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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
s
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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
International. Surfrider Foundation, and others
devoted an enormous amount
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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
"
"
Tampa Tornados,
Tales of
Terrors of Tinseltou/n C Rumors Uforth Repeating
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
First
and Play Later
L
fl.
hell. L.H.
as the country of Ireland
production
County
is
in
it
Ken and Steue In
at Signature
Sound and
R.
Marini. Jen and Ruth.
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South Beach. Geoffrey King Robinson and Karen Crisci get
the job done. Southeastern Music Conference and Thrust
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Kim Fomley. 6253 HoUymood Blud.. Âť402. Hollymood. CR 3.
1213] 851-3260
PH: (213] 856-4531. FK:
it's great.
ing around Foundations Forum uiearing another
company's
T-
the exact
same
size
Furthermore, sixty percent of all film
Rt this time. non-Hashuille
Hem York based euent
UJORD: Foundations/Concrete is a
uarious uncon-
that recruits hopefuls from Hon-Husic Centers mho come a Horn
a local airport to lie to
and Bad hotel by
about their non-careers
done out-of-state
is
Sueda. George at Panda. Blackie. Leslie
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.
ujill tell.
isn't fair, caring or creatiue.
You guys haue
UJorld, Tinsel-touin in Late
errors, in short,
and hope their gig
applies to your gig. Focus.
promo packages from groups, solo
can't correct your mistakes and
[yet] hou) to "Liue Local and Think
I
the
Because RCR doesn't deuelop. RGR people don't, uion't and
Pete hasn't learned
haue learned hou)
Ulill
Probably not.
has a sim-
ple ansiueri Because TampaCleariuater-St
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!
Jeffrey Katz-Helson lUJarner Bros.]. Hot Rod Long flnita
your message, story and
to get
next seminar/conuention you attend, send your indus-
try Targets information,
Berek Oliuer [Rtco). Barry Sguire. Rob Cauallo.
OSfl.
concept to the rest of the Music lUorld. Liue Local. Think Global. Rt the
ujere in studios, offices, or rehearsal rooms. Only
IChameleon]. and
rest of Florida and the South Eastern
Husicians from L.R
based HCR ujeasels are looking
in the
's
to
each other
Real Marketplace.
Hean Streets uieren't Kim
forfllternatiue.
They
there. They mere too busy STRRUIHG
RaporRCBCrossouer
all uiait for
each other to Bust-a-Moue
to
sign anything
industry
mas
to
make
it.
The
fowlen's
there, hanging mith each other
ingpntjm Forget Tinsel-tomn The next
unknoujn and safe Host of the
M
Community
that attends the uarious semi-
riot
and big-
hminduiM PdulStdnlei/iif
ger earthguake are going to destroy the
ass. Ulics
nar/conuentions around the country hides from musicians. Host
area anymay. [oopei.
Rt last year's
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.
PrimilSamL "Satisfying Recording Career
ThetedtherHm
The Seeds. Blue Cheer
indtheUteSenellincent. Since
Hardly anyone uilth a Tampaland address knouis houj to
iM Roger
Kim Foudeytim teen The
Uncle SdJiL to
JmJetL
Mm.
you are the "Beath Metal Capital of
other.
Fest. hardly
Utifmi
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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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
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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
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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
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