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e '

magcame I no ex' sence

voi d
. After F li psi de deci dedto cease i t' s
nati onal scene coverage, we tri edto take
upthe slack, usi ngour extensi ve
contactsbui lt upsi nce our fi rst radi o
showi nApri l of ' 77
. We also wantedto
put out a zi ne, that besi descoveri ng
musi c, focusedmore onthe seri oussi de of
punk; onthe poli ti cal,
soci ologi cal, and
economi c i ssues
; that stresseda
re-i ntroducti onof i ntelli gent andposi ti ve
thought i nto a scene that hadbeen
becomi ngi ncreasi ngly mi ndless, vi olent,
"rockandrolli sh", andanti -poli ti cal.
There were already plenty of zi nesthat
focusedonthe li ghter si de of punk(a
totally necessary aspect of the scene), and
we di dn' t begrudge themthat, but we
wi shedto stake out newterri tory, muchi n
the tradi ti onof the late great Search6
Destroy.
THE ' MEAT CRI MES' OF THE MATTE
Lately though, MRR hascome under heavy
attacki n, andby, a very fewzi nes.
Central to all these attacks(some of whi ch
are basedonseri ouspoli ti cal di fferences,
but most of whi chare smokescreensthat
serve

to

conceal

personal

hosti li ti es
stemmi ngfromjealousy, i nsecuri ty,
rejecti on, and/or paranoi a) I sone person
who hasmounteda nati onal campai gn
agai nst our mag, andme personally. I ' ll
get backto hi mi na mi nute, but fi rst
wouldli ke to speculate onwhy these few
publi sherswouldwant to get suckedi nto
hi s"conspi racy". F or one thi ng, they are
all fri ends, andare all close to a band
that we cri ti ci zed, vi a cartoon, for thei r
behavi or duri nga vi olent i nci dent here i n
S .F
. last year . Secondly, i t may be a
matter of sour grapesonthei r part,
because of our wi despreaddi stri buti onand
relati velysuddensuccess. Also, the 2 or 3
zi nes

i nvolved

resent our parti cular

poli ti cal

approach,

whi ch

i ncludes
hi ghli ghti ngthe vari ouscontradi cti ons
wi thi nthe scene, andthereby i ntroduci ng
asb' t of harshreali ty i nto the escapi st
"rockandroll"worldthey' ve been
culti vati ng.
CARTOONI ST GOES '
APE '
Backto our "fri end"
. We have i ncurred
the wrathof a cartooni st, whose stri psare
featuredi nmany fanzi nes. Hi sanger i s
suchthat we are not only the subject of
many of those comi x, but are nowthe
target of hi sown1 6 -page zi ne, dedi cated
enti rely to attacki ngMRR, andmyself
personally
. Besi desthi s, hi sfi xati onhas
dri venhi mto wri te lettersto other zi nes
(li ke the one i nthe recent F li psi de, to
whi chhe affi xedanali as), to do
i ntervi ewsattacki ngus, andto call or
wri te zi nesandbandsaroundthe country
to engage themi nhi sorgani zedplot (as
reportedto usby a fewof those he
contacted)
. He hasalso made fai led
attemptsto dri ve a wedge betweenmyself
andfri ends, li ke Jello.
MY SUPPOSED CRI MES
Asstatedi nhi szi ne, letters, and
i ntervi ews, our chi ef "cri mes"seemto be
the followi ng: (1 ) That I ' molder, andwas
once a long-hai r (2 ) That we' re "commi es",
out to subvert the punkscene (3 ) That we
wouldn' t publi shhi slettersto usfor
poli ti cal reasons, and(4 ) That we are
steeri ngki dsi nto vi olent confrontati ons
wi thcops, whi chwi ll result i neven
further poli ti cal gai nsfor the F ar Ri ght.
My response to #1 i s, yes, I once wasa
longhai redrebel (1 0 to 1 5 yearsago), a
punkthenasI amnow, andhopefully
alwayswi ll be
. To #2 , yesI do have a
marxi st perspecti ve. Out of our whole
groupof staff andcontri butors, that
number well over 5 0, there i sonly one
other who I knowsharesthat vi ew. The
government. I a so conti nue to have
othi ngbut shi t jobs, andamcurrently
doi ngshi ppi ngandrecei vi ng) . Anyway,
the poi nt i s, that whenthe rebelli onof the
' 6 0' sfai ledto wi pe away all evi l, he
turnedvery bi tter, andI now
became the
personi fi cati onof all that went wrongi n
hi sli fe. My "reappearence" seemsto have
tri ggeredhi moff, andI ' msure that what
he percei vedasour "rejecti on"of hi s
work, a rejecti onby hi s"oldmentor",
di dn' t helpmatters.
MRR SUPPRESSES POLI TI CAL CRI TI CI SM?
I nany case, hi scommuni cati onsto me
never menti onedany of thi s"hi story", and
I never hadany i nkli ngthat he ei ther
wantedor expectedhi sslagsanddi atri bes
to be pri nted. I nfact, at one poi nt he
evenwrote "You keepmy name out of your
zi ne, andI ' ll keepyoursout of my
comi x". We conti nue to be i nterestedi n
pri nti n
g coherent, i ntelli gent, and
constructi vely cri ti cal opposi ngvi ews, but
hi svi tuperati ve repli escertai nly di dn' t fi t
that bi ll (whi chi ssad, because he does
ave some i nteresti ngi deasonthe
shortcomi ngsof counterculture, especi ally
nthe danger of our i nsti lli ng"punk
conformi ty", but unfortunately these i deas
come wrappedi nso muchemoti onal
.aggage that the constructi ve value
hasbeenlargely obli terated).
POLI CE ABUSES
Asfar as#4 goes, our coverage of
i nci dentsof poli ce/punkconfrontati ons
have laboredto be factual, are wri tteni n
non-i nflamatorylanguage. I nfact, we have
recently beencri ti ci zedi na zi ne for not
comi ngdownhardenoughonthe cops. W
don' t wi shto see punksget slaughtered,
but we do thi nkthey have every ri ght to
.efendthemselves(especi ally i nSo . Cal .,
where the L
.A .P .D . andSheri ffsare
notori ously brutal) . We obvi ously don' t
percei ve all copsasevi l, si nce we ranan
i ntervi ewwi thanexcepti onally i ntelli gent
: ndhumancop, S
.F .' sSheri ff Mi ke
Hennessey, but we do recogni ze thei r
.asi c role, i nthi sclasssoci ety, asone of
.rotecti ngthe property andli vesof the
ri chfromthe rest of us
. We shall conti nue
o report onthei r abusesof authori ty, and
shall conti nue to present many opi ni onson
owto best deal wi ththese si tuati ons, as
well aslarger poli ti cal i ssues.
WE WANT YOUR I NPUT
So that' sthe story
. We have not wantedto
use alot of valuable space here i n
counteri nghi svendetta, but felt i t
necessary to respondi nsome manner,
gi venthe lengthsto whi chhe' sgoi ng.
Thi si snot really the poli ti cal i ssue he and
hi sfri endswouldhave us, or you,
beli eve . Our approachhasbeento call or
wri te to slaggers,

to ascertai ni f a
seri ous, non-hysteri cal di alogue i s
possi ble-ei ther personally, or i npri nt . I n
thi scase, the moti vati onseemsto be one
of harassment. None of our accusershave
botheredto reply to our attemptsat
rati onal communi cati on, but rather have
onti nuedto take cheapshots. We debated
extensi vely, wi thi nour staff, the proper
response to thei r offensi ve, We wi ll not
play thei r game, wi ll not respondi nki nd.
e hope that the readersof thi smagknow
y nowwhat we standfor (whether or not
they agree wi thour poli ti cs), andwi ll be
able to see throughthi sslander . I f,
owever, you feel i t necessary for usto
.o i nto further detai l, to name names, etc,
et usknow
. Hopefully, thi sresponse wi ll
uffi ce, andwe canget onwi ththe
usi nessat hand, the really i mportant
i ssuesthat we all face, andthe coverage
.f our scene
. Let me knowwhat you thi nk
=fter all thi sshi t . Before we move on
though, there i sone poli ti cal aspect of
thei r assault that I wouldli ke to deal
wi th. Please readon. . ."OldMan"Ti m
e a enperspecti ve presented
i nour
ti ne i sanarchi st, reflecti ngthe
proporti onal composi ti on of the wri ters. We
also run
pi eces fromni hi li sti c, soci ali st,
petit-bourgeoise, situationist, and
non-descript perspectives. In answerto
. 3 ; we began receiving mailfrom him after
ourfirst orsecond issue. He initially
submitted hiscomix forpossible
publication, and I returned them with a
lettersaying we wouldn't run them , since
so many zinesalready did, but if he
wanted to do specific issue-oriented
cartoons, that would be great . From then
on he started a seriesof increasingly
hostile and cryptic lettersto us. I tried to
find out from him the basisforhis
apparent cynicism and bitterness, to no
avail. But when he mentioned that he
would
be visiting S . F . in Jan . , I sent him
my phone number, asking him to call, so
that we might meet face to face, and
perhapsestablish bettercommunication . rle
neverdid call. A ccording to hiszine, he
blewthat off
because he heard I wasa
"crushing bore". The next letterwas
amazingly hostile, and contained many of
the accusationslisted above, aswellasthe
insinuation that we were being funded by
rich communistsorthe C. I . A . , and that
he would "expose" uspublically unlesswe
did it ourselvesin thisissue . We (Jeff and
I) wrote back, did a point by point
rebuttalto hisclaims, and then told him to
do whateverthe fuck he wanted to, that
we wouldn't succumb to hisintimidation or
threats
. He then put out hiszine.
AMY R&f~(I ~E-=EJEsT I O~N
" . .I beli eved and practi callyi doli zed. .Ti m"
"Ti mleft N .J ., andmovedto Berkeley for
. .a half decade of gradschool
. Thi si s
what hasbecome knownasthe Great
Betrayal . .) thought they were trai tors. ."
"He burnedme badonce, but he won' t
burnme agai nMy headwasfuckedwi th
whenI wasa ki d and I haven' t forgotten."
"WhenMRR came out, I fi guredI ' dhave to
gi ve themthei r chancebut I also knew
that i norder to do somethi nggood
. . I ' d
have to wai t for my ti me,"
"I ' ma punkcartooni st, who hashadhi s
workpri ntedi nfanzi nesall over the
world, andthey treatedme li ke I wasa
baby wi thshi t i nmy pants."
. . . . . . . . .
. . . . ..
I t makesfor very i nteresti ngreadi ng
. I f
what he wri tesi ni t i swhat he truly
beli eves, thenhe never hadany i ntenti on
of honest communi cati on. He revealshow
he thought he knewme 1 0 yearsor so
ago, whenI li vedi nNewJersey, drove a
truckfor a li vi ng, andwrote for a radi cal
undergroundnewspaper . He apparently
"i doli zed"me, but the "me"he pi cturesi s
a fantasy "Ti m", embelli shedwi thall sorts
of "heroi c"deedsthat just weren' t
groundedi nreali ty
. He hadme gi vi ng
great poli ti cal orati ons, exhorti ngki dsto
go out andki ll the "pi gs"(I ' ve never
spokento a crowd, except i n1 979 when
we pi cketedour radi o stati onKPF A to get
more ai rti me for punk- anyone who has
heardour showli ve knowswhat a spasti c
speaker I am)
. He hadme bei ngthe
co-founder of that mag(I wasmostly a
shi t-worker, anddi doccasi onal musi c
revi ews), andthenhadme goi ngoff to
gradschool, "selli ngout"the rebelli on,
andabandoni ng' hi m, etc
. (I ' ve never been
to gradschool- cri me that that i s?-and
conti nueddoi ngpoli ti cal workli ke
communi tyorgani zi ng; helpeda groupi n
NewBrunswi ckfi ght Johnson&Johnson' s
plansto raze thei r nei ghborhoodto bui lda
parki ngdeck, workedi nBerkeley asa
preci nct co-ordi nator for a grassroots
coali ti onthat hasmade great i nroadsonto
tradi ti onally

"bi gbusi ness"- run

local
JOE MCCARTHY' S GHOST
VM vA To` / s R ot
ARv 4oMMuti
Pr$
That' swhat the graffi ti ona wall i nNe
York' slower east si de states
. Whether the
workof one of the forementi on-
detractors, or an"i nspi red"result of thei
campai gn, I fi ndthi sthe ugli est aspect o
all . I S THI S THE 1 95 0' S AGAI N?, whe
i nsi nuati onandred- bai ti ngbrought on-
hysteri a that causedthousandsto los-
thei r jobs, andwhenthe ColdWar came to
li fe. Andhysteri a i t was
; playi ngonth-
fearsof people whose i dea of communi sm
came strai ght out of the Hears
newspapers, or else wasnudgedonby th-
pervertedversi onof communi smthat th-
Russi anspeddle. Panderi ngto the lowest
commondenomi nator wasJoe McCarthy' s
game, andapparently some people i nthe
punkscene are playi ngi t too
. The perso
or personspropogati ngthe vi ewthat we' re
"di rt reds"are ei ther ver mi si nformed,
COMMUN I SM
: a fi nal stage of soci ety i n
Marxi st theory, i nwhi chthe state has
wi theredaway, andeconomi c goodsare
di stri butedequally.
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or else are wagi nga taelTerate campai gno
di si nformati onai medat di scredi ti ngou
overall

poli ti cal

and

anti -capi tali st

di recti on. Thi si snot bei ngdone through
i ntelli gent gi ve-and-take, but through
cheapshots, vi ci ousslags, andfear
mongeri ng. MRR wi ll cri ti ci ze reacti onary
values, expressedi nsongsor peoples
acti ons-valuesthat encourage raci sm,
sexi sm, andother formsof stupi di ty-but
that' snot the same thi ngastaki nga,
cheapshot by calli ngthem"fasci sts".
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LETTERS

LETTERS

LETTERS
DEAR MAX EOM R&R :
Me andmy fri endsli ve i n
Wi nni peg, Mani toba (Canaduh) . We li ve i n
ani gloo andcannot speakengli shso good,
so please tolurate spelli ngmi stakes.
I t i sreal coldhere, but we amuse
ourselvesby playi ngwi ththe polar bears
andwatchi ngthe northernli ghts.
Seri ously, I thought your revi ewof
the RI OT 3 03 si ngle wasprejudi cedonthe
account of i t bei ngfromCanada, last
basti onof Punk. I ' msure those boysdon' t
mi ndbei ngcomparedto the SUBHUMANS,
but i f RI OT 3 03 were fromMi dwest USA, I
bet the revi ewwouldhave beena lot
di fferent.
Do

you

judge

musi c

on

i ts
geographi cal locati on? I f i t' sfrom
Washi ngtoni t' sgreat, i f i t' sfromCanada
i t soundsli ke the SEX PI STOLS?
Recordsare expensi ve here; we
encourage people to sendaway for
records, but most people just go to record
storesanyway (myself i ncluded) . People
just don' t trust the mai l, takestoo fucki ng
longalso . I f you couldtell people i t' snot
so badout here, we' dreally appreci ate i t.
Crowdresponse i salwaysgood, because
we have so fewgoodhardcore gi gsthat
people are really happy to see bandsfrom
out of town. I f any band, person, thi ng,
mani ac wouldli ke to vi si t Wpg, gi ve them
thi sphone number, address, etc . : Daysof
Rage F anzi ne, 2 86 Si mcoe, Wpg, Mani toba
R3 6 -1 W1 , 2 04 ) 772 -5 2 04 . . . Askfor Chri s
or Kei th.
(Ed- You wrote thi sletter before i ssue #4
wi ththe Canadi anreport came out . Hope
that di spelled your fearsof our
prejudi ce-)
Max R &R:
Hi . How' si t goi ngdownthere i nthe
Bay Area? I hope i t' sbetter thanhere i n
the valley.
I ' mreally upset, andI fi guredI ' d
wri te to you andtell you howI feel,
because I ' msure you' ve talkedto ki ds
who' ve hadsome of the same problemsI ' m
havi ng. I ' malso tryi ngto vent some of my
frustrati onsonthi spaper rather than
goi nganddoi ngsomethi ngstupi dthat I
mi ght regret later.
F i rst of all, I ' dli ke to tell you what
my parentshave done to me. I came home
one ni ght, andwent i nto my room. I
turnedonthe li ght to fi ndthat my whole
roomwascompletely ri ppedapart . My
posters, pi cturesof bands, gi gflyers,
anda collecti onof banadanaswere all
gone
. Nowhere to be found. I wastotally
pi ssed! I walkedover to my stereo to put
onsome noi se, but all of my recordsand
tapeshaddi sappeared. By that ti me I was
ready to ki ll! Why di dthey do thi sto me?
Maybe I couldunderstandthemdoi ngthat
i f I causeda lot of problems, i f I came
home at all hoursof the ni ght, i f I came
home wastedall the ti me. But none of
these thi ngshappenedthat often. My
gradesaren' t that bad, all c' s.
Thenmomcall me i nto the li vi ng
room. I got the Lecture. You know, the
one on, "Why can' t you be li ke everyone
else?"I wasalso toldthat punksare
"freaks."Momalso toldme that I don' t
really understandwhat punki sabout, but
whenI tri edto explai nto her that I di d
know, and
she di dn' t, she wouldn' t li sten.
I Wastoldthat I couldn' t bri ng
another thi ngi nthe house that had
anythi ngto do wi thpunk
. I couldn' t get
anymore fanzi nesi nthe mai l, or records
andtapesfor that matter.
She toldme i f I couldn' t li ve under
these condi ti ons, I couldleave
. So I went
i nto my roomandpacked. I wasgoi ngto
wai t for themto go to bedbefore I left .
They wouldn' t go to bed. So what
happens? I fall asleep!
I wantedto go to S .F
. But I don' t
knowa si ngle soul i nthe Bay Area, andI
hadonly $9 at the ti me, andnowhere to
stay. I really wantedto go bad! But that
mayhave beena mi stake then.
That wasabout three weeksago . I t
happenedagai nyesterday.
My momwasi nmy roomagai n, and
found3 tapes
. She startedher screami ng
fi t agai nandwantedto knowwhy they
weren' t burnedwi ththe rest (that' swhat
they di dwi thmy whole noi se collecti on).
We got i nto anargument agai n. She wanted
me to burnthose tapes(one bei ngthe Max
R &R comp.), andtoldher that she could
at least let me gi ve themto someone.
Bullshi t! There i sno way that I ' mgoi ngto
gi ve themaway. I ' ll have to keepthemi n
mylocker at school.
My parentscensor my mai l
. So far,
they have gotten5 fanzi nes(2 Max R &
R), 2 lettersfrombands, andat least 1
ep. Those are not counti ngwhat I don' t
knowabout
. So I ' mgoi ngto start havi ng
thi ngssent to general deli very . That way
no one canget mymai l except for me.
I sti ll want to go to S .F . I have $1 1 5
now, but sti ll don' t knowanyone. My
cousi nwouldli ke to leave home too, but
we don' t have a car, anddon' t knowwhat
to do once we get there . We' re ki ndof
young--I just turned1 6 onDecember 2 8.
Enoughabout myparents.
About the so-called"punx."At my
school we have about four punx, but we
also have a groupof punkclones, I really
thought these guyswere for real, unti l I
talkedto them. Ohsure, they lookli ke
punx, andact li ke asses! I wasso exci ted
whenI came to school at the begi nni ngof
the year andsawall of these "punx". I
wasthi nki ng, "Hey, thi ngsare starti ngto
come ali ve i nLodi
."What a joke!
They waste ti me telli ngme howpunk
they are. I t makesme so mad! I di dn' t let
one of these guysstab my handwi tha
safety pi nonce, andhe toldme that I
wasn' t a true punker, because I di dn' t let
hi mstab me . WhenI toldhi mthat I wasn' t
stupi d, anddi dn' t go aroundmuti lati ng
myself, he askedme i f there wasnowsuch
a thi ngasstupi dandsmart punkers. Thi s
guy thi nkshe' sgod' sgi ft to hardcore
. He
also toldme that i f I don' t li stento KI SS,
I ' mnot a true punker.
I don' t associ ate wi ththese people
anymore. I t really makesme i ll to see that
just a fewjerksli ke these people fuckup
the scene for everyone
. These guysdon' t
know, or care for that matter, what the
scene i sall about. Thi ssame groupof
wanabee' sare i nto getti ngdrunkand
taki ngdrugsat school, whi chI thi nki s
totally stupi d! There i sa ti me andplace
for partyi ng, but not at school . There' re
too many people wai ti ngto nab you and
take you to the hall.
My school sux! There are 2 ,5 00 ki ds
here, andthe one female punki sme . I t' s
hardfor people to accept that gi rlsare
i nto punkalso . We have a lot of preppi es
li vi nghere. They all sucki nmy opi ni on.
We have a lot of "stoners"here too.
Just the other day I hada runi n
wi tha stoner chi ck. She tolda fri endof
mi ne that she di dn' t want her hangi n' out
wi thpeople who slam! I wasso mad, I
wantedto whi pher assri ght there, but I
kept my cool andtri edto let i t sli de.
Come to fi ndout, she thought slammi ng
wasshooti ngheroi n. I may lookstrange,
but I don' t lookli ke no junki e!
She' sstartedsome more shi t today.
I ' mgoi ngto try to stay cool, but i f I
can' t stay cool about i t, I ' ll make sure that
she doesn' t bother me anymore. (I was
toldby the headdeanthat i f I get caught
cutti ngonce or cause eventhe sli ghtest
bi t of trouble, I ' mout of thi sschool
.)
Enoughabout the school . Nowabout
our scene. I thi nkthat thi ngsmay be
comi ngto li fe here i nthe valley
. Not
anythi ngto bragabout , but nevertheless
some sort of scene.
I heardyesterday that BLACK F LAG
andthe AUTHORI TI ES are goi ngto play i n
Stockton. Don' t knowwhenyet, but i t' si n
the works
. The manager for the
AUTHORI TI ES, Jeff Stroh, i sa substi tute
teacher, andteacheshere once i na whi le.
He' shelpi ngto promote thi sshow. He also
promotedthe showwhenthe DK' swere i n
Stocktonlast June . I don' t knowhowI ' m
goi ngto do i t, but somehowor another I ' ll
get to that show.
I li ke to wri te lettersto bandsi n
other partsof the country to fi ndout
what thi ngsare li ke there. Someti mesI ' m
lucky to get to the mai lbox before anyone
else, andI do manage to recei ve a few
letters. But wi ththi sgeneral deli very
thi ng, I canstart bui ldi ngupmy musi c
agai n, (whi chhasdwi ndledto those 3
tapesI talkedabout earli er, and1 4 5 ) and
start heari ngfromall the bandsthat I
wri te to.
Well, I suppose you' ve heardenough
out of me, so I ' ll be jammi n' now. Keepup
the excellent workonthe show, because
i t' sthe only thi ngI lookforwardto.
Thanx for li steni ng,
Jami F ei ock
Lodi , CA
Dear I nspi rati on,
I just want to tell you not to let
anythi nghappento your magazi ne. I t has
beenani nspi rati oni nmy li fe. I have been
playi nggui tar for 4 yearsandhave been
i nvolvedi nmusi c for longer . Your
magazi ne hasunleashedandi gni tedmy
i nterest i npunk. My songshave become
punkori ented, andmy oldonesI have
revi sed. I t i sbecause of you . Your
magazi ne has done thi sfor me. I f anythi ng
ever happensto me musi cally (andI thi nk
i t wi ll, althoughnobody else would), I wi ll
alwaysremember your i nspi rati on. Though
I don' t have muchhope for the human
race, because I don' t really li ke people i n
general, your magazi ne hasbeena bri ght
li ght i nmy otherwi se darkli fe. Don' t
stop.
Anoutcast,
a 2 0 year
oldvi rgi n,
East Harlem, NY
Max RnR,
I wantedto comment onyour arti cle
"OnThe Road"i ni ssue #3 . You li st the
andChance asa place to play i nAnn
Arbor, Mi chi gan. Well, the 2 di sa really
awful bar that catersto dumb jocks, Top
4 0 cover bands, andbi g- name concerts
that are a
ri p-off. They charge 1 0-1 2
bucksto see one bandi nanovercrowded
bar wi thno place to dance. I t' ssome ki nd
of tax wri te-off for our "dear Mayor", who
i sa crook.
They are not i nterestedi nhelpi ng
out h.c./punkbands, andonly want to
exploi t i t . Most of the punksi nthe area
hate the "Sucky Chance"wi tha passi on.
We are tryi ngto openanalternati ve
all-agesclub for our musi c, but every ti me
we have i nthe past 4 years, we get closed
downafter a couple of months. The
si tuati oni sa bummer . I f we ever get
thi ngsgoi ngagai n, we' ll let you know.
Ti ll later, Peace, Love, andAutonomy,
Ali ce

Royston

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LETTERS

LETTERS
DearMax RnR,
I wasgladto see that we(AMEBI X)
got a goodrevi ewfor
our fi rst EP i ni ssue
I 1 2 (whi chwe got fromMDC whi le theywere
here) . But am
somewhat pi ssedoff wi th
"along wi thCHAOTI C DI SCHORD, one of
the fewUK bandsto breakthe mold".
Thei r "F uckThe World"EP hashada
great deal
of successhere i nthe UK,
althoughunknownto 90% of the people who
bought
i t, CHAOTI C DI SCHORD i si nfact
a bandmade
upby membersof VI CE
SQUAD to take the pi ssout of DI SORDER
and CHAOS UK, fi nancedby Ri ot Ci ty
Records
. They also planto bri ngout a
' hardcore'
CHAOTI C DI SCHORD album, no
doubt usi ngthe proceedsas spare change
to messabout wi thi nthei r hotel
sui tes(cunts).
Anyway, si nce meeti ngupwi thMDC,
we have hadthe opportuni ty to li stento
more Ameri canpunkmusi c, andalso gai n
ani nsi ght onthe movement over there.
I t' sgoodto see lettersi nyour fanzi ne
that attackvi olence at gi gs, poli ce
harassment, etc. I t gi vesthe overall
i mpressi onthat you are goi ngabout
creati ngthe novement i na far more
mature way thenthe trendy art students
di di nEnglandi n' 76 , cryi ngout for chaos
andanarchy, whi le creati ngthei r own
ti ght kni t systembasedoncredi bi li ty and
suchshi t.
I wi ll tell you about our band, whi ch
formedi n' 78 . We have playedabout 1 2
gi gsi nthe last 4 months, mostly wi th
DI SORDER . Most have beena success,
except for the gi gat Bri dgewater, where
everyone wasparalyti c, andwe couldn
' t
play to save our li ves
. We aren' t too
pleasedwi ththat fi rst EP, asi t lacksa
lot of volume andpower, thru pressi ng.
However, we just put out a new
one,"Wi nter", whi chwe are really pleased
wi th, asi t gi vesusa chance to establi sh
ourselvesasanori gi nal band.
Our plansfor the future i nclude
eati ngsome food, andgetti ngdrunkand
falli ngdownasmuchaspossi ble. Both
AMEBI X andDI SORDER wouldreally li ke
to come over to the Statesfor a li ttle tour
someti me, so we canshowyou that
Englanddoesn' t just have shi t li ke the
EXPLOI TED, VI CE SQUAD, 4 SKI NS- that
ki ndof "mega-punk"shi t
. I get the
feeli ngthoughthat i nEnglandwe may
fi nally be si fti ngthroughthe shi t and
comi ngupwi thsome goodbands. I hope
I ' mri ght, because complacencyseemsto be
setti ngi nalongwi thour poli ti cal cli mate
of massunemployment andthe fucki ng
resurgence of bli ndpatri oti smafter the
patheti c F alklandsfuckup
. Anyway, keep
upthe goodworkover there, andmaybe
we' ll see you some day(i f they gi ve us
vi sas) . Cheers, Aphi dAmebi x c/o Rough
Trade, 1 3 7 Blenhei mCres, LondonW 1 1 ,
England. Andremember, "No Gods, No
Masters"!
M .R .R .:
You knowhowthere are a lot of fi ghts
andstuff betweenSki nsi nto Strai ght
Edge, Ski nsi nto Skati ngandSki nsi nto
Surfi ngWell -- they just got another
groupto fi ght wi th: SKI NS I NTO SOAPS!
We beli eve that SoapOperasrule! We are
pretty muchuni ted . agai nst non-soap
Ski ns, but we have a lot of fi ghtsamong
ourselves. . .li ke whi chchannelsSoaps
rule.
Last ni ght we (ABC supporters) hada bi g
fi ght wi thNBC supporters. We also fi ght
wi thni ght-ti me Soapsupporters.
Soapwatchi ngi svery emoti onal and
exci ti ng. I lost fi ve lbs. last weekalone,
jumpi ngupanddownasthe tensi on
mountedonGeneral Hospi tal.
I just want to say to all you closet Soap
Ski nsout there: Be proud! (Eveni f you
li ke CBS or NBC) AndUni te! AndWe
Shall Rule!
I vory-SnowDi al
I ri shSpri ngs, Mi ssouri
Dear MRR,
F i rst of all, thanksfor putti ngAbort
The Mi ssi oni nthe top1 00 recordsof 82 .
1 t wasa surpri se for us. Next, I would
li ke to talkabout WI LLF UL NEGLECT . No
one knowswho we are except for a few
recordrevi ews. I got i nto punkmusi c
before because i t wasfunandalot more
i nteresti ngthanthe bori ngr' n' r . Well,
we' re sti ll havi ngfunandour lyri cs
shouldshowthat. Doesn' t anyone have a
sense of humor anymore? Everyone' stoo?'
seri ousandtoo cri ti cal about punkbands
these days. We' re not homophobi c or
sexi st . We only si ngabout topi cswe are
fami li ar wi th
. Andwe li ke to keepi t ona
not so seri oussi de. We' re young, so let' s
have fun.
F romjust another H .C . band.
Wade Calhoun
WI LLF UL NEGLECT
Max RNR,
I ' mwri ti nghere cause I ' mli steni ngto
your
LP Not So Qui et . I bought i t a month
ago andhavent stopli steni ngsi nce. I was
gladto readonthe cover that there' sa
radi o showwhi chcoverspunkandgarage
bands. See, where I ' mfrom, the closest to
punkonthe radi o are CLASH, ADAM
ANT,F LOCK OF SEAGULLS, etc, andthat' s
only asof thi syear . Unti l thi syear I
couldn' t get recordsli ke yours
. But now,
at Budget Tapeswhere I buy,they have an
A-Z punksecti on. Sti ll not a hell of slot,
but I ' mnot completely out of touchwi th
the scene that I wi shso fucki nbadI was
a part of. I come froma very small town
of maybe 1 000 people
. I meani t i sonly a
fewblockslong
. Thompson, NorthDakota,
1 0 mi lessouthof GrandF orks, whi chi sn' t
all that bi gei ther . The real bummer i s
that I don' t knowone other personaround
here that li stensto the musi c I li ke. My
goal i sto get to L .A . soonto be part of
the punkscene I beli eve so muchi n.
Meanwhi le, I try to make the people
aroundhere reali ze that Punki snot dead.
I t i sa musi c they cannot ki ll
. I hadmy
ear pi erced3 ti mes, andcolor i nmy hai r.
I hope someone at Max RNR i sreadi ng
thi s. The mai nreasonI wrote wasto let
you knowthat there are punksi n
N .D . . .
.at least one anyway(That' ll
change!) .
Planet Boy
MRR,
Last i ssue a response to my column
(AK 4 7) onI relandappearedi nthe letters
page. Whi le I ' mgladthat someone i s
readi ngmy column, andare enti tledto
thei r ownopi ni on, there were a few, shall
we say, statementsi nerror . The Bri ti sh
Army enteredthe Northof I reland, most
recently that i s, not to quell terrori sm,
but to propupthei r i nternati onal i mage,
whi chwasbei ngsoi ledby the acti onsof
the bloodthi rsty thugscreatedby years
of anti -I ri shi ndoctri nati on, who were, as
they are now, attacki ngi nnocent I ri sh
people. The Provi si onal I . R .A . . whi ch
Patri ckAmary clai msthe Bri ti shArmy
came i nto battle i nAugust of 1 96 9, di d
not exi st yet . The Provoswere formedi n
a spli t i nJanuary 1 970 . The "true I .R .A ."
(he meansthe Offi ci al I .R .A .), whi ch
Patri ckclai msdenounce the Provos, have
not exi stedoffi ci allysi nce 1 972 . They have
surfacedseveral ti mesi nthe last decade
however, unoffi ci ally, to do bankrobberi es
andki ll membersof the Provosandthe
I .R .S .P.
I wonder i f Patri ckfeelsthat the
Dutchsettlersi nSouthAfri ca, or the
EuropeanJewsi nPalesti ne have the same
ri ght he clai msfor the Bri ti shcoloni stsof
Ulster ; the ri ght to holdthe terri tory, the
ri ght to keepdownthe nati ve populati on
throughthe use of terror, vi olence, and
poli ti cal repressi on. The I ri shof Ulster
have the same ri ghtsasthei r Palesti ni an
andAzani anbrothersandsi sters, to
control thei r owndesti ny andthat of thei r
nati ve land.
About 1 0 daysago anunarmed
volunteer of the I .N .L .A . wasshot down
i nDerry, under the Bri ti shArmy' s"new"
shoot to ki ll order . The people of Derry
respondedwi tha full weekof ri oti ng
agai nst the forcesof Bri ti shorder . Proof
once agai nthat the volunteersof the
I .R .A . andthe I .N .L .A . are not
terrori sts, but the freedomfi ghtersof
thei r people.
PeterUrban
Dear Max RnR,
Hi , I ' ma Germanexchange student,
andI thought i t wouldbe i nteresti ngto
wri te a fewli nesto you
. Before I came
here I wasli steni ngmostly to JOY
DI VI SI ON andTHE CURE, but nowI ' m
totally convi ncedby HC punk. I n
Germany, most of the people sti ll thi nkof
the USA asthe "free conti nent"(especi ally
Cali f.), where you cando almost anythi ng
you want. But I experi encedjust the
opposi te. The Ameri cansoci ety sucks! You
canonly get beer i f you' re over 2 1 , you
cannot hangout onthe streets, cause
you' ve alwaysgot to face the cops. Last
December I went to see UK SUBS at B-Sq,
but they di dn' t let me i ncause I wastoo
young, andthenthe copscame andI got
i ntrouble. There are so many reasonsto
get angryabout the US
You do a great job wi thyour
magazi ne andshow, andthe bandsare
goodtoo . They make muchmore out of
thei r lyri cs(goodexamplesare the DK' s
newalbum, or 7 SECONDS' "Anti - Klan"
and"Raci smSucks", asthe Bri ti shbands
(except CRASS, but ' thei r musi c i sawful).
There are so many goodgi gsi nSF , but i f
you' re not allowedto dri ve andcan' t get a
ri de because everybodyelse i nRi chmond(a
suburb) hatespunx, you start getti ng
si ckof Ameri ca andthe conservati ve Moral
Majori ty. PUNX AND SKI NS UNI TE AND
F I GHT AGAI NST AMERI CAS REDNECK
SOCI ETY!
Si ncerely, MarkusUrstoeger
LETTERS
MRR ;
Just lately, I ' ve startedgetti ngaware
of howI ' mbei ngcontrolledby the
corporati onsmedi a. I li ve wi thmy
grandparents, andli terally all they do all
day i swatchTV . Thei r i ntelli gence level
i sso low, you can' t talkto themabout
anythi ngi nthe real world. They actually
beli eve all that TV shi t! Whenmy
grandmother toldme I ought to growmy
hai r li ke Suzanne Somers, I really puked.
They readthe Nati onal Enqui rer and
beli eve i t! Andguesswhat? You wouldn' t
beli eve the ki ndof bullshi t they pushi n
there. I thi nkall you people shouldread
one someday. There wasa story i nthat
ragpromoti ngsome guy that hasthe
"perfect"soluti onto overcrowded
pri sons: l)Take all the pri sonersout and
gi ve themall operati onsthat wi ll make
thembli nd.2 )Make themgo out i nto soci ety
asbli ndpeople(meani ngi tshardto commi t
cri meswhenyou' re bli nd) .3 )I f the convi cts
are "good"for fi ve or tenyears, they can
be gi venanoperati onto gi ve themthei r
eyesi ght back! Ohyeah, another headli ne
was"MyDaughter WasBeat UpAndRaped
By A Teenage Punk" . I nthe same rag,
they hadanalmost nude pi cture of some
dumb blondfromsome lame TV show, and
the capti onwassomethi ngli ke "Lusci ous
Li ndLovi nnwi ll be maki ngall the men
sweat whenshe startsappeari ngi nsome
newsi tcom". Wow.
A nyway, back to my major point
. I'm
just startingto really get all my ideas
together about howandwhy everyonehas
gotten to beso oblivious to everything. I
want to really changethings, alongwith
everyoneelsethat really wants to do
somethingabout this pile- of-shit society.
But, I feel likethis movement is sort of
snobby, andwhenever someonelikeme
wants to get into it more, peopleput us
down for not havinga wierdhairstyleor
for not wearingsteel-toedboots, andall
that shit. I mean, I think thepunk
fashion looks pretty cool, but to meit
seems just likeanother bighype. If all the
punks werereally into it for political
reasons, they wouldn't put down other
peoplewho havethesamebeliefs, but
wear different kinds of clothes . It seems
likelots of punks, especially thosewho
havesuper longhair on Monday anda
mohawk on Tuesday, arejust using
hardcoreas an excusefor beingassholes
and, at thesametime, gettingapproval
frompeople. If they really caredabout
helpinganarchy evolve, they wouldbe
givinga chanceto somepeoplewho don't
look likethem, but believein all theshit
they writeon thewalls. Why do I haveto
dress likeeveryoneelsejust to belistened
to andget together with peoplewho say
they want to changethings likeI do?I
mean, maybeI just haven't met anyone
who really believes all this stuff they
preach about. When I do, it shouldbe
peoplewho want to collect everyone
together to forma real force, rather than
alienatingpeoplebecausethey don't have
thefashionablelook! A ndrea R, S.F.
Dear Max RnR,
I li kedthe wri te-uponF i nni shH .C.
I happento be a great fanof TERVEET
KXDET, andamfri endswi thLaja(vocals).
I also li ke SEKUNDA, RI I STETYT, LAMA,
KAAOS, NUKKETEATERI , andN
.A .T .O . I ' ll
tell you about me
. My real name i sScott,
am6 ' , have jet blackhai r(what' sleft of
i t), andI li ve i na placement i nL
.A.
calledVi sta Del Mar . I t i scompri sed
of.
.A)people wi thmental
problems. . B) teenage cons. .andC)orphans.
I am"B"andslowly leani ngtowards"A"!
(ohyeah, I ' m1 6 yearsold) . Thi splace i s
actually a di ctatorshi p!!! I just got busted
LETTERS
for my opi ni on, andI was threatenedto be
sent somewhere else(or exi led) . How' sthat
for a fucked-upsystem!!!!!!!!!! I
someti mesget the feeli ngthat all adultsi n
hi ghauthori tari anposi ti onshave a feti sh
for fucki ngwi thteenagers. Well, gotta go.
Really li kedthe LP, especi ally
I NTENSI F I ED CHAOS, M .A .D ., CRUCI F I X,
CODE OF HONOR, 7 SECONDS, REBEL
TRUTH, M .D
.C
., TONGUE AVULSI ON,
SCAPEGOATS, DEADLY REI GN, N/A,
WRECKS, andM .I .A . Thanksalot, Kay
Oss
4 6 1 3 La Subi da PI .
Tarzana, CA 91 3 5 6
P .S . Make me known. Gi ve my addressout
to bands. I play a pretty goodbass, so i f
you knowof any bandformi ngi nthe
S .F .V . ..
Hello,
My name i sThorstenandI ' mfrom
Germany
. I thi nki t' sfucki ngshi t that my
favori te bandsare fromAmeri ca(MI NOR
THREAT, MEAT PUPPETS, HUSKER-DU,
etc
.), but the scene here i svery bad. A
lot of people are pseudo-punkswi th
completely wrongatti tudes. They thi nk
punkmeansto act li ke i di ots, to be drunk
all the ti me, to be apoli ti cal wi ththe "I
don' t care"atti tude, to be only i nto the
musi c, andto destroy the toi letsand
wi ndowswhenthey have the possi bi li ty to
go to a show, so there wi ll be no place to
go i nthe near future. Bullshi t! !F uck
off! ! Bahhh! ! Senselessvandali smsucks!!! I
beli eve i nconstructi ve vi olence agai nst
i nsti tuti onswhi chkeepi ndex cardsonall
"punkers"of the town, because everyone
beli evesthemto be subversi ve!?! But
besi desthese stupi dassholes, more and
more people are getti ngi nto the Ameri can
so-called"strai ght edge", andthe scene
getsbetter . Bandsli ke BLUTTAT or
UPRI GHT CI TI ZENS are really good, and
we formeda newbandtoo called1 983 .
Another poi nt i sthe i ncreasi ngNazi
problem
. Bandsli ke OHL are spreadi ng
Nazi messagesandthe ki dsi nfluencedby
the Engli shOi movement buy thei r
records, so they are bi gsellers
. Thorsten
Keller-I mWi nkel 4 4 -4 3 00 Essen1 8
Germany----Please answer, be more thana
wi tness.
MRR!
Your fanzi ne i sextremely US-HC #1 ,
OK . Maybe you don' t needmy thanks.
Anyway, you' re cool gang. Your zi ne i s
pretty poli ti cal (poli ti cal i smaybe good
thi ng, but not "party"poli ti cal . Hope you
understandwhat I mean) . Hundredsof
fi ne i deas, but do they work? I thi nkthe
only thi ngthat worksi sthat you gotta
fi ght for your li fe, but not fuckothers(i f
not, commi t sui ci de cause depressi onwi ll
ki ll you anyway) . Li ve your li fe wi tha
posi ti ve atti tude. No i dea hasever
worked. Not capi tali sm, i t oppressesthe
poor . Not communi sm, i t oppresses
enterpri se. Not anarchy andrevoluti on, i t
leadsto the power of the strongest . F or
example, my grandma' sfather was a
revoluti onary who di edi nthe fi ght, and
he di dn' t evenknowwhat i t wasfor . He
thought i t wasa goodi dea for poor
people, but shi t i t was. Leadersli edto
hi m
. So, no one i sgonna pay for your
li vi ng. You gotta fi ght for your li fe
wi thout li steni ngto i deasof reli gi on, etc.
Nowadays, punki sa wi se thi ngcause of
these posi ti ve i deas
; anti - war, peace, etc.
Eventhough, what' swrongwi thdeath?
Who cananswer me? What i sthere after
"li vi ng"here, thi shell for poor people.
OK, maybe thi satti tude i sshi t . Who
LETTERS
knows? Anyway, the "I don' t gi ve a
shlt"
atti tude doesn' t work
. But love, i s
necessary
. No one canstandthi sshi t
wi thout love. But the worst of all, class
soci ety sti ll exi sts.
Alwayssome poor . I f
we lookat reali ty, there' sthe li vesof the
ri chpeople, seperate fromthe li vesof the
poor . Everyone i nthi sworldI sfucki ng
over the others. Beauti ful
i deasdon' t pay.
Shi t!
Paska! By the way, punki sa
fucki ngdi fferent thi ngtodayfromthe SEX
PI STOLS stupi d "destroy"atti tudes
. But,
never wi ll we go backto the ' 6 0' sand
hi ppi e lame shi t!
However, there wi ll
alwaysbe some assholesbeati ngothersup.
F uck' em! You can' t tell someone what to
do, but sti ll the most radi cal poli ti cal
bandsare the favoli tesof wi se and
thi nki ngpeople. Today we have many
fucki ngenemi es, eventhoughthe they' re
the same people as always-
cops, army,
poli ti cos. I t seemssad
that acti oni sthe
only way to fi ght for your ri ghts. We need
acti on, but not necessari ly revoluti on. I
won' t say anythi ngabout now, cause I
don' t knowwhat i t really means
. Who
knows? Those
i deas of anarchy that I have
readabout are a load of shi t. The truthi s
what we see anddo, ok? Petri Marko
Kalervo Mansi kmamaki , F i nland, Bastard
wi tha badatti tude of li vi ngi nthi sshi t.
P .S . Never vi olence, i t' snot a wayat all
P .P .S . They may seem
cool, but alcohol,
drugs, andi deasdestroy your thi nki ng!
Dear MRR,
I readyour recent revi ewof SACRED
ORDER' scassette, andi t made sense on
what you heard
. However, seei nga band
can
make a bi gdi fference, asyou know. I
beli eve thi sbandhasthe ri ght to si ng
about thei r opi ni onsi nanhonest manner
wi thout tryi ngto shove themdownpeople' s
throats
. Thi sthey do very well andalways
wi tha sense of humor . I get goodvi bes
fromthi sband, andso do most Mi lwaukee
ki dswho see them
. They wi ll be appeari ng
onthe Master Tape LP, Volume 2 I ' mtold,
andanother local bandwi ll be recordedon
vi nyl . DI E KREUZEN, OI L TASTERS,
VI OLENT F EMMES, andothershave si ngles
andLP' sout soon, or wi ll have. Local gi gs
are happeni ngat Lost Dutchman' sMi ne,
Ni ko' s, Zak' s, JazzGallery, UWM, andthe
Palms
. Anyway, your revi ew' i swell taken
i nthe context that you heardSACRED
ORDER . Wi thall the seri ousHC bands
out, i t' srefreshi ngandnecessary to
retai n your sense of humor about li fe,
musi c, gi gs, poli ce, employers, or
whatever you mi ght come i nto contact wi th.
SACRED ORDER doesthi saswell asany
bandi nMi lwaukee ri ght now, alongwi th
the above menti oned, aswell asCOUCH
POTATOES andSHEMPS.
Your fri end,
Chri stopher
Twi ni ng
Dear Chri stopher,
I t i snot our desi re to prohi bi t S .O .' s
freedomto speakthei r pi ece, nor do we
care to
see everybody lose thei r sense of
humor . At the same ti me, Mi ke Podolak
seemsqui te seri ousabout hi shatredof
gays, asexempli fi edi nhi sletter to us
last i sh
. He' senti tledto feel that way,
but I don' t have to swallowi t myself .) also
agree i t' stotally necessary to mai ntai na
sense of balance betweenhumor and
seri ousness, although
I fi ndi t refreshi ng
to hear bandssi ngi ntelli gent andpoli ti cal
lyri cs, because 99% of all rockbandshave
alwaysbeenonthe li ght si de of thi ngs
(i ncludi nggrey matter)
. I f I want to hear
ri di culousor retardedlyri cs, all I have to
do i sturnonthe radi o . Anyway, thanks
for your thoughts.

Ti mY
LETTERS

LETTERS

LETTERS
Dear Ti m,

A R I
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I nthe last i ssue of MRR, you

C
'
revi ewed

our

EP,

"Soundtrack

F or
Trouble". We thankyou for gi vi ngusthe
revi ew, but a sli ght error onyour part i s
causi ngproblemsfor us
. I nthe song"I
Hate Cops", you pri ntedthat we say
!"
. . .copsare all ni ggers. . .". Perhapsi f
you wouldhave takenthe ti me to li stena
! li ttle closer you wouldhave heardusstate
"I hate cops, they' re all fucki n' pi ggers".
We don' t mi ndconstructi ve cri ti ci sm, but
'
thi si sclearly a mi stake onyour part that
hasresultedwi ththe brandi ngof us, by
!some, asraci sts
. Thi si sabout asfar from
the truthasyou canget . Two of our
roadi esare black, aswell asseveral of
our close fri ends. Besi des, who saysyou
'
have to be blackto be a "ni gger"? I f you
!wouldbe ki ndenoughto pri nt thi sletter,
andperhapsreadi t onyour show, we
! wouldbe most forgi vi ngfor your
mi sstatement. We wouldalso li ke to thank
! you andyour crewfor the ai r play we
have recei vedonyour showandall the
helpyou have gi venus.
Si ncerely,
Bri anThalken
AUTHORI TI ES
APOLOGI ES
! Dear Bri anandco .,
! You have my deepest apologi esfor
whatever trouble I may have caused. I
li stenedto that li ne many ti mesbefore
wri ti ngthat revi ew, andaskedothersto
try to deci pher i t . Nowthat I knowwhat
you sung, uponre-li steni ng,i t i sclearly
"pi ggers". Unfortunately, my copy of the
! recorddi dn' t contai na lyri c sheet, andwe
knowthe di sasteruosresult. Thanksfor
the i nfo, andsorry, agai n.
L
TiI
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Dear Ti m,
I readyour revi ewonmy band, RF
7 . I ' msorry you di dn' t get the meani ngof
our songs. I ' mgoi ngto explai nthemto
you wi ththe hope that you' ll pri nt i t i n
your very fi ne mag. Well, here goes. "Vi et
Vets"- Thi si sabout all the people who
were i n' Namandcame backi nsane
because they were forcedto fi ght the most
senselesswar ever . They were just
government throw-aways. My brother i s
one. That' swhere we got i nspi rati on. "F all
I n"i sabout the government tryi ngto
make you joi nto be a man. "6 6 6 Head"i s
about a gi rl who sucksspermandgi vesi t
to the devi l
. I t' sbasedona story I
wrote . I f you' ldli ke, I ' ll sendyou the
story. All my close fri endsknowthat.
"What I ' mTryi ngTo Say"
. Thi si sabout
the personwho sang"Wei ght Of The
World". I t' sabout a story me andF eli x
wrote about a guy tryi ngto fi gure out hi s
li fe, andwhat roadto take, but bei ngso
screwedupmentally he di dn' t knowwho
he was
. "Revoluti onary Worker". Thi si s
about the way someone feelsabout the
R .C .P . whenthey fi rst hear about i t, but
not really taki ngthe ti me to understand
why (I sti ll hate them) . "Vampi re Lady".
Thi si sabout a gi rl who wi ll do anythi ng
for drugs, anda guy who i ssi ckof her
ways, andthenturnsonher andtellsher
howshe really i s. "5 7 Mi lli onPeople"i s
about bei ngpushedandshovedaroundat
a show, andbei ngi nsultedfor thi nki ng
your ownway. "F uckMoney"i sabout
F eli x andhi srecordcompany (Smoke
Seven), andbei ngsi ckof heari ngmoney,
money .
TO COMMoO tCATE
Thankyou for at least taki ngi nterest
andheari ngour recordTi m. Please pri nt
thi sso we canclear any di si llusi onsabout
i t.
P .S
. The F EEDERZ i ntervi ewwas
great
. I t gave me muchi nspi rati oni nmy
job.
Your fri end,
Ni ck
Lamagna
Ni ck,
Thanksfor the letter, andthe
i ndi cati onthat you care enoughabout all
thi sto explai nyourself. I sti ll have
problemswi th2 themesi nthe songs,
despi te your explanati ons. F i rst, there i s
a tendency onthe part of malesto wri te
songsthat really get i nto attacki ngwomen,
i nyour case "6 6 6 Head"and"Vampi re
Lady". I t' snot li ke womenare so
completely i nnocent, but i t doesseemthat
most bandswri te songsabout neutral
enti ti es, li ke the army, government, etc
.,
but seldomwri te vi ci ousattacksonother
men. Maybe i f thei r were more women
i nvolvedi npunk, we wouldfi ndmore
songsattacki nghowfuckedmenare.
Personally, I don' t see muchgoodi nei ther
case. Also, I sti ll don' t get the
si gni fi cance of the li ne "she just got off on
a blackman, nowshe wantsyou"from
"6 6 6 Head". Anyway, I ' mgladyou are
tryi ngto communi cate, andappreci ate the
effort .
Si ncerely,
Ti m
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Thus, I begi nthe i nstructi oni nthe use of
feet
. we aren' t talki ngKungF u here. I
meanstepby stepalongthe pavement
. A
grandandglori oustradi ti onsurrounds
thi sacti on, whi chhelpedto wi nci vi l
ri ghts, the 8 hour day, the endof the
Vi etnamWar, anda host of other
breakthroughs
. Whi le the feet of an
i ndi vi dual generally accompli shli ttle more
thanholdi ngone upri ght, or rudi mentary
locomoti on,
the feet of thousandscan
change hi story.
Where andwhento march: Marchesare
oftencalledontoo short of noti ce to keep
you postedi nthe pagesof thi smagazi ne,
but asyou all no doubt have learnedthe
art of readi ngpostersonlampposts, you
caneasi lyfi ndout the neededi nformati on.
Howto march: Other thanthe basi c
left-ri ght, left-ri ght, all you needto know
i sdon' t be anasshole. Thi si sseri ous
busi ness
. The copshave those bi gsti cks
for a reason, andthey are alwaysanxi ous
to use them. Certai ngui deli nesset down
by
the organi zersof marcheshave

ti
.:
; ,
purposes,
the most i mportant of whi chi s
to keep usout of the hospital. Riotsoccur

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spontaneously, and not because some idiot FlltaRoM
trying to prove he's"more revolutionary 1 'LIt
'~eRCIA
3
than thou" throwsa brick
. What that
causesi s
called a massacre. The bottom
Memo
I N
L .F .
li ne i s: anyone who
provokes a fi ght at a

1
march, no matter what he callshi mself, i s Tb
tae' tS~
onlya fri endof the cops.

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Marchesare not anendi nthemselves
. No
si ngle marchwi ll solve anythi ng. But they
RoNh~d
are i mportant and
useful weapons i nour Pspa9M '
arsenal, i f they are
usedcorrectly. See le~s 01 ' aN~~ r'
you next demonstrati on.

I i ue&e F l
i lti le
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peter Urban
OUR WEA PON
Two monthsago thi scolumndealt wi thone
of the many weaponsi nthe arsenal of the
revoluti onary-- money . Thi si ssue I wi ll
exami ne yet another weapon; sti ll not one
of those that make loud"bang"noi ses, but
ani mportant one nonetheless
. The
advantage of thi sweaponover the one
previ ously di scussed, i sthat most of you
wi ll already be i npossessi onof i t--your
feet.
Thoughi t doesn' t get asmuchpubli ci ty as
benefi t concerts, punkshave been
marchi ngfor the revoluti onaslongas
they' ve been"payi ngthroughplayi ng"for
i t. Backi n' 79, a punkconti ngent marched
to protest the docki ngi nS .F . of the
Bri ti sh"DeathF leet", whose home base i s
i nthe Northof I reland. A year before,
some of the hardest of the hardcore formed
a conti ngent i nthe "Gay Day Parade",
beari nga si gnproclai mi ngthemselves
"PunksAgai nst F asci sm". Thenthere was
the i nfamousMabuhay pi cket, whenwe
formeda pi cket li ne ontwo occasi onsi n
front of the Mab, to protest exclusi onof
mi nors, hi ghdoor pri ces, andbad
bouncers
. Seldomdo I attenda
demonstrati onthese dayswi thout seei nga
fewstalwart punksprotesti ng. But where,
ohwhere. are the massesof voi `7
Vi c Bondi i sthe si nger/gui tari st i n
Chi cago' sARTI CLES OF F AI TH, anda man
of manyi deas. We wi ll, fromti me to ti me,
publi shsome of hi sobservati ons, but he
wantsi t to be knownthat any conclusi ons
he drawsare i ntendedto sparkdebate,
anddo not represent some i nflexi ble dogma
onhi spart, or onthe part of AOF .
Asto the scene i ngeneral:
I ' ve alwaysmai ntai neda certai nsense of
cyni ci smabout i t- remember thi si sa
dog-eat-dog soci ety andwe are a product
of i t- uni ty i nthe scene i sgoi ngto be
di ffi cult aslongasi ndi vi dual bandsare
out to become "successful". F or personal
reasons, I ' ve alwaysmai ntai neda di stance
fromthe scene- i nthe sense that I wi ll
helpout the bandsasmuchaspossi ble,
but wi ll not pander to thei r egoti sm- I wi ll
helpthembecause I ' dli ke to see hardcore
become a bi gthi ng- but not because I ' d
li ke to see anybandbecome a bi gthi ng.
WhenDI RECT DRI VE qui t playi ngCLASH-
style rockersandbecame the hardcore
ARTI CLES OF F AI TH, that entai leda
commi tment to anethi c- we were to become
part of a movement : i f the movement
became bi g, hopefullyso wouldwe. I thi nk
thi si sanatti tude most bandsandmost
fanswoulddo well to mai ntai n. Commi tment
to soci al acti onor poli ti cal acti onrequi res
some degree of personal subordi nati on, an
ethi c I canarti culate but never feel- I am
a staunchi ndi vi duali st anddoi ngthi ngsi n
sucha manner runsagai nst my grai n
. I
fi ndcommi tment to the groupfar
preferable to commi tment of opposi ng
i ndi vi dualsagai nst eachother.
So i t i swi ththe hardcore scene now- we
asa grouphave not arti culatedthe
i mportance of uni ty, because i t hasnot
beeni denti fi edasa groupof i ndi vi duals
worki ngtogether- rather just asa group
of i ndi vi duals
.
That' spretty broad, but thi si swhat I ' ve
noti cedspeci fi cally: regi onal scenesare
strongi nrelati onto thei r oppressi on
and/or exclusi veness.
I f L .A
. i smore uni fi edthanSan
F ranci sco, consi der the degree of shi t
that' sbrought downonthei r heads- the
amount of ti mesthey are recogni zedasa
groupby those outsi de i t- "Chi ps"or
"Qui ncy", despi te thei r di storti ons,
i denti fy those SoCal ki dsaspunks- they
have somethi ngto rally around- whether
i t' sthei r ownmi si nterpretati onor not.
Si mi larly, D .C
. andBostonhave developed
a uni fi edset of pri nci ples- Strai ght Edge
- that determi nesthei r i denti fi cati onwi th
the groupanddetermi neswho i sexcluded
fromthe group
. Despi te thei r protestati ons
otherwi se, Strai ghtedger' sare totally
commi ttedto thei r pri nci ples- THE ONLY
COMMONLY HELD ONE I S COMMI TMENT
TO COMPLETE I NVOLVEMENT AT THE
SHOWS
. Personal morali ty really doesn' t
enter i nto i t - i t you dri nkat home, fi ne,
but i f you' re drunkat a showyou wi ll get
beat up
. Those that woulddi lute the
i ntensi ty of' thei r acti vi ty are excluded.
I nChi cago, the degree of poli ce
harrassment hasproduceda uni ty here
that none of the EF F I GI ES exhortati ons
about "worki ngclass"couldhave done. I t
hasallowedpri mari ly mi ddle classki dsto
rally arounda movemenarrassment
by
Ski dsprovi desuswi thsomeone to
exclude- unlessthey conformto our
standards.
For myself personally
TOTA L
INVOLVEMENT isthe unifying principle- to
the extent that I willattack the audience
physically if it doesnot occur.
Perhapsthi si sthe sparkmi ssi ngfrom
S .F . The scenesyou seemto be envi ousof
are pri mari ly physi cal- i nSanF ranci sco,
those who were the most arti culate were
the least physi cal, whi le those who were
the most physi cal were neanderthals.
Parti ci pati on, not analysi s, i sthe defi ni ng
factor i nhardcore, i t seemsto me
. I f one
i sphysi cally li mi ted, asmy si ster says,
you canscreamyour lungsout.
I f we cangenerate total i nvolvement at our
showsperhapswe cangenerate total
i nvolvement i nour i deals
.

y can

uy
these recordsor ' zi nesthey adverti se"as
you readthe musi c mags. Or howabout
"howcome they revi ewthese records, and
yet my local recordshopdoesn' t stock
them". Well, bei nga di stri butor of some of
the fi nest hardcore records, we have been
tryi ngfor the past two yearsto awaken
the recordretai lersto the future of
radi cal musi c of assortedgenres. To date,
we have wi ththe helpof some
self-moti vatedandopen-mi ndeddealers,
enlargedthe marketplace. But the only
way to be takenseri ously i si f all the
i ndi vi dualsout there who take
undergroundmusi c seri ously approach
thei r local store anddo the followi ng.
F i rst, gi ve the clerka li st of recordsand
zi nesyou want to get, and
a li st of the
vari ouswholesalersaroundthe country
who stockthem. Be pati ent wi ththe store
owner or clerk, asyou may knowmore
about thi sthanthey do
. I f you andyour
fri endskeepworki ngonthem, they wi ll
take you seri ously. You' ll have the best
luckwi th' momandpop' type storeswho
needthe busi ness, andhave to support
themselves(unli ke the megastore nati onal
chai ns-forget them)
. More thanli kely, i f
the store reali zesyou' re there to gi ve
thembusi ness, they' ll come around. I f
not, i t' sbackto the of mai l order, wi th
not muchlost.
Steve Montgomery
RoughTrade USA
P .S . Here' sa li st of most di stri butorsthat
handle punk/hardcore

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BAY AREA
Bri anEdge i sout at sea i nthe Merchant
Mari ne, so I ' mfi lli ngi nfor hi mti ll next
i ssue. The gi gsconti nue at a fast and
furi ouspace, asmany as5 or so a week,
wi thnewlocales spri ngi ngupi nMari nand
the East Bay. Andeveryti me you look
around, thei r are tonsof newgroups. I n
fact, i t' sat a poi nt where I can' t really
keepa handle onthemall . I thought that
I ' djust try to li st asmany asI could
thi nkof, at least those who have names
(there are alot of bands just ready to
emerge fromthe garages that don' t have
moni kersyet) . I f I ' ve left your bandoff,
i t' snot due to mali ce, but the sheer
volume of thi ngs. So, here goes. F romthe
northof the ci ty hai l ; DOUBLE CROSS,
KARNAGE (sti ll goi ngdespi te rumors),
NAKED LADY WRESTLERS, PARI AH,
PUBLI C DENI AL, andUXB . F romthe east
are; ART F AGGOTS, BAD I NF LUENCE,
B .O .I ., CHURCH POLI CE, C .O .D.
(Contemplati onsOf Death), CRUCI F I X
(wi thnewgui tari st andprepari ngto
tour), DEADLY REI GN, F ANG (newEP out
andreadyi ngtour), GHOST DANCE
(personnel changes), I NTENSI F I ED CHAOS
(i nsome form), M .F .P ., PART-TI ME
CHRI STI ANS, POLI CE STATE, REBELS &
I NF I DELS

(formerly

local

SCREAM),
S .A .G ., SOCI AL UNREST, 1 3 , TRI AL, 2
MI NUTE HATE, UNI TED STATES
I MPERI ALI SM, andWHI TE MEAT . Movi ng
onto SanF ranci sco, we fi ndAF F LI CTED
(Matt leavi ng), ANGST, BLACK ATHLETES
(some former WOUNDZ), CODE OF HONOR
(4 5 out andmore onway), DK' s, DI CKS,
DOMI NO THEORY, F EEDERZ, F I F TH
COLUMN, F LI PPER, F UCK-UPS (cutson
newcompi lati ons), JUVENI L JUSTI CE (i n
li mbo),

LENNONBURGER,

LEWD

(not
playi ng

recently),

LI VE

NUDE,
M .D .C .(backandrecordi ngnewLP),
P
.L .H ., SLEEPI NG DOGS (former
ARSENAL, newEP onCRASS Records),
TOXI C REASONS (si nger Edleft), TWI ST
6 SCREAM, URBAN ASSAULT (EP out),
VERBAL ABUSE, andVI CI OUS CI RCLE
(permanent li mbo?) . Andfi nally fromthe
penni nsula come KI LLJOY (at i t agai n),
MI NORI TY, and WHI PPI NG BOY (LP out).
Nowonto SanJose.

TY
GRI M REALI TY
P .S .- Di rkof the OnBroadway, wo as
beenputti ngonshowsevery ni ght for the
last 6 years, underwent surgery for a
shatteredelbow, whi chhe recei vedat the
handsof some "punks"
. He wasattempti ng
to stopthemfromsmashi nga chai r, anda
fi ght ensued, duri ngwhi chhe wasbeaten
by 4 i ndi vi duals, some wi thskateboards.
Besi desthe elbowi njury, hi sheadwas
gashedopen. "Qui ncy punks"stri ke agai n.
Anwa ,

benefi tsare bei n.

.I anned.
SAN JOSE
Humor-humor-humor . SanJose i sreally
happeni ng! More newbandsare poppi ng
upall the ti me. Crai gRamsey, skater and
entrepreneur,

i s

i n

bandcalled
STANDARD-DEVI ATI ONHe i salso
putti ngout a zi ne calledNewYouth
Appeal, whi chwi ll be } haraEcT-e and}
skate news, all packagedi nani ntrui gi ng
newformat . Derri ck, ex-RI BSY, i snowi n
CRI TI CAL MASSasare some other
Li ncolnHi ghlocals
. RI BZY i sover and
done wi th. . . Sharon, who usedto play
bass, i stryi ngto get the SLEEPI NG
F OOLS goi ng. We aren' t sure i f thi si sa
joke, or what. . .but there i ssupposedto
be another bandnamed, get thi s!
. . . THE
GNARLY ANARCHY ARMY . . . I ' ll beli eve i t
whenI see i t . Steve Caballero getsa
feature i nthe sportssecti onof the
Mercury. . .whi chi scool . .
.but some of us
are sti ll rolli ngonthe floor over the "I
love Deni se"sti cker, whi chi sseenall
over SanJo
. (I sthat si mi lar to sayi ng"I
support prosti tuti on"?)
So muchfor
tri vi al matters. . .the LI VI NG ABORTI ONS
are doi nga vi deo, andthey wi ll be goi ng
i nto the studi o for a demo soon.
EXECUTI ONER i srecordi nganupcomi ng
EP i nL .A . They have beenplayi nglotsof
gi gswi ththei r 5 pi ece li ne-up. That about
coversSanJo . See ya later, masterbaters!
Marc S ., Slumlords
Add- There' sa tape avai lable of the
followi ngS .J . bands
: LOS OLVI DADOS,
UNAWARE, F ACTI ON, GRI M REALI TY,
BRUCES, RI BZY, EXECUTI ONER, and
WHI PPI NG BOY . See adelsewhere i nmag.
Late flash! M .A .D . regroupi ng
John- T' a mena y
audi ence towardusi ssti ll not that good
because were not i nthe ci ty all the ti me.
Danny- I thi nka lot of people thi nkthat
too.
Creeti n- I t' stownagai nst town . I t' snot
what anyone standsfor . Punksare
supposedto be uni ted, ri ght? So OK,
we' re all punksbut they gotta have
another excuse to not li ke somebody.
Danny- I ' ve beenreadi ngi nsome
magazi neswhere i t saysSanF ranci sco
rules. What doesthat mean? Ai n' t that
hypocri ti cal?
Creeti n- Or NewYorkhardcore rules.
What doesthat mean? We' re all uni ted.
Who' sreadi ngthi s, you know? Why are
theygonna wanna readNewYorkhardcore
ruleswhenthey' re fromSanF ranci sco?
They' re gonna take your recordandthrow
i t out the wi ndow.
Danny- The whole i dea about ruli ngi s
wrong.
Creeti n- Yeah, what makesa persona
punk? I t' shot where they li ve or where
they grewup. I t' severythi ngthey have
to deal wi th. Pretty sooni t' sgonna get to
the poi nt where every place i spretty much
the same, economy wi se andgovernment
wi se. I t' sjust gonna be total chaos. And
theneverybody' sgonna have to deal wi th
i t.
Ruth- What do you meaneverythi ng' s
gonna be chaos?
Creeti n- I t' sgetti ngto the poi nt, I can
see i t already, where there' sthe very ri ch
andthe verypoor.
Mark- I t' sgonna be li ke the F rench
revoluti onor somethi ngAll the ri ch
people are gonna be heldupi nthei r bi g
placesandall the poor people are gonna
ri pi t apart wi ththei r bare hands.
Ruth- Do you guyswork?
Creeti n- No I don' t . I ' dli ke to.
Mark- I got a job today, yeah.
John- Me andDanwork.
Ruth- So what makesyou thi nkti mesare
so bad?
Danny- I have a job but I sti ll don' t have
enoughmoney.
Creeti n- There' ssti ll hatredout there.
Ruth- Whydo you have a band?
Mark- To make people thi nk. To make
people wake upandnot be so happy wi th
thei r li ttle li festyles.
Creeti n- I ' mreally happy playi ngmusi c.
I t' sone of the waysout for havi ngto deal
wi thsoci ety, money problems
. I t' sjust a
way away fromall my problems, playi ng
musi c.
Ruth- Wouldyou say thi si sa symptomof
the thi ngsyou si ngabout?
Creeti n- I guessyou couldsaythat.
Mark- I t' sfucki ngpent upshi t.
Creeti n- I nregardsto people getti nga
: message we alwaysplay to punkcrowds
andeverybody knowswhat everybody
wants. Howcome we can' t play for
coli seumcrowdsof ni ce average people to
let themknowwhat we thi nk?
Where people come upandask"
Howcanyou dressli ke that?"What does
punkrockmean?"You never play a show
for them.
Mark- That' swhy we do out of town
shows. Aroundhere there' sa lot of people
i nto you but i t' sno bi gthi ng. I t' sjust
that they canbe totally boredi f they' ve
seenyou ei ghty ti mes. But someplace 75
mi lesaway or somethi ngthose people go
ape shi t.
Ruth- You ' re also talki ngabout preachi ng
to the convi nced.
Ri gh .Then
ome band ge a
label or a symbol that meansnothi ng
except to the bandor somethi ng, a small
crowd.
ark- Unfortunate gangmentali ty, i t' s
worthless.
Ruth- Rather thantryi ngto get you to
label your poli ti cs, are there any i ssues
that concernyou?
Mark- Medi a exploi tati onof the stupi di ty of
punkli festyle anddi fferent people.
Danny- Poli ti cally, i f we all get downto
i t, andtalkedabout i t, we' re all di fferent
fromeachother but we all vi ewthe same
onfai rnessandstuff li ke that
. Heavy
duty stuff.
Creeti n- Justi ce, we all beli eve i njusti ce.
John- We all understandwar i swrong.
People shouldn' t be barbari c wi theach
other.
Mark- I t' sreally fuckedupbecause, thi s
i shardto say, i t seemsli ke the masses
are all just out there to deal wi theach
other . To fi ght for what' sthei rswhi le
people wi ththe money just si t backand
watchi t fromthei r bui ldi ngsli ke watchi ng
througha mi croscope.
Ruth- Do you ever feel li ke you' re
doomed?
Mark- Everybody' sdoomed
. Everybody' s
beenscrewed.
eah, that ai n' t shi t
. People come
upandsay punk' sbeendead, ki cka
fuckn' deadhorse. But to usi t meansa
lot . I t' sbecome a way of li fe sort of, wi th
just about everypunkthat' sbeenaround.
Ruth- What doespunkrockasa way of
li fe mean?
Creeti n- I t' sa commi tment
. A commi tment
to be aneyesore i nsoci ety. I t' sshowi ng
that you got hatredi nyou--not hatred,
but hate agai nst everythi ng, everythi ng
that' swrong
. Li ke , people come upand
call me a fucki ngfaggot . So what do I do?
I go "F uckYou
."AndI foundout that
that doesn' t work. NowadaysI say
"Peace."(Laughter) That' sabout all you
cando.
Mark- I f the masseswouldget to know
some punks, i f they readsome lyri csor
somethi ng, they mi ght reali ze that what
the punksare tryi ngto do i sfor
everybody. Thei r not just tryi ngto do
thei r li ttle ownscene
. They' re tryi ngto
make people aware of some of the thi ngs
that are fucked
. Andeverythi ng' snot as
great asi t teemsandall that bori ngshi t.
All the stuff people see onTV or readi n
the newspapers.
Creeti n- The portrayalsare twi sted.
Mark- I t' salwaysgonna be screwedupas
longasthat shi t happens
. Not enough
people are protesti ng.
Creeti n- That' sthe way the average
personthi nksof i t
. I t' sli ke total terror,
gangs, punkrockers, ohno . Here they
come . Whenwe' re not agai nst them
. The
basi c mi ddle Ameri can, mi ddle classpeople,
that' sthe people we' re standi ngupfor.
Mi ddle Ameri ca andall that.
Creeti n- I t' sthe government . They' re
cutti ngeverythi ngbackandputti ngi t i nto
the mi li tr
Mar - eah, a ery. .dy starves
andthey
keepmaki ngmore fucki ngbombsandshi t.
That' swhy nothi ng' sgonna get solved.
Reagandoesn' t want to get upfromhi s
afternoonnapto deal wi ththi sshi t.
Creeti n-

George Washi ngton

was
slavedri ver.
Mark- We were fucked around from the
start
. What othercountry ownshuman
beings, it'sgreat.
Danny- Most people don't even knowthat
either.
Mark- Most people thi nk, oh- George
Washi ngton, what a great guy wi thhi s
woodenteethandshi t
. I t' sgreat because
everybody thi nkshowthey all want to
come to Ameri ca, that i t' sgreat andstuff.
Ameri canshave a lot of materi al i temsto
keepthemhappy but that ai n' t shi t.
Creeti n- But comparedto other countri es,
thi scountry sti ll i sreally happenni ng.
Mark- Yeah, i t' sgreat but whenyou li ve
here andyou knowhowfuckedupi t i s
whenyou can see the poli ti cal decay and
that shi t.
Creeti n- I t' sbadto usthat have been
li vi nghere but i f we went to another
country andhadto li ve over there we
really do have i t easy. But sti ll to usi t' s
bad
Mark- A better ki ndof bad.
Ruth-

Well,

we' re

fed

but

we' re
brai nwashed.
Mark- I t' sli ke a nati onof zombi es. That
doeswhat the government tellsthem. You
can' t say the government doesn' t ki ll
people andstuff.
Creeti n- You can' t say that the
government doesn' t control people
. Bi g
brother' sgot your soci al securi ty number.
Mark- F ucki n' government just doeswhat
ever they fucki n' want
. Andjust get away
wi thi t
. The poli ce cando just about
whatever theywant.
Creeti n- People fi gure, well, I ' mnot gonna
vote thi syear, there' snobody worth
voti ngfor andi t endsupthat not just one
person' ssayi ngthat but most of the
country' ssayi ngthat. You gotta at least
vote for one of the three assholesthat' s
better
. You canstopthe worse pi le of shi t
fromgetti ngi n.
Mark- Get the not worse pi le of shi t i n
there i nstead.
Creeti n- Most of the country doesn' t do
that. So many people di dn' t vote last ti me
because there wasnobody worthvoti ng
for
. Andnowwe got Reagan
. You have
your brai ns. You don' t have to beli eve
everythi ngthat' sfedyou
. But people
swear by i t
. I f they sawi t onTV they' ll
swear to godthat that' sthe wordn
matter

hat
. A dthat' stupi d

' sso
stupi d. wi i s - e
average Ameri cani di ot can' t reali ze what' s
happenni ngto hi m, ya know? They don' t
take enoughdrugsto reali ze what' sgoi ng
onhere
. They' re tryi ngto brai nwashyou.
I t' spretty sad.
Danny- Gunsare probably so free because
of all the cowboymovi es.
Mark- That' sgreat to have a li ttle ki d
growupwi thgunsand stuff.
Danny- I na sense, i t' sOK to ki ll that
guy i f you' re a cowboy. Because you' re
There sa lot of gangsi nHayward. People
who haven' t beenthere don' t see i t . But
there' sa lot of gangs
. There' sthe di rty
partsof Haywardandthenthere' sthe
hi llswhere all the ri chpeople li ve. I thi nk
gangsare a sense of machonessandI
don' t agree wi thpeople thi nki ngthat they
rule other people or that thi si sthei r
terri tory.
Creeti n- I t' sli ke anybody wi tha lot of
muscle.
Ruth- Macho also i nfersa way of looki ng
at women
Mark- Ohyeah, I thi nkthat' swhere i t all
comesfrom.
Creeti n- I t' sso chauvani sti c, i t' sreal
chauvani sti c
. Mark- To be acceptedyou
know, you i mpressthe womenandki ck
some assor whatever . Creeti n- I t' s
defi nately a chauvani sti c atti tude to be a
real macho man
. To be buffedandpi ckup
womenli ke that because you' re sucha
he-man.
Mark- I t' smore of the gangtheory of hey,
lookat those gi rlsover there or somethi ng
whenthere' sa whole gangof guys
hangi ngout.
John- See we' re sayi ngthe worldsucks
but not only ona poli ti cal level but
another level altogether.
Mark- Soci al level
Danny- Atti tude level
MArk- Yeah, atti tude level, yeahthat'
sad.
Ruth- I f you hadeverythi ngyou wanted
wouldyou sti ll be i nterestedi nputti ng
your message out i nto the world?
Creeti n- Yeah, i f you hada lot of mone
you have a better chance for people to
really hear you .I f you hadenoughmoney,
you coulddo somethi ngli ke Greenpeace or
somethi ngli ke that
. Somebodystartedthat
wi tha li ttle bi t of money andthey go
people i nterested
. I t' ssomethi ngfor the
goodof i t.
Ruth- But i f you gi ve your money to
chari t
Danny Li ke your taxes. Where do ou
taxesgo? I t' sjust li ke the truckersri ght.
They have to pay a roadtax every year,
li ke $1 4 00 or somethi ngli ke that . Ho
come our roadsare so fuckedup?
Mark- I t' snot only that . There' sall ki nd
of shi t. But there' ssti ll sucha bi
nati onal debt.
Ruth- What do you thi nkcanbe done?
Creeti n- Well i t seemsto me that i f yo
couldput out flyersfor a show, howcorn
you

can' t

put out

flyers

for a
anti -nuclear marchor somethi ng?
Mark- You can. Anybodycan.
Creeti n- But to a show, a longwalk, pas
out flyersthat say so andso bandsar
playi nghere, we' re gonna start here an
marchall the way to that show. Has
a
banddone that before?
Mark- People aroundhere go "Ohwell,
fuckyou man, fucki n' punkfreaks."
Ruth- Yeah, but whenpeople plana marc
andput out flyers, do you ever go?
Creeti n- I haven' t come acrossthem. I ' v
heardabout themi nDC.
Mark- People go to Li vermore lab andsi t
aroundandshi t andget arrestedbut i
people were gonna take you seri ously, shi
I ' ddo i t.
Creeti n- Basi cally my whole fami ly toldm
a fewti mes"yeah, you' re so punk, a
least the hi ppi esi nthe ' 6 0s, at least they
di dsomethi ngabout the fuckedupworld.
They
demonstrated a fewti mesandthey
stopped a war that wasn' t supposedto
be."
Mark- What the fuckdi dtheystop.
Creeti n- At least they protested, at least
they tri ed
. They were sayi ngsomethi ng
about i t
. Danny- After we hadenoug
noney i t stopped. or lost enoughmoney.
Nobodystoppedi t.
Creeti n- I knowthere i stoo muchnegati ve
stuff, not a lot of
posi ti ve atti tude. A to
of
people thi nk, "fuck, there' snothi ngwe
cando anyway."But i f
everybody thi nks
that way of course there i sn' t gonna be
any change but i f everybody joi nsi n
we cando somethi ng, at least make a li ttle
dent.
Mark- What canyou do besi desbei ngi na
bandandpassi ngout flyersto get the
massesi ntellegent enoughto say "fuck
thi s, thi sli fe i sfuckedupandto do
somethi ngabout i t i nsteadof just goi ngto
the pollsor somethi ng.
Ruth- There hasbeena lackof bands
sayi nganythi ngother thancome see my
band.
Mark- Exactly, too muchrocknroll
bullshi t.
Creeti n- Too many people are thi nki ng,
"well, we got thi snewbandandwe' re
badder thaneverybody ."
Mark- "We play faster thaneverybody,
we' re fucki n' cool".
Creeti n- Yeah.
Mark- Too many people just wanna have
thei r fri ends, have thei r bandandget
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aroundtogether andare fri ends. The
punksat our school, besi desthe three
that fi rst formedthe band, have all moved
here fromdi fferent places. They were all
reli evedto fi ndpunksi nsucha lousy
place .
I t takesa strongperson to be a punk
out here.(Not that we thi nk we' re better
thani nner-ci ty punks) We get hassledfor
our beli efsandatti tudes. The people that
usedto gi ve usthe most shi t were the
jocks, but they' ve mellowedout or
acceptedusor somethi ng. To put upwi th
other people' s narrowmi ndedness i svery
tryi ngfor us.
Not everyone out here gi vesus
trouble though. The majori ty of the people
accept usor just i gnore us. Most of our
fri endsare ei ther "rockers"or just
average Joes.
There are no goodshowsout here so
we sati sfy ourselvesby practi ci ng,
watchi ngthe other two or three bandsout
here practi ce, or goi ngto showsi nthe
ci ty
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by playi nga talent showat our school and
just recentlywe playedat a
pi zza parlor.
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people at fi rst di dn' t knowwhat to do,
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lot of the adultsout here.
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Max RnR,
Great mag, alot of goodreadi ng
. All
your arti clesmake me stopandthi nk, and
that' swhat I li ke best
. Sure are slot of
radbandsaroundthe country . My faves
are J .F .A
., the HATED, the VANDALS,
HUSKER-DU, andthe MI SF I TS
. The
MI SF I TS just crui sedthroughhere(Santa
Barbara), andbleweveryone away
. Those
guysare real meanthough-Doyle hi t a
couple of people wi thhi sgui tar
. Thei r
tunesare cool, just don' t get too close to
them. S .B
. i sa cool place to I i ve(i f you
I
like mellowpeople and killerBVDs)
. Some
coolbandsaround here
. RK L(Rich K idsOn
LSD) isa favorite
. They're only a garage
band, and I wish they would play more
parties
. 25 milesdown the coast is
Ventura-Oxnard with a bunch of hot
bands. A GGRESSION isreally good, and
helpsthe So . Cal
. scene alot(BYO and
PUNX) . DR
. K NOW, ILL REPUTE, MIA ,
STA LA G 1 3 , and FA LSE CONFESSIONS all
make fora good scene
. OK , allyou cool
bandsaroundthe country, keep
practi ci ng, cause you' re the future of thi s
youthmovement . Support your local scene;
i t' sthe only one you ' ve got
. PUNX UNI TE!
Your friend, Vink von Stink (please print
this letter, there are too many negative
ones).
ere sa scene update fromt e a l
Central Coast
. The Central Coast i sfrom
Lompoc to Paso Robles. Please checka
map. So onwi ththe bands.
ASSAULT- Assult i sfromSanta Mari a.
They are the best bandfromaround
here
. They play very i ntense hardcore.
They have a huge followi ngandare really
cool people. Lookfor themi nyour town
soon
. THE CORRUPTORS- Corruptorsare
fromLompoc . They play really cool
hardcore. LOS CREMATORS - Los
Crematorsare fromSanta Mari a . They play
really fast garage punk. They are a great
band. MODERN TRASH - ModernTrashi s
fromSanLui sObi sbo . They play fast/slow
punk.
Our scene here i sreally ti ght andreally
together
. We needbandsto come here and
play. Our scene consi stsof about 6 0
punks. F or i nfo onany of the bandsor i f
your bandwantsto play here, please wri te
to : SecondPhase F anzi ne
P
.O . Box 5 04 7
Santa Mari a Ca.
SACRAMENTO
The scene i nSacto i sreally great . Here i s
; a li st of our current bands. REBEL
TRUTH- reat-so
RNR You, throughyour magazi ne, have
createdanoutlet i nwhi chyou canmake
knownyour opi ni ons. Also you have
createda way i nwhi chyou canaddress
certai n

i ssuesi nvolvi ngthe so-called

"punkrock"scene . Well, hopefully you
wi ll pri nt thi sletter, wi thgreatest
i ntenti onsto helpstopthe L .A . punk
scene fromki lli ngi tself.
The reasonI wrote you (Northern
Cal) i sthat I knowthat i f i t canhappen
i nSouthernCali forni a i t canhappeni n
NorthernCali forni a . I ' mnot sayi ngthat
the L .A . scene i sdead. . ., yet. But i t i s
tryi ngdamnhardto di e. Here i sthe major
problem, wi thi nthe last 4 or 5 weeks
there hasbeen3 problemsi nvolvi ngpoli ce
and"punks"(these punksthi nki t i sthe
"punk"thi ngto do) . Starti ngwi ththe
TSOL gi gat S .I .R .' si nHollywood. That
story i swell-knownbecause you covered
i t. That confrontati onstartedwi thsome
"punks"who were outsi de of the concert.
these wastedassholeshadthe strongurge
to be real "punk", becuase they sawi t on
TV that that' howpunkersacted
. So they
threwbottlesat passi ngcars.
Thenjust 7 dayslater at the BAD
RELI GI ON, DESCENDENTS, F I F TH
COLUMN, BATTALI ON OF SAI NTS, I LL
WI LL, etc., concert at the T-Bi rd
Rollerdrome i nWhi tti er, i t happenedagai n.
Some drunki di otshadto be "punkfor a
day"andthrowmore bottlesat cars. And
the copsclosedi nagi an. Thi si nci dent was
not nearly asbadasthe TSOL i nci dent,
but nonetheless, the concert wassti ll
stoppeda li ttle short . Thenthree days
ago onF ri day, the 1 1 th, the EXPLOI TED
concert happened. Thi swasat Mi ndi olas
Ballroomi nHunti ngtonPark. Andagai n
thi swasstartedwi thsome people outsi de
of a concert . (Many do feel that the cops
are at least 1 /2 responsi ble for thi s
i nci dent. L .A . copsare asprejudi cedas
any onthe planet . They rankupthere
wi thPomona cops
.) Everyone knowsthat
the EXPLOI TED are goi ngto drawmore
than 6 00 people. Thi sBallroomholds
oli ly6 00 . Andthe hunci redswho couldnot
get i nwere seri ously i rate. So, si nce they
hadall thei r punkclothesonthey hadto
do somethi ngpunkbefore they tookthem
off. They tookoff downthroughci ty
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TALES OF TERROR-great bandfeaturi ng
former [C)OOLS Pat(Rat' sAss) andBoots.
Debutedi nDec . anddi da great show.
TeamR
.A . li veson. The VACANT-from
West Sacto . Lotsof funto see
. They have
a pretty goodcassette out now
. DEAD
PLEDGE-anexcellent bandfromAuburn
that venture frequently i nto the valley.
JUSTI CE I N AMERI CA-another excellent
band from GrassValley . LOCAL CHAOS-a
newbandwi thDeadDora fromYuba Ci ty.
I haven' t heardthemyet, but they should
be good!

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The A .V . scene i spretty small
. There' s
only one band, DRASTI C ACTI ONS (of
whi chI ' mthe gui tari st)
. We almost never
play due to the extreme punkprejudi ces
andnon-fami li ari ty of wi thany club
ownersi nL .A
., whi chi s1 00 mi lesaway.
We' re currently i nvolvedi nprotesti ng,
throughflyers, andtryi ngdesperately to
get onvi nyl
. Punkfor li fe, Dean
Smi th(805 ) 94 4 -3 74 6
DRASTI C ACTI ONS
at Almondale JHS
I
any thi ngthat wouldn' t throwthemfi rst at
cops. .The relsult of thi si nci dent i s
over $5 0,000 worthof damage to the
Ballroomandlocal busi nesses. 4 1 people
were arrestedandtwo copswere
hospi tali zed. Some i nattnedance sai dthat
the eveni ngwouldhave went onsmoothly
i f i t weren' t for the hassli ngby poli ce.
Many people were beatenwhi le walki ngto
thei r carsto leave. . ., but agai ni f these
people who were outsi de of concertshad
any self-di sci pli ne thi swouldn' t have
happened
. My name for these people i s
"vi deo punks". These are the people who
were watchi ng"Qui ncy"one weekandslam
danci ngthe next . They got all of these
vi olent i deasfromtelevi si onandother
medi a outlets. Thusvi deo punks. One
bri ef thought, also about two months ago
the Galaxy Club, whi ch was drawi ng all of
the too bands. wascloseddownfor si mi lar
reasonsandbecause some "punk"who had
the urge, ri ppedout the si nki nthe
bathroom. NowI see seri ousproblemsfor
bandsto fi nda consi stent place to play
downhere
. Nowwi thL .A . losi nga club
every weekend, I propose the followi ng
soluti onto helpstopthe L .A . scene' s
sui ci de:
Attenti onclub ownersand
promoters--Prohi bi t anyone fromloi teri ng
i nfront of the concert place
. Don' t let
these assholes, who have no i ntenti onof
goi ngi never, standaroundand
bullshi twi thfri ends
. Don' t say thi sdoesn' t
happenbecause i t happensat all gi gsI ' ve
ever beento . I ' ll go i nandwhenI come
out I see the same people out there as
whenI went i n
. These are the blowi tswho
are ki lli ngL .A . I f L .A . wantsto keepa
holdonthe best scene i nAmeri ca i t better
shape upor suffer the consequences
. I
wri te you to let you knowwhat' sgi ongon
downhere andso you canhopefully
prevent i t fromhappeni ngi nour
nei ghbori ngscene (S .F
. andarea) . Club
ownersmust not let these "punks"destroy
everythi ngthat hadbeenestabli shedby
our previ ousbands
. Prohi bi t loi teri ngi n
front of gi gsandthenthere wouldbe
more gi gs.

Ji mTaylor

Thanksa lot .

6 2 1 3 Clover Ct.
Chi no, CA
91 71 0
BETTER YOUTH ORGANIZATION
P .O
. VOX 67A64
LOS ANOFLFS, CALIFORNIA 90067
Punksandpoli ce have alwaysbeenat odds
i nSouthernCali forni a. The
copsseem to
go out of thei r way to harrassthe scene,
closi ngdownshowsi nwhat i sbecomi ngan
all too brutal fashi on
. The most recent of
these wasthe F ebruary 1 1 thshowat
Mendi ola' sBallroomfeaturi ngEXPLOI TED,
CH3 , VANDALS, AGRESSI ON, SUI CI DAL
TENDENCI ES, anda qui ckguest set by
myownband, YOUTH BRI GADE . The show
hadbeenmovedfromi tsori gi nal si ght at
Devonshi re Downsonly a fewdaysbefore
because of problemstoo numerousand
i nvolvedto go i nto at thi spoi nt . We
expecteda crowdof about 1 5 00 andhad
soldapproxi mately 4 5 0 advancedti ckets.
The BYO co-producedthe showwi th
Goldenvoi ce producti onswho workout of
Santa Barbara . The bi ggest problemwe
foresawwasthe fact that the hall requi red
the use of i tsownsecuri ty, most of whom
couldspeakli ttle engli sh, comi ngfromthe
local, predomi nantly Lati no communi ty of
Hunti ngtonParkwhi chi sseveral mi les
southeast of DowntownL
.A . A UK SUBS
showa monthearli er haddrawnabout 4 00
anda MI SF I TS showhaddrawn3 00 several
weeksbefore bothwi th no
problems. The
medi a reports, all takenfromthe poli ce,
say that the showwasoversoldbecause
the capaci ty of the hall was5 4 0 (seated
di ni ng)
. Of course they neglectedto
menti onthe seateddi ni ngpart . The owner
toldusto get i nasmany people aswe
wantedandwe fi gured1 5 00 wouldbe no
problemasall the tablesandchai rshad
beenmoved
. Anyone i nsi de cantesti fy, as
do the vi deo tapestakenby Channel 1 1
newswho were there most of the eveni ng
fi lmi ngfor what became a very posi ti ve
fi ve- part seri esonthe punkscene, that
the hall wasnot full andthe several
hundredpeople outsi de coudhave easi ly
beenallowedto come i nandthe show
couldhave gone onwi thno problems.
Unfortunately the employeesof the hall,
seei ngso manycrazylooki ngki ds, freaked
out duri ngthe fi rst band' sset andclosed
the doorsleavi ngseveral hundredpeople
outsi de who wantedto come i n. I ' ve
workedat andplayedmany showswhere
thi ssi tuati onhasoccurredandi t almost
alwaysleadsto problems.
We tri edto let people i nthroughother
doorsandfi nally got the front doorsopen
but by thi sti me the orderly li neswere
replacedby a madmob of people tryi ngto
get i n. Whi le my bandwasonstage,
several poli ce came i nandtoldusto stop
playi ng. I ' ve beentoldthat the securi ty
sprayedmace onpeople at the door, whi ch
of course i nfuri atedthemevenmore. Any
way, after we hadleft the stage about 2 0
to 3 0 ri ot-gearedcopschargedupthe
stai rs, mated, beat, andpushedthe
thousandki dsi nsi de downthe stai rsand
i nto the street where they proceededto
beat anythi ngi nthei r pathsi ncludi ng
gi rls,

li ttle ki ds, carsandstore-front

wi ndows, asthey chasedki ds6 to 8
blocksaway! There are many horror
stori es, but the fact i sthat the poli ce
overreacted
. There were over 70 poli ce
carsi nthe front alone, andthi sseemed
obvi ously a plannedshowof force. Why? I
really can' t say except that the copsare
afrai dof usandconti nue to hassle us.
There i stalkof classacti onsui tsandwe
are i nterestedi npursui ngany i deas
people have of what canbe done
. ACAB . I
don' t knowi f all copsare bastards, i t
sure seemedli ke i t at thi sshow. The
scari est thi ngabout i t wasthat these men,
these fellowhumanbei ngsactedli ke
ani mals
. Whenthey sensedyou were
afrai d, li ke a dogthey attacked
. And
talki ngto themwasi mpossi ble.
Communi cati onwasi mpossi ble. Well you can
communi cate wi thus. We' dli ke to know
what you thi nk.

ShawnStern
Envoy RapsNicaraguan Insult to Reagan
San

(Ami de 2 1
* Thurs., December 9, 1 982
Managua
U . S
. A mbassadorA n-
thonyQuainton lashed out
yesterdayat a pro-govern-
ment newspaperforpor-
traying President Reagan
as"Frankenstein
. "
I fi ndthi scharacteri zati on
repugnant andi nsulti ng,"Quai n-
tensai di na letter to the Nuevo
Mari o newspaper.
"One thi ngi sto be agai nst
the poli ti csor a parti cular acti on
of a forei gngovernment. But i t' s
verydi fferent to refer to a for-
ei gnchi ef of state i nreallygro-
tesque terms."
Quai ntonsai dthe report by
the dai ly, whi chsupportsNi cara-
gua' slefti st government, "poi -
sonsrelati ons, i ncreasestensi ons
andmakesi t harder to start a
rati onal di alogue about di ffer-
encesthat exi st betweenour
governments."
Quai nton' sletter wasdi rect-
edat the newspaper' sheadli ne
last Wednesday, "F rankenstei n
Looksfor F ri ends,"a reference
to Reagan' stri plast weekto
Lati nAmeri ca.
li mi ted
Pre.
U .S
. Ambassador Quai nton, i nhi soffi ce(note pi cture of
Presi dent onwall), complai ni ngabout Ni caraguancharact-
eri zati onof Presi dent Reagansi lk ' F rankenstei n' . "Hell,
Ronni e never starredi nno horror movi es . Theyprobably
i slust sai dthat
' cause thei r facesare bothfalli ngoff . "
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LOS ANGELES
Greeti ngsfromthe sunny newwave prep
capi tol of the world. . .Punkconti nuesto be
closedout of clubsi nfavor of newwave
modrockabi lly rubbi sh. Promoters, clubs,
halls, the radi o, andyour mother don' t
want anythi ngto do wi th
hardcorepunkrock. The bi gnewsthi sti me
i sthe latest "PunkRockRi ot"asreported
i nthe papers, at MendolasBallroomF eb.
8 for the EXPLOI TED . I di dn' t go, but
many of my fri endsdi d, but that' sOK ' cos
I don' t li ke the feel of a bi lly-club
smacki ngi nto my head, or mace bei ng
servedli ke lemonade at a pi cni c! F rom
what I heardi t wasa fucki ng"poli ce
ri ot"! Complete wi thour fri endly poli ce
offi cersbeati ngthe shi t out of ki ds, and
arresti ng4 1 , accordi ngto KF WB
newsradi o . One of the openi ngbandsgot
to play, people pai dthe 8 bucksandthen
got anevenlarger hospi tal bi ll later.
That' si t for thi shall, no doubt . I nother
club news, the all-hardcore T-Bi rd
Rollerdrome, (home of "PUNX") wasclosed
by the local pi ggi es, but i ssupposedly to
re- openshortly. The Drome wasputti ng
onsome goodshows. PUNK (JohnMaci as
Org
.) saysthey were suspendedfrom
thei r Pi co Ri vera lokal due to a bottle
meeti ngwi tha passi ngpoli ce car.
Devonshi re Downsflakedout onthe DK' s
andcanci lledthei r "punk"show' the ni ght
after a "newwave"F EAR show
.
' ,1 fo
goest

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e,
the DESCENDENTS break
up
Boy, that' sgreat news, huh? Amazi ngly
so, i nthese hardti mesof no klubsand
yespoli ce I di dmanage to see a bunchof
newso-cal bandsrecently
: SVDB I ' ve only
seen' emonce, andI really dugthi sband.
Goodsongstructure andsound. TOURI ST
are great
. I thi nkti nkdese guysmi ght be
the next ADOLESCENTS (haven' t we heard
thi sbefore?! ! )
. They' re slower, more
melodi c, andgot all the teeny bopper hi ts.
L .A . SECTI ON 8 are i nflouncedby
"Ameri ca' shardcore", whi chi sfi ne by me.
I t' sdefi nately frustrati ngwhenyou' ve got
L .A . ki dssoley worshi pi ngthe Bri ti sh
stuff! MEN I N BLACK are O .K ., alri ght,
I ' ve seenemonce, not too i nspi red
. DR.
KNOW frontedby Brandon, ya knowli ttle
Eddi e on"Courtshi pOf "Thi sOx
bandremi ndsme of DI SCHARGE
. They' re
way hotttt. Total hardthrash! PANTY
SHI ELDS are a funny funband, complete
wi thsax andfunktunez. KRANKSHAF T I
candi gor passon, dependi ngonmy
mood. They clai m: "the punkersdon' t li ke
us' coswere too heavy metal, andthe
heavy metalersdon' t li ke us' coswere too
punk". HATED PRI NCI PLES campy . Wi th
membersnamesCaptai nAnarchy andKi d
Lnaas, nowcantney go wrong! I guess
thi si spunkrock. NAUGHTY WOMEN
i nflouncedbyNY DOLLS draghave a good
songonSuddenDeathcomp.,"Jealousy".
Thet put ona hi lari ousshow! WHI TE F LAG
are the latest joke-sters. They got thi s
blackbass-i st namedJello B . Afro! Thei r
si nger looksli ke Ozzy andthey cover a
GERMS song. Thei r favori te albumi sthe
MaxRnR comp! They have some bri lli ant 3
secondsongs
. ANTI are faast throughout
thei r whole set, andhave a kool wreckord
out . Two membersfromthi sbandalso play
i nMOOD OF DEF I ANCE, who have beenat
i t for awhi le, thei r great! They also have
a LP onNu Underground, one of L
.A .' s
younger andhotter recordlabels. Uh,
some of the above bandsare to be onthe
We Got Power 4 0 bandcompLP comi ngout
by summer wi thbandsfromall over the
U .S.
Li ve revi ew: CI RCLE JERKS andthe
BANGLES, After Everythi ngElse F eb
. 4 .
These showsdon' t evenbegi nti ll 2 AM
. I
guessi t' sanattempt to keepthe ki ddi es
out, but they came andslammedanyways.
Jeff andSteve of REDDKROSS were the
D .J .' stoni te, the most memorable songwas
Wi lma Burges' "Don' t TouchMe". The
CI RCLE JERKS playedfi rst, probably ' cos
i t waslate
. Man, were they fuggi ngreat
toni te. I haven' t seenemthi shot for a
l00000ng ti me!! ChuckBi ski ts(ex-DOA,
BLACK F LAG) worksgreat wi ththem!
They' re newsongsare ki ller mon! Thei r
- doi nga newLP calledGoldenShower Of
o - Hi tswhi chshouldbe more of a thrasF r
5 1 TR GroupSex
. The BANGLES were fun
andcool andneat andgroovy. The sound
? wasraw, thei r defi natly not yer newwave
fai r . I startedto get ti red, ansso di d
they. Ug, I wanna go home now. Look,
the suni scomi ngout. I ' ll see you
tomorrowni ght.
Dave Markey, Si n3 4
P .S
. Earl fromSACCHARI NE TRUST has
also joi nedCI RCLE JERKS, wi thRoger
movi ngto 2 ndgui tar.
I ' mwri ti ngthi sscene report for San
Di ego . Please pri nt i t so people wi ll know
howbadi t i shere i nthe supposedSoCal
"hotbedof punk".
SanDi ego i sli vi ngupto i t' s
ni ckname of "SlowDeath" . What wasonce a
happeni ngtownhasturnedi nto a total
bore
. Ki ng' sRoadCafe turnedi nto anall
ni ght di sco, be re fly closi ng, andthe
NorthParkLi onsClub andAdamsAve.
Theatre have bothsai dno to anymore
hardcore shows
. Star WarsVi deo Center,
whi chlookedpromi si ng, una hosted
SACRED LI ES, MI RRORED I MAGE, and
THE F RONT onDec
. 1 1 , hascloseddown
to prepare for transformati oni nto a bar.
Thi sleavesusalmost nowhere to have
shows. None of the hallsare wi lli ngto
rent to punks, andthe pi gsare fucked.
Rumor hasi t that a local promoter and
si nger for the bandNOI SE BOY, Ji m
Wood, wi ll be openi nga club soon. Our
last showwasNewYearsEve wi ththe UK
SUBS, BATTALI ON OF SAI NTS, LEGAL
WEAPON, andRED SCARE . Watchout for
the BATTALI ON, they ki ckass
. I ' ll be
sorry to leave my fri ends, but i f thi ngs
don' t i mprove here, I ' ll soonbe wri ti ng
scene reportsfor L .A .

Robert Parker
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Greeti ngsfromZi on. Zi onbei nga
Mormonaphori smfor Utah
. Utahbei ngan
aphori smfor hell . F romthi sstagnant pi t,
the seedsof rebelli onare growi ngand
punkrocki sbecomi nga vi si ble movement.
I nthe past year TSOL, DEAD KENNEDYS,
BLACK F LAG andseveral other bands
have playedto enthusedalbei t, confused
crowds. I nterest i sgrowi ng. I nother
large ci ti esyou have your essenti al urban
cowboys, well backhere we' ve got the real
thi ng
. They call themselves"shi tki ckers."
Betweenthemandthe prevai li ngreli gi on,
the punkalternati ve for sane thought i sto
accept the fact that punki shere to stay.
We are only tryi ngto prevent i ntellectual
atrophy.
I t' snot easy bei nga punkhere. Most
of the placesto play have beenclosed
downor refuse to bookpunkbands. The
barsonly allowbandsthat are 2 1 and
older . Thi snot only eli mi natesmost bands
fromplayi ng, but keepsabout 90% of the
audi ence outsi de the club to be hassledby
poli ce andcrui si ngcowboys. We have had
some successrenti nghallsandrunni ng
showsi ndependently but Salt Lake i si n
desperate needof a consi stent club whi ch
wi ll allowmi nors. Unfortunately, most of
the punkshave enoughtrouble scrapi ng
together ci garette money, let alone the
i dea of leasi ngandli censi nga club.
Asfar aslocal bandsgo, there i sa
great deal of di versi ty andsi nceri ty here.
The bandwho' sdone the most to keepthe
scene ali ve here i sTHE MASSACRE GUYS.
They' ve set upall the out of townhard
core bandsi nthe past year aswell as
worki ngwi thother SLC bandsonlocal
shows
. They' ve just returnedfroma week
of playi ngi nCali forni a andhope to release
anepsoon
. Thei r musi c i sbrashand
i ntense wi tha goodly porti onof snappy
ti mi ngandi nteresti ngbreaksto adda
li ttle i ntri gue
. El Ci di sprobably the most
i ntense si nger I ' ve ever seen.
THE BOARDS are the oldest survi vi ng
Salt Lake band
. They are phenomenal.
After nearly a year of hi bernati on, they
have reformedwi thlocal legendLi sa on
bass, andtwo gui tars
. The result i sa
very raw, percussi ve andpowerful sound.
They ki ndof remi ndyou of the fi rst ti me
you sawF EAR but wi thmore vi tali ty and
fewer jokes. They are a certai nthreat to
breakout of Utah.
PRI VATE SECTOR
. Thi sbandhas
goodi ntenti onsbut poor executi on.
They' re bri ght enoughto be a potenti ally
goodpoli ti cal band but they can' t seemto
mai ntai nany consi stency of atti tude or
i ntensi ty
. Actually, wi thmore stage
experi ence andmore rehearsal (At least
learnhowto tune your gui tars, ok?) they
couldli ve upto thei r i ntenti onsof bei nga
si ncere, convi nci ngband.
GET SMART . The fi rst punkband
fromProvo si nce TEENAGE VANDALS.
Althoughthey' ve beentogether for only a
short ti me andhaven' t really establi shed
themselves, you have to admi re themfor
rai si ngthe punkbanner i nthe ci ty that
hostsBri ghamYoungUni versi ty.
Other

bands

deservi ng

menti on
i nclude THE CONF USED, BAD
I NTENTI ONS, NI VI TS, andPOPTONES.
Sorry i f I ' ve forottenanbod
Punksall over have to sti cktogether.
I knowthat i t soundsri di culousto hear
about punksi nUtah, but fi ve yearsago i t
soundedri di culousto have punksi nNew
York, SanF ranci sco, or L .A . The punks
i nUtahare just asdedi catedto the
conti nuance of the scene asthe punksare
i nany other ci ty. There' senoughbullshi t
to deal wi th
: reli gi on, cowboys, jocks,
preppi es, newwave bli tzheads, andheavy
metal cockrock. We don' t have to beat
eachother over the headwhenthere are
so many i nsecure assholeswho wouldlove
to see usdestroy eachother
. Wherever
you are, support your scene andkeepi n
touchwi thpeople fromother areas. Li ke
the MASSACRE GUYS say, "F i ght
together, not agai nst eachother, because
no one else wi ll joi nour struggle."
Sorry for getti ngpreachy. Peace,
love, andgroovi nessto all
. Hello to the
Salt Lake Skateboarders.
Keepaneye out
for a hot newO .C . bandcalledTHE
ELEVENTH SI DE OF MI DNI GHT . They may
change your li fe, they changedmi ne.
Don' t take li fe personally, andli ve to be
si lly.
let' sforget about the dead
thinkofsomethingnice
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COLORA DO
Hello fromDenver . No, we don' t all wear
cowboy hatsanddance i ncowshi t. And
yeswe do have a great hardcore scene
that' sgetti ngstronger every show. Duri ng
the past year alot of bandshave formed,
andwe' ve gottento see alot of nat' l acts
aswell . The punksi nthe scene here, as
well asnewcomers, partyers, etc ., seemto
accept eachother anduni te off the
atmosphere andenergy of the bands,
unli ke other scenes- nobody' senforci ng
thei r rules/atti tudes/fashi onswi thvi olence
or i nti mi dati on- yet! Hopefully, Denver
people andshowswi ll conti nue to grow
together . Local Anestheti c andRocky
Mountai nF use fanzi neskeepeverybody
i nformedonlocal happeni ngs.
Any bandsi nterestedi nplayi ngDenver
cancontact Mercury Cafe(3 03 )86 3 -92 2 9 or
Headbanger P .O . Box 703 8-A, Den
. CO
802 07(all ages) or wri te the addressonthe
F RANTI X-96 6 Nucla St, Aorora CO 8001 1 .
Wax Trax Recordshasthe ulti mate
selecti oni ndi scs, zi nes, local i nfo, and
lotsof support for the scene, and
i sthe hub of the Local Anestheti c label
that hasproducedrecordsby YOUR
F UNERAL, YOUNG WEASELS, andthe
great newF RANTI X EP . Lookforwardto a
release by WHI TE TRASH onthe same
label . The Mercury booksqui te a few
shows, but can' t seemto manage all- ages
every ti me(local govt .) so the bandsand
other newpromotershave takenupthe
slackanddone some great fungi gslately.
NewYearsEve sawSHAMED HATRED,
PEACECORE, SI GNAL 3 0, andthe
F RANTI X . Over 1 00 brave di e- hardsmade
i t ona coldni ght i nthe aftermathof a
bli zzard, andevena vacati oni ngJello
Bi afra got i nto dance floor chi cken
fi ghts(pi ggy-back) . Other groupsi nclude
CHI LD ABUSE, ROK- TOTS, andA
HANDF UL OF LOCAL MUSI CI ANS . ' 83 looks
to be posi ti ve, here i ncow-townUSA.
Consi deri ngthe lame local poli ti csand
culture we' re surroundedwi th, i f any
bandsare touri ngor any i ndi vi dualsare
close enoughto stop,do so , cause you
cannever have enoughfri ends. Thanks,
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MRR-What do your songsdeal wi th?
K-Some are poli ti cal, some are about soci al
problems, some are personal, but all are
easy to relate to- I thi nk.
MRR-What do you thi nkabout hai r?
K-Alot of our oldfri endswouldli ke to go
to our gi gs, but they get harassedbefore
they evenwalkacrossthe street to the
club
. Just because they have longhai r.
Anybody shouldbe able to come see us,
hai r or not.
E-People are afrai dthey' ll steal equi pment.
S-F uck' em!
K-We caught a rocker breaki ngi nto our
jamroomafter we hadbeento a gi gone
ni ght
. He hadjust ki ckedthe door i n, and
we foundhi mhi di ngi nthe closet
. We beat
hi sheadi n, but we let hi mli ve
. I ' m
agai nst steali ngandcheati ng.
MRR-Where are you all from?
S-NewYork
E-Denni s

i s

from

Hackensack,
Mi nnesota(laughter)
K-I wasborni nL
.A ., andEri c i n
Houston.
MRR-Do you sti ll beli eve "Money Sti nks",
nowthat you are all unemployed?
S-More thanever!
K-Houstonsti nksbecause there i sso much
moneyhere
. I t sucks.
Denni s
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Eric drums

interviewby Tom Degenerate

Dennis-bass
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MRR-Whendi dyou guysstart?
I E-April '82
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MRR-Howlonghadyou beenplayi ng
before Spi ke got i nto the band?
E-1 hadbeenplayi ngdrumsfor a year,
andDenni s, bass, for a couple of months.
Kurt hadlyri cs, but hadnever tri ed
putti ngthemto musi c.
K-Yeah, andSpi ke hadbeeni na band
calledthe ECSTATI CS fromNewYork.
MRR-Who are your i nfluences?
K-BLACK F LAG, DOA at 4 5 RPM(speeded
up), PI SSED YOUTH(fromHouston), and
MDC.
MRR-Howcome you guysplayso fast?
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K-We have some slowsongs, but we' re
boredplayi ngslow.
E-We just li ke fast musi c.
MRR-What plansdo you have for the
future?
K-We have a gi gset upat Tool &Di e i n
S .F
. wi th4 other TexasbandsMMbC,
DI CKS, VERBAL ABUSE, andMARCHI NG
PLAGUE) . Plusweedli ke to play all over
the place andsee the world; Mexi co,
Australi a, SouthAfri ca, Europe, Chi na.
MRR-Do you have anythi ngto say to those
who put you downfor the way you busted
i nto the Houstonmusi c scene?
E-They cansuckoff. They' re just jealous.
K-Theysaywe' re untalented, generi c?
MRR-Are the Di try RottenI mbeci les
anarchi sts?
K-We' re

anti -authori tari an.

Questi on
authori ty. A goodsongby the CI RCLE
JERKS.
MRR-What do you thi nkabout the ai rwaves
i nHouston?
K-They fucki n' movedall the hardcore to
early Monday morni ngsonKPF T, andcut
Maxi mumRock' n' Roll off completely ' cause
1
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the punkshaven' t got the money to
support the stati on(publi c radi o)
MRR-Do you feel there i smuchof a future
for the scene i nHouston?
E-Yes, defi nately. I t' sjust starti ngto
crankout. PI SSED YOUTH, PUBLI C
I NTOXI CATI ON, DOOMSDAY MASSACRE,
URBAN

DEF I ANCE,

J .F .U .C .,

WAR
BABI ES .
MONEY STINK S
Moneysti nks

moneysti nks

thi sci tysti nks

Smell the power, smell the health
Smell the povertyof Ameri ca' swealth
Moneysmellsof evi l, greed, capi tali st wants
Andpumpedupneeds
Smell the logi c, smell the jet planes
The dangerousgoalsandthe crookedalms
Sell the progress, smell the di rtymoney
Smellsli ke shi t, thi si sn' t funny
Nobodycaresabout the ai r we breath
Nobodycaresabout the ai r we need
Smell the profi t, smell the success
Smell the dyi ngdreamof the mi ghtyWest
Smell the factori es, smell all the cars
The adult bookstoresandthe toplessbars
Smell the prettypeople, smell thei r false pi ty
Smell the brokenpromi se of the li ve-i nci ty
Smell the rml reason, smell the one wayplan
The real state, the desperate state of modernman
Smell the excess, smell the death
Smell the wet dreamof thi shumanmess
I
MRR-Do you have anyhobbi es?
S-Sleepi ng.
K-Yeah, i t' saneasy escape, andi t
doesn' t cost asmuchasdrugs. Also, Eri c
andI go to art school.
MRR-Do you li stento anyEngli shbands?
K-No, not really
MRR-Were you i na newwave bandbefore,
Spi ke?
S-No!
K-No, i t wasa newwave copyband.
E-Youngandi nnocent.
S-I di dn' t knowany better . Never had
heardmuchhardcore before then.
MRR-Wouldyou consi der VanHalen, or
rock' n' roll a goodi nfluence?
E-Actually, yes. Because they' re so lame
we hadto do somethi ngelse.
K-Stupi di di ot cockrockband.
MRR-Do you have anythi ngto say about k
your fans.
K-We' ve got a strange followi ngof strai ght
A hi ghschool ki ds, skateboarders, and
1
alcoholi cs. We appreci ate thei r support.
MRR-Anyfi nal words
S-We have a 7"EP that wi ll be out i n
March, i t' sat 3 3 RPM, andhas2 2 songs
oni t.
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"artsy- fartsy"groupsli ke PLATF ORM OF '
k I thought I ' dsendyou some newsof the YOUTH andBA SYNDI CATE, who are a

SanAntoni o punkscene. The newest

bunchof assholeswho thi nkthat playi ng

grouponthe scene
i sthe bandI ' mI n, NO

bori ng

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BUTTHOLE SURF ERS are great, but i t' s'

enclosedarti cle, we are havi ngto fi nd

beenabout a monthsi nce I ' ve heard

places other thanclubs

to play, because

anythi ngabout themi nSanAntoni o

. Also,

they wi ll only bookpunkbands once a

MarkandDeni se, former

members of the1
month. That arti cle i sfull of li esand REJECTS are formi nga newgroupwhi ch

I
,
exaggerati onsby the way, but we all

wi ll be playi ngli ve soon.

thought the whole affai r wasgreat .

CharlesGruber
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B alconesHeights
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Lobe lo said the band disru pte d the

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went to jail," Lobelo said. "The

whent
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faces
a oo fi ne unless they appeal
parents had tocome andhelpthem
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guess its thetime of year arevisiting duringholiday lire
for them.'

fromvari ouscolleges.
"We weren' t i nvi tedtolay
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malls. We volunteered. I ts
some
thi ngwe' ve beendoi ngfor the pass
three years,"Davi essai d.
"I t' snot a prank,"he sai dof th
band' suni nvi tedmall shows
. "We' rI
not out to hurt anybody. I f I though
i t wasgoi ngto rui nsomebody'
Chri stmas, I
wouldn' t do i t. We' rI
there to have funandhope the pen
pi e wi ll have funwi thus."
Davi esdi sagreedwi thDolle' sa
n count of the Wonderlandi nci den
anddeni edusi ngprofane language.
"We di dn' t playasloudaswe d
at practi ce, but loudi srelati ve,"h
"We'
sai d
.ve beenturni ngi t down
bei nga li ttle more cauti ous, si ns
Wonderland."
From Page 1
Davi dDavi es, leadvocali st for
the group, sai dhe, Davi dEscami lla
andJohnKi ewer were arrested.
Davi essai dthe Wonderlandper-
formance wasjust part of what the
bandcallsi ts"mall tour ."
Theyhave si nce performedat
Central ParkMall, where Davi es
admi tteda poli cemanaskedthemto
leave, andat NorthStar Mall Tues-
dayni ght.
"At NorthStar, no one sai dany-
thi ng. We playedfor two hoursand
everyone seemedto enjoyi t,"
Davi essai d.
He sai dthe bandi s"tryi ngto be
permanent"althoughsome of the
players, li ke drummer Mi ke-
Escami lla, who attendsHarvard
ones who took off hadtaken the
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hadHUSKER DU playJan
. 2 2 andi t went
off really well
. We got a goodcrowd, no
vi olence, but too many drugs. Most of the
ki dswho come to our showsare just
typi cal sex-and- drugshi ghschoolers, so
drugsmay be ani nevi table part of our
showsfor a whi le. Mostly just beer and
pot though, so there wasno real problem
except a whole lot of apathy.
A1 4 M
.i en
6 %
Normani sreal deadbut there are a
decent amount of people here who are cool
but not punks
. So at least the fewpunks
we do have aren' t totallyrejected
. We have
a recordstore here where we canget
hardcore pluswe' ve got a lot of good
' zi nes: Dai lyObi tuary, ChowTi me, Waste
of Paper, F odderstompfry- ve, and
akDecay. (F romTulsa) But there' sno
cTb where we canhave showsona
regular basi s
. The Bowery openedi n
Oklahoma Ci ty, but they don' t care about
anythi ngbut money .($7
.5 0 for X wi thno
openi ngbands
.) The Place i sjust a stri p
club wi thbanesplayi ngthere. A
di ssapoi ntment.
The only hardcore showswe get are
the oneswe put on . I ' mi na band(NO
DI RECTI ON) andwe' ve put ona couple
showsandplanlotsmore i nthe future.
Bandsshouldcall (4 05 ) 3 2 5 -4 95 8 for
booki ng. Our fi rst showwi thN .O .T
.A .,
NO DI RECTI ON, andanother local band
DEF ENESTRATI ON waspostponeddue to a
bomb threat , whi chsucked, but we hadi t
the next ni ght andmade a li ttle money . We
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Mi nneapoli s, landof tenthousandlakes.
MPLS- St
. Paul i sseei nga recent upri si ng
of many newbands. BOB ELROY, out of
the Como Lake regi onof St Paul
have yet
to be heardby these ears, but wordhas
i t that these youngstersare redhot.
Other newbloodi ncludes, fromMPLS,
I RENI C REGI ME, who are gai ni ngsome
very noteworthy prai se out onthe streets.
Justly so . I RENI CS feature JohnF reeman,
formerly of the OUTPATI ENCE, alongwi th
two otherswho are also under 1 9
. The
SWEATI ES are to be releasi ngthei r EP
very shortly. RI F LE SPORT hasjust
completedrecordi ngthei r debut albumat
Blackberry Way, under the di re di recti on
of tastemaker- Terry KatzmanandBri an
Paulson. Shouldbe very good
. Also, back
fromCali f. andout of the studi o comes
HUSKER-DU, who have just endedthei r
thi rdextensi ve tour andthei r thi rd1 2 "
vi nyl outi ngwi thSpot once agai n- thi sone
enti tledMetal Ci rcus, slatedfor release
thi scomi ngsummer! GROUND ZERO went
ona jaunt recently to Mi lwaukee and
Chi cago, where no one knewwhat to thi nk
of them. Terry also left hi sgui tar there.
G .Z
.' sdebut onReflex Recordsi salso due
out soon. LOUD F AST RULES just
supportedthe REPLACEMENTS i nMadi son
WI at Merlyn' s
. Speaki ngof the
REPLACEMENTS, they also have a new
vi nyl effort oni t' sway. RED MEAT has
just completedthei r demo tape, andare
prepari ngfor a tour thi sSpri ngand
Summer
. TI MBUCKTU i sgai ni ngpopulari ty
wi ththei r one songrelease, "F i reli ght",
onthe newMemo tape, whi chi ncludeslocal
bandsthe"UPREES andF LOWER
I NDUSTRY OF POMPEI I . WI LLF UL
NEGLECT playedMi lwaukee very recently
andfloored' em
. Thei r 1 2 ", the secondone
that i s, i sdue out next month
. Talk
conti nuesabout a possi ble MAN SI ZE
ACTI ON album. F I NAL CONF LI CT, another
newband, i sputti ngout an
over-abundance of wrought i ronenergy!
Thei r 8 songdemo ki cksass, andthei r
soon- to-be-releasedBlackTape wi ll shred
for sure! ! ! Tom fl-
myer andPaul
Svenska, former membersof TODLACHEN,
are prepari ngto release thei r newvehi cle,
OTTO' S CHEMI CAL LOUNGE, oneveryone' s
sensi bi li ti es. Last onnewhappeni ngsi s
THANKLESS WRETCH featuri ngDave "the
feret"Rothonvocal chores
. F or more on
the happeni ngshere, the newYour F lesh
zi ne wi ll be out the last weekrPeb
. We
are also currently looki ngfor bandsto
submi t tapesfor our 6 0 mi n
. comp. tape,
LungCooki es, whi chwi ll be accompani ed
by ani nfo booklet, wi theachbanddoi ng
thei r ownpage
. We are seeki ngtop-notch
quali ty stuff, for we wi shto put out a top
notchproduct. All the stuff i sdue by
early Apri l!
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Here' ssome extra i nfo onHUSKER-DU' s
Reflex Records
. After putti ngout several
releasesonNewAlli ance, they fi nally
savedenoughmoney to get thei r ownlabel
goi ng. The Ki ttenandBarefoot And
Pregnant comp i Tti oncassetteswere
feelers, to see i f thi ngswouldwork
. Now
they are runni ngthe label asa co-op.
Reflex putsupthe i ni ti al money, to cover
costs, work, di stri buti on, etc
. The bands
that parti ci pate leave money i nfor future
projects, andhave accessto i t. Thei r
releasesare di stri butedthroughTwi n
Ci ti esDi stri buti on, 1 4 5 1 Uni versi ty Ave.
St. Paul MN 5 5 1 04 . By the way, those
people who bought the HUSKER' sLand
S eedRecordLP, anddi dn' t fi ndthej F fc
seet i nsi e, shouldsenda S .A .S .E . to
Reflex, 73 1 Ponti ac PI
., Mendota HgtsMN
5 5 1 2 0 . Also, several monthsago the
HUSKER' svanwasstolen, alongwi thalot
of mai l wri ttento them. I f you have
wri ttenthem, andrecei vedno answer,
please wri te agai n.
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z- atsoni smosy younger s- - -
really dedi cated, i t' ssmall but the people
there are cool, they' re open-mi nded.
so what are your mai npri ori ti eswhenyou
ri te a song?
E- That the musi c be good, so that i t' s
ot a goodstructure to i t, some
omplexi ty.
-
To have some i nteresti nghooksto i t.
-
I t' sgot to be i nteresti ngfor me to play
i t.
DI E KREUZEN
They began about
two yearsago asth=
STELLAS, andafter vari ousdrummers,
changi ngbassplayersandthe bandname,
have beenplayi ngwi ththi sli ne upfor a
year anda half
. They have just released
thei r fi rst E .P ., "CowsandBeer"thi
F ebruaryonthe Versi onSoundlabel.
-so what' sthe Mi lwaukee scene li ke?
K- I t' ssmall but growi ng, there' smor-
bandsandpeople comi ngout all the ti me.
Si nce last year, i t' sgrownalot.
H- Well, a year ago there weren' t too many
people i nto hardcore musi c.
K- Backthenmost people thought i t was
beneaththemto li stento thi ski ndo
musi c.
-whenyou fi rst startedplayi ngout, a lot
of people thought you were stucki n1 977.
K-

A lot of people thi nkthey' ve

progressedpast that, but that' sthe totally
opposi te atti tude that people shouldtake.
-do you thi nkyou' ve gone beyondbei ng
just another hardcore band?
H- Sure.
-i nwhat way?
H- The content of our songsi sa lot more
complex thanthe mai nstreamof the
hardcore bandscomi ngout now.
K- A lot of these bandsare just "let' ssee
howfast we canplay", they li stento
whatever andthi nkthat' sthe way they
shouldsound, i t' sbadbecause they aren' t
usi ngthei r i magi nati on, but i nany formof
musi c you' ll fi ndthat. People who thi nk
andthose who follow.
-so what do you do wi ththose who are
content to follow?
K- Get more i nvolved.
D- I f they' re goi ngto thi nkat all they' ll
start li steni ngto themselvesandreali ze
they' re just fucki ngoff andeventually
they' ll get boredandgo away andthe
people that are i nto i t wi ll keepgetti ng
more i nvolvedhopefully . -i sthat a problem
i nMi lwaukee at all?
K- I don' t thi nki t i sthat much.
E- You' ve got to care to evensee that
anythi ngi sgoi ngonhere because the
scene i sprettysmall.
K- You' ve got to searchi t out for
yourself, once they do fi ndi t, i t seems
li ke theykeepcomi ngback.
E- Or you get those who just go out when
the .

mthrouhtown.
- t o sou go a i e eeper t an
just bei ngentertai nment. I t shouldrequi re
some ki ndof commi tment. I don' t want to
be takenasa ni ght' sworthof
entertai nment, or supplyi ngbackground
musi c for someone who wantsto go out and
dri nk. That' sthe whole thi ngabout the
club scene, hangout at the bar . I t' sa lot
more funwhenyou canplay halls, you
don' t get a lot of people showi ngupjust
to get fuckedupanddrunk, when
people' smai n objecti ve i sto get real
fuckedup.
D- I thi nk one of the best thi ngsto
happenhere wasthe closi ngof the
Starshi (local newwave hot spot) . That
weededpout all the shi t - the trendy types
andthe stupi dbandsthat di dn' t gi ve a
shi t about the scene just aslongasthey
hadthei r comfortable li ttle club to play i n.
H- I t really showedwho caredabout the
scene andwho di dn' t
. None of those bands
went looki ngfor newplacesto play or
setti ngupthei r owngi gs, they just went
upthe roadandhoppedonthe Stone
Toad' s(a not so hot newwave cu )
ban wagon.
D- Thi ngs are goi ngmuchbetter putti ng
onour ownshows, we' ve also beenhelpi ng
out of townbandsset stuff uphere i n
Mi lwaukee. The scene i sdoi nga lot better
i f bandshelpeachother out. We' ve got a
lot of helpfromother bands, the EF F I GI ES
helpedus. . whenwe startedplayi ng
Chi cago, HSKER DU andthe ZERO BOYS
have helpeda lot, Bob Moore of Versi on
Soundhasdone really a lot for us. MECHT
MENSCH andthe TAR BABI ES get usgi gs
i nMadi son.
-what about the rest of the Mi dwest?
E- We' ve playedChi cago, Madi sonand
Mi nneapoli s, thi ngsare really spreadout
aroundhere, you got to do a lot o
dri vi ng.
H- The underage showshave beenthe
best lately, whenwe openedfor the
EXPLOI TED i nChi cago the underage crowd
D- Try not to get too poli ti cal, someti mes
hat getsa li ttle repeti ti ve, someti mesyou
ear the same stuff over andover, I try
-ndrelate i t ona more personal level.
H- Explai nyourself i nsteadof just doi ng
"fuck Reagan, I hate the government ."
E- I t' snot just the fact that Reagani s
presi dent, i t' sthe fact that thi scountry
ouldelect someone li ke Reagan.
D- You get bandsli ke F orei gner andStyx
andall these ki dssi tti ngaroundi doli zi ng
these bandsgoi ng"ohwow, F orei gner",
whenyou got bandsmore ona reali sti c
level say li ke HUSKER DU or any band
that mi ght happento be wherever your' re
at, they don' t reali ze that you canget
your ownbandtogether andevenplay out
wi thbandsli ke that, go out andmake
thei r ownreali ty i nsteadof si tti ngaround
dreami ngabout i t.
K- F or a lot of people that' sthe Rock' n'
Roll mentali ty, a lot of bandsli ke to push
that, that they' re way superi or just
because they canplay ani nstrument and
that no one else cando thi sexcept for
these i mmensely talentedrockstarts,
that' s a load of shi t. I meanI don' t have
any talent andI ' mplayi ng, there' snothi ng
to i t. I f you want to do i t you wi ll do i t,
that' swhat i t comesdownto, i f you want
to do i t badly enought, eveni f your mai n
goal i nli fe i sto be Eddi e VanHalen, I ' m
sure you cando i t.
D- Openyour eyesandsee what' sgoi ng
around, don' t si t aroundli steni ngto REO
Speedwagonsi ngabout some pretty gi rl
for the mi lli onthti me
. Wi thour musi c i t' s
great seei ngki dsskanki ngthei r brai ns
out andsi ngi ngalongwi ththe songs,
letti ngout a lot of aggressi onandemoti on,
you can' t do that i f you' re upthere
si ngi ng"poohI love you ."
-
howdo you feel about your newE .P.
that' sjust out?
D- Reallygood.
E- I thi nki t soundsreal good.
H- I t' sbeena longti me comi ng.
K- I don' t know, I ' mreal proudof i t, i t
was
a fucki nglot of work.
-so what' snext?
H- I ' dli ke to try to concentrate onthe
mi dwest andpromote the scene here.
K- Hopefully a good-si zedtour i nApri l or
May . E- Getti ngour recordaroundas
goodaswe canandthenhi tti ngthe road.
-
what' swi ththe "CowsandBeer"?
H- That' swhat people thi nkwhenthey
thi nkabout Wi sconsi n, that' ssort of the
stereotype for what i t' sli ke aroundhere.
Herman
A letter to NBC from
a Chi cago punkwho
wasonthe Phi l Donahue "punk"show.
DearMr. Tartikoff:
I thi nkthe ti me hascome to
strai ghtenout a couple of wri tersof a
couple of NBC shows
. I ' mreferri ngto the
shows"Chi ps"and"Qui ncy"
. The theme
these showshave hadi ncommoni sthat of
the "evi lsof punkrock"! I ' ve beena part
of thi sscene aslongasI canremember.
I n1 976 i t fi nally came to be knownas
"punk"
. The funny thi ngi sthat I can' t
seemto remember ever fli cki nga Bi c to do
muchmore thanli ght a ci garette
. No I ' ve
never slasheda ti re, never owneda
motorcycle, never hearda punkbandsi ng
i nall seri ousnessa songli ke "I Wanna See
You Choke", never seena punkband
vi ci ously throwa fanoff the stage, and
I ' ve never kni feda fellowpunk, or
anyone, wi tha kni fe calledan"i cepi c
.k"
or a
plai noldkni fe for that matter . I may
carry a kni fe but thi scouldbe a di rect
result of the ni ght I almost wasmurdered
by a Mexi can, not a
Mexi canpunk, just a
Mexi canGUY.
Later i nthi sletter, I wi ll gi ve you
ani dea, (I hope) of what really goeson
wi ththe punks
: some real i nci dentsand
some real songlyri cs
. These showswere
obvi ously basedonboredri chki dswho
tookonpunkasa newki ck, knowi ngthat
thei r ri chdaddyswi ll bai l themout of
trouble
. Why not exami ne the real reasons
andhappeni ngsbehi ndpunk?
Seei ngthat your wri tersdi da total
ri p- off of the Phi l Donahue showenti tled
"Parentsof Punkers", (whi chI wasonand
have a tape to prove thi sforgery), I
thi nkwe deserve equal ti me
. Onthe
Donahue show, our chance to say our si de
wassli ghtly rui nedby small detai lssuch
as
: they acci dently (I ' msure) forgot to
turnonour mi ke, andthe great host came
to usfor answersafter too many questi ons
hadbeenthrownat us
. Wi thscreami ng
mani ac housewi ves, howcouldwe get a
thi ngsai d? The wri tersof "Qui ncy"made
usi nto total fools, andmade our answers
i nto complete chi ldi shness
. I evenknew
whi chone of uswasbei ngprotrayedby
your stars. I t' sour turnto talkwi thno
i nterrupti ons! You may feel more, or you
may feel less, threatenedby us, but at
least you' ll get the factsstrai ght--fi nally.
Your wri tershave fouleduptwi ce too
often
. I f thi si ssucha seri ousi ssue,
(whi chi t i s), I suggest you take a seri ous
lookat thi sletter andthe truthof the
matter.
Here' ssome i nformati ononmyself and
two other dreadedi di ot punks. I
graduatedhi ghschool andevenColumbi a
College wi tha B+average
. I ' ma
self-taught di sc jockey andhave worked
successfully at i t for ei ght years. James
Sala goesto the Computer Learni ngCenter
andhasa 99 .6 grade average
. He i nvents
andbui ldscomputersandgames
. John
Powalowsi sthe sargeant of securi ty i nthe
Tri bune Bui ldi ng
. The li st of course goes
on, but hopefully you get the i dea
. Now
for some more real facts.
Punkshave wri ttenlove songs, but
that' ski ndof rare. We feel love, but
Barry Mani lowsi ngsenoughabout that
stuff to convi nce people that i t possi bly
exi sts. We see the real si de of love too,
comi ngout of the generati onsporti ngthe
hi ghest di vorce rates. Most people aren' t
feeli nglove for eachother or themselves
muchthese days, andthey are cursi ng
consci ously or sub-consci ously, those who
have

mastermi nded

us

i nto

thi s
non-exi sti ngeconomy that empti ly
surroundsus. Howcouldtotal strangers
have the nerve to rui nthese i nnocent, and
what usedto be happy, li ves? These and
other reasonshave made the ki dsi nto
what you consi der "screwedup", but who
are actuallymore aware. Why not pi ckup
a copy of "I ' mOK You' re OK"by Thomas
A . Harri s, M .D
., andfli pto page 1 72 ,
where you' ll get a clearer pi cture of what
ki dsare bei ngbrought upi nto? The
punksare faci ngthese thi ngs, hope to
make everyone aware of these problems,
andface themaswell . Hopefully, people
wi ll workconsci ously, andmaybe someday
eventogether, to fi ndanswers
. These
answershowever wi ll not come from
i gnori ngthe problemsaspeople do . You
are nowaware of the punkmovement, so
you' dbetter come to a full understandi ng
of i t.
Slamdanci ngi s a wayto release pent
upenergy, asare a lot of other dances.
Contrary to popular beli ef, we do not mai m
our fri ends, or stompthei r brai nsout
. I f
one falls, the otherspi ckhi mup. I t may
seema li ttle ourtageousto release tensi on
thi s
way, but better thi sthangoi ngout
andmurderi ngsomeone.
A RE YOUR K IDS
TURNING PUNK ?
"Punk Rock" istoday's
angry attack on society.
What willyou do if your
kidsturn punk?
Nowfor a story of punkbrutali ty:
The U .K . SUBS playeda showi nChi cago,
a fewmonthsago . I nthe mi ddle of a song
a blackgi rl fell down, i nthe mi ddle of the
large crowd. The si nger stoppedthe song
andsai d, "Pi ckher up". Whenshe was
backonher feet, they startedthe song
over . Real vi olence, huh? Nowat the
Chi cago Amphi theatre, at a soul concert, a
gi rl wasrapedby ni ne guys, count ' em,
ni ne, whi le her boyfri endwasbeat to a
pulp.
Nowonward. Serena Dank, the much
dreadedheadof "Parentsof Punkers"(?)
made clear the fact of howi mpressi onable
the youngki dsare, andswore that they
are getti ngthe wrongi deasfromus. She
sai dthey aren' t sophi sti catedenoughto
understandwhat we are sayi ng. (Where
doesthat put the NBC wri tersonthe
i ntelli gence scale?) F i rst off, punkcould
never be asbleakasyou' ve portrayedi t.
Thenthere' sthe kni ght i nshi ni ngarmor
wi thlotsof teeth, who showsthe way.
These are fai rytales! I f we' re doi ngsucha
badjob explai ni ngourselves, just thi nk
what you' re doi ng! Example: I n1 979 there
wasanarti cle i nTi me magazi ne onpunk,
explai ni nghowpunkssmashbottlesfor
funandprofi t. I workedi n, andlater ran
a punkbar, (whi chnever sporteda
murder i ni tsfi ve years), andassoonas
the arti cle hi t the stands, every jerkfrom
the suburbsandRushStreet that wanted
to be "hi p"wasi nO' Bani on' ssmashi ng
bottlesandlooki ngto smashsome heads.
Your approachto thi ssubject i stwi ce as
i gnorant. You pay peopleto come upwi th
thi sdrek? Also, punksare not bi kers
. Get
your prejudi cesstrai ght
.
People alwaysseemto be looki ngfor
a scapegoat for every problem, i gnori ngof
course, the real causesandsoluti ons. I t' s
really too badyou don' t understand
punks, because the reasonsbehi ndthe
punkmovement are thi ngssuchasfi ndi ng
the answersto the depressi on, nuclear
war, etc. We face the reali ty of thi ngsand
want to slapeveryone i nthe face wi thi t,
andmake themaware of what' sbei ngdone
to themby the govenment, for one
. I f
people wouldstart thi nki ngfor themselves,
i nsteadof letti ngi ncompetent foolsdo all
the "thi nki ng"for them, the people would
be able to bri ngthe worldbacki nto
shape. Eventhoughthe i deasbehi ndpunk
have beentwi stedby some jerks, we tell
the truthandthat' ssomethi ngthat next to
no one wantsto face, obvi ously.
I ' ve i ncludedlyri csto three songsby
three di fferent bands, gi vi ngthree
di fferent i deasof what goesoni nour
mi nds
. The fi rst i s"Holi day i nCambodi a"
by the DEAD KENNEDYS . Thoughthe
band' sname may seemdi srespectful, i t
actually standsfor the endof the
"Ameri canDream", andlet' sface i t, i t' s
over
. Thi ssongwi ll scare the hell out of
you
. The second, by VI CE SQUAD i san
example of whywe screamabout soci ety,
wars, andReagan, i nhope of awakeni ng
the dreami ngmulti tudes, who close thei r
eyesandpretendeverythi ngi sokay
. The
thi rd, by a groupcalledMI NOR THREAT,
may some day convi nce the cri ti cal
anti -punksthat we don' t all li ve for
drugs. Thi sbri ngsto mi nd(yesI have
one) ani mportant topi c
. Darby Crashof
the GERMS, andSi dVi ci ousof the SEX
PI STOLS are the two major drugand/or
sui ci de stati sti csi nthe punkscene
. How
many rockstarsetc. have di edi nthi s
same ti me span? Andspeaki ngof rock,
let' stake a lookat rocklyri cs
. The ones
about rape, chi ldmolesti ng, sex wi th
1 2 -year olds, drugs, thi ngsli ke that.
Ozzy Osbourne of the dreadedBLACK
SABBATH eatsli ve thi ngsonstage. He' s
not a punk
. A punkwouldn' t evengi ve
hi mthe ti me of day. I guessthi sstuff i s
acceptable though, eh? The KNACK, the
overni ght sensati onof ' 79, whose second
hi t wascalled"GoodGi rlsDon' t (But I
Do)"wasacceptedby youngandoldali ke.
Nowwho wouldyou say i scorrupti ngthe
youth? The name "SEX PI STOLS"turnsthe
stomachsof mi lli ons, but they sangabout
the state of the Engli sheconomy, whi ch
nowappli esto the U .S . too . "I Wanna See
You Choke"doesn' t seemto fi t ustoo well
anymore, doesi t? Bandsli ke F EAR wri te
some pretty nasty i nsult songs. They put
downgays, thenturnaroundanddo
thi ngssuchasa benefi t for a gay
communi ty center i nSF . They are a
comedy band, andno one takesthem
seri ously
. MAYHEM, the bandi n"Qui ncy"
wasvery obvi ously modeledafter F EAR,
wi tha fewmajor thi ngsoverlooked. F EAR
doesn' t lookli ke KI SS, andthe si nger Lee
Vi ngdoesn' t have pony-tai ls
. Wi thsongs
suchas"NewYork' sAlri ght I f You Li ke
Saxophones", I meancome on. I can' t
i magi ne myself, madat the world, looki ng
i nthe mi rror screami ng, "NewYork' s
alri ght i f you wanna freeze to death, New
York' salri ght i f you wanna get crushedi n
front of the subway, NewYork' salri ght i f,
you li ke organjazz. . ."One more poi nt i n
our favor i sthat we have a goodsense of
humor, better thanmost. After all, look
what we have to go throughto get a poi nt
across
.
TONIGHT
7:3 0
MPHIL DONA HUE
We haven't found too many answersyet,
but at least we're looking. IVsobvious
yourwaysdon't work
. Howwould you
knowif ourwaysdon't work? You
obviously don't have a clue to what we're
doing . A nd besidesa lot of energy, maybe
ourmusic ismeant to keep you and yours
out, so you don't infiltrate yourgarbage
into the answerswe do find . We are not
idiotsorin a dreamlike state
. If we could
convince you of that (forwhat reasonsI'm
not sure), maybe you'd see that there's
something constructive in what we're
doing . We tried to explain on 'Donahue',
but when people in powerdon't want to
hear, they'lldo their
damnedest to silence
it . We have a pretty good
example to set.
Why not portray punk authentically, rather
than taking some cheap shot . The more
dumb thin '
sou showon TV, the more
dumb i deasyou' re gi vi ngto the ki ds. But
maybe the ' reason' you won' t checki nto
what were doi ng, i sbecause you' re afrai d
we' re ri ght. Our advi ce to you, and
anyone else who hassi mi lar i deasli ke
these ri di culousshowsi nmi nd, i sto can
the i dea unti l, i f ever, you get the facts
strai ght.
. .

Si ncerely,
Nancyandthe Chi cago punks
1 3J JJ
Ottawa
's
i vi l Terror,
QN

Last Pray
er ,
E. O. A
E. O
. A
. C porce
lain
Ham
ilton's
Forehead &
Raw
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Sewage
SATURDAY
DEC. 1 1 th
door open
at 2 p.m.
THE WAVE CLUB
To . on t 0 . 0
YOUTH,
YOUTH,
YOUTH!!
ZEROP TI
9 bands
for only
$6 w
ra
eardthroughthe grapevi ne that Gerry
Useless, former bassplayer of the
UBHUMANS, who qui t the bandbecause
crowdswere becomi ngtoo anti -poli ti cal,
wasrecently arrested, andfaces1 5 years
njai l onchargesof bombi nganMX mi ssle
componentsfaci li tyi nVancouver.
e mi ssedthe Ottawa scene i nour
anadi anreport last i ssue, so here' sa
bri ef update.
AST PRAYER' sdrummer qui t, andhas
eenreplacedbyDavi dMcCai g; so they' re
no longer Ottawa' stokenall-gi rl band.
OMBI E XTERMI NATORS (Vi g' sband) are
sti ll

i n

hi bernati on.

CI VI L TERROR,
ORCELAI N F OREHEAD, andRAW SEWAGE
houghare sti ll goi ngstrong. The gi gon
the flyer wasexcellent(band-wi se), except
e hada lousy turnout . Boththe Roxy
nd
the Wave Club have changedthei r
ki ngpoli ci es, andno longer have
unk/hardcore . A newplace calledthe
Jungle Club hasopened(lovelyname), and
aspotenti al .

Y .C .P .

i shavi ngthe
E~EXPLOI TED wi thCI VI L TERROR andthe
RANDY PETERS . Well, that' si t for now.
I li lani ne F renken, No Cause F or Concern
fanzi ne, 5 5 9
Lauri er Ave W, Ottawa Ont,
Columbusdoesnot have a bi gscene
(only crowdsof 3 Q at the local gi gs), but
we do have
a lot of bandsfor our small
town. THE PATTERN, KI LLI NG
CHI LDREN, andANDROPOV' S ASSASSI NS
are the namesof the bands. All of them
canbe contactedthrough
Gravelvoi ce Records
P .O . Box 1 2 04
Columbus, I N
4 72 02
THE PATTERN has2 songsonthe
compi lati onalbumThe Master Tape on
Affi rmati onRecords.
KI LLI NG CHI LDREN just fi ni shed
recordi ng a 9 songEP ti tled"Certai n
Death", whi chshouldbe out i nF eb. or
MarchonAffi rmati on
. I t wi ll be avai lable
fromei ther Gravelvoi ce or Affi rmati on.
Other projectsthat are under way
i nclude the fi rst Columbusfanzi ne ti tled
Blow
I tOff, avai lable for 5 04 from
Gravelvoi ce.

I t i ncludesli ve revi ews,

recordrevi ews, arti cles, andi ntervi ews
wi thbandspassi ngthrough. We welcome
any

letters

and

are

looki ng

for
adverti sers.
Also out i nF eb., the Columbus
compi lati oncassette, featuri ng1 0 songsby
THE PATTERN, 8 songsby ANDROPOV' S
ASSASSI NS,

5 songsby KI LLI NG
4
CHI LDREN, anda fewsupri sesequalli ng
anawesome 5 5 mi ns. of sheer deli ght. I t
also comeswi tha booklet that haspi csand
all the lyri cs. I t wi ll be avai lable for $4
.00
ppd. fromGravelvoi ce.
F uture plansi nclude more i ssuesof
BlowI tOff andanANDROPOV' S
ASSASSI NS EP . Also li ve showsi n
surroundi ngareas. Wri te Gravelvoi ce or
call (81 2 ) 3 72 -4 3 83 for booki ngandother
i nfo .
Our progresshasbeenslowbut sure . I ' ll
start wi thSt . Loui s, andmove west . St.
Loui shashada fewdecent shows, but has
no thrashbandsof i ts' own.-although
someone toldme about a bandcalledWHI TE
PRI DE who use Nazi smasa weakexcus
for shockvalue. F uckthem! Movi ngwest
down1 -70 we come to Columbi a, the
shi thole fromwhi chI ' mwri ti ng. Ohwai t, I
forgot to menti onSt . Loui sfanzi nes. They
have a "wave"publi cati oncalledJetlag.
I t' smeani ngless. Backto Columbi a. We
startedMi sery last May, andto my
knowledge, i sthe only he punk/poli ti cal
zi ne i nthe state(i f someone hasstarted
another, please sendi t to us) . Onth
backof our thi rdi ssue, we repri ntedan
arti cle fromthe newspaper sayi ngtha
Reaganpasseda bi ll clai mi ngi t wasi llegal
to publi cally expose the namesof CI A
agents. We thenwrote i nbi gletter
"F UCK YOU REA-GUN, YOU WI LL DI E
THE PEOPLE WI LL WI N" . The local poli c
di dn' t li ke i t, toldthe Secret Servi ce, wh
i nturncontactedme andtoldme that "i f I
thought I wasmaki ngwavesI waswrong,
andthat they couldmake i t very rougho
me". F uckthem! I f they want to stopme
they wi ll have to ki ll me.
Onto local radi o . The only stati oni ntow
that playspunki sKOPN 89
.5 F M . We hav
2 shows, "Subli mi nal . Ni ghtmare"whi ch
do alongwi thBob Bi te, and"Sleeples
F renzy". Hopefully, we' ll have Max RNR
soon
. Wheni t comesto local barswe ar
sli ghtly hurti ng. I ' mi nananarcho/thras
bandcalledCAUSES OF TRAGEDY.
VI OLENT DEATH i sanup-and- comi ng
band, asi sANI MAL F ARM . The latter tw
aren' t thrash, but at least they aren'
"wave"shi t . We have a couple of bars,
but we desperately needanall-agesclub,
cause the bar ownersonly care about
money, andnot hardcore poli ti cs
. Columbi a
also hasthe i nternati onally renowned
Columbi a Anarchi st League, Box 3 80,
Columbi a MO 6 5 2 01 . Contact them. I told
Exi stenci l i nS .F . about them, andi
CRASS ever comesto the U
.S ., I thi nk
they' ll play here.
Movi ngwest agai n, I ' dli ke to menti ona
bandfromSedali a, the BOMBS F ROM
HELL
. Decent punk. Movi ngfurther west
we come to KansasCi ty, whi chhas3
current thrashbandsthat I know
of-CHOKE, TUNNEL DOGS, andSECRET
SOCI ETY
. KC hadHI TLERS YOUTH, whi ch
hastransformedi nto BROADCAST, a
strange band
. Asfar asfanzi nes, I ' ve
seenClubfoot, a punky graphi csmag
. So
muchfor KC.
ou fuckersi nS .F
. make me si ckwhenI
ear you complai ni ngabout boredom, gi gs,
tc . I f we' re lucky, we get 1 a month.
h, I shouldmenti onLawrence KS too.
Vsabout 4 5 mi nutesfromKC . They have
=fur magazi ne, andF reshSounds, an
ndependent label . That' si t for now. The
aggot, c/o Mi sery, P .O . Box 74 6 1 ,
olumbi a MO 6 5 2 01 .
Scott Colburn

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i nNE Ohi o . Goodbands, goodshows, an.
a general good atti tude amongpeople. Her
are some of the promi nent bands. ZER
DEF EX
rei gni nfury andwant to deli ve
thei r feeli ngswi ththe utmost urgency.
TomStrange andJi mi I mi j trade off o
gui tar andvocals. Mi cky goestotall
spasti c onthe ski ns, andwe all knowtha
Braddoes not sweat . Thenthere' sth>
URBAN MUTANTS, who sport DanYell ou
front, andshe' sgot to be the mos'
powerful female si nger I ' ve ever heard.
Ji mmy DredandDave ongui tar andbass
gri ndi ngout that ori gi nal soundwi th
Danny thrashi n' the beat. Thei r songsar_
all seri ousandrelevant, but you can' t
helpbut have funwhenyou hear them.
Upnext i sSTARVATI ON ARMY wi ththe
mani c geni ousof F raser Sui ci de out front,
Ji mCrane seari ngthe stri ngs, andSean
ondrums. Not for the weak-hearted.
There' s

the

DARK,

who' ve
announced(sni ff-choke) thei r break-up
soon. They couldn' t gi gmuchcause they
were usually too grounded, but wi ll be
rememberedasone fucki nghot band. Next
i sI DI OT SAVANTS consi sti ngof Ti m,
Carl, Joe, andBud. They belt out freneti c
unharnessedanger at the max degree.
Watchfor Joe C' sbuttcrack, andalso get
hi scool fanzi ne Contempt for SOC at 91 3 5
Johnnycake, Mentor OH 4 4 06 0 . The
AGI TATED reekmetal- flavoredhavoc wi th
Mi key guana, TomHawk, Johnny, and
Randy . Energy, anger andwi t abound
wi ththese guys, folks. Get TomHawk' s
great magOopsat 4 81 2 Eldo St,
Wi lloughbyOH 4 4 094 . Tomi salso i nthe
OF F BEATS occassi onally. I never li ked
themtoo much, but you mi ght . SPI KE N
VAI N offer a change of pace, doi ngcool,
powerful, andpsychoti c-li ke slowstuff.
Also, OUTERWARE are i nthe same ki ndof
vei n, but do some fast onestoo
. Ki nda
sendsi cy chi llsupthe spi ne . The GUNS
are the youngest andsmallest band, wi th2
members- Scott andDave, andthey ki ck
ass! The DUMBSHI TS are a super-ti ght
bandwho are funny asfuck, and
constantly are wri ti ngnewstuff . "You
Smell Li ke Shi t"i sa classi c . Also, get the
unchallengedbest magonearth, Slam, c/o
me, Vi nce at P
.O . Box F -6 8, AkronOH
4 4 3 08.
I want to menti onthat i nno way
shouldany bandplay the Phantasy i n
Cleveland. They have phuckedusover
once too often. The Dale hasbeenthe best
place for shows(all- age) . Call me at
(2 1 6 )2 5 3 -4 1 02 , or wri te Slamfor booki ng
andi nfo . You may also call Tommy Dark
who wantsto rent out hallsevery so often
upi nCleveland, at (2 1 6 )4 6 4 -3 04 9 . I must
say, i f your banddoesn' t play here,
you' re mi ssi ngout . What we lacki n
numbers, we make upfor i nenthusi asm.
Thanx, andkeepthe fai th.

Vi nce Ransi d
IDIOT SAVANTS
Here' smore onthe "beauti ful"NE Ohi o
scene. Avai lable recordi ngsfromthe area
are: Thi sTape SucksonOopstapes. T.
obtai ni t wri te c/o 4 81 2 Eldo, Wi lloughby
OH 4 4 094 andenclose $3 . I t contai ns:
OF F BEATS, LOUD AS F UCK, DEF NI CS,% ~ a $K
' ZERO

DEF EX,

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SAVANTS, ' I
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DI SSI DENTS,

BEAT

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URBAN'

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MUTANTS,

AGI TATED,

STARVATI ON
ARMY, andDUMBSHI TS . Also, Slam
magazi ne put out a tape called"There I

$
_
More", avai lable for $3 c/o P .O . Box F -

2 1 ELDOst
0
6 8, AkronOH 4 4 3 08 . I t hastracksb _
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!OUghby,Oh
ZERO DEF EX, AGI TATED, STARVATI ON ,

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Welcome to Boston, i tsa companytown
Just play by the rulesor you' ll be
stompedto the ground
I t' sa lovely arrangement that they' ve got
goi nghere
So they canfuckeverybody year after
year
The clubssuckthe cops, the copssuck
the mob
Who suckpoli ti ci ans, who gi ve ' emall jobs
They all sleeptogether andi t really works
great
One bi gdai sy chai nthat runsaroundthe
whole state.
We' re surroundedby thei r happy
dai sychai n
We love newwave i t' sreallycool
' Cause we make mi lli onsoff the fools
Donwhat' shi sface, he gi vesgreat head
Whole townof Bostoni shi sbed
Don' t whi ne- you' ll di e- benddown-
spreadwi de
Joi nthe fun- suckmygun
Hopi nbed- or you' re dead
"Have some fun"- what do you know?
You li ttle shi tsdon' t runthe show
There' sno roomhere for hardcore, sonny
You ki dsbri ngi nno li quor money
Bunsupwi thour assesall greasedupand
sli ck
Awai ti ngthe touchof thei r all-powerful
di cks
You' ll hear thi ssongandwhi ne "Ohthat' s
obscene!"
Yeahdummy- fucki ngri ght i t i s.
Locatedat 4 2
.2 1 N by 71
.04 W,
Boston, the capi tal of Massachusetts, has
rapi dly ri senasone of the newest
thresholdsof proli ferati ngexuberati onof
powerful hardcore ampli fi cati on
. The scene
i syoung, strongandfull of enterpri si ng
determi nati onthat i sbulldozi nganuntamed
soundof clamorousthrustsandbli steri ng
speedto the earsof the aggressi ve world.
The vi ci ni ty i shome of spectacular bands
li ke S .S
. DECONTROL, NEGATI VE F X,
GANG GREEN, D .Y .S
., JERRY' S KI DS and
the force of the F .U .' s!
Screechi ngthei r fi ngernai lsacross
the chalkboardof boredom, the F .U .' s
formedanonslaught of spli t secondpaced
mani ac convulsi onsof uncontrolled
exci tement, assai li ngchaoti c speedwi than
overwhelmi ngveloci ty of rawambi ti ous
asserti veness. Rambuncti ous, voci ferous
energy shri llsni tro pumpedi mpetuous
melodi esof mani fest beli efsandtantali zi ng
agoni es.

Qui ck,

fast,

i ntense,

and
outrageous, the F
.U .' senergeti c pursui t i s
a monstrouscharge of persi stent
progressi ve dexteri ty
. The F .U .' swere
natural neophytesat fi rst, starti ngoff i n
Apri l of 1 981 whenBob andJohnfi rst got
together wi ththe desi re to forma band.
Steve Gri mesjoi nedi nAugust of 1 981 and
by September 1 981 , the very fi rst F .U .' s
demo tape wasmade. The bandwas
complete whenWayne joi nedi nDecember of
1 981 . All were i nexperi encedrooki eswi th
the i ni ti ati ve to engage i nsome ri gorous
acti onjust tryi ngto deli ver quali ty
unhesi tant entertai nment
. Outcri esto be
heard, eachmember tookonthe challenge
of ani nstrument . . . .
John: "Lordof the vox, secretly I ' d
li ke to si ngtenor i nthe morontabernacle
choi r ."
Steve : "I amthe rei ncarnati onof a
nazi war cri mi nal tryi ngto atone for my
si ns
. I canplay a meanrhythmgui tar,
but that' sasfar asi t goes."
Wayne : "I knewnothi ngabout playi ng
the bassandlearnedbasi cally onmy own
wi thsome helpfromJohn."
Bob : "WhenI fi rst startedplayi ng
drumsabout 2 1 yearsago, I bought a
drumset andplayedi nmy
basement for
li ke fi ve andsi x hours a day."
Throughseri ousconti nuouseffortsat
practi ci ng, someti mesfi ve ti mesa week,
andli ve gi gs, the F .U .' shave come of age
andare nowbei ngrecogni zedasa posi ti ve
urgent dose of boi sterouspleasure.
Steve
: Our message- "I f you lookto
us, or a
.i y other bandor medi a fi guresfor
gui dance or di recti on, thenplease di e
soon, because you' re
already a hopeless
case
. BAD BRAI NS, D .K .' saccept the
"responsi ble leader"roles. We don' t. We
want to sti r upasmuchchaosand
aggressi onaspossi ble, but that shouldbe
pretty obvi ousby now
. I don' t li ke any of
that wi mpy-hi ppy "Do what you want"
shi t . People cando what they want, but i f
they' re not wi lli ngto pay the pri ce or
ready to accept the consequences, then
toughshi t ."
photo byBruce Rhodes
Li ke unrelenti ngbi tesof a rabi d
rattlesnake, the venomof the F .U .' s
rushesthroughthe bloodstream,
staggeri ngyour senseseachti me the
needle scratchesthei r vi nyl efforts. The
notori ousF .U . spontaneouscombusti onhas
beencapturedonfour plattersof
splatteredwax, cranki ngout flai li ngjaunts
of abrasi ve fi tsthat leave frozensti ngsof
joy ri ppledi nwi ldfleshof ecstacy.
ModernMethod' s"You guy' sbetter get
your assesi ngear, cause we can' t wai t
any longer, we have to get thi srecordout
before the hardcore trenddi es."i di oti cally
named"Thi si sBoston, Not L .A ."sampler
LP featuresfour franti c sli cesof F .U.
i nsi stent non-hesi tant vi gor . A 7"juni or
"Left Over Cuts"-"Unsafe at Any Speed"
featuredone F .U . number, "The Master
Tape"sampler LP featuredtwo doses, one
releasedbefore. Thenthe F .U .' sput up
thei r ownmoney, spent a lot of determi ned
ti me andreleasedthe fantasti c ni ne song
1 2 ""Ki ll F or Chri st"onBoston' s
self-producedi ndependent label- ' X-Clai m
Records.' Thi sexplosi ve release fully
deli versthe prompt barrage of fi erce
unfetteredli ghtni ngfast rapi di ty that the
F .U .' sadrenali nthrustsforth
. F eaturi ng
agi le, alacri tousdi rect hi tsli ke ' Peer
Poli ce' , ' Me Generati on' , ' F .U .' , and
' Trendy Nazi Hypocri te
.' Soonby summer
another F .U
. release wi ll be avai lable on
X-Clai mRecords.
The F .U
.' shave engagedthemselves
i nhelpi ngthe Bostonscene growby
putti ngonsome all age showsi ncludi nga
vi vaci ousgi gwi thTHE MI SF I TS, D .Y .S .,
NEGATI VE F X, andTHEMSELVES at a fi rst
congregati onal church.
Steve : ". . .two yearsago before there
wasa
- tonscene andthere were no all
age shows, I wasalwaysaski nghowcome
no one rentsout any hallsfor gi gs? Now
I ' mexpectedto do i t! Commonquesti on:
"So when' sthe next showSteve?"
Wayne : ". . .There are very
fewplaces
to play
. None of the clubswi ll book
hardcore, so we have to fi ndhallsto play
at . Usually i t wi ll only be for that one
show, because the people who runthem
see what goesonanddon' t li ke i t, even
thoughmost of the ki dsdon' t dri nk
. I t' s
just that the Bostonscene i sa lot wi lder
thanany other scene
. Not vi olent li ke the
west coast, just ki dshavi nga lot more
fun!"
John: "Hey assholes! Stopbreaki ng
thi ngsandwri ti ngonthi ngsi nhallsand
clubsthat are fai r andtry to cooperate.
The future of the scene dependsonyour
cooperati on
. I knowi t' sjust a fewcreeps
that fuckthi ngsupfor everybody, but i f
you see somebody doi ngthat shi t, be a
nazi andki ll ' em! The scene hasa lot of
enemi esso thi nkof i t asa gi ant hymen-
one pri ckandi t' s over ."
Besi desjust Bostongi gs, the F
.U .' s
have venturedsouthto numerousgi gsi n
N .Y ., N .J . andD
.C . where the response
hasbeenprofi ci ently favorable
. Plansare
bei ngmade for a nati onwi de tour thi s
summer whi chshouldbe a hammeri ng
hardcore commoti ononthe ameri canpubli c.
I f they ever escape the repeti ti onof thei r
atroci ousemployment of whi chi ssurvi val .
Bob : "I ' ma securi ty guardat a cheap
hospi tal . I deal wi threstrai ni ngi nsane
people, you know, tyi ngthemdown,
chasi ngthemthroughthe hospi tal, towi ng
ri chdoctor' scars, andof course my
favori te, di schargi ngbodi esfromthe
morgue. .
. One ti me a lady' shandhad
beenseveredandwe put the departedi n
the hearse strai ght fromthe operati ng
table. So the hearse tookoff upthe
dri vewaywhenthe autopsyguyshowedme
the plasti c bagwi ththe handi ni t. So I
sai d, "I ' ll get ' em."So I grabbedthe bag
ndranupthe dri veway wi ththe bagi n
my hand. I ranpast a constructi onsi te
ndto the street where I caught upto the
i earse andgave ' emthe package,
"hands
own!"Some of those constructi onguys
were i nshock, aski ngi f they were ' real
lands.'

Steve:

"I

work

for

Harvard
Uni versi ty sorti ngmai l andhandli ng
hazardouschemi cal andradi oacti ve waste.
So I ' malwaysei ther getti ngboredor
bei ngslowlypoi soned."
Wayne : "I worki na hospi tal asa
transporter . I worki nnuclear medi ci ne,
andli ke Steve, amexposedto nuclear
radi ati on."
John
: "My job ri ght nowi s
fundrai si ngfor an
envi ronmental and
publi c servi ce lobby
. .
. you have no i dea
howstupi dpeople are unti l
you go door to
door talki ngabout poli ti cal i ssues
. Some
people are so i gnorant that they deserve
all the
hazardous waste that' sdumpedi n
thei r reservoi rs."
The F .U .' swant
to come to your town
andlet you
see what they are
all about
thi ssummer
. A smolderi ngbandi na
pyrogeni c i nferno of boi li ngexci tement!
Tours, vi nyl, tapes, i nfo? Wri te:
F .U .' s
4 5 LydonWay
Dorchester, Mass. 02 1 2 4
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SECO . My Engli shi snot so good
. The
"Bi var", a fri end, i swri ti ngthi sarti cle
for you onour scene here i nSao Paolo
Brazi l . Allthe bandsare poor . We have to
fi ght alot to get anythi ng
. We' ve got
troubleswi ththe cops, andthe studi os
are s-h-i -t . Another problemi sthe lyri cs
of songs-i f the government knowswhat
you' re sayi ng.(Edi torsnote
; the Brazi li an
mi li tary, wi ththe helpof the CI A,
overthrewthe democrati cally electedlefti st
government,

andestabli sheda very

t
repressi ve system, whi chnowi si ngreat
economi c andpoli ti cal di ffi culty, andi s
bei ngpressuredby many segmentsof the ~
populati onto returnto democrati c
electi ons)
. Punkrecordsare rare here,
because they are so hi ghpri ced. But i ts
okbecause our scene i sgrowi ngevery
day. We li ke many forei gnbands, li ke
DI SCHARGE(best), MI NOR THREAT,
KAAOS, DI SORDER, DEAD KENNEDYS,
EXPLOI TED, TERVEET KXDET, BLACK
F LAG, RATTUS, VOI D, CHAOS UK,
LAMA,

RI I STETYT,

andmany many
others. That' sall for now
. Have a great

0
hardcore ' 83 .
PASSEATAS
front, Moi cane of OLHO SECO andCOLER
DESERTORES
Sao Paolo
punks
Last year,
Brazi l wassuddenly
shakenby the di scovery that a Punk
Movement washappeni nghere i nthe
country' sbi ggest ci ty(sub- tropi cal Sao
Paolo, i nhabi ted by1 2
mi lli onpeople) . The
fussstartedthanks to
the fi rst punk
record,

Gri to Suburbano,

1 2 "4 5
featuri ngthree of the most expressi ve of
the 3 0 local bands
: OLHO SECO,
I NOCENTES, andCOLERA . Thi srecord
was released
by the only punkshopi nthe
whole country, PunkRockDi scos.
Then, the local establi shment press
beganto cover thi s"i ntri gui ng"novelty,
andthe journali sts(not only morons, but
some wi thvery goodi ntenti onsand
sympathi es) founda representati ve number
of punkschatti ngaroundthe same floor
where the shopi slocated
; that bei ngon
the secondfloor of a fi ve story bui ldi ng
full of mi ni -shops, onthe mai nstreet at
the very center of town. Punkscame for
dai ly meeti ngs, talks, andexchangesof
i deas, andto share i deals
. Then, the
presswassurpri sedto fi ndthat punks
seemedto be the only bunchof blokes
wi tha defi nedli festyle, i na ci ty whi ch
seemsto have lost i t' sstyle a longti me
ago . The pressalso di scoveredthat punks
are roughandtough, but also si ncere,
honest, di rect, talkati ve, andaccessable.
?ma lo
By the endof 1 982 , punkbecame a
nati onwi de topi c vi a TV news. Asusual,
alot of di storti oncame out of the coverage,
but thi sonly helpedto re-i nforce the
curi osi ty of strangers
. Studentsfrom
vari ousuni versi ti escame to study the
punkswho, si nce the majori ty cannot
affordto pay for thei r studi es, rarely get
aneducati onpast hi ghschool.
There have beenpunksi nSao Paolo
si nce a li ttle after the begi nni ngof the
movement i nLondonci rca 1 977
. A groupof
punkshere, another horde there, other
gangsi nthe suburbs
. 3 or 4 bands
startedaround' 78-' 79 . By 1 980- 81 , wi th
the resurgence of the scene aroundthe
world, the growthlocally naturally
happenedtoo . A fewmore newbands
formed, andsome showswere put oni n
halls.
I nthe begi nni ng, punkhere waski nd- t`
of vi olent . I tsmessage arri vedhere wi th
plenty of di storti on. The medi a presented
i t asa sort of Mack-the-kni fe thi ng. =.
Legendswere spreadabout the vi olent
fi ghtsbetweengangsof so-called"ci ty
boys"(punksfromthe i nner suburbs) and
the punksfromABC(a satelli te of
i ndustri al townsoutsi de of Sao Paolo) . Bad
publi ci ty resulted. Alot of fanzi nescame
out urgi ngthe punksof bothsi desto stop
fi ghti ngwi theachother andget i t
together for the strengthof the movement,
andsmashwhat needsto be smashed.
Punki nS .P . i sa movement of very poor
proles, mostly between1 3 and3 0, the
majori ty bei ngaround1 9 . They oftenhold
jobsasoffi ce boys, where the wagesare
very bad, but at least they get ti me off to
escape to the recordstore to have a chat.
Punksmeet i na fewother placesas
well . Thei r pri nci pal meeti nggroundi san
undergroundtrai nstati on
. Also i n2 tall
condemnedbui ldi ngsbetweensome rai lroad
li nes. One of the bui ldi ngswasthe fi rst
F ordfactory, before they got bi gger and
movedto ABC.
One punkcallsi t "our Castle", and
i t' strue. There' sa tower where they can
si t andsee the ci ty li ghts, cloudsof
polluti on, andurbandesolati on. They go
to thi splace whi chi sdarkandrui ned,
because i t provi desmany thri llsandchi lls.
There they have many laughs, andthose
who are i nto i t cansni ff glue andshare a
joi nt, or a bottle of cheapwi ne. Here
there i softena fami li ar chi ll of not
knowi ngwhat groupwi ll emerge fromthe
darkness. Generally i tsa laugh,
occassi onally a fi ght . Thi splace i sa
godsendto punks. I t' sthei r place. They
feel safe here. Thi ngi s. .
.whenwi ll the
poli ce arri ve? Upti ll now, they' ve never
come, andi tsalmost a mi nor mi racle.
Normally, wherever there are punks, there
are poli ce, armedwi thri ot gunsknownas
Cali bre 1 2 cano serra do, andthi ngs
become tense andterri fyi ng
. Thenone can
really see the problemsfacedby punksi n
a thi rdworldcountry.
Well, punksalso have a fewother
placesto go
. There i sone calledthe
Templo, whi chi sa sort of club wi th
Saturday ni ght functi ons
. By the endof
' 82 , a punkfesti val wasput onat a huge
lei sure center on2 consecuti ve weekend
days. 2 1 bandsplayed, vi deoswere
shown, there wasa vast exhi bi ti onof
photos, stallswi thbadges, records,
t-shi rts, fanzi nes, andthe fi rst Brazi li an
bookonpunkscalled"O Que E Punk",
wri ttenby me. The festi val wasfree, 3 000
punksattended, but near the endthe
poli ce arri vedandarrested2 5 punks.
Most of the bandsare very
good, i n
the hardcore sense of the term
. The sound
of the Brazi li anbandsi ssi mi lar to bands
everywhere aroundthe punkworld(speed
asspeedcan) . The soundi si nternati onal,
but i t hasthe characteri sti csof the reali ty
of thi ssi de of the world
. Brazi li anpunks,
, whi le not deeply i nto conventi onal poli ti cs,
votedfor the Labor Party(whi chrecently
lost) . Anyway, the local punkscene hasa
strongclassconsci ousness, but also i ts'
revolt i sa revolt of style. One cansee i t
not just i nthe vi suals, but also i npeople' s
characters. The bandsonstage-eachone
of themthat playedat the festi val wi ll
have one trackona forthcomi ngli ve
album, "O Comeco Do F i mDo Mundo"(The
Begi nni ngOf The EndOf The World)
. The
groups

are

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BRUTAL,

M-1 9,
NEUROTI COS, I NOCENTES, PSYKOZE,
F OGO CRUZADO, JUI ZO F I NAL, COLERA,
SUBURBANOS, NEGLI GENTES, RATOS DE
PORAO, OHLO SECO, HI NO MORTAL,
EXTERMI NI O, LI XOMANI A, PASSEATAS,
DECADENCI A SOCI AL, ESTADO DE COMA,
andDESERTORES
. Thi salbumwi ll be
releasedi nF ebruary, alongwi thtwo more
records. One of themi sa studi o LP called
Sub featuri ng4 bands(RATOS . . .,
COLERA, PSYKOZE, andF OGO . . .)
. The
other di sc wi ll be anEP by the
I NOCENTES
. Later onthere wi ll be sti ll
another LP, thi sti me by OLHO SECO(plus
bonus

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si ngle) .

The

band
LI XOMANI A also have anEP out now.
So, the evi dence that the movement i s
growi ngi sreal
. Moreover, several vi deos
were made duri ngthe recent events, anda
club wi ll openi nMarchor Apri l
. Punks
here also exchange letters, zi nes, records
tapes, etc
. wi thpunksfromCali forni a,
Canada, F i nland, England, I taly, Poland,
Yugoslavi a. . . Asfor local fanzi nes, there
are about 1 0
: SP Punk, Vi x Punk,PDS,
MD, Contra Ataque etc, all -7- whi chcover
the punkwaterfront.
Now, the movement i sbegi nni ngi n
other ci ti esandtownsi nthe country.
BandsfromSao Paolo are starti ngto go to
Ri o de Janei ro to play. Ri o doesn' t have
many punksyet, maybe 4 00
. But i t' s
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No b.s. i ntros, just news- There have
beena lot of cool showslately, mai nly
CBGB' smati nees. Every Saturday for the
past 5 monthsor so, showshave been
goi ngonthere. Almost every local band
hasdone a show, andalso a major amount
of out-of-townbands, i ncludi ngMI NOR
THREAT, MEAT PUPPETS, F .U .' s,
JERRY' S KI DS, CHANNEL 3 , UK SUBS,
plusupcomi ngshowsbythe G .I .' sandthe
NEGROS . These mati neesare really great
because the admi ssi oni s$3 , andall of the
major youngtoddlerscancheckout the
showshassle-free. There i sno age li mi t
problemi nNY, but si nce most showsrun
so late, I ' msure that i t preventedthe
younger ki dsfromgoi ng. Attendence i s
alwaysconsi stent, i f i t i sanout-of-town
bandor not. I guessthe wordi s
spreadi ngonhowsuccessful these shows
are, because Great Gi ldersleevesi snow
goi ngto start havi ngearly eveni ngshows.
These showswi ll begi nat 8 : 00 . Great
Gi ldersleevesi sa total rock' n' roll club,
but they di dhave the EXPLOI TED play
(that goeswi thout sayi ng) . Some li ned-up
showsi nclude BLACK F LAG andMI NOR
THREAT .
4
bythe F ALSE PROPHETS calledthe Plugg
Club. The PluggClub i sreally thi sguy
Georgi o' sloft . The place wasori gi nally set
upfor a NewYear' sEve show. There was
a great showfeaturi ngDOA/CHANNEL
3 /BI G BOYS at I rvi ng Plaza ; however the
admi ssi onwas$1 5 i nadvance, $2 0 at the
door . So, the F ALSE PROPHETS deci dedto
set upa cheap($5 ) alternati ve showwi th
6 bands, i ncludi ngREAGAN YOUTH, MDC,
ULTI MATES, etc. Well, the showwas a
surpri si ngsuccess, so a couple of more
showswere planned. Everythi ngwasgoi ng
swell unti l someone deci dedto pull the old
"I ' mso hardcore that I canri pa si nkout
of the wall to prove howhardcore I am".
Let' sjust say that there won' t be too many
more showsthere. Asmanymati nee shows
asthere are here, there i ssti ll no good
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place to play at ni ght. Rumorsabound
about a newplace, but nothi ngi s
, defi nate.
The YOUNG AND USELESS EP i sout, on
Rat Cage Records. Also, keep your eyes
openfor the URBAN WASTE EP, "Bi g
F ucki ngDeal", onM-B Style Records.
After a 6 monthhi etus, HEART ATTACK
i sback. They addeda gui tari st, Danny
Stuart, who usedto be i nthe
POSSESSED
(aswasbassi st Paul Prauer) . They played
the NewYear Eve PluggClub gi gunder a
pseudo name-ENGLI SH CUNTZ . They are
li ni ngupa bunchof out of state shows,
anda couple of local ones. Also, they' ve
recordeda 6 song1 2 ", "KeepYour
Di stance", that wi ll be released onthei r
ownSeri ousClownRecords. The bi gdeal
wi ththat i sthat i t wasproducedby EdB
of 99 Records, andwi ll mai nly be
di stri butedthroughthem
. Also, gi ggi ng
aroundhere noware ex-SanF ranci scans
BAD POSTURE.
I f any bandsneedany NY radi o ai rplay,
they shouldwri te to "Li fe After Death",
c/o N .Y .U .,
5 6 6 LaGuardi a PI ., 9thF l .,
NY NY 1 001 2 . The showi sfromNewYork
Uni versi ty andi shostedby Hal . He' si nto
heari ngnewmateri al, so sendhi myour
recordsandtapes. That' si t! Lyle Hysen
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Phi lly i sgoi ngthroughi tsshare of
struggli ngfor a stronger scene. Several
bandshave come throughandplayedat
the controversi al East Si de Club, suchas
DOA, UK SUBS, BLACK F LAG, andthe
EXPLOI TED (the last of whi chsucceeded
i nprovi ngthat they really are asi di oti c
asthei r rephasthem) . Manypeople who
are i nthe scene are unable to get i nto
thi sclub at all
. The agei st lawsrequi re all
to be at least 2 1 andthey cardstri ctly.
Several people over 2 1 couldnot get i nto
see DOA because they di dnot have
adequate I D
. There are otherswho are
actually bannedfromthe club (for bullshi t
reasons) andsome who wi ll not go there
onpri nci ple
. There' sbeentrouble wi th
bouncers, who hate stage di vers
(especi ally at BLACK F LAG, andthe
DI SCHARGE gi g, whenthey came last
fall)
. Also, people have hadcomplai ntsfor
over a year about the usual wheeli n' and
deali n' promoti onscams, hi ghpri ces, and
the very i nsti tuti onali zedatmosphere
wi thi n--sort of li ke havi nggi gsat school,
or worse.
There have beenalternati ve gi gsfrom
Phi lly BYO andothers, for all ages, and
(at thi swri ti ng) a possi ble club openi ng
calledthe Wet Spot.
The secondPhi lly BYO gi g(Dec
. 1 1 )
waswi thlocal bandsAUTI STI C
BEHAVI OR, SEEDS OF TERROR, the
farewell gi gfromBABY CULTURE, andi f
medi a-trai nedphenomena
knownas"Qui ncy Punks", SADI STI C
EXPLOI TS wouldhave played.
OnJanuary1 5 , CHANNEL 3 playeda
Phi lly BYO gi gat the home of a couple of
members, nowloosely referredto asthe
"West Si de Club" . Theywere hot andwere
very well-li kedhere, bothmusi cally and
personally. Also playi ngwasPhi lly' sY DI ,
wi thHoward(formerly wi thSADI STI C
EXPOI TS) . "West Si de"also hasfaci li ti es
for vi deo showi ngs
. Many gi gsi nPhi lly
are fi lmedandshownat "West Si de"
parti esandgi gs, aswell asother places.
Phi lly BYO hasbeensponsori ngthe
Maxi mumRockN Roll radi o showandi s
sti ll struggli ngto get a permanent hall.
Newslettersandsurveyshave gone out
andthe i nput i sgenerally supporti ve
. The
survey resultsi ndi cate that there i sfai rly
commontaste for i ncludi ngnon-hardcore
bands, someti mesmi xedwi thHC
. There
are noweffortsto organi ze gi gswi ththe
F REEZE, and, separately, TSOL
(cosponsoredwi thWKDU, non-commerci al).
Manybandshave beenwri ti ngandcalli ng.
Hopefullyeacharea wi ll be represented, as
soonaspossi ble.
The three memberswho formedthe
nucleusof SADI STI C EXPLOI TS have now
formedSTATE OF MI ND, wi thnew
member Kevi n, andwi ll use all new
materi al . People aroundhere have been
heari ngabout anAUTI STI C BEHAVI OR EP
for a longti me, but i t seemsli ke i t' snow
onthe thresholdof becomi nga reali ty.
Another area bandto keepaneye andear
openfor i sWASTED TALENT, who play
very well, anddo not use songsof si lly
escapi sm. There i sa segment of the scene
that doesnot approve of anythi ngwi th
soci al or poli ti cal si gni fi cance, asthey long
for the BeachBoystype of fantasyland
fun(wai t unti l they re- di scover the rock
radi o stati ons! )
. Nearly all of the scene
hasa sense of fun, but also a sense of
commi ttment to the scene, andthe reali ti es
of today' sworld.
There are 2 newi ssuesof Anarchy
F or Punks, andanother si ngle-sheet
publi ca-i o calledSurplusValue, wi tha
newi ssue out
. Di e Young3 i sout, the
"Ki ll Reli gi on"i ssue
. By the ti me you read
thi s, Savage Pi nk#1 0i shouldbe out(#9
wasacci dentally ski pped)
. Also, the
premi er i ssue of Anti -Anti came out at the
D .O .A . gi g.
There i ssti ll a reasonably uni ted
scene here, andalmost no vi olence
. There
i spredi ctable gossi pi ng, soap-opera-type
dramas, backbi ti ng, etc
., but very li ttle
f._ .
i __ fi .hti ng._~gnerall

we et along,
whether

"strai ght

edge",

"anarchi st",
"skatecore", "bloodclot", or whatever.
Predi ctably too, problemsari se nowand
agai nwi th"Qui ncy punks", promoti on
scams, andthe usual di ffi culti eswi th
venues, but the scene i sbi genoughto
keepi tself goi ngwhenposi ti ve
breakthroughshappen. One of the lessons
fromthe posi ti ve peri odsof the past seems
to be that THERE I S ALWAYS HOPE!.
RonaldThatcher
Phi llyBYO

Newaddressfor Savage Pi nk:

P .O . Box 4 01 93 P
.O . Box 4 02 1 1
Phi la, PA 1 91 06 Phi la, PA 1 91 06
Bands, i f i nterestedi ncontacti ngus,
please wri te, or call Robbi e/Alli sonat
(2 1 5 ) 2 3 2 -995 9 .
Well, it'sbeen a long time, but I'lltry to
pick up where Ian left off . To begin with,
the Xmasmonth UK SUBS stopped by
again, and played with BLA CK MA RK ET
BA BY . BMB acquired a newguitarist, who
used to play forthe PENETRA TORS . They
played a good set, but seemed to lack the
powerthey had with the originalguitarist.
UK SUBS were once again no let down.
They played a good sound set, some old
crowd pleasersplussome newmaterial
which wasquite impressive.
EXPLOITED finally made it over, and
played with the F . U . 'sfrom Boston, and
IRON CROSS . The F
. U . 'swere OK . I
missed a portion of theirset, but I wasn't
too impressed with what I saw. A sfor
IRON CROSS, thiswasprobably one of
theirbettershows, mainly due to the fact
that they had someone who knewhowto
mix the sound . From what I wastold, the
EXPLOITED were really coolpeople and
they played a good tight set, but asfar
asI'm concerned, theirattitude leavesalot
to be desired.
MA RGINA L MA N made theirdebut at the
9 :3 0 Club
. MM isex-A RTIFICIA L PEA CE
membersSteve, Sweet Pete, and Mike with
added membersA ndre (bass) and K enny
KECORDS
(zna guitar)
.
I
waspretty Impressea wttn
theirnewstyle of music, but like A
. P . ,
they seemed to lack energy. FA ITH, on
the otherhand, were great . With the
addition of Eddie Jarney (2nd guitar), who
can only be compared to Nick Garrett of
UK SUBS . They seemed more energetic
than ever. MINOR THREA T soon were up
to close the show, and close the showthey
did . What else can I say
; definately the
best showsI've seen in a long, long, time.
BLA CK FLA G just came by on theirway to
Europe
. MINUTEMEN were supposed to
open forthem, but didn't make it out in
time . What a dissappointment! A nyway,
NIG HEIST started the first set, consisting
of BLA CK FLA G roadies, with Dez playing
drums. I think they intended to be a joke,
and boy did I get a laugh. BLA CK FLA G's
set wasa little long, definately some great
newmaterial, especially "What Can You
Believe"
. The SLUTS opened the second
set, without D . Slut, who wassupposedly
in the hospital. With orwithout D
. Slut,
they are pretty pathetic . BLA CK FLA G's
second set wasasgood asthe first
; a few
different songs, and nothing special
happened .
G . I . 'sare releasing an album on Fountain
Of Youth/Dischord . DOUBLE-0 releasing a
7" /5 song EP on R&B/Dischord. MINOR
THREA T are in the processof setting up
theirtour. New1 2" EP due out in March.
HA TE FROM IGNORA NCE hasa new
singer, Monica Richards. Eric
(ex-DOUBLE-0 ) hasformed a newband
with Tony (ex-RED C) . No name yet.
SCREA M on hold while theirsingerPeter
Stahltakesa vacation on the west coast.
Theiralbum'sfinally out . FA ITH and
INSURRECTION played Detroit . I'm told
they shredded . UNITED MUTA TIONS have
a newdrummer. VOID stilltogether.
Richard Moore
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b eli eve that reco rds and mags go hand i n hand.
That' s ' why b ands li ke Di e Kreuzen, Scream, Yo ur
Funeral, 100 Flo wers , The F . U
. ' s , Rai n Parade,
Human Hands , and fanzi nes li ke Fli ps i de,
Maxi mum R ' N' R, Yo ur Fles h, Ri pper, Co nfli ct,
To uch ' N' Go , Vers i o n, and mo re kno w that fo r
maxi mum expo s ure, i t' s Dutch Eas t Indi a Tradi ng.
45 A labama A venue. Island Park, N
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KENTUCKY
Not muchhappeni nghere i nLoui svi lle, but
thi ngsare looki nup
. Only one club to
speakof, the Beat, whi chfeaturesa wi de
vari ety of a Tte rnati ve musi c. Only 3
menti onable local bandshave playedthere;
BABYLON DANCE BAND(who have si nce
brokenup, shi t! ! ), MALI GNANT
GROWTH(Loui svi lle' sori gi nal HC band-I ' m
the si nger, alongwi thChri s, Mark, and
Si d), andLANGUI D &F LACCI D(garage
punkby ki dsall under 1 6 ) . Otherswho
playedthere are MDC, DOA, WI PERS,
REPELLENTS .andBADBRAI NS .Only
MEMPHI S, TENNESSEE
Home of Elvi sPresley, Rockabi lly,
SunRecords, andri ght i nthe mi ddle of
the "Bi ble Belt". Beli eve i t or not there i s
a hardcore scene happeni nghere.
Occasi onally out of townactsmake i t a
speci al treat for any H .C
. fanati c i nthe
Ri ver Ci ty consi deri ngthe lackof local
talent. But there are a fewgoodbands
areoundtownli ke the RED SHARKS,
BRI GADE, MOB, andBAD BRAI NS . The
majori tyof these playedat the Casablanca,
the best club for showsaroundhere
(except the manager' sa di ck) . The only
other club that hashardcore bandsi s
Benny' s. Whenthe BAD BRAI NS played
here though, they deci dedto prove what
assholesthey were by breaki ngBenny' s
front wi ndowby throwi ngbottlesat i t.
Lame asshi t! The EXPLOI TED playedhere
i nJan. wi thWHI TE CROSS . Let i t be
knownthat Wattle i snot sucha di ckas
everyone says. I talkedwi thhi mfor an
hour or so before the showandhe was
really a ni ce guy. He really putsout on
stage too
. Musi cally, they' re OK;
poli ti cally, I don' t know. But personally,
they' re all pretty ni ce . He di dn' t evenspi t
onanybody duri ngthe show. So there!
enuc y ggsouts,
.e o

oui svi e

a
knowof wasDOA, DEMENTI A PRECOX,
MALI GNANT GROWTH, andSYNTHETI CS
i nLexi ngton, andtwi ce whenwe played
the Jockey Club i nNewport wi th
REPELLENTS andSTD fromKnoxvi lle.
Lately though, lotsof newbandsare
formi ng. Last summer, some fri endsof
oursstartedMODERN JEWS, but they
couldn' t fi nda drummer andfaded
qui ckly. Then2 of themjoi nedwi thformer
membersof BOYCOTT to formSEPTI C
DEATH, who play GANG GREEN-style
thrash, wi thgreat lyri cs. Other fri ends
formedthe BUSHWAKERS, but they don' t
have a drummer yet. All of these bands
are fromthe southwest si de of town, but
onthe other si de we have LANGUI D &
F LACCI D, andSQUI RREL BAI T YOUTH.
The latter are putti ngout a 1 0 song
cassette called"Anthems". I t' spretty
decent, except i t' shurt by the recordi ng
quali ty. Only one zi ne, Self Destruct, and
i t' sput out by me, Phi l of SEPTI C
DEATH, andMooch, alongwi ththe helpof
many others. I nthe near future, there
wi ll be a local compi lati oncassette called
Loui svi lle Chai nsawMassacre, and
MALI GNANT GROWTH wi ll have 3 cutson
Affi rmati onRecords' newMaster Tape Vol
2 andonRedAlert fanzi nesMi dwest Rools
comp. MG wi ll also put out anEP assoon
asweaetthemoney .Anv
bands
MODI F I ERS, RANDY BAND, PANTHER
BURNS, andthe NEON WHEELS . NEON
WHEELS to release debut 4 5 andLP on
Hi ghwater Records
. RANDY BAND fi xi ng
to release debut EP
. PANTHER BURNS
have a newEP out ti tled "Blow Your Top"
onAni mal Recordsandthey also have an
LP calledBehi ndthe Magnoli a Curtai n
.P.
BURNS looki ngfor newgui tari st asJi m
Duckworthjoi nedthe GUN CLUB . RED
? LN 5
RECORDS
2 91 3 W . CARY ST.
RI CHMOND, VA . 2 3 2 2 1
(804 ) 3 5 3 -9996
WI DE SELECTI ON OF I MPORT,DOMESTI C
AND I NDEPENDENT LABELS
F ANZI NES, BUTTONS, T-SHI RTS
MAI L ORDERS AVAI LABLE $2 .00 ppd.
i nterestedi nplayi ngthe "vi lle"(the Beat
holds1 000), or people who want a copy of
our zi ne, canget i ntouchby wri ti ngto
Brett Ralph,

2 71 0 Pi kesPeakBlvd,
Loui svi lle KY 4 02 1 4 , or call me at
(5 02 )3 6 7-1 02 2 . Ohyeah, speci al thanksto
Marty at Phoeni x, who getsusall our
recordsandzi nes. Wi thout hi mwe wouldn' t
evenknowwhat hardcore i s.
SHARKS one of the best local H .C . bands
worki ngona debut EP to be releasedon
thei r ownlabel Zombei t Records. Due to
shutdownof WLYX, the only outlet for
alternati ve musi c i sthe communi ty owned
WEVL where former DJsfromWLYX spi n
greatsfromCRASS, VANDALS, F LI PPER,
MDC, etc
. Watchout for newbandonthe
ri se VI CTI MI ZED KARCASSES!! The ki ng
i sdead!!! Longli ve the ki ng! ! !

Mali ce
8 SONG E.P.
di stri butedby
ROUGH TRA DE SYSTEMA TIC
IMPORTA NT BONA PA RTE
I N RI CHMOND
AVAI LABLE EXCLUSI VELY AT
RI CHMOND
The hardcore scene i nRi chmondhas
defi nately grownsi nce last year . Upunti l
aroundSept
., there were only 3
punk/hardcore bandsi ntown; WHI TE
CROSS, BEEX, andPREVARI CATORS.
WHI TE CROSS hasrecently undergone
personnel changesandsoundbetter than
ever . They have an EP out now, and i ts
reallygood. BEEX have a si ngle out too.
They have a female si nger who' sgreat.
PREVARI CATORS play aroundtownalot
andare well worthseei ng. Three new
bandspoppedup
wi thi nthe last several
months. These newbandsare GRAVEN
I MAGE, DEATH PI GGY, andHONOR ROLE.
GRAVEN I MAGE wasrecently i nthe studi o
worki ngona demo tape. I went wi ththem
whenthey di di t, andalthoughi t tooka
longti me, i t waswell worthi t. Thei r
songsall sounddi fferent andhave
anti-social/anti-government lyrics. The
singer/lyric writerisup on current
events! DEA TH PIGGY isfunny asshit!
They told me they are going to change
theirname. They also have gotten a new
drummer, Steve, who used to be in
BA TTERED YOUTH from Minn . Dave, their
singer/bassplayer, hasto be seen to be
believed. HONOR ROLE iscomprised of
ex-membersof ROMPER ROOM. Thistrio is
great, and should have a tape out soon.
Bandsfromout-of-townwho have played
here so far are DOA, DEAD KENNEDYS,
MDC, SOCI AL DI STORTI ON, BLACK
F LAG EF F I GI ES WHI TE TRASH Y
Ti ll next ti me, BethWri ght.
P .S . I f anyone wantsto wri te, my address
i s: 84 4 0 Ba
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NORTH CAROLI NA
Qui te a bi t hashappenedsi nce the last
scene report
. Newbands! STI LLBORN
CHRI STI ANS startedout asa newwave
cover band
. They ki ckedout some of thei r
membersandhave changedalot, i nspi red
by the No Core bands, andnoware a
great thrashband
ala MEATPUPPETS.
Thei r drummer just qui t, andi sbei ng
replacedby Johnof MI SSI ONARY, who
playsfor bothnow. MI SSI ONARY hasJ
.D.
(ex-COLCOR) ongui tar, Davi s
(ex-CRUCI AL TRUTH) onbass, andJohn
(ex-NO ROCK STARS) ondrums. They
aren' t super-fast, more alongthe li nesof
D .O .A . BARNEY PHI PES REVENGE : a
bunchof hi ghschool ki dswho got
together anddeci dedto forma band-gi ven
ti me they shouldbe pretty good. REBEL
YELL (myband) : also a newband, who at
the moment are i nthe mi ddle of tryi ngout
a newli ne-up. We' re ki ndof li ke wei rd
thrash, our i nfluencesbei ngDI SCHARGE,
VOI D, andJOY DI VI SI ON
. Also, CxOxCx
have got a
newsi nger, Robert, who i s
worki ngout real good! . Also, all you
skatersout there, sendme pi csand
arti clesonyour scene to be usedi nmy
skatezi ne DeathSkate. The addressi s701
E . Whi taker Mi ll Ralei ghNC 2 76 08
. I
needcontri butors!! P
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out soon, only75 < .
Errol Engelbrecht
CO
RROSI ON OF
CO
NF ORMI TY
NO LABELS formedi nF ebruary 1 982 .
They just went i nto the studi o to record
tracksfor i nclusi ononThe MasterTape
Vol
. 2 onAffi rmati onrecords. They may
be i ncludedonani nternati onal
compi lati oncassette by Ji mi I mi j fromOhi o
(SlamMag) Current li ne upconsi stsof
Wayne Kerr : si nger, Ri cky Hi cks
: gui tar,
WoodyWeatherman: bass, andReedMulli n:
drums
. Thi si ntervi ewwasdone by Matt
wi thi nterjecti onsby Errol Engelbrecht.
MRR
: What fi rst got you i nterestedi n
hardcore, the musi c, the lyri cs, or what?
RM
: I t waspretty mucha gradual thi ng.
F rom

heavy

metal

to faster

stuff.
Experi mental stuff li ke PI L, JOY
DI VI SI ON, HAWKWI ND, early punk, the
STOOGES, theni nto hardcore.
RH
: I foundmyself at a STI MULATORS'
show
. I li kedthe energy andexci tement;
the fact that people were danci ng, a close
kni t groupof people
. They were exci ti ng
onstage, they weren' t posers
. Early
punk, I li stendto that, the PI STOLS.
WW
: I wasi na heavy metal band. I li ked
fast heavymetal.
RH : You don' t have a heavy metal
mentali ty.
WW : I t waspretty fast for me
. One day I
wasli steni ngto heavy metal, the next
hardcore
. I hearda tape wi thBLACK
F LAG . G .B .H .! G .B .H
. i sjust fast heavy
metal.
RM : BLACK F LAG' sjust fast heavymetal.
WW : I di dn' t knowthe lyri cs, I just
li stenedto the musi c.
WK : The fi rst hardcore bandI li stenedto
wasSAXON! Lou Reedwasmydad.
RH
: You usedto come to the fi rst NO
LABELS' practi ces.
WK : I really got i nto R .I hadstudson
mydi ck.
MRR : Howdo you separate the wordsfrom
the musi c?
WK
: Wi tha mi xi ngboard.
RH : Theycomplement eachother.
WK : Wait a minute, we're getting too
NO LA BELS
f ~J
RH
: Li ve, i t' sfor havi nga goodti me. You
don' t get muchacrossat a li ve show.
WK : Yeah, especi allywhenI si ng.
MRR
: The way I see i t, the i ntensi ty of
the musi c matchesthe i ntensi ty of the
lyri cs.
RH : I agree.
WK : Wai t a mi nute, i f I say somethi ng
seri ous, canwe put i t under Ri cky' s
name? I t' sli ke food. You caneat good
tasti ngfoodwi thno nutri ti onandyou can
eat goodtasti ngfoodthat hasnutri ti on.
Hardcore' sli ke goodtasti ng, nutri ti ous
food.
E
: Do you fi ndyourself wri ti nglyri csand
musi c si mi lar to other bands?
RH
: I ' dli ke to thi nkthat our bandi s
pretty muchori gi nal
. The fact that a lot
of bandssi ngabout the same stuff and
soundabout the same. ..
WK : I t' snot for me, man
.
RH
: I t' snot for me ei ther, but i t' spretty
i mportant that they' re all concerned.
MRR : Howdo you feel about posers?
RH
: I nsome areaspunki sacceptedandi f
you' re not punk, you' re not accepted.
People try to fi t what somebody else' s
defi ni ti onof what punki s, rather than
doi ngi t thei r ownway.
WW : I t seemsto me that people do i t for
shockvalue, but i t wi ndsupthat i f you
have so manypeople dressi ng up the same
way, i t' snot goi ngto be shocki ngany
more. The purpose i sdefeated.
RH
: Anti -fashi onbecomesfashi onable.
MRR : Li ke last ni ght at the BLACK F LAG
show(93 0 club, D .C .) I hearda lot of
commentsabout Henryweari ngnothi ngbut
gymshorts. That mattersto a lot of
people.
WK : Next ti me we go to D
.C . everybody
wi ll be weari nggymshorts.
RH : That' sunfortunate, but i t' sthe way
i t i s.
MRR : What about the compi lati on?
RH : Hopefully, NO LABELS wi ll be onThe
Master Tape Vol . 2 .
MRR
: What about tensi onbetweenRalei gh
andD .C .?
WW : Let Reedtalkabout the song
"Hardcore". RM : I went upto D
.C . to see
U .K
. SUBS andI hadlonghai r andI
tri edto talkto people, to meet people
because I wasi nterestedandtheywouldn' t
eventalkto me
. I guessbecause I wasn' t
"cool". That really pi ssedme off. I t was
a
pretty narrow-mi ndedatti tude, so I wrote
about terri tori al morons.
RH : I thi nkwhat the songdealswi thi s
the badaspects of i t
. Not the whole
scene . We just knowabout the D
.C . scene
because i t' sthe closest bi gscene . I ' msure
L .A . or NewYork. hasthe same problem
. I
thi nkeverybody deservesa chance.
Somebodydi dn' t gi ve Reeda chance.
WK : That' swhy we cut our hai r, so we
couldget acceptedwhenwe went to D
.C.
RH : We talkabout the badthi ngs, but
there are goodthi ngstoo . I have a lot
of
goodfri endsthere andsome of my favori te
bandscome fromD .0 so, i t' snot all
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OK COWBOYS, ' ERE WE GO . Backi n
hi story. 1 977-a whole lot of Bri ti shgroups
i nvadedHolland. Lotsof thi ngsabout them
i nmusi c papers, so many people went to
see them. The fi rst Dutchbandswere
SPEED TWI NS(who brought out a great LP
"I t' sMore F unTo Compete"),

I VY
GREEN(also a great LP), F LYI NG
SPI DERZ, andsome others. But soon
everyone foundout they usedto be hard
rockgroups, or worse, who' dsuddenly
changed. The real punkbandswere
formi ngi n' 78, by people who hadnever
playeda gui tar or anythi ng. A venue
calledNo Name(also knownasthe "i ce
palace' because i t wasso cold) was
opened, bypunksthemselves. Every ni ght
whenthere were enoughpeople, some
wouldgo upto the stage andplay, and
the place wouldturni nto a massof
bounci ngrubber balls. Bandsfromthose
daysare V .D
. PATI ENTS, LULU ZULU &
THE WHI TE GUYS, KRASH ON POLAND,
I NF EXI ON, THE BUGS, STORCH, 1 2 3 , all
fromAmsterdam. Andonthe Queen' s
bi rthday there wasa "F uckThe Queen"
festi val . Lotsof cops. Lotsof trouble.
Before No Name there hadbeenanother
place DDT 6 6 6 , also runby punks(Di ana
OzonancTHugo, who nowhave the Zebra
Art Gallery after runni ngfanzi ne/art
storescalledGallery AnusandGallery
VOPOSS\Ozon)
. Anyway DDT 6 6 6 closeddownsoon
ate. There' sno recordsout fromthe
groupsmenti onedabove, but there are
some by other groupsfromthat peri od.
THE F I LTH hada 4 5 , "Don' t Hi de Your
Hate", THE TI TS "We' re So GladElvi sI s
Dead' , F LYI NG SPI DERZ' "Ci ty Boy", and
GOD' S HEART ATTACK di d"Treat Me Li ke
A Doll" . F orget the last three
. WhenNo
Name closeddown, punksmet i na record
store, No F un, where i t wasbi gfunby
the way; lotsof beer andgoodmusi c.
4
Unfortunately, no one bought any records,
andthere agai nwere troubleswi throckers
: "-- andcops, so after half a year i tclosed.
Meanwhi le, The Paradi so came to li fe
agai n;

lotsa groupsandfesti vals. I n

Rotterdam,

there wasa whole new

movement
. A collecti ve of 4 communi st
bands(RONDOS, SOVI ETS, TANDSTI CKOR
SHOCKS, andRODE WI G) were doi nglots
of great thi ngs; getti nga place for 3 0
groupsto rehearse, openeda venue, made
a fanzi ne, etc
. RONDOS put out several
EP' s, the best bei ng"Ki ngKongsPeni s
andanalbumRedAttack
. Onthei r last
EP, "Whi chSi de Wi ll You Be On", they
declaredthey were comi ngto anend
because they hadbecome too popular,
meani ng' accepted'
. They also couldn' t
i denti fy wi ththe punkscene anymore,
because of the drugabuse, alcohol,
stardom, etc
. (andyeahthey' re ri ght.
WhenDutchbandsplayed, nothi ng
happehed, except fi ghts
. Just let some
Engli shbandcome over, andthe crowd
went nuts) . At the same ti me, comi ngfrom
the townof Haarlem, were JESUS AND
THE GOSPELF UCKERS, who movedto
Adami n1 979 . Also newonthe scene were
the NI TWI TZ (after practi si ngone year i n
a wet basement)
. The HELMETTES made a
classi c si ngle,"}2 ", asdi dthe VOPOS wi th
"Masochi sme". I NF EXI ON were the fi rst
bandfromthe countrysi de to blowaway an
Amsterdamband
. OK, i f you li stento
those recordsnow, they' re not asgood
anymore ; there' sso muchto compare them
to . But at the ti me, those recordssounded
real fast, aggressi ve, andraw
.
Because of all y t i s, '
yri csgot more
poli ti cal too
. The EX were the fi rst group
to put out thei r ownsi ngle, "All Corpses
Smell The Same", whi chsoldat a low
pri ce
. They were sti ll a punkbandthen,
andhadmet anoldhi ppi e anarchi st who
hada studi o
. They toldthe NI TWI TZ, who
i mmedi ately put out a cheap6 trackEP i n
August Of 1 980
. Punkhadbeena
pri vi ledge for the ci ty, but nowi t was
happeni ngi nthe country too
. Lotsof
placesto play, lotsof people who li sten.
Whenyou' ldgo to a gi g, you couldbri ng
your recordto sell, aswell asyour
fri end' szi nes, records, cassettes, etc.
Wi thother bandsdoi ngthe same thi ng, i t
waspossi ble to get the newest thi ngs
spreadall over the country i n2 weeks.
There were manybenefi t gi gs
; for weapons
for the El Salvador guerri llasfor
squatters, for anti -fasci st commi ttees, for
analternati ve poli ti cal party(goodfun)
. A
badthi nghowever wasthe i ncreasi ng
vi olence at gi gs. "Utrecht punksuber
alles' , "Rotterdamrules", "Amsterdam
punkski ll", andsuch
. AsAmsterdamhas
ananti -Nazi tradi ti on, there are not many
Nazi ski ns, unli ke other towns. Also, the
bandsandthei r followerswere getti ng
vi olent too
. JESUS AND THE
GOSPELF UCKERS canhardly get gi gs
because they alwayssmashupthe place,
take fanswi ththemwho steal, cheat and
oppressother vi si tors, andthere are
plenty of other bandswi ththat ki ndof
reputati on
. One ski ngroupwi thsongsli ke
"HollandWhi te", "SmashThe Blacks",
etc ., smashedSKREWDRI VER andthei r
equi pment ' costhei r lyri csweren' t "ri ght
wi ng"enough. F ortunately, thi swasan
excepti on
. We' ll ki ckthe shi t out of them
whenthey' re here, don' t worry(agai nst
suchi di otsvi olence must be used, we
feel)
. Nazi sfuckoff!
1 980- the year of ri ots,cops, andflyi ng
bri cks. The presswasstarti ngto pay
muchattenti onto punkagai n. There
seemedto be a li nkbetweensquatters,
punks, ri ots, andall . Andi t wastrue!
What happenedwasthat the greater part

of

the "subversi ve"youthmovement

i )

became more or lesspunk. A punki sa

o

el
l,t~

squatter, and vice versa . Leatherjackets, voor

n prijs: f 0 O,-

onkosten
r
~ f
l
.4short hair. P unk was nrowinn like

hell!
The EX are nowplayi ngawful musi c;
avoi d(the lyri csare okthough) . The
NI TWI TZ spli t up(ki ckedout the si nger
who nowplaysi nHAMMEROI D SERVI CE or
somethi ng), andconti nue under the name
B .G .K
., wi tha newsi nger- very
hardcori sh, very loud. Whenthe cashi s
avai lable, maybe we' ll do a record, or have
tracksonthe newAlsJe Haar Maar Goed
Zi t Vol 2 compi lat. aofngwi thother
thrashersli ke OUTLAWZ, AGENT ORANGE,
NV LE ANDEREN, ZMI V, andmore.
.-r-~...-
~.Yr
Backto Amsterdam: NI TWI TZ &EX got
very knowni nHolland. The EX soldover
5 000
copi esof thei r "Di sturbi ngDomesti c
Peace"1 2 "EP (whi ch i s
twi ce asmanyas
U .K . i mports, let' ssay CHELSEA, sell
here
. Wi ththi spower, newthi ngs
happened; the EX started a
whole wave of
EX-clones, (to be foundonOorwormer
compi lati on) . All very poli ti cal andagai nst
fasci sm, macho atti tudes, sexi smandall
other shi t we get pumpedi nto us.
NI TWI TZ helpednewgroups, li ke the
STUDS andOUTLAWS, i norgani zi nggi gs,
andfi nanci ally (for maki ngrecords).
Meanwhi le i t was1 982 . A whole newwave
of super great Ameri cangroupswere
getti ngpopular
. Of course we already
knewthe GERMS, DI LS, andDEAD
KENNEDYS . But Ameri canhardcore wasso
muchbetter thanthese Engli shstars, li ke
U .K . SUCKS, VI CE SQUAD, andthe
DAMNED, who li terally pi ssonthei r
audi ence, who' ve pai d$5 .00 to see them.
What a bunchof self-obsessedassholes!!
(I f you readthi sCapt
. Sensi ble, I ' ll ki ck
the teethdownthe backof your throat
whenI see you) . Anyway i t wasso great
to hear groupsli ke CI RCLE JERKS and
BLACK F LAG
. Bi afra di da great thi ng
wi ththe JellybeansLP
. I nfact, U .S.
hardcore overshadowsU .K . punkgroups
by far now. Most popular U .S . groupsare
DK' s, MDC, GANG GREEN, BAD BRAI NS,
VANDALS, BLACK F LAG, andCI RCLE
JERKS .
faster thananythi ngwe' ve heardbefore,
andnowthey' re clai mi ngto breakGANG
GREEN' sworldrecord. Sander, the
si nger, i sa fri endof TERVEET K1 (DET,
whi chexplai nssomethi ng
. Anyway, li ve,
they' re all over the stage, what?? All over
the place, i ncludi ngi nthe audi ence!!
Thei r EP i sn' t that strong, though!
Meanwhi le, lotsof thi ngschanged. More
andmore punks. More andmore vi olence.
More andmore oppressi on.
LET"S GET SOME THI NGS CLEAR
Howcome most Dutchbandssi ngi n
Engli sh? F i rst of all, thi slanguage i s
bei ngrammeddownour throatsthru TV.
Yeah, we have your Ameri can"Culture!!
Kojak, Starsky andHutch, Dallas,
Dynasty, McDonalds, Burger Ki ng-you
name i t . Anyone over here speaksEngli sh.
We also learni t i nschool . I guessbecause
Amsterdami sso close to London, many
punkgroupssi ngi nEngli sh. Plusall the
shi t groupsfromHollandsi ngi nEngli sh
too . These wasno other example. Now
however, there are groupswho not only
si ngi nDutch, but also thei r owndi alect.
Howcome Dutchrecords are hardly
avai lable? F i rst, Dutchpunkbandsput out
thei r ownrecords
. There' sno label
These i nfluencesare reflectedi nthe local
groups
. Dutchbandshave alwaysbeen
faster i n4 /4 rhythmthanEngli shones,
but nowthere are lotsof groupsplayi ng
i n2 /4 rhythm
: the AMSTERDAMNED,
OUTLAWZ, ZMI V, TERREUR (female
drbhi mer who made Ni na Hagenlookli ke
Oli vi a Newton- Johnandvocalsthat made
DI SCHARGE soundli ke Perry Como--too
i J
badthey broke up), RED HULKS,
RAZENDE ROLENDE, ROLSTOELRACERS,
andRI OT
. ZMI V are fromthe country,
..
si alf anhour of comlete noi se, almost
i nvolved, whi chmeansyou have to take
care of your owndi stri buti on
. Besi des,
there are only very li mi tededi ti onsof
releases, maybe 1 5 00-2 000 copi es. Not one
di stri butor gi vesa shi t about suchsmall
quanti ti es
. Plus, the bandswant to control
the pri ces, whi chmeanslessfor the
di stri butor . Only bi gger namesli ke the
VOPOS, EX, RONDOS, or NI TWI TZ can
have a fewhundredcopi essent abroad.
Where to fi ndpunksi nAmsterdam? You
canfi rst checkout i f there' ssomethi ng
goodplayi ngat the Paradi so or Mi lky Way.
You' ll fi ndenoughpeople i f there i s
. Also
try No F uture Records, Hui denstr . 1 3 . Or
checkout central placesli ke the
Lei dseplei nSq, Damsquare, that area
. Or
qo to the OktopusTuesday, Weds, Thurs,
or Satuda
. There are not li ve roups
anymore(cops), but you canget some
beers. Addressi sKei zergracht 1 3 9 . Those
people are looki ngfor a newhall now
though. Also onweekends, you cango to
Akhnaton(Ni euwe Zi jdsKolk) . Or you' ll
fi ndlotsof punksi nDe Ti chel, a small
pub at Bloemstr . 5 3 . -Youngpunksget
drunkthere all the ti me. I f you needa
place to stay, or placesfor your bandto
play, contact me, andwe' ll be gladto
help. Shi t, thi ssoundsli ke an
adverti sement for anai rli ne. Oh well.
Newbandupdate: PANDEMONI UM, 3 li ttle
boysall 1 6 yearsof age. AGENT ORANGE
have anEP out, andi t soundsgreat.
F red(Jesus) of the GOSPELF UCKERS now
si ngs, whi chsayssomethi ngI guess
. A
groupcalledWASTE, fromthe southhave
an EP out too . Comm.

nout soon, a
"HollandHardcore" compi lati on, wi th
groupsfromthe north, wi thpromi si ng
namesli ke
PLEASANT DEATH and
ALTERNATI VE KI LL . BGK LP wi ll be
called"JonestowmAloha". Another comp
out i nMay. BI ZKI DS broke up. All-gi rl
band called NOSONGK UTK OTS
(K ut=cunt,K ots=vomit), female equivalent
of A NTI-NOWHERE LEA GUE. These "nasty"
girlsbeat up a
skinhead, and began their
first gig by throwing the P. A . equipment
on the crowd . A notherall-girlband, GEEN
GELUL (Geen=no, Gelul=bullshi t talk,
Lul=pri ck) . They want to soundli ke GANG
GREEN, but faster, so I guessthey' ll be
rehearsi ngfor qui te a whi le. Other new
bands

are

NEUROOT

(alot

like
DISCHA RGE/GBH),

and

LOCA L
DI STURBANCE .
M .D .C . got the opportuni ty to play Europe
wi ththe DEAD KENNEDYS thi s
November-December . The Tour startedi n
Englandwhere we played1 0 gi gsand
movedonto Belgi um, Holland, andWest
Germany . We were gone 4 0 days, squatted
wi thpunx everywhere fromBri stol to
Berli n, andli vedi nhotels6 ni ghtsthe
whole tri p. We wantedto meet some real
people, not the snotty money-grabbi ng
typesthat try to shake you downat the
restaurantsandi nthe lobbi esof fancy
hotels. Thi sway of seei ngEurope was
more ti ri ngandtaxi ngbut we feel much
more wasgai nedi nour experi ences. We
also set upa table to sell T-shi rtsand
meet folks, whi chthey appreci ated,
avoi ded backstage asmuchaspossi ble,
maki ngourselvesavai lable to represent
Ameri canhardcore asdownto earthand
anti -rockstar.
Many of the punx hi tch-hi kedfrom
gi gto gi g, rai nor shi ne (andi t mostly
rai ned) very i nspi redby the DK' s
message. There were 1 000 to 1 5 00 people
at every gi g, oftenmany more outsi de too
late or too broke. People wantedto talk
andhear what wasgoi ngoni nAmeri ca.
There seemsto be a great i nformati ongap
andwe tri edto be i nformati ve, telli ng
people about the zi nes, hi pradi o, strai ght
edge, i ndependent labels, andlet them
knowthere wasdust flyi ngi nthe States
(andwere not all li ke the Waltonsor
Three' sCompany) . I wassoonto learn
that thoughthey hadtrade papersli ke
SoundsandN .M .E .,hadvery few
organi zedzi nesonthe level of Maxi mum
RNR ,F li psi de , or F orcedExposure. I
also learnedthat thei r BBC radi o was
almost completelywi thout punkor hardcore
andBBC televi si on, whi chi sli mi tedto 3
channels, i sdull anduni nformati ve. The
state controlsi t, andi f they deci de that
no one needsto hear about the ri oti ngi n
Leeds, no one hears.
Where recessi oni nAmeri ca i sturni ng
i nto depressi on, i nEnglandi t seems
steady depressi onhasbeenthe li festyle
si nce WWI I
. Many I met were onthe dole
andmany more were wai ti ngto get onthe

Our

gi gs

were

mostly

tense
roles. I t comesout to about $4 0 a week.

si tuati ons
. F i ghtsi nthe crowdoccurred

Concerni ng

poli ti cs,

everyone

oftenandcouldeasi ly turni nto fi ghtson

di struststhe Ameri canandRussi ancold

stage. Thoughwe playedmostly college

war . They have seenthei r country bombed

halls, i t waslargely a youngnon-college

anddon' t want to see i t happenagai n.

ori entedcrowd(punx).
Thei r Margaret Thatcher si tsupthere li ke

ENGLAND CI TY BY CI TY
Reagan, hatedby the poor, labor, and

Li verpool - onthe northwest coast, the

punx. Just wheni t seemedshe wouldget Mersey- si de,
BEATLE accentsandthe
the boot, the Argenti ne cri si scame along

home townof MAYHEM . A lot of spi tti ngto

andnati onal pri de ralli edto the war cri es,

go wi thheavy rai ns
. Many people knewof
("Mother of 1 000 Dead"CRASS), a tri ck

Ameri canbandsandfollowedour scenesas

that

our

own

Prez.

mi ght

deci de

muchaspossi ble. Sheffi eld- oldsteel

worthwhi le i f hi spopulari ty shouldfall as

town, MAU MAU tur : i npoli ti cally aware

low.

SouthYorkshi re county. People were

Where London' sgot "flash", the rest enthusi asti c andgoodtempered
. Ski ns
of the country i svery lai dback
. Pubswere onhandhavi ng a good ti me . No
close at 1 1 : 3 0 pmandshowsof all typesfi ghtsbut a wi ldti me
. Bi gNuclear
are expensi ve . Many people toldme i t wasDi sarmament Movement here . Sheffi eldi s
too bori ngandthey want to come to
P
worki ngclasscool.
Ameri ca . The foodseemednot to be so Leeds- The F ar North
. Bi gshowwi th
good(a lot of frenchfri es) . Glue sni ffi ng

packedhouse. Nati onal F ront (N .F .) there

i spopular andI sawi t oftenat the gi gs
. but not onthe warpath. People stage
Many get alongby squatti ng
: crafti ly di vi ng, chanti ngour name andi nhysteri a.
breaki ngi nto anabandonedbui ldi ngandSomeone toldme thi ngsare real slowi n
hooki ngonthe li ghtsandwater andLeeds, so wheni t' shappeni ngeveryone
stayi ngaslongaspossi ble, i nsome casesgoesfor i t
. Everybody went andi t was
years. There were

great! My favorite show!

three typesof ski nheads: 1 . some fasci st
Nati onal F ront-Bri ti shMovement types,

Lei cester - the gi gI got my headspli t

very stupi d, very vi olent 2 . some Oi openat . Many ski ns, andsupposedly
ski nheadsgetti ngdownwi ththe musi c EXPLOI TED' sWatti e, causi ngtrouble.
someti meswi ththe #1 typesand3 . just "Ameri canbastards"wasthe battle cry of
people li ke the RED SKI NS not prone to about 2 0 vi olent ones., but i t only takesa
aggressi onat all, just ski nheads.

fewto rui na ni ght . A fewski nsstarted

I nEngland, the poli ce do not carry

fi ghti ngwi thrandompeople, andI called

gunsandli kewi se thei r homi ci de rate i sthem"chi ckenshi ts"and"bulli es"that
1 000 ti me less. Yet everyone knowsthe shouldspli t
. One jumpedonstage, acted
gunsare not far away
. CRASS li ve ona li ke we were pals, thengrabbedme i nto
farmoutsi de Londonandwe vi si tedwi ththe crowdwhi chwasmostly N .F ., who
them, talkedabout our sense of purpose.

procededto ki ckme onthe groundand

They are probably the most popular of all

spli t my headopen. I got backonstage

the bandsi nEnglandbut they are more andfi ni shedthe set bleedi ng. I wasa bi t
than

a ' band.

They are a poli ti cal

di zzy, yet i t wasmore bloodthanpai n,

organi zati on, dedi catedto i nformi ngandthe people respectedusfor standi ng
people. Whi le we were there, they tookupto the brutes
. We got very strong
over anabandonedclub, openedi t upandapplause andencores. The bulli eswonthe
hada gi gwi th2 0 groups(chechBullshi t

battle but lost the war.

Detector) . They are goodpeople andli ve
. Bath- - the townof anci ent Romanbaths
thei r message . I very muchli ke and

that sti ll exi st . At the topof the SW

respect CRASS .

penni nsula. Another bi a ai d- people came

fromWalesandDevon. Almost no N .F . A
very mellow, average gi g. People clapand
hop, but not onthe edge of hysteri a. We
got to see DI SORDER andthey are great.
We squattedwi ththemandthei r brother
bandthe AMEBI X, i na ti ny squat wi thno
heat or electri ci ty. Very spartanli festyles
for these folks. No cars, fancy stereos, or
ri chli festyleshere. Just on-the-edge
li vi nganddedi cati onto thei r group. Real
classpeople; real punks!
Bri ghton- onthe southerncoast faci ng
F rance
. A beachresort wi tha 1 7th
century mosque brought by anEarl si tti ng
just off the beachasa pavi lli on. Here that
southernEngli shlai d-backnessI
encounteredi nBathwaspresent, wi tha
hi ghly aggressi ve Nati onal F ront
conti ngent . Ri ght fromthe start a few
ski nheads' sei ghei led' us, cursedusand
threatenedus. I challengedthemto thi nk
about what they were doi ng, but they
i gnoredusanddeci dedto go for the bi g
apples, the DK' s. Bi afra hadto deal wi th
thi sugly lot. No stage di vi ng, no fun,
just a very tense stand-off, andasyou' ld
i magi ne, a very poi nted"Nazi PunksF uck
Off". I t' ssadto see a dozenor so bulli es
so fully take over andi nti mi date a
gi g-everyone afrai dto standupto them.
Organi zed, poli ti cal, andvi olent. Asone
punksai dto me "most ski nsi nBri tai n
reali zedthey were bei ngusedby the
N
.F ., but not here
. I t' ssti ll peaki ng."
Norwi ch- onthe NE si de of England, just
off the NorthSea. Thi s area remi ndsme of
the area aroundBoston
. The names
match-Suffolk, Norfolk, I pswi ch,
Cambri dge, Yarmouth-andthe ti ny stone
roadsare si mi lar to BeaconSt
. or
Marblehead. People here ki ndof lai d-back,
standi ngback, taki ngi nwhat they were
seei ng. The gi gstartedabout 8 PM, whi ch
i searly, so maybe that slowedeveryone
down. Here i t seemed, no one hadheard
of MDC, or muchabout the U
.S . scene
peri od; but I ' msti ll gladwe made i t . Thi s
i salso the home of SERI OUS DRI NKI NG, a
non-poli ti cal groupof good
outgoi ngpeople
who tookcare of us.
London- Great Bri tai n' smost bustli ng
ci ty; many li ttle communi ti esmake upthi s
grandci ty. No hi ghwaysshooti ngthrough
i tself, so you must travel nei ghborhoodto
nei ghborhoodto crossi t. Londoni shome
to the famousTower Castle(where Henry
VI I I beheadedhi swi ves), andParli ament
wi thSi gBenonthe Thamesri ght next to
Bucki nghamPalace andPi cadi lly Square
andSoho(equi valent of our Ti mesSquare
and Broadway) . I t' sli ke Londoni s
Englandsone great ci ty
; all the li ghtsand
sparksandmost of her nati onal treasures
si t there. But the nei ghborhoodsaround
Londontell another story . There are many
poor andlower-classahetto areaswhere
margi nal li vi ngtakesplace
. One such
nei ghborhood, Bri xton, symboli zesalot of
the poor peoplesstrugglesandproblems.
Vast unemployment(3 0
to 80$, dependi ng
onyour age bracket andcolor), i na
secti onspli t by "the front li ne"di vi di ng
poor whi te andpoor black(wi thmany whi te
punksdotti ngthe blacksi de) . Raci al
tensi onshave been very
hi ghi nrecent
years, cli maxi ngi nthe famousri otsof the
0
summer of ' 81 , whenwhi tes, blacks,
a ski ns, andpunkstookto the streetsfor a
mfree- for-all, at fi rst agai nst eachother,
andthenagai nst the poli ce who have a
o
longrecordof harassment agai nst all the
people of Bri xton.
The whi te si de of the nei ghborhood
servesasa strongholdto the N .F ., whose
favori te "sport"i sPaki -bashi ng(the vi olent
harassment of all people they see di fferent
fromthemselves) . They are raci st,
nati onali sti c, andheavi ly ti edto Bri ti sh
Nazi parti es. Ski nheadsrunthe turf, and
i f you don' t fi t i n, you shouldnot be
caught there.
The blacksi de i spoorer, more
tattered, looki ngli ke Dresdenafter the
war . There are blacksfromthe West I ri des
andAfri ca, Paki stani s, I ndi ans, andArabs
wi tha spri nkli ngof whi te punksand
radi calswho have thrownthei r lot i nwi th
Bri xton. Wi ththe economi c hardti mes, i t
i sa kettle ready to explode. F urthermore,
wi thThatcher at the helmi gnori ngthe
poor of any color, compoundedby a
sensati onali sti c pressthat wouldrather
i nflame andcreate badnewsthanleadthe
Bri ti sh

people

to

true i nsi ghtsand

substanti al

answers,

i t makesfor a
hopeless

atmosphere

where

vi olence
rei gns(No future for you).
The gi gsi nLondonwent well . We had
done
a ' no nukes' benefi t the day after we
hadarri vedso the Londonfolkshada feel
for usalready
. Londonseemeda mi xture
of all the other gi gs
; many enthusi asti c
people, yet many voyeurs
. A fewfi ghts
but nothi ngtoo ugly. People
here hadthe
best knowledge of what washappeni ngi n
the states
. I sawa fewBLACK F LAG
symbols
onpeoplesjacketsandpeople
askedme whenMI NOR THREAT and
SSDECONTROL were gonna come. I even
sawa Thrasher skate board
conti ngent
hangi ngout wi thJF A homemade t-shi rts.
Southhampton- onthe southerncoast just
west of Bri ghton
. Our last gi gonBri ti sh
soi l
. Approachi ngthe venue i t seemedto
be more of a mi ddle classcommuni ty.
There were probably the most
college-typesI hadseenall tour i none
crowd. People
were havi nga goodti me,
yet not a
great amount of hysteri a was
goi ngdown
. The South, I must say, was
alot slower thani nthe North
. My favori te
gi gswere Leeds, Sheffi eld, andLi verpool,
i nthat order
. I t seemedto matter least to
these people who you were or what you
were doi ngthere, andmost that you were
hot andi t' shere andnow, so let' sgo for
i t .
I wouldrecommendto any groupor
i ndi vi dual to travel to Englandandmeet
the people. They are okay, a bi t
ethno-centri c, but they get past i t assoon
asthey get to knowyou a bi t(whi chcan
be just a matter of hours) . Just watch
that

you

don' t

fall

i nto the

"ugly
Ameri can"role .
By the way, one facet of the Engli shscene
I totally enjoyedwas, duri nga fewof the
shows, poetry i nthe formof ' oracles'
wouldbe performedfromthe stage between
bands. The thi ckaccentscanthrowyou
off, andthe speedof what' sbei ngsai d
canlose you, but whenyou canput i t all
together i t' sgreat . I li stenedto, andgot
to meet one suchperformer, Atti la The
Stockbroker, who has2 cutsonthe Oi Oi
compi lati on, aswell ashi sownEp
. He
pullsoff a sort of folkpunk, contai ni ng
very up- to-date poli ti cal radi cali sm
. Some
i ssati re, li ke "The Russi ansAre Runni ng
The D .H .S .S ."(Dept
. of HealthandSoci al
Servi ces), whi chi ssomethi nganupper
crust poli ti ci anwouldsay about the dole
or publi c healthcare, si mi lar to a
mi lli onai re Senator so smartlysayi ng"when
i sa free lunchever free", i nregardto
feedi nglower i ncome chi ldrenat schools.
Thi spoemappearsonA Hi story Of
Burni ngAmbi ti onsLP
. A dryer pi ece i s
"Cocktai ls", whi chi scomparable to the
F REEZE' s"I di otsAt HappyHour". I hi ghly
recommendchecki nghi mout.
OnTo Europe
Belgi umandHolland. Three great gi gsi n
the Lowlandcountri es. The crowdswere
large, andparti cularly enthusi asti c and
fri endly. People wouldcome upto me and
aski f I was"YellowBi afra". Usually I
shookmy headno andsent themi nthe
ri ght di recti on, but a fewti mesI li edand
sai dyes. Theyall rememberedme fromthe
TV or pi cture i nmagazi nes. At one poi nt,
Alshi vi tzsi gnedautographs"A close fri end
of Jello Bi afra".
I t wasa goodfeeli ngfor us, i nour own
ri ght, bumpi ngi nto people who had
travelledfromPari sandAmsterdamwi th
our name stenci ledonthe backsof thei r
jackets. One suchpersonwasHankof No
F uture recordstore i nAmsterdam. I t' sthe
coolest shopwe foundi nEurope, andrun
very muchonthe level of say Government
Recordsi nS .F ., or Dave' sRat Cage i n
N .Y . Very personable folks, very i n
touch. Another cool thi ngwasmeeti ng
youngpeople who stuckwi thus, actedas
our gui desandi nterpreters. They were
li ke i nstant best fri ends. We wouldhave
felt alot lesscomfortable i f i t hadn' t been
for these folks.
Amsterdamwassi mi lar to Brussels, but
evenmore acti ve. At the Paradi so, a
famousoldclub, people seemedreal
i n-tune wi ththe show, chanti ngsongti tles
of bothgroups. . There wasthi sone guy
swi ngi nga chai naroundhi shead, looki ng
to hurt people i nthe name of bei ng
gnarly. I t wasduri ngour set that I told
hi mto put i t away
. He cursedme, but
compli ed
. Alot of acti ononthe floor,
i ntensi fi edpogoi ng, but no i njuri es
. Ri ght
on, Amsterdam!!
We playedArnam(A Bri dge Too F ar) . I t' s
6 0 mi lesfromAdam, andHankhadset up
the

show

wi thJESUS

AND

THE
GOSPELF UCKERS

(A' dam)

and
OHL(Germany) . I t wasa "RockAqai nst
he ystemgi g, wi t movi esan
i nformati onby local Di sarmament groups.
Seventeenof uspi ledi nto a mi ni -vanfor
the 90 mi nute dri ve. After stoppi ngfor
beer, our loudraucouscrowdheadedoff,
"Si x Pack"blari ngout of the blaster.
Bottleswere bei ngchuckedout the
wi ndows, andsure enough, the poli ce
pulledusoff the roadanddownto
headquarters. The GOSPELF UCKERS, i n
true punkspi ri t, hadto showMI LLI ONS
OF DEAD COPS they were not afrai dof a
dozenli ve Dutchones
. They jeeredand
laughedat the poli ce, ti ll they orderedus
out of the vehi cle. They searchedthe van,
andfoundweaponsanddrugs
. I thought
we hadhadi t for sure, but after holdi ng
Berli nWall . You cansee the East erman
guardtower eye level fromthe thi rdfloor.
The West' ssi de of the Wall i scoveredwi th
grafi tti . "Sendi t to L .A
. wi thlove",
obvi ouslyparodyi ngthe JamesBondmovi e
atti tude, wasmy favori te. We added"No
one rules", andthe namesof our favori te
Ameri canbands.
Another

note;

Berli n' sscene i snot

facti onali zedi nto hardcore vs . punkvs.
ski nvs
. newwave, asi t i si nlarge
Ameri canci ti es
. Everyone understandsthe
di re poli ti cal reali ti es
. Berli nli vesli ke a
wormonthe ColdWar hook. Everyone
li vesfor the moment
; clubsstay openunti l
sunri se, getti ngi nevery last ounce of
pleasure. No one knowsti ll they get out
onthe street i f they wi ll nowbe part of
the Communi st Bloc
. Johnny Rotten' s
* MO words"No future for you"take onaneven
more omi nousmeani ngfor the youthof
Berli n.
P .S . MDC wi shesto thankJello, Darren,
Klaus, andEast Bay Ray of the DK' sand
Bi ll Gi lli amof Alternati ve Tentaclesfor all
the helpthey offer to up-and-comi ng
bands.
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Trade fortheirspecialeffortsforus! ! !
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Germany- fi ve datesi nDeutschland. Thi s
wasprobably the wealthi est country of our
vi si t . People li ve i nalot of modern
housi ng, andlesspeople we met were on
the dole
. Thoughbei ngmore prosperous,
Germany suffersthe most fromthe Cold
War . I t' sa country cut i nhalf by the West
andEast, NATO vsthe WarsawPact.
Bordersof these countri esare heavi ly
forti fi ed, andthanksto Reaganand
Andropov, nuclear weaponsand
forti fi cati onsdot the countrysi de
. Uni forms
of all colorsanddescri pti onscanbe
found,

and

parti cular

di sli ke for
Ameri canservi cemenexi stsi nWest
Germany
. The RedArmy F acti onhascome
i nthe place of Baader-Mei nhof asfar as
revoluti onary groupsgo . Thi shasledthe
way for anaggressi ve secret poli ce, that I
amtoldcontai nsfasci st elements
. I n
Hamburg, plai nclothedpoli ce combi ned
wi thfasci ststo attacksquatters . Thi shas
ledto a bui ld-upof squatters' forcesi n
West Berli n, the most radi cal of German
ci ti es.
We were very lucky to meet, play wi th,
andtravel wi thLoui e, of the group
NAPALM . He put usupandmade usfeel
at home i na landof thi ckaccentsand
chi lly personali ti es. He tookusto our gi gs
Hanover Muni chand
Berli n. Wi thout hi m, Germany wouldhave
beena far stranger place.
Hamburg-northby the sea, home of
NAPALM . We playeda school audi tori um.
At the gi g, there were 5 0 poli ce out and
about, preparedfor a ri ot
. The crowdwas
hecti c, andwhi le the DK' swere onstage,
some mysteri ouspersonset off tear gas,
andthat wasthe endof that.
Reckli nghausen-a li ttle lessrowdy, but
doorsandwallswere ki ckedi n, asdamage
rani nthe thousands.
Hanover-worse thanthe fi rst 2 ni ghts.
Ri oti ngoutsi de andi nsi de
. Ski nhead
Germans, but Bri ti shMovement(fasci st)
t-shi rts, greenarmy jackets, blackboots
wi thredlacesandscarves, randomi ng
clobberi ngpeople
. We(MDC) couldn' t even
do two songsi na rowbecause of all the
bloody fi ghti ng. Ski nheadswere "sei g
Hei li ng"me because i hada ski nhead, and
I felt pretty mi sunderstood
. Bi afra toldme
later that i t remi ndedhi mof L .A . two
yearsago-alot of randomvi olence, alot of
people getti nghurt.
Berli n-our last gi gwi ththe DK' s. I t' sa
very wei rdplace, surrounded

by
communi st East Germany, andthe
Russi an-styledborder guardsare very
qui et andseri ous. The venue wasthe 03 6
Club i nKrugberg, a Turki shnei ghborhood
i nthe Ameri canSector
. The crowdwasi n
a wi ldmood, yet not nearly asvi olent as
other gi gs. Here i t appearedthat everyone
knewa li ttle Engli sh, andI met qui te a
fewAmeri cans
. The fi rst bandwasSI CK
PLEASURE(not pre- CODE OF HONOR wi th
Ni ki Si ki , nowof VERBAL ABUSE), who
were ki nda li ke the MI SF I TS i nthei r
ghouli shappearence, andsangi nGerman,
a ki nda ghouli shlanguage. They were ni ce
people backstage, andthe crowdreacted
well to them. Next, we tookthe stage.
The audi ence wasvery judgemental at
fi rst, not bei ngsure howto react to our
speedstyle. But by "DeadCops", whi chI
sangi nbrokenGerman(Mi lli onenvon
TotenBullen), they loosenedup. As
menti onedbefore, Berli ni sGermany' smost
radi cal ci ty. Ri otsbetweenpoli ce and
thousandsof people are not uncommon.
The ki dswi ll fi ght, andoftendo
. The
copsgenerally play defense, unli ke our
copswho wouldreli shthe opportuni ty to
be out there i nfull regali a i f suchan
event tookplace
. Anyway, alot of support
for our last song, "BornTo Di e", andalot
of chanti ng"No war, no KKK, no fasci st
USA" . A rewardi ngti me for usreali zi ng
that our message waspenetrati nganother
people andculture.
After the gi g, I went outsi de andgot
caught upi na street battle between3 00
youthsandpoli ce. The latter slowly
backeddownthe street, anddeci dedto let
thi ngscool off, whi chthey di d
. That
ni ght, we stayedat a squat that hadbeen
cooperati vely runfor 1 0 years. I t wasa
former convent

andsi tsri ht onthe

J
1
J
Wi thregardto poi nt (1 ), canI
make a
comment about the di fference betweenthe
Engli shbandswho acti vely contri bute to
the scene here, keepi ngpri ceslow, etc,
andthose who don' t . F or i nstance, the
VARUKERS are typi cal of a newbreedof
mercenary punkbands, who by vi rtue of
playi ngfast recei ve acclai m, yet do
nothi ngto helpthe scene except take
people' smoney. Onthe other hand, a
bandsuchasF LUX OF PI NK I NDI ANS are
totally dedi catedto encouragi nga healthy
scene. They set upSpi der LegRecords,
andreleasedstuff by SUBHUMANS,
Hi . I n my reportsfromEngland, I ' ll AMEBI X, andSYSTEM at cost pri ce!.
endeavor to gi ve i n-depthanalysi sof Thei r debut LP hasjust beenreleased.
what' shappeni ng, rather thanwho' sdone Thei r songsare not fast, i nsteadrelyi ng
what, who played"where, etc . I suppose onraw, seethi ngpower to get the message
you knowby nowthat CHAOTI C across. Onthe face of i t, the VARUKERS
DI SCHORD are really VI CE SQUAD wi thout andF LUX si ngabout si mi lar
Beki . Yes, i t' sanother RockandRoll thi ngs-war,etc- but the di fferencesi n
swi ndle (Englandseemsto be full of atti tudesof the two bandsare enormous,
them. . .) . I can' t helpbut admi re the almost a quantomleapapart! I t' sthe
same
audaci ty of thi sone tho, andI must admi t di fference

between

DI SCHARGE

and
i t fooledme at fi rst . Anyway, VI CE CRASS . Do the readersthere (i nthe US)
SQUAD recordedi t i ncogni to i norder to knowthe di fference? I t' sto do wi ththe
showhow"generi c"the thrashsoundi s, money
. I sn' t everythi ng? Anyway, I thi nk
andas a way of ri di culi ngfellowBri stol that i f I see F LUX' sLP revi ewedas
bandsCHAOS UK andDI SORDER . I ni ssue "generi c", "classi cal", "basi c UK punk",
#1 , Jeff Bale
revi ewedVI CE SQUAD' sthenI thi nkI ' ll just gi ve up! Actually
"StandStrong. ."EP wi ththe words"a though, your UK revi ewsi nthe magare
I
bandthat' sreally deteri orated". I n#2 so accurate i nthei r assessment of what' s
J .B
. revi ewedCHAOTI C DI SCHORD asgoi ngonover here, that I ' mi ndanger of
"capable of produci ng1 st classthrash"
. re-i terati ng, i nmy reports, what' salready
(Edi torsnote; i t i si roni c that V .S . soundbeensai d.

I The SUBHUMANS are fromWi ltshi re, and

alot better onthei r "joke"recordthanas

Bye, andstay free.

' have several EP' sandanLpout on

themselves)
. So I thi nkJeff ought to eat a

Di g

' Spi derlegRecords.Thi si ntervi ewcomesto

li ttle humble pi e for bei ngfooled, andyou
usfromKahl of Moral Danger zi ne-4 8
too Ti m! But anyway, I thi nkthe lessons

Chetwynd

Rd,

Chi lwell,

Notti ngham,
to be learnedfromthi sone are (1 ) don' t

I A `

ay

I
England. The answersare by leadsi nger
judge anythi ngby fi rst i mpressi on, and

Di ck.
(2 ) remember that thrashpunkcanbe just N

8 LI NK~ OF
asgeneri c, cli ched, etc. asthe ' 77 style

ww`

MRR-doesTrotsky ever get any hassle for

dunk. OK .

,J aY V 1
M ENT
A /y PEfJI
bei nghi mself, i nsteadof conformi ngi nsi de

TNAuKS To Pr1 ~ +EA D

'
the punk 'uniform' boundary asyou and
the othersdo?
D-Trotsky getssurpri si ngly li ttle hassle, whi chi sgreat cosi t shows
that people are becomi nglessnarrow-mi nded. The rest of usare hardly
your "hardcore i mage"punksanyway . we just dresshowwe feel i nwhat
we canafford.
I
MRR-What do you thi nkof the present punkmovement comparedto
previ ousones/di dany bandsi nfluence you i nany way?
' D-The ori gi nal punkoutburst wasdevastati ngi ni tsi mpact, soci ally and
mi usi cally. Musi cally i t producedalot of superb songs, muchmore than
I
the present majority of punk bandswho seem content to relax on a static
layerof thrash. Much of the originality and threat hasdisappeared in a
situation where bandsplay safe to gain a record deal! Record companies
put out any old drossin the name of punk, safe in the assumption that
I it willsellbecause people have become
. used to drossand buy it costhe
' capitalist record market presentsno betterpunk alternative . Hence the
indie labels. The really smallonestake the chancesand risksin the
attempt to promote unheard bands
. The main progression from '77 to'82
isin some of the lyricsand attitudesconcerning realitieslike war, the
government, the treatment of anarchy asa lifestyle, not a catchword,
the caring attitudesof the bandstowardseach otherand theiraudience-
two setsof punk attitudesexisting seperately
; "destruction and
!creation" and "violence and peace"! Not so much a punk movement asa
punk experience. Influencesrange from RUTS to RUSH, along with
Zappa, CRA SS, SLITS, and so on
. But whateverourfavorite noisesare,
!we try not to let it influence the noise we make, ratherstriving to
create ideasfrom ourown heads, not someone elses.
'
MRR-What do you thi nkof the punkcli che/do you thi nki t wi ll ever
achi eve anythi ng?
' D-I t' sonly NME that saysi t' sa cli che, andi t' sonly Garry Bushell that
'
can' t make uphi sfucki n' mi nd! There i sno uni formunlessyou want
there to be one. I t' sthe atti tudes, the way you thi nkthat counts. Too
!many people are out to exploi t the punks; the clothesshops, the record
compani es, managers, agenci es, promoters . . I t' sall crapdesi gnedto
I
reduce the individualto a part of a so-called alternative culture . There's
nothing alternative in being part of theirfuckin business. The real
alternative isthe rejection of otherpeoplesmorals/oppression . . Punk is
'
not a fashi onparade, i t' sa state of mi nd-prove you exi st! Achi eve
change? Change the system? I doubt i t-let' sget reali sti c . to change
' anythi ng, you' ve got to workfromthe i nsi de, not fromthe outsi de ; but
punk' smore i ntelli gent atti tudesare leadi nga lot of people to a better
state of mi nd. I f nothi ngelse, above all, punkhasgi venalot of people
sati sfacti on, uni ty, andenjoyment, aswell ascreati nga feeli ngof
strengthandi ndi vi duali ty where there wasnone before .
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OurUNDERHA NDED HISTORY OF THE US continues
1 t1 7U1 nnnn
Rapedfromthe cradle . Our mi nds
absorbedi nto the whi rpool of scumknown
better associ ety. Communi ty bound
together by commoni nterestsand
standards
. Profi tsandpower . Greedand
lust . F romday one, we were taught to be
part of thi s. We were taught by televi si on,
teachers, parentsandpri ests(the most
hi deousof the lot) . We were pressuredby
peers, andlast but not least, F ORCED, by
the sli my armof the "LAW", to submi t, i f
all else fai led. We are, ALL, abused
chi ldren. F romthe mi nute we hi t the
deli very roomto the secondwe were told
that somethi ngwe sawi nthe darkwas
"just our i magi nati on". "I t' sonly your
I MAGI NATI ON"we' re told, so we slowly
learnto di strust i t. Thi si sby far one of
the greatest formsof chi ldabuse
. Our
I magi nati onsflusheddownthe great
Ameri canSewer for the sake of "reali sm"
i na culture where li esandhypocri cy run
rampant. But who reallyneedsi magi nati on?
Especi allywhenthi ssoci etyi sso basedon
consumpti on. I magi nati oni sfor weapons
analysts, economi sts, computer
programmersandadmen
. Conmen. I t' s
supposedto be our goal i nli fe to devour
asmuchshi t asthey canpushi nour
mi dst. More Atari for X-mas. More Calvi n
Klei ns. More 7-1 1 sto the block
. More
prayersi nthe school, fewer aborti onsi n
the home . Ani nflatable li fesi ze fuckdoll i n
everyglove compartment . Devour &enjoy.
Devour 6 destroy. Mi ndsmelti ngthrough
torsosi nto the di rt . Cerebral sandwi ch' s
for the ruli ngclasses. I sthat all we' ve
become? I hope not.
I magi nati oni sa threat . A threat to those
wi tha vestedi nterest i ncontrol . Control
over the way you thi nkandthe way you
choose to li ve. Control over i nformati on
andresourceswhi chcanleadyou to
reali ze your full creati ve potenti al . Most of
all, i magi nati oni sa menace to the "Control
Process"
. I f anythi ngi sresponsi ble for
the fuckedshape the worldi si n, i t' sthi s.
I t goesbeyondjust greedy busi nessmen,
arousedgenerals, corrupt poli ti ci ans, or
fasci st cops. Theyare symptomsof a much
larger di sease. You' ve got to start looki ng
deeper . What made these jerksbecome
jerks? Well, muchof i t beganfromthe
cradle
. Throughout hi story, people have
beentaught, fromanearly age, that there
are rulesone NEEDS to li ve by. That
there i sa defi ni te "Ri ght"and"Wrong", a
blackandwhi te . Asone i sgrowi ngup
thi si sconstantly bei ngre-enforced. I t' s
re-enforcedwhenyour parentsand
teacherstell you i t' skosher to be a
poli ti ci an, a doctor, a lawyer, an
i nsurance salesman, etc . Assoonasyou
tell themotherwi se, you' re lookeddown
upon. I t' s re-enforced whenyou' re beaten
upat school because you lookor thi nk
di fferently thanthe other ki ds. I t' s
re-enforcedwhenone watchesT .V.
programsthat stereotype people andli fe-
styles. Thi steachesushowpeople are
"really"supposedto li ve andrelate wi th
eachother, the corporate way. I t' s
re-enforcedwi thLABELS
. Once everyone
andeverythi nghasrecei veda label (i .e .,
Hardcore, Ski nhead, Valley gi rl, Artsy
F artsy, Strati ght, etc
.), i t canthenbe
placedi nei ther the "Ri ght"or "Wrong"
category. Thi smakescertai nthat any,
element of somethi ngthat hasthe potenti al
to make people thi nkfor themselvescanbe:
squashedli ke a deadbug. Programmed
I nsti nct coupledwi thKultural Pressure.,
Andthere you have i t, "The Process".
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wor' Wwi tha
' hardhat on, w o opensa
canof generi c beer after work
. Be the
anorexi c wi fe he comeshome to eachday,
who cleansall of hi sclothesi nthe latest
generi c

fabri c

softener .

Be

thei r
punkrockerson/daughter
who takes
generic speed and pukeson lilold ladies.
There are plenty of role modelsgoing
around. One foreach of us.
"Every bi llboradsellsani ndi vi dual
product but all bi llboardssell the same
wayof li fe
."AaronNoble
THE SAME WAY OF LI F E
. Anti -li fe. Anti -
change. tagnati on
. wht' swhat' sbei ng
pushed
. Just asi nHi tler' s thousand-year
rei ch. What I fi ndmost fri ghteni ngabout
Nazi smi snot the fact that people were
massacredor persecutedunder i t
. "A
thousandyears"di dnot i mply torture and
repressi onfor that lengthof ti me
. I nfact,
the i dea wasthat the eli mi nati onof
mi nori ti esandundesi rableswasto have
takenplace asqui ckly aspossi ble
. The
terri fyi ngpart i sthe vi si onthat for a
thousandyearseverythi ngwouldbe the
SAME! Perfectly structuredandNi rvana.
A utopi ansoci ety where nothi ngwouldbe
out of the ordi nary
. The ulti mate
ni ghtmare i nboredom. True Anti -Li fe.
That i swhat the current day control
processi sbri ngi ngabout
. Mi nusthe
"peacefulness"
. A state where all thought
andmovement i spredi ctable
. Where those
i npower caneasi ly mani pulate usli ke
puppets
. Meat puppets. Puppetsdevoi dof
any i ndi vi dual wi ll or creati vi ty
. Just
another bri cki nthe proverbi al wall
. Let' s
pi ssonthe fucki ngwall! I say . Tear i t
down.

Defecate on

the

rulesand
regulati onsthat bri ngabout self-doubt,
self-li mi tati on, andgui lt i nall of us.
I gnore all the assholeswho tell usto
"settle for less"I nli fe
. "The Process"
thri veswhenever we compromi se . Whenwe
li mi t ourselvesto one way of thi nki ngor
one set of i deasor values
. There i sNO
ulti matelyri ghteousstate of exi stence! MT
absolute "Ri ght"or "Wrong". Thi s i sa
complete bunchof BULLSHI T! I t i sani dea
usedto control us
. Let' sgo out of
control! SmashBoredom! I magi nati oncan
be usedasa catalyst towardsthi s. A
meansof short ci rcui ti ngthe "control
process". Andwhat better way to uti li ze
one' si magi nati onthanthrougha di rect
assault
. Anattack onthe parasi ti c
i ndi vi dualsandmali gnant i nsti tuti onsthat
breedboredom
. The tacti csone canuse
are many, andmany of themcanbe qui te
fun. Here i sa randomsampli ngof
techni quesusedbypeople over the years:
"I nthe late si xti esandearly seventi esa
groupof people calledthe Si tuati oni sts
useda vari ety of meansto destabi li ze
monotony i neveryday li fe
. They were
notori ousfor thei r elaborate poster
campai gns. One poster they di dhadan
offi ci al ci ty seal
anda mayor' ssi gnature
andtelephone number oni t
. I t toldpeople
to call upthe mayor' soffi ce for a free
5 0-dollar coupon. The next day the
mayor' soffi ce wasfloodedwi thphone
calls
. Another poster sai dsomethi ngli ke
"Do you ever feel li ke ki lli ngyour boss?"
andthere' sa busi nessmanwi tha target
Televi si on, Radi o, Newspapers, Books, allg4 ac .) over hi sface oni t
. They also di dthi ngs
play ani mportant role i nthe numbi ngof -' J . ona more compli catedlevel . Once they
drove onto a busy street i ntersecti on, i na
truckpai ntedi noffi ci al ci ty mai ntenance
colors. Dressedi nmai ntenance uni forms,
1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111
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orb on Child Atirnw
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Li ke a snowball tosseddowna hi ll,
i t hasgai nedmomentum
. Gotten
bi gger and

bi gger .

over

the.
years, to the poi nt where.
we are now1 acea wi th- a nuclear
avalanche
. Two thousandyearsof slowly
evolvi ngenslavement . Enslavement that
beganwi thani dea calledReli gi on
. Mostly
a small groupof sadi sti cally consti pated
i ndi vi dualsdi ctati ngto a larger groupof
people, by meansof fi re andbri mstone,
howthey shouldli ve. The concept of the
fewcontrolli ngthe many. Not too di fferent
fromtoday, ri ght? Wrong! All si mi lari ti es
endwi ththat concept
. The Reli gi ous
systemof control workedbest whenpeople
were i lli terate. Assoonaspeople slowly
beganto readandwri te, the "process"
evolved. I t became more complex . Today i t
reli esonpeople bei ngable to di gest large
amountsof i nformati onwi thi na short
peri odof ti me. Thi si saccompli shed
reasonably well, judgi ngby howmuch
televi si onthe publi c watches. The new
systemof control i sthe MEDI A.
"REAL, TOTAL WAR
I NF ORMATI ON WAR . I T I S
NOW ."
Marshall McLuhan
people' smi nds. Throughmi s-i nformati on, P +>
lackof i nformati on, or the careful and
subtle use of i t, we are mani pulated
. Led
onto a treadmi ll of boredomandmundane .

they proceededto di gupthe street and

li vi ng
. Be the hardworki ngconstructi ona f thenleave wi thout arousi ngany suspi ci on!
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.A
. structures, Exami ne the way peopre react
hours
. bandMETRO SQUAD usedto workat a to certai nki ndsof behavi or, andwhere
caterer' si nS .F
. One day he foundhi mself they place thei r attenti oni ncertai n
havi ngto prepare a soupfor a party that si t-sati ons
. See how soci al andeconomi c
Wi lli am RandolphHearst
was havi ng
. He systemswork. THEN EXPLOI T THEM! Use
di d
just that . He put i nlots of
vegi ' s, lotsthemtowardsyour
ownadvantage and
of spi cesandthentooka ni ce longshi t amusement.
ri ght i nto the gazpacho
. I magi ne the joy

I nformati oni sthe key.

Wi thout
he must have felt watchi ngthe Hearst' si nformati onyour i magi nati onhasnothi ngto
eat! play off of. The more you know, the more
you canget away wi th. You don' t need
vast sumsof money to pull off a
caper.
But you do need the know how. The know
howthat wi ll free you froma drab
day-to-day exi stence andadda li ttle
exci tement to your li fe
. The deci si oni s
yours. You canei ther accept boredom, and
complai nabout "howeverythi ngi sso thi s
or that ."Or you canmake thi ngshappen,
determi ne your owndesti ny, andhave
some funat the same ti me. The i ssue i s
clear . One can make hi story
become part of i t.
* I nthe late seventi es, arti st MarkPauli ne
usedto alter
bi llboards. He wouldgo up
late at ni ght,
dressed i n bi llboardcompany
overallsandpaste hi sownmessagesover
the ads. One
adhe changed wasa man
holdi nga pi zza. I t ended uplooki ngli ke a
manweari nga bondage maskholdi nga
plate wi tha
decapi tated headoni t. He
also made the wordsi nthe adread:
DEAD.
* A fewyearsago the author of thi sarti cle
performed
a seri es o1 ' tape recorder
experi mentsi na small towni nnorthern
Cali forni a
. A couple of fri endsandmyself
set upa P
.A . ona roof. We made sure
that we andthe equi pment were concealed.
Thenwe playedpre-recordedgunshotsand
screamsonto the street below. We made
thi slast for about a half a mi nute and
thenwe spli t backi nto the bui li ndg,
watchi ngthe nei ghborhoodfroman
apartment wi ndow. The resultswere truly
amazi ng! Copsrunni ngaroundri ngi ng
door
bellsfor about anhour, nei ghbors
pani cki ng, chi ldrenyelli ng. We tri edthi sa
couple more ti mesat two di fferent locals
and achi eved muchthe same chaos
.
* F rankDi scussi on, gui tari st/frontmanfor
ex- Ari zona basedband, F EEDERZ has
beenknownto enter department storesand
throwphoney convulsi onswhi le hi sfri ends
shopli ft duri ngthe confusi on
. (F or more
onhi sescapadessee arti cle elsewhere i n
last i ssue.)
* I nL
.A
., there i sa groupof ki dswho
are computer pranksters
. Thei r I dea
of
a
funti me i sbreaki ngi nto company fi les,
shi fti ngfunds, mani pulati ngandchangi ng
i nformati on-- all of thi si sdone
electroni cally of course-- by
telephone!
One popular pasti me i sthe planti ngof
"Logi c Bombs,"a computer commandthat
once plantedi na computer' smemory wi ll
erase a speci fi c amount of i nformati on.
The li st of examplesgoeson
. The
vari ati onsone cancreate are endless
. Let
your i magi nati onworkfor you
. Analyze
o r merely
fterial thanksto the
r
!s,
I nLosAngelesthere i sa groupof teen-age boyswho
get together soci allyto talkabout thei r majori nterest
i nli fe-computers. Someti mestheyspeculate about
what i t mi ght be funto do . One boysuggests"break-
i ngi nta' . the fi nanci al-market computers-anelec-
troni c break-i n, not a physi cal one-andmani pulati ng
the Dow-Jonesaverage
. Another proposesputti ngone
of thei r teachers' namesonthe F BI ' s"Most Wanted"
li st. A thi rdsaysi t mi ght be amusi ngto tryto bri ng
downa communi cati onssatelli te.
What these teen-agersare proposi ngi snot so pre-
posterousasi t mi ght sound. "Techni cally, these ki ds
understandthe theory. Theycouldcause damage,
saysRobi nBrown, a LosAngelesF BI agent wi thspe-
ci al experti se i ncomputer cri me
. Browncauti onsthat
computer systemstendto be extremelyvulnerable and
that teen-agersli ke those i nthe LosAngelesgangare
bri ght ki ds, out to i mpresseachother wi thwhat they
cando
. Some of thei r pranksare far fromi nnocuous,
he adds
. "Theyhave a keeni nterest i nthe strategi c
systemsof the U
.S
. mi li tary-andi ntryi ngto break
i nto the computer systemsthat support them
."
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fi ndthem
. Where to start ? How
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KNOWLEDGE O
' POWER
B Y JEFF B ALE
REVIEWERS
(JB)JEF F BALE

(PU)PUSHEAD
(RF )RAY F ARRELL

(SS)STEVE SPI NALI

(RS)RUTH SCHWARTZ (TY)TI M YOHANNAN
I f you want your stuff revi ew-
ed, please sendall recordsand
tapesto JEFF BA LE, MA XIMUM ROCK
REVIEW
EDITOR, Box 9760 ,
Berkeley
CA 94709
. Notethenewaddress!
If youwant it reviewedandgi-
ven airplay on theradio show,
sendtwo copies to that address
or to TIM Y.,
Box 288,
Berkeley
CA 94701 .
help

bull .

t e worldwi de a ternatrve
network.
Next uponthe agenda, two of our
Engli shpenpalshave recently rai sed
i nteresti ngpoi ntsthat have a beari ngon
recordrevi ews. Nei l fromthe
DESTRUCTORS thi nksthat we' re overly
cri ti cal of U .K . releases, andfeelsthat
suchanapproachi scounterproducti ve i n
establi shi ngmore li nksbetweenour
respecti ve scenes. He' sprobably ri ght. I
went backandlookedover our U .K.
revi ewsecti ons, andI ' ll admi t to bei ng
especi ally vi ci ousi nthe condemnati onof
Engli shrecords. There are reasonsfor
i t--many newBri tpunkrecordslackany
di sti ngui shi ngfeatures, andi t' si mportant
to make Ameri canpunks reali ze that they
don' t have to worshi pbi g-name groups
fromacrossthe Atlanti c at the expense of
great local bands--but I mi ght have gone a
bi t overboard. The fact i sthat more and
more Ameri canrecordsare undi sti ncti ve,
and I do li ke alot of Engli shpunk. So, i n
the future, I ' mgoi ngto make aneffort to
li mi t the gratui tousslagswi thout
sacri fi ci ngmy cri ti cal perspecti ve. Thanks
for i ncreasi ngmyself-awareness, Nei l.
The above i ssue i srelatedto an
i mportant observati on
made by Di g;
namely, that i t' softeni mpossi ble to
determi ne a punkband' sreal valuesjust
fromli steni ngto the recordsthey' ve
released. Let' sface i t, most punkbands
si nganti -war, anti -systemsongsthese
days. The only way to really be sure how
genui ne a bandi si sby watchi nghowthey
behave i nthei r deali ngswi thothers. I
touchedonthi sproblemi nmy
"Rockstari ti s"arti cle, but Di g' spoi nt i s
that i t' seasy to get mi sconcepti onsabout
bandsi nfaraway places. Asa result, one
can' t alwaysdi fferenti ate betweenthe MAU
MAUS andF LUX' sof the world. Si nce we
can' t really knowwhat bandsfromother
areasare li ke, andmay mi sleadreadersi n
our revi ews, we' re forcedto dependon
i nfo frompeople who knowthe facts.
Therefore, I ' dli ke to urge punksto let us
knowwhenwe err i nthese matters.
Movi ngon, I ' ve recei veda couple of
bookandmovi e revi ewswhi chwe ranout
of space for i nthi si ssue
. I ' ll be
contacti ngthe wri tersi nquesti onsoon,
andthose that we are goi ngto publi shwi ll
appear i nMRR #6
. Please be pati ent,
we' ve got a S l logof mai l.
Stay tunedfor future
developments.
Let' s

begi n

thi s

i ntro wi than
i mportant announcement.
ATTENTI ON ALL U
.S . BANDS, F ANZI NE
EDI TORS, AND RECORD LABELS! I f
you' re i nterestedi ngetti ngU
.K.
di stri buti onfor
your obscure products,
senda sample copy anda request for i nfo
to :
Tez
c/o Retali ati onRecords(Ri ley)
5 5 Thi rstenRd
., DysonHi ll
Honley
Huddersfi eld
HD7 2 JH West Yorkshi re
ENGLAND
He hasmany connecti onsworldwi de, so i f
you want want exposure for your record
or zi ne, drophi ma li ne. Also, i f you' re
looki ngfor some hard-to-fi ndU
.K.
releases, you canget a catalogfromhi m.
F or the same type of helpi nF i nland,
wri te Voi tto Vasko (see adfor P . Tuotanto
I nthi si ssue)
. Vi leni usfrom Propaganda
also hasF i nni shrecords, but I ' mnot sure
he' ll di stri bute U .S . recordsi nF i nland.
F or Holland, wri te Tony Ni twi t (see
addressfor Volgelspi nrecords)
. F or
Brazi l, wri te F abro (see addressi narti cle
onBrazi li anpunk)
. These people are all
scru .ulously honest, so get I ntouchand
U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S.

U.S. .

U.S.

U.S.
ABUSED - "Watchout"cassette EP
Some heavy metal li ckslai dover really powerful thrash
. The
songsare short andwell-punctuated, wi thstrongdrummi ng
. I
can' t hear many of the words, but i f "Nuclear Threat"and
"D .F
.Y
. (DrugF ree Youth)"are i ndi cati ve, they' re fi ne.
Hi ghlyrecommended
. (TY)
(no address)
AMERI CAN DREAM - "Ground
Zero"
c
assette EP
Thi si ssort of a poor man' sMI NOR THREAT
Actually, wi tha bi t more fi ne-tuni ng
be ri ght up

because

ghave
i ma
gi nati on, lyri cs
a
nd spi ri t, andaren' t

there,

they
(Chri s

musi cal
slouches,
thy
have great lyri csand
Valenti n--91 1
Staska

ei ther . (P
St
. --Bethlehem,
PA
)
1 80 1 5)
ARTI F I CI AL
PEACE/EXI LED - EP
Anadmi rable newrelease out of D
.C
., wi thtentracks, two
bandsonone 7"
EP .
The EXI LED have i mprovedalot si nce thei r
recent tape
. They do boththrashersandslow, gri ndi ng
numberswi thi nteresti ngeffectsthat showversati li ty and
i magi nati on
. They soundyoungbut have potenti al--"Arti fi c
i
a
l
F ri end"i sgreat
. What ARTI F I CI AL
PEACE lack i n
producti on
values, they make upfor wi thsome goodlyri csandclassi c
thrashi nbetweenthe slower bri dgesandhaunti ngbackground
vocals
. Hatsoff to "Thi nkfor Yourself
."(RS)
(F ountai nof Youth, no address)
BAD I NF LUENCE -
"War' sNo F un"cassette EP
A totally hot, well-producedtape fromthi sprevi ously
unknownbunchof ki dsfromS
.F
.' ssuburbs
. I t featuresvery
ti ght stop- and-go thrash, sort of li ke the early CI RCLE
JERKS . (TY)
(Ri ck--3 2 2 83 Mi ssi onBlvd
.--Hayward, CA 94 5 4 0
BA NGLES -
"The
Real
World" 1 2" EP
A fewpeople I knowrave about the BANGLES, but I just
don' t understandwhy
. Some of thei r ori gi nalsdo
b`
ha
have
a are
feel ("Want You"and"Mary Street"onthi sEP),
exa

1 la
.
Eve
theirpLA -DE ov
DA
erproduce
coverd
("HowWisv
theaA ir
up The O
? ")
islame.
(JB)
(F aulty)
BI X BI GLER BAND - "Amtrack"cassette EP
Here, a former member of Reno' sparty band, the
THRUSTI NG SQUI RTERS, joi nswi thmembersof 7 SECONDS and
SECTI ON 8 to put out a rocki n' roi ly 4 -songtape wi th
scatologi cal lyri csthat wouldmake Tesco Vee wi nce
. The classi c
here i s"There' sa Sci enti fi c Name for your Di ck
."Retardedto
the max . (TY)
(Squi rtdown--72 S
. PattersonPl .--Sparks, NV 894 3 1 )
CHESTERF I ELD KI NGS - Here Are
. . . LP
I ' mnot sure at what poi nt bri lli ant evocati onbecomesslavi sh
i mi tati on, andI don' t thi nkthe C
. KI NGS have fi guredi t out,
beggedUlti mately, suchsemanti c or phi losophi cal questi onsare
gg
r
- by one' semoti onal responses, andthi salbumconnects
wi thme because of i tsauthenti c 6 0spunkfeel, evendownto
the producti on
. My one complai nt i sthat these tracksare all
covers
. Eventhoughsome of themare better thanthe
ori gi nals--"Out Si de Chance"leapsi mmedi ately to mi nd--I wi sh
they' dapply that u
l
tra-belli gerent 6 0sstyle to new
composi ti ons.
. Emi nentlycool . (JB)
(Mi rror--6 4 5 Ti tus
Av
e.
--Rochester, NY 1 4 6 1 7)
BEEX -
"Butch/Empty House"
Goodsecondpop-punkeffort from
BEEX . "Butch"i sa
snazzy uptempo songfeaturi ngfemale leadvocals, one heavy
gui tar, one folk-rockgui tar, anda ni ce overall dri ve
. The fli p
i sa more conventi onal rocker
. The gui tar i nteracti oni swhat
catchesyour ear
; the grosscover catchesyour eye . (JB)
(Zero Degree--P .O
. Box 1 4 5 3 2 --Ri chmond, VA 2 3 2 2 1 )
CLI TBOYS - Ti me for Another War"cassette EP
Here i smore proof that the Mi dwest i swhere thi ngswi ll be
really happeni ngi nthe
near
future
. The CLI TBOYS have the
lyri cal strength

TOXI C
Watchfor anEP soon
. (TY)
REASONS, but
are more thrashedout.
(1 006 Churchi ll--Mi lwaukee, WI 5 3 2 1 7)
F LAG OF DEMOCRACY - "Chi nese F ood"cassette EP
A 7-songeffort fromthi snewPhi lly group
. They play very
fast thrashwi thpi zazz, si mi lar i n
some
waysto the NEOS . I t
soundsreal good, but I can' t tell what the hell they' re si ngi ng
about
. (TY)
(EthanJarvi s--903 S
. ParkAve
.--Audubon, PA 1 94 07)
FRA NTIX - "Face Reality" EP
Hardcore from Denver. The FRA NTIX have a nice chunky
guitarattack which sounds
very PISTOLian on theirmid-tempo
songs(especially "Sharin' Sharon")
. The semi-thrashershave
an awkward feelto them, asif the band just started playing
realfast, but the grungy guitarcutsthrough allthe confusion.
A nifty record in the '77-8 punk tradition
. (JB)
(Local Anestheti c--6 3 8
E . 1 3 thAve.--Denver, CO 802 03 )
CODE OF HONOR - "What Are
We Gonna Do?/What Pri ce would
You Pay?"
Strong(andoccasi onally annoyi ng) HM i nfluencespunctuate
bothsi desof thi shardcore offeri ngby S
.F .' sownCODE OF
HONOR . "What Are. ."grappleswi ththe i mportant i ssue of
passi vi ty i nthe current punkscene, whi le the somewhat slower
B-si de addressesa vari ety of soci etal I lls. Hi ghly credi ble and
arti culate lyri cs. (SS)
(Subterranean--577 Valencia--S . F . , CA 941 1 0 )
CRI NGE - "Spi t on
Your Grave" EP
Chunky Texasgarage punk
. Dorky si ngi ngandmuscular
gui tarspropel these basi c rockers
. The themesare typi cally
i nane, wi th"Toxi c Shock"
and"Secretary Spread"generati ng
the hearti est guffaws
. Tesco' I I be able to relate to these jokers.
(JB)
(Cri nge, di st
. byReal--2 01 7 S .
Shepherd--Houston,
TX 7701 9)
DEMENTI A PRECOX - "S
.C .H .P
."1 2 "EP
A bi t of a letdownafter thei r fi rst i ntri gi ng7"
. Here, only
"Maladi e d' Espri t"hasasmuchsubduedaggressi on
. There' sa
si ni ster undercurrent to D
. PRECOX, andtheydemonstrate that
synthsanddrummachi nescanbe usedto i nti mi date rather than
hypnoti ze, but they currently seemto be movi ngi nanarti er
di recti on. Too bad
. (JB)
(Prehensi le--c /o Hi ntz--Box
1 092 --Dayton,
OH 4 5 4 01 )
DETENTI ON - "DeadRock' n' Rollers/El Salvador"
I di oti c garage punkfromNewJersey
. The A-si de hassome
of the funni est lyri csI ' ve heardrecently, whi le the fli p
featuresanabsolutely atroci ousbar-bandgui tar solo
. These
guysare so awful that I actually li ke them
. Maybe they' ll ti ckle
your funnybone, too
. (JB)
(Ri gor Morti s/Vi ntage Vi nyl--1 3 76 Spri ngfi eldAve
.--I rvi ngton,
N .J)
I RON CROSS -
"
Ski nheadGlory"EP
Thi ssli ce of Ameri canOi dragsalot musi cally
. but the dri ll-
pressgui tar soundi shot
. The lyri csare about fi hti
gngand,
at face value, seemconfusedi f not downri ght reati onary.
Vocali st Sab toldme that, asi de fromex-bassi st Wendel' s
"Psycho Ski n"(a retardedhomophobi c di atri be), most of thei r
songsare basedonspeci fi c i nci dentdd
sanavocate self-defence,
not mi ndlessvi olence
. U
nfortunately, that i sn' t at all clear from
the enclosedlyri c sheet
. Whendeali ngwi thsensi ti bj
ve suect
matter, i t wouldbe helpful i f bandsi ncludedmore i nformati on
onwhat i t i sthey' re tryi ngto say
. After all, i sn' t the object
of musi c to communi cate feeli ngsandi deas? (TY)
(Ski n
F li nt/Di schord--3 81 9
Beecher St .
N .W
.--Washi ngton
, D
.C.
2 0007)
DOOMSDAY MASSACRE - "Wake Upor Melt Down"EP
Another newHoustonbandsluggi ngandthrashi ngi tsway
up
. Thi si s
a 5 -songrelease
wi ththe ki ndof i ntensi ty and
dri ve that epi tomi zesTexashardcore
. A goodone
. (TY)
(C .I .A
.--1 2 3 1 Ashland--Houston, TX 77008)
JONESES - "Jonestown/Criminalsin my Car"
An unanti ci pated mi xture of stylesonthi s, the
JONESES
fi rst 7"effort. "Jonestown"i sani nstrumental wi tha sli ght
ti nge of di sco bassandreggae gui tar ; the fli pi sa garagy sli ce
of mi d-tempo So .Cal punkthat ki ndof remi ndsme of RED
KROSS i nthe verse andRADI O BI RDMAN i nthe chorus . Not at
all generi c. (JB)
no address
KRAUT - AnAdjustment to Soci ety LP
A potent mi xture of ' 77-style powerchordpunkandmore
contemporary thrasherscanbe foundonthi sexcellent debut
albumby KRAUT . I t i sfar more ri veti ngthanthei r two EPs,
andshouldserve to si lence many of thei r cri ti csonce andfor
all . Soli dproducti on, loadsof ti ght gui tar power, abundant
energy, andhuge hookli nesare all showcasedhere
. I don' t
really accept Ti mSommer' ssuggesti onthat KRAUT are the
punkgroupof the 80s, andfor all I know, they mi ght actually
be the would-be rockstarsthat thei r enemi escontend, but they
sure ashell won' t needex-PI STOL Steve Jonesto gi ve them
credi bi li ty next ti me around. Hi ghlyrecommended. (JB)
(Cabbage--P. O. Box 1 424--Flushing, NY 1 1 3 52)
F .U
.' S - "Ki ll for Chri st"1 2 "EP
the X-C la
i m! label, andi t' sno
Thi si sthe secondrelease on
letdown
. Some of the songshere are the remi ni scent
of
super-fast soundassoci atedwi thBoston
; raw,
others
andare slower,
Snap
more di sti nct or melodi c, but sti ll rough,
i t up. (TV )

MA
01 904 )
(X-Clai m--8 LongwoodRd
.--Ly
nn,
F ALSE ALARM - "I .W .L
.P .I .F ."cassette EP
Thi sgrouphai lsfrom
downnear Monterey,
andthe musi c i s
fai rly standardNorCal
stop-and-go thrash
. Pretty energeti c,
but not really ori gi nal
. The wordsare si mi lar i nall fi fteen
songs, expressi nga
desperati on
andempti nessthat must make
the wri ter a real joy to be stucki nanelevator wi th
. (TY)
($2 .5 0 to Ti m
Gallagher--2 82 4 F orest
Hi ll
Blvd.--Paci fi c Grove,
CA 93 95 0
D
.R .I . - "Di rty Rotten"EP
Mi x together the early CI RCLE JERKS, early BLACK F LAG,
M .D .C ., MI NOR THREAT, S
.S .D
., TERVEET KADET, and
GANG GREEN, andyou have somethi ngapproxi mati ngthese
DI RTY ROTTEN
I MBECI LES
(so-calledby thei r parents)
. What
canI say--thi si smani c, i ntense, ti ght thrashwi thgreat
lyri cs, andI can' t wai t ti ll these Houstonboysunleash
themselvesuponthe rest of usdepri ved
people.
2 2 songs. (TY)
(no address)
GANG GREEN 6 THE AMPUTATI ONS - "Raci n' for the Pi nk/I
Hate You"
A real dumb
garage
punkrecordby a
geeky
rock
band
from S .F
. "Raci n"' haslotsof sleazy power chords, some supercool
but overlongleadsolos, andbackgroundsoundtracksof hot
rodsor cyclesaccelerati ng
. Great for crui si n' wi ththe top
down! The fli pcombi nesraunchand
s
elf-explanatory
grammar
school senti ments
. F or G
.G
. ALLI N fans
. (JB)
no address)
HATES -
"Panacea" 1 2 " EP
Thi sbandhasbeenaroundfor a longti me--that' sthe good
part of thi srevi ew. Thi sEP i sn' t asbadasthei r last
7"--that' sthe so-so part of thi srevi ew
. Thi srecordi sn' t as
goodasthei r earli er releases--that' sthe badpart
. The
pop-punksoundandalmost falsetto vocalshere are too close to
NewWave, but there are some goodlyri csanda couple of cuts
that rockout pretty hard("Punk1 3 01 "and"What amI Li vi ng
F or?") . (TY)
(F acelessc/o C . Arnhei ter--4 2 00 W
. 3 4 th--Box 1 3 2 --Houston,
TX 77092 )
DI E KREUZEN - "CowsandBeer"EP
Well, I li kedDI E KREUZEN' searli er cassette alot, but even
i t di dn' t qui te prepare me for thi soutstandi ngslab of vi nyl.
All the noteworthy aspectsof the former have beenpreserved,
most notably the freneti ci sm, but the bandi sti ghter nowand
the recordi ngi sbetter
. There' sa hi nt of the MEAT PUPPETS
andCODE OF HONOR herei n, but these Wi sconsi nguysare
clearlyori gi nals
. (JB)
(Versi onSound--Box 1 74 --Xeni a, OH 4 5 3 85 )
LEPERS - "Evi l Musi c/So we canTalk"
The thi ngI li ke most about bothcutsare the vocals, whi ch
are eeri e but not pretenti ous
. The A-si de i sthe songI li ke
musi cally
; i t sort of remi ndsme of the more upbeat, li stenable
si de of PERE
UBU
. Great bassruns
. (TY)
(Unclean--1 3 1 0
College A ve
. --Suite
1 1 3 3 --Boulder,
CO 80 3 0 2)
LI MBO RACE - "DownandBackwards/What i t I s"
O .K
. post-punkfromBoston
. A loud, cleangui tar combi nes
wi tha heavy bass/drumsoundandfi ne si ngalongchorusesi n
the engagi ng"DownandBackwards,"but the leadvocalsare
too pretenti ousandthe saxy B-si de i sweak
. (JB)
(no address
LOST CAUSE - "F orgottenCorners"1 2 "EP
T
.S .O .L . may have mutatedi nto somethi ngbarely
recogni zable, but thei r great ori gi nal punksoundli vesoni n
the materi al of many current SoCal bands, i ncludi ngthe
VANDALS, NO CRI SI S, and, asthi srecordi ndi cates, LOST
CAUSE
. That' scertai nly not a badthi ng, except that here the
materi al lacksthe punchof LOST CAUSE' s7"debut
. There' sa
fewhot momentsi n"Li vi ngi nHell"and"F i ri ngLi ne,"but
somehowI wasexpecti ngmore fromthese guys. (JB)
(Hi ghVeloci ty--4 3 3 N . Tusti nAve.--Orange, CA 92 6 6 7)
EDI TH MASSEY - "Punks, Get Off the Grass/Bi gGi rlsDon' t Cry"
Two hi lari ousnovelty tracksfromthe "EggLady"i nJohn
Waters' cult fi lm, Pi nkF lami ngos
. The musi c onthi spi cture
di sc i sbasi c harft=
ockwi thdumb gui tar solos, but the
arrangementsandlyri csare a laugha mi nute
. "Punks"i s
addressedto all the punkswho are goi ngnowhere fast, andthe
3 00 lb
. Edi e' sversi onof the oldF OUR SEASONS hi t takeson
anenti rely newmeani nghere
. (JB)
(Egg, di st
. by Thunderbolt--Box
2 896 --Torrance,
CA 905 09)
MEATMEN - "Cri ppledChi ldrenSuck"EP
Once agai n, the MEATMEN have managedto provoke
"orgasms"of laughter
. The same scrungy gui tar andchaoti c
garage approachthat stoodout onthei r classi c debut serve to
propel these here gari shsongsabout a vari ety of sexual
hang-ups
. I t mi ght be offensi ve i f i t weren' t so damnfunny,
andeventhoughTesco' smember shri velsupevery ti me he
thi nksabout us"humanri ghts"punksat MRR, we sti ll li ke the
si llysavage . (JB)
(Touch&Go--P
.O . Box 76 1 --Maumee, OH 4 3 5 3 7)
MI NOR THREAT - "Out of Step"1 2 "EP
Explodi ngturbulence thrustsforthei ght newMI NOR
THREAT profi ci ent arrangements
. I ncrease the veloci ty of thei r
fi rst two powerful releases, stepBri anupto 2 ndgui tar, add
newbassi st Steve, andsti ll more potent lyri cal bli tzes, andthi s
1 2 "snon- hesi tant progressi onoutburstsi nto the blazi ngbest
Di schordyet
. Don' t mi ss
. (Pus)
(Di schord--3 81 9 Beecher St
. N
.W
.--Washi ngton, D
.C
. 2 0007)
MOOD OF DEF I ANCE - NowLP
Two people fromthrashbandANTI combi ne wi thtwo others
to produce a more experi mental effort . I t' sa 5 0/5 0
proposi ti on.
Some of i t soundsli ke the earli er L
.A . punksoundwi thi ts
classi c female vocals
; other songsare i na post-punkor arty
vei n
. Goodchange of pace. (TY)
(New Underground--4 3 05 W
. 1 5 3 rdSt .--Lawndale, CA
902 6 0)
N .O .T .A
. - "ToySoldi ers"cassette EP
Muchbetter thanthei r earli er tape
. The soundi sfuller,
there' smore attack, andthe lyri csare every bi t asgood.
N .O .T .A
. remi ndme a bi t of ARTI CLES OF F AI TH, so drop
thema li ne andorder thi stape. (TY)
(4 04 E . 1 2 th, #6 --Tulsa, OK 74 1 2 0)
NECROS - "Conquest for Death/Take ' emUp"
"Conquest for Death"i s
a
rawuncontrollable rage of
rambuncti ouscombusti on
. A fast, forceful franti cally paced
flai li ngstormer agai nst competi ti ve nature
. Anoutrageoussi ngle
venture before theyrelease the upcomi ngLP
. (Pus)
(Touch
6 Go--P .O
. Box
76 1 --Maumee, OH 4 3 5 3 7)
NO TREND - "Cancer
" cassette EP
Ohno, the F LI PPER crudhasspreadto the heartlandof
strai ght- edge country
. Actually, i t' smore li ke F LI PPER meets
earlyCABARET VOLTAI RE
. The funni est songti tle i s"Qui ncy
F i ghtsPunkRock
."(TY)
(1 01 4 AshtonRd
.--Ashton, MD 2 086 1 )
OUTPATI ENTS - "F i ght"cassette EP
Totally! Great
bass-drums-gui tar-vocals. Thi si sone ti me
that I ' ll use the term"shreds,"because i t saysi t all
. Asthey
say onthe lyri c sheet, "Play loudi nmathclass
."(TY)
(2 4 Laro Rd
.--Westfi eld, MA 01 085 )
POI SON I DEA - ' Pi ckYour Ki ng"EP
I revi ewedthei r demo tape two i ssuesago, andnowI have a
chance to rave
thrashi ngsongs
a
whchruni nto eachother at breakneckspeed.
K eep your
earspeeled
.
(TY)
(71 4 S .E
. 1 4 8th--Portland, OR 972 3 3 )
PROTOZOAS - "Stereo Types"EP
Anunevengarage rockbandfromthe hi nterlandsof I lli noi s.
Thei r faster semi -punkcuts("Tell Me Where"andespeci ally
"Too Easi ly") have a loudandpri mi ti ve dri ve that' srather
appeali ng, but the othersare very bori ngsongsi nthe
tradi ti onal hardrock/ heavymetal vei n
. (JB)
(Broken--Box 5 6 --Posen, I L 6 04 6 9)
RAMONES - SubterraneanJungle LP
More explorati onsi nto the terri tory they' ve beenstaki ngout
over the course of thei r last couple of albums
. Evenwi thout
Phi l Spector, they' re sti ll ai mi ngfor that Spectori anWall of
Sound, andthey manage to get i t
. The materi al rangesfrom
great newgui tar-heavy poptunesto lame versi onsof earli er
classi csli ke "Li ttle Bi t O' Soul"and"Ti me HasCome Today
."I
thi nki t soundsreal good, but i f you' re only i nterestedi n
"Bli tzkri egBopPart 75 ,"thi sLP i sn' t for you (except maybe
"Psycho Therapy)
. (JB)
Si re)
REBELS AND I NF I DELS - "Gov' t Pri mer"EP
Thi si sthe same recordasNor Cal' sSCREAM (revi ewedi n
MRR #3 ), but i ssuedunder thei r newname
. (TY)
ZTmmortal Nuts--6 2 0 Santa Clara Ave
. #3 1 --Alameda, CA 94 5 01 )
REJECTORS - "Struggle"cassette EP
I f you hadthe goodfortune to come uponthei r EP, you
knowwhat thi snew4 -song"li ve"cassette i sli ke
. I f not, i t' s
not too late to pi ckuponthi sbone-crushi ngattack
. Note
: as
go the F ARTZ (now1 0 MI NUTE WARNI NG), so go the
REJECTORS
. Thi smeansthat there are some HM gui tar li ckson
thi stape
. (TY)
($2 to 1 2 07 S
.W
. 1 5 2 nd--Seattle, WA 981 4 8)
ROACH MOTEL - "Roach6 Roll"EP
Classi cal-style punkfromF lori da. The songsare catchy and
the recordi ngi srawenough, but the lyri csare about as
retardedasyou canget, eventhoughthey' re meant asjokes.
Wetback"i schauvi ni sti c i f not actually raci st, andthenthere
are your typi cal mi sogyni sti c, anti -gay, andanti -hi ppi e songs.
"More Beer"i sa gas, but I bet Ani ta Bryant wouldbe proud
of these "punkers."(JB)
(Destroy--1 1 0 N .W . 3 9thAve.#73 -A--Gai nesvi lle, F L 3 2 6 01 )
PSYCHO - "Psycho"EP
Reallycool
. Thi sbanddoesa cover of the SON I CS' classi c,
alongwi thother tunesrangi ngfromstrai ght-onthrashto
thrashmeetspower-pop(i nthe goodsense of the term)
. Great
hooks, sharply deli vered, andmore gasthana bowl of Boston
beanscanproduce. (TY)
(Acti on--P .O
. Box 5 7--Kenmore Stn.--Boston, MA 02 2 1 5 )
S . S
. DECONTROL - "Get it A way" 1 2" EP
The second fullfrontalassault of raw, rigorousrapidity
from S
. S . D
. Seven more classic attacksof persistent
manifestation
. Springa'sharsh, garroting vocalsonslaught wild
powerasthe band, nowfeaturing a second guitarist, delivers
some intense unrestrained
material. The
year'sbest
so far.
(Pus)
(X-Clai m--8
Lonwood Rd
.--L nn, MA 01 904 )
SI C F * CKS - "(Take Me) to the Bri dge"1 2 "EP
A lame garage rockrecordwhi chmi ght have seemedfunny
backi n' 76 , but nowsoundspatheti c andout of date
. "Rockor
Di e" and"ChopUpyour Mother" are pretty entertai ni ng, but
on the whole thi si s too calculated to be good garage punk. I t
comesoff more li ke crass"i n"joke commerci ali sm. (JB)
(Sozyamuda--Box 1 3 9--Village Stn . --N . Y. , NY 1 0 0 1 4)
VA RIOUS A RTISTS - Hudson Rock LP
Thi s
Albany,
NY
compi lati oni sli ke the onesthat usedto
come out two or three yearsago
. I t' sgot a bunchof local
bandsplayi ngdi verse stylesof musi c--' 77 punk, punky pop,
punkabi lly, post- punk, etc
. There' salot of so-so stuff, some
quali ty
stuff,
andone
thrashoutfi t
(CAPI TLE)
. A
sampler i n
the truest sense of the term
. (TY)
(M. C
. E
. --463 State St
. --Schenectady, NY 1 23 0 5)
SI LVER ABUSE -
"F all fromGrace"EP
A real potpourri of styleshere, rangi ngfromwei rd,
di sjoi nted, punked-out numbers("CubanHomo F arm"and
"Plasti c Rows") to rhythmi c Afri canchants("Jumpi ngthrough
the Jungle") to awful art-damagedshi t ("RatsTi edto Trees").
You' dhave to be schi zoi dto
li ke everythi ngonthi sEP
. Maybe
SI LVER ABUSE
ought to tryplayi ngat mental hospi tals
. (JB)
(Schwa--80 6 N .
Peoria--Chicago, IL 60 622)
VA RIOUS A RTISTS -
"Noise from
Nowhere"
EP
Just whenI thought SoCal wasgetti nga bi t stale, along
comesthi sgreat 4 -song
EP
wi thone cut eachfromKENT
STATE, MODERN I NDUSTRY, MOSLEM BI RTH, andMANSON
YOUTH
. All four present i ntense, unusual, anddi verse styles
of
contemporary
punk, ti ngedwi tha deepcyni ci sm.
Thi sI sn' t L
.A
. schlockhorror rock, but the real thi ng--the
horrorsof li vi ng
today.
Buy and di e
. (TY)
(Toxic Shock--Box 242--Pomona, CA 91 769)
THREE O' CLOCK - "Baroque Hoedown"
1 2 " EP
Psychedeli c popwi thout the aci dflashbacks . Whi le I prefer
the gui tar-heavy soundof earli er vi ntage SALVATI ON
ARMY/3 : 00, i nfecti oussongsli ke "Wi tha Cantaloupe
Gi rlfri end"and"I ' mWi ld"standout aspeaksonthi sEP of
comparati vely spare, vocal- ori entedmelodi es. Some mi ght fi nd
thi srecordcloyi ng, but i t' ssti ll recommendable. (SS)
(F ronti er--Box 2 2 --SunValley, CA 91 3 5 2 )
VARI OUS ARTI STS - You Can' t Argue wi thSucksessLP
Another L .A
. compi lati onwi thalot of unrecordedbandsand
a
fewwho' ve already releasedvi nyl (li ke NO CRI SI S, MAD
SOCI ETY, andthe CONSERVATI VES)
. The fi rst effortsby
F -TROOP, RED BERET, the CREWD, SECRET HATE, NUCLEAR
BABY F OOD, andNewYork' sEVEN WORSE are good
. Most of
themplay uni que thrash, anda number of the songsare qui te
memorable
. The producti oni salso decent, evenonthe li ve
tracks
. A fi ne effort off of the L
.A
. mai nstream.(RS)
(Mysti c Sound--6 2 77
Selma Ave
.--Hollywood, CA
9002 8)
VOODOO CHURCH - "Eyes(Second
Death~
' 1 2 "EP
More
heavy-metalli sh
horror rockfromL .A
. Not asbadas
some, andthe ti tle cut i spretty good, but sti ll
. .
. (TY)
(SecondDeath--P
.O
. Box 3 75 7--Si mi Valley, CA
93 06 3 )
TWI ST &SCREAM -
"Corporati on
"
cassette EP
Thi syoungbandwaspi ssedwhenthey were descri bedlast
i ssue asF LI PPER-li ke
. They do have some si mi lari ty i nthe
di storted, raunchy bassli nesandvocal echoes, but they are
muchmore spi ri tedandfuri ousi ntempo
. Sort of li ke the
CHURCH POLI CE (just ki ddi ng, guys)
. (TY)
(no address)
UNAWARE - "Tear GasRai d"cassette EP
Nowdownto a 3 -pi ece,
thi soutfi t hasti ghtenedup
consi derably, produci nga classi c gui tar-hi ghli ghtedtape wi th
goodhooks, a thi cksound, andplenty of tensi on
. Not asfunny
but better produced, the UNAWARE soundgoodat slower paces
andthrashspeed
. (TY)
O . Box 2 092 1 --SanJose, CA 95 1 6 0)
URBAN ASSAULT - "UrbanAssault"EP
F our bass-heavy songsthat combi ne elementsof earli er
Metal- punk, andthrash
. A couple of themare real good, and
the lyri csare surpri si ngly decent
. The producti oni schunky,
but a bi t i nconsi stent
. Not to be confusedwi ththe defunct
bandfromSouthLake Tahoe whi chappearedonthe Not So
Qui et compi lati on
. (JB &TY)
7V- 0
P .0 . Box 1 82 1 - S .F _
, CA 94 1 01 )
VARI OUS ARTI STS - Get
Off
myGutscassette LP
Ei ght groupsfromthe Berkeley area, all very youngandi n
vari ousstatesof exi stence or non-exi stence
. The tape quali ty
i svery garargy, andthe materi al i ncludessome thrashand
some pet rockor "mi ndrot
."The whole thi ngwasrecordedby
AaronandJesse, those two youngsterswho put out Tedi um
fanzi ne, andall other teeny zi nesthat you li terally na
mi croscope to read
. (TY)
($1 .2 5 to G
.O .M .G
.--Box 4 72 6 --Berkeley, CA 94 704 )
SCREA M -
StillScreaming LP
Thi si s
bound to
be one of the
best releases
of ' 83 .
Di schordhasreally got thei r producti ondown--i t' sthe best i n
punk
. An
unrelentless
record, musi cally andlyri cally,
contai ni ng
powerhouse
thrashwi thgreat hooks, choruses, and
vi ci ousgui tars
. I don' t care muchfor the fewreggae-i shcuts,
but otherwi se
I can' t sayenough
goodabout
thi s one.
(TY)
(Dischord--3 81 9 Beecher--Washington, D
. C. 20 0 0 7)
VARI OUS ARTI STS - Growi ngPai nscassette LP
There' squi te a
conglomerati on of stylesandsoundquali ty
onthi sSouth
Bay compi lati on. I t' sgot thrash, HM punk,
garage
punk, pop-punk, old punk, etc. The ei ght bands
featuredare F ACTI ON, GRI M REALI TY, RI BZY,
EXECUTI ONER, the BRUCES, WHI PPI NG BOY, the UNAWARE,
andLOS OLVI DADOS
. (TV)
(F acti on
Prod.--1 5 75 Newport Ave .--SanJose, CA 95 1 2 5 )
SLUTS -
1 2" of SlutsLP
A raw
garage
punk album by
a band
out of NewOrleans.
The music isexceedingly primitive, with fuzzy two-chord
guitar, nasty vocals, and a very fast tempo
. I'd recommend it
without hesitation on that basis, but the lyricscrossthe fine
line
between scatological
humorand grossignorance on more
than
one
occasion (especially on the racist "PoorBlacks").
Still, howcan you criticize a record with a song called "Mom's
Cunt" on it? (JB)
(Spread' Um, no address)
1 0 MI NUTE WARNI NG - "Survi val of the F i ttest"cassette EP
F i ve songsfrom some of the former F ARTZ . They sti ll
mai ntai nthe mani a of the past li ne-up, but combi ne i t wi tha
sli ghtly more Metal soundwhi chsometi mesremi ndsone of
BLACK F LAG, someti mesof DI SCHARGE
. Excellent. (TV)
(c/o Blai ne--1 703 Harbor Ave. S .W .--Seattle, WA 981 2 6 )
VA RIOUS A RTISTS - WhatSyndrome
cassette LP
A compilation with most of the Seattle area'sgreat bands,
past and present
. Some of it ispretty garaged-out, but it'sall
worthwhile, a necessary addition to anybody'scollection.
Includesthe FA RTZ, the REJECTORS, SOLGER, the A CCUSED,
POISON IDEA S, FIRING SQUA D, etc
. (TY)
(Deux ex Machina--P . O
. Box 6271 --K ent, WA 980 3 1 )
WHI TE CROSS -
"F asci st"EP
I don' t knowhowastute these guysare, but they sure do
playsome meanthrashpunk
. Personally, I thi nkWHI TE CROSS
blowaway many better knowngroups
. They' ve got that extra
i ntensi ty whi ch
separates
great thrashfromthe i ncreasi ngly
commongeneri c vari ety
. Defi ni tely get thi sone
. (JB)
(Zero
Degree--P. O.
Box 1 453 2--Richmond, VA 23 221 )
Y .I .A . - "Youthi nAsi a"cassette EP
Accordi ngto the lyri c sheet, YOUTH I N ASI A recordedthi s
after one rehearsal . I cantell, but i t' ssti ll O
.K . The lyri cs
are exce()ent, especi allyi n"Used"and"No More Mi ddle Class
."
Keepworki ngat i t! (TY)
(Al Duvall--1 3 1 3 Qui ncy Dr .--Wi lmi ngton, DE 1 9803 )
YAM SLAM - "Surf i t Up/Boyfri end Gi rlfri end"
Goofy Cali forni a beachnerdsput out anabsurdamateur
record. "Surf"i sa mi ldly entertai ni ng"rap"ri poff, but i t' sthe
fli pthat makesthi sone worthwhi le. "Boyfri end. . ."i sa
chunky, bass-heavy rocker wi thstutteri ngspeeded-up
backgroundvocalsanda pronouncedecho, si mi lar to "Cri mi nal
Mi nd(Duddi e)"by Chi cago' sMEATY BUYS . I hope that' s
helpful
. (JB)
(no address)
YOUNG &
USELESS -
"Real MenDon' t F loss"EP
F or some reason, thi sNewYorkpunkgroupsoundsmore
Engli shthanAmeri can
. Maybe i t' sthe somewhat restrai ned
drummi ng, or the deeper gui tar hum
. I nany event, the YOUNG
& USELESS
aren' t too ti ght yet, whi chgi vesthema certai n
charm. The lyri cs are
very questi onable, but
hopefully age wi ll
bri ngmore wi sdom--these guysare real young
. (JB &TY)
(Rat Cage--3 07
E . 9thSt.--N .Y ., NV
1 0003 )
YOUNG WEASELS - "Twi st &Burn/HappyF eathers"
"Twi st"i smi d-tempo post-punkwi tha
quasi -psychedeli c
feel, but i t' snei ther atmospheri c nor punchy enoughto sati sfy
me.
The fli premedi esthe latter problemwi tha ri ngi ng6 0s
gui tar, andconsequently comesoff better
. Sti ll, I ' ll wai t ti ll
thei r next
release
before comi ngto any defi ni te conclusi ons.
(JB)
(Local Anestheti c)
A BRA SIVE
WHEELS - When the PunksGo Marching In LP
Thi sbandhasa style whi chworkswell enoughi na 7"
format, but i stoo uni magi nati ve to sustai nanenti re album' s
worthof materi al
. There' snothi ngreally wrongwi ththe
ABRASI VE WHEELS
. They have a fast, powerful, well-produced
soundandsome goodsongs-- i t' sjust that thei r musi c doesn' t
normally reachout andgrab you
. Here, the possi ble excepti ons
are "Danger, Danger,""Voi ce of Youth,"anda couple of the
cutsfromprevi ous4 5 s
. (JB)
(Ri ot Ci ty)
ACTI ON PACT - "People"EP
Tedi ousMetal-punkwi thannoyi ngdouble-trackedfemale
vocals
. To put i t another way, mundane muzakfor punk
people
. I ' ll take GI RLSCHOOL any day, andthat' snot sayi nga
helluva lot. (JB)
(F allout)
AD NAUSEUM - "Brai nstorm"EP
Despi te the dumb HM graphi csonthe pi c sleeve, I thi nk
thi si seasi ly peculi ar enoughto transcendthi smonth' scropof
standardBri tpunk
. I t' sa wei rdmi xture of common
elements--real
gravellyOi vocals, staccato CRASS-li ke choruses,
slow-fast gui tar-heavy musi c--anchoredby a di sti ncti ve fuzz
bass
. Descri pti onwon' t suffi ce
; you' ve got to hear thi sone for
yourself
. I love i t. (JB)
(F li ckni fe)
ALARM - "Marchi ngOn"EP
The secondstrongpopsi ngle fromthe ALARM
. Thei r mai n
clai mto fame li esi nani nventi ve, jangli nggui tar sound,
thoughdecent hooksandanunprepossessi ngorganalso add
di sti ncti on
. Not upto the best 6 0sstandards, but muchbetter
thanthe TEARDROP EXPLODES andthei r i lk . (JB)
(Illegal)
A LTERNA TIVE - "In Nomine Patri" EP
Nowadays, one opens
a single on the Crasslabelwith a little
skepticism
. Doesthe classic sleeve concealanotherA NDY T?
Well, you don't have to worry about A LTERNA TIVE, because
they rip . The title cut isan excellent slowsong which may not
appealto the unrelenting hardcore type
. The othersare
dynamite and should be played overand over, asloudly as
possible. Great record . (RS)
(Crass)
AMEBI X - "Wi nter/Begi nni ngof the End"
The AMEBI X are currently soundi ngvery muchli ke early
KI LLI NG JOKE
. Bothof these songsare characteri ze
d
by
ultra-heavy bassli nes, echoi ngdrums, andthe sort of agoni zed
si ngi ngthat Jazi sfamousfor
. Nowthat K
.J
. have wi mpedout,
there' smore thanenoughroomfor cool catsli ke the AMEBI X.
The cover unfoldsi nto a ni ce poster
. (JB)
(S
.i der Leg)
ANTHRAX - "They' ve Got i t all Wrong
I ' mnot sure i f the Small Wonder label i shere to stay, but
i t' s real good to
see thi snewrecce
. ANTHRAX defi ni tely have
that CRASS-fami ly sound, wi thi tsorchestratedhi ghsandlows.
Thi s EP
i smusi cally andlyri cally powerful, so watchfor
another soon
onthe Crass label . (RS)
(Small Wonder)
ANTI SOCI AL - "Made i nBri tai n"EP
Goodbasi c Bri tskunkwi thno real surpri ses
. I mean, the
choruson"NewPunks"actually has"Oi , Oi , Oi "i nthe
background
. ANTI SOCI AL showoff some dri ve anda ni ce dense
gui tar attack, but nary anori gi nal i dea . (JB)
(Beat the System--Uni t 5 , Rear Crystal Rd.--Blackpool,
Lancs.--ENGLAND)
ANTI SOCI AL (wi thANOTHER PUNK?) - "Too Many People/Let
's
Have Some F un"
ANTI SOCI AL soundmore li ke anAmeri canoutfi t onthei r
secondsi ngle
. One si de i sstop-and-go thrash, less
DI SCHARGE-li ke thanmost Engli shthrash
. The other si de i s
slow, but
also
excellent. (TY)
(Beat
the S stem)
BLACK EASTER -
"Ready to Rock. ' EP
HM pri nkwi thsuperfi ci al Satani c overtones, only vaguely
relatedto the type of thi ngpopulari zedby suchL
.A . groups
as4 5 GRAVE, VOX POP, CHRI STI AN DEATH, etc
. Not my cup
of tea at the best of ti mes, but BLACK EASTER are far more
turgi dthanmost . Useless, really
. (JB)
(I llumi nated/Karnage)
BLI TZ - "New
Age/F ati gue"
The best thi ngabout thi snewBLI TZ 4 5 i sthat i t wi ll pi ss
off the more narrowmi ndedOi -sters
. I t really breaksthe
standard"skunk"moldwi tha schi zoi dmusi cal approach
combi ni ngNEW ORDER (squeaky cleanproducti on, a
dance-ori entedbeat, a ti nkli ngpi ano) andGARY GLI TTER
(superheavy drumsandrepeti ti ve si ngalongchoruses)
i nfluences. I longfor the crunchi nggui tarsof thei r "All Out
Attack"EP, but I ' mthankful that they' re not just recycli ng
thei r more deri vati ve recent materi al . (JB)
(F uture)
ADI CTS - The Soundof Musi c LP
A fabulouscover desi gnonthe ADI CTS secondalbum
doesn' t helpanaffable, yet i nsi gni fi cant, collecti onof pop-rock
di tti esremi ni scent of a crossbetweenthe early ADI CTS and
ADAM &THE ANTS
. The si ngle ("Chi nese Takeaway") i scatchy
enough, but most of the songshave a cloyi ngstyle andno
themati c depthor personali ty
. I t' sO .K . for parti es, I suppose.
(SS)
(F allout)
BUTCHER - "Onthe Ground/GrowUp, Don' t Blow Up"
Haunti nggui tar progressi onsandani mpressi ve wall of noi se
di sti ngui shbothsi desof thi sdebut si ngle by BUTCHER
. Whi le
"GrowUp"wi nspoi ntsfor i tsbreakneck, amphetami ne-paced
i nstrumental attack, the fli pmai ntai nsmore dramati c power and
di sti ncti veness
. Good, rowdyhardcore energythroughout. (SS)
(I nept)
CONF LI CT - I t' sTi me to See Who s

ho L'
A very well-producedrecordby a bandheavi ly i nfluenced
by CRASS
. The punkherei ni ssometi messlow, someti mes
franti c, but alwayspoli ti cal
. Most of the songshave that
well-knownmi li tari sti c sound, but a feware downri ght melodi c.
The multi -coloredsleeve i sunusual for a Crass-relatedlabel,
andthere are some real musi cal momentshere
. -
bon' t mi ssout.
(TY)
(CorpusChri sti )
F ALLOUT - "Conscri pti on"EP
The si x short
composi ti onson thi s EP
suffer from
badly-mi xed, garage-style producti on
values, wi ththe gui tars
pushedway i nto the back
. Too bad, because
the subjects
coveredon thi s
record
demonstrate a hi ghlevel of poli ti cal
astutenessandcredi bi li ty
. "Conscri pti on"and
"Laughable
Attack"are especi allytopi cal
. (SS)
F allout)
F LUX OF PI NK I NDI ANS - Stri ve to Survi ve LP
I have a hardti me fi ndi ngfault wi ththi salbum
. Once
agai n, i f you don' t li ke your punkpoli ti cal, steer clear,
because F LUX i sdynami te
. The whole LP i sa marvelously
orchestratedopera of
poeti c condemnati ons
of our nuclear world
whi chbui ldsupto a cli macti c musi cal explosi on
. The producti on
i ssuperb, and
a booklet
i si ncluded. My
copy' sgroovesare
alreadyworndown. (RS)
(Spi derleg)
GAS - "I gnore Me/Do I t, Don' t Tell Me"
"I gnore Me"i sa hoppi nggui tar-heavy popsongwi tha
chorusyou just can' t get out of your head
. I t soundsalot li ke
a muchlouder JAM fromthe All ModConsperi od
. The fli pi s
O .K
., but not upto the same standard. The GAS may be one
hi t wonders, but thi shere A-si de i si t . (JB)
(polydor)
GENOCI DES - "Come Agai n(You Make me Wanna) /Bornto Lose"
I don' t have muchgoodto say about thi s
. The GENOCI DES
soundli ke a bunchof headbangi ngrockersthat deci dedto go
punki naneffort to gai nanaudi ence somewhere
. The A-si de i s
every bi t asstupi dasi t sounds, andthe
HE
ARTBREAKERS
cover tri eshardto make upi nspeedwhat i t lacksi ni nterest.
The only savi nggrace i sthat they managedto get a seari ng
treble soundout of the gui tars
. (JB)
(Acti on)
GONADS - "Peace Arti sts" EP
DI SORDER - "Mental Di sorder"EP
Jello saysthat DI SORDER have a li ve soundnot unli ke the
pet- rockof F LI PPER
.Maybe, but onrecordthey conti nue to be
a ri p- roari ngthrashband
. The only trace of "pet"i si nthe
screami ngchorusesandperi odi c yells
. Cool . (TY)
(Di sorder)
EJECTED - "Noi se for the Boys"EP
I must confessthat I li ke the newEJECTED EP, just asI
li kedthei r debut
. I t' sbouncy, catchy, loud, andall-around
enjoyable
. Nothi ngori gi nal, mi ndyou, but boi sterousand
entertai ni ngBri tpunk. (JB)
(Ri ot Ci ty)
ERAZERHEAD - "Klub F oot"EP
Thi sli ve EP renewssome of my fai thi nERAZERHEAD.
They' ve recapturedthei r earli er snappi nessandgui tar power
here, whi chsuggeststhat badproducti o4 asmai nly to blame
for thei r recent vi nyl fai lures
. Checki t out i f you I i ke(d) the
LURKERS, andhave a goodlaughduri ng"Get Pi ssedAgai n,"a
punky rewri te of CHUBBY CHECKER' S bi ghi t, "Let' sTwi st
Agai n."(JB)
(F li ckni fe`
Despi te Di g' svaluable warni ngthat the GONADS are a phony
Bushell non-band, I can' t helpli ki ngthi sri di culousfunnypunk
offeri ng, wi thi tssoccer choruses, punky gui tar, and
cocktai l-party pi ano . All Bushell i sgoodfor i sa fewlaughs
over a beer, but thi si sthe clewfry the best medi umfor hi s
anti cs. A knee-slapper froma double- deali ngri poff arti st; i t
shouldbe taped, not purchased. (JB)
(Secret)
I NSTANT AGONY - "F ashi onParade"EP
They pi ckedupthe pace a bi t si nce thei r debut 7".
Althoughthe ri ffssoundali ke onall three of these songs,
they' ve ti ghtenedupenoughnowthat i t' snot muchof a
hi ndrance
. GoodEngli shpunk' ere, lads
. (TY)
Half Man/Half Bi scui t)
LURKERS - "F rankenstei nAgai n/One Man' sMeat . . ."
I f you ever wonderedwhat wouldhappeni f Pete Stri de' s
punky- popcomposi ti onswere recordedi na 2 4 -trackstudi o,
thi ssi ngle provi desthe answer
. The result i sgoodsnappy
tunesdri venbyDI SCHARGE-li ke power, a hot combi nati on. The
lyri csonthe A- si de are well taken. ERAZERHEAD, make a
note of the change. (JB) (Clay)
MALCOLM McLAREN - "Buffalo Gals"EP
I f you enjoyedthe classi c 1 2 "by GRANDMASTER F LASH,
chancesare that you' ll favor thi sscratchversi onof "Buffalo
Gals"by SEX PI STOLS creator andmusi c entrepreneur
MALCOLM McLAREN
. Demented, confusi ng, andvery funny,
thi scollage of tape loopsanddubsdefi ni tely hi tsthe mark.
(SS)
(I sland
MEKONS - "Thi sSporti ngLi fe/F i ght the Cuts"
The A-si de i sfrom' 81 andi spost-punksi mi lar to that of
thei r former si ster bandGANG OF F OUR, mi nusthe funk
. The
' 77-peri odfli pi sa trashy, amateur treat whi chmakesthi s4 5
worthwhi le. (TY)
(CNT)
NO CHOI CE - "Sadi st Dream"EP
Thi soff-beat recorddi splaysa goodhandfor soci al sati re
onthe ti tle track, whi chi sbasi cally a spokenpoemover an
acousti c backdrop
. The
fli psi de, however, compensatesfor a
throwaway number wi tha vaguely wi mpy, but nonetheless
engagi ngpop-punkcomposi ti on("Nuclear Attack")
. I nteresti ng.
(SS)
(Ri ot Ci ty.
ONE WAY SYSTEM - All SystemsGo LP
Thi salbumcontai nsat least one trackfromeachof thei r
three previ ous7". ONE WAY SYSTEM focusonthe more
tradi ti onal punkstyles, whi chthey handle well, but they also
play a fewthrashers. A pretty goodrecord, thoughnot
excepti onal
. (TY)
(Anagram)
OUTCASTS - BloodandThunder LP
NorthernI reland' sOUTCASTS have beencarryi ngthe punk
standardsi nce ' 78, andI ' ve alwaysbeena bi gfanof thei rs
. So
i t really hurtsto say that thei r secondalbumi ssomethi ngof a
letdown
. Thei r earli er punky popsoundhasgradually mutated
i nto a churni ng, mi li tari sti c, metalli c juggernaut wi thlotsof
hooksandi nherent power, but li ttle humani ty
. Moreover, ei ght
of these twelve trackshave already beenreleased, thei r new
versi onsof oldclassi csli ke "F rustrati on"really pale i n
compari son, and"Sex andGlory"i sthe only newer songthat
really standsout
. The OUTCASTS have lost thei r i nnocence,
andthe resultsare at best mi xed
. (JB)
(Abstract)
PART 1 - "F uneral
Parade"
EP
The realm of
death.
F renzi edpunkcreati ve gui tar
feedback
fri ghtfully shri llsterror andmorose
. Echoi ngdrumspound
shi mmeri ngi nsani ty, evi l
. Haunti ngvocalstaunt vi vi dlyri cal
descri pti onsof fear, anti -Godandanti -system
. True musi c to
reali ty' shorror show
. Sullenly slower but posesthe same
bri lli ance asRUDI MENTARY PENT
. Psychoti c fold-out cover art
i s excepti onal
.
Worthyour i nterest . (Pus)
(Paraworm--20 8

Buckingham

Rd . --Bletchley--Milton
K eynes--ENGLA ND)
PARTI SANS - LP
Bothconsi stent andpowerful, thi sdebut albumby the
PARTI SANS contai ns
a
bevy of fi ne composi ti onsexplori ng
themesof soci al protest andyouthrebelli on
. Anexci ti ng
versi onof "1 7 Yearsof Hell"accompani esnewsteamrollersli ke
"No U Turns"and"I Never
Needed
You"--possi bly the best
materi al thi sbandhasever commi ttedto vi nyl
. A lyri c sheet
wouldhave beenappreci ated, but i t' smore thanmade upfor
by the twelve strai ghtforward, unpretenti ouspunkanthems
here . (SS)
(No F uture)
PRESSURE - "You Talk, We Talk/Shoot"
1 2" 45
Strong guitar
pop with some
superficialpost-punk effects.
This1 2" issomewhat overproduced, but the ringing guitarsand
overallcatchinessmake it more than worthwhile
. PRESSURE's
sound remindsme of early FINCERPRINTZ, and that'sA -O
. K .
(JB)
(Anagram)
RABI D - "Bri ngOut your Dead"1 2 "EP
Thi s1 2 "soundssumultaneously over-producedand
under-recorded, but the goodmusi c sti ll makesi t through.
There are a couple of dragged-out mi d-tempo numbers, but
there' sa fi ne di rge ("Holocaust") anda fewreal ki ckers
. (TY)
(F allout)
RED ALERT - "Ci ty
I nvasi on/Negati ve
Reacti on"
Noi sy andsomewhat annoyi ng, thi slatest effort by RED
ALERT fai lsto approachthe standardset bythemselvesor most
other "skunk"bandsrecordi ngi nBri tai nnowadays
. Both
composi ti onshere are musi cally undi sti ncti ve and, surpri si ngly,
qui te messi lyproduced
. (SS)
(No F uture)
RI OT/CLONE - "Destroythe Mythof Musi cal Destructi on"EP
Althoughthei r fi rst EP wasgood, thi snewrelease shows
progress
. Two of the songshere are SUBHUMANS-type
thrashers
; the othersare slowandsteady
. Sensi ti ve lyri csand
lotsof commentaryonthe sleeve make thi sa must
. (RS)
(Ri ot /Clone)
SCREAMI NG DEAD - "Chi ldrenof the BoneyardStones"cassette
A pri mi ti ve, garagy soundpermeatesthi s6 -songcassette by
horror rockersSCREAMI NG DEAD . Perhapsnot assti rri ngas
thei r "Valley of the Dead"EP, thi stape sti ll contai nsabrasi ve
standoutsli ke "Thi si sthe Endof the World"and"Godof
Love."I t comescomplete wi tha ghouli shly i llustratedbooklet
anda S .D . button. (SS)
(Recreati onal)
SKREWDRI VER - "Backwi tha Bang/I Don' t Li ke You"1 2 "4 5
You' dnever knowthat over fi ve yearshadgone by from
li steni ngto these two ski nheadanthemsby reformedproto-Oi
bandSKREWDRI VER
. They sti ll soundthe same, though
perhapsa li ttle lessmelodi c i nthe gui tar arrangements, and
thei r semi nal i nfluence onthe modernOi groupsi severywhere
apparent
. Si nger I anStuart practi cally wrote the bookonthe
sandpaper sneer that' sso omni present today; unfortunately, he
also set the i deologi cal tone for the more reacti onary groups
aroundnow(the LAST RESORT, the 4 SKI NS, SPECI AL
DUTI ES, etc .)
. I detest SKREWDRI VER' svalues, but I can' t
stopsi ngi ngalongwi ththese damnsongs. What a di lemma!
(JB)
(BootsandBraces)
SOLDI ER DOLLS - "TenTrack
Sampler"
cassette
EP
A Welshbandwhose tastesruna whole gamut of punk
styles, but seemto focusonU
.S
. hardcore approachesThe
songs, whi chare muchlonger thanthe typi cal Ameri candi tty,
are rather roughandhave a charmall thei r own
. (TY)
(2

Meredi th

Rd
.--Tremorfa--Cardi ff

CF 2

2 SX--South
Glam--WALES)
SP
LODGENESSABOUNDS - "MouthandTrousers/I nSearchof
. ."
"Mouth"i sone of SPLODGE' stypi cal novelti es, i nthi scase a
goofy ska songwi thabsurdlyri cs
. The B-si de retai nsthe
goofy lyri cs, but shi ftsi nto a fast funnypunkgear.
Entertai ni ngasusual
. (JB)
U .K
. SUBS - "Shake Upthe Ci ty"EP
Despi te thei r anti csandposturi ngonstage, the SUBS are a
goodband. But not a great bandby any means
. All three
songshere are soli drockersandrepresent some of the best
aspectsof ' 77 Bri tpunk
. A ti pof the hat to Charli e Harper for
keepi ngthe fai th(energeti c), but so muchhassi nce changed.
Goodrelease. (TV)
(Abstract)
URBAN DOGS - "Li mo Li fe/War Head"
The secondURBAN DOGS 4 5 i salot li ke the fi rst--bori ng
rock' n' roll wi tha punky ti nge
. Knox' sgui tar tone onthe
A-si de almost savesthe day, but he andChasHarper are
certai nly capable of better thi ngs
. Why rehasholdri ffsand
songs? (JB)
(F allout)
VI BRATORS - Gui ltyLP
A surefi re hi t. Onthi salbum, all the VI BES' old
trademarks-- preci se staccato drumrolls, classi c ri ffi ng
gui tars, andexcellent songwri ti ng--are embelli shedby elements
absorbedfromother rockgenres, ofteni nunusual, effecti ve
ways
. F or examples, note the psychedeli c gui tar segmentsi n
"Sleepi ng"and"Ki ckI t,"the combi nati onof thrashed-out musi c
andJaggeri shvocalson"WatchOut Baby,"the exaggeratedOi
si ngalongonthe rap-style "We Name the Gui lty,"etc
. Only "A
Dot Ai n' t Alot"i struly lame, so gi ve thi sa li steni f you can
accept that there' smany fi ne groupsaroundwho don' t sound
li ke DI SCHARGE or GANG GREEN . (JB)
(Anagram)
VA RIOUS A RTISTS - Punk Dead--Nah, Mate, the Smell
. . . LP
Start by reading Featherby'stirade on the back cover, a
great intro fullof optimism about the achievementsof punk.
Then move on to the great music
. The MA U MA US appearwith
one newtrack, and A NTI-SYSTEM and XTRA CT both debut
some powerfulsongs
. The rest of thisvaried LP contains
materialby the XPOSEZ, MA NIA , and the SEPTIC PSYCHOS,
some of which isfiercely melodic, some which isquiet and
calculated, and some which isthrashed-out
. A llin all, it'sa
pretty intelligent compilation
. (RS)
(Pax--P
. O. Box 3 --Sheffield--ENGLA ND)
Fourpunky bandsfrom Wessex participate
on thisstrong
compilation EP
. The SUBHUMA NS connect with "No Thanks,"
theirvitriolic commentary on "making it" in the music biz, while
the PA GA NS' track ("Wave Goodbye. . . ") providesthe
high-velocity excitement here . Even the A -HEA DS mix a
satisfying melodic
approach with theiranti-government tirade. A
very fine effort . (SS)
(Bluurg)
VARI OUS ARTI STS - Pahcassette LP
A newEngli shcompi lati ontape featuri nga couple of bands
wi thvi nyl out (AD NAUSEUM andRI OT/CLONE) anda bunchof
younghopefuls
. The HI DEOUS MUSHROOMS ti ckle feet wi th
some neat- o funnythrash, the GLI MPO SAUCERS provoke
laughswi thdementedfunnypunk, A
.P .F
. BRI GADE i ntri gue
wi thdrummachi ne Bri tskunk, REBELLI OUS YOUTH annoywi th
overlongpost-punkdubs, andHEALTH HAllARD ki ckasswi th
some rawgarage thrash
. The rest produce more tradi ti onal
stuff--thrash(LOST CHERRI ES, X- CRETAS), ' 77 punk
(PANI K, TOTAL CONTROL), andmodernmi d- tempo U
.K . punk
(WARNI NG)
. Pretty vari edsampler
. (JB)
(Hi t Ranki ng, di st
. by Retali ati on)
VI RUS - "Salute to the AfghanRebels/Steppi ngStone"
VI RUS' debut i shardly noti ceable. "Salute"i sa reggaefi ed
pop- punksongwi tha passable melody, but the B-si de mi ght
be the most tedi ouspunkversi onof "Steppi ngStone"ever
recorded. (JB)
(5 th

Column--1 96

Wolverhampton

St.--Dudley,

West
Mi dlands--ENGLAND)
VA RIOUS A RTISTS - "Wessex '82" EP
WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD WORLD
A LLIERTEN - Ruhm and Ehre LP
A n excellent release
with varying punk stylesand tempos,
allthe way up to thrash
. It'svery tight and featuresgood
choruses, but the realstrengthshere are a great drummerand
a guitarist who really cutsloose with some unusuallicksand
great, swooping chords. (TY)
(Rock-O-Rama--K aiserstrasse 1 1 9--50 40
Br-UhlW . GERMA NY)
APPENDI X - Ei Raha oo MunValuuttaa LP
Not qui te asmani c asthe RI I STETYT album, but every bi t
asgood
. AlthoughAPPENDI X have a very powerful hardcore
sound, thei r materi al i smore vari edanddi sti ncti ve thanthe
norm
. Asa result, the songssti cki nyour headafter only a
couple of li stens, whether they' re thrashersli ke "Pani i kki a,"
mi d-tempo punkersli ke "Kui tenki nKuolemme,"slownoi semakers
li ke "NSyrSt Nuolee,"or combi nati onsof the above li ke "Ai ?"I f
you li ke D
.C
.' sSCREAM, you' ll get a rushout of APPENDI X.
Anddi gthat psychedeli c cover! (JB)
(Propaganda--Box 3 93 --0 0 1 0 1
Helsinki1 0 --FINLA ND)
BASTARDS - Harhaa cassette LP
Thi sbandmust be the F i nni shequi valent of
DI SCHARGE--Metal meetsthrashat 1 2 0 m.p.h. There canbe no
wi nnersof a nuclear war at that speed
. Seri ously, one si de of
thi stape i sstudi o andone si de i sli ve, but bothare excellently
recorded. Propaganda stri kesagai n. (TY)
(Propaganda)
EU' S ARSE - "Lo Stato ha Bi sogno di to?"EP
UncontrolledDI SCHARGE-li ke thrashfromI taly
. Thi sEP has
loadsof rawspi ri t, a chaoti c i nstrumental attack, andreally
wei rdgarage producti on--ri ght i nthe mi ddle of a song, the
vocalsor gui tar wi ll suddenly get louder andsofter wi thout
rhyme or reason
. I t must be that world-famousMANI AX
i nfluence
. (JB)
(Nuova F ahrenhei t--Vi a Roma 2 2 --3 3 04 9 S
. Pi etro al Nat.
/UD--Veni ce, I TALY)
F ORGOTTEN REBELS - "Tell Me You Love
Me/Rhona Barrett"
Remixed versionsof
two
songsfrom
the FORGOTTEN
REBELS LP mentioned in MRR #3
. The guitarsare mixed alot
louderthistime around, and soundsreally hot
. "TellMe
. . . "
isan exceptionalpunky- pop cut with background vocalsand a
chorusthat'llstick in yourhead fordays, maybe months
. More
of the same, please
. (JB)
(Star--95 Si mcoe St
. South--Oshawa, Ontari o--CANA
DA )
HARNRPI HRER - "Manchmal habe i ch' ssatt"EP
Somewhere i nbetweenCHAOS-Z andDAI LY TERROR we get
HARNR"HRER
. They are a
Germangarage bandwi tha heavy
gui tar soundsi mi lar to that of early U
.K . punk
. The
producti onmay not be great andthe songsare rather
monotone, but they are charmi ng
. I sthi sthe real German
underground? (RS)
(Teldec--SchallplattenGMBH--Hamburg1 9--W
. GERMANY)
HONKAS - "F i i r F ri tz"EP
HONKAS are a very rawpunkbandfromGermany, andthe
producti ononthi srecordonly accentuatesthei r pri mi ti vi ty.
Some of the
songs here almost degenerate
i nto an
undefi ned
massof gui tar
di storti on, but
others(li ke the
ti tle track) have
more focusanddri ve
. Pretty sharp
. (JB)
(di st . by RoughTrade)
INDIGESTI/WRETCHED - EP
More hot I tali anthrashona D
.I .Y . EP
. I NDI GESTI are fast,
ti ght, andpowerful
. They' ve got one slow-fast number wi thHM
gui tar parts("Mai ") ami dthe thrashers, anda goodsnotty
vocali st
. The WRETCHED are faster, sloppi er, andri ght out of
the garage, producti on-wi se
. The RedBri gadescouldhave made
Gen
. Dozi er' searsbleedwi thmusi c bythese two bands
. (JB)
(no address)
K .F .C . - KnUlle i mPoli tbUro LP
These jokershave beenaroundfor a whi le, andthey' r ; e sti ll
peddli ngthe same unprofessi onal funnypunkthat they
7x oan
wi th. The mai ndi fference i sthat nowthey' ve i ncorpori
.ted
di verse i nfluencesli ke "Oi -Oi -Oi "backgroundvocals(i n
t' 1 e
ti tle song), rockabi lly beats("Grati ssex"), a quasi -funkbass
("Regardez-Moi "), andevensome arti ness( "
NachtsSchei nt di e
Sonne")
. I t' ski ndof funto li stento thi salbum, but i t won' t
exactly etchi tself i nyour memory
. (JB)
(Schall--I ndustri estrasse 3 3 --4 000 Dusseldorf 1 --W . GERMANY)
LI XOMANI A - "Vi olenci a &Sobrevi venci a"EP
LI XOMANI A sounda bi t li ke some of the better newEngli sh
bands, but wi thanedge andvocal rawnessmore remi ni scent of
F i nni shgroups. There' sone thrasher anda bunchof mi d-tempo
punksongscoveri ngthemesli ke punknot dyi ng, massacresof
i nnocent people, etc. The lyri csare i nPortugese, the language
of Brazi l . (TY)
(PunkRockDi scos--Av. Sao Joao 4 3 9--1 Andar Loja 2 4 0--Sao
Paolo, BRAZI L)
O .H .L . - 1 000 Kreuze LP
The secondLP fromGermanpunkveteransO .H .L
. i smuch
hotter thanthei r unevendebut
. The producti oni scri sper, the
grouphasbecome alot ti ghter, andthe songsare muchmore
memorable . Thoughnot really a thrashband, O .H
.L . do
produce some speedy slabsof gui tar-heavy power that' ll strai n
your speakersat hi ghvolume (li ke "Schrei , Schrei "and
"Warschauer Pakt") . I ' ve heardrumorsthat these guyshave
ri ght-wi ngprocli vi ti es, but they shouldlay the rumor-mongers
to rest here wi th"Ni e Wi eder,"one of the most vi tri oli c
anti -Nazi songsI ' ve ever runacross. Recommended. (JB)
(Rock-O-Rama--Kai serstrasse 1 1 9--5 04 0 Bri )hl--W
. GERMANY)
PANDEMONI UM - "De
Pandemoni um
Affai re"cassette LP
6 0spunkmeetsthe GERMS meetsthrash
. I t' spretty fast
stuff, but wi thanearli er punkfeel to i t, not unli ke many
current Bri ti shbands
. Anexcellent debut fromthi svery young
Dutchgroup
. (TY)
(P .O . Box
1 6 8
0--Venlo--HOLLAND)
VARAUS - "Nagasaki ' 84 "j LP
A 1 2 "wi thall the songsonone si de
. Once agai n, I ' mforced
to rave about
F i nni shthrash. Thi si s one
of many bandsom
that country whi chI nspi re amazement
. I hadn' t heardof these
guysbefore, but they' ve obvi ously beenpracti ci ngto achi eve
suchpower . (TY)
(Proaganda)
OUT OF ORDER - OpenPri sonLP
I nfi ni tely better thanthei r weak debut EP
. OUT OF ORDER
nowhave a muchmore powerful gui tar sound, a ti ghter
i nstrumental attack, a faster tempo, anddecent producti on.
There' sa real mi xture of punkstyleshere, rangi ngfromthe
' 76 numberswi thRottenesque vocals("Royal Weddi ng") to ' 78-9
era Bri tpunk("Mi ni stry Bureaucracy,"the ti tle cut, anda
cover of CRI SI S' "Holocaust") to more modern"skunk"anthems
"Poli ti ci ans"and"WastedYouth") to pop-punk("I nsi de Out"),
andthei r occasi onal use of anorgancanbe refreshi ng. All i n
all, thi sLP representsa si zable stepforwardfor these German
punks. (JB)
(H' Art--Maxi mi lli an

Kolbe

Str .

1 3 --4 6 3 0

Bochum

1 --W
GERMANY)
RATTUS - W .C . Ri jahtaa LP
I ' mgetti ngti redof repeati ngmyself, but thi si sanother
great F i nni shthrashrecord
. RATTUS are asfast andpowerful
asanybody, but not qui te aschaoti c or extreme i nthe vocals
assome newer bands. There' smore musi cal control i nevi dence
here, probably due to a longer peri odof musi cal
apprenti ceshi p. Sti ll, i t' shardto fi nda more i ntense songthan
"Mi estenKoulu,"so don' t overlookthi sPus-coveredbaby
. (JB)
(Poko, di st . by P . Tuotanto)
RI I STETYT - Valti onVanki na LP
The bi ggest problem
wi thRI I STETYT' s
earli er EP
wasthat
the vocalsdi dn' t qui te meshwi ththe musi cal backi ng, a
di scomfi ti ngeffect that
made
i t di ffi cult to di sti ngui shbetween
the vari ous
1 000- m.p.h
. songs. That
problem has
been
largely, thoughnot completely, overcome onthi si ntense LP.
The drummer getsani ncredi ble workout, andsometi mescan' t
keepup, but Valti onVanki na i sa great recordi f you li ke
uncompromi si ngthrashwi thgoodpoli ti cal lyri cs
. (JB)
(Propaganda)
SAI NTS - Out i nthe Jungle LP
The SAI NTS' current albumi sboundto be a di sappoi ntment
to some anda surpri se to all
. The mi d- to slow-tempo numbers
use acousti c gui tarsandevenbrasssecti onat ti mes, andthe
sli ckrecordi ngactually doesjusti ce to soli dcomposi ti onsli ke
"F ollowthe Leader"and"Curtai ns
."Qui te frankly, though, Out
i nthe Jungle quali fi esasnothi ngmore thancompetent li ght
rock--nowhere near past tri umphsli ke "I ' mStranded
."(SS)
(F li ckni fe)
SHI TLI CKERS - "Sprackta Snutskallar"EP
F ast bli steri ng
doses of
savage
chaoti c mayhemfrom
Sweden.
Rawcranki ngpower wi thscreechi nggui tar leadsi nbrutal
si mi lari ti esto DI SCHARGE, DI SORDER, TERVEET KADET
. An
i ntense barrage of clamorousfury! (Pus)
(Mali gnMassacre, di st
. by X-Centri c andP
. Tuotanto)
More value for your Deutschmark
. Thi sbandi ssi mi lar to
many other Germangroups, but also hassome standard
Bri tpunkelements
. Most of the songsare mi d- to slowtempo
numberswi thgoodstronghooks
. Take i t for i tsmusi cal value,
because thi srecordcomeswi thani ncomplete lyri c sheet
. (RS)
(Aggressi ve Rock)
VARI OUS ARTI STS - Gri to Suburbano LP
I n-fucki ng-credi ble! Thi si sa totally great hardcore
compi lati onfromBrazi l
. Three groupsappear onthi salbum:
OLHO SECO i sanawesome thrashbandwi tha rawgui tar that
soundsli ke a pesty fly buzzi ngaroundyour head
; the
I NOCENTES have a more Engli sh- style punkapproach
; and
COLERA play very fast hardcore wi thi rresi stable si ngalong
choruses
. There' snot one bori ngmusi cal moment here, andthe
mi x really exaggeratesthe pi erci nggui tars
. I don' t knowhow
they get away wi ththe overtly anti -fasci st lyri csi na
repressi ve ri ght-wi ngdi ctatorshi pli ke the one i nBrazi l
. An
absolute must for enthusi astsof gut-level musi c
. (JB)
(PunkRockDi scos--Av
. Sao Joao 4 3 9--1 Andar Loja 2 4 0--Sao
Paolo, BRAZI L)
VARI OUS ARTI STS - RawWar cassette LP
The best i nternati onal sampler cassette avai lable, wi thbands
fromBrazi l, Canada, F i nland, Holland, I taly, Norway, and
U .K
. F eaturesTERVEET KADET, NEOS, OLHO SECO,
I NDI GESTI , RATTUS andmore! A lot of jarri ngexplosi ve doses
of chaosfromthe worldof punk. (Pus)
(X-Centri c--1 7

West

End

Rd.--Cotti ngham,

No.
Humbersi deENGLAND)
VA RIOUS A RTISTS - "Pultti" EP
Not qui te what I ' ve come to expect fromF i nland
. Onthi s
one, several F i nni sh hardcore bandsdevelopa more i ndi vi dual
style, andthe resultsare
very goodi ndeed. MAHO NEI TSYT
performanother great medi um-speedgravel-throatednumber;
APPENDI X have cleanedupthei r noi sy act andput together a
couple of goodhook-fi lledcuts; the ETUALA rely ona soli d
ri ffi nggui tar attack
; ANTI KEHO provi de a sli ce of ni ce
standardthrash
; andNATO do a ' 77-type punknumber.
Di versi tywi thout wi mpi ness. (JB)
(di st . by P
. Tuotanto and Propaganda)
Another unevenpunkcompi lati on, thi sti me from
Swi tzerland. The contentscover most recent punkstyles, from
the CRASS- li ke assault of SURPRI SE ATTACK (i n "Banzai
Attack") to LAST EXI T' sbasi c Oi to POBEL' sslowpunkwi th
shi mmeri nggui tarsto the sloppy thrashof R
.A .K . to CHAOS'
' 77 punkwi thfaster partsto ?X' sska-punkfusi on("New
York")
. My personal faves are MI CKEY UND DI E MAUSE' s
funnypunkwi thgravelly si ngi ngandNULL KOMMA NI CHTS'
cutsonsi de 1 , whi chhi ghli ght di sjoi ntedthrashwi thwei rd
vocalsthat soundli ke a crossbetweenTHEATRE OF HATE' s
Ki rkBrandenandJello
. I t' salwaysni ce to get a sampler of
bandsfromanother part of the world. (JB)
(Teufelskraut, di st. bySystemati c)
VARI OUS ARTI STS - AttackLP
VARI OUS ARTI STS - Soundsof the
Streets
LP
Thi salbumfeaturestwo newDutchbands, one punk
(RI OT), the other ski n(N
.V
. LE ANDEREN), but I can' t fi gure
that out fromthe lyri csor musi c
. Bothplay si mi larly fast punk
or thrash, andbothhave i ntelli gent songsabout si mi lar
subjects
. Anexcellent release, but I ' msti ll confused
. The
beauti ful cover doesn' t helpmatters
. (TY)
(VSgelspi n--P
.O . Box
703 97--1 007
KJ
Amst
erdam--HOLLAND)
ZMI V - "Banzai " EP
Si x songsfromthi ssparsely-recordedDutchthrashband,
combi ni ngsome Engli shsoundswi thU .S
. andF i nni sh
i nfluences. The great i nsert hasa wei rdpi cture of about 4 0
guyswi thmohawkssi tti ngaroundi narmyclothes
. (TY)
no address)
TOTENHOSEN - "Wi r Si nd berei t/JUrgen Engler' sParty"
Thi sfallsi nto a pop-punkcategory
. There' spoppy back-up
vocalsandhandclaps, but the basi csare all soli dolder-style
punk
. I li ke i t alot. (TY)
(Totenkopf--KSlner Strasse 1 70--4 000 Dusseldorf--W . GERMANY)
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