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Garage Zine Scionav.Com Vol. 3 Cover Photography: Clayton Hauck GARAGE ZINE SCIONAV.COM VOL. 3 COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: CLAYTON HAUCK STAFF Scion Project Manager: Jeri Yoshizu, Sciontist Editor: Eric Ducker Creative Direction: Scion Art Director: malbon Production Director: Anton Schlesinger Contributing Editor: David Bevan Assistant Editor: Maud Deitch Graphic Designers: Nicholas Acemoglu, Cameron Charles, Kate Merritt, Gabriella Spartos Sheriff: Stephen Gisondi CONTRIBUTORS Writer: Jeremy CARGILL Photographers: Derek Beals, William Hacker, Jeremy M. Lang, Bryan Sheffield, REBECCA SMEYNE CONTACT For additional information on Scion, email, write or call. Scion Customer Experience 19001 S. Western Avenue Company references, advertisements and/ Mail Stop WC12 or websites listed in this publication are Torrance, CA 90501 not affiliated with Scion, unless otherwise Phone: 866.70.SCION noted through disclosure. 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[email protected] 00430-ZIN03-GR SCION A/V SCHEDULE JUNE Scion Garage 7”: Cola Freaks/Digital Leather (June 7) Scion Presents: Black Lips North American Tour The Casbah in San Diego, CA (June 9) Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara, CA (June 10) Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA (June 11) Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA (June 12) Wonder Ballroom in Portland, OR (June 14) Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC (June 15) Neumos in Seattle, WA (June 16) Knitting Factory Concert House in Boise, ID (June 17) Urban Lounge in Salt Lake City, UT (June 18) Bluebird Theater in Denver, CO (June 19) Plush in Tuscon, AZ (June 21) Rhythm Room in Phoenix, AZ (June 22) The Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, CA (June 23) The Music Box in Los Angeles, CA (June 24) The Glass House in Pomona, CA (June 25) Scion Art Tour: Installation 7: Video CO Exhibitions in Minneapolis, MN (June 4-June 25) Scion Presents: The Big Idea, curated by Monsieur L’Agent, at Installation LA (June 25) JULY Scion Garage 7”: Reigning Sound/Last Year’s Men (July 5) Scion Art Tour: Installation 7: Video Pump Project in Austin, TX (July 9-July 30) Locations, cities and dates subject to change CURRENTLY AVAILABLE Scion Garage 7”: King Tuff/Hex Dispensers MUSIC VIDEOS Davila 666 Tyvek Hussle Club “Esa Nena Nunca Regreso” “4 312” “Quaranteenagers” ASK SCION Garage bands often put out music through many different independent record labels rather just sticking with one. What do you think that says about the garage rock community? Many bands and enthusiasts in the community hold the practices of the past dear. Prior to the mid-1960s, music in general was a singles market, which helped instill an insistent quality to what hit wax. The ability to have something tangible of your creation, even if it only lasts five minutes, is a monumental concept. In modern times labels are run by enthusiasts, no matter how limited a budget, and I believe that truly proves how supportive of a community we have. —Jeremy Cargill, writer for zines Ugly Things and Galactic Zoo Dossier If you have a question, email us through the Contact page on scionav.com ORIGINAL VIDEOS & PERFORMANCES BY PLUS EXCLUSIVE & FREE MUSIC DOWNLOADS, EVENT INFO, STREAMING MUSIC ON SCION RADIO 17 & MUCH MORE SCIONAV.COM Photography: Rebecca Smeyne BAD BAD SPORTS Growing up in Texas, there was no shortage of garage rock heroes for the three members of Bad Sports to worship. And though their sonic DNA can be traced back to sources far outside the borders of the Lone Star State, the Denton/Austin trio’s hooky assault has undeniably deep local roots. Guitarist Daniel Fried runs through a list of his four favorite Texas bands and musicians, some of whom we expected and some we’re psyched he told us about. Roky Erickson & The 13th Floor Elevators The 13th Floor Elevators were always on commercials here in Texas. You’d hear them here and there, but the first time I heard one of their full albums I was like, “What the hell is this?! There’s a guy playing electric jug right now. I don’t know what this is, but it’s awesome.” Pretty recently, I’ve gotten reeeally into Roky’s solo stuff as well, mostly through that documentary You’re Gonna Miss Me. Actually, there was this time we were on our way to New York and we were on the same flight as Roky. He was really nice. Bobby Soxx I’m actually working on a documentary about Bobby Soxx’s life and music. He was a guy who always had a sense of humor about his lyrics and wrote really offensive stuff at the same time, too. Between songs he was constantly saying funny things, but then they would play and it was just this barrage of really, really heavy riffs and droning drums. He also had this really great band Stick Men With Ray Guns. OBN III Probably the best band in Texas right now, outside of anything I’m involved in, is OBN III. It’s our bassist Orville’s other band. They played on a patio at SXSW this year and it was the best show of the fest. They absolutely killed it. They’re actually named after Orville’s initials: Orville Bateman Neeley III. It’s a weird solo band sort of thing and they’ve put out two seven-inches so far and they’re going to put out more, I think. But during that [SXSW] show, Orville was climbing on top of ATM machines and jumping over the fences and he cut his hand sometime during the second song of the set. It was spurting blood all over the crowd. It was really cool. They really took the ball and ran with it. The Marked Men Our drummer Greg and I both went to the University of North Texas in Denton, but neither of us was good enough for the music school there. I think Greg was a Behavioral Analysis major and I was an English major. There’s only one person I know who’s gone to that school and is in a band and does anything at all musically: Jeff Burke of the Marked Men. He studied guitar there for two years and realized that he hated it, so he quit. It’s such an intensive program that it sort of saps all the fun out of playing music. You’re practicing all day every day, going to school with people who are into Dream Theater. But his band, the Marked Men, they’re like our “Denton Dads,” I guess you could say. They’re the ones who came before and paved the way for us. They’re a great band that built up a following over the years, and when we started out they booked us on shows and helped us out. In fact, our next album is coming out on Dirtnap, who did all of the Marked Men records as well. They blend punk and power pop and garage all at the same time. And we do that, too. As told to David Bevan myspace.com/badsportsband Watch an interview and live performances from Bad Sports at Scion Garage Fest at scionav.com/garagefest. Hear “Would You Wait For Me Too,” their contribution to the Scion Garage 7” series, at scionav.com/garage DAVILA 666 ESA NENA NUNCA REGRESO WATCH THIS VIDEO, PLUS OTHERS FROM TYVEK, THE SPITS, THE DIRTBOMBS AND MORE SCION A/V MUSIC VIDEO SERIES SCIONAV.COM/MUSIC/SCIONAVVIDEO Story: Jeremy Cargill Rock & roll fanzine culture bubbled up from the musical underground in the late 1960s and exploded over the next two decades, but tech-obsessed inter-nerds have nearly steamrolled independent printing. Some fanzines still survive via the few rabid practitioners putting their money where their minds are, fringe-sitting to create a tangible artifact. Here, light is shed on a couple. Bananas Magazine Galactic Zoo Dossier Headed up by visual artists/enthusiasts Charles Gaskins Published roughly every two years since 1995, Galactic and Christophe Lopez-Huici, Bananas Magazine is one Zoo Dossier is the outgrowth of psychedelic renaissance of the most active, informative and well-written zines man Steve Krakow (aka Plastic Crimewave) and a host around, with a third issue just hitting the stands. This of contributors, including genre stalwart Byron Coley. young and deadly zine revives grimy New York City’s Galactic Zoo Dossier brings together Krakow’s love corpse and presses its bones into ink for posterity. of psychedelic rock, garage, space rock, folk, noise But Bananas’ breadth is what makes it shine: lengthy damage and the seedier side of 1960s and1970s comics interviews with future-past champs like J.D. Martignon in a fully hand-drawn package that evokes the prime of Midnight Records, an overview of Russia’s garage late-’60s rock zines. It also includes trading cards and revival scene, the ongoing state of NYC rock & roll and CD comps. When not occupied with GZD, Krakow its champions, a report on Portugal’s Barreiro Rocks runs Drag City’s reissue imprint (Galactic Zoo Disk), garage fest and Swamp Rats guitar tabs. And all of this writes the Chicago Reader’s “Secret History of Chicago is delivered with a wry sense of humor that makes it Music” column and fronts his own psychedelic-space- impossible to put down.
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