Lunachicks
SEXISM IS JUST AS BAD AS RACISM only
it's more socially acceptable. So in the multi-
billion dollar rock 'n' roll world, girls show up
more often as drool objects than serious
players. Sure, there's bands like L7, Tsunami,
Scrawl, Slant Six, Seven Year Bitch and The
Muffs who throw down some hard rockin'
tunes, but they are the exception rather than
the rule. While some men are busy making
sex kittens of all women there are some fem
inist groups that blame all the dudes for
every problem they can think of. Taking it
all in stride, The Lunachicks provide an irrev
erent dose of crazy girl rock with their new
album Jerk of All Trades. Ask lead vocalist
Theo how the group feels about being
women in punk rock and she says, "We've
never been men, so we've just always been
ourselves. I love being in an all-girl band, but
Notes
it wasn't planned that way. We were
just all friends and all of our friends
were in bands, so we kinda started it
as like, 'Well, what the fuck?' And the
next thing we knew, we were a real
band. But it's hard too, because if
you're a guy in a band, you don't get
people going. "Show us your tits!" But
that's something we have to deal with.
While the Lunachicks frenzied din
sounds like no one, they do admit to
being influenced by Debbie Harry,
The Runaways, Suzy Quatro, and a lit-
tle bit of Nina Hagen and Diamanda
Galas Switching over to a trio of
dudes from Memphis who bang and
holler, we come now to The Oblivians
with a loud and hard slab of reverber-
ating cataclysm called Soul Food...
Skateboard master of yesteryear Ray
"Bones" Rodriguez is playing guitar in
a new outfit called The X-Members
with Gabby Gaberman from Cadillac
Tramps on vocals and Mike Tracy of
JFA on drums. Ray says he surfs, snow-
boards and skates now more than ever
... Meanwhile, Gabby also has another
group in a different vein called Manic
Hispanic, whose album, The Menudo
Incident, features Chicano remakes of
tunes by Black Flag, X, Wire, The
Clash, The Sex Pistols, The Damned,
Agent Orange, UXA and Buzzcocks
...After HR punched his manager and
his brother out in Canada, rumors
flew that The Bad Brains would not
finish the rest of The Beastie Boys
tour. However, when the show came
through Oakland, The Brains hit the
stage in full fury, wailing on classic
gnarlers and brand new broilers from
God of Love. The Beasties' DJ, Hurri
cane, busted the place up as well with
bombs from The Hurra, while The Boys
pulled off their inimitable rap, groove
and punk revue. -Brian Brannon
The Muffs
Bickter
Scale
Teengenerate. Get Action. Lp. The latest
Crypt label offering exhibits more of that
fine low-fi frenzy from Japan's foremost
provisions of the garage barrage... Super-
suckers. Sacrilicious, CD. Don't miss this
new testament of rock wisdom now starring
Mister Rick from the Didjits' school
Brutal Juice. Mutilation Makes Identifi-
cation Difficult. CD. Here's another master
blaster of chordal chaos from those who
continually drill out them sweet rippers of
passionate peril Six Finger Satellite.
Severe Exposure. CD. Some of you may
have listened to the mechanically-infected
Machine Cuisine 10 Ep with skepticism but
this new labor of lovely industrial-tech
taps on Chrome's door of eternal demise...
Screw 32. Unsolved Childhood Issues, Lp..
Berkeley bravehearts of core-packed pop-
ups Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
Remixes/Experimental, CD/Ep. Lots of stu-
dio notoriety helps out this freaked-out
conglomeration of remixes from the recent
JSBE Lp... Morbid Angel. Domination, CD.
Florida's reign of terror continues with this
complex attack of thickly-layered mael-
stroms Crowbar. Time Heals Nothing.
CD. These big boys of grind stomp out a lot
of today's so-called heavies... Malevolent
Creation. Eternal. CD. I've always liked
MC's style of chain-driven bonecrushers
Steel Pole Bathtub. Scars From Falling
Down. CD. Major label debut from SF's trio
of titillating tale-tellers embarks them on
the big-time venue journey... Corporate
Rock Wars. Sampler, CD. Earache displays
its wares with a monster roster that never
provides a dull moment The Speaking
Canaries. Songs For The Terrestrially
Challenged, CD. Features Karl and Noah of
Spacemen 3 fame venturing out on pop
experiments of the bird-turd kind-instru-
mentally interesting... The Statics. Rat
City, Lp. More low-fidelity cult faves of fine
tuneage with cuts like "Jellystone National-
Park and other tales from the garage...
The Joykiller. CD. Some really catchy
numbers on this home-wrecker-whole-
some drink and drug popcore themes.
that'll get that divorce in motion. UNCLE
Joe's Big Ol' Driver. Chick Rock. CD. The
second offering from this San Diego outfit
just plain rocks with more tunes about
girls, booze and good clean fun-bonus
points for production by Kurt Bloch...
Swans, Related Projects, CD. Disc one fea-
tures M Gira fusing a mind-meld of various
musical instruments while disc two has
Jarboe endeavoring on a more ambient
adventure June of '44. Engine Takes To
The Water, CD. Mesmerizing tentacles of
obscurity menace unexplored waters with
absurd diversions from routine.
-Rick Rotsert
DFL
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GOD
OF LOVE
the new album
featuring the reunited original bad brains:
HR: vocals Dr. Know: guitar
Darryl Jenifer: bass
Earl Hudson: drums
"The bad brains influenced me more
than any other band in the world."
Adam Yauch Beastie Boys
"If you want to hear the core of the real shit...
the stuff everyone else copies... listen to bad brains."
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers
On tour with the Beastie Boys!
May is Montreal
May 16 Toronto
May 17 Cleveland
May 18 Detroit
May 20 Chicago
May 21 Minneapolis
May 22 Milwaukee
May 24 New York.
May 27 Calgary
May 28 Vancouver
May 29 Seattle
May 31 Sacramento
June Oakland
June 2 Los Angeles
June 4 San Diego
June 6 Phoenix
Available on Maverick Cassettes, Compact Discs and Vinyl
1995 Maverick Recording Company