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Rumor has it that legendary guitar
hero he-man extraordinaire, Steve
Jones, ex-Sex Pistol, ex-Profes-
sionals, ex- Chequered-Past is
working with a mysterious THRASH-
ER reporter on an in-depth interview
revealing his torrid relationship with
rock 'n roll. Some say he's been
toolin' around with Cro-Magnon man
Iggy Pop, (the guy who was labeled
'real shitty when he exploded into
the rock world with his personal style
of raunch... but everyone likes him
now) on his latest album project...
Be forewarned, Jello Biafra tells us
that he and his band of Dead Ken-
nedys are working on a new vinyl
project, with some real hard-hitting
material on it that's sure to piss
somebody off. Oh heck, someone
said that Jello's been cravin' to slice
apart the slopes with one of them
new-fangled snowboards, Hear that
manufacturers? Hey, wake up, are
you listening? Oh, the D.K.'s are also
just about ready to head out, down
South American way, Brazil or some
thing. Aren't Americans fair game all
over South America? One would
think so... Look for the new Agent
Orange album soon. It was delayed
a bit to be remixed after they affil-
ated themselves with Capitol Rec-
ords...Vicious stage workouts at
San Francisco's I-Beam by the likes
of the Meat Puppets, Redd Kross
and Faith No More. The walls shud-
dered during the Redd Kross/Faith
No More show, impressive, impres-
sive...Butthole Surfers have been
poppin' up here and there wacking
people upside their eardrums...
Some tall, skinny guy said that he
heard that Pushead was gonna do
an Ep cover for Metallica...A little
Nores
birdie told us that two more collector's
ten inchers are due out from Deluxe,
One will be the Drunk Injuns
(again), with a vile conglomeration
of their studio work, most of which
has never been heard before. It'll be
titled, Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse. The other disc is, as of
yet, unnamed, but shit, you wouldn't
believe who the potential possible
bands are. Oh boy, are you guys
gonna be surprised... Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, the city that brings us
Harley Davidsons and beer, offers
this strange tale of the macabre: The
Crusties had illusions of vinyl shat-
tered before their eyes when guilar-
ist, Skip Wagner, befriended Ray,
an eccentric middle-aged man with
wads of money, who claimed to be
a talent scout. After seeing the Crust-
les play, Ray spoke of buying them
a van and producing a record. He
also said he had to leave town for
awhile and that if Skip would drive
him to the airport, he'd sign the 1978
Chrysler over to him. When he
stopped by the Crusties' house to
pick up Skip, Ray's true identity un-
folded. Ray was arrested by the
FB.I. on the Crusties' front lawn, in
connection with a recent half-million
dollar bank heist. the house was
staked out in full-on S.W.A.T. fashion
and the Chrysler was the get-away
car. The world will have to wait to
hear the Crusties, but Skip wrote a
song about his experience, The
One That Got Away"? Hmmm....
More Milwaukee, Die Kreuzen has
shaved their heads-just kidding.
but now that we've got your atten-
tion, the boys did open some dates
with Motorhead on their last tour.
Expect another Die Kreuzen disc
sometime in March, entitled October
File on the Touch and Go
label... Wisconsin mushroom farm-
ers, Plasticland, have released
their second album on Enigma's sub-
sidiary label, Pink Dust, titled Won-
derful, Wonderful, Wonderland and
it's just wonderful... The R & B
Cadets, possibly the swingingest
band in the world, have released
their debut album on the Twin-Tone
label...The third Violent Femmes
album should be out soon on the
Slash/Warner Bros. label. It's pro-
duced by Milwaukeean, Jerry Harri-
son of the Talking Heads... Grant
Hart, that burly drummer of Minne-
apolis Hüsker Dü is sporting a hair-
cut on their tour to the east. These
guys are packing 'em in wherever
they play. Finally people are finding
out what we've known
along...Bloodsport, of Chicago, re-
leased their debut Lp entitled | Am
The Game, worth some atten-
tion...Bands deserving a serious
ear are Chicago's Big Black, Prod-
uct 19, Rights of the Accused and
Soul Asylum from Minn...Did any-
one catch Executive Slack's mater-
ial on Miami Vice during one of the
episodes (it was used as back-
ground music)? They'll be taking on
a U.S. tour A church with space
for shows in Philly St. Mary's, has
seen the skes of D.C's No Trend,
Maryland's Asbestos Rockpyle and
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N.Y.'s Live Skull... Minneapolis has
been spitting good bands out lately.
Soul Asylum, for one, are a cool
band-garagy and great to listen
to... from Ohio, Home & Garden
(formerly Pere Ubu) have released
a new slab of black vinyl. Watch for
their tour soon... The Freeze, from
Reed Mullin of co.c
Boston, are looking to tour...One
notable piece is a release called,
Their Eyes Don't Lie, put out by the
Student Action Corps. for Ani-
mals in D.C. which features three
songs by two bands: Subtle Op-
pression and Animosity. The
music is urban, industrial and poig-
nant, and the message is really im-
portant... Remember that band,
Blue Oyster Cult? It seems they've
sort of become 'half-hep' and re-
cruited the likes of Christian Hosol,
Per Welinder and Jeff Kendall to
skate in a video B.O.C.'s doing for
M.T.V. How hard could it've been?
Well, Kendall's board got ripped off, like Hüsker Dü and The Replace
so he slept throught the whole thing ments, you'll love Squirrel Bait from
and still got paid. In a lounge scene, Louisville, Ky. They have that same
Christ spilled a drink on the shoul- garage-trash- thrash sound and
der of one of the band dude's leather whacky lyrics... Chuck Biscuits,
jackets. Christ comment "No formerly of D.O.A., Black Flag, Cir
body at the shoot even liked the cle Jerks (need we say more, the
band....A power-pumping-mara- guy's a fuckin' legend) has put to-
thon-run-styled- whacking-perfor gether a new group with local boys
mance was the call for Corrosion Shawn Greaves and Eso, called
of Conformity's gig at the New The Floorlords (great name for a
Method Warehouse in Emeryville. bunch of drunken slobs) who de-
They blasted the sound waves from buted at Safari Sam's in lovely down-
ten p.m. to midnight and just tore up town Huntington Beach. These guys
a maniac hellstorm. Also, C.O.C. shred! You'll be hearing more from
gets our vote for the most stickered them soon-they're already on a few
vehicle in existance. Any challen- prime Goldenvoice concerts and ap-
gers?... Meanwhile, as President parently both Enigma and Slash rec-
Reagan is squaring off with ords are interested. Speaking of
Khadafy and his band of Libyans, Slash, they're looking for new bands,
the Los Angeles scene is bubbling so send your tapes to Anna Stat-
and boiling. Who's Got The 10%? is man, c/o Slash, P.O. Box 4888, Los
the title of the forthcoming new Angeles, CA 90048... Thelonius
Black Flag live record and cassette. Monster, who bear the distinction of
The cassette features about 24 the only band since the Germs to
extra minutes of ravishing madness. be banned from every venue in LA.,
Their upcoming tour during the first are putting out their first record, en-
part of this year will be the last tour titled, Baby... You're Bumming My
for awhile. As G.Ginn (B.F. guitarist) Life Out In A Supreme Fashion, on
puts it, I'm not generally ano to Epitaph Dedicated to John Cougar
dwell on sentimentality too much, Mellencamp the album features
this tour will most likely bring out a along with the Monsters, members
few such feelings in me. On the tour of the Red Hot Chili Peppers,
they be supported by Painted Wil-
lle, (who'll release their debut Lp on
SST this Feb.) and Gone, a rhythm
section composed of G. Ginn
(guitar), Andrew Weiss (bass) and
Sim Cain (drums)... The Zero One
gallery threw a huge after-hours
New Year's Eve bash at the Sound-
stage on Melrose Ave. in Hollywood,
featuring Wall of Voodoo and Legal
Weapon, among others, plus a cast
of thousands of inebriated zombies
from all walks of life. The LA.P.D.
riot squad showed up ten minutes
into the New Year far more amiable
than usus they only wanted to
clear the alleyway of the more than
300 people who didn't get in to the
sold out show. Wall of Voodoo
sounded expecially good, their new
singer Andy Prieboy is much better
than Stan Ridgeway, and the new
songs kicked ass...Bands, bands
and more now bands dept.: Mike
Connelly is reforming M.I.A.
Frank Agnew has a low combo
known as Mind Over Four... If you a
Fiends, Redd Kross, Fishbone
and ex-Weirdos...Glamrock has
hit LA hard. There seem to be new
glitterbands springing up every night
in clubland. Among them: LA.
Guns, Barble, Citadel, the all-
female (and what an eyeful) Feline
and Guns And Roses, to name a
The trend was started by the
Joneses, who took up where the
Dolls left off in early 1981, and have
upheld their morals (or lack thereof)
righteously
since then. The
Joneses themselves are about to
enter the studio and begin their
album, the first in about three years.
Meanwhile, lead singer Jeff Drake
is fooling around with a project
known as Joyride, which features
Bill Buster" Bateman of the Blast-
ers on drums, Steve Huston (ex-
Joneses, current U.A.T.) on guitar,
and T.S.O.L.'s Mike Roche on
bass...Bands looking for
shows in the L.A. area, contact the
boys at MMM/PR Presents at (818)
915-2722. Ask for Ron or Mike.
they've put on successful, sold-out
shows featuring the likes of Exodus,
DRI and Death Angel at venues like
Balboa and the Olymplo Au-
ditorium.
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