Mark Arm of Mudhoney on 25 years of being the court jesters and knowing their limitations
Ad for New Zealand’s insular psych/folk/noise label XPRESSWAY, scanned out of Siltbreeze fanzine #8, appx. 1989.
Teenage Mark Arm reviews a 1983 IGGY POP/POP-O-PIES show in Seattle. Scanned from Attack fanzine #8, April 1983.
Mark Arm of Mudhoney on 25 years of being the court jesters and knowing their limitations
THROAT CULTURE fanzine #2 from 1990 – an all-Lester Bangs issue.
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This is one of the great Texas psychedelic monster guitar freakout songs, “Yellow Listen” by SCORPIO TUBE. From 1967, it’s as heavy and druggy as they come; one of my all-time faves.
You can listen to an entire compilation I made of this sort of sound right here.
WIPE OUT fanzine #7 from 1992, published by Eric Friedl/Oblivian of the Oblivians.
Teenage Mark Arm, reviewing Seattle’s THE U-MEN just as they were coming onto the scene in early 1983. Scanned from ATTACK fanzine #8.
Fanzine ad for ADULT CONTEMPORARY Records, scanned from Forced Exposure #11 in 1987. None of the promised “forthcoming” records – Laughing Hyenas, Drunks With Guns, Terveet Kadet (!) – never came out, at least not on Adult Contemporary, which pretty much folded up shop right around this time.
While it’s not the greatest scan my flatbed has ever rendered, it’s a fantastic fanzine from the early 90s – WIPE OUT! #6, penned by Eric Friedl/Oblivian, straight outta Memphis.
AGONY SHORTHAND 