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Gusts of abrupt sound spray a
menacing appeal across the open
room. Bodies stand silent in posi-
tion, as if waiting for the chaotic
notes to attack their relaxed state.
Then, with a thunderous roar, letters
fly off a page, like notes of distorted
rhythms, as the room becomes an
arena of shapes from the alphabet,
all strewn out from one column. Wel-
come to the Puszone, a quest into a
cheap dictionary full of adjectives
and sportscaster-type sayings,
where the underground noise is
what matters Check into
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full of Puszone oriented material
and other potential brain bombs.
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Plus. Putrid Evil flexi disc, featuring
5 songs by Civil Dissident, Septic
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So, you've been searching for just
the hot release to blow your ears
off? Well, it's here, in a dynamic little
seven inch skullscorcher called the
Stupids Violent Nun. Intensive care
unit, here we come, as the Stupids
siege an escalating high speed split
second sound and just engulf
maximum energy with this outrage
ous eight song colossal blast. The
Stupids are three young lads from
England, who present a chaotic har-
mony that is nothing near the normal
UK sound, yet is more familiar with
those early Dischord releases. Re
member the Teen Idles, S.O.A
Minor Threat, etc, etc, yes the
Stupids have produced something
that classic! Fast, fearful and fun,
the Stupids wail with all their might
in direct tracks like "Elephant Man
"Skid Row," "Taken Too Many," "I am
and all the rest of this bouncing
beat merchant mayhem. Radical to
say the least, this is just one of those
exceptional releases. On the bot
new label C.O.R.!! Box 333, Full
Marks Bookshop, 110 Cheltenham
Road, Bristol, UK.
Ah, yet another gladiator speed-
core ambush from Japan, Gastunk
on their debut Ep, really push out-
ward with some chaotic uprising and
sheer metallic guitar distortion, Wild,
vivid bolts of cycloning power stirs
up the seas of sound as Gastunk
zoom vital bulletins of rapid fury.
Good recording gives this a full
strike in the right direction with blaz
ing string work, heavy bass, and
plunging drum smacks. Sharp vocal
grunts by ex- Execute voice Bak
really is the highlight of this brute
smoker. With that in effect, this re-
ally has similarities to the Execute,
yet Gastunk work in their own style
with catapulting results B-side
cranked high to "shout a gushing
track of stamina and rapid velocity,
Gastunk are a sharp young band
who should go far. On Dogma re-
cords. No. 303 Aota Bid 3-1-9
Koenj-Kita, Suginamiku Tokyo,
Japan 166
The steam rises as the guitars
grind out an echoing assault of
streamlined abrasive action and
raging speed. This is Bannlyst, an
extreme thrash attack from Norway,
with crushing vocal growls that melt
in with the punching spurts
Slaughtering slices of brutal energy
invades the senses as Bannlyst's
La Dem ikke Lure Deg Ep outbreaks
into a sonic raid of quick riffs and a
bolling wrath of combustion, Comes
with English translations of all lyrics,
and a nice packaging effort
Bannlyst snap and growl in full
exhilirating interia on this excellent 7
song Ep. Has an appeal for both
crowds, it's fast and efficient! On X-
port Platter.
Now we're taking superior effort
on all sides. The new Conflict Ep
sports a pay no more than 49 p on
the sleeve, which means you
shouldn't be spending more than
$1.50 at the shops. Conflict brings
their awesome display of chaotic
mayhem to you at a low price with in-
tense bellels and straight forward
opinions. A well stood stance by
Conflict, check out the writings on
the poster sleeve, extreme and
manifesting! Now the music wails
with all the power and turbulence
you've come to love from Conflict,
Invigorating with an early Discharge
feel, it shouts and storms, never
backing off. Fully continuing the
pressure and the attack, cheers to
Conflict for this whole hearted ef-
fort, support this, it's wonderful and
exciting. On Mortarhate records
Charge into an erupting barrage
of speedcore with harmonious
choruses and whining metallic
blazes From Canada comes
Beyond Possession whose first Ep
kicks in some strong rumbles at
speed, intensity and hard hitting
momentum. Frantic vocals lash out
a growling throat appeal, as the en-
semble works through some glass
shattering stormers as a frequent
guitar crys in speed chords and
spasmodic screechs. Beyond Pos-
session haul with a bellicose
strength, not backing down, still con
tinuing the thrash, yet heavy in rabid
metal influences. A Battering Ram
release, worthy of heavy airplay
Nice well drawn symbols cover this
vinyl! On Rooter records.
Unrestrained speed feverously
zooming with lightning scorches of
ultrasonic thrashes. Ranking as one
of the fastest. Negazione break out
with a total maniac warfare of crazed
alarms. Similarities to Raw Power,
yet twice the quickness, Negazione
hail from Italy and the rambunctious
energy is let loose with massive ex-
ertion. Flip this gem oven and its
Tutti Pazzi, who also rage in rapid
fury, incredible guitar stabs of elec
tric zip and chilling vocal shrills. Both
bands take it to the boiling point and
run amok, a release of total reckless
abandon. A Negazione and Sub-
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Decadence, dance, prance and
pantsed, that's "What's the word?
from the recent pass by the wildish,
Screamin' Sirens. Opening for the
Blasters at the rejuvinated Stone
nightclub, the Sirens managed to
out raunch the rockers with a fabul
ous tirade of songs about men and
boys and love and raising hell. The
Blaster's were crooning along, per-
forming sweatily, THRASHER
photog-Mo, was ejected from the
stage for sticking the camera in a
Blasters face a few too many
times. More news from the Stone,
the Vandals throw a drunken as-
sault, supported by D.H. Peligro's
band, The Jungle Studs (who
played drunker than the Vandals). It
seems that, due to the Vandals
strange success from their song
"Lady Killer," which has been getting
much airplay on the Rock of the 80's
format radio stations, their was a
large day-glo weekend fake-punk/
new wave audience present. Well,
they weren't expecting the real-core
rock'n'roll that they got. Too bad,
they had to open their eyes.
The BIKE MESSENGERS
BASH at the FARM, March 2, fea-
fured bands, and an art exhibit, also
films, displaying the many facets of
SF's "KING'S OF THE ROAD." The
best sight was Johnathin Jak danc-
ing with Herb Caen during ATG's
impressively tight set... The FARM
has a varied repetoire: kiddie par-
ties, avant-garde theatre, poetry
readings, progressive music and
teen dances, plus barnyard animals
and a producing garden. It is a Multi-
Educational Collective Community
Center not a sleazy nightclub. News
from Philadelphia (And other as
sorted areas...) GO WEST EVERY
BODY Out west are Bunnyd-
rums. Bobby (Five Story Fall) is
sitting in with them on drums for the
tour, but there's no word that this is
Steve O, of the Vandals
to be a permanent arrangement
Their newest release has been get-
ting a lot of really good reviews Lit-
the Gentlemen also plan to hit the
west coast in late spring early sum-
mer...The Dead Milkmen have
been signed to Fever Records
(which is distributed by Enigma), so
keep your eyes open for something
in the not-too-distant-future M-80's
have been playing around a bit since
their debut, and generating a lot of
really good response. This band
goes on stage and forgets about
posing, looking good, pretending to
create a punk image and impressing
the audience with their cool licks
They just PLAY and play well..A
band that's been around a while but
is just beginning to play alot of all
age shows is the Fondas. Not your
usual hardcore stuff, this is a band
with a zany sense of humor and a
great sense of rhythm and perfor
mance Check out a band called
Scram, also not the run-of-the-mi-
hardcore... Peasants With Pitch-
forks' fans have been growing in
legion. Each performance solidifies
their reputation as a really tight good
band Underground Soldier, from
D.C., have a 12" out on Philly's
Speed of Sound Records. It's really
good and well worth the buy. Con-
tact Speed of Sound at P.O. Box
16117, Philadelphia, PA 19114-
0117 for more information...New
material is also out from Maryland's
Asbestos Rockpyle The Obses-
sed from D.C. may finally have a
video available Metal Blade Re-
cords has begun a new division to
handle "punk and "alternative"
music called Death Records. One of
the first to be signed to the new label
is N.C's Corrosion of Confor-
mity. New band in NY called Hope
has been playing around the area
and generating good vibes. Hope-
fully they'll be playing out soon.
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