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Please feel free to send what you have-letters, Artidea, Art work, Reviews, Poetry, Photos, Conce? and Event Information to us by the2Otb of each month to,.. P.O. Box 1061 Salt Lake City, Utah 84110-1061 . -.. ,. ,. .. - +-.* ..;.ar I- dial .5321$?33 , or Wn:te4tbP.O. Box 561, Salt Lake Ciiy Utah, 84110-561 lREN W;NG,! DUSTRIAUUNDERGROUND . DANCE MUSIC I NERY TUESDAY, 9PM TO 1AM I ATJOHNNY B'S BACK STAGE - I 65 NORTH UNIVERSITY AVE. PROVO I, DEAR DICKHEADS..... BLAH, BLAH, BLAH bear Dickheads, is better than receiving false and Due to media influeyes which is Theendof eachmonthholdsmuch Ed.Note:Dear Mr. Next Month, negative coverage. age old collective ideology. h;laybe anxiety for m? This is the period Wwwodoggie! I sense some serious Weare the American Liberty Skin- you3 set up an int-w b'& on after which I read the current SLUG judgement mming our way! I have to heads. We are people, youth for free- intelligentquestions you wonqhave a thousand times; and right before respect you fw writing this davn and dom and responsibility. Weare here to make up lies to fill lines. the new issue comes out. I pursue sending it to us. We are mysick of to help the youth of our scene see the An American Lib- Skinhead my SLUG so often, keeping up on heming this crap behind our backs; not falling of the times. Toshow you we what is going on, that is just a mushy lik we fuckin'care, but voicing is where are being hung by democracy, to see Dear Dickheads, mound of pulp at the end of the it is at. You would be surprised. We the World Power Unification. We This magazine is &'lamestpiece month. It is really "the one that gets couldget a lot ~wrsc,andwe just might. are trying to tell our generation what of shit I have seen in my life. At least used," around my house. The anxi- Truce may not be everybody's faws, we we are up against. The banks who the National Enquirer is pridted in ety I feel is from not having a listing have heard that; but, they are an origi- control the world. In ,one letter we color. Why don't y&.change the of upcoming events at my finger- nal band in WtLdz that is working as cannot and will not sum up a whole name of your magazine to S.LU.T. tips, and from anticipation of what hard to make it as the next band. They thought., a whole ideology. We are (Salt Lake Undergound Trash). the new issue will hold. deserwd a chance. living in trying times. You and your Don't you have anything nice tosay Imustbe blunt. It waswith horror parents want to ban any politically about anything except local music that I picked up the March issue. I Dear Mickheads, active group. We are not against (if that's what you want to call it)? oould not beliwe that Truce was on Us Kaotic fans may' have been blade, that's the excuse media plays If "Uncle Ezra" doesn't fry in hell, the cover. I was outraged! How dare drunk, but you must have been on on us. It is a fine strategy. Nobody there is no justice. I consider qself you? It was such an insult to see the add and must have been having will give us a chance or listen to our an open-minded Mkon; But, I bdgradng the cover. hallucinations. I saw nothing even real issue. We as skinheads are a don't think anything writfern in My disgust does not come from resembling a riot at the battle of the group of white boys and white girls Mormon Update is even rational or sheer hatred of this band, although I bands. Unless you call a bar with that are proud of OF heritage and clever. Work it out pal. Do you just mustbehonest-sheer hatrediswhat 90%of thepeop1echanting"Bullshit" our forefathers culture We do value sit around and think of bitter things I feel. My disgust comes from the a riot. I guess when you saw the our race which is slowly being in- to write about? I think freedom of opinion that there are so many other equipment getting trampled you terbred. That is a problem. That speech shouldhave some exceptions bands more worthy of the cover than were really peaking. No one I talked leaves us as the minority. We are and journalistic aeativity atleast. Truce. to seems to remember that but you. writing to say we are disappointed What I don't undeistand is how My question to you is, who's dick As for the microphones and the PA, with your lack of knowledge about SLUG willpublishMorjmn Update, did they have to suck? Seriously. it was the property of the barAs a us. When trying to formulate our but won't do anti-skwead articles. What have they done to deserve to matter of fact, the closest thing Isaw reason, I can tell you now - you are You probably think skinheads are be on the aver of a zine called the to a riot was the guitarist from Black no expert. cool because they go to the Speed- "Salt Lake Under Ground." I stress Ivory push a girl off the stage. (He We are not against anybody. But way Cafe. I hope skinheads end up undermd! I have never seen did apologize after though, so eve- those who fail to &, aggravate us. with Uncle Ezra: FRMNG IN HELL. these guys support any under- rything was cool). As for Kaotic Instead of blaming the problem, we Why don't you just tattoo '666' on && shows. I don't see them Contortion, I seem to remember all want tochange and be more respon- your heads boys? Nec-naziism went waving their banners for any cause. of them just sitting in a corner booth sible people. We will not tread on out in the 19Ws, or atleast should Their l*cs are beyond shit. They watching the so-called "riot" sip anybody until they tread first. If you have. don't have any redeeming things to ping brews. I seriously doubt Rocky notice, that is the way we work. We XOXO say, even when you talk to the mem- Mountain Jammwould haveinvited follow naturallaw rather than try to John C. SLC, Utah bers of the band. They are "Rock Kaotic Contortion back if it was such decipher and fall ih line for slaugh- PS Why do I get the,feeling you Stars" in the worst sense of the word. a "riot." ter-master-law. Schoolsdonot teach chicken shits won't priqt this letter? I should stop ranting. I just had to You know something Midthead? you these things for the mere fact get that off my chest. I just cannot I'm beginning to wonder if maybe that they are public,schools. Who Ed. Note: Dear John Cj believe that your best choice for a you got some of the same bad brown runs them? The government backed We wouldn't miss out printing th& cover was Truce. Salt Lake hasn't add that was going around Wood- by the banks. They tell you only letter if we did think you were a nam run out of bands have we? There stock. what they want. If you would take mindedfuck. But hey, we don't. Thnnk was not one other band to put on the Thanx anyway, bad publiaty is off your rose colored glasses, and God for Freedom of Speech and we do cover? I feel that you scraped the better than no publicity. take the bananas out of your ears, thank you for yours. As far as the skin- bottom of the barrel on this one guys! Peace, Pot, and Microdot you would understand where we Wsissue is concerned,w find it tedi- Salt Lake has so much more to offer. Doogie are coming from. ous and boring and sze no need tb wal- It is a pity that anyone not familiar We as American Liberty Skin- low in dead issues. We try tbgiac ecq- with the scene or Salt Lake has to heads do not want to create a prob- body their say - and th&qinS the sk&- think that Truce represents the Salt The following is an Editorial rebut- lem. We want you to see the prob- heads because of their kliefs twuld be as Lake undergroundscene. tal. It is the opinion of the people lem. It is not each other, it is them. close-minded as yourself.