IInnarnnardsds Band Slut of the month! Cover Story What is your stage name and where are you based? It’s Blind Marc or Blark. I’m based in Victoria BC. How many musical outfits are you currently whoring around with? Four right now: Betty Ford (Drums), The Shivs (Vocals), Keg Killers (Drums), The Bloody Hells (Drums), Dayglo Abortions (U.S. Tour Drummer). How do you keep all your bands separate? I pretty much separate them by the music style. They’re all punk, but slightly different. The Shivs is more hardcore, while Betty Ford is a street punk thing. Keg Killers is more of a 70’s style rock ‘n’ roll punk. Not too sure about the Bloody Hells yet, since I just joined. How often do you fall off the stage? photo: Laura Murray Well, The Shivs haven’t played a show in lind Marc (Marc Hlady) has become a awhile, so not lately... It all depends on the key element of the Victoria punk scene amount of booze and how fast it goes down. It The Dirtbombs... Casey Cougar talks to in the last ten years. Whether he’s B doesn’t happen so much with the other bands, drumming or singing, you know that if Blark is Mick and surprisingly doesn’t take off since I can use the drums to prop myself up. in the band it’s gonna be hard as hell. You’d her underwear... think that drinking and playing would take up 15 How do you know when it’s time to sleep in all of his time, but Marc also likes to treat peo- the tub? ple to the unnerving sight of a blind guy bar- It’s pretty much a given after 20 or so beers... reling down Cook Street on his skateboard now you just know. Live Wires 10 and again. White cane in hand. I guess the tat- -Ty Forslund Winnipeg Punk according to Adrian Mack too across his gut sums it up the best. BLIND AND PROUD. Incoming 9, 13 Rock For Choice, TSOL T H E N E R V E H I T S Q U A D Live Wires 16 Strapping Young Lad, Hardcore Mayhem, Distillers, King Pin (a/k/a Editor-IIn-CChief) Bradley C. Damsgaard Writers Eve 6 and... 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Of course, if these these on-line The Gung-Hos SLEAZEBALL no*8* The Edmonton- stalkers want to rock Trashcan, they’re are Happy Valentine’s Day! based Uncas Old gonna have to get past Badly Damaged first, Sleazeball on Friday the 13th of February @ Boys, who who just happens to have a third-degree black Vancouver’s Fabulous Penthouse night club played at the belt in pilates and let me tell you, there’s noth- featuring: Radio Berlin, All You Can Eat, Festival of Guns ing more terrifying than seeing Damaged prac- Fashion by Faint, Hostess Cotton, Miss Kitty. last November, ticing his lethal downward facing dog manoeu- It’s the perfect way to spend the holiday—for were incorrectly vre in a skin-toned thong. Not only that. He’s everyone from happy couples to lonely perverts labeled as the got some new moves that he recently picked up and people who are just really into high-end “Uncaps Old from Sting’s instructional video. stripping. Boys” in our last issue. This typo Dog Eat Dogma is looking for a Bass Billy Hopeless is almost as Guitarist. embarrassing as the time I wrote, “Jono is the Fuck the The fab five posed in a pre-game huddle back- sexiest man in rock” when what I meant to say Atkinson diet. stage, just minutes before they made their was “Bono is the sexiest man in rock”. I don’t If you want to Commodore debut. Now I know there’s been know how these mistakes keep getting past our lose weight some grumblings, especially in the States, copy editing department. But you can be damn fast, go on the about how much ink the Hos get in The Nerve. sure that Blark will never proof read in this road with Dog Some Seattle readers have even gone so far as town again. Eat Dogma. to suggest that they are Vancouver’s answer to Vancouver’s the Beatles. This simply isn’t true. The whole The Mexican Blackbirds metal tinged Ho-mania thing is a myth. We just love sup- The Nerve in no way condones drinking and punk band is porting our hometown heroes. That’s why driving but we also don’t approve of leaving looking for a when the boys next door of heavy rock opened death threats on band message boards. The new bassist. up for The Dirtbombs Jan 22 at the crack of 9 Mexican Blackbirds have been receiving some DD Dumper pm, they played to three rows of friends and pretty disturbing emails since the Nerve’s has officially give or take 73 million American TV viewers. The man who made it cool to wear multi-zip- December 2003 issue, where lead singer Chris retired from Of course, when the guys were loading out, the pered stretch pants is Nerve’s employee of the Trashcan alluded to downing a few before get- starvation usual mob of hysterical female fans started month. If you want to know more about the ting behind the wheel when his band played in tours. But if chasing the mop-top sensations down Granville Black Halos punk rock legend, you can check Vancouver. One particular vigilante has threat- making a liv- Street. But they took it in stride. As they gaily him out at Van’s Pub 340. As of Feb 1st, he’ll ened to bottle Trashcan if he ever makes it back Frontman Bob Dog ing at music darted in and out of storefront alcoves in a mad- be hosting Tigerbeat Sundays, a night of to the ‘Couv. Keep in mind, the Blackbirds, against all cap game of cat and mouse, the girls kept teenage rock ‘n’ roll and all the bubble gum you who play with, you guessed it, the Gung-Hos at odds appeals to you, contact Dog Eat Dogma screaming out the names of their favourite Ho. can swallow. Spinning the likes of the Jackson The Nerve issue releaseparty Friday, Feb 6 at [email protected] However, it was difficult to hear make out what Five, The Ramones, Abba, The Bay City Pub 340, are based out of Tacoma, For more info visit the website www.sudden- they were saying with Hard Day’s Night blast- Rollers, ABBA and AC/DC, DJ B. 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