Maximum Rocknroll #403 December 2016
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#403 DECEMBER 2016 $4.99 IN THE US THE ALL CHINA ISSUE FEATURING SCENE REPORTS PAST AND PRESENT, INTERVIEWS, PHOTOS, AN ANNOTATED DISCOGRAPHY, AND MORE w Maximum Rocknroll is a monthly Send records, demos, zines, and letters to PO Box 460760 magazine, continuously published San Francisco, CA 94146-0760 since 1982. All work is donated and no one receives any salary. Send interviews, articles, scene reports, photos, and ads to All proceeds are either invested in [email protected]. technological improvments or go to other similarly minded not-for- Call us on the phone between profit projects. Anyone is welcome 10AM and 10PM PST at (415) 923-9814. to reprint anything from MRR, but More information at our website: only if it is not-for-profit. maximumrocknroll.com GRACE AMBROSE BARCELONA – live WILD AT HEART / EXOTICA – live TRIAGE / ANXIETY – live TOP TENS APOSTILLE / MUJERCITOS – live Some of our contributors’ top ten (or so) things we’ve reviewed this COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP month. For review consideration, send two copies of vinyl, or one copy of THE KLITZ – Live at the Well EP CD-only or demo releases to our PO Box. We review independent punk, JUNGLE NAUSEA – LP garage, and hardcore releases—no major labels! NOTS – Cosmetic LP DAUDYFLIN – Drepa Drepa EP K9-67 – EP/ TV CRIME –– 45 MATT BADENHOP MITCH CARDWELL ROBERT COLLINS DAUDYFLIN – Drepa Drepa EP HARTLE ROAD – Maxx LP GAS CHAMBER – live DEZERTER – Ku Przyszlosci EP HEAVY LIDS – LP SCUZZ – Songs of the Sordid LP EMILS – Demo ’87 EP NOTS – Cosmetic LP + live CHEPANG – Lathi Charge EP GLUT / LEOPARD PRINT– CS COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP DEFAITE – CS HEAVY HANDS / SWEATS – CS PROGRAM – CS THE KLITZ – Live at the Well EP INFERNO – LP RAKTA – III LP RAKTA – III LP LAST RITES – EP GOVERNMENT FLU – Vile Life LP MIRROR – Universal Dismay EP TERRY – Terry HQ LP IRON LUNG- live NEGOT – Cicatrici LP WOODBOOT – Crime Time LP SCAB EATER – CS STEEL CHAINS – I Know EP FAKE SURFERS – Cheap Meat LP GENERACION SUICIDA – LP LAYLA GIBBON DAN GOETZ GREG HARVESTER NOTS – Cosmetic LP BLEEDING GUMS – live HARTLE ROAD – Maxx LP TERRY – Terry HQ LP Q – live DAUDYFLIN – Drepa Drepa EP THE KLITZ – Live at the Well EP KRIMEWATCH – live MANNEQIN – CS JUNGLE NAUSEA – LP VANILLA POPPERS – live MIRROR – Universal Dismay EP COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP BARCELONA – live STEEL CHAINS – I Know EP FOX FACED – Teen Wiccan EP NOTS – live ATTIC TED – LP FANNY KAPLAN – 12” APOSTILLE – live GILES – CS HEAVY LIDS – LP EXIT ORDER – live PANDEMIX – CS ON ON ON – 17 Spells EP MUJERCITOS – live X45 – CS RAKTA – III LP PRIVATE ROOM – live FRED AND TOODY / MABS – live w KENNY KAOS CAROLYN KEDDY RAY LUJAN LUTHERAN HEAT – LP THE LOPEZ – Kill Yr Selfie-EP ARMS ALOFT – CD THE LOPEZ – Kill Yr Selfie EP NOTS – Cosmetic-LP BONG MOUNTAIN – LP THE KLITZ – Live at the Well EP GENERACION SUICIDA – LP DON’T – Fever Dreams LP TV CRIME –– “Hooligans” 45 NEEDLE EXCHANGE – EP FASHIONISM – CD PIZZA NINJA SQUAD –EP FOX FACE – Teen Wiccan EP BOYLE HEIGHTS – EP BOYLE HEIGHTS – EP PANSY DIVISION – Quite Contrary CD COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP PROCEDURE CLUB – Pinky Swear LP THE FALL – Slates 10” MSSRS – LP / FOX FACE – EP ASHLEY REAKS – CD NOTS – Cosmetic LP BRAINF*CK – PDP-1 EP SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS – CD LOWER CLASS BRATS – LP TERRY – LP/ THE KLITZ – EP DESCENDENTS –– live FAKE SURFERS – Cheap Meat LP FM KNIVES – live DISCHARGE – live MARISSA MAGIC ROTTEN RON READY FRED SCHRUNK NOWHERE SANDS / JAKE COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP WOODBOOT – Crime Time LP ALVAREZ / GADADANATHI - live LAST RITES – EP DAUDYFLIN – Drepa Drepa EP THE BODY – live WAR BIRTH – I / II COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP TRAUMA HARNESS / MIKE HERR – live K9-67 – Punk EP GENERACION SUICIDA – LP DEAD TIME – live BUSTED OUTLOOK – LP TV CRIME –– “Hooligans” 45 ETCHED IN THE EYE – live GENERACION SUICIDA – LP NOTS – Cosmetic LP THE KLITZ – EP / NOTS – LP KARL J ROEHLING + CHASE RAKTA – III LP NEGOT – Cicatrici LP GARDNER / BABY BLOOD – live FAKE SURFERS – Cheap Meat LP MIRROR – Universal Dismay EP CHERRY BLOSSOMS – live NEGOT – Cicatrici LP JUNGLE NAUSEA – LP ATTIC TED – LP BRICKLAYER – The Wall 12” RAKTA – III LP LENA TAHMASSIAN ELI WALD CONTENT COORDINATOR Grace Ambrose BARCELONA / ANXIETY – live TRIAGE / ALIENATION – live DISTRO COORDINATOR Q / WILD AT HEART / S-21 – live Arielle Burgdorf NOTS – Cosmetic LP 19 WIOSEN – Zmarnowany Kwiat LP Outta sight.... ARCHIVE COORDINATOR TERRY – Terry HQ LP Shivaun Watchorn HARTLE ROAD – Maxx LP COLD MEAT – Jimmy’s Lipstick EP WEB COORDINATOR THE FALL – Slates 10” Paul Curran JUNGLE NAUSEA – LP RADIO COORDINATOR Kalou SHITWORKERS: Juliana Almeida, Rory Britt, Mitch Cardwell, Robert Collins, Lydia Athanasopoulou, Judy Bals, Michelle Michael De Toffoli, Connor Duncan, Layla Barnhardt, Mariam Bastani, Heidi Marshall Gibbon, Dan Goetz, Greg Harvester, Ryan BOOKS COORDINATOR Booth, Justin Briggs, Jon Carnes, Rob Hertel, Chris Hubbard, Ramsey Kanaan, E. Conner Coons, Mark Dias, Mark Dober, John Kenny Kaos, Will Kinser, Jon Kortland, Ray Downing, Amelia Eakins, Emily, Jonathan Lujan, Allan McNaughton, Ryan Modee, DEMOS COORDINATOR Floyd, Eli Groshelle, Dan Gudgel, Oscar Sean Nieves-Quiñones, Langford Poh, Matt Badenhop Gutierrez, Michelle Hill, Keskin, Frank Rotten Ron Ready, Camylle Reynolds, LeClair, Yumi Lee, Mike Leslie, Hal Jason Ryan, Fred Schrunk, Kenn Suto, ZINES COORDINATOR MacLean, Ricky Martyr, Chris McVicker, Lena Tahmassian, Alex Turner, Max Ari Perezdiez Golnar Nikpour, Erich Olsen, Mimi Pfahler, Wickham Matt Reynolds, Thomas Rubenstein, Andres This is a contributor-driven Ruiz, Dale Smith, Martin Sorrondeguy, COLUMNISTS: Neve Be, Bryony magazine. We need help writing Thera Webb, Wormhole Beynon, Blow Blood, Imogen Binnie, Erika reviews, editing, doing layouts, Elizabeth, Felix Havoc, Lefty Hooligan, processing mail, maintaining REVIEWERS: Peter Avery, Mike Carolyn Keddy, Al Quint, Ralph Rivera, our archive, and more. Write to Battleaxe, Daniel Becker, Brace Belden, Alex Simon, Turbo & Gang, Viktor Vargyai, [email protected] Heather Blotto, Graham Booth, Julia Booz, Andrew Underwood to get involved. #403: CHINA SMZB, photo courtesy of Wu Wei. Special thanks to Nevin Domer of Genjing Records for BETON’S BRAZILIAN TOUR PHOTOS................24 guest coordinating this issue. MAP OF CHINA.........................................................26 COVER PHOTOS: Middle finger punks and Nizi live shot courtesy of Dave O’Dell. Quickshot live shot (lower left) courtesy of Xiao Bei. EARLY BEIJING PUNK............................................28 BEIJING SCENE REPORT........................................32 CONTRIBUTORS: Nathanel Amar, Xiao Bei, Tomas Bulano, Nevin Domer, Josh Feola, Gei Gei, Zane Grant, Alfred Henshaw-Hill, Alex WUHAN SCENE REPORT........................................41 Kress, Howie Lee, Leo, Michael Marshall, Arina Moiseyenko, Dave O’Dell, Angela Owens, Emma Sun, Terryaki-X GUANGDONG SCENE REPORT.............................46 Newsstand circulation through Ingram Periodicals. Also available ANNOTATED DISCOGRAPHY..................................51 from: Armadillo, Ebullition, Revolver, Small Changes, Subterranean, Last Gasp, Ubiquity, and Marginal. SUBS INTERVIEW.....................................................56 DIDERS INTERVIEW.................................................62 Subscriptions, back issues, records, shirts and more can be purchased at our webstore: store.maximumrocknroll.com DEMERIT INTERVIEW..............................................66 We will not accept ads from major labels or bands with exclusive FROM THE ARCHIVE...............................................70 distribution through major-owned distros. Information about advertising can be found at maximumrocknroll.com/ads. NOT DEAD YET PHOTOS.....................................76 COLUMNSCOLUMNS COURTS debut LP sets the tone with a black while you make mac’n’cheese for dinner. and white photo of Westminster’s Big Ben You get 11 originals—favorites being “Por Ti seen thru a tangle of barbed wire. The music Mesmo” with its male / female vocal trade- you find inside completes the narrative. This off, the street anthem “Violencia,” and the is an ouroboros of Oi! (I was going to turn passionate “Galiza Emigración.” They show that into an Oi!-pun but it was too much) with respect to their past with their covers of CROWN COURT as the head of the serpent “Zipaioak” (PUÑETAZO OI!) and “Dodot and classic bands such as both C84s, 4SKINS, no ha Muerto” (DECIBELIOS). If you were and VICIOUS RUMOURS bringing up the excited about the superb DEAD HERO from tail. The songs about being a working class Bogota you’d be wise to give RUÍN BOIS a “Standardized people, manufactured gods, hooligan might make some of you patrician listen. “Violencia, violencia, noite de covardes Fooled like idiots ready to be shot! punks roll your eyes but this isn’t for you. You / Violencia, violencia, loita e combate!” But there’s a problem for the ruling elite, don’t have to follow “The Beautiful Game” to Confronting the skinheads, understand the gut feeling of indignation in NO MAN’S LAND – No Way Back Home a different breed!” songs like “Brotherhood of the Banned” (for LP (Aggrobeat / Rusty Knife): The oldest — Glory Boys, “Skinhead Resistance” Panathinaikos F.C.), “Park Lane Boys” (for Indonesian skinhead band is back with their the Tottenham Spurs), and “Blackout” which 7th full-length! NO MAN’S LAND have been “Fuck ’em, I chosen to make my stand, address media distortions regarding football playing Oi! since