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Tell us the Active Slaughter story' Why form a band? What on earth have you got to offer the punk world that we haventt seen a thousand times 1.
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offer is good looks, great music and glam rock star images. Ok, ok, maybe we think we've got them on offer but nobody else doesl Seriously though, what we've got to offer is raising awareness and mcney. We do it all the time at every gig and even behind the scenes. We must have raised a few grand for animal rights and also helped raise money for other benetlts such as Rape Crisis and anti
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fascist groups. We raise awareness not oniy in our music, but also on stalls and by helping other AR organisations. \Vhat we like to do now days at gigs is bnng enough stuffto do a stall. And no, I'm not talking about loads ofActive Slaughter Gshirts and records and stuff. I'm talking about tons ofanimal rights leaflets, t-shirts, videos, stickers. All to raise money and awareness. Us playing music on stage is
probably only about 4070 of Active Slaughter. The other 60% is doing other stuff, This is what we have io offer. .iake: I always rvanted to get a band sorted and I'd rather play punk music than going for Indic or Techno. I think for the type of )1'rics we're doing, punk's the only musical styte properly suited to it' Maybe we don't have much to say that hasn't been said before, but the faot is I can't think of many other bands around in the UK now, apart from Bug Central and Kismet HC, who are giving it the Anarcho mcssage. There arc loads ofpunk bands that want to get up and play and sing about bcer and sex ' fair enough - but that's also all been done before- As Punk nEver died there are always new kids who might lrke or not like what we have to say. Punk rock is a good out let for dealing with depression. OK hou"s that? Trer,: Musically and lvrically rve 've got absolutely nothing to offer that hasn't been done or said a thousand times before The crucial pornt is though, horv many bands are doing it now? Not nearl)' enough, that's
,lake: You cheeky fuck, I guess at 28 I'm not that young, but I'm still not legally old enough to be the dad of any of Indicator (a decent band from up your way) and I'm young enough to be Charlie Harpers gmndson still, thank you. As for the vinyl qucstion hare you got a few hundred quid to sparc coz I would have loved to r€lesse it on vinyl. We are well up for doing a vinyl releasc but *'e don't have much money so CD was by far the cheapest option oPen-to us. Wi are gonna record our slbum very soon and I will give it rny best efforis to see this album is released on Vinyl, CD and oh 1:es, tape. 'Irev: I'm all for vinl'1. In fact I'm ali forevery medium there is and I'd ha','e loved for tlie ep to come out on all of them, but as has been said, sirnple ec.onomics prevented us from doing so. I did contemplati pouring some liquid vinyl intolhe cd bumer on my comPuler to see if I couki make some novelty 5" singles, but then I realised i rvas just being a cunt. I guess it must be my age,
3" Tell us about London, In "Heatlwound" Jake said the scenc was pretty apolitical. Why do you think this is? Is Lnndon just too big for everlone
to get together and organise properly? Could the planned "EMMAZ" centre help? Are any of y<tu involved in this? (What's the latest?) Jake: Well I stand by that, yes London is pretty apathetic especiaily when I think ofthe tinres punks have called me "too heavy" for rnentioning the latesi atrocity ofwar or whatever. That said, there are quite a lot of people doing good stufffor the D.I.Y sce ne stitl but flot as many as there should be. It"'s common that people wiil complain that not enough's going on but don'i seek to do any'thing about it. People need ter set involved in more than just being therc, and Instead organize something' a gig, vegan cafe, dernc' whatever. We've taken part in a benefit gig for Emmaz so I hope that already involves us. We'd like to do more, I think Emmaz offers potential as long as it's something EVERYONE can get involved in, something like that is much needed in London' 4. Most europ€an capitals have a good squat tn scene. Is there much in the waY of
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the band has got offthe ground we've raised a good bit of money for various animal rights groups that most bands would happilyjust go and spend on cocaine, We never said we are the rnost active bunch oi anarchos, but we will support any campaign using direct action in a nurnber ofways, and I think t'und raising is as iraportant a part as any when it comes to animal nghts Who knows what \\,e might do next? 6. ln "Headwound" JJ says I'Personally i couldn't give a flying fuck if Tony Blair was trl,ing to break through a police line at HLS to get over the gates to burn that place down! I'd be helping him overrr So tlo you not have any qualms about who you'll work alongside as long as animal liberation is their objective? What about Nazis? Would you lvork alongside the BNP if they were holding a demo outside HLS? Trev: Ooohhh Andy mate, you're getting dangerously close to becoming a bit ofa Sun hack with that particular question Isn't it amazing what can be constructed when something is taken completely out of context, When JJ ansrvered that question in Headrvound he rvas talkrng specifically about a class issue and his Tony Blarr analogy was used to demonstrate that. He was NOT talking about political leanings. Ifhe were, I klow full well he would've said something along the lrnes of how
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how did 1,ou end up there? Do you think you achieved much and have you any funny tales'of mischief y,ou corttl geir*.r, *itl, telling us? Jake: I think thar Faslane and other p"i." camps achieved rnor. ihun cND For Nucrear Disarmament) ever did. I wish the aition had been more lrke the German anti movement as seen at Goreleben during the 90's. But maybe at times they were. not everv action ltut urnt on rvas one someone waited to get anested for if y.ou get.my meaning. They are by far the best, it's ne. ei *.orth gefting arrested no matter what an "experienced" activist says Sometimes they are gooa u *uv to a brr of publicity like occupying the oflice of Scottish Nuclear's office on the anniversa-ry of urt I haven,r seen any changes' The nuclear threat continues. Trident was supposed to be the las of ts:rLn's nukes but Blair has revealed a new generation of nuctear weapons. tndia,'pikistan and fuck ko..r.-. oho else could threaten a nuclear exchange, so it's a very different picture these days. Faslane lvas a long time ago rvhen I rvas more naive with no prospâ&#x201A;Źc.rr :+i rnuch has changed). It,s the last
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Orindeed,arvholehostof .conomi.,sociat andhumanitarianquestionssunoundingtheissueofvivisection, interestingandimportantquestionsandissues, Butno,insteadthey(orsomeatleast)cameawayaskingrvhy it was that we went on in-between the Subhumans and Conflict, F'or fuck's sakel l can assure you there's actually many good reasons why we played *,hen we did but there's really no point mentioning them lrecause good causes and as such the bands that .that gig was solely about raising funds and awareness for some very played essentially become inelevant. And the order in which they played, even more so, lf our placing on the bill really is an issue with anyone then all I can say is WAKE UP, YOU'VE MISSED THE POINTI JJ: peopleaieatwaysgoingtobejealous That'srightthereshouldbenoegos. Infactthoughonthatdayall the bands were not equal..... We worked our arses offsellingtickets for it to raise money for the fund (which raised over 5 grand ifanyone didn't know, And that's not including a couple ofgrand id say the stalls made individually). Some of the big name bands on the line up didn't do fuck all, so we deserved the place we got. Conflict deserved their place too as they sold more tickets than anyone. That was the rule fbr the bands playing. It was agreed rvhen the bands were asked to play. The more tickets a band sold the higher up on the irne-up they went. I think it rvas a great idea which should be used more often, Too many times at benefit grgs bands ask for too much and ask to go really high up on the bill, but are not prepared to help out with the
organisation ofthe gig what so ever. ttatch out for a gig we're putting on at chats palace, Hacknel, on 26th October. lt's a benefit for the east and north London hunt sabs. 6 bands are playing, including..., Riot'clone, Active Slaughter, Kismet HC and Oi Polloi (tbc). AIso, to commemorate a year since Barry Horne died, myself, Rob (from arkangel) and Colin Jenvood are tntng to organise another grg like Apnl 7th at the Astoria. It's either gonna be a halfdayer or an all dayer like the lasione. It won't bi at the same venue as it cost too much to hire out and the beer was too expensive. The door price will be cheaper for this gig. Jake: Yeah well atl I can say is we worked hard to get rvhere we did at the Barry Home gig. The fact is me and JJ had talked about doing a gig in memory of Barry Home almost since the day we heard of his death and Conflict were informed and it was taken from there. We did sell loads of tickets for this gig . I've had mainll good fed back but some shit after our appearance at 9pm on Sunday April 7th at the Astoria. I was even iatir accused ofspreading IRA propaganda during our set, when in actual fact a speech by Paddy Hill an imocent man who was framed as part of the Birmingham 6 - after we played lead to a some confusion and a bit of a scene. Some people were there to rememtrer Barry Home and raise funds for the AR movement rvhilst others were there to see Conflict and the Subhumans and probably got a big Mac after the gig. It's sad that Anarcho punk doesn't mean much other than Conflict and Subhumans to a lot ofpeople, All bands are equal. . . yeah right. I rvish. I could see the hatred in the eyes of one or two people rvhen we played that gig
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how can you read ali those zine revie*'s and not u'anr to delve deeper and investigate the underground scene tlrther- l_know.when I bought m.v ilrst zines tkough adverts in Sounds or something, I was imiediately looking ttuough thereviews, ticking the ones with bands in I liked and sending loads of50p;s and sae's throug(the post. So are.people buying less zines these days? Well, as a zine producer. based on my e*periences at gigJand wrth other distros who take my zine to sell, I'd have to say y.r. But, this isn't down toihe emergence olthe free zines. Fanzine sales have been on a steady decline for a lot longer than Fracture was on the scene. I also think if you're prepare-d to get offyour arse and put some work into selling your zine, you could sell 4/500 easill'. The most I've sold of one issue has only been 5b0 and nowadays I usuall-y sell aboui,too, so it,s hardty a tlational crisis situation! An effect I think has happened due to Fracture and co. is people no longer f'eel the need to start their own zines so there's less good new ones starting up. l}l12 years ago at a'gi.g,zine Jellers were the city centre Big Issue sellers ofthe day,.You'd be trying to Aoage them o, nghtiig tt otfrt For rhe zine lover, you eould always come arvay from a gig with halfa dozen nerv zines. Norvidayiyou're "m lucky to see one person selling. When I do take zines to sell the response varies massively as rvell. Some gigs where ithought I,d shift a few (IMBALANCE last gig), t think I sold about I 0. Some of the tooks I u'as gett-iig rvere I ike I w-as from another planet or I'd asked themlo give me a blow job or sonrethrngl lt does p'iss you offand you think,.Why the fuck do I bother?". But then I took some down to DILLINCER + at the Sassmint, not realiy expecting to sell that many. "Bloody back pack, skateboard brigade'! But I had my pre-conceived opinions shoved down throat, as not only were DILLINGER 4 shit hot, political and a good laugh (I thought they'd be another U.S, pop band acting superior to their adoring fans), but the kids also bought all my zines! lnd a couple ofpeople I,d never met before talked to me briefly about Mark Barnsley as they'd read about him in my last issue. do, my faith in selling at gigs was up again. I think it's too easy to blame free zines. As long as you're prepared to put the effort into selling your zine, keep pushing them at gigs, write to distros and othei zine write;s to trade, tiren you'tt shift 'em no problem. As long as what you're selling is worth buying, people wilt keep buying it, I mean, some zines get away with it that I think are a waste ofpaper. So ifthey can do it, so you. S.tiing-zines at gigs can be a pain in the arse or it can give you a realbuzz. Fracture may shift 5000 but ho* runy ofthor. u.. picked up by people simply because it is free who then don't actually bother to read it properly anyway? I suppose at least if you buy a zine you'd be more inclined to read it. We can btame Fraiture foi a lot of things promoting shite indie, wannabe the next big thing, rock star rvank (or "emo") but I wouldn't blame it for the decline of priced zines. It may help to make potential zr'ne makers apathetic, but they're probably akeady lazy fuokersjust looking for an excuse not to do something! Maybe Fraciure should start chaiging a couple of quid an issue, then we'd all be
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SOMEONE USING OTT VIOLENCE. THE MEDIA LABELLED TIIIS A 'RACE RIOT'. SO }V.{S STOKES A 'RACE RIOT'OR IS TITTS ]ITORE MEDIA BULISHIT? HOW IS TEE ATMOSPEERE IN STOKE STNCE TEE RIOT? DAVE- It was a joke around here, lies, media hype, etc. You see, Stoke has nothing interesting in it at all, so a little bit of excitement like this was real fun for
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3 eyed, bow legged, cap doting, rnbieJ, brown nosing, hunt supporting, countryside SCUM have been grafitti-ing pro huntlng messages on road signs in the outbacks, Stufflike "Leave hunting alone", you know, stuffthat would need a lo1 of thought and planningl Anyway, it got a mention in the local rag and it was clairned by none other than. .. "The Real Countryside Allience"l [,ook out! Lock up your signposts! I I tell you signposts haven't felt so vulnerable since solne student prankster decided it'd be a good idea to put one in his cellar all those years ago! Doesn't that name just instantly paralyse you with fear? The thought of this paramilitary bunch roaming round in the dead of night, masked up with their 3 holed balaclavas, armed with deadly spraycans, looking tbr i target (and with 3 eyes they obviously have better night vision than us). I tell you, just the thought ofthese bungting bafoons stomping around in the dark, on a mission j ust creases me up. I bet half of 'em have got painted faces due to not been able to handle these new fangled sprays, "Down our way, we paint the tractors with an animal". You loonies! Please just fuck offand become extinct gracefully.
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And we've all seen the word'Couranga' flyposted all over but has anyone ever seen those crazy Krishnas actually putting them up? lt must be a bizarre sight. I mean, that word is flypostered everywheri so someone must be doing it and on a regular basis. Are they ninjas or something? Sneaking around in the dead of night, with their deadly tools: posters in one hand, paste in t[qother? Answers and sightinss on a oostcard to. ..
ptrQrr rr suwq bgrer JoE-We'ds all Dâ&#x201A;Źâ&#x201A;Źn playing in ban4s oBnqs since Ell becn PUNK 91 PUNK Ptaylng ln lFl ,l!lE-\'YE riu scene so t"" oeit I kuew aboui tr'r rTd:::lT,]: E".n oumn LEEDst wual-iioir iix iou ffi *Ii o^rlrllplp!'-rE|ruo-tp_c4tiJou v:l ffiii r::lP'y*I*: inspirarion. r' asx ronf READ oN AND FIND oUT [$l credit any Lceds bands wrth rhe initial inspiration. lfl $ aSx In these years firs couple we've l$1 1$1 of had shit shlt loads ;; loads wu,l'r wul'r JoE HAD TO To sAy... ft fi of help from our dcar friends JOE NINETY. On On Il" up? tiiS ii t.Wno are you all? Eow did you meet up? H ffi our a6um and on trro album r*.o tours t*o rours wc we used theirentire their entire ll il;b" FiC/Ji; FiC.a-oio the th" uninitiated. uninitiated. Iil iiBi il;b" 6!! ouralLum backline.It'seasyrofindinspirariontostart, backline. It,seasytofindinspirationtostartu ,l II !ilf,.lOg_t'-Joe-Inlavsuitaranddomainvocals JgE:iff;;,i;l;;;ffiffiao,iiinuo.urr. ffi r$? band, i'i but the reai struggle is in remaining irupired r they ffi ii nnarew ptays guitarinO Mau plays bass, they to continue. If it wasn;r-for the energy f,r [i Uotf, ring aswe-ll. Steve drums. With the I '0r surrorxrding us in the Leeds scene and the leg up f,1 exception ofMatt, we had all played together in people p3 some have gp offered us, I'm we'd sure have iIi FIG.4.0. I can,t ii!i various aMul awful teen bands before F1G.4.0. can't EXCtl.tItaG & ENERGE'IIC ENERGETIC EC HC E EXCITING H 11!
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J.Beitrg local lodr' whatrl your erperience of il Lreds punk? I suppose you're too young to ff remember l-,eeds finest spiky tops, The fl Abrasive Wheels? Was it any of the local bands fJ. that inspired you to start your own band? Who i {'. has heen fhe hioscsf influenca fn wnrr onrl *h..,
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S.When you played with PARADE OF ENEMIES Joe wore a bandana. Was this a piss take of punk fashion or did you just think "Fuck it, it's old school night, I'll wear a bandana"? Do you think mimicking styles of past scenes is to be applauded or would you rsther bands developed their own style? Is fashion important in punk? JOE- Applauded or criticised, the mimicking of sn,les in subcultures is inevitable. I suppose the bandana thing was a homage to old school thrash ias they say, "imitation is the highest form of l1anery"). Whether we like it or not, fashion is alri'ays gonna be a factor in social rituals Iike the punk gig. I don't think it's something we need to take too seriously though- Clothes are just clothes at the end ofthe day. Sorry, there's not much else I can say on this topic... Ask Steve, he's the trendy onel
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6,-{t the same gig Joe commented on the lack of punks at that days anti-war march in town. 1?ersonally I didn't know about it'till after the t... excuses, excuses!).As a n'a lterna tive', 'cering' scene, aren't we a bit crap when it mmes to political action? A lot of people talk er-en
talk but relatively few walk the walk I mean, it's fair enough to say "We sing about th,e
irsues and try to educate people", but if everl'one's singing /writing about it, who's soing out there and actually tloing it? jCE- I seem to change my mind on this one every irne I think about it. It's easy to forget that being r..:r-: of a punk gig is a political action in itself, in that *'e're consciously snatching back control of cultural reproduction, lt's only when we compare this to uhat the other 90% of the Westem world
do in therr spare time that we realise how liberated punks are. Wrthout wanting to sound like a Labour spin doctor, *'e ought to celebrate how far \\â&#x201A;Ź'\,e come rvhile u,e $'ork out rvhere to go next, Having read that, you'd probablv think "Okay great, \\,e'\,e achieved our slice ofcultural autonomv, but *hat about the people people being bombed riith g'eapons bought rvith our taxes?l l " And that's *'ht'public protest is so valuable. I'm beginnirrg to believe that it's perhaps more uselul to share 1-oui political beliefs in smaller, one-onone situations. The average person is more likely to be won over by being told in a non-patronising
way, "Look, this government/ corporatlon want to make a mug of you. You don't have to give them appears your vote/ money,", than ifthey see "vhat to be an army of selfrighteous students parading wrtty slogans. Of course both methods are vrtal, any'thing to get your message beyond the safe walls of the gig venue,
?.'Your Wisdom, Our Youth' is a inspiring song calling for older punks and the newer kids to be more united as a scene. Have you encountered any petty attitudes or prejudice because you're a young band and if so, how have you dealt with it? (Besides writing a song!) JOE- Quite the opposite really, the older punks have been far more friendly than lve could have ever hoped. It makes me think that the old crowd's problem isn't \,vith age, but with BLINK 182 clone shite-and wlro can blame them?! ! Ha Ha! I think I'm getting old and miserable as well these days. We always get asked about that song, plus I've covered the subject a fair bit in question 4, so I hope you'll excuse me for moving swiftly
8.'Bouncers-I)ie!!'. Ilave you played any so called punk gigs that uses bouncers? Why not just say "No!' to promoters who use them? Surely ifall decent bands said that they'd get the message? JOE- Good point! What more can I say? Yeah. a couple ofour bigger gigs have been at venues with bouncers and it did my head in. You need to tune your guitar before you play and suddenly there's this meathead wanting to see your pass. You've been at the venue since 3.0' clock and now this dickhead's suddenly telling you where you can and can't go. There was this one time up in Teeside and this bouncer had been pushing people offthestage all night. During IMBALANCE'S set, we all stormed the stage at once and he was completely overwhelmed. A small victory, but a memory I cherish .-BrE..dn'.-r!.!.
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9. 'Anything 4.0 A Quiet Life' seems to slag off -(. the vegetating in front of the TV lifestyle, yet Joe told me recently that his house has Cable and they watch the Simpsons 5 times a day' So have you 'internalised your values and
divorced your souls'? (If I've mis-interpreted the lyrics, feel free to laugh at me) JOE-I believe I said the Sirnpsons was ON five times a day!! Surely nobody can stand two and a half hours ofyellow cartoon people u'ithout going
mad. The point ofthat song is how the TV screen is a window into apathy, and to be honest many cif us are pretty fucking close to clin.rbing through it. As well as being a waming to others, that song is a[so a reminder to myself that the remote control is aticket to vegetation. Thankfully these days my
music, my work and my allotment don't leave me with too much time for temptation. . . and when I am watching TV I'm usually shouting back at the adverts. 10.
ln 'The Beating Of Luke Morgan'
rigbtly mock macho EC guys.
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that your style of music encourages violent dancing- What do you say to that? Should hardcore bands become more emo to encourage more loving at gigs?! And who is Luke Morgan anyway? JOE- It's disturbing to think that our etforts to channel our worldly frustrations into something creative can be classed under the same umbrella as the testosterone- fuelled brawls you see at some gigs. I salv a band recently and the crowd were intentionally kicking each other in the face. some bands and sub scenes want to embrace violence then leave them to it, but it's nothing to do with us. lt's just fucking stupid, and we don't all need to staft sobbing into our rucksacks to see that. What ever happened to DANCING anyway?
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11. I know your CD rvas released before September llth but does it worry you that the artwork congers up images of the World Trade Centre attack? Have you had any letters off people upset about it? If you'd been pressured enough, rvould you have taken it out of circulation as a mark of respect, (Like that rap band did whose CD cover looked eerily similar to the pictures we saw in the next days_papers) ?
JOE- I think Alison's artwork is even more valuable since Septernber 11th. If the mass media can show the images time and time again to remind us how important it is to bomb third world countries, then surely we have to use them as a reminder of how dangerous U.S./U K. foreign policy is. I, for one, am no less anti-eskblishment since the atrocities of last September, and I don't think l'd be respecting anyone by falling in line with public opinion. I wonder how many people died olhunger on that day as a result of Westem economic imperialism? Should we stop discussing issues of fair trade and human rights out of respect for them? Silence is consent, it" absolutely vital
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kicking and screarning about these
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JOE- I'll leave the jokes to the comedians and say thanks to Andy grving me the chance to share some thoughts. lt's nice to do an interview that I actually have to think about!! On FIG.4.0's horizon, I see the album on vinyl very soon, a 7"
split with TWOFOLD, a spli(CD with STAND and a split of some sort on Household Name records, plus the wual shambolic live performances. Okay, you wanted a clichd, so l'll finish with our contact details! C/o Bombed Out Records,
P.O.Box 17, Leeds,
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SINGTNG IN THE STREETS
oF,LpIIDON (..THE TITTLE PEOPTE', ND.fHE CRAZIEST PARIT I'VE EIER BEEN TO!) March, 1991, and me And Rob head for l,ondon to join thousands more in what was hoped would be the 2nd annual poll tax riot! But since the Tories announced that they were replacing it with the council taxjust before the march, unsurprisingly the l\,llHOEN! / ACTIVE MTNDS /FlC.4.0 l?l maroh was a lot more "good natured" than the previous year. So, one non-riotous march through The first band said their name twice but I didn't London later and we head offto a squaffed ex-nurses carch it Expected HC sound. Not bad, I Didn't home for a party. We knew it would be eventful er.en know FIG.4-0 were playing, l'm really when we were $eeted by two women doing chicken getting into them. Play their CD loads, As good as impersonations as we entered the back garden! Later alrvays. ACTIVE MINDS seem to play a few on as the party kicked in, we managed to wangle our more tuneful numbers these days, which I think is way to being in charge of the bongos in some geat. I've even danced to them the last 2 times traditional Spanish sounding band. We were in our I'ye seen'em! MIHOEN! from Holland. On tape I element till one of the female guitar players, in Irted them. live they wEre too noisy for me. Not broken English, called Rob a 'Bastard!' because he enough melodies. grest twists and eut ttrey were , :t": wasn't playing the right songl (He was pissed and rc watc[ going fucking wild,lumping about like '*' thought he was Senior Roberto in a top Spanish folk iunarics, and talking about their songs (rvhrch rock combo!) aluays like to see. lt shows they mean what Later, one of the chicken impersonaters did this mad, rhey,re singing about). No one danced lbr rhe irratic dance around the fire which culminated with ' shole set, until they did encore. That's when her pulling a folded paper crucifix out of her fanny l;olJective TWAT gene took overl Thc guitar and the others al1 applauding this 'artistic' display! ! piayer encouraged people to dance and basically Later still, the wicker man (that I should have rhe lads in the crowd took that as a signal to act mentioned earlier!) was burned down! like Rambo! I knew it would get a bit mad so I Anyway, the night was ending and after I found Rob backed out of the way to the side of the room. asleep in rryhat was to bâ&#x201A;Źcome his first experience of i ninking I was safe you can imagine how many rave rooms, we headed offwith an assorted s,urprised I was when some fucker jumped off the motley crew ofpunks and what nots to doss at seats by the wall, outo my head and sent us both Boozers place. As we were walking in the peaceful crashing to the ground. By the time l'd got up I early morning, one ofour group started to sing a c,ouldn't even see who the fucking arsehole was beautifi.rl rendition of Wat Tyler's 'The Little cos the dance floor was awash with flying limbs, People'. He got through the first verse and without .\n).one rvho didn't want to dance was shown no prompting, everyone of us dozen people who didn't consideration. You know, people did get well even know each other started up with the chorus; .Eck out of the way but still the macho fucks rvere "You should have tumed left, you should have tumed i-i-u1ng into them. I could see others getting visably left,etc... ". Everyone singing in a silly 'Little People' pissed off I didn't see, (cos I was on the floor rvith voice and everyone laughing at the ridiculousness of *-ne nob on top of me), but Rachel says there us all knowing and singing as one, this stupid i:'ere a felv women watching the band at the front fucking song! ! ! Classic! i+ho *'ere j ust basical ly shoved to one side as the 'ro-r,5 looU over the "pit". I mean at least there was rrr '*'indmilling" or "kung fu" shit (ahem...excuse xe *'hile I do a huge belly laugh at the so called 't::ir-,9 fir" dancing ,huaaaaa,haa.hal!l), but still, u,e Packhorse is a small venue, ifyou want to &o-:e iike violent dickheads, fine,just show a !-r.le consideration for those that don't-After all, -J-'i.eaid in too, it's their right not to dance!-or d.rt:i i:e surprised when some of us start twatting
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Ol-You sav you make e livlnq from vour music Eow reliable ls thlt? Do vou have to do anv other lobs or do vou make enouqh lurt doinE whrt you elriov? Whf,t about the resa of Barnsaormer? Ilow lonc do vou think vou cau live like thls and do vou heve anv back-uo ohns for when music is oo lonser a viable ootion to survive off? ATS- I have eamed my living as ATS since 1982,
it works fine. And I am currently the only wage eamer in our farnily! I have many gig opportunities all over the world. I shall never do anything else. I don't rely on agents, manager, anybody - or the vaguanes of fashion. I do everything myself, and have a huge network ofcontacts throughout the world rvho are interested in what I have to say and help me spread the word. I publish all my own books and CDs, organise my own gigs. That's the solo thing. Being a solo performer is obviously the key to earning a living, You don't need to be hip, if you have an audience and lots ofselfbelief, you can do itl Financially, the band is a hobby! A fascinating, inspiring hobby, but because ofthe obviously vast increase in expense absolutely not how I earn my tiving (which is one ofthe reasons the band doesn't play more often) as a solo performer,
O2-How did vou let hterest€d in traditionol medieval instruments and are there rnv rnles to what vou will olav. (like. does it hsve to be au lnrlrument thal wrs traditionallv uged bv workeri/ De{gattts?)? Is "renaissgncecore" e blt of r rcene or ere you lone oioneerc? I have always been interested in Renaissance music, and I feel it fits together with punk rock really well - ie: March of the Levellers or The One That Got Away. There is nobody else doing that kind ofthing anywhere, as far as I know, apart from a band called Alians in Poland, who covered March of the kvellers (We're touring Poland in September)
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O3-How would vou dercrlbe vounelf oollticallv? I dontt thlnk voutre rn enarchlrt and I doubt verv much thrt vou vote Lrbo[rt
ATS-Iamacom
, and happy with the term although I am not and would notjoin any party these days (I've been in a couplel) I have been politically aware and active since the days of Rock against Racism and the ANL and would certainly say that it was punk which inspired me to get involved, although many of my core political ideas had been formed before punk
started.
QGln an lnterview vou did for Pun} Shocler zine a few verrr aso vou dcscribed oeonle wil
read tbe Sun ag .scum'. Do vou t[ink this b the rieht wev to eo aboul trvinc to chanqe thins. bv calline milliong of workirs class oeoole ccum? Don't vou think thrt if oeoole saw thst
thev'd lust think'fFuck vou!" ond not even listen to vour ooint of view? Where I work a lot of neoole rerd tbe Sun on their break and t can still have intelliqeot politicrl convercstloos with some of
theo. I thinl thev know the Suo
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gurelv the oeoole who read it deserve a bit more resp€ct than to iuot labe! them .scum'? ATS- You are probably right that my language was a bit extrem€ but...,l guess the Nazis produced papers that were a 'quick easy read!'
I think there is a choice. The Minor is a 'quick, easy read'and actually has some good articles rather than nauseating, reactionary, brain numbing
bullshit. IfSun readers think'Fuck you' when I take the piss then I am getting somewhere! At least I've got a reaction, which is drflicult enough in this countryl Perhaps after thinkrng 'Fuck you' they will think about why I get so angry about it and look at what
*u-r. it is insLrltitg people's intelligence to deny
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inev have r:raile that choice. Irr:sL-11 Littlejohn and his ilk are spouting :i=*ziionary, homophobic, nauseating garbage. I do ii-'!ir:j3 rhe credit of accepting that they choose to
:-=d ir. -{nd as far as I am concemed people who :-5i,;s !o read garbage like that need to be made }/ rErr. even if that reaction is at first 'Fuck Tro<!{Carry Bushell, rot in hell)
anv trouble with ttem turnine uo at vour glsg and if go. how have vou derh with lt? What do vou think of the Anti-Nazi Leaque? (Caonon fodder? Anti-rgzl choir0. Would vou trugt them. bearinc in mind lt's iust a Soclalilt Worken Prrtv front snd we all krow how thevrve stebbed eaarchirts in the brck in the psit to set control? AIS- I will unite withlwork with anyone who stands up against fascism.
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ge€m to makc a noint of
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fu to the norm venuc. Llke. a couole of iq I\e trotic€d sfter thc eis that vou've *rcd thc Globe ln Leedg. Itrs not brillieotlv futfoed erd lt'g well rwrv from the music uc roclcug. Ir thh done on ourome to avoid
I
have had some trouble
with fascists in the past, and have dealt with it (shame when Chris from the Redskins climbed under the table thoughl !) It is an occupational hazard ofbeing an anti fascist!!
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Libvan Studentr From Eell'.'lraoi From Eell'. In keeoins with thc atttGtrt sovcrnment/ medie hvne. ere you nr rccord'Talibrn Terrorirts From Hell'? I'lildo vou make of the'war acainrt terrort d tte'Arh of Evil'? lr Gqprqe W. Burh the d d$serous orelident Americs hag ever bat b Tonv Blrir the bisselt lro doc the UK b nr:r hrd?? Ir the whole world qoinc
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(}l.fr slc it orcttv cleer where vou stand (ee tkir headr!). Hlve vou ever had r 6 @
VYtat docr thlr enteil? Do voo heve to wear rbirts with their loso on rnd drink their beer at qiqs?! Ilo vou conrider it a cuoromire or rre vou comoleielv haoov with it? Eave vou done e deal with tie devll or are thcv too rmall to bc lumoed into thrt cstecorv? {TS- Wrong end of the stick! I get the odd free beer from my local, which is a great pub ,The Evening Star in Brighton. As well as sen,ing fine ale they have a small independent brewery, Dark Star. In retum for the odd pint I tell people what good ale it isl That's the extent ofit! (Wetl it does say on your promo sheet; " That's right-a Poet sponsored by a brewery.. SPONSORED BY THE DARK STAR BREWING COMPANY"... so you can understand my confusion!l-Andy)
Ol0-You've worked wlth/ are still workinc with a lot of D€oDle besides Brrnstormer (T.V.Smith. Neuroticg. Blvth Power). Who has been the most fun or most insoirins to tour wilh? Have vou acturllv soent a niqht in Jmeoh Porter'c rleeoinc bac?!! Heve vou ever
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worl(ed wnn 0trvone wDo you tnousnt wa3 ioupd. onlv to dilcover thev were r reo! \Yanker?
ATS- I couldn't really choose between the Neurotics and Blyth Power, Both ofthese bands have inspired me hugely, as well as being good friends. The biggest wanker (sometimes) I have worked with is undoubtedly Billy Bragg. He can be charming. But ifhe thinks you are in an area which 'competes' with him, he can also be an absolute arsehole. And then he'll tell you it was
lust a joke' I won't
morel
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I l-,e Bon (Duran Duran) and drd Cathedral Of Tears. ! th. nutt of rhame is teemrng u'ith these hacks !f I prnk, today have any sellrJspect they wouldn't line instead wait out by the I up to see these has-beens and I- back door and kick the shrt out oIthem cfter the i.. .ho*.
Take thejr luckin' moner and tell them thev hura to u'ork for their rent Iike eren'one else. And rvhen they start to sc.eam about -vou kicking their asses, just tell them, "[t's lrke o]d timesl"
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furte past. But dollars lalk loud and change *:rrtting. Not to merrtion the fear of growing-older' 6ne night we can be young again, and it. =rjus d ie{ lik€ 1982 all over!" Fat fuckin'chancel As 'rtlh as I like the music from that time, I'm glad it's liow boring to want to live in the past' How
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and tarnish and otherwise interesting past' =-**rrn IErcsd up proving how out of touch they really if they are so committed to punk, -.-enabesiO"s, rvere they all these years inbetrveen? the hell rfe= !6t*f aot start a new band and build it from the up, write songs that are relevant to today, and
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,....THE FUGKING ..DEAD KENNEDYS'' And those self- respecting punks could do a lot worse than to start the kickings with this loathsome lot; East Bay Ray, Klaus Flouride, D.H.Peligro and the other one...Those fuckersl Them touring wi,thout Jello Biafra is.lust a fucking insult to everyone rvho was ever moved, inspired by or just went mental to one of the best bands to ever come out
ofpunk rock- Forget
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all the bickering between Biafra and the rest of them. I don't care who ripped who off. lt's just the fact that
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they could even consider getting back together as the Dead Kennedys without the passion, anger and sortl behind the lyrics. How can soffte other nobody sing those lyrics and put the feeling into thern that Jello did? I'm not arse licking Jello here, it's just that band mean so much to me it feels like a real stab in the back to see this happening. I haven't even heard Dr Know so I haven't a clue what he sounds like but it just aint right. Apparently one of their tour buses got it's windows put through while on tour somewhere in the UK, which is a good start to letting 'em know how we feel! Let's see more ofthis happening until they realise how many people they've pissed off with their shameless money grabbing builshit, . . fuckers!
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ttr,:-;sidering these reunion acts usually have
ee< or-iginal mernb6. And how about when they .-t=sge their sound a little to conform with the hot soonds of today's punk? Like Agnostic Front, Sntag 13 rcformed, and sounded like a third x= fu li'reckords band. How about those bands that :ETe€i ilo,r:1 their sound when they were originally e-;d norv that punk has enjoyed some interest lfu ;'rzinst;eam. the\"ve gone back to their old :aeli- Fterr;i-,isr nfien 7 Seconds thought they m*. I-if- .a:i-, c 5-,,.'; rr.h e n A gl o s ti c F ron t rve nt trrof,.{-J r-tad.it Ci ho',r, a.\out TSOL splitting E*r **l: o=' itr.rilijiloir i.t--!rlng to be the Doois.
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ACTM SLAUGHTER-"Smash H.L.S.', CD Ep. Wetl, I didn't rate 'em that highly when I saw ,em live in Leeds but this CD is excellent. pure earlv 80,s anarcho punk.
Think EXT STANCE
and
ANTHRAX wrap it up in a WASTE sleeve and ad the attitude and lyrical content of said band and you'll conre close to what this reminds me of It,s
full of all that
era's cliches about
smashing
vrvisection, farmers being wankers (.,My Foot In Your Mouth"),the M.O.D, etc, There's even pictures of members of the band with animalsl But it's done in such a style that it works. It takes you back a few years but the lyrics are also up to date ( Huntingdon Life Science and foot in mouth for example), so if good old anarcho punk is your thing, check this out. 8/10. P,O.Box 35913, London,
Nl7 9YP.
worked with, including lots from some obscure American punk band from the 70,s called The DESTROYED. It's all dodgy recordings and he
claims the other bands and thi punks alt f,atod them. I'm not surprised cos they were shite. Like a bad Fall. There's also a couple of tracks from MONSTER ISLAND who at least sound a bit like the Apostles. Other stuff on here includes some psychodelic, noisy shite (or as they put it, ,.avant Enrde"l) and e tract with just him drumming...Oh woq I'll certaiDly bc ptalng that classic trac-k over ond. oy:I again!l! Apparently he,s back drumming again.
"It was unfinished
business
for me...I,m bacf
for good". Oh fuck no! This really should remained in obscurity.
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SAMPLER CD Sorry Aston but this is awful! Lots of songs about girls and shit done to annoying pop guitar music. There's a couple of good bands (ANNALISE being one to spring to mind) but overall it's like getting hit in the face rvith candl'floss (point)ess but annoying).
Some bands
on it are: BLOCKO,
SC.{R.PERi,
MILES AP,{RT. etc... Thank sod this \vas treel 2i10. SAE to: Boss Tuneage, P.O.Box 74, Sandy, Beris, SGl2 2WB.
APB-"Karoshi" CD.
No lyrics, cover or anything, but at f,2 ydu can't grumble. Especially if UK ska punk is youi thing. Think Spithead and slower Citizen Fish. It's very catchy and judging by the song titles ('CCTV'. 'Advertising'), I'd say it were a safe bet that they don't sing about coffee and girlfriendsl 6110. 14 Woodland Park Road, Leeds, LS6 2AZ.
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This is a really hard CD to review. It's hard to pinpoint a band thay sound like and all the info, etc is in German, so I can't even walfle about their lyrics. Musically it's HC punk with more irratic and slorver, melodic bits here and there. The best comparison I can make is a cross between Spit Acid and the late 80's Dutch band, De Kift. 5/10. Lars, Freyastr. 41, 421
l7 Wuppertal,
BREZHNEV-WWw.Bullghir/conrlq! CD The eagerly anticipated new LP and there's a slight change in style to 'North America Sucks'. Some of the songs have a harder edge to them, so much so that Trev HAGL calls them a 'shout shout band' now (He sounds like your Dad, doesn't he?!), If he thinks these are a shout shout band, what the hell does he think of bands like Totalitar?? Anyrva1,. there's some
faster songs, some melodrc sing-a-long ones and some 'Ramonesey' style. All ad up to, for me, a better LP than the last one, simply because there's more memorable, stand out songs on this. Tracks like the title track, ',A1omic Reruns', 'Dedicated', "park Your Car Up Your Ass' and 'The Disappeared' are ail great songs that'll have you dancing and singing along rn no time I'm still gutted that I missed thejr gig at the 1 in l2 Clubthis time around. I promise I,ll make up for it next time and dance like a bastardl 8/10.D-Fens Records, PMB 275, 8 Amlajack BLVD, Newnan,
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EASTFIELD-'Keep It Spikey" CD. A re-issue of their first and best CD with additional
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FLOORBOARD GEORGE-"Be Ready" CD, I saw the name and cover I irnmediately thought, "Oh Cod, more U.S. pop punk clones" but thankfully it has a proper UK punk sound. Reminds
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European. Not much else I can say really. 5/10. Amo Records, P,O Box 23497, Edinburgh, EH8 8YY.
FUCK HATE PROPACANDA. CD This is essentially EGGRAID rvith Dave lrom KISNIET HC on guitar and second vocals, So, as you can imagine, it's pretty crazy, lhrashir HC with screaming vocals, But, it's not as bad as it sounds, it has interesting little twists and tums to break up the madness, including a thrashy medieval number. Think EGGRAID (obviously) and 90's thrash bands like KITCHENER and HARD TO SWALLOW. and you'd be in the right area 6i !0. No address so write to Dave Kismet (see interview & review in here)
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I'll stick to playing the other side thank you Decent artwork on the covers which is alrvays good to see. Overall 6/10. Harmony, Rotenburger Str 39, 27356 Hetnsbunde, one is dead grufTand one screams. t think
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INDICATOR-''Critical Resistance" CD It's good to see a new, young, local band playing something other than crap U.S wannabee ska pop, This is basically all out punk rock with chaotic backrng vocals and it's all done with that new band enthusiastrc feeling, There's no lyrics but I think it's decent ones too. 5/10. Indicator-uk@hotrrail.corn
IRON MAN" Promo sheets These jusr made me laugh so much thought I'd share it with you. Each bands sheet has parigraphs
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and under these rhey have things like whlt papers/ magazines they've received publicity' in
f'Fashionable magazines,LOADEb, SELECT, ..selling poinrs" lKYr ID. Q, etc"tt). Under
for P.A.I.N it says; "P.A.LN are cunently regarded on the British underground circuit as thc UK;s number one anarcho-punk band',...er, says who? t don,t think anyone I talk to would say that, Talking of P A LN, of the single they did with Howard Mirks ('l-et Me Grorv More Weed') it states .,Howard and P A I N. are throwing down the gauntlet to Tony Blarr and his government. Ihey believe cannabis should be legalised and will not stand aside ever.', ls it jt1sl- m! or does that just sound really fucking stupid?! If it wasn'r for the other honible marketing shite I'd think it was tongue in cheek, but no, I thin[ it's serious. I hate promo shets at the best of times but these.just take the piss. I hope the Minor, Loaded and NME appreciate them cos I din,tl
"lT CAN HAPPEN HEAR" Compilation CD. This is about as DIY as it gets; A cheap CD_R of
intemational HC punk on 3 different labels. Startins with Stoke's EGGRAID, easily rhe best on here foi me. Screaming, thrash rvith tunes vou can hear that reminds me of Godonhoea wirh Oengas out ol Scatha singing. Creat stuff for leapinglbout to. Siame that now they're any good they-'ve split up. Next it's easily the worst band on here, Cinada;s EXISTENCH. Crusty thrash with those horrible neanderthal style vocals like Soar Throat and the like used
to do... Nextll Now for a couple of thrashy
punk bands from America, MELEE uni KAKISTOCIIACY. Then after NABLA from Yugoslavia, it's the other decent band on here,
KISMET HC-'Equality" CD Sorry but compared to the last CD, I didn'i really like this. Too hardcore and shouty for me. Not enough twists and tums. 5 hacks of ultra fast HC punk wiih duel fe/male vocsls and angry lyrics. Check out the interview in here and then decide you wanna investigate further. If so, write to:434 Werrington Rd, Bucknall, Stoke On Trent, Staffs, ST2 9AB. (5/ I 0)
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LEFT FOR DEAD- "Fuck Your Authority" EP the band were happy with the 'tinny' sound ofthe CD (l liked it myself) and you can tell they've tried to rectifu things as this has a more powerful feel/sound to it, You get 4 tracks of HC
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punk that I think would appeal to the older punk crowd and the newer HC crowd. Lyrics deal with (you guessed it) authorityl, political prisoners and the best song on here, 'Government State Police', about...well, just switch the words around and work it out yourself. I can't let this go rvithout mentioning I-.F.D's campaign to bring back 80's punk cliches. Thev launch the campaign nicell'by posing leaning against a garage door. and ore oI them has one foot up arainst ihe ooorll(Ai) lhar's i-rrssrng is one of then stickin_r the '\j's upHa Hai). On lovely, big lar. pink spJattered vinyl too for all you vinyl junkies out there. 7i 10. L.F.D- 23 Coronation Gardens, Hurst Green, E.Sussex,
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SELKKAUS from Finland, who play pretty good tuneful punk with moshy parts. And to finish it off it's Brazil's ACAO DIRETA who remind me of thar old Norwich band, Revulsion, Not bad but i wont be over playing it. Overall, excellent project bur musically could do betterl 5/10. F.C,R, p.O.Box 152. Burton-On-Trent, Staffs, DEl4 lXX.
LEGAI Excellent surprise, this one. First impressionslike SLIME. Second impressions-sounds like SLIME! This basically is totally similar to SLIME from the guitar sound right through to the vocals (also sung in German). The lyrics are in German too so I can't tell you what they're singing about, but really, if you're a fan of SLIME (have I mentioned the similarities yet?), you have to get hold of these five tracks of melodic German punk rock A.S.A.P!. sounds
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Be Choosers' and all the singles, clrrcking in at.just under 80 minutes! There are some truly great soflgs on here, Tracks like 'When The Oil Runs Out'; 'Wake Up', 'The Mess' and 'Does Anyone Know W'here The ir{arch Ts?' are qurte simply classics I
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..ONE LAW FOR THEM .ANOTHER ONE, FOR US" compilation CD. This is a benefit for the JUSTICE FOR iUARK BARNSLEY CAMPAIGN. Mai-k has been released now but still figh.ts on to clear his name. so lots of
:-::i'r leftr"politicallyforme Theyalways legal shitstill needstobepaidfor If 'streetpunk'is -:-, ::: r-lhr to rvork' vote Labour' camp, your thing especially, then this is for you, Standout , - .i. :.: :he nght NOT to rvork and I didn't tracks from WARRIORS, VIOLENT AFFRAY and -': . : rr\'5od\l And I used to cringe at RED ALERT Also featured are: BUSINESS, :osi iamous song, 'Kick Out The CONTEMPT, BLYTH POWER, GUNDOC, RED :-:': :,,,,.,, I reaiise ii'hat a great band they LONDON and lots morel 22 bands in all and for a worthy cause! 7110 L'7 (inc P+P) from the --. -l tarures their first LF'Beggars C"n adu.n
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"Short Sharp Shock" LP. Good old resourceful
plagiarism or no originality? You decide. Musically it's an 80's punk sound with a bit ofHC punk added. Reminds me of a slower P,O.A. Also bands like
UNSEEN and PUS spring to mind. 7 tracks, including a cover of 'Police Oppression,, so if this sounds like your thing, write to: Dislocate, p.O.Box 321, Durham, DH7 0YG. (5/10)
"TmY WONT TAKE US ALM,,compilation Lp. Look, if I just list all the bands on this: BbSARTIGE FAULBRUT, MAD PL]NK DISEASE, SIN DIOS, PMT, ANGER OF BACTERIOR, MACHINE GUN
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POLIKARPO Y SUS VICIOSAS.EP all female Spanish band sing about Child pomography, how women are treated in extreme Islamic countries, globalization, etc, so decent lyrics to start with. Musically it's sound too. Melodic punk that reminds me of a cross between PMT and HARUM SCARUM. One of the singers reminds me
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RANGERS and then say that this is a benefit for the German squatting scene ..what more do I need to say? Get it nowl 7/10. Harmony, Rotenburger Str 39,
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DIE SCHWARZEN SCHATE- "Last Gang In Town" 7" I'm getting sent some cracking stuff outta Germany at the moment and this is no exception. Again, a strong SI,IME sound is evident (or is that just me being lazy comparing all good German bands to SLIME?). This is cracking German punk rock basically. It's also good to see all the German stuff I'm getting has all lyrics, sleeves etc in their native toungue. it gives it more of a special feel. Too many Europeans pander to us imperialist scum by putting everything in English. 8/10. Campary, Friedrichstr. I 10,402 t7 Dusseldo{ Germany. SENSA YUMA-"Every Day's Your Last Day" 7" Stu's (Contempt, Police Bastard) latest band and it doesn't really grab me like hrs previous bands did. The title track is a similar sound to Police Bastard
with the pounding drum intro and Stu's distinctive vocals but it's not quite as 'hard' (I just couldn't think of a better word). I like 'Waste Away' better, and the CD ends with a comedy song. Probably a classic in their neck ofthe woods cos it's a cover of Mr Unfunny, Jasper Carrot's 'Funky Moped'(I've never heard the original so I couldn't tell you how close to it it is). Overall, not bad but not it wont be a regular on the turntable. 5/10. Ruptured Ambitions,
$clrfrAasr}l SCH A TE WORDS \,\'ILL NEVER BE ACTIONS'' compilation LP The aim *rth this record is to recreate the .'Bullshit Detector" Lp's that CRASS put out all them years agot )vfost bands are unknown and there's a nice big
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DOGSHIT SANDWICH, AGE OF CHAOS and PUS. The rest are all new to me (and I suspect the majority out there) so check this out, you may discover you're next favourite band, 6110. Departure Records, 24b Alexandra Rd, Farnborough, Hants, 6DA. Sidovold@aol.com
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