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HOCKEY PUCK, BULLSHIT, HORSE- gelist Jim Brown described the theme
SHIT, HORSERADISH!!
What has the world come to when
religious fanatics start complaining
about the theme song of a comedy
TV series that went off the air over
twenty years ago? Of course, most
of you kiddies out there don't know
what the hell we're talkin' about here.
Go get your mommy's and daddy's,
have them sit you down on the edge
of your bed and tell you about Mr. Ed
the talking horse. It seems that Evan-
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song 'A Horse is a Horse" highly
praises Satan when you play it back
wards, i.e. the words "the source is
Satan" and "someone sung this song
for Satan" can be heard. Oh these
poor people. Poor, poor people. After
all these years, who was to know?
Did you notice that a portion of the
very same song can be heard on
Future Primitive"? What is the current
price of eggs in China?... If you plan
on making San Francisco a stop the
next time your band decides to tour,
Rosebud, of the Screamin' Sirens.
wails away at Wolfgang's in San
Francisco. Catch their cut on
Skaterock Vol. 4. due out soon.
contact Jennifer at (415) 398-7997
for booking into the On Broadway...
Keep your ears peeled for some dyno
releases to be coming soon from Rock
Hotel Records, a new label out of New
York...Black Sheep have retired into
the studio for some heavy duty record-
ing with their new line-up...Could it
be
truly for reals or 'tis it jes 'nother
figment of our imaginations? Wasted
Youth is back on the groove. New
line-up, new singer, new six song 12"
Ep Get Out of My Yard due out this
June on Open Circle Records... For
some really outlandishly diversified
selections of bands from all corners
of the world on comp. albums and
cassettes, write Floating World, 804
North Cherokee, Hollywood, CA 90038
What do the names Tupelo Chain
Sex, Cargo Cult, Shredded Steale,
Scram, Screamin' Sirens, Skip and
McShred mean to you? Well, it sounds
like a partial list of bands for Skate
Rock Vol. 4to us...Executive Slacks
have returned from their U.S. tour
and are now getting ready to head
back to Europe... Ruin are planning
to tour the West Coast again and are
seeking a label for their second al-
bum, which is just about finished....
Circle Of Shit (COS) are planning to
release an album this summer...Ellz-
abeth Sue Moersh (aka Luna Ticks)
of the Morefiends writes a comic
strip in addition to music - the strip
is called The Young and the Frustrated
can be found in a lot of cool
'zines like W.D.C., Period, Bang!,
Magic Bullet, A New Iron Column and
Black Market. She's just released a
mini comic book called Flash Of Frus-
tration-26 raunchy pages of trash,
flash, slash and more. 424 South
45th St., Phila., PA 19104 for details...
Kennel Club had its first all-ages
event a Sunday matinee show with
Philadelphia's Anthrobla, Lehigh Val-
ley's Love Battery and DC's Mar-
ginal Man. More shows to happen
at Kennel. One already scheduled
with Dag Nasty from DC, and another
one plans to have Samhain...A new
hall was inaugurated with a Tex and
the Horseheads show. Unfortunate-
ly it's unsure at this point if the owner
will let any other shows take place
there... Be on the lookout for a benefit
in memory of Lee Paris,(who died
last winter), a Philadelphia DJ and
promoter who was responsible for
mobilizing the independent scene in
Philly long before it was cool to be
doing that sort of thing. The show
features ten bands: The Vels, Scram,
Ruin, Poor Girls, Pay Attention,
Crash Course in Science, Stranger
to Stranger, Bunnydrums, Das Ya-
hoos and M Fakter. It's an all day
event, plus lots of other bands will be
playing their albums and tapes In-
between sets... Phoenix is a candi-
date for the Sisters of Mercy style
award... Balls is a fun rowdie ga-
rage-rock band who recently played
with Soul Asylum... Lots of people
are touring: Georgia bands 86 and
Arms Akimbo hit the road and are
doing fine... The Swans are now on
the road and The Meat Puppets
and Sonic Youth are right behind
them...Gone Greg Ginn's new
band, with Andrew Welss and Si-
mon Cey (formerly of Philly bands
Regressive Aid and Scornflakes)
recently passed through Philly...
DC's Outrage does go-go their way
-funk meets rowdio. The band is
traipsing around the East Coast do-
ing various shows... Ohio's Great
Plains are getting ready to hit the
road. If you like The Dead Milkmen
you'll love Great Plains...Check out
a cassette called Bleeding Between
the Lines put out by Phantom Rec-
ords (formerly Walley and the Bea-
vers). It's got Earthshore, Ludi-
christ, Forced Anger, Disorderly
Conduct, Hype and more on it...
The Punk Records Association is
planning to release a cassette over
the summer featuring stuff by it's vari-
ous members. Since PRA has mem-
bers worldwide, the material looks
to be diverse and interesting...
Mutant Baby Cassettes are finally
releasing their first who's who cas-
sette with bands like The Dead Milk-
men, Sunshine State, Dogz, Da
Omlits, Social Slugs, Initial Attack
and more. For info write to 110 Bever-
ly Drive, Kennett Square, PA 19348...
Mikel K-the mad poet of Atlanta,
has released a tape called Ban This
Album a stream of consciousness
howling, passionate, intense compila-
tion of thoughts, feelings, words, ide-
as and music. Definitely something
worth owning if for no other reason
than to shake up your neighbors with
this at loud volume! Write to P.O. Box
824932, Atlanta, GA 30324 for info...
Japan's Shonen Knife have released
a second album. It's available from
Subversive Records-it's called Pret-
ty Little Baka Guy and brings you
more of their crazy sound (cross the
Ramones with the Marvelettes and
voila! Shonen Knife!)...Fanzines to
check out: Action Time from Virginia
is fun to read and earnest in its intent
to print all types of things. Write to
Erik Grotz, 15854 Montview Drive,
Dumfries, VA 22026...A cool zine that
has lots of weird things mixed in with
cool reviews is Binary Load Lifter, put
out by Patrick Rael, 804 Dryden
Street, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20901-
1822... New Releases -The Raunch
Hands from New York have come out
with a particularly randy first album,
El Rauncho Grande, a Budweiser and
whiskey soaked slab of vinyl full of
tales of barroom bimbos and broken
bottles... 7 Second's new Ep, New
Wind is out now on BYO...Scream
is at work on their 3rd Lp, set for
summer release to coincide with a
European tour...Also Europe-bound
(probably with the Dickies) are Youth
Brigade, who have changed their
name to simply The Brigade...
Blood on the Saddle's new album,
Poison Love just came out on Suite
Beat Records. Their first record in al-
most two years, it's really rockin' - full
of crazy Tex-Mex songs and twisted
cabin fever murder-spree lyrics. Check
out "Abilene." They even dedicated a
song to D. Boon (R.I.P.)... German
hardcore bunch The Smarties have
come out with Whole Buncha Weirdos
on BYO... All the rumors you've heard
are true the Adolescents are re-
uniting for live gigs as well as record-
ing an Ep for summer release... Tu-
pelo Chain Sex have been keeping
a relatively low profile, but recently
burst back onto the LA scene with a
bang. It started one ill-fated afternoon
at the Cat and Fiddle, an English pub
in Hollywood, where the Chainsex
gang, Blaster Bill Bateman, and
Rank and File's Jeff Ross horrified
none other than Rod Stewart and his
soccer-playing cronies. After a few.
beer-soaked hours, the crew got thrown
out of the Cat and Fiddie (no mean
feat, that) and found their way down
the street to The Soundcheck, (the
happening place on Sundays in LA,
known for their wild jam nights). Limey heads, stay out of the radiation rain.
Dave stormed in wearing a peacock-
blue Spandex bodysuit, covered with
see-through fringed nylon bloomers,
a burgundy salin smoking jacket,
wooden Dutch clogs and topped off
with a pink lel and a 4% wide straw
sombrero. Half of Tupelo, Blaster
Bill and Jeff took over the stage and
started a sleazy striptease beat while
Dave and the Lame Flames began
parading around, removing their
clothes and singing "Visa, Master-
charge, American Express-every-
body knows that sex is the best."The
regular customers looked on in horror,
while Dave clambered over the tops
of tables and knocked drinks over.
After about 10 minutes, Soundcheck
manager Ba Ba got irate and tried to
stop Limey Dave & Co. while a video
camera rolled on, recording the whole
thing. Needless to say, Tupelo Chain
Sex are now permanently 86'd from
the Soundcheck and Limey Dave has
threatened to sue Ba Ba and the club
because one of his wooden shoes
was broken. Oh well, that's show biz
... On the more serious side, Social
Distortion is finishing up their long-
awaited Lp and Mike Ness, who
used to be rather notorious in his
controlled substance ingesting hab-
its, has cleaned up his act immensely,
to the point (no pun intended) of S.D.
playing LA City Council-sponsored
anti-drug rallies. Congratulations, Mike.
Also reputedly gone straight edge is
Keith Morris of the Circle Jerks, and
Bob Forrest of Thelonius Monster,
who now spends his spare time gar-
dening instead of downing Budweisers
...What's the world coming to? Pow
ertools, the trendy yuppie-brat pack
haven, recently hosted a skate rock
night. Tony Alva built a ramp inside
the place, and mingling with the Volks-
wagon Rabbit set were the likes of
Mark Munski, Christian Hosoi, The
Red Devils, Mondo and Mike Ball,
who says he and Alva are re-forming
their band, the Skoundrelz. Power-
tools has also opened a new club,
called Seventh Grade - booking live
bands on a regular basis. Patrons are
advised to bring their own dance hats
Castle Malaga, one of the swing-
in'est apartment buildings in Holly-
wood, hosted a giant bash recently
in their large basement. Much to the
landlord's chagrin, Faster Pussycat,
The Little Kings and Shanghai
played at full volume to the packed
crowd. Kim Foley even crawled out
of the wordwork for this one, as did
Chili Peppers, Flea and Anthony,
members of glam combos Barbie
and L.A. Guns, and the leader of the
Flends, Scott Morrow, who virtually
emptied the place when he started
throwing home-made stink bombs. All
in all, the party was a success, with
a morning-after debris level compar-
able to New Orleans after Mardis
Gras... Dave Alvin, who's just joined
X on guitar, has been recording a new
album with none other than Bob
Dylan, while Billy Zoom, former gui-
tarist for X, has started working on a
solo album for Electra. X graced the
stage of Wolfgang's in S.F. recently.
Their near ninety-minute set wore out
shoes and necks as the crowd racked
and rolled. Until next month rock-
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