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REM ACE;  Sixteenth issue;  November 1995 
REM (We're a new music electronic zine) 
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MAIN The Entering Spot 
MEMBERS ACE Credits 
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PUNK Snap, Crackle, Punk 
PLASTIC Plastic thoughts for plastic people 
PINKY Untitled column 
GRAYGOO Interview -- Graygoo 
FUGAZI Interview -- Ian MacKaye from Fugazi 
FACE Show report -- Face to Face 
CHIX Show report -- Chixdiggit 
REVIEWS Reviews 
SHOWS Let's slam with Doctor Show! 
SINGLES I hate singles 
DISC Discography -- Sonic Youth 
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     ACE, The New Music electronic zine; Issue 16; N 
ovember 1995: The Comeback!     Featuring: Fugazi, Face t 
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by Eerie. 

 

"I got a guitar 
Check it out I'm a star 
Hey kids, how do I look on the cover of Spin?" 
(Mudhoney, Generation Spokesmodel, from the album My Brother The Cow) 

 
Whatever people can say, we're back, no need to say more, no need to diss,  
we're here to either stay or fail.  Let's bet for the stay. 

Alright, who are we?  We are ACE, one of the only music electronic zines you  
find on the scene that releases regulary.  Well, we _used to_ release  
regulary.  The last issue (#15) was, uh...  january 1995.  Oops. 

So what happened during all this time?  Well, some stuff.  There were alot of  
discussions and arguments on NoiseNet (what used to be the ACE net) about  
what should be allowed in the mag and what shouldn't.  People were starting  
to get tired of it all, and when I look back, I can understand we just wanted  
to take a break.  Now don't ask me to explain more, for I guess everyone in  
ACE lived the moment differently, so my view ain't no better than TNT's or  
Pink's or whoever's. 

We spent a great summer anyway, went our own ways and all that.  Why are we  
here again?  Too much time to waste, I guess.  No other explanation comes to  
my mind.  Or maybe that's just because you can't go away from something as  
demanding yet cool as writing for this kind of zine.  Once it's in you, it's  
like heroin, you can live without, but the very second you try it again,  
that's it, you're addicted _again_.  Another reason would be all those  
records we bought since the beginning of the year, all left unreviewed.  We  
ACE reviewers are generous guys who just wanna share all they got with the  
population, y'know... :) 

The important thing is: we're back.  We will stay.  We will release something  
every month or so.  We're still rough.  We still express opinions that are  
not those of the mainstream market.   

Major changes since #15: 

a)  Photon changed his handle to Pink Lincoln. 

b)  Nirvana changed his handle to Steepmind.  (Welcomed change, Steep... :) 

c)  New members include Neuromancer and Redge (previously known as Dunlop.)   
Everyone that we couldn't contact were left out from the member list, but if  
you want to join ACE again, go for it, we'll be glad to accept you back. 

d)  The format of reviews changed.  No more of this stupid rating, there's  
only a 5-star appreciation rate and nothing more.  And we're not as gentle as  
we used to be.  (Scared already?  :) 

Oh yeah, and you can still contribute to it.  Like, send articles and stuff.   
We don't accept guest reviews, well, for the moment.  'Cause well, TNT and me  
are most hopefully doing them all, so the result may be a little less  
chaotic than it used to be. 

Thanks for reading us again.  The newbies can cut the "again" out if they  
read ACE for the first time, but I'd rather suggest 'em to read the older  
issues instead. 

 
In this issue:  

The Entering Spot, by Eerie 
ACE Credits 
Snap, Crackle, Punk -- Oh so punk behaviour, by The Naughty Tycoon 
Plastic thoughts for plastic people, by Eerie 
Untitled column, by Pink Lincoln 
Graygoo -- Shit happened again, by Eerie 
Ian MacKaye from Fugazi -- Simple as that, by Eerie 
Face to Face -- Violence in your face, by The Naughty Tycoon 
Another piece about Face to Face, by Steepmind 
Chixdiggit -- I'm gonna go into the underground, by The Naughty Tycoon 
Reviews 
Let's slam with Doctor Show!, by Pink Lincoln 
I hate singles, by Eerie 
Discography -- Sonic Youth, by Eerie 
Picklists 
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ACEreadR 3.0 documentation 
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by Eerie. 

 

 
ACEreadR 3.0 
Copyright 1993, 1994, 1995, Eerie 
excepted opening logo, copyright 1994, Jaydee. 

 
a)  Introduction 

"Uh, what's this proggie for, Dave?"  Its purpose is to read ACE, the new  
music electronic zine.  Now, it could read any zine that uses the ACE format,  
but since no one knows how to use this format, well, you get the picture. 

To install it, just create a directory called C:\ACE and put all them *.ACE  
files into it, plus ACE.EXE.  Then type "ACE" on the DOS prompt and enjoy.   
Easier than connecting on the net d00d!!!(&*/$ 

 
b)  System Requirements 

You need a computer that runs MS-DOS.  Some memory could help, too.  Oh, and  
if you have a VGA card, you'll see some nifty unuseful effects. 

 
c)  Important keys for ACEreadR 

Striking Escape wherever comes back to somewhere you were before. 

You can print the zine by striking Alt-F or just the current article by  
striking Alt-P. 

 
d)  Add-ons 

2.3:  This proggie is now completely translated into the English language.  
Also added some absolutely krad stuff you will never ever notice. Changed  
some small things in the interface and that's about it. 

2.4:  The code was 286+ only for some reason, I put it back to 8088 code.  
However, I'd like XT users to test it and tell me if it actually works =) 

3.0:  New interface, no more ugly ansis and that stuff.  Um, and that's about  
it. 

 
e)  Whatever 

If you have any questions about this program or anything else, just call  
Sarcastic Toaster or Patriotic Shock or any board in the 418 area. 
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MEMBERS 
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Credits for ACE issue sixteen 
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ACE, the new music electronic zine, is published every month or so for the  
hell of it.  All that is written here is by their authors.  You can, however,  
copy the hell of it and give it to your friends, however you must give credit  
where credit is due.  For instance, to rip us off would be a very, very  
stupid thing to do. 

ACE assumes no responsibility for any damage caused to your computer, your  
brain, your wallpaper or whatever could be damaged directly or indirectly by  
us.  Meaning: shit happens, and if it does, sue someone else, sucker! 

 
Editors: 
Eerie, Pink Lincoln, The Naughty Tycoon. 

Contributing writers: 
Eerie, Neuromancer, Pink Lincoln, Redge, Steepmind, The Extremist, The  
Naughty Tycoon. 

Contributing artists: 
Eerie, Jaydee. 

BBS: 
Patriotic Shock, +1-418-843-8919. 

Internet: 
wedont@@care.about.internet.yet.com. 

Snail Mail: 
24, Pierre-Curie, Loretteville (Qu‚bec), Canada G2A 2H1. 

Thanks for reading ACE. 
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by The Naughty Tycoon. 

 

He's dead, Jim.  No, we won't need the reactivator anymore, Jim.  Aren't you  
able just to look on the machine, Jim?  See, there's a flat line.  That means  
his heart isn't beating anymore.  That means he's dead!  CAN'T YOU FUCKEN  
UNDERSTAND? HE'S DEAD, JIM!  THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!  HE'S DEAD!   
DEAD!  DEAD!  DEAD!  DEAD!  <yeah, i ran out of pills again> 

Let's face it Jim, our little world's not that small anymore.  We are the  
"let's-discover-something-then-throw-it-away-tomorrow" generation.  That's a  
golden rule of fashion: change.  But, Jim, there are still hippies in this  
world, so that must mean there will still be punks in 2010 A.D.!  And some of  
them will be people who were attracted to punk rock because of Green Day..   
Why should you give them shit?  Okay, now you tell me you were there BEFORE  
them.  That you didn't need a FASHION to get in the music you liked.  Tell  
me, do you respect your father just because he was there before you?  Of  
course not!  That's because of what he is, not what he's been years ago.   
Your next-door neighbor, blasting When I Come Around on his speakers, was he  
just hating that type of punk rock through the years?  No, he was just not  
aware of it!  For me, it'd be a good decision to hate those who turned their  
backs on you and gave you shit back then, the same people that are now trying  
to cash in, jumping in the wagon while it's time. 

Just think about it next time you demand respect from someone who just got in  
there; when he's looking at you, what does he see?  Does he see a guy who's  
cool and who's done nothing irresponsible?  NO!  All he can see is a  
semi-human with an ego the size of the Commonwealth and an unbearable  
attitude.  Would you respect someone who treats you like you're inferior?   
No, because your mother told you that you should always give respect to  
someone for what he is, not what he's done.  That's the basis of racism, at a  
certain extent.  Thinking you're superior.  Are you a racist?  NO!  You fight  
them!  

Besides, it won't stay that big.  Has anybody heard about the newest grunge  
bands lately?  Well it's gonna be the same with punk rock, Jim.  The small  
world punk rock was before '94 will be small again in two or three years, and  
you'll be happy you didn't just leave because it was getting too corrupted  
and the majors were signing every creative act to send money to nuclear  
researchers somewhere in Antartica.  Sure, the times we're living now are  
dark times and don't even reach 0 on a 1 to 10 "punkness" scale, but I'm sure  
you'll live through this, Jim, like you always do when you get caught  
stealing some shit from those capitalist morons at Wal-Mart.  

You still don't get it that some people won't even take a look at the lyric  
sheet when listening to a punk album, and you score a point here, that with  
the breakout there are more assholes and poseurs involved in whatever you may  
call punk rock today, but it's just something normal, Jim.  When there's 10  
guys in a room, chances are 3 or 4 of them will be assholes.  When there's  
100 guys in a room, chances are 30 or 40 of them will be assholes.  You get  
my point?  THERE MAY BE MORE ASSHOLES INVOLVED IN THE PUNK SCENE SINCE THE  
BREAKOUT, BUT THERE ARE ALSO MORE COOL PEOPLE INVOLVED!  <damn, my pills are  
failing again> 

What more, you know you listened to Green Day a couple of years ago (before  
it became popular, that is), and actually LIKED IT, and now you wanna fight  
with everybody that's listening to it now?  You were there once, buddy.  Did  
you get shit from those who were already here?  Again - no, they accepted you  
as one of their peers, because they were glad that you were interested to the  
same things than them.  Then why aren't you interested to people that like  
punk rock now?  Because there are more than just a few?  You're being  
elitist, Jim.  Your behavior, in this case, is not a single bit better than  
the behavior of the ones you've been fighting for years - the upper class.   

Can't you just open your eyes?  Punk rock's for everyone!  You can try and  
tell me what you want, but even if Green Day aren't punks, what they play is  
still PUNK ROCK.  Why?  Because the first real punk band was the Ramones, and  
the Ramones said they were rock'n'roll, and Green Day are, most of the time,  
rock'n'roll.  And if you still don't believe me, take your oh-so-cherished  
copy of Never Mind The Bollocks, from the Sex Pistols, and listen to  
Problems.  Now listen to any Green Day album and you'll find the same damn  
riff..  

I could go on for years like that but that's already clear - at least I hope  
so..  This is the comeback issue and it'd be hypocrisy not to say that I  
changed many of my opinions during the last 10 months, so don't write to tell  
me that, but if you have any other comments or shit, just throw me a line at:  
aaa881@@agora.ulaval.ca or if you've got a lot of time and money to spend,  
you can call City Is Burning, 418-841-3410 or my board (its number is  
probably somewhere in this magazine)..  Thanks for the time reading this  
first column! 

(ps. I apologize for any of those who could have been offended, thinking they  
were Jim, but believe me, this is more like a mix of many people I've seen  
through this year, there are no hidden attacks to anyone in here, sure..) 
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by Eerie. 

 

"Spoon feed your lies to me 
Force me your fallacies 
And I'll choke on every aged word 
You shove past my newborn lips" 
(Split Lip, Show and Tell, from the album For the Love of the Wounded) 

 
Hi, and welcome to _Plastic thoughts for plastic people_, the successor to  
_Uh!_, the column I had since like ACE #7 or something like that.  The clever  
will notice the Zappa reference in "plastic people", I congratulate them for  
that. 

 
Okay, first thing I wanna do today is to say how cool is Raygun #31.  #29  
and #30 were pretty plain, desing-wise, but #31 is excellent.  David Carson  
rages again, even if he's getting kind of hermetic.  The _Rabelasian without  
a clue_ is a must too, because it rags on MTV and other stupid stuff, but  
it's also hermetic.  Oh well.  Can't get it all. 

On the internet front: only thing I could do is laugh, even if it's not  
exactly _funny_.  Everyone's got their own address now, excepted me.   
Everyone is on the web because the web is the next big thing, don't you know?   
They don't even care about using the rest of internet (excepted maybe IRC,  
because it's the second biggest thing, but it's SO DAMN TOUGH TO  
UNDERSTAND*&/"!)  The Holy Web thinks for them, just like television does.  I  
hate motherfuckers, don't you?  Providers ask for so much I tell myself  
sooner of later only the corporations will be able to afford full net access,  
and the average joe will be left with a read-only access to everything.   
Wanna bet? 

I'm glad that almost all the cool old-school bands who released an album this  
year did a good one: Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, R.E.M., hey, even Green Day is  
better than ever. 

Comic book of the month is: The Maxx! 

 
And just because Frannie doesn't do it anymore (he used to do it in pEz)  
here's what cool and what's kind of lame: 

What's cool                 What's lame 
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Coca-Cola on morning        Pepsi on morning 
Edwyn Collins               Alanis Morissette 
The Riverdales              Green Day 
John Spencer                Juliana Hatfield 
Nine Inch Nails' remixes    Nine Inch Nails' songs 
Steve Albini                Butch Vig 
Thurston Moore              Pretty much everyone else 

 
See you next month, you alternakid/chick. 
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PINKY 
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Ok, so like i'm late (again), my column has no name (i'm sure some wicked guy  
upstairs (eh, i am still senior staffer or?) will think to call it something  
real lame like pinky vs the world, but he'd better stop or i'll mosh his ass  
to death.) 

Now, i need an actual topic for this column.. something that will kick ass..  
something that will stun you with it's simplicity.. something like.. er..  
dunno.. obviously, this is not working.  Why don't i take a look at the  
available topics and we'll see? 

Green Day sucks.  That's true, no argumentation needed next. 

I have a bigger ego than mighty 33 and i can mosh everybody's ass off. One of  
these is true, you choose. 

Gee, i think i lost the touch.. i don't have anything to bitch about and we  
are already down to line 17. 

This is line 19 

Line 21 and i still can't find a suitable topic. 

Good Lord, i found one.. punks and computers.. great, i rule. 

So, many of you probably have lotsa free time on your hands and are reading  
alt.punk on Usenet and have probably come to the conclusion that true punks  
do not use computers.  This is a big fucking cover-up installed by the aliens  
governing the U.S.A. 

Many punks today are using computers.  It is true though that many prefer  
passive actions on commercial services but on underground systems, they  
thrive. 

Why?  Because computers are the ultimate DIY tool.  With a mac, even your  
average doorknob can start a good quality fanzine, ftp lyrics and get  
specialized info on usenet.  With a PC and some knowledge, you can start  
looking for less 'legal' ways to promote your fanzines and bands. (BTW, the  
PC has nothing to do with its hardware or software capacities as an h/p tool,  
but most h/pers are PC owners.. go figure.) 

(okay, this sucked too, but hopefully, i'll get my stuff back on track by  
next issue.) 

(hey, i think i found a topic now.. great!) 

Why are people afraid of new things?  I mean, why is it people actually need  
someone else's advice before going out and buying some demo by some new  
group? Don't stick the fuckin' cash argument in my face, cause it just ain't  
true you can't risk 5$ on someone's music. (unless you live in a box in the  
street in which case you ain't reading this.) 

You know what?  You're afraid..  Afraid you'll actually like it and you'll be  
the only one.  My god, you might even get some non-punk (or alternative or  
whatever is your music style.) stuff and love it. 

This raises another fuckin' question.. how did you get to like your music in  
the first place?  Because of peer pressure loser.  Your a poseur and you've  
always knew it, but now we can scientifically demonstrate it. 

(if the last few lines offended you, just throw yourself off a bridge.) 

(oh, and for the really dumb people out there, if you actually go out and buy  
new stuff once in a while, this article was not aimed at you! <g>) 
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by Pink Lincoln. 

 

ok, so this is it.. my shitty opinions about this month's shows in Quebec  
City (like anyone cares anymore.). 

(due to my short attention span and shitty memory, events are not in  
chronological order and maybe false, believe what i say only after carefully  
checking with the rest of the staff.) 

First show i remember is the Face to Face, Jughead's Revenge and Punchbuggy  
one at the Centre Durocher.  It had an ok mosh, and ok music.  Now of course, 
i don't like Punchbuggy, and i hate the last Face to Face, but boy do i love  
Jughead's Revenge.  The evening ended up costing me something like 35$  
(worthless canadian of course) cause i lost my new Face to Face long sleeve  
during You've Done Nothing but it still was an ok show by all standards. 

Next thing was the supposedly hardcore show at La Ruche (who comes up with  
those names anyway?)(by the way, La Ruche is supposed to be some kind of boy  
scout local or something.. personally i think it's linked with some higher up  
conspiracy but eh, who cares?). The event called Venez Slammer (come slam)  
sported some good bands like SpaceGlad and some other bands which i can't  
seem to remember what they were called. The main band (Peroxide) kinda sucked  
dick and since they are headlining with Courascrapator at Venez Slammer II  
you can be sure i won't be there.  Oh yeah, something interesting.. all those  
bands are local and most don't even have demos out so don't bother looking  
for them.. 

Eh, this month's best show must have been the Punchbuggy/Chixdiggit/Boneheads 
one at the Underground (eh, a cool name.. i'm speechless). Of course, even  
with Punchbuggy headlining, the cool bar atmosphere, the cool people, and the  
rocking Chixdiggit prestation made that evening well worth it. It was even  
cheap at 5$. 

Oh, i also spent 20$ and participated in the biggest commercial event of the  
year: the Green Day tour.  I made the sacrifice to see the Riverdales live  
and it was well worth it.. they were good enough to make the Ramones'  
Blitzkrieg Bop sound good even with Billie Joe on vocals.  I also had a lot  
of fun making little boys and girls lose blood while moshing Sid Vicious  
style.  Oh by the way, i'd love to show those doomed to obscurity guys that  
their little Loolapoloza style moshing was nothing.  Fists, boots and elbows  
are where it's at. 

(gee, those show reports way sucked.. i should keep to bitchin' in my monthly  
column.. eh, i'll make up by speaking about older shows ok?) 

(nah, i don't feel like it.) 

(last minute addition:) 

The Ten Foot Pole show at le Centre Durocher (ahh.. name sucks(again!)) was  
good but could have been way better.  First, the world's suckiest band (also  
known as Shades of Culture) was there and played before Ten Foot, yeah that's 
right after Waggle and Reset.  But i think they got the message this time,  
cause everybody told them to fuck off.  Oh, and Ten Foot is without it's  
usual singer.  But that doesn't really matter, that's still Ten Foot after  
all.  But it's weird. (like my ponctuation.) 

(boy, do i suck!) 
} 

 
FUGAZI 
{ 
Ian MacKaye from Fugazi -- Simple as that 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
by Eerie. 

 

It sounds stupid when you think of it, but you gotta admit that interviewing  
someone often labelled as a punk rock legend is something, especially for a  
rookie like me.  Ian McKaye and his big bad straight-edgeness -- y'know, no  
alcohol, no drugs, no stuff, the roots of what we call politically  
correctness nowadays -- frightened me.  Plus, I know very little about the  
band he's in, Fugazi, and I know exactly nothing about the band he used to be  
in, Minor Threat.  I'm that kind of fool.  "Hi, I don't know anything about  
your band or whatever, I haven't even heard your last record yet, so don't be  
surprised if I sound stupid, but would you be up for an interview?"  Tell you  
what, I wasn't expecting much. 

I timidly began by asking him about it -- the straight-edge movement.   
Because everytime I'd ask someone for a definition, I'd get a different  
answer.  All I knew is that some guy named Ian McKaye sort of started the  
thing.  Alright, then, let's ask the man himself. 

"I created the term, but was never interested with the movement.  It was an  
individual statement.  I don't tell people what to do."  Sounds honest.   
Monster McKaye gets less frightening by the second.  "People who use this as  
an excuse for violence are fucked."  Makes sense.  Later he'll tell me about  
him getting shit when he was younger because of his friends being stoned and  
trying to get him to be stoned too.  Peer pressure.  I can relate.  No doubt  
tons of punk rock kids could relate as well. 

Second question.  Critics labelled their new album, Red Medicine, as a post-  
punk record, a new sound for the band, whatever critics can say.  When I ask  
McKaye about this evolution they went through, he simply answers: "I don't  
describe it.  It evolved, that's all."  Then while I'm trying to write  
everything the man says in my notepad the fastest I can -- oh, Joy, it's a  
chance he doesn't talk much: "Look at your handwriting.  How did you write  
eight years ago?" Uh--  "It was different, right?"  Yeah.  "How could you  
explain it?"  I don't know.  I expected him to say: "We evolved this way, we  
did more of this, and less of that, and tried that kind of stuff, and went  
off with this and that thing, etc." but all he says is something logical,  
simple and honest.  Miles away from the hypocrisy we're used to in other  
bands.  I'm disarmed, just like when I listen to any Fugazi album. 

Maybe there's the reason why the band almost never accepts interviews -- why  
they let me do one is beyond me.  They have nothing to explain, nothing to  
justify.  McKaye looks like he says: "Can't you just listen to the records?"   
The whole chat is some sort of misconception clean-up.  "There will always be 
misconceptions about the band", he admits, sounding like he shouldn't have to 
explain all that stuff -- or maybe it's just me. 

"There's no job worth suffering the work I'm going through", McKaye answers  
when I goofily ask him if the band is job or art.  "When you have a job, you  
can come home from work.  I never come home from work."  Play music, and be  
confortable with it, that's what matters.  "We don't tour for records", he  
adds, pointing out that the band doesn't work under the record, tour, record, 
tour scheme.  Then when I ask him about what's punk: "You can't define punk."   
Some might say it's just a prudent answer, I'd call it realistic. 

Strangely enough, McKaye looked less frightening on stage, screaming in the  
mic and making some serious noise on his guitar.  Maybe just because he was  
proving his point: you can get high -- and he was high indeed -- even without 
the stuff.  Maybe because the show was simple and honest, yet really  
efficient. The whole thing has nothing to do with politically-correctness.   
It's all about respect, I guess.  And some humility, too. 
} 

GRAYGOO 
{ 
Graygoo -- Shit happened again. 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
by Eerie. 

 

What's up with all that bad luck Graygoo's getting through these days?   
Everytime they get on stage, something has to go wrong and they can't finish  
their set.  Last time they played, it was because of a broken guitar string  
-- what?  No spare strings?!  It's kind of frustrating for all their fans,  
because they tend to rock like hell whenever they participate to a gig. 

They're a trio now.  Mathieu, the signer, tried his hand at guitar to fill  
the gap when their old guitarist quit.  And well, he's got it pretty good.   
However, their practice room, located at R‚mi's (drummer) place, burned down  
on december 20 -- "Great present", they point out -- an accident caused by  
some electrical-type problems.  25 thousand bucks of damage -- Canadian  
bucks, but still. 

Thanks to the insurance policy, the only drawback was a big waste of time.   
They got a new practice room now, and started composing again.  "We wrote  
seven or eight songs until Crayons (their demo tape)."  The style changed a  
bit.  "Because we're three now, there's less diversity in the band's musical  
influences."  Namecheck: Primus, Helmet, Kyuss, Tool.  They play loud, yet  
melodic sounds.  They don't use the verse, chorus, verse structure anymore.   
They work more on their songs.  "We used to do it, like, we compose that song  
today, and we're done with it.  Now we can spend six months of work on it  
until we like it."  They're free. 

"There's no message in the lyrics", Mathieu says.  "We're no better than  
anyone, we won't tell people what to do."  He used to sing about personal  
stuff.  Lately he just figured, so what, might as well compose meaningless  
lyrics that just sound good.  "Anyway, most people don't pay attention to the  
lyrics." 

Everyone is still raving at their year-old first demo tape, Crayons, but they  
only wish they could record some new songs now.  "We don't like it anymore.   
We evolved a lot since we recorded it."  The major problem is the lack of  
money.  Another problem is with S‚bastien (bassist) who lives 250 km away  
from the two other band members.  It doesn't stop them from giving some  
really cool live performances -- they just don't play often enough, yet  
they're one of the best underground bands in Quebec City.  And whenever they  
play, shit has to happen.  Sigh. 
} 

 
FACE 
{ 
Face to Face -- Violence in your face 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
by The Naughty Tycoon. 

 

This is another (well maybe it's the first, depending in what order you read  
the magazine) show report. Face To Face came back here in Quebec City after  
almost a year, and it was the first big punk rock show in a couple of months,  
so I went. 

Punchbuggy deceived me. Not that I thought it would be good, because their  
album's not too cool, but they really didn't have it that night. They didn't  
even play their cover of Hit Me With Your Best Shot, from Pat Benatar. In  
fact, they fucking sucked, and they have long hair. So I'll just go to the  
next band. 

"The next band", indeed, was Jughead's Revenge. THEY RULED! In fact, violent  
punk rock always rules in my book, but they were really great. They started  
with Burn (a song on It's Lonely At The Bottom, their second album -- they  
have 4 so far), and played all their best songs: Show The World, I Remember,  
even their cover of Elvis Presley's Love Me Tender. In fact they were so good  
that the crowd was too tired to slam after.. 

The last band, a really really really unknown band called Face To Face  
(..well you can remove the "really really really" and the "un" in that  
sentence), started with a song called Big Choice, which is also the title  
song of their last album. They made some mistakes, like playing You've Done  
Nothing and Disconnected one after another (like the crowd wasn't tired  
enough yet!), but they covered Bikeage from the Descendents and they played  
I'm Not Over and Dissension (their song on Punk USA), so they rocked the  
whole place. 

Speaking of the place, it was weird. It was a community center (kinda), and  
it was so hot that it was raining (well you know what I mean, there weren't  
any holes in the roof or anything) down from the ceiling and it disturbed  
many people trying to know where these water drips came from. Anyway, that's  
just useless gossip so now that you know how it was like, I'll just shut up.  

 

Another piece about Face To Face.. 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
by Steepmind 

 
Hi all! 

I was really happy to know ACE was back on track and I hope you feel the  
same. I wasn't in THE TEAM when the other issues were released but I still  
wanted to participate at this new edition. Okay, now, here I'm gonna review  
the Face To Face show that took place on October 4, 1995. 

In my opinion, it's been a great show even if the room's ventilation didn't  
make it <g>. At the moment I got there, I looked around and I knew the show  
would be really forceful. Everybody seemed excited and you could feel it that  
the last good show that had taken place in Quebec City was long, long ago..  
At first glance, I think there was between 1000 and 1500 people, maybe more,  
maybe a little less, but the place was full! 

Then Punchbuggy got on stage, they spoke some French words; it's all the  
crowd needed. When the guitar player stroke the first chords, everybody there  
started to slam, which was pretty surprising for an unknown band like them.  
Anyway, they fucking sucked. I thought it would be great and I've been  
deceived. The sound quality wasn't too good, but the crowd took the show back  
on track just before it left the road. Anyway, despite the fact that they  
sucked, I liked what I saw. 

The second band was Jughead's Revenge. We knew they'd wake up the room with  
their unique style. Their performance was top-notch and the crowd seemed to  
notice it, even if there were some people that seemed to be a little too  
demonstrative but Pink took care of those <g>. (sorry Pink, it was too  
obvious) 

People now waited for the headliners, those they'd paid for: Face To Face.  
Everybody was so enthusiastic that some even slammed before they got on  
stage. I guess they were killing time.. Anyway, when Face To Face got there  
many people ran up front. I was there, in the middle of the pit, and I can  
tell you it was pretty hard to get out! Sadly, having no energy left, I had  
to listen to their set from the back of the venue but it didn't stop me from  
appreciating them. They made the effort to speak some words in French, given  
that they knew the effect it'd have on the crowd. 

Overall, the show was great even if Punchbuggy were truly fucking awful (well  
they were better a couple of weeks later at the Underground, but still); but  
both other bands ruled!  
} 

 
CHIX 
{ 
Chixdiggit -- I'm gonna go into the underground.. 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
by The Naughty Tycoon 

 

Allright. Now what's this fucking article? What's this senseless title? Okay,  
I'll explain. The Underground is the bar that now handles most of what I call  
"cool shows" in Quebec City. I went there on October 27th because I knew  
there was a great band playing that night: Chixdiggit. So this is gonna be a  
show report. 

Lemme tell you a bit about the Underground. This is a VERY small bar, so  
about 75 people showed up and 3 bands played. The Boneheads began to play at  
about 6pm, with everybody just sitting there, clapping hands between songs,  
nobody slamming or anything. In fact this was probably worse than a Dead Can  
Dance show <grin>. Anyway, for those who care, The Boneheads sound like the  
Queers. They even played two songs written by Joe King (Hi Mom It's Me and  
Ursula Finally Has Tits) and all their songs had a "happy happy joy joy" feel  
to them. 

Then, something strange happened. Chixdiggit was first on the flyer, so  
everyone expected them to be the headliners. Shit, they played second, and  
next was Punchbuggy. FUCK! Anyway. All I can say about these guys is that  
they're truly fucking great to see live. They know how to conquer a crowd,  
and it showed that night. Actually, the only thing I didn't like about their  
performance is that between every damn song, they said something like "okay,  
next song's about Quebec City, the punk rock capital of the world", and stuff  
like that. BUT, they played I Wanna Hump You, and they played I Should Have  
Played Football In High School, so everything went fine, finally. I tell you,  
readers, if they ever play in your town (they're from Calgary), just go see  
them, they're outstanding! 

Punchbuggy, as I said, played last. If you've read the reviews, you've  
noticed they sound like Green Day, so I didn't expect much from their set,  
and I had seen them live 3 weeks before (with Face To Face) and they didn't  
rock the place. It seemed to me that they were just too flaky. Anyway, they  
were better than the other time, but still, they're no quintessential band to  
see, and I wouldn't spend 10 dollars to see them play, sorry.. 

Anyway, this show was cool because the Underground was a cool place and  
Chixdiggit are great. That's all you really need to remember.  
} 

PICKLIST 
{ 
Picklists 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
by the ACE guys who care about it. 

 

Since there are some new faces in the ACE heads crowd, let's explain the  
purpose of this column.  Every month, all the ACE guys are namechecking the  
stuff they've been listening to the most in the past 30 days.  And well, it  
all goes in there for your purest enjoyment.  It's that simple. 

 
Eerie's picks 

DUMMY (Portishead) 
FURTHER DOWN THE SPIRAL (Nine Inch Nails) 
GLORY TIMES (Portishead) 
LA MANO CORNUDA (Supersuckers) 
MONSTER (R.E.M.) 
POST (Bjork) 
SLANTED & ENCHANTED (Pavement) 
THE BEST OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND 
WASHING MACHINE (Sonic Youth) 
WOWEE ZOWEE (Pavement) 

 
Neuromancer's picks 

DIRTY (Sonic Youth) 
DUH (Lag Wagon) 
FRIENDLY PEOPLE (Guttermouth) 
LIVE AT THE BBC (The Beatles) 
MY BRAIN HURTS (Screeching Weasel) 
NIHIL (KMFDM) 
RIBBED (NOFX) 
THE DAILY GRIND (No Use For A Name) 
THERAPY (Synthesthesia) 
'TIL IT KILLS (Tilt) 

 
Pink Lincoln's shit 

..AND NO ONE ELSE WANTED TO PLAY (SNFU) 
ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE (Strung Out) 
BORN TO SKATE - SKATE ROCK VOLUME 5 (V/A - Thrasher Magazine) 
HISTORY OF THE BOLLWEEVILS VOLUME ONE (The Bollweevils) 
HOW TO MAKE ENEMIES AND IRRITATE PEOPLE (Screeching Weasel) 
LIVE (DRI) 
NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS (Sex Pistols) 
PUNK USA (V/A) 
THE LONGEST LINE (NOFX) 
THE RIVERDALES (The Riverdales) 

 
The Naughty Tycoon's picks 

BEHIND BARS (88 Fingers Louie) 
CONCERNED (Reset; demo) 
DRAPEAU NOIR (Les Sh‚riff; compilation) 
HUMPED (Chixdiggit; demo) 
KILL THE MUSICIANS (Screeching Weasel) 
LAUGH WHILE YOU CAN, MONKEY BOY (Sicko) 
LOVE SONGS FOR THE RETARDED (The Queers) 
PUNK SUCKS (Various artists) 
TALES FROM THE CRIB (DBS) 
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE ARGYLE (The Bouncing Souls) 
} 

REVIEWS 
{ 
Reviews 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
by Eerie and The Naughty Tycoon. 

 

...AND OUT COME THE WOLVES 
Rancid (Epitaph)      Now that Time Bomb's a worldwide hit (thanks to MTV), I  
can tell you that Rancid's third album is NOTHING like this ska-core piece  
o'shit.  Well there are four ska-influenced songs, but the other songs are  
like a modern version of The Clash (I'm sure you heard the comparison  
before).  A good thing is that they still have a couple of songs that sound  
like older Rancid, like Maxwell Murder, but just listen to Lock, Step & Gone,  
Ruby Soho or The Way I Feel (which happen to be my personal favorites on this  
album) and you'll see they've clearly changed their ways and it's not what we  
could call a smooth transition.  What more, Lars (y'know, the guitar player  
that played on Let's Go) now sings about half the songs, so if you liked  
Rancid for the singer's voice you'll be deceived, but if you DIDN'T like  
Rancid for the singer's voice you'll be happy half the time..  Once again  
that's nothing really essential, but hey, it's Epitaph so you know it's gotta  
be punk! <grin>  -TNT 
* * *.  19 songs; 50 minutes. 

 
WASHING MACHINE      
Sonic Youth (Geffen)      For some reason everybody thought the new Sonic  
Youth record would be a 5 songs EP.  Though, it sure isn't a deception to get  
a full-length album, a great conclusion to a very active year -- re-release  
of all their pre-DGC records, release of the lost Made In USA soundtrack,  
release of Thurston's solo project Psychic Hearts, and last but (not?) least  
their participation to this year's Lollapalooza.  Just so the people who  
thought they were getting too old to be cool can shut up, Washing Machine is  
made of especially powerful Sonic stuff.  This record has the density  
Daydream Nation had, with an extra airy texture reminding us of their older  
stuff.  Yet, they're not recycling, even if they're not as revolutionary as  
they used to be.  Okay, okay, there's a 19-minute epic on it (The Diamond  
Sea), it has the ability to make you fly, and Lee Ranaldo's back with some  
very smooth songs.  No idea if the neophyte will like it, but the fans sure  
will do.  -Eerie      
* * * *.   11 Songs; 68 minutes. 

 
CHESHIRE CAT 
Blink (Grilled Cheese/Cargo)      What's bad with that big punk breakout is  
that we can actually get bands like Blink who know how to play but have  
absolutely nothing to say.  That kind of things didn't happen before Cargo  
got around, and sad but true, Cheshire Cat is really a perfect example of a  
collection of songs that didn't deserve the high-budget production and  
distribution.  Okay, actually, there ARE some good songs.  Sometimes is a  
soon-to-be classic, Carousel is great, M&M's has some clever lines, but the  
other 13 songs (including 3 live numbers), let's face it, are pretty weak.   
Maybe if you don't give a fuck about the lyrics you'll like this one, but if  
you do, you'll find out these guys are pretty much stuck on the "boys and  
girls" topic.  Maybe we could label them Green Day #2, only with more speed  
and even less attitude.  -TNT 
* *.  16 Songs; 45 minutes. 

 
POST       
Bjork (Elektra/Warner)      I'm sure everyone's buying the new Bjork just  
because of the cover art.  It's just too... cool.  Oh well, the album's  
really neat too, by the way.  Technoish stuff (She got Tricky to do two  
songs, damn it!) that's never annoying.  (Excepted maybe when it comes to  
It's Oh So Quiet -- an incursion into music-hall..  Geez!)  Nothing to  
complain about; the thing doesn't break walls, but it's always cool to listen  
to.  -Eerie 
* * *.  11 Songs; 47 minutes. 

 
BIG CHOICE 
Face To Face (Victory)      I guess the big choice for them was signing to a  
major.  They've thrown the analogical recording stuff to the garbage for this  
one and it's much cleaner than Don't Turn Away.  To tell you the truth, I  
don't really care about it, because there's a couple of good songs on Big  
Choice, like It's Not Over, Debt and A-OK.  But, still, you can't compare it  
to DTA.  Now that Disconnected is playing on MTV, they decided to put it as a  
"bonus song", and on the CD version you can also get a cover of Bikeage, from  
the Descendents.  Now if they could release it on vinyl, so it'd compensate  
for the clean sound..  -TNT 
* * *.  11 Songs, 30 minutes. 

 
NIHIL 
KMFDM (Waxtrax)      Another oldie.. Nihil is KMFDM's last album. You know  
them? They're a German industrial "band" (actually they're 2: Sascha Konietko  
and Gunter Schultz). This one's definitely better than Angst, their previous  
album. Let's say that they don't turn their Marshall amps down! As usual,  
some songs are very hard and even metal, just listen to Flesh (my favorite)  
or Search & Destroy, but other ones are closer to techno, like Ultra, Terror  
and Juke-Joint Jezebel that also appears on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack.  
Raymond Watts aka Pig also contributed to some tracks of the album. Even if  
Nihil isn't hard enough for my personal tastes, it's a must for every KMFDM  
or industrial fan. -Neuromancer  
* * * «.  Time data unavailable. 

 
PUNK SUCKS 
Various artists (Liberation)      Once upon a time, a guy named Dave Taba  
decided to take all his money and invest it in something that would help the  
scene, and it worked!  Punk Sucks is a compilation of 30 punk/hardcore songs  
with many known bands (Pennywise, No Use For A Name, Ten Foot Pole, Strung  
Out, Jughead's Revenge, Good Riddance, Blink) teamed with many unknown bands  
(Sublime, The Living End, Overlap).  Even if some of these songs had already  
been released (that's why it lost one star in this review), this is still  
pretty cool.  The best tracks on this compilation are those played by  
Unwritten Law, Boris The Sprinkler (which happens to be Rev. N0rb's band),  
Homegrown, Naked Aggression, and the aforementioned Sublime.  There's also an  
okay Descendents cover by the Voodoo Glow Skulls and more hardcore stuff from  
F.Y.P, The Neighbors and H.F.L..  Pretty neat.  -TNT 
* * * *.  30 Songs; 70 minutes. 

 
PROUD TO BE 
Dead Fucking Last (Epitaph)      Now tell me, what's "the Epitaph sound"? To  
me, it doesn't mean shit anymore, because DFL's debut is everything but  
overproduced, pop-oriented music. This is actually violent, and I'd really  
like to see that band live. If you think pop melodies and crunchy guitars are  
what makes an album great, you'll probably throw this right in the garbage,  
but in any other way you'll think it's cool for a band nobody'd heard before  
big brother Brett Gurewitz picked'em up. Some songs are kinda boring, but Hit  
The Floor, Home Is Where The Heart Is, Action Everybody and Lost Cause are  
very solid numbers. This one's nothing even remotely close to a classic, but  
between this and the latest Green Day album, that's DFL from a fucking  
thousand miles!  -TNT 
* * *.  20 Songs; 30 minutes. 

 
WOWEE ZOWEE 
Pavement (Matador)      Pavement is probably one of the best indie bands  
right now, and well, they're proving it, whether they mean it or not.  This  
review will be short, because I've nothing more to say.  This record rocks!!!   
Buy it!&*"  No, actually, don't.  We Pavement fans want the band to stay as  
unknown as possible!/&*  Okay, I'm kidding, here's a real review.  Wowee  
Zowee is definitely the band's best album.  First time I listened to it, I  
understood exactly nothing.  Nothing catchy excepted maybe Grounded or the  
almost pop song Kennel District.  (Pop doesn't mean bad, by the way.)  But  
well, now that I heard it hundreths of times, I can say one thing: shit, wow.   
In other words, they made Lollapaloozer doesn't mean they suck.  Notice that  
the album is still beyond description to me -- the texture does all the work.   
And whatever is your opinion on it all, don't come and tell me the song Half  
a Canyon isn't brilliant, you'd plain die.  -Eerie 
* * * * *.  18 Songs; 56 minutes. 

 
TALES FROM THE CRIB 
DBS (Nefer)      Are these guys really 16 years old?  It seems like they are,  
but they really aren't the kind of bands that will sing about their parents,  
growing up, high school parties, and stuff like that.  Okay, maybe there's  
School Sux (that's a Misionary (Operation Ivy) ripoff) that's about school  
(duh), but for the remaining 20 songs, this is a very solid effort.  DBS are  
strongly anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-fascism, anti-religion, and it  
shows!  Sorsha, the first song, Solitaire and Directions are the heavyweights  
of this first album, and altough there are some weak points (like putting all  
the short songs in the second half of the album), this ain't no alternative  
crap.  For those who want to know what they sound like, I'd say it's generic  
punk rock (generic as in "nothing-too-original", not as in "boring"), it  
doesn't sound too Epitaph, but it doesn't sound too Exploited neither.  They  
lose half a star because Tales From The Crib is only available on CD.  -TNT 
* * * «.  20 Songs; 40 minutes. 

 
LECHE CON CARNE 
No Use For A Name (Fat Wreck Chords)      For those who don't know, Leche Con  
Carne means "milk and meat"! Following The Daily Grind, this one is NUFAN's  
second album on Fat Wreck Chords. Some changes occured in the band as they  
found a new lead guitar player, Ed Gregor, who's probably responsible for the  
more complex back-vocals on Exit, for example. Generally, the inspiration for  
this album is the same than The Daily Grind. I'd say it's still "hard"  
skatepunk, but, (and it's very new for NUFAN) this one includes some "happy"  
(not to say "pop") songs like Soulmate, Fatal Flu or their cover of Bob  
Marley's Redemption Song. I'm not saying they're not great, but it's not  
NUFAN at all. I prefer the songs in the "real" No Use way like 51 Days or  
Exit and, for these ones, it's an album to buy. Finally, let's say that the  
artwork for this album deserves a 5-star rating!  -Neuromancer  
* * *.  12 Songs; 30 minutes. 

 
I HEARD THEY SUCK LIVE 
NOFX (Fat Wreck Chords)      Yeah right.  Now that you all have this one in  
your hands and that you've listened to it a thousand times, I don't know what  
to say.  This being a comeback issue (kinda), we have to review some of the  
important shit that's been released since last February.  For those just  
tuning in, this is NOFX's first official live album, after more than 10 years  
of studio albums.  It's pretty good, except it doesn't really show what NOFX  
usually are on stage.  They usually fuck up all the time, Fat Mike sings half  
of the songs and stuff like that, but on this album it's like "okay, we gotta  
record a live album, we must play well tonight, let's rehearse all day so we  
know exactly every fucking part of the songs we'll play".  Or maybe it's the  
production, but I didn't get to hear any feedbacks and stuff like that on  
this one..  Whatever, if you've never seen NOFX live, you'll like I Heard  
They Suck because of the new versions of You Drink, You Drive, You Spill and  
East Bay (which is actually El Lay with new lyrics)..  -TNT  
* * * «.  17 Songs; 35 minutes. 

 
TIL IT KILLS 
Tilt (Fat Wreck Chords)      Til It Kills is Tilt's second album, and they've  
changed a lot since Play Cell (released on Lookout 2 years ago).  They went  
through Fat Mike's process of "NOFX-ing" (which is pretty similar to Brett  
Gurewitz' "Epitizing"), which consists in speeding up a band's music, while  
adding harmonized vocals and all that stuff.  Actually they already had the  
trendy backups and things like that but this album sounds like older Tilt  
played by the Chipmunks on Acid (if you know what I mean)..  Works fine for  
me, as I really liked the album for the first times I listened to it..  But I  
soon found annoying similarities between the songs, like that fucking drum  
beat at the beginning of (almost) every damn song.  Anyway, there are still  
pretty good ditties, and even if they blindly steal from Rancid on Leanin'  
Like A Barn), it still has many attributes of a classic.  Not too bad, but  
it's clearly not the album of the 90's.  -TNT  
* * *.  14 Songs; 35 minutes. 

 
MY BROTHER THE COW 
Mudhoney (Reprise/Warner)      Alright, this is a tad better than their  
previous album, Piece of Cake.  Cool!  Well, actually, it could have been  
cooler if at least the album lasted some longer.  Twelve songs ain't enough,  
but, it's okay, 'cuz they're all great and reminds us of back when Mudhoney  
rocked like no other.  It's a great thing they haven't sold out yet.  Well,  
just listen to any of their records; they just _can't_ sell out.  They're too  
good for the Green Day kids! :)  -Eerie 
* * *.  12 Songs; 37 minutes. 

 
LAUGH WHILE YOU CAN MONKEY BOY 
Sicko (Empty)      Happy happy joy joy!  Sicko are probably the happiest  
musicians ever! If you asked me what type of music they play, I'd answer  
"happy pop-punk".  In a sense, the "happy" is very important.  Their songs  
are short, not too fast, and they often have those little guitar themes to  
create a feeling that's not too far from the Queers (wait boy, I didn't say  
they SOUND like the Queers - I said the FEELING's the same).  This album has  
2 songs about O.J. and a couple of others songs about snow, 1994, and other  
stuff.  Actually if you like bands with a heavy social and political message  
you'll probably be deceived by Sicko but if you don't care that much, Laugh  
While You Can, Monkey Boy will leave you with a smile on your face.  The best  
cuts include Farm Song, When To Quit, Snowcone and Little Star (which is a  
song written by the band Cub).  For informational purposes, this is the band  
that owns Top Drawer Records (who released shit from The Stand GT, The  
Smugglers and many others).  I almost forgot, the CD has 69 tracks, with 2  
hidden songs in the last one..  -TNT 
* * * * «.  14 Songs; 30 minutes. 

 
FIRME 
Voodoo Glow Skulls (Epitaph)      The Voodoo Glow Skulls are back with this  
Epitaph debut and I must admit that I have mixed opinions on this album.  The  
first half of the album is really, really good, and if the whole album was  
like that I would have given something like 4 and a half or 5 stars.  Problem  
is, the second half pretty much sucks, except for the Grimskunk-ish  
instrumental and the number sung in Spanish.  Anyway, it'd be a very cheap  
shot to pick on them because of 6 songs, so I'll spend more words writing  
about the 8 first songs.  Closet Monster almost has that "Face To Face" feel  
to it, Charlie Brown (their version of the traditional song) and Give Me  
Someone I Can Trust are great.  The Voodoo Glow Skulls are great at mixing  
punk rock parts with ska-core parts, they can sometimes sound like the Mighty  
Mighty Bosstones while sounding like Biohazard on the next song.  Well,  
they're on Epitaph now and I've used many corporate comparisons to describe  
them, but don't let that stop you, they're still very punk in my opinion.   
-TNT 
* * * «.  16 Songs; 45 minutes. 

 
CRAYONS       
Graygoo (independent)       This is the first demo of a pretty cool band.   
I've seen them live and they rock big time.  The music is loud, pretty much …  
la old Nirvana/Helmet/etc.  The production is really great (demo-wise, of  
course); though, you just can't get all the energy they can deploy live.   
Well, not much to say here excepted that if you see that demo, buy it.  Or  
else, the address is 1240 des Bosquets, Pont-Rouge (Quebec) Canada G0A 2X0.   
-Eerie 
* * «.  6 Songs; 25 minutes. 

 
ABOUT TIME 
Pennywise (Epitaph)      Is that me or are Pennywise just recycling the same  
old riffs again, again, and fucking AGAIN?  Maybe About Time is listenable if  
you don't have Unknown Road and their incredible self-titled album, but if  
you've heard any song on this album you've heard them all.  You've probably  
seen the video for Same Old Story (which is not original, you'll admit), now  
listen to the song.  They strike the same damn chords than Bad Religion's  
classic, American Jesus.  What about the song Waste Of Time?  I'd say this  
song deserves to be called Living For Today #2, or You Can Demand #2, or  
whatever other song they made with that riff (there are countless examples).   
Alright, I've heard worse, but I've heard much better too!  -TNT 
* *.  12 Songs; 30 minutes. 

 
KILL THE MUSICIANS 
Screeching Weasel (Lookout!)      This is nothing like a greatest hits or  
whatever!  Kill The Musicians is actually much of the out of print stuff  
Screeching Weasel released between 1988 and 1994, and some other goodies like  
4 live songs and a new version of Hey Suburbia.  While listening to the  
album, pay attention to the many directions that band has taken through the  
years..  I think this is something all Screeching Weasel fight must have,  
since it has some of the greatest songs they released.  Good Morning, I Wanna  
Be A Homosexual (yes, that controversed songs Bruce LaBruce partly wrote),  
Six A.M, and Radio Blast (with the same riff as Blitzkrieg Bop from the  
Ramones) are some of the coolest tunes on Kill The Musicians, but as I  
probably said before, there's much more.  In fact this is one of the best  
things that came out in 1995, even if there's only 2 new songs out of 30.   
-TNT 
* * * *.  30 Songs; 70 minutes. 

 
DUMMY 
Portishead (Go! Discs)      Eleven songs that will make you groove.  What  
else can I say?  About everyone wrote about Portishead and their way cool  
trip-hop sound.  While the ethereal voice of Beth Gibbons will freeze your  
senses, Geoff Barrow's efficient breakbeats will keep you awake.  This is the  
kind of album that puts you in another state whatever you're doing.  Even  
your parents will like this one, because it's soft.  But you need no matter,  
because from this softness, the band did something no one ever does anymore:  
they built intelligent, contrasted, almost paradoxal songs.  It's easy to be  
addicted to this, and very difficult to get rid of it.  (And when lent, it's  
almost impossible to get it back.)  A definite must-buy.  -Eerie 
* * * *.  11 Songs; x minutes. 

 
BEHIND BARS 
88 Fingers Louie (Hopeless)       Now did they change or what? This is  
nothing like the ultra-catchy lines they recorded on Go Away (almost 2 years  
ago), but don't quote me wrong, they're still one of the good bands around.  
Behind Bars has no "MTV's gonna like this" songs, because the drum beat's too  
fucking fast for the airwaves, and that's a fact. If you wanna know, they  
sometimes sound like No Use For A Name (notice the chorus riff on My Little  
World, which is almost stolen from 51 Days on No Use's latest), but they use  
the stop-and-go technique a lot more (a bit like Lag Wagon or Ten Foot Pole).  
Outright Lies sounds like Hate, Myth, Muscle, Etiquette (Propagandhi), and  
overall, this is nothing original, except for the singer, who's totally  
outstanding. Well, okay, he's not a "natural" singer (if you know what I  
mean), but anyway.. It's cool.  -TNT 
* * * «.  12 Songs; 35 minutes. 

 
ALL NITE CHRISTIAN ROLLERSKATE 
Punchbuggy (Shake The Record Label)      I got this album last summer, on a  
trip to Moncton, NB.  I bought it because I didn't even think about bringing  
some tapes for the LONG (and I mean it) road trips the Atlantic Provinces  
offer.  FUCK!  Now WHERE'S THE FUCKING MAIN STREET IN MONCTON?  Ok. It's  
called Main St.  Now WHERE ARE THE RECORD STORES?  Forget it, pal.  I end up  
in a shopping mall in Dieppe, in a A&M-type commercial racket, and begin to  
search for any punk (well, at least pop-punk) thingies.  I get my eyes on  
this one, I think about their cover of Ripcordz' Tearin' U Apart I had on a  
compilation, and I buy it.  Damn. Man, that's a shock.  Can you yell "Green  
Day"?  Yeah sure.  Now yell "Green Day" many, many times, and someday it's  
gonna sound like you're screaming "Punchbuggy".  Saw them live a couple of  
weeks ago and all they miss is the record deal and the hairdye.  They could  
really get all over MTV, play at the Billboard Awards and chat with Leno.   
LIVE.  Well, the album's not too bad, there are a few good songs like Shy or  
Split Second, and there's also a funny cover of Pat Benatar's Hit Me With  
Your Best Shot, but much of the album deserves only one word.  BORING.  (say  
that with a Homer Simpson kinda feel in your voice.)  -TNT 
* *.  19 Songs; 50 minutes. 

 
CONCERNED 
Reset (Independent)      If there's something good with all these bands  
popping up from nowhere and jumping

  
on the wagon, it's that some of the older  
bands can change from being called Roach, for example, to something catchy  
like Reset, for example, and release a four-song demo like it's their very  
first try at making music.  Reset roughly sounds like a catchier Lag Wagon,  
if you live in the Quebec province you can hear one of their songs on  
MusiquePlus (MuchMusic's French version, the latter being MTV's Canadian  
version), in a EQ Equilibrium ad.  "Enough gossip, review guy, we want USEFUL  
information".  Okay, okay, like I said this demo has 4 songs, 3 being studio  
songs and a live song, American Way, which is my favorite.  There's a song  
that's about a guy who loves Green Day and another one about the PMRC, that  
type of thing..  It's pretty cool and it's a Canadian band (they're from  
Montreal), they're probably touring now (they always do), so just go see  
their show.  -TNT  
* * * *.  4 Songs; 10 minutes. 

 
NICE ASS       
Free Kitten (Kill Rock Stars, 1994)      This is heavy.  Free Kitten is a  
side-project for Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), Mark Ibold (Pavement), Yoshimi  
something (The Boredoms) and some other chick called Julie.  The band sings  
about just anything, from a story about a stupid DJ who likes the Stone  
Temple Pilots, to how is it to be a "proper band".  How does it sound?  One  
word: loud.  Whether you put it at one or ten, it will sound fucking loud; it  
has nothing to do with subtility.  (Well, in reference to how Pavement or  
Sonic Youth sound nowadays...)  Excellent if you want your parents to lose  
some brain cells.  You won't find it in every record store, (not that I wanna  
sound like I'm all that, but I had to get to New York to find it :) but if  
you have the chance, it's always nice to have, even if it's just for a  
purpose of getting alternakids to be jealous of you.  -Eerie  
* * * «.  15 Songs; 33 minutes. 

 
NEW DAY RISING       
Hsker D (SST, 1985)      Alright, old stuff here.  According to TNT, New  
Day Rising is one of the last albums of Hsker D.  Well, what can I say  
more, it's my first experience of the noisy sound of the legendary band that  
influenced just about everything you see in the alternative racks of your  
favorite record store.  To find the melody that's hidden behind a wall of  
distorsion is a hell of a job, but once it's done, you get a really  
interesting album that I suggest you to buy for the music.  (The lyrics are  
another story...)  -Eerie 
* * * «.  15 Songs; 41 minutes. 
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SINGLES 
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Welcome to the first ever _I hate singles_ column.  All you'll find here is a  
quick and dirty review of some new so-called alternative songs that I heard,  
in alphabetical order.  What's its purpose?  Well, I don't know, it might be  
interesting for some psyched-out reason, and I have too much free time. 

By the way, here's the advice of the month: don't eat greasy potato chips  
while typing; it soils your keyboard. 

 
A GIRL LIKE YOU      Edwyn Collins      For the first time in a while, I  
actually like a #1 hit success.  But well, the song is cool, intelligent, and  
the guy doesn't seem stupid.  The video is nice, too.      Rating: Okay. 

BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS      The Smashing Pumpkins      Wow.  "THE"  
Smashing Pumpkins.  How fucking pretentious!  Okay, that song has some more  
inventivity than your average grunge track, but I swear I'll run tired of it  
within the next weeks.      Rating: Sucks. 

CAR SONG      Elastica      Knew the song, it's one of the less excellent  
songs on the self-titled album from Elastica.  Still, it's just too great for  
you.  (I'm starting to like that Spike Jonze guy a lot.)      Rating: Rocks. 

FRIENDS OF P      The Rentals      One of the only decent bands I saw on  
Maverick (Madonna's record label that Rancid almost got on) is this one.   
They use a Mini-Moog, for gawd's sake!  And like, they all got those big ugly  
glasses.  Well, now that I think of it, it's not that incredible, but oh  
well.      Rating: Okay. 

GEEK STINK BREATH      Green Day      Ahaha!  I'm sure you all wanna know how  
fucking much I hate the new Green Day song, right?  Well, here's my opinion:  
it sucks less than the stuff on Dookie.  I heard some of the new record in a  
record store's listening station.  Sounds not-too-bad.      Rating: Sucks. 

IT'S OH SO QUIET      Bjork      Best video of the month, undoubtlessly.   
(Spike Jonze raging again...)  As for the song in itself, well I'd say it's  
the kind that you get tired of easily.  However, it's a welcome change to  
whatever the fuck's on radio and television nowadays.      Rating: Okay. 

JUDY STARING AT THE SUN      Catherine Wheel      Now that's the kind of  
songs that doesn't make you puke, shout, whatever, you just hear it and say:  
"Meaning?"  Golly gee, do I hate that kind of songs.      Rating: Meaning? 

LA PEAU      No One Is Innocent      This sounds fucking great and violent.   
The fact that they speak bloody French shouldn't stop you from liking it.       
Rating: Rocks my world. 

LUCKY      Radiohead      If you feel guilty about not being able to help  
those dudes in Bosnia, buy the album called Help.  I won't, personally,  
because I have no money, and because most of this compilation seem to suck.   
Ahem, and what about Radiohead?  Well, the song sounds smooth but nothing  
incredible either.      Rating: Okay. 

LUMP      The Presidents of the United States of America      This song  
sucks.  Seriously, when a band plays Green Day wanna be songs, what does it  
mean?  Success?  Uh, yeah, that, and suckiness too.  Good thing: the song is  
short.     Rating: Sucks like hell. 

QUEER      Garbage      Butch Vig, eh?  Okay, that song is _efficient_.  A  
bit too efficient, actually.  You can tell exactly what they're gonna play  
before they actually play it.   Just like those American thrillers that are  
so predictable.  Better luck next time.      Rating: Somewhere between Sucks  
and Okay. 

TIME BOMB      Rancid      Ahahahaha.  Is this a joke or what?  Those guys  
only wish they were punks, but they're fucking pussies with spikes.  If the  
guys in Epitaph had half a nut, they wouldn't even allow them to release such  
shit.      Rating: Sucks too much for words. 

 
Conclusion: if all the videos were done by Spike Jonze, then we wouldn't have  
to care about the music. 
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What's the purpose of this column?  Well, it's kind of useless, but every  
month we're gonna release the discography of some band we like.  Of course  
there may be mistakes in our lists 'cuz we're not perfect, so if you got a  
problem with this, contact us and stuff. 

 
SONIC-YOUTH (Neutral, 1982; SST, 1987) 
CONFUSION IS SEX (Neutral, 1983; SST, 1987; DGC, 1995) 
KILL YR IDOLS (1983; included on Confusion Is Sex, DGC, 1995) 
SONIC DEATH (1983, 1988, Blast First) 
BAD MOON RISING (1985; DGC, 1995) 
EVOL (SST, 1986; DGC, 1995) 
SISTER (SST, 1987; DGC, 1995) 
(as Ciccone Youth) THE WHITEY ALBUM (1988; DGC, 1995) 
DAYDREAM NATION (Enigma, 1988; DGC, 1995) 
GOO (DGC, 1990) 
DIRTY (DGC, 1992) 
EXPERIMENTAL JET-SET, TRASH & NO STAR (DGC, 1994) 
MADE IN USA (Rhino, 1995) 
WASHING MACHINE (DGC, 1995) 
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