NOTES FROM THE
Skate rock is an
international
language. Eight
Dayz, with
Claus Grabice
and sidekick
Ollie (above).
jam in Münster.
Right, from top:
Jodie Foster
may not play
guitar, but she
does have her
own army. It
was a cheap
trick when the
dream police
tried to make
Rick Nielsen
surrender his
board. Jane's
true addiction
was vert, just
ask Dave
Navarro. Kim
Gordon creates
a sonic boom
whenever she
bombs e hill.
Name your
poison. Guess
Rikki Rocket's
favorite move.
What is Skate Rock? (Choose one): A)
The internal racket created by musicians
who skate B) The noxious noise skaters
broadcast when they're trespassing on
curbs, sidewalks and in emply swim-
ming pools. C) A multi-million dollar
mass marketing scheme. D) Ancient clay
skateboard wheels. E) The plastic jingles
made by people who pretend that they
skate. F) All of the above Ever since
James Hetfield from Metallica broke
his wrist twice (first downhilling, then
carving tile at the Blood Bowl), a thick
curse has hung over heavy metal guitar
players who skate. Says Scott lan from
Anthrax, "I enjoy myself riding around
in the street, but I'm always worried
about hurting myself. Even when I'm rid-
ing a bank, this litle voice in the back of
my head says I'm going to fail, and that's
usually when I do Anthrax and Pub-
lic Enemy collaborated on the overro-
tated "Bring The Noise" video at an
inner-city playground on the south side
of Chicago. A large number of skaters
mixed with a larger number of locals who
had never seen slam dancing. A lew
stage dives and pit smash-ups later, lan
says, "Chuck D. had to explain to the
crowd, "Well, this is what goes on at a
metal show, so you pretty boys don't
stand in the front because they're going
to jump on you. Someone from the
crowd replied, "They jump on me and fim
going to shoot the motherfucker
dramatic reversal of Hetfield's Law.
Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell
broke his wrist playing music, preventing
him from skating. 1 jumped off the stage
in Washington D.C." says Comell, "and
there's this bar eight feet out in front. I
started swinging, but then I slipped and
In a
UNDERGROUND
smacked my wrist. On tour, I get covered
with bruises. Our live shows are only tun
when they go over the top. Soundgar
den's latest disc, Badmotorfinger is a
diverse jungle of tangled vines. Comell
says. "We still havent made the ultimate
Soundgarden record, but if we did, what
would we have to strive for next? Ex-
TSOL guitarist Ron Emory is a pool
connoisseur from way back. If there's a
fine backyard boat nearby, he's already
there. Since Joe Wood owns the name
TSOL, the original Sine-up of the afore-
mentioned band is called Jack Gris-
ham Mike Roache. Ron Emory,
Todd Barnes, and an album of hot
blasts from the past is called Live 1991
With a rousing cry of McTwist Not
War, the Style City Wheelers lip a sky
high electro-disco skane groove thang.
This gang of six German board riders
cranks an eccentric three-inch CD...
When he's not spinning discs or thrift
store shopping, Skatemaster Tate
rides the all concrete walls of Bronson
Canyon. "I love banks," he says. "It's
a tree form of expression. Taters
also expresses himself over the
funky, jazzy grooves of The Con-
crete Crew on Do The Skate Lp, In
fact, says Tate, the title track raps the
moves for a dance based on pushing
switch-foot up a hill. Loudhouse
drummer Vin E. considers skalinga
pathway to God and higher conscious-
ness Perfection, a state of nirvana, an
extension of lifestyle and attitude. A
sport, art, a reality, an expression of free-
dom and indiviuality A grind, an oile
and a kickflip parallel life and music,
with all of their ups and downs and
risks. Louchouse slams a psychodelic
funk attack on their latest, For Cryin' Out
Loud Clint Werner and Wade
Neal, dual guitarists for Seaweed,
remember skating around the sleazy dis
tricts of Tacoma, Washington. The
hookers used to say we were ruining
their business." says Werner. Seaweed
just came off a five-week national tour
supporting their raging slab Despised
The highlight of the tour, Werner says,
was "when the mayor of Champain, ill-
nois came to our show drunk out of his
mind" Veteran Oxnard skale rockers
Ill Repute still bang out the grooves
Vocalist/guitarist John Fennis says
he'd rather surt, "But we skate when its
flat. i Repute just opened for those
screaming English mohicans The
Exploited at the Santa Monica Civic
With a name like Asphalt Ballet.
someone in the band has to skate.
Drummer Mikky Kiner's best memory
is when he "caught full air on the horse-
shoe at Del Mar Hailing from Fre-
mont, California, Slambodians play
nitro-fuel skate rock on their demo
What's Wrong Wit You?
The Dwarves
like to run people
over. That's how
they get all their
scabs. Vocalist
Blag Jesus
(some call him
Mr. Satan)
says, "I skated
once holding a
beer bottle in my
hand while doing
a backside ollie tail
grab, and I wiped
out, ripping
open the
nerve endings
in my hand. Now
I will never play
the violin again..
Dan Bolton, gui-
tarist from Super-
suckers, skates around
town, puts up flyers, and
sells the band's brand new
CD single Like A Big
Fuckin' Train to unsus
pecting skate bunnies
Three of the four members of Titanic
Love Affair skate. Ken (vocals), Lars
(bass), and Michael (drums) tried to
nach guitarist Jay how to ride, but dur-
ing their first session Michael got carried
away "I was shredding heavy and ran
right into Jay and broke his foot," says
Michael. "Needless to say, he never
Jimmie
wanted to skate again"
Schneider, bassist for Momma Stud
rode Skatercross, Marina Del Rey, and
acid dropped his mom's van. Momma
Stud's new album Cockadoodle Doo is a
spoonful of bluesy funk rock Jay
Bentley and Greg Hetson from Bad
Religion skate at the Pickwick Icerink
Their favorite moves are cross checking
high sticking and low wrist shots. A new
CD called 80-85 includes out-of-print
material and the
band's quintes
sential first album
How Can Hell Be
Any Worse?
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