Bad Acid

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Except that they cashed my cheque and never bothered sending an issue out.

So be careful.  It's people like that that give the rest of us a bad name.

At 14:00 13/01/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Has anyone checked out the UK fanzine 'Bad Acid'?  I was sent a promo copy
>since the last issue had an interview with ST37 (and if anyone knows the
>editor, you can tell him I WILL send that F/i CD, I promise!), and it does
>a pretty good job of covering the intersection between "stoner" and "space"
>rock (a Hawkwind article in the first issue, Farflung interviews in both 1
>& 2, lots of coverage of the post-Mike Gunn psychedelic bands in Texas, who
>are, of course, VERY Black Sabbath-influenced).  I gotta admit I'm not real
>big on stuff like Kyuss or Fu Manchu (especially since those BASTARDS sold
>out their last SF show, preventing me from seeing the Hellacopters open,
>who were the only band on the bill I gave a sh!t about!), but I still think
>that all this spacerock/psych/stoner-metal crossover potential is a very
>good thing.
>
>Anyway, I'd recommend checking out the 'zine if you're in the UK.  They're
>also supposed to put out a Farflung CD sometime soon ...
>
>On Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:37:47 +0000, Carl Edlund Anderson
><cea20 at CUS.CAM.AC.UK> wrote:
>>     There are plenty of "stoner" (awful term) bands I think are
>>damn good.  Having heard "Holy Mountain" ... I've heard worse, but
>>I don't think it deserves its rep at all!
>
>Who's your faves? (and for the record, my top Sleep release is the 'Volume
>4' fake live 7")
>
>>     Still, the *trend* for "stoner" bands has done some definite
>>good.  I've convinced a few people from my uni's rock society
>>to check out Hawkwind on the strength of their proto-stoner
>>cred.  _Space Ritual_ and _Doremi_ enjoy a fair bit of respect
>>now, as does _1999 party_!  HW should clearly pack in the ambient
>>techno effort and reclaim the "kings of the low-end starfield"crown.
>
>The guitarist for "stoner" rockers Noothgrush (with whom Primordial
>Underming, the space/psych band I'm in share a rehearsal space) is a pretty
>mean space-rock analog synth (ARP Odyssey, maxi-Korg, etc.) player, too.
>And although I like most of Hawkwind's ambient/techno stuff a lot, I'd
>still rather see 'em Kick Out The Jams!
>
>        -Doug
>         ceres at sirius.com
>
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