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Canada’s Counter Culture
Issue 8
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Alice Cooper: Just in time for Hal- Plus:
loween Alice breaks down his new road Atmosphere: Slug gives Updates from
show and the art of staying sober. Page 54
_____________________________ the road, and on his new children’s
Ralph Bakshi: The creator of Fritz The book.
Cat, Heavy Traffic, Cool World and The Page 40
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a brief Bakshi history, mentions his new
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ABORT Magazine is A Canadian Publication Estevan Oriol: Photographer, director Page 79
and co-founder of Joker Brand clothing,
Etesvan Oriol talks about his Soul Assas- Behind The Boards: Diamond D.- the
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Latino stereotyping and his latest photo behind The Fugees, Gang Starr and
shoot with Robert Deniro and Al Pacino. more shares some tech tips and advice
Page 28 for up and coming producers. Page 34
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ABORT’S latest list of interview
requests, and the people who
told us to go fuck ourselves
Chris Rock
Everybody may hate Chris, but Chris
and mgmt. clearly despise ABORT
Magazine, as our interview request
was not only denied, ignored and spat
upon, but we couldn’t even get in for
one of three shows in a row.
Guess he didn’t like our Pootie Tang
comments.
We‘re such “cracker ass crackers!”
6 denied review tickets as well. Fuckers.
Our monthly chart
compiled from the
blood, sweat &
fears of our staff.
1. Eternal Squaredance - Tweak Bird (Volcom)
2. Fumble - Sen Dog (Suburban Noize)
3. Egg Man - Beastie Boys: (EMI)
4. School Love – Anvil (Attic) We Take An Album and Dissect It Track By Track. The Results can sometimes be… well, messy.
5. Funky Music is the Thing – Dynamic Corvettes
9. Pimp Shit - Just that - “is you a pimp, or is you gettin’
(Abet) Point Blank pimped”...
6. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up by Frank Zappa
(Zappa/SonyBMG) Self-titled 10. Street Code - Some of that old Alvin and the Chip-
munks sample shit, but don’t fuck with the raps.
7. Snot – Snot (Fontana)
8.Explanation – Pyscho Kid/Red Rat (Greensleeves) Tilt Rock/KOCH 11. Something New - “It’s About Time”...a dreamy nostal-
gic beat evokes painful memories and hope for future glory.
9. Survival of the Fittest - Sick of It All w/ Mobb RPD, Stump, Piki, Tilt, Jackal, Trouble, Kidd, and Imperial 12. God Only Knows Featuring Mark McKay - some
Deep (LOUD) - the Point Blank click, straight outta Regent Park Toronto, soulful falsetto singing brings in the “deep ass verse” and
10. The Godfather – Fantomas (Ipecac) the hardest hood in hustler meditation.
13. Unholy - “Son it’s cold
Canada.
kid...but not in this booth!” the
1. Intro - a National Film heavily medicated MC drops
some serious thug swagger.
Board of Canada sample
sets the stage - Regent 14. Sensitive Thugs - Tony
Park, Toronto, Ontario Montana sets it off with “you’re
- Canada’s first housing a bunch of assholes, you know
project. why?...”. “Point Blank, fuck the
2. Born and Raised in rest!”.
Well, this was expected after the Vince Neil boat 15. Niggaz Not To Approach -
the Ghetto - The Much
cruise/hairpiece comments in ISSUE 4’s DENIED!. The low sax and keys rock a
Music hit, a melodic
radio friendly anthem that dark beat to tales of cooking in
the kitchen.
We’ll assume that management (to remain name-
less/begins with a number), thought it would
sneaks some pretty sick
lyrics in. 16. Born and Raised in the
Well, this was expected Ghetto Remix - WTF?! a wick-
best toafter the Vince
let Mick sit thisNeil
oneboat cruise/
out and leave Vince 3. Victory - a heavy rid-
ed reggae reprise with some hot
hairpiece comments in ISSUE 4’s DENIED!
alone to ponder his new Rogaine® therapist’s ing anthem to the game,
true gangsta rap from the vocals. Unexpectedly dope.
capabilities.. Not to mention the only Sin at This T-Dot, hoarse voices and
We’ll assume thatCarnival
management (to remain
was Vince nameless
not being able to belt out a Wicked how they ended it with
the sound of gunshots.
but begins with a full
number),
lyric (album version) As fartoaslet
thought it would best we were con- 4. Case Closed - playa the distinctively T-Dot reggae
Mick sit this one out and leave Vince alone to ponder raps over a freaky beat flavour. From hardcore gangsta
cerned every song was the chorus to “Kickstart hustler raps, to club playa, to meditative depth, Point Blank
his new Rogaine®My therapist’s capabilities.
Heart.” Let’s Not
keep it to to men-
a Two-syllable limit warp into crime narratives and back to playa cuz “we don’t
chase them hos” rock a diverse range of dope flows, repping the T.O. to the
tion the only Sin at This Carnival was Vince not being
please. O.T. with skill, style, and authentic menace. With eight
able to belt out a full lyric (album version) As far as we 5.Game Got Deep - Sunny horns and bongos recall the
Toronto summer as the click hustle in the northern winter. MC’s trading verses in different ranges and flows, Point
were concerned every
Timesong was the chorus
to “Kickstart to “Kick-
your vocal coach” my friend. 6. T.O. to O.T. - Out of town shipping dro to and fro, but Blank’s East Coast hustle drops sharp street gems with a
start My Heart.” Let’s keep it to a Two-syllable limit “there’s no place like home” unique northern sound. Big ups.
please. FYI this is all speculation and hearsay as we 7. Interlude - It’s that fucking NFIB narrator again, talking
about building the projects. www.tiltrockinc.com
Time to “Kickstartwere
yourdenied
vocal review
coach” tickets
my friend.
as well. Fuckers.
8. Make A Living Featuring Monique Spence - Over lush
FYI this is all speculation and hearsay as we were By Dave “Corvid” McCallum
strings, the crew wax poetic on the struggle of life.
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blakk reign
 WHO: Blakk Reign (aka - Jonathan Parsons)
WHAT: Photo manipulator, photographer
WHERE: Lenoir, North Carolina
WHEN: Now on Deviant Art, lookout for upcoming gallery showings and band
CD covers via: blakkreign.deviantart.com
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WHO: Igor Vaganov, aka: Achtung Baby
WHAT: Digital artist, illustrator, journalist
WHERE: Rostov-on-Don, Russia
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mark wasyl

WHO: Mark Wasyl.

WHERE: A dungeon in Los Angeles, California.
WHAT: Girls, Skulls and Rock n’ Roll, my devil
girls, tattooed gun-toting hotties and graphic
embellished chicks with attitude, will kick you in
the face, knock you on your ass and keep you
coming back for more.
WHY: Why not… I just dig doing what I do…
creating kick ass shit (girls, skulls, and rock
and roll) that turns people on!
WHEN: Bringing Drop Dead Sexy-ness to the
masses since 2004! My style has evolved a bit
since its inception, but that’s just the way we
grow right?…never stop learning.
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WHO: Rusty
WHERE: Vancouver, Canada
WHAT: Cartoonist and Illustrator focusing on Comic book style design.
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ralph bakshi
Visually manipulative, Ralph Bakshi’s scathing satirical interpretations on society through his
art and animation have made him a legend as well as being one of the most respected artists
of our time. His groundbreaking films alone have influenced a new generation of artists and
filmmakers, who have yet to neither repeat nor properly mimic the one and only Ralph Bakshi.
E.S Day: After growing up in Brownsville, do you think
you had a role in bridging the gaps between races in
America in the early seventies, and did you get any
backlash from Coonskin?
Ralph Bakshi: My parents had hauled me back to New
York from Brownsville I had eventually had gone to a black
school, and then had been dragged out by the police, and
one September I decided I just didn’t want to go to school
anymore. That caused a big scene. But my experience,
my friends were all black, black folklore was a part of me
growing up. Now I don’t know what that means to bring
races together, as far as Coonskin, I mean we had screen-
ings in New York of Coonskin and did it with Rizzoli (Ral-
phs’ PR team/Publisher) which was set up by my daughter
Victoria, and the “Black Blogs” went wild! I mean they
called it [Coonskin] one of the greatest movies ever done.
I mean I cant explain, I would be so self-serving if I tried to
tell you, but they reacted favorably to the film and they said
all the brothers should see it - your basic black audience
loved it, you know you asked a very interesting question.
Back in the seventies you had all the white intellectuals
who didn’t know what the fuck I was trying to say with this
film, and the black intellectuals didn’t know what was I say-
ing, but every black man in America know exactly what I
was talking about (laughs).
E.S Day: (Laughs)
RB: So I don’t think I brought races together as much as I
had explained what was really going on. Or at least make it
easier for people to understand.
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E.S Day: Ok fair enough. How has the internet changed
your world and does downloading effect your career as far
as fans stealing lets say “Fritz The Cat” off of a torrent site
etc?
RB: I think the Internet’s the greatest thing to ever hit this
planet, and I don’t care if people steal my films that’s what
they were made for, they were made to be played. I mean
I’m going to die soon, so what do I care? (Laughs)
E.S. Day: (laughs) Perfect!
RB: I really don’t care – I’ll give my films to someone who
wants to screen them at, they are meant to be watched. I
mean today have never seen such an explosion of Bakshi
films and they’re all over YouTube so….
E.S. Day: Your thoughts on animation and how the industry
has change for you in 2008?
RB: No. Animation is always where it was when I started.
Its still the big corporate companies who spend a lot of
money on it, with huge budgets and they have to make it
safe, especially because they spend all this money on toys
and merchandising, I mean the giants like Pixar will put out
a decent film, and Dreamworks…who doesn’t, you still
have a lot of animation companies who still do the same old
shit that Disney used to do.
E.S. Day: I see.
RB: …and then you have the “Great Disney” company, who
after talking about how great their animators were, ended up
firing every animator that they had, so they could switch to
CGI, which is basically computer animation, and they fired
all the great hand-drawn animators. So many guys are out
of work because of it. It’s not about a matter of technique
it’s more about what are you making. The hand-drawn or
CGI. But on the other hand, we are very close to
making a deal with [20th Century] Fox for Wizards
2 so… I’m going to come back and do Wizards 2.
We’re right on the cusp, it still has to be approved
E.S. Day: So no tentative production dates yet…
RB: No they never gonna say “Go” until a fucking
script’s approved, but if they turn me down… they
face death.
E.S.Day: (laughs) Everyone be forewarned! What
about surviving the convention circuit?
RB: I just did ComicCon - same old stuff.
E.S. Day: How does music plays a role still in your
work and life, and what are you listening to?
RB: Oh, jazz. Beautiful old jazz from the sixties.
E.S Day: Some Chet Baker maybe?
RB: Of course Chet Baker! I’m listening to him
right now.
E.S Day: Oh no fucking way! I love Chet Baker
he’s one of my favourites
(and with that - Ralph takes it upon himself to stick
the phone up to his car speakers and without warn-
ing induces heavy bleeding from my ears with Chet
Baker at a complete undecipherable volume. But
that’s okay)
E.S. Day: So would you be open to having newer
younger musicians approach you and…
(I’m cut off immediately again, with another track
from Ralph’s car. He never heard a word I said, and
I was content.)
E.S. Day: It’s “The Ralph Bakshi Radio Hour”
folks!
RB: (Laughs) I’m here in my car in a parking lot!
E.S. Day: I see (laughs)
RB: Frank Sinatra early recording s with Benny
Goodman are probably the best voice recordings
you’ll ever hear in your life. Almost as good as
Billie Holiday’s early recordings. But if you listen
to the eighteen, nineteen, twenty-year old Frank
Sinatra, your mouth drops open.
E.S. Day: So getting back to the musicians…
RB: Listen - I’ve been painting, you have to under-
stand I paint. I have galleries in New York and I’ve By E.S. Day
done that for a long time because it doesn’t take
anyone’s permission, it’s not as exciting as making
movies but its very worthwhile. There’s a picture
I’m thinking of doing and…uh…nevermind, I can’t
tell you.
E.S. Day: Huh? Okay no problem…(laughs)
RB: No, if I can…after Wizards 2 is set
[financially], I will be involved with a very large
picture about Jazz, which would be similar to
American Pop.
E.S. Day: Oh, another great movie, that was a big
part of my life as a kid, I saw that in the theatre
and freaked the fuck right out.
RB: Look - I’m seventy years old and I’ll need
help. I’m gonna need help [making pictures].
E.S. Day: Gallery showings and Canadian appear-
ances are you coming to Canada
RB: Yes, I’ll be coming to Montreal next year,
I was asked to appear at the World Science Fic-
tion Convention I’am gonna be up there for week.
They have chosen me for some unexplained reason
to honour, so I’m gonna be there for an award or
something..
E.S. Day: Anything coming up we should know
about.
RB: Rizzoli (Unfiltered publisher) is talking about
novelizing Wizards 1, and making a big coffee
table book with all the artwork.
E.S. Day: Wicked! We’ll look for that and Wizards
2. Thanks very much Ralph.
RB: Thank you
UNFILTERED: The Complete Ralph Bakshi is in
stores now
Ralph Bakshi’s artwork is available for purchase
online, featuring original cels and pieces through
his website.
www.ralphbakshi.com
www.ralphsspot.com
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Renowned photographer, director
and artist Estevan Oriol - co-founder of Joker
Brand alongside his partner Mister Cartoon,
and the man behind some of the most influen-
tial album covers in Hip-Hop, took a time out
with ABORT Magazine to talk about his latest
venture, which finds him shooting the likes
of Robert Deniro and Al Pacino, the “Latin”
stereotype in 2008 and so-called “gangsters”
helping their community.
E.S. Day:How are you sir?
EO: I’m doing pretty good, thank you.
E.S. Day: Good. You are currently at the studio,
we’re gonna get into the history of your stuff real
quick but I wanted to bring up the fact that you just
opened up a new location, a new store and studio
as well, The Last Laugh, correct?
EO:Yeah, that’s right.
E.S. Day: Now when did that open up, that was just
recent.
EO: We opened it up about a month ago, right here
downtown LA off of 6th and Los Angeles Street and
it’s been doing pretty good for us.
E.S. Day Did the earthquake affect anything there,
what’s going on?
EO: No, that just shook up a little bit of stuff, no big
deal.
E.S. Day Now, you guys have 4 locations going on
here or you’re gonna open up a couple more?
EO: No, we have 4 spots, one of them is my dis-
tributor for my clothing line, Upper Playground, the
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second and third is me and Cartoon joined together, when stuff slows down a little bit we’ll do lunch. and made money. Just cause you’re selfish and you
that’s called The Last Laugh and there’s one sec- E.S. Day (laughing maniacally.) don’t feel like getting tattooed today...
tion that’s his and you go through a doorway and the EO: I’ll have my assistant call your assistant and we’ll
other section is mine, and then the fourth one is a work it out. E.S. Day: That must happen a lot I guess, or back in
rotating spot, a pop-up thing that we use for events or the day it did.
friends of ours that wanna have a story but they don’t E.S. Day: Speaking of getting in line, is it gonna be EO: It did, but it doesn’t anymore because we get half
want to make the commitment of a three or five year hard for young cats who wanna come get some work the money up front now so you just lose the money.
lease. so we have that and we do events through down at The Last Laugh, is there a major crazy wait- E.S. Day: Fair enough. Let’s go back in time here for
there, like we did an Adidas event for my book that ing list to sign up to or what? a sec. Our last issue we had a feature with Everlast
came out through Adidas, the 1979 show re-release EO: No, it’s not bad and I know that you worked with House of Pain way
and it came with a book in a special leather case and E.S. Day: But it’s certainly not walk-in. back in the early nineties.
for the release party we did an event in the Upper EO: No, definitely not walk-in. You know, they just EO: ‘92 to ‘94...
Playground
store and E.S. Day: Do you still talk with him? I know that the
also in the whole Soul Assassins family is still tight, but Everlast,
pop-up and branching out, doing his thing, do you all stay
we did an in touch or what’s going on there?
opening of EO: Um, I talk to Danny Boy cause he comes to a lot
all 4 loca- of our events, because he does this thing called the
tions and Daily Dose, it comes out through Kushtv.com and it’s
now the new a cool thing, they’ve got a lot of events going on, a lot
thing that’s of LA stuff. So people can see what we’ve got going
going in the on because everybody thinks that everybody’s just a
pop-up is for bunch of fake boobs and blond girls walking around,
the movie $20,000 worth of surgery and that’s all we’ve got
“Righteous here.
Kill.”
E.S. Day: Have things gotten easier for you working
E.S. Day: down there?
Oh, the De- EO: In the past ten years I would say that last 2 have
Niro/Pacino been a little bit easier as far as getting in the door
thing? because now everybody wants to be down with the
EO: I shot whole Latin culture, how can we get the Hispanic
the poster market to spend money in our company and they
and then come to us for that.
Cartoon did
the Righ- E.S. Day: Do you find that daunting, does that piss
teous Kill you off a little though, that they’re all jumping on the
logo and our bandwagon? Some of the corporate bigwigs, it’s
artists here - all bullshit, they don’t understand what’s going on,
Patrick Martinez, he did the design of it. come in and they get the number and email, there’s they’re out for the dollar which is fine but hows that
like a procedure they go through and it’s basically get in the way?
E.S. Day: Wow, what a score. Did you end up speak- you go into the website and you make an appoint- EO: In a way it does but in a way it’s funny cause
ing with either of them? How did that go, are they ment, send in a down payment, cause a lot of people some of these people are so successful and they got
fans? don’t understand that when they make an appoint- all the answers so it’s like, why are they coming to
EO:Of me? ment with something and they don’t follow through us, you know? I’m not mad at them either as long as
E.S. Day: Yeah that’s money coming out of the artists’ pocket, you they come with the checks, you know? If they wanna
EO: Big fans. One of them is my number one fan know? come and ask me How do I get the Latin customer I’ll
and the other is my number two. To them it’s like, “Oh, I don’t feel like getting a tat- tell them but it’s not as easy as they think. Most of
E.S. Day: Wicked, that worked out great. too today, I’m just not gonna show up”. But whoever them think, I’ll just hire a Mexican guy, we’ll put him in
EO: They wanted to hang out and stuff with me, but you’ve got the appointment with, you’re wasting their the ad...
I’m busy and got things to do. I said guys, you know, time and they could have booked somebody in there
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know what they expect.
EO: So I just let them know it’s a little bit more than
that and you gotta get involved in the community and
let them know that you’re really trying to be a part of
their community, you gotta do some type of outreach
or get involved, you don’t just come in, put a Mexican
in the ad and make millions. It’s not that easy.

E.S. Day: Speaking of community, I was gonna ask,

what do you think that in the whole Soul Assassins
family and that whole scene is there any charity work
going on? Maybe enlighten some of our readers as to
what you guys are doing, giving back.
EO: Yeah, me and Cartoon do these outreaches with
at-risk teens or kids that go to probation schools, or if
we’re doing an event with Nike or Peterson Automotive
Museum where we have something set up, we’ll have
them furnish some type of transportation and then we
bring the kids from the schools and walk them through
the museum and show them the art exhibition and then
we talk to them a little bit afterwards and tell them you
know, they too have the opportunity to do what we do.

Now it’s even easier cause we opened the door for

them and if they want to design a Nike shoe they can,
we’re showing them that it’s possible. Or if they wanna
do an exhibition at a museum, everything is possible
and we’re there to show them, give them hope be-
cause most people don’t even believe that we’re doing
it and we’re showing them. We’re like Here, we’re in
the museum. I’m a photographer and they’re saying,
“What did you do in the whole exhibition?”

Being that I’m a photographer, I took all the pictures on

the wall. They’re like Oh, that’s great, golly jeepers, I
would have never known. Still after everything, we still
gotta show them and explain to them.

E.S. Day: Still getting stereotyped, I bet.

EO: Yeah, they see us and they start ducking, they
think we’re gonna do a drive-by on them. And here we
are running companies and stuff like that. (laughs
E.S. Day: (Laughs) Thanks Estevan
EO: Thank you u man

www.estevanoriol.com
www.jokerbrand.com
www.thelastlaugh.com

By E.S. Day
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 M
ost people into
extreme metal will
be familiar with
Florida’s Cynic.
With a landmark
release in 1993’s Fo-
cus album that was
quickly deleted and subsequently afforded
the status of a musical holy grail, techni-
cal death / jazz / fusion was essentially born
in the eyes of many. A whole 15 years later
the band have found themselves in the right
frame of mind to output a second Cynic full-
length, Traced In Air. But that doesn’t mean
they haven’t been busy. ABORT’s UK cor-
respondant John Norby talks to mainman
Paul Masvidal.
John Norby: What inspired you to write Traced In Air?
Paul Masvidal: An absolute surrender to the creative pro-
cess inspired the new album. I found my antenna suddenly
attuned to Cynic’s radio station. The frequency was loud
and clear, I just had to show up and the work wrote itself. I
suspect the fire of recent shows and the live validation that
comes with it, helped expand that opening too.
JN: How did Cynic’s lyrical content change from the
demos through to Focus?
PM: With the demos my lyrics were more reactive to the
externals in my environment. Like most teenagers life was
really difficult for me and I used words to process most of
my anger and fear. To some degree much hasn’t changed,
except that I’m not at the mercy of these emotions like
before. I recall songs like Pleading For Preservation, which
was an observation of how curious it is that we become
children again at old age and basically not very produc-
tive members of society. Kind of a ‘why don’t we get to
die at our peaks?’ song. Over time I learned that the busy-
ness of a productive external life, especially career related,
doesn’t really qualify one’s existence. I’ve learned to really
appreciate the slowness and wisdom that can sometimes
come with an elderly person who has embraced the aging
process. Only life experience can encourage that kind of
perception change. So that was the big leap from the demos
to Focus.
JN: How much of Cynic’s music comes from looking in-
ward, and how much is down to a chance cool riff?
PM: These days, the cool riff is more an arrival due to
supporting or developing a larger idea. Riff for riff’s sake
hasn’t made its way into my writing for years. For some
reason harmonic density and more complex shapes appeal
more now than the inserted riff. Although there certainly
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are moments on the new record that have a distinct riff. It
just needs purpose for me beyond the riff itself in order to
make the grade.
JN: You and Sean (Reinert, Cynic drummer) have been part
of two of the most influential recordings in the history of
technical death metal (Death - Human, Cynic - Focus). Did
you envisage the impact these albums would have at the
time you were recording them?
PM: We didn’t imagine that kind of reaction at all. I’m not
sure it’s possible to calculate these kinds of things. Our job
has always been to just stay true to our process as musi-
cians and staying open to whatever feels right. In many
ways we got lucky that the music we connected to and cre-
ated, happen to resonate with people. We’re grateful.
JN: How much creative input did you have on the Human
album?
PM: Chuck and I had a history as old friends before we
made Human together. I actually toured with him for
Leprosy, in my teens, and also for Spiritual Healing. I
think we arrived at a place of trust with each other over the
years and so by the time we made Human, the dynamic
was solid. Because of this, I had some freedom to explore
new horizons with Chuck. He always wrote the songs, and
they really are his babies, but I was given an opportunity
to add some new colors to his work (as a guitar player and
arranger), which was a wonderful process. Chuck wanted
Sean and I to also be proud of the album and encouraged
our input. I recall a few times where we had to pull back
after taking an idea perhaps a bit too far from his vision of
Death, but we never really felt constricted. We knew the
territory and were just trying to expand the boundary line
as much as possible while retaining an awareness of its
roots. We had a blast making that album and were happy to
support Chuck as much as possible. He in turn gave us an
education and opportunity into the music business.
JN: What are your memories of growing up with Chuck
and you both being into the scene in the early stages?
PM: Music was, of course, the foundation of our friendship
and we spent countless hours jamming and listening to re-
cords and just being music lovers. I also introduced Chuck
to one of his long-time girlfriends who was an old close
friend of mine so, for a while, he felt like extended family.
He was like a big brother to me.
JN: You were both musicians with great vision. Do you
recall any times when you talked about how death metal
could evolve and develop?
PM: Sure. We talked about that kind of stuff all the time.
I think he started realizing also that the technical, more
progressive side of songwriting was where the growth was
for an extreme band like Death. Also ideas of dryer produc-
tion techniques that had an honesty to them were of inter-
est. He was a gigantic fan of classic metal, but at the same
time wanted to create something modern and new, which I
think he accomplished. Originality was a theme and so was
having your own voice.
JN: There seems to have been a great deal of mutual re-
spect between you both.
PM: Respectful and supportive would be good words. the nature of what it represents during that time of my life.
Sometimes extremely silly and other times really intense. Since the now is what matters most to me, I would say this
I would say probably the gamut of emotional muck that new song idea I’m working on at the moment would make
makes up any good relationship. me most proud. It’s kind of a Chick Corea inspired dreamy
piece. I can already feel its magical aspects. In regard to
JN: So, what new bands have you heard that have made an finished work, I can also safely say that Traced In Air is a
impact on you? Throw in the old ones too, actually. bold and original record with really cool tunes.
PM: Canadian classics like Voivod and DBC are still not
getting the credit they deserve. I also dig Opeth for their JN: And finally... what, for you, is the meaning of life?
vintage prog-gone-goth sensibilities melded with a new PM: Simply put, today it would be to open my heart as
hybrid. Porcupine Tree also have their own cool thing wide as possible and embrace this incredibly intense expe-
happening. I haven’t really heard a lot of the new music rience we call life with fullest attention and a gentle surren-
yet, been so busy with my own thing. Am curious to hear der. When I’m lucky enough to see my experience with that
what’s out there now! kind of clarity, I want to give to my brothers and sisters and
help them along in their own journey. Ultimately, it’s about
JN : On to your TV and movie music. How did you initially full integration with my true nature. Self-realization. I’ve
get into that? had glimpses and it’s encouraging.
PM : I was on a free ride – a scholarship – at MIT, Musi-
cians Institute in Hollywood living with my brother. We myspace.com/cyniconline
had a neighbor who was an up and
coming junior agent at a large artist
booking agency that represents musi-
cians. I asked about composers needing
interns. She referred me to some of her
contacts and I eventually began intern-
ing for a composer named Ben Vaughn.
I started working as his assistant and
eventually was in the studio, playing
guitar for shows like 3rd Rock From
The Sun and That 70s Show. Eventual-
ly that led to more work for shows like
Grounded For Life and other sitcoms.
After a few years of a lot of tv session
work, I landed a main title composer
credit for an Emmy nominated teen
series titled Operation Junkyard. Many
of those years are blurry to me; super
hectic with tons of little projects un-
der intense deadlines, going on all the
time. I also got into Library music and
recorded a few albums worth of sound
alike songs that are still getting regular
TV rotation. Sean and I also started a
production company and had fun doing
some different projects also composing
for short art films, and miscellaneous
TV gigs.
JN: Any more of those projects on the
horizon?
PM: Yes. We’ll be working on a direc-
tor friend Jeremy Light’s film titled Pin
and Dinja in the coming months. I also
have a few other scoring gigs on the
horizon for TV and another possible
film that may happen in early 2009.
JN: Of all the musical work that you
have done, what would you class as the
one you’re most proud of, and why?
PM: I’m not sure. Each work has a
unique and special quality to it due to
 ABORT Magazine’s E.S. Day goes behind the boards
with Grammy® winning producer Diamond D., a man
who has constructed and honed tracks for The Fugees,
Gang Starr and is a co-founder of the legendary Diggin’
In The Crates crew which spawned the multi-talented
Big L.
ES: You’re in Vancouver doing a show, you just
did an in-store here at Beat Street Records and
you’re playing the Lamplighter tonight... where’s
you’re tour taking you? You’re going to Paris
next?
DD: Yeah, I’m going to Europe, I’m going to Den-
mark with DITC, me, Lord Finesse, AG and OC...
and then from there we’re going to Germany for
that Splash fest.
ES: No Rock the Bells for you guys this year?
with diamond d
DD: No, psss...
ES: As a Hip Hop producer, any urges to possibly
sample more Rock or Metal drum beats?
DD: Yeah, I’ve always sampled Rock music, on
my first album... the song called “Red Light 123,”
you know, the drums from there, that’s from a
Rock record for those of you that don’t know, but,
I’ve always been into Rock sounds.
ES:M’kay, any techniques that you’ve acquired
over the years that you’ve never changed, con-
sidering that technology’s changed?
DD: Um, I was using the MPC and the Akai 950
for years, and now I just basically use the Ya-
maha Motif. I basically do all my sequencing, my
drum programming and the sampling all on that
machine.
ES: Studio for you, back home?
DD: Yeah I have a studio right now, I’m working
on a new album...
ES: Can cats go in and do their thing?
DD: No, it’s not for commercial...
ES: Fave board ? What’s your main console?
DD: Basically I’ve just been using the Pro Tools
board.
ES: Given today’s technology or track would you
34 photo by sarah hamilton like to now go back and re-record?
DD: Maybe “I’m Not Playing”, from The
Ultimate Force.
ES: What artists that you have yet to work with
would you like to have in the studio?
DD: Kanye West, you know...Rakim, I never
worked with him, and of course I’d love to work
with Dr. Dre someday.
ES: Best starter gear that’s inexpensive for up
and coming producers?
DD: For a producer who plans to be sample
based, I would recommend the Akai 500, it
doesn’t cost much but you can definitely start off
and get busy on that...it’s under $1000...
ES: Which is $5000 in Canada. (laughs all
around)...Can a young group approach Diamond
D, if they save their pennies?
DD: Yes, yes. I have people that holla at me on
Myspace. Yeah I work with them, it doesn’t have
to be a million dollars.
ES: What track are you most proud of that never
got love on the radio?
DD: Probably “The Score”, by The Fugees.
That song in particular didn’t get a lot of play,
it wasn’t a single.
ES: You got the Grammy nod for that right?
DD: Yes sir, yes sir.
ES: Five items you can’t live without in the
studio, besides the obvious?
DD: Besides the obvious...a bottle of Malibu and
pineapple juice, some incense, a couple of my
boys and some females.
ES: That does it, wicked. BC Bud, medicine or
menace.
DD: No, I don’t see that as a menace...
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 Robert Englund: Hi Grimm
Grimm Culhane: Hi Robert, how are you?
Robert: Great.
Grimm: It’s good to talk to you.
Robert: Oh it’s fun. We just flew in from Toronto. We had a great
screening of “Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer” last night. Everyone
was up late. Now we’re going to have our cast and crew invita-
tional here in Ottawa tonight so we’re real excited. It’s just really
fun to see it with an audience. I’ve seen it a coupe times without
an audience and then I saw it at Sundance with a lot of snowboard-
ers and skaters and I saw it last night with the fan-boy horror
demographic and they just went crazy for it so it’s really fun to see
it all work.
Grimm: And so they should. I got a chance to see it and it was
excellent. It wasn’t exactly what I expected, but it made me laugh,
it made me cringe, it did all the things that a good horror movie
should do.
Robert: Yeah, I don’t think there’s such a genre, but it’s almost
like a party film. It’s a film that I think will have legs. It’s enjoy-
able, it’s fun and I love the concept of the character. Seeing it at
Sundance, the kids really keyed into the slacker hero with anger
management problems.
Grimm: (Laughs) Right.
Robert: You know, the reluctant hero who finds his niche in the
world.
Grimm: How did you get involved in this production?
Robert: Well it’s interesting. My assistant agent, who’s younger
than my agent, he’s much more into the world of alternative stuff
and understands it better, he sent me the script and the first time
I read it I read it really fast and I didn’t really key on the sort of
“Evil Dead” attitude that the film had, the kind of retro 80’s horror
nostalgia, so I called him up and he said read it again, think Sam
appropriate. It signals the audience that we’re not taking this seri-
ously, just have a good time and remember what it was like when
you went to the movies back in the 80’s or late 70’s.
Grimm: And you are a veteran of that era yourself…
Robert: You know it’s interesting, I didn’t do my first horror film
until ’84. I was part of that renaissance of independent cinema
in the 70’s, Bob Rafelson, “Five Easy Pieces,” all of that. Then I
did some TV that was very successful, “V,” and then, sort of by
accident, I got into this Wes Craven movie. I knew who Wes was,
we kind of considered him kind of like David Lynch back in those
days, before “Nightmare,” because he did “Last House on the Left”
and “The Hills Have Eyes.” He was kind of that underground guy
like David Lynch. I can remember going to a new wave bar and
seeing a continuous lop of clips from those movies and “Eraser-
head” all in the same loop, so he was kind of pigeonholed with him.
Then the next thing I knew I sort of woke up one day after twenty
years of horror movies and I’ve become the road company, go to,
Vincent Price guy.
Both: (Laughs)
Robert: So that’s who I am now, but it’s been fun because what’s
great about movies like “Jack Brooks” and the “Nightmare on Elm
Street” movies is they travel well to foreign audiences. They’re
much more translatable than a culturally specific comedy or some-
thing like that. So consequently I’ve had many doors open abroad
and it’s really fun to work overseas too. So I’ve certainly made
peace with the whole “horror guy” thing.
Grimm: Early in your career you had a role in “A Star is Born,” is
that correct?
Robert: I was under contract with Warner Brothers back then. I did
a Charles Bronson movie with Jeff Goldblum (“St. Ives”) and I did
“A Star is Born” with Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson and I
did “Bloodbrothers” with Richard Gere and I narrated a surf movie
Robert: I loved all those actors so much and thought that would be
the life. When I did “Heartstopper” in Hamilton I got to work with
some of the weapon guys from Stratford so it was like the circle
remains unbroken.
Grimm: So you’ve been doing more directing lately?
Robert: Yeah, I got a little teen comedy out right now on DVD
(“Killer Pad”) and I’m off to Italy this fall to star in a movie as an
actor and then I go right into preproduction on a movie based on a
short story by Nikolai Gogol. It’s about a fallen angel and a village
and a priest who’s lost his belief in God and a beautiful dead girl
and I’m hoping to use the lovely Canadian actress Jessica Lowndes
who I starred with in “Masters of Horror” in Vancouver. She was
sixteen then and I guess she’s about nineteen now and she’d be per-
fect for my movie so I’m hoping we can make our schedules work
and she can do the movie.
Grimm: The film you are talking about is called “The Vij?”
Robert: We call the monster the Vij, because that sounds stranger,
but I’m hoping to call it “Purgatory’s Bride” because the angel is
the angel of purgatory. It also may be called “Seasons of Blood.”
It has some different working titles. The script is done and we are
full steam ahead and that’ll probably be my next big project after
we get “Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer” launched.
Grimm: Can we expect anymore installments from the “V” series?
Robert: You know, with the success of Steven Spielberg’s “Taken,”
which was shot up in Vancouver, I think NBC thought well hell
it’s so similar to the original “V” series we should go ahead and
do “V” again and they were going to do it with all the regulars as
if it was thirty years later and we were all older and the world was
under siege from the lizards, but now I think they may do it with
a younger cast. Do the original script, update it with a younger
cast and if that’s a success bring us regulars all back or have us do

ABORT Magazine’s Grimm Culhane is
having nightmares, violent nightmares
Raimi and here I’m going to send you a short film by the direc-
tor. So I got this FedEx of a DVD of this short film called “Still
“Big Wednesday” for John Milius when I was under contract to
Warner Brothers.
cameos. I’m not sure. There is a new book out though by Kenneth
Johnson the creator.
Life” directed by Jon Knautz, popped it on my DVD player and it
was great. It was like someone giving me a lost episode of Rod
Serling’s “Twilight Zone” you know, in black and white. It was this
Grimm: I understand you are an avid surfer yourself?
Robert: Well, I’m not avid anymore. I’m body boarding a lot more
Grimm: So we may see Willie once again?
Robert: Yeah, he’s got less hair now, but I tell ya he can still eat

about a mysterious, badly-scarred
figure who calls himself “Freddy” and
perfect little novella of a film and the short film like the short story
is a very unique art form. It literally was perfect, so I called him,
my agent, and said look this kid is really in control of his talent and
than I’m surfing, but I’m still a pretty good body boarder. In fact in
May and June we had a nice south swell, which is unusual to have
one that early. I live down in Laguna Beach and it was fun. We had
those mouses (sic).
Both: (Laughs)
Grimm: That’s excellent Robert, thank you so much for talking
his art, he really knows what he’s doing. I trust myself to him. I
had just worked with another great young director Scott Glosser-
some really nice waves and the water’s warm already. We like to
have swells coming up from Mexico.
with us today and good luck in the future.
Robert: Thank you; it’s been my pleasure Grimm. Good talking

wears a glove with razor-sharp “finger
man on “Behind the Mask” so I felt in really good hands and Trevor
Matthews was the star of the short film and was going to be the star
of “Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer” so I said sign me up. I got on
Grimm: How about the beaches of Canada? Have you ever been up
here and surfed the West Coast?
with you.

knives.” Realizing that he’s not really a plane and I came to Ottawa and I talked with John the director
and I said I’d love to have some fun with this, do some physical
Robert: Well you know I work all the time in Canada and I love it
and on “Jack Brooks - Monster Slayer” I got to run around and go

asleep and that “Freddy” is actually
actor Robert Englund, Grimm
comedy. Back into my roots when I was a theatre actor I did a lot
of comedy roles and I did some physical comedy and I thought this
might be the last chance I ever have or anyone will ask me to do it
sight seeing. Every day we’d be in a different little town or village
and I fell in love with the countryside in Ottawa and the smaller
towns and the architecture too. But I did a movie last summer in
because I’m getting old and John agreed that that was a nice bridge
into the transformation into the big silly Prof Monster at the end
Montreal for the Sci-Fi Channel and a movie a couple of years
ago in Hamilton. I had a hit movie, “Urban Legend” that I did in

breathes a sigh of relief and proceeds
with the interview… after hiding all
and you know where you’re going with it. The movie does kind of
deconstruct and it does kind of distort and mutate as it goes along.
It’s lightly based in reality for a while and then it mutates into what
Toronto back in the late 90’s and I did a series in Vancouver. As
a young stage actor I was like a Stratford, Ontario wannabe, I was
up here all the time. I’m directing now and I have a movie going
I consider a full fledged “horror-farce,” so that really served that
transition and since Trevor was doing most of the action. Then
in Italy this fall and it’s a Canadian co-production out of Montreal,
so I have a real connection here. When I was a young actor I just

the kitchen knives, just in case. there was the gore element and violent element and action element,
I thought well, what will my shift be besides the physical comedy.
I came up with the teen comedy gross-out element you know, let’s
wanted to wear tights and work at Stratford… and go to the pub.

Grimm: (laughs)
get some vomit on that blackboard and I think it’s right, I think it’s
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Amalia: The new album, “When Life
Gives You Lemons, You Paint that Shit
Gold” is still really emotional but it seems
to be less angry and aggressive...what’s
changed: have you
grown up?
Slug: I’m not angry or aggressive
anymore.
Amalia: And you used to be?
Slug: Oh yeah, I was constantly on the
hunt and I felt like the world was there to
hold some shit [or me] down like that. I
don’t necessarily feel like that any more. I
still feel like we have to hunt to survive and
there are people in the world that want to
hold you down but I successfully made it
beyond Saturn’s return.
Amalia: I’ve heard you say in interviews
that you don’t lie, you tell stories. Your lat-
est album is a series of short fictions and it
seems like a move away from the introspec-
tive past albums: do you feel that you’ve
moved further into fiction or just learned to
introduce new characters into your subjec-
tive experience?
Slug: I think I finally finished my eighth
grade creative writing course and moved on
to figuring out how to make the characters
in the story not necessarily have to be me. Amalia Nickel strikes a chord with Minneapolis lyricist,
I think essentially these stories are still my
narratives of introspection; the prior work
Slug from the group Atmosphere on their
was the same thing but I used myself as one Vancouver this summer.
of the characters. Past albums weren’t as
autobiographical as the cool press people ple
wanted to make them seem, I just think that
hip-hop’s been inside of this “keep
keep it real” quagmire
qu
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so long that people actually started believe
ed to believ ve in the
caricature of “keep it real,” you know, the
they don’t wanna
give the artists the chance to just tell stories.
Amalia: You released this album with a kid’s s book
that’s
at’s not really a kid’s book.
Slug: No, you don’t want to read that to kids. Aestheti-
cally it’s a children’s book but it’s really more for adults
that act like children.
Amalia: What made you choose to superimpose a the-
matically adult album onto the aesthetics children’s
etics of a child
book?
Slug: It’s just that as children you remembered how to
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how to play with an empty coffee can as a toy, to take
whatt you
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seee that
th as being as common.
I really only made it a children’s book to be a dick, I
was that guy that was catching flack from some of my m
contemporaries because of the fact that we were gain-ga n-
ing in popularity; people started accusing me of dum
dumb- b
b-
ing down my songs so I figured, play with my balls, I’m Im
gonna write a children’s book because that’s about as a self and fan fans]. And the other reason is that I realized
dumbed down as you can make it. So just to be ironiciron
or to wave a middle finger at rappers that suck I decid-
dec
ed I would write a children’s book and make a big deald al
out
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Amalia:
malia: I’ve heard you say in the past that you don’tt
sign skin, which made
ma me wonder how deliberately you
set up boundaries
boundari between yourself and your female
for that and that’s why
you see young fifteen year old girls flashing their
tits at shows and I know that’s not tight.
Amalia: The Paint It Gold Webisodes: have you
noticed a difference in the connection between
you and your fans now that they’ve seen your
personality in a different setting?
Slug: I wouldn’t say it’s more personal, just that I’m
finally getting things a little more on par with how they
should be. With that same “keep it real” mentality that
a lot of hip-hop force-feeds these kids I was getting a
lot of fans who would seem surprised at my demeanor,
not expect me to be the dork idiot that I am. They
expected me to be this brooding, moody pissed-off guy
that’s gonna be drunk and try to make out with their
girlfriends. It does sound like fun but that’s not really
who I am, I’m a little bit more of an idiot, I like to laugh
at my own stupid jokes, so I figured if we made these
things it would give us a way to go behind the curtain.
I think a lot of my fan base is built not off the fact that
I’m the freshest rhymer or a fucking awesome freesty-
ler, I’m a pretty traditionalist rapper, I don’t push the
envelope. My thing has been that I’ll talk about myself
and expose how I feel about certain things, I’ll show
myself.
Amalia: Doesn’t the way you rap about your feelings,
sometimes being self-deprecating, push the envelope?
Slug: No. I’ve never considered myself self-deprecat-
ing, I never went out of my way to deprecate self. I
think all of us have got parts of us with defense mecha-
nisms, we will crack a joke about ourselves before
anybody else can. I’ll punch myself in the face before I
give you the opportunity. That’s just part of my hustle.
Even pre-rapper, I have always been a salesperson,
I’m a manipulative bastard so I get into a social situa-
fans?s? tion, figure out how to fucking hustle it, and I do what I
Slug: ItIt’s an evolution. When started getting
en I first start gotta do to get everybody’s attention.
asked for my anything and I think
y signature I’d sign anyth Within rap, before anybody else can point a finger at
after
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pla it out myself: then if you call me that
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m’a go shoot some e motherfuckers
only get twe twelvee seconds of dichotomy between [your [your- and thenhen before you can label me gangsta rap...I don’t
know where I’m going with this, I’m justju talking because
signing skin is demeaning to both of us, if you want a I like the sound of my own voice.
keepsake ffrom rom the show that’s stronger than a memo-
sign your ticket stub or a CD or a business card
ry, I’ll sig Amalia: Cool. Everything we ever wanted to know
about Slug.
ing a physical connection to a memory - bu
in but I don’t see
ssigning skin being a physical connection to t a memory.
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sphere’s “When
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 A B O RT M a g a z i n e ’s Grimm: How did that affect you guys?
Jay: It takes a third of your income away. (Laughs) Liter-
Grimm Culhane catches up ally. It’s like cut in half and it’s something you just adapt
to, because there’s nothing you can do about it. It’s not
with Jay Bentley of Bad like people making bootleg t-shirts.You can find them and
stop them and say “hey, that’s not cool.” As far as internet
Religion during their recent downloading, you just have to accept that because there’s
stop in Vancouver. In the no stopping it. This is the end result of everything that
lead up to that, which in all honesty, there was a ton of
alley behind the Commodore greed on the manufacturers’ end from record labels. The
sad part is the bands are the one’s that suffer. Bands still
Ballroom the boys discuss get that attitude of “you guys are rich, fuck you” and its like
twenty eight years in the no. They’re artists and you wouldn’t say that to a painter
or a writer or a sculptor. You would never go “fuck you
music industry, whether punk Dali, you dick, rich fag.” He’d be like “WHAT?” I don’t
know why bands got thrown in with the recording industry
is still relevant these days and and with all of that. Bands were just as guilty as everybody
knowing when to call it quits. else, which I understand when you look back at how bands
act. We tear up hotel rooms and we drive million dollar
All that and they’re only in- cars and date models, all that. That is excess and there’s
nothing cool about that so I do see the “fuck you guys,
terrupted by a delivery guy you’ve got enough money.” For every one band that you
once! Well done boys! see exposed and sold to the public there’s ten thousand
bands that you’ve never heard of that are now not a band
and I talked about anybody we knew anymore because of this.
Grimm Culhane: Hey this is Grimm Culhane for ABORT not having time to got that big. It
Magazine… write music because was like wow, Grimm: I talk to a lot of bands who have nothing but
Jay Bentley: I love ABORT Magazine! …What exactly is he’s going to be that’s crazy big! problems getting across the border. Has that ever been a
ABORT Magazine? writing this, but no Up until that problem for Bad Religion?
Grimm: ABORT Magazine is a Vancouver based counter- big deal. He’ll teach point we’d all sort Jay: Never, but you know, shit happens.
culture magazine… and then maybe we of been bubbling Grimm: Do you think there is a big enough difference be-
Jay: No wonder I love it! can work on some under. Everybody tween Canada and the United States to make the border
Both: (Laugh) stuff. We’re in no maybe getting crossing something that’s relevant?
hurry. a song here or Jay: Do you want all those guns up here?
Grimm: So we’re here with Jay Bentley of Bad Religion, there, mostly on college radio, which Grimm: No, not really.
how are you today Jay? Grimm: And you latest album, New was fantastic, but every now and Jay: Ok, to me that’s a great reason. If there was ever one
Jay: I’m ok. Maps of Hell… then you’d get something on com- reason to stop every fucking car and every person it would
Grimm: What have you guys been up to lately? Jay: Oh it’s great; I mean we’re all mercial rock radio and go like, “wow, just be to ask “do you have any guns? No? Ok, you can go
Jay: We did two shows in Germany, three in Brazil, this is happy with it. If we stopped right that was weird.” But just for a through. Have any guns? Yeah? Ok put them in the trash
the forth show on this continent so we’re maybe half way now I’d be totally ok. I’d get in my minute and then it’d go away. I think can over there and then you can come in.”
done the present tour. Tomorrow is a day off and then we car and drive home. between ’92 and ’95 was kind of the Grimm: Yeah, ok.
continue across Canada. Both: (Laugh) strange times. (laughs) Both: (Laugh)
Grimm: Then back down through the states? Grimm: Yeah it was quite an up- Jay: The way I look at it is; for mathematical purposes let’s
Jay: Nope, all the way over to Halifax and then we fly from Grimm: You guys initially broke heaval. say America is one hundred years older than Canada. It’s
there back down to L.A. for one show. through in the early 90’s… Jay: (Laughs) Yeah, strange times. not true, but let’s just use that as an example. Canada gets
Jay: It depends on what you mean Grimm: The way the music business the benefit of watching America fuck up and say we’re not
Grimm: Any time to work on new material while you’re by “broke through.” is now, with so many people down- going to make those same mistakes. So in a sense Canada
down there? Grimm: Well, it seemed about loading, getting music for absolutely has a much better shot at being what America wants to be,
Jay: No. Our singer (Greg Graffin) teaches at U.C.L.A., ‘91-‘92 when “alternative” music nothing… but is far beyond that repair. So even though people get
a biology/life sciences 101 class, and they offered him a became mainstream, became something that the commer- Jay: That business doesn’t exist anymore. The concept of into power and say we really need to get a hold on guns,
paleontology class, which pretty much doesn’t exist so he cial radio stations started to play instead of just the college that business is dead in the water. Nobody sells records. I drugs and violent crime, whatever, blah, blah, blah. No,
needs some time writing that course out because there’s radio stations. mean you “do” sell records, but you sell a tenth of what you’re so far beyond that now you might as well shoot
no real books to go back on and say “here’s the course,” Jay: Yeah, well the palpable difference was Nevermind. you sold previously. criminals into space and that’s not going to happen so let’s
so he needs to make up the core structure. He and Brett When Nirvana put out Nevermind, that was the first time admit it’s not going to happen.
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 Grimm: Ok, (laughs), fair enough. Jay: The end in sight has been seen a long time previous. I don’t
know exactly when it is, but we know “what” it is and that’s some-
Delivery Guy: (Pulls up in a truck) Hey, is this the back door of thing that we have discussed. We said we know exactly “what” it
the Commodore? will be and we’re determined to make sure that we don’t become
Jay: (to Delivery Guy) Yep, (pointing) that’s it right there. a parody of ourselves and that we’re out trying to be something
Delivery Guy: I have a delivery of a guitar… that we’re just not. We’re happy with ourselves. When we’re in
Jay: (to Delivery Guy) Shut ‘er down and knock on the door. (to the studio making records, this last record in particular, when
Grimm) That’s good for the interview isn’t it? we’re at the last moment and listening to the record through
Grimm: (Laughs) A delivery? Sure. and we look at each other and go yeah. I’ve made records were,
Jay: That’s what hap- at that moment, I’ve
pens in the middle gone “this record just
of interviews… the sucks,” but we’ve got
delivery of a guitar. to put it out. We’re
Both: (Laugh) contractually obliged,
fuck it, put this record
Grimm: Any side proj- out. Let’s just throw
ects for yourself Jay? it out into the market
Jay: I play in a band up and we’ll paint on a
here every now and smile and say this is the
then. Some friends best thing we’ve ever
of mine Kevin Rose done. I hated that, so I
and Sean Mowinnie said at that point if we
and we don’t have ever get back to that,
a name but we’re a which I hope to God
damn good rock band, we don’t, that’s the day
(laughs). we just hang it up and
Grimm: And it is everybody knows that.
“rock” per se? When we become
Jay: Yeah, it is defi- disillusioned with our-
nitely rock. selves and we’re trying
to make something and it’s not happening… park the car.
Grimm: So punk rock in its purest form, I consider Bad Religion
to be puritans of punk, do you think it’s as relevant as it once was? Grimm: Out of those ten thousand bands that haven’t made it yet,
Does it still have that rebelliousness to it? anyone we should know about from your perspective?
Jay: It can be. I don’t think that the majority of bands using that Jay: There’s so many. Last night in Seattle a friend of ours, Poo,
catch phrase are. I think the word punk sort of became a market- he’s the drummer from The Briggs and they’re a great band, he’s
ing slogan. “We’re punk.” What does that mean? “Well, we’re talking to me about how it’s just tough. They’re getting a hun-
against… things.” Like what? dred dollars a night to go on tour, they can’t make it anymore
Grimm: So is Bad Religion a punk band? and thinking about parking it and I said hey listen, I see so many
Jay: We’re just a band. It’s impossible to define what you are and bands out there and if they came to me and said “hey what do you
you let critics define what you are, say what they want about you, think?” I want to say to them you need to stop. You’re great and
whatever. We’re just guys. We just write songs and if you want to all and if you’re really having a good time that’s great, keep doing
call us punks it was probably correct in 1980 because that’s the it, but if you are doing it to be successful, you’re going through the
people we hung out with. That was our crew. Those were the motions and I can see you have the right clothes and your hair
shows we played. Opening for the Circle Jerks was a punk rock looks good, but there’s no art, there’s no love, there’s no passion,
show. Ok, fair enough. 2008? I mean if you’re opening for Avril it’s just a vehicle for chicks, and that’s just bad. So, I was telling Poo,
Lavigne are you punk? You could be construed as such because I said that you guys are really good and you just have to give your-
she’s quote unquote “punk.” self enough time for a true audience to find you. They are looking
Both: (Laugh) for you, but they don’t know that and you don’t know that. One
day they’ll find you and everyone will be happy.
Grimm: So, thirty years. Almost thirty years doing this…
Jay: Twenty-eight, yeah. Grimm: Well Jay, I appreciate you taking the time to talk with us
Grimm: Any end in sight? Is there going to be a day when Jay says today.
ok, Bad Religion, let’s put that down? Jay: Absolutely, anytime.
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 fraud, corruption in the government, political assasina- Dave: This might be a touchy subject for you, but one
tion...we’re not innnocent of any of these things. Dave: You are known as an artist directly involved in thing that comes up in your lyrics and is a bit of a turn
Revolutionary activism, could you tell us about those off for some people is what might be called homophobic
Dave: One of the key concepts that you come back to is projects? lyrics, especially on “Revolutionary Vol. II” [“Immortal
gentrification, I wondered if you could speak on that in IT: The “Green Light Project” is a series of missions Technique, incinerate degenerate fags...” from “Obnox-
the context of New York City? that I undertake, where I partner with a Human Rights ious” - ed.]. How do you defend that accusation?
IT: You don’t need to be from New York to understand organization to fulfill a certain goal. This year’s goal was
what it is...that was the whole point of “Harlem Renais- to build an orphanage/clinic IT: I’ve gotten, um,
sance”, to say look, what’s going on here is going on in in Afghanistan, in Kabul. very very few critics
the rest of the world. I mean, it fit perfectly with the con- And you know, other about that, youknow-
cept of “The Third World”. Like what we see as poverty people might look at it and whatImean? Obviously,
here is nothing compared with the Third World. Where- say this isn’t Revolutionary, I think that anyone who
as we have economic ethnic cleansing, other places have that other people have done listens to Hip Hop,
ethnic cleansing. And yet, the results that they get are it like Hollywood stars and who complains about
very similar - they want certain people out, they want to Oprah...whatever the fuck! that...I’m the last artist
take their homes...because there are very nice homes in I mean, you know, I’m not they need to be talking
the ghetto and there are very nice old structures in Har- a millionaire homie, and about that with. And I
Abort Magazine’s lem, or there’s a very good view they’d like. The beach
looks really good in Brazil, so let’s clear these favelas
I’m going there myself to
oversee the final stages of
think that’s people who
don’t necessarily like me,
Dave “Corvid” out and build some million dollar condominiums! construction, donating my
album money. This is Un-
and just want to find an
issue with my politics.
McCallum talks Dave: How do you view that whole scenario in terms
of class and race?
derground Hip Hop funding
this, that’s what makes it
You know, the Andrew
Sullivans of the world.
with outspoken IT: Well there’s definitely an issue of race involved,
but at the end of the day, the class structure is es-
Revolutionary! You know, the people
who are of that persua-
Revolutionary MC sentially what is perpetuating all of it. And, I think
that when you look at what it is and how it specifically
Dave: Also, the “Grass-
roots Artists Movement”
sion...or, uh, they’re not
even of that persuasion,
and activist benefits certain entities, it also benifits them to mire
everything and every criticism they have with just race.
providing healthcare to
undergound artists?
they’re just conservatives
and they figure, okay,
Immortal Dave: I’d like to start out by
asking you about the concept for the album “The Third
Because people have used the race card so much that IT: Yeah, we’ve started let’s hit him with a left

Technique, live World”. That phrase has got it’s conventional definition,
I just wanted to know how you would define it?
now, you know, no-one can. The only time we mind is
when some shock jock says something, and then it seems
moving on this more and
more...because, it’s neces-
wing issue...I’m sorry,
but that doesn’t charac-
from Harlem NY IT: ...Former colonies, whose governments have been
ruling them, whose people have been victimised, whose
everyone wants to crusade against them. But the real
legwork that needs to be done when addressing the root
sary for us to be a part of
this particular process wherein we feel that all artists
terize this or that...uh, to
say that Conservatives have a moral authority on religion
on gentrification, economy has been exploited...yeah, the Third World. I
drew the corellation because, in the underground here,
of these causes is often ignored. should be unionized, and we should start building a
better foundation to educate the youth about their rights
is ridiculous, and to say that Liberals should be married
to, um, what was it?
exploitation and there’s this impression that the only way we can be
successful is to sell out to the industry. The only way
Dave: You stated in your blog specifically that you are
not a Marxist. How would you characterize your politi-
as artists. It’s a clear example of how people who come
from grassroots movements can come together and for- Dave : I don’t know...
homophobia in that we can be successful is to sell them our masters, our
publishing, sign 360 deals, basically give up our creative
cal thought generally?
IT: Well, first of all, I don’t have a blog. I took a whole
mulate something that embarasses the industry, because,
you know - we some niggas from Harlem! And the
IT: There was somebody who came up to me with a
shirt saying “Destroy Heteroism” and I was like, hetero-
Hip Hop. control completely. And, this struggle is mirrored all
bunch of excerpts from a journal that I keep at my house.
Sometimes I pull some of them, like the “Police State
industry - y’all are a billion dollar industry, and you can’t
afford to do that for your people, WTF?!
ism’s what made you motherfucker! And that’s not to
take anything away, I mean, all jokes aside, in the hood
Outspoken and over the world, because in other places, in the Thirld
World and these developing nations, what’s pitched to
Chronicles” when the Sean Bell incident happened. I
figured I wanted to collect stories from people that had Dave: Also on the healthcare tip, on the song “Reverse
you grow up using language that’s a colloquialism for
other things. So whereas you call somebody a deroga-
opinionated, Tech them is that, look, the only way you’ll be successful is
if you privatise everything. Your water, your electricity,
had incidents of police brutality. We had close to a thou-
sand stories that we wanted to cap it off at. But, I mean,
Pimpology” you talk about them having the AIDS vac-
cine, what is your view on the international AIDS crisis?
tory phrase that starts with F, then you don’t really mean
that person’s gay...that just means that they’re a sucker
speaks with a your communications, your transportation, and all of
your resources. And at the end of the day we’ve got to
in terms of writing stuff in my journal and then sharing it
with people, I think that it’s better for me to give a com-
IT: I think it’s funny because religious nuts in America
say what we need to do is to educate people to stop
and a punk on the street. Looking back on history, I
think that to the contrary there have been some very ruth-
deep analysis of realise that the only way we are ever going to be liberat-
ed is by showing some sort of unity amongst each other.
plete insight into my political perspective, personally.
Because I don’t think that you can really define things
having sex. Second of all they want to outlaw abortion
and they want to outlaw contraception. So what do they
less and some very aggressive and tough homosexuals
throughout the ages. You look at Julius Caesar and most
international class Because even in their oppression the imperialists don’t
use just one method of attack...
in absolutes anymore. America prides itself on saying
“we’re so against Communism”...they reject the idea of
expect the end result to be? If they were to educate more
people about contraception, and about the amount of dis-
of the Roman Emperors, probably most of the British
Emperors, you look at a lot of American Presidents...
struggle, so “don’t Dave: So you’re drawing parallels between the economic
Socialism. But you know, what is the Police Depart- eases that are out there, even with using contraception, it

be sensitive and exploitation of the Thirld World and the same forces of
capitalism in the record industry?
ment? What is the Post Office? These are paid for by the
government. And if you are in the military in America,
would be incredibly powerful for anyone in a postion of
knowledge to their people to use this knowledge and tell
Dave: Coming from Vancouver, which is a very Gay
positive city, and in Canada where we have same-sex
angry at the shit IT: And the social implications as well because, people
like to point fingers at the Third World and say that
then you live in a Socialist state, because the government
pays for everything. So, I think that we can’t escape
the youth and say “this is destroying our community”. marriage, this is a very touchy issue.
IT: And that’s something that grows with understand-
that I wrote...”. they’re savage and backward societies. You know, we
have all the same issues as they do, in terms of election
either the Right or the Left. As much as you want to call
yourself a Communist in America, you pay taxes...
ing the history... and just for the record, I don’t use that
word once on “The Third World”, so all those people
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can probably shut the fuck up, you know what I mean? Like, he’s going
through a process of learning, he’s understanding and now there’s certain
things that are changing. I use the word “nigger” a whole lot less, and I
don’t really think white people have the moral authority to sit down and
jump on someone who’s Peruvian and Black and tell him what language
they can and can’t use to define their own people. My people were enslaved,
and we took the worst part of what was thrown at us and made it good.
You get slave food, we made it into soul food. We every single aspect of
negativity that was hurled at us and we made it positive. And while that
particular word, people will never agree with, and I know some people in
their mind will never see it as a positive...I don’t see it as a positive word,
it’s just the slang that came to signify comradery, and I look at that with a
duality because, one day I’d like to take that word out of my vocabulary as
well. I don’t refer to women as hos, I don’t look at women as sex objects...
in “Reverse Pimpology” I went into that. First it was talking about women
and their relationships with men, and how we think that we’re pimping the
situation, then we realize where did we get our impression of what women
are ? From our relationships with women when we were little. If we have
difficulty settling down with one woman and we’re out there playing, could
it be because someone played your mother like that? I mean this is real talk.
I think this is just a process that has to occur in every aartist. I mean I think if
anybody dy in Vancouver is mad at me for something like that, especially when
it was in one son
song like “Obnoxious”...it’s very important for uus to realize
that Hip Hop getting more and
p in a sense is still growing up. That it’s still gettin
moree m mature.. And
A if we have certain complaints about that that, and any sexism,
they
t need to address
ne them to the people who are in charge of the industry.
dd ess th

Davee : II’d like

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Hip H
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m vement ggrowing
owing internationally and where did you find it most
closely
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d with the development consciousness?
pment of Revolutionary consciousness

IT: U Um,m Revolutionary

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show w for
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kke 40 000 people, like Hugo Ch
Chavez was there, there was de delega-
tionss from aalall over the world. I performed
rmed in between China and North
Korea,
e justt tto give you an idea. So the pressure
essure was on for me to come oout,
gunss blazing
gu ng with some Revolutionary rhymes. s Um, the place that’s mo most
likee New Y
li York, would be a place like London,
Yo ondon, like you really have to do
something
so m g to impress those people. They’ll
y’ll clap for a bit and tthen just stop.
Whereas
W h re a place like the west coast they just clap forev
forever, London they just
want
w ant tto he
hear more, more...like New York they’re spoiled, like there’s always
some
mee sortt of Hip Hop going on.
m

DDave
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n MC’s internationally that caught your ear and that the world
sshould b looking out for ?
hoouuld be

IT: In terms of overseas Hip Hop, the beautiful part of what of seen with the
people I’ve met, is that they’re much more focused on the culture and the
art of Hip Hop than other people I’ve seen. In other words it’s not just MC’s
being shouted out, it’s also the graffiti writers, the DJ’s, the B-Boys. I mean
that’s still a part of it out there, and it’s a shame that out here, you know
we’ve kinda strayed away from that vein.

Dave: Any plans to do more tracks in Spanish or plans for a fully Spanish
album?

IT: Oh yeah, the Revolution is multilingual...yeah. In the future I hope to

do music with artists that don’t speak English or Spanish. Maybe some
rhyming in Arabic or French or and African language. Whoever’s down
with what I’m down with, I’m rolling witchu homie!!!
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interviews ....
In her Exclusive coverage of
the 2008 Calgary Tattoo & Arts
Festival ABORT’S Alxs Ness
gets pricked & inked by the man
Rolling Stone Magazine calls
“The King of Rock n’ Roll Tat-
toos,” our fave cannibal…Paul
Booth
ALXS: Do you find it more difficult to get
into the same frame of mind when you’re
tattooing at conventions compared to your
studio?
Paul Booth: No, it’s a different approach to
the same frame of mind. At home it’s a really
mellow environment that I keep… it’s pretty
chilled out, laid back; it’s not so hard to fall
into a zone. At conventions it’s so busy and
so much creative energy buzzing in the air
that you can end up in the same place. Once
you’re in the tattoo everything around you
kind of fades.
ALXS What’s the latest news with the Art
Fusion Experiment?
PB:I’ve always been pretty much alone on the
production end of that. It’s not a profit situ-
ation so being able to afford to hire help to
really do it proper is limited so Art Fusion’s
pace is dictated by my availability. A lot of
conventions are doing it around the world.
I come in and get them set up and show
them proper ways to run it successfully and
from my experiences… this arm’s got to go
down… sorry
ALXS That’s all right, I’ll work it out. So
something that you started just catapulted into
its own entity right?
PB:Yeah it just took off, got its own legs. It
remains a non-profit scenario and it’s char-
ity driven. It’s great for increasing public
awareness towards tattooers and their abilities
as artists. Also, people want the art, but Art
Fusion’s not about making money on every-
one’s art and exploiting them and honestly,
the paper work involved on keeping track
of every artist that works on every piece is
pretty difficult; it’s better to just give it away
to charity.
ALXS: Speaking of fine art can you tell us
a bit about the upcoming Last Rites gallery
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exhibition?
PB:Next one is Dark Pop. I’m pretty excited
about that because it really follows the direc-
tion I want to go with that gallery in regards
to being an outlet and a home for artists that
focus their energy on dark art, in general.
That show was taking mainstream pop-ori-
ented artists and asking them to do one dark
piece for us. You got people that normally
don’t go there and we’re asking them to, so
the art ends up being an interesting angle in
unexplored territory.
ALXS:You designed an electric guitar in
commemoration of Dimebag is guitar design
something you’d want to do on a regular basis
or was that just a one time thing?
PB:Well something like that was more of a
one time thing because it was a sculpture.
Doing a line of guitars, I’ve been actually
wanting to do that for years but it’s tough
because a lot of these companies are always
looking for more mainstream art. They’re
worried about selling to middle Christian
America and things like that. That’s not my
bag. I’m certainly not going to draw fucking
Mickey Mouse on a guitar just to sell it to
some fucking Christian idiot from Kansas,
you know. I’ll end up doing a line of guitars
at some point but I gotta do it with a company
that I’m really into working with. I want to do
a guitar that’s like, not only is the art signa-
ture, but every fucking piece of the guitar is
as well. I like to do everything full tilt.
ALXS:So one thing I’m curious about, you
ever considered fiber glass sculpture or design
for motorcycle bodies?
PB:Actually I have considered it. I have
sketches back home of various ideas like that.
I was going to do these fiber glass skins that
go over existing tanks and that kind of thing
but fiber glass press molded so it snaps over
the tank and then you paint it… because I do
a lot of sculpting too.
ALXS:What’s coming up for Paul Booth?
Give us an exclusive.
PB:Probably a nice long stay in a sanitarium
yet to be decided as to where. Besides that…
ALXS: Any success with your venture into
cannibalism?
PB:I could tell you but then I’d have to eat
you.
ALXS:I was kind of worried once you start
smelling blood…
PB: I have things in the works as usual. I
have two chefs ready to go, I have a couple
morticians ready to put something aside for
me. It’s just sitting down and organizing the
whole thing. We’re talking a tuxedo sort of…
ALXS:Rocky Horror Picture show type deal?
PB:Yeah. Cause really, for me it’s about more
just finally being able say that I’ve done it. If
it’s for that then it’s got to go right. It’s not
like I’m necessarily excited about whether it
tastes good or not. I don’t really care what hu-
man tastes like, I’m going to eat it anyway.
ALXS:Is this going to be a like veal type
thing…
PB: If I had it my way, I would raise some-
one just to eat them. A nice little plastic box,
raise them from birth, wait until they’re about
maybe fourteen years old, fatten them up real
good only to be eaten. That would ideally be
the best way because then you could ensure
the quality of the food.
ALXS:For sure. Organic maybe?
PB:Yeah, free-range human. Approaching
cannibalism with politically correct, vegetar-
ian view-points, you know?
ALXS:You always want to be politically cor-
rect.
What about mad cow disease?
PB:I think there’s bigger things then that to
worry about in this situation. I’m sure things
will pop up. It’s much like that first guy to
fuck a monkey probably had no idea it was
going to turn into a world epidemic. So I
could be the start of the next. Which is fine,
because being alive to see the demise of
humanity is cool but being the cause of it is
even better.
ALXS:When can we expect Vol. II, Last
Rites?
PB:The thing was that I had Vol. II half done
by the time Vol. I came out but blood went
bad with my crew and all the footage that
photos by mike boldt
I had I can’t use, because obviously why
would I. I’m not going to promote anybody
that’s wronged me. I basically got to rebuild
from the ground up with my new crew and
that takes time. We’re probably a year or
two behind schedule on that now. But I’m
working on an internet show that I’m pretty
excited about. I’m about a month or so away
from launching what I’m calling Paul Booth’s
Mortal Skin. That’s my new pet project. It’s
like a road diary, but more. It’s a lot of every-
thing in my life; behind the scenes with rock
stars, behind the scenes tattooing, painting,
practical jokes, things around the studio, art,
everything.
ALXS:Pretty down to earth, it sounds like.
PB: Yeah totally, right from the core. There’s
probably nothing in my life more real then
what this is going to be. If you want to get a
feel for who or whatever it is I am, this will
be the way it’s done.
ALXS: So where can people find you on the
internet, all your various projects?
PB: It is all consolidating into one. Dark
images.com will always be the core and
from there you can get anywhere, Last Rites
gallery, the internet show I’m working on;
everything else.
ALXS: Thanks Paul.
PB: Thank you.
www.Darkimages.com
Bob Tyrell Dave Nicholson (Dutchman Tattoos)
Alxs: How’s the convention been go- Abort: How’s it going man?
ing for you so far? DN: It’s going awesome. My neck is tired, my hands are
sore and my knuckles feel funny.
BT: Good. I didn’t tattoo today, I did a Abort: There you go. So it’s been a pretty good day at the
seminar and I got suckered into play- convention so far?
ing dodge ball so that kind of messed DN: Yea it’s been awesome. I had a guy come down from
up my day as far as trying to tattoo.
though.
the Athabasca oil fields and get a tiger back piece. I wanted
I’ll be working tomorrow and Monday to talk him into doing it for two days in a row but he’s got
to go back to work tomorrow. By the end of the day lots of
people were checking it out and we had enough work done
Alxs: Did your team win? on it that it really started to shape up and look like some-
thing instead of just a loose outline… but he’s got to go
BT: No, we lost bad. back to work, what are you going to do?
Alxs: To the girls? Abort: What’s been your best experience so far?
DN: Thinking that I’d only been tattooing for two hours
and discovering that I’ve been tattooing for five. That
BT: No, I was on the girls’ team. It’s
was the best thing so far, absolutely. Although the feather
was me and Damien from Toronto and casino girls in a huff were pretty good too. They came out
the God’s Girls. and they were having some kind of fucking fight and they
flounced off, feathers flying. Where’s the camera when you
Alxs: Nice, well you can’t lose if need it?
you’re on that team, right? So what’s
been your highlight so far? Abort: You don’t see that everyday.
DN: No, no.
BT: There’s a lot of hot girls running
around, that’s probably been my high- Abort: Have you had any negative experiences so far?
light so far. DN: All I got to complain is having to get on a plane and
go through the airport. Other than that, it’s all good. The
hotel rooms that we got hooked up with by our sponsors
Alxs: Any negative aspects of the were awesome. Years ago I came out here for the Calgary
convention? Stampede and my buddy said, you guys ought to be in the
Hyatt Regency; and now we are.
BT: No, this is one of my favorite
conventions. The vibe’s great, every- Abort: Fucking A.
body’s cool, got a lot of friends here, DN: I like it, it’s good living.
just a really cool vibe. It’s busy. Steve
really takes care of the artists. He’s got Abort: Allright, anything you want to add real quick?
fun stuff going on, like Ratt’s playing DN: If you’re ever in Calgary and you’re hungry at eleven
tomorrow night. thirty at night and you want real food; go to the Bear and
Kilt. It’s a basement pub and they got a full menu in the
middle of the night.
Alxs: You’re going to go check that
out? Abort: You want to plug its location?
DN: I can’t remember its location but I do remember that
BT: Yeah. I was into Ratt back in the they wouldn’t let us have coffee; they insisted that we
eighties and more for DeMartini, the bought liquor.
guitarist. Killer guitarist. I’m not a
huge Ratt fan, but I’m a big Warren Abort: There ya go; we’ll end on that note.
DN: Mhmm.
DeMartini fan.
Alxs: Great thanks Bob
BT: Thank you
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21 & 25 albums, 8,000 bottles of booze
and 2,500 severed heads later,
E.S Day: Along Came a Spider
– a Concept album, a clumsy
killer and a great idea, are you
poking at the film of the same
from loved ones while on the
road?
AC: Well actually, my wife is
on tour with me and she was
ABORT: Well thank you, but
how about this: What about
terminally ill people that have
to use marijuana for medicinal
AC: Yes it is. I miss the art, at
least we did our own art back
then, we were nominated for a
Grammy® for Billion Dollar

under
“Shock Rock King” Alice Cooper
has literally been to hell and back.
name or did you get fed up
with specific horror clichés
and did Morgan Freeman call
try to Narrate this (kidding)
you know Morgan has to be in
everything!
the original ballerina in “Wel-
come to My Nightmare”
ABORT: Oh really? I did not
know that.
AC: She was only eighteen at
the time (no pun) now she’s the
purposes just to get through the
day? Especially out here on the
West Coast, what with weed
being quite a plentiful are you
against that by any means?
AC: No not at all in fact I’ll
Babies that was fun to do, that
was great stuff, but you know
what? Recently I’ve signed so
many copies for “Along Came
a Spider” LP’s, people are buy-
ing the vinyl again, it finally is

with ...
Alice Cooper: Yeah we’re
looking at a killer who wants to
be Hannibal Lector…
ABORT: …But is not really
doing a good job of it
AC: Right, he has fallibilities
about him, which I kinda like.
I mean Hannibal Lector would
never really fall in love with
one of his victims. He’s a very
talented Psycho-killer which
gives him a little more colour,
which makes him a little more
fun to write about. I wasn’t re-
ally thinking about the Morgan
Freeman movie as much as
it’s about a killer who actually
wants to be a spider. This guy
wanted to fashion himself in
the light that if he was going to
be a spider he needed to wrap
his victims in silk.
ABORT: Oh? Interesting.
AC: Yeah and also if he wanted
to be a spider he needed eight
legs so he starts taking legs
and now you can build on this
guy’s psychosis.
ABORT: How about a screen
adaptation of this?
AC: You know it’s funny you
mention that, my daughter was
asked to write a novel based on
this, the girl that’s in the show
who is my nemesis up there [on
stage] is my daughter and is
actually a good writer, actress
ballet instructor so I said “If
you’re on the road…you’re the
show” I’m not gonna let that
much talent sit on the bench.
So for this show, all three of
them are Chinese assassins at
one point and then Zombies
and then Obama and McCain
and Bush.
ABORT: So you’ve pulled out
all the stops on this one.
AC: All the stops! If you are
here, you are in the show.
ABORT: Twenty-five albums
into your career how much of
being sober can you attribute
to your longevity and how long
have you been sober?
AC: Oh for sure - twenty five
years ago the doctor said listen,
another month of this (drink-
ing) and you’ll be joining Jim
[Morrison] and Jimi [Hendrix]
and the boys, I mean I was
getting up in the morning of
throwing up blood. But I got
that moment of “Yeah ,I get
it” and since then I’ve made
another fifteen albums, and I
haven’t had another drink in 25
years.
ABORT: It’s great that you say
that publicly, I myself am in
recovery…
AC: Oh really? how many
years?
ABORT: uh… well…three.
be honest with you, being an
alcoholic, and realizing if you
look at the statistics, and you
realize that 90% of spousal
abuse and murder is alcohol
related and 90% of car acci-
dents are alcohol related and
throw tobacco in there, the two
things that are legal are in fact
the most dangerous. So I don’t
have a problem with people us-
ing marijuana as long as it’s not
a gateway drug to something
harder like cocaine and heroin.
ABORT: Can we see you using
Canadian musicians again like
my friend Pete Freezin? And
do you still stay in touch?
AC: Oh Pete! Yeah I under-
stand that he’s teaching now
ABORT: Oh no way!
AC: Yeah he’s teaching in
England now. Pete Freezin
was one of my all time favorite
guitar players to tour with. He
was in and out of the band a lot
of times, in a move to England
and was a little harder to get in
touch with what I always really
like to be explained in
ABORT: We know you like
golf, Fave golf course in Van-
couver?
AC: And today I played one
called Morgan creek I really
like the one who shot 75 there
was so what is really happy
getting much more in vogue.
ABORT: Yes of course, it’s the
retro thing now. What is on
Alice’s iPOD this week?
AC: I don’t even have an
iPOD!
ABORT: Good, good next
question? (laughs)
AC: (Laughs) I may just be the
most low-tech person you have
ever met
ABORT: No, no you’re not -
trust me (laughs)
AC: I am a “techno-tard”
(laughs)
ABORT: Touring musicians on
this tour?
AC: Well we have Keri Kelli
who has worked with Slash,
L.A. Guns, The Newlydeads
then I’ve got Jason Hook (Bul-
letBoys, Lee Aaron) and Chuck
Garrick who was with DIO
and, Eric Singer from KISS
who has been with me about
sixteen, seventeen years.
ABORT: Final question and I’ll
leave you alone, Let’s pretend
I’m 14, I just discovered Alice
Cooper via Guitar Hero , what
would you recommend for my
first Alice Cooper purchase,
besides the latest album?
AC: Oh that’s easy I would
have to say: “Killer” that has
lots of guitar rock on it for sure

C
and choreographer. So she’s
urrently numbing eyes ears and minds on his Psycho-Drama tour, he actually in the midst of writing
a novel around this.
spoke to ABORT Magazine’s E.S. Day on his recent stop in Vancou-
ver to discuss being in recovery from drugs and alcohol, his latest al- ABORT: Now as matter of
fact you have the whole family
bum “Along Came a Spider” (SPV) and the inclusion of his family and on tour do you not or most of
watching them get decapitated on a nightly basis … ah family values. them? Is that a stress reliever
as far as not having to be away
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(laughs) not many! (laughs)
AC: No that’s great! I tell you
back then I couldn’t go a day
without drinking, so when
you say three years, I think a
thousand days. And you know
… that’s awfully good.
with it.
ABORT: Speaking of how im-
portant is the “ALBUM Cover
“ to you now that it comes in
the form of a jpeg that you cant
flip over and /or stick on the
wall, I mean “the art of liner
note” is fucked now.
ABORT: Perfect, thank you for
time Alice I really appreciate it.
AC: Thank you Scott.
ALICE COOPERS’ “ALONG
CAME A SPIDER” On SPV /
STEAMHAMMER is available
in stores now and on iTunes.
photos by scott alexander
 With the ability do better out East? E.S. Day: Now I don’t want to be all tabloid think of when the Beastie Boys came out, I don’t
Ill Bill: I think the more you talk about it the here, but did you encounter any problems like even think they had dropped “License to Ill” yet,
to combine the more you’re asking people to hate it. People love your brother did on that hellacious Sounds from and they went on tour with Madonna....
to hate, you know what I’m saying? I think the the Underground Tour?
rebellion and whole mesh of metal and Hip Hop...there’s such Ill Bill: Nah, I never encountered any problem E.S. Day: And getting shit thrown at them!
power of Metal, a big amount of shit, and it outweighs you know, like that...I mean I feel for him that he had to deal Ill Bill: Yeah, and six months later they were
the stuff that Rick Rubin did, Public Enemy with that, and I admire that he didn’t throw in the platinum. Really, it’s, you know, some tours
with the edgy, sampling Slayer... the good stuff. I mean, I like towel after a couple of shows, ‘cause I wouldn’t aren’t the right fit, and it is what it is. And at
sampling guitars, but I try to do the same time, you gotta give homie credit for
gutsy verbal it as tastefully as possible. I just being the first rapper to try to do that tour. By
smackdown of look at it from the perspective of him going through that, basically, you know, I
making good music and making ain’t fuckin’ with it, but he sacrificed himself for
Rapcore and Hip- something that’s sonically dope everybody else....
to me, without it being just about
Hop, NYC’s Ill crossing the two genres. E.S. Day: So your average listener is the 25 and
Bill also a member up crowd?
E.S. Day: There are a lot of great Ill Bill: I mean a thirteen year old kid who listens
of Supergroup E.S. Day: Do you feel that the fusion of Metal collabo’s on the album, any more to Metal all day isn’t trying to hear Hip Hop, my
and Hip Hop can still be a hot commodity even if coming up? brand of Hip Hop, whatever. They are just so
La Coka Nostra it’s underground? Ill Bill: I’m just getting to work dead set against it, that it’s just not palatable. It’s
has just dropped Ill Bill: It’s the same thing you know when
people think about white MC’s, Vanilla Ice
with the Cypress dudes, I got DJ definitely geared toward and older audience, I
Muggs on a couple of tracks, I mean a fifteen year old who’s a little more mature
his latest epic comes to mind. It’s always the worst case got B-Real with Everlast on a and into something a little left field might dig it,
scenario is what’s gonna pop into your mind. So, track together so that’s a big deal but I think I agree with you.
opus “The Hour whatever people hate the most about Rap and to me. I’ve been working with
of Reprisal” with Rock mashing together that’s what they’re gonna
think about. People always concentrate on the
Rae a bunch, Raekwon the Chef, E.S. Day: What projects are coming up with you
so that’s a real big deal for me. behind the boards producing, and are there any
a huge “Who’s negative...I think that’s what it is to be honest And of course Bad Brains...Bad unsigned artists we should be aware of?
with you, I mean, there’s probably a lot more Brains in the craziest. I mean Ill Bill: You know who I like?, and this is pretty
who” of Rap and wack collaborations than good ones. I know like Darryl, Dr. Know, left field...I like SantoGold man. She’s dope, I
Metal including E.S. Day: So, La Coka Nostra, could you speak
they’re kinda attainable you know. really like her, she reminds me of Cyndi Lauper...
But I mean I know for a fact and I mean that in the most complimentary way.
Max Cavalera on your involvement in putting this together? that H.R. was kinda hard to lock As far as production, I did a couple of tracks for
Ill Bill: I’m pretty proactive in the mix of what’s down. I’m real proud of the joint the La Coka Nostra record, I got a track on the
and Immortal happening. I actually have to credit it being put that we did together. new Cypress Hill record that’s being worked on
Technique. together to Danny Boy. He was the catalyst.
E.S. Day: La Coka Nostra album?
right now.......Slayer.
E.S. Day: You just did a tour E.S. Day: Slayer?!
E.S. Day picks Il Bill: October....28th, on La Coka Nostra with Paul Wall and Tech 9ine? Ill Bill: Nah, I just blurted that out, I just want
records. There’s gonna be some other people Ill Bill: It was a great tour man, to be able to stand on the side of the stage and
the brain of Ill involved, but I can’t talk about it. there were a lot of new kids that didn’t know have made it after the first show, I would have watch Slayer every night.
Bill, one of the E.S. Day: I’m just gonna say some band’s
who the fuck I was, and it was a challenge but we just jumped in the crowd and beaten the crap out
got on stage and turned it out every night. The of them. And that’s not to say that his nature E.S. Day: Well who wouldn’t?
most versatile and names, could you tell us the first thing that pops kids loved it and we got a great response, and to wouldn’t allow him to do that, but his business Ill Bill: (Laughs...)
into you mind? (ES drops several names that Bill tour with Tech and Paul, they’re great guys and sense didn’t allow him to do that. You know he
innovative lyricists doesn’t know...). Biohazard? it’s a tour that I’ll never forget. Just the fact that stuck to his guns and kept it as professional as www.myspace.com/illbill
touring the Ill Bill: They used to deliver pizza to my house !
we did fifty-two shows in fifty-eight days. possible and he didn’t let it get to him but, I don’t
think anybody would want to deal with that. I Ill Bill’s “The Hour of Reprisal” Is in stores now
country this year. E.S. Day: So does the Metal/ Hip Hop mash-up mean, whenever I hear stories like that, I always on Uncle Howie/KOCH
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to the point with much herb.
Jared: (Laughs) Yeah…that’s a reference to The Matrix film

E.S. Day: That’s right and sorry about that. One of the bonus
tracks on the CD/DVD combo is a track “War on the Middle
Class” why the middle class, and why not the absolute desti-
tute?
Jared: Because it seems like there’s a war on people in the mid-
dle circle, who are controlled by a very small circle of people
Hell-bent on world on the planet, it seems the regular working guy who wasn’t born
with a silver spoon in his mouth seems to always get the short
domination and ex- end of the deal.
posing the truths E.S Day: When you say this are you with bring to the world as a
whole or the USA specifically?
within society’s dirty Jared: Well I am American so I speak on behalf of the U.S. first,
but I do think it represents the whole world.
little closet of secrets,
Jared from controver- E.S. Day: Sounds good. Let’s head back now to insomnia your lat-
est studio release with the tracks “Suffa” which was on our HEAD-
sial Rapcore group PHONICA™ chart a while back before the album came out, we
(hed) P.E. gives noticed it has some Dancehall “Riddims” and harmonies, as reggae
and dancehall been a major influence on you and can we see that
ABORT the lowdown seeping into some future recordings?
Jared: Yes, we have some more of that coming on the next album -
on their latest release(s) including the new some straight dancehall/thrash!
CD/DVD “The D.I.Y. Guys” and more.
E.S. Day: Wicked! Fave old school rap album for you?
E.S. Day: We are on the line with Jared from (hed) P.E. how are you? Jared: Believe it or not old school for me is like “Sraight Outta Comp-
Jared: Good thanks. ton” by N.W.A.
E.S Day: The new CD DVD combo the D.Y.I. guises in stores now
how’s that doing? E.S Day: Ok same question but metal or punk?
Jared: It’s doing great, we’re really happy with it because it provides Jared: Oh, that’s easy, Sex Pistols and Black Sabbath. Johnny Rotten
the fans with a look at what makes us tick, it’s got some live show was my hero.
footage but then it’s got some behind the scenes stuff plus some opin-
ions that we provide. E.S. Day: What about some collabo outside of Suburban Noize?
Jared: Yeah I was just on the Tech 9ine album and he’s huge on the
E.S. Day: And I noticed you have a few opinions yourself on the DVD underground, and we have new album coning our called ‘New World
you’re quite outspoken, but we’re gonna get back to the album in a Orphans”
minute, I need to ask you about your stance on graffiti culture living
in harmony with metal and punk culture in 2008 as you guys seem to E.S. Day: On Sub Noize?
spearhead that whole genre. We seem to get shit for mulling the two Jared: Yes.
genres (metal and rap) together
Jared: Well I’m not surprised, as it seems kids are brainwashed even E.S. Day: Good I see they give you a bit of a freedom that compared to
with sound, which in itself doesn’t makes sense because you can’t re- some of your former labels that
ally categorize sound Jared: Yes, the über annoys is grade I get to deliver out without any
E.S. Day: Right critique
Jared: You know it is just what big brother has done, by trying to di-
vide us with music, much humanity as a whole has amassed conscious- E.S. Day: But maybe that’s why Insomnia came out so well, that has to
ness, and we refuse to go along with the whole game. be one of the best (hed) P.E. albums to date
Jared: I agree
E.S. Day: It’s just that we’ve seen a lot of metal heads doing graffiti
and tagging walls and Hip-Hoppers/Rappers having live bands and the E.S. Day: Thanks for chatting with us Jared
two seem to just keep crossing over….. Jared: Thank you man, appreciate it.
Jared: You know what I could not have said it better. We combine all
those styles together, heavy metal, hip-hop, punk rock and hardcore (hed) P.E.’s “Insomnia” and the new CD/DVD Combo The D.I.Y. Guys
and all of this put together with a focus of self-empowerment and is in stores now on Suburban Noize Records.
exposing the truth and that’s what our purpose as a band and artists has
come to be. Myspace.com/hedpe
E.S. Day: Fair enough, now the CD liner notes I have here are telling
me to “Take the Red Pill” what the fuck Jared? I already smoke too 79
 GZA/Genius
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Richards on Richards, Vancouver BC
A distinctly more mature, less blinged out crowd packed the venue early in anticipation of GZA’s performance
of the classic “Liquid Swords” album in its entirety. In response to the opening DJ’s set the crowd mercilessly
booed him offstage. He proceeded to get revenge by throwing on an awful disc of electro-house mashups,
culminating in - believe it or not - Soulja Boy, flying in the face of GZA’s recent YouTube beef. Thankfully the
soundtrack was switched to classic Wu Tang just in time to quell the impending riot.
As the room filled with clouds of dry ice, GZA’s DJ threw on the opening strains of “Liquid Swords”, and as
the kung-fu flick narrative led into “Duel of the Iron Mic”, the crowd was lost in its admiration of one of the
greatest Hip Hop lyricists of all time. His delivery was steady and understated, and it took him some time to
warm up, relying on the crowd for at least half of the lines in “Living in the World Today” and “Gold”, but by
the time he hit the opening bars of “Cold World”, he had clearly cut his stride, exhibiting a swagger and confi-
dent ease.
While he occasionally stumbled on lines from this now thirteen year old album, it was the brilliance of his
lyrics and his distinctive voice that allowed him to hold the crowd in his palm. The unseen presence of ODB
entered the room as he blazed through “I Like it Raw”, followed by a selection of tracks from the Wu Tang
catalog and his own solo efforts. For an encore, the incendiary 50 Cent diss of “Paper Plate”, raised the hair on
the audience’s neck.
Representing for the Wu Tang
Clan accompanied only by a DJ,
GZA brought his gift for cinemat-
ic lyricism and unique voice to an
audience hungry for real MCing,
and the presence of the Wu was
truly felt.

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 TV on the Radio w/ Miles Benjamin Anthony They even threw in a “bonus track” that sounded like a Rockstar Mayhem Festival 36 Crazyfists gave a stellar
Motown number laced with hip-hop sensibilities. Friday, August 8, 2008 performance and should have
Robinson Downsview Park, Toronto, ON. been higher up on the bill. A
Sunday September 7, 2008 Innovative and impressive, TV on the Radio put to-
gether an extremely entertaining set for those fortunate On the same day of the opening nod also goes to Machine Head
Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC. for helping everyones’ ears to
enough to be in attendance. No surprise from a band ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing
The Commodore Ballroom was the place to be on Sun- bleed with a smile. The crowd
who get progressively better with each album… and Olympic Games, the date is
day for the much anticipated return of New York’s self was into all the acts on the side
each viewing. 08/08/08, which felt more like
proclaimed A’cappella/Surf/Rap band TV on the Radio. stages, even more so when
06/06/06 as something much
With Folk Rock/Psychedelic/Grunge artist Miles Ben- some of the bands made them-
– TV on the Radio Set List – more sinister than communist
jamin Anthony Robinson in tow, it was an energetic and selves available for a meet-and-
Young Liars secret police interrogations,
eclectic night of hipster anthems, cutting a wide swath greet after their sets.
I Was a Lover was afoot in Toronto. Yes, its
across today’s field of modern music. With a towering 80-foot
Province capitalist pigs’ paradise here in
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson got things started structure to support massive
Dreams Ontario, so much money to be
with an interesting “Bob Dylan meets Beck at the Mod- amounts of lighting and sound
Wolf Like Me made from metal fans dying to
est Mouse house” set. Going from somber to upbeat equipment, Dragonforce did a
Blues from Down Here check out some good bands…
low-fi, this five piece band out of Brooklyn, NY did in- brisk set, which some fans did
Golden Age and make money they did.
deed sound like hipster riff laden folk-grunge. Judging not appreciate. Although talent-
Wash the Day There was a nonstop lineup
from the response and the number of empty beer bottles ed musicians, it is an acquired
Shout Me Out to get in from early afternoon
they collected from the stage after the opening set, you taste to put up with one million
Satellite until late evening. When they
can expect good things from Miles Benjamin Anthony notes of guitar crammed in one
Encore: finally did get in, they had
Robinson in the future… unless he burns out from too pseudo-80’s “mystical-metal”
Stork & Owl subjected to searches, and more
much booze and partying, ends up in rehab by the time song. Next up, Disturbed. Once
A Method searches. Security was every-
he’s 30 and laments over pissing away his career like so underway, a continuous barrage
Staring at the Sun where, as were tons of uni-
much Stella Artois. of hits pummeled the eager
formed police officers. Guess
A huge response met TV on the Radio as they walked crowd satisfying all at hand. At
myspace.com/MilesBenjaminAnthonyRobinson they were expecting trouble
out on stage. Smiling and in good spirits, the band times the vocals sounded, a bit
TVontheRadio.com from these fine citizens.
enjoyed an excellent rapport with the audience and each strained, but otherwise right on
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE S.W.A.T. TEAM AT It would have been difficult to
other, getting the place hotter than a Balinese disco in the money. Ass-kicking until
S.W.A.K. do so, considering there was
no time. Lead singer Tunde Adebimpe was all sweat the end, they set the stage (and
one event security person for
and smiles as he gyrated around the stage, keeping the awesome mood) for the final
By Grimm “The Wrong Way” Culhane every 10 fans. “And the gold
quirky weirdness going as he sang and messed with a act Slipknot.
medal goes to”… the clueless
small stand of vocal effects and keys. David Andrew Yes, those lovable characters
event personnel who had no
Sitek (guitars/keyboards/loops), Kyp Malone (vocals/ Slipknot, too horribly disfig-
idea where anything was, or
guitars/loops) along with Jaleel Bunton (drums) and ured to show their faces, too
what was happening, or even
Gerard Smith (bass/keyboards/laptop) rounded out the crazy to realize what is go-
when it was happening. When
rest of the band. With five members and this much gear ing on around them. But who
a question was directed to-
it’s no surprise they were able to reproduce their re- cares? The fans loved them and
wards them, they asked their
corded sound live incredibly well. their bizarre antics paired per-
associates, who in turn asked
A majority of their set (see set list below) was dedicated fectly with tracks pulled from
someone else. Great fun to be
to tracks from Return to Cookie Mountain, with choicer their latest Roadrunner release
had asking different people the
cuts from the Young Liars EP, Desperate Youth, Blood All Hope is Gone. An ener-
same question, and getting dif-
Thirsty Babes and new tracks from their forth coming getic show that was too brief
ferent answers.
album Dear Science (which drops September 23, 2008). for most fans who demanded
There were two side stages for
all the lesser acts, who all did more, and they got it. A silver
a pretty decent job of rock- medal to the bands, and gold to
ing, despite the fact the sound the fans.
wasn’t anywhere near as loud mayhemfest.com
as it should have been. By Jimmy Lynch

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 Sound and Fury w/ 2 other bands (HipHop at) The Rifflandia Music Festival and duties on the turntables like the grizzled veterans
Sunday, August 31, 2008 2008 they are without ever bringing the energy of the party
Commodore Ballroom Vancouver BC August 29-31, 2008 down. Beers and weed in hand the whole time, JuJu
Like a bat out of hell, Toronto’s Sound and Fury stormed the Commodore stage and fury was cer- Victoria BC and Les had the crowd going wild, in particular when
tainly unleashed from the minute the first chord was struck (courtesy of Griffin), a direct result of The first annual Rifflandia Music Festival, took place they dropped party jams like “Off the Books”, “Props
a successful fusion of Slash kicking the ever loving shit out of Lenny Kravitz. “I’m getting a shirt in Victoria BC from August 29th to the 31st, and was Over Here” and “Watch Out Now”, definite Beatnut
that says “I’m Not Him,” said Griffin earlier on the tour bus. “It happens all the time.” an incredible 3 day event showcasing talent, not just classics! While the two mc’s are far from the most
Kicking off with the track “18” from their self titled debut on Rebel Youth Records, the boys were from the island and Vancouver, but internationally as gifted in the game, there talent for creating a carefree
eager to show Vancouver what’s going on out east. Former Age of Electric bassist John Kerns well. A broad range of genres from metal, indie rock party vibe is unmatched and evidenced by how much
was front and center, sporting a mohawk and sweating like a motherfucker as he pounded out his and hip-hop were on display such as Black Moun- fun the young crowd was having it was most definite-
thumb thumpings on a classic Rickenbacker slung low with Lemmy mic positioning intact. Clas- tain, Bison, You Say Party! We Say Die! Sweatshop ly an intoxicated demons show going down. Unfor-
sic. Their newest member, rhythm guitarist Daz from New Zealand, is their own version of Angus Union, The Walkmen and DJ Z-Trip. tunately, this show was sparsely attended as well but
Young and rightfully so, as was evident the AC/DC influence that has stricken them, but in a good Minnesota local and RhymeSayer’s own, Brother the few who did show up were given a rare treat.
way Ali headlined Saturday night at Sugar Nightclub. Rifflandia was a great well organized festival, with
Lead vocalist/songwriter Luke Metcalf even sports the AC/DC “Powerage” logo (tattooed on his Still touring on the strength of his latest not so old so many bands to choose from there was literally
right arm) as his took aim at spitting beer at the receptive you should pick it up LP “The Truth”, Ali is a force something for everyone. For the most part, the ven-
crowd. The boys went from a punk paced freak show to a to be reckoned with. Not only physically eye catch- ues were close enough to walk to, which meant that if
boozy blues & rock feast and the crowd got drunk off the ing (how many albino mc’s have
energy. you seen?) Ali commands the
By the time the boys reached the track “Bad Touch” they mic with authority and a smooth
even had those 45 and over in the crowd pounding their fists laid back flow with so much
in the air. Easily one of the best (twenty minute) shows I confidence it hurts. His voice is
have seen at that venue. The boys struck a chord with the clear and strong and he sounds
locals with “Night of the Ghouls” (referring to crackheads just as good live as he does on
and junkies), which he mentioned having seen here in town. his albums, a compliment handed
Needless to say, Vancouverites were amused. Even more out very little in the live hip-hop
amusing was the semi-mosh pit that developed during the world. Brother Ali walked a fine
more punk fuelled tracks and watching the visually stunned line of crowd participation and
older crowd get knocked around and losing their overpriced keeping the show going with
cups of draught. very little interruptions or stops
The band heads to Europe next for a string of dates support- and definitely had the crowd
ing Airbourne and they should make a major dent on the UK hanging on every word. Regard-
crowds once they arrive. Unleashed, Canada’s newest Rock less of the somewhat sparsely
Gods should cause some “sound and fury” overseas and we attended event, Ali gave every-
can’t wait to assess the damage. thing he had and judging by the
Oh… and as far as the other 2 bands go, ABORT Magazine response of the crowd they were
was asked to leave the venue once Sound and Fury left the feeling it. Most definitely, at
stage. Thus, no need to name names. ease with the mic, Brother Ali rocks a live show that planned properly you could attend numerous events
soundandfury.com would leave most MCs feeling envious. His good- in one night and catch all your favourites. Hopefully
By E.S. Day natured charm and amazing voice made this one of Rifflandia will happen again next year and this time
the most enjoyable shows of the year. they’ll pack all those venues to capacity like they
The third and final night of Rifflandia was showcase should have been, with that much talent on one island
to one of the most prolific names in hip-hop, The that should be an easy job.
Beatnuts. If you want a party to blow the fuck up,
JuJu and Psycho Les should be on the top of your list. rifflandia.com
Obvious professionals, the two mc’s traded verses
By FINK

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Afrika Bambaataa
Friday, Sept. 5 2008
SHINE Night Club, Vancouver BC
To see the legendary Afrika Bambaataa at a small
Vancouver club like Shine was truly incredible. The
“godfather” of hip-hop culture rolled into the club
nearing midnight and stealthy set up his Mac laptop:
Serato instead of vinyl was a little surprising but did
not affect the show by any means.
There was something special about getting back to
hip-hop basics with classic breaks and a DJ-focused
set. A Zulu Nation emcee kept the party going with
traditional call-and-response and toasting but Bam-
baataa, one of the originators of break-beat DJing, was
the obvious star. Bambaataa took the dancing crowd
through all the break basics: James Brown, the Sugar-
hill Gang and of course his own Planet Rock.
One of the interesting features of Bambaataa’s set
was the way in which he mixed original breaks with
later samplings of the same breaks. Sugarhill Gang’s
“Jump on it” was followed with Sir Mixalot’s song of
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the same name. Chic’s “Good Times” and The Sugar-
hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight” were interpolated and
Lyn Collins’ “It Takes 2 sample was woven into the set
in various forms.
Later on the tempo changed as Bambaataa moved
from the breaks to some electro-techno house music.
It was quite a change from the good-times vibe of the
classics but it represented Afrika’s discography equally
well: his Kraftwerk-inspired “Planet Rock” actually
paved the way for electronic and house music when it
came out in 1982.
Afrika Bambaataa’s set was Hip-Hop 101, an audio
journey through the various inspirations, inclinations
and incarnations of early DJing. He kept the pace
quick, the songs catchy and the transitions smooth.
Watching the master at work was an experience not
easily forgotten.
zulunation.com/afrika.html
By Amalia Nickel and Kent Stephany
photo by amalia nickel
Carcass, Suffocation, 1349 and Aborted. be released next
Monday, September 22, 2008 year and Frank
Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver BC Mullen’s thought-
When it was first announced that Carcass were ful dedication of
reuniting for a few European shows in 2008, the track “Entrails
the reaction from most North American metal of You” to all the
heads was a mixture of joy and envy. What a ladies in the audi-
relief that one of melodic death metal’s found- ence.
ing bands were going to regroup and kick some By the time Carcass
ass at one of the biggest metal fests in the world hit the stage, the
(Wacken). The only real downside to this situa- crowd was thrashed
tion was the inaccessibility for those not living but ready for more.
in Europe or those without the funds to jet out After such a long
to Germany for a metal show. Then the word hiatus, it was nice to
hit that following Wacken, they were continu- see that Jeff Walker
ing on to North America for a brief but epic (vocals), Bill Steer
Canadian/US tour. (guitars) and Mi-
This tour, wickedly titled Exhumed to Con- chael Ammott
sume, couldn’t have had a better line-up. First (guitars) were able
to hit the stage were Europe based brutal death to essentially pick up where they left off back
metal band Aborted. They were a great choice in 1995. Unfortunately due to health reasons,
to start off the night; insane energy, sound and Ken Owen (drums) was not present; however,
stage-presence. Playing a non-stop, eardrum Daniel Erlandsson (Drummer for Arch Enemy)
bursting set, which included tracks from their did a solid job of filling in. Their set which
newest release Strychnine.213, Aborted defi- focused mainly on “classic” tracks from Ne-
nitely got everyone’s attention. croticism and Heartwork was a flashback into
Next up, Norwegian Black Metal band 1349 the past and only worked to emphasize the fact
cast an ominous mood over the crowd. Un- that even after all these years, Carcass is still
yielding blast beats, hypnotizing riffs, sinister relevant and heavy as fuck. Since it is unclear
vocals and corpse paint, as the only black metal what Carcass’ future plans are, this tour was
band on the bill, 1349 added a very dark, very certainly an important one for both the fans and
distinct variation to the mainly death metal the band. For a lot of people, old-school and
line-up. newer fans alike, this was possibly a once in a
Once the crowd was properly riled up, Suffoca- lifetime opportunity to see one of the original
tion took to the stage. The second the clock hit death metal bands playing the tracks that have
9pm, they tore into their set and proceeded to had a major influence on the development of
re-educate everyone as to why, after 18 years death metal and metal in general.
and seven studio releases, they are still one of myspace.com/Carcass
Death Metal’s top bands. Playing both earlier Suffocation.us
and newer material, their set included a selec- Legion1349.com
tion ranging from “Infecting the Crypts” (from
their first EP Human Waste, 1991) all the way myspace.com/AbortedMetal
through to “Abomination Reborn” (from their By Alxs Ness
newest release Suffocation, 2006). Highlights
included the announcement of a new album to
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Bad Religion w/ The
Bronx and The Rebel
Spell
Sunday September 14, 2008
The Commodore Ballroom -
Vancouver, BC.
Drunken debauchery and a
surprisingly polite bar staff
greeted those wise enough
to make it out to the Bad
Religion show last night at
The Commodore Ballroom.
With Vancouver’s The
Rebel Spell and L.A.’s The
Bronx filling out the bill, it
was a sweaty night of hard
drinking, hard driving musi-
cal mayhem the likes of
which doesn’t come around
here often enough.
Vancouver hardcore fa-
vourites, The Rebel Spell,
opened the show with
another decent set of puri-
tanical punk rock. Fitting
the bill perfectly with their
high energy hardcore pos-
turing and catchy choruses,
it was nice to see them
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in a venue not
obscured by bad
lighting and shitty
sound. Although
the Commodore
wasn’t anywhere
near full as they
played, they
pumped out the
punk like there’s
no tomorrow and
left another decent
impression on the
local crowd.
The Bronx flat out
fucking rocked
the place from the rafters
right on down. Calling
these guys “high-energy”
is like calling current gas
prices “a little steep.” With
twin guitars courtesy Joby
Ford and Ken Horne, bass
a la James Tweedy and
Jorma Vik keeping things
tighter than a nun’s bible
cover on drums, the wall
of sound these guys pro-
duced was nothing short of
amazing! Lead singer (and
absolute madman) Matt
Caughthran grinned like a
Cheshire Cat as they belted
out their machine gun set
with extreme accuracy and
surprisingly few casualties.
Matt demonstrated exactly
what taking hardcore seri-
ously is all about as he
repeatedly leaped from the
stage for some impromptu
crowd surfing, singing all
the while. This left the
rest of the band somewhat
perplexed initially, but
Matt never missed a single
lyric (ok, maybe one or two
words) and the results were
fucking unreal.
Finally, and with 28 years
of expertise and deserved
appreciation backing them,
Bad Religion hit the stage
and played for nearly 2 solid
hours. Like starving masses
awaiting food rations after
the nearing apocalypse, the
crowd fed off every track
they played and responded
with riotous appreciation.
Playing tracks from across
their massive discography
(see set list below), Bad
Religion looked fit, sounded
great and seemed glad to be
starting their Canadian tour
in Vancouver. Deserving
nothing less than the cheers
they received both during
(as the crowd sang along)
and after every song, this
was a Bad Religion gig that
fully lived up to its hype.
Included near the end of
their set were three acoustic
songs played by Greg, Brian
and Jay that not only dis-
played the might and power
of all things Bad Religion,
but also proved you don’t
have to be loud and in-your-
face to make a strong social
and musical impact.
If your punk rock needs and
sensibilities weren’t satis-
fied by this gig, then there
is simply no hope left for
you. Your only recourse at
photo by jordana meilleur
this point is to get the fuck
Alice Cooper w/ response Vancouver has for like a violin bow. Break- ing is that his voice hasn’t
out of the post-apocalypse their own, warm applause ing into “It’s Hot Tonight,” changed one bit since his
food rations line and take up Econoline Crush
Thursday September 18, and little else. the curtain dropped and the first album Pretties For You
some other less useful and place went ballistic. back in 1969.
less entertaining form of 2008
The Centre in Vancouver Playing and posturing their
Bad Religion. way through songs such as Amazingly, but to no one’s Truly a showman to the Nth
for Performing Arts - Van-
couver, BC. “Sparkle & Shine,” “You chagrin, Alice and his degree, Alice and his rabble
– Bad Religion Set List – Don’t Know What It’s assembled band played of rowdy rebels not only
21st Century (Digital Boy) Like” and “Dirty,” Trevor, mostly classic tracks from put on an amazing visual
New Dark Ages The legendary Alice Cooper
kicked off the first of two Ziggy, Scott and Brent the extensive Alice Cooper performance, but the music
Suffer looked tired and a few years library (see set list below) itself has stood the test of
I Want To Conquer the performances in Vancouver
on Thursday night as part of older than their age would and only one track from his time and proves you cannot
World suggest. Perhaps touring latest release. This suited fuck with the classics.
Let Them Eat War his Psychodrama Tour. In
support of his latest release with 3 Doors Down, Staind, the audience just fine as
No Control and Hinder earlier this year they tested their pipes and – Alice Cooper Set List –
Stranger Than Fiction Along Came a Spider, Alice
was joined by East Van- took its toll on the band’s sang along to “I’m Eigh- It’s Hot Tonight
Anastesia appearance, but it seemed teen,” “Under My Wheels” No More Mr. Nice Guy
couver’s Econoline Crush
Epiphany to have little or no effect on and “Feed My Franken- Under My Wheels
Punk Rock Song for a fun filled evening of
straight jackets, throat slit- how well they played this stein.” I’m Eighteen
Come Join Us night, which was fine. Is It My Body
God’s Love ting, baby maiming, blood
and… oh yeah, music! The first half of the show Woman of Mass Distraction
News from The Front While the stage was set for was pretty much devoid of Lost in America
Requiem for Dissent
Industrial Alternative Rock his imminent arrival, the the Alice Cooper antics fans Feed My Frankenstein
Honest Goodbye audience was treated to may have come to expect, (Acoustic Interlude)
You group Econoline Crush
opened the show promptly Alice Cooper tracks being while the second half of Be My Lover
A Walk pumped through the pub- the show more than made (In Touch With) Your Femi-
Big Bang at 8pm to about a half ca-
pacity crowd. Repeatedly lic address system. Some up for it. The usual assort- nine Side
Before You Die found this rather odd, since ment of craziness quickly Dirty Diamonds
Flat Earth Society reminding the audience that
they were “home grown the man himself would be ensued as a mother had her Vengeance Is Mine
Recipe for Hate on stage at any second, throat slit while a stake was Halo of Flies
American Jesus boys,” “from Vancouver”
and “glad to be home,” their but no body really gave a driven through the heart of Welcome to My Nightmare
Dearly Beloved fuck… since the man him- her baby. Ghoulish beast- Cold Ethyl
Bored and Extremely Dan- set was met with the usual
self would be on stage at ies surrounded and raped Only Woman Bleed
gerous any second. Alice at one point before he Steven
Generator
was clad in a straight jacket Dead Babies
Infected The place erupted as if and hung by his neck on the The Ballad of Dwight Fry
Sorrow
those in attendance had col- gallows. Even his signature Devil’s Food/Killer/Dead
lectively stepped on a VS- white suit and top hat made (Medley)
Myspace.com/theRebelSpell
MK-2 scatterable anti-per- an appearance before giant School’s Out
TheBronxxx.com sonnel blast mine once the balloons filled with powder – Encore –
BadReligion.com
lights lowered and the show were lofted into the audi- Billion Dollar Babies
began. Alice appeared ence, which Alice popped Poison
By Grimm “Germs of Per-
alone and silhouetted on the with his sword to the de- Elected
fection” Culhane large curtain that covered light of those close enough myspace.com/Econoline-
the stage before another to get “white powdered” on. Crush2007
Alice (the “real” Alice) For a 60 year old guy, Alice AliceCooper.com
stepped up and killed the Cooper sure is entertain-
first one with what looked ing, and what’s truly amaz- By Grimm “Killer” Culhane
photo by scott alexander
 CSS w/ Tilly and the Wall and one’s eyes off her the whole set.
SSION
Wednesday, September 17, Even though the audio quality was fair at best, the
2008 audience clearly demonstrated that you can’t stop
The Commodore Ballroom - the dance. Upbeat, but not solely reliant on Brazilian
Vancouver, BC. beats alone, Lovefoxxx, Ana, Carolina, Luiza, Adria-
no and Jon had the place moving and grooving their
If Carnival is any indication whole set. This band knows how to work a crowd
of what Brazilian ingenuity is (into a frothing, sweaty mess) and they proceeded to
capable of, then Wednesday do so, playing tracks from 2006’s Cansei de Ser Sexy
night’s CSS (Cansei de Ser and their latest release Donkey.
Sexy) gig at The Commodore
Ballroom left no doubt as to Shows like this are best viewed in a festival situation
what that country’s number one export is, partying. packed with dance enthusiasts, but thanks to CSS
With opening performances from SSION and Tilly (and a few hundred local sweaty hipsters), Wednes-
and the Wall, it was a fun filled, sweaty evening of day at The Commodore proved to be about as close
rave induced grooves. to a hot Brazilian night as Vancouver is going to get
in mid-September.
SSION went first with some techno-beats and decent
vocals, but, having decided to stick with style over – CSS Set List –
substance, that’s about it. An interesting set by Tilly Jeager Yoga
and the Wall followed. This five member group out Meeting Paris Hilton
of Omaha, Nebraska included a bass player/singer This Month, Day 10
who looked like Agnetha Fältskog of the band ABBA Left Behind
(during their silver hair and long robes phase circa Off The Hook
1976), as well as a tap dancing percussionist. Along Rat Is Dead (Rage)
with the rest of the band they produced indie-pop Move
songs with a decidedly upbeat feel and closed their Music is My Hot, Hot Sex
set with a rock number that verged on hardcore. Alcohol
Jamaican Flag
Super banzai party music for the sexy and the sexu- Air Painter
ally confused alike courtesy of CSS was up next. Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above
Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil, this six person party Alala
band plays a wide variety of styles… as long as those
styles fit into the indie-rock/electroclash/new rave SSION.com
categories.
TillyandtheWall.com
Initially clad in a shaggy get-up that looked like
she was being eaten by a giant bath mat, lead singer CSShurts.com
Lovefoxxx stripped down to her familiar body stock-
ing quite early, which made it rather difficult to take By Grimm “Maluco” Culhane

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 The Calgary many) opportunity to get tattooed by some of the
Tattoo and Arts greatest modern tattooists without having to travel
all over the globe or having to wait on a 1+ year
Festival
wait list.
August 30- Sep-
From the moment you entered the round-up centre
tember 1st, 2008
and stepped unto the red carpets that acted as path-
Stampede Round-
ways throughout the venue, it was apparent that
Up Centre, Cal-
much effort and preparation had been put into every
gary, AB.
aspect of this event. From the wealth of information
The fifth annual
available on tattoo health and professionalism, to
Calgary Tattoo
the array of vendors, fine artists, beautiful half-na-
and Arts Festival
ked women and a few choppers thrown in for good
took place at the
measure, there was literally a little bit of something
Stampede Round-
for everyone. The realm of fine art was represented
up Centre from August 30- September 1. This year’s
(in addition to the tattooists) by esteemed artists
Festival was truly a memorable event; three days of
such as Shawn Barber, Alayna Magnan and Sara
some of the best tattoo and fine art you’ll ever find
Ray as well as many others who had a vast array
under one roof. If that wasn’t great enough, throw
of art on display and for sale. In addition, visitors
in a regular dose of live bands, shocking perfor-
could actually witness the creative process unfold-
mances by the Discovery Channel’s Guinea Pig
ing before their eyes with the Art Fusion Experi-
(AKA. Ryan Stock), some girl on girl roller derby
ment. Produced by Paul Booth, the AFE (now a
action, regular games of artist vs. artist dodge ball
worldwide movement) features tattoo/fine artists
and a VIP/Artist party Sunday night, featuring a live
painting before a live audience and moving from
performance by old school glam gods Ratt.
canvas to canvas; the end result being one of a kind
Over the years, the Calgary festival has earned a
artworks created simultaneously by multiple artists.
reputation for bringing some of the best names
With the perfect combination of art and fun, this
in the business and this year was no exception. A
year’s Calgary Tattoo and Arts Festival was hands
few of the top tattoo artists this year included Paul
down the best to date. As there were far too many
Booth (Last Rites-NYC), Bob Tyrell (Night Gallery-
highlights to list, this is most definitely an event
Detroit), Hannah Aitchison, Corey Miller and Kim
worth experiencing first hand at least once. And be-
Saigh (of L.A Ink), Tautu (Tautu Tattoo-Tahiti) and
lieve me, one time and you’ll be coming back year
Paul Jeffries (Smiling Buddha Tattoo-Calgary),
after year.
just to name a few. With over two hundred artists
calgarytattoos.com
brought in from all over Canada, the US and over-
By Alxs Ness
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hy es giv ivve the aallbuum
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spir
sp ired
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bum pr progre
progoggress
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presseen n- faast st and nd angry witth, h, where
heree the
he h for orce
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reebel beel rock rock c er e him imself
selff. “Ru
se Rude de Boy
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mism m, an ange ger,
ge r, ccon
oonnfu fusiionon and nd connfi fide
d nncce;
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taatiotion
ti on of a vveeryy com o mo monn illn illlne
ln
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ss th t att has as anndd/or
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o al reg gga
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truume menntta- a- thiin
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ment
me as not
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yonee in th the wo worrlld, d, in soome m ccap appaacciitty.
y. tiioonn. S Shhe is is per erfeect ctlyy ppai
airreed with
ai wiitth
w h Suuzzi HoHome meewr
m wrec ecckkeer
tiion on and bac ack-k uupp ssin
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nds wi
nd w tthh the duubb beaats ts aand
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thhe
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um inc nclluludedess al alll of
o the h tra raitts we
rait w ’vve (gguiita tar),
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nngg exp xpre
ress
s iv ve th hou
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co omeme to eex xxpppeect
ct froom Innto o Ete ternnit ity;
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e ueenntt ggrroup
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e al
a ly y truue to to their
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eggoorrie
iess.
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maacul cula
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os, St
os, Stu u Bl
Bloc ock’
oc k s sh
k’ s oc ocki k ngn lly y verersaatiile voc ocalal t ro
th rouggho hout utt thee alb l um
um.
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sy yst
stemem,” bri ring
ngin i g heer sm smoooth h andn ssououulful
lfful
u vvoioiicece to th he ligh
li
ligh
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allbu
b m in inclclud
cl uudde “S“Solo ittududee SoS ngg” wi with th
abillittie
ab i s andan
nd Tr Troy
royy Ble leiicch’
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s basss styl styl
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ike
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il thee bi bitt
itt
tter
err and nd rag gee--fi
fill
l ed
lle son ongsgss o
off a lo ove
ver
iin nte
tennsse en ener ergygy of Fr Fran nti
ti’ss rep
ti’s epeaeateted an
te nd soome meti tim
ti mes obvi
me obbvivi-
vi- i s snnar
it arly
arly y “yo you be b ttter er llea
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ave
ve me allon one”e hhoo
e” ooook an nd th he
icin
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arre th he un u iq iquuee chaarraaact cctter
eris
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seem m to bbee the he ceenntr tral
ral
al the hemme, th
me this iisn
this snn’tt alll
oouus sstttat a em
at emen entts
en ts lik ke “I“I’m’m
m a hum man a bei e ngg, y’y’alall.l.”
l. drea
dr rea
eam my y pia i noo of “A Asl sleeeep Un
sle Undeer a Tr Treee .”
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mem
me mbberrs St Stevevee BoB lo logngnnese e (d (drums ms)) aan nd Juust s inn Ben ended r
de t eesse ga
th gals ssin iin
ng ab abou
bou
out. ““BrB oo
Br ookl klyn
kl yynn” iss abo b ut goi o ngg aftterr
Th he fe feel ell of th the al albu
buum is i ove verwrwhe
rwhe
hellmmin nglly po possiiti
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ve; it
ve it iiss “Siccke
“S kest
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ikes
ik es”s” fe
featturres es Mik ikee Mu
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rd err aand
nd inc ncreedi d-
((ggui
uita
uit tars
r ).). whhaatt you
w ou wan antt aan nd nonott lett
leett
ttiin
ing an anyt y hing
hiinngg or an anyoonnee
h pe
ho pefu full,, int
fu n ele lige
liige
g nntt andd ffuul ull of of lovve.
e So Some m son o ggss may ay blly pr p eeccisise
se rh
rhymymin
ym ing;
in g; “E Enndd of th he Beegi ginn
n in
nn ng”g bbri ring
ri nggs
One of
On
One of the h mos ost no
ost n tice
ticeeab ble asp spec ecctss of Th he InInccu
Incu ura
rablle stan
st taan
nd in in thee way, ay y, wwhher
erea
reaas “G “Gin in
n aanndnd Tonnic ic”” ha has a
Trrag
Trag agededdy iss its diirrec ect ppoorttra
ect r yayal of of ccan an nceer; r; thheey doo not ot bbee a li l ttttllee ttoo
oooo raad dio
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rien
enndl
dly fo for so
some
m , for for ex
fo examaammpl ple th he Kabo
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ng hoook: k ““th th
his iiss tth he
moree mel
mo elan ncch holly to tone
one
n andd iinv n ol
nv olve vees findin
ves ndin
nd ingg in inne nneer
m sk thee sub
ma ubje ject
ject
je ct witth alllu lusis on
ons ns or o met etaap phhoorss, bu
but upbbeeaatt “Sa
up S y He Heyy (II Lov ove Yo You)
You u),”
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he mix ix of ra rapp
pped
pp e endd,, m
en
end myy only
oonnly
ly frriien
ien
endd… …” Per erhaaps the h alb lbuumm’s hig gh
stre
st
stre r ng
ngth (Ok Okay
kay y, itt’s’s tec
echn
chnniccallly abo boututt a boyoy). ) “A
). Alll
rath
ra t erer attt ac
ackk it it head-
ead-
ea d on.
onn. By By bei eing n so di
ng d reect thheey ey ririsk
risk
sk v rs
ve rsee an andd su s ngg cho horruus gi give
ve thhee tra rack eenonnoou
oug
ugh va
ugh vari
vari riet
ety toto ppooin nt iss “Th The Li Life
Lif fe & Tim imes ((Ti
imes Tiime
m ooff M Myy Liffee))” w wiithh
I WaWant n ” stan
stan
st ands d out as th
ds he mos
most
mo st upbbea eat song
song
so ng on th t e
filt
fi ltter
erin
in
ng ou o t th hoso e lilist
list
s ene
eners th hat
a pre r fer
fer mo
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re steereeoto ypi-
yppi-
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ne ndin ng it iter
terrat
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atio
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ons of “I “I Lovo e Yo You.
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h r Jooshsh Mar arti tine
nez.
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t’s a ty typi
piica
cal girl
girl jam
gi am,
albu
al bum.
bu m Exttollli lingg the
ling he virirtu
rtu
ueses ooff laast s in
ng fr frie
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cal ly
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connten
nten
nt nt. Honesones
on estltly,
lyy,, iitttss admd ir iraba llee tha
h t th heyey song
so nggs teac teeacch a mo orree serio
errioous
us les esssoon:
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exy an nd cclleev ver
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ter
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w s co
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en witth T Tiim Ar Arms mstrstr
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took
to okk thih s riisk sk.. For
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ve ost llooved
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lo ok, I’
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 All Shall Perish
J*Davey Awaken the Dreamers Modulok and Bare Beaats
ts
The Beauty in Distortion Man Made Mountainss
Nuclear Blast Two Cities Self Titled
Interdependent Media
Urbnet ett IInndie
With a poignant title like The Since 2002, All Shall Perish has been Haviing ng essttabliabli
ab lished
shhed
ed him mseelf l Genr
Ge nre jumping is nothing
Beauty in Distortion, one might evolving their sound and breaking the as onnee of Ca Canaada
Cana da’’s
’s gri r mi
m- new Blending heavy riffs and
new.
ne
expect transcendent rhymes, ar- boundaries of genre classification. For suure a lis i ten to est un
es unde d rg rgro
roun
ro uunnd MC M ’ss vocals withh di dial
a ogue cli l ps,
tistic allusion and dissonant elec- their previous albums Hate, Malice, Re Reve v ng
ve n e an a d Th Thee wiith
w h Reed dA Antnntts’
s’ ““Om
Omeg
Om egaa keybboa o rdss an nd am
ambi
mbiien e t no n ise
tronic beats… one out of three ain’t bad. J*Davey’s Pricice of o Existence inddicat iccat
atee influences in death meta t l, Poin
Po inntt””, Mo
Moduullo ok exexpa p ndds may hi
ma high
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raspy, dark vocals and Brook D’Leau’s shrill sporadi diic
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have hes
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atty keyb
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diti tionnalllyy, th the wo wordrdss ingg ec
in ecle
lect
le cttiicc and
nd bru ruta
tall mu
ta musi siic.
c. a d “C
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lo with
wi h gri rimy
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te wit itth
h Ka- a-ttzzettniikk’’s 119955 5
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stiittutio
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st ion cam
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h t is
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ith
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 The Human Abstract H.R.
Midheaven ELZhi
Hey Wella What’s He Buuilding In The Preface
Hopeless Records D.C Hardcore
Whispering soundscapes, Therre? Fat Beats
Who knows what HR’s been up Selff-T -Titleed As one third of the legendary Slum
electric pianos, jazz voic- to since his legendary days as
ing’s, thick juicy harmonies Yeearr ooff th
Year t e Suun Re R co ordrds
ds Village, ELZhi’s airtight flows
the viscerally intense frontman This
Th is is a my ythhical
ical
ic a ssto to
orybo
rybo b ok ok, an nd have won o him res e pect as one of the
and blistering heavy yolks for Bad Brains. It’s still hard for
fit for bestial carriage. is wriitttten thhuus:
is s: greaatteest st llyryyrriiccis
ists
ts out of Detroit, and with production
ts
somee to be b lieve that the fun undad mentals off hardcore were The pr
Th
The p os ose th
ose haatt is lylyriricc wa wand nder e s th hro
roug u h cr
ug c ea eatutu
ures
rees anand
and by J D
by Dil illla
l prote roote
t ge Black Mil ilk,
k this solo debut bangs
Beat burdens filled with shakra-mental wine to get essta
t blliissh shed by a band off dev e ouut Raassttaaffar a ians, and ap pocc-
thhe li list
s ener
enner
er ham mme mered. d This piece yiiel eldss a flow w li like
ke i eas
id eas in in a ttim im
me th hatat exi x st s s on only ly in th
ly thee alteallte
t rnnat atee unniv iver
verrses wiith
w th thhee grriitt tty aan nd soullful ful inte
fu inntens
teens
nsit
nsiti y of o thehee Motor ot City.
ot
r pphhall ssto
ry to
ories
ries
ri es ooff HR R’s ecc ccene tric
en ic expplo loit
i s abound
it nd. His
nd is th hatt is Wh Whatt’ss H Hee Bu Buil illdi
d ngg IInn Th here
erre’e’s ththouough
ou ghts
gh ttss. Vo- o With
Wi t gue
th uest st apppea eara raanc
ncees
es by Ro oyycce Daa 5 9 , Gui uilt
ly
lt
a rur n onn sen enteteenc
nce, e ssmo
e, mo
m oot
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la tests soollo EP EP “Heey W Weell ellla”
a”,, pprrod
o ucced d by D Daaviid Da D rlin
rlin
rl ing-
g
g-
inng pict
pictture
pi ure pa
ur painti
in
nti
tin
ing
ng. Th T e miidd d le eeas aste
as t rnn met
te etalal in
al cali
ca liisstt/s
/stotory
to ryteell lleer
er Chr hris
iss Schro ch hro
roed eder
ed err act ctss ouut a taale le thahat iss Simp
Si mpsopso
s n, n, T3, Pha hat Ka Kaatt aannd ot o hehersrs, ELELZh Zhi
Zhhi ofo feers rs a
ton an
to nd wiith hm muusiic written en by Gr Graant “O “OG”” Gar arreetssoonn is
arre narr
na rrat
rr ativ
at ive in var
ive
iv a ioioususs perrsppec e ti tiveves,
ve
ves, s tthe he pproroossee intterrsp s ere sesed sonniica
so calllly diiveerrsse, lyrrical
ll iccal
ally
ly
y pot oteneennt mimix of hig igh
gh sppee eedd
“M Mettanoi
annoi
o a”
a send ennds
ds you u to th thee de dese
desesert rt smaash shiningg yo
in your u-
ur an n intnteres
nter res
e titinng departure fro romm ththe OlOldd Sc Scho hoooll haarrdc d ororee
sellff in th
se he fafacce
ce with itth a bbaatttlee axe xe.. Mi Midh dhea
dh eeaavveen is is veryerry with
wi th dia
th ialologuue qu quot oted
ot e froom th
ed t e cch har
arac
arac a teerrss andd ccre reat
re a urreess
at m ta
me taph
phor
ph oorrs ovveerr lus ushh saamp pllees an and pu punc nchyy dru rumbmbea
mb bea
eats ts.
soun
so unnd of
und of cclalass
la ssicc Bad Bra rainins,
s, feaeattu
turiing sslo lo
owew r te t mpmpos and in
invonvoolv lved.
ed d. So if you our liife suc ucks k , li
ks list
sten
st enn to th thisiss reeccoorrd an and
and “Innttro
“I ro (th the
he Prref efac
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for hos
ose “s “sicck of
am mbi biti
tiou
ti
iou
ous.s.. wiith
w hH HR R rroockin
ckin
ck ng a m mo oree lai aidd ba
b ckc , allmo m stt spok poke
po ken vo
ken v ccaal
Ex xecut
cutted
ed in th thee ststududiio lik ike a ma
ike mast sstterrpi
pieece
ece off con
ec onfi fi--
fi step out
step u for a few ew. You wil i l bee perp erpl
er plex xed
ed for o hou ours rs on
rs the sshhit
th i oonn th he rraaddiio” o , fofooll
llow
llow
lloweed d by “T “ he L Leae k”
ea k” feaatu tur-
tur-
r-
toone.
nee en nd tr t yi
y ngng to gr gras aspp ev
as e erry in i ch h of th thee wo worl rrlld prp esesenente
en t d in ng AyAyah h’s
’s sou ulf
lfuul hoo o k an nd suung ng rraapap vver e see. “G
er Guueess- sss-
deenc
denc n e. e Intntim
immid
i atatining ffoor th
in he al all-
all-l-ap
appr prec
prececia
cia
iati
iat ting
ng m mus ussicic Open
Op enin
en ng trracck “H “Hey eyy Wel ellaa” sets
sets tthe
se he ton o e fo for HR
for HR’s sol olo
pers
pe rsonon.. Th
This is rec
ecorrd do
ecor d es es mucch, h so mu mucch h. TTh herere is to o yoouu hher ere
er re.
e. It’t s lilike
k try
ke ryin iin
ng to leaarn rn to sppea eakk To Tolk lk
kieenn’’s ing Ga
in Gamee” iss a brillliant
Game ntt lles
essossoon in i ELZ L hhii’s aca caded mi m-
sooninicc in inca
carn
ca rnnaattio
on.n Wi With a slo l w, H Hipip H
ip Hopop influen enceed bbeeat E vi
El v shh, (w (whi
(wh hich is an an enttir iree rereal all laan ngu guag a e, for
ag or tho hosesee of calllly
ca ly comp
coomp m le lex fl flow
ooww, whheerrei ein he “sp s lilits
t a syl yylllaablle
mini
mini
mi n mamal ove
ovverert reeppeetiiti tioon
on in th the fo
the form m of ch chhor
orus
or uses es, bbuut
es, laayeere
laye r d wi witth
with h gui u tatarr sttyl
yles es ddeeeeepl
eepl
plyy inin tthe
h Dr. K
he Kno n w vein
no veein n,
many
ma ny mem mor o ab ble mel e ododieiess th
ie that
at yyou ou wiilll wa wait i foorr aand ndd you tth
yo hat
a aren’ ren’
re n’tt LLO OTR TR neerrd saavvvy. IIff yoou’ u rree not o , don
don’
do n’t doown wn the he mid iddldle” and
dle nd mak a es you guueesss the he oth ther
herr hallf
HR ssee
HR eeemmiing
ngly ly
y den nou
ounc ncees
nc es the latte ni nigh
igh
ghtt ppaart rty scscen enne wiw th h worr
wo rry,
rr y,, youu llik ikel
ik elyy gegett la laid id morre offte t n) n. - neextt lev evel el rhy hymees to o advvance the he min
he nd.
d.
s ng
si g to whw en n pplalayi
la yingg thi hiss al
albubbuum frront onnt toto baacck. k. Besst an n iine
n xpplica
ne liicaablbly
ly Brrit itis
ishh ssoounndi
is ding acc c en nt.
t “D Did d I Tel el
to app
to p rereci
ciat
ci atee th
at his
i in itt’s eent ntir
nt irreetty.
y. T Thihiis al
his allbu
bum
buum pu pututs
ts S now
So w, we nnee eedd a sseett
ee t ining,gg,, or ba b cck kdr drop if you yoou w wiilll , fo
for
for “D D.E E.M M.O O.N N.S S.”” break aks doown
ak w the h evi v l tthhatt men
hat en do, o,
You” roc o ks wit ithh dooububle le tim ime dr d um ms an a d HR R’s’s ooth t er
th er-- t e st
th storory.
orry.
y. We W ll, lll, if thiis wa was a liive tthe
was h attre
he re produ rodu
ro d cttio on th he d sccri
de ribbiingng thee acttions ioonnss tthatt humaans ns eng ngag
gagge in in whe hen
hen
A..D
A D..D.
D pro rog-g-wa
g- w nk n ers
errs to o shah me me, but but wa
bu w nk nkss ititss fafairr woorldl
w dlly crrooon fl
dly floatiingng aabo b ve the
bo he thr
hrasshccor o e ri riffffs.
s. “Y“Youu
shhararee alll th he sas meme, undeuunndeernnea eath
eath h hhum
uum mbl
mblblele and
and he
an hearrtffel eltt set deeco
set
se orr,, sco ore anndd all tthe hee bel e ls and nd whi histstle
st les wo woul uld u de
un der
er the
thhe in infl flue
ueenncce of of diabo bol
bo olicaal fo forrcces
forc e . “WWha hat I
Got A Gi
Go Girl
irl
rlfrfriend” fe f aattuurres es HR’ R s th t ic
ickek stt Cocckney
ke kney
kn y ttwa
wang
wa ng be the masste terc
rcraft
raftt ooff th
ra he Bu B il ildi ding
di nngg boys. oyys.
s Th This aalb lb
lbum
bum
um Writte”
Wr e , ki kickcks
ckks se seam
eaam mlleessss reali
eali
ea lity
ty rapsaps ovverr Black
ap laackk M Mil illk’
ks
hear
he arkeni
keeni
n ng
ngs
gs bbyy vooccal aliiisst Naath haann Ell lls.
lls ovverr a slo ow m meeta tal grgrinind
nd ass he poont n ifificcat
atteess on reela
ates lati
t on
tion-
n-
Th hiss mus usici is soo inven nven
nv enti tive
tive tthahaat I ke keep
keep p mak akiningg up
in u is sel elf-f pr
prododduc uced andd enggin neee re red
ed an andd so souunnddss am
soun maazi zing
ng..
ng bbuump
bump mpiiinng, g, goosspe pel ba based
baseseed conc
coonc
ncoc o tiion on.. “F Firre”
e ffea eatu
ea ttu
ure
res
res
ship
sh ps. “A Allll Thhee Haap ppyp Peeoop ople”
plee”” is a Be
pl Beat atle
at leess--es
les- esquque
qu Much
Mu ch h hhonoonnoro ttoo th he to toweri
weriingg hap
we ppy p -m mon onst
onst ster
sterer Hall Jaq aquuees
es a who’
whhoo’’s wh who off Det etro
roit ggre reeatats - Bl Blac ackk Mi Milklk
lk,
k, GuGuillty t
word
word
wo r ss.. Put
u thi hiss re
revi
reviv eew w thhrrouugh g a spe pellll cheh ck kererbboar ardd pssycche hededeelic
lic rro
li omp
mp tthr hro
hr rou
oughugghh HR’ R s wa warpped m minin
ind
nd tha th
hatat is bobothtth
h
of ttru
of ruust
steees,
s, I dar are yo
are you. u A Andnd whiile l you ou’r ’ree at
at it ju justst who ta
wh take
kkees cr cred
cred
edit forr gui uita tar,
ta r,, bas ass,ss,, baaccki kingngg vvoc ocal
occaalls,
s, eng ngii-- Siimp
S imp pso
sonn, n, Fat att Fa Fath herr, Da
Dann nny Br B owownn an nd FaFatt Ra R y, in a
mela
me llaancchoolly y andnd bizzar arrerree, an
a int n ere es
estit ng ddiv
ti iver
iv e siion
on from rom hi
ro hs neeer erin inng an and mi m xi xingng tthehhee alb lbumum. F
um Fror m “A
ro “Arm rmmadil
addililllo
o” to o roounnd of of woorrld d cla lasss bragg
ragg
ra g ad doccio io..
yoou trry tto
you o putu Mid dheh ava en tthr h ouughh a thi
hr h nkk-i - ns
nsididde-- usua
us ual crreatieati
ea tion
onns.
a-bo
a-
a-bo box bure
box buure
reau
eau
aucrcrrattic
ic braain pro roce c ss
ce ss and nd seee whe here ree it “A Arm rmag ag ged
edddoon, n,” th
n,” the mu musi
musi s c eb ebbs
bbs and floows ws wit
ws i h “fl fluuff
ffy
ff A de deaad dly y com ombi bina
nnaatition
tion
on of pr prod odduucction
tiion
o , ly lyrics
lyri
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ll a s
ab
It sseeeeems
eems ms wiitth ““H Heeyy Wel ella
la” th
la t aatt the
hese se day ayss HR R enj njooyys bunn
bu nny”
nn y to “fi “fierryy hhel ell”” dynam
el ynam
yn miccss.. Th The baasss andd gui uitataar
tar andd ccoonnssis
an iste
stent
tent
te ntlyy ama mazi zingng flows ws mak akess “Th T e Pr Preffacce” e”
geets yyooouu. Th his
is muussic ic is al alll ffeee
eel
el andd no th hin
ink.k. “I th t in nk croo
cr o ni ningg andd bbab aabbblling
in
ng li liike
k a maan
ke niaac as m muc uch
ucch ass he lo ovveed
ed
tthher
e efforore I am am” is is a ddea eadd bi
ea bitt of pphi h lo
hi loso
soph
so p iccal
ph al pro roses , work
wo rk is de d cideciide
dedl dym mo oree mel e oddicc tha h n yyoour ur aave veeraage
vera ge thee ki
th kindn of allbu um wo wortthy h of ma many n lis
ny i te
teni
niing
ngs. s. F Fro
room
ssccreeam miinng liike an aan ngrry mo
ngr m ng n oo oosee in th he 800’ss. Hiss on- n- riidid cuculoous
culo us noi oise
see guiitaar ba b nd nd, an a d th he vo voicicin
ic ings
nggss rot o aatte the gr
th grititty
ty to th the ppeerrsson onal
onal al ttoo th he as asto oun
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nggly technechn
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hni i-
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and
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on list
sten
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th
ther
herrefe orre he h arar. Huush a whi h lele;; lelet th
let t iiss muussicc spe peak k foror thro
th rooug
u h al a l th he in i ststru
rume
ruum meent nts,
s, giv ivin iinng th hem m eac ach tth heier c l, eLZ
ca LZhi’s hi’s flow iss so un
hi undeers rsta
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tedl
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 DVD REVIEWS
Hatebreed
Live Dominance
KOCH
Hatebreed are by far one of hard-
core’s most prominent bands.
Known for their straight-up,
no bullshit lyrics and brutal yet
catchy riffs, they have definitely
become a household name in
metal, whether you love them or
hate them. To commemorate their current
line-up as well as to honor how far they’ve
come since their inception, Hatebreed are
releasing Live Dominance- set to hit the
shelves September 2nd, 2008.
Although it can be interesting to watch a
band DVD full of behind the scenes antics
and chaos, Live Dominance disc one is
pure live performance without any filler.
Filmed March 29th, 2008 at Harpo’s in
Detroit, the footage here without a doubt
backs up Hatebreed’s reputation for having
notoriously brutal shows; the entire venue
is basically one giant mosh pit. The camer-
as do a great job of representing the band’s
powerful performance and their experience
onstage as well as the audience reactions
and experiences in the pit. Because there’s
no talking besides the banter between
vocalist Jamey Jasta and the audience, this
disc plays through as a killer collection of
tracks from Under the Knife (1996) through
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to Supremacy (2006).
The second disc contains mainly behind the
scenes type stuff and some additional live
footage. On this disc, Jamey Jasta, Chris
Beattie (bass), Sean Martin (guitar) and
Matt Byrne cover much of the band’s his-
tory and their relationship with their fans.
Newer member Frank ‘3 Gun’ Novinec
also gives his take on the band and their
work ethic. This disc is definitely intended
for the diehard fans and/or those who are
interested in the philosophy and motivation
behind Hatebreed. One standout feature
is the tattoo gallery which showcases fan
art. This segment, showing art that runs in
quality from top of the line tattoo shops, to
back alley type work is a nice shout back to
the fans who are so dedicated to the band
that they would have their logo and lyrics
permanently drilled into their skin.
Overall Live Dominance has a bit of some-
thing for everybody; a solid live show with
great quality sound as well as more person-
al, one on one type moments with the band.
Besides the excitement associated with the
fact that this is the first DVD Hatebreed has
ever put out, it’s truly a great quality addi-
tion to any metal DVD/audio collection.
hatebreed.com
By Alxs Ness
The Sex Pistols: There’ll decker as a deranged tour guide gets a few
Always Be An England chuckles, but it is more than obvious he is
Directed By Julien Temple playing up to the role that made him and The
Rhino/Warner Sex Pistols notorious, back in the day.
Director Julien Temple once All in all, the film slips through the cracks,
again reunites with the boys maybe due in part to some of the that new
since the “The Great Rock n’ artery-clogging butter John Lydon has been
Roll Swindle”(a classic) era, to endorsing back in London. Now that’s com-
capture a 2007 performance at edy.
the famous Brixton Academy.
Given the patriotic title of the Track Listing:
1940’s song from which it originated, the There’ll Always Be An England (intro)
“JT” had decided to embrace the hootenanny Pretty Vacant
and make as much hoopla out of the band as Seventeen
they had done during the past few “reunion” No Feelings
tours/appearances etc…Nothing wrong with New York
flogging a dead horse, as long as you can cook Did You No Wrong
it properly and enjoy a hearty meal. Unfor- Liar
tunately, this DVD seems to have already Beside the Seaside
cleaned the bones dry of any nourishment Holidays in the Sun
leaving only Pistol vultures to fend for them- Submission
selves. (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
Albeit a great show and interesting interview No Fun
that accompanies the DVD (clocking in at Problems
over an hour-plus), it falls short of Temples’ God Save the Queen
take via his Joe Strummer DVD docu-disc, for EMI
which won accolades including a nod from Bodies
ABORT as well as its readers. Anarchy in the UK
Still - a fan worthy purchase if you need a Road Runner
quick fix, or do what we did and scour the sexpistolsofficial.com
second hand stores for a VHS copy of D.O.A.
(the documentary, not the band) featuring
their classic mind-fuck tour of Texas. Bonus By E.S. Day
footage of Lydon running amok atop a double
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Jimi Hendrix
The Sex Tape
Vivid DVD
An absolute desecra-
tion and blasphemous
attempt at profiting
off the man and leg-
end, Vivid Video has
gone where no man
(or woman) has gone
before, directly into
the bowels, loins and groins of Jimi
Hendrix’s crotch. The problem is…
it’s not him.
Oh yes, we are quite sure. Slapping
a headband on a bad afro-wigged
African-American man with a huge
cock does not make this legit by
any means, nor does having “Slut
of the Century” Pamela DesBarres
(author of “I’m With the Band”)
or Cynthia “Plaster Caster” Albrit-
ton (the cock connoisseur who has
a super-duper display of phallic
clay-pals on her mantle, perfect
for mistletoe kisses, depending on
what’s being held over your head),
at arms reach and along for the ride
What is being held over the pub-
lics head, is this DVD - a travesty
in its own right. With the second
half of this two-disc set being of
more value than the feature (this of
course is in reference to the Vivid
soundtrack/laugh-track that ac-
companies the film. previews and
trailers), keep it for that if anything;
that and the
The bottom Line: Scratchy old
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school video effects coupled with 2
Vivid girls who had to grow some
extra pubic hair to fully comply
with the era has many (including
ourselves) gawking at the integrity
of the people behind Jenna Jameson
(no pun intended). Should we have
expected more? We think not.
Topping off this sleazy sundae are
more than one disclaimer acknowl-
edging the fact that this is not en-
dorsed by the Hendrix Estate. Vivid
had a ruling set forth stating this
could not be available to the public
until a judge had the verification
that it is in fact Jimi in this video.
Since nobody can actually prove it
isn’t him, here it is.
The cherry on top has to be the
ignoramuses who attempted to pur-
posely misinterpret classic tracks
such as “Foxy Lady,” “Purple
Haze” and more, through cheap
audio programming and sound s
like it’s performed by some washed
up glam metal guitarists kicking
around the Troubadour parking lot.
Poor bastards are feeling the shame
now as the tracks do not even come
close to the real versions of which
Vivid had obviously been denied
their usage.
As bad as this release is, it’s still
worth having (just for laughs if
anything).
HendrixSexTape.net
Vivid.com
By E.S. Day
Hammerfall by Pontus Norgren. Perhaps we can ex-
Rebels with A Cause: Un- pect a DVD in the future which touches
ruly, Unrestrained, Unin- upon Stefan’s departure; it seems likely.
Despite a disclaimer at the bottom of
hibited
the DVD which states that this film is
Nuclear Blast
“Approximately three hours of essential
Rebels with a Cause is a
viewing for any Hammerfall fan, casual
candid, behind the scenes
or die-hard!”, if you are not seriously
look at what Hammerfall
interested in this band, it is doubtful
have been up to for the past
that you’ll be able to sit through the first
six years. The DVD which
hour. The interview concept, while it
centers around an interview
does have a personal touch, gets ex-
with the band, also includes footage of
tremely tedious after a while. Despite
live shows (though barely), in-studio re-
the fact that there are plenty of enter-
cording and various experiences on the
taining visuals, it is mainly Joacim and
road and in the studio. The main feature
Oscar (guitarist) who do the talking and
runs at just over an hour and plays as a
even Fredrik, Stefan and Anders (drums)
down to earth, honest representation of
look like they are bored to tears for the
who these guys are and what they do.
most part. The live footage is few and
For die hard fans, Rebels with a Cause
far between and the “bonus features”…
is a great way to catch up with the
well lets just say they mostly consist of
band. Since their last DVD release, One
Oscar doing flips into a swimming pool.
Crimson Night many important events
Seriously.
have taken place including the departure
If you eat, sleep and breathe Hammer-
of bass player Magnus Rosen, vocalist
fall, and/or if you’ve always dreamt of
Joacim Cans’ vocal surgery, the return
seeing Anders and Stefan’s penises, be
of previous bassist Fredrik Larsson
sure to grab a copy of Rebels with a
(Magnus’ replacement) and various bits
Cause. Otherwise, keep your wallet in
of on-the-road drunkenness and insan-
your pocket.
ity. Not only does Rebels chronicle past
events but it acts as a historical marker
Hammerfall.net
now, as lead guitarist Stefan Elmgren
NuclearBlast.de
(who had been with Hammerfall for
eleven years) left the band shortly after
By Alxs Ness
its release and has since been replaced
DVD REVIEWS 107
 Teenage Hooker Became a Killing Machine
Directed by Nam Gee-woong
Third Window Films
And what a machine she is! Built of brawn, boobs,
John Waters inspired outtakes and all things Da-
vid Lynch… this combination actually works! The
Koreans have their perverse cult filmmakers (direc-
tor Nam Gee-woong being one of them) who have,
without a doubt, undermined the anguished viewing
public and left nothing more than an intentionally
botched attempt at shocking those who like seeing
“The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane” get
hers… revenge that is (minus Jodie Foster & the
Martin Sheen Gerbil Holocaust Orchestra).
A young schoolgirl who turns tricks at night finds
herself murdered at the hand of her own teacher who
gave her an A+ in fellatio early that semester. Happy
face sticker on report card please! Most honourable
nod to the alley dance scene featuring an array of se-
ductive flows courtesy of Massive Attack, amongst
others.
Cocks turn into cannons, blood spills and the non-
stop cackling of teacher/principal laughter fills the
“Silent Hill” schoolyard. Don’t try to make sense
of it all, you’ll just hurt yourself trying. What begins
as a cliché parody of itself turns into some form of
“Frankenfucker Gore-Porn”. Add to this the fact
that not a shred of clothing becomes soiled through
the melees and you have the ultimate ensemble of
filth, lust, greed and punishment, all baked in a rich,
flakey, panty pastry. Mmmm…. just like Mom used
to make.
Not a sight for sore eyes, or slanted ones.
You buy now! Or get out!
By E.S. Day
108 DVD REVIEWS
The Angola 3 - Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation
Directed by Scott Crow and Ann Harkness
MVD
Narrated by Mumia Abu-Jamal, this is the story of Robert King Wilk-
erson, Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox - men who have endured
solitary confinement longer than any known prisoner in the US, and
who formed one of the only prison chapters of the Black Panthers.
Inside the notorious Angola prison - a former slave plantation where
the only change since slavery is it’s classification, prisoners work
under much the same conditions as the 1800’s, watched by mounted
overseers with shotguns.
It is these images of a modern day plantation that hit the hardest,
combined with first hand accounts of institutionalized rape and mur-
der that keep the population in physical and psychological chains.
The Angola 3’s victory is that in this environment of total oppression,
they organized fellow prisoners into a movement for the right to live
as human beings. Within the context of the COINTELPRO opera-
tions being carried out by the FBI in the 60’s and 70’s to silence radi-
cal voices, this achievement is nothing short of a miracle.
Through interviews with the 3, as well as original Black Panthers
Geronimo Pratt, David Hilliard and others, the nature and scale of
this struggle is revealed, and the down to earth humanity of all the
members of the movement shines through. Although occasionally
very dry in presentation - many of the interviews are on scratchy,
penitentiary intercoms with only a photograph to accompany them -
patience is rewarded with gems of wisdom and the indomitable spirit
of true freedom fighters.
For those that don’t know, this film is an excellent introduction to
one of the greatest social movements of the 20th century - The Black
Panther party, an organization that had the American power structure
shaking in it’s goose-stepping boots for over a decade until it was
mercilessly crushed and nearly destoyed, it’s leaders assasinated and
imprisoned, its true political aims obscured. Time to watch Huey P’s
speeches on YouTube again kids.
angola3.org
pmpress.org
By Dave “Corvid” McCallum
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 book review
Unfiltered: The Complete had been attend-
ing one of Ralph’s
Ralph Bakshi classes when Ralph
By Jon M. Gibson and Chris McDonnell him self grabbed
Universe Publishing one of Chris’s
Touted as being the creator of some of the drawing and pro-
greatest animated films of all time, Ralph claimed: “ Now
Bakshi’s genius is captured and visually this is an animation
exploited to perfection in this enormous drawing!”
hardcover collection that spans his career Lucky him.
from an early start in Brownsville, NJ, A beautiful his-
where he leaped into a world that was not tory of Ralph’s life,
prepared to have its foundations shook. family and works
As an animator, Unfiltered plays into the are contained in a chronological display,
readers hearts, as the meat of Bakshi’s including the various influences that he
matter is concise and perceptive beyond the gained from his Italian, Jewish and Afri-
expectations one would assume with any- can-American surroundings.
thing that Ralph created. Thus, any Bakshi The standout pieces from Mighty Mouse,
aficionado can appreciate the intentional Fritz The Cat, Heavy Traffic, Coonskin
sex and gratuitous violence that was in fact, and Cool World, are something to embrace
a reality that he witnessed daily. Alongside as is the rare cel production outlines and
his friend Frank Frazetta who we meet for his first venture into live action and anima-
the second time during the creation of Fire tion sequences. Never before seen sketch
& Ice the authors showcase Bakshi’s work work, and a deep and thought provoking
as it twists and turns and we get to follow look onto the mind of the legendary art-
the journey and those who joined along for ists’ thoughts, make this book more of an
the ride. investment in history than that of a coffee
A Foreword by Quentin Tarantino, has table book
little effect or insight into the man’s mind Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi, is
compared to what the drawings, sketches, as brilliant as the man himself.
pieces and stills an display. These trea-
sured treats - are nestled in this little chest ralphbakshi.com
of counter culture gold. ralphsspot.com
Written by screenwriter Jon. M Gibson, rizzoliusa.com
who has braved the storm for the Cartoon
Network, Nickelodeon and Chris McDon- By E.S. Day
nell (Adult Swim, Comedy Central) who

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We have not done a Versus in a quite a few issues – due in part to
threats from record labels and management. So…
Fuck it We’re doing it again!

• Anberlin have pretty hairdo’s and cute
outfits…. so does Amber.
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circuit Anberlin does WARPED tour
annually…Amber Lynn does the AVN
conventions anally.
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Channel in the US but claim to be getting
out of the Christian market …
Amber Lynn is already going straight
to hell where she gets free tans and is
already used to being poked with fiery,
rigid objects.

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