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COUPLE OF PRETTY FANTASTIC live shows have
been going down lately. Last weekend a local
bar sponsored a "Trash Fest," and although
the first night was made up of bands that pretty much
blow, the second night was rather amazing. The Adz
went on and played some loud punk, followed by
The Leaving Trains. Falling James, who fronted the
band wearing a dress and was seen smoking a mari-
juana cigarette in the van outside, rocked out with the
rest of the band in heathen abandon. Next up was the
srams.
legendary Deniz Tek. Perhaps I need to do some
explaining...ever hear of Radio Birdman? Tek was a
member of the mid-'70s Australia/Detroit power
combo, and has taken a new act on the road. While it
was really good, the band was only a three-piece and
Jacked
lacked the punch of Birdman. A couple Birdman cov-
ers later and I ended the night a puking mess.
Success! Perhaps the strangest show I have wit-
nessed in long time was the following night. It
seems that Camel cigarettes flew The
Supersuckers down to Phoenix to play a show for
har staff only
to the public. The place was
freaky; all kinds of guys
nonetheless. Check out their new
bar staff only, not open dressed up in suits and girls Twist Off 7" on Estrus, or any of their shit for that
in dresses, strippers, wash-ups and just plain dirtbags
eating, drinking, and smoking for free. When the
'Suckers played, it rock like the good old days,
was
although most of the crowd had to stand back... Are
you down with the Young Lion's Conspiracy? Do you
know what the fuck I'm talking about? Maybe it's
time for some education, and might I suggest it in the
form of the Fireballs of Freedom's new LP, The
New Professionals, on fabulous eMpTy records. A glo-
rious din
flous
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awaits the
the
uninitiat: "Strippers,
ed-howl-
ing vocals
over some
over some
jazzed-out
Jazzed out
matter...By the time you read this, The
Hellacopters' US tour will be over, and you will
either
r be thinking to yourself, "Fuck, that ruled," or "I
missed it. I should go jump off a cliff." If you did miss
it, cheer up.
You can
read their interview in an
upcoming issue of Thrasher, and you can always go
out and buy their music, take it home, put it on loud,
smoke some of that wacky-weed, and put the cover
in front of your face and shake it around. Just like the
concert! One example to check out is their recent
split 7" with The Nitwitz entitled Rock and Roll
Jihad. Remember kids, rock and roll is ruin-
do your part!...On the 'zine
wash-ups and ing the youth of America—make sure you
just plain dirtbags")
punk guitar. I'm still sticking to my MC5 meets NoU
comparison... ..CDs are cheap to make, but this fact is
usually ignored by all, which contributes to their
higher-than-vinyl price.
However, some labels are
getting wise and releasing "samplers" or comps for
outrageously low
y low prices, and they wind up being
really good deal. You get to hear twenty or even thir-
different bands for the price of a 7" or two.
or two. Crypt
records has been doing it for a while, and all of their
comps are the shit. Some more recent editions
ions
This
include Goin' After Pussy, the Junk Records sampler.
This one seriously kicks much ass with the likes of
Electric Frankenstein, The Humpers, The
Candy Snatchers, The Slobs, Zeke and many oth-
ers. The Outsider
put out dandy too: Scene
label
Killer Vol. 1,
1, with the US Bombs, The Business,
Nashville Pussy, Poison Idea and others, on vinyl
vinyl.
New Red Archives' At War With Society is a smoker as
well, and features some oldies (Christ on a Crutch,
Kraut, etc) and some newer bands such as The
Loudmouths, Snap-Her, and Swingin' Utters
that'll have you swingin' your fist in the air and singin'
along...
Accel 4 are a Japanese punk band that
garage
reminds me a lot of Guitar Wolf, which isn't sur-
prising if the rumor I heard is true: Accel 4 features
his little brother. Still, while it's definitely in that vein,
it stands on its own with songs such as "Don't Stop!!
Is The Keyword." The Von Zippers are a beer-
drenched Calgarian band that revels in lo-fi but rocks
102 THRASHER
front. Sugar #8 has come out
and details Colorado action
but this issue has a lot of stuff from other areas as
well, such as New Mexico, Texas, and Burnside. A
consistently good mag that keeps getting
better...Send $1 to 2919 Richard Dr, Durango, CO
81301.-Wez
1.Wez Lundry....Got my socks knocked off on
the evening after Thanksgiving by San Francisco's
Bobbyteens. Big momma Tina of the legendary
Tra
Trashwoman fronts this band that could beat the
any day.
that
even
living shit out of The Donnas in a back-alley brawl
any day. Most of the straight-up rock songs they
cranked out that night were geared around chasing
boys and getting loose, and that was A-OK with me.
Danielle the bassist is as cute as a rainbow-colored
button, and Lisa on the guitar is ferocious and foxy.
no doubt the wet dream of gearheads across the
nation. She even licked my friend Jack's neck after
the set. The only guy in the band is Russell Quon, the
drummer who used to bang the sticks in The
Mump
Mummies, and he proved that night that he can rock
without being all wrapped up in cloth. In fact, he
almost stole the show from the dames. This guy real-
ly has a good time on stage, man, standing up and
smashing away on the skins like a Chinese male ver-
sion of Sheila E on Ritalin. The Bobbyteens' LP,
titled Fast Livin' and Rock 'n' Roll, on their own
Lipstick Records has been around for a little bit and if
you're into bad girls who sing songs about bad boys,
then this is your type of shit...Loli of Loli and the
Chones fame was at the Bobbyteens show that night,
machi
KING
BUZZO
OF THE MELVINS
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once
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and she told me that their new LP
should be out by the time you get your
greasy hands on this mag. I had heard.
through the grapevine that El Chingon,
Cochino and Loli had busted up for
good a few months back, but Loli
assured me that this was just the product
of a vicious rumor so common these
days in the punk rock scene. "We just
never play," was her reply to why I never
I see this East LA trio's name on the mar-
mai-
quee
of my favorite rock clubs. In fact,
шу rite rock
in fact,
I've only seen them play once, but the
experience is forever etched onto my cere-
bral cortex. What I'm getting at is that the
Chones rock, OK? I play PS I Hate You
(their first LP, on Rip Off Records) at least
a week on the hi-fi, and I can't wait to
get my paws on the new one, which will be
new one, willen
released on Repent Records. I don't know
the title as of yet, but you can reach them at
1120 South Orme Ave, Boyle Heights, CA
90023. In your letter, be sure to tell them that
they need to play real soon, or else....King
Buzzo and his fellow Melvins put in an
n's put
appearance at the Foothill club in Signal Hill
on December 3rd and the place was most def-
initely not packed. The club is a big place and
all, but considering some of the venues the
Vins have
packed in the past (the Santa
Monica Civic holds at least a couple thousand),
usana),
I was
was kinda surprised at the emptiness of the
place. I had even left a night class early in order to
get a space in the line that I figured would be
of and
wrapped around the outside of the club and into
the back alley. Instead of t that scenario, I wound up
with two hours of drinking beers in the parking lot
after casually walking up and buying my ticket at 8
1 quece
PM. I guess all that hype stemming from the band
being Kurt Cobain's favorite has finally died
down. It's a good thing, too, 'cause the 'Vins sound
in the park
ants.
a lot more HEAVY when you're standing right in
front of them than they y do when t they look like an
on a stage a a mile away. Some of the arena-like feel-
ing was still there that night, though, evidenced in
the Madonna-style microphone headset that Dale
Kroker-the most badass drummer on earth-was
wearing. The Melvins played a few new songs that
night which will most likely be featured on the
album that
that they are recording as I write this.
There's no title as of yet, but some guy at Amrep
records told me that it should be out around the
it
time Spring puts forth its first sweet blossoms in
March...I slipped up l last month when I forgot to
say something about Atom and His Package in
this column. Jayson of The Grumpies turned me
on to this guy's stuff last summer and it just so
happened that Atom was playing a couple dates in
ou
the
in
the area at the same time. I missed the first and
second shows but made it to the third, and it was
and it was
quite a
quite a treat. Atom is this nerdy guy from Philly
gimmy
who used to
to be in the hardcore band Fracture,
and his package is this little computer thingy that
he has programmed electronic songs into. He basi-
cally sings along with the little creations that the
clever package kicks out. Cover songs like the
Geto Boys' "My Mind's Playing Tricks On Me"
and The Misfits' "Where Eagles Dare" are mixed
with songs of praise for the metric system and a
yotem and a
happy birthday song for his friend Ralph, who is
disgusting. Seeing this one-man, one-computer,
show will make one giggle and feel good about
being a dork in this dork-unfriendly world. Atom
also has a couple of 7"s and CDs out, at least one
of which is on Bloodlink Records, PO Box 7414,
Philadelphia, PA 19104.-Andy Harris
Brent Kronmhuller
Rich Cooley
Jeremy Patton
Steve Weber
Aaron Yeager
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