Maximum Rocknroll #409, the June 2017 issue is here! We have an oral history of Thrillhouse Records, the infamous SF venue/record store, followed by psychedelic young New Yorkers KALEIDOSCOPE, and a perspective on punk after the disaster in Fukushima, Japan from BAND OF ACCUSE. We interview Montreal outfit GAZM, Sheffield synth punks NACHTHEXEN, Cleveland rippers FUCK YOU PAY ME, Irish punk legends PROTEX, and the founder of Philly’s Break Free Fest. We’ve also got photo spreads from Damaged City and Everything Is Not OK III fests. All of this plus the columns and zine, book, film, and record reviews you know and love. Order yours today!
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Berlin’s MÜLLTÜTE, Gainesville shoegazers UV-TV, ATAXXIA from Minneapolis, REPTILE RANCH from Wales, SF’s own STREET EATERS, France’s ZONE INFINIE, Boston peace punks PANDEMIX, EXACERBACIÓN from Costa Rica, and the debut of our harm reduction column.
Pedro kicks things off with psych inspired punk
SALVATION ARMY – Mind Gardens
THE LEFT – Hell
UNITED MUTATION – Take Your Pick
VISIONS OF CHANGE – Roundabout and Swings
HÜSKER DÜ – Pink Turns to Blue
Bá just plays what he likes
B.U.S.H. – Alucinado
FEED YOUR HEAD – Thoughts in Motion
BIKINI KILL – Magnet
ARTICLES OF FAITH – Wasn’t I Right
DRUNK INJUNS – For Real
Mila showcases some of her influences
MERCENÁRIAS – Policia
INTENSE DEGREE – Victim In Pain
SACRILEGE – Blind Acceptance
THE COMES – Dirt Off
SADO NATION – We’re Not Equal
Outro song:
INFECT – Oque Há De Se Fazer?
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Band name:
THE LION’S CAGE
Date & location formed:
June 2016, Brooklyn NY.
Reason for forming:
We got together pretty quickly and naturally, I (Joe) hit up my longtime friend (Brian) about potentially doing a band. I told him I had a singer in mind (Bobby) and he mentioned that he knew someone who might be down to play drums (Rob). Within a month or two we had a few songs written and by the end of summer 2016 we started playing gigs regularly around New York.
What are your lyrics about?
Running from the cops, beating up racists, supporting all marginalized people in a fight for equality, having fun and kissing. :)
How would you describe your sound?
Other people have described our sound as similar to the Before The Quarrel Cro-Mags demo, Madball – Ball of Destruction, Gut Instinct, and a few others. We never really sat down with a specific style to try and emulate, we tend to borrow from all over the place. We just wrote songs that we ourselves would want to hear.
What’s in the future for this band?
More shows, more jams, and hopefully a record sometime soon.
Reason for forming:
To cause a ruckus for the mutants.
What are your lyrics about?
If your brain was a series of filing cabinets, it’s the file where all the negative observations go while trying to live a positive life, but failing and succeeding simultaneously.
How would you describe your sound?
Pissed pogo punk, influenced by life and all the shit that goes with it.
What’s in the future for this band?
We just released our tape last month and we’re gettin ready to play Philly Still Fucking Shreds fest next month. Working on recording for a 7″ that we can have on a midwest(ish) tour come November.
Reason for forming:
All members of Dias Azules play in different NY Latino-Punk bands. Renzo plays guitar in R-Tronika, Maria plays drums with Ratas en Zelo and Amor Prohibido, and Dani plays Bass in Subtropico Militia Heavy Sound.
We are all from Peru and getting together to play music is a way we share our experiences and discover the musical and cultural connection between us.
Cover artwork by Renzo Ortega
Dias Azules is a side project and a collaboration for all of us. This makes it less stressful than playing in a regular band and allows more freedom in terms of musical interpretation. Renzo writes the songs and Maria and Dani add their own musical forms to the tracks.
What are your lyrics about?
Our music is Inspired by Punk Rock and South American Popular Music, so our lyrics are about life experiences, love, personal relationships, and politics.
How would you describe your sound?
Distorted Love Songs.
What’s in the future for this band?
In January 2017 we released our EP on Cassette called “24 Oceanos”. We also have one track in the “Tamboreras” punk compilation. In the summer we will play a People Of Color Punk Fest in NY. We want to play more shows in cities outside of NY, record new tracks and look forward to visiting the west coast, and of course getting together to play in our hometown Lima, Peru.
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Intro song:
PSYCHO SIN – Everything’s Fucked Up
PAGANS – Dead End America
The Nixe.
VITAL IDLES – My Sentiments
AMY AND THE ANGELS – I Hate Being In Love
Y-PANTS – You’re Off the Hook
VAIN AIMS – Count
FOTZEN POWER GERMANY – Fischgräte
NIXE – Happens
KATE FAGAN – I Don’t Want to Be Too Cool
VILETONES – Screaming Fist
THE NEXT – Cheap Rewards
SUICIDE SQUAD – New World in the Morning
RAMONES – Something to Believe In
PLASTIC TONES – The Eyes
LES CALAMITES – Toutes Les Nuites
THE PACIFICS – When I’m Gone
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS – Final Day
THE RATS – Broken Wire Telephone
HANS-A-PLAST – Sex Sex Sex
REPTILE RANCH – W.T.B.
Maximum Rocknroll Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring DIY punk, garage rock, hardcore, and more from around the world. Our rotating cast of DJs picks the best of the best from MRR magazine’s astounding, ever-growing vinyl archive. You can find MRR Radio archives, specials, and more at radio.maximumrocknroll.com. Thanks for listening!
“New Blood” is our weekly feature spotlighting new bands from around the world! See below for info on how to submit. Now, check out some killer new shit…
Artwork by Trish Bryant
Band name:
SIN CAVE
Date & location formed:
February of 2016 in Denver, Colorado.
Reason for forming:
We sought each other out because we wanted to have fun and create together, to produce and learn on our own terms.
What are your lyrics about?
We sing about our identities and struggles. Our songs touch on themes like: straddling cultures, police brutality, racism, white fragility, and our experiences in the scene/community/life. Our songs are part of our resistance.
How would you describe your sound?
Sass punk pa la gente.
What’s in the future for this band?
We just finished our first tour and put out our second tape, but as far as the future goes we have no expectations. Distance is a factor in getting together and this project has evolved into something very important to us.
Reason for forming:
We all wanted to make music with other rad folks. Many of us have made music before but never quite fit in, out of anxiety from feeling underrepresented as queer, non-binary humans. When we discovered other queerdos in Chicago, we found a way to collaborate on a positive, creative outlet to talk about and deal with the anxiety-inducing world we live in. We also wanted it to be a political project, making punk a threat again, and making shows more than just some straight, white cisdudes playing music in hype bands.
What are your lyrics about?
Nervous Wreck is by and for queer, anxious punks. Our music is weird and funky and so are we. As a band (lyrically, in the shows we play, etc) and in our daily lives (as activists, organizers, etc), we challenge abuse & trauma, homophobia & transphobia, fascism, white supremacy, anti-semitism, the current presidency & political climate, as well as the anxiety and anger that are a product of this garbage.
How would you describe your sound?
Nervous post-punk. Think LiLiPUT, Delta 5, Big Boys, early RHCP. AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
What’s in the future for this band?
It’s unclear, but summer sure is gonna be fun! We will be playing with other rad, queer & trans punk bands at Fed Up Fest in Chicago this July. We also just finished a mini-tour, bringing the good word to the rest of the Nervous Nation. Anything we do will hopefully push beyond apolitical punk shows, and go hand-in-hand with playing benefits, book fairs, workshops, and more.
Reason for forming:
To play straight forward fast punk. I think everyone was kinda bored with what they had been doing and wanted to do something a little different. Justin (guitar) typically does vocals, Jeremy (vocals) usually plays drums, Adam (guitar) usually plays bass, and this is Mackenzie’s first band so it’s a fresh start for everyone. Plus we all love Swedish and Japanese-influenced hardcore punk. It all kinda fell into place. Alex just recently showed up and started playing drums so no one is really sure what his agenda is yet.
What are your lyrics about?
Anti-religion, horrors of war, moronic scum, and nuclear annihilation. On the one hand we aren’t trying to reinvent the wheel with this band but on the other hand it’s all become increasingly relevant given the current administration and political climate we’re immersed in.
How would you describe your sound?
Fast and pissed, influenced by Japanese and Swedish hardcore punk bands with an affinity for pedals.
What’s in the future for this band?
Terror, duh. And we’ll probably play some shows.
Links and contact info:
Feel free to contact us at with any weird barn, basement, or sewer shows you’d like us to play. futureterror.bandcamp.com/releases
We’ll be making demo cassettes soon.
Band name:
LOSST
Date & location formed:
Somewhere around 2016. The band originally from Mentakab, Pahang; Malaysia. Currently we’re: me on vocals, Dean on guitar, Bopix on bass, and Fazrul on drums.
Reason for forming:
We love Hardcore and Punk.
What are your lyrics about?
Almost always about typical stuff, lyrics center around what happens in our everyday lives.
How would you describe your sound?
Hardcore!
What’s in the future for this band?
We’re in the middle of writing new songs for an upcoming EP. We’ll be playing more shows and probably start touring.
Reason for forming:
We wanted make the sound that people can relate to (and slam).
What are your lyrics about?
Police brutality, ignorance in the community, Trump, racism.
How would you describe your sound?
Sounds like being broke, bumming cigs, drinking other people’s beer, crashing apartment complex pools, and everything else you wish you were doing right now.
What’s in the future for this band?
Right now we’re all helping Jake draft a text message. Later maybe we’ll get some drinks. Eventually, touring and records.
Date & location formed:
LIL RAWK ARKANSAS AUGUST 2017.
Reason for forming:
TO MAKE ZINGERS FOR ALL THE VARMITS WITHOUT HOMES OR PROPER LUV.
What are your lyrics about?
BEING SEXY AND DIRTY, HUMANS BEING DEMONS, FRANK (A DOG), AND HOW SOCIETY DEEMS WOMENS BODIES AS PUBLIC PROPERTY.
How would you describe your sound?
LOUD, OUT OF TUNE, DOOMY.
What’s in the future for this band?
A TOUR OF ALL THE ANIMAL SHELTERS THAT’LL PUT JOHNNY CASH’S FOLSOM PRISON SHIT TA SHAME. LIBERATE ALL THEM POOR BABIES!!!
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So we were all set to do a radio show, and then a more grizzled Pete and Langford appeared in a flash of light. They told us they were from a dark future where we had fucked up the radio show, tied us up, and recorded the show themselves. It came out OK.
A throwback for an intro song? Crazy future us. They must know things we don’t.
Q-FACTOR – I’m Not That Stupid
They spoke a strange version of out language and drank only strange brews in unmarked containers. They got pretty wasted.
This is what new releases from the future sound like. Huh, poppy.
THIGH MASTER – Whiplash
PROTEX – I Wonder Why
BBQ – Rock Me
CENTURY PALM – King of John Street
MARK WYNN – Massive
Apparently at one point we bum out Jerry? Oh shit man, we’re totally fucking sorry in advance.
HAIL MARY – Residue
HOSE GOT CABLE – Chevy Chase Motherfucker
HAMMERHEAD – MIA
HONOR ROLE – Bowling For Bibles
HONEYWELL – Undesirable
Man, new music from the future is pretty sweet all in all.
BLANK SQUARE – Empty Head
PLAYBOY – The Weather
CEREAL KILLER – I Don’t Want Any Sandwiches
CAREER SUICIDE – Borrowed Time
DE KIFT – Vlijt
Come to think of it, I should have asked for stock tips instead of more future music.
MOVING TARGETS – Never
RAIN LIKE THE SOUND OF TRAINS – What I Want
GIVE – Do You Feel
HUMMINGBIRD OF DEATH – All 12 songs from split 5″ with BEARTRAP
Apparently in the future Poland is still there. Cool, I’d be bummed if I never got a chance to go.
EL BANDA – Gwałtgłosy
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Out now! MRR #409 • June 2017
SF's infamous venue/shop Thrillhouse Records, New York's KALEIDOSCOPE, Japan's BAND OF ACCUSE, GAZM from Montreal, Sheffield's NACHTHEXEN, FUCK YOU PAY ME from Cleveland, Irish punk legends PROTEX, Philly's Break Free Fest, and photo spreads from Damaged City and Everything Is Not OK fests.
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