THREE RING ROCK STAR NEWS
> B L A C K A N G E L ' S D E A T H S O N G b r o k e u p a c o u p l e m o n t h s a g o . S o r r y k i d s .
> Y e a h , y e a h , y e a h . . . S O U N D G A R D E N b r o k e u p . . . b l a h , b l a h , b l a h , w h a t e v e r .
> E r i c f r o m C A R P r e c o v e r e d f r o m h i s s u i c i d e a t t e m p t a n d t h e y j u s t p u t o u t a n e w r e c o r d a n d a r e g o i n g o n t o u r ! ( ! ! ! )
> J i m m y C a b e z a D e V o c a ( T h i s I s s u e ' s C o v e r s t a r ) i s n o l o n g e r i n t h e s o u t h b a y c l o w n b a n d B O B .
> B i g F i g h t ! S I X V O L T S U N B E A M p l a y e d a s h o w a t S m a l l s r e c e n t l y a n d a f t e r R o b W a g n e r ( 2 n d G u i t a r ) l i t t h e f i r e c r a c k e r s t a p e d t o h i s g u i t a r ( d u r i n g t h e s o n g " T r a v i s " ) , T h e o w n e r o f S m a l l s j u m p e d u p a n d s t a r t e d b e a t i n g o n h i m ! T h e n G r e g F r a n c o o f F E R D I N A N D j o i n e d i n t o h e l p R o b a n d t h e n t h e o w n e r a t t a c k e d H I M . T h e c r o w d r u s h e d o u t t h e d o o r s l i k e s h e e p ! C h a o s e v e r y w h e r e ! N o w T H A T ' S r o c k a n d r o l l !
> Q U I N 9 5 b r e a k i n g u p ? ! ? T h e c u r r e n t m e m b e r s o f t h e s o u t h b a y n o i s e b a n d m a y s p l i t o r s t a y t o g e t h e r , b u t l e a d s i n g e r T h e M i g h t y Q u i n s e z t h a t h e ' l l c o n t i n u e Q U I N 9 5 ( u n d e r a n o t h e r n a m e ? ) w i t h o r w i t h o u t t h e o t h e r m e m b e r s . Q U I N 9 5 h a s b e e n d r o p p e d f r o m t h e S P I F F Y R E C O R D S c a t a l o g .
> D O N S A L S A h a s p a c k e d u p a n d m o v e d t o S a n t a C r u z w h e r e t h e y j u s t f i n i s h e d t h e i r n e w c d w h i c h i s o u t n o w .
> S P I F F Y R E C O R D S i s l o o k i n g f o r b a n d s w h o w o u l d l i k e t o c o n t r i b u t e c o v e r - s o n g s f o r t h e i r n e w c o m p i l a t i o n " E V E R Y B O D Y C O V E R S P R I N C E " . S o f a r t h e s e a r e t h e b a n d s c o n t r i b u t i n g . . . M I G H T Y T H O R - " I C a n N e v e r t a k e T h e P l a c e O f Y o u r M a n " , T H E T E E N I D O L S E N S A T I O N - " K i s s " , T h E N e G a T i V e S - " D a r l i n g N i k k i " , C A R N I V A L O F S U F F E R I N G - " T h e B e a u t i f u l O n e s " , a n d T o m W a i l i n g - " W h e n Y o u W e r e M i n e " . I f y o u k n o w s o n g s b y " s y m b o l - f o r - a - n a m e " , a n d y o u w a n t t o b e o n t h e c o m p , s e n d y o u r r e c o r d i n g o n a h i g h q u a l i t y t y p e I I c a s s e t t e t o : ( O l d A d d r e s s W i t h h e l d ) . A l l w i l l p r o b a b l y b e u s e d , b u t i f n o t , y o u ' l l g e t y o u r t a p e b a c k . A l l t y p e s o f m u s i c w i l l b e c o n s i d e r e d . . . ' s p e c i a l l y n e r d , p u n k , p o p , p o w e r - p o p , s k a , n o i s e , r o c k a b i l l y , a n d p s y c h o b i l l y . S e n d y o u r s n o w ! ! !
> G Y M I C R A E h a s n o t o n e , b u t T W O n e w c d s o u t o n t w o d i f f e r e n t l a b e l s . G e t ' e m !
> H o l l y w o o d p u n k b a n d T H E O N L Y S a r e l o o k i n g f o r a n e w d r u m m e r . T h e y ' r e i n f l u e n c e d b y S E X P I S T O L S a n d D E A D B O Y S s o c a l l 'e m u p a t [O l d N u m b e r W i t h h e l d ]!
> B O B S L E D a r e i n t h e s t u d i o t h i s m o n t h t o r e c o r d a w h o l e n e w a l b u m ! ! ! T h i s w i l l b e t h e f o l l o w - u p t o l a s t y e a r ' s " D a r l a h o o d " .
> N O - F I " M A G A Z I N E " m a y s o o n h a v e a " s i s t e r " m a g a z i n e t e n t a t i v e l y t i t l e d [ N a m e W i t h h e l d f o r f u t u r e p o s s i b i l i t i e s ]. I f e v e r y t h i n g w o r k s o u t , i t ' l l b e o u t e v e r y t h r e e m o n t h s s t a r t i n g i n J a n u a r y 1 9 9 8 ( U n l e s s s o m e o n e d i e s ! ) .
> T h e N O - F I " W E B S I T E " i s u p a n d y o u c a n n o w r e a d m o s t o f i s s u e s 1 t h r o u g h 7 ( a n d s e e t h e c o v e r s o f i s s u e s 1 t h r o u g h 1 1 ) . S o r r y a b o u t t h e d e l a y . I d r o p p e d t h e o l d w e b m a s t e r a n d h a d t o d o i t m y s e l f . T h e r e a r e s t i l l a f e w b u g s a n d t h e c o v e r s f o r i s s u e s 4 a n d 8 a r e m i s s i n g ( a n d r i g h t n o w t h e l i n k s a r e a l i t t l e m e s s y ) , b u t t r y i t o u t a n d s i g n t h e n o - f i " m a g a z i n e " o n l i n e g u e s t - b o o k a n d t e l l m e w h a t y o u t h i n k . T h e N O - F I " M A G A Z I N E " w w w a d d r e s s [was] :
> H e y ! I t ' s O K t o w r i t e u s t o o ! W e'r e g o i n g t o s t a r t p r i n t i n g l e t t e r s r e a l l y s o o n !
2007 Update:
Wow, where to begin here...
Ok, well, Jimmy went on to play keyboards for the band DIOS MALOS (who played Coachella a couple years ago). At the time of this writing, he is not touring with them after recovering from surgery.
Smalls is no longer a club in Los Angeles as far as I can tell. I don't remember at the moment if I ever went there or not. Wait...was that that place that's now a "burlesque" themed club on Santa Monica? I do know that SIX VOLT SUNBEAM and FERDINAND are no longer around.
Does something like QUIN95 ever really break up? Quin and bandmate Jeff eventually started a project called THE FILM VERSION and recently they just did a track for the upcoming Rich Polysorbate tribute album called "The Sea Digs Its Own Grave" coming soon from Spiffy Records. You can also hear Quin and Jeff co-host No-Fi "Radio" sometimes.
DON SALSA eventually moved back from Santa Cruz and then stopped being a band all together.
Wow, what a great idea for a covers album. Too bad we never did it. Hey! Let's do it NOW!!! Send me your Prince covers and we'll make it a free album download sometime in 2007...or 2008.
I remember GYMICRAE! Whatever happened to them? Oh, wait... Long story.
BOBSLED are no longer together. I'd be surprised if THE ONLYS were too.
Nobody died and we never really started printing letters.
Yeah, I still like the IDEA of doing another magazine. We're still toying around with the idea of doing a one-shot printed magazine sometime. We DO have THIS "Magazine" though...and we still have a website. And you're here! Let's be friends!
