NOTES
Dave Vanian of the Damned in San Diego.
Revenge, the new album by
T.S.O.L., should be hitting the
shelves on or around May 15th. It's
on Enigma Capitol and is produced
by Howard Benson. All the old
TS.O.L. power/anger/grittiness is
there, but since the production is so
clean, you probably be hearing it
on all the AM radio stations. Don't
be suprised if, by this summer, our
boys are signed to a major label
BETTY BIMBO BOOB ALERT!: If
you're into B-movie trash, get your
abido ready to check out Wendy O
Williams latest venture Reform
School Girls This flick will probably
make Linda Blair's classic Born In-
nocent look like Romper Room re-
runs... Yeah, The Weirdos are back
together, most recently seen opening
for The Damned at the Fillmore in
S.F. Chuck Biscuits has been sitting
in on a lot of dates for The Weirdos
who might be playing around more.
and quite possibly record. On the
other hand. The Damned played a
couple U.S. dates. For encores they
played The Doors' "LA, Woman" and
Iggy's "Lust for Life. They're off to
Australia for a bunch more shows.
and when they return to their horne
they wind up plans with a surprise
for the skateboard industry, designed
by Dave Vanian himself, Rat
Scables still wonders why he's been
getting THRASHER in his mailbox
every month. Wasn't that Fo who
gave him the custom black THRASH-
ER sweatshirt off his own back?...
The Dickies have been playin' around
again. Guitarist Stan Lee was last
seen sporting a (gaspl) beard...
Grandmaster Flash and Co. were
out on the West coast playing a series
of shows with The Vandals and Fish-
bone. All the Flash dudes were stylin
with sweat pants, nipple exposing
t-shirts and clear plastic shower caps
over their 'do's. The second day into
their tour they were horrified to see
members of The Vandals wearing
the same get-up, complete with afro-
picks. But, by the end of the tour, the
Grandmaster and his crew all had
on Vandals 1-shirts and were consult
ing Fishbone on mohawk and hair-
styling hints... The Afflicted's album
is due out any second now on Preg-
nant Records. Mike Voss, ex-singer
for Los Olvidados, The Stiffs, and
a guitarist in some mysterious band,
now plays guitar in this band... Speak-
ing of mysterious, why was it that
when you least expected it, the night-
mare comes back? Yes, Duane
Peters graced the Ramp-Aid" ben-
efit concert with his presence by join-
ing virtually every band on stage. The
show featured House of Wheels (a)
Paul Casteel project). The Boneless
Ones, Drunk Injuns and Verbal
Abuse. The event was immortalized
on video as well as on film. The video
by the Video Commander himself,
and film by cinematographor extraor
dinaire John Malvino, who exhibited
clips of his untinished skate docu-
drama featuring some of the best
skate footage ever captured. He'll
be showing more in the Bay area the
first few nights in May, Johnny
Thunder's passed through some
Calif. cities lately. He's still got bad
habits...Touch Me Hooker (another
Paul Casteel project) opened for The
Butthole Surfers at S.Fs -Beam
for a glamourous evening. These guys
look nasty Ricky Williams haunt
ing voice oruised through the midnight
air one recent evening at The Farm
For those of you who don't remem
ber him, he's the voice behind the in-
lamous Sleepers and the Toiling
Midgets Curious note on his set; it
consisted of one song which lasted
about ten minutes. He was even play
ing guitar. Comment from Klaus
Flouride: "I missed it. I was told that
Johnny Thunders at Fenders, Long Beach.
he played a note never heard before."
The Sea Hags, a tight 3-piece
raunch outfit, has been irritating the
ear-drums with their savage ka-
bwangings Phone the neighbors
and wake the dogs! The Heathens
are back in town. One of Philly's
oldest bands in the punk/new wave
has scene returned, playing on a bill
with Ruin, proving that they are as
eclectically quirky as over with their
punk/funk blend of music... Band to
watch: E.PT playing an energetic
metallic-rock-punk that deserves at-
tention Little Gentlemen released
Broken Toys after a bit of wait, Tight
and top-notch. Rat at Rat R finally
(after months and months of delay)
saw the light of day with their release
Amerside It there is one album to
buy this is it. This band blows dust
in the face of cronies such as Live
Skull, or even Sonic Youth... Min-
neapolis' Soul Asylum have finally
put out an album-a rocking, rollick-
Photo-0
ing album that lifts them permanently
out of the shadow of Husker Du and
sets them firmly on their own... New
Jersey's Children in Adult Jails have
put out a release on Buy Our Records
(P.O. Box 363, Vauxhall, NJ 07088)
-another testimony to the fact that
New Jersey is a force to be reckoned
with in punk'new music...DC's Black
Market Baby just finished mixing an
Ep-plans are now in the works to
start an Lp. Rumour has it that lan
McKay might be on the producing
end of it...Sarcastic Orgasm, have
a tape out that is interesting... In Al-
bany, NY a band called Capitol have
released their second cassette More
Thoughts some good industrial punk
Also on the road: Boston's The
Oysters (great raw-rockin' out band),
and Volcano Suns. The new issue
of Maximum Rock 'n Raoul is on its
way and the editor is now talking
about releasing a compilation tape -
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