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4 MINUTE WARNING Issue 1
Summer 2000
***
Fucking hell it seems like there's only
punkette zinesters in this current batch
of reviews which I ain't complaining
about in the least, coz they all have
something to say. This is a debut UK
issue from a punkette from Blackpool
who said she'd never do a zine after I
pleaded with her to get something out
in print for the last 3 years. So times
call for some new blood in the UK's
current, barren zine scene. And this is
a welcome debut. The layout is very
basic handwritten text on 26 A4
one-sided photocopied sheets. But
lacking in design means nothing as
long as the spirit is alive and kicking.
Which it certainly is amongst this
opinionated verbal. Yeah this is from
former 'Nihilism On The Prowl'
columnist, Mitch. So maybe I'm biased
but I've always liked her no-holds
barred attacks. However she kicks off
proceedings with her somewhat naive
'Reclaim The Streets' article that left
me feeling somewhat disolutioned.
Yeah the yobs defaced Winston,
stormed McDonalds and kicked in
mobile phone shops all over the
capital. But when I read the list of
culprits published in the dailys, it
wasn't a cross section of the council
tenancy living on giro's who were doing
the damage, but mainly middle class
public school-boys, snotty little rich
kids and worst of all it was organised
by a geezer who's old man has gotta
title!!! Am I missing something here?
These cunts ain't skint, on the poverty
line or unemployed! In fact most of em
ain't got fuck all to lose apart from
Daddy's favour! I just get a feeling
these so-called Anarcho rebellions are
bored little rich kids working off a few
calories till they get fed up and decide
to join the board of some hotshot
company! On a more positive note
there's some good interviews
particularly with Dutch punks
Love
Kills
...which are rapidly becoming my
favourite Euro punk band, plus the
Sick On The Bus interview that is
purloined on this site! There's a
massive
Conflict history that covers
every nook and cranny of ex-Eltham's
Anarcho hoodlums, who are making a
return to the live circuit next month, so
maybe it's well timed? Plus some
in-depth zine and record reviews. It's
early days yet and the name ain't very
original and the cover price is high, but
Newsagents ain't the cheapest place to
get your zines printed up. So give her
time coz I can see this only getting
better with each issue. For a sniff of
what you gonna get, read her soon
columns on this site.
£1.20 plus a4 s.a.e. from 31 Fir Grove,
Marton, Blackpool, Lancs, FY1 6PJ,
England.
RUNNING DOWN THE
BACKSTREETS #9
Spring/Summer 2000
****
It's always a good read when you pick
up a copy of this the UK's best Oi!
zine. And some fucking good bands
are let loose on an unsuspecting
public with a massive in-depth
Menace autopsy taking the biscuit.
The news column sets the scene with
up to date sharp news stories
concerning the world of Oi!. But
Angela Rippon's Bum and the
dysfunctional and boring
Loyalty were
the only let down being as they ain't
got a lot to say that interested me and
what they do say was pretty fucking
bland. But let's not let that get in the
way of an otherwise chocka read.
Surprisingly
Raise A Flag from Japan
introduce us to an interesting snapshot
of Japan's Oi! scene followed by an
in-depth article on Football
Hooliganism with some hilarious bovver
reports from across the divisions
...aahh it brought back fond memories!
Perry from US Skin band
The
Templers
gives us a good look at
Streetpunk's birth over in the States
while back home, London's
Guitar
Gangsters
keep the punk links alive.
The reviews are worth a look at coz
you know they are telling the truth.
Running Down The Backstreets
closes with the portly Tony 'Van' Frater
lead guitarist out of Sunderland's
Red
Alert
who has a tale or two to tell on
his long punk career. Did you know he
was once took out for a piss-up by New
Romantic pop stars the cringing
crooner Tony Hadley and Brummy
poseur about town Simon Le Bon after
he played guitar on an unreleased
Tony Hadley sonet! Yep a solid varied
read which we like here in the no
bullshit zone!
£1.00 plus 33p s.a.e. from 13 The
Croft, Badsworth, Pontefract, W. Yorks
, WF9 1AS, England or e-mail
oisweb@hotmail.com
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