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SKATE ROCK VOL. III
Wild Riders of Boards
THRASHER
COLLECTION
fully played pleasure hits. Robert
Smith's lyrical content is moody
with a sullen approach to themes,
all sort of tracing a diagram to-
wards Smith and the frustration or
happiness of love. The writing is ex-
cellent and shines amongst the
music. Pushing for radio airplay
with songs like "In Between Days
and "Close to Me," the Cure could
have another hit on their hands, but
it's songs like "A Night Like This
that features the quality of a truly
delightful smash hit with its easy
appeal and soothing chords. Con
tinuous play gets the mind addicted
to the smooth flow of songs like
"Sinking," "Kyoto Song," "Push,"
"Screw" and "Six Different Ways."
By far a very enjoyable Lp's worth
of charm, this has enlightening ap-
peal to non-Cure fans as well and
should open up the market to the
public eye to finally take notice of
the Cure. The Head On The Door is
easily one of the finest albums of
1985. The Cure deliver a good
dose.
All these skaters walking around
with these half skateboards, what's
going on? What? The new Skate
Rock Lp is shaped like the nose of
one of "Street Scott's' deck of de-
struction, what a wild idea. The re-
cord fell out of one, so it got slap-
ped onto the local turntable and the
madness erupted. Incredible slash-
ing mahyem with lots of pure
energy combusted to explode upon
each play. Raw, unforgiving and
solid in deliverance, this ensemble
of seventeen vicious grinds chalks
up a mean rotation of speed,
power metallic kerranging,
bulldozing energy and one hell of a
sound track for that always ever in-
tense session, on or off. Features
plenty of new tracks from the likes
of Corrosion of Conformity, Sep-
tic Death, Beyond Possession,
Christ On Parade, The Accused
plus driving stuff from Gang
Green, Slam, The Boneless Ones
and No Rules. With this combina-
tion, it will effect the airwaves in a
blasting fever, bringing a cold
sweat to all who listen. Lots of
music, lots of fun, a good compila-
tion for all in any league. It's here,
it's now, it's time-catch the sonic
air inside the brain and enjoy. A
round of applause to Mr. B. "Com-
pile It Baby" Ware for slapping this
puppy all together
THE CURE
The Head On The Door
Elektra Records
INSTIGATORS
Nobody Listens Anymore
BLUURG
Careening into your eardrums
from England, this band assails with
a menacing punch. Good, solid rock
guitaring and healthy lyrics that are
enough to captivate your attention
in this disc of education. Select choice
cuts include "Dine Upon The Dead
"It's Got To Be Stopped", "Wrong
Word" and "The Blood Is On Your
Hands". I'm tellin' ya, this record is
bound to make several repeated rev
olutions beneath your record needle.
WELCOME TO VENICE
Compilation Varrio-style
Suicidal Records
By now the Cure have fully es
tablished themselves as a band
you can trust, musically always de-
livering a fine selection of romantic
harmonies and sad melodies with a This album kicks a holy hell of a
creeping creative appeal. This shit-barraging metallic wallop. Metal-
album's worth of material is no dif- style fury done well. Very well. Heck,
ferent, as Robert Smith once again it's not done by girlish looking boys
haunts his way through each piece with make-up and latex, or meaning-
with his low crooning which seem less-leather-studded-bored-rich-
ingly is crying, yet pushes an ex- kids either. No, it's by the Venice
treme limit even with the mellowest homeboy local contingency. It doesn't
of numbers. Musically this borders mean you have to get your bandanas
on the edge of a pop feel, still hold on and your flaps up to enjoy it though.
ing that eerie essense of musical On this rip-snortin Lp you get say-
temptation with a dreamy guitar aged by the likes of Suicidal Ten-
sound that definitely dominates dencies, Beowulf, No Mercy,
each song. With the return of Excel and Miko Muir's project. Los
Simon Gallup on bass, the Cure Cycos. Ok you metal monsters out
have once again a winning combi- there, buy this album and just see if
nation of experience and beauti- you can handle it.
be done by
THRASHER's very own Morizen
Foche. He isn't talking, so who
knows? Just wait and see... NEWS
FROM PHILADELPHIA (and other
assorted areas...) Radio station
WKDU Philadelphia hosted an all-
day bash, giving bands a chance to
air their stuff someplace besides a
hard-core show. Seven bands played:
The Hacks, Popular Mechanics,
Homo Picnic, Ambush Bugs, Ob-
livion, M-Fakter and 5 Story Fall,
Unfortunately time was screwy and
other bands scheduled to play: M-80.
Dead Milkmen and Mr. Mehta didn't
get a chance to go on. WKDU is
getting better, send your stuff to
WKDÜ, 3210 Chestnut St., Drexel
University, Philadelphia, PA 19104
at a White House bash, including
Slime slides thick and thin across Tom Selleck and Clint Eastwood.
the TV. screen as mega-music-god- Big deal!... Who would think that
dess-idol-sex-bucket Madonna The Faction would ever break up?
adorned the November ninth Sat- But there you go, nothing lasts
urday Night Live television show, forever, they called it quits this last
confirming her already questionable Halloween... Poison 13 and The
credibility even after the Playboy Screamin' Sirens battered the West
Penthouse pictorials and all. The new coast in conjunction, with vicious
S.NL cast sucks lava rocks and the gigs everywhere and then some. In
whole show should be canned. It's fact, the Sirens taught the rest of the
just flogging a dead horse with flea U.S. how to party as they scourged
Intestines on a rainy day in May... the States on their wild, massive tour
Morally Bankrupt are hopping Agent Orange is due out with
across the U.S. on their sonic tour, their newest release This is the
with supposedly a big-gig with Iggy Voice, with cover photography
Pop in one of the Northern rumoured
States... The insert for Franken-
christ, the new Lp from the Dead
Kennedys, is a wicked H.R. Giger
illus. that's sending shudders all over
the mothers of America... Sacred
Order, originally based in Milwaukee,
have relocated in Los Angeles where
they are currently recording a tenta-
tive release at Starworks Studio in
Hollywood. They say "We are not a
skate band. However we do all skate."
That makes sense. They've been
playing the Ans-Club, Madame
Wongs and Club Lingerie. They're
Second Future Ep is pure rock, so give
it a listen. More info, write Sacred
Order 4150 Arch Dr. #14, Studio
City, CA 91604. Tell 'em THRASHER
sent ya... Strange gossip has it that
Deluxe, the mega-mail order maniacs
are two breaths from unleashing onto
the world two hot new, live, ten inch,
private recordings on limited edition
colored vinyl releases by the notori
ously unconventional mystery bands;
Septic Death and Drunk Injuns.
The titles to watch for are Time is
the Boss (Septic Death) and Crimes
Against Humanity (Drunk Injuns).
Rumour has it that some more live
ten-inch releases are scheduled
early next year, as well as a possible
studio release by the Drunk Injuns.
What ever happened to those sav
ages anyway? Where are they now?
Details have been withheld from the
working press and virtually every
form of news media... Speaking of
news media stuff, recent press darl-
ings Hüsker Dü have been receiving
massive attention all over the world.
What can this mean?... Princess,
Diana said she had all kinds of fun
dancing with John Travolta and sev-
eral other studly leading men types
The Fuck Up's are currently out
on tour. They ravaged Baltimore and
were spotted in Houston with No
Practice and Bark Hard at the
Cabaret Voltaire... Keep your eyes
open for the new release called Burn-
Ing Farm from Japanese band Sho-
nen Knife. It's excellent: sort of
Ramones-ish, garage rock but with
a shoo-bop touch... Two bands from
Iceland that have current releases
out: LIF and KUKL, both of which
should be owned. KUKL's 7" has
doomy, moody overtones on driving
impassioned music and vocals.
LIF's 12" is eerie, mystical and darkly
effective, oozing off the stereo and
into your ears.
Until next month music people, ro-
member to fight for your musical
rights and refuse to have your audi-
bie tastes regulated by a bunch of
PTA ninnys and foolish marching
church idiots who only read one
book. Musical freedom now, and
FOREVER
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