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NOTES from the Underground
When the lines between sleeping and driving fade to grey on a
steep mountain highway at 4:30 in the morning, only the finest
tunes will do. Anything less than rockin' glory is crash and
burn city. Delivering the juice past the three hundredth mile
marker, Hollywood grinders Motorcycle Boy provide punk-
infused soul relief from white line halitosis. "We're very influ
enced by 1977 punk rock," says bassist/vocalist François
"We've basically been doing the same thing since back then,
still playing that chainsaw punk rock sound that we all dug
when it first came out." Fighting their way up through the Hol-
lywood club scene, Motorcycle Boy never paid to play in a rip-
off muck den that makes bands sell a set amount of tickets to
break even. "I'm not going to carry my amp for free." says
François. "Why would I bother? The thing's heavy" The Boy's
Popsicle Lp belts heavy riffs and foot poundin' rhythms with
haunting reverb mixed by producer Sylvain Sylvain of
New York Dolls fame. Sylvain told the Boys some great
Johnny Thunders road stories, says François. "In junior high
school, he and Arthur "Killer" Kane had Johnny in the bath-
room and turned him on to pot. The next day Johnny was in
there with a five ounce bag he had just purchased," François
said. "When he found something he liked he really got into it
Some things are best left alone, especially the horrors of
heroin. Rest in peace Charlie Ondras from Unsane and
Stephanie from Seven Year Bitch. They were casual users
who got hit with something harder than they expected. The
people and their music will be missed... Santa Cruz super-
tanker Blást is under full steam as a streamlined three-piece.
Mike Neider slings guitar and sings, Bill Torgerson bashes
drums, and David Densmore thumps the bass A tour is
underway and new material is in the works... Sloppy Sec-
onds doesn't agree with much of the worthless fodder getting
passed off as punk rock, so they call their tunes junk rock.
"Call me old-fashioned, but if you can't hum it, it isn't a song."
says drummer Steve Sloppy. The extreme and absurd ring
through the anthemic melodies on The First Seven
Inches...And Then Some! "We're not really a political band,"
says Steve. "If we feel trod upon by something, we'll sing
about it, but we're not out to wave any flags. Society's fucked,
everybody knows that." Look for the Seconds on tour with
Poison Idea... New Model Army marches on with History
The Videos 1985-1990, including 55 minutes of wrenchers like
"Stupid Questions." "White Coats"
and "No Rest"...
The Billy Nayer
Show (above) fuses
powerful vocals
with tight thrash
jass. French pop
raiders Les Thugs
(right) shelled
the Kennel Club
mighty rain
of sonic
shrapnel.
Rein Sanction forges forward with Mari
posa, a heavy molecular journey through
the realms of inner space Kids of the
Black Hole unite! The Adolescents are
back in action. Original members Tony
Cadena. Rikk Agnew and Casey
Royer, along with a couple new recruits.
are playing gigs as The Adz. blending
drastic classics like "No Way" and "LA
Girl with freshly penned bombshells...
San Jose powerhouse Cajones, featur
ing members emeritus of Drunk Injuns
UK Subs and Spitmuffins, have been
teaming up with Steve Caballero's latest
project Shovelhead, rocking clubs the
size of shoe boxes and filling them up
with the guest list. One of the heavier metals known to sci-
ence is Kyuss, comprised of disparate elements from Califor
nia's Palm Desert. Blues For The Red Sun cranks depth
charge rifts with booming back beat rhythms... Pummeling
breakneck batteries of high explosive chunkcore, Aversion
delivers The Ugly Truth The Salem, Mass, 360's have
expanded their name to include the complete circumference of
the universe and the Lp Supematural explores vast stretches
of its space. Seventies sludge rock hunkers down with Deep
Jimi and the Zep Creams in a white room of purple haze
...Cory McAbee bellows with the power of an operatic bari-
tone to a calliope of melodic punk in a San Francisco club
experience called The Billy Nayer Show. Dressed in suit and
tie, Corey commands the stage, singing twisted and surreal
sices of life and occasionally whipping out an autoharp. Drum
fiend Bobby Lurie (alias Bachelor Bob Bachelor) is the ear
of the Show, while guitarist Yuri Graganavitch balances dis-
tortion with exotic rifts that coincide with the hard pumping
lines of Lee Valenski on bass. Billy Nayer has now released
its own Bunny King Ep and is working a string of bizzare
videos including: an animated short called Bily Nayer: The
Cartoon, a deranged children's book cartoon called My Face
a video project with Simon Michael of Simon's New Blue
Diamonds and Buck Naked of The Bare Bottom Boys
called Man On The Moon, and a slick flick called the Ketchup
and Mustard Man that McAbee describes as "a cross between
The Elephant Man and Chuck E. Cheese." But don't be
deceived. "It seems like we're more film makers than a rock
band," McAbee says. "But
we are a rock band, damn
it." BNS Productions,
PO Box 423875, SF
CA 94142
-Brian Brannon
Map
"RICKTER
ESCALE
Fortune Cookie Prize. Tribute To Beat Happening
CD. One of the finer cover comps I've heard is ded-
icated to a unique and deserving trio. Seaweed.
Unrest and Scrawl bum but the Velocity Girl track is
the most. Wool, 7. Ex-Scream member's new
thang and it rocks. "Little Darlin' takes off with those
infamous hooks and choruses while the B-trac,
"Medication," melts in your mouth but not in your
hands Pond, 7. Debut by unconventional Port-
land trio that's punky, grungy wacky and chaotic
Distorted Pony, Punishment Room, CD. Premiere
LA based noisefest tharl disturb people who think
they're hip. Jon Spencer's Blues Explosion.
CD Ex-Pussy Galore guitarist extraordinaire lets his
blues distort and single your little world with this sec
ond Lp... Jesus Lizard, 7. New single spits a
superior cover of the Dicks" "Wheelchair Epidemic
while "The Bride" is just another smash Jawbox,
Novelty, CD. Another Fugazi-just kidding. One
thing for sure, no record sounds the same. Who's
going to be kicked out next? Slug, Swingers,
10. Long awaited sanctimonious work of artsy-
noise punk. It's amazing what you can do with jet
aircraft exhaust pipes... Spoon, Bottom (Rock On)
7. Hey, hey, another killer LA rock punk single. The
beautiful Mia on vox and guitar really does it...
Ministry, CD. Bring in the heavy artillery now, "New
World Order and Just One Fix" are the best trax
Can't wait to see Kerry King with 'em on tourMy
Name, CD. 1 liked the T better-what happened?
thought you guys were punk. Afternoon Delight
Comp. CD. A hot love-in of hits only SubPop would
put out. It includes Sebadoh, Come, Whigs, Bily
Childish-you name 'em, they're on it Sleep,
Volume One, CD. Black Sabbath reincamated with
out Ozzy and living in San Jose with thongs. Not to
be missed Jesus and Mary Chain, Honey's
Dead, CD. Major label schmooze, blowjob time
bere, and it was worth it. Back to the psychocandy
era-almost... Sad and Lonely's, LP (only), Steve
(Mudhoney), his roommate and friend's dreams
have become a reality. Garage rock in its true form
Walt Mink, Miss Happiness, CD. Two guys and
a girl from St. Paul break out with fan-filled Beatles
meet thrash mix, which sounds an awful lot like
Smashing Pumpkins... Splintered. Parapraxis
CD. If you liked Drunks With Guns, this is your cup
of tea. They're from England, it's grunchy and it's
cool... Cheater Sicks, On Your Knees, Lp. Anoth
er three-piece that's one of the worthier Boston
bands. Keyed-up hot rod garage rock that doesn't
need a tune-up
-Rick Rotsaert