Original Circle Jerk Greg Hetson cranks the SG with Bad Religion at CBGBs in NY.
Above the ringing grind of bad ass guitars, pugilistic
bass and incendiary drums, Bad Religion has always
had a melodic edge to its vocalization. Recipe For
Hate, the band's latest release, damns the torpedoes
with more driving guitars and tuneful wordplay. "It's
almost a tradition that we've had a lot of harmonies
and a lot of emphasis on the vocals," says lead singer
Greg Graffin. "One way of making that emphasis is by
coloring the lyrics with nice harmonies." But clean
vocals don't mean the tunes are weak, says Greg.
Bad Religion could never sell out because the mass
es could never accept them. "A song like "Watch It Die
is kind of poppy," he explains, "but what makes it hard
core is the shredding guitars and the rumble of the low
end. The harmonies are not going to make it a song
that people will hear on the radio because I don't think
people can comprehend what it's saying. People
can't accept the fact that now it's time to watch the
planet die, and if that's the most distinctive lyric in
the entire song, then people can't handle it. Batten
down the hatches and hide all the women, The Electric
Ferrets have arrived. Ferretzilla has entered the city
60 THRASHER
and is unleashing a reign of
destruction on the unsus
pecting citizenry. Pre-
liminary searches of the
rubble reveal shards of
truth, gutteral humor and
finely ground punk... The
Goldentones are out to
make the Motor City the
surf music capital of the
world with a tight mix of
original oceanic sounds
called Atmosphere
Duane Peters once said
that the problem with
most heavy metal is that
they seem to need more
heavy in their metal. Heavy
Classix proves it was there
all along in the classical
forms of Wagner's "The
Ride of the Valkyries."
Stravinksy's "Infernal
Dance," and "Mars, The
Bringer of War from
Holst's The Planets, which
was borrowed by Metal-
lica for the intro to "Am I
Evil? A self-described
"sonic dance-metal-pop
thrash band," Definition
FX refutes handy catego-
rization with a barn burn-
er called Light Speed Col.
fision. Singer Fiona Horne
leads the charge of tech-
no beats and strategic
instrumentation with plain
tively urgent vocals...
Hard chunka guitar orbits
the realms of infinity as
the Galactic Cowboys
explore strange new
worlds and seek out new
lands on Space In Your
Face. Guitarsmonaut Dave
Sonnier says the outer limits are in his blood. "I was
bom the same month as the moon landing," he says.
A Houston native, Sonnier visits his hometown's Space
Center and Mission Control for inspiration. But when
he's at gigs, he gets weightless via the stage diving
attack. "I take advantage of my All Access pass," he
says. During his flights of fancy, Sonnier has also seen
the parting of the Red Sea firsthand. "We were out
with Overkill, and it was like Moses himself was stand-
ing there," he said. "I've been lucky enough to fall
flat on my back instead of flat on my face"... My first
GG Allin experience would also be my last. The orig-
inal rock 'n' roll terrorist was found dead from causes
yet unknown in the East Village of New York. It looks
like the Grim Reaper beat him to the punch on the
planned grand suicidal finale he always talked about
First up were The Insaints, a band clearly schooled in
Allin-style performances. The singer chick had blue
hair, no clothes and Doc Martens. Her breasts were full
but her butt left a lot to be desired, unless cellulite is
your bag. Pissed off, tattooed and naked, this chick ran
around ranting, raving, hitting dudes in the face and
Notes
occasionally tripping over herself. More girls joined her
onstage, and they also declothed. Soon, the mob grew
too thick to see through, but reports of vegetable
insertion fluttered through the air. This girl obviously
had a lot of angst bottled up inside, but somehow, it all
seemed pitiful. The Murder Junkies, a bass player
wearing a German army helmet, a guitar player wear-
ing an officer's cap, and a long-haired drummer took
the stage, followed by a tornado of destruction
wearing only sunglasses, knit cap and combat boots
that went by the name of GG Allin. if a small penile
member could ever cause someone to be angry with
the world, GG would have been a likely candidate.
He ran over to where I was hanging, ejected brown.
fluid from his bowels and started rolling around in it.
He put his feet up on the wall between us and I
could have reached out and touched him. Instead, I
poured what was left of my beer down his crack.
Next thing you know, GG was flinging excrement in
every direction My girlfriend Adrienne and I pulled up
the hoods on our sweatshirts and took cover. Soon, the
all-clear sounded and we resumed our positions. GG
was on a roll, and every time he ran one way, there was
a guaranteed stampede in the other direction. After"
Kill What I Fuck, GG came traipsing around the roses
He ran in my direction and the crowd scattered. I stood
my ground, fearing no evil, and as GG passed by, he
wiped his hand across my face. The smell of excrement
pervaded my nostrils and I realized I had been a fool
Details on GG's fate in the next issue. -Brian Brannon
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