Godvomit ‘zine #3

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Here is the third issue of Godvomit ‘zine.  A couple of notes before you look at it:

1) A couple of pages are a little bit messed up, because it came out in early ’92 (over 20 years ago), so things like this happen.  This issue isn’t too bad.

2) I put out this issue (well, all of the Godvomits) in the early ’90s.  This was before we had Lollapalooza, MINISTRY, the BUTTHOLE SURFERS, NARILYN MANSON,  or even NIRVANA out on the radio and television- if you weren’t alive at that time, you don’t understand how repressed everything was.  Anything ugly, dark, even mildly offensive, “controversial”, or in bad taste  was terribly looked down upon, and pushed to the side, ignored or censored.  The religious right ruled everything.  One of the things that I was trying to accomplish with this ‘zine was to offend these people- I thought everyone was too oversensitive, and that you shouldn’t ignore or hide the ugliness in the world.  So I filled the ‘zine with ugly, offensive, upsetting, dark, disturbing things- I always said “Those who get offended easily should be offended more often, so they get desensitized to it”.  I was trying to do this- desensitize people to offensive things as well as piss off the religious right and the people trying to censor everything.  So it’s more than just an underground music magazine.  It’s a direct attack on censorship and good taste.
Nowadays, things are different- the sickos won.  Things are a lot more loose and free and it’s not as necessary to overload the world with dark and depraved shit.  You can find crazy underground movies and music easily on youtube, and artists are always pushing the envelope farther (although the ridiculous hubbub over Miley Cyrus’ rather tame shenanigans kind of makes me question this a little- maybe we are going back toward the more repressed era?).
Anyway, it kinda goes without saying that kids probably shouldn’t look at this (well, their parents probably shouldn’t, anyway.  The kids have probably watched and laughed at Two Girls One Cup 20 times by now).  Stay sick…
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Invincible Force ‘zine #6

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Here is another ‘zine that was absolutely packed to the gills with content.  It focused on grindcore and black and death metal, and featured interviews with bigger bands (MORBID ANGEL, DEATH) as well as smaller ones (PAINEATER, MILK AND COOKIES), but editor Bryan Daniel had a knack for getting awesome bands to do interviews.  The type was tiny, so even more was crammed in.  A lot of the interviews were short, but that made room for more.  It also had an extensive reviews section with (mostly) longer reviews (not just short blurbs like most ‘zines).

I know a lot of people who were very influenced by this ‘zine.  I’m not sure when this issue came out (’89 to ’91 I’d think), but it was good stuff.

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U.S.D. ‘zine #3

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U.S.D. was a thick (tho half size) ‘zine full of death, black and thrash metal, crossover, and grindcore from France.  It was put out by Laurent Merle, who went on to do Peardrop ‘zine and form Listenable Records (who put out records by such notable bands as IMMOLATION, GOJIRA, ABORTED, SOILWORK, GENERAL SURGERY, INCANTATION and tons more).  They crammed so much in that it was a bit cramped, and didn’t have much in the way of aesthetic or design appeal, but when it came to exposing underground bands to it’s readers, it definitely got the job done.  I discovered several awesome bands by reading it, and tho the English isn’t so great that really just adds to the charm (he’s a pretty funny writer, in a kind of hokey way.  Example (from the demo reviews): “…let’s continue with a French band: MUTILATOR… oh!  Excuse me!  I want to say MUTILATED… I forgot to mutilate the “OR” hihi”
The one thing it doesn’t have much of is ads, probably because it’s so packed full of real content (tho back in those days the ads were just as much a way of finding out about music and ‘zines as anything else).
This was a cool little ‘zine, and I got a lot of tapes because of it…

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