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Issue #15 Released - Late fall 1993 Newsprint - 1000 made Cover: Mark Fischer/Rob Syers Cover variations: None |
| This issue I am probably the most proud of. It came together so perfect that I could not have asked for anything more. I think the team of the two Daves, my sister, and I were a perfect fit and the issues we worked on together are my favorites. This was probably the thickest issue ever too. Cover art and huge interview with Mark Fischer and the crew of Skin Graft Records, who at the time were putting out some pretty damn good records. This also featured Dazzling Killmen, Don Caballero, Wreck, Engines of Aggression, and Mercury Players. On top of that there was the return of the clown story, Diane's tour diary, and lots more. | |
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Issue #16 Released Fall 1994 Newsprint - 2000 made Cover: Mike Vinikour and Ron Jones Cover variations: None |
| Note the 2-color cover. I went all out on this issue. Printing an extra thousand copies made the per issue cost nearly half than doing only 1000 so I went for it. I'm still giving away free copies! This issue brought Alison Hofer and Bill Dozer on board. This was the first to feature colums ala MRR. My sister really contributed a lot to this issue as well. This featured DI, Dolomite, Karl Hendricks Trio, Man or Astroman?, Oblivians, Superconducter, and a ton of pictures of the first Skin Graft Irritational. On top of all that, there's a contract rider reprinted (I still don't know who the band was, Diane wouldn't tell me!), Bob and Thor's overseas journal (part one), Shitter's Guide to Europe by Tim Cronin, and about a million reviews. | |
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Issue #17 Released Fall 1995 Newsprint - 1000 made, all copies came with a JFA 7" Cover: Mike Vinikour Cover variations: None, but there were record variations, see discography |
| This issue came with a JFA 7". I was really happy to put out a record by one of my favorite punk bands of all time. They were a great bunch of guys and someday I'd love to put out another record by them. Inside besides the JFA single, there was an interview with them, as well as Pigface, Offspring, 7 Seconds, Tim Kerr (of Big Boys fame), Bollweevils, and New Bomb Turks. There's a bunch of stories from Bob and the usual reviews and another tour diary from my sister, Diane, which sadly was pretty much the last thing she wrote for the zine. Issue 18 was sorely missing her contributions. I guess she lost interest, but it sure was fun working on the zine with her when she helped out. This also featured a scathing letter from one Tim Elder, who was disgruntled over a bad review his record got in issue 16. This was the fastest selling issue of all time. Of the 1000, I have maybe 30 left. The first 100 mailorders got a special edition of the record on colored vinyl with a hand screened sleeve. See the discography for the record variations. | |
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Issue #18 Released Summer 1997 Newsprint - 1000 made Cover: John Crawford Cover variations: none |
| The final issue, though I didn't know it at the time. This found Light Dave leaving the staff (I wonder where he is now, we fell out of touch), and my sister left too. This issue was difficult to put together as I had little time to work on it due to my job, not to mention less help and even less motivation. I'm not as happy with this as the 3 issues prior to it, but it still was pretty good. Featured Apemen, Boris the Sprinkler, June of '44, Macabre, and Mark Spyby. Lots of reviews and some Crawford comics filled out the rest of the issue. I wanted to include a record with it, but nothing was working out (June of '44 said they'd do one but never came through). Tim Elder's rebuttle to my response in the last issue in included along with another response by me. A flame war of the most entertaining kind, too bad it ended with this issue. | |