Maximum Rocknroll is here to help you navigate the wild world of punk with MRR #418, the March 2018 issue! First, we say goodbye to JJ Jacobson, the vocalist of legendary Texas hardcore punks OFFENDERS. But this issue is not complete made up of farewells! We check out Dublin’s Karate Klub DIY venue and get a brief rundown of the active scene there. We also speak to two British bands: MARTHA, who talks about Marxism and pop music, and SNOB, who may or may not be punk’s ABBA. There’s also interviews with three different punk deconstructionists. There’s ISS from North Carolina, who use a sampler and hip hop influences to create their own punk landscapes. And both MARAUDEUR from Switzerland and SENYAWA from Singapore discuss the different ways of using improvisation to challenge our ideas of punk. For the more traditionally minded punks out there we speak to F.I.T.S. from Canada about being Francophones, NOT ON TOUR from Israel about what it means to be an Israeli band, and NEO NEOS from Minneapolis about how they aren’t a “Jimmy Punk” band. Need more? We’ve got more: East Bay’s Dear Diary Zine Fest talks about changes in zine culture in recent years, while Feral Kid Records and More Power Tapes head honcho Eric Bifaro discusses some incredible stories about his life. Add that to all of the reviews and columns that you’ve come to expect, and you have a jam-packed issue!
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Still available: MRR #417 • February 2018 issue…
Year-End Top Ten Issue! Top tens from 2017, photographs from Angela Owens and Farrah Skeiky, CHARMPIT from London, Chicago’s RASH, ISOTOPE SOAP from Sweden, Tijuana’s DFMK, ERIK NERVOUS from Shipshewana, Indiana.
My Brain is Hanging Upside Down
PARSNIP – Health
TERRY – Take Me to the City
PRIMO! – Gold Frame
SPOTTING – No Prize
DEBBIE DOWNERS – Tracksuit Willy
BB & THE BLIPS – Whinge and Whine
BRACE BELDEN – Mouth Cloaca
RAPID DYE – Clawed Glove
NASHO – FTP
SISTEMA EN DECADENCIA – Culpables
THE CHATS – Smoko
Ten Inches of Terror
ELECTRIC EELS – Safety Week
THE FALL – Prole Art Threat
HUGGY BEAR – Shaved Pussy Poetry
THE EYES – Disneyland
No One Teaches You How to Live
THE SLITS – Number One Enemy
YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS – Brand New Life
KLEENEX – Madness
RAINCOATS – In Love
SWELL MAPS – New York
PATTI SMITH – Gloria In Ex Deo
BIKINI KILL – I hate Danger
THE SLITS – Once Upon a Time in a Living Room
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Fun fact: if you play these two FALL songs simultaneously, it sounds awesome. RIP Mark E.
THE FALL – Rowche Rumble
THE FALL – Cab it Up
And now, the main event. Pete’s turgid, glistening rock block. Revel in its majesty.
GENPOP – Dear Jackie
ENGINE SUMMER – Basement
THE WORLD – Loser
THE COWBOYS – Hands of Love (Around My Throat)
PUBLIC EYE – Soft Strain
THE ANTIKAROSHI – BLOW
UNIFORM – Crystal World
GAD WHIP – Train Song Pt. 2
WAR BRIDES – Halitosis
PERMANENT MAKEUP – Confounded
And now, after these messages, Langford massages his own set.
EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING – I Admit My Faults
SARANDON – Mark
MARK WYNN – Massive Song
THE PULSES – Metal Man
HYGIENE – Things to Do
We hope you’re satisfied. We sure are.
SHOPPING- In Other Words
SHITSTORM – Untitled
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…
Band name:
THERAPY
Date & location formed:
San Diego, CA June 2017.
Reason for forming:
We wanted to start a band that allowed us to play loud, heavy, fast music in the most accessible way possible. Chris moved from Toronto to San Diego and Matt, Sean and Blaine were moving on from another project and we all wanted to do something together other than biking.
What are your lyrics about?
Inequality, isolation, Resilience, community, keep on keeping on.
How would you describe your sound?
Aggressive punk/hardcore.
We’re trying to sound fresh and familiar at the same time.
What’s in the future for this band?
Take part in some exciting stuff that’s happening in San Diego/Tijuana. We’ll have our demo tape out soon followed by some touring!
Date & location formed:
We started jamming early Jan. 2017 in Santa Ana, CA.
Reason for forming:
We’re always hanging out with each other, and we all played different instruments… so we figured “fuck it, why not start jamming?”
What are your lyrics about?
The lyrics vary, but the theme of being possessed, and being trapped in nightmares seems to keep coming up. So, you know… spooky shit.
How would you describe your sound?
That’s really hard to put into words, but if I had to, I’d say: shit you could pogo to whilst burning in hell.
What’s in the future for this band?
Play more shows, probably do a west cost mini tour, put out another tape (hopefully).
Links and contact info:
For booking, email Sal or Kenny:
Band name:
LOUD NIGHT
Date & location formed:
APRIL 2017 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, USA.
Reason for forming:
BECAUSE WE HAD TO.
What are your lyrics about?
COMBAT, POLITICS, FEAR, POWER.
How would you describe your sound?
BEING CRUSHED BENEATH THE ROLLING DIRTY METAL TANK TREADS OF REALITY. MOTORCHARGED!!!
What’s in the future for this band?
GIGS, TOURS, SINGLES, ALBUMS.
Reason for forming:
Ken was relearning how to play guitar and wanted to start a rotating lineup to get people who weren’t in bands to learn instruments and play in bands. After a while he asked his spiritual advisor, Laura, to play bass and Jack to drum because they were in GUN AND THE ASBESTOS MEN together (RIP). Jules crawled through an exhaust cloud to sing.
What are your lyrics about? Jules: Committing crime, masturbating, deep dark secrets.
How would you describe your sound?
A poodle in baby pink heels smokes a cigarette as you hold a still-running car engine in your arms; hot grease drips down your biceps.
What’s in the future for this band?
Absolute spiritual growth, recording another tape, touring in the spring, some of us reaching legal drinking age, some of us reaching middle age.
Date & location formed:
Late summer of 2017 in storage unit in Kansas City, Missouri.
Reason for forming:
We were all playing in another band at the time, which was coming to an end, and we all wanted to continue to play music with one another.
What are your lyrics about?
The general thrust or “theme” in the lyrics come from a walk through of pure exasperation with myself, the social political climate, and the status quo blindly followed in all shapes and forms. As many people do, I internalize nearly everything so this band is nothing more than a declaration of outrage.
How would you describe your sound?
Mean, fast, hard, pissed off. We take influence from bands like SSD, Youth Of Today, Agnostic Front, DYS, Confront, etc. We all also like a lot more than punk and hardcore so outside influence always bleeds into our overall sound as well.
What’s in the future for this band?
We will doing a short Midwest run this February with our sister band, Contrast. We’re already writing for a new 7”/EP. Our overall plan is to write music we want to hear, tour and play where ever we want to play. See you in 2018.
Do you have or know of an awesome new band*? It’s easy to submit to be in MRR’s New Blood feature — just email us the following info, and keep keeping’ it real…
1) Band name:
2) Date & location formed:
3) Reason for forming:
4) What are your lyrics about?
5) How would you describe your sound?
6) What’s in the future for this band?
7) Links and contact info:
Along with the answers please send a band photo at least 600px on the longest side (with photo credits), and a logo if you have one, to:
*By “new band” we mean a band that formed within the past year or year and a half.
Intro song:
ZEKE – Fight in the Store Room
ZEKE – God of GSXR
Halitosis plays some newly released oldies for the new year
ZELLOTS – On the Dole
THE NORMALS – No Cigars
JACK – Armee and Fuck-Off Tout le Monde
JACK & THE RIPPERS – No Desire
BAD LUCK – Le Motard
ROTTEN RON – R.I.P. Fast Eddie
PETITE – Gentile Boy
EEL – No Mercy
DESGRASIA JUBENIL – Jovenes Callientes
SUBDUED – Torment and Torture
Horrible Halitosis eats Shit!
GENERACION BASURA – Gente De Bien
GESTURES – Control
GOOD GRIEF – Eat Shit
CAT AND THE UNDERDOGS – The Cops Are Coming
FALSE PROFIT – Masters of the Universe
P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S. – Afterburner
Rotten Ron – R.I.P. J.J.
LIEBENDEN TOTEN – Inferno
MURO – No Mas
U-NIX – Star
SOCIEDAD DE MIERDA – Que Patria en Esta
MISS DESTINY – Randy
Horrible’s Soup of the Day
SOUP – Take a Day
Outro song:
OFFENDERS – I Hate Myself
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Out now! MRR #417 • Feb 2018
Year-End Top Ten Issue! Top tens from 2017, photographs from Angela Owens and Farrah Skeiky, CHARMPIT from London, Chicago’s RASH, ISOTOPE SOAP from Sweden, Tijuana’s DFMK, ERIK NERVOUS from Shipshewana, Indiana.
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