FOR THOSE THAT ARE SOUND & FURY BOUND... ...If you are attending the Sound & Fury festival this weekend in Santa Barbara, California, be sure to stop by the Revelation Records table. They will have copies of the book for sale as well as these shirts which were made exclusivly by Revelation. Check it out...

AN INTERVIEW WITH DAN KUBINSKI OF DIE KREUZEN (SIMPLE AS THAT...) When I was first conducting interviews for the book, I was getting in touch with everyone and anyone I could who I thought was a part of the Midwest Hardcore scene in the early 80's. Dan Kubinski from Die Kreuzen was one of the first people I got in touch with. Sadly, the interview was never used for any part of the book. Just so it didn't go to waste, I figured I'd post it here on the blog. Sure, Die Kreuzen wern't from Detroit, they's was from Wisconsin...but fuck it...they are one of the most underappreciated bands to come out of the early 80's U.S underground and if you don't agree with me, please go make sweet love to the nearest electrical socket at this very moment. From the brutality of their early output to the demented Psychedelia of 'October Days' and 'Century Days' (a truly beautiful record) these guys were the Champgane of suds. Thanks to Dan for taking the time to answer these question. Interview conducted in early Jan. of '09.

WBSTYN – How did you get turned onto Punk Rock?

Dan Kubinski -- I grew up in Rockford, Illinois, a small town with not much going on. I carried an A.M radio with me everywhere when I was very young and I loved music from the get-go. I would save my allowance to buy 7 inch records of the latest Top 40 hits and I had a pretty big collection by the time I was nearing my teen years. Then, sometime in 1977 I started to read about "Punk" music from NYC and Great Britain in Creem magazine and in Trouser Press. At some point - more out of curiousness than anything else - I stole a copy of ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’ from a K-Mart type department store. Don’t ask me how I stole it as I still don’t know how I got away with it but damn, if I wasn’t completely blown away by the music! It was music that for the first time seemed to speak directly at me. It was real, tangible stuff... not all "Rock Starred” out like Boston, Kansas and Journey, which most of my peers were listening to. From there, I started to find other stuff going back to the New York Dolls, Stooges, Sparks and finding the Ramones and The Damned. I just kinda did an about face and I was purely interested in the "Punk" style of music.

WBSTYN – How did you move on and find out about Punk stuff that wasn’t on major labels?

DK – We were lucky enough to have a store called Apple Tree Records in Rockford. They carried a ton of indie stuff as well as major label junk. They also had many imports. I remember hearing the first X record in there and being blown away by the guitar sound on that record. I bought my first Damned singles there and when the first Public Image record came out, I got it there.

WBSTYN – Give me the skinny on The Stellas, the pre-Die Kreuzen unit…

DK – The Stellas came from the ashes of my first band. At the time, we were unaware of anything else going on in the Midwest. It wasn’t until we moved to Wisconsin that we started to do more gigging both in town and out of town that we discovered bands like Husker Du or The Effigies. The Necros opened for the Dead Kennedys which led us to their 7 inches and then from there, we discovered other bands on Touch & Go like The Fix and so on.

WBSTYN – What was the music scene like at the time in Wisconsin?

DK – There were tons of bands playing out; most of them we loathed. We thought of ourselves as Punk Rockers, and there really didn’t seem to be any ‘true’ Punk Rock bands playing out by our standards. Some of the bands were more arty or Avant Garde that we liked around there were the Oil Tasters, The Amadots and The Prosecutors, who later turned into Drivin’ ‘N’ Cryin’. We felt shunned by the music scene though. We were taken as little kids that were still into the Sex Pistols and The Stooges. People felt we should ‘move on’. I would regularly insult the audience when we would open for other local bands. People truly hated us, but some really liked us as well.

WBSTYN – How did you eventually find out about the stuff coming out of L.A?

DK – The first records I heard from L.A were X, The Germs, Geza X and the soundtrack for ‘The Decline of Western Civilization’. That ‘Decline…’ soundtrack had so much fucking power to it; it blew my mind to bits! That’s when we decided to start taking this Punk thing a little more seriously.

WBSTYN – What were some of the first Hardcore bands to come through your area?

DK – DOA was the first band I remember seeing. Fucking killer band! Black Flag was next and we opened for them. There was a very dark and violent feeling to that show…like the world was going to end…and we LOVED it!

WBSTYN – When did you make the connection with the Touch & Go crew?

DK – We were lucky enough to play on the same bill as the original Necros here in Milwaukee. I remember Barry and Corey being blown away by us. Tesco I first met at Corey Rusks’ wedding.

WBSTYN – What was it like meeting those guys for the first time?

DK – Corey was very friendly and wanted to talk about music. He was real into Sisters of Mercy and Savage Republic when I first met him. I had a couple of those records, so we hit it off right away. Tesco was this seven foot tall somewhat jock type dude that we never figured would be Tesco when we first met him. He was very nice to us and had a string of jokes that seemed to go forever. A very funny and friendly guy.

WBSTYN – How did you become aware of what was going on in D.C?

DK – Somewhere I bought the first Minor Threat 7” and we all loved the sound they had. The double vocal track had a ferocious effect and I love it so much I still use it to this day! When we read that Minor Threat were going to tour the country, I simply called them up (Their number was in the back of Maximum Rock ‘N’ Roll) and set up a show for them here, but it fell through for one reason or another.

WBSTYN – Talk about that first U.S tour you guys did

DK – Our first tour was magical! We played living room parties in Kansas City, we did San Antonio, Austin and Houston with our soon to be great friends, The Offenders from Austin. At the San Antonio show, I was smoking some weed with a skinny, long haired kid who introduced himself as Gibby. Of course, later on Gibby would have his world famous band, Butthole Surfers. We played The Vex in LA with the original Social Distortion. The bouncers at this gig had guns! We found it all very scary. There’s a video of this gig floating around and I saw it awhile back. We all look like we’re twelve years old! We drove to San Francisco and stayed there for a month or two and did many gigs at the Mabuhay, On Broadway and Tool & Die. We played with Crucifix, Dead Kennedys, Articles of Faith and many more. We were very poor and stayed on the floor of our friends Mike and Quey, who later put out the ‘Loud 3 D’ book.

WBSTYN – Was there a certain point where you felt disenchanted with the Hardcore thing?

DK – Yes. It would have been on the tours following our first U.S. one. We were playing different sounding stuff. We thought we were being ‘Punk’ by trying out new things. These changes and experiments were unacceptable to the Hardcore kids. All they wanted was the first LP and nothing else. By that point, we really didn’t care what people thought of us and started to do whatever we wanted musically, which to me was truly ‘Punk. These kids just seemed stuck in a rut and they didn’t want to see their way out of it. We felt like Punk had abandoned us, but in actuality, the whole movement just turned stale and we had nothing in common with it anymore.

WBSTYN – Anything you wanna bring up that we didn’t in the interview?

DK – Just be yourself…be creative…push the envelope. Don’t be afraid of art or music that is different or new as it is those things that bring about creativity. Be unique in your life!

MAIL ORDER MADNESS! -- (AKA -- PIMPIN' THE PAST ONE ITEM AT A TIME) We've been hearing rumblings here and there that some of you can't find WBSTYN at your local book or record store. To circumvent this problem, you can order the book straight from us (OK...me...the author) along with some other pretty great stuff we've whipped up that was only supposed to be sold at the book release parties. Mail order is first come, first serve and once it's gone, it's gone and all that crap. Let's take a look at this stuff, shall we?

WHY BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT - Detroit Hardcore '79 - '85 By Tony Rettman -- $15 ppd in USA (Potenial buyers from other countries, please get in touch for shipping rates)

256 pages of Midwest madness covering Negative Approach, Necros, Meatmen, Violent Apathy and more. Intro by Tesco Vee and tons of flyers and photos. In it's three week existence, this book has gotten props from high brows and low lifes across the world. Find out why. ALL BOOKS ORDERED DIRECT FROM THE BLOG WILL BE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR!(Whatever that's worth to ya...)

'Finally, the real story is told!' -- John Brannon

WBSTYN FUN PACK! - $10 PPD in USA (Potential buyers from other countries, please get in touch for shipping rates)

The WBSTYN fun pack includes all three re-prints of BURP! Fanzine, a 'zine from the early 80's put together by John Brannon and Todd Swalla (drummer for Necros) under assumed names. As expected, it's zany as hell fun with show reviews, Midwest scene reports, many pictures of Brian Hylands' ass and the usual worship of the 4 Skins (With Hodges of course!)Also thrown in there is a print of a Davo Schiech shot. If you don't know, Davo was the guy who shot the photos on the Negative Approach 7" and he took some classic shots back then. There's 4 prints to choose from (see above) BUT YOU ONLY GET ONE IN THE FUN PACK! The fun pack is stuffed in a polybag,stamped and numbered and limited to 100. Buy now or pay later! SHIRTS!!! - $12.00 ppd Please specify size!!!(Potential buyers from other countries,please get in touch for shipping rates)

You got it! Two (count 'em, TWO!) designs and we think they look sweet as shizz.

First off, we got this classic Freezer Theatre flyer on a ice grey shirt. Pretty spiffy, no? On the right sleeve, we put the title of the book ala Wishingwell Records stylee.

The second design is the flyer for the Process of Elimination tour show in Boston on a black shirt with the WBSTYN title on the sleeve as well. Check it...

If you have any interest in purchasing some of this stuff, please get in touch via Facebook or send an e-mail message to -- WBSTYN at gmail dot com before sending money via PayPal or anything like that.Hope to hear from ya soon.

JUST SO YOU MUTHA BITCHES KNOW...WBSTYN is busy as a Japanese beaver getting our shit together for the Cleveland book release party next Friday. You don't know how psyched we are that our first one is gonna be in the home of the Pagans, Confront and Ubu. We're gonna have the obligatory books to sell, but we're also going to have some other special crap available. We will have the WBSTYN FUN PACK as well. The WBSTYN FUN PACK CONTAINS --

A) Three exact reprints of Burp! Fanzine, the publication done by John Brannon and Todd Swalla in the early 80's. These things were touched up and printed off the original layouts and they look friggin' awesome. We are some pretty big nerdlingers here at WBSTYN and we had never seen a copy of this thing EVER IN OUR LIVES. If you have...well, you're obviously cooler than us. Props to you! Nonetheless, all the three issues of this gem are in there.

B) A print of a Davo Striech shot from the early 80's Detroit scene. We have split itup into four seperate images from the Freezer Theatre. These things looks great!

There will be only 100 of these things done up! You can get all this Midwest HC history for $10 in person. Considering the issues of Burp are pretty rare, we think it's a steal. If you'd like to reserve a Fun Pack for Clevo, get in touch at wbstyn@gmail.com and we'll work it out.

We'll also have shirts for sale of classic Midwest flyers. More on them as we get 'em...
...And will you look at this swell flyer they done up for the Kalamazoo book release show! We're beyond stoked Violent Apathy got together for this one. You won't be able to miss WBSTYN author Tony Rettman at this show. He'll be the overweight baldy poo-pooing his drawers and clearing the pit during their set. He'll also be DJ'ing somewhere in there (hopefully without a load in his pants) and 'sighning' books 'til the Two Hearted Ale runs out. Should be a helluva time!

We might be slow in updating here in the next few weeks as we get overloaded with book obligations. But man...check out what we've gave you in the past five months! Great shizz! We'll try to throw more interviews and stuff up here when we have time. For now, thanks for all the support and interest. Now go to RevHQ and buy a friggin' book!!!

UPDATES? OH...WE GOT UPDATES!!!

Geeze louise, has it been a past couple of weeks here at WBSTYN HQ! We sold the hell outta the first batch of books we got at the NA show in Asbury Park on June 18th. Then, we find out Amazon is sold out of the book before it's official release (which is this Tuesday, 7/6) And now...NOW...we got some great friggin' events planned around the book that just came together in the past few days. In the words of Pappy Brannon, '...Check it out, man...'

ON AUGUST 28, THE DUDES OF CHRONIC YOUTH PRESENT A WBSTYN/'TOUCH & GO FANZINE - THE BOOK' DUAL RELEASE BLOW-OUT! WITH --

NEGATIVE APPROACH

TESCO VEES HATE POLICE

PISSED JEANS

MIND ERASER

HELLMOUTH

NEW LOWS

DJ's FOR THE NIGHT WILL INCLUDE -- TONY RETTMAN, COOCH PAINKILLER, CG WARRIOR AND MANY, MANY MORE!

VEE AND RETTMAN WILL BE THERE SIGNING BOOKS TOO!

ALL HAPPENIN' AT -- SANTOS PARTY HOUSE/96 LAFAYETTE/NEW YORK, NY

SHOW STARTS AT 4 PM

$16 ADAVANCE/$18 DAY OF SHOW

BEFORE THE SHOW, HEAD OVER TO GENERATION RECORDS AT 1 PM THAT DAY FOR AN IN-STORE APPEARANCE BY TESCO VEES HATE POLICE. TONY AND TESCO WILL BE ON HAND TO SIGN BOOKS AS WELL

GENERATION RECORDS/210 THOMPSON ST/NEW YORK, NY/10012

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THEN...WE GOT THIS GOING ON TOO...

AUGUST 24TH AT 7 PM AT POWERHOUSE ARENA IN DUMBO, BROOKLYN --

TONY RETTMAN (AUTHOR OF WBSTYN) & IAN CHRISTIE (PUBLISHER OF 'TOUCH & GO FANZINE - THE BOOK') WILL LEAD A 'DISCUSSION' (EW! ER!) ON BOTH BOOKS AS WELL AS SHOW RARE FOOTAGE OF DETROIT HARDCORE SHOWS FROM THE EARLY 80'S. THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A SPECIAL GUEST...BUT THEY HAVEN'T CONFIRMED YET! IAN & TONY WILL ALSO BE ON DIANES' KAMIKAZEE FUN MACHINE SHOW ON WFMU THAT AFTERNOON AS WELL...SO IT'S GONNA BE A JAM PACKED DAY!

AND DON'T YOU BASTARDOS FORGET ABOUT THE FIRST WBSTYN/TOUCH & GO BOOK RELEASE BLOWOUT ON JULY 16TH IN CLEVELAND, OHIO AT THE MUCH ESTEEMED NOW THATS CLASS. TESCO VEES HATE POLICE, WHITE FLAG, HELLMOUTH, McSHITZ & ANTISEPTIC.SHIT STARTS AT 9 PM. BEFORE THE GIG, TESCO AND TONY WILL BE SIGNING BOOKS AT VISIBLE VOICE BOOKS AT 7 PM.

NOW THATS CLASS/11213 DETROIT AVE/CLEVELAND, OHIO

VISIBLE VOICE BOOKS/1023 KENILWORTH/CLEVELAND, OHIO

WBSTYN WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE CHICAGO GIG THE NEXT DAY DUE TO UNCERTAINTY ON WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON THERE. SORRY...BUT APPARENTLY MEMBERS OF THE MENTORS WILL BE THERE...SO YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE IN CLASSY COMPANY.

PLEASE CONSULT FACEBOOK FOR MORE INFO AND WHATNOT.

HAPPY 4TH AMERIKKKA!

TODD SWALLA TALKIN' EARLY NECROS AND WHATNOT...
How did you first become aware of Punk Rock? Prior to the UK stuff, were you aware of the MC5, Stooges and the stuff going on in the Midwest?

I grew up with the MC5 and the Stooges. My brother had all those records when they came out and he listened to them a lot. We used to put "Kick Out the Jams" on 78 and freak out and jump on the bed and stuff like that. He listened to the New York Dolls a lot as well. My first exposure to what was actually called "Punk Rock" was on the national news during the whole Sex Pistols media blitz of 77/78. You could not get away from it for a good many months. Then my brother bought "Leave Home" by the Ramones and it was all over!

What were some of the first Punk records you got ahold of and what kind of impact did they have on you?

The aforementioned Ramones album, Heartbreakers-‘LAMF’, Devo, Dead Boys 1st, Elvis Costello albums, Generation X, A comp called "New Wave" which had a lot of great stuff and some really bad stuff on it as well. Television-‘Marquee Moon’, not really punk but we loved it! Tuff Darts, we bought Wire-‘Pink Flag’ on a whim because it had a warning about the swear words on the record, this of course turned out to be an amazing album! In Toledo, Sex Pistol's product was not really available until the U.S. album came out for some reason. We made several trips to Drome Records in Cleveland, We started buying Buzzcocks, The Damned, Sham 69, various import 45's, Pagans, The Saints, UK Subs etc... Then our local stores starting having "Punk" sections... All of these records made a huge impact on our feeble little minds. It was a whole new world opening up.

What kind of music were you into prior to Punk Rock?

I was into Sabbath, Nugent, Aerosmith, Kiss, Van Halen, Alice Cooper, The Tubes, along with The Stooges and the Five, anything that was loud and not wimpy. I saw The Stooges at the Ann Arbor Art Fair in 1970 though I was only 7. My first rock concert was The Tubes in Toledo probably early 76. Toledo had a fairly vibrant concert scene but no local bands of any merit. Tom Scholz from Boston was the big Toledo rock star. The clubs were all booking cover bands from what I have been told.

What record stores in the area were stocking Punk records?

Boogie Records was the local indie store and they would order anything for us even though the clerks made fun of it. Peaches had a punk/new wave section that a metal head employee named Chuck set up. Disc Records was in the mall and this is where Tim Story worked, he did not make fun of us and would go ahead and order stuff on his own and turn us on to it. A bond with Tim was created and he ended up recording our first 45. Special Records opened later, closer to the Hardcore period.How did you guys eventually find out about the West Coast bands? Probably thru Slash and Flipside for LA and Search and Destroy for SF stuff in that order. You had to have every Dangerhouse release to complete your 45 collection. We were all in love with Penelope Houston! We had also hooked up with Jeff from the San Francisco Punk band No Alternative who was from Toledo and was visiting his parents. He turned us on to a lot of SF stuff and encouraged us to be a band.

Did you skate prior to being in the band? How do you think the Punk thing and the skating thing worked together?

I met all of my future band mates thru skateboarding. I had already known Corey because our parents made us go to church and his Mom was friends with mine. Barry would hang out at Church functions with Corey sometimes. He had already been seriously skating for a few years by this time. By this I mean he had pro equipment bought by mail order from California. I was still stuck on a plastic Huffy from K-Mart. I met Andy and David Cooke at a skate demo they did at the library in Maumee. David was the best skater in the area and ended up taking me under his wing. Jeff Lake also skated and went to my Mom's church. I met Brian Hyland at the Toledo skate park. Andy and I ended up going to Catholic High School together our Freshmen year. We both got kicked out and he went to Maumee HS and I went to Bowsher HS in Toledo. At St. Francis he turned me onto Skateboarder Magazine and lent me an issue so I could get my Mom to order me a real board. Thru that magazine and Action Now we learned about punk rock along with the initial Sex Pistols media blitz on TV. In my opinion, the Detroit Hardcore scene would not have happened without the energy of the skate scene that was already happening. Being skateboarders from the Midwest we were automatically drawn to Southern California surf/skate culture. We were always up on the latest things coming from out West. The skaters adopted that whole Huntington Beach vibe and infused the energy into a dull and dying Detroit Punk/New Wave scene and re-vamped it to how we imagined it was out west. Jack boots, cropped hair, bandannas and chains, 30 second songs etc.. We all tried to look like the skankman for a period. All the dudes in DC and Boston skated too, its nothing really too surprising. On that Minor Threat trip to Madison we encountered a scene that was ALL skaters. I copped the whole Bermuda shorts thing from Bucky and those dudes and dropped the boots and braces thing for a Black Flag/ thrift store and Vans look.

How did the relationship with Tesco and Dave at Touch and Go start up?

I think they wrote to us first via Smegma. Either that or Barry picked up Touch and Go in Ann Arbor and wrote to them. They came to a show of ours in Ann Arbor at the Xanadu Co-op and took us under their wing after that. Those guys encouraged us to act like Punk Rock brats but they also made us confident as a band. Two of the finest men I will ever have the honor of knowing!

What inspired the creation of Smegma Journal? How did you distribute the magazine in the start?

Smegma was Barrys’ thing and he would have us write record and show reviews. His parents paid for it with the back cover ad for their wine shop which was across the street from Barrys’ house. We all worked there at one time or another. At first we gave it away but then we started putting issues on consignment at School Kids in Ann Arbor and Boogie in Toledo. It got to be too much for Barry with the time involved in the band so I think he just lost interest plus we were intertwined with Touch and Go at that point.

How did you become aware of the slam dancing/stage diving rituals that were starting in LA?

At first, through the LA and San Francisco fanzines. I remember a big article in S.F's Damage about the whole Huntington Beach thing and a review of that famous Circle Jerks invasion of S.F where the HB crew followed them up to wreck havoc. Then of course Corey came back from LA with the gnarly Starwood videos of Flag, the Adolescents and China White. Watching these videos was like Hardcore 101.

Lets talk about the start of the Necros. Give me the full lowdown on how it got together, what inspired it, etc.

David Cooke, Barry and myself were being carted home by my Mom from the Toledo skate park. This was late ‘77 or early ‘78, right in the middle of the whole Sex Pistols media blitz being played out on National TV. Punk Rock was on the news every night for a good 4 or 5 months culminating with the death of Sid Vicious. We were already into loud aggressive Rock 'N Roll albeit Ted Nugent and Aerosmith etc.. but this stuff was way crazier and as loud as those older Detroit groups my brother was into. We dug out the old Stooges and Dolls records and started listening to them again. My brother cut all his long hair off and his friends did as well. They started a punk band way before the Necros were even conceived, The Dangling Abstractions. David Cooke came up with the name Circle Jerks as a joke but something about necrophilia was thrown about as well. I think Barry came up with the condensed version. I don't think we started actually practicing until winter of ‘78 which means we talked about it for over a year.

Once you guys got a hold of those early LA punk singles, did it change anything in the style of the band?

It was more the influence of those Dangerhouse 45's than just LA bands. Remember The Avengers and The Dils were from SF and those records are two of the best. It seems we could relate more to them because they were from the states. We still dug English punk but it’s hard for a 16 year old living in suburban Ohio to relate to someone from England singing about the dole and tower block riots. That Weirdos 45 is probably one of the best punk singles ever. The Germs album was a turning point. Darby was our new Iggy. Then Barry discovered Black Flag and it was all over. We had to play harder and faster; it had been pre-ordained.

Do you remember the 1st gig you guys played? What was it like?

Let’s clear things up first. Contrary to what "American Hardcore" states our first gig was not at the VFW Hall in Ann Arbor opening for the Cult Heroes. The first Necros gig was on Halloween night 1979 at a University of Toledo watering hole known as The Brass Bell. We were friends with one Steve Athanas who sang for a new wave cover band known as The Best. They decided to sneak us in and let us play during one of their breaks. We were awful but we did have a lot of attitude. Barry got in a fight with some frat dude on stage and he kicked him. Brian Hyland played the whole set with his pants down to his ankles. It was the first real drum set I had ever played. We played for like 15 minutes and we were done. Then we had to hang out in the Pizza Place next door because we were too young to be in the bar.

How did you get to know the other people that would make up the Midwest scene like Negative Approach, Violent Apathy, The Fix, Bored Youth, etc?

We met Pete and Brannon early on at a Madness show at the Punch and Judy. Later we ran into Brannon at a Subhumans (Canada) show at Wayne State. We introduced stage diving and pig piles at that show. We'd already known Larissa for a few months I suppose. This was like mid 1980 most likely. Through Brannon and Pete we met all the Detroit skate punks. We met Violent Apathy and The Fix through Tesco. Bored Youth were just kids who had been going to shows and I think they approached Corey about getting on some bills. We had also met the Toxic Reasons in the summer of 1980 at a big RAR show in Clark Park which had DOA headlining. Bad Brains were also on the bill but ended up cancelling.

English Oi! Music played a big part in the early Midwest scene. How did you become aware of these bands? What was your interpretation of these bands? Did you find the idea of English music to be exotic? How much of the English skinhead ideals come into play into play in the Midwest scene?

We read Sounds of course! We were already into Sham, UK Subs and the Upstarts and these bands had a similar vibe, though most of them kind of sucked. Exotic would not be the term I would use. We quickly realized that we could play our instruments a lot better than most of these limeys could. The original core group of Detroit kids split apart because of Oi! music, ignorance and fear. The skaters continued to skate and listen to whatever...anything from Motorhead to The Descendents. The skinheads started drinking ale, bashing heads and listening to Skrewdriver, The Last Resort and The Effigies. It was very sad and quite humorous at the same time. I remember they were real bummed when Sab Grey "went punk". They jumped Corey one night at the Greystone and he got beaten up really bad, this was after he left the band and we had had our falling out. I hear some of the original skins are still into it after all these years. Pretty pathetic!

What was the first time the Necros left town for a gig. What was that like? What were some of your favorite 1st time out-of-town gigs?

Apart from Ann Arbor or Detroit we played a horrible show at a fag bar in Lexington, Kentucky. This was back when half of our set was Adolescents and Black Flag songs that nobody but us had even heard outside of California. Other faves would be the Boston show with SSD, Minor Threat, Meatmen and FU’S at some VFW hall. This was where we first did all of the songs for Conquest and re-introduced Andy on guitar and pretty much blew everyone else off the stage. It was a great feeling because we came to Boston and cleaned house big time. Others would be having Goldenvoice fly us in to open for Motorhead, Lincoln Memorial with Fear and Void, first NYC show with the Jerks, there are too many to remember.

C'MON DOWN TO ASBURY PARK & GET A COLLECTORS ITEM...THAT'S ALL WE GOTTA SAY... OK...here's the deal, fidels. We just got done rubberstamping 56 books (2 boxes) with the stamp pictured above. If you show up tomorrow night at the NA/DOA show at the Asbury Lanes tomorrow and buy a book, this is what you'll get. Once we run out of 'em, that's it. So come early and get a book or pose hard.