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///ACE Seventeen; Eric's Trip, and an overview of '95
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ACE, the music zine, issue 17.
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The entering spot
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by Eerie.
"Satan gave me a taco and it made me really sick"
(Beck)
What's there to do at 5:30 am? Call out the LD boards. So you can pay a bit
more when at the end of the month comes the bill. How funny.
I wish those cretins wouldn't all sleep at 5:30 am. I wouldn't be alone,
then.
Ahem. To the point. Welcome to a new intriguing yet fascinating issue of
your favorite music-related zine, ACE.
As you may have noticed, we are back under a new interface. Hope you hadn't
too much trouble installing it. I mean, it's kind of easy. We'd like your
comments on it all, tho', because we're not sure if the readers are gonna be
as enthralled as we are with that new format.
Happy New Year, folks. Peace out and stuff. Live with others, don't fuck
with 'em for no reason. And even if there's a reason... let it go.
We have a new writer this month: Black Francis, formerly of pEz and DTO
zines. He's rad and he writes in small caps. Ain't that a bitch. We hope
he's gonna enjoy his trip into ACE.
I just finished watching a Woody Allen flick. That guy rules, don't you
think?
Featured this month: a review of the year 1995 (since it's now gone), an
article on Eric's Trip, and a whole bunch of reviews and columns. If this
doesn't please you, well, go read Spin.
My head is fucked up. Really.
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In this issue
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Columns
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The Entering Spot, by Eerie //goto :spot
ACE Credits //goto :credits
Snap, Crackle, Punk -- Quiz & Xmas bitching, by The Naughty Tycoon //goto :punk
Plastic thoughts for plastic people -- Like, 1995, by Eerie //goto :plastic
Eight-testicled pogo article, by Pink Lincoln //goto :eight
In my fuckin' opinion -- Offspring again, by Steepmind //goto :steep
Some, her, these -- Skatepunk as a (w)hole, by Redge //goto :some
Features
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This is my shot, it's called Eric's Trip, by Eerie //goto :ericstrip
1995 -- For those who missed punk rock, by The Naughty Tycoon //goto :1995punk
Nine-five in a couple records //goto :1995
The not-so-annual ACE Music Awards //goto :awards
Discography -- The Ramones, by The Naughty Tycoon //goto :disco
Reviews
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Reviews //goto :reviews
The Oldies //goto :oldies
I hate singles, by Eerie //goto :singles
Picklists //goto :pick
Frannie's own playlist, by Black Francis //goto :bfplay
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Inside stuff, for members to read //goto :inside
ACE Application Generator //goto acecore:app
ACE Automated Zine Printer //goto acecore:print
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Credits for ACE issue seventeen
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ACE, the new music electronic zine, is published every month or so for the
hell of it. All that is written here is by their authors. You can, however,
copy the hell of it and give it to your friends, however you must give credit
where credit is due. For instance, to rip us off would be a very, very
stupid thing to do.
ACE assumes no responsibility for any damage caused to your computer, your
brain, your wallpaper or whatever could be damaged directly or indirectly by
us. Meaning: shit happens, and if it does, sue someone else, sucker!
Editors:
Eerie, Pink Lincoln, The Naughty Tycoon.
Contributing writers:
Black Francis, Eerie, Neuromancer, Pink Lincoln, Redge, Steepmind, The
Extremist, The Naughty Tycoon.
Contributing artists:
Eerie, Jaydee.
BBS:
Patriotic Shock, +1-418-843-8919.
Internet:
wedont@care.about.internet.yet.com.
Snail Mail:
24, Pierre-Curie, Loretteville (Qubec), Canada G2A 2H1.
Thanks for reading ACE.
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Snap, Crackle, Punk -- Quizzes and Christmas bitching
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by The Naughty Tycoon (Quiz coded by Eerie).
"Captain Crunch, he's really really neat
he's got a red hat and two blue feet
he sails in a ship around the world
I hope he finds a crunchberry girl"
(Sicko, "The Breakfast Song")
I fucking hate winter. All you ever do is a) dress up like an astronaut; b)
shovel the driveway; c) wait for the bus (that is always late, sure --
that's the drivers' best excuse for being late: "hey, y'know man, there's
snow in the streets", like 2 inches of snow justify for a half-hour lag); d)
shovel the driveway; e) remove your astronaut suit because now you're
inside; f) shovel the driveway; or g) wait for the bus some more.
Actually, the only two cool things about winter around here are 1)
snowboarding, and 2) punk rock shows. Since you have to be a WAY upper
middle class kid to afford a snowboard and a decent coat -- so you won't look
like a wannabe, I always end up having nothing to do -- except when there's
college, that is. At last, good news, college days are over for a damn short
month!
It seems like everyone but me owns a snowboard and is probably snowboarding
RIGHT NOW, while I'm writing this stupid column (three weeks past the
deadline, but still). Er, what's my point again?
Anyway. There's no "hot" subject in the punk world right now, so that
basically means I can talk about anything, as long as it isn't boring. Okay.
Eerie told me he went to his parents' house and found some interesting shit I
had written 10 months ago, back when it was planned that ACE16 wouldn't be a
comeback issue -- you probably don't know it, but it was first supposed to be
a "goodbye" issue (kinda). My column was an idea taken in the November '94
Spin issue (please forgive me, I hadn't actually *read* the magazine, but I
had *heard about* the idea): it was a "punk knowledge" quiz. Most of the
questions of that quiz are outdated, and therefore not very relevant anymore,
but I think this is still a pretty good idea. In the beginning, it was done
to piss off those who wanted to appear hip to everyone else by exposing their
knowledge on punk topics.
Now it's much more on an objective field -- I think it's designed to let you
guys learn a little more about the music you like, and maybe more about the
people behind the music. Anyway, I don't pretend it's the perfect quiz -- I
just had fun doing it, and I hope you'll have fun answering to it.. The
answers may be found at the end of this column.
***
QUESTION ONE: Kent McClard is a well-known character in the hardcore
straight-edge community. He runs a magazine called HeartattaCk. He also
owns a record label. What's the record label?
(a) Epitaph (b) Slap A Ham (c) Ebullition (d) Vacuum (e) BYO
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QUESTION TWO: "School Sux", from the Canadian band DBS, is a ripoff of an
Operation Ivy song. What song?
(a) Knowledge (b) Misionary (c) Big City (d) Officer (e) The Crowd
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(okay, I apologize. nobody knows dbs and nobody gives a fuck either.)
***
QUESTION THREE: (this is a very easy question) Fill in the blank: "Punk
Guy", from NOFX, is about a guy who writes for MRR and is the leader of the
band Boris The Sprinkler. His name is: _____________.
(a) Fat Mike (b) Rev. N0rb (c) Tim Yohannan (d) Al Flipside (e) Chris
Dodge
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(if you don't know it, just go into the oldies reviewed this month, there's a
Boris The Sprinkler review.)
***
QUESTION FOUR: California has always been known for being the world's
melodic punk rock haven. On the East Coast, because of Agnostic Front, Sick
Of It All, Youth Of Today and countless others, New York has gained a
reputation for being the Hardcore center of the world. In the past few
years, Ian MacKaye and Fugazi helped Washington, DC to reach that certain
status of being the heart of a *musical* movement. Which movement? (note:
I'm not talking about the straight-edge movement, because straight-edge isn't
a musical genre, it's a set of rules.)
(a) emo (b) grindcore (c) lounge-core (d) uk punk (e) ska-punk
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QUESTION FIVE: Which band does not belong here?
(a) Rudimentary Peni (b) Crass (c) Conflict (d) Descendents (e)
Subhumans
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(now don't answer (b) because they suck! i know it! <g>)
***
QUESTION SIX: Guttermouth is an anti-straight edge, anti-vegetarian, and
anti-PC band. On their latest LP, "Friendly People", they have a song called
"Asshole" in which they tell everyone and their dog to fuck off. In that
song, there's a line about "L.D. from MRR". What's that person's full name?
(a) Lydia Davis (b) Linda "O" Dell (c) Larry Darnell (d) Lance Dodge
(e) Lali Donovan
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QUESTION SEVEN: On their live record, "I Heard They Suck Live", NOFX play a
song from an old UK band. What band?
(a) Citizen Fish (b) The Clash (c) Rudimentary Peni (d) The Rezillos
(e) The Jam
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QUESTION EIGHT: (I must admit that this question is very, very lame) The
Riverdales went on tour this year with Green Day. Many people thought they
were new, but they actually aren't. They're the remains of a band that's
become a legend in the pop-punk world. What's that band? (Once again..)
(a) Operation Ivy (b) Screeching Weasel (c) Agent Orange (d)
Descendents (e) G.B.H.
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(yeah right, G.B.H....)
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QUESTION NINE: Many old punks remember Jello Biafra as the lead singer for
the Dead Kennedys. He stopped being in a stable band but still releases some
fucked-up projects and also runs a label. What's the name of that label?
(a) Maximumrocknroll (b) Mystic (c) Alternative Tentacles (d) Shredder
(e) Top Drawer
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QUESTION TEN: Larry Livermore, ex-owner of Lookout Records, now puts his
time in a band (which also includes the famous Chicago engineer Mass
Giorgini). What's the name of the band?
(a) The Lookouts (b) 88 Fingers Louie (c) Pansy Division (d) The
Potatomen (e) Popsickle
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Point here to check out your answers! //goto :punk2
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Okay, I'm bored and you're tired of those pointless questions, right? Here
are the answers; if you need any more explanations, feel free to ask me what
you wanna know by sending me an email or anything.
QUESTION ONE: (c) Ebullition. It's also a mailorder.
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QUESTION TWO: (b) "Misionary". Actually I think I said it in ACE#16 but you
surely don't remember anyway <g>.
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QUESTION THREE: (b) Rev. N0rb. He's also the guy who delivers the DJ speech
on the Riverdales' "Fun Tonight" song.
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QUESTION FOUR: (a) emo. I don't really know if emo still has anything to do
with Washington anymore, but anyway, most of what is on Dischord is from
Washington, and most of what is on Dischord is emo, so go figure.
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QUESTION FIVE: (d) Descendents. Yeah right, the Descendents are from the US
and the other bands are from England.
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QUESTION SIX: (e) Lali Donovan. Anything more to say?
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QUESTION SEVEN: (c) Rudimentary Peni. The song's called "Nothing But A
Nightmare", for those who care.
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QUESTION EIGHT: (b) Screeching Weasel. Actually, all the members except
Jughead (the lead guitar) are back, but now they use their real names.
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QUESTION NINE: (c) Alternative Tentacles. This isn't really a
punk-dedicated label..
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QUESTION TEN: (d) The Potatomen. He fronted the Lookouts before but they
don't exist anymore.
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Final score: &&(score).
Wow. Aren't you good or what.
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by Eerie.
"With a quick wink of the eye
And a 'God, you must be joking!'"
(Bad Religion, "I Want to Conquer the World")
Those end-of-year periods do nothing but reminding me of how far I am from
following the musical scene. Why then do I write about music? I have no
clue, man. I'm following it like everyone and I spend too much money into
buying CD's. Of course I can't listen to everything I'd like to listen to,
and that's a shame 'cause instead of that, sometimes I get stuck with stuff I
thought would be great but ends up being really, and I mean really lame --
Did someone say Oasis?
Nine-five. The year punk, after breaking, falls down into a giant flop.
Don't worry, in a few years we'll remember Green Day & Nirvana the same way
we remember the Pistols now. Nine-five; America had a clue about something I
like to call a renewal of jazz music -- Massive Attack, Portishead, Tricky,
Chemical Brothers, MC Solaar and zillions of others. Maybe that ain't jazz
to _you_, but to _me_ it is.
And well, nine-five... Where were the videos? All I saw on the video
channels was pure shit! Pseudo alternative rock made me puke more than it
made me happy. I guess only R.E.M. & Massive Attack did something good out
of that thing. And Spike Jonze did a few good videos (Weezer's "Buddy Holly"
won a MTV award for that matter, much to my surprise actually...) but that's
about it -- We won't talk about the pathetic attempt at reviving "Like A
Rolling Stone" by the old and decaying (I'd say "decomposing already")
Rolling Stones...
Yeah, maybe that's it. Nine-five was the year that the _real_ music stopped
needing the video media thing. As "real" music I mean: art. Art has gotten
back in the record stores, just when everyone was drowning into a big wave of
candy rock n roll.
Here's my top five of the year, with comments.
5. ELASTICA (Elastica, DGC) Oops. Just when I was talking of candy
rock n roll... This one's the biggest exception of the year. The
self-titled album from Elastica is just great, especially for summer. It
came at the right moment, displayed the right eighties pop sound we were
waiting for, and well, had the right amount of rawness necessary to stay
longer in your brain than your average pop band. It's catchy, but who cares?
4. MAXINQUAYE (Tricky, Island) There's this word: "trip-hop". Oops,
I'm sorry, I said it. Bah, whatever it's called, it's just like a new fresh
wind to my ears. Wind? Okay, Tricky's music kind of messes with your mind
with a screwdriver, so that would rather be a local cyclone. You can't feel
the same "after" Tricky. Controlled violence, that's it. "Maxinquaye" is a
raw gem; it's slow, cruel and tense. The only thing it lacks is continuity,
and normally a lack of continuity really pisses me off, but for this one, the
songs are so great that I can't do nothing but say: yo, get that, you need
this record.
3. PSYCHIC HEARTS (Thurston Moore, DGC) No real explanation as to why I
prefer Thurston Moore's solo debut to the latest Sonic Youth epic: it's just
like that. Well, you could go & say there's something wrong with this if you
want, I won't mind, it's my opinion and I kind of like it. Okay, that record
is great because it gets you to experience moods. Loops, repetitions, simple
riffs, airy texture: Thurston plays using the ingredients of techno music --
without the keyboards -- and creates the effects using a simple almost
acoustical guitar. Features a 19-minute instrumental where you hear the same
riff repeatedly for 5 minutes without even get annoyed. That's what I call
brilliant.
2. DUMMY (Portishead, Go! Discs) I know what you're gonna say, it's,
like, clich to rave on Portishead's brain-drilling LP "Dummy" since everyone
has done it already (the English did it last year, actually...) but I can't
help it: in this case, the fusion is too perfect, it _had_ to work. And
well, right now's the best time to release that kind of jazzy stuff because
people tend to get tired of rock n roll. For some reason I believe they
won't get cheezy before long. Oh well, overall 100% k-rad & very _precious_
record, but there's still something better...
1. WOWEE ZOWEE (Pavement, Matador) I think what got me to like Pavement
that much is the fact that critics didn't understand their latest and most
brillant album. That can only prove that they don't deserve to get paid for
doing that kind of job -- the critics, _not_ Pavement! "Wowee Zowee" is a
work of indie rock improvisation that flows so well that after a time you
sing along with Stephen Malkmus even if his lyrics make absolutely no sense
to you. Undoubtlessly an album I'd bring with me on a desert island, and
maybe, after a couple zillion listenings, I'd understand everything and grow
tired. But that's just maybe.
Here are the two worse albums of the year:
(WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY? (Oasis, Epic) I'm having an English
pop music intolerance right now. Am I really alone?! Most overrated album
of the year.
ONLY EVERYTHING (Juliana Hatfield, Mammoth/Attic) No one paid attention
and it's a good thing, that new record sucked. It wouldn't matter if the one
before wasn't that incredibly good.
I thought you might care...
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Eight Testicled Pogo Article
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by Pink Lincoln.
"Big fucking whoop."
(rEv. N0rB)
"I look around, and I really hate this world."
(Boris The Sprinkler)
Yeah, I know this is a big ripoff from Boris the Sprinkler's new album (new
like in the latest to come out. (I am a big fucking liar.)) but I seriously
doubt ReV. n0Rb will be reading this so I quite don't fucking care.
Ok, now that the formalities are out of the way, I can now go deep, deep,
deep, deep, real deep into this month's topic which is:
AnARKeE VS the common man
It just so happens that everytime i log on some board with h/p discussions
bases there are people who can't associate anarchy with anything else than
blowing up stuff with bombs. Same thing with your average Joe down the
street, he thinks that anarchy is some sort of nuclear armageddon bound to
destroy the human race.
Oh my, they are so fucking wrong.
Now, on philosophic and doctrinal matters, I usually don't use the autorithy
argument (on scientific matters that's another thing entirely) but i'll make
an exception just to prove my point (which will come out in the open
somewhere down the line).
Anarchy: Political doctrin which supports suppression of the State and of
any social barriers to individual freedom.
or
Disorder caused by the absence of political authority or laws.
(for those wondering this stuff is quoted directly (well, it WAS translated)
from Bob, my French dictionary.)
Now where does it mention bombs and violence? Nowhere. What's more, for
those who think that removing laws would incite people to riot and destroy
the first thing they see, think about this: You are in a lawless state and
you see a great new car in front of you. Will you steal the car knowing very
well the owner might be around with a shotgun and have every right to shot
you? Of course not. Same thing for the guy with the shotgun, will he shoot
you for no reason knowing your family and friends might seek revenge?
It's basically the same thing for war, why are only a handful of coutries
attacking the others?
Because they know very well that the other countries with understandable
interest in the resources of the attacked country will help it. And yes,
international relations are governed by anarchy. There's no law to say you
can do this and you can't do that. Granted, there's that faggot U.N. thingy,
but it has no real power. It's only some kind of self-appointed whining
organism.
Of course, anybody could easily point out that the few countries that are in
the middle of a war process are enough to cause concern about the relative
safety of true anarchy and I would be forced to concur with them.
So while anarchy works real great in theory it's really some kind of pain in
the ass to manage. So, what we need is an alternative, something that goes
right alongside the basic idea of anarchy but does not come with the assorted
problems.
The answer is partial anarchy, something I just made up (the term, not the
idea). This is how it basically works: since the true motives of anarchy are
something along the access to full personal freedom for each and fucking
individual, we need something that duplicates it without upsetting the whole
of society. So here's my ten steps partial anarchy program:
1) Freedom of speech. No periods, no comma, full free speech all the time.
2) The death of current currency.
3) Essential services (health care, food, lodging) for everybody that
contributes to society.
4) Governement 'owned' by citizens.
5) Private industry 'owned' by the workers, no more bosses.
6) Unlimited freedom for the individual on his property. Anything short of
manslaughter or violence against another human being is acceptable.
7) Rules of conduct on public meeting ground to permit a certain level of
communication without any kind of violence.
8) No age limits anywhere.
9) Complete control on matters of abortion, self-mutilation, euthanasia
given to the indivual or relatives if person is deemed unfit to provide for
his or her own needs.
10) Free access to all communication channels (radio, internet, mail,
telephone).
Of course, this program is only wishful thinking and is not fully worked out
but you must be getting the point since you have read all the way down to
here, demonstrating your IQ is well above that of an average doorknob.
Any of these steps taken out of its context or pervertly diverted from his
original could cause considerable amounts of mayhem. The best would be to
write somekind of book with all the possible permutations of the ten
commandments of partial anarchy, but i don't have the time to lose. So if
you feel you have something to contribute on this particuliar issue or
another one, just drop us me a line and i'll be glad to include this as part
of my next column.
(geez, would it not be great if people would actually respond and we could
start some kind of discussion forum? hey, we might be ACE, a new music emag
but we've got lotsa other stuff we could contribute to.)
(no, in one of my famous maniacal rages of blabbering I will include the
lyrics to a stupid song, which has nothing to do with my column (hey, and
it's at the end, but the other ACE staffers do it, so it must be cool or
something))
"It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere
I'm all alone, more or less
Let me fly far away from here
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
I want to lie shipwrecked and comatose
Drinking fresh mango juice
Goldfish shoals nibbling at my toes
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun
Fun, fun, fun in the sun, sun, sun"
(anybody who guesses where that comes from wins a happy pat on the pack.)
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In my fuckin' opinion -- Offspring releases again!
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by Steepmind.
Today I decided to take a risk and write a column simply because of something
that bugs me off.. Of course, I'm talking about the "new" album Offspring
released a couple of weeks ago..
I must admit that I actually liked Offspring and even if most of the people
(even Pink <g>) were telling me they were sellouts just like Green Day, I was
still trying to defend them because I thought they weren't so bad, given that
they were still playing in bars and small venues, but I seemingly didn't have
a clue and I never thought they were going to do this.. "We did this because
those who couldn't get it, could actually get their hand on the album",
that's how they justify the reissue of that self-titled debut. Yeah right,
it was NEVER intended to make money off our backs, NOOOOOOOO, of course not!
But now I gotta yield to the facts, they're just a bunch of sellouts and
there's nothing we can do with'em. I'm sure that's because they lost money
playing in small venues -- they had to take it back somewhere. At least
before, when a complete asshole told you he was listening to Offspring and it
was his favorite band, you could comfort yourself listening to their first
album, but now.. I think I shouldn't think about it because it fucking sucks
too much.
At least, I heard good news lately, so I could forget Offspring for a while..
You know Stripping (sic) Daisy? Yeah man, y'know, that promising band with
the bright future that was put on heavy rotation of every damn radio station!
Anyway, they came here in Quebec City and played a show. The promoters of
the show were sure they'd make the big bucks and shit but when the big night
came, *321* people showed up. (for instance, Face To Face and Ten Foot Pole
brought about 1500 people each at the same place) Needless to say that the
promoter was totally a-furious; he said after the show that nobody here in
Quebec City would see any other big band around and that we'd have to drive
down to Montreal to attend any shows.. GREAT, like we didn't make fun of him
already. He didn't understand that if he wanted more people, he should have
put his flyers in the bars and discotheques and such, so the people that
usually go there would dare going to a place they had never gone in their
lives (okay, okay maybe that's not so bad <g>). Anyway, 321 people is
enough, in my opinion :)
I think 45 lines is also enough, I hope I've brought enough issues so you
could send me hate mail and such. Maybe that's the only way I could get
any.. See you next issue (or something)..
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Some, Her, These -- Skatepunk as a (w)hole
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by Redge.
Okay, allright, as you can see I'm a new columnist. Well, my name was in the
ACE16 member list but you couldn't find it anywhere else.
I was supposed to write only one opinion column but I've found a good title
(title that makes no fucking sense but anyway), so I decided two minutes ago
that it was going to be a column that would appear every issue.
Now, I'm sure you all wanna know the usual subject or this column. To be
honest, I really don't know about it more than just any of you, but I'm sure
we'll discover something as far as this goes. (yeah right)
Yeah, I know, I'm gonna talk about... fuck, no, you'd say it's ridiculous.
Come on Reggie, I know you'll make it. There are mornings like that: you
may try and try but you never find inspiration of any kind.
Eureka! (for the uneducated, that's the Greek word for "great! it's truly
fucking great! I've found it!") 1996 will be here in a few days (actually,
knowing very well the problems one can have putting up a magazine, 1996 may
be here NOW. anyway), so I'll tell you about what I expect for the next 12
months!
I know, that's far from original, but I haven't found anything better yet.
Now THAT's a start. Well, in 1996, I think the "skatepunk movement" (as we
know it) will slip off the track, or at least it'll radically change.
Explanations: The movement has been expanding and expanding for 2 years now,
so there are more and more people joining the movement every day. As with
everything else, more people means less control. Mentalities change with
time, that's normal. The skateboarders that were 17-18 two years ago are now
19-20 years old, you'll tell me the difference isn't huge, but today,
mentality changes follow technological changes, and God knows that
technological changes are FAST. My point is, the movement changed. The
"originals" grew older and their priorities changed, many of them now spend
their cash on rent money instead of going to shows.
The new skateboarders are younger and younger -- for example, at the Sno-Jam
(March 95 near Quebec City), I almost broke a 13-year-old kid's nose in the
pit, that means there's a 4-year-old age difference between him and me, that
means that kid started playing Nintendo when he was 4 (I started when I was
8)! Maybe that's no big difference for you, but I didn't play electronic
games before I knew how to read, but now, that's a completely different deal.
For example, last year I was babysitting my 7-year-old neighbor, his little
brother was 1 I guess. Well the little idiot had been using video games on
his system since he was 5. About his brother, I'm not worried, I'm sure
within a year from now he'll be able to finish Mario Yoshi's Island within
1/2-hour with the handle upside down. :)
All this means that the skatepunk movement includes people that have had a
completely different education, so that doesn't help it since their
mentalities differ too, they don't think the same way, they don't even have
the same priorities.
These were some of my reasons that make me believe that the movement -- the
same movement some label "indestructible" -- will drop this year. Those who
want to follow the others will have to change their way of life in order to
avoid this sad end..
The more I think, the more I'm sure about it: THAT'S PROGRESS! (and that's
great.)
Okay, that's enough for this time, we'll see what we can do for the next
issues..
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//:ericstrip
This is my shot, it's called Eric's Trip.
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by Eerie.
At least there are some bands like Eric's Trip: never taking music seriously,
yet doing it in an unfunny way, giving all their failures a deep sounding.
Ever since the beginnings, they recorded on four-tracks, and they're still
doing it now, even though they're on Subpop now. Each of Eric's Trip's songs
seem to say: alright, this is crappy, but it's beautiful crappiness.
No matter why they inspired so many bands out there to just sound crappy and
play, fucking play, man.
Alright. We're at Le Bal Du Lzard, Quebec City, november 1995. They _are_
playing. Everyone's grouped next to the stage so they could hear the first
chords, the first echoes of scratchy noises. And then it exploded, and
everyone felt the detonation... for about 30-45 minutes, no one actually
counted the time, so I can't tell.
Just wanna remember the whole story. I think it started back in 1993, with
the "Peter" EP. Oh well, they released some stuff before that, but "Peter"
was the first _real_ album. It was issued on Sloan's label Murderecords.
Um, and I guess it took everyone by surprise. Full of background noises and
unbalanced sounds -- the kind that makes the VU indicator see red -- this was
a serial killer.
No one really expected them to get signed on Subpop. But that's what
happened, someday when they were playing a festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia
-- Maybe that's one of the reasons why everyone keep on saying they are from
Halifax; they actually are from Moncton, New Brunswick, a couple kilometers
away -- a Subpop recruiter-type person was there, liked the gig, and offered
them a contract. Nice start for a band that never really thought they'd go
anywhere.
It's their debut LP on Subpop ("Love Tara", 1993) that really put them on the
map. It was at a time when people still gave a fuck about Subpop, so they
would buy "Love Tara", hear it, once, twice, and then say "Duh! This rocks!"
The crappiness factor, again. Just made them sound as if they were in your
room, not just in your speakers. Makes you feel warm most of the times --
'cuz sometimes it would make you fall; controlled fall, of course.
That time, people knew that this was gonna be a risky band. The kind that
alot of people are bound to listen to and like a lot, because they sound like
no one else.
The "Forever Again" LP (1994) showed a strong continuity. There were just
less falls, more warmness. As a whole, it was a little journey through
day-to-day ephemere. Which makes me think of something. Eric's Trip being
the name of a Sonic Youth song, some may be tempted to make comparisons
between both bands. Well, there may be a few, but I think the big difference
is that while Sonic Youth deals with an over-space-and-time kind of sound (As
Greil Marcus said, "People don't really sound like that -- want like that,
hate like that -- do they?") Eric's Trip is roaming into everyday life as
human beings. They don't even observe, they just get the vibes like anyone.
That's what you hear in their songs, actually. No preservatives added.
We're back at the show. The crappy sounding of Eric's Trip is gonna get back
in january 1996 with a new CD coming. And for the real fans, Julie Doiron,
the bassist, is gonna release a solo album on Sappy Records in february.
Whenever you feel lo-fi...
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1995 -- For those who missed punk rock this year (there are very few)
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by The Naughty Tycoon.
Didn't I tell you about punk getting some mainstream attention last year?
Actually, I just read my "1994 review of the year" and it was called "1994:
Punk for the masses". I think we could say the same damn thing about 1995,
except Bad Religion didn't release anything worth mentioning (I DON'T think
that the "Epitaph years" compilation is worth mentioning), Green Day sucked
even more, and most of all, SHIT HAPPENED ONCE AGAIN.
The indie punk world lost some of their biggest bands with Jawbreaker and All
now sucking major label cock, but hey, if you've heard Jawbreaker's latest
you can't do anything but realize their golden years must be behind them or
something. So let's move on to more interesting topics; I mean I'll stop
talking about the bands that already sold out -- I'd like to dedicate this
"review-of-the-year"-type of thing to those who eventually *could* sell out
but haven't done so yet: the indie punk bands.
Let's talk about the *BIG* labels. Epitaph. Rancid and Pennywise's LP's
sucked. What more? They tried to broaden their roster with bands with
people you thought were gone, if not just plain dead: The Joykiller, Wayne
Kramer (well technically, Wayne's album WAS released in 1994, but who gives a
fuck anyway).. They also signed a band that was on Grand Royal (the Beastie
Boys' label) before, DFL -- their album's pretty cool, by the way, I think
it's the only decent album Epitaph released this year. The Red Aunts' album
was a complete flop, too. So that wasn't a very bright year for the Epitaph
fellows.
(oh, there was the Total Chaos album, too, which was also pretty cool, but
anyway, we'll have to wait 'til next year to see any classics.)
Fat Wreck Chords released shit from all their bands -- No Use For A Name,
Good Riddance, NOFX (that live album that was on the Billboard), Lag Wagon..
No classics either, but it was still better than Epitaph, y'know.. I think
Tilt's "Til It Kills" is the best thing Fat released this year.
Lookout also released a bunch of stuff, as usual.. Squirtgun, Sludgeworth
(which was Dan Vapid's band in 90-91 during the Screeching Weasel break), The
Riverdales, The Queers, Pansy Division, and tons of other bands all released
LP's on the label this year, but the most important release is probably the
split 2xLP compilation with Kill Rock Stars, "A Slice Of Lemon".
Now on with the smaller labels, Hopeless released a successful album from 88
Fingers Louie, and BYO was there once again (for the 10th year or something)
to release a good ditty from Jughead's Revenge. I think they'll probably
become one of the bigger labels next year -- they're even distributed in
HMV's.. Dr. Strange released a new Bollweevils' LP, "Heavyweight". I
haven't got a hold on it yet, but I heard it was pretty cool. They'll be
touring North America early in 1996.. Nitro Records (which is Offspring's
label) re-issued ($$$) Offspring's first LP on CD and also a new album from
punk rock veterans The Vandals.
In Sweden, Burning Heart Records released tons and tons of albums for all you
Fat Wreck Chords-ish fiendz, including new No Fun At All and Randy stuff.
I think I can easily say that this is the golden age of pop-punk and high
speed punk rock. There are tons and tons of other labels that were probably
worth mentioning here but I have time (and space) limitations (not really but
still) so I'll just talk about the scene in the Quebec province, because it's
been pretty active this year..
(eh, Boris The Sprinkler also released a new album and 2 7"'s too)
The Quebec punk scene is very active these days, thanks to EnGuard (still the
leading punk rock label in Eastern Canada) who released a great compilation,
"Ripcordz As Fuck", which consists in 12 bands covering various Ripcordz
songs. They also released Men'O'Steel's first album, which is kinda cool,
and lots of other stuff. Les Secrtaires Volantes broke up, so Quebec City
lost their biggest punk band, but The Swiddles, Spaceglad, and countless
other new local bands are up and going and that's great for the future of
punk/hardcore. In Montreal, Help Ray-Cords helped the demo industry by
releasing 4 demos: My Big Wheel, Sprained Ankle (which is really great),
Reset and Groundless. Punchbuggy released their first album (see the review
in ACE16), and it sucked pretty much, except for some songs.. Oh well, can't
have it all..
Finally, I'd like to say that 1995's best band is SICKO. They released 2
LP's and both were fucking great!
Overall, the future's pretty bright for punk rock even if some assholes like
Rancid release wimpy ska songs with organ and still call themselves punks,
but that's another story..
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1995 in a couple records
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by the complete staff except those who didn't give a fuck.
This is simply a homemade billboard-type of thing. Every writer just
gave us their (5 or) 10 favorite albums for 1995. So here are the listings.
Also included is the survey we conducted on a couple of BBS's and nets
throughout december..
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%#%#%# the survey %#%#%#
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MISC. NOTES: as you can see, no album really stands out from the bunch of
stuff that was released this year. anyway, 16 people answered to that survey,
each giving their 5 best picks, so NORMALLY, we should have a total of 80
votes. right?
(eerie's note: i took off 1-point entries, as they were useless, sort of.)
RNK BAND/ARTIST ALBUM (LABEL) VOTES
1 Bjork Post (Elektra) 8
2 No Use For A Name Leche Con Carne (Fat Wreck) 7
3 Good Riddance For God And Country (Fat Wreck) 6
4 Sonic Youth Washing Machine (Geffen) 5
Sicko Laugh While You Can.. (Empty) 5
Pennywise About Time (Epitaph) 5
Lag Wagon Hoss (Fat Wreck) 5
8 The Queers Move Back Home (Lookout) 4
Elastica Elastica (Geffen) 4
Pavement Wowee Zowee (Matador) 4
Blink Cheshire Cat (Grilled Cheese) 4
12 Screeching Weasel Kill The Musicians (Lookout) 3
Wizo Uuaarrgh! (Fat Wreck) 3
14 Radiohead The Bends (EMI) 2
Voodoo Glow Skulls Firme (Epitaph) 2
Sprained Ankle Sprained Ankle (Help Ray-Cords; demo) 2
Dead Fucking Last Proud To Be (Epitaph) 2
Now is that enough?
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%#%# eerie's picks %#%#
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1 Pavement Wowee Zowee (Matador)
2 Portishead Dummy (Go! Discs)
3 Thurston Moore Psychic Hearts (DGC)
4 Tricky Maxinquaye (Island)
5 Elastica Elastica (DGC)
6 Sonic Youth Washing Machine (DGC)
7 Bjork Post (Elektra)
8 The Amps Pacer (4AD)
9 Massive Attack Sly [EP] (Virgin)
10 Mudhoney My Brother The Cow (Reprise)
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% neuromancer's picks %
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1 Synthesthesia Therapy (Hybrid Structure)
2 No Use For A Name Leche Con Carne (Fat Wreck)
3 KMFDM Nihil (Waxtrax)
4 Sicko Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy (Empty)
5 Lag Wagon Hoss (Fat Wreck)
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%#%# redge's picks %#%#
=======================
1 Screeching Weasel Kill The Musicians (Lookout)
2 Wizo Uuaarrgh! (Fat Wreck)
3 Sicko Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy (Empty)
4 No Use For A Name Leche Con Carne (Fat Wreck)
5 Lag Wagon Hoss (Fat Wreck)
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%# steepmind's picks %#
=======================
1 Blink Cheshire Cat (Grilled Cheese)
2 Sicko Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy (Empty)
3 Wizo Uuaarrgh! (Fat Wreck)
4 Good Riddance For God And Country (Fat Wreck)
5 Voodoo Glow Skulls Firme (Epitaph)
6 Sprained Ankle Sprained Ankle (Help Ray-Cords; demo)
7 Sicko Chef Boy R U Dumb (Empty)
8 No Fun At All Out Of Bounds (Burning Heart)
9 88 Fingers Louie Behind Bars (Hopeless)
for some reason, pick #10 got lost either into Steep's mind (what a fucking
pun here) or when the shit got transferred..
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%#%#% tnt's picks %#%#%
=======================
1 Sicko Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy (Empty)
2 Sprained Ankle Sprained Ankle (Help Ray-Cords; demo)
3 Dead Fucking Last Proud To Be (Epitaph)
4 Wizo Uuaarrgh! (Fat Wreck)
5 Voodoo Glow Skulls Firme (Epitaph)
6 Boris The Sprinkler Male Model [7"] (Bulge)
7 Jughead's Revenge 13 Kiddie Favorites (Hopeless)
8 88 Fingers Louie Behind Bars (Hopeless)
9 V/A Punk Sucks (Liberation)
10 Reset Concerned (Help Ray-Cords; demo)
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THE FIRST NOT-SO-ANNUAL ACE AWARDS!
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by a whole slew of people (introduction by TNT).
Okay. Now WHAT'S THIS SHIT? AWARDS?! So this shit isn't MTV-only or what?
Actually, I don't really know who came up with that stupid idea, but as
it was stupid, everyone liked it, and almost everyone put their shit
together and sent me a bunch of awards (kinda) about just anything. Here
we are, releasing all that stuff that probably isn't legitimate at all.
Read it as if it was an opinion column -- it's only one article but it
doesn't mean any member endorses the opinions of another one. Now that the
disclaimer's over, have a good laugh.
Eerie's almost-awards:
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Record label of the year
And the winner is: Matador. Well, they released stuff by Pavement, Liz
Phair and now Blues Explosion. I think that should do it. (Shit, I know I'm
trendy, can't help it...)
Clown of the year
And the winner is: There's a tie between Courtney Love and Billy Corgan...
But I guess the winners are every single owner of a Kurt Cobain death
t-shirt.
Lameness of the year
And the winners are:
5. No Fear shirts & stickers. You have to be really lame to wear No Fear
stuff. And that ain't a matter of opinion, it's slap-in-the-face truth.
Hear the boom-boom from that car? Check out the stickers on his windows!
And speaking of windows... ***
4. Windows 95. That was a definite joke, an acid one actually. Mister
Gates (most powerful man in America right now) can now fuck with your
computer with ease using Windows 95. And some people still think he's a
genius. He's not a genius, man, he's the American Dream impersonated!
Aren't you glad?!?! ***
3. Los Del Mar. Everyone said "Macarena" sucked, but people bought it
anyway. It was just the sucky song of 95, that's all... Just a symbol. ***
2. That big Internet thing. Who cares?! ***
1. The current state of the world. Yeah, the world being what it is
now, I don't think anyone is allowed to say it goes right. Wherever you
live, whoever you are, you deserve a blame for it, 'cuz you did nothing this
year and it has gotten worse than ever. You let the right-winged mentality
take over your dreams of a world where people could live decently. All
you're doing right now is supporting a living wreck. Get out of the boat
before it starts drowning. Yeah, please, get out, because when you'll be at
the bottom it's gonna be too late to cry for help.
Redge's very clever awards:
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Best movie song
And the winner is: The buzz when the THX logo appears on the new Star Wars
trilogy release.
Best artwork on an album
And the winner is: LECHE CON CARNE (No Use For A Name)
Best show / event of the year
And the winner is: Certainly not the Green Day Tour.
Best beer I drank
And the winner is: Alexander Rodenbach... It's the best beer I ever
tasted and it's from Belgium and it's 6% Alc./vol. You MUST taste it.
Best metal album
And the winner is: LANKMAR (Lankmar) My cousin is in the band so...
Best Fat Wreck Chords release of the year
And the winner is: UUAARGH! (Wizo) Damn I like this shit!
Best album of the year
And the winner is: KILL THE MUSICIANS (Screeching Weasel)
Worse thing of the year
And the weiner is: The O.J. Simpson trial.
Pink Lincoln's 1995 asshole awards in the field of total suckiness:
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Punk rock asshole of the year
Nominees:
1. rEV. n0rB
2. Ben Weasel
3. Mikel Board
4. Ian Mackaye ***
And the winner is: Ben Weasel (we miss Screeching)
Best punk rocker of the year
Nominees:
1. rEV. n0rB
2. Ben Weasel
3. Mikel Board
4. Ian Mackaye ***
And the winner is: a tie, Ben Weasel (I love the Riverdales) and Ian Mackaye
(hey, the guy gave Eerie an interview, we're better than Spin.)
Suckiest band of the year
Nominees:
1. Pearl Jam
2. Bon Jovi (because of the skater)
3. Smashing Pumpkins
4. Green Day
5. Nirvana (fucking unplugged)
6. Offspring (new album my ass) ***
And the winner is: every fucking band on the list and more! I hated
everything this year and I still do up until now.
Stupidest event of the year
Nominees:
1. Beatles anthology
2. Lollapalooza
3. Woodstock (even if it was in 1994)
4. The Green Day tour ***
And the winner is: Woodstock, because rev. norb thinks it sucks and we all
know he's my idol.
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Discography -- The Ramones
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by The Naughty Tycoon.
Once again, here's a (in?)complete discography of a band that's been around
for a little longer than Green Day but still haven't got enough recognition
yet!
RAMONES (1976; Sire)
LEAVE HOME (1977; Sire)
SHEENA IS A PUNK ROCKER single (1977; Sire)
ROCKET TO RUSSIA (1977; Sire)
NEEDLES AND PINS single (1978; Sire)
ROAD TO RUIN (1978; Sire)
theme song of the ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL movie - soundtrack (1979; Sire)
END OF THE CENTURY (1980; Sire)
PLEASANT DREAMS (1981; Sire)
PSYCHO THERAPY single (1983; Sire)
SUBTERRANEAN JUNGLE (1983; Sire)
TOO TOUGH TO DIE (1984; Sire)
HOWLING AT THE MOON single (1984; Sire)
BONZO GOES TO BITBURG single (1986; Sire)
ANIMAL BOY (1986; Sire)
HALFWAY TO SANITY (1987; Sire)
RAMONESMANIA compilation (1988; Sire)
BRAIN DRAIN (1989; Sire)
I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES single (1989; Sire)
ALL THE STUFF (AND MORE) VOL. 1 compilation (1990; Sire)
ALL THE STUFF (AND MORE) VOL. 2 compilation (1990; Sire)
LOCO LIVE (1992; Sire)
POISON HEART single (1992; Radioactive)
MONDO BIZARRO (1992; Radioactive)
SUBSTITUTE single (1993; Radioactive)
ACID EATERS (1994; Radioactive)
ADIOS AMIGOS (1995; Radioactive)
(i'm not sure of the last one but i'm gonna go for it anyway)
I DON'T WANT TO GROW UP single (1995; Radioactive)
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by the staff.
//noprint on
Be happy! Now you can go directly to the review you wanna read by just
pointing on it right now, or read them in alphabetical order; they're at the
end of this list. Ain't that great?
ALL AGES (Bad Religion) //goto :rev01
BLINK/THE ICONOCLAST (Blink/The Iconoclast; 7") //goto :rev02
CHEF BOY R U DUMB (Sicko) //goto :rev03
DEAR YOU (Jawbreaker) //goto :rev04
ELASTICA (Elastica) //goto :rev05
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY (Good Riddance) //goto :rev06
FUNNY KAR (Bender) //goto :rev07
FURTHER DOWN THE SPIRAL (Nine Inch Nails) //goto :rev08
GLORY TIMES (Portishead) //goto :rev09
HOSS (Lag Wagon) //goto :rev10
LOOK WHAT THE ROOKIE DID (Zumpano) //goto :rev11
MAXINQUAYE (Tricky) //goto :rev12
MOVE BACK HOME (The Queers) //goto :rev13
OUT OF BOUNDS (No Fun At All) //goto :rev14
PATRIOTIC SHOCK (Total Chaos)
//goto :rev15
PSYCHIC HEARTS (Thurston Moore) //goto :rev16
SAFE SEX DESIGNER DRUGS & THE DEATH OF ROCK 'N' ROLL (Baby Chaos) //goto :rev17
SNUFF (Snuff; 7") //goto :rev18
SPRAINED ANKLE (Sprained Ankle; demo) //goto :rev19
THE ONE VOTED MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED (SNFU) //goto :rev20
UUAARRGH! (Wizo) //goto :rev21
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//:rev01
ALL AGES
Bad Religion (Epitaph) "All Ages" could very well be the follow-up to
"80-85", wonder why it wasn't called "86-93" or something... No seriously,
this is a compilation of the best stuff Bad Religion released between "No
Control" and "Generator", plus three older songs, two of which are live. I
enjoyed listening to that record, but was disappointed with the choices of
some of the songs, and the order of the tracks is questionable. Anyway, if
you already have a few BR CD's from that period, it's _really_, and i mean
_really_ unuseful to buy "All Ages". However, very good buy for anyone who
wants the best stuff from BR without having to afford all those cee dee'z at
twenty bucks each -- Shit, that's a shame. -Eerie
* * *. 22 Songs; 57 minutes.
//end rev01
//:rev02
BLINK/THE ICONOCLASTS
Blink/The Iconoclasts [7"] (Velvet Pompadour) Here's a little 7-inch
record (yes, they're still released these days, you corporate ignorants)
that's been released in the beginning of this year, maybe a month or do after
the release of the Blink LP. The Blink side consists of two really boring
remakes of songs that were on "Cheshire Cat" ("Does My Breath Smell?" and
"Wasting Time"), which is kinda straight-forward californian skate rock. The
flip is some of their friends trying to be as eclectic as possible. There's
actually one kick-ass song from The Iconoclasts, "For Good Measure",
basically a hardcore song with indecipherable lyrics (except for the "fuck
you" in the chorus). The rest of it is almost worthless, unless you like
songs that suck. Now I wanna know the scoop about Blink changing their name
to Blink-182. I know it must be a copyrights affair, but I'd like to get to
know the straight facts. -TNT
* «. 5 Songs; 12 minutes.
//end rev02
//:rev03
CHEF BOY R U DUMB
Sicko (eMpTy) One of today's best rock and roll bands strikes again!
This is their second album this year (their fourth, for those who care) and
it rules, almost as much as "Laugh While You Can, Monkey Boy!" There are 17
songs on this one, they're a little noisier (does that word exist?) than
before, and they surely didn't lose their sense of humor. "Don't Ask Don't
Tell", "Obsessive Compulsive Complainers" (which I think is about Green Day),
"The Inland Empire Strikes Back" and "You Are A Space Alien" are the best
songs on the LP, and there's no "lack-of-inspiration" songs on it, so I guess
it's a good pick by anybody's standards. Well, maybe it's not for those who
like violent things, but anyway, they have a song about the Internet, so you
must like it! (the song's called "Computer Geek", and here are some of the
lyrics: "we go home and play on the internet/ email, ftp, and the world wide
web/ Friday night I hang out with all my friends/ we go surfin' out on the
Internet") -TNT
* * * *. 17 Songs; 32 minutes.
//end rev03
//:rev04
DEAR YOU
Jawbreaker (DGC) Since they're on Geffen, you can expect me to rag them
a lot, which is exactly what I'll do! <g> Seriously, don't think that
because they were on Lookout before, they must be very punk rock and
everything, because to me they're more like Nirvana (what's with all those
comparisons of slow bands with Nirvana anyway?) with better lyrics and much
better harmonies. This LP has two mid-tempo songs, the other ones being slow
songs with a lot of unplugged shit (but no acoustic guitar, if you know what
I mean). They definitely know how to play, but I don't think this is very
good if, like me, you're into things that kick ass. Okay, maybe if you
speeded them up.. But don't get me wrong, Jawbreaker is still one of the
best bands around for the vocal harmonies.. -TNT
* * *. 13 Songs; 45 minutes.
//end rev04
//:rev05
ELASTICA
Elastica (Geffen/MCA) The self-titled Elastica album was the definite
must of the summer. I'm talking about it now that they released a new video,
"Car Song", but it's _still_ a must. Some people persist in disliking the
sweeeeet euro-pop song those chicks got, but I can't seem to understand why.
Elastica are perfect in their efficiency, yet they are not predictable and
they really do rock onstage. Well, as you can see, I love this album, and
I'll tell you why: okay, it's not a classic, it's not exactly "brilliant".
To tell the truth, it's just yet another pop album. But if all the pop
albums could be like this one, we wouldn't need the classics. -Eerie
* * * *. 18 Songs; 40 minutes.
//end rev05
//:rev06
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
Good Riddance (Fat Wreck Chords) I'm sure you've heard about them
before, or at least you've seen 2500 people walking down the street with a
Good Riddance teeshirt. They're on Fat Wreck Chords but the vocals are much
more aggressive than what's on the label usually. Musically, they tend to
steal from Lag Wagon a lot (on the last few tracks of the album, there's lots
of unnecessary stop-and-go and guitar shit), but overall, this album's pretty
cool. "Twelve Year Circus", "United Cigar" and "All Fall Down" are very good
songs, and I think it could be a good gift to give to someone you love for
Christmas (man isn't that romantic?). There's also a bonus song that's only
on vinyl, so that's a biiiig plus (at least, in my book). -TNT
* * * «. 12 Songs; 30 minutes.
//end rev06
//:rev07
FUNNY KAR
Bender (Ringing Ear, 1994) How would you feel if your mirror started
laughing at you in the morning? That's what happened to me not so long ago.
Bender is an Ontarian trio. Even with great bands on the "Muchas gracias to"
list like the Ramones, Lag-Wagon, CAA, Budweiser, they can't make me regret
that I once bought Dookie! (note from Eerie: I kept this as I got it. If
you understand anything from what Redge said, please write us.) Well, let's
talk about the lyrics, they're too long to be good, too normal to be
interesting, too boring. "Funny Kar" is slow, down...everything you want
except good. I've already heard a lot worse (after all there is Pink Floyd)
but I've already heard a lot better too. Even if someone paid you to take
it, don't. It sucks more than Divine Brown (you know, one night in Hollywood
with Hugh Grant), you know what I mean? -Redge
«. 10 Songs; 34 minutes.
//end rev07
//:rev08
FURTHER DOWN THE SPIRAL
Nine Inch Nails (Nothing/Warner) "Further Down The Spiral" is, to some
extent, the sequel to "The Downward Spiral", just like "Fixed" was the sequel
to "Broken". The interesting thing about this one is that it's better than
the record it's remixed from. Yes, you heard right, "Further Down" is ten
times better than "The Downward Spiral". Starts with a really neat remix of
"Piggy", and includes three excellent remixes of "Mr. Self-Destruct". And
well, Trent Reznor has this ability to make even a EP sound decent from the
beginning to the end. The journey down through the spiral is a whole; I
swear you won't skip a track. -Eerie
* * * «. 11 Songs; 64 minutes.
//end rev08
//:rev09
GLORY TIMES
Portishead (Go! Discs) Don't drool yet, this is not the new Portishead
record that's supposed to get out soon (or so I've heard.) Instead, you'll
find here, compiled, two EP's from their critically-acclaimed LP "Dummy":
"Sour Times" and "Glory Box". Of course, if you liked the songs, you'll love
the remixes. Well, why buy this compilation instead of the original singles,
then? Because there's two new tracks on the compilation, damn it (and
they're terrific -- Like listen to "Glory Box (Mudflap Mix)" whenever you
can...) This is a must-have even for the people who normally don't buy EPs,
'cuz well, it's worth the price. (Got it for around 20 canuck bucks and I
don't exactly regret it.) -Eerie
* * * «. 2 Discs; 10 Songs; 47 minutes.
//end rev09
//:rev10
HOSS
Lag Wagon (Fat Wreck Chords) I'll set this straight, if you liked
"Trashed", you'll like this one, because they're virtually the same. Maybe
there are some songs they wouldn't have done, like "Ride The Snake" or
"Sleep", but much of it seemed to me like it was deja-vu. If you're into Lag
Wagon you'll really like this. "Bombs Away" and "Sick" are great songs, and
"Name Dropping" has funny lyrics (which is pretty new to Lag Wagon - it's not
just dumb humor, it's pretty ironic as a whole). What more can I say? If
you're from Venus or something and haven't heard about Lag Wagon yet, this is
definitely not the album to choose, but hey, it's still better than the
latest Mariah Carey single! (duh..) -TNT
* * *. 14 Songs; 35 minutes.
//end rev10
//:rev11
LOOK WHAT THE ROOKIE DID
Zumpano (Subpop) Ah, the sixties. Ah, those great bands who
revolutionized music as we know it today. Aw, man, those bands were so damn,
so damn fucking great! Isn't it? Oh, what're ya saying man? We're in the
nineties? Shit, thanks for telling, I had absolutely no clue! -Eerie
*. 11 Songs; 41 minutes.
//end rev11
//:rev12
MAXINQUAYE
Tricky (Island/PolyGram) Tricky is from the same place Portishead and
Massive Attack come from: Bristol, England. And well, the guy's just as
good. "Maxinquaye" has the obscenity of a sad porn flick. It's filled with
failure -- Not that the music fails; it _expresses_ failure. Rarely have I
seen such an efficient picture of the paleness and patheticness of life.
With this first album, Tricky is probably reaching the level of
imperfectiveness Sonic Youth once reached when they released "Sister".
Which, you will concede, is quite impressive. -Eerie
* * * *. 12 Songs; 57 minutes.
//end rev12
//:rev13
MOVE BACK HOME
The Queers (Lookout) The Queers are one of the most productive bands
around; here's their latest LP. Problem is, FUCK, they're following the
Riverdales' path, so they're slower than before. There are still some good
songs, such as "She's A Cretin" or "I Didn't Get Invited To The Prom", but
songs like "From Your Boy" and "Peppermint Girl" (which is actually just a
4-minute complaint.. boy I think even "Daydreaming" was better) totally
suck. So, if you're a fan, think twice, and if you aren't and still want to
buy some of their shit, try "Love Songs For The Retarded" or "Beat Off". -TNT
* * «. 13 Songs; 35 minutes.
//end rev13
//:rev14
OUT OF BOUNDS
No Fun At All (Burning Heart) Take Pennywise. Make it more melodic.
Cut all links to Bad Religion. Then use Lag Wagon's lyrics. You'll get Out
of Bounds. It totally rocks! You wouldn't guess they're from Sweden..
Anyway. Lyrics aren't really impressive and could be some more implicated;
they talk mostly about themselves. Musically, however, it's really
entertaining: the Pennywise influence is what leads that band, for the good
of our ears. Oh, I forgot one last comparison: the singer's voice makes me
think I'm listening to No Use For A Name, sometimes. Same .. "passion"?
That's the word that fits here. -TE
* * * *. 14 Songs; 35 minutes.
//end rev14
//:rev15
PATRIOTIC SHOCK
Total Chaos (Epitaph) Total Chaos are the most violent band on Epitaph.
They kick Rancid's ass (for the fucked up bunch of you who think Rancid's
violent). It sounds a lot like Discharge and all those Dis-something bands,
but that doesn't mean they rule. In fact if you don't like harmonies, you'll
surely like this one, but I think there's nothing very interesting in
"Patriotic Shock". BUT, the lyrics are quite cool yet simple, and some songs
("Punk No Die", "Unite And Fight", "Vacation To Violation") are pretty cool.
When I need my weekly violence dose I usually pop this one in the CD player,
but otherwise it's piling up dust on the rack. -TNT
* * «. 13 Songs; 35 minutes.
//end rev15
//:rev16
PSYCHIC HEARTS
Thurston Moore (Geffen/MCA) The long-expected Thurston Moore solo album
is an example of music that doesn't play with notes and chords -- It plays
with moods instead. It just wraps you up into Thurston's mind for a lil'
sixty-six minutes, all you need to get definitely puzzled: very, very
minimalist guitar tracks looped with fugitive melodies that fills your brain
freely. Strangely enough, it doesn't sound like Sonic Youth, yet you can
easily figure out the part Thurston has in the band. A must-have,
definitely. -Eerie
* * * * «. 15 Songs; 66 minutes.
//end rev16
//:rev17
SAFE SEX DESIGNER DRUGS & THE DEATH OF ROCK 'N' ROLL
Baby Chaos (EastWest/Warner) Here's an example of a racket. You see the
cover, then you drool. You expect something hot and possibly violent. Now
what do you get? Smashing Pumpkins #2? No really, don't diss the Pumpkins
that much. Inventivity-challenged grunge that won't interest anyone.
Actually it didn't. Never heard of anyone who bought that record but me. Do
I suck sometimes. -Eerie
* «. 11 Songs; about 40 minutes.
//end rev17
//:rev18
SNUFF
Snuff (Workers Playtime) Snuff is an English band, well I should say
Snuff WAS an English band. In fact the members are still English but the
band is a past story. If you like Guns'n'Wankers you will enjoy Snuff, well,
the history of Guns'n'Wankers and Snuff is just like the history of the
Riverdales and Screeching Weasel. This 7-inch has 4 songs and they are all
good. The guitar and the vocals are unique. I paid around 7 bucks to buy it
but I'm happy to have it. It's not like some old-fashioned U.K. bands, I
will risk me to say that they're from a new wave of english punk-rock. -Redge
* * * *. 4 Songs; 13 minutes.
//end rev18
//:rev19
SPRAINED ANKLE
Sprained Ankle [demo] (Help Ray-Cords) This demo is fucking amazing.
All the songs on this one are pretty good, as long as you like the Queers and
Screeching Weasel, because Sprained Ankle sounds exactly the same as those
bands. The lyrics are pretty clever at times, they hate Fat Wreck Chords and
guys with Weezer t-shirts, y'know, that kind of stuff. The sound quality,
demo-wise, is good, too.. If you're searching for novelty, skip over this
one, but if you want simple, catchy punk rock, this is exactly what you need.
-TNT
* * * *. 10 Songs; 16 minutes.
//end rev19
//:rev20
THE ONE VOTED MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED
SNFU (Epitaph) Even though SNFU has never been one of my favorite bands,
I must admit that this one (their latest) is much better than their Epitaph
debut. Okay, they've been through the "Epitizing" process, which consists in
adding harmonies and stuff, but they're still one of the most original punk
bands around. "A Better Place" and "Drunk On A Bike" are clearly two of
their best songs ever, and some other stuff is interesting. Still, it's
nothing impressing in any way, but hey, it's better than a stick in the eye!
(very lousy pun intended) -TNT
* * *. 13 Songs; 35 minutes.
//end rev20
//:rev21
UUAARRGH!
Wizo (Fat Wreck Chords) Fat Wreck Chords are the United Nations of high
speed melodic punk rock. This band's from Germany, and there are only two
cuts sung in English on this one. Being from where they're from, they tend
to sound like a metal band very often, but if you can pass over that fact
you'll like that album a lot. "How Could I've Known", "Schlechte Laune" and
"Raum Der Zeit" are the best songs on this one. Maybe it's a good idea for
you English fellows to understand how some of us French people feel when
we're listening to American music. (boy, what a foolish comment.. anyway)
-TNT
* * * «. 13 Songs; 35 minutes.
//end rev21
//end reviews
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by the staff.
//noprint on
Pick one of those or read on to get all the reviews...
BLUE ROOM (Unwritten Law) //goto :old01
CONFUSION IS SEX/KILL YR IDOLS (Sonic Youth) //goto :old02
CREEP DIETS (Fudge Tunnel) //goto :old03
8-TESTICLED POGO MACHINE (Boris The Sprinkler) //goto :old04
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FUDGE (Mudhoney) //goto :old05
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL (NOFX) //goto :old06
924 FORESTVILLE ST. (Bracket) //goto :old07
STICK YOUR NECK OUT (The Bollweevils) //goto :old08
TILT (Tilt; 7") //goto :old09
//noprint off
//:old01
BLUE ROOM
Unwritten Law (Red Eye, 1994) I'd heard "Crazy Poway Kids" on the "Punk
Sucks" compilation, and it ruled my world for weeks. In fact there's no other
song on this album that's half as good as "C.P.K.". Some other tracks are
cool but many of them aren't worth it. It's funny how they make me think
about Beck -- they have a hit song and most of their other stuff sucks.
Anyway, it's still better than Madonna's latest. -TNT
* * «. 12 Songs; 33 minutes.
//end old01
//:old02
CONFUSION IS SEX/KILL YR IDOLS
Sonic Youth (Geffen, 1983) Starting from this month I'll try and review
all the Sonic stuff, chronologically. Well, this is already a false start
since the first Sonic record is a EP called "Sonic-Youth" that went out in
1982, _but_ I don't have it, Geffen hasn't rereleased it yet, and it's almost
impossible to find elsewhere. But to the point. "Confusion Is Sex" is the
first full-length Sonic Youth album, and has nine tracks. The neophyte will
shout after a first listening, for it's an anti-easy-listening-type of record
that has its legs opened wide, waiting for you to fuck it, and waiting to
fuck with your head when you're done. Actually, Thurston expresses it better
than I do: "I maintain that/ Chaos is the future and beyond it is freedom/
Confusion is next and next after that is the truth." As the CD spins the
chaos will fill your soul, that's all I can tell you. Oh yeah, and that
there's the EP "Kill Yr Idols" included at the end -- With the song "Brother
James" on it. And the little biography thing is pretty nice, too. -Eerie
* * * * «. 13 Songs; 51 minutes.
//end old02
//:old03
CREEP DIETS
Fudge Tunnel (Earache/Columbia, 1993) For some reason I got around
checking out some Fudge Tunnel stuff. Bought "Creep Diets" because it has
the song "Gray" on it that I knew for seeing its really neat video. Got
exactly what I expected: extremely loud speed metal type noise that's
incredible for its purity. Liked it enough to listen to it on a regular
basis. -Eerie
* * * «. 11 Songs; 46 minutes.
//end old03
//:old04
8-TESTICLED POGO MACHINE
Boris The Sprinkler (Bulge, 1994) I'm sure you've all heard of Rev. N0rb,
well this is his band. "8-Testicled Pogo Machine" is their first album, it's
got 21 songs (including one hidden track dedicated to Time Bomb Tom, the guy
running the punk rock record store in Green Bay, where they come from), and
even if it's not catchy as hell all the time, the funny lyrics make it
(almost) essential. If you wanna know, the music is a mix between old-style
rock'n'roll, D.O.A, maybe with some kind of Screeching Weasel-ish peaks
sometimes. Anyway, Rev. N0rb's voice much like Joey Shithead's (didn't I
tell you they sounded like D.O.A? damn), and the greatest numbers on the CD
are "West Of The East", "She's Got A Lighter", "1-3" and "All My Time" (which
is also on the "Punk Sucks" compilation). They have a new 14-song CD out now,
maybe I'll review it in ACE18 or something. -TNT
* * * «. 21 Songs; 43 minutes.
//end old04
//:old05
EVERY GOOD BOY DESERVES FUDGE
Mudhoney (Subpop, 1991) Just decided to review an all-time Subpop
classic from just before grunge became the kid's next door putting his
tee-shirts over his sweaters so he could date a nekid-belly-buttn-chiq at the
next high school party. "Every Good Boy", sadly, is 91, sounds 91, and it
fails the test of time for anyone that has his brain filled with that
MTV-generation-we-love-Collective-Soul sound already. However, for someone
who is new to this kind of things (Anyone?) this is the perfect record.
Noise and melody, garbage and pearls, all rushing along the same way for
fourteen tracks of pure enjoyment like no one but Mudhoney can create. Just
for the record, this is the last album they recorded on the Subpop label,
since they signed with Reprise slightly after the corporate business had a
clue about what was going on in Seattle, that is, in 1992, I think. Oh well,
even if no one but me can understand how much that band rocks, I'll keep on
saying it: that band rocks. -Eerie
* * * *. 14 Songs; 43 minutes.
//end old05
//:old06
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL
NOFX (Mystic, 1987) Read on, dumbfuck! This isn't the new NOFX album!
This is just a very old album, recorded even before "The PMRC Can Suck On
This", back when they were a 3-piece and played hardcore punk (on the edge,
kinda). "Six Pack Girls" is on this one, as is a cool version of "No
Problems". They lose points for the funny yet laughable cover of Black
Sabbath's "Iron Man", but they win some with "Ant Attack", the last song.
Overall, this may be pretty risky for many of the NOFX fans, but it rates
well in my book. -TNT
* * *. 22 Songs; 30 minutes.
//end old06
//:old07
924 FORESTVILLE ST.
Bracket (Caroline, 1994) Maybe you've heard about these guys before.
They were on Fat Wreck Chords. Boy, what a change. Well, I don't know what
they sounded like before because I only have one of their previous songs, but
what I know is they're on Caroline and it shows. It's what I'd call
post-grunge, or "let's-try-to-be-as-catchy-as-Nirvana-without-the-long-hair".
In fact 10 of the 13 songs suck like hell, leaving the semi-ska title and the
two fast songs alone. Anyway, I guess if you're into this kind of slow,
melodic rock (actually, it's pretty much hard rock without the glamour and
the ballads), it may be cool, but if you don't wanna fall asleep every damn
time you listen to it, then it's not for you! -TNT
* *. 13 Songs; 40 minutes.
//end old07
//:old08
STICK YOUR NECK OUT
The Bollweevils (Dr. Strange, 1994) At last, I got ahold on this LP,
which is the Bollweevils' first full-length record. They sound like a cross
between Face To Face and Screeching Weasel. In fact they sound a lot like 88
Fingers Louie (they're from Chicago, too). The best song of the album is
undoubtedly their cover of Tommy Tutone's "Jenny", while "John Doe" and
"Suzy's Revenge" are also worth talking about.. In fact, there's no real
weak point on this one, except maybe the bonus song (on CD) "Truth Or Dare"
which is a complete waste of time. I'm sure they would be big on Epitaph.
-TNT
* * * *. 12 Songs; 30 minutes.
//end old08
//:old09
TILT
Tilt [7"] (Lookout, 1992) Now that you've all heard "'Til It Kills", on
Fat Wreck Chords, let me tell you about their first 7", which was on Lookout.
Anyone who's heard both their old stuff and newer material will tell you
they've changed a lot. Back then, they weren't as NOFX-ish (let me put this
straight, they do NOT sound like NOFX -- they're only faster than before),
and in my book, it's a pretty good thing they changed so radically. The 4
songs on this seven incher are somewhere between okay and mediocre, so if you
see it, buy it 'cause it's relatively rare, but don't think it's gonna change
your world.. -TNT
* *. 4 Songs; 10 minutes.
//end old09
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by Eerie.
Hi, I'm here again this month for a couple new songs I heard lately. Sorry
there aren't many of them, but I've been working alot lately and couldn't
really keep up with the news. Better luck next month, I guess. :)
DOSE (Filter) Different mix from the album. Um, pretty cool, now is it
them who did it or some other mofo? Whatever. Rating: Yeah, right.
GRIND (Alice In Chains) First single from their new self-titled album.
Wanna know how it sounds? LIKE SHIT! Alice In Chains are definitely sucking
more and more everytime they release a record. Layne Staley should get back
on drugs, maybe that'd make him recover from his talentlessness. Rating:
Sucks.
PIRANHA (Tripping Daisy) Some will, I guess, be surprised that I
actually like the new Tripping Daisy song. Well, that solo at the end is
pretty neat-o and the song in general is like thousand times less annoying
than "I Got A Girl". Heard that the record wasn't too bad... Rating:
Okay.
THE DEVIL IN THE KITCHEN (Ashley McIsaac) It may be punk-rock style
fiddling, but it's _still_ fiddling. So why bother? Rating: Who cares?
UNINVITED (Ruth, Ruth) Innoffensive punkie-rock muzak that at least has
no pretention. Less annoying than most, they even look like, y'know,
sympathetic losers. Rating: Okay.
By the way, the other day at the record store I saw the Blues Explosion EP
that has "Flavor" on it, y'know, the remixed version by Beck and Mike D... I
dunno, just felt like saying it, 'cuz the record's damn great.
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Picklists
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by the ACE guys who care about it.
Guess what, this is the Picklist column again! Well, it's the records that
we listened to this month.. Just in case you cared about it...
Eerie's picks
ALL AGES (Bad Religion)
BLUE LINES (Massive Attack)
DUMMY (Portishead)
PACER (The Amps)
RECKONING (R.E.M.)
SLEEP ASYLUM (Uzi)
STEREOPATHETIC SOUL MANURE (Beck)
THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION (Blues Explosion)
THE REBIRTH OF COOL PHIVE (Various artists)
WOWEE ZOWEE (Pavement)
Neuromancer's hardcore picks
AKA PSALM 69 (Ministry)
ANALEPTIK (Steven Snomed)
GOO (Sonic Youth)
HOSS (Lag Wagon)
MAXIMUMROCKNROLL (NOFX)
MILLENIUM (Front Line Assembly)
NAIVE (KMFDM)
OUT OF STEP (Minor Threat)
PROUD TO BE (Dead Fucking Last)
TB RESSUCITATION (Hardfloor)
Pinky's stuff
..AND NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO PLAY (SNFU)
BECOME WHAT YOU ARE (The Juliana Hatfield Three)
8 TESTICLED POGO MACHINE (Boris The Sprinkler)
HOW TO MAKE ENEMIES AND IRRITATE PEOPLE (Screeching Weasel)
HUMPED (Chixdiggit; demo)
LOVE SONGS FOR THE RETARDED (The Queers)
MECONIUM (Les Secrtaires Volantes)
MAXIMUM ROCK'N'ROLL (NOFX)
PUNK SUCKS (Various artists)
THE RIVERDALES (The Riverdales)
Redge's pickles
BOOGADA BOOGADA BOOGADA (Screeching Weasel)
FAT MUSIC FOR FAT PEOPLE (Various artists)
FOR DANCING AND LISTENING (Guns'n'Wankers)
HOSS (Lag Wagon)
LAUGH WHILE YOU CAN MONKEY BOY (Sicko)
SOMERY (Descendents)
SPRAINED ANKLE (Sprained Ankle; demo)
'TIL IT KILLS (Tilt)
THERE AIN'T NO "H" IN RIPCORDZ DORK-FACE (Ripcordz)
UUAARRGH! (Wizo)
The Extremist's playlist (or something)
AGAINST THE GRAIN (Bad Religion)
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Strung Out)
BREAKING THINGS (All)
DON'T TURN AWAY (Face To Face)
FOR DANCING AND LISTENING (Guns'n'Wankers)
HOSS (Lag Wagon)
OUT OF BOUNDS (No Fun At All)
PENNYWISE (Pennywise)
REV (Ten Foot Pole)
UNKNOWN ROAD (Pennywise)
The Naughty Tycoon's very very very interesting picks (yeah right)
8-TESTICLED POGO MACHINE (Boris The Sprinkler)
BEHIND BARS (88 Fingers Louie)
CHEF BOY R U DUMB (Sicko)
CONCERNED (Reset; demo)
FIRME (Voodoo Glow Skulls)
OUT OF BOUNDS (No Fun At All)
PROUD TO BE (Dead Fucking Last)
THE LATEST SPRAINED ANKLE NOW IN STUDIO (Sprained Ankle; demo)
UUAARRGH! (Wizo)
WALK TOGETHER, ROCK TOGETHER (7 Seconds; yea it's old but anyway)
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Frannie's own playlist
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by Black Francis.
here's my play list for december (i don't really know what i'm going to be
playing THIS month). some of this may seem a little out-dated, but when it
comes to good music, there is no such thing as "out-dated".
quality knows no comprimise.
how's that for a cliche?
anywho, it it goes :
black francis' play list for december of ninety-five :
(in alphabetical order for your reading enjoyment)
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FIRST VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS (Young Pionneers) members of born against
colaborate once again to bring us young pioneers, a straight-edge hardcore
band complete with acoustic guitars & harmonica solos (i knew there was
SOMETHING missing from the hardcore music scene). highlights from this one
include "food stamps", "white like me", & "battlefield national park".
HERE'S WHERE THE STRINGS COME IN (Superchunk) the latest effort from
superchunk proves that mac couldn't write a pissy song if he HAD to. "hyper
enough" makes me want to dance around my room like an idiot as does "yeah,
it's beautiful here, too" with it's "hey ho let's go"-esque rally chant & i'm
absolutely ENTRANCED by "iron on". with more than a half dozen albums under
their wing, it's obvious superchunk can't go wrong.
STEADY DIET OF NOTHING (Fugazi) you know it's a SIN that i got this cd
for only NINE BUCKS in the walls bargain bin. regardless, like any other ian
mackaye album, it's a musical masterpiece.
THE REBEL SOUND OF SHIT & FAILURE (Born Against) this collection of
singles, out-takes, & tracks pulled from various compilations never tires me
(which is odd for a hardcore band). it's flawless with the exception of one
or two medicore songs. my favorite tracks from this one include "mary &
child", "nine years later", "i am a idiot", & the classic "lillian".
VENUS LUXURE NO. 1 BABY (Girls Against Boys) before the "clerks"
soundtrack came "venus luxure no. 1 baby", a dark & gloomy entry from by FAR
the most original & experimental bands ever to hit the "alternative" music
scene, touch 'n gos own girls against boys. highlights from this one include
"in like flynn", "go be delighted", "rockets are red", & "learned it". oh, &
if you ever get the chance, these guys are definitely one of the BEST live
bands on the planet.
WEEZER (Weezer) (this one is ETERNALLY on my play list) it's weezer.
'nuff said. the only questionable song on this whole album is "no one else"
& even that song's tremendous. "the world has turned & left me here" is the
definite winner on this one followed by "in the garage" & "my name is jonas".
if you don't own this one YET, you shouldn't even be BREATHING. you
certainly DON'T know what you're missing.
WHY DO BIRDS SING? (Violent Femmes) this is most definitely one of my
all-time favorite albums, but this one, unlike weezer, goes in cycles.
sometimes i can go months without listening to it, but when i get in a
violent femmes "kick", this one never gets a rest. i even listen to it while
i sleep. highlights include "american music", "look like that", "hey nonny
nonny", "do you really want to hurt me?", & my favorite, the rather dark
(with cellos & all) "used to be".
WOWEE ZOWEE (Pavement) when i first bought this album, i DESPISED it.
i didn't even put it back into my cd player for another two months. it was
EMBARASSING in comparison to "slanted & enchanted" or even their previous
effort "crooked rain crooked rain" (does anybody else see a pattern in these
album titles?) but after eight months or so it grew on me & now i can't take
it off. "kennel district" puts "cut your hair" & "summer babe" (my previous
pavement favorites) to SHAME.
ZEN ARCADE (Hsker D) husker du is THE ORIGINAL hardcore band & still
the greatest, by far. this lp is a testament to that. bob mould is a genius
& even with sugar, he's a musical force to be reckoned with. my favorite
track on this one is DEFINITELY "never talking to you again" & at a close
second comes "beyond the threshold" (hmm. pearl jam's "spin the black
circle" bears a STRIKING resemblance to this one).
this paragraph is dedicated to the sole purpose of denouncing alanis
morrisette. die, bitch, die.
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Inside Stuph
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by Eerie and the editor-type guys.
Ok. This is for all ACE members to read (and enjoy =).. It contains useful
information and we felt like it was the best place to put it. It may look
like very boring stuff, but it is VERY important that you read it all..
1) The filenames. To avoid confusion, pleasepleaseplease call your files
XX-TITLE.018, where XX are your initials (2 letters make it betta), TITLE
is any title (like if yo article is called "the bands that suck" you can
call the file XX-SUCK.018), and the 018 is the ish00e numba. Kinda easy eh?
jeah foo.. Well.. There are some names we'd like ya to use for certain
articles, and here they ARE!
reviews XX-REV.018
oldies XX-OLD.018
picklist XX-PICK.018
compilers picks XX-COMP.018
discography XX-DISC.018
2) The reviews. Be *S*U*R*E* to follow the original review format thats
already used by everyone anyway. Blah blah.. Oh. Keep an eye to add the
"time" datas.. Like.. the "xx Songs (xx mins)" stuff, y'know.. Easy stuff..
3) The DEADLINE. This is an important one. Okay, from now, the deadline of
ANY issue is set to the 25th of each month. If its not on the WHQ on the
25th (keep reading for how to send it to the WHQ), well it will be in the
next issue, period. I think that the simple fact that you are a member of
ACE ezine SHOULD make that you always remember to do all the stuff you
need. Also, don't wait till the last second to send us your stuff. We like
to have articles by the middle of the month.
4) How to send articles to us. There are a few ways.
a) Simply call on Patriotic Shock, (2400 baud! wow!) and upload it there
foolio.. The more it can takes you up is like.. five minutes.. Not so
long. And normally you only have to call it once a month. (that is,
BEFORE THE 25TH! =)
b) Err.. cant think of anymore ways. *IF* i get my inet access back,
THEN i will be able to get stuff via internet, but for now it's plainly
impossible for me, sorry.
In other words, we would LOOOOVE to call you voice every month to remind
you to do yer stuff.. But we can't because we are all broke.
5) Ah yea, was about to forget this one. We need your VOICE phone number
and first name (and correct pronounciation <g>).. So that's another thing
you will have to send us. Don't worry tho, this is only for calls regarding
ACE. We're always kinda pissed off when we need to contact a specific ACE
member and we can't because we don't have his/her number. (Why did I add
"her"? theres no chick in ACE damnit!)
6) a last thing.. you need to do your picklists every month! Thats VERY
easy and VERY important. (tnt says that if its important it must be boring
but dont believe him.)
7) ummm.. oh well, I think that's all. Oh. If you want the phone number of
the ACE editors, just ask us. We will give it to you. Umm.. Oh yea, I
really suggest you to apply on Patriotic Shock if you haven't done so
yet. That's where everything happens, kinda..
Thanks for reading this, dudes. Now, WORK! SLAVES! <crack whip>
//end inside
