PAGE THREE Paranoize is a non-profit independent May 11, 2016 publication based in New Orleans, Paranoize is going through more changes. Louisiana covering metal, punk, hardcore, I’ve changed formats many times over the years, just, well, because I can. That’s the sludge, doom, stoner rock and pretty much beauty of doing a fanzine; you can do anything loud and noisy. whatever you want with it. Bands/labels are encouraged to send their I’m expanding the coverage and not music in to review, but if we don’t like it, staying strictly local to New Orleans you can bet that we’ll make fun of you. anymore. While I’ve included bands from Mississippi and Tennessee in recent issues, I’m going to go back to opening Advertisements and donations are what the interview content to bands that catch keep this publication FREE. Go to my ear no matter where they’re from. www.paranoizenola.com or email I’ve never just interviewed any band that [email protected] to find out asked. There has always been some sort of how to donate or advertise. interest from me, whether I did the interview or one of the contributors. You may send all comments, questions, That being said, this issue has interviews letters, music for review (vinyl, cassette, with Terminal Nation (from Little Rock, cd), ‘zines for trade, money, various Arkansas), who’ve put out a damn fine 7” household items, etc. to: on Six Weeks Records, Baghead (from Paranoize Hattiesburg, Mississippi) who I’ve been P.O. Box 2334 diggin’ over the past year or so and locals Marrero, LA 70073-2334 Six Pack, Torture Garden and Desecrator, all of whom have been stirring things up USA in the scene lately and making themselves known. Visit Paranoize on the internet at: www.paranoizenola.com Core Of Destruction Radio has ended as facebook.com/paranoizenola far as being a 24/7 underground radio paranoizenola.bandcamp.com station. FCC rulings and rising licensing paranoizenola.blogspot.com fees and whatnot have made it impossible to financially keep it afloat. Pretty much we would’ve been paying the same fees as Paranoize #39 credits: Pandora and satellite radio for our 20 Bobby Bergeron: listeners and it just wasn’t worth it. The Six Pack interview, Torture Garden site will still exist as a webzine, and the interview, reviews, layout, tyrant. DJs will keep running their shows in podcast format, so keep your eyes peeled! Lizard: www.coreofdestructionradio.com Terminal Nation interview, Baghead interview. That’s pretty much all I’ve got for now. Thanks for reading this! Cover Photo: Nathan Tucker (Six Pack at Siberia) Bobby Bergeron -editor Bobby’s Rant Most of you know I’ve been involved in (who didn’t seem to care that underage the New Orleans underground music scene kids were there,) they’d be over by 10 for a bit. Slowly approaching my mid-40s, PM, so you’d always make it home in time I’ve seen lots come and go as far as and tune in to ‘TUL (but keep the volume musical genres, the way bands promote low so you doing wake your parents up) themselves and the way people promote and hear what new music they’d gotten in their favorite bands. along with the classics and eagerly await the show announcements to find out when Music blogs have replaced fanzines, the next punk, metal, etc. show was. Facebook events have replaced flyers, bands can record something today and I discovered the underground music scene have it available for millions around the in the mid 80’s during the whole world to hear instead of having to record a “crossover” era. Bands from different tape, send dozens of copies out to fanzines genres would play shows together and and magazines in hopes that somebody there wasn’t as much snobbery or elitism. will find it interesting enough to listen to, Punk, hardcore, thrash and death metal or get into the whole tape trading scene. bands would be on the same bill. Hell once in awhile a funk-rock bands would The first ‘zine I did was called be in the mix. Yeah there would be a few Thrashcore, which sounded cool to a 16 whiners, but for the most part everybody year old kid in 1988. This was around was soaking it all in. time thrash and hardcore were in their prime and death metal and grindcore were In the early 90’s, Thrashcore became in their infancy. There were no “rules” to Paranoize and I’ve managed to keep this music back then, which made it more fun. thing running in one form or another, experimenting with different formats. And Bands and ‘zines in those days spread the content. There have been other ‘zines in word through little flyers that people New Orleans that have come and gone, would make hundreds of copies of and but I’ve never called it quits. send out through the mail. When you’d open an envelope to read a letter or see One awesome thing about our scene here what tapes you got in, a shitload of little nowadays is the number of folks in their pieces of paper would fall out all over the 40s and 50s who are still going to shows goddamn place. But you’d find out about and supporting the scene and all the new that new band that was offering their demo bands popping up. Lots of familiar faces or rehearsal tape for a few bucks or trade mingling with the new ones, no drama, no for your band’s demo, a new ‘zine, a new bullshit. distro starting up, etc. That was how word spread back then. A lot of ‘zines traded ad As a kid, my father told me that all this space or just ran free ads. was just a phase and that by the time I was in college, my taste in music would be Here in New Orleans we also had (still refined. So, I just didn’t go to college. have!) WTUL (91.5 FM) who, at the time, had the hardcore show on Friday nights I’m not sure where I was going with this and the metal show on Saturday nights, or what I was even trying to say. both from midnight to 2 AM the following I’m typing this up while deprived of sleep morning. Since the underground gigs and trying to just get this issue out after a back then were all ages at VFW Halls, few roadblocks. Lions Clubs and early shows at Storyville, I need a nap. New Orleans Scene Report Classhole will be touring the East Coast in screenings and horror themed burlesque. - June. Their self titled album is now The New Orleans made available on CD through Earsplit horror/exploitation film "Grimewave" Compound from Terror Optics has been picked up by Wild Eye Releasing and is now House Of Goats is calling it a day. Here’s available on Amazon. The soundtrack an official statement from Brian (“B- features nearly 20 local punk and metal Goat”): bands. -The Poots are back in action and “House of Goats have been together for currently working on a Randy Quaid nearly 6 years, but in this short time they tribute titled "Suck My Bong”. have accomplished so much. Playing tours around the world, headlining the Japanese The Void have a added JP Reynolds Fuckfest 2015, and grossing over a billion (Chaos Aeon) on guitar and Jared Gallet dollars last year alone. Brian "BGoat" on drums and have a bunch of new explains, "We are a throwback 90's thrash material written. They have upcoming metal - piece group from Metairie, LA. shows on May 23rd with Dying Fetus and We are known to have fun with our music The Acacia Strain at Southport Hall and and never take ourselves too seriously. We June 18th with Gristnam, Coathanger are known to goof around and play gigs in Abortion and A Hanging. costume or in alternate personas. We would play 2 songs in an hour set and our A Necessary Evil Records has tapes from front man Kevin "KGoat" would banter Bathroom Grime, Recluse, and In Your with the crowd for the rest of the set. Long Arms all coming out this summer. We became more known for our long Also a release from Fat Stupid Ugly intimate talks with our audiences and People on the way. getting really drunk while occasionally making fun of a few of them. House of Mule Skinner is the process of recoding Goats are known for song titles including: 13 new songs which will be out this Hard Candy, Sewer Kid, Roadwhore, and summer. Rape Van all written about child molesters, gutter bums, sluts, and drugs. Flesh Parade is on hiatus but will be Members: Kevin Guillory, Sean Mooney, representing NOLA at the California Brian Peschlow Deathfest. Last 2 shows: Bombshells in LaPlace May 14 , Southport Hall June 12 (with Anvil!)There are rumors of a 3rd and final Recluse will be heading back into the show, but you must stay tuned in for studio sometime around the end of June to details. record a follow up to their self-titled EP, www.facebook.com/houseofgoatsnola” which will be followed with a short run up the east coast in late July/early Aug. From Bill Heintz: “Richie Roachclip is on the road to Ghetto Demon is self-described as a hard recovery from his hernia operation and he hitting punk, rap, metal, thrash , thanks everyone that donated to help make underground band featuring Rob from this happen.