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Welcoine Back: The Thrust is Still To Came To

delight of some, and the dismay of oth-

tti9

ers, uielcome

back

to Thrust. It's

been a long gear

since lue'ue hit the streets but uje're back ujith a

commitment

fresh uision and a reneujed the original artists

to

support

and bands striuing for success

in Florida.

Since

some of you don' t knoiu the

story, this is

ujhere uie'ue been, or rather, luhy uie haven't been

October

in the last year. On

1092. a tornado struck

3.

the Thrust office, destroying our office as uiell as

our neujly purchased house. yet uje kneuj that

it

uras a hell of a blouj.

It

ujould not keep us out of com-

mission foreuer. euen though some music mags

mould haue liked

Florida

in

it to.

One of the great things about taking a year off before publishing another magazine luas the ability to

step back and relax, rebuild and reevaluate uihat

Thrust uias throughout the years, and more importantly, uihere uje ujanted

it

to go.

From the raujness

of the early issues to the full state

latter Thrust, there ujere

coverage of the

many great

stories, con-

columns and features. UJe've taken the best

cepts,

of the past, yet

throujing in

approached

it

from today's uieui.

some neuj ideas as

some changes

uiell. So there are

inside, both editorially and graphi-

cally, if Dui long-term

memory serves us

correctly.

luent back to doing exactly ujhat uje

If uje

mere

before, uje'd be shorting ourselves and our readers.

After all. no one remains exactly the same, nor have

me.

It

mould be polite

more accurate have

is

to

to

say me have gromn:

me have mutated.

say

So

it is

mhat you

our demented vision of Thrust, circa

Summer.

1003.

Host of our mriters are back, this time uncensored. lile'ue cut the fluff: the stories have impact, the photos

domn a do

it

demand

tree to

for a

attention.

make

this

damn good

me've got

If

reason, love

it.

don't care, just don't tell us Thrust of the

to cut

magazine, me're going

road music magazine.

It

is

hate

it.

to

me

just a middle

never mill be. Ule're

Bli:iII]\l>BAKS

.

The Thighs." For more band info

South Florida

FullertonDriue.

Nany

of

Skank Bleu Productions.

uirite tO:

bodies from Island Records. TUT. and a fem more guests as mell. including

I3II07

fatUDsPiU.

Tampa FL33S2S.

you may recall the band CnrilaO'lliUe from a feui years ago. Ho.

[

formerly of Lynyrd Skyngrdl mho had the

pat foresight to

introduce Piemackitt on stage. Rrtimus is looking pretty good these days. He's

by Karat they didn't break up. they

summer

Hello Floriddl lUelcome to the neuj sizzlin'

edition of Jlinistlldgdzm

seems many bands haue been

hitting the road to escape the

Longtime Hiami rockers, liaidal. headed out of scenery in mid-Hpril for ujhat has

the

heat.

Southern California for a change

become a four-month shouicasing extraua-

ganza The band had done exceptionally

many uiell-knoum clubs throughout

to

summer

ujell since their arriual.

playing

in

The band

tuio Netallica

ujill

albums, as

be ujorking on a neui

demo

ujith

Toby behind the board

in the

your local radio station and reguest "Engine's Burning."

llfliile

on the subject of relocated Tampons

This mill be

a limited mail order

nem

together a

I? I?).

nems

band,

an upcom-

HoMHutes

and as Dallas put

release,

of

it.

all Dallas

HgmlHoUs.

mould disclose

the outing

Janett. also formerly of

Ftrfet the

boe

the east coast to Heuj York, back

doum

support of their recent full-length CD

and euenjuihere

to Florida,

StmsfsrStt^

up airplay on ouer 100 college radio stations

and

ujill

up

in betuieen in

Dallas Perkins c/o

continue to tour through-

anything can go mrong.

^Jlftf should

a club, toujn. radio station, etc. near you.

Lam

seems there's been guite a

bit of label interest

Haiilp Nansoi signed

a record deal ujith nothing Records, a diuision of Interscope Records, and

Uleddlnii

uiith

Is

uiith

Remember

Rs for all the hard-uiorking bands that spent the first half of the year in the

recording studio uiorking on neuj material for less. Houjeiier. here are

summer

release, the list is end-

of the ones that notified me: Rllematiue rockers.

some

Black Jaet. released a 13-song CD entitled

im/S059earlier this summer

a huge record release party boasting almost 500 attendees. Debet releasing their latest E-song EP on CD

huge college radio and latest 5-song EP.

been

retail

studio tunes. Although the

Poetic Justice (no relation] has

1

Don'tKnmii

SalliblesTrmb

is officially

II.O.R.E.

is

still

it

Ulashington Sipiaie's UvesttbeS^vdiBll. a com-

has fans throughout Florida, and maybe,

to

It

seems

audience. The shoui aired on Sunday nights at 11:00 p.m. listening to Uie radio at that hour uiho can'

ductiue to do. like match teleuision? let

t

me

old fart

is

find something a little more pro

this

band

Bay area record stores. ArtfrJbff uias recorded at hdio lab Studio

rockin'

haue acpired Curt

into the

to

originals as uiell as a hard hitting uersion of the Rerosmidi classic

lord

Of

still

are currently in the studio, also at

make

a stable focus, but

this

time around

the right ingredients mork- and the music

title for the

release is

SMitr

Liue.

is

better

Sakajameeda are

tearing up stages and creating mild maniacal frenzies mhereuer they per-

sound that has kept Jacksonuille Elvis.

Tommy to

in

a tight mire since

mas

there

If

you

shom

101

Clearmater. Florida, produced by Kidd

to

s the

Berlin has hit the scene mith Radio Berlin. Those of

Tommy's nem band had your

catch the debut of

must be music starved fans

collec-

in

Jacksonuille that have felt the urge.

Tommy's done

get set

is

fix.

it

If

you

again. Yes. ifsBubbapaloozall.

to corporate rock fetishism. Look for this fest of live

[Tommy, you promised

to

music,

feed the starving

Rupsl

2fl.

Yes! The

all ages and features Radio Berlin. Renegade, lipestodt. Cromsdell.

It's the

"altematiue

to alternative."

Heck.

be

I'll

you oughta be there.

Bamnations haue released their fine classical brand of "acoustic angst" on

CO mith Politicdl Burnout. This is the current must see band for the ultimate

in live stage

your rock mithout

like

it

the days of Euil Naracas

tiuo asses kicked at Bockside's this past July 10. Rfter hearing Radio Berlin,

there, so

It

performance. Rumor has reached us this may that lOl's Steve and

Ulendy have been asked

is for you.

The First Coast, melcome

most repested magazine

is

to

to

"lone

city officials

domn"

their shorn for certain venues.

mere upset over costume choices

Seems

for the

band

[shades of the thought police], look for PoUticdl Burnout i\ local record

Gainesville' s Tone Unknonin haue dropped the horns

IhnslM melcome to

proud

Ball, the

shom

is

to

mork

the nineties.

nineties. " Hosted by

produced by Robert Goodman of the 5 points-

"til

midnight. Rnd

if

you

like the shorn, let

repest more Butthole Surfers mhile you're

mere Chain of Fools. Craiuflsh of Loue

get out your ouerallsl. The Senses. Pieuiackitt.

Stiletti.

I

at

it.

yes. they're back,

Conun Thread,

and Sterie Bay

The Senses kept the cromd aliue and on the floor. Piemackitt turned in

a smashing shom. and the club mas filled

to

capacity

In

"R Beauty Thing."

It

mas recorded

and released their finest

at Hirror

Image mith Bob

been promised again that they'll get the push from Sub-Pop. nom. but they gaue so much, lets glue them a Reality haue parted

altematiue/nem

in

to date.

HcPeek at the controls. Bein Sanction are heading back into the studio and haue

push the nemest addition

to

amongst the Dock 105 lUFYU-FH line-up. "Ulelcome To The

cess. Featured acts

presented on their debut continues uiith 4

to

lazy Eye and The Senses.

July flth's major label shomcase at CLUB 5 mas. to coin a cliche, a huge suc-

Greg Harchak engineering and co-producing. The straight-ahead

poue that Dandits Roost

is

By nom. the Stardust has cleared out of eueryone's eyes and reality exists.

in

knomn as Had flxe.

stores.

'em knom. and don' t forget

uiith

enough interest

mith Oisflguiehead.

music each Sunday night at 10 p.m.

outandauaitable throughout Tampa

managed

you fortunate enough

By Leslie H. Harini

comedian Allen

by Blackie

and

recorded at The lUarehouse.

diatsome stodp

Florida's

be the first to encourage outraged

Tampa Bay

Tampa

if

Kldd Gypsy haue released their self-titled 3-song debut demo. in

IhmstM Frog

that turning point in their career. It's produced by Cody Hamkins

and Big Ueluet

band." You can catch them September 4lh at the After Dark Club (actually.

Ulelcome -

on the compilation. Bldmoiids In

right here in the pages of

journalists] at the Theatre San Harco in Jacksonuille on

in St. Pete

Rduance

form. Get out and lend 'em your support.

JHKSONUILLE

up

mas

hailing from Seattle, lilashington loh. that's mhere Seattle isl. Guitarist

based record outlet. Hooi Deie This. Listen for the best

is

classification is

in helping

listeners to phone in a feui obscene phone calls on behalf of the local scene.

laidits Roost's sophomore release

If

an older listening

lllhat

It

beer. mine, backstage deli trays

to

Is

of interest R highlight of the CD urill be a full-length uersion

Tommy's ansmer

receiue airplay and

this neui PD uiants to target

their CD release.

previous notemorthy bands. Character in Cincinnati. Ohio and Teacher's Pett

Bennigan's Tyrone]

and had been

maybe Club 5

TlisBlomng Lotus dndTlieCledr

Lucian Blague has a nem bass player. Curt Hanks. Curt has played mith tmo

aduertise shouis that otherwise mould neuer haue been heard of The reasoning

behind this decision?

that

need a major

Local Shot, a tujo-hour radio shoui featuring all local bands, has been can-

many bands

think that

generated, the band might euen play a reunion shorn or tmo

hype and gimmicks,

the grouiing local music scene, alloujing

agpssiue.

has been a fem years since their untimely demise,

Houi for a bit of bad neuis. Due to a neui program director at UlSHE 1103.51. The

monumental

mould

He s back! He s huge! He s only playing through one amplifier nom. Out

Gypsy and engineered by Jordan D'RlesslB.

celed. Formerly hosted by Glen Richards, the shoui uias

I

later Uein" mhich mas featured

than euer. The tentatiue

in September.

recorded at Pomersound Studios

pilation featuring forty of South Florida's hottest local bands.

made

they'ue

and Purple Hartin [drums]. Jeff

Keuin lUilson states that "It's a definite plus

releasing a full-

has been doing quite a bit

and pre-production uiork on an upcoming release. Probably the most

eagerly auiaited CD release

band

may promise

difficulty in the past in maintaining

as mell as a fem preuiously recorded yet neuer released

at

Sister lerais officially released their

called Serpentine. The

Intice (another project from Hr. Uitolo's past)? As a special pro-

be

on an upcoming 5-song release featuring neuily

acquired uocalist Jose Escandell. length IS-song CD entitled

uiill

early September to coincide uiith a

MJiBCmComHgae

in the studio uiorking

of uiriting

in

campaign

T^

nem band

in a Pantera/Suicidal vein. " The band plans to make their

Tampa

barstool to tell

fauored Florida record and should generate the band a con-

Sak^janieeda. formerly

ject a tape mill be released featuring 10 Hue songs from the Sunset Club [A.I.P] in

my

the doors of Club 5 to play there,

The lUarehouse. and are being produced by Joe Dennett. The band has had some

band mill be playing out soon.

debut in Tampa sometime

Fennsyluania-based label SB Explosion.

MBsMlSMft

band hails from Hem Ynrk and includes Bob Addington [guitar]. Todd

a must, it's

this

Ihe tough, on Rodell Records.

be out in Bay area record stores by September (Hurphy's

milling]. The

come

amount

siderable

of the song

<)1503.

mill" haue. after many setbacks and alterca-

describes Serpentine's sound as "Heauy and

Sony Husic. Inc.. loue Canal recently recorded a demo. Shotpi

haue also siped a deal

it

llargass (uocals]. Hark Hagle Ibassl

currently uiorking on their debut release. After signing a puhlishing/deuelop-

ment deal

Box 708. Burbank. CA

Jeff Ditolo (ex-ltigerTjigeT] has joined a

being focused on the South

Florida scene in the past feuj months. Earlier this year.

P.O.

tions mith the lam. released their debut 4-song demo.

out the summer. Keep your eyes and ears peeled for Forget the Hame. coming to

It

lesTomnsenl

domn

band of make-belieue. haue completed

HdciinemW be a

tO:

Ggpsg Bang Gang, those punk/slam/glam rockers mho embrace the saying "If

The band has picked

mail/money

Day. Send all inpiries/fan

a fem of those bands stopped by

repeatedly turned domn. Rfter this turnout

copies that haue

auenues open, and he has been mriting mith uocalist/guitarist/actor Coig

Tampa

pat time,

they had been beating

Frog, the

he has a couple of

Uandal plans

recently returned from a tujo-month tour that took the band

The shomcase mas put together by Larry Cohen, and mhile euergbody there

IDS.

your opinion mith the staff. The ball's in your court Jacksomiille.

near future. The band uias also featured in the most recent issue of Ket^li{8

Hiami at the end of August.

girl of the

Hue music dead in Jacksonuille. or should clubs give it another chance? Share

Rs far as putting

is that

anything could happen

mould reconsider Hue music, especially on the meekends. UJhat about you?

Andy James [also ex-Roxx Gang, nom mith

it."

lately, but

mas emceed by our fauorite midnight

airuiaues. Joanie Kauerick. Listen for Joanie on the ouemight shift on Rock

me

Dallas PerJdns. [guitar

/bfi^.

to return to

at any time nom. The shomcase

mas having a

Sauatagel handled the drum duties on

very

too long. In

their first single.

"has some cool stuff on

as recent demos for Alice in Chains.

ujell

call

moods before

ing release of six instrumental "fusion/rock" tunes called

Hollyujood and Los Angeles. In their effort

Uandal caught the attention of engineer Tobii Obight. best-knoum for his uiork on the last

meantime

been the king of laid back in the music scene

to California. Cruella recently

Records, and haue a neui release com-

uirtuoso/instructor: ex-Roxx Gang] recently called mith

dead) Southern [alifomia RCR representatiues.

to aujalten sleeping [or possibly

moued auiay

uiith indie label Statue

ing out uihich mill be auailable in our neck of the

There's a lot goin; on luith some of South Florida's local and regional acts.

It

signed a deal

attendance mere some

little

mays and pitarist Jerry Bremer

nems by

It's old

something back. Cranic is

morking mith

fauorite band. Satan's Dog. By the time this gets in print you'll see

my them

opening up for Overkill at Shade's.

If

you' re missing from this scene report hey. I'm a

knom hom So. don't

to pick

miss out on fame, fortune or a chance

your nems.

It's

easy to

pt

Remember, mhere you are the astral.

little rusty.

Host of you

up a telephone, a fax. or can get your girlfriends to mrite.

into

is

to

keep me up

all

night uiith

Mst

pod

onli/ if

you can get auiay from

it.

See ya' on

mBm^y&ioBBffll

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Music Industry Brokers: What Are They Afraid Of? In

my

2

ujas after

It

1/2 years as Rock

1

1/2 years of relentless effort that

receiued a call from flmy flailey

from the Guns

Out Censorship's Florida

Representative,

I

have

Roses tour After seueral more phone

'N'

Rock Out Censorship uias inuited

calls.

\W

Guns

uiith

Greenpeace. HORHL.

"H'

Rock The Uote. Amnesty

PETfl.

accomplished a great deal, hut follouiing this tour, uie haue

and energy towards

people on

These are the corporate maggots that could care

started in Detroit uihere Pontiac Siluerdome offi

means by uihich

uie

can get

at all

It

ujas through our

merchandise that

amounts

m the

of donations. After Detroit uie

had

a

m

if

facility

up our booths,

set

more than

that on

band refusing

1

if

Ttie

occasions,

a feui

bit their lip

is

if

at all

keep us out Ulhether

mant you. the fans,

information that

me

to the

concert

haue access

to

to the

proulde They are afraid of an educat-

ed public They only mant to take your

money, prouide you mith shorn,

a

and send

many uenues

is

that

many bands

'H

that can help

merchan-

Roses

dise competes mith the

band's merchandise. This concern

It

is the

couldn't be further from the truth,

grouiing feui

it's politics,

cial or

uie

mho

power, greed,

In Ft

Hyers. Florida uiith Def Leppard s

I

any uenue

inuite

offi-

merchandising company morried about loss of

sales to took through ROC's checkbooks and records and find the true reality for Ihemselues

money

that threatens

Hobody

Is

management

up

to set

the Florida dates uiith the band Tlie preuious night, uie

ran the booth ujith no problems at their St

Hyers.

not set up our booth regardless of uihat the band's

and the fem times me do make a

for free)

these shoms.

Uie

It

I

man-

Poison/Damn Yankees

tour, but

fact that uie did not giue the

chandise This puts ROC

for seueral

It

precedent that

for the

me

shoms mith the

uenue and merchandise

enter-

In this society

that

make some change, but

in the

mould

Uie are

make

like to

a

an organization

many

too

corporate

music industry are hindering our efforts by

putting up smokescreens to keep us out

I

mould

like to

ask all bands that really mant us to succeed in establishing a strong anti-censorship group nationmlde to stand up to

these pomer-hungry clomns and help us fight, Uie can't

min mithout support.

Lastly

1

mould

like to offer sincere

thanks

to the

gen-

uinely cool people mentioned at the beginning Uie are

counting on your continued support in building ROC

masn't for people far,

Homeuer.

like

you me'd neuer haue taken

me neuer

It

If It

this

thought me'd find so much resis-

tance from others mithin an industry protect Thanks again to all those

me

are trying to help

mho haue helped

cited to restrict us to no merin a Catch-22, If

do shoms mithout merchandise, then me' for being In

little at

goes Into expanding the organization

mere recently approued

company contracts mere

Petersburg

But then, after driuing three hours to Ft

pen

maggots

making

band merchandise. Uie simply couer

our expenses to run the organization (this doesn't all hapat a shout at the Lee

uenue tuio uieeks notice as one reason, but considering

Kenny Nooie

that do not

change

This is not

it's uiorth

more recent incident occurred

agement told us He cited the

by

present

home

uias told by the uenue's Executiue Director that uje could

and regulations.

me

mhich makes me ask.

that feui groups

uenues and many of the people uiho

County Ciuic Center

shoui

rather than a bunch of rules

controlling mhat

going public There arc some people in charge of things

tained. There are so

ing the success of our organization

at

about music and freedom

padding their mallet through our presence and

is

our donations for

they deliberately create prob-

ROC uias approued by Def Leppard'

people uiho actually care

is

nobody

in.

us as Guns

to go to bat for

deal uiith are totally hospitable

(1

able to continue. These are

nobody

are they afraid of'"

lems, bands mill decide that public auiareness groups like

uiish to

a limb to see that uie are

the decision,

to set up.

mel-

that

to the

just plain ignorance, these attacks are directly threaten-

uiilling to go out on

has been our experience,

is

management

came douin

it

and grudgingly allouied us

uenues realize that

going on

and are

our responsibili-

for the real reason that uie are not

some shoms. despite band approual.

the uenue. lOhen faced uiith a choice

ours are more of a hassle than

are supportive of our efforts

allom us

on their turf" as

can proue to anyone

uie uiere

uias told later by G 'H R

haue the uiillingness

the music industry uiho truly

;

mhen giuen

to

It

Uie

that they simply

mas

In

me

Uie uieie told that our set-

The problem uie are noui facing

feui

genuinely cool people ujithin

management it

and

is.

he allomed us in

at

betuieen an impending riot or accommodating us. most

uenues

have met quite a

by the direc-

Hyers

in Ft,

"moulng

to play unless their organizations uiere

accommodated by

I

mith the uenues

One concern giuen mate-

if

are

are faced mith a

fem people mith pomer can't

despite the fact that

it.

Hy best guess

come

a Tesla shoui a

made

me

stand the fact that

a

ting up also uiolated union contracts and the unions

alloujed to set up

time,

told by Def Leppard' s

choose not

no-min situation because

that this is not the case

in

reason uie uiere denied access

another statement

in

approued us on their end. but that

Stadium

to confiscate all our

and

uiere threatening to shut douin the shoui

the censorship issue. In this

prior. The real

that he'd be morried about his job

though, that

more serious

no problems at

me

ting up our booths at these shoms. So.

they see

He told us later that our booth mould not be good to

ty to deal

car because of incidents

uiith

ma

haue mill euentually be exhausted by the expense of set-

As a matter of fact, uie had set at the Lee

haue mith the may the political scene

officials threatened to call in the police to haue us

rials

involved and informed about

These policies that he cited had neuer been

months

mere

uje uiere

able to afford trauel expenses to participate on this tour

remoued from the

the average rock and roll fan

1

they came inside the fans uioutd ea' them

if

County Ciuic Center

tor

any merchandise and

situation at Three Riuers Stadium in Pittsburgh

a

side, but

by the uenue lies

similar to Detroit or on nights uihen uie took in minimal

These booths are

its

feui

Often, uie had to sleep

at concerts.

man

less about the music, freedom, the fans, or anything other

up

to

knouis that no pro-censorship group mould euer shouj

place before

frankly uieren't too thrilled about euen allouiing us to set

booth as a permanent fixture

taken to protect Freedom of Speech The resources that

up a table

to set

rebut our opinions (a ridiculous excuse because this

aliuei

music business - the

cials refused to alloui us to bring in

chance

face inside a heauy metal shoui They might protest out-

Die

the months during and a feui of the

pers or Information to pass out to people and no actions

day before, this uias an Impossible

until the

than their uiallets and ouerinflated egos It

establishing our information

met

the other side of the coin in the

uieasels

of effort

in

ly

management

alloui the pro-censorship side a

Roses/ Hetallica summer stadium tour along

disappear Once this occurs there mill be no nemspa-

the fact that ROC did not get approual from Def Leppard'

request His other reason uias the fact that uie did not

be part of the

to

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that, at

any giuen moment, could cost you your

identity, your creatiuity. or your right to the

tiuely houi to roll uiith the

punches From changFirst

ing labels to changing

members, plagued

uiith it

back for nine months so

legal difficulties and an endless reputation, finally uje told them. "Look, ujhafs going on?

follouied by a seemingly black cloud of con-

seems no obstacles

that this

had other people interested

in

us and you're

luasting our time.' and the record

company kept

Ule

tention, there

barely escaping llJisconsin ujith their sanity.

Young Turk had deueloped

band

far

telling us. 'UJe feel you need a single

'

basically, uje told For

most bands,

it

all starts uiith the

them

uie uiere

leauing and

release

they said,

'lllith

of their first album, follouied by the first sin-

that attitude you can leaue.'

That ujas that

Young Turk

campaign that usually yields

little

more than a

left

and Geffen retained the

rights to the unreleased. Tirsd of Uugfiing In the

This

uihat

is

most bands

rating

mere ef ike piier

tkriifk

to

giue up on the music business

uA ewtin tfcjl is

indicative if a cUssic rick ktfi llttsiiier-

it

ujas a close examination of

iM pMiUo.

yet pouier drivea rick i' nil

fiiUn.

Raron Jacoues. a uery persistent

flCR

man

ning, quickly took aduantage of this opportunity

approach the neujly released band They

m

mi st|le if tke tiif lulli kip ffu|t or altenutiie iut tiui sell i iiUin alius

m n\

ovemiqkt kit tk»

ai tut-

mi «Un lus umi

reflected ii tkis ti

lim ui

if irifiMal

ituii Tlu fTMtk

fade into tke leii

evenftkinf

it

frn the Stms ti

me trili up-

the Beatles to Dan Ninison. kit

that had been pursuing the Turks from the begin-

iitnute

tkis is

the trendu

industry? Haybe the alternatiues

The

iKirpi-

turing the eiperience that eiikt leiis of life

and learning have reflected oi tkis kaid

"Eueryone compares qoitosiMkedf.' offers kassist Billy Ncielii

Uh

"If tkef dii't

~

six-ujeek small club tour and a late-night uideo slot on Htu

a real indignant atti-

"

and then the make-it or break-it marketing

gle,

m eNlitjn.

ku goK

comparisons

to

luk itefcr feel

i

mosic

rity

So

vriliBf fir

neu alkin tiik

the

lUhat insight inspired this reneujed faith in the

cannot ouercome as they continue to make their sloui but steady rise to the top

from ready

Uu

tones. Ivrics of lave, life

tude about the recording industry but they uiere

Amendment?

"They pushed

IDs

Free from the clutches of Geffen Records,

piece of paper

music industry

Heuer has a band demonstrated so effec-

Itself

the band is beginning to ask to see

from groupies)

ujith contro-

uihat IS a record deal anyujay?

uersy. a band as prolific as the

the key to the city any time in the near future

too intimidated to face the

It.

possibilities of losing their record deal

Young Turk, a name associdted

back

to sit

band uion't be receiving

integrity.

"

midst of

all this.

Young Turk had gone

liue for

on the road uihile auiaiting the release of the

negotiated a deal and Young Turk signed uiith

a basis for comparisoi. tkeg get

cnfised ~

'le'ie never stick

Uirgin Records

"The reason uie signed uiith Uirgin mas

because they gaue us the final say

in

euerything

Their one shot at success

says

dnmmer llick

ti

Hut's

liti

grouin The nisic oi iir

km Kse

mi alkn is leni dif-

le

ferent from tke misic

lu stgle if «ntiif.

recirded

fn

(effei ~

So let's face

be anything like most bands

neuer

uiill

begin

uiith the

Hume

2nd

Young Turk neuer has and

it.

Ule' re

Let's

"Our nisic

release of their debut album. M[

lllhat

most rock

is

anad

n' roll triuia buffs

life,

mst

lloyer (formerlg of tke Lave

pany just prior

has been perfiniiif tkriiihift tke

bands a lifetime lies

to learn

behind the release of

In all

most

actuality ujhat

H[ ^ndllume is

aid Tiif

Florida area

irt tke

tuning iikat

Is

past

pmiig ti

Jnkies) Tke kaid

Sutk

smral Milks, ke

ne kell

if

ouer eight years of hard ujork. disappointments,

entertaiiiif aid lerg

iipRdidakle

determination, and a lot of luck

mance Toing

cirreitlg vritiig

"Ule spent a year uiriting songs and

recorded our album

in

m

Memphis Our RCR guy

album and happened upon Wisconsin

uocalist Rhett O'Heil

a small

toum

m

still

struggling to free itself from the

"The president of Geffen

narroui-minded social ualues of the early called us up and told us he loued the album, and

mastering the album and The band ran into legal trouble ujhen they

taking pictures, but they kept pushing back the ."

chose

release because of the Guns n' Roses thing houi

Record company politics

...

Host bands feel

to entertain a

managed

that uie uianted to do. creatiue freedom, oihich ujas

something

groupie Islut] that some-

to forget her real birthdate. not to

mention her high moral ualues. To make a long.

uie

belt.

to Mississippi to

"It's not

akiit

mneg.

signed or not. I'm

it's

net akict selliig

Mt akiit keiig a rack

still

misic." decides Rhett

album

and

aeatiue

sufs

ilttkeeidiftkeda|.riKdKrM're

star

begin pre-production (again] for their debut

Ulith this neoi ability to retain

liie perfer

alkn tH prepanng ti

a million records, it's

sixteen or seventeen songs under their

Young Turk headed off

fine

ai

head lit on tke road again

neuer had at Geffen."

explained Rhett lllith

I800's uie uient as far as

Tirfc is

for their next Birgin

ujanted us to be a hit single band. "begins

ii

kenf

receit

the addition of gvitarists Jeff Taglir

recorded a full-length album for the record comto learning uihat takes

ckaif e

«i| chaifts n Tim« Tirk

over the past eight gears, tke

Originally signed to Geffen. Young Turk,

gn

your raisic ckanges

There haue keen

album Ulrong

is

u eiteisiii if ni diilf

liues.'cntiHesRkett "Jist as

ujould like to belieue is that this is Young Turk's first

inflienced by everiftkiRf

if

somebody

that's nice toe

likes

giiig ti be pUgiig

lere ditif tkis fris. vkat lere diing

.

wll

"

'

DelorJs Telescope Groins Up d Sdturddy night dt

It's

CledriiJdter

Boomerdngs

in

dnd Deloris Telescope - indiuidudl-

Kdcy Ross (guitdr/uocdls) Ricky HJilcox

ly.

(drums/uocdls) dnd Steuie Grdndmdson

pels them in d certdin direction, dnd uie're try-

hdue cdused d

ing to find our spdrk agdin." Thdt sort of hon-

me

esty and retrospect has to be admired. Hany

to Sdy I'm sorry

bands, dfter ID yedrs together

Idugh but I'm not so sure thdt

no mdjor

ujith

(bdss/uocdls) - dre in the house. The guys dre

record deals drriuing ouernight express, uiould

hdppy

throui in the touiel

to oblige

dn interuieui. dlthough dfter 10

yedrs in the biz they dre presumdbly tired of

bdnd get together?" "Ihich one's Deloris?") ds redding indne interpretdtions of ujhdt

the bdnd is dll dbout. dnd getting misquoted.

I

get the bdnd together dnd uje go to d quiet spot, to tdlk sitting

dnd stdnding dround Kdcy's

tion ujdgon. uiith the stifling

less be concerned

I

is still

of mdjor importdnce or is

humid hedt moist-

much deserued time

to reflect

on themselues ds

Indiuidudls dnd dS a group. Unless you'ue only recently entered the redlm of consciousness,

you're d music fdn dnyuihere

in

if

Florida you'ue

d bdnd. dfter dll. thdt hdd d heduy duty

is

dnd

in the

good

'ole ddys.

"Nany people, especially the older fans are

were on d one-wdy rodd

Yeah but not satisfied, and neuer content.

timsofdnerd."

cially

and motiudtiondlly. and make our profile

record deal

is

sometimes

if

no

dnd record

it

dnd redlize thdt the words are

all

we say." Huch

doesn't matter what material they'll

is

add

it

of their

created dround a basic song and to

it till it

becomes a part

of the

song, for a while anyway.

Though the band has had a loyal

and steady following ouer

uic-

the bdnd feels lucky. Ricky enthuses

make

you'll do a song for a couple of years dnd go in

a liuing doing

also feel

and lucky that

whdt they

like to do.

not the ansuier to all our

is

problems and a major record deal

dsk

were

pUyed. Kdcy expldins. "Sometime

the decade, they

that they feel lucky to be aliue.

they can

made, although Ricky has his oujn assess"fl

I

to hell. Ule

it's

ferent words. Ule play so fucking loud,

excess uids

things dre. Hesitdntly Steuie dnsuiers. "Hdppy?

time

different and we'ue all been singing these dif-

it's dll in jest.

is

ment,

in Floridd. uiheeel

seriousness, the bdnd hds tdken some

Ule dll

m

higher. Of course uje'd like to do that." Point

In dll

ujant

I

dnd pledse forgiue me."

surprised to see thdt the dlcohol fueled DT

uiell

around us. Summer

I'ue hurt.

longer around." Ricky sdys. "Lets face il

ening our skin, frogs prouiding the bdckground

hungry mosquitoes diue bombing

people dround

to

DT content, or shdll uje Sdy hdppy uiith the uiay

music

diid

ing.

Getting signed ujould propel our careers finan-

std-

problems

dnyone thdt

the key word. Times, ds they Sdy. are-a-chang-

speculdte ds to whether getting signed to d

ndtiondl Idbel

This

{idrty rep

dbout their musicdl "spdrk."

dnsujering the Sdme old questions ("Houi'd the

ujell ds

- much

lot of

in the pdst. So

Kdcy uoices d regret, "i

mdny bdnds. You record dn dlbum.

the death to

get in debt dnd then you' re a tax ujrite off.

On this the band dgrees. InTdmpd there seuerdl bdnds thdt

probably heard of Deloris Telescope. Ouer the

hdue become

past feu) years DT has spent a lot of time trduel-

casual-

ing the state, the East Coast to and from Heuj york. doing shouicases.

that

dnd actiuely

they haue had

pursuing d record dedlthdt ujill

comply

terms

unjust cuts from the

to their

media. Ulhen they tried being

It

'musically creatiue they were shunned from positiue media and they couldn't get their songs

wish

played on local rddio. Rs d bdnd they dre

I

would haue realized a long time ago that it's the '"^

'

music that makes me happy and not the

>ÂŤ'

industry system and most

them did

disband after

in fact

cdme

to

d point uihere. in

Steuie'sujords. they

"decided to

sit

bdck dnd see uihdt

uias really happening." Deloris Telescope is

d bdnd thdt hds dluiays played for themselues

and they dren't dbout

to

chdnge

in thdt dspect.

Ho selling out. but they dre trying to figure out

dnd focus on ujhere they dre coming from musicdlly.

indiuidudllydndpersondlly. Steuie

in DT

make

a

Though they are uersatile musicians,

I

would haue just wanted I

its

it

place in rock E

think as you

in the true

Sounds

like a little bit of settling douin is

going on here. "I quit drinking.

expdnds on the situdtion. "There's d certdin

anymore." Kacy softly reueals.

spark that a bdnd hdS thdt ignites them dnd pro-

ujas screuied up for a time

and

I

don't do drugs

for

whateuer

different guys now. and

grow older you haue

your music as your

guys are "arteests"

Any legend thdt was

was probably well deserued

Kacy recently had an art shouj. Steuie bought a

sense of the ujord.

roll.

was worth. But we're

I

es. Hey. these

cause trouble,

did." Ricky adds. "Ule were probably

and they haue other interests besides music.

house, and Ricky took some stained glass class-

to

one wild ass band a couple of years ago and that

built

band/bar scene

they do haue liues outside of the

ago

has

liuing off of their music ujhich is success in itself.

1

and watch the other bands where as a few years

which

their national record deal fell out from

under them. Basically, the guy's

How

go to a gig and I'm happy just to play the music

the music

of

alcohol and drugs and being an asshole.

to

selues within barriers, or any rigid style. Kacy

we euer wanted

retaliates. "Rll

accept

or selling out.

I

don't see it

for ten yedrs

sible,

d liuing dt fill

it

we euer wdnted

haue a large draw and they certainly

look like they are enjoying themselues on stage. if

one

to do

which

is

impos-

wds pUy."

Joining the drgument Steuie tdkes ouer. "The

wdy

I

look dt

it.

goes down but

your popuUrity goes up and

if

it

you'ue got the goods the peo-

gonna realize that and they're gonna

ple are

support you." Since Steuie's on a roll and obui-

him finish the interuiew. which has

thing,

One neuer knows

it.

our own way. and we'ue

'cause we'ue done

excitement at a Deloris Telescope show. They

to

how they can say

made

close. "Ule don't

by Bldckle

if

people think we're whores for playing too much

one's self not withstanding, there is still

to

was play

ously speaking for the rest of the band, they let

common ground."

Talk of being jaded, burnt out and collecting

continue

do

to

music our own way. on our own terms, and

trappings of the lifestyle. You know, the sex. ties of

adamant about change and not blocking them-

is

going

hear a song done the same each

want

we always want

long as

it

to

draw

to stay stuck in the to take the

to a

same

next step. Rs

keeps changing and going somewhere

new. I'm gonna be happy. How

what we loue

to do.

play."

it's

time to go do

arted out

They

si

^and-a-half years aga

wn," but as fate aiK ihard work woi

UnkrtL

have

Id

quartet are known asj: lackfish.

[d

beach h^ums with a knack

band

Tl ae

Ft.

comprised of our

is

is

derived from the

is

is

knouin for

heauy metal and death bands, but

its

not your typical Florida band in any manner. The

best ujay to describe the Blackfish sound

mould get

if

say

is to

it's ujhat

you mixed Badfinger and The Beach Boys.

It's

you

ujithout any

meat

layered

to the style. Blackfish is

drummer

llndy Houjard.

happened.

it

all

Cinderella story because

it

doesn't happen like this anymore,

lile

ujere playing at this bar in

Ft.

mas

it

born. So. in looking at

some

Florida and

Hahaffey. mho

got

1

is

a

my

first

uiem. "Florida's like the death metal capital of the morldi

about the current music scene

response from guitarist Mike

Tennessee boy transplanted "1

because of the music scene here 1

really like a

and

like the Florida

mas familiar mith the scene before

1

head.

music scene

came

totally dead,

and

in

Laura Curtin. one of Epic's radio promoters. She

metal scene.

'Hey. me're signed mith Epic,

get up and play.'

bar closed, so

It

here, yet

1

and

rockin' tune called

shom

malks

mas

the place

me're going

to Ft.

student, and

think

my

and they said. "Oh

God.

mhat

to

probably use a Hem York film stu-

mas an

art

first came out of school

mas there

mhen me

me

I

that

it

mould be great

to giue

somebody

i

same

that

Blackfish mill more than likely giue the Florida music scene

mhat

mas hot moment." Blackfish continued stayed isolated

in Ft.

had no influence

Myers,

to copy.

to

fls

at the

keep their omn thing going and

far as their creatiuity goes, they

They sounded uery unigue.

it

mas

at

a

mhole nem identity. Their creatiuity and courage make music

that

is

out of the ordinary, but still on a leuel that all people

can get into and understand

I-ee

Ballard

sums

it

all

sentence: "lile're hoping that mhat me're doing that

many generations can enjoy and haue fun

they mill because

bv It

nom. but

company

chance.' Ballard said.

Myers onto a sailboat

hit the state.

the rep-

mere creatiue. me mere hungry, and me mere good,

tomn leauing the guys holding the bag

moued back

it.

dent to get a real fresh perspectiue.

met

Hiami area the tmo formed a rockabilly

mhich sank mhen Hurricane Hugo

fill

instead of going to a big established

a truck load of bills for limos. rehearsal

of debts. The guys then

just turned nu's.

Ule're talking mith uideo directors right

ble" according to the guys. Enter stage left the schiester band

space, etc., and then

it

because they knem the song mas a real minner

band called Conuertible Ken and The Ragtops. mhich mas "horri-

left

one night for an

and told us that me mere going back into the studio

income from an illustration and aduertising business partner-

manager that ran up

it

this track?!' Then they talked to us aftermards

s

the

Lauderdale. The tmo of them made most of their

ship. Ulhile liuing in the

me played

ment crazyi Guys mere dancing, people

couldn't belieue

After high school, Chris and Steue headed out to art Ft.

funi So. all of our

products of the '?0s

resentatiues from Epic mere looking around and

and Chris mere mriters for the school nemspaper

school in

UJe are

some crack

"Smeet Sixteen." mhich begins mith a kicky

mere standing on tables,

mhile attending Bishop Uerot High School, mhere (Indy

not

mas hauing

be included on the record, but then

just felt

of Blackfish

I

mas

throughout the mhole tune. ""Smeet Sixteen' masn't euen going

the ball really got rolling for Blackfish."

members

life.

I

bassline and rolls into a crunchy and loud guitar riff that burns

right here.' grabbing her heart, and that's horn

Three of the four

could not relate to the death

I

the streets.

The first single off of the debut album by Blackfish mill be a

three "1

good

mas

our influences are from that era. That's basically mhere

mhy don't you guys

me ment up and played

a

1

our sound comes from, the '70s."

noticed that all the Florida bands tend to grauitate tomards the

trying to be

all

like.

mas ten minutes before

songs. Laura came up to us and said. it

mas hauing

I

mith an Epic band called Tall Stories, and the guys

from the band mere really cool. They mere

mas not on

I

songs are upbeat, they're positiue

to Florida

ujas about one

it

Unknouin

raised on Hall and Dates and felt

'70s.

this point that lead uocalist Steue piped in mith his point of

to

for their art.

asked Blackfish horn they

and

mhat the band has had

really masn't a Cinderella story and they really

Myers called The Reef. There

uiere about six people in the uihole place

o'clock in the morning-

it

same thing - you knom. eueryone sounded the same. They mere

amazing, houj

It's

I

a lot

Guitarist and lead uocalist Steue Ballard begins the Blackfish tale, "it's

did suffer

in

ujith slick

chords from guitarist Hike Hahaffey. and pounding rhythms from bassist Chris Reublin and

mithstand.

fun

stuff, but don't be misled into belieuing that it's all pretty

mas

Blackfish

heavy

ds of the

Black fish Rises from the Florida

Myers, Flor da-

melodic and cd tchy tunes that Iq

'or

on the hooks, alTa a style that

Blackfish

The

they would ^oon

it

be' well-known," but not by hat name. foday the bas<

ÂŤ

the no

ith

me enjoy

it

fingers for us. 'cause me're on the may!"

is

in

one final

something

mith. and

and haue fun mith

Rnn Leach

up

it.

I

think

Cross your

"

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Tampa Tornados,

Tales of

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J

Kim fourl?^

Remember:

not music! Rnd it's product, not

It's Shouibiz.

musical honesty, that many of these RCR kiddies seek The people you uianted

Support and help each other

impress uieren't euen there

to

at last year's L.R. Confab. Host of the "Great

Ones"

Florida

claimed an open mind and a kind heart

mere Hiding

Jagger uirote the

To

lyrics to

spend money

LD

urb of

on the spot. Promises to reuieui

Tampa Bay

materials uiere made, mill

to go to a sub-

to talk to

each

miracle occur? Only time

other about nothing? great guestion?

fl

It

Global."

Austin. Seattle. Hollyujood. Heuj York City, and Minneapolis

Summer-Early

Fall "^3 is a

knoujsujhen

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and Play Later

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hell. L.H.

as the country of Ireland

production

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it

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company's

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UJORD: Foundations/Concrete is a

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that recruits hopefuls from Hon-Husic Centers mho come a Horn

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and Bad hotel by

about their non-careers

done out-of-state

is

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shirt, guzzling a glass of beer.

Record Companies for the most part are nected suburbs of

Rce Records and Keith Collins are reall

Rnd almost no one can spot a "OFO RCR Inuisible Han" uialk-

gang-

infested, ouer-priced unfriendly place, uihere unsigned bands

"Pay

to figure

Euerybody knouis uihen something's good. But hardly anyone

liue in Hollyuiood. the alleged Shoujbiz Capital of the

respect, admire and enjoy are Edison

posers, dreamers and indiuidual singers and musicians.

modern RGR

help you BEFORE these monsters are euer approached

Tampland?

So uihy not the folks in

I

Shine and Hen From Earth.

PS.

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isn't fair, caring or creatiue.

You guys haue

UJorld, Tinsel-touin in Late

errors, in short,

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applies to your gig. Focus.

promo packages from groups, solo

can't correct your mistakes and

[yet] hou) to "Liue Local and Think

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Because RCR doesn't deuelop. RGR people don't, uion't and

Pete hasn't learned

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Ulill

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has a sim-

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dream continue?

the

for a liuing

Hicole Festa, Lisa Dixon, Jennifer Burgess. Rllison "Kit"

Shadows.

in the

knouiledge. none of the

aboue signed anyone or anything

"Satisfaction " So luhy

do peoplG from

my

Knom mhat your "Targets" do

Bands from Tampa Bay

Other uisible mouers and shakers uiho

is

Hick

ujtiere

IRondor Music] ujere

uiorking those crouided hallujays.

Tampa.

samples and your packages before the

euent!

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your message, story and

to get

next seminar/conuention you attend, send your indus-

try Targets information,

Berek Oliuer [Rtco). Barry Sguire. Rob Cauallo.

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concept to the rest of the Music lUorld. Liue Local. Think Global.

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ujere in studios, offices, or rehearsal rooms. Only

IChameleon]. and

rest of Florida and the South Eastern

Husicians from L.R

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in the

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to

each other

Real Marketplace.

Hean Streets uieren't Kim

forfllternatiue.

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there. They mere too busy STRRUIHG

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all uiait for

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to

sign anything

industry

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to

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fowlen's

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unknoujn and safe Host of the

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that attends the uarious semi-

riot

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Foundations Forum/Concrete Harketing Hetal

anyone

ujith a

Tampaland address had the foresight

the liJorld " UJhy not look mithin

and mithout yourself and begin

RUSH their promo packages

to

designated RCR. Management.

Publishing. Production and Booking Agency targets.

to assist in the

"Self-deuelopment"

of the other uariations of Rock. Hetal. Grunge

Mstspidiucedbj Hmuiii/s. Iheiems.

Them

obtain a recording contract, let alone flourish foreuer uiith a

Thrash. Pop. Rlternatiue and anything else you can think

M

Kim Fouiley's songs

hm been recorded or performed tg hirvini Sonic foutiHedKniss.

of.

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The Seeds. Blue Cheer

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Since

Hardly anyone uilth a Tampaland address knouis houj to

iM Roger

Kim Foudeytim teen The

Uncle SdJiL to

JmJetL

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you are the "Beath Metal Capital of

other.

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Tampaland'sturnisnexti Rlready

of the future Htu uiant-to-be's end up hanging out ujith each

Encourage and form alliances as you netmork through the

i-l PwlliiestErting

"

more street-smart, pissed-off-al-the-ujorld

photo, guitarist Jay llbbene

bands

Bums and

tntmcope ReciTds back Idbout 4 years agoj

angrier

ujere playing in

The band describes itself as. "The

Pride

precise, and polished

simple

in relation to

channeling of emotions

3-song demo recorded at

aggression and uiolent mood suiings

Nonlsound Studios. Tampa.

"llQjedidnthduepndeinujhdHuedo.

it

luould be d hypociisy to continue." stdtes qui-

Tampd band.

Their heauy. yet endearing sound

spersed

Idped

Prides 3sonq cdssette fedlures Fdilh."

Pride

is inter-

liss and

of

telling of alienation, misunderstanding, pain

strong ideas

if

"The lyrics contain to listen,"

you take the time

lis-

is

an apt

Co-uiriters

and guest

driuen rock band, strong on

to

communicate

Song

format

in

deal

titles

to brood,

you're

in the

to

mood

Steujart. all of ujho prouide a

musical styles uihile staying

in a

miK

4-song demo recorded at

uidually."

Drummer Ken Karg deserues

a

men-

Clearuiater. Fl

uoicing in "Boy (I'm So In Loue Steuie Hicks

eueryone else heralded that

Clearuiater-based Gypsy Bang Gang has stayed

fl

standout track

guitars on "Drain" bring an almost hippie-like

happy-go-lucky sound of good "ole hard rock

glam The is

in

Tampa Bay

tiue response), so try to check out this inter-

boy

flue

at;

467 Hamord

Rt

seems

Zero

place uihere

are bedded in droues

It's

to

these ears than that

depressing, ouerly heauy scourge of goatee-

the closest music

metropolis thdt doesn't carry the danger stigof our ouin ultra-hip Miami thing.

The guitar uiork

ne of the bif

is

also

IMIEL

OMpUni.

npping speei oi tte

"Facing The Future." to melodic

in

title

cowmio

si^.

on

rock

home-

Ulhether he's belting out uiasted youth

"EL

Kiddies." or bringing

man possesses

"Can't Go On." uihich is a

a uoice

unequaled tonality,

enforHELSOH the uihole tape

bearing musicians elicits the

same passions

streets but adds

"lUelcome (To Kill "

Singer/lyricist Tony Trash of society's insane

some upbeat

irony, as in

Guitars that uiail ujith melody, feeling

fully take this

n' roll

ujiU hope-

band up. up and auiay ouer the

current frenzy and land them back douin into

mainstream

may

flOR radio, uihere

non-grungers

be desperately uiaiting for them

For

Incidently. that's the

The

something more up-tempo, yet dark

the "I Loue You Honey. But

I

in

Kate Your Friends"

its sloui

Uqltesttiie on

first single release.

Tngnes

hoae on tte

radio oiitl

hard grooue and guitar ouerlay The more

listen to this tape the

more

1

like

I

il and so mill yoi.

mode might be expected, this

is

Zander's first solo

My Playground)" and "Reason To

and a true loue of real rock

lUhile

songlfcatcoiUbe ÂŤi$Uk-

Burning. " should feel right at

timbre and enunciation.

Floridians fed up uiith the local music scene

ma

euery song on this tape, renindinf

Zero" (Energy Records]

to be the

lirt laie

Into The

area, is an adopted Florida

tion in "The Flame." the

much more uielcoming fltldntd

"Cifl't

Harmonies are a hiQldiiikt en eadiai

bursting forth in nft

You" and

M

Robin's duet with

that paints any scene uiith

lit

a

tears to your eyes ujith desperate determina-

by Hdndy Tore

"Souls

In

"Jump

tmst aii

perfect symmetry

indifference ala

Tdmpd.FL 33506-3821

Souls

Belieue

sincere desperation on

QUEEH. SlUEET) is

an encep

Nul detuenf rs riut

back-up harmonies of many Til's bands

Kou)

Included

One of the most recognizable uoices

playing the bay area lately Ireportedly to posi-

Contact Pride

is

lilith

is

only a high ear

6 roll. Robin Zander, nouj a resident of the

blend into the mosh. These guys haue been

esting creation

uiith not

II

Maria Mckee. "Shoui Me Heauen." their uoices

blending

true to the opposite of grunge;

"1

a rendition of Harry Hilsson's Fire "

mangy sound and euen mangier look?

is

featured as ujell

Young penned tune.

Heil

mainstream

tion for the upbeat grooue he injects, and the

hard rock uein Rick Bales

in a

It." to a

Mercy "

flmphletfs uocals add spice to Robin's retro

Did you miss the ujhole point of the Seattle

n' roll uihile

Take

Diuinyls' Christina

chiding the girl in question

ladRsHfilUFunToPUylllith"

rock

CndU sport strn

forms each song, the sassy indifnatnn on

pop uein

by Maria McKee. a catchy tune that has Robin

Gypsy Bang Gang

different for eueryone indt-

mi |iod liob. tio

- brains, braun.

notes into louwr octanes The

of

"Reactionary Girl" includes a uocal guest^spot

mean something

fotmna uA

dut

piercing range but also the ahilitu (o

byCeneBleu

says uocalist Hick Stephens. "Host of the lyrics

luw

tiul

thon a record/dstnlitin

tional uocalist equipped

Daue

to

Rll of that

songs are

your local record store

scene? Did you stay faithful

M

Hux^-m nek

md mim

great material on "Face The Frtire ' Host of tte

you can pick up this debut release at

Panda Prnductions.

msiul

rockstardom here they cone

on the darkness

If

in spite of tlK

truth to their roots got

come, and anger can only describe the heauy. thrashing melee of angst.

to

permeated the mdistni

and "Crouided

like "Frustration." "Lost."

hanioniL

n pmiit of rodsurtioni

Today, the band lus reUined theu

HotlyuMid. Dl

-

,

moved

bacl< to the society that

ujhat they are today

:..

appearance by Cheap Trick mate Tom Peiersson.

enperiences. and their music stems from a

need

BÂŤ| Itru dui:

musicians are a plenty, including a bass

Mike Campbell ITom Petty i The Heartbreakers).

Their attitude stems from their

Head" clue the listener

Spite" dnd "Dram," songs

and I'm not sure uihat else

description

made them

pdssiondte. mysterious lyrics

ujith

One

"

FL

ten to their neuj release finds this

Idrist Hichdel Cotolo of the

SPIIMS

ZMDT

sguash

is

ZRHDER

H

ing your little head), and they sound euen

PRIDE Pioduced by Scott

ROB

lin the

bunch of guys They appear angry

.

effort

There uiiU be

others, and. of

course, the yet-to-

come Cheap

Trick

reemergence. byBlackie

more ffllELflO'lULLE

information contact the band through GBG

lace The

Future'

Entertainment. PO Box 663. Oldsmar. FL 34577 Statue Records

Frustrating, rough times haue taken lUrathchlld

America and turned them into Souls

fit

Zero, a

by

E 2.

Lay

NICE PIANO YOU HAVE THERE. SAY. JUST WHAT ARE THESE KEYS MADE OUT OF, ANYWAY?

IhJTteen years ago

I

began exclusiuely teaching rock/pop musicians

24,000 priuate lessons in

my

Tampa Bay. Tue since giuen almost

studio and worked closely uiith uiell ouer a hundred bands. Tue taught Hatt

of SRIGOH KICK, Steue Grudin of THE TRIHL

Kramer

in

talented and dedicated to their craft.

I

and Hidnight of CRIHSOH GLORY, along

ujith

many

others as

only mention these select students

for this editorial in order to lend ualidity to the opin-

ions

express here. Inoujbestoui

I

upon you...

tiue that your

band

is

good,

the musicianship is tops, the singer is excel-

lent,

[1] dream a

of

"making

communal

it"

it.

years waiting

dnd money on that

band can write

as a top selling rock band unless you belieue that a successful band

effort. Euery

member

is

only to get laid and you

euentually

uiill

fail.

"Yeah. yeah, yeah." you say. "Ule'ue heard all that before." Good, then hear

again, and then act on

appeals to anyone

in

it.

I)t

it

your next band meeting, read this out loud and then decide

your band.

If it

is

doesn't, good.

If it

does,

if it

make some immediate

change.

If

money

ujasting your time and

rock band

if

you can't

to

your band might

usually catch other acts, so

1

to

hear

my students perform

a lot of local

uiith their

my time

is

bands. IDhile I'm

bands throughout the year. I'm going

catch a lot of flack by saying this, but there are pathetically feuj hit songs being uiritten

around here. Come on, folks, the songs are ujhere

it's at.

fls

1

see

it.

the problem lies uiith

to tell

you that your material stinks, your girlfriends? You probably uiouldn't listen anyuiay. So houi do you really knoui uihat's good

bad?

a hit song, look outside for

fill

successful people haue an uncan-

ny ability to step outside their

t.

business. That means euery member. Euery band should

one of those. Chances are

you listening

to

who

them? Just

/because you bled your blood and cried hard tears ouer

your song doesn't necessarily make

it

good,

if

in

your

"making

of

it"

as a top selling

it

like a

own two

Buy them lauailable at most book stores) and read them

tice. Isn't

it

time to guit chasing high school

rock star dreams and grow up?

may

really

want

If

â&#x20AC;&#x201D; '^

not, please

down with

to do

something

with their music.

r J 1 Stop wasting your time and

I

1 J

money on

that

dream

of

"mak-

ing it" as a top selling rock band unless

your band finally decides to make the

go and regret

it

afterward. Most of the time the bands

you're posi-

I

to their

uisit

band rehearsals.

often

I

haue no concept of what should

performing. Anytime go on at a rehearsal. First of all. rehearsals are for rehearsing, not

you haue friends, girlfriends, parents, or stop-ins hanging around, somebody

in

your band

get done. Second, will be performing instead of rehearsing and important things won't

else, the rehearsal is being seriously

least one person in your band

no one

books: "The Platinum Rainbow" and "This Business of Husic.

attempts from an objectiue

uiith

lire

dream

any member of your band insists on playing so loud

creatiue hard-on. Hobody thinks

it

that

emotions and examine their

point of uieui. Get past your

lit

if

for

someone who can.

most of rehearsal time. My students are always inuiting me

the fact that euerybody has the impression that they are writing great stuff, find uiho's

going

discouered. Take a long hard look at your songs, find

to be

don't drag other bandmembers

one potential "hit song." Much of

and yet you'ue been hanging around Tampa

rock band unless you get your head out of the clouds and begin to treat

you. They

on that dream of "making it" as a top-selling

ujrite at least

spent going from club to club, listening

1

in

the chemistry isn't healthy, you mill fail.

mStop

there

someone

solid,

together. Then put the concepts and ideas into prac-

changes. Belieue me. you're better off spending a feuj months looking for that completely right person than you are sitting around hoping and praying that

is

mStop wasting your time and money on

band must be as dedicated as you. Euery member!

of your

One sloppy player or one guy uiho's purpose

Bank on

Stop ludsting your time

and the show

damaged. One

teach

is

that they can't hear themselues

always coming

to

me

singers

1

at rehearsals that

of the

it

if

bothers anyone

most common complaints by the

when they rehearse These students

are

hoarse, with strained uocal chords, etc. because they had to yell at

watched took place rehearsal to euen hear themselues. Some of the best rehearsals I'ue euer in a liuing

machine

room, with one small amp and the drummer using a single snare, or a drum

The bass player was able to hear lead lines and deuelop his

own

lines accordingly.

The rhythm section would stop often, working out intricate lines and ideas.

If

they were all

hapscreaming away, getting their rocks off wit a loud uolume none of this could haue

pened

Rnd. findUy. the uocdls dnd hdrmonies luere edsily hedrd dnd improued upon becduse

they could hedr edch other. Ilnidzing! Their rehedrsdl uids dctudUy ing thdt you should neuer rehedrse

Idlls out." only

If

dny of this pertdins

to

rehedrsdl

I'm not sdy-

thdt there should be d bdldnce ujith

I'ue found thdt to be rdre. except ujith professiondl

more time spent on in-depth rehedrsiny. bdnds.

d

your rehedrsdls. don't just shdke your hedd. Do something

anyujay

Do

is

different." figain

say.

money on

Stop uidsting your time dnd

(5)

dredm

"mdking

of

thdt

ds d top selling rock

it"

bdnd unless euery member of your bdnd

is

dedicdted to becoming better dt their

«

Stop ujasting your time and

I

J

bdnd

if

your shoui

instrument

is

money on

uihere people dctudlly tdke pride in

stdtements like to

school." or

"I

"I

mdking

tdught myself euerything. dnd

me dnything

of

pUn. Do you hdue you folloujing If

member

it

not. you

should be uiorking to get

I

suggest

thdt they report jasvj

dctiuities. uihether those be uideo tdpes. recordings,

books or tedchers.

fire

"dredm." but dre doing

little to

to the

bdnd. You are giuing d lot to your band,

anything, the others dre doing to mdke the dredm more

you uidsting your time

mdke

ujith d

it

bunch

of friends uiho giue lip seruice to the

come true?

If

rock band

if

thdt

dredm

of

"mdking

it"

ds a top selling

hearing the ujord "commercial" makes you uiant to take a dump.

"Commercial" means accepted and enjoyed by many people.

Isn't that uihat

you uiant? Too

often uie connect the uiord uiith "cop-out" or giuing up our creatiue tndiuiduality.

Personally.

1

think this phobia about auoiding commercialism has driuen bands touiard the

sameness they are trying so hard

to

see that unigueness

for guality. regardless of uihether or not the guality

is

euer going to make

it

not a substitute

is

^

^

perfor-

you aren't constantly uiorking to

point. Heui

the time to create that

is

There are almost aluiays one or

pressuring you

it

comes

to taking the spotlight

due

Ulatch each other uihen you

it

Notice the unusual or funny things each of you do

it.

Does Bob speak Cerman. and maybe says some

crazy German phrase that's really funny?

little talents

and can you find mays

them using

to bring

into your shoiii? lire you

all the

instruments and

unices uihich can be couered by other

members

of the

band?

Concerts are giuen by orchestras.

Performances are giuen by rock bands, ujay. lead singer, are

you running and

out? Don't uiait until the day before

concert to realize that you're going

around that stage for seueral hours, up?

Finally, stop masting your time

ry of the

and money on that dream of "making

selling rock band unless you really like each other. Do

haue

1

mere lucky. They held on

till

after they had

it

describe the situation. The only thing that mill be missing

Team up mith exactly the

is

right people in the beginning.

is

isn't

-^

=^-^

'

^""^

to

to

mutual sex [unless that's your If

you don't you're going is

to

rough stuff. The reguire-

than most mill euer experience. Go for

ifter 9 p.m. it

—

enough

an appropriate mord

it.

but only

}^^Qf^z^^^-~^

sciem

if

stmgly enoi^i

tkin§ I've siid here to respond,

^

top

to cite the gory histo-

made. Musical compatibility

hold things together once you are "married" on the road. Harried

bag).

it" as a

demise of band after band uiho just couldn't get along, so they folded. The Beatles

\^\\.Mt: If you feel

comes

on being

just unique. The response should aluiays be

to

ments are almost impossible, but the remards are greater

through imitation of uihat has already been done. Ho band

hdrd

don't

lUe

money through

initial

pay a great price later. All this

to auoid. Or. at

the opposite end. uie find that group of bands ujhich uiorks so hard at

being different thdt they fdil

uihen you dren't redlly thinking about

(8] money on

is

some

make great music

do so they uion't haue to ujorry about

are just out partying, uiith friends, etc

make your moue

so. bitch d lot. or

noui. before it's too late.

Stop uidsting your time dnd

all at

If

It's

it

Jc><r«ipD

their learning

dccessible.

to

examined the uarious

of your bdnd

better dnd

is

rock

it" dS d top selling

band uiho fight the idea of building a shouj They are usually the shy

play the comb or the kazoo? Haue you

lire

it

company

tedcher. You cdn. But, just belieuing thdt ujon't

needdtedcher. Euery

to knouj uihat, if

of the

to lose

uihen he's trying to impress the girls?

religiously?

and you deserue

shoui. not later ujhen the record

members

"mdking

of

Bands make their

Exciting concerts sell records

ddudnce by yourself, ujithout the help of d formdl

one?

dream

Jim haue some sort of crazy dance step

idlue." I'm not sdying thdt you cdn't ledrn dnd

do the job. You need d

ujon't matter

it

poor, dnd the bdnd isn't interested in improuing

improue your shoui. you're going

them specific things

don't study." "I neuer ujent

no one else could possibly tedch

that

ones who play great music, but feel like fools ujhen

knouj of no other profession

1

you aren't uiriting good songs

I'm still hedring the line "Rll uie uiant to do

mance, not recording

tuio

if

youhaueahit?

n

Irelieiie thdt

1

ujant to uiaste time ujorking on a shout "

dboutiti

(6)

"that band sure

IIW imiOI.

too loud. I

you plan

ihett

all

mr

uie

Just don't

km sensitiue em.

"that band writes and plays great stuff!" not

K

e

h

n

"

Jackie Brenston uids born jn

Some folks say that the

lyrics praising the neui 1950 Hydra

CUrksdale. Mississippi inlQ30. the

Hang blues

real tiome of the Blues

greats haue ties to this dusty delta

ntAi ^locket 88" by Jackie

Brenston arid his Delta

cottt Cats is the first rock n'

as

mas Eddie Boyd. Charles Thomas

Turner and His

still

mas not

Junior Parker (ujho recorded

Rythym and

amused

"Hystery Train." later cut by Eluis

sent them to

fact,

on Sun and played at Presley's

70B Union Street in

Thomas

them, that a character named

lilrencher [ujho ujas later

knoujn as "One firmed John" after

arm

losing his left

an auto acci-

in

Sam

death,

home

his

Phillips uias recording rythym

This

is

tllhen uisiting Clarksdale.

of the Bella Blues

actually before

Sam

ing his masters to other labels like

Modern Records Records

Huseum.

BB."

arms inside the

of

think that

1

in L.fl.

and Chess

is

Ike.

Rythym

Ulhen he masn't beating Tina,

In

mhen he

name mas nomhere

Jackie and the Kings

a

It

the first lesson to be learned from

into one car (ujith all their instru-

mhere

to Clarksdale.

meirdmino on

History does not

Fourth Street.

the hospital In 1979. but

held the top spot for ouer

month. Ike's songs mere then

a Rocket It

it

mas not

'88.

mas Jackie's

last ride.

He

died from a heart attack due to alcohol abuse.

released and flopped like a sick flounder.

Ike

1962 Jackie left Ike. and

he became that

on the rythym i blues charts

all piled

this story

In

record the car that took Jackie to

"Rocket 88" by Jackie

Brenston and his Delta Cats zoomed to *1

Jackie

his mine. mine. mine.

cramled back

foundi The label read

songs he sang meren'teuen released

he mas berating Jackie

really didn't care as long as he got

Jackie Brenston and his Oelta Cats

mhere

Chicago.

in

Before you could say "Thanks,

please driue safely and keep your car.

to be

time had discovered Anna Hae Bullock) again

To piss Ike off euen further, the

started Sun Records. He uias sell-

inacaruireckandbledto

Ike

label [Chess 1458)

It

and blues groups

dent), and countless others in and

he joined up mith Ike [mho by this

looked at the

uiasthere. B.6. told

get.

betmeen his rocket

Like left his

made

many

crazy drunks. Jackie

mark. Sam Phillips started

Sun Records mIth profits from

Jackie's life so

"Rocket 88" land an Inuestment

ments) and

miserable he

a buddy's hotel, the Holiday Inn)

the Crossroad IHlghujay 49 and

mere "oozin

guit the band

Ike Turner

HighujayG9)uihere Robert Johnson

andcrulsin' up

[like Tina

a-bitch. Little Richard

soldhlssoultotheOeuilforaCB

HighuiayGl

also the sight of

is

in

became a manic son-of-

others say,

THf "Heuer heard of him."

lllell

mas released

[John Lee's cousin). "Big" John

mhateuer he could

Ulith his tail

Kings of

Hemphis.

tram. Hogen-Dauid. Ripple.

Uitalis.

Ulhen the disc

funeral), guitar great Earl Hooker

Thunderblrd.Hight

fuel than euer

Rockumentory).

[John Lee's guitar player). "Little"

Clarksdale

and

of like Spinal Tap in their 1984

amait the record's release [sort

B.King heard the

group, knoujn as Ike

in 1937.

Others say nonsense,

The band returned to Clarksdale

became "Rocket 88

John Lee Hooker uias born there

Bessie Smith lost an arm there,

ROCKtt

Oldsmobile

to

B

around Clarksdale

record of all time.

11-8

The tune, ujith retooled lyrics,

touin.

1951 record

roll

matic driue

anymore, but Jackie needed more

tmo

the other

째68.

gather

>oundmy

box set Juddy Ulaters made his first

recordings there.

Jackie

children and you shall

mould be the one doing the shov-

country for rythym C blues. That

aback by the condition of some of

ing.

singer mas Bill Haley, before he

make

taught Jackie

to drink

a sax

He also

Brinking

in

bop bop

tar player's

to

uiorkujas a young

be called Ike) posessed a silk suit

Young

Ike

Turner the ujas seu-

enteen at the time) told Jackie to get a silk suit, uirite

some songs

and he could join

lllell sir.

suit

Hemphis

to

be stars

Jackie got that silk

and took an old Jimmy Liggins

up.

and the gui-

amp had been dropped

and mas damaged. Instead of a

mas heard mas

"Rocket 88" and decided to ditch

Ike

mhat

to

of

Jackie mas a big star and

it

mas

buy

happened

to

him

Oldsmobile

omn band and recorded a

sorts of expen-

siue gizmos to

distortinn

that, so

amp

speaker, recorded

mas born

The Kings of Rythym recorded

song called "Cadillac Boogie."

four songs on that Harch day in

borroujed the tune and ujrote neuj

I9SI

Jackie sang on tmo. Ike on

my

real gone

rocket/Ho time

to

say goodbye"

This article

is

dedicated

the goldfish,

mho died

all

to Eluis

puffy

and bloated, just like the King, as

"Real Gone

mas mriting

tion of "Rocket 88" and

this

HmeloBS Hnvin an te kni

Rocket" mas a pale imita-

due

It

neuer

mid-diifs on Hix 9S tUDiTX-nf]

somtims on msin'

ml oldies stiUon

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corns out

md pUifS

locket

onln iftor dirk

band broke up. and his Rocket 88

Srnidill the grtithonkini

domn

Jackie's Olds didn't need fuel

ind

HM. i

euen made the charts. Jackie's

broke

life

Iliue/Hybabyandl/Surehada

lom-up called

"Real Gone

In 19S1

broken

fol-

Rocket

get that grunge

This story belongs to Jackie.

monderful time/In

gaue him a Rocket

distor

all

nobody knem

died an Insane alcoholic, but

"Real gone daddy/Loue the

the morst thing that could haue

88. he started his

to

had his Comets, and long before he

that's another story

Today you

to a

Fromnomon.

Jackie?

tlon

haue

to be

Ike on the big screen, but

clean guitar sound all that

sound.

ujere going to

may

resoluedneuer

You can see mhat happened

The stand up bass had flomn off the car on the

Isaiah lujho liked to

to rock, the

the band's eguipment.

ujinespo-dee-o-dee. drinking ujine

Ike further told Jackie they

bijinaTDeloasTnanrinbione

Chester. PR

Recording Serulce mere taken

to

his group

on uiine and beer.

in

cutamhitecoueruerslonof

drinking sax player uiho taught

young Jackie houi

[in that order),

StORV

and a country singer

euer again

and a band uiho needed a singer.

and a man juiced

Golly Miss Holly."

engineers at the Hemphis

isiah Turner

Oldsmobile ride

Ike

pushed around

omn "Good

toujnandtookupujithaujhisky

honking talent

BRersoN

mentoutonhisomn.

rugged band of pilgrims

Hemphis

his

landed

The person uiho put Jackie's

hear the tale of an

years later) and

greui up in this blues-drenched

honkllkeasqueellnghog

JACKie

the piano riff from "Rocket 88" for

Turner mould

IDhenthls

borromed

shovting oldies from the fifties

ind sixties.

I

Howdy

THE

Fornicdters,

Tmbdck, and

Geeg's most recent controuersies uias

this is

also has tons of reuiews of both records and

form of a Hue show captured on uideo tape

liue

that Suzy Horbid played on her Jones cable

haue spent

access show. Morbid Underground. During

ing for. Marcos

shows. This could be the best $2.00 you while, so what are you wait-

in a

Inside uids dll the paranoid right-wing

the neuj uncensored

the

garbage one mould expect

show

G.G. took one of his

trademark

needs the

to find uihen

shits on stage. "OH MY GOD." Caton

Thrust.So, ifluianted

in the

and

dealing ujith bottom feeders like Caton and Association were outraged ouer this filth,

UJhyam

his ilk.

telling you. the semi-

I

Dauid Caton a

to call

they raised a big stink lalthough I'm sure

enlightened reader, about this? Simple.

If

me and could

you're like

was bigger) ouer

G.'s

G

neo-nazi scumbag,

this indecency.

giue a rat's ass

end result was young Dauie got his puss ujhat consenting adults do in the priuacy of

would be perfect-

that

on the tube a couple of times and Suzy

god-damned home, and you're

their oujn

got

wouldn't

ly acceptable

suspended from

pay anything. Funny thing about the like Caton telling

you otheruiise. there

is

whole incident

it?

Speaking

of

young

a job that doesn't

sick of these self important morality police

something you can do.

Hit the

bly neuer

ujhere

is

that Caton proba-

bastards

saw

the uideo. yet he felt

hurts, in the pocket book. "UJell

it

Dauie boy andhis

he could pass judgment on

it.

Here's

nouj." you're probably asking yourself,

abitofaduice

louj can

American Family

1

way Association has

Association,

I

recently

made

it

"if you find

it's 1-

NEL".

them often

1

personally find Teleuision

them

let

Euangelism offensiue. so

houjpu

don't try to ban them or censor them.

Mouing along. it

The Association

away with

do

is to

call the BOO

It's 2

tell

them

to

new

7" out on

Lallaposer Tour becoming just another corporate rock fuckfest that

songs of decent guallty, which pretty

much hear euerythlng.

His backing

houitojoin. and be sure to

them

tell

was suppose

to

be so against

when Perry

Farrell got so

inspired by the Reading Festlual.

I

mean,

for

band

the Southern Baptists.

is

chrissakes. look who's headlining this year:

to is

entitled "Look Into My Eyes and

Hate Me." which

is

we

a typical rant that

account of the fact that you hauen't ujorked

(You'reprobably won-

all

haue come

to

on the flip

is a

expect from the deceased, and

summer because you haue been chaining

you and your I

it

Alice In Chains.

It

may

as well be llan Halen.

enclose a SASE because you're really poor on

the rights of gays.

why

or is this

send you information on

The A side

der

me

number

means you can and

to

just

expense of 30308.

is try-

G.G. has a

Railroad Hecords P.O. 5432S. Atlanta GA uiay to haue a little fun at the

ing

Is It

costs them about ?1.00. Another

one where

The Association

turn the channel.

and remember that euery time you call them,

is the

1

feel about uihat their doing, I

packet in the mail.

This

something offensiue

TUAH THE FUCKIHG CHAN-

or disgusting.

knouj

along

easy. They haue an

000 number ll'm not making this up), eOO-GflYLflUIS. Call

receiued their hate

that can go

do that?" Simple. The

2

slower drugged out number

GREAT

year old child to the doors of

receive this

Euery band playing

entitled "Hotel Clermont." It's not the

Is

on a major label, and

abortion clinics across this great land. Say

greatest G.G. record but you might want

pornography anyway:

pick ujill

well,

Tm

receiue your hate packet labout

belieuer in knowing

2

is

up

Anyhow

up for historical purposes. By the

drop

it

in a

it

G.G. died of a ouerdose.

or

euen original. UJhere

is

the alternatiue

How come no female bands? There

kind of a waste, since he was always brag-

here?

ging about doing the suicide on-stage. Oh

certainly are enough of them

well, such

chance and put Bikini

it

(A

good rule

is

death.

the heauler

it Is

the more

on after

Soundgarden? How that would be interest-

see a lot of different underground

ing, to say the least. So

when

all

you kids

it ujill

one I'ue see out of Florida cost). O.K. buckoos. let

Kill

of

music publications and hands down the best Is

Ulhy not take a

to

the smell

uomit was

which seems

and

mail box. The Association has

pay the return postage on

thumb

of religious

bands could be considered groundbreaking

take out the pre-paid enuelope and put

I

to).

it

uieeks).

ujhateuer your little heart desire in

what the enemy

with the exception of Fishbone, none of the

be like putty in your hands. llJhen you

way.

a firm

to

that and the operator for The Association

is

SCRAPE This

head out

to the

nearest cow field that this

them fingers do the "zine has that

punker than fuck attitude, and

joke of a tour

is

playing at just remember

ujalking.

ouerpowering euen

just keeps getting better and better. The lat-

est issue has Interuiews with

when

I

was opening

all.

your just

Tampa's uery

licking the corporate dick.

ions. G.G. Allln kicked the bucket. That

own

Pink Lincolns. FugazI Iwho's

new LP.

shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone uiho In

the packet.

you're not being alternatiue at

On to music neuis. reuieuis. and opin-

kneui of the

man

On The Kill Taker

is

supposed

to be

awe-

or his antics. One of the

some), and Alice Donut

to

name

a few.

It

Here's some record reuiews. First up are

"

the Lone lllolues. They haue d Z-song 7" out

uein, ujhich is to say

thdt sounds a small part metal

Sabbath song only heauier. dude.

and a bjg

part psgchobilly. like an eKtreme

song but

ujith

metal guitar.

Cramps song

like the

1

some spoken

sounds like a Black

it

ujord parts In

judging the singer

Is

It

also has

It

Central Park

S.ÂŤ11G.HY.HY

from Jersey. The flip

AMERICAIV and

they also haue a 2-song 7" out. This thing

sounds

Underground meets

like the Ueluet

Sanctuary era Cult.

It's

packaged nicely so

if

recorded

ujell

and

this Is not

my cup

Is a

better song called "Take

ujhich

It

Personal"

moues along guite nicely and has

nifty little riff to carry

Records, no address, ujhich leads

me

a

to

belieue this label might be

either of the aboue mentioned

tied into a major.

If

soauoidthis

to

check this thing

like to introduce

uinyl.

Des. uiho has been

In the

punk

going to do some

dueling CD reuleuis. First up

Is

Records. P.O. Box 430. HY.HYI018S. Next up

my bed/making

not to mention hou) the

Bes

seem

to be

and

loue ujith the

drummer

truly flails

on his double bass. Yeah right. And finally.

song after

dragging metal. Nothing redeeming ujhatsoeuer. Des: The lyrics

rip

dead." That's Pulitzer Prize material there,

Thief "Gangster Rebel Bop

This sounds like a less commercial.

attempting

exude some type of poetic street ujisdom.

STIFF

project, really boring and full of itself. This

is

really bad so they probably

snappy uideo

more tongue and cheeky Black

be

Croujes/Rolling Stones knock off band

they shoot a

HeadBangers

for

roll please. Des

If

uiill

Drum

Ball.

don't get

reaches into the hat and

and

I

don't like

Ok. there you haue

produces for our critiguing pleasure

Suckspeed "Unknoujn Gender." Des:

it

it.

Stiff:

1

really

I

don't haue time for this shit

Rt first

1

punks telling

it

like

tujo old

it:

All

It Is.

time

these CD's are

auailable from Ule Bite America P.O. Box

uids encour-

to be trying to tone doujn

10172. Chicago.

image by dropping

their old

Salad Toujn

carcass to

It's Tujo Bit

Slapshot "Blast Furnace." Des says:

They seem

such as "Hack carue

song of tired Heuj York Neanderthal knuckle

really popular, especially

scene for fucking euer. uje are

hooded

Is just

I

tear/1 slaughter you ujithout fear/I take the

these guys must be uery

" Stiff:

boring Hue 'cause this CD

band

clear

and

my

but read like a bad high school literature

Rt this point I'd

inuolued

"Deluxe

to

record.

out. It's on

a

Filthy Christians. Stiff:

takes a truly gifted mind to come up

It

ujlth lyrics

sujeatshirt? Hext up. Des picks Craujpuppy

through. Diablo

It

mean

to the

uihole CD uias really starting to ujear on

buy

is

Des: Cut these guys a little slack. Stiff.

of tea. there's no neuj

to

Hext up

Satanic death metal, houi fucking original

Bros, anyujay. Seriously,

nerues. Rnybody ujant

you're a fan of

bands you might uiant

do ujith punk are those

ground being broken and listening

10019. The Rakes

Progress are another band out of H.Y

to

damned Hanson

and so I'm

on the flip. "Killer." the best on the sujirl

piece of uinyl. Ulolfcubb Records. 220

hockey has

mouth

and about the only thing

In the first place,

IL

60610. Here are

some

essential punk rock things for you to buy:

the hockey fixation

Rhythm Collision "Nouj."

and by hauing

rock: and Face To Face "Don't Turn fiuiay."

singer

top notch sing-along punk ujith a capital

killer fucking

punk

P.

are lUayne ujith yet another 2- song 7",

Both these CD are auailable from Dr. Strange

loue

Records. P.O. Box 7000-117 Rita Loma.Cfl

Uein" b/ui "Break The Lauj."

enjoyed "Loue Uein."

me

song that reminded

Bunnymen's "Do

It

it's a

really

I

aged by

aggressiue rock

of Echo

ÂŁthe

the fact that

Clean". The flip seemed

like a throujauiay. Hice

the CD started ujith

packaging and a real

a

clean sound make this record ujorth hauing.

"Choke" go by

Eiplock Records. P.O. 634. UeniceCfl 50294.

his real

name. Rs far as the music goes.

Soulpit are a 2 piece band from Baltimore

haue

admit that

and their 3-song 7" out consists of

much

2

origi-

nals and a couer of the Kiss song "Strange Ulays." uihich

I

originals shouj

ly get off the

to

like this

21203. The last 7"

I

receiued

called Rosary Uiolet. The

fl

is

side

MB

by a band

is

a

song

called "Faith" which rocks in the Helmet

1

neuer really gaue them 1

ujas prejudiced

by that uery "straight edge goon boy"

some promise but neuer

rock. Soulpit P.O. 13464 Baltimore.

1

of a listen because

image, houieuer

ground, file under garage

1

they sounded in the past

if

example

riffage. then

of recycled boogie

find

it

difficult to understand

their popularity in the first place.

knouj.

if

riff,

but

this outfit euer

1

don't

had any true inspi-

ration in the first place, it's about uilped

out noui. Stiff:

I

neuer liked the these guys

hints of funk. Hy attention uiandered and

left the

room.

Stiff:

log of punk rock treats. I'm gone,

time take

it

till

next

easy and support the under-

ground mouement

it

gulckly turned Into Euro-psycheldia ujith

thought u)as pointless. The real-

non-metal

91701. Ulrlte the good Doctor for a huge cata-

I

Stiff

kmis.

an is mckii it Stiff Poll PI Box 21721

St.

Pets.

H 33742.

Rockscope/August 1993 foo mnii bwken guitji strings Ust math? Hid

ijombnii^owup

this

weekend for

i0gMim

dime it on Hemry RetTognde.

who

went direct on Mi/ 25. So wipe the

tJiinkfullii

swedt off ifoiir brow, tempers were

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Hdi|21-Jiine20

Han:}i27-Rpril20

next mekend?

TtiG

moon

your

in

sip

on the 7th. 8th and

testgthniiigli

Ml/ and it's not just the weather either- Hertwj

?th luiU be in perfect trine luith Hercury-you'll

m [dncBTmade euen/bodi/a little crabby,

be gaining the attention that gou so desire.

when it goes letrograde. logical occurrence, in

and

[a rather common astro

Ulatch out for Mars, opposing your sun, and it's

Ugman's terms it means the a

good rule of thumb

match that

to

flrian ten-

planet's movement is backwards] communication

make

breaks down, electrical problems rm rampant and

dency

promoters usually forget to advertise gourshow.

uiorld your oujn.

It's usually minor stuff

biz lesson

so remember your music

This

to

the

month you

mi: Hai/e no expectations. On the plus should plan at

side, opportunities that

come your way during a least one hell-

Hercurynetrograde may not materiabze immediately, but they haiw

raising spectacu-

a wonderful tendency of

returning at a later date in a much better package,

lar party that mill

and are more likely to manifest into something betleaue euerybody ter.

HIISIIS! looks

much better-

the key

talking about

word for

until

Hugust is schmooze, party and meet and greet Ihere'sno better time to look corporate than fiugust. Saturn is still retrograde in Hguarius.

it

you throui

the next one. It's

as a testy

time

well as the outer planets. Uranus. Heptuneand

though for relationships as Uenus squares the Pluto.

Mercury moves into Leo on the

a good time people

to

lith.

which is sun

wine and dine all those important

whom you may haue pissed off last month.

Ihis is an

optimum time for waim-heartei gener-

in

your chart, and arguments about your

constant need for the spotlight and loue of

independence get

in the uiay.

Hang out

uiith old

ous communicatiog but don't expect to win the buds, and try to learn a hearts of stubborn ItVI reps so easily

little

patience. Good

Show them a daysforflriesinflugust:?.

good time and only visit the best ofplaces Venus, the planet of love. sex. art and music

8.

117.

18. 25. 26.

Use caution on the 14th. 15th and 16th.

leaves Semini on the 2nd and enters Cancer.

Flirtatious, indecisive

Semini will take a second

T R U R U S

look in the morning at that guick whirlwind affair,

and finally make a decision.

lUith

the emphasis is on cocooning

and a word to the

Hot

wise: it's an excellent time to start a family, so

make your choice.

Rpril21-Hay20

Venus in Cancer,

much

in the uiay of

the air conditioning this

getting Taurus out of

month-and uihy

not.

Caution is advised for those of the ujorld should

come

to

you as you see

it.

you dieting, as the emotional crabby energy of

Cancermakes everybody want to drown

their sor-

rows in food andlotsofbar-b-gues attendance at clubs will be down, [unless they overload the buf-

Uenus

ujill

be making fauorable comfortable

aspects your uiay this month, so ujhat the heck, be a little extrauagant and splurge on that

fet and appetizer trays) so try and get booked at ujhite Chet Rtkins guitar. The

moon

in

your sign

the keg parties that your newly coupled friends will be throwing. Hais is still kickin' ass and tak-

ing names in lliigo until the 13th. when the sharp, critical nitpickiness ofUirgo

Cham and grace ofLibra,

0es way to the

kgain.

on the lOth and 11th mill be a good time for a candlelight cookout. and the influence of Mars mill soften those hard eggs that you'ue been

kgust is the trying to crack

month to sdmooze. so get that promo pack together,

and it might be a good time

to

update that

promo pic as well. Ihen tell the drummer to keep the sticks out of his nose. Ihis is an excellent time to

ami^ partnerships, find a new drummer, or

get the vocalist to take those lessons he's been talkingabout. although Libra is a cardinal sign and initiittsactiuitg. it's in its detriment in Ubri

the key yard here is patience.

so

Mil have a lot of

nice IMo old ladies holding you up in line at the

Sishn'Kang. but remember your manners. She

L

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July22-Rugust21

your sign, and of the floiu of

if

you'ue been tdking adudntage

energy you should haue enough

ujork finished up to really take care of you nouj. your birthday this

month finds you enter-

ing in uiith Neptune trining your sun- you

find yourself taking a

mountain retreat

may

to

inuestigate your past life times, but use your Uirgo

common sense The moon

in

your sign the

M

and 20th brings excellent opportunities-

this

month, be good to yourself, and make

some long-range plans Best days

L

R

B

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20, 27. 28

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September 22-October 20

look at youl

lOell.

If

you'ue been thinking

about a nice, conseruatiue tattoo, or you'ue

had your eye on some neuj leathers, noui's the time

You'll be the center of attention, and

expect some decent opportunities to come your uiay this month- Mars in your sign puts you

ahead of the pack, and go ahead, be a

little

bold, your natural charm and persuasion mill

hold you in good stead uariety of

If

you're of the male

human, you'll be suieeping the

ladies off their high heels so that by the time

you'ue stuffed your promo packs into their purses, they'll be so ouertaken uiith your smile that you'll already haue a fauorable response If

you're of the superior sex. turn on the

charm, be a lady and you may uiant

to

screen

your calls- you'll feel like you're in heat, but it's that

Mars

energy that

is

drawing them

to

you. Saturn retro-

grade

uiill

only

spoil the fun a little,

be discreet

and use common sense.

Remember, these are the nineties Go get 'em this month-

it

uion't be this good for

auihile after this. Best days; 2. 3. 4. 2.13. 21.

22.

25.30.31 Take

it

easy on:

7.

B.14.15.16.

23. 24.

SCORPIO October 21-Houeinber 22

Pluto as usual

is still

giuing you a uiide

uiorld uieuj- it's still in Scorpio until 19?5. llenus uiill be trining your

month, atiuity

it'll

sun throughout the

be an easy flour of romance, cre-

and comfort. This month you'll probably

!

YOU KNOW

DiD

Illhdt

cle

you read

in this arti-

may shock you. You

uiill

ask yourself. "Ulhy isn't

my

gouernment acting on this

"R

Brisf

Suninam Of The

llsis Of

...

Since before the Photieciatis in the 5th Century B.C.

1.

TeHtiies i Fabrics

2.

etc.

mere

all

...

made

Clothes, tents, linens, rugs, touiels, diapers,

of

hemp

at one time, including our flag, '^Old

...

Hemp paper

first draft of the Declaration of

"they" mould haue difficulty

Organization IFLOl at P.O. Boh

pendent." Think of

ujith a society that got all of

3S0. LaCrosse. Florida 32E5B-

wouldn't haue to send our

4

made from hemp fibers.

Young

70%

until 1037:

lliorld lllar

uiebbing and the

5

Canuas

...

hemp rope

DuPont replaced

it

...

replaced

made mith hemp seed

mith synthetic petrochemical

it

Lighting Oil

7

hemp has been useful

regulated.

of all ciuilizations; our gou-

...

Hemp seed

oil lit the

flladdin, (Ibraham the prophet

mas the

brightest lamp

ernment has had according to our

and

oil.

good

BuPont

hemp Information source.

Thomas Jefferson both

construction saues 4100 acres

Louis XIK. "Eueryone ujould

hemp crops

In this

lamps of the legendary

in real life,

Abraham Lincoln.

uses.

just as the Prohibition of

from one plant." Louis KIH has

alcohol didn't uiork in the

also had a uision explaining

20's. the prohibition of

him that

the Supreme

if

ujill

of trees from being cut"

time to realize that

It is

IH.E.)l.P..SE32UanHuys Blud.. Suite 210.

UanNuys.

California 5140 D.ilhat

hemp

can

more

say?

I

not be acceptable in the

much

90's. Too

time, effort

The medicinal ualues of

his loue and generosity into

and cash are spent toujards

Marijuana are of the nature

criminalizing this plant..

that

it

uiould be the

time

plant. But anyujays.

It is

to enlighten our con-

Ilnother reason our govern-

gressman and senators

ment has not acted on

fact.

is

this

cruel not to alloui

it is

cancer, arthritis, asthma,

to this

glaucoma and

IlIDS

patients

the relief of a natural Eod-

because there

century, cannabis research has demonstrated

many

demand

action. The

giuen plant,

legalization a

Hemp

mouement

is

not

bunch of pot-smoking hip-

Hemp

...

Hemp seed

is the

most complete single food

source for human nutrition. ...

as Fuel? Biomass

lis

a matter of

Agency's ouinadministratiue Laui Judge. Francis Young,

is a

process in uihich farmers

concluded: "Marijuana

groui and haruest crops uihich

of the safest therapeutically

can then be conuerted

among

a

Enforcement

conuersion. a process that has

up in public,

lilhat it is is

fact, the Drug

been used for centuries,

pies ujanting a chance to light

is

one

actiue substances knouin to

to.

other things, fuel. This

man"

IThe lllashington Post

group of intelligent, reform

process of conuersion only

g/7/8Bl. Ulhy must these

minded indiuiduals through-

releases enough carbon diox-

patients suffer uihen there

out our country ujhose goal

is

ide

needed

for the next gener-

is

relief?

Saue the trees!

11

saue the earth and our

economy

Leisure I Creatiuitu .. This is the part most people misunderstand

uiith a fool

proof

ation to groui. This

ance.

It

also

means

means

bal-

the euen-

tual demise of acid rain and

plan.

The bottom line

hemp,

if

is

that

legalized, can saue

thanks to decades of gouernment propoganda.

Economic Stabilitu. Profit i Free Trade .

for paper or

Creator could manifest all of

to

13

hemp used

It

oil.

Building Materials i Housing

.

greui

commercial

uianted or needed, all deriued

and possibly herpes.

Food Oils i Protein

12

for

haue euerything they euer

Hemp

epilepsy, infection, stress, migraines, anorexia, depression, rhu-

.

mat-

of

one plant,

health problems including asthma, glaucoma, nausea, tumors,

10

guali-

a

Energy! Fuel!

...

arthritis

lis

ter of fact. "Euery IflOO acres

to

oils.

therapeutic ualue-and complete safety-in the treatment of

matism,

make

also

and paper,

noui. George lllashington and

zens to raise their uoices and

9,

Hemp can ty cloth

hemp

8 ...

"Ular On

The Plant" for fifty years

are not enough informed citi-

Hedirine

its

oujn local lualking. talking

mouement

Biomass Energu

men

to

that pulled him into the rescue ship.

For thousands of years, uirtually all

paints and uarnishes mere

can driue our cars!

For thousands of years

that could not be patented or

George Bush bailed out of his burn-

Gainsborogh, etc. mere primarily painted on hemp canuas.

6

Kiddle east to die just so uie

mith petrochemical

The paintings of Bembrandt, Ban Gogh and

Paints ÂŁ Barnishes

lie

to

of all rope, tuiine and cordage uias

Pilot

II

it!

of

sons and daughters to the

i.e.

.

Independence mas writ-

ing plane ouer the Pacific and mas saued by his parachute's

Art

basic essentials

its

In fact,

...

is

"the only bio-

making America energy inde-

hemp paper.

Bone. Tmine I Cordage

is

lasts 50-100 times longer than

most preparations of papyrus, and uias a hundred times easier make. The

hemp

mass resource capable

Some say because

medicines, etc.. from a plant

Fiber ÂŁ Pulp Paper

ten on

that

food, clothing, fuel, fiber,

Glory.

3.

Stateujide Hempfest at Gainesuille. contact the

Ulhy?

Ship's Sails

"The fact ofthe matter

attending the Florida

Florida Legalization

information immediately?"

snip''

serious and do something for this cause locally, such as

talism and

let the

...

"It's time

unrestricted market of supply I

me

mi of the information

test capi-

demand and an

ecological consciousness decide the future of the planet."

belouj can be found in an

incredible pool of

hemp

global ujarming. as automo-

the planet and our economy.

biles and pouier plants emis-

Think of the tax dollars

sion leuels uiould be cut douin

mould prouide that uiould eat

dramatically.

auiay at our outlandish feder-

knowledge entitled "The

AU THE USES OF as listed in "The Emporer Wears No Clothes" by Jack Merer.

Emperor UJears Ho Clothes" by

al deficit.

The legalization of hemp

It is

up to you to

folloui up on this information

Jack Herer. copyright 19BS by

ujould also rescue another

and uerify that

HEHP/Queen of the Clubs

crippled aspect of our econo-

fact, find then do

Publishing. Information can

my, the family farm. Imagine

about

also be obtained from HORML.

our heartland turned into "a

mho has an ad

prosperous source of clean

Rnd

if

in this issue.

you're ready to get

it

energy production.

it.

it is

indeed

something

Legalizing Marijuana! $600 for a quarter ounce of of price If the marijuana? marijuana continues to rise as it has for the last ten years, a quarter

ounce

will cost

you $600

in

another

ten years.

Please jom it's still

liW:liiH

legal to

NORML do

To become a

now, while

so.

nriember, sernl

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your

to:

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Washington, D. C. 20036 For immediate information and

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1001 Conn. Ave.,

National Organization

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rather to

NORML

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line:

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($2.95/ min, 18 yrs or older)

being labeled "a employment Expect like

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to

If you're enlightened enough support marijuana legalization

and don't

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