HAIR-RAISING.
ALICE IN CHAINS
"FACELIFT."
Grippin' that
grungy grind
Bomb blows
up some ear
wax at the
I-beam in S.F
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rip out a new manifesto, entitled 8 Way Santa. Will they do the
National Anthem too? Nirvana will have a 7" out soon, then a
Nirvana/Fluid split 7" and a Nirvana/Sonic Youth split 7".
Headcoats kick their Heavens to Mergutroid Lp, Poster
Children drool out a 7", and as a bonus club single,
Soundgarden will have a 2-songer of all new material with
their newest bassist Suicidal Tendencies played an in-
FROM THE UNDERGROUND store gig in LA. (well, actually it was outside in a parking lot)
Tad does
Santa
J.F.A. in
the U.S.A.
Jerks' last
ride?
FACT BLAST... We've jammed this month's column full of
quick bits. Read it and rage... Mindfunk is recording an Lp
in Denmark... Blitzspeer's debut Lp was recorded live at
the Limelight in NYC Agnostic Front has re-formed
without Steve Martin... Eye For an Eye has new wax out on
Blackout... White Zombie has recorded a demo with Foetus
...Bad Brains have broken up for the umpteenth time....
Chuck Bettlen, ex-Megadeth, is now in D.R.I. replacing
Felix... The new Quiksand Ep features Walter of Youth of
Today Burn, new NYHC, features Gavin of Absolution
... Check out Silver Fish, a hot UK group on Touch and Go
...Killing Joke has signed to Noise Records and promises
new, harder-edged, non-commercial material... Judas
Priest, Megadeth and Testament are all on the road. And
speaking of JP, Two Bit Thief (ex-Attitude Adjustment
Attitude) will open for them in L.A. Watch for Andy's new
vocal styling on TBT's debut Lp... Iron Maiden is touring with
Anthrax Is Godflesh becoming a hip-hop band? Are they
rumored to be the next Depeche Mode? Wartime, a new
Lp on Chrysalis features Hank Rollins and Andrew Weiss.
Produced by Foetus. If you're into guitar hero type stuff,
like Vai or Satriani, give a listen to Ron Sharman's debut Lp
...The new Wreck Lp on Wax Trax features ex-Die Kruezen
members. The new Slayer Lp Born of Flame is out now...
Testament's Souls in Black is also out there to show their
continued dominance in quick releases Napalm Death's
Harmony Corruption Lp is burnin' up the racks
Dimensional Depth Perception is the latest from F.U.C.T...
Sub Pop Releases: Tad bears the lumberjack chainsaws to
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to over one thousand fans. Mike, we love you! ... Ministry will
release a home video of their latest tour entitled In Case You
Didn't Feel Like Showing Up... Sisters of Mercy have a new
Lp coming out in October or November. Andrew Eldritch has
formed a whole new line-up, except for maybe the drum
machine... Faith No More named the latest leg of their tour
"The Fish Lives," in response to the uproar over their "Epic"
video... Bad Religion's new Lp should be out by the end of
November. If you missed their high-octane U.S./Euro tour this
summer, you're hurtin' for certain. Rumor has it that Greg
Hetson will now depart on the final Circle Jerks tour... The
Laughing Hyenas will release a very limited single entitled
Here We Go Again, then a full Lp, Life of Crime, followed by a
West Coast tour with Sonic Youth... Touch and Go Records
will be ten years old next year and they plan to celebrate with
a best-of double album. Every band ever on T&G will be
included... Ray Stevens, has quit Goodbye Gemini and
started his own production company-819 Productions (so
named because of its location on N. Second St. in San Jose).
819 will soon release slabs with new and old stuff by Odd
Numbers, Sioux Nation, The Faction (now featuring Jeff
Kendall) and Los Olvidados... JFA hit the road this summer
for a grandslam tour of Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and
California. Those rowdy rebel skate rockers reported a fine
left-hand kidney pool in the Austin area, killer downhill ditches
in Albuquerque and spirited dance floors all around. Brand
new funky bassist Joel DuBois had such a blast doing
Dallas, he sacrificed his Carvin axe at a club called Trees in a
smashing rite of feedback and splinters. Was it merely
coincidence that said slap master blew chunks out the window
that very same night?
FACE UP TO THE UNFLINCHING ATTACK OF SEATTLE'S MOST BRUTAL NEW BAND.
"FACELIFT," THE RELENTLESS DEBUT ALBUM. FEATURING WE DIE YOUNG.
IN YOUR FACE. VERY DEEP. VERY NOW. ON COLUMBIA.