Dear dickheads, what I writedoesnot inany manner In response to your Psycho involve the use of a twat or a dick PUBLISHER Corner bashing of Queer Nation. (like some sexual freak show in Gianni Ellefsen It is just this type of Moronic Atti- Tiajuana may use.) ART/MUSlC DlRECfOR tudethat stops any progress in our Best wishes to that blue balled fight for Equality and Under- couple and if all else fails they JR Ruppel standing. It's Bigoted Assholes have each other. COPY EDITOR like you that treat men like Steve Trinnaman "Bitches" because of their own fear. People don't turn gay. We're PHOTO EDITOR Sorry, wedon't have acool story to write about the artist just born with a different outlook Dear Dickheads, Robert DeBemy who drew this month's cover. on sexuality. The easiest thing to After reading in the Salt Lake CARTOON His name is Bill and he is an do is to make fun instead of trying Tribuneabout themurder of Birtes excellent sculptor from back a little understanding. We are not Lee Wilson Jr. by two rookie cops, T.L. Miller East somewhere. ballerinasand hairdressers. I am a I feel that this has happened one CONTRIBUTING I met him one night at Burts waiter and my lover is a lawyer. too many times. It is too bad that and he handed me this aver One who will not be defending this poor man was not better armed WRITERS and I never got contact info on Chris Salisbury him. We will befeaturing him as you in your upcoming civil dis- in order to defend himself from next month's local artist if we crimination suit. Why don't you the attack. It is also too bad that he Helen Wolf can get a hold of him. "MACHO BOYS" come down to was not able to run fast enough to Scott Vice Sorry Bill (I think that's your the Deer Hunter and get your asses escape the police bullets. This is name). kicked by some real "FAIRIES.'' another example of the police beto the Power brutality that runs rampant in this If you are interested in sub- Michael S. city. I am upset about this because mitting a cover, do so. The art workmustfit intoa8"x 10.5"and I haveseen so muchof it. What we must be reproducable. We will Dear Dickheads, need isa system where theaccused accept any kind of submissions. Itseems to methat J.T.and the are automatically innocent until If you are drawing the design, Fat Man haveconfused insult with they are proven guilty in a court Laura, BeButton, Private Eye, draw a new logo. If you want to humor but, hone the less, it's a with a judge and a jury. Jon T., Dave Hendriokaon, Kria, Mmgi Al-, Chopper, Jo Yaffe, use a second color, do the over- good thing that they don't need Until such a time comes, the Clark W.,P.K. lay yourself. If you have any balls to be humorous. only defense for our citizens is to SPECIAL THANKS questions call 468-6294. Feyseem a little to preoccu- be as well-armed or better armed Malle pied with fucking, maybe they than the police. Unfortunately, You were chosen, should try venting some of their these sadistic cops must be dealt You are chpsen time. SLUQlrrpubllshedbytheMhofeachrnonlh.Th in obvioussexual frustrationsso they with on their own level: with guns writing is conlrbuted by free-lance wrhers. Th We are frozen, can broaden their focus. I'm not and attitude. If they ever arriveon writing in the psprr in the oplnlon of the wr~ters We are frozen in line. saying that they should have sex my doorstep they will be faced andknanb~~(~~rikthatof the~~oole who w( I You won't feel it, You can't itimer. The topb includod are alsi cbn- with humans since beastiality is with their worst enemy: a respon- feel it, but I can. Ir&1ed. Iyou don7 agree wlh what is said.:or sible, law-abiding citizen who is youfdmethingismbingthen youshoulddo The touch of your hand. illegal. Then again it's not my hingabwt il...write. All submisoions tnUQ My heart is beating, place to say what consentingadults aware of his rights as a human rwived no later than the 25th of tha pro- being and also happens to well erdlng month. We try noI to edit any of the and all the screamlng,you do in private. If they want to do mltlng that m senl.,We ask thet you keep your cannot hear. mannequins, glazed donutsor ~r.armed. I ask the residents of this w~lngshonandtothepoim.Thiigives w mom T's fist, whatever makes them city to remember that no matter roomior more pqople'swriling.Wethank you lor As I draw you near. On the vwrwminuedswwrtand homwecandoIhlsI last parade. happy if it helps. where you go in life these creeps ior a vQry long tl& I wear the mask. Now concerning my gender are always the same, becausea pig ..zn.. Thank Yo\ ' 1 It is dreadful, this game or sexual orientation, it is irrel- is a pig, and thaes that. :4r,! &s~uastpn I that I play. evant. Not that I'm some propo- Wanting you this way. nent of universal androgyny but Rob ~adeb~ Send Us Your Stuff Your eyes are bleed~ng, but do they see me, as I SLUG STAFF a waste away, further each day. On the All Correspondence P.0. Box I465 last parade. The simplest things that we . should be sent to: Salt Lake thy, Utah have to face, are taught by our eyes and 6"-' T MAGAT""€ 84152 learned by mistake. Chained by this dream Weed lore Info that's breaking in two, ~p.0. BOX 1465 out of my heart and into , (80 1) 487.922 1 you. -TLP SLC, UT 84152 b 0 1994 8LUG Productions I - --;T---- COME^^ ,,, mw I IALL w L
Well, another issue of SLUG, one thing to say. I-' V really and another dollar (literally). sucks. I have been crashing at Don't worry, this isn't going to my brother's pad cause the man be one of those columns where I said I had to pay rent. Selfish bitch and moan about how apa- bastard! But, I have been able to thetic Salt Lake is, well maybe enjoy the comfr t of cable TV. later. I actually have something MTV sucks. I know why the to say, so pay attention. younger generation is so fucked ' I know rumors are flying up now. Don't get me wrong, I around town about my selling still love my time in front of the the paper (SLUG, that is) and in tube. I would never miss a re- a sense they are true. I am going run of Charles In Charge. But, this to be selling a portion of the whole MTV generation is really paper to Gianni Ellefsen, former backwards, the youth of today owner of Guitar Gallery. I will have the attention span of a tree still be putting the paper out so and the creative minds have it will still be pretentious and dwindled into a Sega commer- over designed. I just won't be cial. What a shame! Suggestions: doing the business end of the Do something. paper. Those of you who know As far as this whole Kurt me will agree this was a wise Cobain thing goes, it really choice, I am no businessman. doesn't mean anything. If any of Things won't change too you are looking for an answer to much, mostly someone will an- why today's youth are so fucked swer the phone when'you call, up, he was not the answer or the PRODIRON MARCH HARE I and if they don't they will return reason. He was a creative guy your message. I will still be who couldn't handle it and he happylo blow you off if you call quit, a chicken-shit approach, or write for a response ... so feel but he chose it. I personally like free to call anytime. This paper the music and thought he had will still be there for you and we some interesting things to say. hope the people involved and But, he was not a spokesman for adiertising will continue to do the youth of today. He was a so. The paper is only going to fucked up songwriter whose 15 get better. SLUG is growing minutes made David Geffen a faster than I can keep up with lot of money. Who cares JR, shut and I felt it was better to bring in the fuck up. help than throw in the towel- my usual business move. Okay, See ya'll next month On to my sad story about Peace & Dowe how apathetic Salt Lake is. I got IR
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Information 571=628 1 '1i head understudies gather in Se- attle to listen to a tape of Courtney Love reading Kurt's suicide note and look cool. After the mourn-in one fan goes home and kills him- self with a shotgun. In related news, carpet cleaning franchises . . show a 70% jump in business for rifle on the grassy knoll not far this weekend. &~aWOLF from Cobain's house. 8 -Kurt Loder calls up CNN's Ber- APRIL 7- Courtney Love is ar- nard Shaw to ask for advice on :#MELLS OEAD rested in Beverly Hills for drug how to maintain during a crisis, possession and impersonating a likening his ordeal to Bernie's in .- ROCK STARS skank ho. After being" taken to a Desert Storm. Shaw politely hangs hospital for overdose treatment, UP. Saneration K 6et8 Love claims the powder was just APRIL 12-Nirvana album sales ZTba Square Buddhist ashes she kept around soar as that Dead Rock Guy mys- 3 tique kicks in. Elektra Records E? for luck (?) Cops smell the biggest VARCH 4-Kurt Cobain slips into pile of moo since a cattle truck sends Motley Crue a set of gold- :ahma after overdosing on prozac jacknifed in Pasadena. plated pistols and a memo on the ;-gd Diet Ice Clear YooHoo. - Hurtin Kurt gives himself a 30.06 importance of bejng "team play- - ter a stroll thru the Karma haircut. In the room is a suicide ers" Desert with Jim Morrison and note, several Judas Priest tapes, his APRIL 14-Lawyers for Stpne Michael Landon, Kurt is revived driver's license, a shopping vana flat) and a bleary eyed Kurt Temple Pilots and Candlebox ne- ,by an advance tape of the new list ...(1.Woolite 2. Club soda 3. Loder rambling "If you never saw gotiate and crunch the numbers .-.:fple + album, if only to muster the Sponge mop) and a TV tuned to them live, now you never will. So for a joint "Temple of The Dog 2" :+ength to hit the "stop" button. channel 42's "Three's Company" just blow your brains out too, you recording. ::Actor John Candy dies. Unwit- marathon. pussies" APRIL 22- No Cobain fipg fat-guy fans world wide -Sensing a disturbance in the force, APRIL 9- After catching "Weekend developements, so the SLUG staff ;:&&:"Why not that fuckhead in Eddie Vedder vows to preserve the at Bernie's 2" on a plane, remain- celebrates Earth Day by getting :-Nirvana?" Jedi Grungewhiner's legacy. ing bandmates Chris (Krist?) and drunk, grilling up Spotted Owl MARCH 18-KC locks himself in APRIL 8-While doing a routine Dave realize that they've already steaks, and cranking the Psychic , :the house with enough weaponry Clapper installation, an electrician been propping up Kurt for years- Buddhist Gorilla's classic "Drop :+qualify as a cult compound dur- discovers the body. He first calls a why stop now? Playing with a life- Acid, Eat Meat, Pave the Earth" , -inga domestic dispute. Janet Reno local radio station, then the police. less stinker who can't sing or move APRIL 25- Oliver Stone begins j and the ATF (Alcohol,Tobacco and Safety tip for you kiddies: If a seemed much better than plan B: preproduction on his epic Nirvana .: *e!,Fire!,- Fire!) sit this one out. friend or family member needs "Chopper and Nirvana". film. His first choice to play Kurt is :;*"ARCH 28- Fugitive Kurt es- emergency care, call Kerry & Bill- - cobain's suicide effects Gianni E. River Phoenix, but ... capes a detox in Marina Del Ray then maybe 911. so deeply, he decides to bail on the APRIL 30- VOODOOSwing bassist, ,-+~dflees back to Seattle... all the -Courtney recieves the fateful call: music biz, shut down the Guitar Junior is found dead in a bathroom at the Sun. The suicide note found !?@'Ile pursued by a mysterious, "Courtney? OK, first the good Gallery and open up a tofu : , e armed man wearing a Def news. You're going to be getting restaurant.Quote:"You got a fookin clutched in his clammy palm ends :Z'eppard T-shirt. EVEN MORE publicity, and it's problem wit dat, fruitcake?" with "I can't live this lie any longer" j me Weekly World News reports totally free! Now the bad news... -MTV's Nirvanathon continues No one is sure exactly WHICH lie j stRush Limbaugh has met with -Realizing they have thier own unabated as Meat Loaf announces he meant, but Voodoo Swing cd @ce aliens. Unwitting fat-guy Hendrix/Lennon/Ian, MTV sales continue to decline. . his summer tour dates. Unwitting : &ns world wide ask:"Why not that launches a round-the-clock fat-guy fans world wide ask:Why - B-grade hack Helen Wolf mails a : sckhead in Nirvana?" Grievathon. Videos, not that fuckhead in Nirvana? letter bomb to the asshole who : *@RIL 6- Though no one else will rockumentaries, interviews, Un- (I don't know what that means, I coined that annoying phrase from Wnfirm it,one neighbor swears to plugged, (which only proved that was just on a roll) Hell, "Generation X". i5@tting Ax1 Rose holding a scope the Meat Puppets could dust Nir- APRIL 10- Thousands of Dead- -Helen Wolf -I*
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throws in the kitchen sink. Pave- me. You are armed dth cans of ment/Sebadoh lo-fi with a synthe- Krylon and Walkrnans and you are sized drum circle, orchestra and a thrashing about to this one already. human violinist. To finish let me Well don't let me see you in my quote some other, much better paid neighborhood. We have a Suzuki music hacks,"Ifonly this bandcould Samari with a Neighborhood Watch focus on one area of music the CD sign on the side. We are patplling would be more enpyable." Hah, I the streets looking for you. When we like it. catch you, it's into the nearest alley by Wa fora good switching. (We don't cane in America, although, we should.) Don't tryrecyclingany of those The Loved Ones Dick Dale surf li*, Duane Eddy The Price For Love twanging or Greg Ginn shit on me Hightone Records either,I know what it sounds like. As The press release bills this band for the ska, well you'll be skanking as following in the footsteps of the plenty when you're apprehended English Mods. They dress the part painting my new cinder-block waU on the album cover. If this were vi- Don't even try hiding that Middle ny1,witha copyright dateof 1965,I'd Eastern/surf guitar at the end of the instantly buy it while browsing the CD. Who do you think you are GnR garage sales. It could only be an ob- or something? I'm listening. scure '60s punk band or a group of I don't care if your parents, my mods. parents and yours truly ruined the It's neither, the band is from world for you. I don't care if you Oakland and it's a CD. Chuck the don't have a future. Deal with it press release, they sound like the Wear a god damned rubber so there Blasters. Maybe I've been listening aren't apy more of you. Stay off my to Dave Alvin too much, or maybe sidewalks with your boards and the Blasters are just so dear to my blades. Be satisfied with your job at heart that I hear their influence in a Burger King, and pay that FICA tax. lot of new roots rock bands. It could How in the hell am1supposed to live just be that the lead vocalist, Bart after you've takenmy job,and Lew, Davenport, has one of those rootsy Wardley BH&G, Girbaud,andRalph voices that brings Phil Alvin to mind, Lauren have taken all of my money? although, Davenport blows a mean Songs about lack of self esteem, harp that isn't evenclosetoanything gangs, shootings on the freeway, an heard from the Blasters. Whatever, anti-bluntsong,and loneliness. Punk this new Loved Ones album still rock as it should be played - loud sounds like a young Blasters. fastandangry with just a smidgenof These boys don't have the pop. Watch for the Offspring to re- rockabilly and country roots, @eh turn soon to Salt Lake City. Now if are all soul and blues. The album is they'd only make a video I could see exciting because theband isso young it onTV while channel surfing from and they demonstrate so much tal- the saftey of my couch. I wouldn't :Cycomotogoa vocal thing, you know? ent with their brand of rockand roll. have to leave the house to see them Separating this band from the It is rock and roll after all, the roots -i;Alkaline .. cluster of like minded others lies are theblues, they always have been.
..-Sector- <.. ~ . 2 Records deeper in the pits only a laser can Tell that to Meatloaf. ~~coxkoto~oatis a band firmly read. The jams these guys get. into A couple of standout tracks are wted in the strange sounds heard aredizzying. It reminds meof laying "Lickin'Stick," a James Brown cover, in the early '70s when the psyche; on the floor, unable to move, after and anoriginal tunewritten by Dav- Ticket Home dek era was dying, and disco and ingesting a megadose of PCP and enport, '1 Told The Truth." '1 Told Sector 2 Records a$' rock were rising. Since they too much whiskey. Then I looked at The Truth" takes a trip to the coun- The Paladins are back after tha-nk Blues Traveler in the liner the CD for the song title. It was try, country blues that is, with an much too long of an absence with a no~s,and they love to meander "Dizzy." It must be a flashback or acousticguitarsolo from Davenport. new album and a new record label. around in long extended jam ses- psychic experience. The circle is complete, the mods took They've swerved .oft into a new di- sions, they beg lumping in with the Since chanting is so big right inspiration from America's rection, and some of the songs ap new breed of "hippie" bands. ' now, with Enigma and some monks bluesmen and now the Loved Ones proach the commercial acceptability There is something else to the fromsomewherebringingevery fool take inspiration from Englands of your common everyday classic sic of Cycomotogoat. They are with a bad plasiticized haircut and mods. rock station. The opening song, mob than just another "hippie" Dockers out of their Acura Legends By Wa 'Ticket Home" has chiming guitars ba,nd. Their music is of the slow- into theretord shops. Cycdmatqgoat ala the Byrds and a hook bands like -gnoise variety. I'll drop some explores that area on a piece titled 38Specia1, theoutlawsand Marshall more names in here to demonstrate "Do WhatISay." Spokenword?Yes, Off spring Tucker wished they could still write. my complete lack of descriptive tal- they do that too, backed by feed- Smash "EverytimeISeeHef'isalrnostmore ent. How about Acetone, EngineKid, back, and the aforementioned deep Epitaph Records of the same. Dave Gonzalez, Pala- Idaho, and Milk? Not that grooving bass and drums. "El Pico" "Smash" is the latest from Off- dins longtime guitarist and vocalist, Cycomotogoat is even close to the is a perfectly orchestrated Grateful spring and their die-hard punk rock screams out an electric blues solo %sic of any of them, it is just that Dead jam. Why does it only last only label Epitaph. I know all you little that Jimmy Ray Vaughn could have slow groove, heavy on the bass and one minute and four seconds? skater bastards are out there in your used on his latest. drum;. mind in^ &tars and hoarse "Armv Ant/Heart Beats" hio nlrntc that wn~ildhnlri thrpe nf While I how the mainstream sruo myma4 0 lars to the guys in the trenches. them in the realm of extreme, nm The cover ip a work of, art in producing experimental mu&; :! itse&. I 'give credit to Independent don't know how many SLUG @-% Projectvrcls for theinspiretion. It em are familiar with the wo$% look as if it were phduced on a John Zorn, Ronald Shannon $i$$ letferpregs,The paper has that corn- son, the experbymtai jazz eation feel of recycling and antiq- ings from the Kitchen in New'Y* uity. Much respect to the designer. City, or even Australia's Ex- I bywa label, but to me Cannibal falls into the sameunlistenable ,,, , -*-_ Cannibal Corpse category as these. The Bleeding LastyearwhenCannibai&r& Metal Blade Records appeared in Zion I sat with t&e& Cannibal Corpse is back with a shared the holy sacramental new album It should behthesrtores and discussed their music. Feiy shortly after you read this. Chris compareit toany extremeof mod$? Barnes, infampus vocalist for the culture. Their kicks come hm&~ Corpse remains inbpersona as the ingto theextreme, notfromd~v+~y troll-under-the-bridge vocalist. Be- shootings or spraying Krylq.gp lieveitornot18ameswocalsarebarely buildings under cover of &rhis$. songs gain the Paladins some recog- Next to 'Zil' Irene" the instru- recognizabje in short bursts on this OnlTheBleeding"Barnes,& nition and resulting monetary re- mental "Re'jive'lnated" is the advancecassette. . the sound of a screaming wards, my favorite songs on the al- album'sshininglight. Gonzalezpulls Since the release of their last caught in a trap to the troll voik bum are the ones where they rely on out a guitorgan and plays the thing album, "Butchered At Birth," I've Guitarist Rob Barrett replaces their older sound. "15 Days" is as if theyear were 1963 and he was a spoken with a number of thrashing, ing in action Bob Russay ad& rockin' blues as only the Paladins member of Booker T and the MCs. death-metal, bloo4-hounds' who complete insanity of dd& can do it. Ti Irene" is a screeching Overall this album is as fine an ex- dismiss the Corpse because of their -Mazurkiewiu servesa sumnu$-n song with Gonzalez hiccuping and ample of modem blues as I've heard lyrics. Qeadvance cassette didn't such as Tony Williams, Kehny howling his way through a rocka- lately. The onequestion in my mind come with a lyric sheet so I can't rely Washington,- Dave Weckle, Trilok billy Influencedworkout. Producer, iawhy guys Ilke JimmieRayVaughn onan indepthanalysis of the printed Girtu. Cesar Rosas, LAX bbos, takes full get all the atteqtIon and shelf space material. I reaqy don't give a fuck Forget thelyridsheet, fo advantage of the recording studio's in record stores while the Paladins becausetherrttriictionofthe band for echocavabilities on thisone. "Who's doit betterand arefar more satisfy- me has never been the lyrical con- bum up for an ~een~l&~in''' is a slow blues where ing, Jimmie Ray's album is Another tent. treme and for the olfensivecow Gonzalez shines on both guitar and finereleaseand well worth purchas- I don't evei relate to them as which I have yet to see. : *s$s vocals. ing, but give some respect and dol- one of thedeath metal genre. I place @*a *AS: the trigger. do it? All that education comes at -Arnold S [seespelling above]: no cost the taxpayer! Isn't show "De schtory iss over. Buss auf biz wonderful? before I rip auf you lips." Where so these wits think [if -Bruce Willis: "I'm gonna that's the right word1 of these [expletive deleted] kill some lines? Do they have teenage ninja [ditto], or my [ditto] name isn't I crashes and chases, Or even the mutant writers who do it for them [ditto,ditto]." Rankb vast expanses of semi-nekkid al- or do they read comia? -Clint Eastwood: nflt 8we a dad8um luringyoungstarletfleshdaringly Geepers, I sure am awful Blamblamblamblamblam... displayed inbigger-than-life well- doggone palous. -Chuck Norris: "EEeeYyaah! lightened vivid color. I think of an appropriately [kick, poke, jab, rip, tear, stomp]!' Did you see "TotalRecoil," the Nope. snappy comeback days after I've Golly, I wish I'd said that. All st Arnold 1"Schmile ven you I go for the dia- fire-bombed a squad of Nazi CIA I can think of to end the column is dat"] Schwarzenegger sci-fi logue. dope-runners. Sometimesmonths to say: . "This is the end of the The quips Schwetc., pass before I come up with an column." Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Me1 ending to a column. Gibson, Pee WeeHerman and the Like this one. Dadgum it . -MEDIAMAN! rest of the Steroids-R-Us crowd How would the "good guys" use in the movies intellectually stimulating. LikewhenSchwar (whycan't wasabout20jillion. Mycalcu- they get a decent American r melted on "Total Reject." I'm name?) rips some guys arm off for "Die and says "See you at de party." Or when he stabs somebody with I'd like to have a monopoly on a flag pole and says "Schtick llywood movie-blood sales. around." or when he cuts some- LOCAL ARTIST body in half with a chainsaw and says "He had to schplidt." This is real literature. 01' Billy Wiggle-stick never wrote AL GROSSl stuff mearly as neato. Sure, he Guitarigt fop The rating people should start could wipe out a stageful of ac- a pivrating based on how many tors, but all he had to deal with #OU $6 67 cab b$ of blood in a movie. Per was rapiers and bodkins. Real Sit and talk with Al, and American dialogue requires at you get the impression that "Die Pard 2" prop-bloodcame least 600 rounds a minute. he spends alot of time at the inltt$k trucks. [Where do they Why can't I thinkof snappy Humane Society saving small ddng it ? Is it toxic ?I lines like that when I'm gunning animals. Mild _ou'dthinkpeoplewhorun downasquadofdopersinthe mannered,calm,all around th' aluloid dream machine would park ? nice guy. See him play live tif gviolenceaftera while. Not so. Dadgum it. and it is quite a different story. Remember the classic Speak softly but carry a "Yippiecai-yo, caiyay, [expletive big stick ..... In this case Al's .- deleted]'' Willis said as he blew ' main stick is an 88 Fender love for the guitar has grown up the bad guys in "Die Cots"? Strat ran thru a modified at a torrid pace. H~ quotes his PR(N snappy comeback . And Marshall 1/2 siack and a Twin influences as ~~~d~i~.of from to much. the :!bssic Silly Stallone "All I Reverb. course" Buddy Guy Clapton
wahlla do is go duh distance" He tears into his solos with g, ~~ff~~~k~ o~h~ blues is from "Rockhead"? Could Clint untamed passion and creates where it all came from, ,and Eastwood blowsomeguy's head analmost hypnotic connection llve always been affected by off withoutacleverlinelike, GO between him, his guitar and those old blues ahead, make my day" ? the crowd. And if he had to pick one al- Golly, how nifty. "It's all gut reaction'' he burn? "Layla by Derek & the It makes the violence more says of his playing. "I much Dominoesm~f you haven't seen palatable, especially when you prefer live to the studio be- him play, blowing it, p+ket knik in "First Crud." know your kids are getting an cause you can't seem to cap- sogo see House of Cards later I Movies can teach us a lot. education in proper linguistic ture live energy on tape." And this month at the Bar & Grill f Americans know that the way utilization,communicationswise. energy' is something he's had ~~~~~i~lD~~ weekend at tdhandle our frustrations is to take If your child is ever called since his first real gig with the ~~hb~~~pub. Have a beer, 04t dty hall with a bazooka, Hal- upon to gun down 20 deputy 'The Scats' "There were 400 hear some blues,and listen l$ood style. Is it a legitimate po- sheriffs on Main Street [all people and when we hit that closely to ~11~guitar. Listen itdoesn't explode henchmen for a politically cor- first chord,it was like a bomb to the soul in his playing. , the cameras ? rupt corporate typebad-guy war went off! Everyone loved it." Then you'll definitely get I 1 But it's not the violence that toymanufacturercocainedealer, From a farm in upstate N.Y. it aqrads me to these movies. And of course], he or she will know when he first took his broth- it- the cle exactlywhattosaybeforepulling ers Bob Dylan songbook his -MADD MAXX .i7ellhim he has a choice of what to wear.
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When the band sees nothing Possibly revertingtoprimal instincts but total chaos before them they they all started to movearound each know they're doing their jobs. That otherinacircuh fashion. The mosh is gratifying for the bands; it tells pit was mated. But that was not the them you are enjoying the show. end. Head walking and stage div- Everything evolves and with ing you do at your own risk. Idon't sick. Shit, you idiot&don't deliber- bands like Pantera hitting the scene have much advice on those stunts ately hit someone or push them the aggression level soared to new other than don't expect people to down. Henry Rollins would call heights. Chaos ensued in the pits catch you when you dive off the It has only been a few days ypu weak and he would be right. I and there were twenty to thirty - stage in their direction. Usually, since the Sepultura show at Wtair saw a guy at last summer's Danzig people piningthe pits,rnay be more. peopk are pretty cool about head and, while I couldn't tell you every shpw dedde to hit someone across Here, moshing was truly defined. walking, but there will be some song they played or in what order, I the pit and just took offafter him. But I don't think it has been refined people whodon't have any patience can tell you the moshing was amaz- Maybe hedeserved it,but Idoubt it. enough, yet. for passing yourwholebodyweight ing. I haven't had so much fun in a Don't be violent; express ag- I'm not saying we should re- over their head while they try to long time. Salt Lake City has a very gression. vert back to sl& dancing (that just enpy the show. strong hard core crowd. You might Anotl+?r thing, if you are a wasn't aggressive enough for Here are some more points to keep ndexpect it because of how consel. skinhead , in a gang or a straight today's needs). On the other hand, in mind about moshing: vative a state we live in. On the edger or some other similar extrem- I do think there are some things we *Do. be aggressive. Everyone other hand, that doesgiveeveryone ist, do not use my pit asan excuse to should keep in mind when we go around you is feeding off of your a whole lot more to be angry at. I brawl. The cops can't always get to pitting. I don't want to call them anger. was really excited to see so many you in the pit, but remember, the rules because that is what we so *Donotbeviolent;donot use the pit crazy, ugly, rebellious, loud people cops might have to save you from trulywanttorebelagainst,soIwould as an excuse to inflict pain on other at the show. It reassured me that everyone in the pit if you get out of call it etiquette people. hard core will be virith us for quite hnt\d. When you are in the pit, go rIf . wane ,fallsdown, pick them 4me time. Thank you, God. The thing to remember is that ahead and do your own thing, but Usually, it takes some time for moshing is a mindless act of lunacy, don't simply be running into each spik, clothing. to get excited about jumping nothing more, nothing less. It has other. 1'vi &n people pick some *Ifyouareleaviigthe pit,holdyour ir/to the pit, but that night was the no social redeeming values. It c& one out of the crowd and run head- hands up so the people on the edge exception. I moshed to all three send you home with countless long toward them flinging them- of the pit know not to throw you bands Saturday night (and days bruises, scrapes, sprains, or worse. selves at tkm. You could really back in. later, I still have the bruises to prove But the bottom line is that it is so hurt someone twway. There's no *If you are a guy, be on the lookout it). The mood was perfect Sheer much goddamn fun you just can't fun in that. You see, moshing is for girls. Some really want to be in 1 aggression-violence absent. That believe it. Nothing compares to the more than picking a person out of there but we need to remember that important. Sometimes, I see release a person experiences while the mwd and running headlong we are usually bigger than they are. / guys in the pit that look like moshing. You can become totally into them. That's fucking dull. You don't have to act like 6ne of I Gtboys or red necks that are just different person when you enter a Moshing is the act of trying get your King Arthufscourteous knights, but agthe pit as an excuse to beat on mosh pit. To be fully understood, own mindless dancing done whilea try &how some regard for the girls , &r human beings. Those people the mosh pit needs to be fully expe- mob of other people are all trying to and smaller people in general. missing the point. It's probably rienced. , do their own thing. All of this is *Do not grope girls participating in &r that way; they wouldn't un- In the beginning there was taking place in a circle that is simply the fun. Just because they can't see &stand it even if you tried to ex- Malcolm Mclaren and his Sex Pis- not bigenough to handle everyone: you doesn't make it OK. I've met &in it to them. tols. Suddenly all the crazy youth This is what leads to the panic factor, &me really cool girls at local shows ,' What it is: a bunch of idiots who hated pop dancing and pop that feeling that you are all running and not one ever said, "Oh1 just Love $mning around in a circle trying to dance clubs hada place to go(faceit, down an alley and total destruction head walking because guys are al- @ease all their pent up energies some peoplecan't dance to save their is following close behind and ways trying to grab at my tits and adaggression. The pu-: YOU lives). They needed a format ta catching up. If the equation is cor- my ass." +nd all week conforming to a expel their hates and frustrations rect, the result should be nothing *Do have a great time. That's why Wrld that will crush you if you and forget about the real world, if less than a mass hysteria bordering you're at the show isn't it? &nlt, while at the same time trying only for a while. Everyone was just on complete loss of control. If you shbw yourself and everyone doing their own goofy, ritualistic have been in a pit, you know this Thanks to all of you who picked up vundyou that you despise it. End dance and occasionally they would feeling. This means that all the en- my drunken ass when I fell down orsults: Akxperience a tempmay bump into each other. At this point ergy from the band is flowing running amuck under the lights of l&se of sanity riled by'all the others there was no ol.ganized pit. Then through you. That flow pulls the the Sepultura show. You're wel- mund you doing the same; Bhne sometime in the 80s bands like Sui- pent up frustrations and aggrava- come to those of you I helped to get &ll of a good time. cidal Tendencies and the Punk tions out of you as it passes through. up. See you at the next show! $ It. is a mob scene pure and movement transformed itself into It alsomakes you gocompletely P.S. I conducted an inpromptu pole &nple. But everyone needs to keep Thrash music. Now those same out of your mind. Moshing also at the drinking fountain right before &ir heads aboutthem. When you punks dodging the dance clubs had sends practicality dnd sensibility on Sepultura went on stage. The ques- @tgo of you inhibitions and let pri- something to listento while skating, a tc krary vacation and some of tion was "Would you rather be urges take over, prove to lower and eventually snowboarding. We usr.,.tilyneed that sometimes. Some drinking more, moshiig more, or pk forms that you keep an even were starting to see more and more of u., are in college trying to make having more sex?" Now, I did get a geeper ability to maintain self con- aggression displayed by kids at the the systemwork for usand dressing wide rangeof different answers(one @ol with regards to those around shows but not everyone was into it properly and hiding our true self. guywmted morecrystalmeth?)but fou. Acontrolled chaos. At the end so there would,be small clusters of The pit is the place to reassure our- the resounding response was "more the week, the hard core show is kids going nuts with their friends. selves that we have not lost touch SEX!" Go figure. $mrrelease, but don't put someone This is where the circular move- with our youthful perspedives on C &the hospital for it. Somany fights ment isborn. Asmore friends pined life. rise up from moshing now that it is sruo MAY laM m
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It's May & spring is in the air, help demolish that festering sore bringing with it all it's wonderful on 13th east that drove me to a life sightsand souns of the season:The of beer drinking and punk rock. crack of the bat at Franklin Field, Well in case you haven't heard, the oppressive stench of the brine another alienated high school flies ai~altaireand way too many dropout punker blew h:ls head off hairy, sweating, tye dye clad acid last .month. Kurt Cobain, the casualties at the University ta' "spokesman for a generation" was Utah's Mayfest. Yeppers, spring is found dead in his Seattle mansion here and everyone is all aquiver by an electrician blah, blah, blah. with anticipation,looking forward We've all heard the story. to another Salt Lake summer chock Unfortunately, Cobain's sui- full of beer runs to Evanston, pro- cide did little more than provide .jectilevomiting at Lake Powell attd tabloid fodder for a weekand make more reggae festivals than anyone Courtney actually seem sympa- should have to endure. The month thetic in her ,cameo role as the of May also brings the end of an- greiving widow. Wevermind' the i*- .. other school year, providing thou- fact that she o.d.'d in L.A. the ~~plicationsto thi cinema ~ar,daunch, iurts, rash or send to tijl sands of youngsters with the op- morning her husband was com- .-We SLUG P.O.Box by May 25th (No Exceptions). Bands must .i': portunity to wreck their parents posing his suicide note after ide demo tape or CD-(any quality). ~Aistsshould provide I:: cars on highland drive in a mad threatening interdiction because if of example of work (photo is fine). There may be a I?,:'.. scramble to clog the hallways of his drug prob1em.Considering that for booth rental. Questions call 468-6294: Applications . .. Cottonwood Mall. I guess the rea- hisgreatest hit repeated the phrase at above listed locations. Local artists only please! All 1:; son I'm getting so sentimental " a denial " over and over again, lcome to participate, please do! I:::' about all this is because after this it'sa little ironic to sift through the school year, stetely old East High pounds of bullshit and subterfuge will be torn dohand replaced being generat* by the ~effen with a newfangled, state of the art family in the wake of Cobain's lat- learning facility. It's probably ob- est and sadly, only succesful sui- vious to you by now that I am cide attempt. The most obvious something of an East High alum. tragedyisthat Kurt wasbasicallya While1 wouldn't go so far as to call well meaning guy who made the myself a I did spend a mistake of swallowing the punk good part of three and a half years rock integrity myth hook line and there,and it breaks my heart to see sinker, and consequently deter- the old school go. mined that his life was worth less What upsets me most, is that than the millions of acne wracked no one has yet asked me to help trend hoppers who adored him. aim theold wrecking ball at the rat Sure he was a whiner, and slightly infested walls of that heinous in- too sensitive, but he was also a stitution. If it's going to be torn great songwriter and singer who down anyway, they could at have had a hell of a clue for a couple of the courtesy to let a few of us with years anyway. All I have to say is agenuinegrudge against the place where's the loaded shotgun when take a few cracks with the sledge you really need it? Like for ex- hammer or plunge the detonator ample, anytime Morrissey, Ax1 that brings thefucker down.Thatls Rose, Peter Murphy, Eddie one raffle I'd buy a dozen tickets Vedder, or any member of Alice in for. So this month I recommend all Chainsopenstheir pie holetoopine East High students do what I about the pressures of their world should have done in the first place and their need to escape it. and deface, destroy and generally --Stint boy LL WRITING MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN THE 25TH OF THE MONTH ,.* *- ,*O.-. . Box 1468 r SLC, UT 84158 BEFORE THE NEXT ISSUE. GO FIGURE! :j#g WOWor lesrr or 80.190thin~3~rexbt gr ! -.-.?%dst_ please. Please type or write legibly I Uext Deadline May 25th. Period! --.*--*-a-. cn E :J sruo MAY las4 L 5th Avenue m EIGHTBALL to LOVE AND talents, Fantagraphics deserves ROCKETS. More recently, though, be lauded. It's just a shame th Fantagraphics is er known for keep picking unworthy publishing softco?r porn comics [Black and White, $2501 Grade: under the "Ems Line" banner and. 11.1 for printing the workof almost any cartoonist, no matter how hack------cluded] and then putting the ch&- --Scott vice neyed. WRlTTW BY PAUL TOBIN [ actersthrough their paces witha lot Into the latter category falls xummBY PHIL lrcsm. VI of clenched fists and tooth-gnash- 3TAHL AN0 COuaN COWER Since this month's comics for Jeremy Eaton, the creator of ing. WHOTNOT. So far the chief attrac- PUBUSHE0 BY SLAVE LABOR view are pretty stinky, I suppose If I sound utterly bored and GRAPtlICS 11 start off positively with a few tion through three issues appears disgusted with this comic then pat to be "Arnericaville", a continuing I occasionally find corn yowlf on the back. For some books that have me scratchin Jeff SmitlfsBONE has reached serial of weirdness that seems to be reason, I was under the delusion Eaton's homage to Daniel Clowes' headand wondering how th ue 13 and continues to get better, that Miller cared what heput on the EIGHTBALL: However, published. A fine example o now is a good time to giveit'a try. written page, but the script for "Americaville" 'doesn't have even is logic Slave Labor Graphics ewise, HATE [the odious rant SPAWN / BATMAN is an embar- TITUDE LAD. Peter Baggel promises changes the advantage of Clowes' naive rassment. Theplot is asinine [most Kitsch; it merely meanders and This curiosity or puolishi store soon, but is as amusing and super-heroics are, but good writers features a variety of stories wr qardonic as ever. And MILK AND sinks under its own weirdness. can usually make one forget the Actually, Eaton's gimmick ten by Paul Tobin and illust ~ESEget their "first second stupidity and enjoy the ride], the by one of three artists. The sue" courtesy crankyNew Yorker seems to be finding some unique characters are overblown, and the . idea and hammering it to death, as mon thread in all the stories ap Dorkin. SURPRISE! There's melodrama is so overwrought that with the wooden-headed pears to be "attitude", a life left in the dairy duo, -thereader suffocates. Siiply put, "Akimbo1' or "RoseColoredMan" exibited by the title characte '&cially with their Herve' the story isn't any fun. strips. Theinitial amusement wears Chester Field, Attitude Lass, an f'illkhaise tribute.. . Evidently, Miller's forgotten off-quickly, leading to simple others. What's missing in a 1 'The gem from the shelvesihis how to write Batman or else he just boredom. this is anything compelling. I)lonth is MADMAN COMICS #I, didn't care when writing this gar- Probably the only thing of real Take for example, " Little @owever.Mike Allred's ode to 60's bage. note to the entire issue is 'Not Conversations ", in which At $amp [with zumbies, aliens, and Then again, Miller could have Might Transpire", in which the fu- tude Lad propositions w *rd superheroes] is delightful, been influenced by cdpiitTodd ture lives of "cute kid" comic ship in a bar with no subtlety, d it's nice to see Allred working McFarlane, the hack responsiblefor characters is extrapolated in dis- rupted intermittently by au other GRAFIK MUZIK char- $, creating Spawn. When McFarlane gusting detail [and thoseof us who Tobin, who decries tha actersinto the mix. Recommended defected Marvel for Image, a great hatethat genre willbesatisfied with nothing like Attitude Lad. This for the really cool, though. deal of fuss was made about how the fate of 'The Family Circus" 's little self-deprecating tale is McFarlanelsart had become so bad Jeffy... 1. Too.bad the rest of the smarmy at best and tiresome at it was nearly a parody of his earlier contents weren't as sharp and rnis- worst. It's all been done before work. Sadly, McFarlaneis writing anthro~ic. [and certainly better]. Other " ability is similarly deficient. 1t lppears that Eaton's heart is gems " include a bit with Atti- But in thecontext of SPAWN / intherightplacewithWHOTNCYr, tude Lad's pal Wanky Dog BATMAN, McFarlahe is "just" the as comic asides with Eaton's alter- spewing on a T.V. while being illustrator. He still deserves to be ego [the dishevelled "Artist" ] spanked and Attitude Lass being viliied for his pitiful drawings, poke fun at the comics industry. beaten up at a punk show. If though. His anatomy, pacing, flu- However, these little bitsare rather somebody can show me where idity, flow, and imagery are all de- tiresome, unfunny, and heavy- any of this deserved the paper it ficient to the point that I could only handed. Everything has this feel- was printed on, I'd be severely shake my head and grimace. ing of Eaton either trying too hard rebucked. mblytonceived RONIN], I never even looked at the DC The blame for this piece of Comics offers a nasty eye - or re-hashing material that's been BATMAN / SPAWN one-shot, but donebefore [and better] byothers. crap has to fall on scribe Paul :SPAWN / BATMAN. it's hard to imagine that it could Tobin, who evidently hasn't got nceived as a coihic book What's sad about all of this is havebeen any worse than SPAWN that Eaton has a reasonably good a clue as to what comprises a / BATMAN. Miller and McFarlane cartoony style that fits the material good story. But the artists cho- Image Comics do their ought to beashamed of themselves sen to hlustrate~obin'slittle bits featuring a crossover well. The problem, then, lies in for this crime against comic book Eaton's inability to come up with also have to be held responsible, ar characters Batman fans. I wish my vocabulary were especially the underwhelming awn meeting - yes; it's a interesting ideas and charaders to foul enough to describe this populate the pages. One gets the Vincent Stall. Thecollaborations, idea, but one that seems to :garbage.. .[color, $3.951 Grade: F between Tobin and Stall are es- money], SPAWN / feeling that Eaton feeis pressured to become another Dan Clowes, pecially excruciating. Sadly, ukson a bizarre plot artist Phil Hester [currently a mad scienjist [who rather than establishing his own WWOTWOT identity ... either that or Eaton's pencilling DC's SWAMP' omeless people into cyber- WRmW AN0 IUUS1RA'IU) BY THING1 manages to get dragged ercenaries a la' "Robocop" I. identity as a cartoonist isn't tembly JEREMY CAW compelling. along and shows cartooning, 's a little more to the PUBUSHE0 BY FANTAGlWtIICS 800KS talent. But it's a waste of talent. ryline than I've let on; Fantagrahpics Books [for the & WHOTNOT is pretty in- dicative of the current crop of Get the picture? Slave La- ling with the establish- uninitiated] has built a reputation bor should have to eat copies of thecharactersare [with as a publisherof moredaringcomic Fantagraphics Books like THE CE- REAL KILLINGS and others. In this ... product. [Blackand White, anation of how they came to book titles, from HATE to $2.951 Grade: F the same continuum in- trying to endorse new comic book I- BYVlllVS HWON NIVW 'N 0V9 f0Cf mZ62( 108) eL e SM~~S1111s O~SIQ =XI M IM 6 g ~1.0KE~ . I- ., fun ... A kinky hoot!" -beter ~r&
Only one letter last month, but what a doozy!!! DEAREST Sarah,this letter reeks of sb many insecurities, we're not quite sure where to start. However .... Our sophmoric witticism & eighth grade usage nose.Could this be our little of grammar & syntax is what starlet? Don't think so, she's way got us where we are today, an- too happy. Either that or she swering fresh out of mom's puts prozac on her pop tarts. dictionary letters such as your EARA JONES (Broken Hearts) own.How much time did you The ultimate female Clark spend on this "of" &."fornthing Kent. Librarian by day, sultry anyway? Or maybe you just got singer in smoky bars by a copy of Hillary Clinton's new night ...p erhaps she spends her autobiography, "The big red sunday mornings at the type- fancy phrasebook "?? ...." writer pounding out the ignoramic piece of sub-culture sarcasm?.... No Way! goggie doo"?..." barren intellec- Too good of a voice to be named tual landscape" ... God you are Helen. Besides Andy says no, so soooo deep. We read your letter 'no it is. 800 times & still don't know KRISTEN McQUARRIE what you mean by "myopic, lo- Who the hell's that you say? cal" Do you hang out at She's the feisty Italian girl from bandaloops? Your letter tore Boston who works at our 7-1 1. away every speck of dignity & She sells us beer,smokes and at- self respect we ever had.Good titude, and gives us cooking tips job. We are now in an outpatient for free. . program at the Western Institute DEE DEE CORRADINI of Neurops ycology . Impossible, she can't read I Please leave us alone, we or write or put out .....Helen does give! Uncle! Anyway, kudos on all three, and with alarming ac- your letter,you must have alot curacy. of time on your hands. If so we'll J.R. RUPPEL (SLUG) buy you a few beers at the next If you've ever seen JR in a Buzz game. By the way our col- dress then you can see this umn is called "PSYCHO COR- . theory has potentia1,however he NER" not "Keep all the psuedo says he hung up his pumps long . intellectual I.T.T. grads happy before Helen came along,but corner" Remember,men , then again he also said "Don't will always watch baseball, hate me for being beautiful!" while barefoot pregnant women What a slut. fetch them beers from the fridge. JAIME & JOSETTE . XOXO, J.T. & THE FATMAN This could be it except for
4 two things. Jo just got out of an And n on with the pro- English prison for defiling a lo- gram ..... cal rugby team, and Jaime is busy filming her new. movie "Leonard part 2, the Cream WHO'S AFRAID OF HELEN Warrior." So that leaves us with WOLF? WHO THE one last possibility,one stone ...... unturned,one last skirt HELL IS HELEN WOLF? untouched ....y es it's your favor- , Our two heroes went on the ite. ugly toe sucking slut MA- road in search of the true iden- DONNA. tity of that saucy little Oh well what can we say? ! tart ..... here's a list of possible "Cuz I'm a bad detective,and .I I suspects. always get my man" ST- LISA at BURT'S. 264'SOUTH MAIN lalalalalalalalovely Lisa,with -Goodnite Ladies! 59510553 * MONmSAT r (the lovely earrings in her . MAY mM SLUO tonk band. Sweet on the fiddle, heavy on the steel, twang in the vocals, this album is drinkin' music for all the Broken Hearts. It includes enough coun- try-bop to keep "big beat'' Since last month's rockabilly see a copy available for sale in a craving swing dancers on 'knees from my keyboard the store. If you were present for' Big the floor. Ask Smokey to $alt Lake rockabilly scene has Sandy's appearancein "our town" order it in again. The 5 ibntinued to grow. The Frantic you already know how good this Star Hillbilliesareanother &ktopsplayed toa slightlydisap album is, if not, visit the store of American band whose &ting audience at the Bar and your choice and ask for it. While music doesn't fit the soft Grill. It was on a Thursdayxight you're at it ask for the new Dave mckof country radio- the wchhad a lot to do with it. I had Alvin. It anived in the mail with album is on an import la- 89 leave early and didn't see Big Sandy and is a thoroughly en- bel. ,egough of the show to give a de- joyable surprise. Alvin has moved Smokey's has the review of their performance. in this direction ever since the c~nnections for Put YerCat ClothesOn forthe Blasters broke up. He does folk SchoolKids records, it ,details. Their records, so far only blues, the singer/songwriter thing my be the only store in seven inch vinyl, are deep on the and reworks some old Blasters fa- town that does. On the bass and echo, the T-shirt kicks vorites. The focus is on his SchoolKids label are sev- and if you missed the show you songwriting and for the majority eral CDs well worth pur- dgn't have any of this shit. of the album he shows what he can chasing. First is George ,,. Coming up in May is a do with an acoustic guitar. He in- full-length recording. Bedard. I heard that Smokey had pychobiily show.Cosmic Voodoo cludes one boppin' tune. It will The point this col- his album in stock but it was plays the Bar and Grill on May 6 take the focus off Alvin's talent umn and the best news I've heard missingwhen~anived.~ealbum ppd 7 with a no restrictions mati- with an electric guitar and put it in quitesome time istheavailability ht93and was ij& performance on Saturday af- squarely on his formidable talent of rockabilly locally. If you coax in CD eeview. ~~d~~dis a guitar- hoon. This is one for punks as asa song writer. Is this his best yet? BC1ongandhard hemight ist extraordinare and his self- well as 'billy fans. Dick Dale plays Court&y of a major label and get something in for you. I picked penned tunes on the album swing completely unexpected is C.C. up the HI Rand The Roadrunners trfie Zephyr Club on May 12 with like hell while rockin, your gyrownVoodooSwing. Thisshow Adcock. This CD is on the Island at Raunch. Menyou ask for it off. SchoolKids also has the rights &a guitar freaks delight. For the label and it should have distribu- check on his latest bluegrass rec- to the first two ~i~~~~~~albums. uninformed, Dick Dale is the King tion, but I can't find the thing in a ommendations. Another store in They are both classic pop albums eSurf Guitar. The man melts record shop. Adcock does Ronnie town has entered the rockabill~ with a sound deeply indebted to Hawkinslikelhaven't heard since marketingarenawithavengeance.rockbilly. Both are available on kabilly are my ticket to the original. He doesn't stop with SmokefsRecords,withsomehelp oqe CD. Again out of the realm of the dirty,raunchy guitar, heis from from the local fans, has rockabilly, but still an excellent the bayous and his music includes a presentable of rocks- purchase for fans of roots rock and the swampy sound of the area. Not billy available for purchase. blues is an' album by Steve strictly a rockabilly album, it is When the bin had Nardella. Also on SchoolKids, it is hard boppin' swamp rock with a henpicked but I Nardella's dedication to his roots. few slow ballads and it is another was able to find more than my Bedad and Nardella played to- one to confound record storeclerks wallet could handle. Therein front gether in the past and each is with. me was acopy of and The present on the other's album. Also on a major label is a new On CD. The version Nardella is famous for two 1%- and the Fine Line Ban- Johnny Cash album. Produced by ranks as One my favorite mcka- endary albums. One was on Blind I'm a clueless old man Rick Rubin and released on his billy albums of all time. On CD the pig, the other on the ~~~~i~~ American Recordings label it is all sound isn't as warm, it is a touch r-rd label. His new one is des- Cash and his guitar. Cash sings brittle, but when vinyl isn't avail- tined to be just as legendary and Danzig, yes, that one, Nick Lowe, you as for possibly as difficultto obtain. Or- Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and next best. This album is a classic, der ~~~~~ll~and ~~d~~dat the Loudon Wainwright 111 as well as aoyone int~restedin exploring w on the turntable or the himself. It is as pleasing an album rockabilly-/could start with it as The Scoffed have a tape avail- as I've ever heard from the "Man their first purchase. Ask smoke^ able, The Broken Hearts should In Black," one of the original Sun to ordm another, if he hasn't al- have a cassette out bv the time you
'billies. Cash is now a folky. ~YS read this and soon to follow is a In the vinyl area I picked up a Out of the realmof rockabill~r new Voodoo Swing album. Salt new seven inch from HI nandthe but very close to what is going on Lake City's best 'billy band has Roadrunners. It isn't traditional in Salt Lake City is another album reportedly just finished 12 new rockabilly either. It's wild and I picked up from the store. Jimmy songs in the studio. Until next crazyroots rock with somehonkin' Roy's 5 Star Hillbillies began as a month - keep boppin' the blues. sax from Denis McQuinn and HI band dedicated to recreating the Open your pathetic punk rock FI doing the growling vocals. The sounds of Johnny and Jack. If you mindsand realize where you came band is from Chicago so I'll com- don't know who they are I'm not from. The first punks were the pare them to a rootsier version of about to explain it to you, visit a the hillbilly punk from Mule. The library. Since then they've ex- --by Wheels seven inch has me anticipating a panded to a full-fledged honky- ous work force is shrouded in them to believe, the myth. These same deluded portant aspect of colle souls may think that long nights in smoke filled nights of drug use, circulation It is also not generally philosophical conversation and able, getting high im ------J brain impaired rehearsal will proficiency. lead to fame or even a decent What will help? these guys, but they kick ass. gig. Change will have to b~gin These Brazilians know what the Musicians are people first. with the musician and the-%u- crowd likes. Their set was raw They have the same problems sic world - Musician medtor and fast, playing everything off shaied by common men. Being each other as business men of Chaos A.D. If you missed creative or artistic does not women do. A strong work am,Tdic this one too bad. , shield one from. problems of, includes the reality of the mu- depression substance abuse, sician having knowledge ,and
.Q self image, distorted expecta- control in business arratl e- tions, communication or cop- ments is important. perst3'k a1 ing .with change. The issue in problems should be asse!!ed utilizing skills or available ser- and treatment success sh vices falls in the original myth be the mentor and media focr% s. or subculture surrounding The public has a sthhg music and musicians. If the ethical responsibility to avoid world expects musicians to subculture myths and begin %y look like a deviant, drug abus- stressing reality. The image of ing or dying subculture they suicide or drug over dbse Sepultura wl- Clmb - will be one. Most sources of should not be a media circus. media and the public have We owe it to young musicians & Fear Factory glamourized this picture. It has to promote acceptance of prob- 8rlt Alr April 8th only been recently, that per- lems and seeking help for tgh. - Death of any person of'hl- Holy fuck does Salt Air Prong sonal credit has been given to musicians, like Prince and Ma- ent is sad and should not'be stink, but what a cool building. Club DV8 April 28rd I., - donna for their expertise in immortalized. It is a great place for a show. All right I sat in the bar for business management. -Susan Hell the crow was a show in lei ikon the first two bands, I don't even Licensed Clinical Sodial itself. Well anyway back to the Society does not prepare know who played. But when college students, by leading ~dt%er concert. First was fear factory. Prong came on I left the bar and 1-6' They sucked! Try yelling at the headed for the stage. I said it top of your lungs when you once and I'll say it again, this have a sore throat. So instead guy looks, acts, and I think is of banging my head I walked possessed by Charles Manson. around and looked at all the This is the third time I've rockers. Finally Clutch. What seen these guys, and I do have a treat. These guys rock. Talk to say that the key board player about fast and grindie. How has to go. But these guys did about aggression, and did I kick ass they played a lot of mention slick. They played stuff off their newest release. with such a force. To bad the Even my favorite, Pick Up the sound guy didn't mix the sound Broken Peace. The only thing I worth a shit. Or maybe it was don't understand is why does the building. I don't know. It Tommy get pissed if the crowd also would have been a lot nicer isn't being as rough as possible. to have seen Clutch in a small I guess he feeds off of it. Any- club, but you gotta do what way it was good to'see these you gotta do. Next was guys on a headlining tour, they Sepultura. I really don't like deserve it.
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