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Void.

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Who are you? Time to die!-VOID.

I'm so fucking filled with hate. I

just need to decapitate. Just for

kicks I need to kill. Everybody's

got to get their thrills. I'll stain

the world with your blood. I'll

bury your bodies deep in the

woods. Your feet are over here

your hands over there. I'll never

get caught so I don't care. It's

time to die you're next. Time to

die you're next. Time to die

you're next. Time to die you're

next. I'm so fucking filled with

rage. I just need to decapitate.

Just for kicks I need to kill.

Everybody's got to get their

thrills. I'll stain with world with

your blood. I'll bury your

bodies deep in the woods. Your

feet are over here your hands

over there. I'll never get caught

so I don't care. It's time to die

you're next. Time to die you're

next. Time to die you're next.

Time to die you're next. You're

next!

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GAZZATRON

*Tattoo Interview* -Interview with Gary

Donnelly. Words by Natalie Wardle What

age did you get your first tattoo? 17, in a

friend’s bedroom What influenced you?

Growing up round tattoos (I came from a

rockabilly/sailor family), Friends… Who

are your tattoo icons? Thomas Hooper,

Wido Deeman, Phillip Blue, Zedler Head

and John Dix What are your stylistic

inspirations? Tibetan, Life and Death,

Eastern Culture, Roses and Daggers, but

mainly dot work patterns and the

Orient. When did you first start getting

into tattooing as a profession? Two years

ago or so… I was originally a graphic

designer-geometrical, I graduated from the

Camberwell School of Arts. What do your

tattoos represent about you? Love of the

artwork, Ohms, the original Nazi symbol of

freedom, Buddhism, peace. Would you

like to get more done on yourself? Well I

got lots of room, so maybe! How cool do

you think tattoos are right now? Tattoos

are definitely getting very popular-just look

at campaigns like Levi’s its’ more widely

accepted, you see more full sleeve work,

especially since London Ink and the East

End scene with the current Rock n Roll

and Pirate trends.

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Do you think it has become more

acceptable in the fashion world? The

‘Scattered Ash’ look has yeah, I’ve

noticed more random tattoo’s on young

models, but the fashion side is cosmetic

only, still does not approve it's a case of

supply and demand it wouldn’t have

been so commercial had it not been for

London Ink, cause its bringing it more

to the public. On the tattoo scene people

do what they want. You like educating

yourself about tattoos, lots of

symbolism; I have a lot of fascination

with Maori, Tribal, Borneo and

Polynesian.

Would you ever consider opening up

your own studio? In the future…not

sure, but you never know.

Do you think your music taste has been

a factor in the development of your

creativity in any way at all? Well yeah I

mean music influences your mood, I’m

really into Mr Wood, Russian Circles,

The Doors, especially Psych, I’ve been

listening to the Flower Travelling Band a

lot lately…the Sonics, RocknRoll, not a

fan of scene but I am a part of it So has

being a part of this environment

impacted on your designs?

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Not really more into Cy

Twombly, Tloks, I’m more of

a Japanese/Oriental, print

artist, my drawing is very

Mathematical similar to Kate

Moross (graphic artist) an

I’d like to contribute to more

album sleeve work which I’m

doing some of right now. Do

you think the internet has

been an important

promotional tool for you?

(Nods head) MySpace has

been the main forum for me,

Thanks to the MySpace

Revolution, it’s helped me to

get it all out

there. GAZZATRON

http://www.myspace.com/rui

ned_mylife

Dead KidsInterview with singer Mike

Title

-Words by Natalie Wardle

Your lyrics and related

imagery have a distinctly

dark and gruesome

quality, what do you think

fuels this negativity?well i

dont think its negativity

for a start. dead kids is not

about that but its not

about burying emotion

either. i dont know about

you but there are days

when i dont want to get out

of bed and if i wasnt

making music then there

would be days when i didnt

leave the house at all. if

you look at the opening

line in SNAKES its }ahh

life, its a slow death but i

like it...i like it...dont like

it..) and that pretty much

sums up living for me. i

feel like if i had an off

switch i would have

pressed it by now but i

dont and i wont let go.

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Life is beautiful and if I

celebrate the bad times

and try to find joy in

battling to get out of the

darkness then thats a good

thing. Its a positive thing.

there are many laughs and

loves to be had. many

sunny days lying on grass.

Would you say you are

deliberately reacting

against the conventions of

mainstream industry? I

am deliberately reacting

against any convention and

any authority. Its not

about it being deliberate:

more like it being

necessary. if you don’t

challenge what is accepted

by everyone around you

then you are facing

mediocrity and a lack of

freedom; certainly a lack

of expression.

If mainstream industry is

Coldplay, Razorlight,

editors, Rhianna and

whatever else then yeah

I reject it.

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I spit on it and I tell the

children to burn their

hard-drives and switch off

the telly when that shit is

on because it corrodes

your mind and most

importantly its corrodes

your taste. Do you think

the notoriously anarchist

showmanship of

performers such as Iggy

Pop or Richard Hell; have

had a notable effect on

your stage persona?

Blank Generation is an

amazing track but thats as

far as my knowledge goes

with Richard Hell. Iggy

Pop is Iggy Pop.

if you dont love him from

raw power era stooges

then there is something

wrong with you but who

doesnt feel like he has sold

out his legacy with those

insurance adverts. its not

funny its sad.

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His very Hollywood. The

money must have been good.

If you are going to connect

with people it’s not about

anarchy its more about the

honesty of raw emotion. I do

my thing. What kind of

reaction are you hoping to

provoke from your audience,

by such a display of

physically challenging

behaviour? What kind of

response are you hoping to

provoke from your

questions??physically

challenging?? what like

dancing?? I’m in your face

to rouse you from your

slumber. I want people to

forget themselves for the

time we are onstage. that

there is no past and no

future and only the moment.

people expect nothing from

shows today because

everyone is in a band now.

It’s a project while you’re at

art school till you get a job

at BP.

It’s a limited middle class

pursuit.

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There is a feeling that people

are bored of it:

and DEAD KIDS, whilst we

are here performing to you,

well we are playing at the

wake.

Does your apparent penchant

for 90’s hardcore bands such

as Bad Brains and Fugazi,

mean you are often compared

to The Gallows (often

accredited as being the most

successful British

breakthrough act of this

increasingly popular

genre)?can you have a

penchant for hardcore?

Wouldn’t you more likely

have a penchant for soft

cheese?

Not once have we been

compared to gallows. not yet. i

love bad brains yeah but

there’s a lot more to dead kids

than hardcore or heavy metal.

we encompass the spirit of

springtime through rhythm

and melody. It’s very violent

yes but you know what: sex is

violent too.

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Essential Hardcore Albums

Germs- ‘MIA (Complete Anthology)’

(1993 -Re-release)

Agnostic Front- ‘Victim in Pain’ (1984)

7 Seconds Crew-’The Crew’ (1984)

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The Adolescents – The

Adolescents (1981)

Minor Threat -Complete

Discography (1988)

Husker Du-’Zen Arcade (1984)

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Dead Kennedys – ‘Fresh Fruit for

rotting Vegetables’ (1980)

Negative Approach- ‘Total Recall’ –

Re-Release (1992-re-release)

Black Flag – ‘Damaged (1981)

Bad Brains- ‘Bad Brains’ (1982)

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The Tragic Tale of Wednesday the EctoplasmThe Wraiths are a punk

rock/ gothic band hailing

from Italy. They appear to

fit nicely into the current

niche for hardcore rock

acts with a fashionable

rockabilly image, yet in

fact on closer inspection it

would seem they also

possess an overt gothic

hammer horror fixation-

possibly a direct response

to the rich, macabre

history of their native

country, which is rather

comically indicated by the

alter-egos of the five band

members, who all share

the eerie surname

"Bones".

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Dorian and guitarists Demian and Tony.

The Wraiths sound is suitable for any

of your punk pogo-ers or hammer

horror film buffs, and the repetition in

their deliverance only serves to add to

this distinctive quality. However,

although the album makes for an

enjoyable rock and roll rabble, whether

it will stand the test of time is doubtful.

The Wraiths. The Tragic Tale of

Wednesday the Ectoplasm

(HURRICANESHIVA) by Natalie

Wardle

The entire concept of The

Wraiths (album artwork

and visuals) offers

humorously satanic,

vampirism and horror b-

movie connotations.

Musically speaking it is all

rather basic in terms of

their repetitious punk

power chord type

melodies, (influenced by

NYC glam hair rockers

such as Johnny Thunders

and the New York Dolls,

particularly noticeable in

‘Born to Lose’) and at

times verges on Hardcore.

However the advantages

are the progression and

randomised intersections

of dialogue (which sound

as though they are all too

fond of watching ghoulish

fodder such episodes of the

Addams Family or the

Munsters) and hardcore

harmonies, featuring

singer the three Bones:

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Die!Die!Die!Promises, Promises Album Review

Reminiscing on the reigning

days of ‘Year 0’ and the

consequent birth of Goth/Punk

as it later became known, is all

too easy to do, upon first

listening to Promises, Promises

the debut album of Die!Die!Die!

released by SAF records 5th

February 2008.

Likened to current post-punk

popstrels Bloc Party the Native

New Zealander’s latest album is

set to blow all sound a-likes out

of the water with recent gut

wrenching deliverance.

The CD’s delicately sombre

hand sewn artwork

(undoubtedly in a similar vein to

the Emo-esque typography of

The Used) perfectly encapsulates

and complements D!D!D!’s

bittersweet harmonies and

woefully poetic lyrics mixed with

razor sharp, hypnotic beats.

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The foreboding atmospheric

darkness and continuous

references to death (by the

‘murder lovers’ as the group

have been described) is

particularly evident in ‘Death

to the Last Romantic’ as first

heard in the haunting bass

tones of Joy Division Unknown

Pleasures, and also most

obviously DFA 1979. Whilst the

overt undertones of aggressive

cynicism is befitting

(seen in the album title)

of D! D! D!’s melodic vulnerability

which emphasises the infinite fear of

loneliness and the desire to be

essentially saved by love, which

relates deeply to the grunge

aesthetic of artistes such as REM in

their 80’s heyday. Robert Smith’s

vocals in the opening track of

‘Blinding’ are also not dissimilar to

Brian Molko’s nostalgic,

sentimental lyrics in Placebo’s ‘The

Bitter End’ (released in March 2003

from the album ‘Sleeping with

Ghosts’).

It is a sound that is influenced by

many but inherently their own, and

one which I found addictive upon

first listening-about time for a Goth

revival I say!

Die! Die! Die! Promise, Promises

(Saf) 5

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Kill em’ AllFabric 5th March 10

The now cult legendary

electro-clash shit hot club

night Kill 'em All

(effective terminology

coined by Bernard

Sumners of New Order

fame).

Never fails to disappoint in

its delivery of on the pulse

bad ass sex beat meisters.

Their latest stint was at the

hardcore London town

clubbing mecca,

otherwise known as

Fabric.

Which you may or may not

know used to be an old

meat market

(not much change there

then).

The line-up included

French danse

deviants Black Devil Disco

Club, U.K house pimps

Zombie Disco Squad-who

undoubtedly know there

drums better than anyone

though arguably not more

than dirty Scotties Drums

of Death who also

performed at this event,

Hope conspiracyUnderworld 13th January 10

The Hope Conspiracy are a Hardcore

Punk band from Boston

Massachusettes influenced by the dark

twisted tones of Black Sabbath and

Joy Division they create rebellious

sound that is truley their own.

They recently performed at the

Underworld to promote their album

‘True Nihilist’ and did a blinding job ,

keeping the flag of hardcore still

flailing strong.

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all scary Scream masks, Black

hoodies and thumping beats they

nailed that party for sure.

Kill'em All 's next planned event at

Fabric is on 2nd July more details

coming soon.

by Natalie Wardle

Club Reviews$old Out is a

Punk/Hardcore

underground band night

running since late last

year,

It has already developed a

cult following with

regulars including

everyone from punk

socialite Alice Dellal to

skaterboyz, and wasters.

Past acts have included

Rum Shebeen, Televised

Crimewave, Turbogeist

and The Eraserheads.

Catch this before it gets

big.

$old Out at St. Moritz

Presents the Rolo Tomassi

after party

May 28th 10-3am

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Girl Core#Girlcore 3rd birthday@Catch 25/02/10

DJ sets from Noissettes and TeenagersinTokyo.

'Gay' abandonement and trails of neon swirls greeted

me at this Girlcore 3rd bday spectacular.Entertainment

(as if any was needed) was provided by the dj ostregeon

massive including Noisettes and TeenagersinTokyo-an

eclectic (majoratively female based five piece in keeping

with Riot Grrrl rules) new breakthrough act from

Sydney who have played alongside fiesty femmes

including The Slits and Gossip to name but a few.

This poly-sexual crowd where a diverse, balloon

tugging bunch who seemed quite at home shaking there

money makers to pretty much anything ranging from

80's Madonna to Snoop Dogg.Although the night kicked

of a bit slow by 12 o clock these sweaty ugly sistas

showed they weren't no Cinderella's as they grinded on

the dance floor thats for sure.

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Simo Clothing

1 ‘Simo Clothing first got started at the end

of 2009. I was at a friend’s house drawing

some designs, when a friend told me that

the image would look good on a t-shirt, so I

looked into doing it as a little business and

then the ball started rolling from there.

I wouldn't go putting a label on it, but I

wanted my target market to be people like

myself, into rock music etc.

The plans are to release a few more shirts,

including baseball tees and then go on to

possibly do some hoodies or even a cheeky

polo shirt.

Since I'm based in Aberdeenshire, a move

down to London/Camden would be a bit of

a risk at this moment in time. I wouldn't

rule out that if sales increase and there is a

bigger demand for our merch, then there

could be a possible move to somewhere

bigger to open a store.’

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Skate

Describe your main style

influences/ inspirations...

Although I'm studying fashion

photography, I take more

landscape/what I call

'observing life' photos - I like

documentary/reportage

photography. I guess I like

fashion photography that

doesn't really look like fashion

photography. I'm not such a

big fan of staged photos. I

prefer shooting on location,

with natural lighting. I think

you get more of a sense of life

than when you're stuck in a

studio. And I love film. Always

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and, you know, skateboarders are hot

aren't they?

There's something about it that

you never get with digital images.

I'm probably more influenced by

early 19th century

photographers than modern

ones.

I love the work of Sarah Moon.

She takes the most stunning

photos- grainy, blurry and

evocative. Texture in photos is

important I think. I hate flat,

glossy pictures. I find Nacho

Alegre's diaries on his website

endlessly inspiring. Tim Walker

is my favourite fashion

photographer for his incredible

imagination and the fact that he

always works on film.

I look at fashion/photography

blogs a lot and get inspired by a

million pictures on those.

Why does the aesthetics of

skateboarding/ grunge culture

appeal to you imparticular? I

like to see soul in things, I guess

with skateboarding/grunge

aesthetics you get something

more real than some overly

styled glamour look. I watched

Paranoid Park by Gus Van Sant

recently. The acting annoyed me

a bit, but the skateboarding

scenes were gorgeous.

I like the old-skool aesthetic,

things that are imperfect

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Photography by Kaamilah Nahaboo

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'I've circled around

loners, rebels, and kids

roaming on the

borders of society.

Feeding off the

anguish and beauty,

both emotionally and

consciously blurring

the line between

fantasy and reality. No

matter what happens,

we are all still viewing

the world in this

prepetual state of

wonder'.

-Anonymous

Skateboarder

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