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Issue #8
Released Spring 1988
Xerox printing - around 150 made
Cover: Tommy Niemeyer
Cover variations: Probably a couple different colors, can't remember. |
| This was the
first full-size issue. After this there was no going back to the old half-size.
The half size was too small and the layouts were a pain in the ass to
do. As with all issues before it, this continued the typewriter and cut
and paste layouts. I sure got a lot of mileage out of that typewriter.
Issue featured The Accused, Shaved Pigs, Affirmative Action, Moral Disgust,
and a whole slew of reviews and various artwork. |
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Issue #9
Released Summer 1988
Xerox printing - approx. 200 made
Cover - Anthony Stagg
Cover variations - yellow or pink covers. Yellow was the more common version |
| The "skull-man"
on the cover was a regular cover model for 3 issues starting with this
one. This issue featured a lengthy interview with Bobby Steele of The
Undead and formerly of The Misfits, also features Psycho-Sin, NHC, a ton
of reviews, including a live review of the Naked Raygun show where the
girl I brought with me got hit on the head with the top of a table that
some asshole dropped off of the balcony! |
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Issue #10
Released Winter 1988/1989
Xerox printing - approx 200 made
Cover: Anthony Stagg
Cover variations - none, all had pink florescent covers |
| The cover was
the second part of the "skull man" series. Inside there was
interviews with Action Figure and 2 Car Family. There was a contest to
write and name the skull man, where the winner would get a free record.
I don't think anyone entered. The infamous clown story was in this, which
was a hilarious story Bob and I wrote one day at work, it made a return
appearance in a later issue as well. |
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Issue #11
Released Fall/Winter 1989
Xerox printing - approx 200 copies made
Cover: Anthony Stagg
Cover variations: Most florescent green, some were florescent pink |
| I think this
issue started the trend of only putting out like one or two issues a year,
a curse that was impossible to shake for the rest of the zine's history.
This issue was exciting for me because I interviewed Dwayne Goettel of
Skinny Puppy. SP remain to this day, my very favorite band. Of all the
interviews I have done, Dwayne was the nicest person in a band I have
ever spoken to. He spent about an hour speaking with me on the phone and
answering my many questions. He unfortunately passed away in 1995.
I wish I would have been able to meet him in person. Also in this issue
was The Fiendz, Bloody Mary, Dessau, R.I.P., and Nemesis. The usual live
and record reviews filled out the rest of the issue. |
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Issue #12
Released late 1991/early 1992 (I think)
Xerox printing - 125 made
Cover: Jane Ledajaks
Cover variations: None, all had purple covers |
| After issue #11
I had run out of steam and had no motivation, or help, in putting out
another issue. After a bit of an unplanned hiatus that was spent working
a shitty job and driving 150 miles to visit a girlfriend in college all
the time, I threw something together to keep the promos coming. I got
my first computer, a Macintosh Plus, and used it to typeset this issue. I only
had a dot-matrix printer and I still cut and pasted the layouts, but it
was a start. Featured inteviews with FOD, Cat Rapes Dog, and Psyche, all
done via the mail. The cover art was an art project my friend Jane (Miro's sister) had
done for one of her classes. |
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Issue #13
Released Late 1992/Early 1993
Xerox printing/spiral bound - 200 made
Cover: Allen Jaeger Jr.
Cover variations: About a dozen had purple covers, all the rest had blue
ones |
| I had access
to a laser printer from this point on, plus I had learned how to use QuarkXpress and upgraded to a better Mac as well. Light Dave joined the staff
and so did my sister, Diane. Featured interviews with Babes in Toyland,
Jawbreaker, Slug, and a ton of live reviews and record reviews. I really
like the cover art on this one and the entire issue was a fun one to work
on. |
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Issue #14
Released Summer 1993
Xerox printing/spiral bound - 200+ made
Cover: Tim Gore
Cover variations: None, all had red covers |
| The last issue for
both xerox printing and spiral binding. I wasn't upset about not having
to punch and bind all those zines by hand anymore! After this issue it was
time to do something different as I felt the zine was getting a bit stale.
This one featured Big'n and Shorty, who had relatives among the band members. I also
ended up putting out two records by Big'n. Lots of record and live reviews
were in this issue as well. The cover was the "Guilt Man" which
was a prop/character from the Skinny Puppy "Last Rights" tour, as drawn
and designed by Tim Gore, who was their prop designer for the Too Dark Park
and Last Rights tours and a hell of a good guy. The was the last issue ever
to feature the cool/shit lists as well. |