HALLOWEEN ISSUE OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2005 • ABSOLUTELY FREE WATERMELON Weed Diva JadedJaded JinasJinas BRIAN CLEMENT Home of V HOTTEST ictoria’s CHIX! WET T-SHIRT CONTEST EVERY THURSDAY LADIESLADIES NIGHTNIGHT EVERYEVERY SATURDAYSATURDAY Absolute Underground – Page 2 We're back! The Helloween special, and this time it's out in October not SKANK OF THE MONTH LID OF THE MONTH December. Be warned, this issue is full to bursting with evil goodness. We've recruited local punk rockers Rob Nesbitt from Astro Zombies, Bum & AK47 plus Ratboy Roy from Alcoholic White Trash to share with you their feelings on the Misfits. Who better to write about music than musicians? We'd also like to welcome Robin Bougie of Cinema Sewer fame to the fold. He'll be bringing us regular installments of exploitation, smut and old porn reviews. Had a blast at a bunch of shows recently, especially my life changing encounter with the new metal giants GOLGOTHA. Laughed my ass off at the last SHIVS show, where Blind Mark fell into the drum kit and off the stage about a million times. I took part in the mini-riot that was Zombie Walk in Vancouver and checked out my boys GREY ARMY at the Asbalt, these are the mutants kids in the basement you've been looking for. Also bore witness to the triumphant return of the mighty HOOSEGOW, welcome back Tyler. Extra big props go out to all the exceptional bands who pitched in to help the Absolute Underground benefit shows kick so much ass. Just wanted to praise Get in line ladies! our layout guy extraordinare Bill Code for all the time and effort he's put into Big, Fat, Thick or Thin - Joe Just one of the making this mag, we couldn't do it without you, big baller. We have big Regal sticks it in! many Mullets changes planned for next issue so be sure to keep an eye out for the black at OZZFEST Christmas issue. -Ira "Horrorshow" Hunter GUITAR PLAYER OF VOIVOD DIES Piggy passed away Aug 26th due to Here we go... issue # 666. Halloween, the only holiday I care about besides maybe New Years. It's our one year anniversary, a big round of applause to complications of advanced colon cancer.. So everyone who has worked their asses off. Bill Code, my partner in crime Ira advanced that it had spread to his liver,he who really has worked his ass off and our right hand man Chris Inflicted. Also slipped into a coma and died less than 24 thanks to the many bands who supported the A.U. fund raising weekend as hours later surrounded by family and friends. well as our many advertisers without whom this project would quickly sink. VoiVod had just been in the studio working The last year has been a real learning experience to say the least and hopefully on their 14th album two dozen tracks are this next year will go as smoothly. We've been throwin' around the idea of going monthly plus we scored an office space with a 1-800 # so any idot believed to have been recorded. anywhere can call us. And keep checkin the web page because we're gonna start posting MP3's of the featured bands, same with video clips. And I'm REST IN PEACE! personally offering a case of beer to the person that draws up our next logo. Peace out -Willy Jak LETTERS Agnostic Front as a cover story! MY type of rag! The best issue yet. I think the future is bright for Absolute, it is certainly filling a niche and doing a fine job of it. – Erik the Dead or some cheesy shit like that. Hey AU, Just thought I would drop you a line and say "Your publication kicks ass!!!" A solid read each time. - J Townsend, Rek Magazine The mag needs more jay brown, less ty stranglehold. - Jay Brown The weed olympics is awesome, do you need some weed to sample for next issue? Editor: prank call!!! sorry to disappoint, it's all fake prop weed. Co-published by Ira Hunter & Willy Jak Contributing Editor (Right-Hand-Man): Criss Crass Contributing Writers: Emily Kendy, Bumsexjen, Jay Brown, New Wave Ricky, Erik Lindholm, Dustin Jak, Jaron Evil, Jimmy Miller, Jake Warren, Liam Lux, Criss Crass, Rob Nesbitt, Jym Wilson, Robin Bougie, Robin Thompson, Daniel Noel, Ratboy Roy, Dick Awl Contibuting Photographers: Gillian Bakker, Joe Regal Layout: Bill Code Artists: Gareth Gaudin, Robin Thompson, Dan Scum, Randy Chaos ABSOLUTE UNDERGROUND MAGAZINE is published 6 times a year (or a close proximity) by Hidden Forces Publishing. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the written consent of the publisher. 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Now we realize that the list could have gone on forever and probably filled an entire issue but this is the list of guys who immediately popped to mind, many of which were very close or in a few cases related to someone in the A.U. family. It may be a little morbid but we don't want to forget these guys. In the case of Pete Randell who died thirteen years ago when he was only nineteen, it was hard tracking anyone down that knew the facts of the matter. As luck would have it his dad has been pushing for legalization and I found articles he had written as recent as two years ago on the internet. So on that note thanks to everybody for your help on this article especially Ricky Jak,"Blind" Mark Halady, and Jeff Harley....HAPPY HALLOWEEN. KEN JENSEN BUBBA a.k.a. Kenny Hanson…way back in the mid eighties this guy Greg “Bubba” Halady was originally from Frt. was the drummer in a band called SUBURBAN MENACE Saskatchewan Alberta. At fifteen he saw Black Flag and and the legendary Victoria punk band RED TIDE…One it changed everything. Between playing hockey and time in ’87 I saw him play drums at the rats nest in a band going to punk shows he used to do volunteer work called MOTORHOME with RANDY LONG on bass. And they with the blind. Around ’89 he formed the Junky Gods would later be buried in the same cemetery. After that he with his brother Blind Marc. They were a kind of punk was in the HANSON BROTHERS and landed the job Velvet Underground meets Deja Voodoo. Around ’91 drumming for D.O.A. which was like a dream job because he moved to Victoria, found a room for rent in what they were one of his favorite bands. Scott Henderson told turned out to be Aaron Clarke’s mom’s house. In ’93 he me that Ken was a heavy smoker, and was in the habit of brought his brothers band the Boozehounds out to smoking a last cigarette before bed and one night the Victoria and they played three shows with Aaron couch caught on fire …and he almost made it to the front Clarke’s band Left Of Center ..I saw one of those shows door…I had the misfortune of being in the studio with at that all ages venue called Go-Go which is now that dive Evolution. In ’95 the Scott when he got the bad news and he was so bummed Boozehounds split up and Blind Marc and guitar player Jeff Harley moved to Vic., out and when he hung up the phone he looked at me and then started one of my all-time favorite bands period, Drunk Tank. Those dudes said “I always told him cigarettes would kill him.”…..One time about 6 months rented a house on the corner of Tillicum and Transfer and started hosting parties before this went down in about ’94 I was making photocopied stickers at monk and inviting bands to play, that’s where I met them. They were playing shows as office supply when this old guy came up to check out what we were all about then soon as they had six songs in the can. In 2000 Bubba was diagnosed as bi-polar. he tells me his son was drumming for D.O.A. and he seemed so proud. There’s a And on April 16 2000 he passed away. He always jumped in head first, the highs bench at Thetis Lake dedicated to him. were very high but the lows were very low. Through all of this he always found the time to help those less fortunate than himself. Depression, pressure and TERRY VANFLEET questionable medical procedures and self prescribed drugs took Bubba away Terry was a killer guitar player he played for years in Micky from us way too early.