FROM THE
NOTES UNDERGROUND
These guys have
to wear hockey
masks to hide
their ugly mugs
Boom & The
Legion of Doom
carry on the
grand old punk
tradition at
Gilman Street in
Berkeley, CA,
by not getting
bogged down
by pure musi-
cianship and
trading licks
on each
other's axes.
it
With all the problems in the world,
would seem that there are better
things to worry about than limiting
other people's free speech. Never
less a snivelling pack of promoters
in the States has halted Leaving
Trains gigs and made them put their
pants on. Bass player Chris Sims
likes to play naked and singer
Falling James likes to wear dresses
and red fishnets During their Euro
pean tour the plug only got pulled
once by a perturbed promoter in
Italy. Another cultural disgrace is
that Napalm Beach is famous in
Germany but relatively unknown in
the States. Thunder Lizard is this
Portland, Oregon, blown-hydro trio's
latest rock 'n' punk psychedelic
hodgepodge Seattle heavyweight
Tad is in trouble again. It seems
there's a jinx on Eight Way Santa
This time it involves lawyers, the
Pepsi Corporation and a CD single
for Jack Pepsi featuring a round.
red, white & blue logo with Tad
emblazoned in the center All copies
have supposedly been recalled, so
any left are sure to be highly prized
Also in the logo boosting bust
RICKTER SCALE
There's a new label in town for
the real underground of the dead.
It lurks in Middle America and it's
called Grind Care Records. Their
debut album is The Dead Youth.
Intense Brutality, Lp. Pretty
rough stuff from Chicago, slow
to fast-paced thumps that are not
overproduced and have a flesh
less feel. Competitive to the best
Les Thugs, IA.B.F, Lp. This
quartet from France has been
around awhile and their back cat
alog is hard to get. These Thugs
do it right. Hard melodic punk
that has both harmonic and con-
department, Jughead's Revenge is
getting heat from Archies" comics
for the band's name. A cease and
desist order could be in the works.
That won't stop the Headers from
touring the West Coast and Canada
with DI and going to Europe early
next year Meanwhile, Mudhoney
has gotten harassed by the National
Organization of Women, who inter
preted the tide of the band's superb
new album Every Good Boy De-
serves Fudge to mean it's okay to
have anal sex with women. Ice-T
has a heavy metal band composed
of high school friends called Body
Count backing him on his Lola-
palooza gigs. Of course you've
already heard his fiery new album
Original Gangsta Most people.
know Eugene from his lines in the
early L.A. punk documentary The
Decline of Western Civilization: "
think that's stupid punk rock or
"Short hair is the clean-cut American
way" But nowadays just call him The
Eug and dig his acoustic guitar folk
search for true enlightenment Eug
says he's not telling people, "Hey,
know the ultimate truth. Instead, he
sings about his personal search and
that everybody has their own sepa
rate reality Talk about busting out
into the big time. Rev. Horton Heat
opened for Dolly Parton in Chicago
Any rumors about Sub Pop going
bankrupt are vicious, awful lies."
says the company Singer/zoology
major Greg Graffin of Bad Religion
began his summer vacation from
Cornell University by playing a last
minute sold-out show at Al's Bar in
LA with Yard Trauma before
embarking on an East Coast and
European tour By the time this
gets printed, media terrorists Nega
tive Land will have dropped another
bomb with a 10 Ep that's so explo
sive, nothing could be said prior to
its release. This is the group that
pulled a hoax a couple years ago
after a kid in Rochester, MN, killed
his whole family. The band anony-
mously claimed detectives had
found "Christianity Is Stupid" in the
kid's record collection and this lead
him to murder his heavily religious
family. Numerous exposés followed
on television news hype programs
and in assorted national publica-
tions. After receiving a gag order by
the FBI, the Land finally fessed up
and said they invented the whole
thing, proving their point that you
can't believe everything you hear in
the media Since 1991 is the Year
of the Flannel, bass behemoth Mike
Watt has devised a memento for
souvenir-hungry fans who witness
Firehose's live shows. Watt solves
his laundry problem by swapping the
sopping sweaty flannel off his back
to someone in the audience for a
clean one. The Hosemen are work
ing on a live Ep that covers tunes by
Super Chunk. Blue Oyster Cult.
and a few vintage tracks from their
SST days Rapper Tim Dog from
the Ultramagnetic MCS has a mes-
sage for the world on his debut sin-
gle Fuck Compton. The idea is that
Compton rappers don't have a
monopoly on speaking their minds.
sistent rhythms with no bound- Lp. Louder and grungier dimen
aries. Wee, wee, Monsieur...sions that quench and satisfy
Born Against. Nine Patriotic
Hymns For Children, Lp. One of
the few hardcore bands that's
second to none. Politically mod-
ern views infused with a chaotic
frenzy that keeps your attention.
Mandatory Warlock Pinchers.
Circus-Sized Peanuts. Lp. Third
Lp from that band at war with the
world and everything it stands
for Satanic kung-fu hip-hop
noise rap with an overpowering
drum munching equaling fast,
furious fun Arc Welder, Jack
et Made In Canada, Lp. I liked
this better than This, their debut
Strangulated Beat-Offs, Lick My
Butthole. 7. This is on the Ger
man Glitterhouse label. The Beat
Offs feature ex-Drunks With
Guns members (legends in their
time). The style has changed to a
more haunting blend of dirge that
has to be experienced Estrus
Half Rack Box Set. 7's. After the
Box Lunch and Pizza Box sets
evolves the latest with unreleased
tracks by twelve of the drunkest
bands in show biz. such as Mud-
honey, Derelicts and The Mum-
mies. Not to be missed
York Eye & Ear Control Compi
New
fation. Lp. Awaited soundtrack
for that weird, artsy film Hippy
Porn. It features kiler stuff by the
Dust Devils. Unsane (yeh), Royal
Trux (nod out. dude) and more
bands of the new alternative
movement of noise, hate and
love Loudspeaker. Lucky 13
Break out the heavy equip
ment, here's the follow-up to the
first single. Tribal pounding with
thick layers of guitar gouging
resulting in fatal industrial acci-
dents Autopsy. Mental Funer
al. Lp. Let's just say it was a
funeral listening to this. Weak
production and nowhere near
their Severed Survival Lp Thin
Here's another one that will live or
die in the streets Halo of Flies
has broken up for the final time, but
not without leaving a stunning 70-
minute CD retrospective of their
entire history. No one got killed or
arrested duting the recent Helmet
tour of Europe, but a Peel Sessions
single is definitely in the works
Porno muzak masters Boss Hog
also have a Peel double 7" on the
way
Public Enemy main man
Chuck D. gave a little help to Fish-
bone with a hip-hop remix of the
"Fight The Youth," adding his own
inimitable rap style.
The cops in
Portland, Oregon, busted club
owner George Touhouliotis for taki
ing a leak outside his venue. the
Satyricon. The fuzz call the con
frontation that ensued a riot and club
patrons call it a cop riot. Who will the
judge believe? In the meantime, a
big benefit is being thrown with local
legends at the Melody Ballroom
including Sweaty Nipples. M99 (the
old Obituaries). Napalm Beach. Hit-
ting Birth and Completely Grocery
Carrying on the banner of hippy
punk, Snow Bud and the Flower
People's Complete Works and
Green Thing are available now for
the world to inhale. With songs like
"Big Skunk "Bong Ht." "Killer Bud
and "Panama Red." this stuff will
never see the light of day in any
popular display They did make the
centerfold of High Times, though,
with a picture of guitar bender Chris
Newman swimming in a sea of
green. A must for any serious pie-
eyer. Also essential is the utterly
underground Snow Bud Comics
Tain't nothing new under the sun;
Jass Records has a compilation
called Reefer Songs which contains
cuts from the '30s and 40s like Cab
Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher,"
C.P. Johnson's "The 'G Man Got
the T Man, Clarence William's
"Jerry the Junker and Buck Wash
ington's "Save the Roach for Me."
Get hip to what was Brian Brannon
Men. Watching, 7. Killer pop
rock from Washington state on a
new label, Szanktone. Collect 'em
all Gargoyles. Down On You,
12" Premiere SF band with
female guitar and bass players
that fills the order. Classic
garage-style punk collection of
singles blessed with harmony
and stamina Babes In Toy-
land, To Mother, Lp. This lus-
cious trio from the Twin Cities is
one of the outstanding all-girl
packs. Their new album is a con-
tinuing journey of quirky tales
and upbeat, noisy tunes
-Rick Rotsaert
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SKATERS
AND SKATE FANS
boys and girls, ladies and
gentlemen, Ma, Dad, Bud
and Sis, it's time for the
second annual official
Thrasher Readers Poll.
You are encouraged to
make your choice based on
who ripped the hardest,
slammed loudest, looked
best on video, made the
most money and/or has the
prettiest girlfriend, boy-
friend, wife or husband.
Each ballot constitutes one
vote. There's no second
place. You can vote for any
skater you want.
TWASHER
READERS POLL
OFFICIAL BALLOT
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All ballots received after
October 31, 1991, will
be trashed. Winners will
be announced in the
February 1992 issue.
due on newsstands
January 15, 1992. This
contest is not open to
employees of High
Speed Productions, Inc.
or their advertisers, so
don't even think about it.
Send all ballots to
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