Decline of Western Civilization Part 3

This is Penelope Spheeris's third installment of the Decline of Western Civilization series. While the first dealt with the LA hardcore scene in 1980 and the second about the LA metal scene in the mid 80s, this movie is about the gutter punk kids from 1998. It is unavailable on DVD or even VHS for that matter, so when I stumbled upon this I figured it was my patriotic duty to make sure everyone who checked the zine had a chance to watch it. Whadaya think?

EDIT

So they took the full video off of Google put it is broken up in parts, so if you like this first part, the rest are on Youtube. For now at least.

Zombi - Surface to Air

What happens when you lock a couple of dudes from Pittsburgh in a dungeon and blast nothing but John Carpenter soundtracks into their ears? Presumably, they make a very Jack Burton-esque escape, form a progressive rock-duo known to the public as Zombi, and put out a record called Surface to Air. If you've ever needed your own post-apocalyptic soundtrack to make being stuck in traffic seem way more epic than it really is, this record is for you.

When the record starts playing, it is damn near impossible to feel like you are stuck inside some strange sci-fi flick you randomly grabbed off the shelf at a video store. This is not too strange taken that they have scored a few movies according to their discography. The album feels like a movie on its own, I’m pretty sure you can close your eyes and listen to this record and watch it unfold.

Might I suggest... put this on and pop on some 2 player Super Nintendo. It doesn’t really matter what you play, it will make the gaming experience much more enjoyable. I had the pleasure of listening to it while playing King of Monsters... oh man. Smash TV is another good one. I guess as long as you and a buddy can destroy a bunch of stuff while listening to this record, it’s a bonus.

Zombi’s Surface to Air can be ordered through Relapse Records, or see if your local independent record store can snag it for you.

Zombi
Relapse Records

the Y Equals in San Antonio

So on the first justinbailey tour we played three shows in Texas. The second of those three was in San Antonio. It was a pretty cool show that also included scoring a handful of unsolicited herb from a random stranger across the street from the club whom I met while purchasing a set of dominoes that kept us entertained for many months to come. We played at Patsy's Ice House with these guys, the Y Equals. They were one of the best bands we played with on that tour, and luckily we had the pleasure of throwing them a show in town before they called it quits earlier this year. According to theirspace they are on "an indefinite hiatus that exists for bands that refuse to break up." A few of the members are in a new band called Czars, check them out here. You can score some Y Equals stuff off their myspace page. It would be in your best interest to do so.

the Y Equals

We (are) the Living at the Spanish Moon

This is We the Living before they had to change their name to We are the Living because of some other band who decided to call themselves We the Living well after We (are) the Living had been making music. Whatever. Anyway, this song is Mediation and it can be heard on their side of the split with justinbailey, and I think they re-recorded it for their new album whenever they decide to release that. Enjoy.

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RAMMING SPEED Live at the Ballbag

Boston's thrash masters ripping at the ballbag. This band fucking rules. Deal with it.

RAMMING SPEED

Biclops and All Parallels Live at the Building

Here's a little bit of the show Biclops and All Parallels played at the Building Studios. There's more of this show to come. Keep your eyes peeled. Also there's more Building footage to come. Man Plus Building and Terror of the Sea played last month, and Ramming Speed is coming in October. Hopefully we'll have that MPB and TRRR footage up soon.

biclops
All Parallels

justinbailey Live at Don Carter's

So I was going through some old tapes and found this gem.



Yeah that's justinbailey playing "Can't You See" which was never recorded. Also, that's Ryan on third guitar. This had to be some time in 2002 because I had some New Year's Eve welcoming 2003 fireworks after the show. Pretty cool eh?

.justinbailey.