4 4JS /

Scotland

DO OR DIE #6 / $5 ppd

8 x 6 - printed - 1 56 pgs
An excellent activist resource detailing ac-
tions in England (with tons of information
on Reclaim the Streets' actions and tac-
tics) with critical analysis. Theory, history,
lots of "scene" reports and paranoia. I am
particularly enamored with the discussion
of industrial tourism (complete with a nice
photo of a group of cameramen huddled
around some aboriginal natives seemingly
telling them how they needed to pose for
the next shot). A must have forthe eco-set.
(AR)

South Downs EF! / Prior House, 6 Tilbury
Place / Brighton BN2 2GY / England

DOLL #120/ $10.00 ppd
8 1/2x11 - printed - 1 56 pgs - Japanese
The ultimate glossy Japanese punk maga-
zine. Lots of great color photos, even more
in black and white, and loads of interviews.
All in Japanese except for the front cover-
kind of a tease. This is a lot of fun to look
at, but I don't think I'd spend $1 0.00 on it.
Much better to co one of your friends into
buying it and then borrowing it. Interviews
with Madball, Motorhead, The Misfits, Bi-
kini Kill, Buck O Nine, Los Gusanos, Crown
of Thorns, Rudebones, and probably some
others that i missed. Plus a long article on
Johnny Thunders. (JW)
No 303 Aota Building / 3-59-9 Kita, Kohen-
ji Minami / Sujinami-ku, Tokyo / Japan

DWGSHT ZINE #? / $8

8 1/2x11 - printed - 70 pgs
This book (I guess that's what I'll call it
since it's not really a zine, and it's too thick
to be a booklet) comes with the new Hand
To Mouth LP, and is basically a collection
of essays ranging in topic from veganism,
to radical history, to prison life. It also
includes lyrics and explanations to the Hand
To Mouth songs. There's really a lot here,
and it takes a while to digest, but it's well
done, (for the most part) well written, and
well presented. My only complaint is that if

you knowyou're regurgitating ideas, and that
you have nothing original to add to the argu-
ment (as in "The Moral Question" essay by
Eric Zulaski), why bother? You're just wast-
ing paper (which is what you're trying to tell
people not to do with the "Low Impact Life-
style" theme). Anyway, this is a commend-
able effort. (JO
PO Box 28 / Durham, NC 27702

8TH GRADER #3 / $1 + 2 stamps
7x81/2- copied - 44 pgs
Here's a concept you don't see every day.
This guy gets actual eighth graders to write
things for his zine. Like record reviews as well
as expressing views on marriage etc. Other-
wise, pretty standard fare, interviews with
Discount and Hickey and some travel stories.
I was gonna
make some
pun about
'the kids'
but... (GF)
1224 N.
Bonnie Brae
/ Denton,
TX 76201

JFANZINE REVIEWsV

er) mayhem is only 5 fucking bucks! the
goddamn staple wont go through it all! And
he loses $1 .57 on every US mailed issue,
that's pretty fucking punk to me.At any
rate this issue (1 2th anniversary no less) is
so loaded, I don't know where to begin.
Greatly written obituary on author is both
comprehensive and well written. I petered
out pretty early on the article on nuclear
pollution, but Craig did do his research.
About one third of this issue is completely
devoted to reprints of early 80' s punk
articles and transcripts of early MRR radio.
Most of the punk articles revolve around
Black Flag and seem pretty rare a find.
MRR radio transcripts are from 83 and
include outtakes with Jello Biafra. This
fucker is too loaded, buy one right away!
(CW)

Craig Hill / 950 El
Camino Real / Bel-
mont, CA 94002

kSTONISHEK

EN DEPIT
DE TOUT

/$2

4 x 5 - cop-
ied - 96 pgs
- French
A short, fat,
handwritten
French
translation
of Comet-
bus stories.
Done by
Stephaneof
Rad Party.
Send a copy
to French
teachers and French relatives and tell 'em its
the new American Kerouac or something like
that. " L'amour punk c'est baiser derriere les
poubelles, dans la rue, en contrebas de la
salle de concert..." Ahhhhh. (TD)
Small Budget Productions / BP 07 / 781 10
Le Vesinet / France

EUGENE #6 / $2.00 ppd
8 1/2x11 - copied -46 pgs
The editorial begins with something about
"Eugene and his satanic balls of fury" or
something perhaps best left to the imagina-
tion. Interviews with the Descendents, A.F.I. ,
Screw 32, and the usual amount of reviews
and comment, one stuff like extraterrestrial
life and Satan (I sense a recurring theme
here). Actually I notice that this is issue #666,
appropriately. (JH)
229 Apache Dr. / Paint Lick, KY 4046 1 -9750

FAMOUS HARDCORE OF PUNKLAND

#1213/ $5 ppd

8 1/2x11 -copied- 162 pgs

Craig Hill is the shit; he's a fucking nutcase!

this issue of 1 62 pages of DIY (non comput-

FILTH #25

1 1 x17-newsprint-
32 pgs

The penultimate is-
sue of Filth, if you
haven't seen it by
now you're proba-
bly too late. Kind of
like a cross between
The Weekly World
News and People
Magazine, with just
a hint of MRR
thrown in for flavor.
Always entertaining.
This issue is mostly
about the future as
divined by a number
of random guest
writers. Plus an in-
terview with Helios
Creed. Worth look-
ing for. (JW)
1 04 Market St / San Francisco, CA 941 1 4

FLASHING ASTONISHER #9 / $2

ppd

8 1/2x11- copies - 34 pgs
The cover of this says, "Just another
damn zine". At first glance, one might
agree, but upon closer inspection there's
some interesting stuff here. Beyond the
reviews and interviews are some really
cool articles. A list of checks that celebri-
ties receive, a gripe about parking tickets,
and stories on everything from masturba-
tion to marijuana.At least one subject of
interest to everyone here. Show, record,
and zine reviews too. A little bit of every-
thing. (TD
PO Box 70 / Syracuse, NY 13210-0070

FLIPSIDE #107 / $3.00 ppd
8 1/2x11 - offset - 1 60 pgs
I still have this certain sentimental attach-
ment to Flipside - after all it was the first
'zine I subscribed to (even before MRR)
and what little I know about Los Angeles

geography can be traced back to Hunting-
ton Beach and Orange County scene re-
ports. In the years since I've lost track
many things have changed - Zed Records
have a website, the Crowd have broken up
and reformed several times, and then
there's the interiorcolorpages. While Max-
imum still comes on the same rapidly-
decaying newsprint - ah well. Features
NoFX, Billy Childish, the Evaporators, Fix-
tures, many reviews and scene reports,
and some really unattractive photos of the
Demolition Doll Rods. The San Fran, stuff
is still all bands I've never heard of, apart
from the Loudmouths, but what are you
gonna do. Another institution. (JH)
PO Box 60790 / Pasadena, CA 91 1 1 6

FORLORN HOPE #3 / $1 and a stamp
5 1/2x8 1 12- copied- 36 pgs
You'd think this was a heavy emo zine by
the title and some pretty sad looking chaps
on the cover. Nope, this is a hardcore high
school girl on the rampage telling us how to
save money, sharing some finger pointing
circle jerk show reviews, reprinting a paper
on the atomic bomb and relating some
random funny stuff about her childhood
and school trip to DC. I love the way she
talks about "youth crew chants" and how
she exclaims "Fuckin' GO!" when she
likes something. Ah, tobeajuniorandwear
a gray hoodie in Jersey... (KW)
Christina / 1 1 Revere Ct. / Princeton, NJ
08550

FULL CUP #9/ $2 ppd
51/2x81/2-copied-28

pgs

I'm sorry to say that this
is the last issue of this
comic, because it is damn
hilarious. The drawing
technique reminds me of
Eightball, only scruffier.
The writing is all about
regular joes out to get a
cuppa joe, watching tv,
beating each other up at
the coffee shop and fuck-
ing off at work. This is like
when you get the sweats
from drinking too much
coffee. You know you're
hyped on stimulants but
you're having too much
fun, anyway. (KW)
Neil Schmidt/ 294 Finley
Rd. / Bridgeton, NV
08302

GENERATION EXCREMENT #1 /$2

ppd

5 1/2x8 1/2 -copied -20 pgs
Power violence attitude in full effect here.
Interviews with Suppression, Grief, Rise
and Despise You here, as well as an article
on smartass responses to Christian rheto-
ric and porno reviews. Actually I think there
could be a job at some porn mag for their
reviewer, he does a better job than many

I've read. If negativity and doom-laden metal
music are your thing, this isforyou. Iperson-
ally would have liked to see more. CAM)
Carlos / 14341 Inglewood Ave #116/ Haw-
thorne, CA 90250

H8Z #4 / ?

8 1/4x11 1/2 -copied -36 pgs
Most zines from overseas look so good. This
one is another one that is just cool as hell.
Content wise, lam really disappointed. Inter-
views with Sektor, Vitality, show reviews,
record and zine reviews and more.
Josef Demeesterstr. 33 / 8800 Roeselare /
Belgium

HELL YES I CHEATED #1 / $1 or trade
5 1/2x81/2- copied - 26 pgs
This comes from a guy who changes the
name of his zine each issue. So, I consider
this like number 7 or so, and please do not be
fooled: Jason is an experienced zine writer. I
have seen his stuff over the past few years,
and it amazes me how much he has grown in
terms of zines and getting his thoughts out.
This issue is pretty nifty and has thoughts on
everything. Some well spoken ideas, and
rantings in here. Makes you think a little, and
also question things a bit. (LU)
Jason / 5080 98th St. SE / Blooming Prairie,
MN 55917

HORNY FOR THE REVOLUTION #1 /

$2

6x8 1 12 - copied - 44 pgs

Boy, if there's ever a revolution, I hope you
guys don't get any power
- and I hope you aren't
horny around me, either,
cause I'll kill you. News
bits written in the West-
ern Civilization is Evil
mode. Whatever. (TD)
2217 W. Lupine / Phoe-
nix, AZ 85029

I LIKE MY MEAT TEN-
DER #1 /$1 ppd

5 1/2x8 1/2-copied-24

pgs

Really terrific for a first
issue. Full of clip art with
funny captions, handwrit-
ten editorial remarks and
comics. Inside: Why Tim-
othy McVeigh is cool, bad
friends, deflowering boys,
Helen Keller jokes, an in-
terview with the Feederz
and stuff about John Waters and Pink Flamin-
gos. Good to see, fun to look at. (JF)
114 Ingham Hill Rd / Old Saybrook, CT
06475

INTERNATIONAL STRAIGHT EDGE
BULLETIN #22 / $3 ppd world
10 cm x 21 cm - copied - 36 pgs
I hadn't seen one of these yet so I was a little
surprised to see that it had reached issue 22.
Informative interview with RASH (Red Anar-
chist Skin Heads) and tons of brief scene

jFanzine Reviews^

reports including: Croatia, Belgium, Brazil,
The Czech Republic, Malaysia, Bulgaria,
Panama, Philippines, Peru, Spain, Yugo-
slavia, etc. Unsophisticated but a hell of a
lot more important and DIY than anything
Victory has touched. (AR)
Y. Boisleve / BP 7523, 35 075 / Rennes
cedex 3 / France

THE LAST REMAINING MELLISH
BIRD/ $15

7x8 1/2 - printed - lots of pages

This is a big comic book with a crazy,

convoluted "plot" and shitty, scratchy

drawings. Way overlong and nonsensical

in a boring way. This would suck for $5,

never mind $15! Check out Chester

Brown's Ed the Happy Clown instead.

(JM)

689 Queen St. W. #1 71 / Toronto, ON /

M6J 1 E6 / Canada

LIBERTAD VIGILADA # 1 / $2

8 1/2 x 6 - copied - 24 pgs - Spanish
There are interviews with the bands Bhak-
ti, She-Devils, Insane and Crackdown. This
simple zine has a straight-edge viewpoint
with lots of ads and contact addresses.
(HH)

Diegiito / Calle 31 #517 / CP (1862)
Guernica / Buenos Aires / Argentina

MAGNET ZINE Vol 3 Issue 1 / $1

4 1/2x5 1/2- copied, screened - 24 pgs
This is a cute little zine, a half and half
mixture of writings and drawings. It re-
minds me of a handmade birthday card.
Overall themes of wistfulness and melan-
choly take a different twist by the end. (TX)
Rachel McLellan / 1 571 Hunters Ridge Dr
/ Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48304

MY GOD CAN BEAT UP YOUR
GOD/SMALL SAILOR split issue / $2
ppd

5 1/2x8 1/2 -copied -60 pgs
MGCBL/VGside has lovely interviews with
Hard Skin and Crackle Records, a heavy
metal guide, some lamejokes and a review
of skinhead movies, along with the usual
punk rock mumbleyjumbley. Small Sailor
has horror movie, gig and record reviews,
and interviews with Ignite and Blanks 77
among others. DIY punk rock, cut and
paste style. (MJ)

Aaron / 6 Mowbray Place / Thirsk / N.
Yorkshire / Y07 1 RE / England

NERVOUS BREAKDOWN #3 / $6.00
ppd

8 1/2x11 - newsprint - 48 pgs
The hefty price tag is because of the 33
song CD that comes with it. You also get
a free pin and/or sticker with your order. I
still think that's a bit pricey, but hey; If
you've got $6.00 burning a hole in your
pocket, and you feel that you don't have
enough interviews with the Misfits and
Electric Frankenstein, then you could do
worse. You could do better too, but... My
favorite part is when the editor is interview-

ing his own band and asks the singer "In
'No Pot I Cry' you talk about drugs, are you
a crack addict?", to which he responds
" No it a satire you fool. You are in the band
for God Sakes. " Funny stuff, eh? You also
get the usual columns, reviews, some de-
scent comics and a D.C. scene report. Did
I mention that it costs $6.00? (JO
9379 Tartan View Dr. / Fairfax, VA 22232

NEAT DAMNED NOISE #1 3 / $4 ppd

8 1/2x11 - copied - 54 pgs
Apparently some of these came with a
bonus 45, but there's none to be found
here - a fanzine solely and singly devoted to
the Damned, a band that have reached
more heights and plumbed more depths
than James Taylor, George Michael and
the surviving Beatles combined. Reviews,
listings, cartoons, rare and unseen photo-
graphs. It all reminds me of those 'Star
Trek' 'zines that were so popular in the
seventies, with the sheerlevel of devotion.
Includes a capsulized history of the life and
death of StivBators, though it mightnot be
obvious how he figures in all of this. (JH)
PO Box 42850-1 23 / Houston, TX 77242-
2850

THE NEW EXCREMENT/IF THE BI-
BLE TOLD YOU... #3 / $2 ppd

5 1/2x81/2 - copied - 42 pgs
This split zine is pretty good with the
I.T.B.T.Y. side stealing the spot light. The
New Excrement side is OK. Mostly short
political pieces ranging in topic from be-
coming a vegetarian to boycotting new
year's 2000(???) but nothing that interest-
ing really. I dug the I.T.B. T. /half because
it took more of a personal approach. I
particularly liked the story about this per-
sons chemistry teacher and how he was a
crazed pyro. Worth it for the /. T.B. T. Vside
of the zine. (RM)

Jereme / PO Box 1 27 / Craven, SK / SOG
0W0 / Canada

NO PROBLEMS #2 / $1 +2 stamps
5 1/2x8 1/2 -copied -28 pgs
Once you get into this zine, it's pretty
funny. A kind of dry humor that pulls you in.
Well, it would have to with a picture of
"Saved by the Bell" on the cover... Inside
are some local stuff (LA), a BMX story,
travel tips, record reviews, a Jewel inter-
view and show reviews. Worth the buck in
laughs. (JX)
PO Box 861 4 / La Crescenta, CA 91 224

NO SCENE ZINE #9 / free (send a
stamp)

8 1/2x11 - copied - 4 pgs
I was going to put thfs in the listings sec-
tion, but decided not to. ..this zine is short,
but it has a lot of neat stuff for only four
pages. Interview with Sacto Hoods, show
reviews, pen pal ads, and a sxe zine list.
This is just so damn cute, and a nice idea
for these folks that need an outlet for
communication if they live in places that
literally have no scene. (LU)

BooGer/ 3260 Starr #3 / Lincoln, NE 68503

Ol PUNK FANZINE #14 / $1 ppd

5 1/2x81/2- copied - 1 6 pgs
Don't let the name fool ya, this is the all
comics issue written by the editor, Moz, and
drawn by friend Scott Houston. It's totally
silly and endearing. Punk kid as comic hero
who fights "the bad guys" - over zealous
skinheads, jocked out straight edgers, etc:
drawn with bubble eyes, and everyone has
huge feet. However, women are portrayed as
fuck/ crush objects with large lips and perky
breasts yet it's

still giggle indue- I'M. 7'

ing with a thick
slice of punk iro-
ny. (KW)

PO BOX 1 369 / I * * do " murtrifpunk ':

Katy, TX 77492

PxOx#6/$1 +
stamp or trade
8 1/2x5 1/2 -
copied - 32 pgs
Mainly autobio-
graphical stuff.
Issues include
college, cops,
Ellen coming out
on TV, you name
it, Greg and Jake
tell you what
they do and don't
like about it in a
series of rants.
Zine, book, and
record reviews
as well. (TT)
PO Box
S a r a t
Springs,
12866

^Fanzine Reviews^

36 /
o g a

PHOENIX ZINE #6 / $1 .00 or trade
5 1/2x8- copied - 24 pgs
Inconclusive arguments, poorly written rants
and lame poetry adorn the sloppy cut and
pasted pages of this zine. More than any-
thing, this was just boring. The writing is
trying to be all dramatic, but it's so bad that it
just sounds ridiculous. Listen to this; "...
wallowing in a world of confusion. What's
right? What's wrong? Do you mean what you
say? Are we, am I, in some twisted psycho-
logical vise, dancing in the fires of madness /
alienation ..." Excuse me while I put on black
eyeliner and listen to Bauhaus records. The
whole thing's like that. (JO
PO Box 931 74 / Milwaukee, Wl 53203

PLASTICBOMB #19/ $5.00
11 1/2x8- printed - 1 32 pgs - German
Call this zine the German version of Flipside,
I say that with compliments. This issue has
interviews with the bands Korrupt, Shityri,
Wahre Lugen, punks in Russia, Jughead's
Revenge plus much more. There are also
excellent articles on Afghanistan and marijua-
na. Finally there are just loads of music and
zine reviews. Excellent reading here! (HH)

Michael Will / Forststr. 71 / 47055 Duis-
burg / Germany

PSYCHO.MOTO #9 / $1 ppd
5 1/2x81/2- copied - 1 4 pgs
A very short mini-zine dedicated to further-
ing urban legends and conspiracy theo-
ries. Well written with a good sense of
humor, this zine does not stray too far into
goofy. A whole bunch of lies and rumors
sent in by readers and gathered by the
editors; such as "The Sexy Tart" and
"Brushes with Fame" and "Evil Babysit-
ter", to name a few.
Also a comic about
recycling and lots of
reviews. (JF)
45th Ave B#2/ New
York, NY 10009-
7450

PTBH#2/$1 ppd
or trade

8 1/2x11 - copied -
22 pgs

There are some
good stories in here
like squatting in a
bridge, using your
nipples to clean
CDs, childhood
memories of hear-
ng/saying obsceni-
ties, a personal/
punk history, etc.
There's also filler
like the dumb Den-
ny's interview and
the dumpster diving
advice to not eat rot-
ting meat. Overall,
I'd say there's more

good than bad here, so trade your zine or

whatever. (JM)

540 E. 5th St. / Anchorage, AK 99501

PUNK PORN #1 /$1.00?

8 1/2x5 1/2 -copied- 16 pgs

Short and sweet, personal writing about

family and relationships. Also some animal

rights, an essay about political activism,

and the inevitable "what is punk" page.

You could do a lot worse than this, and

many have. (JW)

Raynbo Novak / 309-3953 Godwin Ave. /

Burnaby, BC / V5G 4A1 / Canada

PUNK 101 #? / 2 stamps + donation
5 1/2x7 1/4 -copied -34 pgs
I'm always a little worried by zines that
seem to consider themselves oi or what-
ever, but this one is really good. There is a
great piece on world hunger and it's real
causes, an interview with Sad Society, and
a compelling interview with Dick Lucas
from Citizen Fish. It's like a breath of fresh
air these days to hear from somebody so
articulate, and the fact that he is into his
thirties and has been in the thick of it for so
long has got to be impressive. (GF)
148 E Roe Blvd. / Patchogue, NY 1 1772

I

PUNK SHOCKER #7 / $2 ppd

8 x 6 - copied - 40 pgs
Very cool British zine - good sense of
humor and interesting interviews with Red
Alert, Apartment 3G, and the Cockney
Rejects. Loads of reviews, football, beer
and writing on punk, x-mas and selling out.
Well done. But hey - I just don't get why
punkboys are so into the Spice Girls. . . .(MD)
PO Box 1TA / Newcastle Upon Tyne /
NE99 1 TA / England

PUNK SLOP #2 / free + 2 stamps

5 1/2x81/2- copied - 32 pgs

This zine is hard to review: It has 32 pages,

but the content of like 1 6. Not that the 1 6

are bad, since they include an interview

with the Swingin' Utters, a couple columns

on band stuff, record reviews and some

other interesting rants. PunkSlop\s alright

but could have had more. (JX)

PO Box 1 2334 / Pt Fierce, FL 34979

RABBLE REVIEW #1 / $4 ppd

8 1/2x11 - newsprint - 48 pgs
Tom Wheeler, formerly of Out Of Bounds,
has managed to pull together a good first
issue. Imagine something similar to Boy-
cott Quarterly or Alternative Press Re-
view, but with a welcomed informal atti-
tude at times. The thing I don't like about
this zine is that it is exactly what you would
expect by looking at it. The layouts and
style are unoriginal, and the graphics over-
used. There are a lot of big names like David
Barsamian and John Stauber, and in some
ways this seems like a clone of all of the
other political, lefty type zines out there.
It's not fresh or original, but the attitude is
great (very enthusiastic) and the writing is
good (the first two articles are
about Tom's whistle-blowing
experience, the rest are in a
similar corporate watchdog
vein), and I'm sure I'll add it to
the list of zines I read regularly.
I hope it lives up to its
manifesto: "[Rabble Review]
will call into question every form
of corporate domination over
our daily lives and challenge
the various forms of authoritar-
ian and social control practiced
by business, political and cul-
tural elites." (JA)
PO Box 4710 / Arlington,
VA 22204

RED BADGE OF COURAGE #2 / 2

stamps

5 1/2x81/2- copied - 33 pgs
Yer basic punk zine, with stuff on the
scene, the Spice Girls, an interview with
Jimmy Eat World, the Dismemberment
Plan, Squirtgun, lots of weird ads cut out
and stuck in and an interview with himself,
reviews. 2 complaints - in the random
thoughts section, one of the editors ex-
presses his desire to compete in the spe-
cial Olympics because he's "normal" and
could win, and the drawing of the dripping

dick on the back inside cover. Probably pretty

funny stuff if you're a 1 2 year old boy (or in

70% of touring bands). (MJ)

228-F Northpoint Ave. / High Point, NC

27262-1016

RIGSBY #7 / $3 ppd

5 1/2x81/2- copied - 56 pgs
Another packed issue from the Just One Life
collective. Columns, recipes, tons of reviews,
and interviews with MU330, Assert, Sick Of
It All, The Muties, and One Hit Wonder. A
worthwhile endeavor from one of many such
groups in the UK. (AM)
1 42 Springfield Rd / Brighton / East Sussex
/BN1 6BZ/UK

ROCKET FUEL #2 / $2 ppd

7 1/4x113/4- printed - 32 pgs
Interviews and reviews. The questions are
pretty much the same for all the bands - who
writes the songs, how's your label, etc -
except the Earth Crisis interview which is a
good overview of what they're about. Other
bands are Back Of Dave, Kerosene 454,
Caulfield Records, and The Promise Ring.
Unless you love these folks send your $2
somewhere else. Not bad, just typical. (JM)
Daniel Reed / PO Box 926 / Normal, IL
61761

ROTE KUH #7 / $4

8x6- copied - 68 pgs - German
In this issue of Red Cowthere are interviews
with the Vageenas, Raped Chucks and ZSD.
There are interesting articles about the fas-
cist tendencies in punk, and why TV sucks.
There are also columns, reviews, ads and lots
of irreverent humor. (HH)
Danny Winkler / Elsterwerdaer Str 37 / D-
04932 Prosen / Germany

SATURATED FAT#5/$1
+ 2 stamps

8 1/2x6 1/2 -copied -24 pgs
This punk-ska zine features
interviews with Mike Park
from Asian Man Records,
Spring Heel Jack, and Big-
wig. There are also live show
reviews, a story about blow-
ing up a toilet with an M-80,
info on the new Spawn mov-
ie, Motley Crue and some
record reviews. (TT)
PO Box 1 1 / Lewisville, PA

JFANZINE REVIEWS^

19351

SCAM #3 / $2 ppd

8 1/2x11 - copied - 60 pgs
The first two issues of Scam will forever be in
my memory as some of the greatest zines
ever, so imagine my pleasure to find #3
nestled in my review bin, the day before
deadline! Anyway, having spent the last half
hour trying to cram as much as I can, I think
I can safely say that the new issue is on par
with the others. If you read the older ones,
you know you want this. If you're a novice,
heed my advice and experience it now for the
first time. Extremely well written stories of

living cheap and trying to keep out of real
trouble while getting in as much trouble as
possible. The even poorer man's Comet-
bus. Awesome. (AM)
Recess Records / PO Box 1 1 1 2 / Tor-
rance, CA 90505

SCENESTER! #4 / $1 ppd
8 1/2x11 - newsprint - 32 pgs
This is one of those skimpy newsprint
music zine deals. These always look gray
and boring. Hey, I know Maximum is no oil
painting in the layout department, but I
wish people would put more imagination
into their layouts sometimes. Especially
when it's obvious that they have the com-
puter equipment that makes it easier. Al-
right, so the interviewees are Ben Weasel,
Less Than Jake, Baby Gopal, Floorpunch,
the Promise Ring, and Todd Bridges from
Diff'rent Strokes, talking about that
Show'n'Tell comp and his time in rehab.
This zine isn't bad, it just doesn't really
stand out. Oh, and they have a copyright
symbol next to their title. That has to be a
joke, right? (AM)

Jonny Cristol / 641 Broad Acres Rd /
Narberth, PA 1 9072

SECOND NATURE #6 / $2/$5 world
8 1/2x11 - offset - 88 pgs
Holy shit. Yeah, this is one of my favorite
zines, and it just blows me away. This issue
has interviews with Mineral, Converge,
Grade, Boy Sets Fire, Descendents, and
Refused. The line up of interviews can't
get better than this. This zine is amazing! A
definite interview zine to say the least, and
as more and more people jump on the
staff, it gets better and better. Two thumbs
up! (LU)
PO Box 1 1 543 / Kansas City, MO 64 1 38

79 REASONS WHY HITCHHIKING
SUCKS / $1

4x5 1 /2 - copied - 1 4 pgs
I know, I know. I should of put this in my
short reviews. This lil zine is short and nifty
though. All it is literally, is 79 reasons why
Andrea's recent trip sucked, they are num-
bered, and the numbers correlate with
photos from her trip. For example, the
picture corresponding with "You have to
listen to people go off on their life sto-
ries..." is the creep who she met on the trip
that she had to actually endure this from.
Gee, I hope none of these people see this.
(CW)

Andre Wyckoff / PO Box 1 9554 / Port-
land, OR 97280

SHARKPOOL i M /$2 3
8 x 6 - copied - 36 pgs
This is great for a first issue, although the
music it covers (mostly pop-punk) isn't
really my cup of tea. There are interviews
with Ten Foot Pole, Diesel Boy, No Fun at
All and Panic. Plus there's being political
and into pop-punk, reviews and other ran-
dom little tidbits. The editor is also doing a
dissertation on being a woman in the punk

scene (write to her if you want to help!) and
there's some writing about that in here as
well. (MD)

20 Grange Road / Broughton, Kettering,
Northants / NN14 1 PH / England

SIMBA#12/$2ppd
8 x 6 - copied - 60 pgs
On the one hand, I think Simba is a pretty
cool zine. I like that Vique says what she
feels, and fuck you if you don't like it. On
the other hand, it's a lot of self-obsession,
ego strokes and mental masturbation. Al-
though, if you are going to read anyone's
ramblings, it may as well be hers, because
she has some good things to say. Amidst
the smooch and telling, and the "I'm so in
love" (that seems to be the theme this
issue) there are some interesting challeng-
es to how relationships and sexuality are
and should be. I especially appreciate the
female perspective on all this. However,
my continual complaint is that coming from
a feminist, this zine is all about boys\\\
Yuck, oh, I mean, old news. Anyway, there
are also decent interviews with the Van
Pelt, SaidlWas and Ink and Dagger. Check
it out. (MD)
PO Box 340 / Leeds LS4 2XU /England

SIMPLE MINDED #1/2 stamps

8 1/2-x 11 -copied- 20 pgs

A hand written clip art riddled 20 pages of

nonsense. A lot of times things are funny to

just you and your friends who you are doing

a zine with. Catch my drift? However I was

pleased to read the flyer about the closing

of Radio Free Hawaii. Other than that,

there are some horoscopes and a top ten

list. (JF)

PO Box 1 1 81 2 / Honolulu, HI 96828

SLAVES TO REALITY #4 / $1 or 3

stamps

8 1/2x11 - copied - 44 pgs
Beware of this one, the editors claim that
it's "open to all people and their thoughts
and ideas" so don't blame them if they
print stuff about "faggots", "fat chicks",
and have comics that embody racial, reli-
gious, and class stereotypes. They're real-
ly pissed off about something: mostly
straight edge, skaters, the government,
and religious authorities. Top it off with
some bad poetry along with the sketchy
content, and I have to give this one thumbs
down, baby. (KW)
Wil/75-1195thAve./0ueens,NY11416

SMELL OF DEAD FISH #43 / $?

8 1/2x11 -copied -32 pgs
New issues of this zine keep showing up
every single month, it seems like. Although
I find the editor's writing style approach-
able and easy to connect with, his attitude
on the first page that " I wrote this and this
sucks so skip it" isjustdumb. Don'tputout
a zine or publish your work if you don't think
it's worth it, coz no one else will. Anyway,
this is the contributor issue so it's much
more hit-or-miss than the last ones I've

seen. It's just an amalgamation of weird stuff,

like a band's lyric sheet, paste up art, poetry,

stories about Athens, and well, there's some

good stuff in there - it's just a little hard to find.

(JA)

Skott Cowgill / PO Box 484 / Pensacola,

FL 32597

SOAP & SPIKES #2 / $2 ppd

8 1/2x11 - copied - 22 pgs
This issue's got a good interview with the
Demies, which you should check out if you
wanna read about the late 70s Toronto/
London (ON) scene. Otherwise you get sim-
ple mail interviews w/ Special Duties, Doom,
NOTA and the US Bombs. Also ads and
reviews. (JM)

Derek Dyke-

man/ 431 Burl-
ington Ave. Apt.
#2 / Burlington,
ON/L7S1R3/
Canada

SOCIAL DIS-
EASE #17 /

$2.50 ppd
81/2x11 -cop-
ied - 1 9 pgs
New Zealand
punk rock, poli-
tics and what
have you. Many
reviews, con-
tact addresses
and a very
swanky photo of
Chaos U.K. on
the cover - a lit-
tle of every-
thing, in fact.
"100% Two Fin-
gers in the Air Punk Rock", it says on the
cover - that more of less sums it all up. (JH)
PO Box 14-156 / Kilbirne, Wellington /
Aotearoa, / New Zealand

SOMETHING FOR NOTHING #36 / a

stamp

8 1/2x11- copied - 1 2 pgs

This zine is always worth a fuckin stamp, so

cough it up, kid. Really good quality columns

and stories, some serious and some funny

as hell. The shining story of this issue is

about becoming addicted to a Dungeons

and Dragonsesque card came. Fuckin eerie,

man. (TT)

51 6 3rd St NE / Massillon, OH 44646

SOUND VIEWS #46 / $2.00 ppd
8 1/2x11 - offset - 46 pgs
Another entertaining issue, this one with
the Bush Tetras (who've reunited?), Faren-
heit 451 , the Novellas, Five Chinese Broth-
ers, stuff on the NY Underground Film
Festival, and more. Basically a good, di-
verse area of coverage and a good level of
writing - can't really ask for much more.
Good. (JH)

96 Henry St., 5W / Brooklyn, NY 11201-
1713

JFANZINE REVIEWS^

SPANK #21 /$2ppd
8 1/2x11 - offset - 48 pgs
This is a really well done music mag. Inter-
views with Jody Blyle (Team Dresch, Ha-
zel), Gnomes of Zurich, Pond, The Van
Pelt and Crank! records. Plus the usual
reviews ads etc. My favorite part was the
special review section for the really shitty
records, subtitled "thanks for the jewel
cases". (GF)

1 004 Rose Ave. / Des Moines, IA 5031 5-
3000

STRANDED #1/?

5 1/2x81/2- copied - 64 pgs
This zine is a bit of a mixed bag and if you
don't live in Columbus, Ohio, chances are
you won't get some
of the jokes. That's
not to say there's
not flashes of bril-
liance here and
there. The piece ar-
guing that Charles
Manson wasn't
such a bad guy was
hilarious as was the
"Crap Poetry" sec-
tion. Along with
these and a couple
other short pieces
there's record re-
views and band in-
terviews. Not bad
for a first issue.
(RM)

91 E. Patterson /
Columbus, OH
43202

STUCK #1 / $1

ppd

8 1/2x5 1/2 -copied -20 pgs
Lewis explains his reelings on being a High
School geek. His approach is interesting:
crude, short comics followed by lengthy
explanations of those comics. The comics
are mainly commentaries on the sad state
of social interaction, especially getting
picked on for not fitting in. I kinda thought
the comics spoke for themselves, but for
people who can't relate as easily, the
explanations are clear and well written.
Comes with a killer military style patch that
says, "GEEK". (TT)

Lewis Houston / RR #1 Box 1 168 / Ne-
scopeck, PA 1 8635

STUPID OVER YOU #2 / $4

8 x 6 - copied - 1 00 pgs - German
This fanzine leans towards the oi/ska side
of punk with this issue mentioning lots of
bands and where they have played about in
Germany. There is also plenty of zine and
record reviews, plus what's happening in
the world of soccer. (HH)
Marko Drawe (Fiedler) / Schwedter Str 94
/ 17291 Prenzlau / Germany

SUPPLICANT #2 /$1 ppd

8 1/2x11 - newsprint - 48 pgs

This magazine is on the cusp of funny/
annoying, depends I imagine on the time of
day you read it. While in the vein of this
magazine, it does seem to have a good
cross section of columnists and interview-
ers - NYC style. Interviews include the
Descendents, Disenchanted, Milhouseand
Swingin' Utters. Oh yes, and the ever
present record reviews.
PO Box 86 1 9 / New York, NY 1 01 1 6

TAIL SPINS #29 / $3 ppd

8 1/2x11 - offset - 92 pgs
Another issue of Tail Spins, off to a rocking
start with the excellent cover art, a drawing
by Brian Ralph (.Fireball) of a couple of
lunatic BMXers on a rampage through an
apocalyptic city scene. The rest of the zine
lives up to it, with the usual mix of offbeat
articles and dedicated music coverage.
Sometimes I thinkthey actually spend more
time on their reviews than the releases
merit, but I work at MRR, where four lines
on a record review is verbose. Anyway,
this time around the articles are on Blax-
ploitation movies, a 1 9th Century savage,
and an account of one American college
student who was
stalked by an English
woman during a term
there. The musical
diversions are provid-
ed by Dianogah, the
Spider Babies, and
Los Straitjackets.
Great zine. (AM)
PO Box 1860/ Evan-
ston, IL 60204

3RD GENERA-
TION NATION #8

/$4

11 1/2 x8- printed -
52 pgs - German
My rave zine this
month, especially
with its uncluttered
lay-out. There are in-
terviews with the
Drones, Manic His-
panic, Screeching
Weasel, Chinese
Takeaway and Bad
News. There is also
an excellent article on
a 1979 Clash tour in America. And finally
there are plenty of music reviews. (HH)
Ralf Hunebeck / Muhlenfeld 59 / 45472
Mulheim / Germany

TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN #2 / $3.95

8 1/2x11 - printed - 32 pgs
I used to read a lot of comic books as a kid
so I was happy to see this show up in my
bin. This fine, full- color comic documents
the trials and tribulations of Too Much
Coffee Man using single page stories as
opposed to a single story that runs the
length of the comic. The art work reminded
me of The Tick where as the humor is
reminiscent of Ripoff Comics (The Freak

Brothers ect...). Great! (RM)

Adhesive Comics / PO Box 5372 / Austin,

TX 78763

TRAILER TRASH #9 / $2 ppd

5 1/2x8 1/2 -copied -92 pgs
Thank you. This zine is rad. It's the work
issue, focusing on ways to survive while
working less — right on. There are also pieces
on CB radios and lesbian TV characters, but
the work pieces are the shit. Some first hand
work horror stories, overall philosophies about
work and why it sucks (in the lifetime sense,
not the obvious day to day misery) and some
ideas and advice on how to live full healthy
lives without being a wage slave. Of course,
the more people who clue in to this, the
harder it may get for those of us who have
always tried to slide by without working, but
I think everyone has a right to full time lazi-
ness. (GF)
PO Box 864 / Cantonment, Fl_ 32533

TRIPPA #7 / free

8 1/2x11 - newsprint - 24 pgs - Italian
General ant-establishment sort of thang with
interviews with the Burning Heads, Los Fas-

tidios, and the
New Bomb
Turks; film-mak-
er Mario Mero-
la; and some per-
sonals ads that I
hope aren't sup-
posed to be se-
rious. Not bad.
(TD)

BalliniSteffano/
Via Mocale 79 /
50028 Tavar-
nelleV.P./Firen-
ze / Italy

THE TROU-
BLE WITH
NORMAL #29

/$1 + stamps
8 1/2x5 1/5 -
copied - 52 pgs
In some ways
it's always re-
warding to see a
zine which has
made it through
such a high num-
ber of issues, because so few zine editors
stick it out through the lean years. However,
this turned out to pretty much be a bunch of
show reviews, a short interview with Zen
Guerrilla, an interview with Dwindle, reviews,
and a little bit of political writing. Too much
white space, and not enough substance.
(JA)
PO Box 329 / Columbia, MO 65205

TRUST #64 / $4

1 2 x 8 - printed - 68 pgs - German
As always Trust comes across as a quality
zine. This issue showcases Jello Biafra, and
the bands, Lighting Beatman, Jon Spencer
Blues Explosion, and Integrity. There are

Jfanzine reviews^

columns, articles, plenty of reviews and of

course gig dates. Trust is now on the

internet at http://planetsound.de/media/

trust. (HH)

Postfach 43 11 48 / 86071 Augsburg /

Germany

UNDER 18 #4/ $2 ppd

7x8 1 /2 - copied - 64 pgs
Inane hand drawn comix, Black Army Jack-
et, Anti-product, Flux of Disorder, Doom,
Gasp, and Bomb Squadron. Pretty stan-
dard fare but for the multiple page reprints
of Winnie the Pooh (with a mohawk natch)
and the Smurf puzzles. (AR)
1215 Ronan Avenue / Wilmas, CA 90744

URLO #17/ HATE # 7 / $3
8 1/2x11 - printed - 64 pgs - Italian
Two zines in one, like those kids books
where you turn it over and the back of the
book is an upside-down cover. Urlo con-
tains an article on the garage scene in Italy,
interviews with the Others, Cripple Bas-
tards, Lilith, Crummy Stuff, demo tape
reviews, and more; Hate has an article on
Australian punk bands, a feature on blues
giant Slim Harpo, and more record re-
views. (TD)

Pierluigi Bella / Via Vidaschi 1 1 B / 001 52
Roma / Italy

WE DON'T KNOW YET #6 / $2 ppd

8 1/2x11 - copied - 32 pgs
This looks like an okay rag, but there is a lot
of wasted white space. I hate that! Inside
has mediocre interviews with UK Subs,
Billy Childish, Shonen Knife, and more. I
would have liked to see the interviews go
way in depth, and tackle as much as pos-
sible. Why not go for the gusto if you are
interviewing bands that are of this caliber?
Not the worst, but with improvement and
more time this could be a very impressive
zine. (LU)
PO Box 16120 /St. Paul, MN 551 16

WOUNDIG#1 /trade or $1.50
5 1/2x81/2- photocopied - 52 pgs
Neat personal zine with some cool com-
ics, vegan recipes, and lots of writing. Just
stuff about interpersonal relationships, a
hiking trip, friends and a debate about gun
control. There's just something very sin-
cere about this zine that I liked. (MD)
Kristy / 1 04 Union St. / Nelson, BC / V1 L
4A2 / Canada

ZINE VERGUENZA #2 & 3 / $ 3

8 1/2x6- copied - 24 pgs - Spanish
This small zine from the Caribbean blends
anti-fascism (that is anti -US imperialism)
and punk rock very well. There are inter-
views with the bands Demencia Masiva,
Tonito Experiencia, Lopo Drido and Lakkra.
This zine is probably the best place for
making contact with the Puerto Rican
scene. (HH)

Calle 7 C-19 Metropolis / Carolina, PR
00987

MORE LISTINGS

ANGELHEART #8 / $2 ppd
Page after page of tiny type and minimalist
layout from Finland. Kesko, Global Holo-
caust, Tuomiopaivan Lapset and more.
J-P Muikku / Kotaniementie 47 / 83960
Koli / Finland

ANTI-SOCIAL #1 / stamps
Stories about drinking, Taco Bell, ageism,
interviews with Schlong and the Roswells,
punk rock pick up lines and a convict's
psychological report.
Ryan Kennedy / 1919 Ridgehurst Dr. /
"Wickliffe. OH 44092

BLACKLIST / stamps

Interviews with Avail, show pics, columns,

record reviews.

PO Box 1431 / Ojai, CA 93024

BLIND AND LOST #1 / $.50 ppd

Small and pretty short. I found some humor
in here, but not much else. Cut and paste
to the max!
4 Roosevelt Ave. / Mystic, CT 06355

BLIND TO FAITH #2 / $1 ppd

An OK music-type zine with record reviews
and interviews with Asshole Parade, In/
humanity and Fang.
PO Box 771296 / Lakewood, OH 44107

BRAND X # 9 / $1 ppd.

X marks the spot here for the sober jet set.

Interviews and reviews.

2006 W. Mile Rd. / Springfield, OH 45503

CHEROTIC REVOLUTIONARY Vol

1 Iss 7 / $5

Nudity and poetry.

Frank Moore / PO Box 1 1445 / Berkeley,

CA94712

CHUMPIRE#86/free+1 stamp

4 page mini-zine with record reviews and

more.

PO Box 680 / Conneaut Lake. PA 1 631 6

CONTRASCIENCE #5 1 /2 / $7 ppd

with 10" record

Artistically well done anarcho-oriented dia-
tribe against The System somewhat remi-
niscent of that Crass booklet in Christ the
Album but more up-to-date and less beau-
tifully written.

PO Box 8344 / Minneapolis, MN 55408-
0344

COOL LIKE US #3 / 3 stamps
Typical zine fare with a Sidecar interview,
one or two rants, and reviews.
PO Box 1 8404 / Irvine, CA 92623

DRINKIN' PARIFFIN #1 / $2 ppd

Cider & gig reviews, ex-junkie tales, spike
up your mohawk and throw rocks at the
cops stuff.

1 9 Parkgate Road / Reigate / Surrey / RH2
7JL / England

ELEGANT DISCOURSE #2 / $1

Devoted to girls who rock - cool concept.
Show and record reviews, resources forgrrl
bands, websites and songs transcribed so
you can play along.
PO Box 16475 / St. Louis, MO 63125

GRACIOUS #3 /

' $3 ppd
Depressing music
zine with Promise
Ring, Bouncing
Souls, Orange 9mm,
an anti-choice stance,
and poetry.
Chrissy Dobash / 25
Tuckerton Rd / Sha-
mong, NJ 08088

GRINNER #2 / $1

ppd

Handwritten person-
al zine with childhood
anecdotes and
rhymes, heavy met-
al, etc.

Jas Toomer & Kelly
Mills / 75 Winsover
Road / Spalding /
Lines. / PE11 1EQ/
England

KILLING SWINE #3 / $1

Leftist tripe, a praise of MRR, a few nice
stories, some reviews, and it's short.
PO Box 549 / Medicine Hat, AB / T1 A 7G5
/ Canada

LIFE #3 / free
6 x 8 - copied - French
Marsaillaise zine with interviews with the
Refused, the $4oo Suits, D.O.A., gig re-
views, record reviews, the focus being "Hard-
core, Punk, et Oi."

Becamel Stephane / 43, Cours Lieutaud /
1 3006 Marseille / France

MONKEY ON MY DICK #2 / free
Masturbation, xeroxed photos, and a title
that just about says it all (at least it's free).
2730 Polk Street / Lenzburg, IL 62255

OH POOP SANTA'S DEAD #1 / $3

stamps

Self-righteous suburban high school hell.

Smoking, Hot Topic and the ROTC come

under attack.

Ben / 622 Silversmith Lane / Charlotte, NC

28270

PEOPLE ACTING AGAINST TRADI-
TIONS #1/2 stamps
9 single sided pages too many of a dumb
joke, making fun of stuff like anti-war and anti-

sexist rants.

Class Action Records / 631 Oak Run Trail

#312/Agoura, CA91301

PUBLIC OFFENDER #3 / $3 ppd

A zine for punks and skins, interviews with
the Templars and 1 0-96. Articles on animal
liberation.

Ti m Offensive / Box 260 276 / Madison,
™J""^» Wl 53726

PUNK LIFE

#1 /??

Boring writing
of a bored com-
muter on a bor-
ing subway.
PO Box 1 5 /
Arlington, VA
22210

PUNK ROY-
ALE #3 / free
An attractive
computer pro-
duced zine with
Less than Jake,
Out of Order,
DasKlown.the
Vandals, and a
bit of a Ska feel
to it.

9833 1 59th PI
NE/ Redmond,
WA 98052

SCROUNGER #2 / $1 and 2 stamps

Political-punk stuff - female circumcision,

vivisection, the scene, zine and record

reviews.

John / 2628 S. 357th St. / Federal Way,

WA 98003

SMALL SERVICE WITH A BIG
STATE #2 / $1 ppd or trade
Bored teenager type zine. What to do in
Nelson, BC, ant-Christian rant, some Chris-
tian magazine reprints, short interviews
with drunk idiots, comics.
Nathan / 1 1 52 E Georgia St. / Vancouver,
BC / V6A 2A8 / Canada

TRASH TIMES #1 / $1 + 2 stamps

Article on Curious George (that lovable

little monkey) and an interview with Mike

Stax.

Box 248 / Glenview, IL 60025

UNDYING #2/2 stamps
Handwritten sXe zine, with reviews of
records and shows. Also, stories about
working at a gas station and how dumb
most folks are. Just as a side note: this is
full of misspellings and poorly reproduced
pictures.

8409 Broadview Rd / Broadview Hts, OH
44147

■

After more than 8 years and 50 issues,
Earquake is one of the best French zines.
Sober but punctual, full of info and quality
interviews, it was about time to interview
Fred who has a lot of interesting things to
say about what punk is in one's everyday
life. Interview conducted thru email by Le
Bouffon for the French zine L'Oreille
Cassee (Broken Ear) in January '97.
MRR: Could you briefly introduce Ear-
quake? Where does the name come from?
When 1 started the zine, some friends and me
had had this idea for 2 or 3 years. We had done
the mock-up of a first issue that we never
printed. It taught me that you need a minimum
of organization to do the things well. So a year
later, when we finally felt ready, I bought a
typewriter and before you know it, the first
issue was done in one weekend with scissors
and glue. We've done 50 copies that we sent a
bit everywhere waiting for answers with impa-
tience. I wanted to call it Earthquake because a
week before there had been a giant earthquake
in India, and on the cover there was a picture of
a collapsed building. I cut some letters out of
the newspaper, and stupidly I pasted the "q"
right after the "r". When I realized it, I thought
it was as good because it was playing on words.
The flyers had been written with earthquake
written on them, ha, ha. Some find the name
stupid while others, me included, like it. I think
it's interesting because it's not stuck in the
punk/hc style and the name gives a connotation
that we can (or we should) have when listening
to he, especially the good old school that I like
more than anything else, like Black Flag's
"Police Story". Earthquake is stupid because it
sounds bad in French and alot of people don't
know how to pronounce it.
MRR: How did you become a punk?
I'd say naturally (as the opposite of overnight
like so many kids nowadays who arrive in a
scene that's already organized and take it for
granted). When I was 1 2, someone offered me
a tape recorder and a radio. I started to listen to
some music and to record some tapes by plac-
ing the like close to the speaker. And every-
thing I was recording was the heaviest songs
because it was the disco/new wave ear at that
moment. I liked the English bands like the
Pistols, Buzzcocks, CIash...and especially the
French bands because there was a show on
Saturday afternoons where a guy was playing
all these great bands like Orchestra Rouge Sax
Pustuls, Marquis de Sade, Starshooter, Little
Bob, Bijou, WC3, Taxi Girl, LSD...and on tv
there was a big show called "Les Enfants Du
Rock". Every week, they were going to a
different city to shoot some local bands in their
garage, in a pub, in the street... The scene was
smaller then but I remember that with emotion.
Young French punks drool when you tell them
that you could see Barrikads, Camera Silens
Collabos, No Fuck BB...on tv. You could see
also Black Flag, the Vandals, the Dead Milk-
men... At that time, I went to highschool with
all these bands' names written on my jacket. I
ended up in a gang with some boys and girls
like me. We created some bands, read some
zines and the anarchist press, ran some squats
-a marvelous place with rooms to sleep and
rehearse, a fire place, a library with stolen
books (shoplifting was our favorite sport). We
escaped often from school, bought some beer,
browsed in the city in our multicolored outfit
fighting with hard rockers and hippies. They
were great times also because some of the best

records came out at that moment in France (Cha-
os en France, Komintern Sect, Reich Orgasm...),
in the US, in UK and a bit after we got the first
records from New Wave Rec. featuring new
French bands and bands from the East Block. It
was a real blow out and it was very exciting
because even if a lot of punks intellectuals today
think that this period was negative (even if most
of them weren't here at that time) they'll hate me
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named. We were very united and passionate by
the contacts we could have all over the world.
People hated us and we loved that, today being
punk is cool...

MRR: Why did you choose to make a zine
rather than something else? Where does your
taste for the written language come from?
Of course before writing, I love reading. Very
early I started to read a lot of zines, and with our
band we'd send some tapes a bit everywhere. We
loved to be interviewed and tell our bullshit to the
people we would never have met. It gave us the
impression to have some friends everywhere and
that our gang was covering the entire world. A lot
of people involved in zines also had a band so we
thought of doing a zine. When we finally put out
the first issue of Earquake, the first band inter-
viewed was...ours! Not very ethical. I like zines
and all the non conventional literature. I keep the
best space for them in the zine, right in the middle
and with some longer reviews, not just to say
what's inside and what's the price. About writ-
ing, in fact I rarely write some articles, I can't
consider interviews like writings because it's the
others who express themselves, not me So only
the reviews are written by me, I like to describe
the music with words because it's easy.
MRR: You've found a format that you've
kept, not only the size but also the contents of
the zine. What could be the evolution for Ear-
quake?
The size is the same since the beginning except

that there' s more pages now. The size is one of
the things why it took me a while before to put
out the first issue. It's sophisticated nor special
but for me, it's the one that's more simple and
adaptable. It's small because most of them are
mailed, it fits in a small envelope, and an A4
can be folded in 2 because it's the standard
format for xerox machines. The small divides
all the expenses by 2. The only negative point
is that it limits the freedom for the layout. So
I have to keep a strict structure (2 or 3 col-
umns), but it's also a good way to stay read-
able. I thought of changing a couple of time,
sure it was more beautiful but it was also more
annoying to put together and more expensive
For the contents, it's the same thing, I thinkit's'
the most efficient, and it gives some space for
the news. I try to talk about everything by
alternating news tidbits with rapid access to
the addresses, and interviews that you can take
your time to read. I don't foresee any evolution
for the moment, I've tried some other layouts
and sizes but it didn't work out that well.
MRR: How many copies? Do a lot of them
get distributed thru your mailorder? How
many are sent to foreign countries?
Right now, I print 800 copies. I sell directly
around 200 of them via mailorder, during the
gigs, and through the subscribers. The rest
goes through around 30 distributors in France
Switzerland, and Belgium. Some are
mailorders, some others are record stores, con-
cert associations, bands or individuals who
sell it m theircity, their school... Abroad I have
some subscribers and some distributors in the
French speaking countries (like Canada). I
also have some subscribers in the US, UK
Germany, Italy, even in Malaysia: some peo-
ple who only want the addresses, who under-
stand French a little, or French people leaving
abroad. And, of course, I send a copy to all the
bands and all the labels that are interviewed/
reviewed (at least I try). It's like 100 of them
that are going all over the world like that
MRR: What do you think of the recent
punk fashion and have you felt some influ-
ences on the zine?

First, there are 2 aspects of the punk fashion-
there are all the bands a la Offspring/Green
Day who are aired on theradio, and that fill the
streets with students or rich kids (sometimes
both) wearing Scottish pants and doc martens
That doesn't interest me and that makes me
sad. Not so long ago, when we met a guy like
that, he either crossed the street or we'd kick
his ass and steal his shoes (now I'm alone in
my district and I'm quite short). And then
there's the nostalgia with its rereleases of good
and bad records from the 80' s. Well, I like that
because it reminds me of my childhood and I
can finally listen to some rare records but that
too starts to suck. The problem is that the
young bands are totally forgotten and interest
nobody, or they just try to copy the old ones to
attract people. Anyway good old punk and oi
are still my favorites. I think that the success of
the "revival" is also the result of acertain scene
that was loosing itself going in every direction
without finding its real way (nothing remains
from the grind wave, the UK he/peace punk
fills up the second hand record stores, not to
speak about the avant garde emo-core or the
noisy-grunge...). I felt no influence on the
zine, some people even complain that I talk too
much about this punk scene. I think that the
punk buffoons don't read zines anyway, thank
god. As for the 80's neo-punks, they buy the

zine for the cover (like for their records actual-
ly), so they prefer big fonts with Exploited
interviews, some pictures of spiked hair guys
and skulls, or else it's not punk!
MRR: How do you see the influences of this
fashion on the French scene?
It's hard to say, things are going very fast... As
I said before, bands are gonna have to respect
some exterior criteria like the outfit, the
sound.. .in order to please. But there can be a
positive element in the way we' re going back to
a root of punk that's gonna change us from the
noisy/emo thing that' s not always great. But I ' m
afraid that this influence will be negative too
because most of the people interested in this
kind of stuff are usually superficial (clothes,
jackets, mongoloid attitude). I'm afraid it'll kill
punk again as a living movement and that it'll
survive only as a postcard thing like rockabilly.
But after all , like the song says "punk rock: born
'76, died 76". The worst part is that nothing
new seems to appear that has a real positive
energy right now. Each sub movement secures
itself only by rejecting the others, I think.
MRR: Do you think that punk is a counter-
culture that self satisfies itself?
I guess what I said before means yes. But there
will be always some exciting bands and in all
the scenes that I have criticized before, you
have some sincere people who keep the faith
that moves mountains. It' s an easy feeling to be
blase or cynical, it's true that you have to point
at the abuses that fragilize the scene and make
it older, but we have to encourage the "youth"
(in the spirit, not the age) because punk has to
remain young, rebellious, provocative, inso-
lent, itchy, like the people who make it happen.
I think that if we have this revival right now,
it's because a lot of active people are getting
old (me included?) and they want their little
piece of comfort, their little records delivered
at home, to meet and stay among people like
themselves, their little routine beer/docs/nice
gig evening, not too much politics nor rants.
MRR: How can the movement and the scene
open themselves on a larger audience with-
out selling out their soul?
"Why do people hate us?". It's clear, it can't. It
must not. Why are we "punks" and involved in
the scene? Because like every adolescent, we
were fighting against ourselves. Then we were
attracted by a movement that appeared nihilis-
tic to us, and at the same time, ends up in
calming these pulsions through contacts with
people who have the same problem. When you
fight with yourself, you're fighting against the
entire world. We find ourselves in a movement
that criticizes it and refuses it. To open our-
selves to the world would mean to make peace
with it and to accept the fact that it rules. But it
doesn't. When you're in peace with the world,
you are old and not at all punk anymore. If
everybody hate us, we are on the right way.
MRR: 2 questions a la Earquake: what is
the most embarrassing record you have in
your collection? what is the record you'll
still listen to when you'll be 80?
There's no record in my collection that embar-
rasses me except some that I got as gifts (like
a Depeche Mode' s double live album) because
I only buy the records I like (if I don't, I sell,
trade or offer them). But I must admit that
there's a bunch of records that could shock
people that I might let see my collection.. .and
I think that's the sense of your question. I think
what would annoy the readers the most is a CD
compilation of Public Enemy (not the Ameri-

can rap band). About what I'll listen to at 80 (may
god hear you), maybe it' 11 be Black Flag's "Loose
Nut", my favorite record.
MRR: How much time do you spend on the
zine and do you do in your "free" time?
In fact, it varies from one issue to another, the
pages can go from 24 to 32 and if some people
help me or not. The reviews are more time con-
suming. Mt free time is devoted to (in order of
importance): listening to music, reading, meeting
some friends, playing my guitar, swimming,
cooking, visiting some places, walking, doing
nothing and going to some gigs. And as this free
time is short, I try not to waste it by getting in a
pub, smoking, drinking...
MRR: Mean question: How come so many
punks are teachers as they are always criticiz-
ing the educational system? (any explanation
about changing the system from the inside will
be refused)

I don't have the impression that punks have
criticized education so much, at least less that
other institutions like the police, the army or the
government. In fact, there' s not so many punks in

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education, I know around 10 of them and among
them a lot are in unstable condition. People who
are curious are always attracted by studies but
what to do after? Lawyer, banker, salesperson?
Teaching is still a job where you exploit nobody
and where you can even get the illusion of giving
something to others. Of course, in the beginning,
you get the impression you'll be able to change
things from the inside, although in fact you'rejust
a brick in the wall that continues the system. But
I think that someone who chooses to become a
teacher when he has a good level of education is
someone who chooses not to turn his back on his
(social) class. He's gonna get a minimum wage
and will keep in touch with his origins as the
dream of most is to geta well paidjob and to move
to a more affluent district. There are some dis-
tricts where cops never go but teachers are going
there every day. I often criticize the education but
more for the system by itself because I think that
education is fundamental for any individual and
it's impossible to learn alone. Punk and teacher
are not non-compatible. Or then punk and stu-
dent, punk and mechanic, punk and cannabis
dealer are also. I think that it changes a lot of
things in the human relationship with the stu-
dents. I think they appreciate the difference. The
real changes only happen in the everyday life,
between individuals, I'm sure of that. We also

provide a sane lack of respect for hierarchy
that is a real break in the school system. School
is not such a bad place. Most people who leave
school early regret it when they have to humil-
iate themselves in front of bureaucrats in order
to get their welfare money, when they have to
face some crazy cops, some bosses or supervi-
sors ready to treat them like shit, a sergeant, or
to face a frozen tool on a construction site at 6
in a winter morning. I think that most of the
teachers are intelligent and don't take advan-
tage of their power on kids. Some others in the
same situation would do that, just think of the
private schools, police, corporations. ..And
compared to some other professions, they
have a certain social conscience (without be-
ing revolutionary, but how would you qualify
your co-workers?). And then why are there so
many unemployed punks paid by the state
when they criticize it? And some many who
are exploited in factories when they criticize
Capitalism? Honestly, I think it's job where
you can put in practice some principles of
tolerance, equality, improvement of your rela-
tionship with others, and face reality with your
nice principles. And it ' s not as obvious or easy
as from your chair or from your rebellious
student bedroom. This job is useful, it's not q
parasite nor an easy job like some executives,
politicians or culture representatives (and
when I hear the word "culture", I grab my Piss
Drunks records).

MRR: What's the future for Earquake?
It's not a question that concerns me. When
Earquake will stop it's because I'll be fed up
with it, so I'll have no regrets. I think there's a
bright future forthe zine as my life has become
more stable. I've continued it although I had to
change job several times, sometimes within
the year, sometimes without getting any mon-
ey, and even when I had to go to the army. So
maybe I'll try to get more people involved in
the zine, I don't know, I don't plan ahead, the
zine changes by itself.
MRR: Hey, last one: Punk, what is it?
Nobody can pretend to know what punk i s, and
everybody has the right (and the duty) to
formulate its own definition, so here's mine
for what it's worth. I'll try to be short, cause an
entire zine wouldn't be enough. The more you
think you reach the punk concept and the more
it seems to escape from you. Punk is a whole
thing. It's in you and outside of you and that's
why it brings a feeling of harmony in you. It's
an attitude, a philosophy, but not something
you strictly follow like a religion or a political
theory but more something in which you find
yourself daily, through some insignificant
facts or important decisions. It' s a burning fire
that pushes you, always to the discovery and
unknown, far from conformity and comfort
(material or intellectual). On the musical side,
It's a musical style or more a way to make
music, to create in general, and that gives you
a certain feeling, the same one that'll guide
your life. In fact, punk is to apprehend the
world, in always questioning, starting by one-
self of course.

MRR: Feel free to conclude.
Thank you and L'oreille Cassee as well as all
the people who keep the faith. And as la Souris
Deglinguee used to say "Salut, les copains,
vas-y, vas-y leve ton poing, montre leur
qu't'es avec eux". Oi, mates, go on, go on,
raise your fist, show them you're with them.
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70'S AND 80'S English punk collection
for sale! I need money and I have good
stuff. Please send S.A.S.E. for list of my
collection. I have collected this stuff
over 20 years of dedicated punk rock-
ncss. I also need Special Duties records
and singles. Also have nice leather jack-
et with a lot of hardware and paint on
it for sale. Beautiful punk leather.
George Korth / 6255 Rancho Mission
Rd. #323 / San Diego, CA 92108. (619)
282-0719

ONE WAY SYSTEM, Disorder, Varuk-
ers, Oi Polloi, Vice Squad, Peter & the
T.T. Babies, Crass, Casualities, Obnox-
ious!, Special Duties, English Dogs,
Conflict, Originals "Riot City Records",
LPs and EPs. Distribution list d.i.y.
& no profit! EP from $2! and LP from
"1\ (+postage). Send an I.R.C. to: Fight
45 Records / 19 Rue Germain Pilon /
75018 Paris / France

THE ATARIS-"Anvwhere But Here"
Full length out now! CD-S10.CS/LP-
S8 Catchy pop-punx with ex-Lag Wag-
on 20 songs wilh lot's of hooks and a
.lawbreaker cover. Kris, 417 Milton
Ave., Anderson, IN 46012.

SELL/TRADE-over 2000 singles. Lots
of Subpop, Amrep, CZ, west coast hard-
core. Two stamps for list. Looking for
any (LP/7") by Guitar Gangsters, Spe-
cial Duties and Barbed Wire. Also Bat-
tle of Disarm, early 80's Japanese hard-
core (Outo/Confuse). Glenn, Box 351,
Boise, Idaho 83702.

WANTED YUGOSLAVIAN records-
Any style, but mostly punk, new wave,
r'n'r, alternative, psychedelic-bands
such as Pekinska Patka, Paraf, Prlja-
vo Kazaliste, Luna, La Strada, Sarlo
Akrobata. Predrag Delibasich, 26/58
King George St., Victoria Park, Aus-
tralia.

THE NOTHINGS - Greatest misses 7"
no redeeming social value whatsoev-
er. Five stars says this critic." - Maxi-
mum RocknRoll. $3.50 US/$4 Canada/
$5 world. Buy now.

WANTED: Odd Numbers: "So Many
Girls" 7", Suicide Machines/Humble
Gods: split 7", MIA: "Murder In A For-
eign Land" lp, and.any records or mem-
orabilia of Venom, Celtic Frost, or Ma-
donna ( pins, posters, 45's, lp's, etc.). I
have lots to trade, or I will pay cash.
Write to Erik H., 3838 Dearborn', Roch-
ester Hills, MI 48309. Your list gets

WANTED!! Xtra verts-Blank Genera-
tion, Mad-Eyeball, Fun 4 7", Nasty
Facts 7", Rowdies 7", Xpress 7", Fun
things 7", Absenteese 7", Razar 7", Jer-
mz 7", Regal Zone 7", Stever Sharp '&
T.C.C 7", Fast Cars 7", etc. Please send
me your list!!! Satoshi Sasaki, 7-22-3
Gumizawa, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-
shi, Kanagawa, 245, Japan.

NOCLASS two song tape only $3. Really
fucking fast punk rock. East Bay hardcore
getting beat up by the Casualties, Pins, patch-
es & stickers available. Violent Society likes
us, need I say more?? Noclass, PO Box 6165,
Rome GA 30165. Oh yeah, fuck you!

NEW DEMONS 7" "Electrocute". Punk
fuking rock from Sweden's new rock and
roll gods. Available now on ruff-nite
records only $3 N. America/$5 World. An-
tiseen "Here to Ruin your Groove" lp $6
N. America/$11 world prices ppd. Cash/
Money Orders payable to: Mike Cooper/
3249 Roses St./Phila, PA 19134

ATTENTION CHEAP FUCKERS: Anti-
seen "Groove" lp $6 N.A./$11 world De-
mons 7" Buzzcrusher EP, Seducer/
Buzzcrusher, Antiseen/Rancid Vat and
Limecell/Savage 3D split 7"s on Ruff-
Nite Records. 1st 7" $3 N.A./$5 world,
each additional $2/$3.50 ppd. Cash/Mon-
ey Orders to: Mike Cooper/3249 Roses St./
Phila.,PA 19134/USA

CANADIAN PUNK VIDEO Punk '76-79
Much Music feature 1992. The Last Pogo
documentary. Crash and Burn 1978 film,
more! 2 hours TDK-EHG. $20 money or-
der to: Jim Russo/7314 Rockwell #2/Phi-
la., PA 19111. Catalog: two stamps. Amer-
ican video format only!

CRAMPS VIDEO COMP! Rust Dutch TV
1990, Request video 1992, Blue Spotlight
1995, Aussie and Euro mtv features,
more! 2 hours TDK-EHG $20 money or-
der to: Jim Russo/7314 Rockwell #2/ Phil-
adelphia, PA 1911. American video

BALL PEEN COMPANION - The debut
album by Rompecabeza is out now! "Mu-
sic for and about truck drivers with crabs
that have to keep on moving". Interested
in ads, interviews, and reviews in all your
dirty zines. Send ad rates and any other
info to Rompecabeza c/o Huel Records,
PO Box 21134, Winston-Salem, NC
27120-1134; or e-mail us at huel@aol.net

LOOKING FOR ANY live/demos/rare
tapes of Extorts, Enzymes, Slinkees, Un-
touchables, Void, or any other early DC
bands especially Teen Idles California
dates. Have lots to trade. Scott, 25 S.
Church Rd. #62, Maple Shade NJ 08052

ALL EIGHT DIFFERENT Killer issues.
$8.00 USA/$10.00 Canada-Mexico-South
America/$15.00 elsewhere. #1213 -(current)
Clown Alley ($5/$7/$10). #1 1 Blue Collar ($4/
$6/$8). #910-Black Flag($4/$6/$8). #8 - ear-
ly Mighty Sphincter($2/$3/$5). #7- Hates($2/
$3/$5). #6-early Impulse Manslaughter^/
$3/$5). #5-FatalError($2/$3/$5). #4-Soldier
Dolls($l/$2/$3). Famous Hardcore of Punk-
land t-shirts. Ultimate DIY shirt
reads: "Anti-EMI, anti-Caroline, anti-Ma-
jor Label. " Printed black on white large size
only. ($12/$15/$18). US postal money order,
concealed cash or ire's. Famous Hardcore
of Punkland (payable to) Craig Hill, POB
987, San Carlos CA 94070. Next issue dead-
line, march 15th 1998. No checks!

EUROPEAN & JAPANESE HC clas-
sics for trade/sale: BGK, Pandemoni-
um, Crude SS, Shitlickers, Tervet Ka-
det, Bannlyst, Zyklome A, CCM,
Negazione, Wretched, Malinheads,
Kaaos, Kohu 63, Heresy, Varukers,
Ripcord, Amebix, Larm, Outo, Gism,
Systematic Death, and lots more. Rare
Dischord/T & G stuff wanted! ! Send 2
ire's to J. Reitz, Breul 35, 48043 Mun-
ster, Germanv.

RARE PUNKROCK FOR trade/
sale: Heart Attack 7", Lewd 7", Mag-
gots 7", DOA 7"'s. Sado Nation 7",
Mad-FriedEgg7", KFC 7 " , Aheads 7 " ,
Big Balls lp, Kriminella Gitarrer 7",
Paere Punks lp, Napalm-2nd 7", Rock-
ers-Comp. lp, Frantix 7"'s, Ebba Gron
7 " 's, Starshooter lp, Panic lp, Ivy Green
lp, Vopo's 1st lp, Siniestro Total-lst lp
and lots more. Send 2 ire's for complete
list to J. Reitz, Breul 35, 48143 Mun-
ster, Germany..

RARE! UKPUNK&OI! for trade/sale:
Abrasive Wheels, Blitz, 4 Skins, Busi-
ness, Cock Sparrer, Cocknev Rejects,
Strength Thru Oi!, Oi! The Album,
United Skins, Infra Riot, Oppressed,
Partisans, Red Alert, Red London, An-
tisocial, Criminal Class and more. Send
2 ire's for complete list to J. Reitz, Breul
35, 48143 Munster, Germany.

CANADIAN PUNKS! For a free cata-
logue featuring tonnes and tonnes of
kick ass punk rock records from too
many labels to mention at rock bottom
prices, write to: 1000 Leafs, County
Fair P.O., PO Box 23017, Thunder Bay,
ON, P7B 1KO.

MUSIC I'M LOOKING for: Token En-
try LP's (not Jay Bird, or W.O.T.W.)
S.C.U.M. LP 1st Inferno LP, anything
by M4 Alice. I will buy or possibly trade
for any of this music. If not, just make
a copy of it on tape and I'll buy it. Tim
Eiswirth, 2459 Eastill Dr., Jacksonville,
FL 32211.

MUSIC I'M LOOKING for: Special
Forces LP, Stretch Marks LP, Raped |
Teenagers - I Kraftans Klor, N.O.T.A.
7"s, Bimbo Shrineheads - 7" (not iimel
da una rabia). I will buy or possibly I
trade for any of this music. If not, just I
make me a copy of it on tape and I'll |
buy it. Tim Eiswirth, 2459 Eastill Dr.,
Jacksonville, FL 32211.

BANDS SEND TAPES for upcoming
comps and to be added to my tape dis-
tro.. All tapes will be responded to .
Send $1 for catalog to Josh PO Box
6165*RomeGA 30162.

007 RECORDS - Sgt. 6 Assault - "5
out" 7" blue vinyl ltd to 700, Short
Fuses - "Ride Me" 7" red, ltd to 500,
Sgt 6 Assault fan club 7" ltd to 300
greeen. All $4ppd each. Chris, 534
E. 14th St. #15 , NY, NY 10009
USA.

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NERVOUS BREAKDOWN FANZINE

#3. Includes interviews w/ The Misfits,
Electric Frankenstein, and more. Comes
with a 35 song CD w/ Electric Franken-
stein, Blanks 77, Violent Society, Neu-
rotiks, All Day and many more. Only$6.
9397TartanViewDr., Fairfax, VA 22032

(WANTED: LPS & 7" on the labels Crass,
ICorpus Christi, Mortarhate & Spiderleg.
[Bands like DIRT, The Mob, Icons Of
iFilth, Omega Tribe, Amebix, Poison
IGirls, Flux Of Pink Indians & Rudimen-
tary Peni. Send reasonable (I don't want
Ito pay $20 for a fucking 7") replies to
iJeramy, 770 West 8th Avenue, Eugene,
lOR 97402

THE EXCREMENTS are a DIY hardcore
punk band that needs more shows in
Southern California. We also have mer-
chandise so buy some! Bands, bookers,
promoters, venues, punks, please write!
Please book us shows ! Excrements/ 1965
Canyon Dr./ LA, CA 90068. Bands, la-
bels... wanna trade tapes?

PLEASE HELP ME find the fallowing
items: Stretchheads 10" and "Five fin-
ger..." 12", Terminal Cheesecake "An-
gels in pigtails" 12", Tumor - all 7"s,
Fear of God "As statues fell" 12" and
"conservant"7", Gravitar/Grae Com
split 12", Terminal Cheesecake/God split
7", Crash Worship - any live videos,
Heckle and Jeckle comics, talking Pee
Wee Herman doll. Nice pen pals into this
stuff also wanted. Mitch/ 5045 La
Crescenta Ave./ La Crescenta, CA 91214

BLACK FLAG DIY compilation video
live performances, hilarious "TV Party"
video. 120 minutes of Black Flag mad-
ness. Misfits/DK/Black Flag video com-
pilation 120 minutes of pure entertain-
ment from your favorite bands. Includes
"Braineaters" video! $12 each or $20
both (ppd). Nick Driefuerst/6329 Pheas-
ant Lane #F114/Middleton, WI 53562.

AIRPLAY MATERIAL WANTED for

punk/grind/metal/noise f reef orm FM ra-
dio show broadcasting in NYC/NJ metro
area. Diane's Kamikaze Fun Machine c/
o WFMU FM PO Box 171, Hopatcong,
NJ 07843. Airs every Weds llpm-2am,
Thurs on 91.1. Latest playlist: Locust,
Devoid of Faith, Towel, Morgion, Kra-
bathor, Croatan, Faxed Head. Touring
bands get in touch. Email: diane®
wfmu.org.

COMPILATION: LOOKING FOR punk/
noise/hardcore to be on a series of com-
pilations. Wide distro... good format,
may be on CD! Get in touch soon, send
SASE/demo/bio/Email account/phone
number to Chastity Records PO Box 38 1
Swansea, MA 02777-0381. ChastyBelt®
aol.com.

lOI! OI! OI! I'm always looking for all sorts
lof Oi ! records so if you got some you don't
Iwant drop me a line. Ben Richards, 44255
iDuchess, Canton, MI 48187, USA.

STILL LOOKING TO TRADE or buy the

following. ..Code of Honor, Antidote 7",
Chain of Strength (Has the Edge...) t-
shirt, X-Swatch, YOT (We're not in
this...)(EuroPress), and of course all the
typical Schism, and Positives Force Ran-
ties and shirts...Call 910-867-7635. Aaron,
609 Georgetown Cir., Fayettville, NC
28134.

WONKA VISION Coming to you from
Bucks County, PA Packed with record re-
views, punk, ska, hardcore, personal sto-
ries, poems, pictures, political issues, col-
umns, fun contests, veganism, and inter-
views with Spring Heeled Jack, Nerf
Herder, and Funeral Operation. Only
$1.00 through your mailbox. Upcoming
issues feature interviews with...Buck-0-
9, mxpx, Mustard Plug. Send to Wonka
Vision, 206 Twining Ford rd., Richboro,
PA 18954. 25% of sales go to underpriv-
leged children in the Kensington Shalom
house.

WANTING TO BUY: Disrupt/ Tuomi-
paivian Lapset 7", V/A West Coast Pow-
erviolence 3x7" box set with Dropdead
live 7". Will pay cash. John Tilley, 66 Oc-
tober Dr., St. Catharines, Ontario, L2N
6J6, Canada. (905) 937-7763 (leave a mes-
sage with your phone number), e-mail:
yu21198@yorku.ca

ALL YOU CAN EAT/LAWNSMELL

split cd album, Australia only release. 11
tracks, 500 only. Yours for only US$10
(postage included). Cash only (or trade)
Blind Records, 1 18 Ashley St.Chatswood.
NSW 2067 Australia

IDEA DISTRIBUTION - 3,000 titles form
around the world. Send $1 US, $2 foreign
for current catalog. Sound Idea/ PO Box
3204/ Brandon, FL 33509-3204 USA. Call
(813) 653-2550. Stores: Get in touch for
wholesale rates. And visit the Sound Idea
store in Brandon.

3,000 PUNK AND HARDCORE titles in
the Sound Idea catalog. Send $1 US or $2
foreign for current catalog. Bootleggers
get in touch. Sound Idea Distribution/
PO Box 3204/ Brandon, FL 33509-3204
USA. Call (813) 653-2550. Stores: call for
wholesale rates.

T-SHIRTS, RECORDS, VIDEOS, cds and

more! Send $1 US or $2 foreign for cur-
rent catalog. Send samples and working
terms for consideration. (No demos).
Sound Idea/ PO Box 3204/ Brandon, FL
33509-3204 USA. Call (813) 653-2550.
Stores: call for wholesale rates.

WARNING: LOS FEDERALES have a
new 7" out as of September '97. All red-
necks and Christian Coalition folk will be
destroyed in honor of this occasion. Send
for your copy now so you can tell all your
friends you had a part in the glorious de-
struction of the religious right. $3 (well
concealed)to No Theme! Records / 2509
N. Campbell Ave. Box 75 / Tuscon, AZ
85719

k classifieds

NEED DISTRO HELP? Send samples
and working terms. (No demos). If I am
interested, you'll hear from me. Sound
Idea Distribution/ PO Box 3204/ Bran-
don, FL 33509-3204 USA. Call (813)
653-2550. Stores: call for wholesale
rates.

JAPANESE AND EUROPEAN

labels: Trade with me! I run Burrito
Records and Sound Idea. Distribution.
If you can't trade, send wholesale pric-
es. Sound Idea/ PO Box 3204/ Brandon,
FL 33509-3204 USA. Sound Idea store
open now! Call (813) 653-2550.
Stores: call for wholesale rates.

SHORT FUSES 2nd 7" on 007 Records.
Ltd to 500 on red vinyl. Ex Speedway
and Dummies. Balls out rock n roll!
Four bucks x 2 stamps USA/$7ppd
overseas. Chris/534 E. 14th St. #15/NY.
NY 10009/USA

TURN IT AROUND double 7" $20 +
OpIV "Hetic" EP (Laytonville early
press) $10 + NCM "Ulitmate Orgasm"
7" (VVV)$20 + Live at the Hot Club
(Hugh Beaumont experience, Bobby
Soxx, Ejectors) $20. US postage: $2.
Ryan Richarson (the one not looking for
Nirvana or Pussy Galore) PO Box 49984
/ Austin, TX 78765. Email: vacuum®
mail.utexas.edu

AUDIO AND VIDEO TRADERS Trade
contact is finished but I'm still trading,
snuff, Scared of Chaka, Psyclone Rang-
ers, Wipers, Descendents. Hoss, RFTC.
Another RNRD will emerge one day.
Don't send promos! Kelvin Craig / 18
Rhonda Ave./ Willetton WA 6155/Aus-
tralia

FREE PORN! You're still falling for that?
Well if you are read this: The Dead End
Kids CD is out, No Fraud's CD is coming
out this month and a compilation with
Rythmn Collision, Link 80, and many
more. Send stamp for catalog, patches and
stickers: Kevin Allesee Records, PO Box
2510, Pt. Charlotte, FL 33949.

NEW! INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Compilation Video! filmed at CBGB's
on June 28th, 1997. Salvo, Resist, Burn
Cycle, Crocodile Shop, and Clay Peo-
ple. This is a high quality show in hi-fi
stereo. Available in any world video sys-
tem. Running time is 80 minutes. Price
is $15 + $2 Shipping USA / $5 world-
wide. Peter De Mattia / 8 Haddon Road
/ Hewitt, NJ 07421-2329 USA

VIDEOS! I have the shows you wanna
see! Free transferring to any world sys-
tem. Over 3500 quality shows, rare old
and hard to find new stuff. Punk, hard-
core, movies, documentaries, ska, alter-
native. Send 55c sase or $1 for big list.
Fast reliable service. Call, write, e-mail:
Peter DeMattia / 8 Haddon Road /
Hewitt, N.J. 07421-2329 USA. Phone:
(973) 853-4420 E-Mail: peterd®
warwick.net

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WORLD-WIDE PUNK ROCK for sale
2000 items 7"/127Albums. I've got
megarare stuff as well as usual stuff
Also got indie/mod/powerpop records
The list is full of Killed by Death Back
t« Front, Bloodstains stuff like- Anar-
chy, Bnard, Shit Dogs, Rattus, Eat
Bastards (Finland, Italy; Switzerland)
Victims, Razar, Glueams, Fresh Color'
tilth, Kriminella Gitarrer, Paraf Sta-
lin, Friction, Liket Lever, Guilty Ra-
zors. Trades welcome! Send 3 IRC's or
* 2 for complete list to Ingo Eitelbach,
P.O. Box 1319, 23833 Bad Oldesloe
Germany, Fax +49 4531 67733 (Tel
07438). E-Mail 10 1603.2202® com-
puserve. com

|X???° S ■ PAL < UK ETC > & NTSC

■(USA etc), trade/sale. Thousands of
Ishows/promos/tv clips. Stuff like Pro-
Ipagandhi, Business, Screeching Weasel
■Zounds, Exploited, Poison Idea, DK's'
■Blitz, Queers, Conflict, Schwartzeneg-
Igar, GG, Dickies, Descendents, Opera-
tion Ivy, Guns n Wankers, Misfits Sub-
■humans, Snuff, Gin Goblins. SAE (UK)
■2IRC's (overseas) or decent trade list-'
■Dave, 50a Great King St., Edinburgh,'
■Scotland. E-mail: gingoblin® easynet
lco.uk J

SERIOUS COLLECTORS of punk wave
garage, underground 1975-85, Stoopid
Records now open 6546 Hollywood Blvd
#212, Hollywood, Ca 90028. 1200-800

f?^ S ^^ g trade - Cal1 for mailorder
213-467-6990 or send detailed wants.

u send us you.- stick! Also, jot
.... jw^r wanking at work/ school/
wherever stories. Girls welcome of
course! Contributors receive their issue
tree. You are not alone! Back issues $6-
boith for $10. Sign age. JJ(O), POB 624
Alameda, CA 94501

GG ALLIN MAILORDER. Since 1990
we ve sold GG merchandise at cheap
prices. Catalog includes over 50 differ-
ent GG items including vinyl CDs
tapes, videos, t-shirts, zines, stickers'
& more. Send $1 to: GG Allin/PO Box
9o61/ Wyoming. MI 49509-0561

AUIDO/VIDEO TAPE TRADERS

wanted: quality recordings, quick ser-
vice. Misfits, Ramones, BTS DKs
ANWL, Pistols, CJs, GBH. Your list

f T 6 ^ 1 ? in , e - Gre § Gibson, 507
N.Marshall, Clarksville, IN 47129

K\Ki: BRITISH PUNK/OII/H.C. Set-
tle 1800+ items, Abrasive Wheels -
/■Minds. Want-list service. Please send
II«. loi catalouge: Elista, 157 Common
Rise, Hitchin, Herts., SG4 0HS En-
gland. Tel/fax: (01462) 433089

JTRAVELING BANDS the SX^BWants
■you! If you are going to be traveling
■through Ohio and want a place to play
■contact us. We are a new club so we
■can t offer guarantees. What we offer
■is a place to play, food, and lodging
[Contact us at (513) 241-1430 and send
Idemos to: S.O.B./ 1815 John St./ Cin-
cinnati, Ohio 45214. e-mail us at
lchevron@fuse.net

POOR DUMB BASTARDS 14 song cd

Booze driven sleaze to please from Tex- Pi Sb c

aS 5 T r fH n L ng kin § s of trash Punk. $10 ing <— "

ppd U.S., $12 world. Cash, check, mon- the i

ey order to Robert Walters, P.O. Box Let's Fuck'

474, Baytown, Texas 77522-0474. " r"iT_.

PERPETUALLY SINGLE boy looking
tor anybody who finds intense political
discussion and fighting for social change
sexy. Must like old Napalm Death, Mob
47, traveling and long distance bike rides
through the woods. Call or write Chris
Revolutionary Anarcho Punk Dating Ser-
vice, 429 Circle Ave., Forest Park IL
60130. (708)366-3477

FOR TRADE...STALIN - Dendoukokeshi
flexi, Stalin - Stalinism 7"ep; Comes - No
bide lp; Lip Cream - Lonely Rock 7"ep-
Lip Cream- Night Rider more than Fight "'
7 e P; Confuse - Flexi 7"ep; Shuffle - flexi
/ ep; V.A. - Oi! of Japan lp (original)- V A
- Japanese Movement 12"ep- Gism
Gauze, Zouo, Cobra, Gai, Kuro and many
more Japanese stuff! ! Please send me your
want/trade/sale list and offer! I want to
trade with von I want t n u,... i_

FILTHY, LOADED, SHITBAG sell me
these records-The Eat-Communist Ra-
dio, Fear-I Love Living in the City
Cramps-The way I Walk, Human Fly
Germa-Lexicon Devil, Agnostic Front-
United Blood org. 7", The Lewd-Kill
Yourself, Comp of all Lewd songs Plas-
matics-Meet the, UK Subs-Brand New
Age. Robert Frishkoff, 502 Minor Ave
North #3, Seattle, WA 98109

WANTED! Funthings 7", Absenteese
7 , Razar 7", Mad 7", Nasty Facts 7"

J *™? 12' X g ress 7 "' ** 7 "> Rowdies
7 , Spitfire Boys 7", etc. Please send
your list to: Satoshi Sasaki, 7-22-3
Gumizawa, Totsuka-ku Yokohama-
shi, Kanagawa 245 Japan

more Japanesestutf!! Please7endme7our ^^r^^ ? C . s P Ht ta P e with:
want/trade/sale list and offw"? w nH h tw Stl S an ? Matena - » comes with

Inn o \\ W, °. UKm 8 Ior rare world punk/hc
(77-84). Write to: Yoshiaki Nagano/ 3-29-
5-103, Daita/ Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 155
T aDan J '

POOR DUMB BASTARDS 14 song cd
Booze driven slease to please from Tex-
as s reigning kings of trash punk. $10 ppd
(u.s.), $12 (world). Cash, check, money
order to Robert Walters, P.O.Box 474
Baytown, Texas 77522-0474.

IDATA RECORDS, the old-school punk
■mailorder specialists, are now on the in-
ternet! Our full catalog of new and rare
■vinyl and eds can be found at http//
lourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/
■sarahjiarris/ There's a free prize draw
■too!

THE OUTHOUSE in Lawrence Kan-
sas! I m making a documentary of this
historical landmark. I'm looking for
video tapes of old shows and new
shows. If you have played there or have
a story to tell let me know about it'
Heath Alien, 522 S. William St., Colum-
bia, MO 65201, (573) 449-5417 write for
a price list of shows and the documen-
tary.

RICARDO MONTALBIN'S trium-
phant return - Tape $3 ppd. Cash only.
The fucking United States only Fucked
up punk rock that will make the neigh- 1
bors call and your mom scream Free
stickers and tape too!! Ricardo - 754
Lancaster Ln., Geneva, IL 60134

DRUMMER WANTED for Lesser of

Two, an angry hardcore band that

w welcomes experimentation. We have

8 punk rock- toured the US somewhat extensive!

ludes ly, released two EP's and were on

■~s. Farmhouse 1994 comp". PO Box

>a « 6 ,™<L? akland ' CA 94609-0603.
'A '510)923-1230.

ANARCHO PUNK and hardcore vinyl for
f a le n £undreds of items (many rare) from
* e 80 ' s and 90's, including 7"s etc from
Crass/Mortarhate/Bluurg records. Send
$1.00 tor complete listing to George Cur-
ran, 43 The Cairns, Beaubec, Dublin Rd
Drogheda, Co. Louth, Ireland

FOR SALE / TRADE: rare punk and
hardcore seven inch vinyl. Includes boots
and originals by Misfits, Dead Kennedys
Pear, Angry Samoans, Minor Threat, Sep-

M C w ea cH 1 T'™S uincy Punx > Exploited,
NoFX SNFU NOTA, Sloppy Seconds
Conflict, Black Flag, Dwarves, and many
more. Free huge list. Paul Holstein, 6759
transparent Drive, Clarkston, MI 48346

RUMORS FROM THE Air Conditioned
Tiger Pit CD comp. of bands from
around Reading Pennsylvania featur-
ing Bomb Squadron, Piss Shivers i
Christian Science AD, Figurehead DUI
and more. 13 bands, 26 songs with 16
page booklet. $6 US, $7 world. Rotten
House Records, PO Box 12705 Read-
ing, PA 19612-2705. Checks and mon-
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MUSIC I'M LOOKING for: Maggot
Sandwich - Dead to my World 7". Jus-
tice League - Thing or Sing 7 ", Life Sen-
tence - No Experience LP. Detonators
LP, Sedition LP I will buy or possibly
trade for any of this music. If not. just
make me a copy of it on tape and I'll buy
it. Tim Eiswirth, 2459 Eastill Dr., Jack-
sonville, FL 32211.

■BRINE Learning Process eight song 7",
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Iclude: death penalty, maintaining rela-
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■Tyler Galloway, 6736 West 74th St.
■Overland Park, KS 66204.

RARE REMISSION GOODS: t-shirts -

$10. Live at Gilman + 4 studio songs
demo tape $5. A Few Faces of Protest 7 "
$5. Boris Shit: End of the Century LP
(lim. to 1700) $25, Same record, white
vinyl (lim. to 300) $40, Grilled Cheese
7" (orange vinyl lim. to 500) $15. 8-Tes-
ticled Pogo Machine pic disc (lim. to
1000) $30. Send to LP (cash only) 1336
1/2. Doty St.. Green Bay. WI 54301.

WANTED: "Hurt - a Psychotechnics
Comp" LP- Also vinyl and t-shirts from
Slug, Distorted Pony, Dana Lynn, Man
is the Bastard, Oiler, Pixies. Sam Craw-
ford, 129 W. Walnut, apt. R, Lancaster,
OH 43130.

i€ classifh

BANDS WANTED! Slovenian label
wants new-school, ska, melodic H/C
bands to send demos for compilation. If
interested send a tape + info to: Rok
Djordjevic; c/o Pancake Records; Cesta v
staro vas 5; 6230 Postojna; Slovenija; Eu-
rope. Thanx!

1 WILL P Ax luu uundi iui wic?»t^ cany
Dischord 7"s! SO. A.; No Policy (green
wax), the Necros »41/2 split release w/
Touch & Go), Youth Brigade; Possible 7"
EP and Government Issue; Legless Bull
7" EP. Send me your list of set prices,
description, and condition to me at:
Krispyn Joelvav. 2942 Kinsev Ave. Des
Moines. IA 50317.

I WILL PAY top dollar for these items ! The
Rejectors; Thoughts of War 7" EP on Fartz
Wreckords, D.R.I. ; Violent Pacification 7"
EP (RRadical), D.R.I. 22 song (Dirty Rot-
ton) Fartz; Because This Fucking World
Stinks on eith Fartz Wreckords, or Alter-
native Tentacles (both would be great).
Send you lists to me at: Krispyn Joelyay,
2942 Kinsey Ave., Des Moines, IA 50317.

HELP ME!! I'm desperately looking
for. the Modernettes "teen city" 12"ep,
Skrewdriver "All Screwed Up" LP, Cya-
nide lp & all singles. Write... James Smith
3 100 Lake Brook Blvd. Apt. 45
Knoxville.TX 3790!) ps- Also, for trade
Screeching Weasel "Ramones" (tour only.
white vinvl. silk screened cover. & a-uto-

I WILL PAY top dollar for these items!
Four old 7"s on a 12" (early Dischord
sampler) Fartz; World Full of Hate 12"
LP, MDC; John Wayne Was a Nazi 7"
EP, Cramps; Songs the Lord Taught Us
12" LP Etc etc?! Everyone thinking of
selling, please send me your lists of other
stuff as well. More thank likely I'll be
interested. Write me at: Krispyn Joe-
lyay, 2942 Kinsev Ave., Des Moines, I A
50317.

EXTREME TURNTABLE TERROR!

Worldwide fast HC/grind 7" for sale!
Nailed Down, Enemy Soil, Opstand,
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501/ SouthHaven MI/ 49090-0501/
USA.

RAW PERUVIAN IIC split tape with
Dios Hastio and Materia, it comes with
booklet and info. Available for $5 ppd
evervwhere. Contact: Jose M/PO Box
4370/Lima/Peru

FOR SALE/TRADE: rare punk and
hardcore seven inch vinyl. Includes!
boots and originals by Misfits, Dead
Kennedys, Fear, Angry Samoans, Minor I
Threat, Septic Death, Quincy Punx.l
Exploited, NoFX, SNFU, NOTA, Slop-
py Seconds, Conflict, Black Flag,
Dwarves, and many more. Free huge
list. Paul Holstein, 6759 Transparent
Driv, Clarkston, Michigan, 48346.

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FREE HBO, PLAYBOY! Showtime. Laid
off punk cable worker tells all ! Build de-
scrambler for under 13 bucks with 7 Ra-
dio Shack parts, and very fast. Send 10
dollars, cash or money order for simple
7 step instructions to Ed Duckfield. Im-
mediate response guaranteed for DIY
punks! Ed, PO Box 157, West Sayville,
NY 11796

SILK-SCREENING: Do you need t-
shirts or patches made? Do you want it
done inexpen-sively and DIY? Mail
Tango your design and information re-
garding quanity and size of shirts or
patches, ink and shirt color, and any
other important information. Enclose a
stamp for a reply of price quotes. Tan-
go/P.O. Box 190/Wilsonville, AL 35186
USA

SPIKED LEATHER, BONDAGE, S-M.

Pyramid belts, collars, wristbands, re-
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you need, punk as fuck handmade leath-
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the ass for cheaply made
leatherware? Guaranteed highest qual-
ity at low prices. Custom orders also
made. Send stamp for catalog to: B.
Leather, 2072 Richfield Dr, Kettering,
OH 45420.

TANGO T-SHIRTS: High quality shirts
of bands like Pist, Mankind?, Drop Dead,
Hell-nation, Spazz, Aus-Rotten, Detest-
nation, Ulcer, Resist, Masskontrol, Mon-
ster X, Forced Expression and more. All
shirts are done with band's permission.
Cash only $8ppd in USA! Tango/P.O.Box
190/Wilsonville, AL 35186 USA

FREE CABLE PUNKS ! Laid off punk ca-
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own descrambler with only 7 parts from
Radio Shack for under $13.7 step instruc-
tions that anyone can do. Fast service, you
will receive weeks guaranteed! Send well
concealed cash or $10 money order to: PO
Box 157, West Sayville, NY 11796

DARK ENTRIES is a pen pal network
dedi-cated to printing classified ads, so
punks can meet other punks, trade free
shit, get free shit, poetry, or just basical-
ly voice their opinions. Send your classi-
fied ads (40 words or less), poetry, stories
or commentary to: Dark Entries/6245 Al-
antic Ave. #134/Bell, CA 90201

PUNK/GOTH GIRLS! Photos wanted for
book! Those published get free copy. Nu-
dity(18+) guarantees publication.' Send
photos to: Ratis Productions, PO Box 262
Marina, CA 93933

BLITZ ZINE OUT NOW! Issue one, 50
cents and stamp. Need interviews, col-
umns, art, etc. Send all stuff to: Box
1218. Manteo, NC 27954. Also, I'm look-
ing for hardcore bands from NC to add
to a compilation tape that I'm doing.
Send tape(or record), lyrics, and an ad-
dress to the above address.

PALE HORSE PROD.? Are you still in
buisness? No response to 3 orders? Any-
one else out there with literature for
sale? All kinds reading is my j unk ! Send I
catalogs to: D. Hinge/718 W Ave. D/l
Killeen, TX 76543

INCARCERATED IN TEXAS!!! Bored
21 y/o male punk rocker looking for fe-
male penpals to correspond with., age,
race and sexual preference unimpor-
tant. Musical interests are Spazz, bom
Against, MITB, Los Crudos, etc.... I'm
on the brink of going crazy. Don't hesi-
tate, write me today! ! ! Will respond to
all letters. Josh Flowers #763240,
Dominguez Unit, 6535 Cagnon Rd., San
Antonio, TX 78252, U$A

14 YEAR OLD punk girl looking for inter-
esting punk boy to write to. I'm interested I
in pictures too , if you want to send one. Tri- 1
cia, PO Box 1 172, Grand Marais, MN 55604. f

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WANTED: Amebix, Asbestos Death,
Blitz, Disproved, Dystopia, Exhumed,
Hammerhead, Man is the Bastard,
Spazz (out of print stuff). Also looking
for compilation 12" with Crawl Unit &
Illusion of Safety etc. "Decompositions
in Dee Minor" it's a "tribut" to Diane
Minor -noise- and current 93 Lashtal
12". Contact Melissa at (248)360-7998/
7145 Roundhill Dr. Apt. B-2, Water-
ford, MI 48327.

ALL EIGHT DIFFERENT killer issues
$8 USA/ $10 Canada, Mexico, South
America/ $15 elsewhere #1213 (current)
Clown Alley ($5/ $7/ $10) #11 Blue Col-
lar ($4/ $6/ $8) #910 Black Flag ($4/ $6/
$8) #8 Early Mighty Sphincter ($2/ $3/
$5) #7 Hates ($2/ $3/ $5) #6 Early Im-
pulse Manslaughter ($3/ $3/ $5) #5 Fa-
tal Error ($2/ $3/ $5) #4 Soldier Dolls
($1/ $2/ $3)Famous Hardcore of Punk-
land payable to: Craig Hill, POB 987,
San Carlos, CA 94070. Next issue dead-
line March 15th 1998. No checks.

FAMOUS HARDCORE of Punkland T-
shirts - Ultimate DIY shirt reads " Anti-
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bel." Printed black of white large size
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order, concealed cash, or IRC's. Famous
Hardcore of Punkland payable to: Craig
Hill, POB 987, San Carlos, CA 94070.
Next issue deadline March 15th 1998.
No checks.

HEY THERE! My name is Gigi. I'm a
1 5 yo punk girl who is looking for young
kids from Philly or anywhere who want
to start a zine with me! ! ! If you are a
talented writer or artist or you just
wanna have fun and can't do either...
Please contact me at (215)-324-5298 or
write GiGiM./4638"A" St./Phila. P. A
19120.

17 YR OLD QUEER BOY looking to
correspond with other queers or any-
one into HC. Looking for people my age
(13 to 25). Into: Madball, H20, Misfits,
and anything queer. Write: Ron Rey-
nolds, POBox 10093, Cranston, RI
02910

ImRR-BACK ISSUES! Selling my entire
I collection. Every issue from early 92 to
llate 96. Including G.G. death issue! Will
Inot separate. Name your price. Kris, 417
iMilton Ave., Anderson, IN 46012.

ORGANIZATIONS, BANDS, labels,
etc.! So. Cal buttonheads make high
quality 1" buttons at cheap prices: one
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$140. Call or write for details and sam-
ples: POBox 620173, San Diego, CA
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INONPROFIT, DIY T-SHIRTS: Septic
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BOURBON & CLOROX has done custom
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(among others who were way cooler than
any of those shleps). What? You're too
good for us? 30 bucks per 100 buttons.
Such a deal. For info and a catalog write:
Bourbon & Clorox, P.O.B. 3824, Nausea
NH 03061-3824.

DIET SOCIETY FANZINE has moved
Sorry if you sent something and you
haven't recieved anything. $1 ppd. New
issue out in August (punk theme) and
November (conspiracy theme). Write to:
Diet Society/ 4520 Behnet Ave. #213/Aus-
tin.TX 78751

EXPLOITATION/ HORROR/ Sci-fi/
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Prison/ H.G. Lewis and much more!! 3
Movies/ $10.00 Postpaid. High-Grade
name brand tape. Send for free catalog.
Sell or trade. Steven McLaughlin, 1573
Black Angus Way, Marysville, CA 95901
U.S.A.

SGT ROCK ISO La Femme Nikita: An
offbeat moron into wanderlust and Mad
Max films wants to hear from some kind
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to do in boring places. Ken LB, PO Box
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ADVERTISE IN The Silicon Valley Re-
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BOURBON & CLOROX has new designs,
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NH 03061-3824.

HEY PALEFACE! Bourbon & Clorox
have-um heap many badges. Gothic-type,
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MAINLINE STREETWEAR is a new

clothing line and skateboard shop that is
now open. We also do consignment so
come down and see the shop, we are open
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E. Live Oak Ave. Arcadia, CA 91006-
5828. Call Terry at (626) 446-4520.

19 Y/O MALE into anarchy, skate-
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like you please write. The stranger the
better. Jon, 38 Holiday Ln., Somerset,
KY, 42503.

I'M SXE, but you don't have to be to I
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to. Write: Jake, 221 mimosa Ave., Som-
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AML records recently
released Dick Army's EP
"The First Four Beers" we felt
confident that it would be wel-
comed by "punkers" with
open arms. Certainly all our
marketing research indicated
that this would be the case.

However, slow sales, com-
bined with poor reviews in
important trade publications,
such as "Maximumrocknroll",
have led us to retool the
group's image somewhat.

Gone is the group's
wacky drummer "Mikey".
Our research indicated that his
happy go lucky attitude was
out of sync with contempo-
rary "punk rock" mores. The
group will now be displaying
a more "sullen" and
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concert and on subsequent
releases. We are certain that
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