Void.
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Who are you? Time to die!VOID. I'm so fucking filled with hate. I just need to decapitate. Just for kicks I need to kill. Everybody's got to get their thrills. I'll stain the world with your blood. I'll bury your bodies deep in the woods. Your feet are over here your hands over there. I'll never get caught so I don't care. It's time to die you're next. Time to die you're next. Time to die you're next. Time to die you're next. I'm so fucking filled with rage. I just need to decapitate. Just for kicks I need to kill. Everybody's got to get their thrills. I'll stain with world with your blood. I'll bury your bodies deep in the woods. Your feet are over here your hands over there. I'll never get caught so I don't care. It's time to die you're next. Time to die you're next. Time to die you're next. Time to die you're next. You're next!
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GAZZATRON *Tattoo Interview* -Interview with Gary Donnelly. Words by Natalie Wardle What age did you get your first tattoo? 17, in a friend’s bedroom What influenced you? Growing up round tattoos (I came from a rockabilly/sailor family), Friends… Who are your tattoo icons? Thomas Hooper, Wido Deeman, Phillip Blue, Zedler Head and John Dix What are your stylistic inspirations? Tibetan, Life and Death, Eastern Culture, Roses and Daggers, but mainly dot work patterns and the Orient. When did you first start getting into tattooing as a profession? Two years ago or so… I was originally a graphic designer-geometrical, I graduated from the Camberwell School of Arts. What do your tattoos represent about you? Love of the artwork, Ohms, the original Nazi symbol of freedom, Buddhism, peace. Would you like to get more done on yourself? Well I got lots of room, so maybe! How cool do you think tattoos are right now? Tattoos are definitely getting very popular-just look at campaigns like Levi’s its’ more widely accepted, you see more full sleeve work, especially since London Ink and the East End scene with the current Rock n Roll and Pirate trends.
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Do you think it has become more acceptable in the fashion world? The ‘Scattered Ash’ look has yeah, I’ve noticed more random tattoo’s on young models, but the fashion side is cosmetic only, still does not approve it's a case of supply and demand it wouldn’t have been so commercial had it not been for London Ink, cause its bringing it more to the public. On the tattoo scene people do what they want. You like educating yourself about tattoos, lots of symbolism; I have a lot of fascination with Maori, Tribal, Borneo and Polynesian. Would you ever consider opening up your own studio? In the future…not sure, but you never know. Do you think your music taste has been a factor in the development of your creativity in any way at all? Well yeah I mean music influences your mood, I’m really into Mr Wood, Russian Circles, The Doors, especially Psych, I’ve been listening to the Flower Travelling Band a lot lately…the Sonics, RocknRoll, not a fan of scene but I am a part of it So has being a part of this environment impacted on your designs?
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Not really more into Cy Twombly, Tloks, I’m more of a Japanese/Oriental, print artist, my drawing is very Mathematical similar to Kate Moross (graphic artist) an I’d like to contribute to more album sleeve work which I’m doing some of right now. Do you think the internet has been an important promotional tool for you? (Nods head) MySpace has been the main forum for me, Thanks to the MySpace Revolution, it’s helped me to get it all out there. GAZZATRON http://www.myspace.com/rui ned_mylife
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Dead Kids Interview with singer Mike Title -Words by Natalie Wardle Your lyrics and related imagery have a distinctly dark and gruesome quality, what do you think fuels this negativity?well i dont think its negativity for a start. dead kids is not about that but its not about burying emotion either. i dont know about you but there are days when i dont want to get out of bed and if i wasnt making music then there would be days when i didnt leave the house at all. if you look at the opening line in SNAKES its }ahh life, its a slow death but i like it...i like it...dont like it..) and that pretty much sums up living for me. i feel like if i had an off switch i would have pressed it by now but i dont and i wont let go. 7
Life is beautiful and if I celebrate the bad times and try to find joy in battling to get out of the darkness then thats a good thing. Its a positive thing. there are many laughs and loves to be had. many sunny days lying on grass. Would you say you are deliberately reacting against the conventions of mainstream industry? I am deliberately reacting against any convention and any authority. Its not about it being deliberate: more like it being necessary. if you don’t challenge what is accepted by everyone around you then you are facing mediocrity and a lack of freedom; certainly a lack of expression. If mainstream industry is Coldplay, Razorlight, editors, Rhianna and whatever else then yeah I reject it.
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I spit on it and I tell the children to burn their hard-drives and switch off the telly when that shit is on because it corrodes your mind and most importantly its corrodes your taste. Do you think the notoriously anarchist showmanship of performers such as Iggy Pop or Richard Hell; have had a notable effect on your stage persona? Blank Generation is an amazing track but thats as far as my knowledge goes with Richard Hell. Iggy Pop is Iggy Pop. if you dont love him from raw power era stooges then there is something wrong with you but who doesnt feel like he has sold out his legacy with those insurance adverts. its not funny its sad.
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His very Hollywood. The money must have been good. If you are going to connect with people it’s not about anarchy its more about the honesty of raw emotion. I do my thing. What kind of reaction are you hoping to provoke from your audience, by such a display of physically challenging behaviour? What kind of response are you hoping to provoke from your questions??physically challenging?? what like dancing?? I’m in your face to rouse you from your slumber. I want people to forget themselves for the time we are onstage. that there is no past and no future and only the moment. people expect nothing from shows today because everyone is in a band now. It’s a project while you’re at art school till you get a job at BP. It’s a limited middle class pursuit.
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There is a feeling that people are bored of it: and DEAD KIDS, whilst we are here performing to you, well we are playing at the wake. Does your apparent penchant for 90’s hardcore bands such as Bad Brains and Fugazi, mean you are often compared to The Gallows (often accredited as being the most successful British breakthrough act of this increasingly popular genre)?can you have a penchant for hardcore? Wouldn’t you more likely have a penchant for soft cheese? Not once have we been compared to gallows. not yet. i love bad brains yeah but there’s a lot more to dead kids than hardcore or heavy metal. we encompass the spirit of springtime through rhythm and melody. It’s very violent yes but you know what: sex is violent too.
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Essential Hardcore Albums Germs- ‘MIA (Complete Anthology)’ (1993 -Re-release)
Agnostic Front- ‘Victim in Pain’ (1984)
7 Seconds Crew-’The Crew’ (1984)
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The Adolescents – The Adolescents (1981)
Minor Threat -Complete Discography (1988)
Husker Du-’Zen Arcade (1984)
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Dead Kennedys – ‘Fresh Fruit for rotting Vegetables’ (1980)
Negative Approach- ‘Total Recall’ – Re-Release (1992-re-release)
Black Flag – ‘Damaged (1981)
Bad Brains- ‘Bad Brains’ (1982)
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The Tragic Tale of Wednesday the Ectoplasm The Wraiths are a punk rock/ gothic band hailing from Italy. They appear to fit nicely into the current niche for hardcore rock acts with a fashionable rockabilly image, yet in fact on closer inspection it would seem they also possess an overt gothic hammer horror fixationpossibly a direct response to the rich, macabre history of their native country, which is rather comically indicated by the alter-egos of the five band members, who all share the eerie surname "Bones".
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The entire concept of The Wraiths (album artwork and visuals) offers humorously satanic, vampirism and horror bmovie connotations. Musically speaking it is all rather basic in terms of their repetitious punk power chord type melodies, (influenced by NYC glam hair rockers such as Johnny Thunders and the New York Dolls, particularly noticeable in ‘Born to Lose’) and at times verges on Hardcore. However the advantages are the progression and randomised intersections of dialogue (which sound as though they are all too fond of watching ghoulish fodder such episodes of the Addams Family or the Munsters) and hardcore harmonies, featuring singer the three Bones:
Dorian and guitarists Demian and Tony. The Wraiths sound is suitable for any of your punk pogo-ers or hammer horror film buffs, and the repetition in their deliverance only serves to add to this distinctive quality. However, although the album makes for an enjoyable rock and roll rabble, whether it will stand the test of time is doubtful. The Wraiths. The Tragic Tale of Wednesday the Ectoplasm (HURRICANESHIVA) by Natalie Wardle
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Die!Die!Die! Promises, Promises Album Review
Reminiscing on the reigning days of ‘Year 0’ and the consequent birth of Goth/Punk as it later became known, is all too easy to do, upon first listening to Promises, Promises the debut album of Die!Die!Die! released by SAF records 5th February 2008. Likened to current post-punk popstrels Bloc Party the Native New Zealander’s latest album is set to blow all sound a-likes out of the water with recent gut wrenching deliverance. The CD’s delicately sombre hand sewn artwork (undoubtedly in a similar vein to the Emo-esque typography of The Used) perfectly encapsulates and complements D!D!D!’s bittersweet harmonies and woefully poetic lyrics mixed with razor sharp, hypnotic beats.
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The foreboding atmospheric darkness and continuous references to death (by the ‘murder lovers’ as the group have been described) is particularly evident in ‘Death to the Last Romantic’ as first heard in the haunting bass tones of Joy Division Unknown Pleasures, and also most obviously DFA 1979. Whilst the overt undertones of aggressive cynicism is befitting (seen in the album title)
of D! D! D!’s melodic vulnerability which emphasises the infinite fear of loneliness and the desire to be essentially saved by love, which relates deeply to the grunge aesthetic of artistes such as REM in their 80’s heyday. Robert Smith’s vocals in the opening track of ‘Blinding’ are also not dissimilar to Brian Molko’s nostalgic, sentimental lyrics in Placebo’s ‘The Bitter End’ (released in March 2003 from the album ‘Sleeping with Ghosts’). It is a sound that is influenced by many but inherently their own, and one which I found addictive upon first listening-about time for a Goth revival I say! Die! Die! Die! Promise, Promises (Saf) 5
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Kill em’ All Fabric 5th March 10 The now cult legendary electro-clash shit hot club night Kill 'em All (effective terminology coined by Bernard Sumners of New Order fame). Never fails to disappoint in its delivery of on the pulse bad ass sex beat meisters. Their latest stint was at the hardcore London town clubbing mecca, otherwise known as Fabric. Which you may or may not know used to be an old meat market (not much change there then). The line-up included French danse deviants Black Devil Disco Club, U.K house pimps Zombie Disco Squad-who undoubtedly know there drums better than anyone though arguably not more than dirty Scotties Drums of Death who also performed at this event,
all scary Scream masks, Black hoodies and thumping beats they nailed that party for sure. Kill'em All 's next planned event at Fabric is on 2nd July more details coming soon. by Natalie Wardle
Hope conspiracy Underworld 13th January 10 The Hope Conspiracy are a Hardcore Punk band from Boston Massachusettes influenced by the dark twisted tones of Black Sabbath and Joy Division they create rebellious sound that is truley their own. They recently performed at the Underworld to promote their album ‘True Nihilist’ and did a blinding job , keeping the flag of hardcore still flailing strong.
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Club Reviews $old Out is a Punk/Hardcore underground band night running since late last year, It has already developed a cult following with regulars including everyone from punk socialite Alice Dellal to skaterboyz, and wasters. Past acts have included Rum Shebeen, Televised Crimewave, Turbogeist and The Eraserheads. Catch this before it gets big. $old Out at St. Moritz Presents the Rolo Tomassi after party May 28th 10-3am
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Girl Core# Girlcore 3rd birthday@Catch 25/02/10 DJ sets from Noissettes and TeenagersinTokyo. 'Gay' abandonement and trails of neon swirls greeted me at this Girlcore 3rd bday spectacular.Entertainment (as if any was needed) was provided by the dj ostregeon massive including Noisettes and TeenagersinTokyo-an eclectic (majoratively female based five piece in keeping with Riot Grrrl rules) new breakthrough act from Sydney who have played alongside fiesty femmes including The Slits and Gossip to name but a few. This poly-sexual crowd where a diverse, balloon tugging bunch who seemed quite at home shaking there money makers to pretty much anything ranging from 80's Madonna to Snoop Dogg.Although the night kicked of a bit slow by 12 o clock these sweaty ugly sistas showed they weren't no Cinderella's as they grinded on the dance floor thats for sure.
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Simo Clothing
‘Simo Clothing first got started at the end of 2009. I was at a friend’s house drawing some designs, when a friend told me that the image would look good on a t-shirt, so I looked into doing it as a little business and then the ball started rolling from there.
I wouldn't go putting a label on it, but I wanted my target market to be people like myself, into rock music etc. The plans are to release a few more shirts, including baseball tees and then go on to possibly do some hoodies or even a cheeky polo shirt. Since I'm based in Aberdeenshire, a move down to London/Camden would be a bit of a risk at this moment in time. I wouldn't rule out that if sales increase and there is a bigger demand for our merch, then there could be a possible move to somewhere bigger to open a store.’
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Describe your main style influences/ inspirations... Although I'm studying fashion photography, I take more landscape/what I call 'observing life' photos - I like documentary/reportage photography. I guess I like fashion photography that doesn't really look like fashion photography. I'm not such a big fan of staged photos. I prefer shooting on location, with natural lighting. I think you get more of a sense of life than when you're stuck in a studio. And I love film. Always film.
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There's something about it that you never get with digital images. I'm probably more influenced by early 19th century photographers than modern ones. I love the work of Sarah Moon. She takes the most stunning photos- grainy, blurry and evocative. Texture in photos is important I think. I hate flat, glossy pictures. I find Nacho Alegre's diaries on his website endlessly inspiring. Tim Walker is my favourite fashion photographer for his incredible imagination and the fact that he always works on film.
and, you know, skateboarders are hot aren't they?
Photography by Kaamilah Nahaboo
I look at fashion/photography blogs a lot and get inspired by a million pictures on those. Why does the aesthetics of skateboarding/ grunge culture appeal to you imparticular? I like to see soul in things, I guess with skateboarding/grunge aesthetics you get something more real than some overly styled glamour look. I watched Paranoid Park by Gus Van Sant recently. The acting annoyed me a bit, but the skateboarding scenes were gorgeous. I like the old-skool aesthetic, things that are imperfect 25
'I've circled around loners, rebels, and kids roaming on the borders of society. Feeding off the anguish and beauty, both emotionally and consciously blurring the line between fantasy and reality. No matter what happens, we are all still viewing the world in this prepetual state of wonder'. -Anonymous Skateboarder
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