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SLUG March 1994 Emu, 27, Club DVSLast summer when Iral~ed to Engine Kidthey'd just left Wt LakeCity and were headedxms the Rocky Mountains.They called from apay phone someplace inthe middle of nowhm.They were a littledisappointed withthesaltLake audience's reactiontotheir music. At the timethey'd just released the"Astronaut" CD5/7"single on C/Z and theymTworking their wayto Chicago. The purposeof the trip was a visit toMr. Steve Albini's basementandthe recording oftheir full length album "Bear Catch-thing goes. Tnqr ever Neil Young'sing Fish." Albini's workonthealbum "TheNeedleand thehge Done"goes uncredited. The only mention with whine intact and just enoughof him is this quote from the inner feedback fw an edge.sleeve, ''We drove 1400t miles from ' The full-length's cover graph-Seattle to Chicago to record in the" '! its8 an old map 6f the Pacific Northbasementof some guys brick house.. west overlaid by a Yeti canying aGo *.I' . gun, and several song titles; 'TkarLast time through they played Catching Rsv "Cabin Fevef'andClub Starz to an almost completely "Winter Time," have hsplred theumsponsiveaudien&.Theaudience term "wilderness rock.'' So thefrecame to slam. When Engine Kid first into the wilderness experience. Phohitthe stage the audience tied to tos of taxidermied animals grace theslam, but hey, it's difficult to slam CD booklet, a painting of a wilderdanceto slow feedback drenched ness bear attack is on the CD itself.grind alternating with quiet pretti- Removing the CD from the box reness.Bytheend6f the set most of the veals band members photographedaudiebhad takenaseat onthe floor as if rpady for the electric chair. Onand they just watched the band with .' the jewel box's rear is a nice wholeblank looks. Greg Anderson, guitar- some campfire Fne.ist, in an interview with the Seattle ThealbumfeelscleanerthantheRocket said, "As far as the audience EP, that quiet loud, loud quiet thing :goes, sometimes I feel we're sort of is still going on, but the Kids havethis freak rock band. I've talked to modified it to stay more on the loudother bands like us, and we're not side. The John,Denver cover was asure whether the audience wants to highlight oftheir summer live show,leave, kiss us, or kill us." From the it translates well to disc.expression on the patron's faces at Plop yourassdownonthecoach,their last Salt Lakeshow I'dsay that turn this album way up and let theabout sump it up.power force you into the cushions.Their early work drew com- Just when youcan't stand theG-forceparisons to Slint. Their background any longer thqrll give you a nice,includes stints in Seattle hardcore quiet-time break. Whm Engine Kidband*. The CDS is a combination of visitsonMa~h27at DV8bep~eparedacoustic folk which degener- for a peaceful sonic onslaught thisinto ptm grinding noise. Quiet time, not a moshing grunge fest.loud quiet, that's the way theby waDELIVERY!I DOWNTOWN 322-FREEI in me ZEPHYR CLUB801 SO. west TemplaI SUGARHOUSE 486-3748I 1824 South 1100 EastFREE1 DOZEN GARLIC ROLLS II WITH ANY LARGE PIZZA IJ\-IIPIIIIIIIIIIIIFREE DELIVERY

SUSPENSION-DISBELIEFOFRecordina the EP was a difficultbut rewarding experience for theband. Trent says that he called othersin the group at least five times tare-record before changing his mind."lt's got to be perfect to us, at least,'Trent says."We don't mind eating shit. but welive by one rule-we do what's besifor the band," adds Scott.Funk. Blues. Jazz. "Alternative" or'Modern" rock. Heavy Metal. Rap. That's also the way thatHiplHop. All of them are threads that Suspension's debut CD EP, due outare woven into the tapestry that is this spririg on Salt Flat Records, willSuspension of Disbelief.likely turn out. The young quartetdidn't suffer for months re-recordingYet Suspension'g music is still si- the five song in asub-freezing Provomultaneously related (at least inspirit) studio only to put out a one-dimentoSalt Lake's hard-core scene, sional effort.largely due to the band's severe live ,,appearances, which features Nothing ever comes out the waydreamy, almost droning moments we originally envision," says Trent,one minute and then showcase Suspension's magnetic frontman.Trent's almost Rollins-esque esque "One of us will bring in somethingscreams. These guys certainly aren't blue. In the end we get somethingeasy to pigeon-hole, which is prob- green."ably the way they like it."1 feel we're really onto somethingBut -all four members say they'reproud of the CD. which features Trentoriginalnsays Scott, the group's bass actually singing of gentle near-balguitarist."(The music) is hard, sim- lad "October Swoon." as well as heply without being real metal. It's not pissed-off Jazz of "Time Again."full on rocking crap like Dokken." LLPeople are really going to be sur-But try to pin down the music any prised when they hear it. There'sfurther and all you get is ambiguity, something for everyone," says Jake,both from the band and the music. "I Suspension's guitarist. "Like ("Octoguesswe're hard-core," Scott sug- ber Swoon") is really good. We knowgests sheepishly, while hinting that we would take shit for it, but we likehe and the others are always trying to take chances. Our music reallyto keep US guessing.interests us."And what the band members thinl.is really good for them is the additionof Greg, their fourth drummer sincethe group's inception more than ayear ago..,IWe've finally found the drummerwho can make the whole thing la#,"says Trent. "lt's worked out beautifully.There's simply nothing Gregcannot do."66And he's so cute," jape& scottiteasing the band's fresh-scrubbedboy-next-door drummer. "We all lovehim in that one way." .,Suspension Of Disbelief alsastand's proud in what members sayis the first unified Salt Lake 'underground"scene in years. Memberscall themselves fans of March Hare,Daisy Gray, Mayberry, Wad, AngerOverload, State Of The Nation andWaterfront, among others.66The scene is rad." Greg says eagerly."There's none of' the back;biting stuff anyone. Shows are get.ting bigger again. And everyone'sreally supportive of one another."Speaking of subport, ~uspensio"'sfour musicians have grown into aclose-knit, if dysfunctional, family,according to Scott.

I -.--SLUG March 1994LL Everyone's got their own personalities. Greg's likethe moralistic, innocent child. I'm the deranged, fuckin'pervert from Layton. There's Elvis over there (Jake). Andthen thereW'stoys (Trent).". , ?,a,.; ;,-. -.-.A*+.. .., -,~n,.~-'; .: ;:. , , , ..*..- >.+',: 2But all joking aside,'their' devotion to music has ledthem to bond, and has made them vow to stick togetherthrough the worse times.the guy who didn't play with enough happy '146 SO. UUAIL PK. DR. #I;, :' &. ,cw;:&*LLI think we'll be together until we're ready to quit music,ake says. "We've definitely got the opp~rtunity to go along ways."LLA lot of people believe in us," adds Scott, as the groupskirts away the issues of signing to a major recordinglabel somewhere down the road. "The music is still ourbig focus."n^"" "" ^'"' "'LLAII we'd really like is to be able to quit our jobs and beable to pay our rent (with our music)," says Trent."People might call us sell-outs for that, but when youhave to work dead-end jobs just to be able to do what youlove, success in music is a dream come true." .tnd while members of Suspension of Disbelief sayhey're not looking to tour in stretch limousines and tourith Bon Jovi ("that.would take a lot of hairspray," says!Scott) wouldn't it.be a kinder, gentler world if these guys/got what they deserve? After all, they've got someone upFhere on their side.LLGod must want to hear our CD," says Scott. 'With alle went through to get it ready. God is definitely on ourpide."iDhotoara~hs bv Rick Eaan-by Jeff ViceLive - Friday, March 25th45 WEST bROADWAT - 359-E00ft PRIVflTf CLUB foR FfflBERS

DON'T TAKE IT LYING DOWNJello Biafra, on his spokenwordalbum I Blow Minds For ALiving,calls pain the "pmf-of-purchase"of adventure. He points tohow much more socially acceptableit is to talk .about pain andshow off scars than it is to discusspleasurableexperiences, asan indicationof our culhsal sadomasochism:'1 crashed and burned, thereforeI am alive."Listen to an average discussionof childbirth, and you'd behard-pressed to find a clearer illustrationofBisassertion. Birthstories have, almost invariably, becomehorror stories. Sharing ourtales of terror has become our consolationfor having had the powerand pleasure of what should be asexual experience taken away fromus and replaced with fear and submission.It is possible for birth tobepleasurable, even orgasmic, butthat's kind of hard to achieve whenpeople are watching you and givingyou orders.Why do we go around urgingeveryone toquestion authority onlyto allow ourselves to be stravved1 1down, drugged up, and told whatto do theminute weentera hospitalfor any reason?Medical advice is just that: advice,given by mere mortals who,although they have a certainamount of training in an often verynarrow field, can be just plain stupid..Know your rights! YOU havethe right to know the names andcredentials of anyone who treatsorexamines you, the right to refuse tobe treated or examikxl by any in-.dividual, and the right to havesomeone else with when youare being treated or examined.Fuithermore, no medical procedurecan be forced upon you.You have theright to informed consent:the right to know why a doctorrecommends something andwhat the possible outcomes andsideeffectsofthat something mightbe. You also have the right to in-formed dissetit: theright tojust s@'no.Back in December a group ofpeople tried to force a women toundergo rnapr surgery. Her doctorfelt she needed a Cesarean section;sherefused. Alawyerwasobtainedfor her fetus (as if the state could bemore interested in her child's wellbeingthan she who is carrying iti&ide her body), and a court orderwas sought (as if the state could tella woman what to do with her ownbody). Fortunately, she was notcompelled to submit to surgery,and her baby was born vaginally,and healthy. Others have not beenso lucky. In 1987 a woman wasforced to have a Cesarean againstherwill,becauseshewassixmonthspregnant and dying of cancer. Herbaby was removed, and it diedwithin two hours.Tune in to what is right for,you, and then arm yourself withshare the experience andmonitors, Ws, epesiotomies,procedures meant for emergenaa doctor has performed nobly aknowledge, for knowledge is doneexceptionally good work, it ipower. 1Cyou are "expecthg," also impoknt to bear in mind thaquestion what is expected of you manyoftheproceduresdonetosa~every step of the way. Is your preg- women from complications i~nancy really a medical condition, childbirtharedonebecauseanothedo you really feel like a patient, or hospital procedure directly causecdo you feel like a healthy, normal thecomplication Medical intervenperson doing a normal sexual ac- tion is often nothing more than inhity? ~uestion themedicalization terference and assaon of contof your pregnancy and the objecti- an attempt to get an individual 1fication of your body. You do not personal,-sens~alex~erie~tohavetotake your laborlying down. form to a clinical textbook eYou do not have to go to a hospital tion. Next thing you know,-tto give birth. Look into homebirth. people will be trying to climbIt's great! Homebirth is one way to bed with us to make Sure wenkeep control of your own body and fuckingcorrectly. -your own experience.And another thing: afterIf you decide togo to a hospital, birthdon't forget to respectthenthere are still ways to keep from of your baby. Don't let anyonerelinquishing your control: Re- your baby away from you ormember that the people there are your baby with a needle or slicgetting paid to perform a service for a piece of your baby's geiitalsyou. You are not at their mercy. You less you can find a damn goodshould not be treated with disre- son for it! (Which you probab. ..suect; you should be treated as the won't). - 1customer who is always right. WriteKatie Sm'vner- Waym

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Welp, I'm feeling a bit moodythis month, so rather than givingyoumy recommendationsat theend,I'll blather on in the beginning.For those of you who complainthat there are no good "all ages"comics, there are Greenhouse Wapriors #4, Bone #12, and Goo TheWanderer#lO. For thosewitha morethoughtful bent, there are EddieCampbell's Alec in The Dance OfLiey Deathabngtitle but worth thetrouble), From Hell, Volume Three(the latest segment of Alan MooreaLd~ddie~am~bell's "Jack theRip-Grendal Tales: Devil's1 (which is probably the"gem bf &he month due to RobWaltoh's thoughtful plot), Hepcat#11, Kane#Z(forthoseofyoumissedthe first issue), Sin City: A Dame toKi For #3, Swamp Thing#140 (thefirst time this titles's been worthreading since Alan ,Moore's departure),and not Cerebus. Is the worldcoming to an end?Special note has togo to Marvel#3 this month for capturing thewonder of the old "Golden Age"super-hero titles. It's a sorely neededreminder to jaded comics fans saddenedby the loss of Jack Kirby (andfor those of you who don't knowwho Kirby was, there will be alengthy eulogy next month. Pay attention.).Written by Stephan StanleyIllustrated by Adrian Smith .Published by Iron Hammer GraphicsThe comics world has beensorely lacking in the representationof Norse mythology since WalterSimonson's departure from Marvelcomics' nor (and its subsequentbastardization by hacks likeTom DeFalco, Ron Frenz, and Roy Thomos),but that trend has been reversed andimproved with Iron HammerGraphics' Master Of The Void.In fact, title manages to surpasseverything Simonson did in one issue,and that's some accomplish- 'ment.Issue #l beginswith the retellingof creation from the Nordic perspective.To the Norse, creation beganwith ice and to that state it willreturn. To this desolate state camethedarkbeing knownasSurtur, whodwelt in the fire realmof Muspell. Atthe opposite end of the world was7.II l?B mqgjg17. 6""'" Connectionfrozen Nifleim, and suspended betweenthese realms was the voidknown asGinnungagap. In time, thevoid was spanned by a bridge of ice.The fiery Surturcame to despise thischange and attempted to. rectifythings. But in his act of destruction,two beings were created: Ymir (thefirst frost giant) and Audumla (theearth mother). Upon takingsustenence from Audumla, Ymirslept, and in his slumber was bornBuri, the first of mankind's gods ...Got all that? It's a lot of historyand tongue-twisting names in Scandinavianmyth, but irs also a lot offun. Happily, writerstephanstanleymanages to capture this joy withlovingly crafted captlons that combinemythic storytelling with a wrysense of humor. Making sense of thelong and jumbled Nordic texts is noeasy matter, but Stanly makes itlookeasy.Stanley's partner in this ambitiousproject is illustrator AdrianSmith, and Smith is a worthy collaborator.Smith packs an enormityof detailintoeach panel.Rather thanrelying on conventional pen and inkillustration,Smithgoeswitha fielyrenderedpncil style that capturesthe flavor of the tale to perfection.Particularly outstanding are thescenes of Surtur's rage, which possessextraordinary powerand depth.To this mix add the runic letteringof Brian Blair, which roundsthis &lid package.. One supposes that to like MasterOf The Void, the reader has to bepredisposed to like mythology. Butfor thoseof us whodoenpy readingabout the old culture, this is a py tobehold. Pester your comics retailerfor this one. You'll be glad you did.($2.95, Black & White) Grade: A-BLUEBEARDWritten by James RobinsonIllustrated by Phil ElliotPublished by Slave Labor GraphicsIn order to enpy Slave LabofsBluebeard, one should probably beacquainted with the tale' ofBluebeard, but since your humblereviewer isn't your teacher, look itup somewhere.That said, Bluebeard is one ofthe more intriguing titles to appearon the comic shelves lately.As the curtain opens on issue#l,InspectorVeloqis taking tea withan elderly woman on a Greekisland.The 73-year-old spinster weaves thetale of Anna, a plump, wealthywoman who browbeat the locals fora number of years until the affableDaniel sailed into town and into herheart. Within a short space of time,Daniel and Anna weremanied, withthe islanders loving the ma-mannered Daniel and de9pising thk tyrannical Anna. Why Anna dies falling down the stair,, Daniel is heartbroken and the islanders aregecretl:relieved. Only Yeloq has a few suspidons about the tale,and decides tcinvestigate Anna's old mansion. T ~place has Mnpretty much cleanedout by the "gentle" Daniel, and thc'stairs were rigged to spill Anna':considerable girth ...Get the basic gist? From thereVeloq proceeds to Mer De L'oisseauFrance, where "Daniel" became Oscar Delacey, an international sortAnd his victim this time around wa!Cloe ...The fascinating part of thi!three-part miniseries is Veloq's pursuit of his nameless opponent. A!issue #2 draws to a close, Veloq Lonly days behind ...Yes,thestory is a bit predictabltand has a feeling of having b wdone before, but writer Jame!Robinson manages to inject sbmlife into the material throughcharacterization and. detail. hi "exotic'locations serve to add a bit of mystery to the plot, while the parade ovictims snares the attention of thtreader. One genuinely feels' for vietim number three (Isabelle, a vet)sweet woman enamored of 'Tieter"and even a little for the killer, as wtdiscovered that he genuinely felt foiIsabelle, but loses her to the mancplan, anyway. Inspector ~ e lis 4sbit more of a stock character in thttale, but the dialogue keeps thing!from becoming too familiar ... ,Robinson is exceeded by art&PhilElliot, though. Whilehisstytizeddrhwings may leavesomecold,theysuit the material perfectly. The convincing nature of the settings itmostly due to Elliot's attention tcdetail in clothing, fashion, architecture, and geography. What's morethe story is made human by Elliot'!normal-lookiigcharacters. Thereanno muscle-bound males or waspwaisted women here, just humansOf particular note is the moment:when the broken-hearted Isabellcstumbles upon Pieter's pbt anccommits suicide. The shock and despondency revealedonIsabele's faacaptures the toneperfectly.No, it's not any great work oliterature by any means. But it i,head and shoulders above th6drosthat most comics readers pick up. Imore comics like Bluebeard sol(well, one supposes the lack of qua1ity in the comics industry wouhchange. One supposes it all dependon what thosereaders want to read,.($2.95, Black and White) Grade: BScott vic

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- Last week I was sitting at my. counter at work. (Yeah, I know it-aint punk to work, I should dyemy hair black and mooch cigarettesall day at Bandaloops likethe rest of you tough bohemians,so sue me.) It was a typical nightfor me, attempting to be courteousto obnoxious frat rats, chasingaway bums and answering inanequestions for WVC airheads. Becauseof the peculiar demands ofmy profession, I always find ithelpful to bring a good book orwatch an appropriate video beforegoing to work to put me in theproper frame of mind, Taxi Driverusually does the trick. On this particularday, however, I didn't evenhavetime tocue up theFrankBoothscenes from Blue Velvet so Ibrought one of the classics of 20thcentury American literature towork with me instead. I'm speakingof course, of Ed Sanders' 1973masterpiece "The Family."'The Family" is the true storyof this guy named Charlie and his. meny band of hippie assasins. It'sa rollicking good tale, one that Ienjoy re-reading every other yearor so, much as certain sensitive- individuals might savor a particularpainting or piece of poetry.So there I was, vicariously reliving. theglory yearsat theSpahn Ranch;mentally reconstructing the com-. mand dune buggy and fantisizingabout fucking pimply little DianeLake when atypical product of theJordan school district interruptedmy reverie. "How come CharlesManson is so popular?'Sheasked,"he really seems to be making acomeback.". I didn't know quite how torespond to her question, I mean IIE WOULD LOVEr0 HEAR 'FROM. YOU! ,IDICKHEADS @ SLUGP.O. BOX 1061SALT LAKE CITY,UT 84110=1061never thought it was particularlyhip to follow the career of Charlieand his pals. I certainly neverimagined my interest in theManson family was on the cuttingedge of anytrend anymore thai Iinagined mi1lionS:of other peoplewould be fans af Nirvana butCharles Manson "populaf'?That'slike calling John Waters movies"cute!' And what about hisalleged"comeback? Granted, he makes acameo appearence on A CuqentAffair or Hard Copy from time totime and you can always count onSharon Tste's sister for daytimetalkshow fodder, but after all, theguy's been in prison for over twodecades. What kind of comeback.is that? Then it dawned on me thatshe must be referring to that despoticlittle shit Ax1 Rose and hisGazam weened cohorts coveringManson's "Look at Your Game, 'Girl".on their pathetic stab at punkrock cred, "The Spaghetti Incident?"Their admiration for punkrock goes about as far back as RonaldReagan's memory during theIran-Contra hearings. Ax1 grew upon Journey and Elton John just like90% of the people I went to juniorhigh with. And what's the big fussabout G N'R Wording a Mansonsong anyway? Redd Kross covered"Cease to Resist" back when theywerestill "RedCross." Right aboutthe time Bill "Axl" Bailey wasprobably getting heavy into PeterFrampton and Queen.Why mention all this? Well, ifManson is indeed some kind ofcultural icon, there must be a reason.Let me tell you a little story.See if it sounds familiar:This young guy gets thrownin prison and falls under the careof old con who teaches him afew guitar chords and the ins andouts of prison life. Eventually thekid becomes pretty proficient atsongwriting and playing the guitar.Upon his release from prison,he heads out to Hollywood, hopinghis connections will lead to abig break in the music biz. Alongthe way, he gets ripped off by amajor recordiqg engineer andvows vengence. Meanwhile, he'smanaged-to manipulate everywoman who comes his directionfor his own personal gain andSurround himself with a gang ofsycophantic admirers who listento every breath from his mouthand note from his guitar with almostreligiousdevotion. Naturally,as in all good stories, this hedonistic,self absorbed lifestyle leadsto his downfall, but he emergesgreater and more famous than everin spite of his crimes.If you haven't figured it outyet, this is of course the plot toJailhouse Rock stamng none otherthan Elvis Presley. Amazing@enough, it sounds remarkably likethe biography of Uncle Charliehimself. (And with a few minorchanges possibly even Ax1 Rose.)So there you have it; Charles 'Manson is the stuff folk legendsare made of. He's pure Americana,as homespun and essential to thenational fabricas Paul BunyonandJohnny Appleseed. No othercopntry could have produced him.If peopleromanticizeManson whocan blame them? I mean lookat theclass of criminals this country isproducing today: Unimaginativegangsta thugs; anonymous serialkillers who couldn't even interestJerry Springer and the occassionalmalcontentpostal worker with anassault rifle. Dull, DULL, DULL!What's gone wrong. with thiscountry? We're even slipping behindthe Russiansin theserial killerdepartment; This could cause aserial killer gap! Where are the EdGeins, the Mansons and theBundys of today? Come onAmerica, let's show the world thatno one makes psychos like we can!If, as George Bataille has argued,the ideal murder is the su-prepe artlglcZtlthenanson wase pa vinci ofthe crimeworld. And letsface it, as far asnostalgia goes,I'd muchratherhave people romanticizeManson thanfuckingWoodstalk andJim Morrison.Miscelleania:USU-i'ally my sweetheart,HelenWolf, beats meto the punch onall the goodbitching but Iurge you all toboycott~udweiser until they &ke thosenauseating commercials that arebasically patterned after the filmDiner off the air. The most offen- /sive by far features a gang of geekswearing clamdiggers and swinginggolf clubs who look like themaggots in a typical Details fashionspread arguing themerits whatcan dubiously be called "classicrock." I guess we are supposed toidentify with these dimwits. Well,not only aTe they shitty golfersdressed like four year olds onEaster, they also have horrible tastein music. Foreigner? My Shqona?!Meatloaf?!! The only thing this adsays to me is "If you like the worstmusic ever recorded, you'll alsolike our bkr." Those ads are evenworse thin the Subaru punk rockcommercig,ls which have mercifullybeen yanked from the airwaves,Finally, like every red bloodedboy in the U S of A I had to checkout the latest Nayboy to find out ifShannon Doherty's tits are as lopsidedas her facb. (No, really I wasjust interested in her scintillatingopinions on .safe sex. Yeah right,whatever. . .) My how she'll bemissed on Beverly Hills 922148Room 222 Melrose High or whateverthe fuck it is. I know I'mweeping. Anyway, do yourself afavor and go see Iggy and theChainsaw Kittens even if it is atDV84102or whatever the fuck thatplace is. I'll be the onedrinking a properly meterecocktail. See you there. . .

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SAFE SEX. ..UGH...WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?Seems like we can? turn on theTV without seeing some poorlydone weak excuse for a condomcommercial. MTV? What does itmean? Morality Turns Venereal? Ifyou really want people to start usingcondoms, advertise them properly.Picture this ... out of the bedmomcomes our fav sports hero"Before I go to McIYs, I like to dosome fuckin', and I always use theMcJordon extra strength RibbedRaincoat."Orrnaybe the NBA's newsuperman Shaquille. "I'm 7'tall and315 Ibs. that's why I always use newRookie Dick Rubbers, besides theylight up when you jump."What about our hometownhero, Karl Malone? 'You know theMailman'sa big dude now, so whenhe gets hungry for some flesh healways uses the Hardee's extragreasy love glove cuz it comes rightoff without taking any hairs outwith it!"Of course you'd need differentrole models for each consumerpup.TheyupscanhaveRobLowe.'When I do manage to get somepoor girl into my bed, I'm kind of atwo stroke charlie, so I have to weara condom otherwise I'd lose mywad on the second push."Lyle Lo- "When Julia mademe promise 'no Mpring" I had noidea each condom had it's own serialnumber. I wasn't rolling themback far enough! Now I use Short'N1 Stubbys and the band seems tolove 'em."Or companies could adopt thegraphic approach. Show someguysdwying rotted penis, oozing pussfrom the peehole .."Shedidnt't looklike she had anything." Or askankywoman with open sores all over hercrotch ..."-Would you have sex withher? How about after 7 or 8 vodkatonics at your house/face shot withcaption "Cum in their face, not intheir mouth!"If we had our own campaign itwould be'Mashubationis King." IfI had the stamina to go more than 5or 6 times a day, I'd never leave thehouse. Besides,every time you havesex with a woman there's alwaysthat uncomfortable ""hold Me"thing which almost makes the actnot worthwhile.Socks, bowling balls, pillows,and my cat. I've never gotten anythingfrom these lovers with theexcece@on of arescueof areticcuringrash with the cat..It won't sit on mylap anymore though, it justme that "what y'gonna fuck again"lookall the time. Oh well, everyonehas a cross to bear.Just remember your dick is nota toy. If it was you could put it inyour mouth-JT & me Fat Manr I m e ta nold my breath. ~osfopmyself from falling at yourl&t. Tokeep from shaking, mybe fromthinking..Across the street bm mc~t italianrestaurant, in the tMdk yard at2:00am, once on thepafiq more thanonce on that table, The simplest1 things tM wehave to face aret5x1ght by our eyes, and b e d bymistake.But slill t mcrnit&lc$.goktg to thewbd6w, to ss if you're there.'Yw won'! be. You never show. LikeIKafhy bnfhg Hmfhclout on theMms. Except you're not dead. Atleust not to the rest d the wor?d, onlyto me. And so I can't iii the cum.Jltstgoupth@hf&onqdonIclirnb,until I fall But never into your arms,atwuys rn my +. Faith once againproking &lwrong, Washing youfrom my m~blike to washb W frc#nyerw.Ws. Stained mysoulAd@n'f you, Drove around forthe &qs, st* d the tars mdbekhgjn windovi Only thing I canremsmbr iS ftWi Lwas very wetping home, I feR like tcrwrwe~ier.~rrobne~me~hope ~ P ~ ~ ~ . , x wWhyd&sm*shappentome..,eve~B 3 iaks:"1111 ~ar rnntnlr ~u~uautu~~nuuvt DROOL IIMW IIUIUIJMUL~ YMI~MUIYU IHI wWII IWWUS UMWM -mfJIKI$MI€EAST, . I C I I -Um,...&c) FORWARD gC S . 8, . .. ., ,* :..?-I ,,--zi=ZswI +-- 8-16-24 TRACK DIGITAL RECORDING AND MASTERING s--- GUARANTEED BEST SOUND IN UTAH CD'S WHILE YOU WAITgP0EEZACCOMODATIONS FOR ANY TYPE OR SIZE OF GROUP D o+ =a COME IN AND SEE OUR NEW MIXING CONSOLE --r =C= (801) 292-7307 640 N. MAIN NORTH SALT LAKE =METHOD AMER OVERloRo DRO!NB ATHEN lull BoHEMlA ONE EYE THE ID SMEU ISC HOUSE OF MIS WMBERJACK l W R l l E Klll

Nhen Saint Vinnie de Paduastill a wise ass Italian kid, histalks wereso compelling,nt sermons would inspiresh to head water and lisashard to imagine isidea to spiritual school the mixooks who scan this subterrauthellbells on moonit is my mission, myo died and me Unclein my family. In fact, mya was so religious she wores made outta stained glass.papa (don't take no mess)the holy hell outta me any-&ne the grammar school. nunsrat fink and squaled. ButEmoreover, my very souiseems everictated by the IN & OUT URGE.Hindus tells a story 'bout twobumpkin brothers who waltz intohe big city for the first time. Onegoes straight to the temple, theUher directly to a brothel. Nextday the they trade notes. The holybastard was the whole time contemplatingthe cat house, whilesacred prayers and ancient chantshad gone round and round thewhoremongefs mind.Whether you are spaced outbythe Great Spirit or constantly ina horny as fuck mood, the doublehelix inside the human psyche ispassionately engaged. Neithercondition is better or worse thanthe other in the expandingcosmolgy and in fact they share acommon intensity. The reason Ifeel fanatical about preachin' religioncan be traced to my slipslidenature. I go up and down thechakra spine faster than a monkeyin a burnin' firehouse. Ya see, despitethe Sisters of the BloodyKnuckles whippin' stick, I've alwaysassociatedGod with Passion.I sense the Holy Spirit as the sexjuice of the universe. This IN &OUT URGE that Irwereisa middlefinger on the pulse of the creation,the sustaining of creation and thedestruction of creation.The Big Daddy, Scary Monster,Fear Thy God strangleholdthat's been around for all of recordedtime to loosen. Personalpassions weave the mystic fabricas much as any All Powerful Al-mighty. It is the combo thang thatgives the cosmos its holycarburation. Thusly inspired, Iwish only to chat, not acrbss afriggin' pulpit, but eye to eye, faceto face, gut to gut, heart to heart,sweaty loins to sweaty loins.So maybe I'm a freak 'cause Iget a hardqn everytime I swaggerinto church. It ain't all carnal, butlet me tell ya, that's where you'llfind some of the finest lookingbabes on God's green earth. Thereis more to it than a "Dice Man"dream. Many of the ways of theold father I dig, honor and respect.Gospel hymns, the scent of incenseof certain scriptures, the presenceof spirit about the ceremonial sacrifices,all possess the ability touplift my interior. Reverence is avery inhate emotion and intimacycan be very personally satisfying.So I sit on both sides of thefence. Anything works for me,sweet cheeks, as long as the reverenceain't fabricated and the passionis personal.Yeah, I'm an all around typeof guy, a buddy-buddy kind ofdude, but baby, I simply adorewomen. In the New World Disorderof chaos and confradiction, thefemale is queen bee. Whereas manreacts with power and might conquerand enslave, women has anatural gift of flex. Using but a tadof intent, she may create and justas easily destroy.The natural beauty of thisability is astounding in how it re-mains incredibly aitractive. I goyearsat a time without getting laid,sleeping in my cold monk's bed allalone. Might be an occupationalhazard, like Vinnie Van Gogh inhis hey day. Yet even when thepoontang ain't flowin', my spiritsare almost always intensified inthe presence of a natural bornwoman. Oh, I could be in a decadelong slump, down on my luck,ready to call it quits and a not soinnocent female might brushalongside me, parting her corpulentlips in a devilish little smilejust tofeel it work In the name ofthe Mother and the Sistah and theMost Holy Sacred SexyThan& tellthat greaseball, Saint Vinnie, I'lleat raw a whole school of funkyfish. iPn I can suckle on that one-sweet little peach.Okay kids, ain't but sacredpund a-tween us,Sitlcerely, .Padre Beelrebrrb

IN OF DISBELIEF-and LL-=--l-1-1 1 1?:M) EARLY SHOWI w v n wI$7.00 - Tichets available at Raunch. HeavyMetal. Cnndall Audio. Sonic GardenN O - R E S T R I C T I O N SI GUMlNU93AI UHUAT1 WITHLoCALs WATERFRONT 1ITHE '?.?-aMERCY,.CUBE: ~moolh ~ov..& ,,.->~ook,%'&ine to stop7he insanity,and I'm not talking aboutusa an Powter. I'm talking aboutthis new "lifelike hair replacementtechnology" stuff, or what used tobe called, in thegood old Neolithicpre-P.C. days, wigs. It's not that Ihave anything against wigs oranything, but ... um, never mind,it's that I do have it in for wigs. "Baldness is a noble and honorableculture, with roots that extendback farther than non-baldpeople could possibly imagineperhaps back even as far as theepochal epic film The Ten Commandments,where the ancient Israelitesare so intimidated by theclearly phallic glory of YulBrynner's head that they leaveEgypt so as not to be seduced by itshypnotic power. So shall it bewritten, so shall it be done.The glory of the smooth andglistening head has obviously intimidatedthe non-bald of humanculture to suchadegreethat a senseof deep shame and insecurity hasbeen intentionally instilled in thebald and the balding (heretoforereferred toas the Proto-Bald). Eventhe best, wealthiest and most talentedof the Bald have often succumbedto the sadistic, enviouspressures of the non-bald-witnessBing Crosby, George Burns,and that one guy who played OscarGoldman on The Six MillionDollar Man. Absolutely Bald to theman.ButthesubjugationoftheBaldby the non-bald is slowly loosening.Just look at Star Trek. PatrickStewart and William Shatner areequally hairless, but look howStewart has conclusively provedthat the openly bald Picard warpsup circles around the insecure "Iwant to be a macho man" Kirk. Ipredict Star Trek: The Next Generationto forever after serve as asort of Stonewall riot symbol; forthe Bald.There are still great strides tomake however.0nistill sees talentamong the Proto-Bald like JasonPatric, Michael Stipeand The Edge,who do not seem to glory in theirnearness to baldhood.And on this topic onecannothelp but acknowledge and deep'. .brilliance of the Absolutely BaldAndy Warhol. Now here was ahairless' but bewigged wonderwhose classiness cannot be deniedeven by this notorious wigaphobe.Faced with nearly complete cranialsmoothness by his nineteenthyear, he leaped to join the world'swigged, but not really. This guywas so fucking cool that he realizedthat the only way peoplewould believethat he wasn't reallyBald was to pick out the worst,tackiest platinum white beastie hecould find-hair so hideous thatyou'd never think anyone wouldchoose it, so it niust- be natural.Only after the master's death did Ihear of his baldness and oh God itrocked me to the bone.Personally, I believe thatWarhol's wigs were-not to shieldhim, but to shield us. If we, thepublic, had todeal with the beautyand wonder of an uncloakedWarholian skull we would havenever forgiven him for his coolnessand he never would gottenhis little fifteen minute show onMTV. Oh how I weep for Andy tothis day.As a Proto-Bald man, I gloryin the long heritage I shall sooninherit. I grow more impatient formy day of glory witheach longhour. Oh, why are there noinfomercials hot Nair or even forshaved heads? Wait-maybe I amtalking about Susan Powter-hey,even sisters are doing it for themselves and discovering voluntarybaldness! So shall it be written, soshall it be done!-MarkS. Melville

m -- -!LC - -I=- I I-n&&~ with Rick, Mcalist forNew Yank Cit)'s Hard Con Band25 TA LIFEAlthough thisband has only beentog&afora year-and-a-M,they havealready played shows with very wellknown East coast bands such as Sick of~aU,Madb~andW~e.The25TAaPRCH 4.1;~r "- ri'RS T SL EEPER OF 1994!:- 7ride, a dazzling piece of plotting that_!sistible story.. . filled with delightfulkinds of moments that make movies--MtckLaSalle, S.F. CHRONICLE'LIFE line up consists of Rick/vucals,Franklbass. Fd/guitar, and Harry/dnm. ?he demo that this band has~le3sed is brutal, four songs of gut-~ippxl hard coreatits best Iarnlooking -' f * '-l o d to hearingm~I haveenpyed ism.mycorresponhwithRickand thank Do you feel racial peace is possible inhim for doing this interview, the D1.Y. America?&&of this band and their dedication Rick Truthfully, I don't think I'l everto the hard core scene transcend the see it in my lifetime, but as long as weword commendablekeep hghting against it and speakingIt bothen me not in the least that againstitpeopleknowwhat'sup- it'sall&bn&ki&r i n e opinion of the aboutres+Itdoesn'tmatteryourraceGodhead: I am happy for any athiest - it has to do mi wxt fid3fpSHoiTwhocanmake peace with themselves in youare-wegottalookout foreachother.* 0theirWomfmmthesupemtiti011~that DoyoubelimeuruGodorHigherP~wer?I believe in Rick I believe in myself and that's it -1-I., I3PLEASE READ ON...people who believe in Gods have noIDENNISNICOLASFLYNGSOYLEYouguys have a demo out r w , what confidence in themselves and rely onRED ROCKv:HOPPER CAGEhas the response been like tmvards it? other walled higher beings to helpRick: It's done mlly well in da states. them - ya gotta do for yourself causeWe sold m d 5.6 hundred d m . their ain't no God. Would a God let kidsAlso, we sold amund 300 inEuropeand get killed, molested, raped.IPeople get50 in Japan, so it's done good. mbbed --I don't think so -WESTyou gottaWill 25 TA LIFE be out on vinyl soon? believein yourself. AndthisKrishnashitRick: Yes, we're reoording our 7' in 2 that's gotten into hard core, whch hasCOLWIB~~ IR~.SI~RI-,~..,.WLIGRIU., , . U . r . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ r t ~ u s-.-WOL4SCAGE O(NHISI(0WIR LIRA TUUHBOILE J 7 WALSH ....I.P.~O~(Nweeks and it should be out in April nobg to do with hard core has gottaW&nr working with a German label go, au it's doing is bmwashing hdeWe'nrmnIing'IWlmedby DaFlamg", kids who wanna be down wit da next .M~L~IIEKDIYL-nr~:~.YGURJ011~YAlS50N~SlIVf GO~W~-I-.~:~~JOMN~~HLMUSTEND SOON!7.00 & 9.15 (Saf, Son. Wed mats at 2 00 8 4 30)and "InsideKnowledge," also two new a01 m d that they think is cool - it's aones-"Can't Believe," and '5ho1tFuse" pke - it's all about believing in yod.ROXIEYnm(n-I, CINEMIAlso we recorded for da Aster Records What waild you like to see your bandCompin NY. The way it was..The way ~~~mplish in thefuhm? I PREMIERING MARCH 4-10it is now ... Sick Of It All, Dadcside, Rick Just keep doing shows and keepB~akdown M-l3,So check dat out. hard core honest and truthful and real -What is the scene like in' W/Ny tttese noneofthatbullshit-trendsshit-straightIn the tradition ofdays?.uphardcore-thathadtoklived2beRi& WeU,in NY there's a h/c Matinee told. And release som fat vinyl Lookevery weekend at Bondst. orwetlands, for our 7'.~Granddogshowsmnthly...and hty last commtts?in h4J there's lotsa shows at Studio One Rick Yo Dan, thanks for da interview.- kindof a ripoff tho* but them's lots Good luck with yourzlne and band. Yoof~tdeshowsthatkidsputonwhichm mad drops to my aew D.MS. MadballShe's a tough nowhere-g~rl wrth one mean attitude. .. anda gun.Starring JADE LEUNG SIMON YAM THOMASLAMmotTIten them% ths~hews -;tt - clownof3o~ns. All thepaglewhLFiodu~id mil D

March 1994 SLU?SOULS AT ZEROanuary 25, Rafter'si frequent many bars in my endeavorsfor fresh and exating entertainment.I sometimes feel as if thistown is "too small." My conclusion isthat most people in our "City of Salt"are too'small.Wasn't it Shakespeat who said,"Variety is the spice of life."?So I'm thumbing through a local"rag" and stumbled upon a promotional.Souls At Zero playingat Rafter's?Hey, this could be fresh and exdting.Definitely a way to wardoff 1" humanecondition," or terminal graying.After somepasuasion, acoupleoffriends decided they would pin me inthis venhue. Emally arriving at (the notsodifferent than B&G) Rafter's we werepleasantly surprised to find that theBeastie Boys were the house music forthe night. Rafbers was into it and sowere we. Not knowing anything particularabout Souls At Zero we wereeagerly antiapating them to take thestage.Not too soon, and the four membersof the band took to their instru-ments and began to play. Two words todescribe Souls At Zero -loud andpowerful. The volume was incredible,they've just finished touring withPantera. The sound? Tight, aisp, andfull of bass. The instnrment+on wasdeliveredprofgsimally,tosay theleast.Solos with a time release feeling thatflow from one guitarist to theother. Thevocals wereexplosive, thelyricsas loudand powerful as the music. One mighteven find entertainment in the song,"Look."Put all this together with thesteadily driving dnun beat of a drummerwith an attitude, and you havebeen vitalized.URBAN DESERT SHOWFeb 20, Spanky's Cinema BarHats off to the slightly bent SteveNeves for organizing this fine fest tocelebrate the natidty of our foundingfathers. All I can say is, it was a damnfine deal to see a Team Free show thatwasn't 1OOmilesaway. And a bonus tosee a packed house at Spanky's forsomeone other than Sister Jane.F~~U~W~SSHADOWPLAY whosounded damn muscular, they wasrdddn but good, a big jump from theAida house material I've heard. AlthoughI must say, as far as pitch gob,that singer makesthem boys from Genebves Jezebel sound like Pavoratti.Next was WOVOKEN. Don'tknow a damn thing about these boysbut they srrre were punk. They hadcustom green mohawks and all. Youcan bet they don't work no office pbsActually, I enpyed them quite a bit,especially their more melodic materialwhich had a kind of early OrangeCounty (e.g. Adolescents, Hated,TSOLltinge to it. Fine and Rockin.BIRDMAN took the stage and asalways the question was, "Where'sCody?" No matter, they played theirtwistedlittle tunes, and with or withoua mumbling lead vocalist, they're stillone of the best bands in town and,areeven better now than with the originalline up.Naturally, the evening had to degenerateinto a rambling spontaneousjambefittingthenatureof a Desertshow.The final band was called ROPE andwas basically an amalgamation ofmembers of BIRDMAN, QUISP,DOLLYMOPSand Steve Neves himselfon recorder and wounded guitar. Tomake things even more perfect, Codyfinally arrived and thrilled us all withhis break dancing dexteri ty. A perfectlyalcohol sodden sloppy ending to anexcellent night of rock and roll.StinabbyB.B. KingJoe Louis Walk$!: . .Feb. 23 - Abravand HallCme.of the most incredible bluesshows I've yet to experience happenedon theewof the 23rd of February. Blueslegend, B.B. King (and his guitar comeo n Lucille Gibson) cranked outprobably the most entertaining bluesset that this wonderful state of Utah hasseen. King, along with his eight pieceband rocked the Hall with their ownbrand of blues and R & B (R&B in thetraditionalsense,not thenew discoesquescrcalled "R&B). B.B. mezmerized haudience with his smooth, catchy riffson such classics as "The Thd b Gone"and 'When Love Comes To Town.". An inckedible show, and wellworth the 22 dollar hg. The opening actwas Joe Louis Walker, another bluesgreat who has been around since dirt(no, not the punk band). Walker and hisband also put on an amazing show.I'm sure therearea few of you whoare reading this and wondering, "Whatthefuckisareviewofablukxshow todowith punk?" Well, my answer is*a lot.Punkis thespawnof early bluesexactlylike what was performedat AbravanelHall on Wednesday night. But, don'ltake my word for it. Go pick up (01order) a wpy of The Monkey Wrench,Clean As A Broke Dick Dog on Sub PopThis is an album of blues covers featuringMark Arm and Steye Turna(Mudhoney), Tom Price (Gas Huffer)Tim Kerr (Poison 13), and Martin (LubricatedGoat). Mark arm explains onthe back cover wh y these punks wouldwant to play (haven forbid) blues.-B.S. Tilmn (the friendly punk;

SLUG March 1994A SUNNY DAYIcouldn't have been more thanfive or six. We didn't have the bluestation wagon much longer thanthat. On the day, like any other,like anybody else, my mom sat infront by Dad, and me and my sistertumbled around in the back.It's an old memory, but thecolors and feelingsarestill full andbright. It must have been spring orearly summer.My dad was a good familyman. He always went the speedlimit. I always wanted him to gofaster."It'sagainst thelaw," he'd say.We were out for a drive, Idon't remember where. We livedin a valley full of cities. You neverknew where one ended and thenext began. We were going downa street that afterwords, it seemsnow, we never went down again.It was a busy street that neighborhoodsemptied into. We weredriving east with the sun straightabove us.My dad noticed a commotionand pulled to the side of the road.He told us all to stay put,includingMom. From where we. wereparked, we couldn't see. I thinkmy dad wanted it that way.We were parked by two orthree other cars next to the entranceof a parking lot. I rememberit wasa hugelot, freshly tarred. Nowhite lines yet, no wheel blocks. Itlooked like a neat place to ride askateboard or a bike. Across theentrence was a barricade. But youcould tell, the tar was already dry.The barricade was madesimply with a four inch fence postsupported by two foldingwoodenhorses.There was a small crowd. Mydad walked over.I figured, since my mom wasan adult, that she knew what wasup. But she wasn't telling. So Iscrabbled to the door and let myselfout. If mom said no, I didn'thear or else 1 didn't pay any attention.My dad and the blur of otheradults were standing along theedge of the tar, looking at theground. No one said much of anything.I was standing right theretoo, and my dad wasn't even mad.I don't think he cared any more.Therein front of us wasa deadlittle boy. He was lying nrxt to thebarricade in a puddle of blood. Itlooked like the boy had spilled abucket of paint and fallen into it.He looked older than me, maybeeven an upper-grader. He wore awhite jumpsuit and a plastic whitehelmet. Next to him was an overturnedgo-cart,~e-was curled up like a babyin the middle of all that blood. Icouldn't see his face, just a redclump inside a smashed little helmet.-~ewas dead because hewasn't moving. I had watchedenough TV to know. But somethingdidn't fit. On TV only bigpeople die, and after sputtering afew last words, lay still on theirbacks with arms and legs spreadout. And there wasneverthis muchblood.On the way home my dad toldus what had happened. The deadboy's older brother had built thego-cart and the two of them wentto the new lot to ride it. The olderboy showed his brother how tosteer it and make it go fast. But heforgot to tell him how to stop.I saw the dead little boy as Ilooked down to the bleeding lumpat my feet.I was wearing a hairnet, aflannel shirt, and sunglasses eventhough it was dark: I had notshaved for two weeks, and I haddark make-up on my nose andcheeks.I had told him to be cool buthe wanted to be a hero. He gaveme no choice.His blood flowed in glisteningstreams undet the fluorescentlight.I had the night deposit bag inmy hand and ahotwired car parkedtwo blocks away under a brokenstreetlight. I gathered the spentshells from around the dead man,tucked the bag inside my shirt andthe automatic-in my belt, and ran.The tar of the parking lot wassilent under my feet.For the last couple of hoursmy thoughts had been numerous,practical and focused. Now as Iran I had only one thought. And itwas laughing at me.Pretty Boy would never havedone that.-Cava Gray4 . 5 SISTER ~ ~ JANE6so WUTSPEAK EASYTAPESTRY DRIVE & SWIM PIGSPOETRY.,l OGOD BULLIES a QUISP11 HONEST ENGINEJ- s 's? .A1 RUBBERNECK & SCHEME OF THINGSr -SPEAK EASYI SSSURJ a P.O.S.16~0 WUT1 RIVERBED 3ED & DOLLYMOPS18~00 FAR GONE1 P KILLER CLOWNSPOGREEN ADAMS CRADDLE 8 KGB21 PISS FACTORY & DOLLYMOPS ,r :POETRY , spEClAL FEATURE^^RENEGADE SAINTS -J&'thWRCH 10 ' *.sfAAbWmII W 1dA2 4 1 1 ~ ~ l &. GREEN A ~ ~ APPLE ~ CRADLE 1P DOGHOUSEREVEREND WILLIEBENEFIT FOR SPORES SPEAK EASY2 9 1 ~ 1 ~~OGRUNTRUCK & RIVERBED JEDI SLEEPFOR LOYE NOT LlSA & RIVERBED JEDMARCH 21 STMARCH 30STGRUNTRU [ KFOR LOVENOT LlSA

Much to the dismay of Ms. Clearinghouse cut her off? I sug-.Wolf, the third issue of Put Yer Cat gest a subscription to one of theClothes On has hit the shs. Be- many fine roots rock fanzineslieve it or not Helen there are more around the country.pckabilly bandsout there. Thanks Just in is the latest issue of CattoPutYerCat Clothes On, theyare Tales out of Sterling, VA. Krazystarting to line up for a trip to Salt Greg is up to#& SO someone mustWe City. One of the best will like the Big Beat. This issue is lightappear with thegood Reverend on on the rockabilly, Greg interviewshis third visit to our town. The Flat the Dovells and Ben E. King. EvenDuo Jets, a two-piece, will make the record reviews concentrate onfheir first appearance. They're R &B or doowop. I can take it. My.leaving the safety of North Caro- tastes range far and wide.lina for a trip west and a possible Greg gives the rundown on&counter with a Utah redneck. some of the latest fanzines to crossThe same rednecks who used to his pkh, some of them I have yet tohang around the Westerner before see. Out of Mt. Vernon, NY comesthe hokey pokey came back into issue #4 of Rhythm and Rootsfashion. Since then they've grown Review, published by Rocket J.their hair long or shaved it all off, Also out is #3 of Original Cogl.as the case may be. They are now Original Cool concentrates onheavily into alternative rock and/ newer rockabilly bands. It is puborheavy metal.lished by Sue Smallwood. I sug-I look forward to Helen's gest Sue interview our own Voo-Trailer Park updates input Yer Cat dooswing. Thefvegained enoughClothes On. One thing about Ms. status around the US to be fea-Wolf, sheis funny, that bitter cyni- tured in an advertisement fromcism makes for some entertaining Ohio's hepcat tecods. As the adreading. I wonder what would reads, "Brillant new release fromhappen if TCI found out she was Salt Lake City's top rockabillypirating caMe and 'Publishers band!'Continental Restyling #2 isout. This 'zineis published by JerryDesvaux and it comes from WestMidlands, England. ContinentalRestyling is dedicated to the Europeanrockin' scene and it coversmajor hot rod shows as well asrock 'n' roll. Red Hot Express is abimonthly and it i6 up to issue #13This mag is publish4 out ofBloomfield, N.J.The third issue of Twanging isout. This 'zine sticks mostly withalternative country. Names to rememberare Jimmy Dale Gilmore,Junior Brown, Robert Earl Keenand Monte Warden, just a few ofmany. Twangin' also covers blues,R&B and rockabilly, The latest issuehas a review of Put Yer CatClothes On Issue #1 and a reviewof the Voodoo Swing Cd. It comesfrom Concord, CA and is publishedCheryl Cline.Alsoof noteisKicks:This 'zinecomes out intermittently. The lastissue was #7. Everything from~kabilly and R&B to garage rockand surf is covered. This 'zine isyour basic primer in trash culture.It is filled with old movie advertisementsfrom the underbelly ofsociety and old record and liveperformance ads. Billy Miller andMiriam Linaare theeditors. Theyare featured in Resehmh Industry'sIncredibly Strange Music. Theyalso run Norton Records. Both aremembers of the legendary A-Bones. Billy is the lead vocalist andWriam plays drums and contributesvocals. Kicks is the largest ofthe 'zines with over 100 pages in#7. I expect issue #8 shortly.Finally out of 'the PacificNorthwest comes Blue SuedeNews. It is a quarterly 'zine andcovers blues, rockabilly, R&B andcountry. MaTc Bristol is the editor.The 'zine also has a record labeland for $26 you get four issuesanda Family Jewels cassette. BlueSuede News is up to issue #24.Unliketheotherzinesit has tappedinto a distribution network andcopies can be found, sometimes, atthe local Barnes and Noble.In case you think this rocbbillything is limited to Salt LakeCity and is only a passing fad, Iinvite you to plunk down a fewbucks and find out what is happeningaround the country andthe world. Rockabilly, garage rock,surf, "real" country, and R&B willnever die, so get used to it!I get tired of the noise,screeching guitars and mumbled. vocals, it's nice to relax with the"Big Beat" once in a while. For areal treat sit down with Rhino'srecent box set, "Songs Of TheWest," or any of the doowop releasesfrom Relic Records.Interested in any of the mags?Here are the addresses. Cat Tales,Box 1191, Sterling, VA, 20167. $15for six issues. Rhythm and RootsReview, J. Erhardt,24Summit Ave,Mt. Vernon, NY, 10550. Six issuesfor $2. original Cool, 1533 SeaBreeze Trail, Suite 201, VirginiaBeach,,VA, 23452. $15 for six issues.Continental Restyling, 78Hatherton Road, Cannock, WestMidlands, England. $20 for fourissues. Red Hot Express, AnthonySturiale, 100 Walnut St.,Bloomfield; NJ, 07003. Kicks, Box646 Cooper Station, NY NY 10003.$5an issue. Blue SuedeNews, Box25, Duvall, WA 98019. $20 for fourissues.By WheelsWRITE to: B-Lame @ P.O. Box 52023:SugarHouse, Utah 84052-0233, for 2FREE! COPY, & OR INFOLlUt SLUHt 11'TROUlIeaturinNformermembers of.,,- neolament,"%?!.w e idaho syndroml'l s~ & morei *dAPRIL 8TH & 9TH - MIDNIGH'""''ER THEATRE Am, woT, AT ,om

R.U. DEADFor my money, one of the bestthings happening on thelocalsceneis the proliferation of Salt Lakearea tecoxd labels and local releases.In the next few months 1hope to be able to give a run downon what they're up to and write acontinuing column featuring theproducts that are coming out ofour fabulous little town. So if youhave a label, or are in a band witha local release please send the followinginfo to me c/b SLUG:1. Name, mailing address, businessphone;2. Length of time in the glamorous'~die record biz and general historyaf your labeliband.3. A list of all previous, current andplanned releases and where theyare avaiIable.This month, I'd like to burn afew paragraphs on what is probablythe most dedicated andworthwhile local punk rock label.- by some dedicated andworthwhile folks. Naturally, thatlabel would be R. U. DEAD W-SIC. Duaine and his cohorts havebeen inflicting their brand ofpositive anarchy in our communityfor a number of years encompassingmany different areas and mediums.While they are best knownfor producing HATEx9 and NSC,PZU DEAD also publishes "ActivatingDissent" a DN anarchistjournalwhich can be found at manycoffeeshops, barsand Indie recordstores. Ratker than attempt to de-~ribe it, 1 urge you pick up a copy7' RBWI AVAILABLE NOW AT:umw rwnu,HW ~ I I#I, L IUL~B~Y menu)ORmIOM~WI m P.O. w~tbia ac, UI 8418and read it yourself. RU DEAD isalso responsible for Food NotBombs, an organization whichvrovidesfmmealsinPioneer Park1every Friday.While I have my ownopinionsas to the validity of these projects,I can guarantee that RU DEAD .puts its money where its mouth is.All of their actions are guided bycomplete integrity. Their benefitsactually benefit the people theyare supposed to, and their musicactually expresses and articulatesthecase for thecauses they support.It just goes to show that you don'thave to be Fugazi to maintain somedignity and not rip people off.The latest project for RUDEAD is their involvement in theAutonon~y House Collectivewhich quite coincidentally, SLUGis having a benefit for this month.On the &rd front, in addition toTheBig MountainlT' compilation,RU DEAD has also released anNSC 7" and a HATE X 9 single.Their next two project swill anotherNSC 7" and a release fromWOVOKA.As you can probably guess,with all these projects going on,RU DEAD is always looking forvolunteers and money. If you areinterested in helping RU DEAD inany of their ongoing community- -support actions, or are just inteiestedin the music, you can contactthem at:.PO Box 11015SLC, Ut. 84147OR CALL (801) 535-1852-Jon Shuman-'s, LlN !ST. PATRICK'S DAYwith RIVERBED JEDCITltfifl bflR45 WESI bRorpbP3SQleooMARCH 21STW/ PlSS FACTORYCIrnfifl MIRA PRIVATE CLUB FOR MEMBERSV W vGO EAST BOO SOUTH - 533 0340A PRlVATC CLUB I'On MCMDCRS -' 1

Maroh 1894 SLUGIr March Hair, Daisy Gret, Prodiron, Wad -PlayschoolHouse Of Cards Dead GoatSalsa Brava The ZephyrAbstrak Bar &GrillMy Sister Jane Cinema Bar-Acoustic Jam Dead GoatSo Wut Cinema BarMind At Large The ZephyrO.C. Anderson The ZephyrBlue Devils Blues Dead GoatSpeak Easy Cinema Barit Reverend Horton Heat w/ Flat Duo Jets -Club' D V8Tapestry w/ Swim Pigs Cinema BarThe Obvious w/ Honest Engine - Bar & GrillAndy Summers & John Ethriige - TheZephyr-lris Dead Goat* lggy Pop wl Chainsaw Kittens - Club DV8Indivision Dead GoatGit Noah The ZephyrThe Obvious & Honest Engine - Bar & GrillPoet~yCinema BarBob Evans Band Bar & GrillOther People Dead GoatBroken Hearts The ZephyrVoodoo Swing Burts Tiki-God Bullies w/ Quisp Cinema BarBroken Hearts Burts TikiBackwash Dead GoatGamma Rays The ZephyrThe Change Bar & GrillHonest Engine Cinema Bar-Disco Drippers Cinema BarBackwash Dead GoatGamma Rays The ZephyrThe Change Bar & GrillAcoustic Jam - Dead GoatHonest Engine - The Zephyr-Rubberneck w/ Scheme of Things -Cinema BarwType 0 Negative, Life of Agony w/ Stick -The ZephyrSpeak Easy - Cinema BarBlue Devils Blues wl Sherman Robertsonand his Posse De'ad GoatFace In The Dirt Dead GoatA.C. Reed & The Spark Plugs - The ZephyrSsurg w/ Prodigal of Smiles Cinema BarPetting Zoo Bar & GrillHinge - Dead Goat-Unshakable Race The ZephyrSo Wut Cinema BarCactus Tea Bar & GrillSt. Patrick's DayMegan Peters and Big Leg - Dead GoatRivebed Jed w/ Dollymops - Cinema BarVoodoo Swing - Burts TikiMercy Me - The ZephyrDisco Drippers - Bar & GrillvGamma Rays - Bar & GrillBroken Hearts - Burts TikiToo Far Gone - Cinema BarInsatiable - Dead GoatDisco Drippers - The Zephyr,-Killer Clowns - Cinema BarDisco Drippers - The ZephyrGamma Rays - Bar & GrillVoodoo Swing - Dead GoatvGreen Apple Cradle w/ KGB - Cinema BarHeadshake - The ZephyrOpen Acoustic Jam - Dead GoatvBlue Devils Blues - Dead GoatCarcus - The ZephyrPias Factory w/ Dollymops - Cinema Bar-Renegade Saints - Dead GoatPoetry - Cinema Bar-Prodigal Of Smiles Bar & GrillO.C. Anderson The ZephyrDollymops, Aziz w/ They - Bar & GrillThe Renegade Saints - Cinema BarJungles Apart - The ZephyrA Band & His Dog - Dead Goat* Crash Test Dummies w/ Mae Moore -Club DV8 -Voodoo Swing - Burts Tiki.'Black Happy w/ The Grays - Bar & GrillMind At Large wl Green Adams Cradle -Cinema BarTerence Blanchard - The ZephyrRayband - Dead Goat-Rising Lion - Dead GoatDash Rip Rock w/ The Loved Ones -The Zephyr ,Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys, VoodooSwing wlThe Scoffed - Bar & GrillDoghouse - Cinema Bar* J Binder, Riverbed Jed w/ Mind At Large -Basement of DV8Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys, BrokenHearts w/ Voodoo Swing - Bar & GrillRising Lion - Dead GoatDash Rip Rock w/ The Loved Ones -The ZephyrReverend Willie - Cinema BarGOD BULL1 & QUlSPHere's a show you don't want to miss.This Amphetamine Reptle band willcrush your skull. Their noisy, heavyguitar laden sound will keep you movin.'Thursday, March 10th at Cinema Bar* Engine Kid, lceburn w/ Spitboy - Basement.-.. ,DV8kt +Black Happy The ZephyrBenefit For Spore Cinema Bars,'Acoustic Jam Dead Goat b7Abutalib Dead Goat' _Speakeasy Cinema Barlris Cinema BarHonest Engine Dead GoalHeadshake -Bar & Grill* Fishbonewf Biohazard wl Kyuss - C.,DV8The Daddie - The ZephyrGruntruck w/ Rivebed Jed - Cinema Ba,Killer Clowns - Bar & GrillShadowplay - Dead GoatSo Wut - Bar & GrillCamp Night featuring Captain Disco andtheEckuJuuSleep - Cinema BarBroken Hearts - Buds Tikiv* Green Day w/ Tilt - Club DV8For Love Not Lisa wl Riverbed JedCinema BarMany Star wl The Acetone - Bar & GrillHQm%u&u -* Unwound, Mayberry w/ Quartersloth -Basement'DV8- -It's a dam shame we* C .,.,., -.'I Age ,..awdidn't list 1yourshow or schedule ...g et off your ass!!!