Mike Watt of the Minutemen exclaims, “Whoa, these spiel batches pack much punch and got their grip way into brain-frame! Faloon had me captured and I had to keep reading.” Wayne Kramer of the MC5 adds that it’s “...a deeply personal dive into the psyche of a hardcore music fanatic...utterly indispensable. A truly great read.”
“Prison is a weird fucking place… I kept a journal when I was there: “How to Say No to Murderers.” –Dean Beddis
“In other words, the only way to be a punk is to suffer in obscurity or become a traitor somehow to one side or the other. You just can’t win.” –Red Dons
"I think the best music ever comes out of places that suck." -Rumspringer
“That’s the thing about homelessness: it’s right there, if you’re looking.” –Cheryl Klein
A lot of people were very unhappy with how many times we reviewed Dillinger Four's Civil War in the previous issue. I mean, people complained to me about it a decade later. My response: fanzine = fan + zine.
“…if you want to impose a ban on my family’s ability to physically come visit me, force anyone to register into some kind of Muslim database, and continue to ostracize, oppress, and demonize myself and others like me, I will be your loudest, angriest, most unrelenting nightmare. I am a warrior and I come from a very long ancestral line of warriors. Just try and fuck with me, or my family; I am generations strong and you don’t fucking scare me.” –Donna Ramone
The Warriors are East Los Angeles’ least Chicano, most important, exceedingly groundbreaking, and utmost implausible of unsung hero bands; yet their core, side, and guest members (and punk trainees) read like a biblical “who’s who” list of their more famous posterities hailing from east of the bridges that separate the eastside from the rest of Los Angeles.
One of the best bands from Sweden in modern times. In fact, they're so good, they're also one of the best hardcore bands from the early '80s!
The cutest lil' dirty boys you ever saw! They toured in a watermelon and one time Josh stole beer from the Briefs for them. Oh, and they rule.
What happens when four jerks get interviewed by a jerk? Read this and find out!
The bass player lost his teeth at a show in