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Feeling shakey as I can beI know I'll feel better when my friend's with meI called my girlfriend and she put me dow nNow I'm going over to Overtown

(CHORUS )Overtown don't let me downOvertown won't let you down

Feeling down ba`ly on my luc kGot $55 jumped in my pickup truc kThe secrets out I am hellboun dMy secret ride is in Overtown

See that girl with the blue jeans onSee that boy with the needle in his armLots of things I see make me crySee that girl that I desir eWants that boy like a jack on fireI'm so happy now I'm there

(CHORUS )There's my man Pancho I'm OKThat O .T . Brown is here to sta yWell it ain't the best but it's always aroundWon't you take a little ride down to Overtown(CHORUS )

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Nationaldistribution via Rough Trade, Fault yProducts, Systematic, and Constant Cause . Wewould like to thank all of our advertisers es-pecially those who have stuck with us . Ourad rates are $30 full page, $20 half page, and$15 quarter page . We have special band rates also .

Next issue (look out) will include stuff on theU .K . Subs, Angry Samoans, and R .E .M . plus more .

HELP!!! WANTED!!! PLEASE!!!! We need a TYPIST s oplease someone get in touch with us . Laura lefttown

OK first off let me wish everyone a happ ynew year etc etc . . . . Here's our new issue, a lit-tle late as usual so what else is new? I'm gon-na pass on the comments and editorial jive thistime . Instead we've printed the lyrics to "Over -town" by Charlie Pickett & the Eggs so you allcan draw what ever you want out of it . Let mejust remind everyone that we still always ar ein need of contributions of any sort . We par-ticuraly need good interviews/stories on bandsfor feature articles . There's alot of bands we'dlove to do pieces on but due to our distantproximity to everything we're unable to do so .So if you live elsewhere and are interested inhelping out we'd love to hear from you . Weare especially interested in having things onFlipper, Dream Syndicate, meat Puppets, Cramps ,45 Grave, Minor Threat, Sin 34, 100 Flowers ,Effigies, ESG, Fartz, Grand : .aster Flash and heythere's alot more as well- and those are lustthe American bands- whew! Well any way that'sabout it for now so stay cool and most import -ant have fun!!!!

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them photos of Bauhaus . There great! I love the' photo of Daniel Ash .I thought Suburban was well put together bu tI didn't like the interview with Red Eros . . You say Ithey are one of the best fuoking bands in L .A .' WRONG! Tou might think that but I've seen manyI of flmes and they don't deserve such gratitude .

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MISSION VIEJO, CA .I mag be of more service if you took into consid -I is not wholly familar with your subjects? Instead

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of inspiring me to take in a performance by any

Dear Bar rl of those bands you wrote up, your articles di dlittle more than fustrate me . Also give Erick Thanks for SR #7, just got it today . Tha t

l Watkins another list of questions . I found his

Red )(roes interview made me sorry I missed 'e mI when I was in LA in September . I ~y¢ see a bi gpunk show at a roller rink, the Galaxy, in Ful -I lerton, Ca with the Flesheaters, Minutemen, andSuper Heroines . The Minutemen were INCREDIBLE !They've got dozens of records out but I'd nev -er really listened until this show, which was

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Keep up the good work ; thanks for your help . .I ANDY SCHWARTZNEW YORK ROCKE RN .Y .C ., N .Y .

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Dear Subs ,Just recently I picked up a copy of Sub -,urban Relapse(#7), and though I s ve seen it a-

I round before, & because I'm not particularl ywild about the kind of music you cover, I'v e

II never really taken the time to read it . Allow meto convey a couple of first-hand impression swhich you can regard or disregard at your own con-venience .

The main reason I picked up #7(for 95Q) wa sI to find out what was going on in your scene . Youguys looked like you might be authorities . Well ,'guys don't doubt that you are, indeed, authorities ,but I learned nothing . You may be doing the scen eand the bands a service by promoting what no on e

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Suburban Relapse ,I love your fanzine . It's great punkrock has done so much for me and your sinehelps me keep up with the kool none trendiebands . To think I was a nobody and now I' ma crippled black man with a sense of directionand a brighter future . P .S . Can you tell me thedifference between of and hardcore .A fan always ,OTISMIAMI, FL .C'mon James we know it's you. it's OK you cansign your real name . Thanx for the Xmas card!-ED .

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I ferrent bands embarrassing .And second . . . since I'm not famllar with a I1 majority of the records reviewed in #7 I'm no tabout to judge your judgements . I can say however II that Boz's one sentence sumation of Alphoniatins' excellent LP was abborent . Not only is Tims 'LP as exciting and vital as any funk/rock/avantI release from either the Heads or King Crimson ,but Boz's quick aumation demonstrated, I believe ,that his desire to review no less than 39 record sin issue 7, disallowed him the opportunity t ogive the record the proper attention it, and an yrecord, deserves .

I don't mean to dump on you guys because Ithink you're performing an important service . One

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IIthat's not motivated by *$$ . I just felt thesewere important points and, from the open expres -sions you yourselves demonstrate, I felt you' dwant an honest opinion . Keep up the hard work .B .T .ST . Pete/Tampa Fl .

Lanka for your suggestions . I still feel tha tI our interviews pretty mach speak for themselves .They're basically designed to do little more!than give the bands the opportunity to get acros ssome of their ideas and thoughts . I generall yI

prefer not to catagorize and classify the bandsw euse for our feature articles- I'll leave it upI to the bands themselves in their comments . Als owe are not strictly a hardcore tine- although we

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Boz, I am writing to tel lfor example some of the things Walter Czlikes I

I Sublapse, but, in particular, to a thankn you for II have little interest in myself but I'm sure he the 2 pages on Come Org . in #7- since I've been Ifeels the same about alot of the bands I'm all

I getting the label's records from Rough Trade /hot and heavy over . As for the record reviews

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I the co . in the publications- but I never though teverything a fair shake but they are only ourI it would be in a FL publication . Thanks again .own opinions and should not be taken as any-

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a five week tour, the Missions :on the upswing . Everyone but Peter

e drummer, was there (he was at work) . Iing was going fine until :

SR : When did the band form? Who started it ?C : The band started in the winter of 1979 . Itwas started by Roger and me . We had been in a bandreviously together and decided we wanted to do

thing different . So we got out of the "Movingessentially another guy's band . Peter was

and and he approached us, did somee three of us got together . We

fourth member, but we weren't

east that pay- . .as N .Y.C . playing colleges an .

", .just never able to break out of it. And we di .tour, I think it gave us a weapon to begin tocrack that wall .SR : How did you get signed for the firC : Ric (Ric Harte, Ace of Hearts Rto a few of our shows, began h

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R : We love the Fall .C : I'm in a Gun C lhardcore slot, to . ,SR : Shortly ofcross-countrythat was a mC : So diour recnancithec

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of an album, then put music to it .M : Yeah, we're really happy with it . (Laughter )I guess it's a retrospective .C : Stuff we definitely wanted on vinyl . The ap.

oach was to make it looser, the ultimate goaake it sound alive or vibrant .

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bandwith micropin mini-sets ofa live situation .R : We kept about half of thC : Some of them we just had to reklunkers- we wanted to keep them forfor a real document, but at times itM : Something different from the otherwere the mini-sets instead of one songtil you get the right one. I think tha tworked out quite well .C : Yeah, you can hear the sweat fallingstrings .SR : So you're planning a tour at the endber after the record's release- where do yon going this time ?M : We're going down south to slot o fAtlanta, New Orleans, Texas, then uwest and back across the northeasC : Dig on some waves of frui tM : Then come home and collaC : We'll still have 2 oritorium and detox centeR: The idea behin dareas .M: I don't knolike .C : It's

we ta"'shish dens, hopefu,ou're writing material, what do y . r

in mind?sel-centered satisfaction .

;the material and hope people l iright to us, we think someone w

pability othat night we just didn't fit

of their schemes . I think lots of peoplesee us because we're fashion plates, towe're wearing . (Note : an eveningR : Yeah, we're all Bloom' 'SR : Who did yourM : My motheC : U

SR :going in ?C : I think we worktistic direction . There's n&.R: It's the floundering technique . -C : On the creative end, people just writhey want to write . There's 3 writers, now 4 ,tin's introducing a song to the band, and there' sno controlling 4 minds . By the time it's finished ,it does have a Burma sound . Objective-wise, wejust want more exposure to more and more people .M : More and more money . (Laughter) I think there' sa sense of everyone doing what they want to, as wel las they can. It's very much a cooperative effort .R: That's very much our strong point, being asthere are so many ideas the wea

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is res they can use that, they'll pick ups~ :_• Y ' fit in with that because we don t

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song . Weany pigeonhole .music if they can clascore or New Romantic or whatof Seagulls . People have a hard timtimes, they don't know where to pu tof people respect us for that- tha tparty line . Not that we're trying t oesoteric or anything, we're not tryingthing . Every song is a different song .think we don't work on formulas .SR : I know some bands in Boston seem t ocopy your sound . Try to be what you've be aC : Well, they're following us into hell ,poverty- following us into depression . (Lolaughter here)

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ing. Because chances are you're not going to shi twas to fold it up.

°of what I'm singing . You probably didn't under-P : I don't think our music is anything like Crass .

stand of singing the other night .Crass has slot of different players doing a lot o fdifferent things- we're pretty much stright ahead .

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educated? Keep them close to the band?H : That's it- keep them close to the band .SR : What if someone thinks you're trying to shoveyour ideals down thier throats instead of enter-taining ?R : Ah, that's shit . If someone didn't wanna hearB: Number 5 is in the making .

what we were saying, they could walk away . That' sP : We usually put one out with each show we play .

oa cheap cop-out for people- to think we're shovingTo keep people up to date .

ideas down their throats . IfSR : You pass them out to the audience?

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When you've seen a group only once or twice and they stan dout in your head it must mean something . The Proletariat areone of those bands, internally and externally .

They are quite live and electric onstage giving furthe rimpact to their music and beliefs .

My first telephone conversation with Frank, the group' sguitatist, went smoother than I expected . He said the bandwould be interested in doing an interview .

1 5Our first meeting took place at the Radio Beat Studios i n

Kenmore Square, Boston . The Proletariat was in there that da y

doing some recording for an upcoming Lp . This was the same

studio where much of the Modern Method "This is Boston, Not L .A . "compilation was recorded . The Proletariat have three tracks o nthat Lp plus a fourth on the M .M. follow-up EP . The group alsohas material on the "Distortion Cassette" . The cassette was a

seven song venture of their own doing which was limited to 185,copies. The main purpose of this was to establish themselvesand draw interest to the band on a local level . This, they sai d

seemed to work with the cassette selling out very quickly .The Proletariat are politically-minded and they use th e

band as a vehicle to get across their ideas and philosophy .

None of the members are affiliated with any party . Rick, the

vocalist and main lyricist, said that it would make them to

easy to be labeled .Friends through school, Frank, Peter (bassist), and Ric k

first got together in a S .E. Massachusetts basement in 1980 .At that time, aside from singing, Rick was playing drums, o rrather drum (one snare to be exact) . When the snare broke

they decided they'd better get a drummer and that's when To mentered the picture sometime in 1981 .

The group decided in August of 1982 to do an Lp and re -

ceived two offers . They turned down Modern Method and chos e

to work with an associate of theirs, Lou . Lou is one of th etop engineers at Radio Beat and will be co-producing the Lp .

The record will appear on the group's own independent label .Stress is placed on quality rather than speed as the y

wcn't release any thing until they are fully satisfied .

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it completed by this summer .As I mentioned before, The Proletariat appear on the "Thi s

is Boston . . ." hardcore compilation . The funny thing is tha t

they are not a hardcore band . As a matter of fact they had a

difficult time fitting in anywhere when they made their firs t

appearences . They got caught in the middle with art peoplecalling them hardcore and the hardcore people calling the manything but . Nobody was exactly sure how to label them .

Eventually people adjusted and the band was more easily accepted .

Some club owners refuse to let The ?p roletariat play because the y"didn't like the crowds the band attracts" .

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through the guitar work which has a thrashing, distorted soun d

that sometimes buries itself in a static frenzy . The guitarcompliments the strong reinforced rhythm and the loud, clear ,

vocals . Using his whole body , Rick jabs and commands his matte r

-of-factly statements .During the course of our meeting, the interview was in a

formal state only one time that evening . Unfortunately, due t o

tape recorder complications, that part was lost . Most of the

time conversation never lingered long on any particular subject .

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to Rick's graphic interpretation (using pliers) of the life an d

feeding of Terodactos .On or off stage the band comes across honestly, no facade ,

no attitude, no pretense, no fashion for fashion . The Proletar-

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PIL. Public Image Limited . Whatever.We were late . Question : If being late is fashion-able, then is being late for a Public Image sho weven more fashionable ?I have a theory that some people are always lateand that they're the ones that say it's fashionableto cover their own bottoms .Anyway, we got there at 10 :45, not at 10 :00 likewe planned, therefore I lost any chance (withinreason) of getting a snug spot up against th estage . The Channel is one of the larger clubs inBoston and its main room was already quite filled .The crowd was really amazing, I'd never seen suc ha variety of people under one roof for one event .And that's what it was, an event . There were alltypes of people around from severe undergroundsorts to average Joes to the Trans Am excess

the redundant Pistolites . And to think they paidten bucks to get in. That price is OK if it wa sNew York, but this is Boston and that's ridiculous .Thanks to Marty Atkins we didn't have to succumbto doorway robbery . Otherwise, I wouldn't havemade it to the club that night (there, I've just-ified my reason for being there .) . I thought itmight be interesting to see John Lydon sing or se ePIL live, but most of all I thought it would beinteresting to see what kind of audience woul dshow up and also put together some kind of thingto keep Boz (our editor) from bothering me all thetime .I felt very lucky when we were informed we were onthe guest list . At their first gig, the Roselandshow in New York, Lydon refused to put Harvey Kei-tel (the movie actor) on the list . You see, Lydon

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had recently been acting with Keitel in Italy on apicture film. Poor Harv .PIL shirts everywhere . And yea, you walking bill-boards, they even had them for sale, whether it wa sPIL's idea or the Channel's (they have a 'souvenir 'shop) remains unknown .It's been about a year since their last gig (remem-ber video and the riot at the Ritz?) . Lydon stillsinge and Levene still plays guitar. Different thistime around are the addition of two-thirds Bria nBrain, Martin Atkins, and Pete Jones, who fill outthe Public Image . Martin, as you might remember ,was their original drummer and has permanently re-joined PIL. Martin had left them on a previou soccasion when agreements that had been made werenot kept . Pete is touring and recording with them ,but his future with the band is not known at thi spoint . Martin and Pete are still part et and willcontinue to be involved with Brian Brain . Jeanett eLee is no longer with PIL since she lost interes tin the project. PIL is pretty much fed up andthrough with video as a medium for their company .Another note, PIL is not on tour as Lydon has note dby calling their gigs "isolated performances" . PILis based in New York . The city thus serves as ahome base when they are giving these "isolated per-formances" . The group prefers to return home afterevery one or two gags . In between these performan-ces (and previous to the Roseland gig) PIL had bee nin the studio recording .The opening act tonight was the Young and Useless ,an early-teen New York foursome which includes th eson of the guy from ROIR cassettes . Big Deal, right ?They gave an anarchic, antagonistic, insultiveperformance doing a variety of mashed-up covers an doriginals like "Kill PIL" . Hardcore/Pistols/Lydonproteges? They gave an encore regardless of audienc eopinion and returned once more, without instruments ,for an encore which consisted of total verba labuse .PiL engaged the use of a large Winnebago campe rwhich served as transportation and a dressing room .It brought them to the Channel and scooted themaway only seconds after the performance concluded .The stage had three large panels covered with wha tappeared to be huge white tiles . It seemed like along time before the PiL logo was projected ont othe left tile section and the band climbed onstage .By the way, word has it that the logo will soon bereplaced by a new one . The crowd began to swell an dshove and all that bullshit . In a typical cynicaltone Lydon asked the audience "Did you come hereto be punk or did you come here to have fun? Idon't know, but I came here to have fun . . .don'tknow about you ." They started off with a new numbe rand then proceeded to play a mixture off their firs tand second LP's . After one of the songs ended, somegirls in the front started yelling "Johnny, Johnny" .Lydon replied with disgust, 'You cunts are so lame 'and he continued to the crowd, Well we're jus tgoing to make up some stuff, you'll still serve thesame purpose' . They then jumped into a semi-funky

number. This is where Pete's influence in the bandbecame evident . Levene switched back and forth fromguitar to synth with even transitions . 'Mad Max "was probably the name of the song since that wa spractically all Lydon was screaming throughout thething aside from phrases like "the open road" and'burning gasoline ° . Part way through, Lydon lookedacross the audience and asked if anyone had seen'Road Warrior' . His next action was a grin as hegave a thumbs-up sign showing his favor of the film .Public Image played very well (let's not forgetLydon's imitation of the funky chicken) and they' dhave been great to dance to had there been moreroom. Say maybe a small club with a crowd of 20(my ideal) . John Lydon came off very honest andseemed like he very much enjoyed performing, doingwhat he was doing. I had never seen PiL orgLydbefore and I was glad I did in a way . What othe rpeople might see them as, is beyond my oomprehen.sion . They are good, but they certainly aren't Go d

or Heroes or the greatest thing in the world . Noone is .After the seventh long song, PiL left the stageand never returned for an encore . Somehow I ex-pected it . The stage lights went down and the DJbegan spinning records, and the crowd still stoodaround as if some great miracle were to happen andthey'd reappear .PiL was really disappointed with the show tha tnight . The band anticipated a more intimate settin gdue to the smaller venue (small?) and they ha dgood feelings about it. Well, the Boston audienc eturned out to be too concerned with being cool andless energetic (thus no encore) than the Roseland

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BUSINESS AT HAND

Lydon and Levene are constantly reorganizing theirworking structures . Recently they have joined witha man who remains behind the scene, Bob Tulipan .Together they have formed Multi Image Corporatio n(MIC) which is the parent oompany of Public ImageLimited (PIL) and Public Enterprise Productions(PEP) .MIC is the main company involved in various crea-tive projects . This includes films, satellite TV,and computer graphics . MIC will become involvedwith the graffiti artist, Futura 2000-, and als oplan to provide their computers for use by medica lresearch, among other things .PEP will assist PIL by taking care of engagements ,recording, and other musical-type functions .PIL are now with and will release records on thePEP label . They do have an obligation left wit hVirgin records for an LP. Whether "Commercial Zone "will be on the PEP or Virgin label has not ye tbeen determined .Also under the PEP umbrella will be Brian Brain andCowboys International, although the names of th elabels may be different for each . Brian Brain's newset-up with PEP will give them the financial backing ,support, and freedom they felt Secret Records didnot sufficiently provide . PIL obviously has the samefeelings toward Virgin .Stiff Records will handle distribution for any PEPproducts. That's all they will do- Stiff is justa middleman and is in no way involved with the com-pany .And that's the story so far . . .

gig where the audience danced around more and gavethe band more feedback . Also, the Channel's stagewas too small and only a third of the actual se twas used, due to the lack of space . The ceiling wastoo low, and Lydon got a kick out of yanking dow none of the Channel's tiles during their performance .PiL had one more gig to do in Boston before theyreturned to New York . It was an all-ages gig thefollowing Saturday, same place. Martin was reall yexcited about that one . The all-ages show did turnout better for both parties, despite the 2 hourwait in the rain that the crowd was subjected to .Lydon made comments during the show referring tothe other "audience"and seemed much more please dwith this one . PiL played more songs at that per-formance and also included an encore .PiL is planning future dates in Canada and the onthe West Coast as well as others . Would they dareplay Florida? Would it be worth it ?After they complete their isolated performance sKeith Levene will be getting married .In a brief interview, Martin said the reason the ychose to tour at this time was not because of an

LP release, although there is one in the works ,titled 'Commercial Zone" . I'm sure Lydon was get-ting tired of sitting around in his N .Y. loft .One can only wonder if Public Image has becomeLydon's own irony (real profound, eh?) .

(last minute update by Boz )--- OK the latest as we go to press is that thefuture of Stiff America is questionable- sup-posidly they only have one person left on theirN .Y . staff(?) so who knows what the new PI Lshit will be coming out on over here(?) . Also I

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a.great that night- Johnny was havin' a good ole 'time(he even admitted as such) and Keith didn't

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xfunky chicken but did pull off some great Joh nTravolta impersonations (ala Saturday Nite Fever) .Yeah Lydon's not god although he may be insane

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,920 O' O O o- O- o O -0Salvation Army store and we saw our names and pic-tures hanging up, and it said 'Wanted' . . . .J : You should've taken it . . .G : . . .'Wanted', these people- tell them they can' tuse this name any more- I was shocked .J: You should've taken it and made a poster, o rmemorabilia.J : How often do you play ?G : Once a week . Nigel walks in (who worked at theRoxy)- "Everybody up here is on the guest list andon the crew and everything . "ALL : Yah, yah.J : What do you guys do when you're not performing ?G : Practice .J : Is this your job now?ALL : It's my life! Going to the movies, sex ,they're our psychic relievances . Can you relate tothat?J : Which one?G : Sex ; actually we're not a sexual band, we'reasexual .J : Are you content with the local music scene, ordo you want to expand ?D: NO!J : You want to expand- what's big to you then? Doyou want to go to the Forum and headline ?D: We want to go all the way, big money is whereit's at- we're a business .J: Is your album sold all over the country ?G : All over the world . We saw our picture in anItalian magazine .N: We're a real ethnic band, we're Italian, he' sSpanish, and Danny's Jewish .J: So- what's a successful gig to you, what has t ohappen?D: Man, we gotta have a lot of beer and booze, anda good joint.J : Girls, do girls make it successful ?D : No.J : What's a good response?D : I'd like anything close to Beatlemania .J : At least like on the commercial .D : To me, if you go out there and play and yo uthink you've done well, and the audience just stand sthere, it's kind of a drag- like nothing's been ac-complished .J : Do you have a big following in L .A. ?D: I don't know . OK, considering what followingsare in this city .J : What are your favorite local bands ?M: Rain Parade, the Bangs . . .G: So how do you like your two new members ?M: I hate them, they're gonna get rid of us prett ysoon. Danny might quit the band and become ourmanager .E: Does he get more salary that way? (laughter )D: If I manage this band, you're gonna pay me alot .M : He's not really a very good drummer .J : How come you're always playing on weekdays ?D : Why, what do you guys do?J : We go to school .D : Where do you go to school ?SSR : Fairfax High .D : What grade?SSR : 12th .D: How many classes ?J : Four .E: Five .D : Shit, when I was in 12th grade, I worked it downto three- 1st period was bowling which I had M-W-F ,Thursday I had no 2nd period, which was attendanc eoffice . The only class I had to work for was Shake-speare .J : Where did you go to school ?D : Van Nuys High .J : They have Shakespeare there, they're lucky t ohave English . (Further talk about our band SSR )M : We watched Beyond the Valley of The Dolls, andI sat right in front of Steve and Jeff, the Bangswere in the back . Everyone was there .

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Present from the band are Greg(G), Danny(D), Mike(M), and Nicky(N) plus Erick and John of course ( E

& J) OOPS! Heavy screw-up! There is no Nickey inThe 3 O'Clock his name is Mickey . Sorry .

J : Well- so, um, well, when's the new album comingout? Are you doing any new music ?M : The EP will be out in a few weeks .J : A couple of weeks, really . How many new songs ?M: Five new songs, brand new .J: And no remake ?M: No remakes! (Why don't you close that window ,it's picking up all the crowd . )G: Can I see the questions'and I'll answer them .'How do we write songs?' (laughter)- gimme th emike.J : They're not really in order, but . . .D : I like it better when John asks the questions -he's kinda nervous- tension starts to form. . .G : But this is an easier situation .J : That's all right- ok, what's your favoritesong on the first album?M : Minuet .J : Awesome- I like Minuet and Happen Happened .J : How dQ you write the -1 gs ?M: On that album, I'd writ something, and they' dadd something, etc .J : Is the new EP going to sand different withkeyboards ?N: Much, much different !J : Where do you get your lyrics?M : My mother's car .J : How did you write She TurnstoFlowers ?M : Just sat down and wrote it .J : Do you consider yourself a psychedelic band ?M : Baroque'n'roll .J : What are your musical roots?ALL : Zeppelin and Heart and Cream and Bread .J : What's your favorite local female band?G : Obsession- and the Go-Go's .M : I think that's the only two! Billy Idol kindareminds me of the Byrds .G : The Bangs are a good band .(I was kidding whenI said the Go-Go's are my favorite band. )J : Yah, I saw them at their first show, the No Magparty, . . How did you get the new name ?0: We were looking through the paper and saw thi sband that called themselves the 3 a .m. Band, so i twas kind of a neat thing . We figured we might aswell get ourselves kicked off of another name ,that'll be our trend .J : What did the Salvation Army do to you, jus tcall you up?G : You should've seen it! We walked into thin

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0 O O - O-G: The guy's obviously shy .D: I like it when he's shy .G: He doesn't know how to ask the right questions .He's run out of questions .D: Give him his list back .G: Why do you have pink drums, Danny ?D: 'Cause it's better than having rook black .G: Nicky, tell us about 'deep rub'- he had an ac-cident and a video called 'Deep Rub' fell out.N : I don't know where it came from. (laughter )G: Eight, you don't know where it came from- i thad a receipt with your signature on it . Big Joe,our roadie, is cool- he's learning and everything .D : I don't even want to talk about him, you can' tpay him- he eats everything you fuckin' pay him .N : If you guys need a roadie, we've got one foryou.G : How do you feel about playing the Boxy for th esecond time ?D : If you ask the questions, I'm not gonna answerthem anymore .G : Piece of cake- no problem .D: Let Eriok ask the questions .E: What do you think about pot ?G : We don't smoke pot .E : Do you take any drugs ?N : Alcohol and Vitamin C .E : Do you like challenges ?G : We go through challenges every day of ou rlives, what do you mean ?E : Say, there's 20 mohawks with chains and they'reclose to the stage . . .(laughter )G : I get myself psyched up for a show- and I don' tcare if they're skinheads, mods, punks, or drunks .E: Any fights on stage?G: I had a dream about that last night- what if wegot into a fight onstage, and what would happen ,what would I do- but it's never happened .J : How did it turn out ?G: I woke up.E : Who's your favorite personality ?ALL: Jerry Lewis, Robert DeNiro, Robert Conrad ,Stockard Channing, and Liberace .D: Liberace's hung, let me tell you- I slept withhim .E: How big ?D: Big! He's big- big as a piano .J : With Studs . . .G: I heard he's nine inches, limp .N : That's gross .M: He's gotta tie it to his leg .E: He wears rings .G : He uses a jockstrap to the full extent of theword .

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's song . Bob the singer didn' tmove much- nobody could top the lead slut- damn .The best part of the set was when 2 cops tried tobust up the show around 2 :00 . They walked rightup to Bob in the middle of a song- the Roac hMotel kept playing anyway . Stupid cops . The end .EPILOGUE : Carmen finally got to pass out . We triedto stea beer after 2 :00 but they lock the freezersin Gainesville . The Roach Motel have a single outcalled "Roach & Roll"- '(reviewed elsewhere- Ed .) .I don't know where the Sluts 12" is - Carmentried to find out but failed . But I guess if yousee onr it's worth buying to hear "Mom's Cunt" -maybe even just to have an album that says "Mom' sCunt" on it . Slam Rest 83' is being planned forsome time in Feb . Hopefully more locals will goto the next one . If you go, remember to stock upup on beer b4 2 :00 ouz of that stupid rule .

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L .A . UPDATED SORT OF BY AL FLIPSIDEI'm writing this at the end of a year- o r

better yet the beginning of a new one . For lastyear in L .A . the name of the game was "a neW plac eto play" . We went through more clubs, halls, bars ,Roller Rinks etc last year than you could imagine .The big loss was of course the Whiskey, but jus tas important to the hardcore scene were the loss -es of Godzillas, Dancing Waters and the Galaxy .The final place we lost was the Galaxy in Fuller-town (closed on Dec . 30 on the eve of a BlackFlag/Husker Du gig) . Although I can't say I wil lmiss the place, it is a bad blow to bands wh oneed a place to play and fans who desperatly wan tto see a show (or hangout and get drunk whatever) .The Galaxy was atypical in that no riot or clu bdamage closed the place- the Police did it allby themselves . When complaints came in of minor sdrinking around the neighborhood, the police over-reacted- they came in wanting to show thei rstrength, (sound familar? what's been going o nat Finders-ED .)and became very intimidating whic hmade for lots of friction and lots of arrests andsome bloodshed . The arrests and " police disturb-ances" were proof the authorities needed to clos ethe place down . You can't fucking win .

Other places that have had shows lately wer ethe Cove Theater in Redondo Beach (which ende dup getting trashed and then closed), the HappyTimes Holler Rink in Watts(with problems with the

neighbors closing it to punk) , all kinds of onenighters at bars like H .J .'s (who changed theirname to Los Amigos for Some" one offs) and th eT-Bird Roller Rink in Whittier. The T-Bird hashad some great shows lately with L .A .'s big namestars like TSOL etc . . . It hasn't been closed bu thas sporadic shows for some reason . . . That's theeeplace for hardcore as it stands now, funny thin gis every week there are a bunch of shows with HCbands, there's always someplace ,

Now if you're not a HC band, you've got itmade . The Anti-Club which recently re-opened isserving up feasts of bands that one might conside rsimply "punk" . Leaving Trains, 100 Flowers, Min-utemen, Sacchrine Trust, Green On Red, all thehorror/death bands and maybe a few H6 bands(HCgot banned at the Hari-Kari gig when some jerksgot out of hand) . The Anti-Club is happening .Other bands that would be playing there but ar etoo big already(like the Bangles and Dream Syn-dicate) are playing the Roxy (which banned HCthe same time the Whiskey closed) . The 3 O'Clock.(used to be the Salvation Army) seem to be sta-gnating, not playing anywhere with their new pro-fessional lineup. Another place is the Music Mach-ine which won't book any HC (again after trou-bles) but seems more apt to book shitty new wavebands, trying to cash in on the "Wongs" (a localclub chain that books only iew wave with an rnuvh

25edges) success .

On the record front, you probably all kno wthis, but the best releases out latley are fromthe Desendents with "Milo Goes to College", th eVandals with "Peace Through Vandalism", the Angr ySamoans "Back From Samoa" and the many compil-ations . Most recently is the new Volume of Rod-ney on the Roq- with a side A packed with somegreat new bands that are getting exposure the yneed- (check out Catch 22 or Ill Repute!) . SSTwould have a few discs out, like their new ol drecordings on a two record album but they ar ehaving problems with their old team mates Uni-corn, that's probably holding up the Minutemen' s"What Makes a Man Start Fires" too . Too bad . Acouple other great releases I forgot are Shat-tered Faith's "Live" LP and the incredibly hard-core/fast LP by Anti . That's the stuff I like ,but htere are a million others . A lot of peo-ple say it was a bad season for L .A . releasesbut the good ones are out there, ya just gott alook.

As for tours to look forward too- well, thesual bands who tour will do it again . CH3 ar e

out there right now, Black Flag will start soon ,ocial Distortion alwa s sa the 're _onna tour

they always say they're gonn put out an album to o(at least I know they ARE recording it thi stime) . A lot of the second stringers should hav etheir shit together by summer . . . (like Bad Re-ligion, Vandals, Sin 34 etc . . . . )

One last thing I'd like to add is that eventhough there arn't a whole lot of gigs (actuall ythere are but there's no steady "club") the gigs

we have have been of high quality(there are ex -ceptions!) . A gig last month with Social Distor-tion and Seven Seconds was one of the best gig sI've been to in a while . The slam in a circle ,whirl-pool dance that they do back east is catch-ing on and it seems like a lot more people areparticipating in the festivities, "hey it doesn' thurt as much people are proclaiming . I see kid sget so wrapped up in it that they forget to ge ton stage to daace or do dives . It's about timewe learned some new steps!!!! Not Only that butit seems that finally people are getting off thetrip that "you have to be macho to be hardcore " .Everything is alive and well in LA- I predictin the future you will see slot more meaning-ful bands gain popularity, back to the subject a thand and away from the distractions and sidetracks

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RESTAURANT ROUNDUPby BOZ

ROYAL CASTLE (125 ST . & NE 7thAV . N .MIA)---Yeah! The sign says they still make them littl eburgers and they sure enough do . RC Steakhous erules! Their burgers are the same and just a sgood as always- the same greasy roll, the lit-tle patch of meat, the mound of onions, th etiny piece of pickle all cooked right in fron tof you on that legendary greasy grill tha tprobably hasn't been cleaned in 5 years . Amust for the true burger coniouseur- just don' task them what goes inside their meat . *****

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best barbeque around and no bullshit prices .What's real weird about this place is that it' sowned and run by a black family but I've neverseen any black people eat there . It's real fun-ny to watch

all the Mercedes pull up in th edirt parking lot outside while everyone line sup in front of the shack (that's basically wha tthe place is) . Oh well this is Boca after al land I don't think they've heard of integrationthere yet . Docked a star for the Mercedes an dthe long drive it takes to get there fromhere . ****

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Yes ladies and gentlemen it's time for morenews briefs while I continue to make new friendsand enemies (mostly the latter) . . . lets see wh ocan I possibly insult first within this greatSouth Florida scene? Well let me first start ou tby telling you bout a worthy project called Pro,j-ekt Electronic South Florida being put togethe rby Sam, the editor of Alternative Rhythms . He' slooking for tapes by all you Ralf and Floriansout there who are playing so called experimentalelectronic music for a special cassette comp-ilation . Well I suppose you all know what Ithink about all these electro synth bop blee pbands so I will keep quiet but hey if this is you rthing you should get in touch with Sam at 895 1SW 53 St ., Cooper City, Fl . 33328 . Of Corse wehad a real similar idea awhile back when we wer egoing to put out a Florida punk/noise cassettecompilation but as you know that never got of fthe ground . Does anyone have any money theywish to invest in a great wonderful progec tlike th's? On the record -ing scene Morbid Opera are going to be doing somedemos shortly for an EP which will probably beappearing on Sublapse records - is that stillright? They've really come along way and the yget better each time they play out . Alot of peo-ple down here hate them which I think is great -they really polarize their audience with the grea tracket that they produce . I hate to say it bu tthis is a band you'll either love or hate . Theredoesn't seem to be much of a middle ground wit hthem . Without a doubt they are the most originalsounding band in South Florida today . By the waysince our last issue they have gotten a new drum-mer who is Carmen formerly of the much talked a-bout but never seen Archiac Conflict . . . . Wel lDavid Camp is finally putting his new band to-gether, Dachau (didn't we mention this a yea rago?) and it also includes former Abuser and Xglitter kid Matt on guitar plus Mike Shannon ondrums . Their material is still being worked on andis not really easily catagorized so we'll giveyou a better run down as things happen . I finallygot to see South Flavoids second rockabilly band ,the Spinouts . In their favor is a pretty loosegarage sound but they still rely too heavily ona few real lame covers that will have to go . Un-fortunetly I'm all rockabillied out ever sinc ethe Stray Cats have made it big . Thank god fo rthe Cramps! Of course good ole' Larry Joe and theboys are still kickin' around town and they're theclosest thing to the real shit this side of th eMacon County line . . . . You know what I find reallyamazing is that with the number of HC punx dow nhere that they're aren't more HC bands? What a -bout Screaming and the Fits you ask? Things mus tbe pretty sorry if all we've got our those mind-less wonders . I hate to put them down cause at

least they're doing something but they're wors ethan the most retrogressive heavy metal band youcould think of- those guys have absolutley nothin gto say. Their key word (they use it in every oth-er sentence)is "radical" which from what I've beenable to pick up stands for "fast" . Yes indeed"Loud Radical Rules" and hey guys Breshnev isdead OK? Of course Mario from Menstrual Cycles isstill around awaiting on some news from No Futur erecords in England . I must admit that there's lit-tle I agree with Mario on . He definetly should havebeen born in England- he hates all American band sexcept his own- but I've really got to hand it tothe guy he definetly sticks to his guns no matte rhow much flack he gets for it . Cheers Mario! !Let's see who's next what about the Eat? OKthe latest Eat newz sincelast issue is that Kennyis out of the band and good ole' Glenn has had achange of heart so he's back in the band on bass .Actually this band has definetly been pissing meoff latley- I must agree with what David Camp ha ssaid- if they don't care anymore how can they ex-pect their fans to? Obviously this isn't every-thing but it's a major part of the problem . What' sthe point in doing things half assed- why evenbother? Most of us know they still "have it" butit's real obvious that the "commitment" isnot there . The Eat have also been my favorit eband down here- unfortunetly I can no longer sa ythat is true . Why should I care if they don't .Hopefully they'll prove me wrong- we'll have tosee I guess . Charlie Pickett and the Eggs for-tunetly don't suffer from the same problems asthe Eat and they're planning on doing some aroun dthe country touring shortly and are eventuall yhoping to wind up in New York so if you're read-ing this from out of the state keep your eyes ou tfor these ace rock n' rollers . . . . Staff member ,Craig Vague has a demo tape out, "Isle of Bun "which is self produced synth music- it's got 3tunes on it and well . . . Angie likes it! My fav-orite is a short instrumental piece that sound slike YMG . Hey Craig how come you didn't add m yfavorite "Temper Temper (Angst and Lager)" t oit? Craig is also putting out a poetry collect-ion along with 1/2 of Morbid Opera (Lisa an dLibby) which will be called "We Sat Beside th eIdle Sea" . It will also include art and photos .Write to Craig at 127 Sea Island Ter ., Boca Raton ,Fl . 33431 for info on his tapes or poetry OK ?Other happenings are the Einstein Riceboys ( adecieving name since one of the boys is actuallya girl) who for some insane reason have temp-orarily moved down here from Milwaukee . Actuallythe reason is not all that insane cause they'vedoing a digital recording here for their ne wLP. Yes Miami is definetly becoming a recordingmecca of sorts so we'd like to invite othe rnational and international bands to join notonly the RicePeople but some of the other supe rstars who record down here like the Bee Gees,

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one catch those reunion gigs by the Weasels? The ywere really hot- they never sounded so good bac kin the old days . Besides such old faves as " IWant Head Till I'm Dead" and "Commie Homo " theyfeatured Billy's girlfriend Elaine en a few songsand what a difference she makes! I've heard thatElaine and Billy will be starting their ownband shortly . . . let's hope so! One last thing Iwant to mention is that WDNA 88 .9 FM has a fe wnew shows- prime time hours no less! On Tuesda yit's Poptones with Cary N . Case (noon-2PM), Wed .(noon-2PM) it's the Pure Rhythm show with HowardDavis and he'll be playing reggae and dance tunes ,and last but not least on Thursday(same hours )Johnny Quest will be playing HC, punk, and thras hstuff . Check it out . Well that's about it- hopewe didn't leave too many of youse out . Peace .

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1982's most essentially vital slab of vinylcame with nary a trace of masturbatory guita rsolos, monotonous rhthym box crack-cracks,t or hyp-ocritical whinings. "The Message' was (is) THE re -cord of 1982, if not of the whole decade so far .Freeze from the opening, "Don't push me cause I' mclose to the edge . . ." No 'Party hearty til you Jus tdon't care" on this disc, uh-huh-huh . Flash'sturntable work provides the movement, Cowboy' srapping provides the momentum . Grandmaster Flas hand the Furious Five are not a band . . . no instru-ments, Just one deadly DJ mixing split seconddancey breaks from other records for five voice sto rap and double rap over . If you want socia lrelevance you can dance to (or if you want to hav eyour cake and eat it, too. . .), give this recor dyour undivided attention (you might also want tocheck out Brother D and Collective Effort) .

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's follow-up to The Message" was 'Scorpio' . It sounds like"Planet Rook" (DJ Afrika Bambaata and Soul Soni cForce) or 'Pack Jam or . .or . . . the whole lot soundslike Kraftweranyway, only "Scorpio' has all therapping done through a vocoder . The result is am-using, sort of what Cabaret Voltaire might soundlike if their words rhymed and if they lived uptowninstead of London.

The latest from one of the oldest, Bootsy' sRubber Band's "Body Slam" is post-civilizatio nfunk . Music to move to AFTER the bomb drops . Ifthe movie "Road Warrior" had a decent soundtrack ,this would no doubt be part of it .

uptown at some high school auditorium . Can't stopit(LAST MINUTE UPDATE)

Grace Jones' latest LP, "Living My Life" ,like all her other albums, has two worthwhile cuts (and a lot of standard ones . In this case, "Nippl eto the Bottle" and "My Jamaican Guy" are th eworthwhile ones . "Nipple . . . ." sounds slot like"Pull Up to the Bumper" . . . this woman is the nazzdaddy o . . . no talent, probably no mind of her ow n Just a pretty face that her manager has mold -ed into one of the most distinct images in musictoday . Her performances are literally "one man "shows . . . her band consists of a tape loop. . . andan entourage of very campy, well muscled, wel ldressed roadies . More music from the Judy Garlan dof the Eighties . . . .

Prince proteges, Vanity 6 have scored a ma-ssive hit with "Nasty Girls" . . . chock full oftongue in chic eroticism, " Just whip it out, tand I'll do it like a real live nasty girl should . "

Speaking of Mr . "am I black or white? am Istraight or gay?" Prince has released an LP (old

7news) . . . . the killer cut is "19990 . . . . "I wasdreaming when I wrote this, forgive me if it goesastray . . . Life is Just a party and parties weren' tmeant to last. . ." Poet . . . the man's a poet (gig-gle) .

Culture Club, headed by British transvestit eBoy George are figuring rather nicely on the charts'Bo You Really Want to Hurt Me" (one of the fewgood songs off of their LP, "Kissing to be Clever") ihas got into Billboards' Top 100 without any air-

The Fearless Four's "Rockin' It" isn't yet on

play. British transvestites always seem to dothe charts, but Judging by the way it's being played rather well on American radio and dancefloors . . .Sors . . .and overplayed on the radio around here, it should

e . g . Human League's Phil Oakey, Visage's Stevefind its way there within the week . A bit too 'ha

Strange, Soft Cell's Marc Almond, and now Culchapy' and 'uplifting' for my tastes, but good for a~ Club's oy George . Clu Grele is "Te e ( Clockt oflisten now and again when reality gets too boring

of the Heart)" which, though not in the charts ,to put up with . An

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is getting MUCHO airplay on WKTU and WBLS .doesn't sound like e Kra fraftwerkerk.

On the same label that brought you "Planet Rock"

Finally, I know this doesn't count as a dense5(Tommy Boy) comes Pressure Drop's 'Rock the House' .

floor record, but I had to mention the greatestJA toasting meets N .Y. rapping. The two forms are

record of the decade (thus far), Psychic Televis epractically identical in the way that they're done

ion's "Force the Hand of Chance" is a huge de-

(a DJ quick cuts fragments of songs together . . .

parture from the music that Genesis P . Orridgerepeating half-second beats to make up a new tune

and Sleazy P . Christoperson were making inan emcee or the DJ himself raps/toasts over it), it

Throbbing Gristle (fuck, Marc Almond even sing swas only a matter of time before something like

on some of these cuts), but it's every bit as val- Sthis came out .

id, if not more so . No, you can't dance to i tWeatherGirls' 'It's Raining Men" reeks of can,

(well, not to most of it) and I don't think anyin the same sense that Grace Jones' "I Need A Man'

old T .G . fans will froth at the mouth over thisdid when it came out . But even campiness can be

. . . but then again, no one ever said that was aamusing .

mandatory requirement for a record to be good. . .DJ's and MC's to keep an eye on and an ear open

FLASH : Marc Almond of Soft Cell has Just release dfor are Afrika Islam ("son" of Afrika Bambaata),

a flexi- disc, "Discipline", with all the ex-iFab Five Freddy, Star Ski, Kool Hero, AST, members of Throbbing Gristle backing him on in-Venues around the city : Roxy on Friday nights, Neg-

struments . An interesting turn of events ,ril l s (re-opening), Danceteria . . . .always a dance

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4. RUDIMENTARY PENI 'FARCE" (CRASS 7" EP )5. LYDIA LUNCH '13 13' (RUBY LP )6. SPK "LEICHENSCHREI" (THERMIDOR LP )7. all VOI D8. BLUE ORCHIDS 'MONEY MOUNTAIN' (ROUGH TRADE LP )9. CURE PORNOGRAPHY" (FICTION LP )10. all MEAT PUPPETSIt . all COCTEAU TWINS (4AD )12. CRASS 'CHRIST THE ALBUM'(CRASS LP13. BIRTHDAY PARTY JUNKYARD' (4AD LP14. MISSION OF BURMA 'VS .' (ACE OF HEARTS LP )15. ANGRY SAMOANS (BAD TRIP LP )16. NEW ORDER 'TEMPTATION' (FACTORY 12" )17. MEATMEN 'TOOLING FOR ANUS' (TOUCH & GO 7 " )1E . RED CROSS 'BORN INNOCENT' (SMOKE 7 LP )19. MORBID OPERA LIVE (NO VINYL YET )20. all FLIPPER (moat on SUBTERRANEAN )

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1. CRAMPS 'TALES FROM THE. CRAMPS' (CAVE boot LP )2. AGENT ORANGE "RITCHIE SUMMER" (POSH BOY 12" EP )3. X "UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN' (ELEKTRA LP )4. ANGRY SAMOANS "BACK FROM SAMOA" (BAD TRIP LP )5. CHARLIE PICKETT & THE EGGS 'LIVE' (OPEN LP )6. MEAT PUPPETS LP (SST LP )7. BIRTHDAY PARTY "JUNKYARD" (4AD LP )8. THE DEL- BYZANTEENS 'LIES TO LIVE BY' (DON' T

FALL OFF THE MOUNTAIN LP )9. SYMBOL SIX (POSH BOY12' )10. BONGOS 'DRUMS ALONG THE HUDSON' (PVC LP )11. THE FALL 'HEX EDUCATION HOUR' (KAMERA LP )12. MDC LP (RADICAL LP )13. JON & THE NIGHTRIDERS "SPLASHBACK" (INVASIO N

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MORNING' (4AD 12" )19. KILLER PUSSY "TEENAGE ENEMA NURSES IN BON-

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2. CRASS "CHRIST THE ALBUM' (CRASS LP- if not th eLP at least for the book )

3. RIP, RIG, & PANIC "STORM THE REALITY ASYLUM '(VIRGIN 12' )

4. 23 SKIDOO "SEVEN SONGS" (FETISH 12" EP )5. MARINE GIRLS "BEACH PARTY" (LP )6. A CERTAIN RATIO "SEXTET" (FACTORY LP )7. ZOUNDS "TRUELOVE'/'DANCING' (ROUGH TRADE 7" )N . SPECIAL AKA "THE BOILER" (2 TONE 7 " )9. DIE KRUPPS "VOLLE KRAFT VORAUS" (WED LP )10. ORANGE JUICE 'YOU CAN'T HIDE YOUR LOVE FOR -

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(RED STAR LP )4. SALVATION ARMY/3 O'CLOCK (FRONTIER LP & 12" )5. X 'UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN' (ELEKTRA LP )6. TRANSLATOR "HEARTBEATS & TRIGGERS' (415 LP )7. THE CHURCH (CAPITOL LP )8. 21-645 BABBLE' (PHOPPELLER 7" )9. THE JAM 'TOWN CALLED MALICE' (POLYDOR 7 " )10. CHARLIE PICKETT & THE EGGS - not Just the

OPEN LP but "BULLSHIT' & "OVERTOWN" to o11. GIRISCHOOL & MOTORHEAD JUST BECAUSE . . .12. BLACK FLAG 'TV PARTY' (SST 7' )13. PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'FOREVER NOW' (COLUMBIA LP )14. F "I SAW YOUR VISION' (OPEN LP cut )15. ROXY MUSIC ' AVALON ' (LP )16. LORDS OP THE NEW CHURCH LP & 'OPEN YOUR

EYES' In particular (IRS )17. umm . . .18. cc . . . .19. hmmm--20. well I guess I was kind of bored this year .

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TENTACLES 12' )11. SIN 34 'AMERICAN AMERICA' (SPINHEAD 7 ' )12. CH3 FEAR OF LIFE" (P05HBOY LP )13. URBAN GUERILLAS 'ASYLUM' (UNRELEASED )14. SIN 34 'TWELVE HOUR TRIP" (SPINHEAD 7 ' )15. BAD RELIGION 'HOW COULD HELL . . ." (EPITATH LP )16. CRASS 'CHRIST THE ALBUM' (CRASS LP )17. DISCHARGE "HEAR NOTHING SEE NOTHING SA Y

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LP )5. THE EAT 'I LED TWO LIVES"' UNRELEASED TAPES6. GUN CLUB 'MIAMI' (ANIMAL LP )7. INDIVIDUALS 'FIELDS' (LP )8. JAM "THE GIFT' (POLYDOR LP )9. PSYCHEDELIC FURS 'FOREVER NOW' (COLUMBIA LP )10. SALVATION ARMY (FRONTIER LP )11. PYLON 'CRAZY'/'M TRAIN' (DB 7" )12. CHARLIE PICKETT A THE EGGS 'LIVE AT TH E

BUTTON' (OPEN LP )13. PRETENDERS 'BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG" (SIRE 7 " )14. R .E .M . 'CHRONIC TOWN" (IRS 12' )15. BOXY MUSIC "AVALON' (LP )16. SQUEEZE 'SWEETS FROM A STRANGER ' (LP )17. WALL OF VOODOO "CALL OF THE WEST '18. ROBERT WYATT "SHIPBUILDING ' (ROUGH TRADE )19. X 'UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN' (ELEKTRA LP )20. XTC 'ENGLISH SETTLEMENT (VIRGIN LP )

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THE DREAM SYNDICATE "THE DAYSOF WINE AND ROSES "(RUBY LP)---This LP is highly derivative (the Vel-vets and Television specifically) but fuck it ,cause that's like saying all post-punk rock is der-ivative of the Sex Pistols . . .right? This LP zeroe sdirectly into the appropriate nerve center in mycranium ("I dreamed last night that I was born 100 0years ago . . . " ) so I can't help but like it . TheSyndicate steals from all the right sources andmanage to add a little something, and the resul tis one of the best lyrically introspective guitardominated elpees to come around in a long while . .One of the year's best, for sure . (BOZ )

ANGRY SAMOANS"BACK FROMSAMOA"(BAD TRIPLP)---"3 Great Chords, 5 Sick Minds" ; the ads jus tabout sum it up- this is great rock n' roll witha sick sense of humor as funny as anything theDead Kennedys or Ramones ever did- probabl ymoreso . (It might not be all their doing- "Homo-sexual" is credited to Jerry Falwell, everyone' sfave sicko .) Great lyrics, and music that's a saggressive, fast, and tight as it has to be . Nicecover, too . Highly recommended .

(CZ )

YOUNG WEASELS "TWIST & BURN" . YOUR FUNERA L"I W4NT TO BE YOU" (both LOCAL ANESTHETIC 7 "EP's)--- Two Denver bands which just goes t oprove that there's more to that city thanthe Broncos . The Weasals are from the jo yDivision/Cure etc . post punk school of thoughtand there must be at least 200 bands over heregoing after that sound and some do it bette rthan others and this is competent enough but i tstill doesn't make me do somersult flips inthe air. I like Your Funeral slot better eve nthough they've since split up but you probablynever knew that they had gotten together inthe first place . Your Funeral are 33 girls andtheir record is a great slice of 80's psych-edelica . "I Want To Be You" is a more straight -forward rocker while "Final Abyss" does upmost of those West Coast psycho-horror hand s(Super Heroines take note) one better . Goodstuff . Write to L .A . c/o Wax Trax 638 E 1 3Ave . Denver, CO 80203 .

(BOZ )

D .O .A . "WAR ON 45" (ALTERNATIVE TENTACLES 1 2 " EP)--Straight forward punk rock on side one with a bi tof rock'n'roll mix . A decent offering from thi sestablished band. Side 2 features two diversions -"War In The East " , a not-so-hot reggae cover, an d"War", another cover which should never have bee nattempted- how can you possibly top Edwinn Starr?(D .O .A . fans probably already own this) Good, bu tnot great or essential . (BOZ)

ROACH MOTEL "ROACH & ROLL" (DESTROY 7 " EP)---RoachMotel are currently the winners in the Second Annua lFlorida Hardcore Band Poll (yeah, I'm the only on ethat votes)- an honor that previously went to Cru ecial Truth before they got into heavy metal, Hen-drix, Jim Morrison, smoke bombs, and Van Halen ."Roach & Roll" is a great start for this Gainesvill eband, who, in the course of 6 songs, manage t oinsult women, fags, Cubans, and a few others as well -I guess this makes them the new Meatmen! Of cours eeverything is all done in fun . The music is good ,mid-tempo garage punk played with plenty of trashappeal- a great grundgy sound! There are two bona .-fide classics here, as well- "I Hate The Sunshin eState" and "Now You're Gonna Die" . A must, so writ eto them at 110 NW 39 Ave. #73-A, Gainesville, FL32601 . (BOZ )

IKE YARD "A FACT" (FACTORY LP)--- Well I can' tsay this is better than the last thing they di dbecause I've never heard them before . I like it .The first time you listen to it you wonder ifthere was any kind of structure to it . Vocals anddrums are very spare with synthisizers dominat-ing . Sort of like a misaligned arty D .A .F . minusthe pop . Great background music . (CRAIG VAGUE )

THE MORTAL MICRONOTZ (FRESH LP)--- Not quite hard -core, this is dyed-in-the-garage punk rock fromLawrence, Kansas . The songs are great (with mel-odies and everything) and "Old Lady Sloan" ha slyrics by William Burroughs ; how much cooler canyou get? "It's Not Alright" is the standoutthough .

(CZ )

RANK AND FILE "SUNDOWN" (SLASHLP)---Slash is def-initely on a hot streak . . .first the Dream Syndicateand now this . In case you didn't alrea?y know,Rank and File include 2 ex-members of that greatL .A . punk band, the Dils . They play country musi cnow, but even though they try to play it right andreal authentic, they just don't have it togetheryet, which is what makes this LP so charming . It' sas if they just finished recording "I Hate Th eRich", and then decided punk rock sucks so the yagreed that country music would piss off their fan sthe most so they practice for a month and this isthe end result . Entertaining stuff. (BOZ )

RIKK AGNEW "ALL BY MYSELF" (FRONTIER LP)---The nor -mally consistent Frontier hits an all-time low withthis release . Former Adolescent Rikk plays every -thing himself here . This self-indulgent work show spractically no spark of life, spirit, or purpose.If you haven't already, pass on this and check ou tthe Adolescents album also on Frontier) instead-you'd be much better off . (BOZ)

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CULTURCIDE "YEAR ONE" (CIA cassette)--- Look-ing at the pumkin .headed stickman on the cove rI had a feeling this wasn't pop . It's more likewild, disorientating music (with some kind o fstructure) . Now you know . exactly what it sound slike, right? It's really hard to describe . Thevocalist reminds me of Throbbing Gristle, eve nthe mix on his voice seems similar . Lyrics aregood. They use noise, guitars, tapes, synthsizers ,and rhythm machines, I might have missed some -thing . It's not superbly extra-ordinary nor i sit utter garbage either . The tape comes in anLP sleeve which is a great marketing idea .Songs are not listed nor are there any lyricsheets . Quality of the tape itself seems decent .(CRAIG VAGUE )

RIOT "RESTLESS BREED", SHOES" BOOMERANG " , MOTLEYCUE "TOO FAST FOR LOVE" (ELEKTRALP'S)---How thehell did we ever get on an Elektra mailing list?Either we've finally made the big time (are youkidding?-Ed .) or somebody in the industry is hurt-ing for press coverage . Anyway, these three album sare 3 perfect examples of how the capitalist pro-fit motive has finally killed any originality with-in current American mainstream music- and beside sthat all I got was $3 in trade for these losers .(BOZ )

VARIOUS ARTISTS "CHARRED REMAINS" "MEAT-HOUSE" (both VERSION SOUND CASSETTES)-- -Two solid introductions to the American pun kunderground scene and what a healthy scene i tis . . . Batillion of Saints, Sin 34, Rebe lTruth, Double 0, Law and Order, Void, Di eKruzen bands from not only L .A ., D.C . ,and N .Y ., but Toledo, Maryland, Clovis, N .J . ,Madison, Arizona, and Ohio as well . Thesound quality of these tapes is pretty goo dand the price is right (cheap) so if you'r eat all interested in what's going on i nGarageland U .S,A . send $6 per tape t oVersion Sound c P .O . Box 174, Xenia, Ohio45385 .

(BOZ )

VARIOUS "VORTEX'- MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK (NEU-TRALLP)---The artists within are virtually a Who' sWho of the NY underground/art/noise scene- Lydi aLunch, John Lurie, Adele Bertei, Kristion Hoffman ,etc . . . This is a soundtrack from Scott B and Bet hB's first 16mm film, which stars Lydia Lunch . As arecord, this doesn't quite make it- pseudo-jazzdoodlings, bits of synth noise, some art disco ,etc . . . Regardless, I'm still dying to see the moviewhich should be premiering in Miami sometime in1988. (BOZ)

RUBBER RODEO (EATEP)---Straight from Rhode Islandcountry (and the same art school that brought yo uthe T . Heads)- it's five guys and a doll who dothe wildest western music yet . No- don't ge tscared off- even though they call it "Gene Autrymeets Devo"- I don't think anyone who's heard thei rversion of "Jolene" has had a bad word for thes every serious C&W'ers . The six songs on this E P(four originals, two covers)only leave me wantingmore .' Their pining, psychedelic (oops, overuse dword) pedal steel and lonesome guitar and vocal sturned me around but quick- I don't care if youhate C&W (I do, but I can appreciate camp when Ihear it)you'll still love RR. (But I wish thei rcomic-book style press release was included inevery copy- it's a hilarious cache of reviews, fak eads, and even an editorial by a "real kicker" fro mSan Antone) (CHRISTOPHER )

VARIOUS "NOT SO QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT" (ALTER -NATIVE TENTACLESLP)---What can I possible sayabout this? I'm sure most of our readers are al-ready familiar with this- for those of you whoaren't, this double-album compilation features 42different Northern California and Nevada punk band salong with a fanzine . As unbelievable as it maysound I like almost everything here- no shit-there's hardly a klunker to be found. This ranks upthere with "Flex Your Head' as one of the mos tessentially essential (heavy adjectives, huh?) com-pilations of the year . (BOZ )

SPORT OF KINGS "SING MARY SING" (THERMIDOR LP)---Pretty good, but not as good as I had thought . Ilike the moody Cure/New Order sound on some of thesongs here . This is a fairly well thought-out al-bum, but it does rely a bit too heavily on a for-mula, and therefore lacks a feeling of spontaneity ,but then again, when was the last time the Curesounded spontaneous? Overall, I like this and ithas a pretty art cover as well, which will impresssomebody someday. (BOZ )

JR . CHEMISTS/LES SELDOMS "ARIZONA DISEASE" : TO MTADLOCK "BODY AD" (BOTH SUBTERRANEAN 7")--- TheSub Wrecks have returned with two new releases-one never knows what to expect from these peo-ple, does one? Let's see Tom Tadlock seems t obe an interesting enough guy (he's worked wit hTuxedomoon, Minimal Man and others) but I don' tsee much point to his record at all . Yeah Idon't doubt his credentials but this piece o felectronic C&W muzak does nothing for me- it' sdifferent alright but that doesn't mean it' sany good . On the other hand "Arizona Disease "presents us with two new bands from the stat ethat has given us the Meat Puppets . Two prim-ative trios- two different minimalist approache sto the desert life and rock n' roll that des-erve to be heard . Check this one out . (BOZ )

FLIPPER "GET AWAY"/"THE OLD LADY THAT SWALLOWE DTHEFLY'(SUBTERRANEAN7")--- I love Flipper iffor no other reason that all these new "loudfast nothing else rules punks' hate them caus ethey play slow . This record is fucking grea tjust like everything else I've ever heard b yFlipper . "Get Away" is Flipper at their mos tcommercial (ha ha ha) and it's a sure hit if I'veever heard one . "The Old Lady" is sinister ,humourous, and annoying a perverse bedtimestory with feedback drone . If you haven't caughton yet this record will change your life . (BOZ )BROADCAST (FRESH SOUNDS7"EP)---Undergrads fromthe Ubu school of noise- a mixture of influences :funk, punk, jazz, etc . . . Unfortunately, they're abit lacking in the humor department- maybe if thes eguys would relax a bit they'd be alright . (Box 36,Lawrence, KS 66044) (BOZ)

35ARTICLES OF FAITH "WHAT WE WANT IS FREE "(VERSION SOUND7")--- Yes folks there's moreto Chicago than the Effigies and you prob-ably already knew that if you read DaveRead's article last issue. Like the Effigie sAOF place more emphasis on the "song" ratherthan just pure speed- I mean everybody playsfast these days don't they? This is a fin edebut and I hope we will be hearing morefrom this good intelligent band. (P .O. Box174, Xenia, Ohio 45385) (BOZ )MISSION OF BURMA "VS ." (ACE OF HEARTSLP)---If you're familar with M .O .B . and likedwhat you heard you'll like this . If you'restill unfamilar with M.O .B read Randy's in-terview elsewhere to spark your interest .As for me I like M .O .B . slot and this is thei rbest cause it's an LP and has more on it .(what a descriptive review- WOW!) (BOZ )

SECTION 25 "THE BEAST" (FACTORY 12"EP)---This is one Factory band that has never reallythrilled me but they could wind up as one o fthe last decent things Factory has got left .This must truly be listened to at least 5times before it begins to take on character ."The Beast" is my favorite . . . it's long andheavy on the atmosphere and is built aroundseveral minor climaxes (what's a minorclimax?) . Good for late night and earl yhung over mornings .

(BOZ )DANNY& THE PARKINS SISTERS (MODERN MASTERS 12 "EP)--- The cover to this is definetly the waviest !She music is more like the B52s meet Teenage Jesusand the Jerks . Eight funny endearing little dit-ties (avante noise wave) with heavy titles like"War (Is On Your Doorstep)", "Girls Rule" and"This World Is Bleak" . A "fun" record . (BOZ)

THE HAPPY FAMILY "THE MAN ON YOUR STREET" (4AD LP )---Another smart package from 4AD, which is, inci-dentally one of my top 5 favorite labels (the othersif you're interested, are : Subterranean/Thermidor ,Crass, Dischord, and Slash/Ruby) . The Happy Familyhave improved upon their enjoyable initial attempt("Puritans" EP)- this LP even has a theme and storyto follow no less(we could call it a mini-opera,but that would be too un-hip) . Musically, theyshare much in common with bands like the MonochromeSet and Joseph K (they're related, you know) -quirky and eccentric British pop.If I was assigningratings to records, this would get at least an A- .(BOZ )

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SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES"AKISS IN THE DREAMHOUSE "POLYDOR LP---Yes, folks, it's OUT! It's finally

here (as if all of you didn't know already)- I cannow sleep again at night . . .no more 'wondering' and'waiting' . I was beginning to worry until I finallysaw the cover . . .I couldn't believe it. . .their bes tcoveryet! Well, that was weeks (months?) ago . . .needless to say, this album has since become a partof my life . OK to be honest, this is not the bes tSiouxsie ever (side one of 'Join Hands" is) . . . JohnMcGeoch is lost somewhere (someone should hav eturned up the knobs) . . .I hate 'fake' jazz songs like"Cocoon" cause they all remind me of 'Jimmy Jazz" -the worst Clash song ever (next to all the songs on"Combat Rot") . . .and I like Siouxsie's hair betterup than down likw the way she wears it now . Othe rthan that, this is another perfecto album . My fav-orites are "Painted Bird", "Green Fingers", Cas-cade', "She's a Carnival", "Obsession", the bits o fbackwards/sideways music between various tracks ,"Melt " , and one or two others that I like as well .You can best compare the album to "Kaleidoscope "if you wish . Yes indeed! . . . The amazing Banshee shave kept it up pretty well, haven't they? How manyother ' 77 bands can compare, I ask you? Let's see . . .the Clash should have called it quits after "LondonCalling ' (excuse me, Rage), the Jam knew what wa sbest for them before further humiliating themselve s(it's OK, Walter), the Damned only make comedy al-bums now, and although the Fall still sound good ,that shouldn't be too hard to do, since they've bee nplaying practically the same song for 5 years now.The winner is obvious- 5 absolutely incredible al -bums (or 7 if you count the "Love In A Void" boo tand the 'Singles" package) . GOSH! I guess tha tmakes them the biggest thing since . . .shall I daresay it? (Go ahead, you've already made a fool ou tof yourself) . . .Yes! Siouxsie & The Banshees are th ebiggest thing since . . .THE BEATLES!!! Siouxsie's #1! !Yeah! Hooray! Cheers! Way to Go! . . .just rememberwhere you heard it first . (BOZ )

G .G . ALLIN "NO RULES" (ORANGE 7" EP)---OK garagepunk from up north . There's 4 songs here, all ofwhich are pretty basic in style . This is a bit to opredictable for my tastes . (639 Broadway,Box 902 ,NY,NY 10012) (BOZ)

VARIOUS ARTISTS "IN FULL CRY" (TAKE IT MAG FLEX I--- Any sampler where theFlesheaters are the

weak link has gotta be great, and this sure is .Tex & the Horseheads' "Got Love if You Want It "features Jeffrey Lee Pierce (backing Linda "Tex "Jones) in aworkout that's as insane as anythin gthe Gun Club has done thus far . The Meat Puppet s"Teenagers" kicks off as a thrash frenzy, thensettles into an acoustic thing that's like vin-tage Jefferson Airplane . And River of Fever "isn't bad at all, just not as good as I expecte dfrom the Flesheaters . (39 Union St . #2 Brighton ,MA . 02135)

(CZ )

RF7 FALL IN" (SMOKE SEVEN 12"EP)--- A greatheavy furious sound . Of course the fact that it' sproduced by Geza X doesn't hurt either . Thelyrics deal with a variety of topics includingthe "new" army ("Fall In " ), the perils of cok e("Vampire Lady"), and some of the pitfalls ofMarxism ( "Revolutionary Worker") . A solid effort .(BOZ )

EVEN WORSE "MOUSE OR RAT?"/"1984" (WORSE THAN YOU211-- llthough I miss former lead singer ,Rebecca (there's just not enough girls in thesebands nowadays) this is still a good record . Kenis their new lead singer and I like him too ."Mouse or Rat" is the best thing here (I gues sthat's why it's the A side - WOW!) - good song ,melody, solid riffs and"straightforward morepersonal we don't always have to be politicalto be punk" lyrics . The flip is slower and morepolitical . Good vinyl and packaging. (BOZ )(249 Eldridge St . Box 14 NY, NY 10002 . )VARIOUS ARTISTS "SUDDEN DEATH" (SMOKE SEVEN LP)- -With all the West Coast compilations on the mar-ket it's often difficult deciding which is bes tto get . This is one of the better ones- it's wellput together and includes a number of hot band splus plenty of music for your dollar . Bands inclu-de J .F .A ., the Demented, Red Kross, Sin 4 ( oneof my new fayes),, Moral Decay and more . heRed Cross selections are worth the price of ad -mission by themselves .

(BOZ )

EINSTEIN'S RICEBOYS "MILK OF AMNESIA' (PLUTO /NO EXITLP)--- From Milwaukee, these guys rec-ently relocated down here (God only knows why )and brought this LP with them . Recorded in 1981 ,when the band was a trio, the LP show off some o fthe most unrelenting smart-ass lyrics this side o fthe Eat, coupled to music that's quirky and gloo-my simultaneously (also a bit thin) . The presen tday quartet has got a much fuller sound that i simpressive ; but at the cheap prices I've seen fo rthis one, "Eat Your House" is worth the price o fadmission . (14100 Old Cutler Rd, Miami, F1 33158 )

(CZ )

LOST GENERATION "NEVER WORK" (INCAS 7"EP)---Thisband hails from Bridgeport, Ct . "Never Work" is aslower 0i type song with an unemployment theme . Toostraightforward for me . Side two features 3 faste rtunes- more thrash-like than side one . My favorit ehere is "Mind Control'- an anti-heroin song . (272Benham Ave ., Bridgeport, Ct . 06604) (BOZ )

REALLY RED "NOBODY RULES . OK" (C .I .A. 7" EP)---No-thing new here, just another excellent collectionfrom Really Red. This Houston punk band has it all ;excellent lyrics, catchy material, and a great pow-erful, driving sound . If you liked any of theirother things, this won't disappoint you . (BOZ)

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37?OP-O-PIES "THE WHITE EP" (415 12"EP)--- Twoversions of the Greatful Dead's "Truckin'"? Ohboy . The rap(!) version works too well to be funny -play it to offend your wasted Dead Head friends ,and save the other version for yourself, wherethey pump some life into that tired old shuffle .The rest of the stuff follows in that vein ,vaguely familar but livley, pumped-up garagerock . Hooked up to titles like "The Catholic sAre Attacking" and "Fascists Eat Donuts", how canyou lose?

(CZ )THE JAM "BEAT SURRENDER" . "DIG THE NEW BREAD "(PQLYDOR EP &LP)--- A nice package, an OK re .cording, a nice selection that wisely favors "AllMod Cons', the live LP is the band's farewell tothe diehard ; a farewell that came not a momen ttoo soon from a band seriously in need of direc-tion. "Beat Surrender" is a cool song and "Mov eOn Up' is another okay Motown cover, but th erest of their final EP is a pretty sad shadow ofpast glory . Let's hear it for going out in style .THE THREE0' CLOCK"BAROQUEHOEDOWN" (FRONTIE R

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CLARK KENT :"Super, man!"

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"They're OK. "

STAR TREK CREW :"An enterprising band ."

38cause they got a great little EP out called"Die Laughing" on their own label, Spinhead .This L .A . hardcore band is fronted by the grea tJulie . Lets see more girls in these bands now-I'm starting to get sick of all this male jockposing . The latest from the BLUE ORCHIDS i stheir "Agents of Change" EP (Rough Trade 12") .I still like them but this is much more subtleand laid back from what we've become used to butit dines sort of grow on you after awhile .Speaking of laid back there's always the WEEKEN DLP called "La Variete" (Rough Trade) . I mustadmit some of this puts me to sleep but overal lit's rather nice . I still like Allison best inthe YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS but this would probablybe equally as fun if only I knew how to samb abut some friends of mine say fuck that every-one knows that the sambas for wimps- we onlyslam, skank, and mosh around here . Well inthat case how bout the new DISCHARGE singl ecalled "State Violence State Control' which isanother goodie from this great band . Yes wecover it all here in Suburban Relapse from mach orock to wimp rock- isn't that great? Have you heardthe FAITH/VOID LP (Bischord)? The FAITH are nobig deal- pretty average thrash . VOID (R .I .P.) onthe other hand are absolutley amazing- the ul-timate punk/heavy metal fusion . This is right upthere with the FARTZ- no actually I like thi seven better . The new A CERTAIN RATIO (FactoryLP) is a big let down after the wonderfu l"Sextet" . Martha's no longer in the group an dthe dreamy/spacey sound of "Sextet" has bee npushed aside in favor of that big funk beat whic hmeans that now ACA sounds just like everybodyelse . Other bands that have let me down thi syear include WAR!, MISFITS, ORANGE JUICE, AZTECCAMERA, and the EAT for not putting out thei rLP this year (or even a single for that matter) .The new CURE single has sell-out written allr

over it . It's called "Let's Go to Bed" (fiction12 " ) but you know what I don't care cause it'sfucking great . It's a big fun funk dance tuneand Robert hasn't sounded happier in a longtime and I'm real happy for him too . So there .The URBATIONS from Detriot also have a danc edisc out called "The Whip " (Wild Child 7 " )which is a'R&B party disc which I don't likeat all . If you must you can get it by writin gto P .O .Box 15422 detriot, MI 48215 . Speakingof dance shit check out Island's"Genius of Rap "compilation . Larry C definetly has a poin tcause alot of this stuff is definetly ALRITE !My favorites are beside GRANDMASTER FLASH ,AFRIKA BAMBAATTAA & THE JAllY 5 and T/SK IVALLEY. There's also cool shit coming out ofAfrica these days (yes Sublapse is truly aninternational publication) . Worth looking intoare these Mango releases : KING SUNNY ADE &HIS AFRICAN BEATS, "Ju Ju Music" (no relationto the Banshees) and "Sound D'Afrique" whichis a compilation including things from Zaire ,Ivory Coast, and Upper Volta (there's also asecond volume out) . Believe me you don't needback issues of National Geographic to appreciat ewhat's going on here . As we travel back t oAmerica we find that the NEGATIVE APPROACH EPis finally out (Touch & Go) and it's everythingwe've ever hoped it could be . Super thrashburnout

. . it's fast, fast,fast and is upthere with all the other T&G goodies like theNecros and Meatmen . Also worth checking intois the first LP by the SUBHUMANS (not the bunc hfrom Canada) and it's called "The Day the CountryDied" (Spiderleg LP) and it's pretty decentBritish anarchist punk rock . Still there's no–thing on it as great as their singles but ifyou liked those you'll still probably likethis . Well that's about it for now THE END. (BOZ )P .S . The Flux LP is out- review next time !

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