The X-Rays play dirty rock n'
mill. The best band to came out of
England (Nottingham for a very
lamp time is orked with grime, and
it'll easily rub and onto you
They've all got deep roots in older
Edtish pants Drumass MP Stevie was in
The anginal tas up of the classic Ent
hardcore cutit Herosy (although the
Bates to talk about the guitarist G.Reg
does its own sand label comcombating
an obscure 60's psychedelic punk, and
bassist Cap did a park Sine in 1977
called Varicose Vatas, invigwing
bands the 999 and Sham 62 Vocalist
Gary X-Ray rounds out the line-up.
They don't pily to Bugland too much
awwept when a decent land comes
Through that they can play with: "We
play in Pugland to a really lackluster
card, but when we ploy over here,
people soum to nedby get into it," says
Coop. Rey got a le dose of
American practio jaking when on tour
with Gas Butter. Es passed out ind got
written en sill or by Don Blackstone,
stumbled out into the streets of
Edinburgh, couldn't find his way back to
the hotel, then passed out in the street.
A fackte mess, but that's what they are.
Their tones are hopped-up, hot-rod,
bad-ass, but some of them drive except
for Stove, who drives a forklift at work.
He hasn't muted anyone yet, but he
likes to smash things. One thing they'd
like to smash is all of the shitty "Brit-
pog bands that have taken thei
Insight. Good idea. Start with Oasis.
In het two-year existence, they've
put out ouple singles on Lowlife-"Ger
Erp and Dig the Fuzz and an LP that
was released on CD here by eMpTy and
in Bagland on vinyl by Lowlife (who
have currently lived up to their name
and not paid the band a sent). All of this
meets essential, the question is how
to find it. If you can't just wait a little
wifle longer, and their sew LP Double
Handed Godzilla Wil cheese on
Bious eMpTy Records will be out by
the time you read this Recorded with all
abs on 10, it will surely blow out
more than a few speakers and possibly
stan electrical fire or two. The
meant tour with the Motards and the
mes blew some eardrums on The West
Const of those lucky enough tools there.
They're not on MTV, you or find
thear records at Tower, and they won't
play your local stadium. Why not try
rock n' roll sometime and dig up the
Rays. -Wez Lundry
X-RAYS
Ray's
World Palmirles
THE
BIRTH
OF
IS THAT HOW I
WAS BORN, BOSS?
INSPIRED BY TIBETAN MONKS
presents
NO FLAMEBOY
YOU WERE
CREATED AS
THE RESULT
OF A
DEVASTATING
AND THINKING IT MIGHT BE FUN, ONE
DAY YOU DECIDED TO INDULGE IN A
LITTLE BIT OF
SELF-IMMOLATION.
INFERNO
ON EARTH,
BACK IN
YOUR DAYS
AS A
HUMAN
YOU
MEANI
USED TA
LIVE UP
THERE?
STARRING ME,
FLAMEBOY
HELP BOSS!
THE HELLHOUNDS
ARE ATTACKING
EACH OTHER!
WHAT THE
FLAMEBOY YOU STUPID
MORON, THEY'RE NOT ATTACK-
ING EACH OTHER. THEY'RE
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THATS HOW NEW
LITTLE HELLHOUNDS
ARE BORN.
PRECISELY. YOU WERE WHATS
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SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO
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SO AFTER A LIBERAL
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LEADED
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BUT ALAS
YOUR LIFE
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WAS
SHORT-
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GASOLINE
YOU SET YOURSELF ABLAZE! AND, AS A RESULT,
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